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AWEEX’S OFFERINGS IN ATLANTA’S THEATERS
VARIED OFFERINGS BILLED
AT GRAND FOR THE WEEK;
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
ATLANTA ALUMNI TO GREET THE VANDERBILT
Tlire* high-clue play* and a concert
ill occupy the boards at the Grand
.era house next weelt, constituting
x night productions and three matl-
Ainong the principal .attractions of
season Is John Philip Sousa's "The
. Uince,” with Joseph C'awthorn.
a i star of the comic world, In the
lidlii* role, and supported by Miss
ells Bergen, who In private life la
In-Wolfe Hopper. "The Free
apre." which wu recently termed
The Free Lunch." by a carries sex-
resxman In addressing a package. Is
• Id to be the best work Sousa ha*
vrr done. Harry B. Smith, who Is Te-
einslble for "Robin Hood," I* the llb-
tlst. The cut contains seventy-five
,ple. It goes without saying that
not a situation, not an Intimation of
anything that Is not clean end whole
some. And the run the production It
meeting proven that dirt Is not neces
sary for artistic or financial success.
Some other musical comedies might
take a tip front Hits.
"The Rogers Brothers In Ireland" In
troduces any number of handsomely
costumed girls, sum* beautiful ecen-
inractlon will be liberally patron
for the Orand bo* office hjd
caller* when the tickets were
need on sale Friday.
Mr*. Wlggs, of the r
Cabbage Patch,"
hich combines "Lovey Mnry," will
ecen Wednesday afternoon at matl-
,’ and again Wednesday night. No
,v of recent years has met with a
outer auccess then "Mrs. Wlggs."
rltlc* the country round have paid
e play highest praise. Just as the
erary crltlca praised the book. Tick-
will be placed on eale Monday
lessruixUTc „ „
■Th*-VandThHl Ola* -CUuK^comca for
n,. concert which will be one of tho
„ la! event* of the season. The dub
an enviable reputation and ha-4
successful In many annual tour*.
Atlanta alumni %*lll turn out to
iimr the student singers.
T„ conclude the week will come Jolly,
lufthable. musical “Buster Brown,“ and
dog Tlge. There will he a large
umber of pretty girl*, any amount of
■autlful scenery and elaborate oos-
ime*. The musical numbers are
•jght and catchy, while the et\tlr«
Tduction has been overhauled.
The Roger* Brother*,
the Rogers Brothers are all
glit, all right.
Hoard somebody say they weren t
nli good this year—same old story
old way, awl all that sort
tiring “
hit when you settle down In an
•bestfa chair and hear that lidicu-
dlalect about nothing In particu-
miu find yourself laughing Just as
always, did when Gus and Max
Vo*re both talking together In a
*h.” reuiarks Gus, at one stage of
proceedings," and 1 can't pick out
own talk.” %
That's the way it Is most of the
e. Hut '»ne doesn't have to worry
•ut follow ing a plot or anything like
t. Just .-It hack and laugh.
There are others beside tins and Max.
«|e IV*Vo|e Is good to look at and
i dancing Is a dream. Marlon Htan-
• Is certainly all to the good, too.
e had >m going Friday night.
Some mighty pretty music. You all
int to hear "Alice o'Orady" and
! <« i \ «‘arey" and "1 Him ply Can't Re-
t You.' Then there Is a parody by
s and Max which Is Just the limit,
n il want to hear It again.
There’s one marked Improvement
he Roger* Brother* of p«*hh»|ih
There's not a suggestive line.
"Buster Brown" I* Coming.
The cartoon comedy, “Buster Browi!,'
will be *een at the Grand next Friday
and Saturday nights and Saturday at
matinee. The cast will include Buster.
Tlge, Mary Jane and forty people, with
tho great beauty chorus, which has
been praised enthusiastically wherever
“Buster Brown" ha* been seen.
