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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2t
A WEEK’S OFFERINGS AT LOCAL PLAYHOUSES
Madame Butterfly Coming
For Day After New
Years.
In playa. as well as In other things,
the theory of the survival of tho fit
test obtains, jf tho weaker men and
/animals go to the wall, they are sur-
Jvlved.by the stronger, physically and
taorally. It la 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
will rresent at the Grand Opera House
•for two nights, beginning Wednesday
matinee, featuring Emma ('aru* needs
no better recommendation' than the
fact that this marks Its third season.
The role of Kid Burns Is enacted by
Scott Welsh. This most successful
of Cohan plays, and the play which es
tablished beyond cavil the position In
the dramatic firmament of Oeorgo M.
Cohan, following his success In "Llt-
;tle Johnny Jones," possesses the ele
ments of a deserved success. The
story Is a logical one and Is absorbing,
never permits the* Interest to flag, and.
above, all, possesses an Infinitude of
humor. Add to these qualities several
characteristic Cohan melodics and sure
ly you have all the ingredients of that
much-sought-after, but elusive, thing,
1 stage success.
"Cupid at Vassar.”
Florence Gear, who plays the part of
the heroine, Kate Newton, In the new
musical college girls' play, "Cupid at
Vassar," to be seen Friday and Satur
day at the Grand, Is a Brooklyn girl.
As a child she was famed for her
beauty and for her .fondness for the
footlights. As she grew older, she be
came .identified with the best In stage
life, and made an enviable name for
herself in her own native city and on
the road. - This is the second year she
has been with Manager Jules Murry.
Last year she played under his banner
for a season of forty weeks, going as
far West as San Francisco. Every
where she was greeted with the same
affectionate regard and received the
sathe enthusiastic greeting. Her
Charm of manner, her beautiful voice,
her graceful carriage and her pleasing
personality were but Introductions to
her really great ability as an emotion
al actress. She plays upon the emo
tions of her audience ns does a vir
tuoso upon the strings of his violin.
She has the happy faculty of "getting
under the skin" of the character she
is playing, as Rachel used to express It.
Miss Gear Is particularly fond of the
part ahe is playing this season; that
of a Vassar senior. It gives her the
opportunity of being and expressing on
the stage the feelings of a cultured
young woman such as she herself Is.
In other words, she Is herself and Is
bound to be natural and effective In
her work.
Speaking of the part the other even
ing after the performance, Miss Gear
"It Is always a pleasure to do some
thing one likes to do. While 1 am fond
of every part I have ever played, and
they have been many, no one will gain
say the fact that .there are .parts and
part", some giving keener enjoyment to
the performer than others. This part of
Kate, In ‘Cupid at Vassar,' Is so very— f
what shall I call It?—so very conge
nial. Kate Is Just the kind of a girl
that one would like to be oneself. She
Is a typical, well-bred, well-read col
lege girl. She goes In for athletics, but
St not over-athletic and not statuesque.
She Is on absolutely normal girl. Her
health Is not delicate. Her mind is not
over-crammed with philosophy. Her
Ideas of life are not stunted nor 'moss-
grown,' os wo used to say In college,
In short, Kate Is an all-round pleaslnfc
character to portray, and It Is a pleas
ure to have the opportunity of por
traying h*r."
Ir Manager Murry had looked thru
tho long lists of all the Broadway of
fices he could not have found a better
example of whnt Kate Is supposed to
be physically than the little lady ho has
been fortunate enough to engage for the
part.. Miss Gear has a head set grace
fully on a beautiful neck and should
ers. Her eyes are bright and express
ive. Her hair, very fine, very blond
and with a very perceptible wave In It,
Is colled In grent masses over her low
brows. Her complexion Is fair, dear-
skinned and delicately rosy. She gives
the Impression of being born for this
part of a thoroughly representative girl
of the times.
"CominQ Thro the Rye."
