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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
N.vn itDAV. DECEMBER I*.
in Which To Do
And Only 8 Days More
Crankshaw’s Is the Place
jikMy exhibit of Diamonds, Watches, Cut Glass, Sterling Silver, J<
^articles in Silver or Silver Mounted has never been more attract
and when Gift-hunting it will pay you to look over my stock,
will discover when visiting my store. If you wish to make costly 2
wish to make moderate ones, I have these also.
CHARLES W. CRANKSHAW,
CENTURY BUILDING.
16 WHITEHALL STREET
oases
Vaudeville For Pre-Holiday
Week and Souvenirs For
Children.
Great Success of New York
Stage Visits the
South.
Brlttdauiour. the king of the Jail breaker*,
the Wizard of the handcuffs, comes to the
Orphemn next week for whnt promise* to be
the most Interesting engagement of the
vaudeville season. He Is a wonder, and a
puzzle which the police experts of n hun
dred cities have failed to solve. He per
mits himself to be handcuffed with mana
cles furnished by any detective, locked In
a steel, cell with the detectives' own lock
and key. tied up In a bag and the knot
sealed—but lie comes out of everything
amlllug In less time tbnn It takes to tell the
story, llow he does It Is something he
never tells. Hut he has promised to permit t
the Jailer of the Atlanta Tower to test the
strength of the strongest eell and the result •
should he luterestiiiK.
There Is a novelty for the children offered •
at the Orpheum, beginning this afternoon'
and continuing through the holiday season.
Every child who visits the matinee will re
ceive a pretty Japanese doll as a souvenir
of the Orpheunt. Children are admitted
free to the nintfnees If an elder brother or I
sister or some growu-up accojuppules them, *
and so the little folks may see the show
for uothlug and have u souvenir thrown In.
The vaudeville hill for the week Includes
some excellent acts, besides the feature,
Itrludnmour. The Mix Hamels are wonder
ful whirling Arabs from the desert and
their act is something entirely new to
vaudeville. Kittle Johnson, the singing
comedienne, promises to make a hit. James
1)1 Iks, in his new comedy musical act.
should win applause, nnd Brooks nnd Ved-
1 dcr In their novel sketch arc billed as
features of the program. l-es Jnrdys,
French equilibrists, and Kimball uud Lewis,
the grotesque gyrating comedians, and the
moving pictures make up one of the most
attractive bills yet offered.
The Orpbeum Is growing to Ite u popular
resort for shoppers who grow tired In the
afternoons niul seek that rarest of all
things In a city, “a good plaee to sit down
and rest.” Their wraps ami bundles an*
taken care of by the attendants, and tin
hour or two at the vaudeville house Is a
welcome relief from the weariness of a
long day lu the stores. Out-of-town shop
pers ere learning to take advantage of the
new idea.
•i box of dainty bonbons will be glv-
eti every lady attending the Monday«
night performance.
Amateurs at Orpheum. ji
The amateur bill nt the Orphemn Friday I
night, which followed the regular bill, was 1
pronounceJ a “corker*' by un enthusiastic j
audience. ! .
The crowd was Just In the right humor ’
for an amateur night. And the “book'* was ;
not spared. Ham Fite, a pretty little girl \
who sang, won first prize. K. E. Hclnnldt j (
was clever In wing nnd buck dancing, nndr
he took second prize. Arthur Boy I, n young- ;
ster. won third prize with his dancing.!
There were four more amateur nets, but j
they all succutnlied to that dread contngloii, l
“the book.” before finishing.
AMUSEMENTS.
THE UK AND—Saturday ran Once and I
(light, “The Mon and the Mouse."
THE BIJOU—Saturday matinee nnd night.
Nat M. Wills la “A Lucky Dog.”
THE oitBlIEUM—Saturday mntlucc nnd
night, high-class vaudeville.
