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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.