A sudden, rapid, upward projection
of p toe, a collision between it and a
moss of tousled, fluffy golden halt
which adorns a head that seems to bo
making a thousand revolutions a min
ute, then a quick, backward bending
of the Jiead which meets the dainty heel
of a slipper half way. followed In
stantly by a resounding stamp of a
tiny foot upon the stage. This is the
finish of the "Fljr* dance which Is per
formed by Dorotljy Brenner In "Com
ing Thro the Rye,” and It is at this
point that the audience breaks out In
a torrent of deafening npplause. Miss
Brenner’s specialty is described as an
umaxlng combination of terpsichore and
contortion. It gives the Impression of
a body unhindered In its gyrations by
bones or by any other Impediment. Her
suppleness Is said to be beyond anything
human which lias ever been revealed
to public gate. And yet, this sweet
faced. petite girl is not, and will not,
permit herself to be referred to as a
contortionist. She is a talented .ac
tress, a gifted vocalist and an exceed
ingly graceful dnr.cer. It was for these
qualifications that she was employed to
Say the part of "Boasie,” the girl with
*.he white horse. In "Coming Thro th**
it ye," which comes to the Grand soon,
rltr "FIJI" specially, in which she Is
isolated by eight handsomely costum
'd girls, Is one cf the many new* fea
ture* which have been added to the de.
ightful musical comedy.
SCOTT WELSH A8 KID BURNS AT GRAND.
ORPHEUM BIGS
1 BEST
R
Mother-in-Law Sketch a
Feature of Coming
Bill.
Christmas week at the Orpheum
promises to be a eeason
ie; for the program Is fil
ville of the most enticli
Is comedy, and music and dancing,and
trained dogs foT the little folks, and
wliat more could the vaudeville lover
nfck?
"How to Get Rid of the
I aw," Is-The newest sketch perpetrat
ed by Monroe and Lawrence, and it
premises to be a scream. The para-
M*aplu‘rs may have mvorn
mother-in-law joke, but it
nlshes an unlimited Held for
clan, and tills trio is said to get
fun possible from their subject.
For the children, Anita Bartley, the
famous woman juggler, is .engaged for
the week. School Is now over for the
Christmas holidays and the little folks
may gro to the matinees every day if
they like, so..the orpheum sends them
an especial invitation to call.. Children
are admitted free at the matinees if
accompanied by a big orother or sister
with a paid admission ticket, and are
given pretty Japanese doll souvenirs.
Other features of the bill are the: La-
hakuns, European giotesque gymnasts;
Atuybello Meeker, the contortion dan
cer; the Three Troubadours, comedy
singing trio; A1 Carietoti, the modern
HENRIETTE LEE IN "A CONTENTED WOMAN" AT BIJOU.
"Madam Buttorfly."
Madam Butterfly," the new Japanese
grand opera Introduced by Mr. Henry
W. Ravage for tho first time In this
country, and which will be presented
In this city for the first time January
at the Grand, bus scored the most
pronounced success both In this coun
try and in Europe that grand opera bus
ever known. The triumphs tin* work
won abroad In tho Italian cities, in far
off Hungary at Budapest, am! In Lon
don at rho aristocratic Covcnt Garden,
where It has been tho operatic novelty
for two years, have till been doubly
discounted by Its sensational success
In America. The echoes of bis great
triumph has made ntht r cities In Eu
rope nlivo to the great tmtslcnl charm
und value of Puccini’s newest opera,
mill Berlin and, Paris have only re
cently made, "Madam Butterfly" the
features of their grand opera seasons.
"Madam Butterfly" Is described by
leading music critics ns a work of re
markable dramatic as well ns musical
charm. It Is In ail respects a typical
work of, young Italy. In Its musical
scheme It follows closely tho Post-
Wiigner custom of continuous descrip
tive harmony.
