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10 SCENE FROM “THE BONDMAN. A WEEK’S OFFERINGS A T LOCAL PLA YHOUSES LACK AYE IN" THE BONDMAN” AT THE GRAND NEXT WEEK WILL BE THEATRICAL EVENT Powerful Dramatiza tion of Hall Caine’s Great Novel. Wilton Lackaye will be wen at the Oranil Monday and Tuesday In Halt t'alne'n latest dramatic aucces, “The Bondman"’ This, the latest of the Hall Caine dramatisations, which has been run- nIn* at the Drury Lane Theater, Lon don. Tor over a year, promises to be one of the real dramatic treats of the present season. Following upon the.big run In England, Hall Caine has re leased his American rlgHts to Mr. Laeftaye, because ho believed that In this popular and virile actor he has the one man capable of doing full Justice to' the character of Jason, the principal , of the play. The first American pro duction of this play was given at the Olympic Theater, St. Louis, on Mon day evening, September 1#, and from the press criticisms that have been received In this city, It Is evident that the play made a sensation and Mr. Lackaye one of the biggest hits since his Bvengall. The story of “The Bondman" Is very similar to that disclosed In the au thor's well-known book of the same name. It tells of the power of Chris- tian love over Pagan vengeance and the turning of Jason, the true, coarse, the avenger—Into Jason, the lover, the saver, nnd the bondman. It Is a re markable story of human Interest with love as Its keynote and much pictur esque scenic effects to assist In the telling of the story. The play Is produced In four acts with seven scenes, three of which are laid In the Isle of Man and three In the Islands of Sicily. Particular Interest Is attached to the reproductions of the Manx harvest fete and the convict sulphur mines In Sicily. Mr. Lackaye carries, with him three car loads of scenery and effects, much of which has been especially Imported from the Dru ry Lane, London. A company of eighty people appear In support of the star, and Included In the cast are many of the most prominent of our players. Al together Mr. Lackaye'* visit to this city should he a memorable one and those anxious to secure seats should make reservations at as early a date as possible. Matinee will be given Tuesday. 10 SEE 11 AGAIN PASTIME THEATER OFFERS HEW BILL When the curtain rolls up at ihe PaMlm© Theater on Monday afternoon jit the Initial matinee therf will be pre- 4 to the patrons of this popular home of polite vaudeville an entirely new program of highly diversified vaudeville acts. As an opener S. E. Richards & Co. wHJ present their wonflerful galaxy of illusions and magical tricks. Their knowledge of the occult art ia said to wonderful and the sleight-of-hand triiks and feats of legerdemain will baffle the closest observers. With case and grace they will draw fowls from the ulr, produce rabbits from the au dience, and make gold fish swim through the air. The closer you observe this pair the less you will see. Following thia novel act will come Harry Howard, w'hose songs and say ing* have made hundred* laugh. With J. C. Murphy, the minstrel man w ho has the reputation for giving solos on a pair of minstrej bones, there comes a posted challenge of $1,000 for anyone who can beat him In this art. Miss Edna Morley will make her debut at the Pastime next week as ft singer of illustrated songs. She Is sure to make a hit. NEGRO PAYS PENALTY ON THE GALLOWS. Speelnl to The Georghiu. Milton, Fla., Sept. 28.—Kemp Holt, ft negro, was hanged In the Jail yard today for the murder of Monroe Buck- halter. a negro, at Oak Grove, this county. November 24, 1906. The trap fell at 12:15 o’clock and he was pro nounced dead at 12:20 o’clock. MOULDINGS I^late rails, chair rails. GEORGIA PAINT A GLASS CO., 40 Peachtree Street. NEXT WEEK IN THEATERS GRAND—Monday and Tuesday nlghta. Tuesday matinee—Wilton Lack aye In "The Bondman," Wednesday and Thursday nights and Thursday matinee—"Par sifal," Friday and Saturday nights, Saturday matinee—“Dream City.” BIJOU—Alt week, matinees Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday—Ray Raymond In “The Candy Kid." ORPHEUM—AIJ week, matinees dally except .Monday—Vaudeville.