The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08

Der of tourists in India. Abel Conn,
an American conjurer and aeronaut,
takes a trip to India to study the mys-
teries of the East. He falls in with
James MacSnuffy, a Scotchman with
a pronounced and incurable attack or
kleptomania. who steals one OF the
: ruby eyes of Juggernaut. There are
two eyes in the idols head, and the
one pilfsred by MacSnuffy bestows
upon its possessor the power of at
tracing women and causing them TO
fall madly in love with him. From
this much of the comedy Of the opera
evolves itself. The music is said to
be the prettiest ever turned out by
Herbert. A chorus of pretty girls Is
one of the attractive features OF the
opera.
Miss Elsie Leslie's hit as Glory
Quayle In THE Christian" has over
turned and obliterated one of the
soundest and most revered axioms of
the drama--that "a child prodigy rare
iy or never develops into a high-ciass
performer
Miss Leslie's success as a child ac-
tress in Little Lord Fauntleroy," and
in THE Prince and the Pauper" would
then appear to have been an inauspi-
cious rather than a propitious occur
renee. That she was able to live
down." as il were, her early triumphs,
and establish a new one, speaks well
for her abilities and artistic attain
ments. Almost every one of the great
actresses of the past was caught
early" like Miss Leslie, and in youth
displayed unusual and surprising pow
ers.
Ellen Terry, the foremost English
rad ha
the glare of the footlights. and her
earliest efforts were marked with APP
probation and applause. IT would
then appear that there was literal
worth in the assertion of Miss Terry's
biographer, that "she was great in
every line she ever spoke on the
stage" OF the actresses of to-day
every one, hardly without an exception,
won success when in their teens. Mrs.
Fiske was on the stage at nine, in the
Havelin Dramatic Company, and later
IN her father. Thomas Davies COM
pany. Even as a child, Mrs. Fiske
was looked upon as being "a genius
Miss Viola Allen when but fourteen
years old, and just out of school, APP
peared in the title role of "Esmeralda,'
and won instant success. Miss Allen
was the leading lady for the elder Sal
vini before entering upon her twentieth
Terry and others, spent her childhood
upon the stage, and her very earliest
efforts were marked with distinction
Miss Eleanor Robson, who may be said
TO be one of the most promising &C
tresses on the stage to-day, at Is. fair
ly stepped from a convent on to the
stage. Miss Robson. with little or nc
experience, won instant recognition.
Her rise during the past three years
has been one OF the theatrical sensa-
lions of the time. Julia Marlowe, as
Fannie Brough, was a member of the
Miles Juvenile Pinafore Company, and
later with the Josephine Riley Comedy
Company, of which Frederick Pauld.
ing, who plays an important role with
Mrs. LeMoyne In 1.-The First Duchess
Of Marlborough" the coming season
was leading man. A juvenile success;
almost parallel to that Of Miss Les
lies was achieved by Miss Fay Tenn.
pleton. On Aug. rs, 1872, when in hel
ninth year, Miss Templeton appeared
IN King Carrot" at the Grand Opera
House, New York. Her singing of thu
song, Love, Lovel What Is Love ?
was an instant hit. A few weeks later
and under the direction Of Augustil
DAILY, Miss Templeton appeared as Ro
neo 70 Bijou Heron's (now Mrs. Henr!
Miller Juliet. This performance wa
one Of the sensations Of the time. Mis-