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.■ Kntdj •Subs* wl • l, V .; 1 f' T1 i\ in! er ! C8 \V» fTll 3 ! ATT A NT A GEORGIAN AM) \kyy«. 11 rai ta >rxrn rrrzSrrrrrir 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 / A V Cottolenel makes delicious doughnuts t Si;i23EBa*flS»5r3K»IWWH Cottolene makes <1 e 1 i e i o u s 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 Y 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 TftJE LY SHxrru ck LITTLE BILLY JERE GRADY- FRANKIE CARPENTER A CO. 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.