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SECOND SECTION
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VOL. 1. NO. 164.
SECOND SECTION
ATLANTA CA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1906.
■DT>Trn?. On Train* FIVB CENT*.
JL I vZVjJ j. in Atlanta TWO CBNTtL
A Week’s Offerings in Atlanta's Playhouses
three splendid pla ys
AT THE GRAND NEXT WEEK
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k HE week just past has been one
the most Important In local
theatrical circles. The coming
week bids fair to outrival It, however,
as the bill looks to be the best that
has been offered during the entire sea-
nan. Theatergoers have found little at
which to complain. "The Ham Tree”
won for itself fresh applause and new
admirers; and Miss Amelia Bingham,
one of the most talented actresses on
the American stage, who will conclude
her important engagement Saturday
night, has delighted thousands of At
lantans.
The coming week promises "Dorothy
Vernon, of Haddon Hall," for Monday
and Tuesday nights, with a matinee on
Tuesday afternoon: Annie Russell,'in
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," for
Wednesday and Thursday nights, with
a matinee on ^Thursday afternoon,
while WUliam Faversham. in "The
Squaw Mail.” will conclude the brilliant}
week. On the whole the bill is one to
make the most critical sit up and take
notice. One may go to any of the
performances and be delighted, or one
may go to all of the plays and be de
lighted. The three constitute three of
the most gorgeous and expensive pro
ductions on the road.
At the Bijou the week's bill is "Tom,
Dick and Harry,” a musical comedy,
which is said to be above the average.
DOROTHY VERNON PRESENTS
PICTURE OF OLD ENGLAND
In the realm of romantic drama this
reason there are few productions more
elaborate and picturesque than that of
•Dorothy Vernon, of Haddon Hall,"
which Ernest Shipman has prepared
for Laura Burt and Henry Stanford
for a starring tour. The scenes of Mr.
Major's real historic romance as dram
atised by Paul Kester all transpire
within or in the neighborhood of Had
don Hall, the most picturesque and
Lest preserved of Elisabethan manor
houses; and the scenery has all been
painted and constructed after actual
photographs of the place. This work
luis been divided among acknowledged
experts In thOlr particular field, who
have reproduced some of the beauti
ful scenes In and about Haddon Hull
in u most realistic manner. The fact
that practically a whole wing of Had-
j lion Hall has been built on the stage
will give some Idea of the massiveness
and solidity of this most * elaborate
production.
in the days of "Good Queen Bess”
the English court was one of the most
In this production have been designed
from historic drawings and tapestries.
Even the matter of incidental music
has not been neglected and N. Mel
ville Ellis, author of "The Marriage of
Kitty," "A Chinese Honeymoon,” and
other popular successes, has composed
a complete score In the quaint old
English ballad btyle.
Readers will remember how delight
fully Charles Major related the ro
mance of Charles Brandon and Mary
Tudor In "When Knighthood was in,
Flower," and how cleverly Paul Kes
ter transferred Its principal scenes and
characters to the stage. It was one of
the few "dramatized novels" to pre
serve the atmosphere and plot of the
original story, while fitted to the re
quirements of the stage in color, life
and dramatic climaxes. Therefore,
playgoers may anticipate with pleas-
uruble confidence the forthcoming pro
duction of "Dorothy Vernon, of Had
don Hall," Mr. Major's latest popu
lar historical romance, of which Mr.
Kester Is the dramatist.
The play will be presented at the
Grand Monday and Tuesday nights,
A SCENE FROM “DOROTHY VERNON,” WHICH COMES TO THE GRAND NEXT WEEK.
FA VERSHAM, MA TJNEE IDOL,
COMING IN U SQUA W MAN”
elaborately and picturesquely dressed | with n matinee on Tuesday afternoon.
