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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. ;i; iVU * L WEEK'S BILLS ATI PLAYHOUSES SCHOOLS GET DOWN TO REAL WORK; SIX BUILDINGS ARE CROWDED BADLY Good Vaudeville at Forsyth and Lots of Entertainment at Other Local Theaters. By TARLETON COLLIER. Should ypur fancy direct your feet toward any one of the city’s show houses this week, you may be sure of a very pleasant occasion, you folks that stayed at home yesterday. This, at least, is the verdict after a sltting- ln at the Monday opening of the For syth and the Lyric, and after a con sideration of the promises that the other houses hold out. At the Forsyth, now, there is a good bill. If you like dancing, there is a revelation for you at the Forsyth; singing, it is there. And even if you are a hardened vaudeville .goer, with the spiritless eye of a catfish for the daring of the vaudeville acrobats, you must confess a thrill at some of the things they do at the Forsyth this week. All with much comedy. Perhaps you will notice the lack of those little play sketches that usually are put on a vaudeville bill to give it a substantial tone. You make this note with something of relief, most likely. The brain-weary person who goes to the vaudeville show is not so very eager to wait and watch for the development , of anything that bids fair to be complex. Something New in Dancing. All this is by way of telling that Frank Hale and Inez Patterson, a slender, handsome young couple, who are billed as “the World’s Greatest Turkey Trotters and Tango Dancers,” have something new and unusual in their exhibition of tl\e new dances, which becomes things of pretty rhythm under their interpretation. It is a notable fact that the audience at the first show’, after sitting appre ciatively through the first part of the bill, straightened in their seats, leaned forward, and breathed faster when the Hale and Patterson act was an nounced. Here was something to in terest everybody—the famed turkey trot and the tango, berated and abused from coast to coast. Abused no more in Atlanta, it is safe to say, or, at least, far less than heretofore. Three sisters—Doris, Dot and Alma Wilson—have a pretty act. Qeyond the fact that they can sing and dance, they' look alike and are ena bled thus to perform a mirror act in which one sister, singing and making up before the mirror, seems to be re flected in the glass. At least the image follows faithfully every move ment, even to eyes and hair and graceful swaying. Then the girl leaps through the open space, showing that there was no mirror at all, and that there really were three persons in the supposed reflection. Comedienne Makes Big Hit. Miss Lydia Barry makes fun and sings. Real fun it is; not that toler able—or near intolerable—wit of the usual comedienne. One of the big gest hits of the first show was that scored by her songs and interpolated monologue. As to the aforementioned acro batics—don’t be alarmed, because three of the acts are those of hard working. clever gymnasts. There is Paul Gordan -and Ame Rica, by far the best bicycle pah* of the season; Delmore and Lee, with a spectacular study in black and white on a flying ladder, and Wentworth, Gesta and Teddy, a team the least of which is not Teddy, the dog. A tabloid min strel show, Russell’s Minstrel Come dians they are called, completes the bill. Human Appeal in “Call of the Heart.” You probably were frightened from even considering the Lyric last night because of the too sensational name of the show’ there. It is to be con fessed that “The Call of the Heart” as a name is not the best asset a show can have, but this week’s attraction at the Lyric rises above its name, re vealing occasional real strength. The play is one to appeal to Ameri cans. It reveals the story of a de generate English household whose head, the twenty-first Baron of Wolf- ston, married a real, red-blooded American girl for her fortune. That was 30 years before the time of the opening of the play. Two of their children are true offsprings of degen. eracy, the eldest being a scamp of the first degree, the second a drug fiend. Another American girl comes into the old house, convoyed by an aunt with social aspirations. A match is ar ranged by the parvenu aunt and the dissolute baron, between the girl and the eldest son. The fact is that the girl gloves the youngest. He is a puzzle, being un- ]ike his brothers and his father, a puzzle that is not solved until his mother reveals the story of her true love for a vigorous, heroic American John Nicholson, as the scapegrace Lord Everlow, is a consistent type, exaggerated a little, perhaps, but still convincing. And Ann Hamilton, as his unhappy American wife, has a real appeal. Miss Billie Shay is a charm- ’ ing type of young American girlhood, and you follow her fortunes with a true interest. C. B. Waters, Clarence