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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
e ATI'It DAY. NOVEMBER ISW.
A WEEK’S OFFERINGS AT LOCAL PLAYHOUSES
MAUDE ADAMS—HER CAREER;
HOW SHE WON HER WAY
BY WORK AND GENIUS
She Is Best Beloved
Actress on Sta^e
Today.
“-Do you fojfor* In filrl**?’’
Tbzt la the qiiMtlnn whFh Maud# Adams
asks .la •‘Peter Pan.*’ And whether or not
the great American theater public believe*
In fnlrlM, It la certain that every one be
lieve* in Maude Adama—believe* that »ho
1* tin .*4t of all In stageland.
It fa .v*mdetfui, thin adoration of Maude
Adani*. Thoae a ho have never srou her
think* of h«r a* the one actress whom never
to *ce menus something always lacking, as
the generation of today (eel* that It can
-never be repaid for not knowing the Ilooths
and their contemporaries. Thoae who have
•eeo tier can hardly express their admira
tion in mere words. She l* something apart
from the rest. There I* only one Maude
Adams and there will never be nnother.
The coming of Maude Adama In "Peter
Pan" menna a great deal to Atlanta theater-
goers. Hhe- has played the role for aevemt
Mouth for the second time—and never to sec
her ns "Peter Pan" would lie ji misfortune
which could never he outgrown or forgot
ten. v But she la coming at last, and those
who \ell ua how they went to New York
sud bought ticket* three weeks abend mid
waited longer than they intended Just to
see Maude Adams, and "Hut. oh. It .....
M«*rth It," can not talk patronizingly to us
any more.. For next week we. too, sbnll
sea "Peter Pan," nud nothing shall be lert
to long for.
Her Wonderful Babble,
jffclotta, wonderful. Here Hubble, the
little •girl of the Scotch hills, will never be
forgotten. Her Peter Pnn la *flld by all
WILL CLOSE WEEK
“Divorcons” Friday and
Saturday Matinee and New
Play Saturday Night.
It Is roru for a star to surround herself
with such an exceptionally able company ns
la this season supporting draco (Jeorge, who
comes to the Grand Friday and Saturday nf
next week for thrive perfornumces. Prank
Worthing, who has undoubtedly appeared
with more stars tbnn any other lending
runn on the stage today, is agnln this season
itti Miss George, lie Is pleasantly cast
Douglas Gerrard, nn netor of
prominence la Loudon, has been specially
engaged f« enact the role of the foolish
young lover, Adlieiunr. A master of eliurue-
ter neting. Mux Freeman, Is cast for the
role of J^isepfi. the a musing bead waiter
at the t’afe Grand Yatal. t'nnrles Stanley,
who was long Identified with comic opera.
Is seen In the role of the French police of
ficer. and I* r~“ * -• ** “ r *
Fielding, at one time Olga Nethersoln's lend
Ing man. who played with her III "Hnpho"
more than 400 nights, Is also numbered in
Miss George's support. Until Henson, nil
English netress, who tor the past few years
tins been itppenrliig In this country, lias the
role of the young widow. Mine, do llrloime,
while Justine rutting Is the Mile, de Lust-
gnu. Lnurn Leuimers. a youug actress of
great promise. Is the .fosephu, and the other
members of the company are likewise hap
pily east. •‘DIvoiVoiin." with Miss George,
greatly pleased both New York mid London,
nud the piece Is said to be the best effort
of the French playwright Kardmi. The com
edy Is bright and the story Is amusingly
fold of the change frhm tnc wife seeking to
leave her husband for another by the easy
road of n new divorce law to tin* woman
who cornea to realise that her husband hud
virtues that attracted her.
on Kittirdny night Miss George und her
company will present "Sylvia of the Let-
. ters," a new play by Jerome K. Jerome.
'The Little which will be given Its first public perform
given *un. even for it new delight. But
•Tster ran" has auerceded even na did
"The Little Minister." and If success Is a
true measure the new role must be us won
derful as the old.
