The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

The engagement of the Wilbur Kirwia
Company in former years has always
been successful, and there is no doubt
that the company will be well received.
Good comic opera at popular prices is
appreciated in Savannah-except in sum
mer, vide the Brinkley aggregation. Miss
Susie Kirwn. the primma donna, and the
other leading members who were with the
company last season are still with 1t. The
chorus is said TO be as strong and pretty
as ever and there are some new special-
ties 10 be given.
The following will be the repertoire for
the week:
Monday Night-"The Two Vagabonds"
Tuesday Matines-"The Chimes of Nor
mandy"
Tuesday Night-"Fra Diavolo."
Thursday Acknowledgements Lace
Handkerchief"
Thursday Night-"Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" and The Mascottee in two acts
Friday Matinee-"The Bohemian Girl"
Friday Night-"The Grand Duchess"
Saturday Matinee-''Carmen.'
Saturday Night-"The Black Hussar."
Aliens Original New Orleans Minstrels
will give a tent show Tuesday al East
Broad and Bolton streets. The company
was organized in New Orleans and is
owned and managed by Southern manage
ment, and more than two-thirds of the
colored people with the company are ma
tives. The company has been before the
public for more than twenty Years aud
comes rich in experience in the art of en-
pertaining.
A story is in circulate that Eleanora
Duse has been engaged TO appear at Ham
merstein's new theater. the Republic, next
season. A statement given out by George
Liebler says Duse was TO have been en-
gagged, but became i'll, and now her APP
pearance win depend upon whether she
RECEIVERS sufficiently TO continue acting.
Katharine Gray. in her damage suit
against Richard Mansfield alleges that ne
embarrassed and derded her to her detri-
ment in playing, by standing where she
could see him while she was acting and
going through a remarkable assortment
of grimaces and antics Then she says
Mr. Mansfield excused himself by telling
her to attribute it all to the eccentricity
of his genius Mr.. Mansfield has always
claimed his artistic temperament 10 be re-
sponsible for his most outre freaks and
actions. Does it not argue supreme de-
gree of egotism rather than devotion to
art? The thorough artist Will do the best
he can under any circumstances. When
the artist can free himself from the infiu-
ence of Interior circums tances then he is
greatest in his art. MIR. Mansfield has al
lowed a steam-ppe 20 cause him to disap-
point an audience. He has given himself
to raillery before an audience that called
upon him for a speech. While the custom
of addressing an audience personally upon
the slightest. provocation is not to be up
held, vet there are times when a performer
actually owes it to his audience. / should
think that an artist first of all should feel
| called upon to give his best efforts to the
work entrusted to him or that he under
| takes A kissing steam-pipe is not so
| dangerous an ailment that it should in
| capacitate the real artist for work. The
| artist owes another duty to his audience
and still another to himself as an artist.
| When some idiosyncrasy makes the per
| sonality appear to suffocate the artistic
| instinct then 1t Is the superior regard for
| self, the veriest egotisn, that is greater
than artistic temperament. Mr. Mans
| fields is a poor excuse. AS an artist he
| Is to be admired for he has achieved
strong degree of greatness, but there are
times when egotism is uppermost and
| the artistic Is belittled.