ANNIE RUSSELL TO PA Y
HER FIRST VISIT TO SOUTH
Miss Annie Russell comes to the
—.Grand Wednesday and Thursday, with
i matinee on Thursday, In a rolo ut
Terly dissimilar to any previously por
(rayed by her. Miss Russell Is star
ling this season In the role of Puck
In a sumptuous and artistic production
of "A Midsummer Nlaht's Dream/"
which cornea direct from the Astor
Theatre, where It played to Immense
tmslnesa. The Aetor is New York's
newest and most beautiful playhouse
and Miss Russell had the honor to be
(he Inaugural attraction
While It Is not without precedent for
an actress of prominence to portray
(he mischievous Puck, It Is most un
usual. Preference In i$o*t’ cases has
been given to the parts i>f Hermla and
Helens. To be sure' Ellen Terry
played Puck at the tender age
of i:>. The one exception to the
rule so far as can be recalled, was In
1S30 when Laura Keene played Puck
In her own production, at the Variety.
At any rate, it la a long step from
(lie lngenuoua stage maiden ao often
portrayed by Mlsa Bussell to Shakes
peare's sauciest boy, and the favorite
actreaa' appearance In the fairy role
mnnot but excite attention.
It has been the effort of Managers
W'agenhals and Kemper to make this
presentation of "A Midsummer Night's
l 'ream" a notable one, eo far as ac-
■ uracy of'detatl and true artistic beau-
ly is concerned. The effect striven
far and attained haa been the main
<hlng, the sunshine and airiness of the
fairy spirit add the rollicking fantastic
merriment that accompanies the action.
The ldeaa of the best authorities have
been followed out and that beautiful
* mnedy has been placed In the realm
of pure fancy In which the substance
Is Imagination.
Critics ffom Hazlitt down have ever be
wailed the absence of the dreamy feel
inx in all previous productions of (his
Play. Once, In the Phelps production
at Sadler’s (Vella, they were said to
have had it. Phelps, It would seem,
used gause curtain or something of>the
sort and showed his figures In a kind of
mist that gave the vague, faraway
sense on associates with things of the
fancy. Gauze Is not used In the Rus
sell production, but the lights are dim
many times and there arc plenty of
"'her excellent aids to Illusion. Col
"red lights bob up In flowers when Puck
hisses them, an owl hoots and blinks
his eyes and a whole troupe of little
elves and fairies, very well trail -d In
'he antics of fulryland, as we under
stand them, play leap frog, tumble
Unwn hill and Indulge In a most be
' Itching crooning that gets as near
'he soughing of night winds In the
"ees as any one could wish. Miss
Kuisell Is a Puck In pastel shades. Hhe
«omes In first flying very prettily by
means of a wire arrangement, grace
ful and appealing In her role of the
madcap fay. She haa a sweet sing
ing voice and her song “Up and Down"
>* charmingly given, with a pleasing
arrangement of the music by Augustus
narrate who was brought over from
England to make special arrangement
of the Mendelssohn music for this pro
duction.
A popu.B. .m—ii. in in.
moling of Bottom and his
ors. a Bottom who Is extremely funny
«nd who actually manures to be so
even when hla own round, oily face Is
ulddan by the gas-head. John Bunny
the Bottom, a most absurd fr>ut/moet
magnificently dense, an ass on a CO'
lossal scale.
Other well known names appearing
In the supporting company are Edwin
Mordaunt, Atkins Lawrence, Oswald
Yorke, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Lionel
Adams, Catherine Proctor, Lansing
Rowan and James Young.
When “She Squaw Man," the drama
by Edwin Milton Royle, In which Wil
liam Favershnm comes to the Orand
next Friday and Saturday nights with
a Saturday matinee, was flrst produced
by Llebier & Co. at Wallack's theater,
New York, a year ago, It was hailed
as a triumph both for the actor and
the playwright. Mr. Royle, It w-as said,
had written a play that stood at th,
very top of the dramas of Its class,
while In Mr. Frayersham an actor had
been found who Impersonated the hero
with a fidelity to nature that Is seldom
seen on the stage. It proved one of
the great dramatic sensations of the
season and stayed at Wallack's until
last spring.
The play tells a story of thrilling In
terest that la bpund to hold the atten
tion of the audience from the rise of
the curtain to Its' fall. An English
army officer, for' tova of Ills'cousin's
wife, shoulders the'responsibility for a
crime to save her from disgrace and
disappears. Ho turns up-again ns a
ranchman in a Western state, where,
In his hopelessness and loneliness he
has married an Indian girl, whose de
votion to him has won his affection.
