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Bh~38S> 'iHK A I LAM A (ibUltblAN AND N EVVS.TU ESDAY. APRIL 1913. Brilliant Premiere Points to Record Opera Week More Than 6,000 Attend Opening of Gala Season +•+ •!•»•!• Auditorium Wonderful Maze of Beauty and Color cd from Pag do • <Tv?i a II tl said Mr. Junes »* zVppcilbuums €* they lived in prenented sumo i*)ryola Veneer- vvas a concern roinoted. He g;ot in bad Appolbaum’s failur* in - due to liis crooked deal ailuro to attend to bu»i- "i know th jrinK tie- tirn * my hr in re iriles in the panv. This Caruso anail Other Famous Stars Given Ovation—Bori, New Soprano, Charms. uorkKl -Ok-pionstrator*. utijced up with seemed t< dJvtrd 4• f direct a very unicifie i Kieat many Kills and la was eternally ome of th«M>i In l.u ' he his mania, 'fit us finally had to pas- lution pertaining U T ra viatu. j tin* Violetia ' the Alt'. | Atlanta i tenor till i peiformanee l I hint season f the th ret for three At lit tit C COTTI at top, and CARUSO, world-famous opera stars in *-/ Atlanta this week, snapped at play. Both are baseball fans and here they are seen taking a “workout,” themselves. Playing catch is a favorite pastime among the men of the Metropolitan Company. TO-DAY’S OPERA. Verdi's “La Traviata.” f « hi » vah with Kriejla Hempei at* nd i'mberto Muciifz ae served to introduce toj vv soprano and a new •rnoen in the second, i»f :i sin passingly brll- Pdnquale Amato, on. MM ropolitan baritones aeaKons have been rl- plaudlts, was heard (In Italian.) Violetta Frieda Hempei Flora Bervoise.Jeane Maubourg Annina Marie Mattfeld Alfredo Umberto Macnez Georgio Germont . Pasquale Amato Gastone Angelo Bada Barone Doupbol Vincenzo Reschiglian Marchebc d’Obigny Bernard Begue Dottore Grenvil Paolo Ananian Divertissement by the Corps de Ballet. Conductor; Giuseppe Sturani. The performance starts promptly at 2 p. m. and the di rectors announce no one will be admitted after the curtain rises until the end of the first act. -Ajgxlbaum. They refused to allow Wrfci to employ any more female dent* <mi strut or?*. Calls His Wife "Square." “.Finally he got so tangled up with the criminal laws that he had to leave Csharlottu." said Mr. Jones. ‘ His wife jgfayed there for a while until she Vt>\il(l get most of his crooked deals itened out. Mrs. Appelbaum wojh Jick most of the time she was < horlotte. She \va«-always con- iderco absolutely square in her busi ness deu lings and made a great many tviends there. If Mrs. Appelhaum were able tt> pay their expenses to Atlanta, a hSuhklred• or'more of the la st people Jin rimrlotte would come here to tes- ( iffy! >1 her behalf. ^ "k jjbelbauiri,” continued Mr. Jones. 'Avis ti charmer. He fooled some of 1 the” most conservative bankers «f !Charlotte, and they were so ashamed |t5b > would not prosecute him. 11* Kirtiud make you think the moon was - made of green cheese. • I lived very near the Appelbaums fo (fharlotte, and Mrs. Appelhaum was nctv/nys considered a lady there. She moved In the best circles." Salesmen for Defense. If is understood that Alvin Rob ■ns and <5. Gohen, traveling salesmen, vjjhft occupied :i room at the Dakota UYdcl next to Mrs. Appelbuum on the idubt of the killing, will testify for -he defense, they having sworn at the < :viyiner’» inquest that they heard! raM u : leaving the Appelhaum room m ti • interval between the first and ( --iiots. This will be used ‘.o -icq n't tin- suicide theory, it having h im brought out that Mrs. Appel- j~ r L, ii tiicir room and hurried to lHt| -i lobby i turned la tel yafter the ^feting. in the fine role of (iermont. It was Hie first time the old VerdI opera has been given by a first-< lass company in Atlanta, and the work was chosen for the opportunity it gives 1 ho soprano for brilliant, florid passages. Mine Hempei has been heralded us a coloratura soprano who bids fair to rival Sembrich and Tet razzini, find the two roles chosen for her Atlanta appearance, Violetta and Lucia, should permit her to prove her claims. Macnez. a recent addition to the list of Metropolitan tenors, had a fine part in the role of the lover, and Amato's sonorous baritone was given full swing in the great "Provunzo," un air Cottolenej egakes delicious doughnuts mamimswBsm Cottolene uwtkvs <l e I i cv i o u s toHfdinutK- free from sogginess, i_rr,'iise and indigestion. The rea- AH IN 1 hat Cottolene contains vegetable oil not animal fats— heals to a much higher degree limn butter or lard, fries so Sickly