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fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1911,
THE WEEK AT ATLANTA’S PLAYHOUSES
At the Grand.
Tho magnitude of the production of
I'ii clni's opera, "The Girl of the Golden
West," at the Grand Saturday, mati
n' e and night, can be readied when It
is told that a special train of eight cara
will be required to traniport the com
pany and the equipment needed for the
performance. There will be three caste
,of principals to alternate In the per
formances. a larga chorus, an orchestra
of SO musicians and a small army of
stage mechanics. Henry W. Savage has
an international reputation for tho lav
ishness of his productions, but he seems
uetermlned to make a high-water mark
with "The Girl of the Golden West."
At the Grand.
Not since tho old days of “Zaza"
and “DuBarry" haa Mrs. Leslie Car
ter had a role so suited to her abilities
as the dual one of Jeannette Moreau
and Jeannlne Bartet, In which she will
appear In "Two Women” at the Grand
for two nights and a matinee next
week, beginning Monday evening. The
new play Is In live acts and la by Ru
pert Hughes, the original being an
J. W. Quillian, Former Na
Officer, in Charge—Man'
Applications Received.
tied "Vaudeville’ Nowadays.” The fourth
act on the progititn'.will be the* Brown
ings. presenting.'a rapicl-flre duologue,
entitled "Getting Into Society,” . This
Is sold to be an Immense hit and will go
to.make up one’ of the'strongest* bills
that haa been seen at the Bijou In many
moons. .Harry Bickford will continue
to sing the.lflugtratfcd 'tongs.' apd*.the
very best of motion pictures have.been
selected to’ open and close each- per-
At, the. Lyric. .
Beulah Poynter, .who has long been
popular With local theatergoers.', will
present her new dramatic comedy. "A
Kentucky Romance," by Joseph Le-
Brandt, at the Lyric next .week,, open
ing Monday night. This, will be the
first time the piece has been seen In
Atlanta.
The play leans strongly to sentiment,
but there la a pleasing vein of comedy
running throughout the piece.that.adds
greatly to its popularity. The author
has drawn his characters skillfully and
developed .hit situations, to powerful
climaxes In a consistent manner/ The
comedy Is of Importance to Miss Poyn-
ter’a ndmlrers. as It takes the' actress
away .from the tdar-strewn paths of
the emotional drama and to tread light
ly. gayly and whimsically along tho
enticing avenues of comedy. Miss
Poynter Is said to have embodied the i
comlc'splrlt to a degree,that la-At once!
engaging and charming.
In the first act she is seen as the
unsophisticated'child of nature, with
no companions but the birds und’ dow
ers of her forest home. She meets the
man who Is sure to come Into every
girl's life and the gradual awakening
of her love can only be likened to the
opening of a beautiful rose, when It Is
warmed by the sun and kissed by the
dew. This girl, true to her sex. puts
all her truht In the man, only to find
in connection with the movement
give Atlanta a full .regiment in t
National Guard of Georgia, Colonel
E.. Pomeroy announces that John \
Quintan, of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company, i, „
ganlzlng a company. The majority
this company will be connected L
some branch 'of the engineering nr„ fr .,
slons and it Is believed that this unit,
of Interests wil( quickly operate i
form an esprit de corps that Is essen
tlal to a successful military organ!*,
tlon. Military efficiency will h„ xh
principal aim, but. the athletic and
vial rides of the company will be full,
developed. 1
Mr. Quillian Is a native Atlantan
n graduate of the United State,
academy at Annapolis, Md. He
appointed to the Naval academy ml
Atlanta and while there tookhoaSJ
which at graduation ranked him Cra
In a class of 175 graduates. He *»
cditor-ln-ehief of The Lucky Bag the
annual of the brigade of midshipmen
which Is considered one of the hl«h..t
honors In the gift of a class ifw
his graduation In 1909 Mr. Quillian
compelled to resign his commission'll
the navy. "
Among those who have declared thele
Intention of Joining the new eomranr
are John W. Quintan. R. M. Mitchell I
Jr., C. R. Parks, John R. Hyman. Rob.
