The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-10


nopular price organization, which win
present a repertoire of plays. The en-
i.,esnoent win be opened tomorrow night
vi m THE Serpent's Coil" which is clam
Cd 10 he a sensational melodrama of I'M
usual heart interest.
the company banks good deal on the
srscfalties which are introduced ard they
are said to be high class and enter aiming.
Among the vaudeville features win be
Earl P. Adams, with his ragtime work. the
tuxedo ouartette and Miss Cecil Belknap,
who is said. to possess a soprano voice of
excellence.
New bills will be presented nightly and,
beginning Tuesday, matinees viii be giv1n
5ei'v As is usual with repertoire COM
NAMES. ladies win be admitted free Mon
day night, if accompanied by person with
q Maid ticket This privilege, however, ex-
pires at 6 O'Clock Monday.
The Myrde and Harder Company closed
its engagement last night. The business for
the week was fairly good.
The people seem 10 be firing of popular
price shows and it is the old story of too
much of a good thing. The company was
average and probably deserved as much
patronage as some of the other roper o re
compani which have been here. The fact
is there are too many repertoire companies
on the road, and it is only a matter of
time when they viii have 10 give way 10
something else. The success of some of
these organizations within the last few
years has encouraged numerous ventures
in this line and the fie has become decd
edlv overcrowded. The companies with es-
tabished regulations continue to meet
with success but others are finding the
business not exactly diamond mine.
An entertainment for the benefit of st.
Patricks Church will be given in the base
ment Of the church Tuesday night. 1t will
include sketch in which Mr.. Larry
Doyle, Mr.. William Quinan and others will
participate.
The lovers of both classical and popu-
lar music have treat in store
for them Tuesday evening when
the Fadettes Woman's Orchestra Of
Boston which is made up of twenty ladies
under the direction of Mrs. Caroline B.
Nichols, viii make their first appearance
before a Savannah audience at the
Guards hall. With the Fadettes is Miss
Bertha Webb solo violinist, and Miss
Anna White, solo cornetist.
The Knoxville Sentinel writes of them
as follows: The programme was rendered
with thorough artistic finish, which snow
ed that each member of the organization
is mistress of her instrument. A large au-
dence was present, including most of the
musical people of the city, aud the re-
ception given the performance showed
that every one was entirely pleased In
deed no musical organization of any kind
has ever been given a more filttering e.
cepuon, or has better deserved ii. Be
SIDES the regular programme, almost
every selection was followed by an encore
number and two or more were demanded
in some cases. Mrs. Caroline B. Nichols,
the director, proved herself a tho. ough
musician, and her tempt was followed by
the players with an exactness, that show
ed her splendid control over the orchestra.
Taken all together, the "Fadettes" scored
very decided hit
The origin of certain theatrical terms
was the subject of an animated discussion
among a party of actors recently, and the
conversation brought out several very in
teresting words that are in common use.
but whose meaning or origin is but vague
ly touched upon in dictionaries.
The expression sock and buskin, said
an actor in reply to a fellow players
query, literally means comedy and trag-
edy l found its origin in the 'soccus.'
Inc Latin name of the low shoe worn by
Inc ancient comic actors; and the buskin.
contraction of the French word bros
sequin,' remotely derived from the Greek
,bursa,' the hide or high-soled shoe worn
by the ancient tragedians to increase
their hight. The soccus reached to the
ankle, only, whereas the buskin reached
fully 10 the knee"
DO you know" said the company's
particularly in Europe, the term pit
and have actually used it without know
ing meaning other than the lower floor
Of a theater."
Well" answered the actor, whose
tongue was tipped with encyclopaedia data,
the word had no existence in a theatrical
sense previous to the erection of the orig
maj Drury Lane Theater, in London, by
hllgrew in 1868, when the ground floor
was styled the pit because it marked che
exact site of the old cockpit where cock
nights had regularly taken place during
the reign of James II
want to ask one more question" said
me first seeker after information Where
Gd the expression 'dead-head originator"
That's easy" answered the actor.
Fifty years ago the principal avenue of
-si94ts A4Gllsi idu tOllSdlS ClOSS ~
NE entrance to the Elwood cemetery
road. AS this cemetery had been laid out
some time previous to the construction of
Inc plank road, it was arranged that all
ineral professions should be allowed to
pass along the latter free of toll. One
gay, a. famous physician stopped to pay
MS toll he observed to the gatekeeper:
Considering the benevolent character of
"Ar profession, think you ought to let us
Ass free of charge" mo, no. doctor"
replied The man, we can't well afford that.
Ion send too many dead-heads through
mere rs it is
The story travelled, and the word be-
came fixed upon anyone or anything that
was passed without charge"
1t is so refreshing 90 come across native
modesty in the emboldening glare of the
ooHights that the most respectful atten-
aon must be solicited for the following
SSken from an interview with Mrs James
Brown Potter:
12e of my most extraordinary expert
uges was playing Juliet before the Mi
quo of Japan from till 10 in the morn
s and being loaded between the acts
"ln Offering Of flowers, candles and small,