Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

■ mf**’ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NKWS.WEDNI.’sDAY. APRIL 2?.. 101 A. ILL TO-NIGHT; the balcony scene, In which Cyrano makes love In the darkness for Chris tian, and tells of his own love Unrec ognized by her. Ai t four opens on the camp of the Gascony cadet > and the second scene of the act shows the park of the con vent where Roxane learns the truth of Cyrano’s love for her. .Madame Frances Alda has been de scribed by the critics a a perfect Roxane. Th erole of Cyrano has been developed admirably by Amato. Feminine Atlanta All a-Flutter v • v v • v v • ^ It’s Scotti, ‘the Grandest Thing!’ +•+ 4-»+ +•+ +•+ Peachtree Stares as He Swings By AGTRESS SCORNS lempel Scores Remarkable Tri umph on First Appearance Be fore an Atlanta Audience. M i.i opera-goers who have . . , ,j for three seasons because French and German have aig w |ll have opoprtunity to- learn whether opera in Eng- . ally is preferable. Metropolitan company is to , English for the first time in . ,, I a, and a work given its pre- in New York only a few wtjeks wi U be the offering. This is ,. in „ " written about ten years ago Walter Damrosch, of New York, not given a performance until last Ebruary. It has been sung by the Vt-op.ilitan but five times. -i-; opera is novel, too, in that its ,,,given the baritone. Pasqua e mate Who was accorded a veritable S in his Traviata” role yester- av afternoon, w illbe the Cyrano to- , ahi Biccardo Martin, the Amen- an tenor who has been among the plants favorites since the first con- L season five years ago. will be the Hiri-ftian The Roxane will be Ladame France? Alda, the beautiful Australian and the wife of Geenr.il ■anag* i Gatti-Casazza. It was Alda Iho pang Desdemona to Slesak s \ , P i)o so well two seasons ago. Hertz to Conduct To-night. iifred Hertz, the jovial #1(1 Ger- L„ conductor, has arrived especial y t direct the music of “Cyrano. Pu-- tm Griswold, who sings but a tew L" jn the whole Atlanta week, came fi h him. and will be the De Gutch- I hert Reiss, the little tenor comedian. Ifl have the best role he has ever |, rE in Atlanta as Ragueneaux the Cefic pastry cook. Basil Ruysdae . r handsome basso, whose name is i U th though he is American born, .* “other late arrival for the “Cyrano 'The'opera follows closely, until the nale the Rostand play which caused •oh a furore about twelve years ago. Id in which Coquelin in France and "ansflelil in the United States made ,ch great dramatic successes. The uMr is said to be excellent, running , e gamut from the frivolous comedy f Ragueneau to the solemn and tierdlv beautiful death sotig of C y- ino as the curtain falls. The book is \V. F. Hepderson, one of the lean- ,g- musical critics and writers of ew York, and adhere as closely to if> Rostand lines as is possible in a a11v "singable” libretto. Ponchielli’s “Gioconda.” with Des- hi ("aruso. Gilly and Homer will be ie hill to-morrow# afternoon. There i1 be no night performance to-mor ThirH Presentation of “Cyrano.” Cyrano,” which will be presented the Auditorium to-night* by the* etropolitan company, is regarded by any of the critics as the production i meet the cry for a new and thor- |ighl\ worthy American opera. That the music for the opera was itten a dozen years ago by Walter imrosch does not in the least de- rov its characteristic of newness, r it received its first presentation !y last February, when it was aged in New York. It was given a contl time in the metropolis and to- g ■ it will have its third presenta- |)n. I’he book, following in its plot many the essentials of Rostand's “Cyrano Bergerac,” is the work of W. J. Henderson, who collaborated with kmrosch. It is pronounced admir- |le in structure and versification and t* 5 picturesque English. Work Is Melodious. Ir. Damrosch says of his own Hempel Newest Idol of Atlanta. Atlanta has a new idol to-day There is a new star in the musical firmament. Frieda Hempel is thi name on every operagoer’s lips since the success of the young Berlinese yesterday afternoon. That Frieda Hempel is the greatest "find” of grand | opera of the past decade is the enthu- i siastic declaration of hundreds. Not since Sembrich reached her j zetiith and turned from opera to con- I cert has the Metropolitan possessed a 1 coloratura artist of the front rank. Tetrazzini shone with the Harnrner- ! stein forces, but lias never been a ; permanent member of the older com pany Alma Gluck, who sang hen- last season, gives promise of ripening | into a great singer of