In A. Smith, L. P. Bellamy, E. H Mo-
Cowen, C. W. Brown, J. E. Biv'in.
G. P. Kerkeley, I. G. Walker. Jr. Ed-1
ward B. Oxford, G. J). Gamer IV p
Lowe, p J . Lusby, Walter M. McDon
ald, H. Runge, Laurence O’Day F H
O'Kelly. Robert H. Wolcott, Hal c l
Dumas. Fairfax Montague, Cuvier
Montague and Edgar Montague In
cluded In this number are graduates
of Auburn. Clemson. Georgia Tech
United States Naval academy, Virginia
Polytechnic institute, Georgia Military
academy and Georgia Military college
and men who have seen service In the
regular army and the national guard
The play’s Interest is said to chiefly
lie In the opportunities the star le af
forded for the exercise of her abilities
In strong emotional scenes and for the
simnlatlon of vehement passion, re
morse and the wide range of other fem
inine emotions. 1A3I. .
"Two Women” has already found a
large clientele and Is now In Its second
season, having played last winter a long
engagement In New YOTk. ft le by all
odds the best vehicle Mrs Carter has
had In some years. Tfur play la as
closely fashioned to her-eepoctal brand
of emotionalism aa any,she haa ever
had. Mrs. Carter In HIM* two roles.
It Is said, does more then merely come
up to the demand toward strong cli
maxes,. Her Impersonation la carefully
shaded and there are many little points
Jn Its development which excel In their
artistic touch any work heretofore the
actress has done. The supporting com
pany will be adequate to the produc
tion. which Is as magnificent as any In
which Mrs. Carter haa ever appeared.
Peplto Arriola, Pianist.
During the time of the world's fair
professor Richter Introduced to tho
Congress of Scientific Psychologists a
little boy not yet three years old. It
was Peplto Arriola. These men of
science were held spellbound by the
marvelous work on the piano of this
phenomenal child.
This talent was discovered by the
hoy's mother in a most Interesting way.
After plavlng a Beethoven sonata the
mother left the room for a few minutes.
**»<*
MRS. LESLIE CARTER.
Famous actress who will be at the Grand next week for two nights and
matinee In ‘‘Two Women."
MISS ISABELLE LOWE.
She will be seen as Glad in "Tne Dawn of a Tomorrow” at tho At.
lanta theater Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Dants's “Inferno" Coming.
At tho Grand,' commencing with a
matinee, December 18. and with mati
nees dally, will be seen Dante's "In
ferno" In tho same cinematographic
production which was witnessed and
emphatically praised by tho king of
Italy and the royal household. A spe
cial musical program has been pre
pared, sublime In character and well
adapted to tho spirit of the poem. Tho
pictures will bo accompanied through
out by an explanatory lecture, and a
Dante student ha* been engaged to di
rect the production and deliver tho lec.
turn.
MULE REFUSES TO AID
TROUP COUNTY AUTOIST
' LaQrange, Qa., Dec. 4.—While running
along at a low rate of speed near Baughs
Cross roads In Ills automobile Thursday
night, Clifford Anderson, of this city, a
rural mall carrier, suddenly discovered
that his machine was on Are and within
a few minutes the entire automobile had
become enveloped In flames and was soon
destroyed. After his machine burned Mr.
Anderson secured a mule to return to this
city. Tielng the mule nearby Mr. Ander
son returned to hts machine a moment
and In the Interim the mulo broke loose
and ran away, leaving Mr. Anderson with
out other modus operand! thnn his pedal
extremities to return to this city.
A meeting of those Interested sin be
called in a fetv days, and It Is expected
nt that time to complete tho organisa
tion.
Those desiring to Join should phone
"*” * ""82, as the list:
Performances will commence In the
afternoons nt 3 and the evenings at
8:30 o'clock.
At the Atlanta.
Life in the East End of London, as
portrayed by Frances Hodgson Byrnett
Mr. Quillian at Main 9881
will close soon.
BISHOP GIVES DINNER
TO DISCUSS MISSIONS
Medical Society fleets.
