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IEN-HUR GREAT
AS SPECTACLE,
Actors Take Parts Well, but Pow
erful Scenes Are Glory of
Show at the Atlanta.
By TARLETON COLLIER
ilDLUGHTS
GEORGIA
POLITICS
J&jf JAMIS b. nevtn
on
[EE PRICES FULL
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tibility for
no I ho bounds of
ig< production o
oo a pleasing spectacle and «t flu*
• une timf- n pleading drama. f n
Hur," which opened at the Atlanta
Monday night, being the or- fal> of
being iho other
As a »pr< tarn* and ms su-h "R^n-
Hur” make.s ith strongest bid toi glory
—•the production i* rather fln«. There
ire ingenious tontn\an> < io bring
about certain startling effe« in, as 1 r.
the inivtHiue of th*» shipwreck grenr
and the chariot race 7'hare «re »-n-
fcomblon, parti< uiarly toward tlie last
of the plav, which <rea!<- flic Impn *>
elon of *omcthtng like grandeur of th«
stirring, inspiring sort. There are the
two scenes, for instance, at the very
last, one showing the awful Vale of
Hirinom, to which lepers are con
signed, and the other revealing Mount
Olivet Hiid its great crowd waiting
tv meet the Mesy ah.
Suggestion Does Much.
Roth these scenes have that qualRy
of grandeur, it mini lie admitted,
however, that the effect is produced
as much by suggestion as by visuali
zation. In these two last scenes, too,
there is a dramatic power that Is Im
pelling.
Concerning "Ben Hur as a plus’,
however, it is to he questioned whet h
er too many long, exacting explana
tory speeches and too much lurtxiiknt
acting make anything for the com
fort of the audience. le w Wallace'*
novel, however, you naturally would
expect to lend Itself to a forced, high-
tension drama
The ailing of its kind was good
Thomas Holding playing the part of
Ben-Hur, wa» admirably adapted to
that heroic part, by reason of per
sonal appearance, voice and ability *o
net well. His enunciation was per
fect That is considerably to hi* cred
it, when you consider that he hardly
spoke a line during the three hours
and a half that was not impassioned
and full of fire.
Cast Is Strong.
And u> much can not be said of all
the cast
Virginia Howell was a sufficiently
♦ ffectivi It. and Interpreted ’he
character satisfactorily. However,
the character, to begin with, is rath-
* r impossible. Still that criticism
might apply to several of General
Wallace'?* creations
Arthur Linden as Messale, Walter
Shertvin as Simonides, Roberta Bren
nan as Esther are to be accorded i
word or two for their work.
"Ben-Hur” will be at 1 tie Atlanta
all the week, with matinees Wednes
day and Saturday. The performance*
l*i gin at s o’clock in the evening and
2 o’clock at the matinees
Forsyth Bill Has
Several Good Turns.
After Miss Orford and her wonder
ful elephants have been exploited as
the week's attraction at the Korsyth
Theater, to the exclusion of othei
things, it conies as a rattier pleasant
surprise that there should lie some
thing besides the pachyderm per
formance tluit really has elements of
y xcellonce
There, for instance, is the work of
Miss Norton and Raul Nicholson in a
sketch of Miss Norton’s own crea
tion that »he. is pleased to call a
’’dramatic cartoon " All of It being
pleasing, there are certain lines and
certain business in the sketch that
drove Monday’s audience to enthu-
BABY RESTS
AFTER BATH
.James D Price, Slate Commissioner
of Agriculture, is intensely lnt» Tiled
in the present State Horn f’lubs Show
Recently In Washington Rity, Com-
i o ssioner Prh e gave to the Washing
ton Post a significant and illuminat
ing editorial on the subject of the
boys’ corn clubs in Georgia, which all
member* of the same will lie glad to
read, no doubt particularly In con
nection with ttie big Horn t’lubs Show
now under wa>,
Mr. Price said
The boy farmer* not only have
increased the value of our corn crop
more than $100,000 which isn’t so
very much, in dollar- and cents, per
haps but they have done an infinite
ly groatei work in inspiring our farm
er* generally to attempt improved
method*, wit It- the result t ha t land
which two year* ago whs producing
$2.* an sere is now producing corn
values in e>.<•<•«* of $H»ft.
