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A OSObaiAN AND NKW8.
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STHEA
three
at GRAND
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
••Our New Minister”
Is a Pretty Rural
Drama.
favorite song
IS DRAMATIZED
•Painting the Town” Prom
ised ns Musical and
Uughing Hit.
T lliua: new play* will be presented
the i.rand next week. The
hill comprises "Our Now Mltilo-
on Monday and Tuesday night*
Tuei-day at matin#*; "ICvorybody
Works But Father." on Wadnaaday.
,1,11, -I'alntlng th* Town" will be the
„g tr in* Friday and Saturday nigh la
ami Saturday matlnaa.
• itor New Minister" la a rural play.
,0,1 la the w ork of Oeorga W. Ryer and
that master of rural play*, Denman
: Thompson- The production la aald to
pours* many of the charm* of "The
old Homestead," while bringing l»
manv humoroua situation* to relieve
,he pithua, which la a atrong feature.
The eomiiany la aald to be one of high*
r la.« fully capable of handling the dlf.
(Ieoh roles of rural character* without
.iier-a. ting, as l« ao often the caae In
rural plays-
•Everybody Work* But Father" la
one of those thing* conatructad to
uif and make people laugh ruling
over the circuit have bean liberal In
(Oinmendlng the play, while there
Mem* to he * general feeling of eetla*
taction among the audience* where It
hu been presented. It la a farcical
comedy lu which father get* the hard
end of the humor.. The caat la mad*
up of good art lata, while tb* staging la
of a high order.
-Painting ill* Towu" ha* been pro
nounced a genuine mlrth-provoklng
production. The Baltimore Bun term*
It a "hilarious night of muelc and song
in the "jmpajiy of pratty chorus girls,
♦iflinii by saying It Is "a warning to
benedicts." It la one of those play*
-.inch ksopa tha chonu. rodytng every
minute of th# evening, to bright catchy
music and clever songs. It la a play of
big dty life, full of hustle, buetl* end
conceived to pledge the eye end
EMMA EAMES
COMING SOON
Great Singer to Appear in
Concert at the Grand ,
March ‘>o.
Mine. Kuxua E.ime. will (ipp«nr In con
cert nt the (.mini oper.i house on Monday
evening, February a. Mine, Knrnra la da-
pllrntlug her operatic triumph* In con*
cert, ninl Allniitu Id fortunate to bo la.
eluded aiming the cities- wbteh she visits
on tbs present tour.
One of the fluent singers ^>n the Amerl-
ean stsge. and one of the most beautiful
aa not!, Mine. Katues oceuplcs a place on
the top rung of the ladder of theatrical
fame. Not so many years ago, tho hand,
some, dork-eyed girl was heard for ths
•rat lima by the American theatergoing
public. Her rise was rapid, and at present
she is one of the m.ist popular woman
singers |n the country.
The beauty of Mmr. Karnes Is unusual
and atrlklng. If abe were not celebrated
aa n singer, ah* would still lw widely
known ah n lovely woman. Her beauty la
familiar to most people tbrmigh u |mr-
trait of Iter, painted by her artist bus-
baud. Julian Story, which shows her
feelly modeled profile end her long, beontt
ful hair. Mme. Koines' husband is a fa
mous artist, and some of his most site,
cossfut pictures nr* those for which bis
gifted and lovely wife posed.
Mme. Karnes baa charmed the musical
renters of the l otted Htatca and repeated
her triumphs in tho obi World. Many At
lantans new familiar with her line sliiglng.
anil abe will bu given an ovation by the
musicdorlng people of th* city.
Tlio program to lie presented on the
evening of Mme. Games* appearance will
M nc'Btlmty ««e. sM MiipreJ
the alnger an opportunity to appear at her
brat. The present toar ha* been
ly flattering to the ooted sluger.
Former Chorus
OLOA MAY, ANN MOONEY, BLANCHE WEST, VIRGINIA STEINHARDT.
Girl* In Mari* Cghill’s Company, Promoted to Principal Part* in Her New Play, "Marrying Mary.”
“Our New Minister.”
