Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, April 13, 1907, Image 12
SATT*It 1»AV. APISH. \?
Closes in Five
Weeks—Casino
Opens.
CIRCUIT SEASON
THING OF THE PAST
Review Shows Many Plays,
Good, Bad and In
different.
When the lout curtain fall* at the
final* of “The Gingerbread Man" at
the Orand next Monday night. It will
remain down and the leading play
houae of Atlanta will be dark with the
exception of a few lecturee and ama
teur affaire, until a lunntr etoclc com
pany open* late In May. |
At the Bijou live more week* of pop
ular priced play* are promUed, and
many who have been exclualv* patron*
of the Orand will turn toward the Ma
rietta atreet theater for their nightly
amusement. The Bijou eeaaon cloae*
on May II, and on May 20 the Caalno
at Ponce Det-eon will begin Ita round
of rammer attraction*.
At the Orand, the JCdgar Fawcett
Stock Company will play a summer en
gagement, opening on May 27 and con
tinuing Indefinitely. If the company
haa the patronage which haa been ac
corded It In other cltlee. Its run will
extend probably throughout the sum
mer.
The season at the Orand has been
marked by a few extraordinarily good
attractions, and It has had few which
have been very bad. There haa been
some bright comedy, a few serious
dramas, and unusually faw really good
muaical comedies. It Is hard to say
whether the season has been better or
worse than those of the past few
yesrs. Perhaps the year might be
credited with a good average.
U'hat has been the best offering
the season? That Is a question wh
many are debating, and the answer
must depend largely upon the Individ
ual views of the theatergoers. In the
writer’s opinion, the best drama of the
aeason came close to the cloee, Mrs.
lteslle Carter's great "Du Barry," a
masterpiece of Belasco's pen, presented
by a put mistress of emotional acting.
In the short list of comic operas. Fritxl
HchcfTs "M’lle Modiste" lingers best In
the memory. Among the few muaical
offering* of a higher order. Emma
Raines and Mine, flembrlch shine side
by side. Of musical comedies, ns dis
tinguished from comic opera, there la
little choir#, there having boon a sin
gular dearth of catchy music and a lack
nt humor which makes one wonder
what haa become of the funmokera of
otber days. The beat of thoaa which
vtailed Atlanta were aucceaaas of post
seasons and not creations of the year.
Perhaps “The Girl and the Governor,"
•The Ham Tree," "The Man from
Now" and "Forty-live Mlnulea from
Broadway" pleased the greatest num-
ber.
The aeason haa been marked by the
appearance of comparatively few great
stars of the theatrical firmament, quite
a number of well-known players came
South this season, however, msny mak
ing their first tour In Dixie. Among
the leaders of the three-sheet bills
were Annie Russell, whose “Puck" was
a dream of beauty; William Faversham
In "The Squaw Man;" John Draw, Otla
Hklnner, Dustin Farnum, whoa* “Vir
ginian" was ona of tha most pleasing
S ays of tha aeuon; Olga Netharaole.
obert Edsson, Robert Do rains, who
awoke discussion In a Bernard Shaw
satire, and William Crane, who headed
a capable company of English players.
Nat C. Goodwin and Miss Maxlna El
liott. his beautiful wife, appeared sep
arately during the aeuon. Lillian Rus
sell drew crowds to see the one-time
favorite of the front row*. Blench*
Walsh appenred twice during the eea
aon. The three son* of the Immortal
Joseph Jefferson made their appearance
nt different times. But there are many
names famous on Broadway who never
ventured Into Dixie.
"The Gingerbread Men."
"The Gingerbread Man,” which will
be teen at the Orand Monday after
noon and evening. Is the only one of all
tha big musical ektravagansaa en tour
that carries Itvs established comedian*,
Ilk* Ben Grlnnell, who wee the princi
pal comedian at the New Tork Hippo
drome; Roe* Snow, who was the origi
nal Fairy Queen In the notable produc.
tloa of “Jack and the Bean Stalk;".Ed
die Radway, who starred In "Smiling
Island;" W. H. Mack, who starred for
a number of eeaeon* under his own
management In farce comedies, and
Will Donnelly, the latter one of the few
comedlane on the stage today who poe-
sesiee a tenor voice of quality.
It I* to the effort* of this quintet of
laugh-producers that the greet meed
of success achieved by "The Ginger
bread Man” Is due. Just as surely a*
the drama with "one pari" Is on the
wane, no surely la the musical comedy
, with a single comedian a thing of the
past.
Than ara very few Individuals on
the stage today who can amuse an au
dience for two hours and a half. The
play-going public la moved by a desire
for entertainment nowaday*, and not,
by a curiosity to see some particular
“star." This haa been proven over and
over again during the past faw seasons
by the avalanche of “name" failure*.
