The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
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eral man of all work around the par
sonage, the parsOn escapes from the
officers, and is next heard during the
Mardi-Gras in New Orleans, seven
years later after various vicissitudes.
The wife is also I'm the Crescent City
with her little blind daughter, en-
deavoring to exc out scanty exis-
tence. The husband and wife meet
during the progress Of the carnival,
and are observed by Gordon, who
recognizes the parson and points him
out to the officer of the law as a
fugitive from justice. Further identi-
fication is necessary, however, but the
wife refuses to acknowledge that she
has ever seen him before, and thus
defeats Gordons plan.
The next act shows husband and
wife living in adjoining quarters in
squalid quarter of New Orleans,
where the little child. in wandering
through the halls, accidentally enters
the parsons apartment, just as he is
about to commit suicide. The voice of
the child recalls him to the world,
and he takes her in his arms, just
at the moment the wife enters search
ing for her. They are reunited and the
last act shows the beautiful home of
which they have been defrauded so
long and all the tangles are straighten-
The sale of seats will begin to-mor-
row morning at a. m. Matinee prices:
Orchestra, reserved, SOC balcony,
adults, soc; children, 25c admission.
Regular prices at night.
A unique speciality of the AL G..
Field Greater Minstrels, Friday matt
nee and night, will be the Astonish-
ing AVOIDS. who do the most novel
act of its kind. There are six per-
pendicular poles, reaching into the
flies and up these poles the performers
go, lifting their weight by the mar
Vicious strength of their hands and
arms alone. They go from pole to
pole with a remarkable swing similar
to the flying rings, only in this case
they sustain their weight by sheer
strength of their hands on vertical
lars, swinging from one to another in
that manner.
A series of swings are executed be-
tween the poles, with some lightning
catches of the poles necessary to sus-
tain their position and keep from fall
ing. The performers fly from pole to
pole, now rapidly, now slowly, but al
ways in harmony with ease and grace
and never a mishand. The act is en-
tirely out of the ordinary, the poles
being perpendicular instead of hori-
zontal, as in other gymnastic acts.
The sale of seats will open on We'd
nesday morning at a. m. Matinee
prices are: Orchestra, SOC reserved /;
Balcony, adults, soc; children, Csc ad-
chestra, 81 90; balcony, rs and soc;
gallery, soc.
Henry w. Savage will have over a
score of principals with the English
Grand Opera Company when the big
company is heard here. Among the new
singers recently arrived from Europe
may be mentioned Arthur Dean. the
Covent Garden baritone; Henri Bar
ron, Russian tenor who has had sew
eral years English grand opera ex-
perience in London. and A. H. Busby,
new baritone, pupil of Signor Cotog-
nj, in Rome. William Wegener the
Wagnerian tenor. formerly a Brooklyn
choir singer, who has had four years
study in Germany. will also be with
the company. A new prima donna is
Kate Sherwood, the dramatic soprano
whose stage work has been confined
to concert and oratorio programmes.
Miss Sherwood is n daughter of Judge
Thomas A. Sherwood of the state ST.
preme Court in st. Louis, and has a
voice with range Of two and one-half
octaves She will probably make her
debut as Leonora in I'll Trovatore"
There is hardly a playgoer in Ameri-
ca who does not recall the series of
successes. scored by Comedian James
T. Powers during his long association
with the Hoyt plays. and later as the
principal comedian in several of the
big operate productions made at the
New York Casino. 1t was in the last
named line of work that Mr.. Powers
fun-making ability was thoroughly de-
veloped, and he became such a favor
lite his services were secured by d
London manager, with whom he re-