It la strange bow closely the playwright
and the player have remained together
through the years since Mamie Adams' first
great • success. In Mr. Barrie's work Miss
Adama has found the characters which suit
her bast. Hardly n success but has come
from Ida pen. First. It was "The Little
Mtnkrter, In Which she starred flrat. Then ~ - —• -■
It was "Quality Street;" then a little play I rehearsing the play
or two which were delightful enough In
their way but not really big; then "Peter
l'nu," the faiitsste which Mr. Barrie has
creates! so delicately, the story of the "Iwy
who w'onldnM grow up/ a fanciful play,
full of children ami children’s dreams,
which has brought the little actress even
more fame than did her marvelous Unhide,
and which she reluctantly will lay aside
when her present season la ended. For
Miss Adams tins promised herself a rest.
A Baby Aotreaa.
Maude Adams* life hns been an Interest
ing oue. Hhe comes of a family of players,
and her first appearance was when she was
y months old to a day. Her name was not
featured In bold headline* on the bill and
her appearance was only due to the fact
that her rival wna busily eugaged In cut;
ting m tooth. The piece was "The Lost
rmkL" and Mrs. Aunt* Adams kUeadden,
thn mother of Maude, wns playing a stock
engagement In Halt laikc City. Little
MuuJlo os she wns afterward known, made
her initial appearance on nn Immense chlmi
. platter.
That was thirty-five j ... , r
. that time "Little Manilla” grown Into
Mamie Adams. Charles Frohman* most
highly-prised star. Nearly all of her life
baa boon spent on the stage, and she has
•tapped from one role Into another, always
wlunltig new laurels nud Incidentally In
creasing her fortune.
When the child actress outgrew her parts,
she was sent olf to school, where she spent
four or five years. Hut the old love of
thn theater came Imck to her. and she beg
ged her mother that she might return to
stageland. Back to the atage abe< came,
ana a hard struggle ensued. The theater
waa pot profits Me In the West, and there
Mere serertl years of poverty. Then tho
first engagement in the East was found,
nud mother and daughter l**gan "l he Pay*
maater" In New York. Maude Adama se
cured several small parts in Rot hern a
company, and then cams an engagement In
llayt’a *"A Midnight Bell." This marked
the turning point in Maude Adams' life.
In thfr she was •’discovered."
FharJes F rob in an engaged. Mis* Adams,
agsInst the advice of experienced friends,
and placed her In his stock company. In
"The Lost Paradise" she found her first
opportunity. Then the announcement came
that John Drew had forsaken the Dalys and
Mould no longer moke nightly love to Ada
Hehan.* When he went to the Frohtnan
ranks—this was before the days of the syn
dicate—It wan rumored that Maude Adams
would be bla supporting woman. The un-
nouncement was hardly believed, but It waa
neverfheloaa a fact. John Drew and Maude
Adams appeared together In "The Masked
Hail/’, nud while Mr. Drew made n success,
the honors of the piny fell to Msude Adstna.
She hud one scene which lifted her Into
fame lu.n night.
After that It wns easy sailing. "The
Baubla Shop" gave the young actress a new
opportunity, nnd "That Imprudent Young
trouble, though a failure In itaelf, wns
nnother stepping stone. "Christopher Jr.
waa the next experiment, and then came
"The Nqnlrc and the Datuea" and the l»eau*
Iful "Iloseinary."
In 8weot “Rosamiry."
In "Rosemary,” MU* Adam* found her
self. The *w*et freshness of Dorothy, fit
ted her exquisitely, and the dainty lovo
story was a* if written for her. Hut even
her auceea* In this wa* na nothing, com-
Jerome will come from ’London to nee Its
first presentation hero, »* will Mnnnger
Brndy. of New York. If the piny proves
successful It will Is* withdrawn for ii time
and given Its second production In Loudon
next season, with MInn George at the head
of the company.
Charles Frohman decided that Maude Ad-
uma must "star.” Mr. Barrie, whose last
novel was then .at the height of;lts fame,
was In New York on n short visit. Ihe
play waa written and Babble was, created.