The attractions liberally patronised by
the public today are not thoee which
exploit a single fuotllght personage,
but those which appeal on the ground
of genuine merit. ;
The Gingerbread Man." With Hat
big roster of comedians and Mngera, |
possesses the strongest all-around cast j
that has left New York this season.'
for In addition to Messrs. Grlnnell. 1
know. Redway, Mack and Donnelly, It I
■ ontaina Homer Lind, the baritone. who|
s "aeon before last sang with the
Harage English Opera Company; Grace
Belmont, who was prims donna with
«»» pi mi a nt* uiiiKriumu jiiiii i
carries an ensemble of slxty-ffve girls,
who have been clirlstened "The Ainerl
ran Beauty Chorus."
“Bertha, tha Sewing Machine Girl."
An unusually pretending offering at
tha Bijou next week Is the new A. II.
Woode big production. "Bertha, the
Hewing Machine Girl," which haa
scored a great success wherever ap
pearing (bla season. The piny contains
four act* and twelve scenes, and the
etory Is laid In New York city. Among
the great scenes are: The Grand Cen
tral station. Central Park, the Lower
East Side tenement quarter, the
"Sweat Shop," the race between a mo
tor boat and automobile, the engine
house of company No. 12, the burning
tenement house, the Bertlllon room Ih
tha Tombs prison and the famous Es
sex street police court. The piny will
be acted by a very competent com
pany. with Miss Edith Browning, a
talented young emotional actress. In
the title role. Other well-known play
er* In the cast are: James Grady, Har-
3 ' Forest, Willi* Kobnrds, Frank P.
even, Addis Bt. Alva, Margaret
Brownlee and Leona Frances.
Ssmos In Pioture,
The coming of Dr. Edward Burton
McDowell to the Grand next Thurs
day night will be pleasing end Inter
esting to the members and patrons of
the Atlanta Lecture Association. Dr.
McDowell’s visit last April, when he
presented his lecture on “Panama In
Picture and Proa*," I* still discussed
In connection with this timely topic.
He comes this year with a new lecture,
which flret gave hint hla reputation on
the American platform, and Is regarded
as his beat effort. "Samoa, the Tropi
cal Paradise of tbe South Pacific," Is
hi* subject, which Is the story of a
summer cruise. Illustrated by original
motion pictures and copyrighted pho
tographic slides, colored by a master
hand.
Ah the result of hi* extended wander
ings In the Samoan, FiJInn and Ha
waiian groups. Dr. McDowell, with an
eaulpment of three cameras, secured
forty motion pictures and more than
1,01)11 negatives of still subjects. This
enterprising traveler has the undis
puted right to say that hi* motion pic
ture camera whs the first to be op
erated In either the Samoan or FIJI
tslande; and that hie moving pictures
of savage life and customs In these
remote lands are today the ohly ones
In existence.
Pictures at Amuse U.
A trio of the best Mat* ever offered la
Atlsate Is irhst Is promised nt the luiuse
II on the Viaduct place for Monday and
Tuesday, When "Love’a Thermometer." *'A
NOTE: Out out this advertisement, marking your choice of seats, and mail or call, with remittance, on W. 0. Humphries, 519 Empire building, Atlanta. As sev.
eral applicants may want the same seat, purchasers are asked to specify their second choice. The sale of season tickets, at $3, $4 and $5 for four performances, or
an average of 76 cents, $1 and $1.25 a seat for each performance, is open how. The sale of single seats, at an advanced price, will be .open May 22. Prices for
tho boxes will be given on appli cation. A prospectus, giving fuller information, and a souvenir card, will be mailed to those who desire them.
Will be the l>lli. The erst picture wilt show
au April bridal rouble spooning In the
perk. Au they are affectionate, n thermom
eter near liy runs the mercury up the
tube, but when they quarrel and grow emit
It dropa Mlow.freeling. "A Venetian Trag
edy” la an Italian play. It depicts love In
trigue snd murder. "Cserarte of Fire" Is
s tire works display caught by a color
camera. It ahewi all aorta of beautiful
designs In Are, smt In one of thn most strik
ing films eysr seen in the SuntU.
At the Twin Theater.
I* the north side thsster of the Twin
Theater on Whitehall street, the hill for
Monthly end Tuesday wtll Include "The
Electric- llelt". nud "A Furious Dream."
Th* first shows the wonderful things that
nan happen to a cost when gslvsolaed by
a sserstsd electric belt. The next. "A fu
rious Dream," la uven funnier than the
"Dream of tbs Itsreblt Fiend." In this
dream. Ih* lod upon which the victim I*
asleep goes through more gyrations than
any trick la tke far famed "Dcvll’a Auc-
tloa" la the south stile theater, "tho
Wrestler and the Itnll," a Scene from old
Mexico, will be tbe first picture play ahowu.