One inn frequently get a batter end
mere elect Idea or Rut what a play
is like by reading an unblaied crlttclam
by a critic of ability for a paper of
itnss ir mutation. Sometimes the ieg -
ulstlon press agents* etorie* are ool-
ured In favor of an Inferior produc
tion. but It In seldom that a newspaper
.critic goes far wrong In hie estimate
of a play.
Tim Is v hat The Richmond Evening
Journal bad to Bay of "Our Now Min
ister" w hen the play woa produced re*
vently In Richmond:
If the theater-going public In Rlclt-
if.cnd doesn't wake up today and go to
the Academy of Muote, It will mlaa a
mlghti good thing In *Our Now Minis
ter.' which la to be presented at tho
nutlnee tuts afternoon and at the even-
lug performance tonight.
■The play, which was seen here for
the Hist time last night, I* a product of
Denman Thompson and George W.
Ryer. nut hors of "Tho Old Homestead,
ind while perhaps Inferior to that ever-
twpular drama, It Is none tho Isos deli
ct™- as a picture of rural life.
The plot hinges around an ex-con-
vict. who was made the victim of an
thers crime, a young minister with
liberal picas and a lot of narrow-mind* *
"I nagging Yankees In a New Hamp-
>hlrc village, \
"lew .spirited people had better cut
■Hit sanitariums, breakfast foods and
mineral water* and consult ‘Our New
Minister.' '*
"Painting th* Town."
fhstles II. Yale has been quoted »*
uymg i consider 'Painting th*
Town' of the greatest laughing
•urcesses t have ever aeen." Mr. Yale
an authority on this sort of thing.
His estimate of the play which will be
"ni .n the Grand next Friday and
Rtturday ntghta and Saturday matinee
veins i„ coincide with that of the pub-
w». for this I* what The Montreal
SjMehc bail to say when "Painting the
"iwn wna teen at the Victoria Street
treater. November ( last:
" A Music*) Hurrah’ I* the builder*
•Jew ""tl.,n of ,h|* week's bill at tli*
Atameiit, 'Palming th* Town’ and a
“**t*r description of th* whirlwind of
'•rlc! forma of entertainment which
»rccrowded together Into Its three act#
! uid u t be devised. TMten all In all.
™ ""•• of the beat shown of It* kind
yet visited the Victoria
tint
thing
and opera comedy, old and
T". is introduced, and th* whole show
“s l-tie of various effects, most of
•il- i a.fnirly entertaining, while
fnirly entertaining, while
’"•by are distinctly
There i- „ plot—but what Is the u«*
’. cusing plots In connection with
of show; it.merely serves
'»!,:• ao nn which to hang the eeett.
'' musical specialties In these
the eho-v excels. It'la beautifully staged
with a Jolly swing
f r „„, ■’'I'hltig goes wun a jotiy ewi
•■> flnleh. Th* chorus Is Urge
™»" 1 Mi,eased. More then that, the
" ly ,ln *' and do a lot of it.
" In» gracefully.”
CITY TAX NOTICE
Please make your city tax
r 6turns now.
J. L. HARRISON,
J H. EWING, '
CD. MEADOR,
, Assessors.
NEW PLAYERS
AT EL DORADO
Bluukal - Atwood Company
Succeeds Baldtvin-
Melvilie.
With the departure of the Baldwin-
Melville Block Company conies the ad
vent of the Blunkalt-Atwood Block
Company or ST. tarots to th* Si Dorado
for a season of high class stock pro
ductions. Thle company t» one of the
beat known organisations doing Itoek
work In the country. It'has just fin-
tlshed an engagement In Bt. Louts where
It appeared for over twelve hundred
consecutive performances with great
success. At th* head of the company
Is Ervin HlunkalL nml Lydian Atwood.
The leading man* Mr. Blunkall. will be
remembered as tho star lit "Hhamus
O'Brien" In which he made an Im
mense hit all over the country. The
play was no successful that It was
taken throughout most of the English-
speaking Colonies of the world. Mr.
Rlunkall was also starred In the origi
nal production of the Russian melo
drama. "For Her H»ke." He wa* star
red for two seasons by I.leblsr A Co.
In "Captain Swift." and has been lead
ing man In some of the best stock
houses In Amerlru.