- PASTIME—All week, dally matinees—Vaudeville. SOUTH SIDE THEATER—All week, dally matlneea—Vaudeville. ST. NICHOLAS AUDITORIUM—Skating. “PARSIFAL”—THE TEMPTATION. HAGENBECK, ANIMAL KING, SCOURS ENDS OF EARTH TO GET RARE SPECIMENS Methods Employed in; Capturing Wild Ani- I vi mals For Exhibition. ! Wagner’s Great Story Wed nesday and Thurs day. Atlunta is again to have '•Parsifal" thia season, and the announcement will be received with gbnulne pleasure and acclaim by overy lover of the sublime in art.. Managers Martin and Emery will again give local playgoers an op portunity to see their splendidly equipped company live In the charac ters of Wagner's great religious festi val story. The company Is still more capable than that seon here formerly, the aim of the management being to approach perfection as nearly as pos sible by securing the best available talent for the several roles. It can be accepted In the utmost good faith, on the pledge of Messrs. Martin and Em ery, that the coining presentment will be one of exceptional artistic merit and In every way Worthy of the lofty and mystic nature of Wagner’s mas terpiece. Hut In an art story of such colossal imagination not only must the char acters live again; they must move amid the surroundings and environment In which they were placed. In the au thor's mind. The demands which “Par sifal’’ makes on the scenic painter, the stage manager, the electrician and the stage carpenter are of the most exact ing kind, and more difficult to meet than can lie encountered In any other known production. Managers Martin and Emery, without wishing to attach any undue Importance to the scenic beauties of the production, wish It known that they positively give an exact counterpart of the Balreuth stage effects. What that tnenns In expendi ture, Ingenuity und infinity of detail can be Imagined. 4 , Three. performances of “Parsifal will be given at the Grand Wednesday and Thursday, October 2 and 3. During this engagement the rule of beginning the performance at 7:45 will be strict ly enforced nnd the public Is most earnestly requested to subscribe there to, as none can be sented during the action of the piny. The Thursday mat inee will begin at 2 o'clock. Jhe most fnnious wild animal exchange In | it* world la to 1m» found nt Htelllgen, nl pretty little suburb of the port of Hamburg. ! It Is presided over by Pur! Ilagenbeek. one I of the owners of the ttngenbeck-Wnllnee j circus, which conics to Atlunta next Mon-; day. slid who may lie well described ns the j world’s roojogjcnl purveyor. He Is the one Indlvhluitl to whom you. must go If you lire seeklug n hippopotamus or n rhinoceros, or any other rare beast. I He keeps them In stock Just ns a horse dealer keeps i» number of horses. Ills col lection of wild beasts, reptiles and birds Is Inrger nnd more vnlnnble thnn the mil- ninls found In nny one xoo'oglenl garden In Europe, Ills depot, which Is nlso it zoolngtcnl pnrk, occupies *oum twouty-tive acres of ground. How this curious mercbiiiidlHc Is collected t nnd transported to Jlnuibiirg makes thrill ing rending. Take, for Instiitice, the Hon, the acknowledged king of hensts: Few vis itors to rt zoological garden nre it wore that they nre tnketi in the wilds of Abyssinia milk and pieces of fowl until old brnve the terrors of n Journey across me sens to Europe. Tigers arc idituiucd In much the same way «s llous. although many adult ones are caught In large idf- full*. I.Ions vary a great deal in price, ranging from Moo to iih much iih M.ooo apiece, frown Prince, the leading lien of the HngeiiheckAVallnce circus. Is prohiild? the Hlberlnii variety Is worth from f 1.209 to $1,600. It Is the same with most wild beasts. Von have to take them from their mother when quite ytiling, ft N perfectly feasible of course to surround a grown nuitiml and AITHEJRPHE1 Fine Vaudeville Bill at Pop- . ular Theater Next Week. RAY RAYMOND, “CANDY KID," AT BIJOU ALL NEXT WEEK; ROLLICKING MUSICAL COMEDY “CROWN PRINCE.” Famous Hon with Hagenbeck and Wallace shown. flave you ever held* fbtif aces in a to-thunderation-wlth-the-lmit ppker game? The management of the Orpheum claims to have a hand of no .lew- than eight aces—and sighs that tlulre are no trumps in ptfker, a** thesi aces are ail trumps. ■ # Vaudeville, as everybody knows, Ik the poker game Jof theaterdnin. Chips have no home in a peker game. The blues have no home In a high-class vaudevfiW theater. Every deui’ in po ker brings forth a imnsfoAnailon. Ev ery act of a well •roUii'Jttd vaudeville bill is different from every other act. The singer and the dancer and the acrobat and the comedian and the mu sician literally chasd e.1911 other across the footlights In vaudeville. And so, ft* Is with un elght-aced vaudeville hand that the management intends to take in the pot next week and not a hand in cards.’ Take a peep at the hand. First, there is Mr, and Mrs. Gene Hughes artil company, In a one-act far cical playlet, entitled “Suppressing the Press.” . Those who keep In touch with the big vaudeville houses In the East heed not be told who Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are. They have been head liners for years. “Suppressing the Press” was recently awarded a $1,000 prize by The New York Herald In a contest conducted by that pai>cr. Another team that comes highly rec ommended and Is not nnkriown bv the patrons of the Eastern vaudevill* the aters Is Hoey and Lea, the famous He brew dialect comedians and parody singers, who will appear at the Or pheum next week. ThlsJj their first visit to Atlanta. What promises to be one bf the clev erest and most unique acts of the bill the coming week is thati of Emhk } Whitman, the dancing violinist. The clever feat of playing an accompani ment to a violin with a pult* of nlm- j ble toes is one calculated to amuse as well as to please the eats., .. . The management has not failed to provide a clever acrobatic feature. The Valdlngs, aerial artists, arc said to be unusually clever on the flying bar*, and they will contribute ,ho little toward making the bill of next *v/<jck one of unusual merit. Here Is what, the booking office writes about the Mellnot Twin Sisters and George Whiting, a trio of singers tnd dancers,. with a side-line \>f comedy: “Mark oof* prediction: They will moke another prth and Fern hit.” Every body remembers Orth and Korn In “Sign That Book.” Nuflf ced. Marlon and Pearl, eccentric and gro- i tesque comedians and cross-fire con versationalists, will contribute much to the comedy end of the program of next week. And for the special delectation of the ladles and children has been added another, head-liner, Beaumont’s pony circus, In a remarkable display of ani mal, near-human. Intelligence. The klnetograph closes the bill and Mathlessen's splendid orchestra keeps things humming all the while. number of «lralTcs, nu nuPlimf which Is by no inciins ensv to ohtiitu, nnd n Itcnst thnt In getting rather Kcnrco. They nre caught by natives, who bunt them on quirk Abys- winlun nonles. When they come aero** n herd of gtruffos they drive them forward fast ns they can. at mieh n pnee that It are tiVcrgliin’s renders*to learn' that giraffe nHI from $4.(W to $5,000 n imlr, Magnolian Wild Horses. Mr. Hagenbeck *eut out recently to ne- euro K«»me .Mongolian wild horse*. His trav elers penetrated to the northern Inirdeu of RAY RAYMOND, “THE CANDY KID.” the Hold desert, whore the/ found tbom- orsouieii. nnd taking with them fifty hiv-od mart’s In fowl, the collectors sought the desert home of the wild horse. | After a series of exciting ndveiitnres, fifty- two young colts frmu the wild horse species were wttrwl and in»nrl.dted on domestic mares taken along with the httittlug party. This expedition was In the field nearly eighteen months, and Its expense totaled $50,000. Tin- shows parade of'the IlugeiiheckAvntlaet* la the biggest free feature; all the •s are opened, and the pageant Is nearly miles long. The principal streets will trav»-rs«Hl Monday morning. The big v will evblldt on the regular circus lot. BLAUVELI-MARBLE IN “DREAM CITY" Mme. Lillian Blauvelt, prlma donna soprano with Joe Weber's production of "Dream City," which comes to the Grand Friday and Saturday, was born in Brooklyn In 1873. Last season she starred in this country In the romantic opera, "Tho Rose of the Alhambra.” Mme. Blau- velt will positively sins ,ln "Dream City’; during Its engagement in this city. , "Dream City” Is conceded to be the cleverest and most pretentious produc tion ever attempted by Weber, And has met with the greatest sgcoess, as It played to the capacity of Weber's Broadway Theater at every perform ance all through last season. As Mr. Weber le retiring from tho footlights, after years of hard and con. sclentlous work, he has been more than