The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01

Blair Parker, author of "'way Down East" and 1t bears the rather poetic title, Under Southern Skies" William A Brady "presentSsd her in the piece piece Hammerstein's Theatre Republic. where. from reliable report, she Is attracting large numbers of the best class of the amusement-lovers of Gotham.
 Under Southern Skies is not rural drama. though 1t possesses two Of the boasted qualities of that sort of enter tainment, cleanaess of theme and dia- of the play is 1875 and the locale Louisi- ana, both combining to afford readily discernible elements of the picturesque. Mrs. Parker appears to have taken ad- vantage of these in manner calculated to give the enhancement of contrast to James Lane Allen kind of love story. Scenes of young men and women, quaint ly attired, run about the stage. sayest and noisiest when the action of the piece verges most on the pathetic In the sec ond. the interior of typical Southern home, there Is a Hallowe'e en party. Miss bring herself n % to discard the sutton of her choice because she believes 1t her duty to marry his rival. She Is conn peiled to enter into the festivities. how ever, upholdinR her lighted pumpkin and joining in a merry impromptu dance to the picking of a banjo. The negroes, of whom fifty are used. hear this music, and, gathering outside the French win
  miliar to all Dixeites. Employing such incidents as this. such amusing charac- ters as are an editor and politician with feud between them, Mrs. Parker that leavens the whole. In the midst Of the wedding service. surrounded by her friends. Leila sickens of her sacrifice and renounces the half-made groom beside her. This situation has been highly praised.
 Mss Georges personal success seems to have been the result of the traits since her debut in "The New Boy'-un- affected girlisfness, lack of mannerisms and magnetism that speedily wins her the sympathy and interest of her audi ences. Of the. women on the stage, Eff fie Shannon Is most nearly like Miss George, though it Is doubtful whether even she could do so we'll with the role. MT. Brady has furnished distinguished supporting company. among the mem bers of which are Ralph Stuart Cuyler Hastings, Burr Mcintosh, Will H. Bray, George Staley,' Kingsley Benedict, Thom- as Burns, Grace Henderson, Alice Leigh and Eleanor Gist. .-.-.
 News Notes of Stage Folk.
 Foxy Grandpa with Joseph Hart and Carrie DeMar, will be produced at York in February for an extended run.
 Lottie Blair Barker has two plays run East, at the Ac&demy and Under South ern Skies in which Grace George has scored a great success at the Republic. monster production of the 1.-TWO Or phans," with a star cast, is talked of with l. Grace George as Louise, Henrietta Cross man as Henriette, Wilton Lackeye as the Chevalier, Theodore Roberts as Jacques, Henry Dixey as Picard, Rose Coghlan as | the Countess and Otis Skinner as Pierre, | the cripple.
 "The Princess Chio," Kirke La shelle's wonderfully successful opera comique, which opened the eyes of the wise ones last season with it's record-breaking business throughout the country east of the Mississippi is this year again a paos-maker in the matter of receipts. Boston and Philadelphia have paid will ing tribute, and the organization is now beginning its tour to the Pacific coast.
 The company which will appear in Montgomery in When We Were n'' next week numbers among its principal members Nestor Lennon, Jacques Mar Dudley Hawley. Ira T. Moore, Richard Hutchinson, Hume Gibbons, Louis Nel- son, George Percival, Mrs. Jacques Mar tin, lanes ~Wheatly, Lucille Earp, Sarah The tour is under the direction of Will liam Morris and John T. Hall
 May Robson. the Mrs. Bang of The
  character make-ups, has quite outdone even herself in this musical comedy. A week or 30 ago her wardrobe for the part of Mrs. Bang" was added to in the actor, and c. D. Moon. manager of tho Opera House al Eau Claire, Wis. discovered hat on the rack in local restaurant that they thought would strike wonderful creation would be to put it mildly. Such another grotesQue 'confec- ton" in millinery does not exist on earth: They, bought 1t and sent 1t to It in the first act of The Messenger Boy" It is hit in itself.
 Interest never flags and exciting incl dents follow each other fast in Joseph Arthur's pastoral melodrama, Lost River" which had a run of six months in New York to financial and artistic re- turns that placed the play in the front the place of action. The characters are fashionable visitors to the famous health resort near by and the uncultivated na- tives of that remote region. The scenery depicting Lost River Valley is superb The panoramic effect shown in the bicy- cle ride for life as well as the beautiful view of the Baden toll road with It's massive tollgate, are scenes in which two of the most thrilling episodes of the play take place and which aroused the utmost enthusiasm from New York audiences
 
 Montgomery Theatre soon.
 Klaw & ErIanger made most elaborate preparations for their proclamation of the Drury Lane fairy extravaganza, "The Sleeping Beauty and tho Beast at the Broadway Theatre, Novsmber 4th. They employ company of oveF 400 people. The principals. with but twoyor three excep- tions, are native artists, many of them acknowledged leaders of the American stage in their field. Charles J. Ross plays the Queen; Harry Bulger, the King; Joe Cawthorne, the Nurse;f Johnny Page, the President; Ella Snyder Beauty; Viola Gillette, Prince Caramel Jane Whitbeck. Algie; Nora Cecil, Reggie; Phoebe Coyne. the Witch; the Hengler sisters, FlOssie and Jocelyn; Birdie Sutherland. the statuesque English beauty, Fairy Queen, and the lliputians, Franz and Elize Ebert, Lord and Lady Imburbas.
 Ir Is a matter of curious interest that plays bearing the name of flower have been uniformly suctessful. This, then. would appear to be 4n suspicious portend for Sweet Clover.t the play in which Miss Adelaide ThurSton Is starring this season. Years ago, when the sands In Col. John McCaulr$ fortune were run ming low, he produced an opera called Glover" It was al great success and his financial feet. Then came delightful Sweet Lavender" at the Madison Square and at about the same time May Blossom solid hits. A play called "A Mountain Pink was equally fortunate. If this new play, Sweet Clover" serves to land Miss Adelaide 'Churston. the popular Lady Babbie, 'fn clover" sweet or otherwise. theatre-go- CTS all over the country will be consid- era blY Rratified.