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THE ATLtAJS'l'A GEUKG1AN AND NEWS.
RICHARD jMANSFIELD,
MAN, AND PLAYER
Continued from Pago One.
MANSFIELD SEEN OFTEN
IN ATLANTA THEATERS
Probably there vfas no actor more
generally admired and more often eeen
by the theatergoer! of Atlanta than
Richard Mansfleld.
Practically every auccen he appeared
In, from hli first appearance aa a itar
Parisian Romance," to hla laat
appearance In the title role of "Peer
Oynt," has been presented by him In
ways working, always dreaming of
something better than before, and It
was this which kept him hla place on
the stage. The public must aee Mans
fleld eaoh year—It could not afford not
to see him, for each year brought a
new toplo for discussion, a new play
In which he created a new role.
"I hope to run the whole gamut of
human emotions before I answer my
last call" he told a friend a few years
ago. And it Is believed that the nrln- . ,.. _ _
dpal ambition of his life was to provo I Atlanta. The flatter was given on De
to the world that he could excel In the cernbar 27 last.
whole Held of acting, comedy, tragedy. * n _ 'l' 1 P ,8y * ln which he has
character and all the liner shadings of I |>* en ***» ln Atlanta are. Prince Carl,
the three. That he had made good his I A r a , , i^!5 n .. 5?*,?
claim can not be denied. me Y. J2>“ ’ Jull H’ £«*-
"Seen Last in Peer Gynt." I ear, Richard 111, Cyrano de Der-
The South has seen many of the ,^X an t ! h ? T®.^-*''^,^®.
Mansfleld plays, for It was Mr. Mans- Jjjjlt Mr, Hyde, Peer Oynt and
field's custom to make a brief tour of I Napoleon.
the larger cities of the country Instead Tho P lay * are such varied ones aryl
of confining his appearance to New «he parts he portrayed so unlike that
Tork. His last appearance In Atlanta It I* Impossible to say ln Just which
was last December, when he appeared
In "Peer Oynt," a magnificent produc
tion of Ibsen's mystic drama, with a
tatting of Orleg's wonderful music and
a wealth of scenic Investura, such as
only Mansfield can provide. The play
did not create the good impression that I
! some of his former vehicles had given,
and it Is true that for several years Mr.
1 Mansfleld had been unfortunate—view- I
1 ed from a standpoint of popularity—In I
his selection of plays. His "Ivan the|
Terrible," of a season or two before.
one he was best liked In Atlanta.
Ho was least liked In Atlanta,
though, os Brutus. In “Julius Caesar."
Said one whose praise la the highest
for the actor:
"Had It not been for Mansfield's well-
earned reputation, he would have been
hooted Off the stage In Atlanta when he
appeared In ‘Julius Caesar.'"
In one historic case, when Mansfleld
appeared at the old Lyceum, on Edge-
wood avenue, he became enraged at the
cool reception given him, and appear
ing before the curtains, he rebuked his
audience In the most severe terms.
"Mansfield's forte," said an Atlanta
theatergoer, when asked for an opin
ion. "was In his death scenes. He
could out-dle any actor I ever saw. In
■A Parisian Romance,' In 'Napoleon,'
and In ‘Beau BrummeP the death scenes
were the most powerful parts of the
play and Mansfield's work fell nothing
short of perfection."
“THE PARISIAN ROMANCE"
WAS MANSFIELD SUCCESS
By DANIEL FROHMAN.
