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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SEYMOUR SILVER AT THE EL DORADO.
SATURDAY. DECKJinUR », ISC*.
A WEEK’S OFFERINGS IN ATLANTA’S THEATERS'
“P»r»ifal" at tha Grand.
The dramatized venifon of “Paralfai,"
that beautiful sacred play, was pre
sented at the Grand Friday night to a
email though thoroughly appreciative
audience, but the production was one
that deserved * much better patronage.
If there were apy doubts In the be
ginning as to the success' of the play
without Wagner’s music, those doubts
were soon dissipated. The play was
one that created a deep Impression on
the audience, and this was accom
pushed not only by the manner in
which the parts were acted, but by
the excellent staging, costumes and
electrical effects.
Although-Mr. Coiinor-had that.most
difficult role of Parsifal, he executed
It in a manner which can call forth
nothing but praise, and the same may
he said of Miss Keating, who acted
Kundry. the fairest of women. Both
as an evil temptress and as a peni
tent she was excellent.
Mr. Devoralc as Kllnschor and Mr.
McKee as Anfortas ore deserving of
the highest praise. Not only they, but
the others In the cast Injected nn In
tensity of feeling Into their parts that
brnueht the ehtlre performance up to
the hlvhest standard. P. p. w.
“The Prince of Pilsen.”
"The Prince of Pilsen," the familiar
• musical comedy by Frank Plxley and
Gustav tiuders, will be played at the
Grand opera house next Friday and
Saturday nights and Saturday matinee.
’* Manager Herir? W. SaVage’In'send
ing this tuneful and popular entertain
ment on Its fourth season's travels, has
limited Its presentation to one com
pany, which, In Its personnel, repre
sents a Judicious distribution of the
various characters among those who
have shown their superiority In pr,
vlous ensts of this play. Jess Dandy
retains his humorous Impersonation of
Hans Wagner, the Cincinnati alderman,
who, on u holiday ti Ip to Nice, Is mis
taken for the Prince of Pilsen, and has
an embarrassing flood of honors show
ered upoif him. Ida Stanhope Is play
ins .Mrs. Madison Crocker, the coquet
tish widow, and It Is noted that she
had this character In the London pro
duction of the play several months ago.
George Lydecker has the part of the
real prince and William C. Weedon
plays the part of the Amerlcnn naval
officer. Albertine Benson, a clever
singer and actress, Is among the new
comers In the company, and Marie
Welsh brings to it a voice of pleasing
quality and .a personality that fits ad
mirably Into the pictures. Jeannette
Bageard and Robert O'Conner add
largely to the lively .character of the
performance.. The toneful familiars of
"The Prince of Pilsen," "The Message
of the Violet." "The Tale of the Sea
Shell." "The Stein Song.'.’ "Pictures in
the Smoke," and nil their Jlngly com
panion i songs'.Have a popularity that
has seldom, If ever, been given t
members of a musical comedy, and will
he a factor In stimulating general In
terest In the engagement.
“The Lion and the Mouse.
A play which has scored one of thr
greatest surer sue* of the pest ten years-
will he produced by Henry B. Harris at
pit fSrafid on Won day ami Tuesday
phfltbts and Tue.- 'V matinee. “The Lion
and ihe;Mom\" by Charles Klein,
The success 7 "hr piece which has
GRAND BEGINS NE W YEAR
H77hi A 7 IRA ClIVE LIST
C!■ HIGH CLASS SHOWS
Following the Christmas holidays,
and to start the new year aright, the
Grand management has prepared one
the very best lines of the season
for next week—a bill which is thor
oughly competent to measure up to the
high .standard of things theatrical set
by the present week.