-To apeak of her success in 'The Little
Minister" Mould Ik* to tell an old story. The
Season at the Empire in New York was bnt
tke beginning. Everywhere swept "The
Mttfe Minister" and Mlsa Adams made a
long, tour of the country, other companies
wltii other stars were sent out and Atlanta
was lucky enough to have a visit from Ade
laide Thurston, whose Babble was In Itself
s revelation of the t»eaut!e* of the jrnl*.
And then, at last. Maude Adams catue her-
m*If, and her portrayal made us realise that
all the rest had been but imitations, that
there could never Ik* but one Babble, one
Maude Adams
Her Great Success.
J 'fce tuceeas of "The Little Minister" r»»
tel In Mr. Frohman’* determination to
give Miss Adams « new opportunity nud
"Romeo and Juliet" was produced, with
tvlUlam Faversham as Romeo an«l James
lC If a eke tt as Mereutto, giving Mlsa Ad
ame the support of two of the greatest ro
mantic actors In the country. It era* a
success of course. Anything In which
Maude Adams appeared would have packed
booses night after night, but crltlca agreed
that she added few new glories to Hhakes-
peare's heroine. Hbe made Juliet a girlish r
little creature, but In thl* she did the wis
est thing. Khe realised her Inability to por
tray the Juliet of tradition and she made
her Ju»t a sweet little girl.
Then earns "L'Alglon," Rostand a great
drama, and ss the lw* A* ft*l*hatadt Ml»»
Adams showed her real greatness. Khe wa*
never loved so ranch as In Babble s Scotch
plaid, but In L'Alglon she attempted the
greatest task of her life and carried It to
^After* her season in •'L’Alglon,*' Ml** I
Adam* took up another of Barrie a play*.
"Quality Htreet," but It,ran for but a
season, and. abe returned to "The Mttle
Minister" for atline. when the^revival of
the favorite proved at successful n* th*
original season. Then followed several I
shorter runs In a play or two of Mr. Bar- (
rte’s which failed to appeal to the ntf-1
dlences. though the fame of Miss Admit*
was socb that the popular disapproval of,
her vehicles win never shown In the box*
office receipts. But at last came 'Tatar
MISS MAUDE ADAMS AS PETER PAN.
Fan" two year* ago, and lu I hi* Ml**
Adama Is wild to have found a role even
more suited to her wonderful pcrHonnllty
than Bubble. Bnt she will count to iin
Monday night for a n.ii.v of four day*,
nnd we ahull ace for ourselves. And "we"
iiienii* everybody In Atlnntn who love* all
that Is lM»*t nnd jmr.Vt In the thenter;
Who loves it .beautiful piny beautifully pre-
sented, ns he doe* u great book blind-
Homely bound. In the coming of Maude
Ad»in* Atlanta ha* the groatest event of
Its theatrical season.
Comas in 'Tatar Pin.”
Maude Adam*’ local appearance In the
role of "Peter Pan." now fainou* through
out the country, xvlll tuko place nt the 1
Grand Monday. November 4, for four night*
nnd n Wednesday matinee. It will be Mia*
Adama' find visit to this city In three
yenra. This *en*ou and last "Peter Pali*
was acted at the Empire Thehter
career of "The Little Mlnlater." The suc
cess of "Peter Pan" In New York, In fact,
.attained tho proportion of n triumph. The
attendance upon ft wn* so great ns eventu
ally to compel the cancellation of nil cu
rly to need further Introduction. It
lias hern praised In the prose slid poetry
of many eminent writers. It has hern per
formed befof* all clnsse* of Engll*h-s|H*nk
Ing theatergoers In Euglninl and America
It la universal In It* appeal.
The moat Ulnae find delight In the novelty
of ft* Idea; tlie young lire fnaelimted l».\
the fancy nnd Uaauty of It* ntory; the ohi
coutc nway from Its performanre glad with
memories of thslr childhood. "Peter Pun’
I* the sort of play, however, that takes hold
of different person* for widely different ran-
sons. It would take about n* long to cata
logue all these reasons a* to tell why .
