The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-30
AT THE THEATER.
vInStrcIs Gave Two Excellent Per-
formanceS.

fOrmanceS.
Tho minstrel performance yesterday af-
t.rnoon and last night by Primrose &
pockstaders Company, were the most en-
PERTAINING and tina most generally enjoy.
el minstrel performances which have
baan efven here in long time There
was very large audience at night, and
if was kept in good humor all during the
entertainment.
The programme was well arranged, and
there was not slow number in it. The
vocal selections in the first part We're all
coo3 but Larry Dooleys My Hanna
ya5y" was one of the funniest and best
SING of all. VIII Redmond sang There's
Where MY Heart Is To might" very sweet
1v and Manuel Roman gave we Came
FIRM the Same Old State" in an excellent
manner.
Lew Dockstader made the hit of the
show. He sang several old songs better
than they ever have been sung, and he
cid some stunts in monologue work that
was inimtable. His allusion in a topical
song This Beautiful Town of Ours" to
certain politicians as being the Pooh
Bahs of the town was a bigger hit than
Docks adler had any idea of. When Dock
stader stepped down from a billboard in
the seer cry with the remark that he had
been 70 against it long enough" the au-
d.enca could not give him enough ap-
rlause.
George Primrose is a graceful dancer,
and he pleased nightly with his My
Louisiana Lie" and watermelon scene.
The Choir Boys Dream" by Manuel Ro-
main with clever scenic and electrical
effect was very pretty indeed, and the
work of the Johnsons in feats of juggling
was marveloUsly clever.
There is one thing about the Primrose
& Dockstader show which makes it stand
out from other minstrel shows Ut does
not carry a musical team.
TIE Chicago Chronicle of Jan. had
this 10 say of "Oiver Goldsmith"
with a loving kindness, a delicacy Of
sentiment and q fineness of wit that Cold
SIN Oh himself might have shown in writ
ing of "a friend, Augustus Thomas has put
Oliver Goldsmith into a play. Also Mr..
Thomas has put into the play an unex-
ampled array of historical figures, each
drawn with the same loving touch that
has made his Goldsmith perfect. Stuart
Robson has staged the play in the same
spirit in which Augustus Thomas wrote
il, ana the result is one of those fine come
dies win ch not only brightens an evening
az the theater for us, but graduates our
hours afrerward. The play is aglow with
gentle wit throughout and he who leaves
the play house at its end cannot help but
feel In good humor with himself and with
an the world.
'Mr. Thomas has ventured much in at
tempting to put Goldsmith on the stage.
The author of The Deserted Village The
Vicar of Wakefield and She Stops 20
conquer the finest poem, the finest book
and the finest play of his day, is known
To most of us only through his more dis
tnsuished writings, and is therefore some
what idealized in the minds of most of
ha= M x4TiGp ST ri NO.
our ideals nor has Mr. Robson, for We
nave the actor as much as the playwright
TO thank for this sympa thetic presenta-
Ilon Of kindly 'Noll' Goldsmith. Mr..
Ihomas has made him in the play just
what he was in life, laundering fellow
with one of the biggest hearts in the
world end a gentle wit. of the true Irish
And The miseries that beset the actual
GOLDSMITH are but family suggested in the
pay and that suggestion is rather in
humorous vein. Mr.. Robson has made the
MOOD pulse through this character and
we result is one of the most loveabe
l'''ohs that has been seen on the stage
these many days.
Ihe Whitman Sisters and Prince Ish-
m"' VIII give their final entertainment
n "a anuah tonight, The entire house
na9 been secured for the colored people,
""'h Is a very unusual concession on
."e part of the management. 1t is an
''"eeH however, that the boxes and as
H''S seats i'm the pit as are desired will
reserved for white people. The enter
't.Ul'hi is announced as a benefit for the
,Na.'hhIes which accompanied the ag-
ZION on its recent tour and also for
'r Mothers Of the Nineteenth Century.
h..ar charitable organization among
'oofad people. As this is the first
lsc'nily nat the colored people have
sNea the privilege of the pit. it is
'AAt hey will demonstrate their APP
., ''n of the favor by a very large
members of the Western Quartette.
h rs billed in large letters to sing. say
m.. not going 90 do it. Four of the
AMI OF the quintette, Lindsay Davis
p, william Reed, managers and Julian
H. ava Robert Evans, were the ones
their salary on its recent tonr ana
AN the Whitmans have bil1ed tbon1