The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

say this: Ada Rehan is creature of
simplicity and truth, and likewise of
piquancy and fascination; she is a pas
slonate lover of beauty and she can DIS
Germ, and cordially admire the beauty IF
other women-a happiness somewhat nm
usual with her set. She is conventional,
having learned to be so, but the convCn-
tional is not her natural way, for her tenn
permanent had in it something of the ideal
Gypsy. Her physical beauty is of the
kind that appears in portraits of women
by Romeny and Gainsborough, ample. OPP
ulent and bewitching, enriched by the en-
chantment of superb animal spirits. She
has grey-blue eyes, and brown hair, and
the tremuIous sensibility of the Cslhc ma
ture; a careless strain of music, or lie
Tilt of an old ballad often brings tears
into her eyes.
Ada Rehan's domestic life is most tran
quill and happy, diversified with study,
and with the sp )rtive company of her ami
mai pets. Chief among these pets Is a
monkey named Chip and bulldog named
Fan, the former a remarkably interesting
creature of its kind. have seen her wan
dering with her dog or the broad and soil
tary waste of the hreeZy beacn that
stretches away for many sunlt mile in
front of her seques red cottage upon the
Cumberland shore of the Irish sea. She
is never so 2on-e ed, never so radiant
never so much herself. as in that beanti-
full retreat. The nearest house Is a mile
distant; far in the east rise the peaks
OF Coniston and Sk'ddav. More nea: ike
an eagle on it's craig, is perched the an
cient castle Of the lords of Muncas.er
Southwark lies Hu-neSS, with its Yener-
able ruined abba +; to the north the lan1
trends away. past Mary Stuart's fatal
haven and Wof aswortn'S earliest home,
to the dim and cloudy capes of Scotland;
while remote in the west, If the ar be
clear faint outline is visible of the ro-
mantle Isle of Man.
This graphic les .rpton of her foreign
rustic domain &c positively the direct op-
posite of her n svt Eork residence, VIII ere
she resides when not abroad, or en- tour.
AT This home there is every indication OF
the student, the woman of refine ment, ana
me connoisseur. Nearly every article OF
furniture in the house is Of valuable asso-
-iat'on-picked up here and there while
.roveling here and abroad. Some of it from
tire home of once famous people and some
of it purchased from great possessions
on the top floor in her den" room
stocked with rare bric-a-brac and books
worth a fortune, and next to her deh
she Drides her kennels.
Quoting the remark of great states
man. Ada Rehan is the only woman in
the world perfectly happy in her nome
life and whose marriage to her art Is an
assured success.
Manager Weis has contracted with
Ljetler & Co to bring their original pr3~
duction of Zangwilrs children of the
Ghetto" to Savannah April 8. This is the
same company and production that recent.
lv went to London. but returned because
The war scare has almost spoiled theatrical
business in London. The notable cast is
headed by Wilton Lacl1aye famous for MS
Svengali who has made an even greater
hit as the Rabbi; William Norris, whose
creation Of the Hebrew poet, has been q
hit everywhere; Rosabel Morrison, former
Nv a star in Faust" and Carmen Nine.
Cottrelly. the operate comedian; little
Mabel Taliaferro, the cleverest child act
ress on the stage. and twenty others Sc
lected especially for the parts they play
The company carries all the original seen
erv. costumes and properties, and the stu
pendous production viii be given exactly
as IL was in New York and London.
For years American theater-goers nave
associated rip Van Wrinkle with JOS
enh jefferson until one thinks and speaks
Of the man and the character as one ana
the same. Now the public has the oppor-
tunity of seeing and listening to TINS Ola
and thoroughly American stage produc-
lion in an entirely new light. The presen-
tation by the jefferson Comedy Company
is of special interest on account OF the