The play la described as one that
makes people take an easier view of
life. It was evolved from the
known cartoons by R. F. Outcault and
abounds with fun. merriment and hu
mail Interest, while good music and
catchy song* are liberally Interspersed
One of the chief features is Buster
Brown's Bobby Burns brigade, showing
beaut.Jful chorus girls in Scotch dress,
white-bag-pipe music te-fdnyed. Then-
there Is Buster's bouquet of beauties,
composed of eight of the prettiest girls
that could be found and Induced to go
on the stage.
Not least of the features Is Tlge. who
doe* more funny atunt* than any dog
In the world. Ho I* Buster’* constant
companion, and I* the only dog alive
who can speak grammatically the Kng
IIhIi language. Therb won’t be u case
of blues among those who attend tilt
performance*.
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enjoyed. Our entire time given to
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clusive manufacturing retail optical
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A NEW TRAIN
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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY GLE E CLUB WHICH COMES TO THE ORAND NEXT THURSDAY.
■The Veiwlerhlli <H*e GRrtM* -Ih*-ne*t
JOSEPH CAWTHORN.
Needy j v , t (.j k , j„, c.wthorn cl the Mtltrd OimIcc . w
• TI.O fere, Lanea" Company at the Grand Not wt-.e.
MRS. WJGGS ON CONTENT;
MADGE CARR COOK'S VIEW
ON MONE Y AND LA UGHIER
“Would I laugh It 1 had a million?"
“Well, you can bet another million
that 1 would ho the Inughlest woman
In this country Just watching the hap
piness on the faces of those 1 could help
In my own profession."
Bo Madge Carr Cook, motherly op
timist of “Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage
Patch," which comes to the Grand
opera house Wednesday matinee and
night, replied to an Interviewer recent
ly, Just after site had given sanctuary
to Lovey Mary and Little Tommy.
Apropos of Andrew Carnegie’s renuyk
that ujlllloiialres seldom laugh. Mrs.
Cook was asked If a million could sub
due her own resolute sunnlness of soul,
and she refilled as aforesaid.
"There ought t*» be laughs in every
dollar," she went on to say as she brut
over Little Tommy and brushed Ills
curls. "Why, It must be glorious to
have the power to bring smiles to for
lorn faces, to cn*e the way of the stu
dent. to help the sick laborer’s family,
to remedy the Itljustbc of despotic
mi, to me al»«»\e all, to ahl tHe
men and women of the stage who have
drifted from the swift current In ths
•enter of the stage to the tint eg.trued 1
ami unremeinhered eddies and buck
aters of life. ,
"l»o I prea- li the gospel 'if content
ment.’ And I** that u tight creed for
the betterment of self?
tlf.tt is a question frequently
which I am pleased
and
phy of mere content uml agreeing with
him that discontent was always neces
sary and sometimes divine. But I In
sist upon Intelligent discontent and not
simple peevishttes>.
"Since playing Mr*. Wlggs l have
studied economics, and I have come
to the conclusion that the public own
ership of public utilities and the con
trol of all public.and common service
by the people would help every Mrs.
\\lggs uml her children In the nation.
"It Is concent rut Ion of wealth that
makes tftc cabbage patches of the coun
try. 1 do, however, believe for the
most part mankind should persist In
Individualism. I must confess that 1
like the fighter ami the man on home-
hack. I like the Idea of the dashing
fellow in doublet and with sword at
thigh who hews In* way through the
prr
of common i
fir. i
a ho
pose that Is
doubtless It
stage life, wl
greatly to be
hi<
»lted In
• nmpeer.4. I stip-
i ilonist feeling, ami
•* i*arily from my
i brave sj rytaclo Is
attraction coining under the auspices of
the Atlanta lecture Association. This
most excellent aggregation of musi
cians. composed of twenty-five of Van
derbilt's leading student*, will appear
at the Grand next Thursday evening.
In n program of college glee song*,
double quartets, sextets and solos. In
both v«h*«| and Instrumental ttiuste.
