The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

pearing before the public professionally
'i1e Eart Will adopt an assumed name
} Nat Goodwin and his lovely wife Max
| me Elliott have established themselves
| hrInly In the affections of the Rri4isberz
ana nave made friends with three-ouar-
sers OF the brilliant people of London. w
! . Gilbert, half of the famous due GIL
DeIt ana sullivan, to whose credit lies
| the best light operas modern audiences
nave ever listened to, is so enthusiasts
Tldt ne wants to write them a play, and
butr Mcintosh, the go-betweeu, has about
| completed arrangements. OF course. Mr.
Dlloert VIII have to restrain his rhyming
| powers and it viii be a question whether
ne VIII ever do anything in a serious line
.lial viii be one-tenth so famous and pop
| uidF as MS nonsenSical, catchy iingles and
verses, over which half the world has
laughed and appIauded.
! IL has often been said that Julia Ar
! thur, the dark and beautiful actress. is
Jewess, but such is not the case. She is
| OF pure Irish extraction, and her parents
| "Io ave IN Hamilton, Ontario, are de-
| hghttul and jolly Celts. They are not
people of wealth, but the success of their
chlldreh IN life has placed them in a lux.
| urlous condition. There are fourteen of
these children, and of them Julia is the
| most famous.
Max Pemberton is going to follow the
| toilB llne OF noVelists who turn PLAYWRIGHT
| His 'kronstadt" is to be produced on the
stage in this country and England. but
| Just when has not been revealed There
| is no reason why the Russian story should
not make a tremendous hit il a capabla
cast IS provided Kronstadt as most
| people know, is one of the most important
! as well as most impregnable of Russia :
Iortlhed towns, and the frowning fortress
| walls are a most efficient watch tower
| Naturaily the plans of the place are care
| 1ulAy guarded, and the efforts to secure
them form the basis of the plot. OF
| course, a pretty girl and gallant officer
are the leading figures, and wherever there
mas been a chance to tuck in an exciting
| scene the author has not been backward
in utilizing it. That there will be moth
| ing slow about the play is certain.
|
Herbert Kelley and Fife Shannon be
| gan their third season as stars in Fitch 8
| me Moth and the Flame" in Brooklyn
last week This bright play, depending
| upon It's smart dialogue, seems to grow
| with the public the older il becomes. Mr.
! Kelley and Miss Shannon will be seen in
| savannah in THE Moth and the Flame"
| Nov %.
! Arrangements have been made for the
! appearance at the Garden Theater in New
! YORK, beginning Jan. IS, for a five weeks
| engagement of Mrs. Langtry in Sydney
! Grundys play entitled "The Degenerates ;,
which at present is being presented at the
| Haymarket Theater, London 1t is pro-
posed TO bring the entire company to this
! country, and after the engagement at the
| Garden Theater Charles Frohman pro-
| poses to have Mrs. Langtry present her
| play in all the principal cities of the Unit
| ed States, tour of which is now being
| arranged. ''The Degenerat es'' is said 70
| have been written around Mrs. Langtrv' ;
| character in life, 1t is the most talked
! of play that has been presented in Eng
! land in some time
Blanche Walsh has scored a success in
| Chicago In the Old Davenport roles. which
she has now been playing for season.
| The Windy City has accepted her as a
worthy successor of Davenport, and her
La Tosca has come in for special praise.
1t is not known whether e. Fl. Sothern
was joking or not, but upon his return
| from abroad the other day he gave out as
| his most important bit of INFO mation the
announcement that ere his season at
| Days theater, New York. closes ne in
tends to produce Hamlet" and will be
seen as the Dane himself. His season opens
next Wednesday evening in 1.-The Kings
Musketecr." with Mrs. Sothern Virginia
Harned) as Miladi to his d Artaguan.
''How is it, Sherry?" inquired friend of
the brilliant author of 1.-THE Rivals" and
''The School for Scandal" that there is
no o. TO your name? Your family is Irish,
| and. no doubt, illustrious."
mo family" replied Sheridan, "has a
better right to 0 than ours, for we o ev-
erybody."
And now after week of bliss it is said
that the much-talked-of engagement of
| Mr.. Herbert Stone of Chicago, to Miss Cis-
sic LOTUS, the English music hall enter
taircr, who was formerly the wife o. JUS
tin Huntley Mccarthy, has been broken.
Miss LOTUS has gone back to New York
and it is said win appear as the star in
new English comedy under the inevitable
MANAGEMENT of Charles Frohman. No star
NOWADAYS ever thinks of going on a star
ring tour in embryo unless the name of
L,r0bman is put forward as the manager.
The actor (who always knows a good
thing when il is thrown at him) improves
his Shakespeare by declaring that sweet
are the use of advertisements
New York had its fun share of farces
last week, as not less than seven of the
principal theaters there bad farces 10 offer
their patrons.
To the People of savannah.
We invite you to mass meeting Mon
dav evening, Sept Is, at o'clock, at ST.
Paurs c. NJ E. Church, Maple and Guy
ler streets, 10 formulate plans for the
management of the McKane Hospital.
For several years many of us have made
sacrifices 10 give Savannah another pub
lie institution to relieve the distress among
her large negro population, and to remove
the great strain from the Georgia Infirm-
ary that institution not being able to care