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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1907,7 STARS OF MUSICAL FIRMAMENT WILL APPEAR IN GREAT MAY-JUNE FESTIVAL NEXT WEEK Wednesday Marks Opening of Concert Series at Ponce. The program of the May-June Music Festival Is announced Saturday. Twelve artist's, Including three from the Metropolitan opera house In New York, an orchestra of fifty, selected from Cincinnati, Chicago and Pitts burg; a chorus of 200, with a children's chorus of 400, are the features of the four performances which begin Wed nesday evening next and end with a matinee Saturday. The festival will be given at on expense of nearly $12,000. Such an outlay Is made possible by popular prices and the vast seating capacity of the St. Nicholas Audito rium, where the festival will be given. Madame Schumann-Heink, who will sing at the opening performance, and Campanarl, who will follow her Thursday evening, are too well known locally to need further comment Miss Bessie Abott, who will sing Friday evening, and who Is also of the Metro politan, has never appeared In Atlanta before, but she Is os well known ns the other two in New York. Among the other nine artists will be Claude Cun ningham, a baritone almost as popular here os Campanarl, to say nothing of Maconda, Kendall-Werthner and In strumental soloists. Including Madame Marguerite Wunderlc, the solo harpist, who will play solo parts at the matinee. Following is the program: Wednesday Night. Soloists—Mme. Schumann-Heink, contralto; Mme, Dell Keiplall-Werth- ner, soprano; Mr. Claude Cunningham, baritone. Three orchestra pieces from the mu sic to "Sigurd Jorsalfer" (op. 6$), Grieg —(a) “Vorsplel (In the King’s hall); (b) “Intermexxo" (Borghilds Dream), (c> “Huldlgungsmarach." Scenes from "Olaf Trygraason, Grieg—For solos, chorus and orchestra. The'audfene'o will be reassembled by sound of the trumpet. “Elsa'sDream” (Lohengrin), Wagner —Mme. Dell Kendall-Werthner. Songs, (a) “In Quests Tornba, Bee- thoven; (b) “Zuelgnung," Wchard Strauss; (c) "Dor Oede Garten, Hll dach; (b) "Puxiy-Wuxxy.” A. Whiting ‘TaVvSftom^WvfitSlaMo- *art; (b> “Dto Allinacht” (Th. Almigh ty) Schubert—Mme. Schumann-Heink. "Land Sighting” (Landkennung). Grieg—For men's chorus and orches tra, with baritone solo by Mr. Cunnlng- ham ' Thursday Night Soloists—Mme. Charlotto Moconda, soprano; Miss Amanda Murdock Maull, contralto; Mr. Thomas Evans Greene, tenor; Signor Gulseppe Campanarl, baritone; Miss Nellie Nix, soprano; Mr. E. A. Werner, baritone; Mr. George A. McDaniel, baritone; Mr. John U. Mullin, basso-cantantc. Prelude, “Lohengrin, ^•The'aod and the Maid.” Von FiellU —Cantata for solo voices, chorus and orchestra; dedicated to Signor Campa- “■•aioria^ 11 ?*." Busxt-Peccia—Signor Campanarl. The'audience will be reassembled by sound of the trumpet on?£t?u^iy sssrascs. “ “The Queen of Sheba,” Gounod (a) “Marche et Cortege.” orchestra. (b> final septette (with chorus). Friday Night Soloists—MU Bessie Abott, soprano; Mmo. DeU Kendall Werthner. soprano; Mias Grace Lee Brown, soprano; Mr. George Hamlin, tenor; Mr. Hugo Oik, violin. ' . . „„ Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang), Men delssohn—Solos, Chorus and Orchee- "xhc Mad Scene from “Lucia,” Donl- tettl—Miss Bessie Abott Intermission—The audience will be reassembled by sound of the trumpet. Part II. Concerto for violin (Op. *4), Men delssohn. Andante. “Allegretto non troppo,” “Allegro molto vivace. —Mr. H (f) “Birthday.” Cowan; <b) “Night” Ronald; (e) Year's..t the Spring." Beach—Mr. George Harnlln. „ (a) “Ariette.” Vidal; (b) "Berceuse. Tschalkowskl; (c) “Chanson Julllct Godard—Miss Bessie Abott Oallla—Motet for soprano solo (Mme. Kendall? Werthner), Oounod—Chorus and Orchestra. Saturday Afternoon. Soloists—Mmo. Doll Kcndall-Werth- Ledger. Wagner—Or. A GROUP OF SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS SINGERS FOR FE8TIVAL. THESE ARE BUT A FEW OF THE 8INGERS WHO WILL APPEAR. THEY ARE: 1. BES8IE ABOTT: 2 MME CHARLOTTE MACONDA: 3. THOMAS EVANS GREENE) 4, MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK) 6, JULIUS STURM) 6, SIGNOR GIUSEPPE CAMPANABI. ner, soprano; Miss Amanda Murdock Campanarl, contralto; Signor Gulseppe CamnanarL baritone; Mmo. Margaretna Wunderlc, harp; Mr. Julius Sturm, 'cello. Program. Overture. “Ricnxl,” Wagner—Orches- tn (a) "A Norse Lullaby,” atlchrist; (b) "American Hymn.” Keller-ChUdren's C h <a) U> ''Restlng Place (Aufentbalt), Schubert; (b) "In Autumn,“ Fr?ms; (c) "Nocturnal Wandering." Kaun—Miss Amanda Murdock Maull. Fantasia American, Carl Wunderle Mme. Margaretha Wunderle The Toreador Song ( Carmen ) Blxet—Signor Gulseppe Campanarl. Intermission—The audljmce wlllbe reassembled by sound of the trumpet. (a) "Bugle Song,” Gilchrist; (b) Die Wacbt am Rhein," Wilhelm—Children s C AriiTand Rondo (“Cinderella"). Roe- slnl-Mme Dell Kendall-Werthner. / a \ Nocturne Op. No. Chopin, (b) Spanluh Dance, No. 5, Popper Mr. JU Larg<?M n fnctotum ("Barber of Se ville"), Rossini-Signor Campsnart. Slavonic Dance, No. I, in (, Major, D patro^s > of h muslc may be 1 at the announcement that advance sale -in.t. seats at Haynes' 'Jewelry mahl.1T Whitehall street has been Surnrtsfngly large. e nd ‘hat inquiries surpWMW gratifying frequency to III Empire building, the festival s headquarters. He Wanted to Know, turner, of Maryland, Is .Is favor 5 ularlos for at reception he told set -■^.“ertSSely toS^A richTpertlybenker Us with sn address." be St "Yoor senteneels tabs «o»r«mded,''be- «n th* owrdftl «mrt. Oreat Bcoc fiilfrc*** exclaimed ffc* prltoner, Id I; no wed chicken ■tealing was a fens* I wouldn't bare stole. — Philadelphia SHIFTLESS-WOMAN AS AN AGGRAVATION What Is the most aggravating thing In married llfoT I, It Itsiness? A wssry-looklng brother, with his shirt held together by a safety pin, and with a souvenir milk stain left In the mlddlo of bis hack by s colicky baby, arises In the ripe rtence meeting, and sires It ts Ids unaltera ble ronvlcllon, founded on experience, that the first best hot In the domestic misery field Is shtftlessneas In s wife. •Take It from me, brethren, as s sore tip." says he, "that you'll find marriage a failure every time If you pick out one of these languorous. Indolent mnldrna-for s wife. It doesn't make a bit of difference how pretty she Is, or how Intellsctnal she Is, or how nohle, or how good sod loving, and affectionate she Is. If a woman hasn't got the get-np nnd git shoot her to glre yon three eons re meals s day, and a tidy place to lead yoor paper In. domestic Mine with bar Is a false alarm. No, sir. » wom an may lie s Venns, an Annuls, a 8L Hllxa- beth and Juliet sit rolled Into one, hut nn. less she's got s mixture of Mary Ann In her character, too, don't von let her beguile yon Into trotting up to the slur with her, “See me? Look, for I'm sn awful warn ing. I met np with a little girl that seemed to me about the whole works. She was as pretty as e peach, and ihe ronht apfel to heat the bond about boot nr. end mnule, nnd art. and could rattle off the slg best selling hooks (Ike they were her middle name. She had running little way. too. Kind of soft and klttrnv and good natnred. nnd oho liked to cuddle down In n hammork, or tit and rock and gurgle nnd Ulk. 