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i , tlfiJ A 1 LiAJN JL A ORAmO-LillY. 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*. iff ANNOUNCEMENT. Wc wUtfTTn ttiang”our many"frtenttr and the general public who have so generously patronised us at our old stand. 61 Peachtree street. We now extend a most cordial Invitation to visit us at our new store, 75 Peachtree strfet. where we have more room and many Improvements added. We will strive harder thart over to offer optical service which few glass wearers have enjoyed. Our entire time given to optics. No side lines. The only ex clusive manufacturing retail optical .house in Atlanta. WALTER BALLARD A. CO. A NEW TRAIN To Jacksonville, Fla., via SOUTHERN RAILWAY, leaves Atlanta 8:30 p. in., arrives Jacksonville 7:30 a. m., connecting with all lines diverging from Jacksonville. »■ > »-* i ■ * f. v . Bn #■ 0 *7 ft*- * m V 4* V 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 m 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 , ——» . ■