Bellair and Corwin Luskmoor as the three widely differing sons of the no ble pair are convincing actors. Pattern Church After Atlanta Tabernacle COLUMBUS, GA V Sept. 9 —The membership ot the First Baptist Church of this city will spend about $25,000 in making improvements on the church. It has only been two years since the Miurch underwent repairs costing $12,000. It was built in 1844 and is one of the hand- someest and most substantial build ings in the South. The object in making the new im provements and increasing the size of the building is to make it-a great institution, somewhat on the same order of the Baptist Tabernacle in Atlanta. / I HERSELF. THEN Mystery in Suicide of Wife of Wealthy Chicago Broker in Lake Michigan. CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Mystery to day shrouded the death of Mrs. Wal ter B. Smith, wife of a LaSalle street broker, granddaughter of Marvin Hughitt, railroad builder, and wealthy in her own right. Mrs. Smith, clad in a costly silk dress and wearing several hundred dollars worth of jewels, left her home in the fashionable suburb of Lake Forest, went to the shore of Lake Michigan, molded a grave in tho sand, placed a bouquet of roses on it and plunged to her death in the wa ter. A coroner’s jury of neighbors of thd beautiful Lake Forest society woman did not attempt to clear the mystery. Byron L. Smith, president of the Northern Trust Company, one of vthe largest financial institutions in Chi cago, father-in-law of the dead wo man, said his sons wife must have been temporarily demented. He said there was no trouble in the house hold of his son and that Mrs. Smith had not been ill CHARLES LYNCH. Scores of Pupils, Failing to Start Monday; Register Now, Add ing to Congestion. The first flurry of school’s reopen ing over, Atlanta’s thousands of school children settled down to hard work Tuesday. Practically all of the teachers in the city began the regu lar routine, textbooks having been designated and lessons assigned the day before. By Wednesday the classes in all of the buildings are expected to be run ning as smoothly as in the middle of the school year. All preparations were made to enter into, the work with as little delay as possible. Every scholar was furnished with a list of the books he or she would re quire and was instructed to pur chase them at the earliest possible moment. It was announced that the pupils would be held as strictly ac countable for failures in recitations Tuesday as they will be later in the year. Scores of new students, who fail ed for one reason or another to ap pear Monday, applied for tickets of admission from Superintendent Sla ton Tuesday forenoon. The increase in the number of pupils in the schools of the city *has resulted in considerable congestion in several of the buildings. No effort will be made to solve the problem for the first three days of school, as it might in many cases be necessary o do the work all over owing to later addi tions. A meeting of the principals will be called Wednesday afternoon, how ever, and the matter will be taken up. Some of the children in the crowded buildings will be trans ferred to nearby district* where there is no congestion. Superintendent Slaton probably will make a recom mendation for additional new schools In his next annual report to the Board of Education. Among the schools which were badly crowded on the first day were , the Peeples’ Pryor, Georgia Avenue, j LUCILLE HO LLINGSWORTH. European Pellagra Expert in Carolina CHARLESTON, S. C.. Sept. 9.—Dr. Louis W. Sambon, British School of Tropical Medicine expert on pellagra, is in Charleston to-day studying pel lagra conditions. He will address the Medical Society of South Carolina to-night. The theory that pellagra is caused by an insect rather than by inferior corn is held by Dr. Sambon, who is seeking further proof here. Senator Hoke Smith To Stump for Adams GAINESVILLE. Sept. 9.—It 1m re ported here that Senator Hoke Smith will stump the district for Colonel John O. Adams, should Mr. Adams de cide positively to enter the race for Congress in the Ninth District next year. Kentucky Man Held As a Double Slayer RUSSELLVILLE, KY.. Sept. 9. Ellis Clark, a prominent young mar ried man, is being held to-day fol lowing the killing of Charles and Mar tin Foster, brothers, at the village of Shakers, near here, yesterday. Clark declared that the brothers, following a quarrel, came to his home armed and intended shooting him. but he was too quick for them. Macon Boosters Off For South Georgia MACON. Sept. 9.—Nearly 200 mer chants are represented on the Ma con trade train that left this morn ing for a four-day whirlwind tour of 94 towns and cities of South and Central Georgia. Grays, in Jones County, was the first stop,'and to-night the train will be at Brunswick. Cat and 4 Kittens Travel in Mail Bag ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Sept. 9.