The company to sing It here Includes
throe complete sets of principals, with
six noted prlina donnas, many fine male
singers, n large chorus and a grand
opera orchestra of fifty musicians un
der thrca European conductors.
Taylor's Cherokee Remody of ,8wo«t
Gum and Mulloin Is Natme’q great
remedy—clires roughs, Folds, Croup
und consumption, und nil throat and
lung troubles. At druggists, 25c, 50c
und $1.00 per bottle.
The density of population In AiiktrfaiUt
ttoreosed from 1.2* to 1.28 hi the six years
turn 1901 to 19%. The population itfiisitlfs
n the other continent!*, necording to the
•port are »• Europe. 1W; Asia.
*f# AXri'o. 15, and America, 9.
AGED AUGUSTA WOMAN
FATALLY BURNED BY GRATE.
Special to Tho Georgina.
Augusta, On.. Dec. 21.—Mrs. Cath
erine Turpin, aged 75 years, one* of
Augusta’s oldest citizens, who was fa-
"A 8CENE FROM "CUPID AT VASSAR,” AT GRAND.
tally burned by flames from an open
grate, lies ut the point of death at her
home on Oreerte street.
The accident happened while her two
sons, Frank and Henry Turpin, were
out of the house.
PHOEBE STRAKOSCH IN "MADAM BUTTERFLY.'
monologlst, and Elsie Harvey and tho
Field Boys, the dainty dunclng trio.
The advance sale Indicates crowded
houses on Christmas afternoon and
night and it Is advisable to make res
ervations far ahead. The Orpheum ex
pects to break the attendance record
next week. For Npw Year’s week, the
sensation of the season Is promised in
isahero. tho most famous mind render
and 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 Marletta-st. began doing business.
The show was probably the best that
has been put on at the Orpheum, and
with one or two exceptions the ama
teurs closely pushed the regulars for
the honors of the evening.
Following Brlndamour’s jaii-breuking
feat, little Jimmy MacEachron started
off the amateur performance with two
or three popular songs. Jimtrty Is, a
pretty little girl about five years old
and her appearance In cowboy uniform
was the occasion of great applause.
She- won first prize.
E. E. Barker as the "The Jolly
Tramp,” with a monologue, song and
dance, was easy winner of the second
prize. Frank Allen, buck and wing
dancer, won third prize.
Wise Hornbuckle, In a black face
stunt, lacked an effective voice in try
ing a monologue and finally left the
stace when the crowd Interrupted with
applause.
FIREWORKS—Farlinger,
80 and 82 N. Broad.
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES VIA
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO.
TlckPts will bo sold on December 20
to 25, inclusive, December 30 and 31,
1907. and January 1. 1908, with limit
good to leave destination, returning, not
•later than midnight January 6, luou.
For full particulars apply to nearest
ticket agent, or \V„ H. Fogg, D. P. A.,
Atlanta, Ga. [
“The Great Divide."
"The Great Divide" may be the great
est play of the age—critics In the East
have said so—but Atlanta can not see
It that way until It is given a more
capable presentation than that of the
company "presented 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 -oan
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 leading players.
It was a big audience which filled
tho Grand to see this play, of which
so much has 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 and all the scenic effects giving
a touch to tho production which led to
great 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 t«er hearers, and the
strength of the scene was lost. The
play has immense possibilities. There
are lines filled with strength, giving
opportunity for magnificent dramatic
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. O.
REAL HOYT PLAY,
Henriette Lee Has Title
Role in Famous
Satire.
A PLEASANT SMOKER
EEM Medicated Cigarettes—Cigar and
Drug Storesjic.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CHANGES
SCHEDULE AND IMPROVES
SERVICE TO BIRMINGHAM.
Effective Sunday. December 22, train
now leaving Atlanta at 6:30 p. m„ ar
riving Birmingham 12:15 midnight, will
be changed to leave Atlanta 10:*5 p. m.
and arrive Birmingham 5:15 a. m. Re.
turning, train now leaving Birmingham
4:15 p. m., arriving Atlanta 9:45 p. m.,
will be changed to leave Birmingham at
12:30 midnight and arrive Atlanta at
6:50 a. m. JAMES FREEMAN.