, LaGrange. Qa.. Dec. 9.—A meeting of
I the Troup County Medical association
was held In the Elks club rooms Thurs
day, with President Frank M. Ridley, Jr.,
presiding, and Secretary C. A. Peacock In
I charge. Dr. Hugh McCullough, of West
I Point, read a paper on a medical topic,
.after which discussion was had by the
1 members. Arrangements were begun for
i tho entertainment of the members of the
Chattahoochee Valley Medical association
j by tho Troup county association In tills
city In January. It Is expected that
l many prominent physicians and surgeons
from Atlanta, Savannah, Mobile, Colum
bus, Macon and other cities will be pres
ent. An attendance of about 300 Is an-
In her latest piny, "The Dawn of a To- will appear at the Atlanta theater for
morrow," broves an interesting study three nights, beginning Thursday. Dt-
and two acts are laid In what U known eember 28, matinee Saturday, Is a wide
as Applo Blossom Court, one of tho sweep of the dramatic pendulum from
worst locations to be found. Hero Is the problem plays of the Plnoro-Henry
Introduced Glad, a typical London waif, Arthur Jones typo with which American
who has been brought up In the gutters audiences have been qurfeited. It docs
- ... — - — * not glorify the principals of an Illicit
love affair, as do the old-fashioned tri
angle plays, but shows the havoc that
follows the flames of a lawless passion.
“The Havoc" Is a big piny with smash
ing situations and startling climaxes,
but Its seriousness Is relieved by bril
liant Ironic comedy which sways an au
dience from tense suspense tu smiles
and laughter, (
At the JForsytn.
For next week at the Forsyth the
Kotth management has selected seven
acts that promise to frame a bill that
will be as brilliant us any the theater
has offered thlk season, it Is generally
known that the success of tho Forsyth
has established a clientele to tho thea
ter that means capacity nt practically
all performances and when there la an
unusual feature or an exceptionally
strong show, standing room Is about
the best late-comers can get. The bill
for tho coming week promises to be
ono of that sort, that will make every
seat In the house In demand and that
will test tho standing room capacity of
tho theater.
The Loreh Family of twelve wonder
ful persons will be the headline attrac
tion. For a long time the family was
the principal fenturo nt the famuoi
London Hippodrome and were brought
to America by agents of the Ringllng
Brothers circus and were used as th-
strongest feature of that great tented
carnival, i They were secured for valid'-,
vllle nt the close of the circus season
and have scored tremendous hits all
along tliq circuit on which they have
appeared. With a scries of Spanish
dances the family Is also clever In aero
batic and gymnastic work and the act
will be a positive revelation to those
who think they hove secn'nll that Is
worth while In a combination of this
sort.
Jnmes Francis Dooley, tho original
mid quaint comedian who has scored a
Bishop C. K. Nelson gavo a dinner
nt Folsom’s restaurant Friday night t)
100 representative Episcopalians. The
main purpose of the meeting was u
give them the advantage of listening
to Rev. R. \V. Patton speak on the tor-
worst locations to be found. Hero Is
Introduced Glad, a typical London waif,
s. 1.-® ex r 77.2 ““772
and led a life of” varied experiences,
both pleasant and unpleasant She
ward' movement In missions. His In
teresting talk was greatly enjoyed aid
was followed by a first-hand tale el
mission work given by Rev. H. Hayi'
kawn, rector of St. Johns Eplscop*!
church of Osaka, Japan.
Mission work was also taken up In
short talks by R. A. Alston. W. D. El
lis, Frank Hawkins and Milton Dar-
gan. While the Episcopalians are great,
ly. Interested In the Men and Rellgies
Forward movement, the meeting Friday
night had no connection with that sfcp
In Christianizing the home folk, but
was entirely to listen to a discussion of
tlcipated.
Many persons find themselves affect
ed with a persistent cough after an at
tack of Influenza. As this cough can
be promptly cured by the use of Cham-
bertatn's Cough Remedy, It should not
bo allowed to run on until It becomes
troublesome. Sold by all druggists.
mission work in foreign fields.
Pianos, Organs, Sheet
Music, Violins, Guitars.
Catalogue free on applica
tion.
