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SECOND SECTION The Atlanta Georgian. § •COND SECTION ■cussian, and, once seen, quickly forgotten. wound to tak fought in world to 'in-lug scenes that haw ever t>een iaged. Skinner bring* Intelligence, feel- and a keen sense of art to hi* i>or- r; ‘Va! of the young priest. He ha* *\f r done anything ho convincing and The play itself and the acting fl appeals to all those who appre- ' af “ the best and finest art in the “' atri *. Moreover, the play is one problem play. It deals with tl of men and women and as such them In a human, natural way, played by the Baldwln-Melvtllc pany In a clean, wholesome t and Is decidedly Instructive and OTIS SKINNER IN “THE DUEL. VOL. 1.' NO. 170. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1906. A Week’s Offerings in VARIED OFFERINGS BILLED; DRAMA, MINIS!RELS, MUSIC AND PR Ell Y GIRLS DANCING No more attractive program of the season can be offered than the one promised at the Grand for the forth coming week. Four plays wiU be pro duced. every one of them being a top- liner, and guaranteeing a week of the bpst entertainment offered in a long lime. •The County Chairman" will begin the week with three productions of George Ade's now famous play. There will be performances on Monday and Tuesday nights with a matinee on Tuesday. “The County Chairman" is well and favorably known wherever there is a theater worth while, as It has been produced with uninterrupted •mceess during the last three years. It is among the earlier works of Mr. Ade and contains much of the cream of his genius. Otis Skinner, an undisputed star of the theatrical firmament, will come on Wednesday for two i>erformances— inatlnee and night—In his latest and moet pronounced success, “The Duel.” Mr. Skinner is too well known to the Southern theatergoing public to need an introduction. His name in a cast is a guarantee of merit, both as to acting and play, for Mr.* Skinner always has the pick of a score or more of star productions, and his well-known se lective genius has enabled him to win an unrivalled reputation He will no doubt be greeted by tremendous au- diences,, as he will be seen twice only In Atlanta. George Primrose and bis band of merry minstrel players will be seen Thursday matinee and night for two performances only. The Primrose min strels pre said to be bigger and better this year than ever before, which Is sayUg a whole lot, as the company has long held a leading place in the world of minstrels. “The Isle of Spice" will conclude the offerings for the week r being fully worthy to follow its predecessors. It has pretty music and pretty girls ga lore. It abounds with magnificent scenic effects. 'A* the Bijou happy George Sidney, the funniest little Hebrew comedian who ever wore u whisker, will depict the fortunes of “Busy Izzy” again. The tall man with the voice, our old friend i LeMoir, Is with him again and if he doesn’t bring a host of pretty girls it won’t seem like Izzy is himself. At the El Dorado the week’s bill in cludes , “The Confessions of a Wife" and “Sappho," presented by the Bald- win-Melville Stock Company, The Star will have its usual vaude ville features and the moving pictures. An entirely new performance has been promised. FAMOUS GOO-GOO GIRLS IN "THE ISLE OF SPICE. “THE SQUA W MAN” IS REAL; YIZZ Y IS BA CK A GAIN; PLENTY DOING AT BIJOU That well-known purveyor of Jewish character, George Sidney, who for the past four years has been amusing the theater-going public through his comi cal doings In the character of Busy Izzy, has a new edition of last sea son's success, “Busy Isay’s Vacation,” which he will present at the Bijou for one week, commencing Monday even ing. The piece frolics along the line of his “Busy Isay" offering, relating to his vacation, and it is needless to say that musical numbers, catchy songs and funny sayiijgs constitute the piece. The first act is laid In the Grand Central station, New York city, where the “busy one” has assembled all his friends in order to take them on a gen eral trip of recreation. After consider able delay in starting, during which time the guests amuse themselves by singing, dancing and joke playing, they are put aboard the train and.hustled off for Ocean View, California. This beautiful place is situated on the shores of the Pacific, and affords un gnipk opportunity for a beautiful scenif dressing, which lias been supplied by the artist's brush and electrician's in genuity. A large contingent of thirty chorus girls, symmetrical in form and unusually attractive from a beauty standpoint, have been provided to give a background to the numerous sons- These, as well as the principals, tuv clad In the richest of costumes, ranging from knickerbockers to the flowing robes of an oriental princess. Among the many songs introduced are the following: “On Old Broadway.’’ “Clancy,” “Bronco Buster Jim,” "'Twas Busy Izzy," “Summer Days,” "Animal Flirtation,” "Going Away to California. 1 “Moony Time,” "Something Silly.’’ “Dreams,” “The Four Lemons,” “Hr Sure the Girl You Love.” “I'd Like t<> Like a Girl Like You,” and tho big ensemble number, “Fencing.” the men and women in the play war/ other than the characters they portray ed, that they ate and drank and lived AN A ME RICAN MASTERPIECE] , and the rent. Tho inatlnee Idol has be- MISS MYRTLE VANE, On, of the Baldwin. Molvill, Stock Company at tho El Dorodo. OTIS SKINNER COMES TO SOUTH; SCENE OF HIS FIRST RECOGNITION The most notalc play produced In New York last season was “The Duel,” whUh is t«> be made known here ut 'he Grand Wednesday matinee and night for two performances only. It was notable for a vuriety of good ami cogent reasons. To begin with, it the work of M. Henri Lavedan, "tie of the greatest of French content porary dramatic writers, and one of dm “Forty Immortals.” It had been produced originally at the first theatre ;1 ‘ the world, the Comedlo Francaise. Paris, where, on account of i: 'heini. and the ntustery with which it handled. It created a sensation. Tin Duel” wus i\ext translated into •ngiish by so reiver a Ilterateur as ‘■"Uis N. Parker; it had f * “ Mjm "tis Skinner, to {tU *d In Paris by produced under the direction of Charles iVohman. •None of the plays produced In New T'»rk In years received so much < • d attention and rL the i ntu ’h praise. “The L Mn, Y «f two brothers, long estranged. • m- a priest, the other a doctor who Is ; ‘ old, sneering agnostic. A married '"man enter* into the life of the doe- !,,r - The latter confesse* his Illicit l"Vf\ The woman alarmed at her own H * ikness together with the man's pow- * r ° v «*r her, rushes to the confessional f " r strength and advice. The doctor I’diows her and it is only when t‘.._ !fi *n come face to face that the woman MGrovers that they are 1 ' 'hen the due! df words hi. ii the doctor defies the • " ,4 I* the woman from him i ri. Hf asio, Qotj t„ tielp him save l.» Ami. The climax of the second act l o-Hcnts one of the strongest and i i | tliut creates I cannot be ***• One rises usually from a perform- | anco of the much-trumpeted "great American drama” or the reading of tho ; long-looked-for “great American novel" with a feeling of disappointment that leases one cynical. But if Edwin Mii- 1 ton Boyle has not written the great American play lie has at least written a Western play which is a master- • piece. j It would be a mistake to accept “The Squaw Man’’ as a picture of American life—in that sense it Is not American. It Is u picture of an old English family I in its country seat-Hhen n bold crayon sketch of a ranch amid tho bnrren buttes of far Wyoming. But the men and women whom Boyle has drawn are real. They are creatures of flesh and blood and soul—they have their weak nesses and their strengths—they havfe such sorrows ns come to men and wom en who love too well and too late. “The Squaw Man" is a melodrama. The term has become a name to sneer ut by those who turn up their noses at the popular-priced houses—but life is n melodrama after all. With the same plot written by a Blaney or a McCor mick and presented bv an average com pany. It would be tawdry, flashy— “overdrawn.” Yet Mr. Boyle lie* not hesitated to write the lines boldly—to give increasing strength to situation after situation. Ho has put the struightfonvard word Into the lips of straightforward men. has painted the barroom of n Western cattle camp without drawing a veil over its vices, hut always remembering that a man Is a man, whether you find him West or East of the divide. And more than all else, he has given action, action—al ways action. If the opening of the first act Is seemingly insipid it is because a story of the past must Ik* told—there c no dull moments after thnt. There arc periods in this story of human life when the watcher of the drama finds himself leaning forward with brenthlei'H Infer*.!, Ktraltllitir eye mill ear to enteh every rietnll or the tale iih It In told. There In no hulling In the plot. The scene change* front , ... ' ..... , , . eri* is an inuiau iiuh. iiimi: mu iiui In Wyoming without being dragged In recruits from the Itlnlto hammered by the heels. But the tvnole story la ■ | mo tln ability to repeat thetr lines, natural and this Is one of Its charms. »j»hey aro cowboys with till the vigor The man who wrote It has had Ills ( j plains, creatures with real blood, troubles and his Joys—they have loft, ( ihe |r impress In his work "The Squaw i To * C J}J ot ' tenUon H || ti.e excellent **«. . * 1 MTh^Ttrartnian^fhe LimT I bit" of character portrayal‘Is Impos- West since The \ Irglnlan, .^e book. 1 3 n,| e , but one cannot refrain from It is greater than The \ irginiun on , .icrtinir ihi‘ pnicndid conception of the stage. It is something to watch I ^Hartthe with the interest of the school hoy at Tibvwnnv cf Theoddre Roberts,' and LS«»~«krJTro» ‘stVf 1 £ K "ie his well-worn Dickens from the shelf to scan a favorite chapter which knows by heart work, finished, artistic, satisfying. Mis; Opp is given but few opportunities, hut she gives them her. beat, and tlm^ is a IImn.nv•» ». mif the com-t she gives tnem-ner. oc»i, unu imq « Impresses one for Mr.! great deal. But you cannot understand boy at the melodrama you ferget that jj t , ^ i , . . ' - GEORGE PRIMROSE, MERRY MINSTREL, | THE MAN WITH POETRY IN HIS FEETj Ooorge Primrose and his all-star minstrel company of blackfaced artists ill hold high carnival at the Grand Thursday matinee and niarbl for two performances. Mr. Primrose himself heads the orgunlgntion and ban taken particular pains to surround himself with a ccmpany of comedians, singers, dancers und musicians of tho first order. 