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TEE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1908 Gentrys’ Shows, Monday, Oct. 12 Of all the treasures of the Gentry Brothers, the owners of the Gentry Brothers* do* and pony shows there Is none more highly valued than a bun dle of letters written them by the chil dren of an orphan’s home, who wefro guests of the show. These youngsters -were given carte blanche In the tents and the only condition under which they visited the show was that each would write their Impressions of what th *ome W of their essays are Indeed treasures. One of them describes an elephant as a big fat horse with a tall growing out of his face. Another says a monkey is an animal got lost in the woods and was not rescued until he hnd forgotten how to tulk. And yet another said that the biggest thing about the show was the Gentry Broth ers. These opinions by youngsters are much coveted little quips. For that reason the Gentry Brothers’ shows are going to entertain the children of the Appleton Church Home tomorrow as the guests of The Macon Telegraph. The youngsters will be marshaled in line. Then they will go to the show grounds. What they see they shall nut down on paper In their own pecu* Mar way. What their observations arc to be Is a question. But at least they will bo entertained. The Macon Telegraph has evinced a natural Interest In the children of the Appleton Church Home. Such to The Macon Telegraph’s suggestion has given forth a touch of nature that makes the whole world kin. Performing Elephants in Gentry Brothers’ Shows. IN THE THEATERS “MANHATTAN OPERA CO." Theater-goers In Macon are pleased with the prospect of the appearance of the Manhattan Opera Company at the Grand Opera House all next week. The surest evidence that the theater goers welcome this really excellent company of opera artists Is that the patrons of the house over which D. G. Phillips presides, are heard to say nice things about the company an making inquiries concerning the -per sonnel of the cast. In these days of competition tests arc the bost things to satisfy thoughtful and sincere critics. Mr. Kane’s company has withstood test after test with the result that the company's scrap bcok Is filled with favorable comment. The engagement of the Manhattan Opera Company will add an epoch to the theater history of this city, for It has been a decade since light opera has beer, sung In this city, and never was It hoard by a company of such metropolitan standard as the Manhattan Opera Company Is. - Miss Kittle Nice Perle, prlma donna, Is a young woman, who has already reached a high mark on the light opera stage. With a real voice she has sung herself directly Into favor else where. Miss Perle Is the sweetest, dearest and neatest kind of an oper ate star, and Macon people have al ready got to like her through her pic tures, which have been exhibited to a large extent throughout the city. Miss Hazel Davenport, mezzo -soprano and comedienne, has won large success, and with Miss Perle .as a runnlngmate, the two leading ladles comprise a pair of stars that would be welcomed In any opera company, qu* Vaughan, the baritone has appeared here previously In musical comedies, having been with Chertdah Simpson In "Red Feather" last season. Claude Amsdcn, the leading comedian, is an actor of resource and intelligence. When Mr. Amsden com- blnes his comedy with his basso voice. tlon with the opening presentation b.\ the Manhattan Opera Company. The girls are arranging matters among themselves, and they Intend to as sist In welcoming the Manhattan Opera Company to this city. STORY OF “THE MERRY WIDOW." When the curtain is raised on Henry W. Savage’s magnificent production of “The Merry Widow,” the present mus ical sensation of Europe, at the Grand Opera House on Monday, October 19, the play-goers of the city of Macon will have an opportunity to witness a light opera that makes a musical epoch in compositions of its class. Never In the history of music has a produc tion caused such a furore throughout Europe and of the thousands returning from abroad, who saw the piece on »he other side, not one can be found who does not enthusiastically aver that “The Morry Widow" Is the greatest ever." In Franz Lehar, the-com poser, another gonhls has been found who can tickle the fancy of the musical student and at the same time write music whose languorous melodies haunt the man who doesn’t know the difference be tween a major chord and a spool of cotton. The ptory of the piece deals with Prince Danile of Marsevia, who is suffering from the effects of an unfor tunate lovo affair, and Is trying to for get it and has plunged Into the dissi pations of Paris. Some few years earlier he had set his heart upon flonla a farmer’s daughter, but his