In tlmo the news comes that' the
"squaw man" has Inherited a title and
the suicide of the Indian wife In de
spair at the prospect cf being parted
from her child leaves him free to mar
ry the woman lie has always loved.
Miss Julie Opp, an actress of high
reputation, who has frequently ■ been
seen here In Important roles, Is the
leading wornrfn and has the part of the
countess, for love of whom the “squaw
man” suffers disgrace and expatriation.
Miss Rosabel Morrison will appear as
the Indian wife, some of the most pic
turesque Indian characters yet pre-
sented on the stage; and Theodore Rob
erts ns Tnbywnna, the Peace Chief of
the Utes, ought to duplicate the tri
umph he scored as the Indian chief
tu “The Girl I Left Behind Me." Other
actors who havd Important roles are
W. 8. Hart, Kate Pattlson Belten, Har
old Russell, Hugo Toland, Morton Sel-
ten and Emmett Shakleford, well
known for his Impersonation of • cow
boy characters.
‘TOM, DICK AND HARRY ARE
AT BIJOU FOR NEXT WEEK
8CENE FROM ANNIE RUSSELL'S GREAT PRODUCTION OF “A MID
SUMMER NIGHT'8 DREAM” AT THE GRAND.
An Innovation in the way of a show
Is booked for the Bijou theater next
week. It 1s a musical comedy called
'•Tom, Dick and Hariy,” in which Blok-
el, Watson and Wrothe, who cornered
the fun market last season, are the
principal mirth-provokers. "Tom, Dtck
and harry" Is a novelty because R pos
sesses a plausible, Interesting plot and
Is such a clever' compound of music,
frivolity and humor that It would mako
a hit at the north "pole. This Is the
creation of Harry Williams, Auron
Hoffman and Egbert Van Alstyne, and
they have done their work uncom
monly well. This sterling musical con
coction Is In two acts. Act I shows
the parade ground at West Point: Act
II displays the Port O'Domingo, a
mythical republic. The complications
of "Tom, Dick and Harry'' hinge on the
efforts of Colonel Bluff to secure his
Invention of a Hying battery which
has been stolen from hint by three
Spanish spies. Blckel, Watson and
Wrothe, three musicians, are accused
of.the theft and their efforts to prove
their Innocence arouses Incessant
luughter. The situations are numerous,
humorous and original, and there Is
not a dull moment In this capital piece
of foolery. George Blckel, as Tom, a
German, Harry Watson, Jr., as Dick,
the tramp, and Ed Lo Wrothe as Hnr-
ry, a comlcAl Irishman, who gets his
pals Into all soft* of trouble because
he handles the truth very carelessly,
are each exceedingly funny. "Tdm,
Dick and Harry" Is superbly and con
vincingly staged, and well costumed
and can boast of as line a collection of
chorus girls as evar graced any stage.
Lovers of musical comedy will not
And any fault with this play. It Is
rich In everything that helps to glad
den the heart and drive dull rare to
the winds.
PA WNEE BILL HERE MONDA Y
WITH INDIANS & BRONCHOS
Three section* of 60-foot care will
bring the great Pawnee Bill*allow* info
Atlanta Sunday morning.
No show that ever came to this city
came stronger indorsed than does this
aggregation. It is the only wild west
show now in this country and the only
show that ever pluyed New York city
six consecutive weeks successfully. Ma
jor Lillie, who is "Pawnee Bill," is the
only owner of any show of magnitude,
not controlled by the Circus Trust.
The show will go Into ramp on the
grounds at Old Wheat and Jackson
streets and two. performances will be
given there Monday. These perform
ances will be preceded by a street pa
rade which is said to be a refreshing
departure from the old-time circus pa
rade. The parade will leave the show
grounds at 10 o'clock In the morning
and pass over the following route: Au
burn avenue to Peachtree, to Marietta
to Broad, to Mitchell, to Whitehall, to
Decatur, to Boulevard and return to
the grounds. Ho large Is the street dis- i
play that It lias been found peceasary i
to make it up In two division*. The
flrst division 1* made up of the old
west department and v.'lil contain the
Indians, cowboys, Mexicans and milita
ry detachment, together with prairie
schooners, overland mail coache*.