1 Tho second part of the entertain ment will ho a new departure In mih- strelsy. Instead of vaudeville there will be Introduced Borne novel Ideas, depicting negro life in Dixie, with song, dunce and story. It opens with a.-typical negro sketch, wherein the pathetic us weii as the humorous side of darky life Is shown. Then the scene change* to a field of snow white •"•‘""ngiish lawn to the mesas of the j cotton In bloom mid bud. ut sunrise, in n perfectly natural way—the j ^ j,| un t a ti y n quarters und a . .yf t .oieestershiro find themselves 1 'river which winds lazily toward the distant hjlls. As the sun comes out, ' “ Is heard in the distance at the □f which the cottages are seen * on life and the folk-song of GEORGE SIDNEY AS BUSY IZZY. COMING TO WARD CLOSE OF WEEK IN-MELVILLE COMPANY'S NEW BILL The Bald win-Melville Gompany's second Week of stock «t the El Dorado; will appeal to lovers of the- melodrama, j Tiie eafly part of the week “The Cun- 1 fesslons of a Wife” will bo the bill, on | Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with :i:*-y and Saturday. “Sap- j will hold the boards. “The Confessions of u Wife” Is a melodrama, from tho pen of Owen Da vis. It is a play full of heart Interest, thrilling climaxes and strong scenes. Seven years before the play opens, Alice, the daughter of a blacksmith at Pineville, is driven from home by the cruelty of her aunt. Hhe goes to New " ‘ | here nieetr. and marries the ' tho play. /Shortly afterward \ ho has another wife living, 1 when her child Is bom she Is an outcast In the eyes of the world. Her husband in one more attempt to dis grace her. Is killed and she finds her self the happy wife of Ashmore. “Sappho” Is perhaps the most talked- of play on the sfnge. It has been eon- unheard, by ministers all over country. Truthfully It can be said, ‘ n is no worse than any It deals with the love treats It Is c'oin- ....] enter- I lie darkey is heard In the distance.! During this scene Mr. Primrose will in- j OF’SPICE” FULL OF GINGER; city and a rcvclatlr.n. The final number of tho performance Is a magnificent spectacular transform ation, entitled “The Evolution of the Negro,” staged ami produced by George Primrose. It Is In five pictures, open ing with tho “Darky in the Moon,’’ p U !l «f tuneful music, pretty cos- pany of well known comedians oVJ*K«ntucky turn*. “«• 8p.ee- .Ml b- home, the emancipation, .darky heaven and the lavish environment of costly tirand opera house Nov ember and the birth of the rose. scenery and presented by a large corn- 17 with a matinee on flehifilgj The story of the piece is interesting and abounds with comic situations and brllllunt dialogue and lyrics. • On the occasion of Its premiere performance at the Majestic theatre, New York city, where it ran for three solid months to phenomenal business, the New York Press hud this to say: “The isle of Spice’ aroused a large audience to genuine enthusiasm Inst night. Seldom, indeed, has u musical play been received us favorably In this city. It is rollicking good fun. Tho music is of the lilting kind; comedy forces hilarity, and the chorus 1* smarter, prettier and more full of gin ger than any yet seen in New York. The person who believes ho has an aesthetic temperament committed to ids tender cure may not go into rap ture* over the ’Isle of Spice.' It is not production for the rare individual, but for the great, big, good-humored public. There I* that mystic some thing that gives one a sense of elation before the first act !* well under way. Perhaps it is the music, perhaps it Is the stage setting; again it may be the bewitching attractiveness and delight ful abandon of the chorus In full regi mentals, but whatever it Is, a lifting feeling comes to tho spirits, and be fore long the grumpiest person In the audience Is joining in 1 the applause.” The story is laid on an island in the China sea, and is the joint work of Al len Lowe und George E. Stoddard. On this island reigns King Hompopka, and to his Oriental realm come two Yan kee sailors in a balloon. They are hailed as messengers from the sun und great is the honor that is at first their portion, hut evil befalls them; their real identity is revealed, and when the future looks black with a Boxer ready for a beheading matinee, in march the comrades of the two unforunates from the American warship, and their lives are saved. FRAULEIN FRIEDA SIEMENS. The Siemens-Giles Concert Company will appear at ths Grand for ona performance on ths svtning of November 22 under the direction of the Alkahest Lyceum Bureau. Frsulein Frieda Siemens is a distinguished German pianists, while Mist Christine Giles is a violinist whose delight ful playing is not more noteworthy than her soprano voice. Both have been hoard in Atlanta in previous seasons and have received most favor able comment from musical critics. MASKS. (To Julia Marlowe.) Light* and music and tears. And Tragedy's Mask o’er all. Yet our smiles hold sway throughout, the play, ' We laugh at the Curtain's fall. Lights and music and song, And Comedy’s Musk o’er all. Yet there’s ne'er u heart but plus- part y * With tear* ’til the Curtain's full. —ANNE PEACOCK, In T. Th« .i Magazine for November.