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THE ATLANTA'GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATUItDAY. JANUARY 4. 1908.
Weed’s Offerings at Local Playhouses
GRAND"""
ATLANTA
THE THREE OF OS
AND RICHARD CARLE
Creston Clarke Come3
Close Attractive
Week.
At the Grand Monduy and Tuesday
Walter N. Lawrence's company, which
comes to Atlunta almost direct from
the Madison Square Theater in New
York, will begin an engagement of two
nights and matinee Tuesday In Rachel
brothers' successful play of Western
life, “The Three of Us.” The Interest
of local playgoers, evidenced by the
large advance sale, Indicates that At
lantans will give to the play the samp
measure of cordial attention as was
bestowed upon It In New York. For
more than 200 nights It ran nt the
Madison Square Theater and was es
teemed by the clitics the most suc
cessful dramatic achievement of the
year. It Is a piny of unusunl 'human
Interest and quite remarkable natural- j
net's. The author has overturned a
number of traditions of the stage In
her work and has come nearer to pre
senting a picture of real life than the
American stage has known In ninny j
seasons. The company haw a number
of players, Including Mabel Cameron,
who are well known to local nudlenees
and the play will be presented as It
was nt the Madison 8»iunrc Theater,
New York.
"The Spring Chicken."
Richard Carle, In “The Spring
Chicken," will be the attraction at the
Grand Wednesday and Thursday,
where the lively French-Amertcan-
muslcal comedy Is to be presented for
three performances. Mr. Carle has
made the success of his career In this
lively piece, which ran for four months
In Now York and for three months In
Chicago last winter.
All the scenes of “The Spring
Chicken" are laid In Paris, the audi
ence getting glimpses of a lawyer's of
fice, an artist's studio and a boule
vard cafe. In Pnrls dwells Gustave
Uaborl, lawyer, who annually
frisky when the first swallow
ed. He has an American wlf.
yltes to Paris her father and motherJ
whom she expects to put u curb 01
her lively husband. Inatend, her fatb
er, Ambrose. Girdle, who Is suffering
from general debility, Is given an In
fusion of lamb’s blood by u celebrated
specialist, which restores youth to him.
Then both Raboii nnd Girdle begin to
cut up. and they show the gayest
Parisians some new tricks.
Mr. Carle haa the part of Girdle, the
eccentric American running amuck In
Paris. Girdle Is nt all times droll, but
In the second act. where he has
bought no many drinks nnd no much
food for so many girls that he can't
pay the bill, nnd Is made to act ns a
waiter until he has worked out the
amount of the check, Mr. Carle makes
hint screamingly amusing. Victor
Morley, a well known English light
opera comedlun, has the part of Gus
tave Bnborl.
Among the other leading characters
are Mrs. Girdle, a modern Mrs. Mula-
prop, capitally played by Alice liage-
tnan; !«a Belle Klsnl, a Spanish danc
er, played by Jeannette Rageurd. al
ways a favorite; Rosalie, a French
maid, played by Inei Bauer, a wonder
fully graceful dancer; two pert Ameri
can children, by Amy Dale and Arthur
Conrad; a lively French baroness, by
Florence Averell; Mrs. Baborl, by
Marlon Mills, a splendid contralto;
Baron Papoucho, an old rogue, by
Sylvaln Lnnglois, and many others.
“The Spring Chicken" Is well equip
ped with catchy song numbers, among
the better known being “A Lcm<>n In
the Garden of Love," "Waiting for a
Cfrtaln Girl," "All the Girls Love Ms,!'
•Til Flirt With Any Skirt," “I Don't
Know, Rut I Guess," "In Seville," “In
Rotterdam," “Baby nnd Nursle," and
Tve Com© Along to Paris."
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SCENE FROM “THE GAMBLER OF THE WEST.”
FRED ZOBEIDE AT THE ORPHEUM NEXT WEEK.