that it forms a crisp, dry •i*ust over the dough and pre vents 1 he absorbing of the fat. ■ Cottolene is decidedly better ban blitter or lard for all short- ■ning and Irving. It is healthier, it is quicker. ii is more econom ical. Cottolene costs no more than ard; you use but two-thirds of a found of Cot- dene 1 o do he work of a 'Ytl l pound of u mtter or lard. lotto, lene, 5 never sold in I )ptk—always in * ifT-t i g h t tin is, which pro- ect it from dirt, lust and odors. I f- is always uni - P r jr» and de pendable. ■HE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY New Orleans, a bit of geography purely imaginary on ihe part of the librettist, and apparently atrange to the scene painter, who has depicted towering bowlders and precipitous Dills more suited to the grand canyon than to the salt marshes of Louis iana. Here Caruso and Bori appear, struggling across the desert and dying of thirst. It is here Marion pours out the beautiful aria. “Lone, Forsaken, Abandoned," and Dea Grieux, standing alone far up stage, in strong relief against the crimson sunset, gives his powerful burst of emotion. "There’s nothing nothing! Not a drop of wa ter." Then follows the death of Marion, clasped in the arms of her lover. There is a final sob from the violins, and the velvet curtain fe[! on the first opera of the i913 season. Opera Sidelights; Women Outnumber Men at the Opening. Is giand opera dearer to feminine Atlanta tjian to that portion of the city’s populace that votes? A pale, high-browed youth took his station at one side of the Auditorium lobby as the big opera throng drifted slow ly out last night and cast an ob servant eye over the assembly. "Not one-fourth of them are men,” lie remarked. Then his attitude be came one of philosophic meditation as to why. Whatever his conclusion, his pre mise was correct. Women outnum bered the men two or three to one, with the result that half those of the fair sex at the opera were unat tended. Two boys who sold librettos of the opera ate authority foi the statement that the heaviest sale was among the women, or to escorts who were per suaded by the girls with them. They related experiences. "An' one guy says. Wot. 35 cents for this? Gee. Mabel, this here gran’ opera is goin’ jto bankrupture me, hut if you say you can’t get along with out it, here goes.’ An’ lie buys," re lated one of the young traffickers. "Lots of them was that way.’’ And having obtained the librettos, the women pro* ceded to use them, With the house darkened, little tiaras of lights appeared hero ami then They were pocket flashlights, and in every case was held by a woman. She bent desperately over the inter pretative book, and placed every word with Its note. She was there to com prehend l ugly hear and enjoy grand opera. Maybe she did. The back rows of the dress circle and most of the balcony held women almost exclusively. Girls who cam* with other girls, girls who cam.- win, their mothers, women who came with next-door neighbors, all were there but without men. Audible sniffs and coughs and srl,. in the third and fourth acts, and pi,.,,' tiful applications of handi.* , m, )v were indicative of the overw. « nim? femininity of the audit m- M. was very wistful and very pitiable n the third and fourth acts, ;ut<| \ l;i , m< in u© i It i of her heart. And the women b. haved as women very properly should under the'circumstances. They v, ,-pY It was a dear opera. That women should have come in force is not sui prising. Descriptions of the beautiful gowns worn at the opera opening appear on Pages Four, Eight and Nine. tone, in exquisite shading. I’aruso’s voice had every chance and he made the most of it. The tenor’s firnt fine number came almost at tlie opening and was missed by hundreds of late comers shut out in the foyer. This was the ironic love song addressed to the village girls. It was but a short time until tiie entrance of Manon gave Des Grieux his* second splendid number, "Donna non vidi." This is quickly fol lowed by the duet of Des Grieux and Manon, in which the young student pours out the story of his new-found love and the coy maiden confesses her interest in the strange lover. Comedy Not Lacking. The first act. too. is filled with comedy of a delicious kind. Scotti, as the swaggering Le. caut, and Segcrola. as the senile lover, furnish a quanti ty of fun, while Rada, as the rollicking student Edmondo. keeps every scene enlivened, ricotti has nev r been heard to better advantage than