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Brilliant Premiere Points to Record Opera Week
PF APPEL BAUM ^ ore Than 6,000 Attend Opening of Gala Season
! CIRL MANIA Auditorium Wonderful Maze of Beauty and Coior
*>ntinued from Page One.
App'
aid Mr. Jones
Appelbaum*
they lived in
-esented some
Dryoltt Veneer-
Company. This was a concern •
urn promoted. tl<» got In bad •
has lotto. Appelbuum’s failure in |
-lotto was due to his crooked deal 1
md his failure to attend to bit
“i know the
During the time
)tto my Hr tnrep
parties in the
I Caruso anad Other Famous Stars i
Given Ovation—Bori, New
Soprano, Charms.
“Traviata," with Frieda Hempel as
the Violetta and Umberto Ma< nez as
the Alfredo, served to Introduce to
Atlanta a new soprano and a new
l tenor this afternoon in the second
• performance of a surpassingly brll-
\ Jlant season. Pasquale Amato, one
j of tin three Metropolitan baritones
who for three seasons have been ri
vals for Atlanta’s plaudits, was heard
in the fine role of Germont.
it was tlie first time the old Verdi
opera lias been given by a first-class
company in Atlanta, and the work
was chosen for the opportunity it
gives the soprano for brilliant, florid
passages Mme. Hempel has beta
Q 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 takin 0- a ‘workout," themselves.
Playing catch is a favorite pastime among the men of the
Metropolitan Company.
, I
‘ Ho worked a great many girls ah
i'demonstrators, and he was eternally
mixed up with some of them. In fact,
tliis seemed to be his mania. The
board of directors finally had to pass
a very unique resolution pertaining to
Appel bit urn. They refused to allow
him to employ any more female dem
onstrators.
Calls His Wife “Square.”
“Finally he got so tangled up with
the criminal laws that he had to leave
(i 'harlotte,” wild Mr. Jones. “His w ife
.stayed there for a while until she
, ould get most of Ills crooked deals
straightened out. Mrs Appelbaum I heralded as a coloratura soprano who
as sick most <*f the time she was j f fl | r to rival Sembrich and Tet
ri otte. Sh* - *•’
si dared absolutely
was always con
square In her busi
ness dealings and made a great many
friends there. If Mrs. Appelbaum were
ible to pay their expenses to Atlanta,
hundred or more of the best peopl
in I’harlotte would come here to tes
tify in her behalf.
\ppelbaum.” continued Mr. Jones,
“was a charmer. He fooled some of
t.he most conservative bankers * f
• harlotte, and they were so ashamed
ihey would not prosecute him. He
( «iuid make you think the moon was
made of green cheese.
i jived v er> near ? he A ppelbaums
in 1 ’harlotte, ■•ml Mrs. Appelbaum was J
always considered a lady there. She I
m >\od in the best circles. I
Salesmen for Defense.
It is understood that Alvin Rob
erts and G. Cohen, traveling salesmen,
who occupied a room at the .Dakota
Motel next to Mrs. Appelbaum on the
, * ht of the killing, -. ill testify for (
the defense, they having sworn at the j
< ■,owner's inquest that they hear 1 i
], ,ving the Appelbaum room
in tim interval between the first and <
■ 111s. 'Phis will he used *o j
. ,rt t he suicide theory, it having
1 . i, i rought <»ut that Mrs. Appel-j
) :oorn and hurried toj
lobby immediate! \ after the!
/
lazzinl, and the two roles chosen for
her Atlanta appearance, Violetta and
Lucia, should permit l\er to prove her
cla Ims
Mucne/., 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 "Fi ovenzu." an air
/
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doughnuts—free from sogginess,
grease anil indigestion. The rea
son is that Cottolene contains
vegetable oil- uot animal iats-
heats to a much higher degree
than butter or lard, fries so
.quickly that it forms a crisp, dry
crust over the dough and pre
vents the absorbing of the fat.
Cottolene is decidedly better
than butter or lard for all short
ening and frying. 11 is healthier,
it is quicker, it is more econom
ical.
Cottolene costs do more than
lard; you use but two-thirds of a
pound of Cot
tolene to do
the work of a
full pound of
butter or lard. I
TO-DAY’S OPERA.
Verdi's "La Traviata."
(In Italian.)
Violetta Frieda Hempel
Flora Bervoise.Jeane Maubourg
Annina Marie Mattfeld
Alfredo .Umberto Macnez
Georgio Germont
. Pasquale Amato
Gastone . . . Angolo Bada
Barone Douphol
VincenSo Reschiglian
Marchesc 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.
tone, in exquisite shading, Caruso’s
volte had every chance and he made
the most of it.