New York, Aug. 80.—Mansfleld was
'had been but a series of stage pictures I actor of peculiar temperament. Hla
of Mansfleld himself, character studies! , .
of the one central figure of tho drama, * r * alest successes were In character
i and as a play It was not pleasing. His parts. He was always convincing when
“Heidelburg," of a few years before, I he assumed the roles of elemental
I had been equally as unpleaslng I qualities. In weird parts, requiring a
■ th?. JF-hiSff wm be'rf^re/wS; «~X» of the subtitle, of hu-
ithe most favor are perhaps "A Pari- man nature, he was paramount,
rslan Romance," in which his Baron | His greatest success was as the old
'Chevrlal still stands as the most per-
: feet portrayal of a half-repulsive char
acter, and hla "Beau Brummel,” ln a new Idea of what could be done with
which Mansfleld came nearer winning artificial moonlight and harmony of
the hearts of his audience than ever In I costuming.
his career. His dual rote In "Dr. Jekyll No actor has been so abused by crit-
i and Mr. Hyda" has left an Impression I les, even by those who were forced
'which can never be effaced. But of against their will to praise his wonder-
tbe twenty-seven parts which Richard ful art Alan Dale Is the only critic of
Mansfleld has created—for In the few I prominence who has positively refused
Instances where he appeared In an old I to recognize Mansfield's ability, and
role he gave It a new birth—the two I a review last season he referred to
. first mentioned will stand as his crown- I Mansfleld as “tha worst actor ln Amer-
lng achievements. lea." But William Winter, dean of
Was Bom In Berlin. I th * American critics, pays high trlbuta
Though an American by
long residence, Richard Mansfield was Saturday Evening Post, he says:
horn In Berlin (though many sources I -<i have known Richard Mansfield for
give the Island of Heligoland as his many years, and I havs never known a
birthplace) In 1857. His mother was man of kinder heart, gentler dUposItl®
or simpler taste, nor one more easily
Emma Rudersdorf, a famous prima led by Bympathy and kindness. In
donna of that day, who married Mau- I fighting—sometimes through poverty
rice Mansfield. Two other sons and a and sickness—the hard fight that ge
daughter live abroad. I nlu * always has to wage with a pane
Mansfleld was a thorough cosmopol- L H vn?« h-
ltan. His mother intended him to be a
painter, and ho received an education I {“■A 0 |TJ|^S? n ? mKSSjlP.ig’fj
aimed at that end. In England he at- !£J7. h '
tended Derby School, where he made t J° n * h cyn ‘ cal h^MiMront .nienltu."
his stage debut ln an amateur produc-
M«,fleld T Xycd Cr 8hy r !ock. f and"”'^ ^
BUh*op*if IAtcitfleld,*the guest* f hono * un.ur. of h.m-e,f he
—. ,h„> h» ..ri.im.s- has sometimes become distrustful of
I everybody. Ajax, In Sophocles (and
that Is very ancient history), Intimates
ff® y ?i* vnu wuThs » ,hat few persons reach the port of
;??• >f * mistake not, you will be a I frlen d.hlr> Lnd therein find rest. At ail
Msnsfieid's efforts to become a paint. I “mes Mansfleld has been of a mercurial
baron In "The Parisian Romance.'
Another great success was In the dual
role of Dr. Jekyll and Mi). Hyde. These
ports show the bent of his qualities.
Hts success with the public was due
to his own Indomitable wilt and Inex
haustible energy and work. . Mr.
Mansfield was A man of splendid Intel
lectual attainments. If he had not
worked so hard he would have been
alive and In good health today.
tuansneio s enons io pucume » i, . ,
«r met with little success, though he i®{? p ®intiTriiedeenesl ^electlon^-nnf
mercantfrs'biislneVa 1 m* B<urton**and*aft- I dervalued himself and hla achtere-
musical Critic of The ments; firmly persuaded himself that
«^f^ n^h» T?in n ^ln ln l!7B he he •>»<> dons n6 sort of Justice to his
^ThlmSuinL^doS ’ h * I professfbn or hi. opportunity; and
WIFE TO GRAVE
Continued from Psgs One.
