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•SATURDAY. NOVEMBER »\ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Week's Offerings at Local Playhouses ROBERT MANTELL, THEVUIANAi PAUL GILMORE Grand Has Three Attractive Offerings for Atlanta Playgoers. AMUSEMENTS. THE liRAXP-ftitnnlnr mstlneo nml nlgbt. Thou.. Jeffrmoii In "Ill|i Van Win- TIIB Ifrac—Saturday matinee and "Ixhf. "The Cnuotv Chairman." TIIB OltPHKI’M-Hntiinlay ntntlnee mid night. fitgh-cln.s vaiidi-vlllc. fiosTtK'K ARENA—Afternoon and even- Inf, animal nhmr at Ponce l>el.eon. So wall does Mr. Paul Gilmore milt "The Wheel of Lore" ond no well doea the pretty comedy ault the nice quall- tlea of the talented young actor that the combination la securing declalve triumphs all along the route of the company. Mr. Gilmore needs no Intro duction to the theater patrons of Atlan ta, as the brilliant young exponent uf •the hlatronle art haa a wide circle of admirers here, acquired through the high and uniform excellence of hla ef forts In a variety of good plays. In which he has appeared locally as star In the past several seasons. Mr. Gil more ranks among the most capable and consistent actors In the profession, having ascended to his lofty position by merit and not by luck or Influence. As Jack Hartley In "The Wheel of Love," the Georg* V. Hobart drama, which will be performed at the drund Monday and Tuesday next, Mr. Gil more haa ample opportunity of reveal ing the phases of his art and loses no chance of winning his audience. "The Wheel of Love" Is a breesy narrative of autolst ond rancher. It brlatles with bright phrases, genuine Hobart humor (which Is of the very best brand) per vading the entire action. There Is not one dull moment from Initial certain to llna|e. Between acts Professor Matth lessen And'his orchestra will render an at tractive program of selections, which will be In the spirit of the play. "The Wheel of Love" promises to be one of the best attractions «f the current sea son. as the star nnd company are all capable, and the play of enlivening In terest. replete with entertaining fea tures and hearty situations. In the language of the musician, the entire action IS "con amore,” which means simply that It la-brisk and bright and cheerful. Mr. Gilmore has received the unstinted praise of the dramatic edi tors wherever the drama haa been pre sented, and AtlnntH patrons are bound to enjoy every minute of the perform ance. There will be a matinee Tues day. Ethel Barrymore Coming. Ethel Barrymore Is coming to the Grand Wednesday and Thursday even ing, December 11 and If, In a new pluy that la said to put her magnetic quali ties keenly to the test. The play Is a three-act comedy called “Her Sister,” written In collaboration expressly for her by Clyde Pitch and Cosmo Gordon i ennnx, and the comedienne Is cred ited with having triumphed brilliantly In meeting the conditions that were to confront her genlue by the pens of such deftness and Intuition that bitch and Lennqx Jointly wield. - -A W. 8. HART, A8 ‘THE VIRGINIAN. MANTELL AND MANSFIELD KNEW MANY UPS AND DOWNS TOGETHER IN THEIR CAREERS The recent death of Richard Man*- fleM makes . pertinent. < perhape, the printed recollection of certain marked parallels and certain equally striking divergences as betw een hfs profession al career nnd that of Robert Mantell. an impending visitor. They had known each other In their early days on the l-sondon stage. With Beerbohm Tree, they forined a group of three quite familiar In the more popular "pubs" of the theater district there. The summer they met,, that of 1881, found Mansfield seeking an engagement ns a pianist; Tree seeking an Introduction to metro politan managers; Msntell. most fortu nate of the three, with a contract In his pocket for an engagement of thirty- one weeks beginning in August, but the necessity of making 11 pounds sterling tide 'him through as many weeks of waiting for the engagement to fake life. Tree was the first to make n big name for hlmsalf. When Charles Haw- trey produced “The Private Secretary" there. Tree, because of his uncommon nn exhibition of formal obstinacy, In curred the displeasure of the judge who was sitting In a civil suit In which the actor was implicated, was declared In contempt of court, and. refusing to go through the simple If apologetic pro cess of purging himself, was compelled, to hold his liberty, to remain out of