the florid arias. But not until Hempel came across the water this season has the corps of j singers under Gatti-Casazza Included a soprano who could do justice to the trills and cadenzas of “Triaviata” and : “Lucia” and “The Barber of Seville.' | And that is ope of the reasons why I these operas' and similar works hav< Scotti snapped by a lieor^ian photographer as he strolled along Peachtree Street. ? not a music drama; it is an 1 have gone to older models |an Wagner. The scoring is light; w work is melodious. There are set pas and the singers have as much J'Ody to sing as the orchestra.” Iv pleasing scenic effect in the first is the reproduction of a tiny thea- in the Hotel de Bourgogne in 1640. Jen after the arrival of the minia* theater’s audience of cavaliers, ifghers. lackeys, pages and fiddlers, violinists play an overture which Jmrosch describes as based on the e Lully. It is a most delightfu’ delicate bit of instrumentation, he second act is marked by the |ver patter song. “How to Make Al- fnd Cheese Cake.” and by another hg. not dissimilar in style, “We Are Gascony Cadets.” The scene is in Ragueneau's pastry shop, “the eating house.” Mme. Alda Perfect Roxane. he street before the house of Rox- is the s*cene of the third act. Rox- who has just parted with De : ; goes into the house as Cyrano F ' hristian appear. Then follows I been so rarely included in the Metro politan’s repertoire. Amato Given an Encore, The matinee yesterday was remark- | able in several ways. It drew an au- | dience almost as large as that of ih° opening night, with enough men in it to prove Atlanta music patronage Is not entirely in the hands of the worn- en. It introduced the new coloratura .and it brought Pasquale Amato per- ! haps the greatest outburst of .spon taneous, uncontrollable applause he ! has ever known. For the second time in its history the Metropolitan company broke its ! tradition of never repeating a number I The first occasion was on the closing night of last season, when Carueo. Gilly. Gluck and .Wickham repeated | the great “Rigoletto” quartet. The second occurred yesterday, i when Amato, his face wreathed in smiles, waited and waited for the ap- | plause to cease, and then, after a nod | from the stage manager, signaled to Conductor Sturani and began for the I second time the wonderful “Di Pro- venza il mar." At every curtain call after that he and Hempe] shared the honors. But Amato was a favorite of sev- I oral seasons. Frieda Hempel was a i newcomer, without friends in At lanta. without enough English to chat with new-found acquaintances. She I won attention with her first words. | held her audience in every bar until I the close of the act. and swept her FOP WOMEN ONLY' |DoYou Feel his Way? Backache or Headache Dragging Down Sensation* Nervous—Drains— Tenderness Low Down. It is because of some derangement or disease distinctly feminine. Write Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Faculty at Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N.Y. Consultation is free and advice is strictly in confidence. r. Pierce’s "Favorite prescription restores the health and spirits and removes those painful symptoms mentioned above. It has been sold by druggists for over 40 years, in fluid form, Ht $1.00 per pottle, giving general satisfaction. It. can now be had in tablet, form, as modified b\ P.V. Tierce, M.D. 11 Sold by Medicine £7 ostlers cr trial box J , L by mail on receipt of dOc in stamps j hearers into the seventh heaven of musical ecstasy when she soared in:o the famous aria "Ah fors’ e lui.” It was a number which had been a favorite show-piece of Melba and Tetrazzini and Sembrich, and many in the audience had heard one or ad of these artists, hut when Hempel had trilled her last note there was that moment of silence which always has been the truest tribute to perfec tion then a thunder of applaus* which held the orchestra mute until it subsided. And it subsided only after the singer had smiled and bowed her thanks to her first Southern au dience. A Most Finished Singer. Frieda Hempel is already being termed the greatest coloratura. More than that, she is one of the most fin ished singers in the Metropolitan forces 8he sings with absolute ease, her voice is dear, full and well- rounded and her shading is perfec tion itself. Her soprano is as pure and unfaltering in the soft, low pas sages as in the cadenzas which mark her more emotional scenes. She is I tall, of a handsome figure. She has beauty and siie has youth. Critics believe she will yet be recognized as