The tenor’s hrvt fine number came
almost at the opening and was missed
by hundreds of late coiners shut out
in the foyer. This was the ironic
love song addressed to the village
girls. It was hut a short time until
the entrance of Manon gave Des
Grieux his* second splendid number,
•Donna non vidi.” This i» quickly foil
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 art, too. is filled with
comedy of a delicious kind. Scotti, as
the swaggering Le^caut, and Segurola.
as the senile lover, furnish a quanti
ty of fun. while Bada, as the rollicking
siudent Edmondo, keeps every scene
enlivened. Scotti has never been heard
to better advantage than in the Les-
caut part.
It is not until the second act that
Mme. Bori’s soprano is given full
sway. Her aria, descriptive of her
love for the deserted Des Grieux is
a typical Puccini 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 Caruso and Bori are heard
their best.
The scene Is rudely interrupted by
the entrance of Geronle, and the cur
tain falls on a splendid ensemble.
Between acts is heard the intermez-
New Orleans, a bit of geography
• purely imaginary on the part of the
J ' libiv ttist, and apparently strange to
• I the s ene jointer, who has depleted
J towering bow hi i rs and precipitous
j hills more putted to the grand canyon
j than to the sail marsh s of Louis*
•’kina Here Caruso and Bori appear,
• struggling iiiTo,' - ♦lie desert and dying
• I of thirst. It is here Manon pours out
{ the beautiful aria, “Lone. Forsaken,
• 1 Abandoned,” and Des Grieux, standing
• j alone far up stage, in strong relief
m i against the crimson sunset, gives his
_ I powerful burst of t motion. “There’s
nothing—nothing! Not a drop of wa
ter.’’
Then follows the death of Manor.,
clasped in the arms of her lover. There
is a final sob from the violins, and
tlie velvet curtain fell on the first
opera of the 1913 season.
Opera Sidelights;
Women Outnumber
Men at the Opening.
Is grand opera dearer to feminine
Atlanta than to that portion of the
city’s populace that votes?
A pale, high-browed youth took his
at
Cottolene CTH
is never sold in
bulk—always in
air-t i g h t tin
pails, which pro
tect it from dirt,
dust and odors.
It is always uni-
form and de
pendable.
Mfcl>
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
r,
v
yjl
descriptive uf the
►
■■fair land of Prov
ence.” The Metropolitan ballet made
its first appearance for this 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,
the orchestra and chorus must have a
bit of rest, out-of-town visitors are
anxious for an evening of “seeing the
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
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There’s
One
Right
Near
Your
Door
Wednesday and Thursday
Rogers’ Special Jelly Rolls 6c
Our modem bakery is as near perfect as a
bakery can be made. It is strictly sanitarv-—no
dust, dirt or odors. Our bread and pastry are
mixed and bandied by machinery, the quantities
used are weighed to the fraction of an ounce.
Nothing is left to guesswork. The result is we
furnish the finest qualities sold in Atlanta, and
at the lowest prices.
BETTER-BREAD 4c Loaf
costumes in the audience were more
elaborate, the jewels more gorgeous,
than in past seasons. More than 6.0C0
persons filled the great auditorium.
Colonel William Lawson Peel, pres
ident of the Atlanta Music Festival
Association, was enthusiastic to-day
( over last night’s success.
Puccini Opera Delights.
“Excellent, satisfactory,” he said,
and beamed. “The opening is indica
tive of a record-breaking week. The
evidence borne in last night’s Audi
ence assures the conviction which we
have felt all along—that grand opera
in Atlanta is a permanent institu
tion."
Never lias a grand opera audience
in Atlanta Been handled with less
confusion, less inconvenience, less
noise. The curtain rose within six
minutes of the bout* 8 o’clock set
for the opening, and not a person was
seated afterward. There was no
scurrying up and down the aisles to
disturb the music, no clattering of
seats to interrupt a fine passage.
Those who arrived late stayed out un
til the curtain had fallen on the first
act. and there were several hundred
of these. %
Caruso’s first entrance was the sig
nal for a tremendous burst of ap
plause, which subsided only when tht
tenor stepped out of hie part for a
bow to his friends. Scotti, too, this
time in a swaggering, jovUtl comedy
role, brought a roar of approbation
when he appeared with the dainty new
soprano. There were other old friends
in the cast, too. Segurola, who has
sung the great basso roles in half a
dozen Atlanta performances, was the
Geronte. Bada’s fine tenor showed to
great advantage in the Edmondo role
and little Reles, the comedian, had
a delicious bit as the ballet master.
Maria Duehene’s fine contralto rang
clear for a few moments in the mad
rigal scene, and Ananian, Audipio and
Rossi had small roles. Sturani con
ducted.
The opera, though written twenty
years ago, is singularly characteristic
of Puccini's style. It has* the same
cloyingly sweet string passages, the
same plaintive motifs for the love
duets, which were afterward developed
more elaborately in “Butterfly” and
“Boherne.’
