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14 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1907.
Next Week's Offerings at the Local Playhouses
The Charity Ball” at Grand;
By the Fawcett Stock Company
Lincoln Carter s New Thriller,
(( Down Mobile, ” at Casino Next
Piayers To Be Seen
in Old Favorite
Play.
"The Charity Dnll" In the play se
lected by the Fawcett Stock Company
wltli which to launch the third week
of this company's successful summer
run at the Grand theater. This play
lias been seen In Atlnntu often before,
both by stock organizations and rood
companies, but its wholesome love sto
ry, Its diverting comedy lines and Its
clever situations form a production
which never loses Its charm.
The production has been practically
rewritten by David Belnoco, and It Is
his version of the play that will be
presented. Hr has worked It up in a
remarkable manner and has given It
the stamp of his handiwork, which
puts It in the class of "The Darling of
the Gods," "The Girl of the Golden
West” and his other great plays.
The story of “The Charity Hall" Is
one of deep heart Interest, with a love
story running through and winding
about which complicates all of the
players, but which comes right in the
end.
The story has to do with tho love qf
two brothers—Rev. .John Van Huren
nnd his brother Dick—for the same
girl. The minister loves, with an uf-
fertlon which Is pure and wholesome,
Phyllis l.ee, who in turn loves the cold,
calculating, seltlsh Dick Vnn Buron.
The reverend minister la loved by Ann
I'rugcr, whom his younger brother,
Dick, a Wnll street operator, fs trying
to murry In order to advance his busi
ness Interests. Phyllis Lee loves Dick
Van Buren not wisely, but too well.
Kegun Hughston, the handsome lead
ing man of the company. Is cast for
the role of Rev. John Van Buren. Bran:
don Hurst has an unusually strong
part as Dick Van Buren, The parts of
Phyllis I.ee and Ann Cruger are played
by Kthel Conroy and Rose Curry, re
spectively. The comedy element of
the play is furnished by the juvenile
love story brought out by Bess Von
Huren as essayed by Phyllis Lee, the
Ingenue, and Frank Craven, as Alec
Robinson, and the more advanced af
fair of Mrs. DePeyster, a rich old wid
ow (Miss Grace Sherwood) and a
JUST A GLIMPSE OF WHITE CITY.
brusque old gentleman. Judge Peter
Gurney Knox (DeWItt Jennings). The
others In the cast will be George
Schrnder, Stuart Beebe and Burr Ca-
ruth and June MacEachom. There will
be the usual matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
At the Pastime Theater.
Manager Holland has selected a di
versified program for the Pastime the
ater, on Peachtree street, for next
week. It has l>een decided that quality
and not quantity 1s the more essential
In a vaudeville house, and to this end
the bookings for the week have been
made.
The matinees in the afternoon at 1
and 4 o'clock and the continuous per
formances each evening from 7: SO to 11
o'clock havo proven to bo most attrac
tive to the ladies and children of the
city, and for that reason the admission
for children at the matinees has been
reduced to B cents.
The top-liner of tho new bill for
next week will be Blnney and Chap
man, In the comedy sketch, 'The Cop
per and the Maid."
Sytz and Syts, tho phenomenal bar
rel Jumpers, who were booked for this
theater this week, but were unable to
fill the engagement, have been secured
for next week, and wilt go on each
day. Miss Wilson, "That's AIL" will
follow In a singing and dancing spe
cialty. Bho has n number of new
Broadway songs which she will Intro
duce at this house for the first time.
She will be followed by Miss Nettle
Brittain, who does a number of Imper
sonations while, singing her topical
songg.
At White City.
'White City, Oreater Atlanta’s new
amusement park, is a sure go.
Announcement comes from the man.
ngement that the first two wdeks of
the popular playground have been
crowned with success far greater than
the most ardent expectations of those
In charge.
It was thought that the first year
would not be a successful one,, nnd the
management had prepared Itself for the
necessary sacrifice, depending to make
up for the loss Jn .subsequent years,
when the pork became more firmly es
tablished.
Instead, however, the pleasure lovers
of Atlanta have literally flocked to the
park. Instear of keeping tho pnrk ns It
was throughout the season. Manager
Puckett realized the necessity of more
attractions in order that tho other
amusements should not be crowded.
A vaudeville theater was built Imme
diately. which, though not a large one,
Is cool and sufficiently commodious. A
good line of attractions have been
booked for the theater the season
through, and two performances will be
given every afternoon and two every
night.
The management made a ten-strike
In securing the services of Wedemeyer's
great military band for the park. Two
concerts will be given by the band
every night
The extension of the East Fair street
car line to the main entrance and the
Great Fire Scene
Said To Be a
Wonder.
Is
The spectacular melodrama, "Down
Mobile," will be the attraction at the
Casino, commencing next Monday* The
play Is by Lincoln J. Carter and deals
with a territory new to the stage,
southern Alabama. The story Is so In
tense and Interesting that It Is said
tho audience Is kept In a fever of ex
citement from the rise of the curtain
on the firs) act until the final fall on the
last. The scenic effects are said to be
abovo the ordinary and come In for a
lot of praise from the audience, partic
ularly the swamp scene. It Is dark,
lonesome and "crawly," and were It
not for tne moon and fitful flame of
fire burning under the cauldron there
would not be a bright spot In the pic
ture.
And this Is os It Is Intended, for It Is
here that Josephine Edgerly, the hero
ine, Is decoyed and deceived Into be
lieving that black blood flows In her
veins, that she might be humiliated
Into marrying John Blackford, the vil
lain. This Is prevented by the be
trayal of a faithful accomplice, who,
with the girl, attempts to make their
escape through the swamp. They arc
captured and taken to the loft of nn
old mill, where they are finally discov
ered. This mill Is fired, and it la in
this act that what Is sold to be the
greatest stage fire scene ever origi
nated occurs. The building seems to
melt In the fierce flames, but not a
spark of fire Is used, as It 7s purely an
electrical efTect. It Is also here In the
old. mill that comes the climax of the
plot, the killing of the two villains, and
the rescue of the heroino by her lover.
Then comes the happy denouement.
Much of the work Is dramatic, but
there are many little bits of bright
comedy that supply the relief so nec-
es/iry to nn audience whose nerves are
kept on the qul vlve.
addition of about thirty cars to the
line has made White City easily ac
cessible, and this explains. In a largo
measure, the great attendance that has
been manifest.
For other amusements see page 18.
Who plays the leading role in “Down Mobile," at the Casino all
week.
One of the most popu7ar members of the Fawcett Stock Company
at the Grand.