I one of the great personages of th.' operatic stage. The opera also introduced a new tenor to Atlanta, Umberto Macnez, who sang the Alfredo role, and sang it well. But the tenor part in ‘‘Tra viata" is so overcrowded by the bril liancy of the soprano's arias and the succession of magnificent numbers ven the baritone that he must be very exceptional singer who could »ake it prominent. Mr. Macnez was u his best in the final duet with adame Hempel, "Parigi o cara." hioh ends with Violetta’s collapse ’i her lover’s arms and her death s the curtain falls. "Traviata" itself set its hearers ild. It is preeminently an opei.t ■ r the masses, for, like all of Verdi’s works, it is tuneful, melodious, har monious. The man who wrote "Trova- tore” and "Rigoletto” and "Aida” was not afraid of being called a tune- maker. Almost the entire first act of “Traviata" is one continuous, throbbing, rhythmic waltz. There are duet? and trios innumerable, earn with that blending of voices of which Verdi was such a master. It contains several numbers which have been fa vorites of all the great singers, and the finale of the third act is one of the finest concerted numbers in oper atic repertoire. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads The Sunday American. YOUR ad- | vertisement in the next issue will sell I good*. Try it I Baritone’s Saunter Has Douglas Fairbanks or J. Drew Eclipsed, Declare Fair Admirers. There's Signor Antonio Scotti. Why can't we all make diadems out of our mere straw hats, and scepters out of our cause, and play the Prince Fharih- ing to the utter rout of maiden* everywhere? Because, most likely, we are not Antonio Scotti. Style and savoir-faire seemed to radiate from the stalwart, erect figure that made its way leisurely along downtown Peachtree to-day. Military precision was there, and yet a natural grace that made it plain that the dig nity iva? innate ano not artificial. A tailor, measuring a customer, glanced out into the street and saw ihe figure pass his shop door. He rushed to the door and gazed at the tight coat, the square shoulders, the ultra-correct trousers, with eyes of artistic appreciation. Then he went back and changed a few entries on customer’s order blank. An automobile sped along the stieei with a long-drawn blast of a siren whistle. Four girls saw the stalwart figure. “Gee. It’s Scotti!” “Ou-u-u-u-u.” Four blended gasps echoed the siren and resounded above it. The automobile slowed and turned. ‘It’s* Scotti,” said the girl at the wheel, whispering, awe-struck. Scotti sauntered leisurely. (Jet the Scotti saunter. It has Dougla? Fair banks. John Drew and every other idol overshadowed. Not even a mov ing picture man has anything like it. Atlanta maidens have spoken. Shoulders immovable. Arms swing in an arc of four and three-quarters inches Head five degree' to the right. Toes out. Lord help the Atlanta man with the pigeon toe**. Scotti throws his feet out. But back to the story of how four tender hearts went fluttering, ro mance-winged. out into a dream world. And not only four. The automobile crawled slowly along Peachtree, in the wake of the sauntering Scotti. Oblivious to traf fic dangers, pedestrians, shop win dows. everything, four pairs of eyes .-•tared Four girls talked in w hispers. The Cute Little Cane. "Did you see him at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon, walking around the boxes” I think he is the* gran-n-ndesi thing. Look at that little cane hooked over his arm. Isn't that the cutest thing.’ Watch him walk. Ou-u-u-u.” Then the four rapt maidens saw the luckiest woman in the world. \ handsome automobile swept by. Its occupant, a woman, gowned and glo rious, also saw the superb Scotti. She spoke to her chauffeur, and th automobile stepped at the curb. The great man smiled, and raised his hat. His bow. from his hips, awoke a convocation of rapturous squeals from the automobile of the four maidens. The Scotti Handshake. Scotti held out his hand to the woman. Get the Scotti handshake. Palm up. Fingers curled slighil>. with the subtle compliment of being Emma Dunn Declares Osculation Has Been Recognized by Re- i ligion Since Antiquity. NEW YORK. April 1 liavr n.i use for the unkissed woman," says Emma Dunn, the actress. "In a professional capacity and in the execution of my duty as a wife to Dan Slade in the play I have to kiss m several times. Do you suppose the public would tolerate a kLs upon ihe ear or a smack upon the cheek? Certainly not! "The impulse that actuates the act. the motive that prompts the impulse, suggests