"The Grent Divide." the most striking
dramatic success the American stage
has seen for a quarter of a century,
will be played at the Grand on Fri
day and Saturday nights and Saturday
matinee. This news will he received
with delight by play lovers, for no
drama of recent yeaVs has attracted as
much attention or been so eagerly
awaited as "The Great Divide.” For
nearly two entire seasons It attracted
crowded houses to the Princess and
Daly's theaters. New York, ahd lias Just
recently gone on tour after being pre
sented in the metropolis over D00 times.
The presentation will be under the di
rection of Henry Miller, whose name
Is Inseparably linked with the success
of the play. The cast was selected by
this distinguished nctor-manager with
great care, and the production Is an ex
act duplicate in every detail of the New
York original. "The Great Divide" has
been pronounced by many cities the
"long-awaited 'great American play.*"
No other drama has so well reflected
fhe manhood, the freedom, the honesty
nnd the indomitable spirit characteris
tic of the people of our great Western
country. With the first two acts laid
In Arizona and the third In Massa
chusetts. there Is offered In contrast
two of the most vigorous nnd progres
sive sections of the land. The story of
the play represents a conflict between
the free, untrummeled spirit of the
West and traditions and conventional
ity of the East. It tells the romance
of an Eastern woman and a Western
titan, whose wooing waa passing
atrange and whose married life together
was turbulent and dramatic In the ex
treme.
Written by William Vaughn Moody,
the foremost of America's younger
poets. "The Great Divide" possesses
literary qualities such as are very rare
In plays that are satisfactory from
an acting standpoint. The story is
told In unctuous, picturesque prose, Il
luminated by a glowing nnd virile Im
agination and replete with witty, epi
grammatic dialogue brilliant with scin
tillating humor. That "The Great Di
vide” Is to be seen here so soon after
Its New' York triumph Is a matter
upon which our theatergoers are to be
warmly congratulated. Owing to the,
extraordinary demand to see this great-
est of all American plays, the patrons
of the Grand are requested to engage
seats as early as possible, as previous
# . "The Great Divide"
ENSEMBLE 8CENE IN "GAY NEW YORK ” AT THE BIJOU.
"Tho Lion and the Mouse.”
It’s hard on a good company to face
an audience like that nt the Grand
Friday night, when rain and cold kept
hundreds from seeing one of the best
plays of recent years, presented by u
company so capable that It left no
cause for dissatisfaction—"The Lion
and the Mouse." But the chill of the
atmosphere did not extend to the In
terior of the house and the applause
given nt the end of the crucial scenes
was hearty enough to make up what it
lacked In volume.
For the company this year Is a splen
did one. The character of Ready Money
Ryder is portrayed by Oliver Doud By
ron In a masterly way. The character
Is drawn from Rockefeller and Mr.
Byron's make-up Is a close study of
Plerpont Morgan, and the role seems to
lit both the gentlemen who occupy so
much space In the financial columns.
Miss Marie Shotwell, as Shirley Ross-
more, Is a most lovable und forcible
"Mouse." and her opening scene with
Ryder Is a gem. Her work In the In
tense scene In the third act Is hardly up
to her more, quiet bits, but she la thor
oughly satisfying. One of the most at
tractive women of this season is Miss
Mabel Mortimer, as Kate Roberts, but
she Is given slight opportunity.
The sp»ry of "The Lion and the
Mouse" Is too well known through Its
former appearances to need review. It
Is one of the new type of plays, a
drama of frenzied finance, and one
worth seeing. A visit to the matinee or
Saturday night performance will be
well worth while. G. D, Q.
Pretty Girls, Fun and Music
Promised Next Week
at Popular House.
ADELAIDE NOWAK.
In "The Graet Divide” at the Grand next week.
movn. Mine. Calve. Margaret Win*'*’
Flora Juliet Bowley, Dorothy Bound'
MnrceJIne. .Mute. Eitrfies, Percy M.-mKo
IIjizcI MacKay, Bertha Knllch. Hlg. « aruj
Blanche King. Julie Opp, Laurence Inj
Geraldine Farrar. David Warfield. I
Abbott, Zens tel lo. Kleunoru pH t If"' r '
Alessandro Bond. Mine. IIerv!II»*-Uc:>'”
Mary Garden, Mute. Bresser-GiituoH. • -••
Dnlinnres, Mine. Bureknrdt. Rleeard<>
tlu. Murk Humltourg, Richard Bnblls dI
Ernest Schell lug.
