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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
A WEEK’S OFFERINGS AT LOCAL PLAYHOUSES
Madame Butterfly Coming
For Day After New
Years.
In plays, as nail an In other thing*.
th. theory of the mirvlval of the flt-
!je#t -obtains.. If the weaker men and
animals go to the wall, they are *ur-
ylved by the stronger, physically and
'pnoraUy. It Is even more true that the
producer for the stage continues to of
fer only those pieces which have been
.tried and found worth while. Thus
It la that "Forty-Five Minutes from
* Broadway," which Klaw & Erlanger
twill rresent at the Grnnd Opera House
jfor two nights, beginning Wednesday
-matinee, featuring Emma Carus, needs
'no better recommendation than the
(fact that this marks Its third season.
The role of Khl Bums Is enacted by
Scott Welsh. This most successful
of Cohan plays, and the play which es-
Uabllshed beyond cavil the position In
(the dramatic firmament of Qeorgo M.
Cohan, following his success In "Lit
tle Johnny Jones," possesses the ele
ments of a deserved success. The
•tory la a logical one ai>d Is*absorbing,
| never permits the Interest to flag, and,
(above all, possesses an Infinitude of
‘humor. Add to these qualities several
characteristic Cohan melodies nnd sure-
jly you have all the ingredients of that
:much-sought-after, but elusive, thing,
stage success.
“Cupid at Vassar."
Florence Gear, who plays the part of
the heroine, Kate Newton, In the new
musical college girls* play, "Cupl<J ut
Vassar,'* to be seen Friday and Satur
day at the Grand, Is a Brooklyn girl.
As a child she was fatned for her
beauty and for her fondness for the
footlights; As she grew older, she he
came identified with the best In stage
Ilfs, and made an enviable name p
herself In her own native city and
the road This Is the second year she
has been with Manager Jules Murry.
Last year she played under 111* banner
for a season of forty weeks, going ns
far West ns Ban Francisco. Every
where she was greeted with the same
affectionate regnrd nnd rerelved the
same enthuslastle greeting. Her
charm of manner, her beautiful voice,
her graceful carriage and her pleasing
personality were but Introduction* to
her really great ability ns nn emotion
al nctress. She plays upon tile emo
tions of her audience us docs n vir
tuoso upon the strings of hi* violin.
She ha* the happy faculty of "getting
under the *kln” of the character *he
le playing, as Rat-hel used to express It.
» Miss Clear Is particularly fond of the
part she Is playing this season: that
of a Vassar senior. It gives her the
opportunity of being nnd expressing on
the stage the feelings of a cultured
young woman such as she herself Is.
In other words, she Is herself nnd Is
bound to be natural and effective In
her work.
Speaking of the part the other even
ing after the performance. Miss Clear
Mid:
"It la always n pleasure to do some
thing one likes to do. While I am fund
of every part I.have ever played, nnd
they have been many, nn one will gain
say the fact that thero are parts nnd
BEST VAUDEVILLE
F(
Mother-in-Law Sketch
Feature of Coming
Bill.
SCOTT WELSH AS KID BURNS AT GRAND.
Christmas week at the Orpheum
promises to be a season of fun and frol
ic, for tho.program le Ailed with vaude
ville of I he most enticing kind. There
Ik comedy and music and dancing and
! trained dogs for the little folks,’and
what more could the vaudeville lover
! a*k ?
j "How to Get Hid of the Mother-in-
; Law," Is tho newest Hketch perpetrat-
j rd by Monroe nnd Lawrence, and it
! f romlses to be a scream. The para-
jftraphera may have sworn off on the
i niother.-in-luw Juke, but it still fur-
; nisheH fin unlimited Held for the come*
j< Inn, and this trio Is said to get all the
• fjn possible from their subject.
I For tho children, Anita Bartley, the
l fuinous woman , juggler, l» engaged for
| tho week. School is now over for the
[Christina** holidays and the little folks
.nay go to tho inatiseps every day If
tne/ like, so tho Orpheum sends tlfein
Jan especial invitation to call.. Children
I nr# -admitted free at the matinees if
I ac companied by ft big brother or Ulster
• with a paid admission ticket, and ar *
(given pretty Japanese doll Houvenlrs.
Other features of the bill nre the La.
bakann, European gtoi^qve gymnasts;
Maybello Meeker, tho contortion dan
cer; the Three Troubadours, comedy
singing trio; Al Carieton, the modern
mm
REAL HOYT PLAY,
CDMESJO BIJOU
Henriette Lee Has Title
Role in Famous
i*. Satire.,
HENRIETTE LEE IN "A CONTENTED WOMAN” AT BIJOU.