This Is probably the biggest at t nut ion
ever brought to Atlanta by the lecture
Association. amJ'as Jt Is the club’s first
appearance In Atlantu, where so many
of Vandernilt’s alumni are located, no
doubt the Ornnd will lie taxed to Its
utmost capacity on this occasion.
All the colleges and high schools In
and around Atlanta have arranged to
be present, with a large delegation
floating their colors -and yelling their
yells, which will give a great deal of.
life and enthusiasm to the occasion. In I
fact. It will be the gathering of college
students of the season. "Tech" will be
there In full force to see If the chain-
t»h»ns of football can sing as well a*
they play ball, and to assure them that
they will b*» ready t«* -wok* a- -imM»
larger score against them next season
when the time t cnmes.
The Georgia Military Academy boy*,
with Major Patterson, ah old graduate
nf VanrterbttT nnd'rjr-mrmher^of rhe f
tltec.. Club, will occupy, eight boxes, j
which will be beautifully decorated tn
their colors. Intel *|»er*cri with Vander
bilt pennants.
Puna Id Fraser and Stone Mountain,
with Professor Hihle.v. another former
member of the Glee Flub and Vander
bilt man, will occupy boxes and a sec
tion of seats.
Agnes Scott College ha* ordered 100
seats for the concert for her fair stu
dents, who will be led by otic of their
teachers. Miss Penny, who Is an alum
nae of Vanderbilt.
Fox College. Washington Seminary,
the Pixie Business College students and
both the high school* of the city Will
he mi hand In full force unit a gala
evening It will be.
Several of the fraternities will give
box parties for t|ie entertainment which
will Iw* decorated for the occasion.
This I* the Vanderbilt glee's seven
teenth annual concert tour, and it I*
being made under the direct Inn of the
Alkahest Lyceum system of thl* city.
The success -*f (he club last season was
unprecedented in the history of the
organization, and It Is much stronger
this season that last—atm under tho
efficient management of Mr. Charles G,
Washburn.
The personnel of the club thl* year,
a* It will apiwar In Atlanta. Is:
• Chariest* Washburn, manager; Rob
ert Vaughan. Frank Hrnart. Charles
Cornelius. William Hume Will Ben
nie. Morton Howell, Guy McCollum. Kd
Craig, Hit to Peffer, Jewell Proctor.
George An her, Varnell Tale, Marshall
Ia»8euer, Kd Palmer, Patterson.
Charles Washburn. Will PIfton. Harry
Stain. Steele, Wallace 1*1 ft son, Tom F.
Paine, Ledcr Darn, Cowan, Perry,
June*. John W. Clifton.
They will arrive In Atlanta at 7:30
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JOHNNIE AND EMMA RAY
IN “DOWN THE PIKE” AT.
THE BIJOU ALL NEXT WEEK
With a company of fifty xlnger*.
rtanccr*. comsdtna* amt pretty »how
glrIn, the Rays—Johnny amt Emma—
who made "A Hot Old Time" famous,
will Introduce their lant season's aue-
esas, "Itown the Pike." to local theater,
fiosra at ths RIJou nsxt Monday sven-
Ing. Thl* la by far the most proton-
tloua nt-Rnnlitutlon with which then*
popular entertntner* have over been
Identified, and It I* said to be one of
the Jotlieat mixture* of fun offered
lover* of IlKht, amusements tn recant
years. T™~
Aa may be surmised from the title, i
trie
much of tho action takes place at
Ht. Led* Fnlr, although the first act!
opens In a blf New York apartment'
house, where "Caaey,” the Janitor, la
the despotic ruler. This I* The role In
terpreted, by Mr. Ray and It te said to
fit his peculiar style exactly,
jck Thursday mornlitB anti occupy
floor of the Piedmont hotel, leav-
Ins for Macon Friday inorulnir, wh«ro
they play Friday nlxlit.
New Route to Cuba.
I d«
Mt |>T
. It the
rvtng. h««ause
situation nr guv
tent. When .»
meet it
the grtjipi'l »tf rmt wor-
w.irry never solved a
e the answer t•» a proh.