Lylllnn Atwood, the leading women,
it.. „-l>lnn I "Ua nhn" thrnilfflmilt
was the original "Haphn" throughout
the West at the same time that Miss
Olga Nethcrsule was causing the coun
try to talk by Iter New York produc
tion of the same piece. For two sea
sons also she was with Kyrle Bedew
In "Raffles.' Tho remainder of the
eonipanv Is made of sterling actors,
among whom are Pavn Murdock, Otto
Thebus, Percy Barbat. Daniel Lyad,
Walter Jones. Harry Austin, Jack Fer
ris, Wiliam Thebus, Lorane Buchanan,
A'n'na KlltlufT. Anna Dupont and Judith
lira bum.
The Blunkall-Atwood Stock « ompany
will open Monday night at the El Do
rado with a farce comedy ^alle^jrna
c’orner Grocery.*’ '"**"
, The latter part of
the week, beginning Thumday night,
a mtlodrutnn called ’’The 1 Ide of Life
will he the hill ... .
••The Tomer Grocery will b* given
Monday. Tuesday and Wednaaday
night* with matlneen Tuaaday und
Wedneaday. Thuraday, Krtdfty and
Saturday night* with 'tiatlnejij FYId«y
and Saturday ’’The Tide of Life will
be the bill.
TOW
SHOULD THE STAGE BE REAUSTIC?
aa. too, for
church aa a
r U,
merely taa
mm
If Htnry mvifa avar attempts to
taka "Tba College Widow" Off the
, board* qr falla to Mnd out ouch thor
oughly com pa tarn companltt to cra
fty COQUELAINE.
IIR quratlou whether reuUani Mongn
‘ cuit-
ml.
To me thriv In nothing grand or
tieautlful which dnea not bear tht atamp
of nature, bur noting la nn nrf. nnd the
Idea of nrt la to reproduce nature In a
nobler and more henntlful form. *
If nature la reproeented on flic atage In
Ifa raw and orlglnnl forui. the effect will
nearly always In* |mor, n fart which la da
lly explained ami uudeiatood.
due** acenery
naturv. upend formin'* on corrift prone i t lee
and roatuuiea. nml n«o wIM after uft
rnve n atage on which to act
There la oo galuaaylng, one la In a thea
ter. not on the afreet er nt home. If Ope
ahould produce on the atage tlilnga aa they
high coloum-Ili«* haprtaalon of life old
would Imi gone.
The atuge la even a atage. and oaa mail
remember this fart.
Lot ua tahe ooe Inatance-tha Voire.
heard nor mlaund
It la one thing to converse lu a room
only n few feet long aid wide nml quite
another to do the an ms thing In au Ir
merino t hen lor.* here tliouamiai* of
art llBteulllL* to vmi. evorv nun oi
hit a (he right
To pro*!
lieopfo
««. every one or whom
dcumml that you apeak
loud enough tor him to hen
lice the mme eL.
voice nh I do Inaltlc the four walla of
name effect
• the four walla or my
room I itiuM use much more atrengfh and
r nouncc the wortla much more distinctly*.
I want to he uintcratood I uitiftt tine
liitoiintIona that arc nor nccesaarv nt home.
Iiut ulilrh arc nhaotutely iiWMMry lu order
that the nudicncc may underataml.
Ou llila |Nilut there must lie au under*
•landing or agreement Iwtwecu audlcaco
and actor.
When the uillm- tlic blscc-a ainull world
III Itaelf-vl* act nml liliiintuHfcd: when
the gniit upiMiratiia of wluga. aceoery and
actor* I* ready, the world which appears
to the nuil If net in ii m t lie wrnpp«i| lu ih«
veil of llinalnu.
I ahull not tnkc lip iletalla of (bis un
derstanding iH'twecn nmliruct' nml ataga, ‘
canoe till* I* « icehnlcal queailou wh!
domanda to Ih* aiieelolly atudleil.
•hull only touch one point. As Ilia
nmtlcMce. If mnat
nnd nn title of (hi* ntidlence. The demands
or n I’ii He nmllrucf nml nn andlauca
savage*, of eour*c. differ widely. An nn
wore also t
Shakcsi»cuir.
Today everything is very much different.