“Madam Butterfly.'' j
"Madam Butterfly," the new Japanese
grand opera Introduced by Mr. Henry
W. Savage for the llrst time In this
country, and which will be presented
In this city for the first time January
2 at tlu» Grand, has scored tho most
pronounced success both in this coun
try and In Europe that grand opera has
ever known. The triumphs the work
won abroad In the Italian cities. In far
off Hungary nt Budapest, and In Lon
don at the aristocratic Covent Garden,
where It lias been the operatic novelty
for two years, have all been doubly
discounted by Its sensational succeiu
in America. The echoes of Ills great
triumph has made othc^- cities In Eu
rope alive to tho great musical charm
nnd value of Puccini’s newest opera,
nnd Berlin and Paris have only re
cently made "Madam Butterfly" the
features of their grand opera seasons.
"Madam Butterfly” Is described by
lending music critics ns a work of re
markable dramatic ns well ns musical
charm. It Is In all respects a typical
work of young ltuly. In Its musical
scheme it follows closely the Post
Wagner custom of continuous descrip
tive harmony.
The company to sing It here Include*
three complete sets of principals, will
six noted piima donnas, many flue male
singers, *n large chorus and a grand
opera orchestra of flft.v musicians un
der thre? European conductors.
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullein Is Nature’s great
y—cure* roughH, Colds, Croup
remedy
and consumption, and nil throat and
parts, (Dine giving kroner enjoyment »<> ^JoTpcTbome■Ir-Kk'-'s. Me. 60c
the performer than other*. This port of on « H.W P*r battle.
Kate. In ‘Cupid at Vassar,’ Is so very— J
what shall I call It?—no very conge
nial. Kate Is just the kind of n girl
that one would like to be oneself. She
Is a typical, well-bred, well-rend col
lege girl. She goes In for athletics, hut
Sa not over-athletic and not statuesque.
She la an absolutely normnl girl. Her
health la not delicate. Her mind Is not
over-crammed with philosophy. Her
Ideaa of life ore not stunted nor ‘mons-
grown,' as wo used to say In college,
In ahort, Kate Is an all-round pleasing
character to portray, and It Is a pleas
ure to have the opportunity of por
traying her."
If Mannger Murry had looked thru
the long lists of all the Broadwuy of
fices he could not have found a better
example of what Kate Is supposed to
be physically than the little lady he has
been fortunate enough to engage for the
part. Miss Gear hns a head set grace
fully on a beautiful neck and should
ers. Her eyes ure bright «ml express-
tve. Her hair, very fine, very blond
and with a very perceptible wave In It,
Is colled in great musses over her low
brow’s. Her complexion Is fair, eleur-
akinned and dellcntely rosy. She gives
the Impression of being born for this
part of a thoroughly representative girl
of the times.
“Coming Thro the Rye.”
A sudden, rapid, upward projection
of a toe. a collision between It nnd a
mass of tousled, fluffy golden halt
which adorns a head that seems to bo
making a thousand revolutions a min
ute, theu a quick, backward bending
of the head which meets th^ dainty heel
of a slipper half way, followed In
stantly by a refcnimdlng stamp of n
tiny foot upon the stare. This is the
finish of tha "FIJI" dunce which Is per
formed by Dorothy Brenner In "Com
ing Thro the Bye," and It is at tills i
point that the audience breaks out In i
a torrent of deafening applause. Mias i
Brenner’s specialty Is described as an j
imaslng combination of terpsichore and :
contortion. It gives the Impression of
a body unhindered in Its gyrntlons b, j
lames or by any other impediment. Her
kupplenecs is said to be beyond anything !
human which has ever been revealed j
to public gaze. And yet, this sweet-1
faced, petite girl is not, und will not,.
permit herself to be referred to as .1
i ontortlonlst. She Is a talented ao- •
tress, a gifted vocalist and an exceed- |
Ingly graceful dancer. It was for then-*;
Qualifications thut she was employed to
say the part of "Bossle," the girl with 1
he white horse. In "Coming Thro th** 1
?ye," which comes to the Grand soon.
Her ."Fiji" specialty. In which she is >
us is ted by eight handtomely costum- i
‘d girls, is one of the many new fea- !
aires which have been added to the de. j
Ightful musical comedy.
The density of population In Austrfail;! .
im*>1 from 1.27 to 1.» In the six years!
ndl to lf& The population densities
AGED AUGU8TA WOMAN
FATALLY BURNED BY GRATE.
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Bee. 21.—Mrs. Cath
erine Turpin, aged 7f> years, one of
Augusta's oldest citizens, who was fa-
A SCENE FROM “CUPID AT VASSAR," AT GRAND.
tally burned by flames from nn open
grate, lies at the point of death at her
home on Greene street.
