The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-07
LIGHTS TURNED
ON AT THEATER
WAS AUSPIcIoUS OPENING.
DESPITE WEATHER LARGE AUDI
ENCE SAW DEVILS AUCTION"

Manager SeesI~ind Received Many
TeIegrams Wishing Him Success
and Prosperity in the Coming Sea-
sOn-HOuse Shows Up Brilliantly,
and Is Now One of the Most At
tractive in the Southern Circuit.
Baseball Teams Will BE Guests at
the Theater Tonight.
Despite the steady drizzle all yester-
day afternoon and last night an audi
ence that was highly satisfactory to
Manager Seeskind attended the open
ing performance of the season of 1906
1905 at the Savannah Theater.
The Devils Auction" was the Of
fering. One of those extravaganzas that
is as good as it is made, the presen-
tation last night bore with the inn
provement of the times. and was great
ly enjoyed, judging from the applause,
by those who have attended the an
nual rehabilitation of this vehicle
Tor the convey of a melange of
vaudeville, COMFY and musical acts
The audience perhaps found equal
pleasure in witnessing the play and
contemplating the dainty play house
which has been under the transform
ing touch of the painters brush and
decorators palette, during the summer
months. The effects by electric light
are brilliant, but not gorgeous-pleas-
ing and restful to the eye, though the
lighter shades and effects have been
employed.
No Detail Neglected.
No detail has been neglected by
Manager Seeskind and from the new
heavy velvet carpetings, the excellent
ly executed frescoing, Hastily draped
boxes to the prim, with capped colored
woman servant in attendance, every
comfort and convenience. to the eve
as well as person, has had due con-
sheraton at the hands of the man.
agement.
The promise to Savannah theater
soers during the coming. season was
never more attractively set forth than
last night. In the nature of the pres
entation of a piece, merely a skeleton
IN its original form, the we'll set, at
tracttvely arranged collection of spe-
cialties bespeaks the class and merit
or the attractions that are to follow
Even the small boy knows what the
Devils Auction is. This was evil
denced by the tightly packed gallery
But the costumes were new and the
specialties were above the mediocre
The Everetts, a remarkable trio of Jug
glers and acrobats, Miss Prayer, dan
SueSe, and Miss Wilson, a sister to AL
H. Wilson, did much to make the old
piece seem new.
Many WeII-Wishers.
Before the curtain went up, Manager
Seeskind received a large number of
kilograms from friends in the theatre
cal profession all over the country
Among the more prominent ones were
Miss Viola Allen, Paul Gilmore, Tim
Murphy, Adelaide Thurston, Charles
Mason, Manager Savidge of the Saw
idge Grand Opera Company, ana one
of the best known managers in the
country and a number of others.
With the many kind wishes and ex-
pressions of "a highly pleasing nature
from those who have seen the house
since it was finished, 1 can but be
elated over the prospects of the COM
ing season." said Manager Seeskind. Il
believe that can safely say that, with
all the good things we had last year
and the year before, that the promise
for the season now opening is the
most pleasing yet
1T is no easy matter to book the
right variety of shows, and to please
all the patrons but knowing the wants
of the patrons here through the years
that 1 have been here. l am content
ed that we have been remarkably for
tunate in arranging the bookings as
they stand at present"