The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-18
AT THE THEATER.
MISUNDERSTANDING Engagement I
Close Tonight.

! Melville EnEa cement TO
CIose Tonight.
| AT both performances of the Baldwin
Neville Company. at the theater yester-
day. many were compelled to stand, 20
large was the attendance. Certainly the
popularity and merit of the company were
attested when people would attend the
theater in such weather.
My Wife's Friend" an excellent com
edy, was presented at the matinee The
Prisoner Of Algiers." the night bill. was
presented in an excellent manner. II is
very pretty drama, with some comedy
lines, and seemed to please greatly. Mr..
Murdoch as Capt Albeit, the prisoner.
gave a strong portrayal, though In the
prologue, when he is acting the part of
The dying count, he was much too vigor-
GUS in his actions. Mr.. Wilson Day did
quite the best piece Of acting he has done
this week.
The second act is a scene of Fren- h
army post in Algiers and the bright and
satirical references in the dialogue to army
life and soldiers, made 10 suit the present
time, caught the audience.
The company will close its engagement
to-day. The afternoon bill wiz be "A Mad
Marriage" ana the nights, Master and
Man"
Hoyts "a Milk White Flag" comes this
season with a large company of players
and a new equipment of scenery and cos
TUNES. The piece itse.f is a broad bur
lesque and a gOod-natured satire on the
militia of the United States. II is a ira
vesty exploiting the dress parade meth
DDS OF the Ransom Guards, all of those
members but one are officers
whose uniforms, terpsichorean
abilities and appreciation of the
fair sex are the chief end and aim Of their
existence.
There is a brass band. which is always
stationed at the bar when not playing,
and pay as well full as sober.
"A MIX White Flag" is symbolical of
the peace loving proclivities OF the MEM
bers Of the Ransom Guards. Besides the
brass band and lone private there are wo-
men with comely shapes who constitute
an important adjunct to the company rs
WANDERERS and color bearers. As a set
off TO the burlesque of the militia, there
Is one real soldier introduced, a member
of the regular army, who is a guest of
the company and who thoroughly enjoys
the incidents and accidents. The contrast
is carried on ali the way through the per-
Torrance. The Ransom Guards are ex-
tremely jealous of a rival company known
as The Blues" The Blues have a big
funeral parade and pass the armory of
the Ransom Guards, which they assaiI
with brickbats and other missiles. The
Ransom Guards take to cover, all except
the regular army man. who gives battle.
and finally routes the enemy by a fusiIade
from his own revolvers. Then the Ransom
Guards come from under cover and take
AL the glory of the adventure A funny
incident IS the periodical advent of a busy
member OF the Guards, who comes in, doffs
his busy raiment, dons the uniform takes
a drink, assumes his regular habilIments
and departs. Another grotesque conceit
Is the performance of. the band every time
the word comrade is used by one of the
company. Most of the features are said
70 De new and the musical numbers pleas
ing. "A Milk White Flag with Mary
Marble as "the orphan" comes to Sayan-
nah for two performances, a matinee ana
night performance, tomorrow.
ba
The Wilbur Opera Company and Susie
kirwin will begin two weeks engage
ment In Savannah next Monday nfgbt
opening with 'Said Pasha." Matinees will
be given Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays
me Whburs have made a number of
changes in their repertoire this season
operas which forty years ago made the
blood Of our parents tingle in their veins
when they We're first brought to this coun-
Try, with old-time casts. They have re-
vived the old operas on a lavish scale. and
everything about the productions viii be
historically correct. The repertoire for the
week VIII include a number of the best
OF comic favorites. The living pictures
which are put on at the close of every
opera, are better this season than before
number of new subjects have been pro-
vided for the pictures, which together
with the best of the DID, make -up an
ensemble that cannot be euualed son the
American continent.
The old favorite Wilbur marches have
also been revived, and will be presented
during the week on a more elaborate
scale than ever, with new and brilliant
costumes which, under the glare of lights,
present handsome spectacle
Two grand operas viii be presented dur-
ing the engagement, Carmen" which was
sung last year and "Cavaleira Rusti-
cana" Miss Kirwin, in an interview ves-
terday In Charleston, said THAT they ap-
preciate my Carmen' 1 think is what
pleases me most. You know that is by far
the most serious thing / ever did. and
like IT, Why. when 1 saw Calve sing Car
men l turned to Mr.. Wilbur and said sI
never can do Carmen" in the world >
Then said he, there win be no Wilbur
Ktrwin company. That nettled me and l
went at It and studied and studied and
studied. And now I know you like it, I
agree with you that it Is almost audacious
for us TO undertake it, yet l am happy in
the success we have achieved. l say we.
for l mean the whole company. L am a