The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27

play, the large receipts can readily be
accounted for.
The novel snow storm in the produc
ton of Way Down East" is worked
by electricity. The scene is a kitchen
with a door and window. About ten
feet above the floor and just at the
stage right of the door, are erected
appliances so placed that the wind
causes the air to take sort of a whirl
| igig course down past the door and the
window. The papers are dropped out
of a box, while salt goes from cylinders
into this wind. The beautiful snow
beats against the window and when the
| door is opened the wind and the snow
| whistles chill in the doorway.
1.-The Pride of Jennico'' combines
most of the elements which go to the
make up of a good successful play.
The action in the earlier scenes is quiet
and restrained and for the most part
given to love making, but later, when
the misconceptions begin to arise and
the plot to thicken, there is enough of
stirring incident and swordplay to sat-
isfy the gallery. The play has had
| a great vogue in New York city, and
will shortly be presented here.
The Harriet Ford dramatiZation OF
the Stanley Weyman romance, "a
| Gentleman of France" with Mr.. Kyrle
Bellew as CASTOR de Marsac, support
ed by Miss Eleanor Robson and an ex-
ceptionally strong company, will have
it's initial presentation at the Russell
Theater, Ottawa, Canada, Wednesday,
Oct. 80. The engagement of Ottawa
will be but for two performances,
| Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 80 and
81. On the evening of Nov. l Mr.. Bel
lew and his company will play in Ham
ilton, Ontario, and on Saturday even
ing in London. Monday, Nov. 4, the
engagement at the Grand Opera House,
Chicago, will begin.
Now that the newspapers have prac-
tically settled the matter, Liebler &
Co. have concluded it but fair to ac-
knowledge that the dramatic rights for
America of Mr.. Hall Gaines "The
Eternal City" belong to that firm, and
that they were obtained for Miss Vic.
| la Aliens use, the character of
Roma" as she appears in the play,
being one especially adapted to her
peculiar talents. The public will be
amazed at the extraordinary work
done by the dramatizer in adapting the
story for stage use, Mr.. Game has al
ways shown himself to be an artist in
that line, but never to so marked a
| degree DIS III lie EJcIildA NllS. IL
| gives every promise of being a mar
velously strong play, and one that will
have as strong a grip upon the public
here as has THE Christian"
Less than eighteen months ago Will
liam A. Brady tried to buy the Man
haitian Theater. The owners held out
for 1925 900 and Brady refused to go
higher than 100000. The improve
ments in Herald Square induced an
offer last week of half million dol
lars for the property, which was re-
| fused This was a case where Brady
was not lucky. If Col Fiske does moth
ing better for the public than Miriam
da of the Balcony" which he and Mrs.
Fiske, assisted by Col. Fiske's auto
matte manager the young Mr. Smith,
are giving it, Mr.. Brady will get the
theater at his own price. 1t is to be
hoped he will.
An early production of another Clyde
Fitch play. Major Andre" is an
nounced William A. Brady and Joseph
r. Grismer own the American rights
OF this play.