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i SECOND SECTION ANTA 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 r H v -*• thei 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. y ! L— "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*.