Mnude Adams ta the moat beloved of Ameri
can actresses. The qiislntiicss and whim
slcallty of Its humor were the quail lie*
the homeliness of Its truths. "Peter Pnn"
Is Just that—a plea nnder n new guise for
the old, homely. Incontrovertible truths of
life. A man la as old na be foci*. The
merriest of companions Is he who never
grows old. Greater than the gathering of
riches, than personal advancement or the
esteem of one's friend, n* the boy Pail
thinks, la the sound mind In the sound
body. Mr. Barrie hns not written dowii to
the level of n child’* understanding, hut
he has acquired the wonderful knnek of
looking on life with a healthful, optimist^*
vision of youth. "Peter Pan" la the boy
who would not grow up. Jame* 51. Barrie
t* the mind that will not grow* old. On
the surfnee of "Peter Pair* ta for the
child n dream while lu Fairyland, a sudden
realisation of tlie actual existence of fairies,
pirates nnd all the other dentxen* peopling
the unseen world of his little imagination.
But to the parent who alt* beside the child
come* tho deeper message of the play—the
fluent outlook upon life is by that mind
Which neither weara out nor rust* out. but
retain* It* ctenml youth. The happiest of
mortal* i* be. who never grows old spirit
ually, grow, be ever so old physically..
ORPHEUM TO OFFER
A SPLENDID BILL
ALL NEXT WEEK
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Rapid Transformation Art
ists and Bessie Brown
ing Coming.
YOUNG BUFFALO.
Ho will be seen at the Bijou ull
next week.
Nnzimovn As Ibsen's Hilda.
Commenting '»n Mme. Naxlmova'i
performance «*f the part of Hilda In
Ibsen's plity, "The Maater Builder," the
Theater Magazine for November nays:
"A« Hilda Wan gel. Mme. Alla Nazl-
mova adds another triumph to her rec
ord since adopting the English-speak
ing stage. Here 1h a wonderful charac
terization ns complete.- rounded and
polished u* a diamond on leaving the
cutter’s expert'hand*. It Is an Inspira
tion for the younger nctresse* of todny
to noto the marvelous resourcefulness
of this gifted player’s comprehensive
art. There Is not a dull moment In It.
The vuriety of expression, vocal nnd
facial, Is little short of wonderful. The
detail Is perfect, and the methods of
expression Ulumlnutlve to the highest
A SCENE FROM "DIVORCONS," AT THE GRAND.
Do yen remember the inarveloualy rapid
tmusJornmtlmi lu 8teven*on’a novel,* "Dr.
I ok y II. and Mr. Hyde," how Dr. Jek.vll
suddenly changed before one’s eye* to nn
entirely different character? Well, Norton
nud Russell, who will In* it fenture nt the
irpheum next week, are said to do nonie
lightning change* (lint would make Dr.
Jcfeyll seeiu alow. They change from one
eoxitmto a ml ’make-up to nnother, chnnglng
:he whole character, so rapidly thnt It
teem* Impossible. The net I* n novel one
.ii ilie South, nnd should prove n lilt.
Prcttv Bessie Browning is coming, too.
i'hose who saw her In "Simple Minion Him*
ide ’ at the Grand last nranoti will remember
that she wa* the one bright stnr of that
.other weak production, and will be pleased
to see her In her new field. She Will give
Imitations of some wejl known actresses,
tinoug them being Ml** 5lnude Adam*, who
will I..* placing In Atlnntn nt the noine
time, Ultra offering an opportunity for com
parison "f original ami Imitation.
Dunn and Francis.' In n new character
coinedv sketch, will In* one of the foitturrd
numbers, a* will the Hank* nud ltruxenle
doo, tun pretty girl* who offer n refined
musical net.
