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•THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 100s.
“The Devil” For
Monday at Grand
The name Henry W, Savage has be
come a hall-mark of excellence In op
erotic and dramatic productions and
the announcement that one of hlB com
panlea will present "The Devil” at the
Qrand Monday matinee and night. Is
received with unusual Interest. In the
ordinary course of events a new play
does not reach here for several sea
sons. But Mr. Savage, owing to a
laxity In the copyright larva which exist
between the United States and Hun
gary, was unable to protect the play,
which he purchased from Franz Hol
lar, the author, and his specially or
ganized companies are g touring the
country, carefully presenting the
drama which has caused more discus
sion than any other dramatic work In
the past twenty years.
The originality and daring which has
clothed the devlLJn the garb of a gen
tleman of the day, cunningly perform
ing his malevolent acts, fairly takes
away one’s breath. The play tells a
story which Is vital and grips the be
holder from the start.' It Is an Impish
comedy and Its veins of satire and cyn
icism are Interlined with hilarity. It
never preaches, never moralizes, and
the lesson It teaches Is suggested, not
said. His Satanic Majesty Is repre
sented as a man of the world from
whom there ooxes-An Ironical philoso
phy which Is so keen and apt and
charged with wit that the spectator Is
held in Its spell. It abounds In rol
pasting r
The com
THE ROYAL CHEF,
_ manner* In which It 18 delivered,
company Is an excellent one nnd
Is headed by Campbell Qollan, late
leading support for David WarflcltJ In
"The Music Master,” and Adels Block,
an actress of rare beauty and clever
ness.
MISS MARY MALATE8TA.
She has a leading role In “The Royal Chef,” at the Lyrlo next week.
Al Wilson Here Again
In Knickerbocker Role
AI H. Wilson, who Is referred to by
his many admirers as the "golden-
voiced singer." will visit the Qrand
Tuesday pnd Wednesday for three per
formances, for the purpose of present
ing Sidney R. Ellis’ song-bedecked
e , “When Old New York Was
:h,” a tale of Manhattan Isle, when
Wall-st., Instead- of being the center
of the world of finance, was the center
of a town Hch with the flavor of the
colonial Dutch. The action of the play
curries one back to the stirring Inci
dents which followed the acquisition of
New Amsterdam (now New York city)
by the English, Immediately following
the period of Dutch occupation so hu
morously described by Washington Irv
ing In his Knickerbocker history of New
York.
Mr. Wilson, pleasantly remembered
by the name of "Metz" Wilson, has a
singing voice' of singular pathos and
power and a peculiar quality. With all
this he Is an actor of uncommon grace
and spirit; has a tine stage presence
and a German accent that 1s equal to
any linguistic emergency.
"The Royal Chef" Comes
For Week at New Lyric
There has been more or less com-
! ment upon the fact that the excellence
| of the attractions offered at the Lyric,
I since the opening of the beautiful the-
t star, eclipses any former presentation
I In Atlanta at a scale of prices like the
1 Lyric's. One of the rare treats of the
I season will be the bill for rtegt week,
I Including matinees on Tuesday, Thurs
day nn<l Saturday, when the musical
comedy, ’’The Royal Chef," will be of
fered.
An exceptionally good cast has been
provided, headed by William H. Con
ley, the popular singing comedian. This
fun-maker was a headliner with the
Savage productions for years.
The leading feminine role of Princess
Tote Is also In the hands of a promi
nent singer, Miss Mary Malatesta, the
prlma donna soprano of the "Tender
foot.” One of the distinct features Is
the chorus and the famous whirlwind
{‘Broilers.’’ who created such a sensa
tion when the piece was last presented
In this city, have been retained.