—A mail bag from New York City opened in the local postoffice was found to contain under the mail matter a cat and four kittens. All were alive and apparently un injured. Copper Strikers and Non-Union Men Clash CALUMET. MICH., Sept. 9.—Strik ing copper miners to-day attacked -ion-union employees going to work In mines at Red Jacket and Laurium. Fists and clubs were freely used, but none was seriously injured. The militia dispersed the mob. Inman Park, Edgewood and Highland Avenue. The large attendance of the first two days indicated that the to tal enrollment for the year easily will reach the 26,000 mark. OOF, OOF! A “NUTMEG" BEAR!! CENTRAL VILLAGE, CONN., Sept. 9. A large black bear has been seen two days in Griswold and near Plainfield. It is believed to be the same animal farmers have seen in Groton and Stonington. BIRMINGHAM AND RE TURN. SEABOARD, round trip $2.50. Leaves Old Depot 8:30 a. m., September 22., Arrives Birmingham 1:30 p. m. | BIRMINGHAM, ALA. $2.50 ROUND TRIP. Special train will leave Terminal Station 8:00 a. m., Thursday, September 11th.' Return any time until Sat urday midnight. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. I FALL OPENING Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Sept. 10-11-12 A Display of the New Millinery and Autumn Ready-to-Wear Ve e invite you to come Smith & Higgins Walter St. or Lucile Ave. Cars Hurtsboro Wins in Union Depot Fight COLUMBUS, GA., Sept. 9.—-After a lively fight Hurtsboro, Ala., near Columbus, has won a victory over the Central of Georgia and Seaboard Air Line, in its demand for a union depot, the Alabama Railroad Com mission having ordered the roads to proceed, as early as possible, with the construction of such a station. Heretofore each road has had its own depot, widely separated from the other. Mrs.Pankhurst Faces Deportation from U.S. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—Mrs. Em meline Pankhurst. • militant English suffragette leader, may be deported as an undesirable alien upon her ar rival in this country’ early next month. Representative Burnett, chairman of the House Immigration Commit tee. thinks the immigration laws cover her case and that Mrs. Pank hurst will not be allowed to preach her doctrine of force. Burlesque to Open Columbia Theater; First ShowSept. 15 1 Burlesque will make Its appearance in Atlanta September 15 at the Co lumbia Burlesque Theater, just oppo site the Union Depot, at the foot of Wall street. Work of fitting out and decorating the Columbia has been in progress for several days, and the playhouse is now us pretty as can be found anywhere. It has a seating capacity of more than 1,000 and is conven iently arranged and comfortable. Pa trons will be allowed to smoke. Nu merous fans, with ventilators in abundance, will make the place com fortable. The White Way Burlesque Com pany, direct from Cincinnati, will make the opening, and Tom Holland, who has just returned after making the contract, praises it highly. It has been more than four years since real burlesque has been seen in Atlanta. The prices will be 15 to 50 cents, and there will be three show’s a day—one in the afternoon begin ning at 3 o'clock, and tw’o at night, at 7:30 and 9 o’clock. New Orleans Mayor Takes Home 5 Waifs CHICAGO. Sept. 9—Mayor Behr- man, of New Orleans, wdth William Allen, president of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, and Theo dore Grunewald, owner of one of New Orleans’ finest hotels, stopping in Chicago on the w r ay home from New York, read of the plight of five lads from their city who were held here for sleeping in a park. The three rich men, with five little vagrant’s, occupied the best sleeping car berths on the finest train to New Orleans last night. ClIILIl HIES JUTO. OUTMMIIC PUt II Jilt CELL POLICE, SAVES LIFE Will Be Tried as Wife Slayer on Code Presuming Guilt—Pay of Jurors 35 Cents a Day. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. COMO, ITALY. Sept. 9—Porter Charlton, the young American who will be placed on trial here soon charged with killing his wife, has begun to write a play in his cell, 4 was learned to-day. Charlton will be tried under th* Napoleonic code, which prevails In Italy, and under which the defendant is generally presumed to be guilty until proved innocent. The jurors w r i!l get 313 cents a day for their services. The dramatic effect of trials in the Criminal Assisio Court generally is heightened by the customs. The King’s procurators w’ear red robes and the president of the court wears a black robe with gilt galloons. Charlton has begun to study tho Italian language. Beware, Mashers! Here’s a New Fate! LOGANSPORT, IND., Sept. 9.— Mrs. Jesse James stopped on a street corner to speak to her father. As she started on one young man of a group of five said; “Where ye go- in’?” “Who spoke?” asked Mrs. James pleasantly, and when the young man admitted that it was he, the woman struck him several times in the face, turned to another in the crowd and struck him. The five young men fied. Fire Marshal Joyner Inspects Columbus C’bLUMBUS, Sept. 9.