It la a rule which art Itself Inya down Chat
the characters on the singe must ho paint
ed. so to uponk. with stronger, morn con-
Iraniv colors than lu rent life, hut the de-
mauds »« »« How to produce the natural
mt ‘ * —
change with the times.
demanded thar their actors n»W
sail strain their volcen. while we. more re
fined and cvanluR. consider these meant
coarse and out of place. We hate euggera
lion* nml hollow tirade*.
The nc.or touet (troduce nn lllutlmi hv
heliig true to nature, nt the same time,
keeping In mind llutt the whole In only nn t
t matter, often look at the
ter. where they go to ha
1 hare never hoard f
la go to tbe than tar
will understand that I use the
In Its hruadeat form,
inure of the
hut the gv
welUielug,
Stare of Illusion ami reality.
S£?£t
I de-
COLLEGE WIDOW
IS STILL YOUNG
George Ade’s Best Comedy
Offers Treat of Sea
son.
If there live* s man out of whom
"Th* College Widow" will not ahak*
unreatrstn.il laughter, h* ought to b«
planted without further ado, bocaus*
h* t. a "doad on*" for fair.
He wasn't at tha Grand Friday
y-oneclnd. rotund
night On* big, ruddy
party over In th* enter of th* houag
almost stopped tbe rt6t of fun db th*
■tag*. H* roared, chuckled, chortled
and at times grew so apoptettc looking
In the countenance that thoee ‘
about
In th. land ought to serve him
right with a perpetual restraining
order.
Anybody who ever lived In a college
town know* that Georg. Ade has
drawn an absolutely faithful picture.
If you haven't Intimate knowledge of
such a town, you evlll have after see
ing th. play- -Atiapta-asu’-lt last sea
son und iRughed almoat until It cam*
back, und many season* to rom* wilt
llnd u cordial welcome for 'The College
Widow
Whut !• the use of trying to tell you
y. that
about It? It must suffice to nay,
the coinpuny presenting It her* la one
of the beet rounded seen at th* Grand
In year*. From Flora Wlgglna to tha
widow, and from Billy Bolton to
"Hll.nt" Murphy and Bub Hicks It le
a superb cast.
If you want to accumulate a
PRETTY GIRLS IN BUNCHES
COME IN “GAY NEW YORK,”
A BREATH FROM BROADWAY
MARIE CAHILL
IS ON HER WAY
Brings “Marrying Mary” to
the Grand March
1 and 2.
It's nn 111 wind that blow* no
good, end severe a* ere the many rule*
anil procepte with which Marla t'alilll
surronnda the members of her chorus
and much a» they Itave been objected
to, they have proved neverthelee* to be
beneficial.
Ml** Cahill will bring with her In the
otroru* of "Marrying Mary" to tb*
Grand Opera Hou.e Friday and Satur
day, March 1 and S, only' four *ur
vtror- of last year's "Molly Moonshine"
chorus, but they art. in Ml** Cabin's
opinion, tha four beat chorus girts In
the world, because they hare passed
examinations which have demonstrat
ed their fitness for higher stag* bon-
Joi
or*, and tht* Itv adutUon to spending
a Art
last year at a Art of apprentice sea
son. The young ladle* are Virginia
Btelnhnrdt. Ann Mooney. Olga May and
Blanch* West. They obeyed oil Mlaa
Cahill's rules last year, and were there,
for* selected by her for further ex
amlnstlon.
Mis* Cahill b*ll*v»* that- a glfi
ought tu be belpad to make up her
f ind ut the end of her first yaat
hether or not aha ought to follow th*
stag* a* a profession. She doe* not
believe In encouraging an Incompetent
girl to remain In the Ilf*. Bhe doe*
not think that ths stag* le th* piece
for an uneducated girl. Bo after de
ciding on their general fUnaaa by a
year's careful observation, ah* makes
each girl submit to an examination In
tba following subjects:
iei waging Ahliny—Niimm quality
and culture.
(b) Education—Engllah. French, Ger.
to General Intelligence.
(d) Dramatic ability.
<e> General physical ffinrae.
look*, figure, pose.
<fl Temperament.
(g) Family history.
(h) Moral standards.
And jhe above mentioned young
womon are the member* of the first
Marl* Cahill dramatic diploma.
