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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THURSDAY, APRIL 24,1913.
VISITOR FINDS
“Hempel the Lovely” as Pleased
as a Child at Great Reception
Given Her Singing.
Society Leader Gives Race Meet
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Guests Come on Special Trains
Mrs. LeBus Hostess at Lexington
Tobacco Magnate’s Wife Hires
Real Jockeys for Speed Trials
at Private Track.
This Is the short and simple story
of a reporter’s meeting behind the
scenes with Madame Frieda Hempel,
the Lovely.
Atlanta has seen them—the bril
liant opera stars—as they have played
their parts and sung their wondrous
arias and melodies. She has seen
them as > flushed and pleased, they
have come before the curtain to re
ceive the homage of 6,000 noisy pairs
of hands.
But what does a peep behind the
scenes disclose? How do these great
and almost awesome people act? How
do they behave themselves In the few
moments from the time they make
their low bows of acknowledgment
and dlsapepar until they again are
pouring forth their golden notes?
That’s what several thousand wor
shiping Atlantans who have attend
ed the opera want to know.
And that’s what a lone and profes
sionally inquisitive reporter wanted tc
know. To his dying day tie will be
glad that he found out when she,
whom he promptly deified in his heart
us "Frieda, the Lovely,” was the prin
cipal songstress.
And Then That Chorus—
Just how ne ever stumbled through
the small army of stage hands, scene
shifters and other attaches without
meeting summary annihilation at the
hands of some of them, he will never
know. His most terrifying experience
was when he was about to be swal
lowed up in a great bevy of comely
maidens of the ballet. There must
LEXINGTON, KY., April 24.—
Guests from New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, New Orleans, Louisville, Cin
cinnati and Chicago are here to-day
for the society race meeting given
this afternoon by Mrs. Charles Le
Bus, wife of the millionaire president
of the Burley Tobacco Company at
their noted farm “Hinata.” More
than 300 guests came, some on
special trains from Cincinnati.
The race meeting was given under
the auspices of the Kentucky Racing
Commission as well as a special dis
pensation of the Jockey Club of New
York, Mrs. Le Bus having made a
special trip East to secure permis
sion. Forty trophy cups were offered
for the races. Regular jockeys, here
for the race meeting which opens
Saturday, rode the mounts. Besides
there was a cup and egg race fir
expert polo riders, women and men
from the East.
Notables Named as Judges.
Mrs. Le Bus selected as judges
Gov. James B. McCreary, John E.
Madden, Nicholas Longworth, Thom
as C. McHoweli. Thurston Ballard,
of Louisville, and Percy M. Chandler,
of Philadelphia. The stewards were
Gen. John B. Castleman and Gen. W.
B. Haldeman, of Louisville. The of
ficial starter was Mars Cassidy, the
regular Jockey Club omcial.
This Is how It came about:
When Mr. and Mrs. Le Bus re
moved to Lexington from the little
town of Cynthlana, Ky., a few years
ago, they could not entertain thoir
friends as they desired because >f
the lack of a suitable house. Just
about this time the famous stock
farm of J. K. New man, the Nov
York turfman, who had lost interest
in the turf since the New York laws
prohibiting betting went into effect,
was put on the market. Mr. Le Bus
promptly bought'it.
Like Japanese Residence.
It has an excellent private race
track, and Mrs. Le Bus transformed
the older buildings after her own
ideas. She likes Japanees things and
she has made the place a typical
Japanese residence. And she calls it
“Hinata"—Sunshine. When she had
everything arranged to her satisfac
tion she decided to give a “house
warming” in the shape of a "society
race meeting.”
Seven years ago Mrs. Janies II.
Haggin opened her great country
house, Green Hills, oil the magnifi
cent Elmendorf estate at Lexington,
with a baby ball, at which more than
200 persons socially prominent ill
Kentucky and other parts of the
country disported themselves in ha
biliments such as they had not worn
since they were at the spanking age.
