The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-27

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 Marguerite Sylva, who became a star prfma donna last year in 'The Princess Chic, by Kirke La Sale and Julian Edwards, is reoeatng her brilliant tri- umphs of last year. The company sup porting this handsome young star is an improvement over that of last season. and the critics of the Boston press have pt aised the production most cordially. A unique feature in the stage settings of the first act 0f Herbert Kelcey ahl Effie shannon's new play. Her Lord and Master is an oak swinging seat which hangs from the ceiling by chains fastened to invisible beams The me- of Stage Manager Charles Robinson. These seats have become popular in the summer homes of residents of the Thous- and Islands, and this is the first time their use has ever been attempted on the stage.
 Arthur Byron. wagenhals and Kem- star was greatly praised by
 'Petticoats and Bayonets." Tn. young actor made strong impression in the l windy city and has started his first tour as a star auspiciously. Wagenhals and Kemper have provided an excellent sup porting company. including Katherine Gray. clever young actress. The play Is staged with unusual liberality, the scenes and costumes being particularly 1 costly and historically correct.
 During the stay of MT. George c. Ty- Ter of Lebler & Co.,, in London, this with Mr. Edward Rose. of The London Times, and the adapter of Under the Red Robe and The Prisoner of Zen da.I for his new play. entieled "The & Co. are contemplating making an elaborate production for Mir. James O'Neill next season. It is needless to and the New York adapter of several modern novels are two different per- sons, and that "The Christian King" in which MT. Wilson Barrett is soon to appear. is an entirely different play
 Another melodrama that uses the civil war as background rather than as the 9f hs ths aory R of # the as seis is laid n West Virginia aud Tennesee and tells the romance of a young man named Edwin Gray, who, on the eve of his mar riage, gets into an altercation with former rival which leads to the killing of an old man, Gray's best friend. In despair and remorse for his nasty act, Gray escapes and joins the army. One act of the play is devoted to showing Gray at the front, and the third and fourth acts deal with his return to his former home and his efforts to clear criminal. This necessary result is ar rived at through the medium of strong and effective scenes and situations.
 Recently in Chicago Joseph Jefferson and a Twentieth Century woman's club held passing conversation.
 "I don't aspire to be lecturer. don't like to be lectured myself" be-
 Ours is the one art not only allowing but requiring repetition" he said. The actor must learn very early In his ca. reer the art of reproduction. He must always say his lines as though 1t were for the first time. If he fails In this he fails in everything. l remember story in this connection which I always like to tell. I was in an audience one day when just back of me I noticed man and small boy. It was evident to me that the father was pointing me out as Van Wrinkle of the stage. The boy looked at me with good deal or ln- | terest It was plain he had something on his mind Finally he leaned forward
 ing: "Dor't you remember that time when your gun fell apart?" That was the most satisfactory compliment ever paid me. and I told the father so af- terward ''
 It Is matter of very grave doubt wheth CT any American artiste has visited the Southern theatres In the past decade | the Southern press as has Mrs. Sarah Cowell LeMoYne. Mrs. LeMoyne IS an artiste who has enjoyed the rare pleas ure of being kindly received everywhere. but in the South the feeling she has created is something akin to admiration. | 1t Is akin to adoration. Hence 1t hap pens that whenever her royal foot touch es Southern soil the press does her hom- age in way that certainly must be very gratifying to her. This was the case when she appeared in "The Greatest Thing in the World. m orc especially the case when she appeared in Brownlngs ''In a Balcony" and even still more pronounced in her appearance this season ten especially for her by Mir. Charles Henry Met2er. The First Duchess, ot Marlborough" Lexington was the first son, and then came Louisville. and fln- ally St. Louis, and the tributes to Mrs. I.eMoyne's genius in the papers Of each of those cities were of a character that the gifted artiste is likely to preserve