The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-02
Night-whitman Sisters

"Ihe Rivals"
Wednesday Night and Thursday
untinee-NiIssOn's Flying Ballet and
Carnival of Novelties.
Thursday Night-King's Daughters
Bcnefit.
Friday Night-BaItimOre Base Ball
Club exhibition.
saturday Matinee and Night-"The
DazzIer."
The greatest trial TO all theatrical en-
terprises is Holy Week, but this has just
passed and for this coming week the
emusement-loving public will have var
Aed list TO select from, local attractions
Aeing especially numerous from now on.
The Whitman Sisters will open Easter
week in a benefit for the st. Phillips
Monumental Church tomorrow night.
Press notices from the West and South
west highly indorse both of these singers
and their vocal and instrumental num-
bers in single and double sketches please
those who have heard them.
Another number on the programme es-
pecially featured is that of the pickan-
niny cake-walkers. twenty-five in all,
ranging in age from to IL years. and
led by Bud Brown and Wadey Burke.
A carefully arranged vaudeville of col
ored artists completes the programme, in
Guiding selections by the West End Quin-
tette Club, and vocal or instrumental num-
hers by MITCHELL Bailey, Davis, Reid and
the Jenkins Sisters.
If an endeavor is made to call up in
review a list of actors who are true ar
lists in the field of comedy, one would
he very apt to start with the name of
Joseph Jefferson. Certainly there is now
no actor who can justly be placed on the
same level with that gracious and refined
Interpreter of ali that is bright and
CHEEKY in comedy, or who approaches him
in versad lity of his achievements. There
Is no doubt about the opportunity to see
and hear Mr.. Jefferson being appreciated
for all it is worth, If one may judge by
the eagerness with which the box office
was besieged for tickets at the opening
of the advance sale. "The Rivals is the
attraction announced and MIR. jefferson
himself will portray his old favorite char
acter of Bob Acres. His support includes
Joseph Jefferson, Jr., as Sir Lucius O'Trig-
SVis pNOl Sc 4NdSil DIS (dpl. Absolute,
Werner Charges as Sir Anthony Absolute
w w. Jefferson as Fagg, Elsie Leslie as
Lydia Languish and Ffolliott Paget as
the Mrs. Maiaprop.
The fly ballet, with its pretty women.
scenery, costumes and sensational cleo
trcal effects will be the card Wednesday
evening and a ma tinee Thursday The
ballet is the same that startled all New
York and had of
teen weeks at the Fourteenth Street The
ater' New York. The company is a large
one and includes Mile Adele, the marvel
GUS Lozelle, the Broadway Girls, the Les
lies and others, Seats are now on sale.
Old Glory will be presented Thursday
night under the auspices of the Kings
daughters as benefit for the poor chill
dIen of the city. The production will be
directed by Mrs. Kathleen Kennedy of IL
hnols The programme is as follows
ginIa.
Living Flag, by the children.
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Fisher, (selected).
Empress Drill, twenty-eight misses in
costume.
Music Fourth Virginia Military Band.
Iableau, Court of Cupid"
Selection, "Karrond," Mandolin Club.
Iableau, THE Yen-U Union" the North
H and South Wanted
Quartette Mr.. Davidson Pace, William
and Robert McIlveen
II Military Drill, LaWton Cadets
Fancy Dance. Hattie Rossignor
Violin solo, Miss Christine Winters.
overture, Fourth Virginia Military
Band.
Vocal solo, Prof. Steeg.
Suits.
Assembly, the Nations Liberty Enlight-
ehing the World, protected by the army
and navy
Song, Jack Black"
violin solo, Prof Hubner.
Music Fourth Virginia Band.
Peace jubilee
Good night
ana Second United States Infantry will
eiAe part In the entertainment Reserved
@eats VIII be on sale at the theater ticket
oHlce tomorrow morning.
rrloay evening a boxing and athletic
tournament will be the attraction, in an
exhibition by the members of the Balti-
more base bah club.
The most popular and highly successful
.arCe comedy on the road this season is
Undoubtedly "Hogans Alley" It is a
comedy in three acts, by W. H. Macart
an" ana introduces to the public the famous
ieHow Kid and all the merry crew that
Hmnaolt that renowned quarter of Gotham
S1ckey Dugan, the yellow Kid" is I'M
uouDiedly the most famous creation of
MODERN fiction, and his bright ideas, witty
a saying sage advice, and humorous nara
ives nave all been read with the keenest
n ~ pleasure by thousands of people all over
se country. "Hogan's Alley" under the
direction of Delcher & Hennessy, will be
zen here on Wednesday, April 10, in
nIauhee and evening performance, in a
UTsumonial benefit for Manager Dave A.
YES For the matinee prices will range
rom % cents to 70 cents, and in The even
sos hey will run to 81. The boxoffice sale
April y.
The cantata Ruth" will be given by
le aides of the Lutheran Church of the
,1scension on April 49, Preparations for
le eantata have been continued, despite
,1 postponement of some time ago, as
oil Iol