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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 7 3. ^ V .* 1 - ISfc ■ NAT M. WILLS. IN “A LUCKY DOG ■ II .utliiirltr for