The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

AOAlONAhS WIN GlGl lily 1I1Cilu at a
gathering of notables. Well, you didn't
tell me how fast Foxy CUTLER went
down the road l asked.
THAT - horsei Why, that horse
couldn't go as fast as you can kick a
BARREL he replied. Whereupon l sus-
nected with reasonable certs inty that
the horse, r. CUTLER was slow. So un-
like the real IF. o. you know, and I
mildly gave the crowd the Paul Re-
we're act" The players laughed.
"All of which," resumed Sykes. con
vinces me that the biggest boost a
mans business gets is the boost that
he gives it himself"
Nat Goodwin, from all accounts, has
Jared no worse in London than the
famous Eleonora Duse has in Rome.
While the Romans did not hiss her,
they talked loud and nobody heard her.
She will leave Rome. The English
characterize their neighbors' conduct
as brutal"
Sol Smith Russell, it is said, has To-
comotor ataxia, and will never be able
to act again.
Fyffe, librarian of the Edwin Forrest
Home, last week present Sir Henry Irv-
ing photograph of the statue of For
rest as Coriolanus.' which stands in
Springbrook Mansion. In acknowledge
ment, Irving said: Let me thank you
heartily. 1t is a most interesting mo-
mento of a great actor which l shall
ever value"
When Foxy CUTLER was first pre-
scented in New York, said H. B. Stew
| ems one of the proprietors of the COM
| pany, the other night, it was failure.
The audience. passed us up before we
| finished the first act / could never &C
count for it. We got out of Gotham
and | pledge you my word, we haven't
seen a slow day since.
The case against ticket spectators
by the Knickerbocler Theater in New
| York resulted in the fine of one of the
| spectators, and the release of the 9TH
| en- The judge holding that spectators
| violate no law when they do not OBJ
struct the entrance to theaters.
Klaw & Erlanger have arranged a
| novel Christmas celebration for the
| children who are taking part in their
production Of THE Beauty and the
| Beast" On Christmas eve the Crystal
Palace, with it's 1000 lights and 10000
| pieces of glass, will be kept standing
| after the performance and transform
| ed into a great Christmas tree. The
| luminous columns will be decorated
| with holly and toys will be distributed
/ to the children.
In the Palace of the King" Miss
| Allelis new play, will be presented here
| Jan. 8. There appears to be variety
| of opinion regarding the classification
/ The stiptppGf - mir ,,,I
roic" appear in all of the criticisms
but as TO whether it is romantic
drama of melodrama seems to be q
| question open to argument. A New
York critic spoke of the play as being
"a velvet bound melodrama," while an
other referred to it as being "a romans
tice drama of love. intrigue and pas
slon. Lacking locomotive, snow play
| snoW-slides, tornadoes-except of the
emotions-it could hardly be called q
melo- drama as understood nowadays.
Mrs. Langtry expects to open hel
Imperial Theater, in London, in the
second week of January, with a new
| play by Paul Kester called MAIDEN,
oiselle Mars" and having that famous
actress for heroine. 1t is amazing
how dearly all second-rate performers
love TO masquerade in the guise oil
fear. of odious comparisons.
Viola Allen is going with Mr.. anc
Mrs Hall Game on an Italian trip in
! order to acquire the atmosphere of Mr.
Gaines Eternal City, in the dramat.
ization of which she will appear. Miss
Allen viii have in her support Fred
eric de Belleville, who is to play Ba-
ron Bonelli.
| Belasco's system of playwriting is
unique He employs a lightning stem
ographer OF intrepid nature, who is
not to be terrified or confused what
ever happens. This worthy ds requir-
| ed to set down not only what he hears
| but what he sees. Thus assisted in his
| study, Belasco locks the door and pro.
ceeds to fall into a sort of hypnotic
| trance during which he is possessed III
| turn by all the characters of his play
| At one moment he is the heroine, al
another the villain, at another the hero
at another the comic relief, at another
| the village chorus or cries of q moi
| in the distance Illuminate as well as
animate nature is represented by oui
| author in his own person, for he can
transform himself into furniture, be.
come ZaZa's couch or breakfast table
or the belfry up which Maryland
| climbed on her way to fortune. Thus
held by the exact spirit of every per.
son and matter in his story. Belascc
acts 1t out scene by scene, changing
from one character into another like
Fregoli, and illustrating every sentence
in the dialogue by is appropriate ac.
ton. The stenographer must make his
/ pencil fly to chronicle all these things
He receives a large salary and earns
| his money.
A genuine theatrical novelty in New
York last week was the production Of
1.-THE Merchant of Venice" by the Jew.
ish Stock Company of the Peoples
Theater Jacob Adler, the Yiddisi
tragedian, is credited with most in.
teresting portrayal of Shylock. Tn,
action followed Shakespeare's story
closely excepting that songs were in,
troduced.
voting contest was held in Gin,
cinnau recently as TO which was the
most popular Shakespearean play
Curiously enough Hamlet" was giNer
! the largest number OF votes. tho tota'
being within half a dozen OF 2,4o0
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