On Monday and Tuesday nights and
Tuesday matinee “The Lion and the
Mouse”; will be presented. Local thea
tergoers, although they have never be
fore been afforded an opportunity to
sec this play, are sufficiently familiar
with New York successes to know that
"The Lion and the Mouse” has been
Its premiere In B*u»ton In October, 1905, | declared to be the greatest American
was Immediate and after an engage-: piny. The cast which will present the
ment of fuur wet Us them It was trans
ferred to .the Lyceum theater, Ne.v
York, where It has been presented evt r
•since to the fire limits of the theater—
In fact, this play has a record which n<»
other dramatic production can boast—
It Is the only drama to have run
through nn entire summer without n
single break* and -will In very short
time he In lls twelfth month at one
theater,
.Tbe crnto-aJ nV*t*fa pi ty Is one
extraordinary jmeres: and the
theme Is timely. Mr. Klein has taken
as his central figure a money bnron of
the present day who \vants to be a su
preme leader In monetary affairs, a
financial Julius Caesar, an Alexander
wishing for more moneyed worlds to
conquer. His will Is law and anyone
who crosses him In Its exercise has *o
fall. He rules his ordinates and his
family with a sceptre of Iron, but he is
J°t without paternal love nor Is he un
kindly as a husband. He simply has
his way to carry out his Ideas for the
advancement of . himself and loves
power more than he does gold, which
to him Is only a means to obtaining his
vnbitious ends. He has no Idea of
piece here Includes many of the urtists
who contributed to the great success In
the East.
Creston Clarke, a young actor who
has enjoyed years of popularity, will be
seen on Wednesday and Thursday
nights und Thursday matinee In “The
Ragged Messenger.” Mr. Clarke has
been seen here often, and does not need
an Introduction. He Is conspicuous In
the theatrical world for conscientious
effort, and undeniable ability. Ills
latest vehicle Is said to bo one of the
best with which he has ever been sup
plied.
To round out the week, and supply
a high grade of comic opera, “The
Prince of Pilsen” will be presented on
Friday and Saturday nights and Sat
urday matinee. It Is Just as bright.
Just as clever and Just as entertaining
as In years gone by. It is an assured
fuel that “The Prince of Pilsen” will be
SCENE IN “THE LION AND THE MOU8E.”
FATAL WEDDING AT
EL
financial morality. Men are to bo
bought and sold und he is simply the
highest bidder for their Influence. With, him. Fenring disgrace, dishonor and
him nearly every man has his price.
When he cannot buy men he plots their
downfall as he does that of Judge Ross-
more, of the supreme bench, who has
rendered decisions ndversp to corpora
tions in which this multi-millionaire Is
Interested.
The author has made the central
character mi impiesfdvqly natural crea
tion; he has all thq marks of a man of
decision who does not hesitate at adopt
ing any means for carrying out his
purpose, short of uctual murder. He is
a bold commander of fiduciary forces,
who believes that any means to obtain
victory are permissible, no matter how
near It approaches criminality. No
dishonest method Is a sin to him if
there is no danger of conviction. He s
a man who believes supremely In him
self that he Is almost his own Deity.
Against this element Mr. Klein has
arrayed another force—that of love.
To attain his ends In a scheme of colos
sal proportions the money baron has
judge, adverse to this great Interest.
The money baron proceeds to remove
poverty for her father, Shirley Ross-
more tAkes Jt upon herself to inter
cede. The son of the money baron falls
In love with Shirley, and John Burkett
Ryder finds In hef something which he
has never before found In anyone, and
for which he has the greatest admira
tion, absolute determination to attain
her end. She visits his house under
an assumed name; he proposes her
marriage to hls 'son. whereupon she
admits the truth;of her Identity. Ry
der orders her out of hls house and sho
denounces him. This scene Is one of
the best ever presented on any stage.
Indeed the play Is one of exceptional
quality and because of Its universally
Interesting theme It should appeal In
the keenest way to nil classes of the*
ater-goers. The seat sale Is being con
ducted at the Grand box office.
Baldwin-Melville Co.