"What does this mean to GeorgiaV
Simply that Its banks are now prac
tically overflowing wit) i funds,
wherea.* a year - ago money could not
be obtained on collateral of the most
gilt-edged variety, due purely to the
fact that there was none on deposit.
What is true of Georgia Is true in ;i
measure of all other Southern States
"'The Federal Department of Agri
culture has not confined its efforts It*
helping raise corn. It has shown i s
tin- broad advantage to be obtained
through a diversification of <ioj.-
and has instilled into the minds of
our farmers tin- fact that they should
not sell their grain, hut feed it to
stock To demonstrate this, the Fed
eral department is now organizing pi},
clubs, and buyers from the t’lih u ••
packing houses are touting the South
to purchase < a 11 le
"t’otlon. of course, is sttll our stn
pie, and while the Georgia cotton
crop this year - will be worth $176,000
000, our corn crop will be worth at
least $11)0.000,000, and. besides, we
will have a heavy hay crop and large
harvest* of other grams As t he agri-
cultural representative of the Stair 1 ,
I am urging the people to study and
to follow the methods taught by the
Federal Department of Agriculture,
and we are now working hand in hand
with it
‘"Too high praise can not he given
tills great national department for the
work it Is doing to benefit the farm
ers of the South and nation.”
A North Georgia editor has sold
hi* newspaper it rid entered the min
istry, and a South Georgia editor has
sold his newspaper and entered poli-
t ics.
The versatility of the amalgamated
Georgia editorial mind is truly ainaz-
ing!
The United States Live Stock San -
tnry Association, a national organi
zation of officials in charge of live
stock sanitary control in each of the
different States and those employed
by the Federal Government, is now in
session in Chicago.
Dr. Peter F Bahnsen, of the Geor
gia Department of Agriculture, presi
dent of the association, is presiding
at tha sessions.
A vast amount of important busi
ness is up for consideration this year,
and a special session is set aside for
an extended consideration of nog
cholera, the manufacture of hog chol
era serum and its distribution. The
suppression of tuberculosis among
live stock, tick eradication and the
production and distribution of a sen
llary milk supply have each a half
flav’s spec-in! session assigned them.
7'he steadily grow ing interest in th<*
live stock industry makes thi* meet
ing of moi«' than passing interest. No
live stO‘ k industry can prosper un
less i■ ■ ravages from infectious and
contagious diseases are held in check,
and such r«-sulih can only he obtained
by propel .i»-opera t loti under the di
reel ion of men especially trained l'or
Much duties
Organized by half a dozen men a ’
Fort Worth seventeen years ago, this
assn aiinri has grown to he the larg
est mid most powerful organization
of i'H kind in the world, and Dr
Baht.sen is its fiend and front.
Congressman Dudley M, Hughes, of
' .i- Twelfth Dlstrh■». who apent a few
hours in Atlanta recently on his way
to Washing (on, believes thy present
session of Congress the first regula.
s ss on of the Name is likely to run
well along to July before adjourn
ment.
Mr. Hughes expects currency legis
lation to be effected eventually, much
after the fashion desired by the Pres
ident and his: Hos* advisers, but ho
does not expect it to come precipi
tately.
There s h very gr«*at deal of hon-
e»t difference of opinion in Congress.
mo Mr Hughes thinks*, with regard
to eurreney legislation, and these
fferei hed
out thoroughly nnd with due consid
eration for everybody, and that will
take lime
Just what direction the anti-trust
campaign will take the Congressman
from io Twelfth hardly seemed able
to predict. He expects file Admin
istration to be very vigorous, if not
actually radical, in that direction,
but progress will be necessarily slow,
nev«rt Helens.
