The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

conditions it will probably take from
an hour and a quarter to an hour an
a half to finish the first act of this stir
| ring old play with its brilliant new
company. An entirely unprejudiced OBJ
server would have had no end OF
| amusement if he had been permitted
to attend the rehearsals of 1.-THE Two
Orphans" All the stars have, quite
naturally enough, endeavored to con-
, troll the center of the stage during the
different scenes, and at the same time
| avoid the appearance of endeavoring
to secure this advantage at the ex-
pense of their associates. The court
liness with which they have dressed
one another and the elaborate assump-
| ton of generous consideration which
has prevailed in the little conferences,
were a delight to behold. The enter
tainment is to be continued for four
| weeks at the New Amsterdam, and the
| financial results will doubtless be very
large, as the theater's capacity is away
above the ordinary.
The story of Nine PATHS husband is
out at last. 1t seems that the diva
| found herself growing rather too stout
! for either personal comfort or the con-
| tinuance of her public career, and was
| advised by her attending physician to
| seek the benefits of massage. To this
end she dispatched messenger to Lon
don, who brought back with him
stalwArt Swedish masseur named Ce-
derstrom His professional services
were of great benefit, and his attentive
ness in due course won for him the
regard of his employer. There is a
rumor of not authoritative kind that
in order to raise her prospective bride
groom to desirable social position
Mime. Patti purchased for Cederstrom
Swedish baronetcy-a not very eX-
pensive LUXURY in a country where such
titles may be had for $500 apiece-and
on bargain days for as low as 5000.
In some quarters 1t is insisted that
Cederstrom was a baron even when in
such hard luck that he was compelled
% become a masseur in London. But
whether there's any truth or not in this
part of the story it is admittedly
fact that Nine. PATHS husband first
made her acquaintance in the manner
here described.
There is nothing essentially new in
the line of productions along Broad
way this week, and the first furry of
excitement will occur on the evening
of April 4, when six or seven attrac-
tions new to the metropolis are to be
made known. During that evening
there will be something Of shifting
about. Eleanor Robson, who is Sc
curing rather general familiarity with
metropolitan playhouses, will then
move over to the Garrick Theater from
the Criterion with Mr.. Zangwill' S
Merely Mary Ann" This makes the
third New York playhouse to be oc-
pied by the handsome and gifted young
actress during the current season. and
it enables her to demonstrate that
there's no truth in the old adage that
a rolling stone gathers no moss" For
| Miss Robson's stay in New York has
been exceedingly profitable in a none
| tary sense, as well as serving to firm
| ly establish her claim for recogni-
ton among the foremost actresses of
| the time.
David Belasco, whose genius is not
alone puissant but astonishingly ener-
! getic, finds time to devote to many pur-
suits including the business interests
he has projected, the writing of plays
and the staging thereof, the develop
| ment of new stars and the planning of
| far-reaching schemes. 1t is now learn
ed that the latest diversion of this re-
markable man is the writing of a nov
el for publication along toward mid
winter. Mr.. Belasco will not reveal
| either the title or the object of this
work. the scene of which. however, is
| said to be laid in France, during one
of the stormiest periods of an earlier
century. The leading character is of
historical as well as romantic interest,
| and it is the supposed purpose of the
author to put his story together in a
manner to make it's subsequent trans
fer to the stage a comparatively SIM
pie matter. There is suspicion, mora