The “Two Orphans” continue to draw
ns the mone> union na* | arffe crowds to the El Dorado to see
j b S5Sc RoLm^^' 1 « tSrJme e ^oun 1 ‘ h « Ba'dw'n-M.lvjlle Stock Company In
JUU * i the play. This company is rapidly be
coming one of the most popular stock
companies ever sfen here. The differ
ent actors nre becoming bettor known
I to the public and to themselves, and
| the result Is that better and more fln-
j ishod performances can be looked for-
■ ward to from thia on. The crowds are
i Increasing every week at the popular
j little El Dorado, and that Is a sure
i sign that this company Is making good,
i The rough stages of the organisation
' process are about over and the man-
I agement knows about what class of
I plays will please Atlanta audiences.
The result Is tiuu those plays will be
put on and Atlantans nre promised a
season of stock after the first of the
! year that has never been equaled In
j Atlanta for quality. The “Two Or-
seen by a capacity house, for It Is one
of those ever new productions.
“The Ragged Messenger.”
rreaton Clarke will present "The
Ragged Messenger” at the Grand on
Wednesday and Thursday nights and
Thursday .matinee. This new' modern
emotional drama has set the entire
theatrical world agog.
Everybody who has seen Creston
Clarke’s t artistic Impersonation of the
leading role of John Morton, the cler
gyman, acknowledges that no other
actor could get so much out of it. All
the other roles In the play have been
filled with the same nicety. It Is easily
the most successful play of the season.
When John Morton Is bequeathed nn
immense fortune, with which he plans
to foster hls pet schemes of charity,
hls cup of happiness seems overflowing.
Schools, sanitariums, hpuses of refuge
for hls beloved poor of the slums—nil
are within hls powers of accomplish
ment. until one day he learns how hls
dissolute cousin, who accumulated the
millions to which he has fallen heir,
had betrayed and afterwards turned
penniless Into the streets a poor.'young
woman. John Morton’s time thence
forth is* divided between hls conse
crated Work and a systematic search
for this wronged woman that he may
make her suitable reparation. Hls Joy
at the prospect of finding the forsaken
one Is turned to horror when he dis
covers her In the waif whom he has
saved from an Impending life of. want
and sin, and whom he has grown to
love and has. In fact, married.
Despite this heart-breaking knowl
edge, he rushes to the defense of the
woman he loves and by a brllllnntly
conceived subterfuge saves her from
open degradation, only to denounce her
violently . when they are alone. Hls
anger Is turned to pity, hls fears to
hope, as he gradually realises that her
quiet submissiveness to hls terrible
execrations can only mean that she
has been more sinned against than
sinning, and that her soul has already
been saved. Rut meanwhile she has
left their home and all efforts to lo
cate her are fruitless when, woman
like, without apparent reason, she re
turns. and It Is not long before n
complete understanding Is arrived at
to the very *reat Joy and comfort of
both.
NAT WILLS, HAPPY HOBO,
PL A YS BIJOU NEXT WEEK;
PRESENTS “A LUCKY DOG"
Nat M. Wills, “the happy tramp,” at
the head of one of the most carefully
selected- organizations of musical c
edy talent now on the road, will be
the Bijou attraction for the week that
starts on Monday, and “A Lucky Dog’
£ 111 be seen for the first time In the
>uth, and Mr. Wills makes hls first
appearance In Atlanta at the IIIJou
scale of prices.
There Is a great Interest attached to
this engagement. In the first place It
is hardly a question as to the stand
ing of Nat M. Wills. There is no oth
er comedian In all the profession who
has so thoroughly mastered the art of
correctly Impersonating a genuine
tramp bh he. The funmaker does not
■overdo the task, either, but In make
up and In mannerism, he Is one of the
beings who will knock at the back door
and ask for a bite, and sometimes the
bite Is furnished by the family dog.
Rack In the days of high vaudeville
Nat Wills was a stur that was ever
headlined, and whose sulary was the
only obstacle to hls advent In the field
of muslcul comedy, but Broodhurst &
Currie recognized In him a great
proposition, contracts were entered
Into and ”A Ron of Rest” was produced
and Atlanta Indorsed the one perform
ance that was given here. That was
three seasons ngo, and Wills did not
come South again, because of the won
derful hit of “The Duke of Duluth" In
the larger cities. This season the pro
ducing managers • accepted Mark E.
