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10 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. e ATI'It DAY. NOVEMBER ISW. A WEEK’S OFFERINGS AT LOCAL PLAYHOUSES MAUDE ADAMS—HER CAREER; HOW SHE WON HER WAY BY WORK AND GENIUS She Is Best Beloved Actress on Sta^e Today. “-Do you fojfor* In filrl**?’’ Tbzt la the qiiMtlnn whFh Maud# Adams asks .la •‘Peter Pan.*’ And whether or not the great American theater public believe* In fnlrlM, It la certain that every one be lieve* in Maude Adama—believe* that »ho 1* tin .*4t of all In stageland. It fa .v*mdetfui, thin adoration of Maude Adani*. Thoae a ho have never srou her think* of h«r a* the one actress whom never to *ce menus something always lacking, as the generation of today (eel* that It can -never be repaid for not knowing the Ilooths and their contemporaries. Thoae who have •eeo tier can hardly express their admira tion in mere words. She l* something apart from the rest. There I* only one Maude Adams and there will never be nnother. The coming of Maude Adama In "Peter Pan" menna a great deal to Atlanta theater- goers. Hhe- has played the role for aevemt Mouth for the second time—and never to sec her ns "Peter Pan" would lie ji misfortune which could never he outgrown or forgot ten. v But she la coming at last, and those who \ell ua how they went to New York sud bought ticket* three weeks abend mid waited longer than they intended Just to see Maude Adams, and "Hut. oh. It ..... M«*rth It," can not talk patronizingly to us any more.. For next week we. too, sbnll sea "Peter Pan," nud nothing shall be lert to long for. Her Wonderful Babble, jffclotta, wonderful. Here Hubble, the little •girl of the Scotch hills, will never be forgotten. Her Peter Pnn la *flld by all WILL CLOSE WEEK “Divorcons” Friday and Saturday Matinee and New Play Saturday Night. It Is roru for a star to surround herself with such an exceptionally able company ns la this season supporting draco (Jeorge, who comes to the Grand Friday and Saturday nf next week for thrive perfornumces. Prank Worthing, who has undoubtedly appeared with more stars tbnn any other lending runn on the stage today, is agnln this season itti Miss George, lie Is pleasantly cast Douglas Gerrard, nn netor of prominence la Loudon, has been specially engaged f« enact the role of the foolish young lover, Adlieiunr. A master of eliurue- ter neting. Mux Freeman, Is cast for the role of J^isepfi. the a musing bead waiter at the t’afe Grand Yatal. t'nnrles Stanley, who was long Identified with comic opera. Is seen In the role of the French police of ficer. and I* r~“ * -• ** “ r * Fielding, at one time Olga Nethersoln's lend Ing man. who played with her III "Hnpho" more than 400 nights, Is also numbered in Miss George's support. Until Henson, nil English netress, who tor the past few years tins been itppenrliig In this country, lias the role of the young widow. Mine, do llrloime, while Justine rutting Is the Mile, de Lust- gnu. Lnurn Leuimers. a youug actress of great promise. Is the .fosephu, and the other members of the company are likewise hap pily east. •‘DIvoiVoiin." with Miss George, greatly pleased both New York mid London, nud the piece Is said to be the best effort of the French playwright Kardmi. The com edy Is bright and the story Is amusingly fold of the change frhm tnc wife seeking to leave her husband for another by the easy road of n new divorce law to tin* woman who cornea to realise that her husband hud virtues that attracted her. on Kittirdny night Miss George und her company will present "Sylvia of the Let- . ters," a new play by Jerome K. Jerome. 'The Little which will be given Its first public perform given *un. even for it new delight. But •Tster ran" has auerceded even na did "The Little Minister." and If success Is a true measure the new role must be us won derful as the old. It la strange bow closely the playwright and the player have remained together through the years since Mamie Adams' first great • success. In Mr. Barrie's work Miss Adama has found the characters which suit her bast. Hardly n success but has come from Ida pen. First. It was "The Little Mtnkrter, In Which she starred flrat. Then ~ - —• -■ It was "Quality Street;" then a little play I rehearsing the play or two which were delightful enough In their way but not really big; then "Peter l'nu," the faiitsste which Mr. Barrie has creates! so delicately, the story of the "Iwy who w'onldnM grow up/ a fanciful play, full of children ami children’s dreams, which has brought the little actress even more fame than