Kurils and flu****. with their trained toy
terrier*, and especially Bunch, tho "talk'
ing dog." will be nn net to please the ebll
dreii especially. Bunch I* said to be the
greatest dog on the stage. Harry nud Wol
ford, the eccentric comedy couple: tlie Zar-
rill Brother*. European equilibrists, nnd
Ihe motion picture* with new scene* will
close tlie bill. It promise* t‘» Ih» one of the
best of the season.
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O SOUTH SIDE. ' O
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YOUNG BUFFALO,
A REAL THRILLER,
COMESJO BIJOU
King of the West and Band
of Indians in Blaney
Melodrama.
Following up the splendid program
presented nt the South Side Thou ter.
41 East Hunter street, thin wee*, tho
management proinlaen for next week n
bill whl.-h will eclipse ull former of
ferings mid' Is sure to please nnd de
light. N.»w thnt the winter months
me coming on. when tliooe In seutvh
of amusement turn t»> plnj* houses, thl*
theater, located on the nouth side-.and
so rear the heart of that section of
the city, i.s sure to prove a Mecca for
hundreds. The best nets of the East
are being brought South and put on at
thl* play house to please the patron*
king there dally.
'.» begin the bill, then* Is offered
Russell and Davis, the great comedy
pair. In their laughing success, "The
Substitute." This Is a society playlet
nnd Is humor in the 400. Following
this plnjlet comes .Miss Mamie Dusli-
an. the celebrated soft shoe dancer,
whose spit it and shadow, dances have
never failed jo please. In addition she
Is doing a singing act. and her strong
sweet voice Is shown off to en advan
tage when she warbles "That’s Where
My Money Goes.”
The Tjifr irlo. In ' The Xe»v Inven- ^vuiTonTy Vneeded'to convince^
M°n. a playlet In which there abound* The , 0 n 0 wlng If the bill:
a cooro rtf .t.tmctrll* will lut . . n t- I. iL.Iu
Cbtrleg E. Blnncy’s tnelodramatie nov
elty, the sensttloual. thrilling Western
drotnn, "Yonng Buffalo, King of the Wild
West," come* to the- Bijou next week,
nnd will dualities* be accorded the *nrae
enfhiislnffffc reception by audience* of im
mense proportion* a* on Its former visit
here. It- I* whnt mint be termed an ex
cellent offering, being presented by a cotn-
pnny of good players, headed by the young
plainsman. Young Buffalo, nud mounted In
n manner which must-appear lavish to the
populnr-prlce theatergoing contingent. Mr.
IHaney, knowing full well the great demand
for play* of thl* stamp, went the limit
In producing "The King of the Wild West."
nud the results obtained have rewarded hi*
effort. Tho pluy abound* with thrilling sit
uation* and sensattoual climaxes. It tells
fascinating story of frontier life In
nlng camp, < * —* -* x ‘
..iieay and a i
Young BnffaL. ,.
I* hu actor of ability, possesslng Inborn tal
ent for the display of heroics, so much
admired by those who delight In an evening
of melodrama. He Is nupported • by au ex
cellent company of players, chief among
them being Caroline May, Ruby Krwood,
Mnggle Meredith. Eugene LeKue, Antoine
Provost. William C. Dodges, (}. H. Gordon,
Tom WIIUs. Frank Dobson and Henry
FrelI. together with an -octette of*,cow-
punchers and a baud of Kloux Indians, who
came direct from the IMne Ridge reserva
tion, Mouth Dakota.
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O CLARA BLOODGOOD’S
O GREAT SUCCESS. O
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If Atlanta had but known what a
connummate mlftreff of her art Clara
Bloodrood la the Grand would have
been filled Friday night from the front
row to the topmost perch In the gal
lery. But Atlanta didn't kn«tv, and
when those who were there .found It out
It wan too late to tell theif friends—
and nobody would have left for a mo
ment. anyway.
Mr*. Bloodgood is paying her flirt
visit lo Atlanta, It la said—certainly
her first since she “arrived,” for the
Shuberta have kept her playing In their
own houses for several years. • She has
won a place for herself here, and her
place Is tide by side with that of Mrs.