Rocky Mountain burros and historic
floats, hands of music, Lilliputian wild
west, Jubilee singers, cow girls, trap
pers, scouts and wild' west people
generally, headed by Major Gordon W.
Lillie, Miss May Lillie and "Princess
Wenons."
The second division Is devoted ex
clusively to oriental elegance of the
Far East. Following the mounted her
ald will be the various types of
the orient, with a full Arabian
band and band of Hlngalese mu
sir Jan*. Then the Arab horsemen,
Bedouin. Cossack, South Sea Island
Kaffirs, Boers, Hlngalese, Russians,
Chinese cavalry, Japanese cavalry,
Turks, Tlllplnos, boomerang throwers
qnd representatives of many nations of
the orient.
The Pawnee Bill show pays particu
lar attention to the comforts of the
guest, and the thousands who visit this
exhibition dally are well cared for. Two
ticket wagons are on the lot and the
town ticket office Is open for the sale
of tickets. On the lot the red wagon
is used exclusively for the sale of gen
eral admission tickets, while ut the
white wagon reserve seats and grand
stand chairs rnay be purchased.
As the performance of this show |s
given in the open and not In a series of
perplexing rings and stAges, the fea
tures are always In full view of the
audience no matter where seated. Every
seat with the Pawpee BUI show is
provided with a comfortabte back and
foot rest and every one is under wa
ter-proof canvas.
DINKELSPIEL
OX Till.VOS THEATRICAL.
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"TOM, DICK AND HARRY" AT THE BIJOU.
Howe. Sow.
Mein fjeber Looey: Ve luif mi'lfed yoi
letter from Ilorseheiids, N. Y., nml ve vi
glad dot piuneHs vn* pretty Root on «!«
rued. Urumiiierluv. in spite of der bestness
f der nfiMospboriettl*.
We not lee in your letter var* you obserf
dot tier t'strleal season for dis year ra* for
mally opened in llorsebesils mlt n piny fail
ed "Uncle Tom's Cabin," rich yon vlfocused
for the fninit time.
It Is n idee tdeii. Looey. to go to der
Center und get eggserrlse for der mentali
ties. eggspeelally tier corks < ( Nhukesnesrc
such ns dis "Curio Toni’s Csbtn," rtcu yon
mention.
For yours I hsf not vltueseed "Ctiele
Tom's Cabin." but us I recollection it now
it van h play full mlt n happy combination
of tours, put'os, laughter nud misplaced
ferry ticket*.
Your mother spoke to tue should It. ‘lit I
efer see der piny, end she me much obliged
set rill hnf to begin mlt der spcechlfier*.
•Tilde Torn:”
••Veil, leedie Eva, rot Is It., yes."'
••Ves dere any run night stands In hcifen,
•Tncle Tom!
"Not yet. because only veek stnnd ortors
ofer get dare!"
"Uncle Tom'"
••Veil, leedie Km. vot Is it. yes'."
"Hsf you counted der bouse’:"
"Not yet, but I vfll—eln. swel, drel, vter,
funf, seche—das 1st ollee!"
Uncle Tom!"
• Veil, leedie Km. vot Is It. yes!"
"Is It only alg* audiences in der house to-
ulglit?"
"Only und less, because two is not ttudi-
eiiers, Der ms crltlesls, und they came In
ou pusses. ’
"Vlch leaves but four nudlenees, uud vot
Is der scales on der price*?"
"Tcn-rwen-tblrt, leedie Kra!"
Den tier orchestra gets up und be plsys
n rubble of slow chords.
Der moonlight blisters der outside of der
Ohio Hirer und makes a climax.
ACT HKOOND.
"Unde Tom!”
"Veil, leedie Kra. vot Is it, yes?”
"Let us hope Oey rent der limit nml paid
thirty rents, rich gifs us 11.20, yes!"
"You forget der bonee gets s rake-off!"
"Vot vfll ve get ould of it. Uncle ToroU
"I luff you too veil, leedie Eva, to men
tion such a sour sum of money."