“Cornin' Thru the Rye”
Closes Grand's Week
Of the many delightful Incidents In
the production of the muclal comedy,
"Coming Thru the Rye," which will be
presented at the Qrand Friday and
Saturday next, there Is one which oc
curs about the middle of the second
act which, from all accounts, is partic
ularly spirited and picturesque, it Is
called the "broncho number." A bril
liant fete Is helng given by the rich
Mrs. Kobb, on the extensive lawn in
front of her Newport manslpn. It Is
participated In by all sorts of Interest
ing people, who sing and dance nnd
wear "stunning" costumes, when all of
a sudden the orchestra strikes up a
lively melody, which Is accompanied by
the entrance of a dozen petite girls,
dressed to represent white ponies, with
very real heads and manes. Their ev
olutions are merely the forerunner of a
dashing girl, who bursts In among
them mounted upon a spotless white
pony—a real one—that capers about
the stage with precision of movement
equal to that displayed by his human,
effigies.
Georgia Magnet Heads
Orpheum's Vaudeville
Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway
The direct line to all points In Sohth
Georgia and Florida.
Night trains carry modern sleeping
cars and day trains carry Observation
Parlor cars between Macon, Qa., and
Jacksonville, Fla., without change.
Operates the famous "Dixie Flyer"
train between Jacksonville, Atlanta and
points West.
C. B. RHODES.
Gen. Passenger Agent, Macon, Qa.
AL H. WILSON.
The popular tenor appears next
week at the Grand.
Miss Adele Blood, who so splendidly
plays the part of Merced, the woman,
in Edwards Davis' play, “All Rivera
Meet /it Rea." billed for the Orpheum
next week, has come to the front In
her profession very rapidly. Miss Blood
is quite a young woman, who but four
years ago completed her education, and
has been on the stage but three years.
When a girl she used to go to church
to hear Mr. Davis preach. She says:
The world I lived In then was a school
where I learned to confugate and a
church where I used to hear a preacher
preach about the world to come and n
club where we danced until my mother
brought me home. I remember that
church, with Its soft colored cathedral
lights, and the . preacher—Edwards
Davis. He was a rage at that time. I
don’t know why, except that he wore his
clerical coat so much like a real John
Drew, and his hair wonderfully long,
this poet-preacher. Even then he was
acting before he left the pulpit, enact
ing scenes from Shakespeare to Illus
trate his themes.
"One day I saw on a billboard In
Ron Francisco a name that I remem
bered. It was our preacher who had
come back to town. I went. I saw—
he conquered. I liked him better as
an actor than my mother before me
had liked him as a preacher.
"A week later I had made my debut.
At first I was playing only a kind of
walking lady, but gradually I worked
Into the more important roles until now
l have acquired the needed confidence
In myself and have, by hard work and
experience, fitted myself to play, with
credit, the bigger emotional parte."
Much may also be said of the many
other good features at the Orpheum,
which Include Alma May Abbott, the
Georgia magnet. Every reader of At
lanta newspapers has heard of Miss
Abbott’s wonderful magnetic power,
and all will now have a chance to wit
ness her strength-defying exhibition.
Monle Mime, the cyclonic comedienne,
has a record for making people hap;
Zlmka Panna and her trained do L*
will be of especial Interest. Panna’”
dogs play all kinds of musical Instru
ments.
Eighest Grade
/ Candies, 60c lb.
SOME "COMING THRU THE RYE” GIRLS.
Paul Gilmore Gives
An Excellent Play
MAY BASHELL.
In "Tho World Beaters,” at Bijou
next woek.
It may have been the weather and It
may have been lack of appreciation, but
whatever It was, there were lots of peo
pie In Atlanta Friday night who failed
to take advantage of the opportunity to
see an unusually good show In “The
Boys of Company B.” which opened an
engagement at the Grand with Paul Gil.
more in the leading role.
Gilmore remarked to a friend a few
days ago that It is an effort for him to
play In Atlanta because of lack of en
couragement. That may have been
(rue In other Instances, but not of last
night. While the crowd was not so
large as it should have been. It made
' up In enthusiasm what It lacked In
size, and when Gilmore was encored
until forced to make a speech he con
fessed that the enthusiastic reception
of the audience had made them all for
get the small house and had brought
out the best there was In the^players.