Swan’s “A Lucky Dog,” and Us success
has eclipsed anything that the come
dian has had. With the desire to make
n tour of the South, Mr. Wills mado
the contracts for the appearance of the
attraction over the circuit, and the At
lanta week starts on Monday, and will
continue with regular performances at
the Bijou scale all week.
“A Lucky Dog” w*as written for
Wills. It gives him the opportunity he
had In all of hls other plays, but on a
wider plan. Ho will have a better
chance to cover a great many' points
of improvement in hls work, nnd will
Introduce absolutely the newest of hls
crop of parodies. In purody singing
there Is no other comedian half
successful as “the happy tramp.”
Broadhurst & Currie, the managers,
have given the star a magnificent
equipment of scenic and costume ef
fects. Some of the best artists In the
land were commissioned to make the
scenes that will add life to the action
of the play, while many of the gown"
and chorus costumes passed through
the custom house In New York.
In the company, are u number of high
class urtists, whose success In musical
comedy stand out In unusuri! brilliancy*
Dello Stftcy, Lee Hobbs Martin, Jay
Shaw, Charles Udell arid a number of
others, not unknown here, will be
prominent In cost and the musical pro
gram.
Much locnl Interest Is demonstrated
In the musical department of the of
fering, because of the fact that George
A. Nicholas, one of the musical direc
tors of the former Wells-Dunne-Har-
lun musical comedy. Is In charge.
The sale of seats has commenced
with Interest, and selections are being
made for the entire engagement.
MISS HALLIE RIVES, NOVELIST,
In “The Fatal Wedding,” which wljl
be the bill at the El Dorado for'the
first part of next week, the manage
ment of the Baldwtn-Melvllle Stock
Company and the El Dorado have se
cured what Is bound jo prove one of
the most pleasing bills of the seasqn.
It is a melodrama from the pen.cf
Theodore Kremer, who wrote It espe
cially for a New' York run., The Im
mense success of the production In
New York encouraged the managers to
put It on the road, w’here It has proved
satisfactory from every standpoint. .It
J has since been translated Into French
and German and played In both Ger
many and France with great success,
although the scenes are laid In New
[York.
|The play is highly dramatic, without
[a dull moment In It, and telling the '
story of a treacherous woman and vll- j
lainous man plotting together the sep
aration of man and wife. They accom
plish their purpose and the remainder
of the play Is devoted to righting the
wrongs of the separated'ones, which.Is
finally done. It is a play of heart- j
throbs, of soul-stirring scenes and In- *
cldents, of a drift from high to low
life, and one of the strongest comedy '
parts ever seen at this theater. , Tho
main mterest in the play Is the part of
Jessie Wilson, "The Little Mother,”
which is taken by little Lottie Salz
burg. This Is one of the longest parts
ever written for a child, and little Lot
tie alw-ays makes an Immediate hit •
with her wonderful work. There la no ;
precociousness about this remarkable
little woman. She carries her part en
tirely through the four acts, and It can
be said of her she holds her situation*
as cleverly ns any co-worker and at
times holds the stage by herself. Her
work Is rather the work of a grown
actress, speaking through the child,
than that of a little *irl less than eight ‘
years old. The cafct for the play Is
made up In a manner that will Insure
a finished performance In .every re
spect. Mr. Maitland will hie s<fen as
Howard Wilson and Miss Mae Barson,
a new arrival and co-worker with Mr.
Maitland In the Forepaugh Stock Com
pany In Philadelphia, will be seen as
Moble Wilson, the wronged wife. Mr.
Murdoch will be seen ns Robert Curtis,
the villain, and Miss Louise Kent as
Cora Williams, hls accomplice. The
cast Is easily the strongest ever seen
In any stock company in Atlanta be
fore, and Is bound to prove a winner
with theatergoers.