did her marvelous Unhide, and which she reluctantly will lay aside when her present season la ended. For Miss Adams tins promised herself a rest. A Baby Aotreaa. Maude Adams* life hns been an Interest ing oue. Hhe comes of a family of players, and her first appearance was when she was y months old to a day. Her name was not featured In bold headline* on the bill and her appearance was only due to the fact that her rival wna busily eugaged In cut; ting m tooth. The piece was "The Lost rmkL" and Mrs. Aunt* Adams kUeadden, thn mother of Maude, wns playing a stock engagement In Halt laikc City. Little MuuJlo os she wns afterward known, made her initial appearance on nn Immense chlmi . platter. That was thirty-five j ... , r . that time "Little Manilla” grown Into Mamie Adams. Charles Frohman* most highly-prised star. Nearly all of her life baa boon spent on the stage, and she has •tapped from one role Into another, always wlunltig new laurels nud Incidentally In creasing her fortune. When the child actress outgrew her parts, she was sent olf to school, where she spent four or five years. Hut the old love of thn theater came Imck to her. and she beg ged her mother that she might return to stageland. Back to the atage abe< came, ana a hard struggle ensued. The theater waa pot profits Me In the West, and there Mere serertl years of poverty. Then tho first engagement in the East was found, nud mother and daughter l**gan "l he Pay* maater" In New York. Maude Adama se cured several small parts in Rot hern a company, and then cams an engagement In llayt’a *"A Midnight Bell." This marked the turning point in Maude Adams' life. In thfr she was •’discovered." FharJes F rob in an engaged. Mis* Adams, agsInst the advice of experienced friends, and placed her In his stock company. In "The Lost Paradise" she found her first opportunity. Then the announcement came that John Drew had forsaken the Dalys and Mould no longer moke nightly love to Ada Hehan.* When he went to the Frohtnan ranks—this was before the days of the syn dicate—It wan rumored that Maude Adams would be bla supporting woman. The un- nouncement was hardly believed, but It waa neverfheloaa a fact. John Drew and Maude Adams appeared together In "The Masked Hail/’, nud while Mr. Drew made n success, the honors of the piny fell to Msude Adstna. She hud one scene which lifted her Into fame lu.n night. After that It wns easy sailing. "The Baubla Shop" gave the young actress a new opportunity, nnd "That Imprudent Young trouble, though a failure In itaelf, wns nnother stepping stone. "Christopher Jr. waa the next experiment, and then came "The Nqnlrc and the Datuea" and the l»eau* Iful "Iloseinary." In 8weot “Rosamiry." In "Rosemary,” MU* Adam* found her self. The *w*et freshness of Dorothy, fit ted her exquisitely, and the dainty lovo story was a* if written for her. Hut even her auceea* In this wa* na nothing, com- Jerome will come from ’London to nee Its first presentation hero, »* will Mnnnger Brndy. of New York. If the piny proves successful It will Is* withdrawn for ii time and given Its second production In Loudon next season, with MInn George at the head of the company. Charles Frohman decided that Maude Ad- uma must "star.” Mr. Barrie, whose last novel was then .at the height of;lts fame, was In New York on n short visit. Ihe play waa written and Babble was, created. -To apeak of her success in 'The Little Minister" Mould Ik* to tell an old story. The Season at the Empire in New York was bnt tke beginning. Everywhere swept "The Mttfe Minister" and Mlsa Adams made a long, tour of the country, other companies wltii other stars were sent out and Atlanta was lucky enough to have a visit from Ade laide Thurston, whose Babble was In Itself s revelation of the t»eaut!e* of the jrnl*. And then, at last. Maude Adams catue her- m*If, and her portrayal made us realise that all the rest had been but imitations, that there could never Ik* but one Babble, one Maude Adams Her Great Success. J 'fce tuceeas of "The Little Minister" r»» tel In Mr. Frohman’* determination to give Miss Adams « new opportunity nud "Romeo and Juliet" was produced, with tvlUlam Faversham as Romeo an«l James lC If a eke tt as Mereutto, giving Mlsa Ad ame the support of two of the greatest ro mantic actors In the country. It era* a success of course. Anything In which Maude Adams appeared would have packed booses night after night, but crltlca agreed that she added few new glories to Hhakes- peare's heroine. Hbe made Juliet a girlish r little creature, but In thl* she did the wis