IS GAMBLER OF WEST
BIJOU'S OFFER!
Owon Davis Presents Melo
drama of Good
Promise.
Of Jim Ilcndenton'H .hack. The xei'nnd
act show* the court yard of a Mexican
hotel during the hour, of the siesta.
The lost act happens In tho suite of
rooms In the hotel occupied by Andrew
Oliver Carmichael, anil this again bears
evidence of Mr. Murry's Incontroverti
ble right of being classified hs pno of
New York's most skillful directors.
As u wliolc. the scenic part of this
sirring American' play—the principal
characters being native horn—Is ex
ceedingly pretty nnd gives a splendid
opportunity to see Old Mexico and the
“Madam Butterfly's” Business.
Tho paid admissions for the night
performance of "Madam nutterfly"
amounted to no loss than $4,200.
The receipts wore tho largest that
any performance In the Grand opera
house has drawn since Adeline Patti
Bare her last farewell concert In, At
lanta.
The receipts at the matinee amount
ed to about $2,000, making the ap
proximate total for the two perform
ances of Puccini's beautiful opera
$6,700.
Considering the great ovation that
was given “Madam nutterfly" at
matinee and night and the universal
praise It won and merited from music
lover* nnd clitics, It Is safe to say
that had the company remained over
for two more performances, the re
ceipts would have more than justified
the lengthening of the engagement.
Miss Phoebe Strakosch. who sang
In the title role at the evening per
formance and whose clear, beautiful
soprano made of her every listener
an ardent admirer, remained In the
city over Friday, , stopping at the
Piedmont.
The part of "Madam Butterfly" Is
a very severe one to sing, requiring
great exertion throughout, and Miss
Strakosch Invariably has to stay off
the day after the performance In
which she sings In order to recuper
ate. She will • Join the compauy nt
Knoxville.
“Cornin’ Thro’ tho Rye."
It Is a much more difficult task to
properly catalog and value an article
that is ualque or original than one
built along lines that are old and of
standard fashion. The one haa to be
judged on Its own peculiar merits—
the other may be judged by compari
son to similar articles that have gone
before.
“Cornin' Thro' the Bye." the song
play by George V. Hobart, which was
presented at the Grand Friday night.
Is an unique affair, and Frank Lalor, mi „„„„„„
uoon Whom falls the burden of sup-' The flrVt"of these shows" the‘interior
TIhmitorgoera Ilk© to be thrilled, like
as well to laugh, and the character*!
of “The Gambler of the Weal," A. H.
Wood*’ newest melodramatic offering,
next week at the Bijou, are excep
tionally well selected to Insure a good
balance In the comedv and stirring In-
cidentM of the play. Ronton Jake drops
Into the Aurora bar. when Mabel Crtty
arrive* In, the wild West town to
search for her little brother, who wai
stolen by the Indiana a few yearn be
fore, Juat In time to gH mixed Jn the
plot, and with Bridget Farley, an Irlah
"wlddy," who does washing for the
cowboys nnd miners, with a -brace of
guns In her skirt pockets for protec
lion, innkes the comedy play up even
with the thrilling Incldo
lent.s which In
lude the pinioning of the heroine to a
tree by throwing bowle knives at her,
n hold-up of a stage coach, an at
tempted burning nt the stake, a hand-
to-hand fight on a cliff at the edge of
a precipice over a gorge, a prairie fire,
which Is an Invention of electrlcul ef
fect that innkes the stage seem like a
mass of llame; the plnylng of a game
of freexe-out for the hand of the hero
ine and—but Isn't that enough? Yes,
and at a seemingly hopeless moment a
trained horse salves the heroine by rais
ing an American flag to signal un at
tack on the gang of desperadoes. Owen
Davis, the author, hns woven a heart*-
Interestlng story thru these stirring
scenes.
