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■■p THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TI1 URSDAY, APR If, 24,191 n. ay ads :an Society Leader Gives Race Meet IIISITOR FINDS "Hempel the Lovely” as Pleased as a Child at Great Reception Given Her Singing, Guests Come on Special Trains +•+ • -i. 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 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 disapepar until they again are pouring forth their golden notes? That’s what several thousand wor shiping AtlantRns who have attend ed the opera want to know. And that's what a lone and profes sionally Inquisitive reporter wanted to know. To his dying day he will be glad that he found out when she, whom he prompWy deified in h1s heart as "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 have been a thousand of them. At a safer distance he could have admired t&plr 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, 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 seen 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 fyr 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. Mct>owell. Thurston Ballard, of Louisville, and Percy M. Chandler, of Philadelphia. The stewards were Gen. John B. Castleman and Gen. \V. B. Haldeman, of Louisville. The of ficial starter was Mars Cassidy* the' regular Jockey Club ouicial. 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 their friends as they desired because >f the lack of a suitable house. Just about this time the famous stock farm of J. K. Newman, the N v 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 "Rinata”—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. James B. Haggin opened her great country house, Green Hills, on the magnifi cent Elmendorf estate at Lexington, with a baby ball, at which more than 200 persons socially prominent in 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 r 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 Jockey Club of New York before the horses could run there without being outlawed from the big race meetings to be hell 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 cuns as prizes. The hand somest is of gold and went to the winner of the mile for three-yea r - olds and four-year-olds. Grandoperitis Is 1 HIGH COST OF BEEF 1 Now A1 the Rage Among Atlantans 4UNLOVING young people who , aren’t awed by grand ope 1 Until Pest Is Eradicated Georgiaj now that Atlanta is having it scenes, the reporter, shamelessly spy ing upon her, saw that her eyes shone and that she was greatly moved by the spontaneous tribute Atlanta had paid her art. Yes, she had sung in the largest city of the greatest nation of the universe -r-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 i than the one right here in Atlanta, with Macnez, as her lover, In the Stars, Too, Sometimes Happy. draw ing room scene of “La Traviata.” j At the final note the vast stilled audi ence broke into tumultous applause. It was a triumph. She and Macnez were called before the curtain once and then again and again. And when she returned behind the $3.50 Recipe Free, For Weak Men. Send Name and Address Today—- You Can Have It Free and Be Strong and Vigorous. 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A treat many doctors would charge $3.00 to $r».00 ioi' merely writing out a prescription like this- hUt I send it entirely free. As she turned to her companion in triumph she was transfigured with joy. She smiled happily at Macnez and he caught her hand, kissing it gallantly as a token of his own admiration of j her talent. The reporter, gazing vacuously, sud denly came to himself. He had been instructed he must talk with Mme. Frieda and th«r t . 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 gooi to me. 1 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 her dressing room. The reporter bent low over the hand. Who shall say he did not emulate the gallant exam ple of Macnez? The knight of the stub pencil and the decrepit typewriter shook himself. Realities oegan to take form before his eyes. He saw other stars pacing back and forth near the rear of the stage. He saw them ordered about by directors as though they were stag- hands. He hears with awakening in terest one of the chantresses led through the first notes of the song she is to sing in a moment. The “supes” stumble about and get in each other’s way. Woe betide them if thev 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 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 a poor, unprotected reporter. One shapely minx, the extent of whose raiment was in inverse proportion to 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 his heart ami 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 “Madame,” she can keep on kickin’ my heart aroun’.” GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF 1 pain. The shoes 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. To Keep Down Dust. MACON.—Either daily sprinkling with water or once-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. 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. 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. NERVOUS PEOPLE ^Vho dread having teeth extracted, filled or crowned should call at my office .and I will demonstrate to your entire satisfaction that I can do it painlessly. Fillings in Silver, Plati num and Amalgam, 50c. I am the Painless Dentist $4 22-K. Gold Crowns, Porcelain Crowns > and Bridge Work. J Dally 8 to 8 Sunday 10 to 3 They never slip or drop. I guar antee them for 20 years. Terms: 1 Don't Worry Lady Ladies Attendant and Rest Room. Phone Main 1298. Gold Dust Vulcanite sets do not make the mouth sore nor have rubber taste. spasm of it—have invented a new game. Grandoperitis, it might be called, and it consists of singing or speaking every day of subjects us 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 "El Janitoro,” and he pre faced it as follows: What if people in real life followed the methods and % motives of grand 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.