the common weo .th of New York. This meant b&nlshnvMii from the center of things theatrical, the loss of the pro fessional and commercial prestige that accrues from an annual engagement In New York city, the breaking off of rela tionships with the playwrights of the first class, and the gradual loss of vogue elsewhere, through inability to offer new plays of good quality. Mr. Mantell went for ten years Into the theatrical wilderness, and there. In hard and unending struggle, paid the price of his attitude toward establish ed law. Mr. Mansfield knew little save success thereafter, and when, In 1898, he produced “Cyrano de Bergerac.” he established himself beyond question as the leading actor of the American stage. It was not until three years ago that Mr. Mantell found his way back to New “fi* Bnd succeeded there Jn re- .mqjii Him ‘ establishing himself. Curiously enough, fn m! TmEnlm- " mV 11 was ln the t'laV on whleh Mr. Mnns- Mnn.AM i ml ^"ihi .Jo,'-' tU!d, yearn before, Imd lavished a for- Mndsfleld was the second of the trio, I * a ir<n» uiohqrrf lit 11 rivni his hit was made In January of rlVnl n* ChevrJal In “A Parisian Romance' Mr. Mantell was the last of the trio to ln a "!L P*ri,?aTnom/»r*e" "tars' of repertoire, they clashed only once {rota that time on. although their | tours took them Into the same thea ters In the various cities visited. The clash was In Philadelphia, In January of 1906, when. In different play houses, they both announced "King Richard III" for the opening of the engagement on the same night. They had not met In years; but. when each saw the oth er’s announcement, eacji sought to withdraw. It was hardly a time for small rivalry; for it seemed as If the very gods of classic repertoire had played them both a'trick. In a third theater was Sarah Bernhardt; in a 00000000000000000000000000 0 ° 0 “RIP VAN WINKLE.” o vGaooooooiXHboaooooaoiSooooo No man now living Is entitled to the audacity to write a criticism of “Rip Van Winkle.” Thut there, 1s u theater-goer now llv ing who 1ms not seen the ploy Is hard to belleVe, and that anyone who saw It failed to enjoy it is still harder to believe. . There are few of us who.think, > down in the southwest corner of our hearts, that much of anything Im proves with age. And may lie Rip Van Winkle does not. Anyway it has not drfte*- irnted and never will, us long ns chib ren and old men live and us tong as actors know how to act. Tnat Tom Jefferson does well in the part his father made famous has been said before. And , said truly. Ills knowledge and love of the part could hardly be equalled and his portrayal of the historic role will always be en joyable. The performance Is slated for mati nee and night Saturday. P. H. W. OOOOO<lOOO0O0O0000OOOOOOOOO o o 9 KLAW d ERLANGER O O AND VAUDEVILLE. O 0 O 00000000000090000000000000 In reforoncp to Kfuw & Erlanger und vaudeville, Wilbur M. Bates. thHr gen eral representative, has this to say; “In the cloud of rumors that have been flying about the country during l LI TIT Plenty of Pretty Girls in New Musical Com edy. of l A large and well equipped coiiijsiny will present Mortimer M. Tlielse’s New York Musical Review success at the Bijou next week. This Is the success ful piece that ran for over three hun dred performances at the Circle Thea ter lost winter to great throngs theatergoers that Jammed the theater ts capacity. There Is a breexlness about “Wine, Woman and Hong" that Is ns novel us it Is Infectious. The success which this company scored In New York was richly deserved, for the original features with which the per formance abounds from end to end have attracted all classes of pluygoeis. The entire entertainment Is said to possess a certain dash and vhn which forced It Into instant and great popu larity. TP liq; Into Vaudeville," the open ing review, in which all of the most tnlked of actors and actresses are satir ized, Is u gem in Itself. The “Broad way Quartette” and tire "American Pony Ballet,” together with the chorus of beauties, go far toward tilling out a complete and popular entertainment. Among the well known members of the company are: Louise .tuber, Meyer Harris. Ham Hearn, -Mure Hogan, Ed Lludemnn. Bert Kalmar, Alfred Varsha, Marjorie Oonboy, Gertrude Fay, Alice OUtaln and Ernest Htorm. “make good” In a big way; but hi* success speedily followed Mansfield's, inasmuch zz the late Fupny Davenport engaged him to