'Course I nottred-st least I remembered afterward noticing—that her hair always looked sort of rnmpy, and thst she didn't look ss trig and trim shoot her dress as other girls, hot ahe was sorb s good looker that It sort of added s pletnreaone tonch. Instead of giv ing me t steer that the wta one of the fe males that are horn too tired to hook them- selves up good In the bertt. “Now, I was getting a tidy little salary with a hlg raise In alght. and 1 figured It ont that with a nice, Industrious. thrifty, naglng little wife to run a nice little ne end keep np her end while I kept no se. there wasn't any reason whr I should not he On* of Oor Prominent and finbetin- il Cttlssas. and with my picture In the ipar. In s few yearn, and In the meantime ' happy and mike her happy. Bn I naked _ rTwIlt tbon be mine, and She wilted, and ws got married—and I woke np from my dram of connubial bliss the first time I nn good and hard nralnat her housekeeping. “I'm a domestic man. and sn affectionate man. s home loving man, an orderly man. I like s prettily dreoacd woman, s dainty and ,.,«,l nrtlatlc bonae, and a good dinner, and I am willing to do my part by putting up the price for all thrie luxuries. I do put up the price, hut what do I get? “A wife thst has got the Incurable curl paper and wrapper habit, and that I bars long since given np klselng good-bye of n morning bccanae 1 do not care to nibble on cold cream. 1 also refrain from embracing her at dinner because I ban no particular Inidlnatlon toward pnltlng my arms nround s bnndla of tolled negligee that looks llkt It wss overdue at tha laundry. “We've got furniture, but there Isn't n table In the bouse where yon couldn't writs your name In tho dost, nor t floor that Is safe to walk serosa wltbont tripping orsg o-lltter of toys that the children have left In their way. Nobody ever pnte tbo hooks and msgasince when they belong, and tho K etnl aspect of oor domicils Is thst of tha ric of a Kansas cyclone. "As for tho meals, the less sold the ttet ter. Incompetent servants do tbrlr deadly worst, and the day I won married dyspep sia marked me foe Its own. Who's tho Idiot thst Hid love was Immortal? I'll bat a hat ho waan't married to a woman who wss too laty to see about her housekeeping. I tell yon that yon can choke lore to death nn n touch beefsteak, and give It Ihe Jaundice on aslsrattas biscuit, and drown It In wssk mb fee beyond tbs hope of reonrreetlon. I defy any hungry man to sit down to n table groaning under expensive rood that'a want ed In the cooking and feet hla heart throb with any feeling toward hie wife except n fervent desire to rot np nnd best her for not attending to her business. “And the ehlldraa. my poor, little, dirty, neglected children, that are left to eervanta. and to run In th# atreate while their mother lice en a sofa and reads thorn and rrfiertg on the higher Ufa wben abe's too trifling to do her doty In tble ace. Tbit's what hnrte most I do what I can for 'em. but n man's e poor left handed brute with chil dren. They need s mother who has got hustle lo her to keep thorn healthy nnd wall clothed, and right In mind anil Tvs never got along any. too Isay to provide him the comforts oi life. Altar he's tried to do her work and Ills, tried to clean nn tho bonae, wn-h tho children, order the dinner nnd wrcatle with tbs cook, be hasn't got much strength left lo do anything else. And no heart. That's the rean-in I ray that there Is no other ont thing thst pats s blight on matrimony like