The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-16

OF sixty children. boys ana girls OF ages
ranging from six 20 fourteen. They dance
the national dances OF spain In their pie
turesque costumes. and they are national
gcniuscs IN the art Of the light fantastic
toe. ] saw one girl Of twelve who danced
cachuca with perfect diaberio OF eN-
preston and Verve. Were any one OF the
more noted dancers capable Of such per
Torrance. she would set two continents
nblazs. as this child may yet do II was
amusing 20 SEQ tho troop OF little girls.
the performance over, promenading Ia
their little round caps and their dainty
costumes al alike.
The Grand Guignol gives an up-to-date
little piece OF Parisidnism with the Amer
lean biograph thrown In. The Theatre
des AuteurSeuis was one OF those | sat
out-one OF those bright pieces Of spark
ling Imagination and genuine study OF hu-
man nature FOR which Courtcline Is noted.
IL was like intellectual merngues md
champagne. when We come 10 che The
ater Loo Fuller We are in contact with
sonnet hing more serious. The japanese
troupe has become great success IN
Paris. and when ! entered the thenter
found that. contrary to my experience OF
an the other theaters in theRue dc Paris.
" was crowded The japanese play Is sim
pie IN construction. 50 one can follow the
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young knight. Nagoya, who IS nance 20
Orihimc is foolish enough one day TO en-
ter the quarter OF the Geishas. where he
encounters the dazzling beauty Of Kat
souraghi He forgets his promise Of fidel-
ity and falls desperately in love with Kat
souraghi This brings him into conflict
NTH Banza. another knight. who Is also
enamourcd OF the fran beauty. duel
ensues but Katsouraghl prevents fatall-
a
NaEoya sets out IN search 81 him. and az
length finds him IN the quarter OF the
Geisha. She induces him TO leave the
place and 20 escape from kassouraghi.
They repair TO "A Buddhist temple. Kat
souraghL whose jealousy Is aroused. fol-
lows them TO the door OF che temple. bun
the priests forbid her the entrance In
order 20 overcome the difficulty she pro-
poses 60 them To dance in honor Of the
Buddhist deity. and succeeds so well that
presently she has oil the priests them
selves INDUCING ia furious saraband.
Katsournghi discovers the retreat OF the
nfnanced couple. and tries 10 kin Orihime
A guardian OF the temple arrives IN time
20 save OTihime and katsouraghi herself
Is Killed In the struggle She dies In the
arms Of the knight she loved.
The play opened with the national dance
II Japan. a mixture OF the capering Of a
monkey. the war dance u an Apache In
dian. and the antics OF a school boy. but
fuli OF spirit ana vigor
The Goishn Of the piece was represent
81 hy one OF the beauties OF Japan who
g. I am told. the only woman on the
stage IN that progrc -sive state. She IS con
siderod very pretty with her petite fig
ure. her almond eyes clewcd up, her black
hair like a horses mauo brushed out at
the sides and arranged Ia weird convolu-
tions. She came iu dumping and wad-
ding on boots which were double. triple
and quadrup'e SOLID TO a thickness OF
twelve inches.
The play Of expression on the faces OF
the actors was not the mere elevation Of
the eyebrows or the grimace q the mouth
OF our stage Rage was exhibited with
the whole frame quivcring, the eyes roll
ing about, and the lips working up and
down with impressive realism OF fury.
The love making was done with n CO.
ouetry, an are hness Of glance. ana a sweet
innocence on the part OF the lady that
was In itself a universal language, not to