"Moclsllsm to Nthlllaui" Is the name of tho
second picture piny. It ahowa beautiful
scene* from Russia and tells the tsle
of n lltieslnn whose wife Is killed by the
t'nassehs, and how the buabaml tarns SI-
htlllt for revenge and blows up
enter general’s JWlac*. "A 11 . .
Ilushsnd" Is a farcical short piece wbl
Is sure to please.
Sat
■Melt
The third week ofvsmievillV in the Pas
time l’alaea theater will t>* Inaugurated on
Monday afternoon, beginning promptly nt
o'clock, and running rontlnuouily until
6 o'clock. The second continuous program
BDDIg BEDWAY ANP H18 SIGHT CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS IN “THE GINGERBREAD MAN.**
will start «t 7 o’clock, and continue until
11 o'clock.
The writ-known mudrrll* trim of BmltU
.... -—tkctrh- nrtlstH, with
clever cion
for the third
nud Oiinphell, cuturdr »kctr
tliftlr llfninln* l*u*u« mid
dnnduf,. will head the hill
work.
*MImH
ftditlmen
While has A number of new
■L. itnl offcrlnK* iumI tenutlful pic
tnrre for her third week At the Unutlmr
luring tbe present work tins a
>« au eiit#rtiUn«r of Ability.
"KulltftlDf Hroril!!*” I» fhn
ArdcAl skit Which will bring
iitire coutpApy for A flush* A ft*
a rcpntallou ground
circuit A.
Isowl* Holden hAA nn entirely changed
monologue for jipxt week, and will preiteiit
It. IIIn work ad n Hebrew Impcfiionntor
during the present week, baa stamped lilm
id title of the
J t together the
tdr each aeries
of arts has Ikh*i» presented.
The mMiiAgi*m«nt has almost completed
the 111 (••ration* which go to make the run
time j'ntncc ttenter nttrnctfve, r *
week will proluthly aee the last
pnlntera, plumtwrs and workmen About the
building. A number of Itnprovemrnta are
being noted on the first floor, where Is lo
cated I'eiiny Wonderland and Its myriad of
Attractions. Jt will Ik* open to tho public.
8t. Nicholas Auditorium.
"Kioto," the Japanese skating Juggler,
will take tin* place of John F. i>avid»V>.
the champion high Jump skater of tm*
world, ns the vnudcvlllc attraction a*, the
Ht. Nicholas amlltnrlnin. nt Ponce Hefseon
park, after Hntimlay night. Tonight Is the
Inst chance to mm* Dnvldhon In Ills daring
dart through the nlr.
The nfatiageincnt of this, the largest
skating rlitk In tbe South, has engaged
"Kltiso" to perform In the auditorium each
evening from 0:16 to h:45 o'clock, nnd on
Tuesday. Thursday and Baturday nfternootfi
nt the matinee from 4 to 4:80 o'clock.
"Kluto" la one of the most expert Jug.
glcrs In the Flowery Kingdom to begin
with, nnd to his Kaxtern art of Jugglery no
tins folded the mastery of the Western
pnxilmc of skating until he has become u
master of both.
| SINGERS OF RENOWN TO MAKE
•FESTIVAL AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS
Chorus of Two Hundred Voices and Great
Orchestra of Fifty Pieces Engaged
, By Director Browne.
Thomas Evans Greene.
Baritones—-Signor Gutsseppe Cam-
panarl, Mr. Claude Cunningham
Violin—Mr. Otto Oik.
Cello—Mr. Julius Sturm.
Accompanist—Mr. Joseph Hobson
Cralghlll.
Organist—Mr. William E. Arnsml.
Director of Children’s Chorus—.Mr.
B C. Davis.
Conductor—Dr. J. Lewis Browne.
Following le the program for the four
performances:
Festival Program.
. /
May 29, 8:15 p. m.
Scenes from "Olaf Tragvnsnnn
(Grieg), for eoli, chorus and orchestra.
Soloists: Mme. Schumann-Helnk,
Mme. Dell Kendnll-Werthncr. Mr.
Claude Cunningham. Also, Griegs
“Land Sighting, for men’s chorus mol
orchestra, with baritone obligate (Mr.
Cunningham). In addition, solo num
bers by Mme. Schumann-Helnk. Mine.
Kendall-Werthner and Mr. Cunning-
ham, nnd Important Items by the grand
orchestra.
- Night of May 30. 8:15.
La Corsicana" (opera In one act,
by J. Lewis Browns), for soil, chorus
and orehestra.