"The Boys of Company B” Is a musi
cal comedy representing life In the
New York National Guard. It Is an
unusually Interesting play and Is full of
laughs. Gilmore as Captain Tony Al
len. would force n laugh from a
"grouch” by his humorous manner, to
say nothing of tho Intrinsic humor of
his lines. He Is at his best In "Tho
Boys of Company B.”
Ably supporting Gilmore are Jane
Aubrey as Eileen MocLane, Madge
Blako as Jimmie Jlmeson. Walter Fred,
erlcks as C. Holbrook Allen, Lynn Over
man as the boy with the lisp. In fact,
tho entire company Is strong and the
Play deserves a larger attendance Sat
urday than greeted the oponlng per
formance Friday night. H. D. W.
Delicious Candies
' best made, 60c lb.
Ovide Musin, Violinist,
Plays Again in Concert
Once or twice In a season Atlantans
are given an opportunity to hear some
great artist. Gadskl was the first to
delight local music lovers, and the ap
pearance of Ovtde Musin, the Belgian
violin virtuoso, who will delight pat
rons of tho Grand next Thursday night.
Is worthy of mention.
Of this talented artist little need be
said, for he is quite well known to local
music lovers, having appeared In con
cert soveral times before.
Additional Interest will be felt In tho
recital Thursday night, as Mr. Musin
will offer In addition to-his delightful
violin solos a chat on the story of the
volln, Illustrated by stereoptlcon views.
Musin is a splendid lecturer, and the
material which he has gathered In all
of hla travel throughout the world, will
be given In this lecture, Interspersed
with music. Ovide Musin stands at the
head of the Belgian school of violin
playing, and In addtlon to a brilliant
technique, his work has a mellowness
of tone that has never been equalled
by any other violinist of the country.
The following program Is announced:
Introductions—Pedagogic Reflexions.
Violin Solo, “La Folia” (Cadenza by
Leonard)—Corelli (1663). Ovide .Mu
sin.
Ancestors of the violin, ancient In
struments and family of hurdy gurdlea,
Stereoptlcon views.
Piano Solo, Scherzo In B flat minor—
Chopin (HIO). Albert Demblon.
Family of vloles. Stereoptlcon views.
Violin Solo, L'Arte dell Arco. Varia
tions (Cadenza by Ovide Musin)—Tar.
tint (1690). Ovide Muslp.
Historic Views — Cremona and
Brescia instrument makers—Co
tlon of the violin. Stereoptlcon views.
Plano Solo (a) Bourse’ fanfasquo,
Chabrler; (b) Chanson, Tschalkowsky;
(c) Allegro Appaslsonato, Salnt-Saons.
Albert Demblon.
Violin Solo (a) Aria Napolltan, Mu
sin Pergolsse; (b) Introduction for vl.
olln, Paganini; (c) Arpcges, Francois
Prume. Ovide Musin, ,
Virtuosi and Composers. Stereoptl
con‘views.
Violin Solo (a) Berceuse nnd prayer
(new) Musin; (b) Mazurk dl Bravoura,
Musin.
GRAND
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HOUSE
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MONDAY, Dec.
Matinee and Night
HENRY W. SAVAGE Offers the Mont Notable Dramatic Triumph of the Year.
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EVIL
Prices. 25c to 91.50. Matinee, beat aeata.
grand | Dec 15-16, ft*
8ldney R. Ellis presents the singing Ambassador of German Dialect
QtJSr WILSON
In His 8ong Bedecked Play
WHEN OLD NEW YORK WAS DUTCH
Hear Wilson Sing His New Musical Gems.