Carter and Xetheraole and all the rest.
Her entrance wa* made Mondaycnlght
without a spark of recognition from
her audience—the same audience that
cheered her after her socond act until
the whole company wa* kept bowing
and bowing again. She ha* something
of her own that makes her different
from other actresses, a perfect natu
ralness. a girt of humor, and the rare
talent of looking and talking and
breathing her role. It would be hard
to Imagine her In another part.
But Mr*. Bloodgood does not stand
far above her company. It would be
hard to gather from all the Great White
Way six better players than those who
are the central figures In “The Truth."
The husband, the jealous wife, tho old
man, the female bounder—all these are
portrayed with skill that makes the
plav a wonderful presentation, makes
It like life. It Is hard to say which Is
the better of the supporting company,
John Emerson as the sporting old gen
tleman: Zeldn Sears, as Mrs. Cres-
plgny. or Mrs. Sam Sothern. as the
meddgllng woman with troubles of her
ow n- ... .
Frank Patton Is Just such a villain na
one meets In real life, simply a cad.
William Courtenay a* the husband of
Becky Warder (Mrs. Bloodgood) la a
man worthy as good a wife as Becky
turns out to be.
And the play. Clyde Fitch has done
hi* best here. It is hullt os only Fitch
can build a “society drama,” every line
significant; every bit of business with
Its own meaning. Fitch knowo the class
he writes of; knows how to make his
MISS BUSSE AND HER TERRIER&.AT ORPHEUM.
Ihe Man of Yesterday
What home-coming time means to one who lives only in the happy :
memories of tho past—A Federal Prison story. •
By ALAN ROGERS, Editor of Practical Advertising
1 know not whether law* be right
Or whether law* be wrong;
All that we know who live In gaol
Is that the wall' Is strong:
And that each day Is like a year,
A year whose days are long."
—C. 33.
He knows society and Its
Some of the lines arc almost epigrams:
some of them are brimming over with
subtle humor. And the "toiT Is worthy
of its HUthor. It Is a tale of how habit
and heredity made a woman lie; Me
because It was easier than the truth.
He to avoid little troubles: always
without malice nnd wholly without
shame. But Becky Warder's white lies
looked very black before she told her
last one, and that's whnt the play Is
about. You had better see ■ The
Truth" Saturday afternoon or night, or
you’ll be sorry a long time. O. D. u.
There Is In Atlanta one man who
lives entirely, in, the past; As for the
present—It means nothing to him. As
for the future, In his uwh words. “It
Is only a helpless mass of dally routine
plied years high until this great mnss
of apparently unending time squeezes
out the last vestige of hope for better
things.”
And yetlhle very remarkable man Is
cheerful.
Needless to say this citizen—or rath
er this; man,- for -the -government has
withdrawn the privileges of citizen
ship—lives In that grent hospital for
the cure of moral Ills, the United States
penitentiary. And It may be that some
descrlptlun of this exceptional man
and his methods of almost cheerfully
growing old by constantly living In a
succession of long, long yesterdays,
may prove entertaining to others as it
has proved helprully interesting to at
least one Atlantan.
It was on an October nftemoon. The
great banner, that emblem of the
“Home of the Brave and Land of the
Free,” which waves so tncongruously
In front- of the big Federal prison, was
being lowered—a parting salute lo the
setting sun and the welcome testimony „
that one more long, weary day had „. h , n ,i. ev (lo ther .
i.1,. i.,,. .I,.., ,lu * cl mere.
time—unfortunately, years In the fu
ture—when he might join once more
“the waiting one," ns he always speaks
nf her.
"1 have pictured It all *o often,” lie
continued, t”hat to me It seems
strangely, truly real, nnd most of all
are those pictures which have to do
with the home-coming time. Why.
often as I turn that Inst corridor It
seems to me I can see her waiting for
me, waving a cheery welcome acros
tic- gate nnd smiling up Into my fare
a thousand messages until such time as.
hunt! in hnnd, we had passed 'lip tic-
walk Into the house and with thn door
closed to the neighbors, she Was once
more In my arms.