fortunate In enlisting the services of that clever comedian. Little Chip. Lit tle Chip has In the past few years en deared himself to theatergoers the country over, most particularly In At lanta, through his excellent work In "Babes In Toyland" and "Wonderland,” and the Bijou Company, and la con sidered to be without a doubt tho most worthy successor to Weber himself to day on the American stage. The other leading character In “Dream City" Is In the hands of that magnetic Atlanta favorite. Mary Mar ble. In the role of Nancy, the daugh ter of the old Long Island German far mer (portrayed by Little Chip), Mis* Marble Is credited with giving one of the most attractive aad winning por trayals of a dainty stage miss seen on the stage In many years, vfilrh Is winning her new laurels for her clever work at every performance. Plenty of Life and Fun to Attraction at Popu lar Theater. There has been a great variety In the class of attraction at the popular Bijou since the Inauguration of the sixth season of the house, and now that things have commenced to settle down to the point of real class, the first of the musical attractions Is about to be ushered in, In the Introduction of "The Candy Kid,” an American comedy play with a lot of mualc, aVnt time ago the ability of Ray Raymond, a Juvenile singing comedian, attracted the attention or the managers and at the start of this season the young star was placed at the head of a company of merry entertainers and sent en tour with "The Candy Kid." Huge successes have Indorsed the judg ment of hla managers, and the house management everywhere made It a' point to list tho attraction for the sea sons yet to be born. The play Is a musical comedy drama It Is really a musical shot,', but there Is a story that is overflowing In thrills and exciting Incidents, and just the sort of attraction thnt Is best liked In Atlanta, nnd at the Bijou. It may be that It Is kin to melodrama, but there are so many musical numbers and a lot pretty girls and clever comedians l "The Candy Kid" Is entitled to a place with the musical class. The action of the play Is almost everywhere. It starts at one of the great schools and continues In foreign lands, and the scenic production Is de clared to be one of the most attractive ever brought into a theater of the pop ular price scale. There Is a singing, dancing, rollick ing. hurrah sort of color to the play from the first curtain until the show has ended, and all through the play the clever young leading man will be very much In evidence In specialty, leading musical numbers and as the hero of the drama. There will be performances during the week following the regular UIJou II Prirra donna in “Crcc.ru CU,»” cs ruing io the Grzr.d Saturday. In a blaze of glory the South Side Theater, located at No* 44 East Hunter street, between CentraJ avenue South Pryor street, will be thrown <>p< n to the public on Monday night, ternber 30, when a polite and refined vaudeville program will be offered. The theater will be under the same nuin- agement which has conducted the pas time Theater, on Peachtree utieet. .successfully during the spring JJ summer season. Two thousand n hundred dollars will hardly cover tnc expense incident to transforming tn building Into a cozy theater. The management announces an exu program for the opening week, each act will be a whole show ">tn Itself. Harrison, West and Harris”", featuring LaPetlte Harrison, the sinu - eat comedian In the world ','f 11 * J’t the top-liners. This trio Is celebrated IA world round and their act wl" JJJ. great one. Professor Willis, the llg nlng crayon artist, whose R " c ';‘ drawings of persons and things a made him famous, will appear «n« " a number of lightning sketches _ r from life and memory. M Ith color* he Is a marvel. .. Aitken and son, the celebrated M llbrists, now at the Pastime Tilt where they have bee.n the feature o bill, will come to this theater In J •' edy Acrobats," am! set the huu- _ a tumult. The audiences always Joy sentimental songs, and mr rerson Miss Lillian i'arl. who naturally sympathetic voice,!' the Illustrated song. "On «•« 11 ’Neath the Old Willow Tree. , h Carl and Cart In “The T<i< Century Tramp." , M „,«■ The Booth Side vltaseppe In and original scenes will close lh After Monday the inallnees « dally and the prices teu »nd t cents.