The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-24


pair obligingly responded to numerous
encores. ]. A. Prabst is a bird and
animal imitator of the first water.
A sensational feature and perhaps
the best OF the entire performance. is
Senior and Sonora Francelia. The Sc
nora simply furnished the avoirdupois,
but the lifting is up to the senior. He
is a wonderful specimen of physical
development, and as strong man he
is a veritable Sandow. His feat OF
making bow knots out of half inch
round iron seems incredulous, but
he delights in showing how easy" 1t
is to do it.
The Renzetta troupe of acrobats are
splendid in their many daring feats.
The entire company are good, and
what they do is done Wen, including
Hi Henry's excellent cornet solo.
1t was too near Christmas to ex-
pect a large attendance, but the per-
formances yesterday were the equal OF
any minstrel aggregation seen here
this season. and better house will no
doubt greet this company next year,
should they come this way.
In discoursing upon the naturalness
of Mrs. lie Moyne's acting, a leading
dramatic critic recently said: Mrs.
lie Moyne's impersonation Of the role
is probably the most notable illustra-
tion of true realism as distinguished
from theatrical realism in histrionic
art. that the American stage affords.
There is a Spurious realism in acting
that recently attained great vogue on
the stage and won great admiration
from critics. The hallmark of the
style was to deliberately and conspicu-
ously turn ones back to the aud
fence while delivering ones lines
upon the stage. If you did that once
or twice in each act you were recog-
nized as a great realistic actor II
you didn't you weren't. There is, of
course. no touch of this Stiffness in
Mrs. lie Moyne's stage method. She
is a great histrionic artist. That is
to say. she has brains and heart. in
sight and sympathy that enables her
to fully comprehend the meaning OF
the part she is to interpret. to thor
oughly know the portion she Is to
impersonate and exactly how that per-
son should dress. look and move and
speak under the circumstances and
conditions stated by the playwright
Add to this, that she is an accomplish
ed elocutionist an accomplished pan
feminist, an accomplished actor. with
every instrument of expression that
nature has given her so trained that
it is instantly and exactly responsive
to her will. The consequence is that
she Is complete mistress of the difficult
and complex art of seeming to be
natural on the stage, and succeeds in
producing by purely artificial means
that complete and undisturbed Illus
ion Of reality that is the highest pos
sible achievement in the way OF real
ism of histrlonic art-an achievement
for which the artist is rewarded by
having most of her audience believe
and declare that she is not acting al
all, but, having luckily found a part
exactly fitted to her personality Is
merely being herself on the stage.
Theatre goers of Savannah will have
an opportunity of judging Mrs. LIE
Moyne's naturalness for themselves
tomorrow matinee and night, in Glen
MacDonough's new play, Among
Those Present" The matinee prices
are 81, 75c, soc, and 25c, and night
prices, Csc. SOC, 75c, 81, and $3.50.
The advance sale of seats for the
Pugno recital Friday night which
opened at McArthur's Bull street store
yesterday morning, was full evidence
of the fact that the people of Sa-
vannah have awakened to the realiza-
ton tnat one or the greatest pldnlSts
OF the present day will play here. A
large proportion of the members of the
Music Club took advantage early In
the morning Of the unusual privilege
allowed them of securing seats at hall
rate, and many persons not members
of the club secured their seats. No
pianist since Paderewski has created
such enthusiasm in this country as
Pugno has done during the few weeks
that he has been playing at the North.
1t is a piece of unusual fortune that
a recital here by him has been arrang-
ed, and 1t is thing that may not be
done again for many years. An even
ing with a person of such notoriety
and reputation as Pugno will follow
most f1ttingly on the heels of Christ
mas Day.
Mabel Paige and her merry company
will be the attraction at the Theater
next week. On Monday evening "A
Mountain Waif" will be presented.
New and up-to-date specialties will be
introduced between the acts. Popular
prices will prevail. Matinees on Tues
day Thursday and SATURDAY.