“Then. too. I like to think of later
times when her welcome was still the
same, only with two and later font-
chubby little arms upstretched for tlie
greeting that comes with .homeroomlng
time. What are troubles and .worries
when a man has such a cure for all tha
trials In the world? But we never
know until—but no matter, '
"You see I wns poor and with jloor
folks home-coming time Is ahvfiys un
event. People with lots of money often
save whnt they are pleased to rail dem
onstration for such occasions as Jour
neys out of town. But poor folks havo
to make tho most of what they have.
And I don't know of anything that rlrli
folks miss so much In the way of Jov
and happiness ns Ihe privileges thnt
belong to home-coming time. Of course,
with so many engagements, they never
know when they age coming home'at
night, nnd, like os not, they don't knon
that they will find their folks at iirinic
their sentence
from behind the,barred windows.
The Close of a Prison Day.
And then, Just as the first,soft shades
of twilight were claiming' this little
world of those who live the shut-in
lives of Federal atonement, there
marched from the farther end of the'
reservation a strange little procession.
There were no sounds of martial music
a* this tiny regiment came nearer and
nearer from where the long white fence
climbed the hill only to bo lost some
where In the semi-darkness of that lit
tle cemetery of the forgotten dead.
The quiet remained unbroken ns this
evening parade, strangely uniformed,
people talk and act and dress and live. Mildly silent, marched only to halt be-
ttr. knows society and Its Imitations. f or( , »i,a great gates of the Drlson tlint
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Next week will rush off with a run
ning, romp at the Pastime Theater, 77
Peachtree street, when the biggest,
best and fullest bill of the season Is to
he offered. Now that the audiences
are parking this' play house to capaci
ty, In search of new anil novel diver
sion. the management has endeavored
to give the best money's worth obtain
able. and how veil they have succeeded
a score of vomedy scenes, will be pre
sented next, and If there Is a laugh In
your system It will come out then.
There will be one or two added num
bers. ami the program will be concluded
with a series of niovlpg pictures. Mat
inees duii>.
Parker and Parker. In their black
face singing and dancing pet, will start
the ball rolling. Sometimes billed as
"The Minstrel Man and Minstrel Maid."
this team lias been a laugh all around
the circuit. Good dancers, sweet sing
ers and full of comedy, they always
please. Following them come W'lllen-
bt ink and Jonklns. the eccentric com-
odv oatr. Their clever sayings, neat
dances and tapieal songs fill up fifteen
minutes with laughter, und they never
fall to get an encore. Mason and Ham-
'tin. two -if the most delightful and
daintiest dancers In the country, will
follow. J. J. Parrish, the sweet trou
badour singer, will tic heard at this
theater during the week. His song.
"Moving Day." Is helng whistled
tnderfu! *p*U she yields, and throughout the South and he Is mak-
moutiifiil pathos In her notes of an- t ing good with hi* guitar. Ml** Btin-
guish. Ho.- it and be convinced that, burne, the sweet singer of illustrated
this Russian has a real message lo I songs, will return for a week. There
convey, and reveals it with eonsutn- j will be matinees dally and two per
mute and artistic grasp.” fortnances every nlghL
degree. The keynote which she strikes
on her first entrance conveys at once
the elf-like, mischievously serious soul
that itervu.ics this fascinating hut dis
turbing factor in the history of the Sol-
ness household. There fs cheering hu
mor In It* -. moments of playfulness;
soul-felt peetry In her nights Into tlie
realm of profound yet alluring fancy;
force and rower In her delineation of
fore the great gates of the prison that
swing open to receive them with a
harsh grating sound ns the nearest
semblance to a welcome.
As 1 stood with tny friend, this man
of yesterday, before one of the steel-
screened windows of Irontown and
watched this straggling procession, he
smiled In a manner nil his own;
“Of all the long hours that go to
make each unending day. this hour,
when gathering twilight promises the
Joys and pleasures of firelight time In
Ihe homes of the. outside world, seems
at once the longest, saddest nnd sweet,
est.”
