The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

of any theater in the world. Most OF
the sittings in the house have already
been subscribed for for the entire first
season. Full details of the plan on
which the theater is to be conducted
have not been given to the press and
most of those which follow are an
rounced for the first time.
The theater is to cost about 100000
to build, and it is believed that the
offices, ETC., which will be included in
the building, will b eprofitable enough
the building, will be profitable enough
the theater what would be called in
stage slang "clean grease" When 1t
is understood that the average rental
of a New York theater without fur
nishings of any kind-not even seats
or curtain-is not less than $4,000 per
annum, the real Importance of this
item will be apparent. This fact and
the large number of subscriptions
which have already been made makes
the enterprise an assured financial
success from the start.
The stock company, which will hold
the boards of this unique playhouse,
will be in its personnel appropriate to
the society folk who will go to see it
play. 1t will include Mrs. Jack"
Bloodgood. a society woman in the ex-
elusive set: Elsie de Wolfe who is not
only admitted within the charmed cir
Gle of 1.-The AGO." but is very popular,
and others No one knows just what
the character of the plays TO be Sc
lected will be, but it is more than like
ly that they will be Chosen with view
to pleasing the somewhat jaded tastes
of what Henry Watterson calls 1.-The
most degenerate and corrupt society on
EARTH
An absolute innovation will be the
receptions which will be held on the
stage and in the green room after
matinee performances and at other
times. The green rooms has become a
mere tradition in New York's theaters
There is only one theater, | think
which has one at all, and that, instead
of being a place where the members
of the company may chat with each
other and meet their friends, has be-
come a depository for broken furni-
ture and other lumber. But the green
room of the new society theater will
be all that the green rooms of old
were-a place where the public may
come into actual social contact with
the actors and actresses of the COM
pany.
1t is planned, also, to give teas on
the stage of the theater. Another in
novation will be the serving of tea to
all who wish it between the acts of the
binary theater will have the rows of
seats placed far enough apart SO that
the mattresses (who will be gowned as
English serving maids are) may pass
in front of every one with their trays
and withou. treading on the toes of
the auditors. The free space at the
back of II auditorium will be unus-
ually large and easy chairs will be
scattered about in it. 1t is hoped that
this will encourage social intercourse
between the acts.
John A. Drake, the Chicago horse
man, who has astounded sporting men
by winning $685. 900 in one month and
five days, is not well known in New
York, although his name is now on the
lips of every horseman in the Metropo-
lis. ran across one man the other day,
however, who has met him and knows
him slightly. Said he:
Drake is a wonder. He would rathI
er bet than eat. His Judgment is well
nigh perfect and his luck is phenome-
nal. / am told that he made $4,000 in
three hours matching dollars with a
friend in the Auditorium Hotel in Chi
/ cago. My informant told me this anec-
dote of the 'Plunger
HE won nearly a cool million dol
lars betting on the races in England
> in 1900 and became very unpopular
there, both with individuals and news
papers. apparently for no reason ex-
/ cept because of his phenomenal luck.
! The other day friend asked him if he
! intended to go to the land of john Bull
again.
j oh, yes drawled Drake, I sup
pose 1 may have to for my sins. The
trouble with Britishers is that they are
jealous of us. We've got them beaten
at almost everything. The English
man eats American beef with Amer
lean knives and forks on an American
! table, while sitting in an American
chair, and while he eats he reads a
newspaper printed by American presses
on American paper. He goes to his
office in American shoes, and when he
gets there writes with an American
+ pen on American paper. When he
goes to luncheon he reaches the street
by an American elevator, and the
building in which the restaurant is
located is made of American steel after
plans drawn in America. In the even
| ing he goes to see Gillette, or some
other of the American stars, playing