uncle, the King of Marsovla. refused his royal approval to a match between the blue blooded heir apparent and a little coun try girl; so Danllo was hustled ofT to serve ns an attache to the Marsovian legation In Paris. Meanwhile, the broken-hearted Sonia found solace In marriage with e. bank er, the richest man in Mnrsonia, who died shortly after the wedding, leav- grow affectionate she Informs him icily that she will have none of that as she believes that he. like the rost, Im after her money. This blow brings tho prince to his senses, and his prhle being wounded he tells Sonia that nothing on earth will ever Induce him again to say that he loves her. When, in a fit of repentance she se lects him as her partner for a dance before all other suitors he accopt* tho honor, only to put it up at auction, selling his prlvllego to the Vlcomte de Jolldon for some thousands of dollars. Tho pale now become aa bitterly hos tile as lovers can be, and each deter mines to make the other give in. Near tho end of the second act It looks as If Sonia would win, as when the prince refuses to dance with her sho starts on her own account an old Marsovian dance which at last so Intoxicates him that ho Is forced to Join her. This through the key-hole and sees his wife and the Vlcomte kissing. He Is not. however, absolutely sure of the Identity of the woman, as It Is dark, and Bonin, In order to madden the prince, takes Natalie’s place by getting into the pa vilion through a secret door and comes out on the arm of tho Vlcomte. Tho prince now loses all self-control, and after nbuslng Sonia rushes off tho stage saying that he has dona with her forever. After Ids retreat the cur tain descends on a song of triumph by Sonia, who feels that at last she is qulto sure of the prince’s love. The same sub-plot turns upon a missing fan with the word* “I love you" written on It by the Vlcomte. This fan gets Into the possession of the prince, and in the last net Bonla Mr. Charles B. Hanford. him lay It aside. Sho Jumps to the conclusion that ho has written the words, as he is too proud to say them, and determines to get the confession from Ills lips by •telling him thut sho loses her fortune when she marries again. The ruse is Instantly success ful. The moment the prince hears that she will be penniless h*- takes her to. his arms, as a hero should, and all ends happily. < After a long procoss of elimination, Mr. Savage selected a cnit of splen didly equipped players, who combine vocal excellence with dramatic talent, to Interpret .tho Interesting characters in “The Morry Widow." ..chas.~b71hanford Tho special Shakespearean produc tion with which Charles B. Hanford has arranged to follow his ‘magnificent presentation of Antony and Cleopatra, has for Its subject that fascinating drama “Tho Winter’s Tale" Lacking tho catastrophe which would be essen tial for Its classification as tt tragedy and at the same tlmo too serious in Its main purpose to bo regarded strictly as a comedy, the play Illustrates tho poet's genius on middle ground, with opportunities for his nimble fancy to reach forth In nil directions. 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Doody Co., Vests snd Drawers, Union ffoUa 2-6 7-“ Sole A gents distinctly and now almost exclusively his own. * ' “The Winter's Tale" will be Mr. Han ford’s offering at tho Grand on Wed nesday night. October 21st. At tho matinee Wednesday afternoon “The Merchant of Venice" will bo Mr. Han ford’s play. A Few Suggestions for Wise Women The Girl Who Pursues. There is no sight more painful than that of a girl so fnr forgetting her prldo nnd dignity as to man. She may fondly Imnglno that after a you run after them you will win neither. You have your women’s privilege and right to try nnd make yourself at tractive In tf»e eyes of men. Use thst In any modest, well-bred way. Make yourself pretty; bo gentle nnd bright as you can. hut do not lower yourself In the eyes of everybody by being a man-chaser. • Don't Lis Down In a Collar. The woman who flnda that her throat Is commencing to sag nnd be tray by Its loss of firmness the ap proach of middle age will. If sho is wise, refrain from wearing her high collars too tight. It Is also n great mistake to lie down In n. collar, for tho cords that In tho nature of things are lakeiy flrqt to give wav. become so cramped and contracted that they are at Inst permanently Weakened. If, for any reason, It Is Impossible to remove the dress or waist, the collar Her tailor-made gowna are always kept preasod, brushed, and cleaned, no matter how oonrae the material; her Shirt waists aro always clean and un- rumpled. no matter how simple; her collars and niching* aro always fresh each morning: her shoes «re polished each time she goe* out of the house nnd the heels aro never run over; her