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
exquisite as always, especially in the
somber Intermezzo between the sec
ond and thir.d acts.
Caruso in Fine Voice.
Never before has Atlanta heard Ca
ruso in better voice. He has had roles
tvhich gave his matchless tenor great
er opportunity for emotional passages,
which permitted him to soar higher in
the clouds of top-notes. There is no
moment in “Manon” equal to the Sob
Song in “Pagliacci;” no superb sus
tained high note as in the Brindisi of
"Cavelleria.” but in sheer beaiity of
zo, descriptive of the journey to
Havre, a somber prelude suggestive!
of moments in "Butterfly.” It has!
often been said the mere orchestra ac- J
eompaniment of a Puccini work is an
opera in itself; that a lover of music
would find the orchestra alone almost
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 as a concert number.
It is in the third act that the trage
dy of “Mahon" 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 tiie 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 numbers
appear, and here that Caruso pours
out his soul in a vain plea for Manon’s
freedom.
Among Louisiana Bowlders.
The third act shows* a plain near
ATLANTA
THEATER
SUMMER
PRICES
Matinees
10c and 25c
Nights
10c to 5oc
ALL TH I S WEEK
Matinees Wednesday
and Saturday
Miss BILLY LONG
And Company In
“WILDFIRE”
GRAND
THIS
WEE*
Mat. Today 2:30
Tonight 8:30
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LITTLE
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JAS LEONARD A CO ED NORTON
MtRLO TRIO FRED ST OROE & CO
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
AUDITORIUM La Traviaia
MATINEE TO-DAY GRAND OPERA
METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
Golio Gatti-Casazzi,
General Manager.
John Brown.
Business Agent.
Full Orchestra-
-Corps De Ballet-
-Original Scenery
Hempel. Mattfeld. Malbourg. Amato, Macnez. Roschiglan.
VARDMAN PIANO USED EXCLUSIVELY
station at one side of the Auditorium
lobby as the big opera throng drifted
*lowly out last night and cast an ob
servant eye over the assembly.
“Not erne-fourth of them are men,”
he remarked. Then his attitude be
came one of philosophic meditation uh
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 are authority for 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’ to bankrupture nu*. but
if you say you can’t get along with
out it, here goes.’ An’ he buys," re
lated one of the young traffickers.
“Lots of them was that way.”
An«l having obtained the librettos,
the women proceeded to me them.
With the house darkened m tl .
of lights appeared here' an .T ^
They were pocket flashlights *,
every case was held by a WO m. ■
She bent desperately . u r T* .
pretntive book, and placed ever. * Bh *l
with its note. She was there u,'
prehendingly hear and enjoy . ,
opera. Maybe she did 5 6tJ *l
The I) iclt rows of the dres,
and most of the balcony hei.i",
almost exclusively. , ' J ®n
with other girls, girls win,
their mothers, women w, ,, '
next-door neighbors, all v.u, , h ' ;
but without men.
Audible sniffs and cough< „
in the third and fourth ar;- , •'*
tiful applications of ha'm'i
were indicative of the
femininity of the anm . ■
was very wistful and v< i . . ' :i *
the third tend fourtli arts
molselle Bori sang verv i 1 dnt’iV
of her heart. And the
haved as women very prop i - 1
under the circumstances
It was a dour opera. Thai ■ III
should have come in force „ .
prising.
Descriptions of the beautiful
worn at the opera opening ap „ ea ’
Pages Four, Eight and Nine
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
Wednesday—a Quick Dis
posal of a Little Special
Purchase of Lingerie
Dresses
Only 354-—All 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 aehievement
is the power to do something
The
better.
Doing is learning.
The last time we offered “Special Purchase” Dresses at a verv 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 the effort—the Dresses are here and the opportunity is y<mis
to-morrow.
The Dresses are being unpacked as this is written. They will be 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 bo w at the neck, a smart sash or in dain
ty bits of embroidery. Plenty of all—-white dresses for those who prefer
them. And choice of high neck, low n eck, long sleeves or three-quarter
lengths.
Every one new and stylish, and SUCH A VARIETY OF
KINDS. The main thing is to SHOP EARLY if you would
share this sale. Which means paying $3.90, S5.90 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
honed—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 trimmed 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
Girls like them because they are
smart, .jaunty, and ideal for school
and outdoor wear. Made of eham-
brav or galatea, tail, blue and white,
with trimmings of blue or red or
striped material; ti to 14-vear sizes.
Girls 9 Balkan
Dresses
at $2.50
These are entirely new, and <v
pretty and becoming as new. Mode
of tan or blue chambray—straight
line dresses with belt; a front po lie
is prettily embroidered; three-quartci
kimono sleeves are also embroidei-
ed; 6 to 12-year sizes. Price $'-- r)( •
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.