Mrs. Le Bus planned her race meet
ing as an entertainment to eclipse
in novelty that devised by Mrs. Hag-
gin. To-day’s affair was the first
race meeting ever given by a woman
with official authority.
Although only one day’s duration,
It took a special act of the Kentucky
State Racing Commission to sanction
it, and a special dispensation had to
be obtained from the Jockes’ Club of
New York before the horses could
run there without being outlawed
from the big race meetings to be hel l
at Lexington, Louisville and Latonia.
Mrs. Le Bus spent several days in
New’ York making arrangements for
the meeting. She bought more than
40 trophy cuds as prizes. The hand
somest is of gold and went to the
winner of the mile for three-year-
olds and four-year-olds.
Grandoperitis Is
Now A1 the Rage
Among Atlantans
HIGH COST OF BEEF 1
IS BLAMED ON TICK l
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scenes, the reporter, shamelessly spy
ing upon her, saw that her eyes shone
and that she was greatly moved by
have been a thousand of them. At a i the spontaneous tribute Atlanta had
safer distance he could have admired P&id her art.
their flaunted charms. As it was, his
only thought was precipitate flight.
Only the sweet notes from that
moment from the stage held him. It
was Madame Hempel, as Violetta,
Yes, she had sung in the largest city
of the greatest nation of the universe
—which is New York, U. S. A., of
course—but It is doubtful if she ever
sang to a more responsive audience
just concluding the wonderful duet than the one right here in Atlanta.
with Macnez, as her lover, in the
drawing room scene of “La Traviata.*’
At the final note the vast stilled audi
ence broke into tumultous applause.
Stars, Too, Sometimes Happy.
As she turned to her companion in
i triumph she was transfigured with joy.
She smiled happily at Macnez and he
It was a triumph. She and Macnez j caught her hand, kissing it gallantly
were called before the curtain once
as a token of his own admiration of
and then again and again.
And when she returned behind the
I her talent.
The reporter, gazing vacuously, sud-
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denly came to himself. He had been
instructed he must talk with Mme.
Frieda and there she was disappear
ing. By a hurried maneuver he in
tercepted her. He knew he must say
something to her. Confusedly he
heard himself making sounds. But
she understood and replied:
“It warms me more than I can tell
to sing for such appreciative hearers,”
she said, smiling. It is, you know,
my first American tour, and, of course,
the first time I ever have been in the
South. I am delighted.
“The audience was very, very goal
to me. I never can forget it.”
Madame Gracious.
As she talked she smiled her beau
tiful smile. Then she extended her
hand in farewell as she moved toward
I her dressing room. The reporter bent
low over the hand. Who shall say
I he did not emulate the gallant exam-
I pie of Macnez?
! The knight of the stub pencil and
i the decrepit typewriter shook himse.f.
Realities oegan to take form before
his eyes. He saw other stars pacing
back and forth near the rear of the
i stage. He saw them ordered about by
directors as though they were stage
hands. He hears with awakening in
terest one of the chantresses led
through the first notes of the song she
I is to sing in a moment.
The “supes” stumble about and get
in each other's way. Woe betide them
If they hinder the stage hands in their
all-important work. The “supes” pal
pably are nervous. Just as plainly
many of them are in actual physical
pain. The shoe9 they wear are not
their own. They are part of the
“properties.” Some of them are too
small and the wearers hobble about
in pathetic anguish. Powdered wigs
and the costumes, not too well fitting,
add to their discomfort.
All appear to be taking themselves
seriously but the ballet girls. Oh,
those ballet girls!- The reporter un
avoidably encountered them again as
he fared forth from the building. They
did not get the glory of the occasion
that had inspired the stars. They
only romped and chattered between
acts and made saucy remarks to i
poor, unprotected reporter. On
shapely minx, the extent of whose
raiment was in inverse proportion
that of her many beauties, actually
made faces at him. If only there had
not been so many of them—
But what did he care if they did
make faces at him? Had not the
great, the lovely Frieda smiled on him
—or at him? Had she not even
spoken to him? There was a lilt in
his heart aiui a song on his lips as he
went forth. The song was. not grand
opera. Its words were only these:
“Makes no difference If she is
“Madame,'* she can keep on kickin'
my heart aroun'.”