play Ldris Ipunoff In “Fedora" for a production made exact ly elgth weeks after the premiere of the Mansfield medium. Because of the fact that both young men were Englishmen—that is, a least, as to stage training—and the ad dltlonal fact that they made their names well-nigh simultaneously, they were often confused by the laity—a confusion to which the similarity of their Initials, “R. M.,“ as well us the “Man” In the first part of the surname, no doubt was contributory. For some seasons afterward. It was quite usual to hear Mantell spoken of as the young man who had made the unexpected hit in “A Parisian Romance,” or Mansfield referred to ns the lucky chap to whom Miss Davenport hud “handed” Loris. They became stars In the same year, •ivi—in September of 1886. The re spective authors of the plays they used were bosom friends—John W. KeJler. who wrote "Tangled Lives” tor Mr. Mantell, and the late Archibald Claver ing Gunter, who wrote "Prince Karl" for Mr. Mansfield. And there the par allels ended. Mr. Munich was successful not only throughout his season In "Tangled Lives/* but In the next three plays In which he ventured. In successive years —"Monbars” In 1887: “The Corsican Brothers," in 1888; “The Face In the Moonlight," In 1889. He and his tnana- get*. Augustus Pltou. arc raid to have • divided $21/0,1)00 in net profits between theta if* a result of the four years' venture. , Mr. Mansfield was not successful with “Prince Karl." nor. In a monetary sense.' with its .successor. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/* utthough he kept both plays In his repertoire until the end of his brilliant career. His Immense Lon don venture with “King Richard III” set him hack nil of $110,000. It has been said: and his tour In the play on his return to the United States was so for from profitable that, ln the course of the season, he returned as a non-star to the employment of the manager who had given him his chance us Chevrat. the late A. M. Palmer. But the tide turned for Richard Mans field and for Robert Mantell at the same time. When. In the summer off 1890. Mr. Mansfield produced "Beau Brutmuell" he “found” himself at length; and, In the same year, a few weeks afterward, Mr. Mantell. through 00000000000000000000000000 “THE VIRGINIAN.** 0 tjt O OOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOO00000900 “The Virginian/’ a dramatic version of Owen Wlater's novel of thut name, prepared by the novelist and the late Klrke La Shells, will come to the Grand Friday and Saturday next. The play la the best of Its kind which has been presented on the stage for n quarter of a century. It over- the past two months to the effect that (lows with genuine life, it thrills- the lvlnw & Krlongfcr arc to rgUre-from 1 8enpies ot th * audience with the light ml atmosphere of Wyoming, Its In- “THE WHEEL OF LOVE.” vaudeville, their icmarkublc success in this direction has been overlooked by some anil purposely disregarded by other*, according to personal inclina tion. “But ttie fact remain* that these gen tlemen have roally achieved a remark- able success In tnl* field of amusement enterprise and have set Up a new record .us a standard of success, as they have done In everything else they have attempted In the past ten. years. "Not one of the old schobl vaude ville magnate* ever dreamed that a performance could bo put together that would dr.nv over 50,000 people a week. >«*t this is what Klaw & Kr'.unger have accomplished at the Auditorium in Chicago. They have made u similar record of great attendance at the For rest Theater m Philadelphia, the Tre- umnt In Boston and the New York The. ater In New York. “Their advent Into the vaudeville field gave this form,of entertainment a great Impetus and no such bills as they have presented :tt their vaudeville houses hud ever been seen before they iH'oame vaudeville promoters. The statement* that they have retired, or are about to retire, from vaudeville management because they have failed, are just about tonne enough to be con- Mdered comic paragraph* ln London Punch. “Klaw & Erlnnger have never filled in anything" they have undertaken to do, and they certainly can not be *ald to have failed In vaudeville with the record they have made In .the post six month*. dtmnn*tmting Its vant possi bilities as they had never been devel oped by the old-line vaudeville mana ger. And In all this both public and l-erfortner have benefited.” * . - - are • the following well-known play-, CS’D'FPT A T B T TJ 7J P D Q : ere: w * ®* Hart an<1 Prank Campcau. DX'HiUliUj U X n IS It O Mr. Hart will be the Virginian, und _____ _____ | Judging from his past record he la sure SIHRVED AT TS13 NEW 1 to make good. He will be remembered ts-twr-n ATT twtit for bis excellent conception of Messala KIMBALL PALM GAB* • *•- *‘B«n Iiur,” and his recent great suc- ______ _______ . _ ______ I cess in "The Squaw Man.” Frank DEN SUNDAY EVEN- 1 »«*»*?