The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-15

Hermann. the magician. had con-
siderable fun with a street car con-
ductor in st. Louis, Mo-, recently. He
was on a down town car the conduc-
tor came through collecting fares, and
Hermann had in his hand to give him
$40 gold piece. This conductor glanc-
ed at the ready coin aad said: 81 can't
change that; is that the smallest you
have?" You can't change that?" said
Hermann, and in his hand was so
cent piece. The conductor glanced sus-
piciously at him. reached out. taking
the coin. when to his surprise it was
again $40 gold piece. did 1 not tell
YOU" he said savagely. handing the
coin back to Hermann, Il could not
change it. You will have to give me
something smaller or else get off the
car. The company does not make
change for anything over 81" We'll,
you have to change this then" said
Hermann, and there in his hand was
a 60-cent piece. Say what is this, any
way?" said the conductor. Have 1
got them?" Don't know" said Herr
mann whether you have or not, but If
you don't change this coin and stop
annoying me, I shall report you to the
company. We'll, III be - said the
conductor, as he rang up several fares
by mistake, and the crowd who had
recognized Hermann, laughed.
1t has been said and truthfully, too,
that nobody can play Rip Van Wrinkle
except the older Joseph Jefferson. OF
course this does not mean that nobody
else will try to play it. The younger
Jefferson is now presenting the old
piece, and here is a criticism of a
Western paper: Thomas Jefferson
is not his father No one expected that
he could be, for a Joseph Jefferson is
not born more than once in a century,
and so no one was disappointed with
his work in Rip Van Winkle,' which
was exceedingly clever. The company,
too, is good. and altogether Mr.. Jeffer-
son deserves much credit for walking
well in shoes that are so much too big
for him." Rip was presented here two
seasons ago by the young Jefferson.
Nat Goodwin's failure to draw in
London is chargeable to a great many
things, they say. One of them is the
blunders of managers. Goodwin does
not take it well, and insists that Eng
lishmen do not take to American COM
edians.
The Knickerbocker Theater, New
York, refuses to admit holders of tick
cts purchased of spectators. Pri-
waite detectives are employed to put
people on their guard. The specta-
tors have enjoined the proprietor of the
theater against doing this, and the mat
ter is before the courts.
Theater-goers of Kansas City were
as mad as hornets the other night when
the Grau Opera Company played there
without Nine. Calve. They called 1t
frost and all sorts of things. Nine.
Calve left the company soon after
leaving San Francisco, upon the adj
vice of her physician and is now in
Florida. She will rejoin the company
In New York the second week of the
season. The season begins Dec. 20.
The report comes that Sadie Mar
tinot in THE Marriage Game" is
worse than Nethersole was in
"Sappho." The New York papers
characterize it as the drama of the
gutter and garbage barrel"
Young Corbett, who knocked Terry
out, is demonstrating nightly in Phil
Lyceum how he did it, He is
playing in with Juno and Mord's Bur-
lesque.
The Philadelphia North American
says: The greatest mental effort re-
quired by an audience nowanights is |
coats in the short time granted before |
she makes a kicking expose of them. |
Well trained audiences have come to |
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