F UNLOVING young people who
aren’t awed by grand opera—
now that Atlanta Is having a
spasm of it—have invented a new
game. Grandoperitis, it might be
called, and it consists of singing or
speaking every day of subjects as
absurdly as grand opera lines are
written. George Ade’s satire, written
several years ago on the spur of the
moment after he had been reading a
libretto, may- be taken as a sample
of how the game goes. Ade’s opera
was called "FA Janitoro,” and he pre
faced it as follows:
Until Pest Is Eradicated Georgia
Will Continue to Buy Meat in
West, Says Expert.
Friday Bargains
The cattle tick is responsible for
the high cost of beef in Atlanta, 'de
clared Dr. E. M. Nelghbert, head of
the United States Board of Animal |
Industry for Georgia, Florida and
South Carolina, to-day.
In a few days 30,000 head of cat-
What if people in real life followed tie will be shipped from Florida to
the methods and motives of grand j Oklahoma and Kansas to be fatten-
opera? Take a fire in a flat building,
for instance. Suppose that Mr. and
Mrs. Tyler, grand opera characters,
are seated in their apartment on the
sixth floor of the Helvetia. Mr. Tyler
Is reading a newspaper. Mrs. Tyler
advances to the center of the room.
Mrs. T.—
I think I smell smoke. %
Mr. T.—
She thinks she smells smoke.
Mrs. T —
I think I smell smoke.
Mr. T.—-
Ofi! What is this? She thinks she
smells smoke.
Mrs. T.—
What does it mean, what does it
mean?
This smell of smoke may indicate
That we’ll be burned: oh! awful
fate!
Grand Chorus—
Oh hasten, oh hasten, oh hasten
away.
Our terror we would not conceal.
And language fails to express the
alarm
That in our hearts we feel.
Mr. and Mrs. T.—
Ah! language fails to express the
alarm
That ln their hearts they feel.
ed. They will be shipped back to
Florida and Georgia and sold at fancy
prices.
“When the Southeastern States get
rid of the tick," said Mr. Neighbert,
“cattle may be grazed and fattened
just as easily in Georgia as in the
West. There are now only twelve
counties in Georgia that have been
freed from quarantine restrictions.
“Dealers pay approximately $10 a
head for the scrubs of Florida and
Georgia. It costs that much more to
ship them West. Then they are sold
for more than three times that cost.
“That is why the price of beef is
so high.” Mr. Neighbert asserted.
‘The 30,000 head that will be ship
ped from Florida is an example of
the condition thai has obtained for
years and will continue until the cat
tle tick is eradicated.”
HAT SALE
Beginning at 9 o’clock To-morrow,
r-p We Will Offer a Lot of Splendid Trim-
52 med Hats—Values to $10. While They
Last,
$5.00 Hats
$7.50 Hats
$8.50 Hats
$10.00 Hats
$3.50
For
Choice
Big Purchase
Long Silk Gloves
- $10 ° fiQr
Values 0«/C
Pair =
Just received 1,000 pairs
new fresh 16-button length
Silk Gloves In white, black
and champagne: with
double finger tips and reg
ular $1.00 quality, tc-mor-
row. 69c.
Sale Silk Hose
At $1 Pair
Wilson Seeks Men
To Fill Big Posts
For ladies wishing the even
ing colors, also white, black
and tan silk hose, we will
cut the price of Kayser’s
$1.25 quality and will also
give McCallum’s and Gordon
Hosiery in the sale—special
pair, $1.00.
^ At 47c Pair
Goes to Capitol to See Senators.
Important Awards Expected
Within Week.
GEORGIA
NEWS IN BRIEF
To Keep Down Dust.
MACON.—Either daily sprinkling
with water or onoe-a-week sprinkling
with oil will he the method employed
by the city’ to allay the dust in the
unpaved streets. Council has decided
to keep the dust down.