The latter part of the week a play on
the order of. the “Squaw Man,” “The
Girl of the Golden West,” ‘‘The* Great
Divide” and other Western plays of
this character, “My Pardner." will be
the bill. This great nfay fa one of the
most beautiful In point of stage set
tings nnd strong stage plcturea that
has ever been seen here. The plot Is
briefly as follows; Joe Saunders and
Ned Singleton are partners, owning a
gold mine together In California, near
Mt. Shasta. Joe Is in love with Mary
Brandon, but Ned has made love to her
und betrayed her. Joe proposes mar
riage, but Mary, knowing hls true love
for her and her condition, will not mar
ry him. In the course of their con
versation Mary faints and Joe goes for
some water. On returning he hsars
iNed and Mary talking over the facts,
and he makes Ned swear to marry her.
In the next act they are dividing the
gold preparatory to breaking up their
partnership. Joe leaves Ned and in
the meantime Scraggs, a miner, come*
NOTES FROM THE LABOR
WORLD.
strike of stevedores.
According to tunny Inlior lenders nnd
economists, workers today are Is*tier paid
by from 10 to 40 per cent, und In some
-- -- 70 per cent than
’nrpentcrs In New York*city In 11*86 were
paid fr..50 a day, and worked fifty-three
Imars a week. They now receive $4. SO a
day ami work forty-four hours it week.
Organized labor ill Iowa will centralize Its
for coal mines, nnd the other that ciuplo
era slnll liccoiae responsible tor IiiJurii
to employees after notice of defective hi
cbliivry has l*ceii served.
•lulu. Where he spent three
studying immigration matters and htlsi
conditions of the Islands. The result <
Ills observation* will bo embodied In a *;*
dal report to the president.
The Amalgamated Society of Railway
creston clarke in -the ragg.d ftitssENGER." a
afternoon and night for the last time.
Next week two df the best plays yet
given will be produced.
Ntw BlilTat 8tar.
With the close o.* me of the most
successful weeks the Star theater ha
ever had the management of this pop-
. ular amusement t resort announce a
! mammoth new- bill to begin Monday
and run all next week.
This bill will embrace all the newest
stunts In vaudeville and will include
very strong melodrama, which will be
staged in elegant style.
The comedians will be much In evi
dence in this sjairkling little produc
tion, and It will also have several very
thrilling scenes.
The musical features will Include
some of the latest nnd best popular hits
j of the day.
Many new vaudeville artists nre an
nounced and will make their Initial ap
pearance at the Star next Monday.
The moving picture machine will re-
f produce life-size reproductions of
many laughable scenes.
Several illustrated songs will be ren
dered.
The Star chorus of comely young
women In bright new costumes will ap
pear in several medleys and marches.
The Star has had some record-
II j breaking crowds this week and has
r YHE GRAND; made many new, frlem> and, patrons
Into their shack and In a quarrel* with
Ned kills him. Joe returns to make
up with Ned and finds him dead. The
WEDS POST WHEELER, POET
Toklo, Dec. 29.—At the American cm
bassy today Miss Hallle Ertnlnle Rives,
the well-known writer, was married
to Mr. Post Wheeler, second secretary
to the embassy. The ceremony was
performed at noon and was witnessed
by the American ambassador and Mrs.
Wright, the embassy staff and many
prominent members of the American
colony In Toklo. Mr. and Mrs. Wheel
er are to sail Immediately for America
and Intend to spend the remainder of
tho winter and early spring at Ocean
Grove, N. J.
Mrs. Wheeler Is a handsome daugh
ter of Kentucky and n cousin of Amelia
Rives, uuthor of “The Quick und the
Dead.” Her father was one of the obi
Rives family of Virginia. Her great-
great-grandfather on her mother’s side
was Sir John Tlllottson and her mother
was the daughter of William Edward
Ragsdale, a big slave-holder nnd to
bacconist. From her mother Miss
Rives got her love of horse flesh, which
fair share of the to*
next week’s business bids fair to eclipse
all others.
u v This bill will be presented all tho
11 among the theater-going public, but week with usual matlneea.
form ills ted a imtiousl program consisting
of iteniAOils to Is* hi * ' ....
on n le* simultaneous!
