The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-16

kNeAtef. ne tAHtrNh AuEahNt N"'ittiastf
viii open O five nights engagement to-
morrow night IN "Thc RED Cross Nurse .
four-act military drama.
The Robson company played an engage
nent here last season ana among the
many popular price companies which
played here was considered among the
best Mr. Robson claims 20 have even a
better company this season. including
Miss Mouie Nelson. who played tho lead
M roles last year and promises mum
be- OF strong plays.
specialtics will be interpreted through
cut each performance ana there will b. a
,hange OF hin nightly
Saturday matinee and night Man o.
Wars Man" naval play. as the name
suggests. will be the bill
The play concerns the love Of Elinor
Denleigh on the part of Capt Jack Con
way OF the United states warship New
Orleans The captains rival IS Basiho
Havllando. who commands the Spanish
.hin FL Scorpion The fact that Eiinor is
Russian Spy Is known 20 Gen. Ivan
pietrovitCh the Russian ambassador,
who i.ts the spanish captain into the
secret To Capt Conway Eln9r d
kuown only as the adopted daughter OF
she Engushman Dcnleigh. until by her
own confession she tells him that she Is
. spy in the pay n Russia. subject 20
he commands OF pieirovitch. one OF
fhsse commands is that for purposes OF
state she XIII or cause 20 be Killed the
American captain. or her fathers NE VIII
CAV the forfeit 80 Siberia. Distracted, she
,asts the die IN her lovers favor. res
cues him from the Russian prison 10
which he Is condemned by the machina-
tions OF the Spaniard. and joins nina ID
he last act, vindicated.
The comedy Is furnished In The agree
able and freshening love-making OF I'm
siTn Harry Hanlay. an irish American
Youth Of redoubtable proves, len love anu
war and Rose L.eotine. hirtafious htiie
French girl. who IS readily becoming
Americanlzed, and who has terrible hfe-
.atfng brother IN the French navy
Through all Of this melodramatie pot
pourri Capt Basilio Havilando trans ser
oentinely lie plots aud counierplois, ana
q d.feated IN every turn. Even at the
ast his Identity is denied when he Is
,oufronted by Capt Conway. who D.
dressed IA the Spanish captains uniform
AZ the room OF the war council at Ceuta'
The FIRST act is the interior Of the Army
and Navy club in New York city. Dan
Is IN progress Capt Conway discover
ais hove for Eliuor who, az Vera, the hus-
ian spy. has been ordered 20 kin him.
Act second presents the American con-
tulste al Honolulu. and ends with one
n tho best stage Effects ever seen. IN"
American hlueiackets cover with their
guns the Russian emlssnries aud hf4hs
them 20 surrender. The prison seen IN
the third act calls for sustained and EN-
cient work on the part Of Capt CONWAY
and EIinor DenlciFh, when the FORMER
-ounterfchs the French agent ana the lat-
ter knowing her lover IN this DISGUISE
sits unconcerned IN the presence OF Ia
ron Adamonton. and on leaving them sur
raptitioueiv CONVEYS 10 the disguised
American captain important state papers
Ia tire matter OF the Nicaragua canal
Tho second scene shows the interior OF
a Russian prison. with capt, conway ~
chains Through Ncra's contriNanee ne
Is rescued The escape is well planned
and wei carried out. Conway rs visited
bv Vera and minute later by Haviando.
VINO came 90 taunt them both. In twink
ling. Havilando is made prisoner in the
Mace OF Conway. who oprTopriates the
spanlard's uniform aud presents himself
as the representative OF spain at the war
council Of the assembled ambassadors at
Ceuta who have met to take measures
FOR an European coalition To deprive
America OF tM# NoulfNi va Tue lANtf@HNN
canal at Nicaragua.
IN act fourth the Yankee fleet Is tfi-
umphsni and the canal b saved To the
Unsed States by her gallant tars. The
closing scene Is said 20 be brilliantly real
istic. The advance OF the American fleet,
the retreat of the spanish fleet. the
launching Of the submarine boat and the
destruction Of the whole array OF spain
followed la rapid ana dazzling order.
Holcomhe Bacon. a son Of the late De
Wit c. Bacon ana well known himself
In Savannah. has been studying IN New
York for the stage Tor some simc and Il
Is understood that he will soon make his
debut Mr. Hopper was graduated from
the law department OF Columbia Univer-
slty and for a short while read law In the
ONCE Of Denmark. Adams q Freeman In
this city n has not been generally known
that he had ambitions Of histrionic ma
ture and u Will be a surppso 20 his
friends.
He has ample means TO further any
theatrical project that he should fancy
and II he has talent he ought 10 ind the
way % the thespian much easier chan the
average tyro.
Another x-savannahian who Is doing
very well on the New York stage Is MS
sege OF Prof Won De Hoya. who was a
professor Of music here several years ago
Miss Blanche walsh. the gifted young
actress. who has made such a name Tor
herself. and who some critics think Is the
successor Of Davenport. has just returned
from Europe Miss Walsh is evidently
rofnewhat Of a critic herself rs well as
a keen observer. as the following delight
ful Interview will show:
'sNaples" rhe said. rs a fine opal set
81 sapphires' Its beauty OF colorlug Il
90 VIVID that while charms u weafies
and Intoxicates. like its native wine. Lac
chrymi Christi. IL IS a city Of heiiisn
noise. which ! would Ike better were the
modern Neauoiitnn eliminated "
You DO not like che Neapolitan, them
1T DE- not a question Of liking or other
wise. bat OF impression. and 20 me the
Ncapolitan seems 10 assume all the worst
sraite Of the Italian nation. He b. the
plebeian par excellence Of race once
great ana refined His manners leave
much 70 be desired
did YOU visit Mount Vesuvius?' .
''Yor. ] have had the sensation Of vol
unfairly climbing up 20 the iafcrasl re
Fions."
How did Won ike Rome. Miss waish7'
conc. ! think. is not called upon 20 fan
IN dove with every city one visits ! was
awe-struck. naturally with all that STA
stands as landmark OF her ancient
grandeur. Nevertheless. modern Rom
affects me dH8grecnhlv as The cradle 81.
Ignorance and superstition. A"