The veers which followed were year. la I» ed lnt0 8 lethargy of morose re-
of JSvertj? of discouragement but hSSSmiiXS. bl “* r
Mansfield had pluck and the knowledge b *.lnut now h Manrfleld“‘complete vlo-
that he had the ability to great things toengataS! ^
helped hln, t.. keep on struggling. ^ en h c ? h ^ e Vifgh? him m«n“ imlty
His Early Poverty. land leren « self-poise; and all his later
"Tor years and years," Mr. Mansfleld I acting, writing and living have shown a
■old, "I went home to my little room—If I splendid concentration of Intellect and
I fortunately had one—and perhaps a I 8 ® n * with
. -I -I i; ■ .t nftsi# a I man wm ever mora ricni^ Dicsicu who
tallow dip was stuck In tho neck of a I aav|nr |lnH of humor few
bottle, and I was fortunate if I had men have had more reason to be thank,
something to cook for myself over a fire f u i for that blessing. Only a few years
—If I had a fire. Thnt was my life, ego, when he was recovering from a
For years and vears. when nights came, dangerous, nearly fatal, attack of ty-
I have wandered about the streets of phold fever, he received on onony-
Londnn, and If I hud n penny. I Invest- mous letter, coarsely and grossly ex-
ed It In baked potatoes, from the baked presslve of the writer's animosity, and
potato man on the corner. I Would put of a lively regret that he had not died,
those hot poiatoes In my pocket, and There Is a depraved order of the human
after I hnrt warmed my hands, I would mind, capable of atrocity like that—
swallow lac potatoes. That Is the serving only to show hrfw contempt!
truth •• I ble human nature can be, and what os,
D'Oyly ('arte, nfterwards a play- sentlalneedtherelsofapttylng.hu
wrlght ’kept a registry for actors at I morous view of Ilfs. Lord Tennyson, ln
that time, and Mansfield scraped to- his memoir of his father, mentions that,
gether the five shillings fee. He was periodically, for years, the groat poet
asked to be substitute for Corney Grain received an anonymous letter, always
ln a drawing room uppearance, with a j In the same hand, filled with abuse of
salary of 140 a week. But a new dim- his poetry. A man of positive charac-
culty presented Itself, for the youth's ter, of course. Inspires onmlty, and a
rags would not permit him to uccept, I successful man, no matter what his
and he was again without a place. I vocntlon, awakens envy and msllea.
Once, when booked to play the piano I Richard Mansfield Is both positive and
at a music hull, he waa so weak from I successful; and, futhermore, like the
hunger that he fell from the piano stool, late Henry Irvlnr, he has the talent
But a good angel appeared In W. B. (not always a safe one to use) of play-
Ollbert, and young Mansfield toured the | ful satire."
provinces In "Pinafore" until he qttar-
• reled with Ills benefactor. He return-
ed to American and In 1882 appeared I Jt OIjLO WS
In "Les .Manteaux Noire," In a light'
comedy role. ,
Hie First Sucesss.
Then came his real opportunity.
’ M. Palmer was about to present
Parisian Romance," and at the lost mo
ment James H. Stoddard, the veteran I h cr a f, 1 °P®
‘ ‘ . .. , ' - ... I nltals. There they will be treated ac-
cast for the t ole, sprained his ankle | ,, on j lnJf to tbe methods best adapted
and Mansfleld was given the part—on I to eacb particular case. In many In
trial. He played It with unqualified I stances 1 fear cures are Impossible,
success, but he afterwards returned to Those are where the user hoe been tak.
the musical stage us Koko In "The tng the drug for five years or more, and
Mikado.” I o Iso In coses where the victims really
In 1886 Mansfleld ngain appeared In I have no desire to be cured.
Boston ln "A Parisian Romance," and I "lit every case, of course, the treat-
In the same year made his first appear, ment will begin by cutting down the
•nee In "Prince Karl." quantity of the drug token dally until.
