The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03

IEMMHM UHuIEMIH I'M . III 0G e1ll RlH 1Fn MONTGOMERY THEATRE. Tuesday Nfght--Liliian Russell In "The Butterfly"
 Thursday Night Joseph Cawthorn in serhc Free Lance'
 BIJOU THEATRE. Thursday, Friday and saturday~Nights,
 and saturday fatince---Mlss Dorrtt
 Ashton In s'Tcast Lynne."
 In point of the number of its per formances. this week Is to be compara-
 lively dull in the theatrical circles of Montgomery, hut the quality or the performances will make up in large measure what the attractions lack Tn quality. At the Montgomery fheItre iMice Tuesday and Thursday nights: and at the Bijou only the latter hall Of the week is filled.
 Lillian Russell. heraided as the most beautiful woman on the American stage, ane certainly the most remark- able beauty on the American or any other stage will appear at the Mont- a1. gomery Theatre Tuesday night. MISS RussefI---it is q fact so well known that it Is not ungallant to set 1t down.
 has long been heralded Ins the most beautiful woman, and despite the mum
 Der of years that the claim to the sr Ap- ple of Dfscord has been made Tor ner, she Is still qualified to demand II. The years seem to have toucheu lightly. indeed not at all, the charns with which Nature in generous inooS ,uoS adorned her. Miss Russell has retlren from the operatic stage. upon whicn her voice was as laudable as nef beauty, and now makes her appearan.e in '~rhe Butterfly comedy as oa,Is t.,,a. as it's name. It's quick current at times becomes whirlpool of excitement and always fairly sparkies with cIeV erness. Miss Russell will reacn nions os gomery after an unproken scr S,,,G | f.tt II, l in which she has already appeared. | The second performance or tne WeeS | at the Montgomery Theatre VII uS ttS t 1 presentation of The Free LancG, E., ,tiin n 1 latest opera written by John fniulp Sousa. whose operas have met with tne
 success won by the marches that inanc nsac | him famous. In writing ine ,sst | Lance" which was producer ntse iaof os i year. Sousa had the collaboration oI l Harry B. Smith. whose other Wo' s ns ny have made his authorship assurance o' an entertaining book .,o,, chmadv. The piece Is not a musIcai xcai hut a real comic opera. ana US ehcSi | fence in music and dialogue IS saIu | to he thoroughly matched by us scsn cry and costuming. When Sousa' a | ready known as the Marcn N.ns, .,,- % lar music in the United States, an. an. nounced the completion Of ms nrst opera. there were those who ca1ieo m, z, indiscreetly intrepid. but ..ion Ei naps .sThe
  Free Lance" will be presented oy a1W ths Riiou, the latter part of the | week will see the presentatlon o 1 nlay that has never lost It's populaT.ty' a.Esst I,vnne," Practically speaklng' if has been played for two generaIio,Ins., ,I. hut its wonderful human interest mas 1 not worn out. perhaps never VII, ~ssen. men. out The appeal of its natural presen tstion of the emotions and passions. tne | triais and sorrows with which every man and woman can sympathlze; 1 real and undeniable now as wa
 Was years M ago: and It's power to touch the | heart is as absolute as when acIoI | long since passed away. spoke JUS IInss | and moved through its -viVlo' eVer memorable scenes. ,,,ho has made a distinct hit in Eas' | Lynne" and a company or higniy ga pable players. will present it at tme Bijou for three nights ana one i""'' l ness performance.
 Lillian Eusseil in s"rhe Butterfly" Lillian Russell, in a straigh. com.
 edy role, is the attraction rt.s,r an ,asSsy ns
 night when Joseph Brooks will pre- | sent this brilliant star In "The Butter l fy." a modern comedy of manners
 written expressly for her by keiiett
 Miss Russell plays a fascinating young widow whose butterfly nature is released from the bondage or 2 1 loveless marriage only to md herseiI | launched on a most extraordinary and
 complicated matrimonial adventure, 1 involving all the characters in cross 1 purposes and a whirl of excitement. l The superior supporting company in
 cludes Eugene Ormonde, John Flood. | Fred L. Tiden, Fred Tyler, Grant | Mitchell. Charles Lamb. Roland If .
 Hill. Kate Griffith and Rosalie de
 The Savannah Morning News of Jan l uary 27 says: 1 'sWith lines of pungent wit and just
 enough subtle suggestIveness to make
 it sparkle. Kellett Chamberss three
 act comedy The Butterfly as p, ."
 sented by Lillian Russell and her ex' cellent company at the Mutual Rink,
 last night, was all that had been
 claimed for it in the advance notices. Miss Russell was greeted by large | and appreclative audience and at the conclusion of the second act was called
 before the curtain. She expressed the