MEN FAST SIXTY IN DANGER.
More than half mankind over sixty
year* of eg* suffer from kidney and
bladder-diaerders, usually enlargement
of prostate gland. This Is "
ful and dangerous, and Fol
Curt sbputi b*a*k#d at tbs
danger, aa It correct* lrregi
has cured many old men of thle
Mr. Rodnsy Burnett. Rock Port, Mo.
wrlteo: "I suffered with enlarged pro*
tat* gland and kidney trouble for year*
and after taking two bottlos of Foleys
Kidney Cur* I feel
for twenty year*, although I am now
yearn old." io&br*H druggist*.
HS2 N »\T Or TH T g H lA®‘ lr0BT * M
BOND ISSUE FAVORED
• BY GLYNN GRAND JURY.
Ipwlal to Tb* Georgia*.
Brunswick, G*., Feb. It.—Brunswick
- '-‘l els,
Is to have a new Jell,
prtatlon tor better roads, and
court house, now under construction.
The Glynn county grand Jury has
adopted a resolution favoring tb* loou
anc* of bond* In th* sum of 1100,000.
good humor to
yeor. go to oo*
at tho Saturday
jGiM! If mini keep within reruln
Imanilsrle*. iuii*t |x>««oi» great taste nnJ
detliwcr nt feeling.
Mile* will
“Hut." my wtern 'Title* will any. "I* it
thee, jf»er-»p. the purpose *IM object of
the fcmge 10, .mn.c the aoillaace) If so.
as wvtl state what la ^nirrtco
. *Se
bilaht _ - . ...
Is known ns n 'le* shew,
To this I "hl«i. Not that ! abject to
lieantlful women on th* stage, whan iher
farther th* objects of an. and not merely
nmdnc* senjpwos nml vnlnptnsaa ctfertc
On (he other sl'l", I iln not forget th*
ipssl ot'l rule, "t'otlpit rlilrnOa mores."
which I will ,tetri'll nt all tfmas nad places
For this Is really w. Tlie stag* rtu at I
• ml (nga the rrlli of It* times, tint nuiler
a amlllag amst. If wy leave oat af the
alone ipiniattun the wont "rklande." the
stage to--mors n pen* lire, a pahlsnuieul
theater is-aot a Jnfltnn
-bin to -*
o-L
Mtern moralist* my that area, am) W"IU’
MISS LILLIAN HOSRLSIN.
.Comes to ih* Bijou Noxt
Prim* Donna in “Gay N*w Yarh,” Which.
Wttk. A Special Matin** I* billed fora Washington’* Birthday.
Great White Way
Moves to the Bijou
This Week.
FI X AND FROLIC
' ARE PROMISED
Sami* Girls Who Got YofP*
Coin fur Earthquake
Sufferers.
[ T is th* big affair In tba roalm of
tnualaal comedy that toll* th* plain- .
ett out) moot plausible story ot all
around success, in tbaa* prograaoiv*
n why tbs-
day*, and (bat Is th* raaaon
atrical managers ar* tltivlng ao hard
to outoblns compotttlon.
“Gay Now Tork." which com** to th*
Bijou next w*ek with It* carload of
tconory and with more than half a
hundred ladles and gentlemen who
hav* achieved fame In one direction or
onothor, by th* arts employed toward
finishing an entertainment of tost and
quality. It, perhaps, on* of tb* most
glaring example* of what
extravagance can accomplish, for, ac
cording to well suthentlcatod reports,
It fairly outitripe In magnitude of pro
duction and overshadows In fun and
music talent any similar enterprise be
fore th* public, b*ald*s In th* g*a*ral
beauty of It* female contingent It ab
solutely excels.
Pratty girlish fees* and tba magnM-
esne* of oostiim* details ar* potent fac
tor*
and the assurance I* given
Now York" furnish** a proper appre
ciation of those requisites. Th* desire
to pass Judgment upon this offering Is
especially great, aa It Is announced
that additional Interest Is given IL for
tb* reason bt a capital story told In th*
presantalton of an enormous quantity
of novel and clfoctlv* features. A apo
dal matinee will ba given Friday after
noon, Washington's birthday.
TANKS,
TOWERS,
PUMPS
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