• ! r- -- «>• or Tram j pas. will add great Interest to the pre- | Auction. Many of the original cast have been retained. ventlve variety Is wonderful. Its glam Ing wit nnd rich humor art* of the sort that tickle the mind and cling delicious sweetness to the memory, the characters ln «lie play without'ex ception ure definite ami convincing. “The Virginian" Is a character with a rough exterior but Is good of heart; he 1* coarse like his fellows, but there ore many excellent traits which even his surroundings could not eradicate. The development of the man under the soft Influence of pure affection, manliness when actuated by u sense of duty and his physical courage In scenes of danger, combined with a touch of romance makes him a strong winning character und a true ton of the plains. Molly Wood, a young school teacher from New England, comes Into his life, upsetting the hearta and accenting the rough bearing of the cnwpuncher*. To the Virginian she devotes herself us a teacher, eager to smooth out the creases In his grammar and willing to respect his modest manliness. He tells her that he will compel her to love him; she ridicules the Idea, hut after many a struggle with her conscience she finally consents to marry him. The villain. Tram pas, who la also In love with Molly, has caused much trou ble. He puts In an appearance at the last moment, and attempts t«# shoot the Virginian on his wedding day This brings about a most exciting scene. fourth, Miss Marlowe and E. H. Both ein; In a fifth, Ben Greet nnd hl« play ers of Shakespeare. And all were- to "open” the same night. Mr. Mansfield announced another play, whereupon Mr. Mantell, to avoid a clash with Mr. Kothern’s "Hamlet." . went back to "King Richard III." Mr. Bothern, guided by the pussfng announcement of the Mantell "Hamlet,” "put Up” In stead “The Merchant of Venice,” with Miss Marlowe as Portia, whereupon Greet promptly announced that he. too. would make "Tho Merchant” his first piny. Mr.. Mantell was In Sydney, the RODtHT MANTELL. MS Nt LUU»\3 IUUMY. farthermost point of Nova Scotia, when] he received word of Mr. Mansfield's] death in the form of a telegraphed re quest from a news association for nn expression on the occasion. He re plied as follows: “Our singe has lost Its greatest In tellectual force since Lawrence Bar rett’s death, nnd a producer fit to rank with Irving himself. The man who had the courage to be the first to act Ibsen and Shaw In this country, as well as Rostand, and who made unselfish re vivals of Moliere, Schiller and Shake speare, lived in an era that will ever be known ns his own. Richard Mans field was many years ahead of his time as he lived; his death occurs many, many years before he can be spared by all who love the theater for what Is best In It." II FEAST OF American Vesta Tilly To Give Her Imita tions. m 'WPi. Li •v.-A BROADWAY QUARTET IN “WINE. WOMAN AND SONG." Ornre Vz*oiinrd. “the Benu Brummel vaudeville/* Is booked for the Orpbeum nest week, ond will give the Imltatloim an*I fancy costume change stunts which hart onrned for her tile title of the “Amerfraa Vesta Tilly," from the ’ famous London* music lmll singer of that name. Miss Leon, nrd Is making her first ippenmnee In Hie South, itml the tndnnger* sny she I* Umml to prove n hit. The Van Brothers, '“the ftutnlesf of nil comedy musical tcums," Is lmokwl an a hcud-llne attraction, nnd 11 speclnl fentnrs Is the European importation, the Znrvukr troupe of Itumdun dancers nml singers, with their enrnlvnl costumes nnd songs. Other* In the hill tire Hnfford nml Mantell, the hmnornus parody singers. songs nml local hits; Ben id Iiiiliitltnn. Ornhemu; the Misses Clnrk nnd Bnwllpyl dainty pair of wingers nnd dancers; t'hsrlM Kenun. In ids “street fnker" net. sal dto b« n novnl nnd entertaining one. The nndlenres nre Inerensing weekly at the Orpheuin nnd the “Htnndlng lloom Only” sign hung out on Thanksgiving I»«y prohntdy will he used again nnd nttnln nest week, for the hill Is one Hint appeals es pecially to vaudeville lovers, being nil erm- *' and music. The Orphenm’s plan of uU . wli»n 00000000000009OO00000000QC O 0 O MANTELL ON PRESS AGENTS. 