est thing. Khe realised her Inability to por tray the Juliet of tradition and she made her Ju»t a sweet little girl. Then earns "L'Alglon," Rostand a great drama, and ss the lw* A* ft*l*hatadt Ml»» Adams showed her real greatness. Khe wa* never loved so ranch as In Babble s Scotch plaid, but In L'Alglon she attempted the greatest task of her life and carried It to ^After* her season in •'L’Alglon,*' Ml** I Adam* took up another of Barrie a play*. "Quality Htreet," but It,ran for but a season, and. abe returned to "The Mttle Minister" for atline. when the^revival of the favorite proved at successful n* th* original season. Then followed several I shorter runs In a play or two of Mr. Bar- ( rte’s which failed to appeal to the ntf-1 dlences. though the fame of Miss Admit* was socb that the popular disapproval of, her vehicles win never shown In the box* office receipts. But at last came 'Tatar MISS MAUDE ADAMS AS PETER PAN. Fan" two year* ago, and lu I hi* Ml** Adama Is wild to have found a role even more suited to her wonderful pcrHonnllty than Bubble. Bnt she will count to iin Monday night for a n.ii.v of four day*, nnd we ahull ace for ourselves. And "we" iiienii* everybody In Atlnntn who love* all that Is lM»*t nnd jmr.Vt In the thenter; Who loves it .beautiful piny beautifully pre- sented, ns he doe* u great book blind- Homely bound. In the coming of Maude Ad»in* Atlanta ha* the groatest event of Its theatrical season. Comas in 'Tatar Pin.” Maude Adam*’ local appearance In the role of "Peter Pan." now fainou* through out the country, xvlll tuko place nt the 1 Grand Monday. November 4, for four night* nnd n Wednesday matinee. It will be Mia* Adama' find visit to this city In three yenra. This *en*ou and last "Peter Pali* was acted at the Empire Thehter career of "The Little Mlnlater." The suc cess of "Peter Pan" In New York, In fact, .attained tho proportion of n triumph. The attendance upon ft wn* so great ns eventu ally to compel the cancellation of nil cu rly to need further Introduction. It lias hern praised In the prose slid poetry of many eminent writers. It has hern per formed befof* all clnsse* of Engll*h-s|H*nk Ing theatergoers In Euglninl and America It la universal In It* appeal. The moat Ulnae find delight In the novelty of ft* Idea; tlie young lire fnaelimted l».\ the fancy nnd Uaauty of It* ntory; the ohi coutc nway from Its performanre glad with memories of thslr childhood. "Peter Pun’ I* the sort of play, however, that takes hold of different person* for widely different ran- sons. It would take about n* long to cata logue all these reasons a* to tell why . Mnude Adams ta the moat beloved of Ameri can actresses. The qiislntiicss and whim slcallty of Its humor were the quail lie* the homeliness of Its truths. "Peter Pnn" Is Just that—a plea nnder n new guise for the old, homely. Incontrovertible truths of life. A man la as old na be foci*. The merriest of companions Is he who never grows old. Greater than the gathering of riches, than personal advancement or the esteem of one's friend, n* the boy Pail thinks, la the sound mind In the sound body. Mr. Barrie hns not written dowii to the level of n child’* understanding, hut he has acquired the wonderful knnek of looking on life with a healthful, optimist^* vision of youth. "Peter Pan" la the boy who would not grow up. Jame* 51. Barrie t* the mind that will not grow* old. On the surfnee of "Peter Pair* ta for the child n dream while lu Fairyland, a sudden realisation of tlie actual existence of fairies, pirates nnd all the other dentxen* peopling the unseen world of his little imagination. But to the parent who alt* beside the child come* tho deeper message of the play—the fluent outlook upon life is by that mind Which neither weara out nor rust* out. but retain* It* ctenml youth. The happiest of mortal* i* be. who never grows old spirit ually, grow, be ever so old physically.. ORPHEUM TO OFFER A SPLENDID BILL ALL NEXT WEEK —t Rapid Transformation Art ists and Bessie Brown ing Coming. YOUNG BUFFALO. Ho will be seen at the Bijou ull next week. Nnzimovn As Ibsen's Hilda. Commenting '»n Mme. Naxlmova'i performance «*f the part of Hilda In Ibsen's plity, "The Maater Builder," the Theater Magazine for November nays: "A« Hilda Wan gel. Mme. Alla Nazl- mova adds another triumph to her rec ord since adopting the English-speak ing stage. Here 1h a wonderful charac terization ns complete.