tile lips, and therefore the truest manifestation of genuine devo tion is only evidenced when lips are sealed in an exchange of love’s ex pression. "In rny leisure moments I have compiled a symposium upon the sig ni tic a nee of a kiss that may b«- rather apropos. Do you know that from tlie earliest records of men and nation** kissing has been < onsidered and rec ognized as an ordinance of patriar chal. reverential and apostolic bene diction. Kissing Defies Crusaders. "Notwithstanding the medical cru sade instituted against it upon hy gienic grounds, the kiss has and will continue among the Teutonic, Celtic and Latin races as an evidence, of devotion and loyalty. "As a religious ceremony the k ss has been consecrated from the earli- j e?t tim< s and appears to have been an old Semitic and Aryan custom for it is first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis xxvii.. 26. when Isaac, thinking he is addressing Esau, says to Jacob, 'Come near now and kiss me, my son.' In those days the kis- formed •! part of the blessing bestow ed by a father on his son. "The practice of kissing is mention ed no less than forty-one Urn .- in Lhe Scriptures, but in only three in stances do men i ml women partici pate—once when Jacob ki sed his cousin; once in Proverbs where the kiss is used to illustrate the tempta tion in a young man's way, aild once when Mary kissed the feet of Christ. Savior Betrayed With Kies. Judas betrayed the M< ssiah with r kis*. ‘Greet ye one another with ai hols kiss.’ wrote Paul to the Gorin-j thians; and sonn of the Protestant sects still retain the ki>s a- part of the service of the Lord’s Supper. "Savage, rarely osculate. The- oseu- Hitloirs of the Mm,gols Malays. Pol>- neslanr. the Eskimos and Laplanders consist chiefly of smelling each other aru. rubbing noses, while in Thibet instead of greeting by an adhesive touch, the mode of salutation consists of extending the tongue, but the eti quette of the coutDrv does not permit of any . hysical lontaci. "North American Indians do not kiss ex epting in the presence of d^ath, when they profusely kiss the feet of their beloved departed ones.” eager to grasp t lie other persdh'is hand. x nd then a firm, -un moving grip ft three seconds, exactly, and a convulsive quiver, lasting while you count one. rapidly. The maidens sighed in chorus. They saw Scotti ascend to the woman's side, with the air that he preferred a seat in her automobile than a re posing place on the bosom of Abra ham. "Who is it? What's her name? Do you know her? Tell me quick." All of which is a composite con versation of four heart-stricken girls. And the Luckiest Woman. The other automobile rolled away, bearing Scotti and the luckiest woman in the world. Why can’t we all—but we settled that at the first. We can’t; that’s all there is to it. The funny part of this story, though, is yet to come. The men d Atlanta have noticed the Scotti style and the Scotti air also, apprecia tively. "I'm simply wild about Scotti." said the maiden who drove the automobile with the four passengers. "And, some how. 1 wasn’t afraid to tel! Harry. He didn’t mind. He just made a noise ilke this." She tried to imitate a man s sigh. Which she couldn't. It betokens an agony of soul and a yearning that is titanic. Of course. Ha y sighed. Eckman’s Alterative FOR THE THROAT AND LUNGS Eckman’s Alterative is effective in Bronchitis, Asthma. Hay Fever, Throat and Lung Troubles, and in upbuilding the system. Does not contain poisons, opiates or habit- forming drugs. For sale by all lead ing druggists. Ask for booklet of cured cases and write to Eckman Laboratory. Philadelphia. Pa., for additional evidence. For sale by all of Jacobs’ Drug Stores. 606 SALVARSAN 914 Neo Salvarsan The two celebrated German preparations that have cured per- \ marently more rases of syphillia or blood poison in the last two years than has been cured in the history of lhe world up lo the time of thia wonderful discovery. Come and let me demonstrate to you how I cure this dreadful disease In three to five treatments I cure the following diseases or make no charge Hydrocele. Varicocele, Kidney. Blad der and Prostailc Trouble, Host Man hood, Strtcture. Acute and Chronic Gonorrhea, ano all nervoua and chronic diseases of men and women. Free consultation and examination Hours: S a m to 7 p m.: Sunday DR. J. D. HUGHES *•'/? North Broad St Atlanta, Ga. Opposite Third National Bank. WMn’V* IWY»J MEiSTO, a*.' C The SUNOAYAMERICAN'S MEAT BASEBALL TEAM All the important leagues of baseball are now in action. So