The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17

business.
The sale of the late Augustin Days
library and miscellaneous collection of in
teresting material has been postponed for
some weeks and will not be held in jan
uary, owing to the delay in cataIoguing
the 10000 articles.
Some idea of the value of the collection
a whole may be formed from a list of
books which, including the Douai Bible,
e2 pended by extra Illustration and inter
leaving from one volume to fOrty-nve,
valued al $25,000 contains the following
notable pieces: Shakespeare folios civil
War Leaders," "Old New Yorks," Grant,
Halliwell, Shakespeare, London, Nell
Gwynn,' Ireland's History of the New
York Stage" the Grolier books, Peg
Wellington" Thackeray Dickens, Dick
ems drawings, Scott, and Spencer. The
value of these each being, like the Douai
Bible, a special volume or set of volumes,
each expanded by rare additions in the
form of pictures and memorabilia, Is
placed at over $4,000.
The relics include Garrick's writing Ia
BILE, inlaid with his portrait in the center
of the top. and his town and country
houses on either side; the scales and knife
used by Kean in THE Merchant of We
nice" and the sword used by the same
actor in Richard III" a portrait of Peg
Wellington, by Hogarth. and furniture or
acters.
There are manuscripts of Scott Thack-
cray and Dickens and some editions of
their works with notes in the authors
handwriting.
The emancipation of Chinese women
seems to be progressing, since the Celes-
tial Kingdom has now produced a woman
drematist. She is named Wionweu. and
10 he nj n a m no IT,.
tie of which is Rewards of Virtue and
Vafor," which has just been produced in
the Chinese Theater in New York She
is only Is years of age, and has written
plays for many years, but as there APP
pears to be a prejudice against women
dramatists in China, she left her native
country and came to America. where one
of her plays was given some time ago in
San Francisco with much success. Unlike
Chinese plays in general, which run for
a week or month, the time Of represen-
tation Of this one is condensed into five
hours.
Dorothy Morton, who has the reputation
of being az hard to handle as a bucking
bronco broke out again last week, and,
despite the fact hat there was a good au-
dience in the Herald Square Theater in
New York 10 witness THE Greek Slave"
Dorothy came not. The audience was dis
funded. Investigation developed that Miss
Morton did not intend TO sing at more than
one matinee performance week, and was
resting easy.
One of the new members of the present
Congress is Representative Julius Kahn,
OF California, successor Of the blacksml n
statesman of the Occident, Hon. James
G. Mcguire. Mr.. Kahn was formerly an
actor, ard in his time played many paris
with the s ars Of past iteration, includ-
ing Edwin Booth, Tomaso Salvni, Clara
Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Florence, JOS
eph jefferson and others. The new member
in the drawing for seats was lucky rough
to capture the desk scupled by Thomas
b. Reed in the Forty-seventh Congress.
which is regarded as an advantageous POI
sition.
n is now announced that Mrs. Fiske's
run in Becky Sharp" al The Fifth Ave-
nue. theater, New York. viii come to an
end on the night of Dec. %. The run will
have lasted by that time nearly ar
months during which 30 far not va ant
seat has been noticed Ia the playhouse "a
any performance. MIS-. Fiske vii play
Brooklyn and Boston and then go West
IL Is alleged Of the manager Of one Of