The God and the Maid" (Von
Flelltx), for soli, chorus and orchestra.
Soloists: Mme. Charlotte Maconda.
Miss Amanda Murdock Maull. Mr.
Thomas Greene, Signor Giuseppe Cam-
panari. This concert (opera night)
will close with tho final sextette (with
chorus) from Gounod's "The Queen of
Sheba.”
ay 31, (Night, 8)16.)
obn's "Lobgesang." (“Hyn
DR. EDWARD B. McDOWELL.
Whose Illustrated lecture'on Samoa
Is attracting attention.
As the month
of sknil!
' ly III
I Its t _
and entrancing music.
pastime of skating Is Increasingly stronger,
sud blghtly tbe big rink at l’onee lie.
I.r,m, with Its thousands of etli
level floor
‘ansa
The May-June Music Festival, which
will open In the latter part of May and
continue through tha first of June, will
Inaugurate an experiment unique In
the South—muelc. of the first ordsr at
popular prices. Dr. J. Lewi* Browne,
the festival's director, and Incldehtalty
one of the four Judge* who will past an
music at the Jdmastown Exposition,
will present artists like Madame Schu-
mnnn-Hclnk. Campanarl nnd Bessie
Abbott, all of the Metropolitan opera
house In New York, with eight olhar
artists, a chorus of 200, and an orches
tra of over fifty pieces, twenty-six of
which have been selected from the Cin
cinnati Symphony Orchestra, at prices
of to, II and to for the season of four
performances, or at 75 cents, tl and
throughout th»||l.25 a sent for egch performance. In
addition, there will be a chorus of 400
children selected from the public
schoole of Atlanta, with Professor B, C.
Davie a* director.
Madame Schumann-Helnk and Cam
panarl, the latter one Of the moat dia
Unfinished baritones In grand opera,
are well known In Atlanta. Miss Ah
bott has never appeared here. It may
be Interesting to know that she Is a
granddaughter of former Governor An
drew Pickens, of South Carolina, and
later ambassador to Russia. She, Is
one of a group of American singers
Ilk* Fames and Nordlca, who are Amer
ican born. The following Is a com
plete list of the artists:
Sopranos—Miss Bessie Abbott, Ma
dame Charlotte Maconda and Madame
Dell Kendall-Werthner.
Contraltos — Madame Schumann-
Helnk, Miss Amanda Murdock Maull.
Tenors—Mr. George Hamlin, Mr.
SUNDAY EXCPR8I0N TRAINS
WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
Special to The Georgian.
Lynchburg. Va., April IS.—At a con
ference here between representative! of,
the Norfolk and Western, Chesapeake!
and Ohio and Southern railway with
an Inter-denonilnatlooal church com
mission. the railway people agreed to
the discontinuance of Sunday excur
sion rates In the future.
GLYNN COUNTY TO VOtI
ON COURT HOUSE BONOS.
Bp<*i*UI to TN tloorglAtt.
Brunswick. Ga., April IS.—On April
18 the v rttlxenft «»f Olynn county will
have un opportunity to vote on the
propoHftfon to iaaue 175,000 worth of
county bnnilf*. Fifty thousand dollars
will he required to complete the new
court house and about twenty thousand
dollar* for the new Jail.
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of Praise”), a symphony—cantata for
ill, chorus and orchestra.
Soloists: Mine. Dell Kendall-Werth
ner, Mlse Amanda Murdock Maull. Mr.
George, Hamlin, Miss Bessie Abbott,
prims donna soprano, from the Metro
politan Opera House, New Tork, will
appear at the concert In an operatic
aria, a group of songs, and sing the
solo part In Gounod’s "Gallia." a mo-
tette for chorus nnd orchestra with so
prano obligato. Additional features
will be fugitive eolos by Mr. Hamlin,
nnd Mendelssohn's violin concerto by
Sir. Oik.
Afternoon of June 1, 3 o'clock.
A Gala Day-time Program.
Mme. Dell Kendall-Werthner, Signor
Giuseppe Campanarl and Mr. Julius
Sturm, soloists; a chorus of four hun
dred children from the public sahnols,
under the direction of Mr. B. C. Davis,
and the orchestra In a "popular" list.
Besides hit regular chorus of 20ft se
lected from local talent. Dr. Browne
has decided to add a limited number <>f
more than local significance. As to
the seats, 1,415 will be sold at 75 rents
each; 1,035 at 31, nnd 1,0#* at 11.25.
Single seats will be placed on sale May
32, and of course, a alight advance will
be charged.
Those Who would like further details
of the festival, au contained In a pros
pectus, would do well to write Dr.
Browne at 510 Empire building. Sea
son tickets are now on sale at that
address. .
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