are tens of thousands of fans. So are also the men who write of the doings of the dia mond stars for those same fans to read. It is the newspaper with the STAR TEAM of writers that makes the strongest appeal to baseball enthusiasts. BUT—to be star3, baseball players and writers about the diamond warriors must be fair and square. That is an essential part of KNOWING THE GAME. Here Is Tine Hearsi Sunday American Teasii for 1913 CHRISTY MATHEWSON For years the famous pitcher for the Nevz York Giants. Known everywhere as one of the brainiest players in the business and one of the squarest in whatever he writes about the game of which he is master. The Crackers’ sensational first-sacker. He is giving local fans all the "inside" news of Bil- DAMON RUNYON W. J. McBETH CHARLEY DRYDEN JOE AGLER ly Smith’s aggregation. His comments on plays are immense. F A RKJ^ WnRTM His stories of the big league • I r^lvi w VV V./FV £ II teams are right up to the minute. Having traveled with the New York Yankees, New York Giants and Boston Red Sox during the past seven years, he is able to tell of the "workings” of the major league clubs. PPRPY W \A7"f IfTI ^ or over seven years he has * I it. VV ill 1 livvj been writing Southern League baseball. He is the dean of Southern diamond experts and has the larg est following this side of the Mason and Dixon lino. He is fearless m his writings and always tells the truth. C A APJP ^ big league ball player for years and per- O r\ i/I V-' i\/AI v IL sonally acquainted with all the major leaguers. For the past twenty years he has been writing baseball and is considered the greatest student of the game in the world. He travels with the National League Champion Giants. ' The wittiest baseball writer in the East. He tells of the big league games in a manner that has a laugh in every line. But he never gets away from baseball like most of the humorous followers of the diamond warriors. His "inside” stories of big league games cannot be beaten. He sticks to facts and figures and his predictions are followed by thousands of fans. He has traveled as "war correspondent” with nearly every big league team dur ing the past ten years. The Mark Twain of baseball. For years h* has traveled with New York, Philadelphia and Chicago teams and his writings are base- ball classics. He is personally acquainted with every big league player and probably has the largest folio-wing of any baseball expert in the country. Considered the greatest expert in the New England States. His stories of last fall’s world’s series were marvels. He roasts when a roast is coming and praises when praise i3 due. He has been writing baseball for twenty years. He is well known in the South, hav ing been here with big league teams on training trips for the past fifteen years. Ee will travpl with the New York Yankees this season, ancl his stories of Russell Ford and Ed Sweeney, former Crackers, will be of especial interest to lccal fandom. Popular with Eastern base ball fans because of his fear less writings. He never gets away from the truth, but tell3 a straight, readable story. He has been writing baseball in St. Louis and New York for twelve years. W nriCM A TVf Considered the greatest college coach in . the South. His college stories are copied by every paper in this part of the United States. His predictions are seldom wrong, and his weekly review of Southern college teams cannot be beaten. As coach of Marist he has led ail the other prep school coaches a merry chase. A few years ago he was the star shortstop of the New York Giants. His stories are bright and interesting. For four years he was considered one of the greatest athletes that ever attended Vanderbilt. His baseball stories of college teams are read by every un dergraduate and graduate in the South. A. H. C. MITCHELL ALLEN SANGREE W. McCONAUGHY JOE BEAN INNIS BROWN In th© General Sporting Field As well as in baseball, The Sunday American scores an exceptionally large number of base hits in all other branches of sports. Ben Adams, hero of the Olympic games, writes interesting stories about track and field athletics. The boxing world Is well covered by Ed W. Smith., W. W. Naughton, H. M. Walker, Ed Curley and "Left Hook.” Tick Tich- enor takes oare of the golf. He knows every golfer In the South and his stories are real live "bearcats.” Tennis and automobiles are two other branches of sport that are covered thoroughly in The Sunday American. Read The Sunday American For All Live Sporting News ) V fc L • m fth QQ. MASS gl .'"car Whlieha,, / Its