From that time Munsfield's carter I whenever possible, a substitute can be
had been one of success. He hod a I given. This may be another narcotic
failure or two, his "Don J uan" and drug of less power, or It may be a tonic
“Nero,” from his own pen, and "Ten substitute that has no evil effects. It
Thousand a Year" nnd "The King of all depends on the patient. Some of
Peru" proving unpopular and being I them doubtless could be trusted with
soon discarded. But these were minor [enough of the substitute to last them
atepe ln his upward climb, and when, a week, while others would drink that
In 1888, he played "Dr. Jekyll" In Hen- up ln a day. These latter would have
ry Irving's Lyceum theater In London, to report dally to get their
he was acclaimed a master of hts art, | dose."
a place he never lost ln his future ca-1 Thus fsr the plan has not progressed
rear. I further than Its dlVuJhlon. Nona of
Matter of Stags Craft. | the colleges have been consulted, and
...a— M- Mansfield had It Is not known whether they would
Of recent years Mr. Mansneia nsa IKrm t0 trrBt theM B uper-
been his own manager and stage man- j^Slent Meador, of the Grady Hospl-
agsr. He supervised almost every de- [ tal, hae not yet decided whether to
tall of his big productions, and he communicate with them or lay the mat-
spared no pains to Invest hts plays >» n b * f .°™ ‘h* i* 8
„ ail( a nronariiFi which uprc nh. I hospital phyBiciani urge immediate ac-
scenery and properties wnicn were “D I „ on becauie th , number applying for
solutely correct. Before he produced [ relief from drug cravings la Increasing
"Ivan the Terrible" he spent months In so rapidly.
Moscow, where he secured ancient Rus. A Woman “Fiend. 1
; slan brasses, candelabra, and other Thursday a well-dressed, apparently
properties'of the period. Much of this I refined woman came to the hospital
painstaking ears was wasted on the I and asked to aee a doctor. Superin-
audience, but It pleased Mansfleld to tendent Meador showed her to the re-
’ It r - nr that Vila WAP V VBa wall tinna ] C6ptlOXl TOOID* H® WhtCOMl blP (TORI big
knuw that hts work waa well done. ot £ c( ^ rotM th „ b(U , ^ uw that , h *
Perhaps the most magnificently stag. I Was so nervous that she could not sit
• 1 play In a decade was bis "Richard still. She paced back and forth for a
111," while hts "Cyrano de Bergerac" Is I*** minutes and finally crossed to his
^y r ‘«r^ D S e ^r U ’w“m I b. her. in a few
pan* ana its splsnma scenic effects. I minutes, madams.” said ha
HU "M0nslsur BsaocMre" was a beau- “A few minutesr she repeated. “But
Uful picture of England of Beau Nashs I that won t do. I must ses him now,"
At the Cselno.
Tho Wills Comsdy Company will play
to die striking telegraph operators Fri
day night, the house having been se'
cured by the local union for a berpfit.
The Indications are that every seat will
be filled when the curtain rises, as tha
advance sale has been heavy.
“Muldoon's Picnic," a success of oth.
er days, was the bill Thursday night
and will continue through the' week.
The company has made the old farce
over, and sprinkles a numbsr of good
musical hits through the horseplay
that made Muldoon's doings Interest
ing.
~'itlms Theater.
Amateur m.ut at tbs Pssfime Theater
will b« sure to attract a large audience to
ses wbst Is an unusual sight In Atlsots.
Tbs theater goers of this city nerer tire
of a novelty, and this little playhouse
I romtaes to afford this treat for some time
o come. In addition to tha amateurs, the
regulars perform and s decidedly entertain
ing erentng Is Insorad. This week the pro-
*—m includes Miss Sadie Carl ln “Poses
stlquo," whose set baa mads s bit at
iry performance; Mlse Lillian Bebbe, ln
etrated song., who renders the latest
Ilroadway ballads; Carl and Carl In a fa
mous musical set, which Is s positive de
light, and Harry T, Howard, In eccentric
songs tod dan oca
Tim Murphy In London,
Tim Murphy, the comedian, who Is to ap
pear at tbs Grand on the afternoon and
evening of September 4 In Frederick Peuld-
Inf's play, “Two Men and a Girl" will
does bis season earlier than usual this
yeer, as be Is to go to London under tbe
management of George Tyler.