- rounded and polished u* a diamond on leaving the cutter’s expert'hand*. It Is an Inspira tion for the younger nctresse* of todny to noto the marvelous resourcefulness of this gifted player’s comprehensive art. There Is not a dull moment In It. The vuriety of expression, vocal nnd facial, Is little short of wonderful. The detail Is perfect, and the methods of expression Ulumlnutlve to the highest A SCENE FROM "DIVORCONS," AT THE GRAND. Do yen remember the inarveloualy rapid tmusJornmtlmi lu 8teven*on’a novel,* "Dr. I ok y II. and Mr. Hyde," how Dr. Jek.vll suddenly changed before one’s eye* to nn entirely different character? Well, Norton nud Russell, who will In* it fenture nt the irpheum next week, are said to do nonie lightning change* (lint would make Dr. Jcfeyll seeiu alow. They change from one eoxitmto a ml ’make-up to nnother, chnnglng :he whole character, so rapidly thnt It teem* Impossible. The net I* n novel one .ii ilie South, nnd should prove n lilt. Prcttv Bessie Browning is coming, too. i'hose who saw her In "Simple Minion Him* ide ’ at the Grand last nranoti will remember that she wa* the one bright stnr of that .other weak production, and will be pleased to see her In her new field. She Will give Imitations of some wejl known actresses, tinoug them being Ml** 5lnude Adam*, who will I..* placing In Atlnntn nt the noine time, Ultra offering an opportunity for com parison "f original ami Imitation. Dunn and Francis.' In n new character coinedv sketch, will In* one of the foitturrd numbers, a* will the Hank* nud ltruxenle doo, tun pretty girl* who offer n refined musical net. Kurils and flu****. with their trained toy terrier*, and especially Bunch, tho "talk' ing dog." will be nn net to please the ebll dreii especially. Bunch I* said to be the greatest dog on the stage. Harry nud Wol ford, the eccentric comedy couple: tlie Zar- rill Brother*. European equilibrists, nnd Ihe motion picture* with new scene* will close tlie bill. It promise* t‘» Ih» one of the best of the season. qqqooooqoqooqooooqoqqoqooq O SOUTH SIDE. ' O o o OOOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOUNG BUFFALO, A REAL THRILLER, COMESJO BIJOU King of the West and Band of Indians in Blaney Melodrama. Following up the splendid program presented nt the South Side Thou ter. 41 East Hunter street, thin wee*, tho management proinlaen for next week n bill whl.-h will eclipse ull former of ferings mid' Is sure to please nnd de light. N.»w thnt the winter months me coming on. when tliooe In seutvh of amusement turn t»> plnj* houses, thl* theater, located on the nouth side-.and so rear the heart of that section of the city, i.s sure to prove a Mecca for hundreds. The best nets of the East are being brought South and put on at thl* play house to please the patron* king there dally. '.» begin the bill, then* Is offered Russell and Davis, the great comedy pair. In their laughing success, "The Substitute." This Is a society playlet nnd Is humor in the 400. Following this plnjlet comes .Miss Mamie Dusli- an. the celebrated soft shoe dancer, whose spit it and shadow, dances have never failed jo please. In addition she Is doing a singing act. and her strong sweet voice Is shown off to en advan tage when she warbles "That’s Where My Money Goes.” The Tjifr irlo. In ' The Xe»v Inven- ^vuiTonTy Vneeded'to convince^ M°n. a playlet In which there abound* The , 0 n 0 wlng If the bill: a cooro rtf .t.tmctrll* will lut . . n t- I. iL.Iu Cbtrleg E. Blnncy’s tnelodramatie nov elty, the sensttloual. thrilling Western drotnn, "Yonng Buffalo, King of the Wild West," come* to the- Bijou next week, nnd will dualities* be accorded the *nrae enfhiislnffffc reception by audience* of im mense proportion* a* on Its former visit here. It- I* whnt mint be termed an ex cellent offering, being presented by a cotn- pnny of good players, headed by the young plainsman. Young Buffalo, nud mounted In n manner which must-appear lavish to the populnr-prlce theatergoing contingent. Mr. IHaney, knowing full well the great demand for play* of thl* stamp, went the limit In producing "The King of the Wild West." nud the results obtained have rewarded hi* effort. Tho pluy abound* with thrilling sit uation* and sensattoual climaxes. It tells fascinating story of frontier life In nlng camp, < * —* -* x ‘ ..iieay and a i Young BnffaL. ,. I* hu actor of ability, possesslng Inborn tal ent for the display of heroics, so much admired by those who delight In an evening of melodrama. He Is nupported • by au ex cellent company of players, chief among them being Caroline May, Ruby Krwood, Mnggle Meredith. Eugene LeKue, Antoine Provost. William C. Dodges, (}. H. Gordon, Tom WIIUs. Frank Dobson and Henry FrelI. together with an -octette of*,cow- punchers and a baud of Kloux Indians, who came direct from the IMne Ridge reserva tion, Mouth Dakota. ooooooooooooooooooopoooooa O CLARA BLOODGOOD’S O GREAT SUCCESS. O 0 .