0 0 90000000000000000000900000 I.overs of the more serious form of the drutna will hall with delight the coming appearance of Robert MAntell Wednesday nnd Thursday at the Grand In three of his greatest successes, Wednesday night Mr. Mantell will be seen In "King Lear;” Thursday mati nee, “The Merchant of Venice," and on Thursday night. In "Hamlet." Thl* I* ■urely a repertoire which should meet with the favor of all theatergoers, as It give* the gifted actor a. rare cbance to display hla splendid hlstronlc abil ity nnd also to portray a wide range of character. , Mr. Robert Mantell was recently In terviewed at his summer home, Atlan tic Highlands, N. J., In the matter of the press agent as a factor in the ca reer and the success of an actor. The Interview was based largely on the fact that tthe press-agents of the country have banded themselves in a powerful which end* In the killing of Trampo. 5K* .“"T 1 2£f„. ...!! SSJ/Kwm? 1in, " n and M,, " y ;,uve Among th.; m.mb*r» of.th. com^nv ] INGS FROM 6 TO 3. that It I* destined to become the most notable fraternity of the kind in the w orld. Mr. Mantel) was asked If he regarded the press agent as worthy of the kind of Importance. In business or society, thus suddenly formulated. Ills replv was: •The pres* agent I* at once a bless- nrconqinnlcd by elder per* < with paM tickets, will be continued mud t'lirlstnw*. and tho little folks urc taking advantage the offer. The Friday night amateur stunts, put on after the regular performasce. urn making a hit nnd the Friday uisht nn* dlcuces nre appreciably larger than on npll* nary occasion*. That vaudeville In growing more nml more populnr I* shown l»y a vtolt to the Orpheuin. where the audience* nw growing bigger every day. “There * n re** son.” That tho Inauguration of an ama teur night every week has proven » popular move on the part <>f the man agement of the Orpheum was shown conclusively by the large attendance Friday night, the splendid amateur art* and the enthusiasm with which they were received. The quality of the nets was really astonishing. There were seven' aw*- teur acts In addition to tho regular bin of eight feature acts. First prize wis won by Miss M. June MaeKnchnw. daughter of Reginald MacEachran, th# well-known song writer. Miss Mac* Eachron rendered a beautiful vocal solo. ' Her voice has quality, ranf*. modulation and natural beauty ana sweetness, and the decision of ,r j a judges was the decision of the audi ence. Tim Carter won second pnte with nomfc amusing barnyard imltt- would call 'possible/ Borne of them | tlons. -Dave Robert, with the ald^ofa have given me more trouble than an entire company of actors; others have been so self-effacing and modest that, so far as they were concerned, no com munity In the United States or Canada need ever to have know n that I was on earth. “I had one press agent who was a veritable prlma donna in his exactions, demands and caprices. He was a bril liant chap, who wrote matter for the papers that they seemed very- glad to get. He never. In the two years he represented me, offered a newspaper or magazine a faked or untruthful sto ry. He did not believe that the public wus Interested in me save as an artist, and, In consequence, he did not try to fill columns with my private affair*. He wrote good English, was a prac ticed und able newspaper man, and had a personality that waa lrre*lstible when But tUnJCd °” ,llS fUl1 b * ttery ot charm. “That man had spells when he be lieved that he was the star and that my duty and mission on earth were to take care of him and his Interests. I recall once reaching a city of good size. In the Western states, to find a note from him. accompanied by enough typewritten matter to nil two columns of solid nonpareil. The note was quite casual and by-the-way, and was to the effect that I should uersonally send for a newspaper man of the town and re quest him to make Use of the typewrit ten matter. When I read it I found that ft ft a* a form of interview with couple of nimble feet, secured third* The other amateur performers /}«• the Gross brothers. 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