— Oh! 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 In their hearts they feel. (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 I have to tell! 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, Bo 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. 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 writhe and fry and siz£. 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. (Enter all the other residents of the apartment building. They range themselves in u 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 lives without delay. Will Continue to Buy Meat in West, Says Expert. The cattle tick is responsible for the high cost of beef in Atlanta, de clared Dr. E. M. Neighbert, head of ' the United States Board of Animal i Industry for Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, to-day. In a few days 30.000 head of cat tle will be shipped from Florida to Oklahoma and Kansas t*» be fatten 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 he 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 i 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 that has obtained for years and will continue until the cat tle tick is eradicated.” Friday Bargains HAT SALE Beginning at 9 o’Clock To-morrow, We Will Offer a Lot of Splendid Trim med Hats—Values to $10. While They Last, $5.00 Hats $7.50 Hats $8.50 Hats ^ $10.00 Hats Big Purchase Long Silk Gloves Values 69C 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, to-mor row. 69c. Wilson Seeks Men To Fill JBig Posts Goes to Capitol to See Senators. Important Awards Expected Within Week. 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 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. 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 be so. The building is on tire 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 I retreat. Lest death overtake me I’ll speak of the fear That convulses and shakes me. J 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 our hearts we feel. 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.’’ 1| Sale Silk Hose 1 At $1 Pair — For ladies wishing the even- 22^: ing colors, also white, black zzz and tan silk hose, we will STT cut the price of Kayser’s 2™ $1.25 quality and will also 2= give McCallum's and Gordon ~Z. Hosiery in the sale—special — pair, $1.00. 1 At 47c Pair zzr. By actual test, thousands of zzz women have pronounced —— these stockings wonderful for 2ZZ 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 find values greater and styles lovelier than you 've ever seen at such a price 87c 'V; J * T 1 XI 4 \\ A A N Sale Sample Crepe Waists Silk Crepe and French Crepe Nov elties—The Loveliest StlyesEver Seen These are identical values that others sell at $7.50 to $10 each. The most exquisite waists that ever delighted the eyes of wom an, Come, make your choice early, as they won’t be here long $4.95 and $5.95 High’s Greater Corset Dept. —M—.. — .PI It f —HT■—M’. a. XBHMMi The Mecca for [Every Woman Who Wants the Best in Corset and Corset Fittings—Second Floor 73 1-2 Whitehall St. DR. WH1TLAW, Painless Dentistry Largest and most thoroughly equipped office in the South. Entrance 73% Whitehall Street; 4th door from J. M. High Co. (Over the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Store.) Opposite Vaudette Theater. Reference: My work and Central Bank and Trust Corporation. 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. 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, 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, Thorn well Gamble. Although 84 years of age, he was apparently in excellent health. Mrs. Laura C. Dunn, of Atlanta, is a si ster. Triple Affliction Kills Child. FORSYTH.—Marlon, 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, has received his commis sion from Governor Brown as captain of Company M, Second Infantry, Na tional Guard of Georgia. Atlantan Champion Debater. ATHENS.—The champion debaters to represent Phi Kappa Literary So ciety in it?* clash against Demostlien- ian have been chosen. The winner? are (’. B. McDaniel, of Atlanta, and Russell Patterson, of Athens. The debate takes place at commencement. £ A / m [NEW VAPOR TREATMENT i Relieves Three-Year-Old Child of Severe Attack of Croup Instantly. Mother Unable to Find Any thing That Affords Relief Until This New Treat ment Was Used. Memphis. Tenn. Mrs. T. A. Hag gerty. of 508 Manassas Street, says: "My little three-year-old boy has been subject to severe attacks of Croup and Bronchitis, and I was unable to find anything to give satisfactory re lief. Our druggist recommended Vick’s Croup and Pneumonia Salve, and. after using it. find that it gives perfect satisfaction. Hereafter will alwavs keep a jar on hand." This new' vapor treatment is in the i form of a salve and is applied exter nally. <loing away with the danger of dosing little stomachs with medicine. It is rubbed on the chest and throat and covered with warm cloths. The body heat releases antiseptic vapors, which are inhaled with every breath direct to the lungs, affording instant relief. At the same time ft is ab sorbed through the skin, taking out all soreness or tightness. The worst cases of croup arc relieved in fifteen minutes, severe colds in one night. The leading druggists sell this new treatment to their customers with the guarantee that if it does not afford quicker relief, and If they do not like it better than any other treatment they ever tried, the full retail nriee of 25c, 50<- or 1100 will he returned. Ailllilililill: Fly Escape Screens Made to Order anil installed. They turn ’em out. We make them with or without the Escapes. Artistic, light and strong. Call us up for estimate. W. L. Barnhart, Agent, Ivy 2694. 220 Brown-ltandolph Bldg. 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