-0 0000000000000000000000000© If Atlanta had but known what a connummate mlftreff of her art Clara Bloodrood la the Grand would have been filled Friday night from the front row to the topmost perch In the gal lery. But Atlanta didn't kn«tv, and when those who were there .found It out It wan too late to tell theif friends— and nobody would have left for a mo ment. anyway. Mr*. Bloodgood is paying her flirt visit lo Atlanta, It la said—certainly her first since she “arrived,” for the Shuberta have kept her playing In their own houses for several years. • She has won a place for herself here, and her place Is tide by side with that of Mrs. Carter and Xetheraole and all the rest. Her entrance wa* made Mondaycnlght without a spark of recognition from her audience—the same audience that cheered her after her socond act until the whole company wa* kept bowing and bowing again. She ha* something of her own that makes her different from other actresses, a perfect natu ralness. a girt of humor, and the rare talent of looking and talking and breathing her role. It would be hard to Imagine her In another part. But Mr*. Bloodgood does not stand far above her company. It would be hard to gather from all the Great White Way six better players than those who are the central figures In “The Truth." The husband, the jealous wife, tho old man, the female bounder—all these are portrayed with skill that makes the plav a wonderful presentation, makes It like life. It Is hard to say which Is the better of the supporting company, John Emerson as the sporting old gen tleman: Zeldn Sears, as Mrs. Cres- plgny. or Mrs. Sam Sothern. as the meddgllng woman with troubles of her ow n- ... . Frank Patton Is Just such a villain na one meets In real life, simply a cad. William Courtenay a* the husband of Becky Warder (Mrs. Bloodgood) la a man worthy as good a wife as Becky turns out to be. And the play. Clyde Fitch has done hi* best here. It is hullt os only Fitch can build a “society drama,” every line significant; every bit of business with Its own meaning. Fitch knowo the class he writes of; knows how to make his MISS BUSSE AND HER TERRIER&.AT ORPHEUM. Ihe Man of Yesterday What home-coming time means to one who lives only in the happy : memories of tho past—A Federal Prison story. • By ALAN ROGERS, Editor of Practical Advertising 1 know not whether law* be right Or whether law* be wrong; All that we know who live In gaol Is that the wall' Is strong: And that each day Is like a year, A year whose days are long." —C. 33. He knows society and Its Some of the lines arc almost epigrams: some of them are brimming over with subtle humor. And the "toiT Is worthy of its HUthor. It Is a tale of how habit and heredity made a woman lie; Me because It was easier than the truth. He to avoid little troubles: always without malice nnd wholly without shame. But Becky Warder's white lies looked very black before she told her last one, and that's whnt the play Is about. You had better see ■ The Truth" Saturday afternoon or night, or you’ll be sorry a long time. O. D. u. There Is In Atlanta one man who lives entirely, in, the past; As for the present—It means nothing to him. As for the future, In his uwh words. “It Is only a helpless mass of dally routine plied years high until this great mnss of apparently unending time squeezes out the last vestige of hope for better things.” And yetlhle very remarkable man Is cheerful. Needless to say this citizen—or rath er this; man,- for -the -government has withdrawn the privileges of citizen ship—lives In that grent hospital for the cure of moral Ills, the United States penitentiary. And It may be that some descrlptlun of this exceptional man and his methods of almost cheerfully growing old by constantly living In a succession of long, long yesterdays, may prove entertaining to others as it has proved helprully interesting to at least one Atlantan. It was on an October nftemoon. The great banner, that emblem of the “Home of the Brave and Land of the Free,” which waves so tncongruously In front- of the big Federal prison, was being lowered—a parting salute lo the setting sun and the welcome testimony „ that one more long, weary day had „. h , n ,i. ev (lo ther . i.1,. i.,,. .I,.., ,lu * cl mere. time—unfortunately, years In the fu ture—when he might join once more “the waiting one," ns he always speaks