The typical characters of the West
and cowboys, Indians and gnmhU-
tuake up a large company, and wl
most elaborate scenery the production
has had few If any equals In magni
tude. “The Gambler of the*West"
be the attraction at the Bijou nil the
week.
magnificent chain of lofty i>eaka known
Sierra Mud re mountains.
BEST VAUDEVILLE
El
ns tho
Ben Htir Coming Soon.
1/tdlko so instiy ploys tsxcu from novels,
m Bur ba* l»eeii deftly hnndl»*d. Wil
liam Mining's dramatization brings out flic
bone and mIiiciv of that great story amt
mods the Interest from first to Inst, ns If
one Werr enthralled. This fnselmitlng,
utiiMlerly creation. staged with such splendid
art, should live ns.mi example of wluit vnst
cited.
drainutlst nnd pro
eonjniietlon
dimer Is rei
The ninny notable singings of this drnnm
hsye finnlli.irlzed the major portion of the
addle with Its excellence, nml Messr«. Klnw
Ith lt_ _
Krlnuger nml their employees’ lisvt
orked nml thought nnd bettered the pro
duet Ion until It stsmls a jiingiiltlocnt nnd
comjsrtllug^ presentment of the Wnlhuv
The whole colossal spectacle
In swung vigorously into u perfect pnuorniun
of bewildering scenic delights, fine after
another ptetures. some so .Hint merely u
line or a situation mny have Inviolate at
mosphere. streteh otit In iuiisnIvc glory. The
big chariot met* scene Is tremendously ef
fective and excites the house to wild up-
nlnn*©. while nothing more beautiful nnd
Inspiring than "The llenllug of the Lepers"
scene, which «lose* the drnuut, hns ever
been seen on tin* stage.
To ilescribe the seeucry nnd nnpllnnees
employed In the production of this piny
-sny Hint while sotut of the most stnrtllug
rests of stagecraft have been aeoonijdfihed
Varied Bill Headed by
Olympia Quartet is
Coming.
la the liriiiuatlzntli
Imre only been miii „ KK
necessary to the adequate ©xpioitatb ..
the theme, and yet no essential part of
the story hns Innmi omitted tiecanse of the
inliig difficulties attendant upon tho put-
Hug of General Wallace's stirring romance
upon the stage.
"Hen litir" makes Its appeal to every ed
and will always
plying most of the laughs, Is a unique
style of comedian.
A. Baldwin Sloauo has written all
kinds of pretty music for the piny
among the songs which are especial
Iv tuneful and “stayey" being: "It
Must Be Love," "Any Time. Any
Place. Anywhere," “The Military
Man." "Moolbarri" and "Honey Boy.
Mr. Lalor, as Sott tho Tailor, is
unusually clever. There runs thru
his part Just the slightest thread of
pathos, which shows In his voice nnd
his expression and mokes the com
edy character a really lovable one.
Hts comedy work Is of the quiet order,
his voice seeming to melt as it passes
over the footlights Into a soft, downy
something which beats pleasantly
upon the ear drums and keeps one’s
risibilities a-tlngllng merrily all the
way thru. J. D. O.
Creston Clark# Coming.
•The Power That Governs," the new
American play. In which Creston
Clarke, under the direction of Jules
Murry, will l»e seen at the Grand on
Friday and Saturday, Is In three acts,
each located In Mexico at the foot of
the Blerra Mad re mountains, and each
showing a glowing ami accurate pic
ture of a locale ‘which lias given Mr.
Murry an unusual opportunity. This
he has earnestly embraced, and In con.
sequence presents three sets of scen
ery, the elaborateness of beauty of
Ich can not fall to attract attention
Amateurs at Orph#um.
Klnior Green, a back nm^ wing
dancer, wos awarded first prlxe In tho
amateur carnival at the Orpheum Fri
day night, his work being exceptionally
clever ami winning the hearty plau
dits of a large audience. Miss Rose
Fernor Pitts, a little girl aged about r>
years, won second prlxe. She sung
several solos.
