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ooowh 0 AT THE GRAND. 0 ————— 0 o "It happened In Nordland," Mon- O 0 day afternoon and night. O 0 "The ■ Ham Tree," Tuesday 0 p night. O 0 "The Lilac Boom," with Amelia 0 d Bingham. Thureday, Friday and 0 0 Saturday nights; Saturday matl- 0 0 nee, O. o AT THE BIJOU. 0 0 “Loverji and Lunaticsall the O 0 week. O 5ch>00<h9<k»00000000000000000 Star attraction* will be the order, at the Grand next week. The bill Include? tome of the best productions on the road, and not a dull play will be pre tented. The management has never been more' fortunate In Its efforts to tenure performances of the highest class, and no matter what night may be selected the theater-going public m av be assured of an evening of en tertainment. u -_ The bill for the week Includes: “It Happened In Nordland," which will be presented Monday afternoon at mati nee and again at night; “The Ham Tree." described as the “laughing trust." In which McIntyre and Heath W U1 be seen for one performance only, on Tuesday night: Wednesday night Is lecture night: on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, with a matinee on Saturday, Amelia Bingham will present her pronounced success, "The Lilac Room.” on the whole, there has never been a higher class bill, coming as the plays do, all In one week. Particular care Is being taken In the selection of plays that will All the bill for the aemalnder of the season. The forthcoming week is a good Indication of what may be expected In the way of high-class performances. “It Happened in Nordland.” The vogue attained by Victor Her bert and Glen MacDonough's success ful musical extravaganza. "It Hap pened in Nordland," which is to be given at the Grand Monday afternoon at matinee and Monday night. Is due to the same elements that gave a last ing popularity to the Gilbert and Sulli van operas. "Nordland,” like the •Mikado," was written, composed and produced without the hampered limi tations which encompass and encum ber the modern so-called "comic op era" which Is really little more than a mere "made to measure" makeshift, "cut to tit" the “personality" or lim ited ability of some one - particular "«tar." There Is no "star-part" In "Nordland." In fact, no, one player Is even "fea tured" in this unique production, the cast of twenty principals every one is an artist. The management announces the Lew- Fields Thenter Company, an organiza tion of exceptional excellence, com prising twenty principals and a chorus of sixty people, carefully selected, as much on account of their artistic abil ity as accomplished singers and danc ers as their physical beauty of face and figure. ‘It Hnppenoil In Nordland” will be given here with the entire original metropolitan production presented Just p given during the engagement of over a year and a half at the Lew Fields theater, New York city. It Is produced under the direction of Julian Mitchell, who produced "Babes In Toy- land" and “Wizard of Oz.” ! "Th* Ham Tree." I McIntyre and Heath will be the nt- fraetlon at the Grand Tuesday night for one performance only In Klaw & Erlsnger’s production of George V. Ho bart's musical vaudeville, "The Ham Tree," The piece was first staged at the New York theater in August of last year, and, after a long run, toured the principal cities. It was revived In July last at the New- York theater, where, for several weeks,' It played to Capacity. "The Hah Tree" Is a serio-comic story, staged In three acts, built up on McIntyre and Heath's successful vau deville sketch, "The Georgia Minstrels." tilth this us a foundation, Mr. Hobart erected a comic structure which holds the attention .of the audience from the time the curtain rises until Its fall on the final scene. The scenes represent a hotel In Marlon, N. C., a water tank on a railroad In Delaware, a wood near the water tank and the drawing room of a Fifth avenue mansion. Throughout the action of the p|ece a large chorus appears In many at tractive musical numbers. There are but three blnck face characters In this performance—the parts played by Mc Intyre and Heath, nnd by Belle Gold, as Desdemona, a colored maid. All other personalities are white. This entertainment In no way smacks of minstrelsy and Is really a bright and attractive musical comedy, played by an excellent company. The principals, besides the three named, are W. Fields. Frederick V. Bowers, David Torrence, Alfred Fosher, Jerome Towler, Caro lyn Gordon, Stephen Paul, Adele Kee ner, Belle Court, Jane Lovell, Alice Wayland and Harriet Rehfield. “The Lilac Room." "The Lilac Room,” the beautiful English dramatic comedy In which Amelia Bingham and a splendid com pany wilt be seen at the Grand Thurs-. day, Friday and Saturday nights, with a matinee on Saturday afternoon, was written by Evelyn Greenleaf Suther land and Beulah Marie Dix, two Boston authors, who are making lasting Im press upon the theatrical times. They dramatized “Monsieur Beaucalre,” In which Richard Mansfield made one of his most’striking successes, and wrote "Young Fernald," one of the best plays ever presented by Margaret Anglin and Henry Miller. The scenes of "The Lilac Room" are laid In one of the most charming spots In provincial England, and the char acters, with the exception of the one played by Miss Bingham, are mainly aristocratic