The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-24

duplicated when The clansman' re- turns after its New York run.
 Tt was freely predicted in the au- dience that The Clansman' is destined to have a half century run. Unques- tionably it marks an epoch in the the- atrical history of the South, for it Is the first play which has succeeded In doing justice to the race question. If the reception in Norfolk is a criterion the tour in the Southern cities will be nothing short of a triumph"
 Tour of Eleanor Robson.
 Early this fall Miss Eleanor Robson will inaugIrate her first starring tour to the Pacific coast and under the Liebler & Co, direction as heretofore, and presenting the same charming play with which her name and fame have been SO conspicuously identified for the past two years--the character being that of Merely Mary Ann," in Israel zangwill's delightful comedy of that name.
 The success of Merely Mary Ann" and that of Miss Robson in the title role has been the most remarkable known in recent years. This captivating ac- tress, always fascinating, always &C., cepted, always recognized as a great popular favorite In whatever role she has essayed, as Merely Mary Ann has attained a professional stature unex- celied by that of any actress in Ameri- ca, for she has never presented the play anywhere that she has failed to prove the recipient of the most enthusiastic praise, both at the hands of the press and the public.
 She won the hearts of the popuIace in all the large cities of the East and the West before the play was given New York presentation, and then 1t car ried New York by storm, the popular craze compelling the retention of play and star far beyond anticipations, and compelling removal from the Garden Theatre to the Criterion. and after wards to the Garrick. in order to secure end of last season right at the very zenith of success. in order that the talented star might secure brief rest before opening at the Duke of York's Theatre. London. early the following season.
 In. London she won an almost un- precedented triumph, a triumph cer- tainly more pronounced than that gain ed by any other American actress in the British capital for nearly a quarter of a century. Her London run began Tuesday. Sept. sth and closed Thursday. Dec. IS, having been extended twice to meet the popular demand, and book ings previously made in America. | therefore, being twice cancelled. She returned to this country only to renew the success previously gained. and en I tour through the larger Eastern and Western cities was received with glad l welcome on every hand, closing in the spring only to appear in the Liebler & Co. special all-star cast spring tour | of the Oliver Goldsmith classic, She | Stoops to Conquer" which extraordi- nary presentation added another sprig of laurel to her victorious wreath.
 Supported by a thoroughly adequate | company In substance the same as that with which she appeared last season, she opened her Western tour at the Metropolitan Opera House, Minneapolis, Monday, August 2Sth. She .layed that week at Minneapolis. and the succeed l ing week at St. Paul, and then jour neyed Westward. playing engagements of varying duration in the far Vest | eFn cities.
 Her return will be by the Southern Pacific, making only one stop between Los Angeles and Houston, Tex. that at Fl Paso. After engagements in a l few Texas cities, she will play later al New Orleans and Mobile, and will then turn her face northward. playing Montgomery, Atlanta. Chattanooga | Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville and Louisville en route, reaching Chicago on December 4th, where she will again delight the residents of the Windy l City" and for an engagement of sew eraI weeks.
 | After completing this tour to the coast. Miss Robson will return to New York to open in a new play now being written for her by perhaps the greatest of all English playwrights, indefinite time for her in her new play having already been booked for her at Daly's Theatre.
 New Artists WIth Savage Company.
 Three new prima donnas joined the Savage English Grand Opera Company this week and will make their first American appearance during the week of October 3 when the company opens It's tenth season at the New Montauh in Brooklyn These are Madame Mori' cara Serena from Paris, Margaret Crawford, who sang in The Ring operas in Wiesbaden and at Frankfort on- Main, and Florence Pendleton Scar borough, another American singer who has jus. returned from Paris. Madame Serena is a native of Paris and has been singing in Nice the past two seasons. She is a dramatic soprano with an extensive repertory and is known on the continent as, Jean De- | Reszke's prize pupil, who made hel debut at the Opera Comique in Paris three years ago.
 l. Miss Crawford is a New York sir who spent several years of study iT Germany before she was engaged al the Royal Opera in Wiesbaden. Hel voice Is a dramatic mezzo- soprano witl a high range so that she can take >sucf
 roles as Ortrud in 'Lohengrin," Am
 neris in Aida" or Brunnhllde in "Tht
 Valkyrie" with equal facility. Mis- | Crawford will probably make he
 American debut as Ortrud.
 Madame Scarborough is another New
 York girl, daughter of the late Rev
 pr. Pendleton. She sang as a con
 tralto before going abroad to study
 for grand opera, but her voice has de
 veloped into powerful dramatic SO
 prano. Madame Scarborough complet , ed her studies last spring and accepted an offer from MT. Savage to return ana
 sing in English in preference to sign,
 ing three yers' contract for the granC
 opera in Paris.
 Other artists to be heard for the frs
 time with the English Grand Opers
 Company are Francis Maelennan, ten
 or; Ottley Cranston and Robert Ken
 Parker. bassos, from last years Par sifal' company; Millicent Brennan, SO
 prano; Mary Flames Miller, contraIto
 and Alfred Best. tenor
 Among the favorites still with tn,
 organization are prima donnas Ger
 trude Rsnnyson and Rita Newman
 tenors, William Wegener and Josepl