in the Les- eaut part. It is not until the second act that Mine. Lori’s soprano is given full sway. Her aria descriptive of her love for the deserted Dos Grieux is a typical Pun ini bit, plaintive, sugary, touching. With the entrance of her lover comes her finest number, and in this scene—a long duet which ends with the pair in each other’s arms — both (’aruso and Bori are heard at their best. The scene is rudely interrupted by the entrance of Geronte, and the cur tain falls on a splendid ensemble. Between acts is heard the intermez- dci*Tipii t ve <>f tie fail land of Prov ence." The Metropolitan bullet made its first appearance for Hi is season. The audience, while not so large as that of the opening night, nearly filled the Auditorium, and received the vocal skyrockets which mark Violet ta's arias with rapturous applause. There will be no performance to night. Society must have opportuni ty for late dinners and beauty sleep, Hie orchestra and chorus must have a bit of rest, out-of-town visitors are anxious for an evening of "seeing th» town." It is a far more admirable arrangement than in the earlier sea sons, when four or five consecutive nights of opera left company and-au dience alike on the verge of nervous breakdowns. The opening of the season last night was perhaps the most brilliant ever known in an Atlanta season. The •/.'■fie* ns£SiSss,-)!x^riBammim Rogers’ Stores /MUTr, ismam 4, 36l SJ £ \ Wednesday and Thursday Rogers’ Special Jelly Rolls 6c < hiv niodern - liaki'i'y is as near |MM-fcct as a liakrrv can In made. It is strictly sanitary im (lust, dirt or (idors. Our bread and |>astr\ arc mixed and handled by machinery, the (piantities used are weighed to t lie fraction of an ounce. Kothing is left to guesswork. The result is we k : ,i;sli tic- finest (pta Iities sold in Atlanta, and at tile lowest prices. lETTER-BREAD 4c Loaf costumes in the audience were more elaborate, the jewels more gorgeous, than in past seasons. More than 6 00G persons filled the great auditorium. Colonel William Lawson Peel, pres ident of the Atlanta Music Festival i Association, was enthusiastic to-doy I over last night's success. Puccini Opera Delights. “Excellent, satisfactory.'’ In sai !. and beamed. "The opening is in lie i tivo of a record-breaking week. The evidence borne in lurt night’s atuii- I ence assures tin* conviction which we have felt all along that grand opera in Atlanta is a permanent institu tion.” Never has a grand opera, audience in Atlanta been handled with less confusion, less inconvenience, less noise. Tin* curtain lose within six minutes of the hour 8 o’clock- set J fof tin* opening, and not a person was I seated afterward. There was no j scurrying up and down the aisles to J disturb the music, no clattering of | seats t»* interrupt a line passage. • Those who arrived late stayed out un in the cast, too. Scgurola, who has sung the groat basso roles in half a doz*. n Atlanta performances, was the Geronte. Rada’s fine tenor showed to great advantage in the Edmondo role and little Reies, the comedian, had a delicious bit as the ballet master. Maria Duehene's tin* contralto rang clear lor i few moments in the mad rigal seem . and Ananian, Audisio and Rossi had small roles. Sturani con ducted. The opera, though written twenty years ago. is singularly cliaracterfsiie of Puccini’s style. It hn>* the same eloyingl\ >■ w*et string passages* the same plaintive motifs for tin* love duets, which were afterward developed more elaborately in "Butterfly” and "Rohetne.’ One could have recognized it as a Puccini work without a program. The orchestra is given a large share of the burden and its work was as cxqui.-'ite as always, especially in the somber intermezzo between the sec ond and third ;e t-\ Caruso in Fine Voice. Wv. l before has Atlanta heard ("a rust* in better voice. Ho has had role s which gave bis matchless tenor great er opportunity for emotional passages, which permitted hhn to soar higher in the t duds of top-notes. There is no moment in "Manon’’ equal to the Sob Song in "Pagliaeei;” no superb sus tained high note as in the Brindisi of "Gavelleria." but in sheer beauty of zo, descriptive of the journey Havre, a somber prelude suggestive of moments in "Butterfly.” It has often been said the more orchestra ac companiment of a Puccini work is an jpera in itself; that a lover of music would find the orchestra, alone almo.