«<>ndltlnn faces yon.
ngulne brain, unpol-
soitPil hv the t'lxln that apt tag* from
mi), fear uml apprwnensinti.
*1 *impl> « «n not worry myself. I
that the law of ehancc* U a*
* against
rr Most once wrote tue
letter denouncing what he
railed tin* 'damnable doctrine of
man np|»;
discontent,
true
. he Haiti, pi
irst exploiter «*f bln fellow-
red on eartli. I'nrrst and
he declared, contained thu
dal *alvati.in
The stentnship "Bi tinswlek." of the
Brunswick Hteamshlp Company, will
nail from Brunswick. <!a . for Havana,
Cuba, on the following schedule, until
fui liter notice:
f Leave Hnim>wh'k tn - tt February f»th,
. I Febrnwry ’l9!h, Man It Mh, March 1!»th,j
nnd April ild and »*wi\ •alter Vuewlay |
there ftcr. arriving at Havana cverj-
following Tluirstlay .it 1 p. in.
Returning.
Leave Havana te n February 9th. j
February 33d. Match !»th, March 23d.
April *;th. ami evtry other Hatunlny
thereafter, arriving Brunswick every)
following Montiuv at x a ill.
Rat** Brunswick to Havant.
one way, tint cabin 123.00
one way. second cabin 112.00
Round trip, rtrnt cabin 140.00
Including meal* nnd berth on steamer.'
For state room reservation* and fur
ther Information, apply to
y - ’4-cviUitJ Uieavowing any phlljto-
»I. c. M'FADDKN,
G» , n IV.«* Agent *\. R. A- A. R. R..
XJeil TUon* 4»»i, Atlanta. Georgia.
MI88 VIVIA OGDEN.
At Mis' Haty in “Mr*. Wiggs of th* Cabbage Patch," Mitts Odg*n ha*
M«d* • Distinct Hit
Two of the tenant* disguise them- j
selves a* the Janitor—one to escap# ft
detective placed on hi* track by hla
Jealous wife—the other that he may;
make love to his sweetheart without,
detection, Mrs. Ray plays the part of|
a strong-minded. Jealous wife, an Ideal,
role for the expbdtatlon of her talent*,/
Tim fun growing out of (he many?
complication* caused by the various,
disguise* is practically continuous attd!
should prove vastly diverting. The.
Rays have surrounded themselves with!
a very capable company, w htch In- f
elude*: Pan Coleman. Ford Sterling,
Hum Goldman. Louis Powers. Toni J,
Leo. Jack Claimne, Will Llewellyn,
Harry A. Coombs. Julia Haeeney, Jes
sie Chapman. Gertrude Pavla and many
others.
Particular stress Is laid on-the state
ment that the chorus Is imrtlrulndy
youthful, attractive and blessed wl»h
tuneful vofe'-s. The musical mini barn
are alt new and several were computed
cspcilaltv for till* piece.
The engagement I* for one week, with
matinees on Tuesday, Thursday aud
Hat ut day. •*,
DON’T U8E POOR OIL.
For use on sewing machines, htey-
•* and Hi! purposes requiring a flna
lubricant, tie* liest Is cheapest In thft't
.... I •' fS*....t.... uth«..s .ST ItA-r
n • lift g
end. * .Genuine singer «dl iSan
obtained at Singer stores.
T,onk for the letter H.
W4 Wliltuhall street, telephone Bell
isa.n; 4*4 Peeatur street, telephono
Itell 5173. 762 Marietta street; tele*
phone Bell 580. % '
ATLANTA CAPITALISTS
BUY WAYNESBORO BOND^k
K pee In I ta The iteorgla*.
Waynesboro, Ga, Feb. 2.—Til#*’
Aterwork*. sewerage and elfctrto
light bond*, amounting to $60,h80. weft.
»ld to the Robinmn-llumphr«y Com*
pony, of Atlanta, for nearly U3. The
city assumed - hnrgv of the clwtrlft
light piaut today's , ——» . ■