nf her. "1 have pictured It all *o often,” lie continued, t”hat to me It seems strangely, truly real, nnd most of all are those pictures which have to do with the home-coming time. Why. often as I turn that Inst corridor It seems to me I can see her waiting for me, waving a cheery welcome acros tic- gate nnd smiling up Into my fare a thousand messages until such time as. hunt! in hnnd, we had passed 'lip tic- walk Into the house and with thn door closed to the neighbors, she Was once more In my arms. “Then. too. I like to think of later times when her welcome was still the same, only with two and later font- chubby little arms upstretched for tlie greeting that comes with .homeroomlng time. What are troubles and .worries when a man has such a cure for all tha trials In the world? But we never know until—but no matter, ' "You see I wns poor and with jloor folks home-coming time Is ahvfiys un event. People with lots of money often save whnt they are pleased to rail dem onstration for such occasions as Jour neys out of town. But poor folks havo to make tho most of what they have. And I don't know of anything that rlrli folks miss so much In the way of Jov and happiness ns Ihe privileges thnt belong to home-coming time. Of course, with so many engagements, they never know when they age coming home'at night, nnd, like os not, they don't knon that they will find their folks at iirinic their sentence from behind the,barred windows. The Close of a Prison Day. And then, Just as the first,soft shades of twilight were claiming' this little world of those who live the shut-in lives of Federal atonement, there marched from the farther end of the' reservation a strange little procession. There were no sounds of martial music a* this tiny regiment came nearer and nearer from where the long white fence climbed the hill only to bo lost some where In the semi-darkness of that lit tle cemetery of the forgotten dead. The quiet remained unbroken ns this evening parade, strangely uniformed, people talk and act and dress and live. Mildly silent, marched only to halt be- ttr. knows society and Its Imitations. f or( , »i,a great gates of the Drlson tlint 0OO00OOOCC00OOO00000OO0O0g 0 PASTIME. O00O00OOO0OOOOOO000OO0OOOO Next week will rush off with a run ning, romp at the Pastime Theater, 77 Peachtree street, when the biggest, best and fullest bill of the season Is to he offered. Now that the audiences are parking this' play house to capaci ty, In search of new anil novel diver sion. the management has endeavored to give the best money's worth obtain able. and how veil they have succeeded a score of vomedy scenes, will be pre sented next, and If there Is a laugh In your system It will come out then. There will be one or two added num bers. ami the program will be concluded with a series of niovlpg pictures. Mat inees duii>. Parker and Parker. In their black face singing and dancing pet, will start the ball rolling. Sometimes billed as "The Minstrel Man and Minstrel Maid." this team lias been a laugh all around the circuit. Good dancers, sweet sing ers and full of comedy, they always please. Following them come W'lllen- bt ink and Jonklns. the eccentric com- odv oatr. Their clever sayings, neat dances and tapieal songs fill up fifteen minutes with laughter, und they never fall to get an encore. Mason and Ham- 'tin. two -if the most delightful and daintiest dancers In the country, will follow. J. J. Parrish, the sweet trou badour singer, will tic heard at this theater during the week. His song. "Moving Day." Is helng whistled tnderfu! *p*U she yields, and throughout the South and he Is mak- moutiifiil pathos In her notes of an- t ing good with hi* guitar. Ml** Btin- guish. Ho.- it and be convinced that, burne, the sweet singer of illustrated this Russian has a real message lo I songs, will return for a week. There convey, and reveals it with eonsutn- j will be matinees dally and two per mute and artistic grasp.” fortnances every nlghL degree. The keynote which she strikes on her first entrance conveys at once the elf-like, mischievously serious soul that itervu.ics this fascinating hut dis turbing factor in the history of the Sol- ness household. There fs cheering hu mor In It* -. moments of playfulness; soul-felt peetry In her nights Into tlie realm of profound yet alluring fancy; force and rower In her delineation of fore the great gates of the prison that swing open to receive them with a harsh grating sound ns the nearest semblance to a welcome. As 1 stood with tny friend, this man of yesterday, before one of the