-’t as effective as the complete work, and this is as true of "Manon Les- caut” as of the composer’s later works. The intermezzo is so strik ing in its sad beauty that it is often played ae a concert number. It is in the third act that the trage dy of "Manon" begins. The curtain rises on a dim - lit stage, the prison at Havre, with the convict ship in the background. Des Grieux and Les- caut appear in the semi-darkness, plotting the escape of Manon from her cell. But the attempt fails, dawn appears, and the stage suddenly is filled with soldiery and townspeople. It is here the finest chorus number.- appear, and here that Caruso pours j out his soul in a vain plea for Manon's' freedom. Among Louisiana Bowlders. The third act show.-’ a plain near ATLANTA THEATER SUMMER PRICES Matinees 10c and 25c Nights 10c to 5oc ALL THIS WEEK Matinees Wednesday and Saturday Miss BiLLY LONG And Company In “WILDFIRE” GRAND TBJ£ LY I sHirru ck Wat Tmjy 2:30 Tonight 8:30 LITTLE BILLY JERE GRAOY-FRANKIE CARPENTER i CO. JAS LEONARD i CO. ED. MORTON MARL0 TRIO FRED ST ONGE A 00. IT IS KEITH VAUDEVILLE LYRIC THIS WEEK GEORGE SIDNEY And His Fun makers In BUSY IZZY The Merriest Girlie Show Ever Get Your Seats Now id fallen «»n the first .ere several hundred til the curtail act. and then of these. / <'hi usoV t1r. t entrance was the sig nal for a t remend on.** burst of ap plause. which subsided only when the :enor stepped out of ! • part for u I bow to his friends. Scotti. too. this lime in a swaggering, jovial comedy role brought a roar of approbation when he appeared with the dainty new soprano. There were other old friends AUDITORIUM Curtain Rises at 2 P. M. Sharp MATINEE TO-DAY La Traviaia GRAND OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY Gio'io Gatti - Casazzi. General Manager. OF NEW YORK Jchn Brown. Business Agent. Fuil Orchestra- -Corps De Ballet- -Original Scenery Hempei. Mattfeld. Malbourg. Amato. Macnez. Roschiglan. YARDMAN PIANO USED EXCLUSIVELY Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Wednesday—a Quick Dis posal of a Little Special Purchase of Lingerie Dresses Only 354---AII Told---Dresses Regularly Priced Here at $7.50. $9.00, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $18.50 and $25.00. • For To-morrow, They Are Divided Into Three Groups and Priced at--- $3.90 $5.90 $7.90 best reward of a great achievement 8BS3S£S*KSSi-a is the power to do something The better. Doing is learning. The last time we offered "Special Purchase” Presses at ;i very low figure we thought it impossible to give greater values at such absurdly low prices. But. "the-bridge of endeavor spans the sea of impossibility.” We made tlie effort—the Dresses are here and the opportunity is vours to-morrow. The Dresses are being unpacked as this is written. They will he ar ranged on four large tables for convenient choosing, and judging from their value and desirability, coupled with the wonderfully low prices, we calculate they will remain only a few hours. Dainty white, summery Frocks of various pretty styles—lingerie, voiles and sheer grenadines. A touch of color introduced here and there, in a girdle, a fascinating velvet how at the neck, a smart sash or in dain ty hits of embroidery. Plenty of all—white dresses for those who prefer them. And choice of high neck, low’neck, long sleeves or three-quarter lengths. Every one new and stylish, and SUCH A VARIETY OF KINDS. The main thing is to SHOP EARL Y if you would share this sale. Which means paying $3.90, $5.90 or $7.90 for regular $7.50 to $25 Dresses. Women Wanting Fashionable, Summery Blouses will find plenty of exquisitely dainty styles here with low necks or high collars—well boned—and either long or three-quarter sleeves. They are particularly well- fitting. too—many customers have told us how perfectly the stocks and sleeves tit. Beau tifully t rimmed with fine‘laces and touches of hand-embroid ery here and there. This particular collection, priced $2.50, $2.75 up to $5.00* Girls’ Stylish Middy Dresses at $1.50 (tills like them because they are smart, jaunty, and ideal for school and outdoor wear. Made of cliain- bray or galatea. tan. blue and white, with trimmings of blue or red or striped material; ti to 14-year sizes. ed; 6 to 12-vear sizes. Pric $2.50. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Girls’ Balkan Dresses at $2.50 These are entirely new, and as pretty and* becoming as new. Made of tan or blue chambray—straight line dresses with belt; a front panel is prettily embroidered; three-quarter kimono sleeves‘are also embroider-