District Passenger Agent.
The cleverest, decidedly the best,
satire on politics ever given to the
American public was the play Charles
Hoyt wrote for the star Introduction
of his wife. Caroline MIskle-Hoyt Re
called It "A Contented Woman,” and
It was one of the most successful ot
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 ago, 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 verv pleas
ing events, of the season, and comes
quite In the way of the Bijou's Christ
mas offering, for tt Is certainly a great
comedy treat at the, Bijou prices.
"A Contented Woman" deals with the
political, game In a.manner thnt Is all
funny. The head of the house of Holmes
is nominated for mayor of hts town.
This pleases Mrs. Holmes, who Is thor
oughly contented to share the honors,
and she 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 ns the opponent of her better-
half, and proved to her 'that she was
simply being caged up, and It was time
to declare herself and rescue, woman 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. .She
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 Immense gatherings that will
pack the cosy theater during the week.
Charles F. Morrison, who will have
the principal 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 has
eclipsed all past successes.
Tho supporting company was select
ed with great care, and neitrly all the
players are clever In specialty, and
this part of the program will be one
of the strong features of the ulrac-
tlon.
Remarkable Rescue.
That truth' Is stranger than Action
has once more been demonstrated In
the little town of Fedora,, Tonn., tho
residence of C. V. Popper. He writes:
"I was In bed, entirely disabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat.
Doctors failed to help me, and all hops
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, 50c
and >1 at all drug stores. Trial bot
tle free.
NO BETTER CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Suppose you give your cljlhl a bank
book for a Christmas present. It re
quires only II. and this little reminder
may be the very thing needed to In
terest your boy In saving his money.
Who knows but what this little act of
yours may prove the beginning of a
successful financial career that will
make the fond parent proud of his boy.
Atlanta’s oldest savings bank, the
Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, feels a deep Interest In the suc
cess 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
and July. You have seen the sign In
large golden letters. SAVINGS BAXh,
on the corner of Broad and Alabama
streets.
Passengers 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, $2.59
and $3.00.
XMAS CIGARS.
$1.00, box of Cigars of 25.
Cigar Cases and Tobacco
Jars. 97 Peachtree St.
The University Smoke
Shoppe.
THREE TROUBADOURS AT THE ORPHEUM.
$600,000.00
IN
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
$15.00 Draft FOR Y00
IF YOU SEND YOUR NAME
Christmas Gift drafts In denomina
tions of *10.00 and *15.00 have been
Issued to the amount ot si* hundred
thousand dollars and aro now being
sent to the prospective students or
Draughon’s Practical Business Col
lege Company, which has a chain ot
30 Colleges—biggest and best in the
world. Send your namo and address
to Draughon’s College, 122 Peachtree
St., Atlanta, or Columbia, Jackson
ville, or Montgomery, and you will re
ceive one qf these Christmas out
Drafts.
THE TEST OF A
MAN’S HUMANITY
Is his willingness to do something. Ths
test of his treatment and his confidence
in It Is shown by his willingness to
put tt within reach of the public. Ba
upon these facts Dr. De Truai
offering to the public his treat" 1 ',,
for the Opium. Drug and Alcoholic
habits for the next ten days »t *
half the usual rates for. such treat
mem. The treatment Is BCl ' nt „i„
harmless and successful; as near pain
less ss any successful treatment
be. The offer I open to all wor>b>
addicts who wish to be cured bcfir
the new Drug and Liquor Law gee
Into effect. Our home tteatment is sj
ressful for all uncomplicated ca-es.
Call or address _
Branch Sanitarium De Truas.
Corner Washington and Hunter Sts-.
(Opposite Capitol) Atlanta. Ga.