English men and women, who live lives of refinement and good taste. At the time of the play, how ever, the even tenor of their way Is marred by a series of untoward Inci dents which upset the placid current of their existence, and which would have resulted disastrously for all concern ed, save for the timely presence of a witty, plalnspoken, resourceful and fascinating American woman. The latter. Impersonated by. Miss Bingham, grapples with the situation In a mas terful but thoroughly feminine manner, Amalia Bingha in Her New Play. “The Lilac Rcem,” at.th# Grand Next Week. straightens out the tangled skein, and Incidentally wins for herself a hus band, helps Scotland Yard capture a couple of notorious crooks, and brings together a pair of lovers, who were In eminent danger of final separation. The comedy of the play Is breezy and refreshing, and sustains Just the right relation to the more exciting Incidents of the story. Miss Bingham Is capi tally supported by an English com pany, headed by Fred Tyler, late of the celebrated London Lyceum Company, and Including W. E. Bonney, Joseph Mapn, Perclval "Aylmer, Fred Powell, Charles Butler, B. E. Wood, Rosalie Dupree, Mrs. F. Powell, Jessie Glen- denning, Gertrude Augarde and Martha Endham. Scenlcally, the production Is as artistic as the old English surround ings In which the Incidents are laid, and Miss Bingham and the other wo men of the company wear some stun< nlng gowns. “Lovers and Lunatics.” Joe Morris and a merry company will be the attraction at the Bijou theater In "Lovers and Lunatics,” a new must cal gaiety In tw-o acts by Walter Cole man Parker. The story of the comedy tells of the nephew of an’eccentric old German, who, marrying, loses the chance of being the heir unless he mar rles the girl of the old man's choosing. He and the girl pretend to have mar' ried previously, thus anticipating the uncle's ‘ wish. Everything goes toler ably well until the arrival of the glrl'i fiance from whom she has parted In a lovers' quarrel. The nephew takes him In hand and makes him believe that the bridal festivities are scenes In an Insane asylum. ) This naturally gives rise to a multitude of ludicrous situa tions that follow each other In rapid succession until near the end of. the play, when everything, according to custom, Is adjusted In u satisfactory manner. Wlttr this mixture of love and lunacy there Is ample scope for plenty of that hilarious fun that can be Imagined, and each chance has been grasped with an Idea of what will be effective In the unfolding of the tnci dents. The Mlttenthal Brothers, who have staged the production, have Introduced a vivacious chorus, and In the way of sartorial effort, they have done them selves and the members of their com pany proud, for there Is such a wealth of pretty dresses and scenic effects that It all brightens up the piece and makes it notable. The company Includes Wilbur Mack, George P. Watson, Henry P. Nelson, J. Maurice Hol<len, Lillian Lawson, Emmelet Fabrl and Florence Little. “Her Own Way.” Her Own Way,” which Introduced Sylvln Lynden to Atlanta's theater, goers at the Grand.Frlday night In the leading role, deserved a much better audience, the play and players, after the stilted first act, proving more in teresting as the performance pro gressed. The play opens In a nur sery, with a birthday party In progress. Three children In the cast speak their lines cleverly, but occupy the stage al- rnbst throughout the first act. The play, however, is Juvenile In no other respect. Clyde Fitch has made his play dis tinctly feminine. Miss Lynden as Georgians Carley Is ,the center of In terest throughout the performance--She Is a gifted woman, possesses n well- modulated voice, and the character fits her apparently happy disposition. In her thorough unselO«hness Georgians come* to the rescue of her brother and his family, who have suffered finan cial reverses because of his specula tions In the stock market. After exact ing a promise from him to quit gam bling she places her funds at his dis posal, only to have them swept away follow the rest, and uil are desti- '"oeorglana got her way In everything In the sweetest and most persuasive innnner possible. Lizzie M. L'lmer as the fussy stepmother gets everything possible out of the character. Alfred Britton as Oeorglana’s brother Is In clined to be stiff nnd lacking affec- tlon In his family relations In his par ticular role. Gray Towles and Mau rice Drew are fairly good in the roles of Lieutenant Coleman and Sam Coast. Josephine Foy was satisfactory as a gossipping hair dresser. The author has put plenty of heart-throbs and heart-aches In "Her Own Way," and makes the play worth seeing^ ^ ^ At the Star. With a company of 45 people the Star next week will present the sensa tional melodrama. “The Kentucky Out laws." The principal scenes are laid In the mountain* of Kentucky, where many thrilling Incidents occur, among which are "a mountain tragedy, "driv en to crime,” "a mother's devotion,” Scene From “It Happened In Nordland.” the Dalton gang,” "tlie train robbers.” a fight to death," and “a mountain feud." The play Is a mixture of comedy and tragedy and has many catchy musical numbers, which will give the pretty chorus a.chance to show their ability. Many clever vaudeville features, moving pictures and Illustrated songs will be Introduced. This bill will be seen at the Star all next week with matinees Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and. Saturday. passengerTsaved FROM SHIP AFIRE , i Capetown, South Africa, Oct. 27.