Matlnss 25o to $1,00 -- —Night 26o to 81.60
GRAND
THURSDAY
NIGHT
DEC. 17,8:15
THE GREAT BELGIAN VIRTU080
OVIDE MUSIN
IN A VIOLIN RECITAL In conjunction with an Illustrated Stcreoptloon
Lscturs by Mr. Musin
THE STORY OF THE VIOLIN
Prices 60o to $2.00 ■■ Special Rates to Muslelans and Teaohera
Fridsy and
Saturday uwin * w” Saturday
Szmu.l E. Bork'l Superb Production, the Oresteet of all Maelesl Comedy So
Dec. 18-19
GRAND
COMING t ?h r e° RYE
TOM WATERS, se "WOT, the TAILOR." LBOWA THU8BBB as "MBS XORB,"
and 75 Oomtdleos, 8Inters end Saaeete.
"Better then ever.”—Boston Ameri
ca, September 3.
. "It le even better then before."—
Boeton Journal, September 3.
MATINEE PRICES, 86s to 11.00. NIOHT, 250 to 11.90,
"World Beaters” Next
For the Bijou Offering
Next week’s Bijou extravaganza will
be J. Herbert Mack’s "World Beaters.”
To the average theatergoer nothing
jhae been told, but to the theater fan
who followa averages there la tha In-
: formation that an extravaganza filling
all that Its name suggests will be the
bill at the always popular play house.
The "World Beaters’’ will introduce
a lot of clever people, who will appear
. in the first part musical comedy, the
program of vaudeville acts, and In the
extravagansa that will conclude each
performance. And from every point
along the line from the opening of the
season up to the lost review on last
Tuesday critics have agreed that the
uttering of Manager Mnck Is out of the
ordinary and worthy of position with
; the highest class of musical shows en
I tour.
j All extravaganzas make effort to
BEST SEATS
50 Cents
All Next Week. Regular Matinees
H. H. FRAZEE Presents
With
Wm. H. Conley
and
“BROILERS”
THE
ROYAL
CHEF
The Positive Event of the Musical Season.
Week of Dec. 21—THE FOUR HUNTINGS
ABBOTT AND WINTHORNE AT THE ORPHEUM,
THE ELITE THEATER
36 Peachtree Street.
THE FINE8t”mOTION PICTURE8
IN THE SOUTH.
THE VERY BEST 8INGER8 EM
PLOYED.
HEAR DAWSON AND WALLACE
SING THE LATEST SONG
HIT8,
SARDONIC PACE’S OP flMSfVTSfi&GB&DEVIC
IN MOLNAR’S COMEDY DRAMA. "THE DEVIL,” IS NOT THE RED-COSTUMED MEPH.STOPHELES OF "FAUST.” BUT A GENTLEMAN OF EXCELLENT ADDRESS.
All Next Week, V
Mon., Wed. and Sat. Mats.
World
Beaters vaudeville x
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J. HERBERT MACK’S BEST PRODUCTION
Week Dec. 21—MORNING GLORIES.
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MATINEE TODAYTONIQHT.
JULES ML'KRY PRESENTS
PAUL GILMORE
IN
The BOYS of COMPANY B
Matin.. Me to It Night Sc te 11.50.
THE BIJOU
Medleys tod Mirth.
THE DAINTY DUCHESS
MATINBE TODAY-TOM'.B I
JOE MORRIS
Id the MIIe-a-Mlnute Magical Comedy,
“TOO MANY WIVES”
ORPHEUM
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7.
KATIE BARRY; CARROLL JOHN
SON; HERBERT BRENON AND
HELEN DOWNING A CO. AND
SEARL, ALLEN A CO. and 3 other
big Acts. Matinee Every Day.
present strong and attractive vaude
ville numbers, and some sort of addi
tional feature that Is tremendou.-Iy In
viting. Matinees will be given Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday.
ttNHiiMflHsiB
Morris Chairs for the men
at 25 per cent discount.
American Furniture Co., 11
Edgewood.