white gloves are always white, th# fingers are always whole, and the but tons nil In place. The braids 04 her skirt* are never frayed, and the but ton* aro never off her waists. When she lifts her skirt In the street she reveal* neither a ragged silk skirt nor a bedraggled white one; nor la a hole In her stocking revealed Just above the shoe top. Every article of cloth ing Is clean and whole, and looks aa well ns care can make. It. Moreover, everything fits. If one hak the good fortune to ho able to find a good tailor or dressmakers. Skirts hang evenly and fit around the hips: Jackets follow ' - - 'THE MH*y WIDOW the audience la given a treat. Charles Fblton is the tenor, and the lyric eweetneig of hl» voice Is superb. • Mr. Fulton is no stranger here. He apt peered In seasons past with “Sergeant Kitty'' and Pauline Hall'a company. Wilbur Cox, a native of Oeorgla, han dles Important roles, and doe* his work In a manner that produces his clever ness. not to mention richness of char acter. Walter Roberts, a prominent member of the local lodge of Elks, Is another- principal with the company, who adda success to tha presentations. The remainder of the company, togeth er with the exceptional strong chorus, was chosen wisely by Mr. Kane, who la looking forward to a big patronage in this city. Tomorrow ntght the telephone girls of Macon will have a party In connec- Ing twenty millions to Sonta. She closes her Maraovlan castle and hur ried to Paris where she became a mer ry widow, professing to care no more for the Prince or for love at all. She treat* with contempt the offers of mar riage which pour In upon her when ever she goes. Paris snd the gay life her money can buy attract her, and tt Is there In tha midst of her merry making that she meets her old lover for the first time since the death of her husband. The prince on that oc casion Is not In his beat form. He has been spending day* and nights riot ously at Maxim’s end la scarcely so ber. This does not seem to disgust her, however, possibly because ahe guesses that love for her has some thing to do with it, and her heart goes out to him. But when he presumes to Is the famous dance that delighted aud iences In every music loving capital. SUU the prince retains self-control, and believing she la fooling him, says good evening to the Merry Widow and leaves her aa disconsolate ea ever. A sub-plot, which Is Intertwined with the main etory. concerns Natalie, the wife of -Baron Popoff, the Marsovian embassador at Paris. She I* carrying on an Intrigue with tha Vlcomte de Jolldon. The Baron has perfect trust In his wife, hut ho aeea a man and woman entering and closing a pavilion and believing they are lovera be looks Is one In which he enjoyed Signal tri umph when he appeared In It during the season of the all star company that also Included Louis James and Mias Kidder. Mr. Hanford will alao appear as that difficult and fascinating crea tion of comedy. Autoiycus. In the character of Ilermlone, 61 las Marie Drofnah Is Assured of a - triumphant welcome, for the name of her admirers in this city Si legion. The scenery and costumes have been especially de signed for this tour and are every where spoken of as worthy of an actor who has made the Shakespearean field sees through her maneuvering, but she U much mistaken. The man sees through It; everybody sees through It; and nine times out of ten it Is a fruitless chase. Any man with an ounce of spunk likes to do his own courting. Ho llkna to seek, not to be sought; and the mo ment a girl makes herself too easy the chase loaes Its test. You may not be the type of girl to attract men. but, believe me, running after them will not help matters. If you cannot win their love, at least you can command their respect. If should be loosened. After getting up I* is a good thing to rub the flesh un der tho chin very Arm for a few min utes and then pat with cold water. Thin will tighten the cords and aid muok In preserving tha youthful ap pearance of tho throat Good Grooming. From Harper's Bazar. With skin. hair, teath and hanfla Immaculate and well cared for, there are still the clothes of tho woll- groomed woman to consider. They, toe, are spotless to the smallest detail. tho lino of tho figure and do not hunch or drop carelessly In tho henogf*. Everything fits that can be made to fit, with tho best lines ttyri nature and tailor combined can give one. Gloves and shoe* should flo perfectly, ■Inc® they are not dependent upon the perversities of tailors. The amount of whalebone taken an nually dees not much exceed If,006 pounds. The largest part of this te taken by the whalers sailing out of porta on the Pacific coast. A few years ago the amount taken was aa much aa 600.000 pounds annually* Miss Kittie Nice. Pete, Prima Donna—Manhattan Opera Co.