CABLE PIANO CO.,
84 North Broad St.
J. J. BLACK IS CHOSEN
MAYOR OF MARIETTA
Marietta, G*„ Dee. 9.—J. J. Bla«
on Friday was elected mayor of asm
etta, defeating E. P. Dobbs. Black »
at present a member of council. Dobra
was formerly mayor.
FRITZI SCHEFF.
She will he at the Grand on Christmas and the following Tuesday in
the now comje opera, “The Duchess."
.throughout and the .theater-going pub
lic'will-not during the season .have an
opportunity to witness a better dra
matic entertainment. The play ts.glven
an elaborate production, adequuto
mountings, beautiful scenery and ef
fects.
At the Orpheum.
The Orpheum stork eompan;
its third week wlth'matinee.on
she has been deceived. Her grief and
disappointment, natural resentment at
the Injustice done her. and anger to
ward the people who have wronged her,
gives Miss Poynter a splendid opportu
nity for a wide rango of acting. The
authot 1 has not forgotten MIsb Poyn-
ter’s happy vein of comedy and her
admirers will enjoy many hearty laughs
when they see her endeavoring to be
come "a society girl.”
The company In support' Is strong
all he does, and It may be depended
upon that ho will be ope of the drawing
cards of the week. His songs art) orig
inal, his patter crisp us celery and he
has a mannerism that will add to his
popularity.
Linden Beckwith, who appeared at
the Forsyth during Its first season and
who. has a' success to her credit that
hns never been eclipsed, will be another
one of the drawing cards. Miss Beck
with has recently secured exclusive
rights to a number of songs and as an
added attraction will appear In a care
fully selected European wardrobe that
will make her.of magneto value. She
has reeenlly been associated In musical
comedy with great success, but has re
turned to vaudeville because of tre
mendous Inducements offered her.
Percy Warnm and company, In their
comedy playlet. "The Boatswain's
Mate." will be seen here for the Unit
time, and Leon Kimberly and Jean
Hodgkins, in a singing and ptnno-play-
Ing specialty, will unquestionably add
to the merit and velue of the show.
The Stubherfleld Trio, In a European
novelty, and the Rnmsdell Trio, original
novelty dancers, make up the bill, and
the management of the Forsyth puts
Its personal indorsement on the merit
and quality of the acts.
At tha Bijou.
The management of the Bijou an
nounces for the coining week the big
gest vaudeville sensation that has been
sprung at this theater since Its initial
performance seme three years ago. Ap
preciating the big hits that are mads by
ragtime singers, the management has
booked for Us headline feature the Col.
lege Trio, composed of Messrs. Boehm.
Kuhn and Boehm. As ragtime singers
thts trio Is said to equal, if not to ex
cel, anything on the vaudeville stage to.
atarta
fonday
1 is liuru wild'mat luce .on Mummy
afternoon with the production of "The
Sign of the Four,” a Sherlock Holmes
play that has been successful all over
the circuits. The regular schedule of
performances will be followed, matinees
on Monday. Wednesday and Saturday,
and the regular evening performances,
with the popular family scale of prices
—10, 20 and 30 cents.
This stock company ha* been a com
plete surprise to the Atlanta theater
goer*. It Is a fact that no one antici
pated any such class and quality as
the company has evidenced. The play
ers a;-o exceptionally clever, measuring
Thieves Set Fire to Station.
Montgomery, Ala., Deo. 9.—Re
from Coopers Station,
c7 12_7_2^_;..^., .... .21.7
Nashville railroad, ea:
about midnight last nl
dered and then set Are
and., the ginnery -tin
amounts -to-410,000.
Monti.
from Coopers Station, 35 miles north
of Montgomery on .the Louisville and
” • "• *■ - (hat robbers
flr<*t plun-
the station
The toes
HARRY ROWELL.
He le lauding man In the
Slock Company, which will pu
Sign of the Four" next week.
BEULAH POYNTER.
,Lyric all next week in Aha new dramatic comedy,
Orpheum
t on "The
MISS LINDEN BECKWITH,
if the features on the Foreyth bill next week-
•Wy Romance.