— The British steamer Matatau, which arrived today,' brought with her the passengers and crew of the steamship Haversham Grange, which was burned at sea October 24. The Haversham Grange was bound for Melbourne from New York, and be longed to the Empire Transport Com pany. On October 24 flames broke out on the Haversham Grange and all ef forts to subdue them were of no avail. The Matatau encountered her during the day and after a fight with the flames the crew and passengers aban doned the Haversham Grange. Great difficulty was experienced In getting the people from the burning ship, but the Matatau stood by until the last person was safely aboard. SCORE8 ATTEND FUNERAL OF MAJ. BRIGHTWELL life work lay along other lines. Un like most successful men. he retired from active business some fifteen years ago to give his best years to the serv ice of his family and fellow nian. He Is survived by his devoted wife. Mr*. Helen Fleming Brlghtwell. one daughter, Miss Bessie Bell, nnd four sons, Guy R„ W. Tom and Raplh, of Maxeys, and Dr. Charlie P. Brlghtwell, of Augusta. Th* Same Old Watch. From The Fllegende Blatter. "Hello, Rummel. I hear you had your watch stolen the other day." "Yes, but the thief is already caught. Just think, the fool took It to the pawnshop, and there they Immediately recognized it as mine and detained him." Automobile Girls In "Lovers and Lunatics” at tho Bijou Next Week. \ANNIE RUSSELL BRINGS A SPLENDID PRODUCTION Annie Russell, who Is to be seen here on November 7 and 8, has at last-been able to carry out a long-cherished am-, bltldn, and make her first appearance In the South. This season she 'ls'ap-i pearing as "Puck" In Shakespeare's most' delightful comedy, "A Mid-sum mer Night's Dream.” She opened the new Astor theater, In New York, In this role, and attained a great success. Judging front the attendance, the play could have run out the entire season, but a change In the hookings enabled Wagenhals & Kemper to give, this tal ented nnd charming actress a short road tour. It was then that she In sisted on making tho Southern tour, and few dates In the principal South ern cities were arranged. » That Miss Russell might be'.seen'to every advantage the entire $60,000 pro-' ductlon was taken Intact from the As tor theater and sent on tour with Miss Russell. It was declared by the critics In New York to .be equal, If It does not exceed, the Shakespearian productions of the late Henry Irvlnjr. To carry this production replete with scenic and electrical effects a special train has been chartered for the trip, consisting of four car loads of scenery, three sleepers for the company of one 127 people, and a private car for Miss Russell. Tlie production which Is to be seen here has the same novelties, such as as the Kirby flying fairy ballet, the electrical transformation, from day to night nnd back to day, the 40 children who appear as fairies, gnomes and el fins. and a special orchestra to render the Incidental music from the scores of Mendelssohn, Grieg, Schumann and Mac Dowell. Another delightful feature of the play Is the "Dance of Night.” commonly left out In nil other productions. For this a celebrated English dancer was Imported by Manager Wagenhals. Years ago If a good story was told Maurice Barrymore got the credit for It when It crept Into the newspapers. Now It’s De Wolf Hopper. Apparently the Joke editors feel that they have a right to preface their wit with "De Wolf Hopper tells this one," or "The following Joke was played on De Wolf Hopper,” or "A friend of De Wolf Hopper's relates,” etc. The press agent has handed out a bundle of these "Hopper Jokes,” and some of them would make pretty good reading If they had not passed current fully 20 years ago. But no press agent has to concoct Jokes for this comedian: he can do It for himself. Hopper Is one of the fe>v actors who doesn't have to be lied about. Here's his latest: "Once upon a time a man entered a street car. He carried a basket which he placed at his side on the floor. When the car started he began to talk to something In the basket: ‘Keep quiet down there.' A fellow passenger: asked •What have you In the basket, any thing alive?’ 'Yes, a goozelum/ "'A goozelum? What's that?! 'An animal from India that cats snakes.’ •What have you got It on thls'car for?* ‘I'm taking It down to a friend of mine who has got 'the snakes.’ 