In London under tho Ltebler A Co. agree-
tnsot beta to present hie well known
§«•!, Maverick Drander. In Charh
Hor ,, s "A Tezae Steer,'' after whL„
will make s short tour of the British tales.
-J* ■« ..rtnerml'y conceded thet Tim Mur-
E. hj i. w L u .? ,k ®.* , bl * bit ln London, for the
*G»a of America end Americans Is
not unlike the characters drawn by Hoyt
t?ca * m,,t * r P ,w# of tba prairie and poll-
Battle of King’s Mountain.
Tho Battle of King's Mountain, whloh
will bs reproduced on next Monday
night. Labor Day, will be put on
scale of magnitude that will permit of
Its being seen In all of Its startling and
thrilling reality. It required two big
cor loads of material for Its erection.
The entertainment will also be upon a
corresponding scale. The many events
Introduced before the battle depict the
life of the pioneer during the days of
the revolution. It being a faithful rep
resentation both In scenic and costume
effects of that period, more than one
hundred years ago.
The entertainment Is given for the
benefit of the Home for Old Women.
CHARGE WINDOM
WITH FORGERY
A warrant charging E. W. Wlndom, con
nected with Watson's Jeffersonian, with tot
tery. was taken out In Judge Landrum
court Thursday es s substitute for tbe
warrant sworn out Wednesday which chars
cri tilm wlth mlaanproprtatlon of funds.
. Mr. \\ Indom wfif be given s preliminary
bearing before Judge Landrum at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. 11* has been released
T. P. A. to Meet.
The monthly meeting of Post B of
*bs Travelers' Protective Association
will bs held In the convention hall of
the Piedmont Hotel Saturday evening
at 8:80 o'clock. Mach Interest ts cen
tered ln this meeting as tbe traveling
men win discuss the question of an In
terchangeable mileage book at 8 cents
per mile. The passenger rate reduction
on all Intraatate roods, which goes Into
effect Monday, will also come up for
discussion.
SOOOOOOOOOOOCHXKiOOOOOOOOeG
»1d000 LEFT BY SUICIDE
FOR COMFORT OF HORSE. O
a
Atlantic, Iowa, Aug. 30.—George O
A. Long, who committed suicide O
after the death of one of a pair a
of favorite horses, left a bequest a
of 110.000 to keep the other horse D
ln comfort as long as It lives. O
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w 7—V.I-V. s; a T enewMwi l * ,,,u81 llial ■IlQ nOUlU <1]
osy, which brought to stage managers she almost shrieked. A minute later husband know lu
tha doctor come and ahe told him what
all tha others tell—that aha had gone
to tbe druggist from whom she always
had purchased her drug and had been
told ahe could not buy It without a pre-
•crlptlon.
“They wouldn't sell me morphine or
anything else,” ahe said, "and I know I
shall go craxy without It. Coming
down Uis street I had to stop to let a
big dray pass, and I waa tempted to
throw myeelf under tbs wheels. I was
suffering so."
This woman sold aht contracted t!4t
morphine habit fonr yean ago after an
operation had left her In a condition In
which she could not aleep. She said
neither her physician nor her huebsnd
knew she had become a "fiend," and
that she would die rather than let her
P
oppies
and Roses For a
Daihtjy B?d Roe
And what could be tnQrs phasing than delicate pink roses with
pal? gr?en leaves against a cream background, and what mere appro
priate in a sleeping room than poppies?
Drooping poppies for sl??p and r9s?s that s??m almost tQ be awak
ening with th? dew upon them.
Weve all the paper fer carrying out this pretty wall paper sch?m?
we picture her?.
The flower pan?ls, th? background and ceiling in solid color fres
co tint, and th? “crown” f°r top and bottom.
But this is but ?ne of many wall paper motifs in stock fsr eut-of-
the-srdinary rooms.
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