-Columbus will be inspected by the executive committee of the Georgia Fire Pre vention Society Thursday and Fri day. September 25 and 26, according to a decision reached by the members of the committee at a meeting held in Atlanta a few days ago. There has not been an inspection in Columbus in some time, but the large number of disastrous fires of the past two years has led State Fire Marshal W. R. Joyner, to come to Columbus on a tour of inspection. $15,654 Shortage Is Laid to Boat Captain MEMPHIS, Sept. 9.—Charges of his being short in accounts are made in a suit to recover $15,654 filed against Captain R. A. Agnew* by tho Memphis and Arkansas City Packet Company. Agnew had been captain of the steamer Kate Adams for twelve years, but recently resigned. Sues Husband Who Tickles Her Feet MAYOR CHAPPELL DELEGATE. COLUMiBUS, Sept. 9.—Mayor Chappell has gone to Washington, D. C„ where he will attend the Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men, being one of the two rep resentatives from the Grand Council of Georgia. PITTSRURG, Sept. 9.—In her suit for divorce filed here Mrs. Betty Kil- lingsworth, wife of a prominent oil operator, alleges that her husband took delight in tickling her feet, pinching her and dragging her from bed while she was sleeping. She never had a full night’s sleep, she says, while he was home. With Knife in Chest, Stabbing Victim Reached Hospital Just in Time, Surgeons Say. Grady Nunnally, 22 years old, was In a serious condition at Grady Hos pital Tuesday, suffering from a deep out in the bpeaat inflicted by James Conklin. The cutting took place at midnight near the corner of Mitchell and For syth streets, and Nunnally probabl" owes hia life to C. C. Allen, who rushed him to the hospital In an aa- tomobile. Allen made a record run, and trav- Pled at such speed that a general police i-larm was turned In. He passed police headquarters at a spee 1 of 70 miles an hour, and several m >- torcycle policemen started In pursuit The knife was still In Nunnally'* breast when he reached the hospital. The surgeons said that had he been a minute of two later in arriving there he would have died. He ;* expected to recover. Allen is the autolst who was at tacked by highwaymen Saturday nignt while going along Garnett street. Macon Election Set For September 26 MACON, Sept. 9.—Macon will elect a Mayor on Friday, September 26, choosing between Bridges Smith, wn<> represents the administration: Wal lace Miller, the candidate of the business men's party, and Arthur L. Dasher, an Independent. Twelve Al dermen al9o will he chosen. On September 17 there will be a special election for Waterworks Commission and Judge of the new Municipal Court. Gasoline Flotilla For Ocmulgee River MACON, Sept. 9.—A new erft. was marked here to-day in Southern river navigation by the departure of the gasoline steamer Red Eagle on its maiden voyage with a .cargo of 30 tons of merchandise for Hawkins- ville. Lumber City and other points on the Ocmulgee. The channel was not deep enough the year round to permit larger steamboats. FIX TIFT TAX RATE. TUFTON, Sept. 9.—At a special meeting of the City Council of Tifton the tax rate for the ensuing year was fixed at $13.50 on the thousand. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. To-morrow You May Buy Any Madame Irene Corset in Stock at Half-Price We are closing out these Corsets and have cut the price half in two to insure imme diate disposal. There are many good models to choose f rom, all sizes. And they are just as good as if you w ere paying their regular price—$5 to $20— instead of $2.50 to $10. A Mustering-Out of the Last of Summer Dresses for Girls $1.98 for Dresses up to $5.00 Such Dresses as can be worn all fall to school, with the pretty short coats, so pop ular with girls now. Beautiful materials are used in the making of these dresses. Fine Gingham, Cham- bray or Percale. Some have hand-embroidered sprays, others are trimmed with em broideries or linen laces and velvet bows. 6 to 14-year sizes; of wonderful value at this price—$1.98 each. A Sale of Baby Caps at Half-Price Fresh, beautiful Caps of fine, dainty materials—they are crisp, immaculate —just ready to be put on a little head. There are all sizes, and instead of the regular prices, $1 to $5, they may be ha d at 50c to $2.50. Girls’ Rain Cape and School Bag at $2.49— Value $4.00 No girl should consider herself ready for school until she has been provided with a good waterproof cape, with hood, to protect her entire body. These of good mercer ized sateen, rubber-lined, in solid colors, red or blue, have school bag which is fitted with ruler and pencil. Sizes 6 to 14. Regular $4 value, priced at $2.49.