"Unde Tom!"
"Veil, leedte Urn. vot ft It, yes?"
“Vot Is s shine?"
"A shine, leedte Kvs, Is a large audience
k-h* remains srajr from der theater!”
"Nefer mind, I nde Turn; ve can go la
WILLIAM FAVERSHAM AND JULIE OPP IN “THE SQU/W MAN.”
der fruit pltsness If Ucy hand us enough
lemons!"
Der two bleed bon nds now approach dor
property man uear der cslf of der leg, vlch
makes a climax.
ACT THIRD.
"Htood pack, Simon I,egree!”
"Dis, to roe?"
"You may dp dis nit pluck skin, but tuy
heart Is more vblto dan yours, Simon
I^grec!"
"It should lie; you bet n glass of milk
fer dinner!"
"fllmoii, d’ense to vWp me vile I ask you,
vare do ve go from here':"
If 1 vns u mint-reader, I vould not pc
In dis pltsness, Uncle Torn!"
Deu Elisa rushes into der Ohio river mid
starts fer der udder shore, but der lee is
willed to der iPwr und refuses to In* it
ferryboat. Dis make* a climax.
ACT Four.
Unde Tom!”
Veil. Icedl* Kva, vot It is, yes':"
Vos dure n pad place to vent to veil ve
die?"
••Relief me, dere is, leedie Krn, hut It is
closet! during der Centrical season."
"Vy, Uncle Tom?*’
"So dot der party dot runs It can took n
trip nrnnnd der vim night-stands und got
some new ideas how to make It hot fer
us."
"Unde T«ro.”
"Veil, leedie Kva. tot It I*, yes?"
"I dink I hear tier blcedhound* buying."
"No, Iwlh* Km. It Is not no much Inlying
is It Is indirhestlou. Der blecdhottuds hnf
yust eaten up der scenery for der Inst
sd.”
Den der mauugcr steps ould und informa
tions der utidleuee dot tier dog* hnf con
solldaied lull der scenery. If tier iiodh-un
SPECIAL SERVICE
ATY.M.C.A. SUNDAY
Special services will be held ut tiia
Young Men’s Christian Association
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Dr.
E. E. Will its, of Philadelphia, u well-
known lecturer, will deliver ati address
and a special musical program has been
arranged.
REFORM TICKET WINS
IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Special to The Georgian.
Cairo, Ga., Nov. 3.—A white primary
was held here Thursday to nominal - a
ticket tor city officers, the general
election to be held November 6. Quite
a good deal of interest was manifested
In the -nomination, as a reform tit !;et
as in the field. The new ticket was
successful throughout, with the excep
tion of two aldermen, two having been
elected that were on the old ticket. 'Hie
ticket nominated I* os follows: H. O.
Cannon for mayor. Aldermen; K. I*.
Wright, J. L. Polk, W. L. Lewis, J. \V.
Booth. K. lb Brown.
J. H. Connell defeated D. L. Wil
liams by a’good majority for clerk and
treasurer ot the council.
>,f «l«*r
urJd d
dow uud goes borne. eggselted,
UUUTAIN.
Vs* dis anydlng like der ray dey played
It at liorsehesds, Looey?
Maybe it Is dot my memory Is gottlng
der French It vn*
In der large rtrte*.
But Bhskespear** dlt not Uf lour enough
tect his vork by der copyright law.
__ re ve see it, going to der dog*, scene
by scene, und climax l»y cliuuix.
Alas! ven der finish come* ve mar egg*
■•Isim mlt dis *aine poet. "A nose by any
udder name rill vln a hors** race.”
Your* mlt luff.
to prot
und hei
SUBSCRIBING TO STOCK
FOR NEW BOAT LINE.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 3.—The commit tee
of the Chamber of Commerce which is
getting stock subscriptions for the
new navigation company to run a line
of boats on the Ocmulgee between
Macon and Columbus, now has 315,009
with good Indication# of securing the
necessary- balance of 310,000. Since
the experiment of navigating the oc
mulgee with the chartered Nan Eliza
beth proved such a success, th" mer
chant* interested are enthusiastic and
are determined to put up a strong
fight against the high railroad rate*.