"You have Just seen," he continued,
"the prison-coining of those who work
on the reservation outside. And while
It Is all so terribly, ghastly different
from the home-coming of other days,
the hour and the twilight are Just the
same. Bo it is that my silent supper
finished, I return to my cell and try
once more to live over again those
happy, huppy firelight times of the
past.
"Fortunately for us, the strongest
steel bars made, the kind that meet, the
full specifications of the government
Inspector, cun neither shut out the Im
agination of the present or the memo
ries df other days. As I have told you.
If It were not for Just this chance of
living again those happy yester
days of the years that are gone. qul\
another Institution would have claim
ed me long ago. But, thank God, my
mind Is still my own and what are
steam and 'electricity as compared with
the power of thought?"
The Narrow Streeti of Irontown.
As we walked down one of the very
narrow streets of Irontown to where a
r<«rtnlf) number rni*rp«tyindp«1 • tn tflftt
■tamped upon the uniform. 1 turned to
say good-bye.
"It may *eem queer to you," he be
gan, the gong for (he locking of the
cell* having not yet xounded. "but so
strongly have 1 crowded this present
state room I occupy with old associa
tions that tfiere arc times when even
this seems like the home I loved so
well.”
A single glance Into this narrow steel
box but proved the strength of this
man's Imagination and the strong,
hard fight he teas making until such
"This little place I live In may seem
mighty narrow to you. but Imagination
nnd memories don't need much room.
One thing sure, there’s never a nlglu
I've been here that before turning In I
have not lived over again the Joys thnt
bed-time means to the man who has
felt the pressure of tiny arms about his
neck and the 'Night! Night! Daddy!'
from some wee little chap with his
nightie on.
"I trj' to remember that they are
better without me and that under her
Influence they must grow up hs they
should. And I sometimes feel sure that
It will bn to look bnck .upon their fa
ther's name with bitterness and re
proach. But she who Is waiting says it
Is not so. That's the way with a wom
an'® love, no matter how much tbs
world may call your act a crime, with
her It Is only n mistake and she Is
bringing them up to think the same
way about It. Talk about faith remov
ing mountains, the love of a good wom
an can move und remove the world ami
Its ways. Thai's another thing, thank
God; It Is not within the Inventive
genius of man to erect a prison' that
ran shut out the love such as I have
known.
“Do you know what I sometimes
think I would like better than all else?
Well. It would he to wake up In the
middle of the night once more and hear
from the tiny crib close by the fright
ened voice of my little boy calling.
‘Dady! Dear Daddy!'In that half-stlflcl.
tremblesome key that means the sand
man has scattered bad dreams his way.
And then to hear her say once more,
for the mother love always sleeps with
an eye half open. ‘John, Jack Is calling
you.' And then Just reach over and
gather the wee little chap In my arm*
and henr a last stilled sob, as, feeling
perfectly safe and secure In the harbor
of daddy's arms, he snuggles up closer
and closer, ngnin a tiny voyager, but
■his time into the land of happy dreams.
That'* what I should like best to have
happen again. And I'd want It to be
gin right with the fun that belongs to
bed-time and"—
The harsh, penetrating vibrations of
the big gong broke In upon the day
dreams of thl* man of yesterday.
Knowing that the signal meant good
bye. we shook hands and as I turned
with a new realization of the real Joys
of home-coming time, he said, "Pleas"
come out again soon, and ir you gare to
hear ITI tell you something of the hap
piness that bed-time still mean* to on"
whose arms have long been empty Jus'
trying to hold once more a wee little
boy with his nightie on."
And somehow as 1 passed out through
the portals of this cold, gray world of
Atlanta's suburbs, the hinges of the
great gates seemed much less harsh
and because of the brave spirit of ore
strong man. th* noisy clang of steel and
Iron reverberated through the fast-
dosing ilsrkness, a last cheerful
“Good night!"