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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.