The accident happened while her two
sons, Frank and Ilenry Turpin, were
nit of the house.
Berease
_ . continents, accordln
* as follows: Europe
, 15, and A
MO;
PHOEBE 8TRAK0SCH IN “MADAM BUTTERFLY.”
numologiNt, nnd Elsie Harvey and the
Field Boys, the dainty duncing trio.
The advance sale indicate** crowded
houses on Christmas afternoon and
night nnd It In advisable to make res
ervations far ahead. The Orpheum ex
pects to break the attendance record
next week. For New Year's week, the
sensation of the season Is promised in
Bahera, the most famous mind reader
nnd clairvoyant In vaudeville.
Amateurs at Orpheum.
Amateur night at the.Orpheum Fri
day night drew one of the largest
crowds that has packed Itself Into the
theater since the popular play house
on Marietta-st. began doing business.
The show was probably the best that
has been put on at the Orpheum. und
with one or two exceptions the ama
teurs closely pushed the regulars for
the honors of the evening. •
Following Brtndamour’s jull-breaklng
feat, little Jimmy MacEachron started
off the amateur performance with tw
or three popular songs. Jimmy Is
pretty little girl nbout five years old
and her appearance In cow'boy uniform
was the occasion of great applause.
Hhe won first prize.
E. E. Parker ns the "The Jolly
Tramp," with a monologue, song and
dance, was easy wlnhet of the second
prize. Frank Allen, buck nnd wing
dancer, won third prize.
Wise Ifnrnbucklo. in .v black face
stunt, lacked an effective voice in try
ing a monologue nnd finally left the
stage when the crowd Interrupted with
applause.
Passongors arriving at
Terminal Station and spend
ing a night in Atlanta will
save time and trouble by
stopping at Hotel Marion
Annex, 57 Mitchell St. Half
block from station. Euro
pean. Dabney Scoville, pro
prietor. Also proprietor of
Hotel Marion, N. Pryor.
American plan. Rates, $2
per day; with bath, $2.50
and $3.00.
XMAS CIGARS.
$1.00, box of Cigars of 25.
Cigar Cases and Tobacco
Jars. 97 Peachtree St.
The University Smoke
Shoppe.
FIREWORKS—Farlinger,
80 and 82 N. Broad.
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES VIA
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO.
Tickets will bo sold on December 20
to 25, Inclusive, December 30 and 31,
1007, and January 1, 1908, with limit
good to leave destination, returning, not
later than midnight January 0, loos.
For full particulars apply to nearest
ticket agent, or W. H. Fogg. D. P. A.,
Atlanta, Ga.
. “The Great Divide.”
"The Great Divide” may be the great
est play of the ago^-crltlcs In the East
havnapaid so—but Atlanta can not see
It that way until It Is given a more
capable presentation than that of the
company "prevented by Henry Miller"
at the Grand Friday night. For Lester
Lonergan, tho for years a very capa
ble stock actor, falls to rise to the
demands of such a role as Stephen
Ghent, and Miss Adelaide Nowak can
not cope with the trying scenes re
quired of Ruth Jordan. Upon these two
centers the whole play, and the sup
porting company, no extraordinary’ one,
can give little aid toward redeeming
the deficiencies of the lending players.
It was a big audience which filled
the Grand to see this play, of which
ko much hftH been heard, and It was a
disappointed one which filed out- after
the close. The first act was the most
effective of the three, the darkened
room, the moonlight across the Arizona
desert nnd all the scenic effects giving
a touch to the production which led to
grout expectations. But when the three
ruffians entered the lonely house and
Ruth offered herself to Ghent If he
would "take her under the law," she
failed to Impress her hearers, and the
strength of the scene was lost. The
play has iinmenso possibilities. There
are lines filled with strength, giving
opportunity for magnificent drumatlc
force, but Mr. Miller sent It out "on
the road" with players who could not
handle them effectively. The play Is
here for Saturday matinee and night.
G. D. G.
A PLEASANT SMOKER
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Drug Stores 5c.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CHANGE8
SCHEDULE AND IMPROVES
SERVICE TO BIRMINGHAM.
The cleverest, decidedly the best,
satire on polities ever given to the
American public was the play Charles
Hoyt wrote for the star Introduction
of his wife.- Caroline Mlskle-Hoyt. Jle
called it..“A Contented Woman,” and
It was one of the most successful of
all the great Hoyt successes. Its run
In New York city was a revelation to
the business at the time, and tho writ
ten years ngo. It was so far In advance
of things In general, it looks like a
modern Idea worked out for the pres
ent season.