1 "The man laughed and said patron izingly, ‘My dear fellow, he hasn't got REAL snakes, you know.' “ 'Well,' answered the man with the basket, ‘this Isn't a REAL goozelum.'” We’re all aware that Anna Held Exactly what John Drew, ... But what we’d like to know Is Just' How much coin Kyrle Bellow - . L; Does Hackett cut the Ice he did? ‘ . Does Tony Pastor pray? If you can't answer these perhaps/. Our old friend Edna May. ■' f Does Lillian Russell through, her linos? Is Cissy Loftus tall? , Is Sothern cold by nature, .and When Primrose did-He fall? '* Mansfield tract-able? If so. Can he be called .a . plot? Would Goodwin be a bad one If ' Gillette him? Maybe not. But all these questions simple are Compared with this, to me: . • Was Mayerbeer a relative Of Mr. Beerbohm Tree? This may be all very well, but the mystery remains, why did Jesse Lynch Williams? This may 'be the "Stolen Story!” ( Joseph Coyne, who Is th* "bustling butler who busts buttons" at the Ca sino, New York, was not always a com edian. He once played Undo Tom in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," In a "rep” com pany at Mt. Holly, N. J. This was his first, and Incidentally his last, appear" ance as a legitimate actor. The versatility of Owen Wlster's facile pen will be demonstrated to many literary amateurs who are Just now enthused over his novel of the Old South, "Lady Baltimore," when "The Virginian,” with Dustin Farnum In the title role, Is presented at the Grand opera house. Two stories more antithetically different than “The Vir ginian" and “Lady Baltimore” would be hard to choose from all the Immense output of the printing presses during the past five years. Yet both arc re markable for apt characterisation and that Indefinable charm of "atmosphere’ - whlch Invest* every tale that comes from Wlster’e pen. A FATHER’S INHUMANITY By MR8. JOHN A. LOGAN. The whole country was shocked a few 'day* ago to read hhat a > Wisconsin farmer had .actually yoked four o^.hls children, three of them girls, to tho plough and cultivator* and was using them to do. the work of the beasts of the field. Fortunately, persons passing on the highway witnessed this atro cious treatment of these children, and reported'It, and the authorities pro ceeded Immediately to arrest the man and place the children where they would be protected - from such' Inhu manlty. That any person who has been for any length of time In the United States, could do a thing of this kind Is quite beyond belief. - ' I suppose It might be said It was a European'cits tom that this man attempted to prac tice on the soil ,of n great free state of this nation. There Is no punish ment too seven to Inflict upon one so devoid of conscience as a man must be to perpetrate such cruelty upon his own offspring. , It proves that the officers of the law cannnt be too alert In their watch fulness In every section of the coun try, as the greed appetite exists In all walks of life and In some Instances de stroys every sense of tenderness to ward the dependent. This Incident will certainly furnish evidence thnt there should be the most stringent laws, and Incessant watch fulness to see to It that they are ex ercised for the protection of children, not only from the cruelty of their em ployers, but from their own parents, who In all too many cases are more exacting and more cruel than the ava ricious managers of Industrial enter prises. The criminal practice of overtaxing children Is carried on continually on almost all the farms of the country, especially those near large cities, where children are routed out between 3 and 6 o'clock In the morning to take and take the milk to city depots. M- ter getting everything ready they tnJSl for mllep without their breakfast, and then have a very meagre one, such as they can buy cheaply at some stall,in the market place. After disposing nr their loads they go back home and are always obliged to continue their labprs until time for retiring at night. V> I know little boys, both white and black, who not only labor eight hours a day, but ten and twelve, and live on very meagre fare. The fathern nnd older male members of the family in dulge themselves In dissipation, or r<-st themselves after arising af an unusu ally early hour. I think the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cru elty to Children would find many casfs If they would visit the surrounding country as well as the city slums, .><» they would find even In what are con sidered well regulated families that al together too much of the burdens and ) cares of farm life rest on very young' shoulders. There Is no reason why fanners. should not be compelled to send their children to school any more than per sons of other vocations. This class, of I children seem to be entirely overlook- 1 ed in the many movements made for ! the protection of children. There Ha • " scarcely a farmer within a radius of 10 miles of Washington who sends his children to school as much as they Ishould or who does not lay upon theSn frail creatures heavy burdens that should be borne by men and women of older growth. They are deprived Fof tho privilege of enjoying the fresh air and the beauty and lessons of nature, which would make them healthful mentally, morally and physically. - Long Time in Coming. "Qulller has been writing for tlie magaslnes for the last year.” 'J. "Good. Do they send ’em to him?"— produce to market or to attend in chores Cleveland Press. Special to The (Icnrglsn. Crawford, Oa., Oct. 27.—One of the most largely attended funerals In the history of Oglethorpe county was that of Major A. T. Brlghtwell, at Maxeys Wednesday afternoon. The line - of carriages and buggies In the proces sion extended almost a mile. Major Brlghtwell was 65 years of age, a Confederate veteran who bore | his part In the upbuilding of his coun try In times of peace no less bravely than in the'defending of It In times of war.' He never aspired to political | honors or the amassing of wealth; his Scene From “Th* Ham Tree,” With McIntyre and Heath.