'Phare has been some talk of oppo
sition to Mr. Hughes in the Twelfth,
hut apparently the suggestion is not
worrying the Congressman particu
larly He says he intends remaining
«t his post of duty in Washington,
doing the beat he knows how for his
constituents, nnd will cross no re-
election bridges before he gets io
them.
"The suggestion that Govern vr
F.leiSe is to havi a walk-over’ in
his race for the I'niled States Sen
ate which statement I have noticed
in the press here and there of late.”
said a prominent South Carolinan to-
dav "Is all a mistake -a higfl radical
mistake. On the contrary. Rlease is
going to ha l ve the very hardest tim*
of his <areer getting elected over the
present Senator. Ellison Smith.
”Blea*< has a large following in
South Carolina, and lie has been able
to hold it together mighty well, but It
alone can not elect him It must be
skillfully combined with other ele
ments to get by with a load like
Please ”
Rleuse ha* rather overdone the
thing, too, of late particularly in the
matter of pardoning red-handed crim
inals by the wholesale, and turning
them loose on the State. Thousands
of the best people of the Palmetto
Slate are determined that Rlease shall
not misrepresent it in the highest
position within the gift of the people
"Rlease has managed to bluff his
way along in large measure so far,
but his bluffing days are over South
Carolina Is nearing the end of Rlease-
ism mark that prediction! Kllison
Smith may not he the grandest sen
ator ever elected to Congress from
South I’arolinn. but lie is going back
to tlie Senate over Blease going back
with a whoop!”
CUTICURA
SOAP
Because of its extreme puritv.
delicate emollient properties and
refreshing fragrance. Assisted
|>y (’uticura Ointment it i?
equally effective in the treat
ment of heat rashes, itchings.
rritations and dialings.
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*’ ■’ 1 ' l ** ; * ■*-» jd«* of uacti mailed frev with
tN <.k w.< e«i utieunt," D«pt ISO. Uamou
**• -V5»*n Win «' ve and shampoo with ('utlruta
. win find It b«»t for skin •nd Mali*
I lllfgMarvel
A mnrdrrjgriRt for
If h« catnot •up-
i'T the MARVEL,
. U.. 44 t. id* St.. HI
Wbirfi^
Douche
elastic applauding The sketch is the
story of a young couple who are try
ing to keep house in a single room,
and It Is not warped out of all human
proport ions
Miss Orford’s Elephants, however,
probably deserve the title as the
headline attraction Two elephants
as large as any ever seen in tlie cir
cus and a smaller elephant present a
startling appearance on the stage
And If the blase ahovvgoers who al
ways leave during the last act had
waited until the end they would have
seen several exhibitions of remarka
ble animal Intelligence. Kven the
girls who make their supercilious way
up the aisles while the last act is in
progress It i* quite a habit with a
vaudeville audience have never seen
anything better
Miss Ruth Rov e was a surprise, too. |
She was practically unknown in At
lanta. but she overcame that handi
cap with her first song The young
woman is a promising comedienne.
The three Vans have a unique
sketch, "From Stage Carpenter to
Ackter,” which is as full of laughs
as a vaudeville audience should re
quire
The Vivians, sharpshooters of abil
ity. open the excellent bill, and are
followed by Ward and Weber, who
have a costume dancing act. Klein.
Abe and Nicholson, comedy musi
cians. ar<* another bunch of strangers
who made their how to Atlanta very
auspiciously
"White Slave" at
Lyric Well Acted.
It is quite refreshing to see rfi
these days of swift-acting, compact
drama, a play of the old line, with
its leisurely unfolding and its disre
gard of unities Like "The White
Slave” at the Lyric Monday night.
The play is a picturesque old melo
drama. and is unique by reason of its
long-continued vogue, if for nothing
else.
ll has six acts and seven tableaux,
and a lengthy dramatis personae, be
sides other orthodox features. Rut
the big crowd that saw it pn opening
night greeted its melodrama vocif
erously. It was well acted, and there
were comedy bits and specialties, in
cluding first of all a negro string
band, that were pleasing
7'he plav tells a story of life in the
South of 1837. Lisa, the white slave,
is regarded as an octoroon, although
she really is the legitimate daughter
of a wealthy plantation owner. The
. poor creature is beset, by as many
tribulation* as a writer of melodrama
could concoct, but all ends well.