NERVOUS PEOPLE
^ ho dread having teeth extracted, filled or
crowned should call at my office and I will
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Sunday 10 to 3
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At War on Vice District.
MACON.—Rev. W. N. Ainsworth,
former president of Wesleyan Col
lege, is leading a crusade to abolish
the restricted district in Macon. He
has appeared before the grand jury
with evidence.
(Enter the Janitor.)
Janitor—
Hold, I am here!
Mr. T.—
Ah, it is the janitoro.
Mrs. T.—
Can I believe my senses
Or am I going mad?
It is the janitoro.
It is, indeed, the janitoro.
Janitor—
Such news 1 have to tell I
Mr. T.—
Ah, I might have known
He had such news to tell.
Janitor—
I came to inform you
That you must quickly fly:
The fearful blaze is spreading,
To tarry is to die.
The floors underneath you
Are completely burned away,
They cannot save the building.
So now escape I pray.
The flames are roaring loudly,
Oh, what a fearful sound!
You can hear the people shrieking
As they jump and strike the ground.
WASHINGTON. April 24.—Presi
dent Wilson, for the second time, vis
ited the Capitol to-day to discuss
patronage with a number of Demo
cratic Senators. He could see more
Senators in less time by going to the
Capitol.
It Is expected a number of impor- ]
tant ambassadorships and other I
awards for faithful campaign work
ers will be decided on within the
week.
Secretary Tumulty predicted to-day I
that practically all the important
posts now vacant will be filled within
the next fortnight.
By actual test, thousands of
women have pronounced
these stockings wonderful for
wear. They are pure thread
silk with high spliced lisle
heel, lisle toe, sole and deep
garter top. In white, black
and tan; pair, 47c.
A Sale of
Undermuslins
At 87c
$1.00 and $1,25 values.
Just received from our
buyer now in New York a
perfectly lovely lot of
Princess Slips, combina
tions, crepe and nainsook
Gowns, new skeleton
skirts, new styles in
Drawers and Corset Cov
ers. You will certainly 11
find values greater and
styles lovelier than you ve
ever seen at such a
price 87c
3
Sued by His Mother-in-Law.
MACON.—Sam W. Collins, a tailor,
who recently went in bankruptcy, is
being sued by his mother-in-law, Mrs.
C. A. Henry, on a note for $750. She
wants it paid out of the homestead of
$1,600 allowed him by the Bankruptcy
Court.
Trade Board Raises $4,000.
COLUMBUS.—In the first day’s
work for new members of the Colum
bus Board of Trade and to raise
$8,000 for the coming year's business
campaign, more than $4,000 was se
cured.
Improving Water System.
COLUMBUS.—The Columbus Water
Supply Company has purchased more
than $100,000 worth of water mains
to be laid in the principal business
and residence sections of the city. A
new standpipe and a settling basin
will be built.
Oh, horror overtakes me,
And I merely pause to say
That we’ll be burned—oh-h-h! aw
ful fate!
Mr. T.—
Behold, the smell grows stronger
yet,
The house is burning: I’d regret
To perish in the curling flames;
Oh! horror! horror! horror!
Mr. and Mrs. T. (duet)—
Oh! sad is out lot, sad is our lot,
To perish in the flames so hot.
To curl and w r rithe and fry and sizz,
Oh! what a dreadful thing it is
To think of such a thing.
Mrs. T.—
We must escape.
Mr. T.—
Yes, yes, we must escape!
Mrs. T.—
Come, let us fly!
Mr. T.—’Tis well! ’Tis well! We’ll
fly at once.
Sale Sample Crepe Waists
Silk Crepe and French Crepe Nov-
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(Enter all the other residents of the
apartment building. They range
themselves in a semi-circle be-
hand Mr. and Mrs. Tyler.)
Mr. T —
Kind friends. I have some news to
tell.
This house is burning; it is well
That we should haste ourselves
away
And save our liveH without delay.
Women of the Chorus—
What is this he tells us?
It must be so.