steel- screened windows of Irontown and watched this straggling procession, he smiled In a manner nil his own; “Of all the long hours that go to make each unending day. this hour, when gathering twilight promises the Joys and pleasures of firelight time In Ihe homes of the. outside world, seems at once the longest, saddest nnd sweet, est.” "You have Just seen," he continued, "the prison-coining of those who work on the reservation outside. And while It Is all so terribly, ghastly different from the home-coming of other days, the hour and the twilight are Just the same. Bo it is that my silent supper finished, I return to my cell and try once more to live over again those happy, huppy firelight times of the past. "Fortunately for us, the strongest steel bars made, the kind that meet, the full specifications of the government Inspector, cun neither shut out the Im agination of the present or the memo ries df other days. As I have told you. If It were not for Just this chance of living again those happy yester days of the years that are gone. qul\ another Institution would have claim ed me long ago. But, thank God, my mind Is still my own and what are steam and 'electricity as compared with the power of thought?" The Narrow Streeti of Irontown. As we walked down one of the very narrow streets of Irontown to where a r<«rtnlf) number rni*rp«tyindp«1 • tn tflftt ■tamped upon the uniform. 1 turned to say good-bye. "It may *eem queer to you," he be gan, the gong for (he locking of the cell* having not yet xounded. "but so strongly have 1 crowded this present state room I occupy with old associa tions that tfiere arc times when even this seems like the home I loved so well.” A single glance Into this narrow steel box but proved the strength of this man's Imagination and the strong, hard fight he teas making until such "This little place I live In may seem mighty narrow to you. but Imagination nnd memories don't need much room. One thing sure, there’s never a nlglu I've been here that before turning In I have not lived over again the Joys thnt bed-time means to the man who has felt the pressure of tiny arms about his neck and the 'Night! Night! Daddy!' from some wee little chap with his nightie on. "I trj' to remember that they are better without me and that under her Influence they must grow up hs they should. And I sometimes feel sure that It will bn to look bnck .upon their fa ther's name with bitterness and re proach. But she who Is waiting says it Is not so. That's the way with a wom an'® love, no matter how much tbs world may call your act a crime, with her It Is only n mistake and she Is bringing them up to think the same way about It. Talk about faith remov ing mountains, the love of a good wom an can move und remove the world ami Its ways. Thai's another thing, thank God; It Is not within the Inventive genius of man to erect a prison' that ran shut out the love such as I have known. “Do you know what I sometimes think I would like better than all else? Well. It would he to wake up In the middle of the night once more and hear from the tiny crib close by the fright ened voice of my little boy calling. ‘Dady! Dear Daddy!'In that half-stlflcl. tremblesome key that means the sand man has scattered bad dreams his way. And then to hear her say once more, for the mother love always sleeps with an eye half open. ‘John, Jack Is calling you.' And then Just reach over and gather the wee little chap In my arm* and henr a last stilled sob, as, feeling perfectly safe and secure In the harbor of daddy's arms, he snuggles up closer and closer, ngnin a tiny voyager, but ■his time into the land of happy dreams. That'* what I should like best to have happen again. And I'd want It to be gin right with the fun that belongs to bed-time and"— The harsh, penetrating vibrations of the big gong broke In upon the day dreams of thl* man of yesterday. Knowing that the signal meant good bye. we shook hands and as I turned with a new realization of the real Joys of home-coming time, he said, "Pleas" come out again soon, and ir you gare to hear ITI tell you something of the hap piness that bed-time still mean* to on" whose arms have long been empty Jus' trying to hold once more a wee little boy with his nightie on." And somehow as 1 passed out through the portals of this cold, gray world of Atlanta's suburbs, the hinges of the great gates seemed much less harsh and because of the brave spirit of ore strong man. th* noisy clang of steel and Iron reverberated through the fast- dosing ilsrkness, a last cheerful “Good night!"