The audience was Vary much pleased
with the amateur proeratn. as well as
the splendid regular bill being present
ed this week.
Mind Your Business!
If you don’t nobody will. It Is your
business to keep out of all the trou
ble you can nnd you can and will keep
out of liver nnd bowel trouble If you
take Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
keep biliousness, malaria and Jaundice
put of your system. 25c. at all drug
stores.
BRENAU COLLEGE^CON
SERVATORY,
• Gainesville, Ga.
A limited number of vacancies are
available for the Spring Term.
Unusual advantages in Plano, Vole#,
Pipe Orgnn, Stringed Instruments,
Musical Pedagogy, Oratory, Painting.
Domestic Bclence, in addition to tie
standard literary and scientific courses.
Location among the foothills of the
Blue Kldge Mountains makes It posal
ble for delicate students to continue
In school until the end of the tertq.
A summer term makes It possible for
students from malarial districts to
spend the summer In the mountains.
The attendance during the present
s•‘.■talon Is the largest in the remarka
ble history of the institution—nearly
four hundred students, representing
twenty states.
The spring term begins January 21.
Reservation should be made at one#.
Some folks like a circus, some go
crasy over grand opera, and the devo
tees of one care nothing for the other.
But there Is one common ground where
they may get together, and that
vaudeville.
Ever been down to the Orpheum for
a matinee or night? If you haven't,
.you're missing something really worth
while. Like the. circus? At the Or
pheum' you can see the best of gym
nastics, a pair-of the best tumblers,
the best acrobats, perhaps a big "cast
ing act" that earns twice as much In
vaudeville as It did under the big top.
Do you love grand opera? Go to tho
orpheum and hear two or three high-
salaried singers give a few of the gems
from the famous operas. They find It
pays them more and gives steadier
engagement.
Like musical comedy, which means
singing and dancing and pretty girls?
You’ll find them all at the Orpheum,
for thdt's what vaudeville Is made of.
And to top off the whole- program,
there’s always a moving picture shotj*
which offers the very best pictures to
be had, a whole theater In Itself. Ho
you see vaudeville Is entitled to Its
popularity.
That vaudeville Is popular.Is shown
by last week's record at the Orpheum,
when 11,776 persons were admitted on
paid tickets to the eleven perform
ances, this not Including the hundreds
of children who attended the matinees
free of charge with elder members of
Ihe family. That means more than
1,000 at each performance.
For next week the program looks at
tractive. The bill Is headed by Fred
Zobelde, the Europeun equilibrist, who
promises something new, und Stanley
and Cogswell will give some character
comedy stunts. Then there’s the Olym
pia Quartet, a comedy bunch who call
themselves the "Independent cadets."
Lebn Carrillo, who does the car
toons In '"variety," will flo some light
nlng sketches on the triage. Lester
nnd Quinn will ofTer a singing und
dancing turn. The Althea Twins will
give some of the latest songs and
dances from Broadway, and Marzella
and Woulfe will apnear In a corned;
horizontal bar act. The klnetograpl
will close the bill.
Ladles are learning that tho Or<
pheunr helps to solve the children
problem, for when they go to the Or
pheum matinees they may take their
children without extra cost. Instead of
leaving them at home In the care of
a nurse. The Orpheum Is becoming
children’s paradise every afternoon.
at
Passengers arriving
Terminal Station and spend
ing a night in Atlanta will
save time and trouble by
stopping at Hotel Marion
Annex, 57 Mitchell St. Half
block from station. Euro
pean. Dabney Scoville, pro
S rietor. Also proprietor of
[otel Marion, N. Pryor.
American plan. Rates, $2
per day; with bath, $2.50
and $3.00.
Previous to 1760 the French would not est
potatoes. It being supposed that tliey would
cause freckles.