BRINDAMOUR.
The handcuff king who comes to
the Orpheum next week.
Record for "Madame Butterfly.”
With the fiftieth and final perform
ance of Puccini’s "Madame Butterfly,"
at the Garden Theater, New' York, the
world's record for grand operas was
broken, and Henry W. Ravage, the
American Impresario, was the recipient
of universal congratulations on the sen
sational success achieved by this, the
moat pretentious, grand opera produc
tion ever attempted In the English lan
guage.
Giacomo Puccini, the composer of tha
fascinating Japanese opera, and also
composer of "La Boherne" ami ''Tosco,**
sent a cablegram to Mr. Savage, In
which he said;
"You have aent me more royalties
from your American production of
'Madame Butterfly* than all the other
Impresarios In the world. By this. I
know* that you have succeeded. Thanks
and sincere congratulations?"
Inez Bauer, Alice Hagemnn and others.
Including a large chorus that Is said
to be the best appearing In any musi
cal company traveling through the
South.
For a Few Days Only We Will Sell the
Theater Magazine for Chriatmas.
The Theater Magazine for I'hrlstuin* Is a!
splendid Issue, almost double In size nnd!
with two Inserts In tints. The list of i
contributors Is a notable one. Prominent {
among those Is an article by Charles Froh-i
man. n well-known manager, who writes;
ns nn expert on the Interesting subject. '
"Why gome of Our Dramatists Fall.’**
George Sylvester Viereek, the poet, writes!
on the subject of criticism, and Archie Belli
has un Interesting theory to advituce re- j
gitrdlng the late Htclumt Mansfield. Otheri
lending articles are "The HUtge Door nnd ;
Where It Lends." by Horry P. Maw-son. !
"i’nstora! Plays and Players In England" \
by William G. Fitzgerald. "The Mechanism i
of Grand Opera" bv L. 8. Fnrlow, nn Inter-1
view with Percy MscKnyc. the dramatist,!
by Ada Patterson; “The Kllrnbefhnn Thea-‘
ter at Harvard University” by Ralph Her- ;
gengren. nnd "Morntis Ton Joint" by Bcuju-i
min DH’nsseres. There Is also n at ary;
>•!, ll.v.) "IntnlniMnn" he
Christmas at Grand.
One characteristic of "Forty-five Minnies
from Broadway," George M. Cohan's won
derfully successful music-drama, which
Klaw Si Erlanger will preheat nt the Grand
for two nights, beginning Christmas matl-
: tine. Is the careful attention to detail
throughout. Not only has nn admirable pair
of fdnyers beeu secured for the more Impor
tant roles, ns proven by the presence of
Ml** Emma Curtis, America's most charm
ing slngtbg comedienne, at the head of the
company, hut nn excellent dam-lug mid sing.
|lug chorus to back them up. Then. too.
; the scenic phase has len-n made of more
i tfcui secondary Importance, The three sets
used are massive and rich, being convincing
In their correctness and adding materially
to th« frapressireneaa and appe-.il of the
'May. Scott Welsh will he seen iu the Vole
«l "Kid Burns."
experience with
■Inc* the company has started on tour
has demonstrated that the applications
for seats usually exceed the capaclty
of the theater*.
Lester Lonergan, last seen here as
the star in "If I Were King,*’ and Misa
Adelaide Nowak, for the past two sea
sons leading lady with the late Rich
ard' Mansfield, will portray the two
principal roles. Miss Lolita Robertson,
recently prominent in Mr. Miller's
' Brown of Harvard." is also In the
We also will give extra close prices on Wood.
HENRY MEINERT,
59 South Boulevard. Both Phones 17S7.
Branch Yard, 516 Marietta Street. Atlanta Phone 2273.