The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27

runs over eight minutes and in spots ap- breaches grand opera. Tho work of Mss Cahill and her leading man. Julius Stescr. during the dramatic musical passages 0f this finale, Is of rare excellence.
 On one occasion in New York, Mics Cahill was given. by actual count. thirty. four curtain calls following the stirring musical close ot this act.
 Plays and Players.
 Under Southern Skies,' Lottie Blair Parker's most successful play has been hooked for a tour of the South and will appear in this city next fall.
 The Sultan of sulu" now closing It's Eeason. Is in Chicago, where 1t came from In the first place. The people of the city named are noted for the pride they take In their theatrical progeny. and they have welcomed back Mir. Ades musical comedy as though 1t were veritabls ProdiTal Son.
 Henry W. Savage Is to accomplish many things in the next few weeks. Im- mediately following the Chicago opening of the Mcssrs. Ade and Luders' The Sho Gun,' the manager will turn his hand to the production of Woodland, ' by Pixley and Luders. which will be seen In Boston at the beginning of May Less AIfdL lHGGC "ccAB AdleE MT. SaFAkS 8 Prince of Pilsen' company is to appeal for the favor of English audiences at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London.
 Managers in New York say that the at tendance throughout Lent has been Iarg- CT than Tn the penitential season for years. ''The Virginian" has been seen by nearly 5000 persons so far in Lent. and other attractions which can be set down as SuCCoggnG have nlaVpH tO afnilariV large audiences. While there are many who do not care to attend theatres in Lent, there are enough playgoers who think that a wholesome drama Is a proper diversion even in the penitential season to insure full houses when the play and performance are Of real merit.
 Kirke La Shelle. ,he manager and dra- natist. is taking a short rest in Florida. He will run over to Havana to sec whether 1t will be worth his while to dc anything for the amusement of the Cu- bans at their capital. He intends to spend most of the summer in Europe ana will sail from New York soon after his return from Florida. He has had a busy winter. with his five successful at fractions, and feels that he has earned a vacation. He probably will meet Augus- tus Thomas while abroad. The gifted author of The Earl of Pawtucket' is writing another comedy for MT. La Shelle He Is doing the work in London and Pa ris alternately.
 The success of Candida" the sweetest and most delcctable comedy seen in New York, speaks more for the real 'eleva- ton of the stage" than any effort ir that direction for some time. There Is so much to be said for Candida" and nothing to be said against 1t, it seems. From a moral standpoint. 1t Is upheld by the best class of theatre-going people The famous shawl speech" which un- doubtedly would have caused 1utter few years ago. is put so delieately and artistcally by Dorothy Donnelly that It's beauty Is made clear at once, and 1t s regarded as one of the finest scenes in the entire play. As a dramatic story. "Candlda" involves the deepest emotions and goes home to the heart like an ar row to It's mark. As a comedy, 1t is filled with delicious humor; not the car toonst's brand. perhaps. but rather the kecnest wit of that brilliant Irish writer. George Bernard Shaw. There is a con tinual bubble of merriment from the be- ginning to the end of Candida" The lines are so telling and well worth re- beating. but far too numere4g to memor.