The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-26
"A Message from Mars"
delighted Audience Here
Last Night
I SHOW OF Tie SEASON
The Performers Were all stars. the
Scenery Beautiful and the Play
Ore Of Human Nature Which
VIII Always Please


It is safe to say that Brunswick win
rot in many years be treated to the
tReatrical proauciion thar viii come
>aagwhere near reaching the standard
ee> chas Hawtey's great producticn
a Message from Mar" which held
the boarNs at the Grand last night.
very member of The cast was polish.
ed the costdNmins the staging and In
fact every min&te detail vas what
might have bee5h expected frcm a city
many times larger than Brunswick
ana censiderable larger admission
pree.
The tory mat is told in "A Mes.
sage from Mars is one that is bound
sso leave its imprint.
Horace Parker. wealthy noblemsn
but insaneIy selfish forgets .se.Sery
duty so wrapped up Is he ia his own
selr he is engagR to be married Il
Minnie Templer, who is charming
Little woman md who is thoroughly in
leve with hint. but Parker in his icy
selfshness. fails to value this love. A
great dance is being given at the
home of Airs Clarence, to which the
Parker household had been invited
Parker refuse to GO refuses to order
a cab for the ladies, but fortunately
Arthur Dizzy friend Of the family ar.
I.ves in time V it'll his own livery and
escorts the lodies to the fete. Left
aIene in his luxuriant drawing room
Parker has a dream, in which he is
Visited by the messenger from mars
IN this dream the messenger makes
i'tsi- F7yy ili5 UTn character ruass iiiul.
70 the bail room Of Mrs. Clarence. sees
Minnie Temper in the arms of Arthur
LEY and finally is made to believe that
his banking house has failed and that
he is thrown into the streets com
non beagar The story reaches the
climax in he third act when Parker
la aroused from his dream BY the
return Of the party from the dance
The messenger had done its work
thc froheli sounds and Parker hasteus
10 a tenement house, rescues a motley
crowd of occupants takes them to his
drawing room, sends for physician
and tenders his good Offices He apol
oeszes to his nance and the curtain
falls after he las explained 10 her his
nidnight messenger and its offer reveI
at,on.
Last nights production was so true
to human nature that those who saw
II must have felt somewhere in the
human heart hat all OF US might pro
n by an awfl messenger
chas. Hawley is finished arust
effects with easy grace the lazy Eng
Esh manner ind in every single sug
gestion Of the role last night he did it
fuH justice.
Harry J. radaeld. The Messenger
from Mars" was simply superb though
ihe lesson be anght was a severe one
justice sas tempered with mercy
ana he was li7arally applauded
Miss Mena Harrison made splcn
did Minnie Ierpler. Her gowns were
gorgeous and her impersonation OF the
character was well nigh perfect
Miss Hettie Bartlett as Miss Parker
eenld not have done her role in better
isshion and IN all Of the several ell
makes she was simply equal 10 it,
IN short every member Of the cast
could not easily have been improved
en- and The News Is delighted to an
ncuhce thai although the admission
Irice was two dollars the house was
an unusually large one, ali Of the
bc xes were occupied and Chas Hav
Trey and his splendid company may
rest assured that if they come this
way again Trey win be greeted by
even a larger audience.