The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12

Joseph Jefferson the Fourth, hardly needs an introduction as he has become
 known all over the world as the actor | of his time. Few artists have played | as many parts and none ever lived that | held the public hearts with so firm grasp. He was born in Philadelphia, l February 20, 1929, and at the early age | of three years, made his debut One might fill many pages with analysis Of MT. Jefferson's impersonations; they
 have been so many times described that it will not be hard for those of another generation to get some Idea l of hIs powers. The present genera tion will remember him chiefly as the ! creator of Rip Van Wrinkle" Bob l Acres" Caleb Hummer" MT. Go lightly and "Dr. Pangloss.' Five years ago Jefferson was taken i'll at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, N. Y. He con , ceived the idea that it would give his son Thomas, an opportunity to display his talents. and allotted him the part | of Rip Van Winkle. On the night of the first performance all were eager to see this young actor in the part his father had made famous throughout the world. They came, they saw, and young Jefferson conquered; the mantle | of his father had fallen on him and dear old Rip would live in the son and be handed down to generations as It has been for over forty years.
 Thomas, we will note as Jefferson the Fifth! He was born In New York, September 10, 1857. In early boyhood he was sent to London and l afterwards to Paris to be educated After adopting the stage he made his | first regular professional appearance | at Edinburg and continued in England playing in number of parts, while | in Paris he played in French. On his ! return to the United States, he was engaged by Lester Wallack to join his company.
 This young man has played no less than sixty parts and has played with J. Jefferson, Booth, Barrett Nelson, Wallack, Davenport, Mrs. Drew, w. J. | Florence, John Gilbert. Viola Allen and | many others. With all this experi-
 ence and his love for his profession he
 hopes to keep up the name made famous by his illustrious father and | ancestors
 Thomas Jefferson will be seen here
 at the Montgomery Theatre next
 Saturday matinee and night.
 Success of t"The Duchess of Dantzic." George Edwardes's original London company has made very marked suc-
 cess in Henry Hamilton and Ivan
 Caryill's romantic opera, The Duchess
 of Dantzic," at Daly's Theatre, New
 York
 This piece, which is founded on tho
 historic story of Mme. Sans Gene and
 Napoleon, might, perhaps, be aptly
 called a music drama, dramatic interest
 dominating 1t much more strongly than any musical production ever before presented in this country. It should
 not be inferred from this statement, howevsr, that its musical side lacks
 either merit, interest or strength, for
 MT. Caryll undoubtedly presents his best composition in this score and MT.
 Hamilton has provided appropriate and
 clever lyrics which really aid in the | telling of the story and do not halt the
 action by their introduction. Taken as
 a whole, the piece has all the merit of
 a great play and a high class opera
 combined and In this respect is a re-
 markable novelty. Mir Edwardes has | given 1t a most sumptuous production | in elaborate scenery and extremely
 gorgeous costuming, especially in the
 scenes representing the gardens at Fontainbleau and the throne room in the TuiIeries
 MT. Edwardes's company is an un-
 usually competent one. A noted Amer ican manager, who saw the premiere | at Daly's, remarked that such a cast,
 so talented and well suited to every
 part. could not be made up in this
 country. Two members of the company
 were highly commended by the New
 York critics-Miss Evie Greene as the
 "Duchess,' and Mir. Holbrook Blinn as Napoleon. Miss Greene Is a beautiful I woman. equipped with "a splendidly cultivatd soprano voice of wide range. , genuine dramatic ability and a rare conception of comedy. She captivated her audiences from her first entrance. { Miss Greene made her stage debut as
 a dancer at the age of IA years and at ! IT was a provincial star In England. , Five years ago she made her first ap-
 pearance in London In the romantic opera, 'LAmour Muoille," in which , she played the boys role. Her next
 part in London was Dolores in the
 original production of "F7orodora." It
 is notNgenerally known that this piece 1 was written for her.
 After the success of "Florodora" she
 entered into a contract with George Edwardes and has since played under his management in the title role of
 kitty Grey" Nan in "The Country
 Girl" with a Devonshire dialect that
 caught the fancy of London, and in | The Duchess of Dantzlc." When she
 was selected for the latter role, it was
 thought it would overweight" her be- l cause of her youth. London had given
 her credit for very sweet and power
 full singing voice, but not for the dra-
 matte ability she possessed. The result
 was a great surprise and wonderful
 success in support of MT. Edwardes's judgment.
 MT. Blinn is San Franciscan. who