The Century illustrated monthly magazine . top of Ve-suvius and lookeddown the crater;there is nothing init. He did thisadmirably, receiv-ing a tremendousround of approba-tion. As he saun-tered up the stagehe again caughtmy eye; and giv-ing me a comicalwink as the ap-plause was contin-ued, he said, so thatI could hear him,though the audi-ence could not : Its all right, old (from a photograph lent by J. ) pl-,o,-, TveSOtem on this new treasure, began making prepara- His engagement proved a great financial tions for the opening. As I had predicted, the success. I was disappointed in hi
The Century illustrated monthly magazine . top of Ve-suvius and lookeddown the crater;there is nothing init. He did thisadmirably, receiv-ing a tremendousround of approba-tion. As he saun-tered up the stagehe again caughtmy eye; and giv-ing me a comicalwink as the ap-plause was contin-ued, he said, so thatI could hear him,though the audi-ence could not : Its all right, old (from a photograph lent by J. ) pl-,o,-, TveSOtem on this new treasure, began making prepara- His engagement proved a great financial tions for the opening. As I had predicted, the success. I was disappointed in his acting : quiet city began to stir with an undercurrent he was amusing and effective, but he was an of aristocratic emotion. As the week wore on amateur from head to foot, which in his case the tide swelled, and by Monday had reached meant a good deal. I am of opinion that once the high-water mark of excitement. an amateur, always an amateur. There are The theater on Sir William Dons opening many good actors that have this peculiar, raw. THE SAVANNAH THEATER PREVIOUS TO l8 night presented a picture of beauty and refinement. Families that seldom visited the house,except on the conventional Friday night. quality who have been on the stage for years;and it is because they begin their careers byacting leading characters. Mrs. Mowatt and crowded the auditorium ; costly silks and laces James H. Hackett were examples of many in fluttered in the dress circle, and old-fashioned our profession who have committed this fatal rose and table-cut diamonds glittered in the error. No matter how bold and dashing they private boxes. Elderly dames with their white may appear, there is a shyness and uncer- hair dressed (>/(^/t^/zz/rt^/Vw;-, and with long and tainty about everything they do. It exhibits brilliant pendants in their ears, nodded majes- itself in the casting of the eyes down upon the tically to one another, and prim old gentle- stage in an embarrassed way just after they men in sti
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