The building is on fire
And we must go.
Men of the Chorus—
What is this he tells us?
It must he so.
The building is on fire
And we must go.
That the building's doomed for cer
tain
Oh, haste, oh, haste away!
Mrs. T.—
Oh! awful message,
How it chills my heart!
Yet we will sing a few more arias
Before we start.
Mr. T.—
Yes, yes, a few more arias and then
away! ,
Grand Chorus—
Oh hasten, ch hasten, oh hasten
away.
Our terror we can not conceal.
And language fails to express the
alarm
That in our hearts we feel.
Mrs. T.—
Now, ere T retreat,
Lest death overtake me
I’ll speak of the fear
That convulses and shakes me.
1 sicken to think what may befall,
Oh, horror, horror, horror!
Mr. T.—
The woman speaks the truth.
And there can be no doubt
That we will perish soon
I’nless we all clear out.
Grand Chorus—
Oh hasten, oh hasten, oh hasten
away.
Our terror we can not canceal.
And language fails to express the
alarm
That in ourmearts we feel.
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And then the librettist adds: “But
why go farther? The supposition is
that they continued the dilatory tac
tics of grand opera and perished in
the flames."
Seeks $10,000 for Prosecution.
COLUMBUS.—Two suits have been
filed in the Superior Court of Mus
cogee County by G. T. Sapp for
$5,000 each against H. T. Williams, a
merchant, who charged him with lar
ceny after trust and disposing of
mortgaged property. Sapp was ac
quitted.
Dies While on Visit.
FORSYTH—John H. Dews, of
Griffin, died here yesterday while on
a visit to- his niece, Mrs. Thomwell
Gamble. Although 84 years of age, he
was apparently in excellent health.
Mrs. Laura C. Dunn, of Atlanta, is a
sister.
73 1-2
Whitehall St.
DR. WHITLAW, Painless Dentistry
Largest and most thoroughly equipped office in the
South.
Entrance 73y 2 Whitehall Street; 4th door from J.
M. High Co.
(Over the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Store.) Opposite
V audette Theater.
Reference: My work and Central Bank and trust
Corporation.
Triple Affliction Kills Child.
FORSYTH.—Marion, the 8-year-
old daughter of J. D. Shi, died in the
Macon hospital. Following an opera
tion for appendicitis, measles broke
out, which was complicated by blood
poisoning.
• Bloodworth Now Captain.
FORSYTH.—O. H. B. Bloodworth,
Jr., who since 1909 has been the first
lieutenant of the Quitman Guards, of
this place, lias received his commis
sion from Governor Brown as captain
of Company M. Second Infantry,- Na
tional Guard of Georgia.
NEW VAPOR TREATMENT
Relieves Three-Year-Old Child of Severe Attack of
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Ill
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Mother Ullfible to r lna Any- na jjy <ioing away with the danger of
thing That Affords Relief
Until This New Treat
ment Was Used.
Memphis. Term.—Mr*. T. A. Hag-
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“My little thi-ee-year-old boy has been
subject to severe attacks or Crimp
ami Bronchitis, and I was unable to
find anvthing to give satisfactory re
lief. Our druggist recommended
Vick's ,'ruup and Pneumonia Salve,
and. after using it, find that it gives
perfect satisfaction. Hereafter will
always keep a jar on hand."
This new vapor treatment is in the
dosing little stomachs with medicine.
It is rubbed on the chest and throat
and covered with warm cloth* The
I hodv heat releases antiseptic vapors,
which are inhaled with every breath
direct to the lungs, affording instant
relief At ttie same time it is ab
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ail soreness or tightness. The worst
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The leading druggists sell this new
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it better than arty other treatment
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of 25c 50c or $1.00 will be returned.
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Atlantan Champion Debater.
ATHENS.—The champion debaters
to represent Phi Kappa Literary So
ciety in its clash against Demosthen-
ian have been chosen. The winners
are C. B. McDaniel, of Atlanta, and
Russell Patterson, of Athens. The
debate takes place at commencement.
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