Liilian l*ec Anderson was a suffi
ciently pathetic Lisa, and Leo A Ken
nedy as t’lay Britton, iter hero-lover,
supplemented her work capably. The
• as! altogether was well balanced
Robert t’ampbell. son of the author, is
manager of the company'at the Lyric.
_ Tai31£ 0-H“TL niNNEIi>
s Auburn A* Sunday NiGHTf
ATLANTA 1 ™
All Week — Matinees Wed. and Sat.
Klaw & Erlanger’s Stupendous
BEN-HUR
Nights 50c to $2. Mats. 50c to $1.50
LYRIC t w!ek
Matinees Tues, Thur. and Sat.
BARTLEY CAMPBELL'S
GREAT SCENIC MELODRAMA
The White Slave
Columbia Burlesque Theater
14 Central Avenue
Mvtinees Daily at 3. Nights at 7:30
and 9
THE GIRL SHOW
By the Sad Sea Waves.'
RED AND GRAY EAGLE.
20—BROADWAY BROILERS—20
SWEEPS U. s.
Drop to 31 Cents a Dozen An
nounced by Chicago Firms.
Investigation Planned.
* HR'AGO. Dec 2 fOgg price*
wavered to-day a* tlie boycott, start-
• more than a wf*rk Ago in Chicago.
ontinued to spread to nearly every
important city in the country.
Two large firms here to-day &n-
i 'Minced that markets: would he
opened in various parts pf the city,
and eggs would be offered for 31
cents a'dozen. The retail price pre
dominating'ir. Chicago to-day was 48
cents.
Dispatches from Detroit, St. Paul.
Kansas City, Baltimore. Washington
and a dozen other large cities told of
thousands of clubwomen voting to
buy no eggs until the price dropped
to at least 32 rents a dozen
Federal District Attorney Wilker-
son ‘has begun plans for a sweeping
Grand Jury investigation of charges
against men who ow*ned stored eggs
in Chicago, with a view to bringing
criminal prosecution. Tlie District
Attorney has promised to bring about
prosecution of the r’hicago Butter and
Kgg Board as members of a trust in
restraint of trade before the end of
this wp‘-k
Gains30Pounds
in 30 Days
Every Thin Man or Woman Can
Prove It for Themselves by
Sending for a free 50c
Package.
Would Curb Storage
To Cut Cost of Living
MONTREAL-. De< 2. Speaking on
the high cost of living, J. E. Cason,
Minister of Agriculture, declared here
to-day that one solution would be
a Jaw compelling all foodstuffs to be
turned upon the market after being
held In cold storage six months.
Calmly Cuts Off
His'Wounded' Leg
PA RSI PA XN Y, N Y . Dec 2 With
one of his legs shattered by the acci
dental discharge of his gun, Edward
Campbell calmly cut away the remnants
while a farmer and his wife looked on
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plump, strong, well-formecf, normal;
puts color in your cheeks. a happy
twinkle in your eye and a fine poise
to your whole body, It keeps you that
way It is the most scientific and ef
fective flesh and strength builder so
far known, barring none.
The regular $1.00 size of Protone is
for sale by all druggists, or will be
mailed direct, upon receipt of price.
A guarantee goes in every package.
Your money back if not satisfied. The
new Rrotone justifies us. from now on,
in making this guarantee.
The Protone Company. 5300 Rrotone
Bldg. Detroit. Mich . will send to any
one a free 50c package of Rrotone. if
they will inclose 10c in stamps or sil
ver to help cover postage They will
also send with it full instructions and
their book on "Why You Are Thin.”
The regular $1.00 size of Protone is
for sale in Atlanta by Jacobs Ten
Stores. No free packages from drug
gists.
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