In selecting an attraction for Christ
mas week at the Bijou here Mr. Wells
secured the Hoyt play, with one of the
strongest companies that has produced
it since the original company. The en
gagement will be one of the very pleas
ing events of the season, and come*
quite In the way of the Bijou's .Christ;
mas offering, for It Is cgrtalnlv a great
comedy treat at the Bijou prices.
; “A Contented Woman" deals with the
political, game In a manner that Is all
funny. The head of the house of Holmes
Is nominated for mayor of his town.
This (deases Mrs. Holmes, who Is thor
oughly contented to share the honors,
and «he did not know that she was not
having the best time of her life until
the nominating committee of the Wom
an's Rights party placed her In nomi
nation as the opponent of her better-
half, nnd proved to her that she was
Simply being caged up, nnd It was time
io declare herself and'rescue wrftnan in
general. The campaign starts with the
headquarters Of both parties at the
Holmes house, and there Is a lively ac
tion.
Miss Henriette Lee, who will play the
title role, is one of the most talented
and most beautiful of the modern ac
tresses. and possesses every quality to
make her delightfully popular. Sho
has a great many successes here and
her work In Hoyt play established her
as one of the most Interesting of the
stage world stars. , As Grace Holmes
Miss Lee will become a great favorite
with the Immenso gatherings that will
pack the cosy theater during the week.
Charles P. Morrison, who will have
the prlnclpnl comedy role. Is an actor
of rare ability and a comedian of high
cast. His work with the Hoyt shows
made him a general favorite In the
larger cities, and this season he 1ms
eclipsed all past successes.
The supporting company was select
ed with great care, and nearly all the
players are clever In spectaltyi and
this part of the program will be- one
of tho strong features of the a'lrac-
tion. f
Remarkable Rescue.
That truth Is stranger than fiction
ho* once more been demonstrated In
the little town of Fedora, Tenn.. the
residence of C. V. Pepper. Ho writes:
“I was In bed. entirely disabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat.
Doctors failed to help me, and all hope
had fled, when I began taking Dr.
King's New Discovery. Then Instant
relief came. The coughing soon ceased;
the bleeding diminished rapidly, and In
three weeks I was able to go to work."
Guaranteed for coughs and colds, 60a
and 61 at all drug stores. Trial bat
tle free.
• Effective Sunday. December 22. train
now leaving Atlantn at 6:70 p. m„ ar
riving Birmingham 12:16 midnight, will
be changed to leave Atlanta 10: <6 p. m.
und arrive Birmingham 6:16 a. m. Re
turning. train now leaving Birmingham
4:15 p. m„ arriving Atlantu 9:45 p. m„
will be changed to leave Birmingham at
12:30 midnight and arrive Atlunta at
6:50 a. m. JAMES FREEMAN,
District Passenger Agent.
NO BETTER CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Suppose you give your child a bank
book for a Christmas present. It re
quires only tl. and this little, reminder,
may be the very thing needed to In
terest your boy In saving his moneys
Who knows but what this little act of
yours may prove the beginning of n
successful financial career that will
make the fond parent proud of his boy.
Atlanta's oldest savings bank, tho
Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany. feels a deep Interest in tho suc
res* of every child In the city. Don't
fall to get a pass book for your Christ
mas present. Four per cent per annum
Interest paid and compounded January
und July. You have seen the sign In
large golden letters. SAVINGS BANK,
on the corner of Broad and Alabama
streets.
$600,000.00
$15.00 Draft FOR YOU
IF YOU SEND YOUR NAME
Christmas Gift drafts In denomina
tions of $10.00 and $15.00 have been
issued to the amount of six hundred
thousand dollars and aro now being
Bent to the prospective students of
Draughon’s Practical Business Col-,
lege Company, which has a chain of
30 Colleges—biggest and best In the;
world. Send your name and address
to Draughon’s College,, 122 Peachtree;
St.. Atlanta, or Columbia, ' Jackson-'
vllle, or Montgomery, and you will re
ceive one of these Christmas Gift
Drafts.
THREE TROUBADOURS AT THE ORPHEUM.
THE TEST OF A
MAN’S HUMANITY
Is his w illingness to do something. The
test of hi* treatment and his confidence
In it Is shown by his willingness to
put It within reach of the public. Based
upon these facts Dr. De Truax is
offering to the public his treatment
for the Opium, Drug and Alcoholic
habits for the next ten days at one-
half the usual rates for such treat
ment. The treatment Is scientific,
harmless and successful; as near pain
less a* any successful treatment can
be. The offer I open to all worthy
addicts who wish to be cured before
the now Drug and Liquor Law goes
Into effect. Our home tieatment is suc
cessful for all uncomplicated eases.
Cell or address
Branch Sanitarium De Truax.
Corner Washington and Hunter Sta,
(Opposite Capitol) Atlanta, Go.