Six Evening Performances at 8. V/ednesday and Saturday Matinee at 2
ONE WEEK
Beginning
SLAW & ERLANGER’S NEW AND GREATER
Production of General Lew Wallace's Mighty Play
300—PtUPLE IN PRODUCTION—-300
SEATS OH SALE THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
PRICES;
Flrat 20 rows lower floor, $2, remainder $1.50.
First 3 rows Balcony, $1.50, remainder $1.00.
Gallery, 50c; Box Seats, $2.50.
NO SEATS LAID ASIDE—NO TELEPHONE ORDERS TAKEN
Mall orders accompanied by remittance will be tilled in the order
of receipt after the ticket purchasers la lino are served on tbe open
ing day of sale.
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 6-7
MATINEE TUESDAY
Walter N. Lawrence Preaent, the Greateit of American Dramatie Comedioi,
“THE THREE OF US”
By Rachel Brothers, with a company of superior excellence, headed by
MABEL CAMERON,
As presented all last season at the Madison Square Theater, N. Y. City.
Night, 25c to $1.50; matinee, 25c to $1.00.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. JANUARY 8 AND 9—MATINEE
THURSDAY.
RICHARD CARLE
Pretenl, Himself in
“THE SPRING CHICKEN”!
A full feathered, gorgeously planned musical hit, that was the rage
for 2 years In London, 4 months In New York, 3 months In Chicago and 2
months In Boston.
Night prices, 25c to $1.50; matinee, 25c to $1.00.
THE ORIGINAL NEW YORK AND CHICAGO COMPANY.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JAN. 10 AND 11—MATINEE SATURDAY.
Jules Murry Presents
CRESTON CLARKE
In a New American Play.
The Power let Governs
Presented with elaborate scenic effects nnd a superb cast.
Prices: Sight, £5c to $1.50; matlnoe, 25c to $1.00.
NEXT WEEK,
Mats. Tues., Thurs. & Sat.
A. H. WOOD8 PRESENTS
The Semmtlonal Drama of WeBtern Life,
1F WEST
BY OWEN DAVIS.
Now In Its second successful Reason. A famous cowboy band, Ir
dian*. horse,. Theater, crowded to their capacity every performance.
Saturday Matinee and Night
THE RORK COMPANY'S PRODUCTION,
Coming Thro- The Rye
FRANK LALOR In Hla Original Role,
“NOTT. THE TAILOR”
Night. 2te to *1.M. Matinee 25c to ,1.00.
T8SE
RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
^bmvfn^the~nrr tv a IVnftdepar ture
conger trains ©f the following roads, subject
to typographical errors:
ATLANTA A WEST POINT R. R.
Terminal 8tetion.
No! Depart To—
No. Arrive From
•42 West IT.. 8.15 am
!44 West l>t.. 10.33 am
18 Coluuibus. 11.15 am
3S New o... 12.00 ii*u
43 New O.... 2.00 pm
20 Coluuibua. 7.* pm
31 Montg’y.. 8.35 pm
96 New O.... 11.65pm
35 New
19 Columbus. 6.1') urn
33 Montgm’y..9.40 air
39 New O.... 115 L-u
17 Columbus.. 4.10 pa
41 West Pt... 5.25 pm
37 New O.... $.*> j'ia
Train* marked • run dully except Kundaf.
ked I run Sunday only.
Toniaht— Matinee Saturday
STAIR A IIAVI.IN I’ICKMKNi
Lincoln J. Carter's Drama.
t CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
J -Drive Prom— t j Depart ~T<
Bedtoid’s Hope
J Savannah ...V4JW) am'Macon
Jacksonvllle.. 7.50 amf"
Mflcoh 11.25
Macon
M * con
.11.40 pin
Mncoit 8.1W avs
Macon 4.00 pin -
.. 4.20pm Jacksonville... 8,20pin
8.13 pm Savannah 8.L pg
LOUISVILLE 4. NASHVILLE RY.
Arriving aud departing time st Union St*
thin. Atlanta. AH train* dally: -
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