The chief demands are for mi cight-lmur
day, no Improvement In wages mid rccog.
nit ion of the society.
The long standing trouble hetueen tin
New York, New Haven mil Hartford rail
road. nnd It* engineers, over the question
of wage*. I* at CD end, the engineers hav
ing agreed to accept a scale «»t tinge* sub
mitted by the company.
In Austrbi. the factory law has le-eri
twenty years In existence. It Ims Iteen
amended only In some minor points.
lug 19oT», pnrllnmcnt enacted s law provid
ing for the establishment of Humb.j rest
of shop assistants. Old nge nnd Invalid
ity Insurance for workmen Is being agi
tated.
Efforts are lieiug made to have a bill
sse«| In NVvnda making jg -
September loibor day.
After n strike of two months, the work
ers In’the ship yard* At Tend. Italy, have
won their demands. Including s shorter
workday.
A biltor party has l*een formed In Toklo,
•In|*in. and n strong manifesto has hern
Issued declaring that the existing lalnir
audition* are deplorable.
Memlter* of the Independent Labor party
i flic Transvaal nre pledged to opnose
i cry candidate nt the coining elections
ho does not promise to
ire for the people a fir
tnl proOts of the mine*
nimbly the first protest evei
rile tiilfel mute* against eon
was In the form of a resolutto
at n convention of uachniib-s
rtl.it, N. Y* In 18pi.
The International Brewery Workers nre
going to strive to prevent the employment
of children u. the Wiling work* of brew*
cries In Milwaukee uud St. touts.
The recent action of the postoffice de
part tent in tilling two nillwny mail clerk*
In Kpokuuc for puidb
shows up so clearly in her novels. Her
mother was a daring rider and stories
are still told In the Houth of her rides
upon her great white horse, which was
celebrated In two states, when the
Yankees held Fort Donelson. Their
foragers stole this horse. Hhe rode
through the hostile lines, disdaining all
challenges, straight to the tent of the
commanding officer, demanded the ani
mal back and rode hltn In triumph.
Miss Rives has been a prolific maga
zine writer since her fifteenth year.
Post Wheeler also Is well known as
a magazine writer, though Ills chief
claim to fame Is as the author of “Re
flections of a Bachelor.” He Is a na
tive of New York state and a graduate
of Princeton. He has been a great
traveler and after hls graduation from
college he spept considerable time
among the Tukudh Indians In the Arc
tic regions, concerning whom he wrote
much of interest. Subsequently he re
sided In London and Paris and for
seven years he was the editor of The
New York Press.
him. The mob then turns and blames
tho deed on a Chinaman who was.
hiding In the shack. He Is saved by.
the evidence of one of ScraggaV cilffs,,
which he has found stained with Nod's
blood. The play la thus ended hap-,
plly.
The “Fatal Wedding” will bo given
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday!
nights, with matinees- Tuesday * and,
Wednesday. Thursday, Friday nnd
Saturday nights, with matlneea Friday)
and Saturday, “My Pardner” will holif
the boards.
The Woman's’ Trade Union League of
Great Britain Is now upon s solid founda
tion, and Is steadily growing In number*
nnd Influence. The Increase In member-
shlp during the year Just closed was morw
than 11,000.
try in on to give up going
nnd the Pacific coast, and turn to HoutU
America. Brazil gives greater faculties to
Twelve hours In winter and fourteen in,
summer was a fair average day'a worn
In the sixteenth century.
Hsnltiiig lit
among the clerk* to
freedom of speech.
cute the right of
nnd puhllt
tho statement thnt there
enough workers of all elassei
cisco to supply, the deinaud.
nnu|i«i ni iiinn, rvnw, *"l
livu to British Columbia.
adopted
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