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HEAR -T'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1913.
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Infancy with women at Its head like
Mrs. W. C. Jarnagln, who Is presi
dent; Mrs. Carthew-Yorston, vice
president, and Mrs. Albert Spalding,
secretary—all w’omen who accomplish
whatever they attempt.
Already they have enlisted a large
number of musical women as mem
bers, and with Cortez de Wolffungen
as director and Miss Mildred Harri
son as accompanist, they have begun
the work looked forward to for so
long a time.
• • •
M ISS SYLVIA SPRITZ, Mrs. J. B
Greenfield, James Wa rd well and
Georg Ft. Lindner gave an In
teresting concert before the Connell
of Jewdsh Women on Wednesday.
Bamberg's “Ballaoe of Despair"
was given for the first time in At
lanta and made a profound Impres
sion. Miss Sprit* and Mr. Wardwell
tv ere In fine voice, Mr. Lindner’s violin
solos were greatly enjoyed, and Mrs.
Greenfield played excellent accompa
niments. After tho concert refresh
ments were served.
• • •
In the hall of the Women’s Club.
No. 17 West Baker street, Thursday
at 8:30 p. m.. Miss Sarah Adelle
East lack, Miss Sylvia Sprit/.. Walter
P. Stanley, Wilford Watters and
George K. Lindner, members of the
faculty of the Atlanta Institute of
Music and Oratory, will give a con
cert for the benefit of the Inmates of
the Masonic Home.
The students of the Institute from
the classes of Mrs. Lottie Oray
Browne, Miss Sarah Adelle blast lack.
Miss Kate Blatterman, Walter P.
Stanley, Oeorge Fr. Lindner and Wil
ford Watters will give a recital In
the hall of the Woman's Club, No. 17
West Baker street, Friday at 8:15
p. m. \
• • •
Puccini’s "Girl of the Golden Weit"
has taken some time to find ita way
to the opera houses of Germany and
Austria. Only recently was the work
of the universally popular maestro
heard in Berlin and Hambufg, and
now it has reached Vienna, where,
thanks to «n unusually careful per
formance, it seems likely to establish
Itself as an accepted favorite by the
side of his “Boheme," "Tosca” and
"But: ©rflj
Weeks of careful preparation, un
der the supervision of Director Greg
or himself, a past master in the sub
tle art of putting an operatic work
on the stage, were devoted to the
study of the intricate music drama,
the smallest parts were intrusted to
accredited soloists, and the result has
been so carefully balanced and satis
factory a performance that, even
without the star cast, a triumph has
been achieved with which Puccini
himself expressed complete satisfac
tion.
Lovers of lyric song will be sorry to
hear that Mme. Semhrich has can
celed all her recital and concert en-
gagementa for this season. She has
moved, on her husband's account,
from Lausanne to the milder climate
of the Riviera (Nice), where she In
dulges in well-deserved leisure, and a
little teaching.
• • •
An interesting Chicago concert,
which might be copied to advantage,
was given bv the Symphony Orches
tra there. The program was devoted
entirely to American music. Threa
composera, who are members of the
National Institute of Arts and Let
ters—G. W. Chadwick, Edgar Still
man Kelly and Arthur Foote—con
ducted compositions of their own.
Macdowell was represented by his D
minor concerto, played by one of his
pupils, Edith Thompson.
• * •
Chicago has got ahead of New York
In hearing some orchestral mush
(“Five Pieces") hv the most reckless
of Germany’s musical cubists, Ar
nold Schonberg. It evoked, says The
Tribune, "some laughter and a hiss
or two—amazing at an afternoon
function.’’ The critics did not take
it seriously.
Next time such music is played It
is suggested that “subscribers of ten
years' standing be invited to bring
musical instruments with them and
participate in the performance.’’
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f tho bromidio temperament have found for them*
He]v< s i n* '.v platitude. Every day of thin life they neglect not to inform
us with all lb' 1 semblance of weighty wisdom, that the legitimate stage
is on Its last legs, and bound for the bow-wows, with moving pictures
and vaudeville hot on its heels, driving it further toward lasting ob
livion.
They will show you, by way of proof, an Instance that strikes At
lanta people intimately. William Faversham canceled his engagement
at the Atlanta Theater, together with most of bis other engagements,
that he might enter the “movies.” This information is borne to you
exultantly by tho person who is seeking a debate oq the decay of the
drama. You are informed, too, that
Faversham, being a person of perspi
cacity, is hot-footing it to a “movie”
contract because lie sees that course
is becoming quite the thing among
stage stArs, and because he desires
not to be left In the outer darkness
of the legitimate stage.
Where there is so much smoke
you are Inclined to believe there must
be at least a little flame to cause it,
and you wonder if your alarmist
triend knows what he is talking
about. You realize that you saw sur
prisingly small houses when May
Irwin and other eminent and worthy
stage folks came to Atlanta. You re
member talk of one show and another
closing in the middle of its tour.
He may be right or wrong. He may
have selected a particularly unprofit
able theatrical year—and this season
certainly is not the best In show his
tory for his argument. Anyhow, here
is a test for you.
Watch the theaters of Atlanta this
week. There is a satiating amount of
d stuff everywhere. Robert Hil
liard in “The Argyle Case’’ and the
notable cast in Eugene Walter’s “Fine
Feathers" are at the Atlanta. “The
Butterfly on the Wheel,” no less an
excellent drama, will be all the week
at the Lyric. And in the three at
tractions is embodied your test.
They are as good and promising of
genuine appeal and capable acting
as any play you will find in a day’s
Journey anywhere. They have a di
versified application and attraction,
and if they fail to draw houses that
are not only fair but unusually large,
then you may be sure that your friend
who is howling the death knell of the
mit them to appear at their very belt.
The artistic result is apparent.”
The play is Eugene Walter’s idea
of a moral lesson, directed against I
the love of display, ostentatious liv
ing and self-indulgence. Naturally
enough, it is told with a “punch,’
Eugene Walter having written it. A
young married man succumbs to the
offer of a business man, and to the
pleading of his vain wife, and sacri
fices his conscience. Disaster is the
result. Wilton Lackaye plays the
.suave business man, Edeson the hus
band, Lolita Robertson the wife, Rose
Coghlan the neighbor, Lydia Dickson
the maid.
Next week “The Girl of My
Dreams,” a musical play by Wilber D.
Nesblt, will appear at the Atlanta.
‘Yvette,’ Paris Vinliniste,
Heads Bill at Forsyth
Yvette, a violinlstr* from the Folies
Bergere in Paris, will be the feature
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straight stag© is somewhat Justified
in his calamity talk.
Vaudeville will have an able enough
representation this week In the For
syth’s bill of Keith attractions. At
the first glance tho headline num
ber seems to possess a bit of a
“highbrow" tone, being tho perform
ance of a European Violiniste. Tho
bills, however, announce that the
number has found favor with vaude
ville houses everywhere.
The Forsyth will have a good at
tendance all the week because It has
attained a considerable vogue. And
right there is one of the arguments
that confront you when you are told
that the drama’s day is done except In |
pictures. But be that as It may—
The Bijou Theater, you will find,
has a considerable following, a steady
following. Its brand of drama, at
least, is popular among its clientele.
This week it presents “Over the
Sea.” The Columbia continues its run
of burlesque comedy.
Detective’s Ingenuity Is
riot of‘Argyle Case’
The ingenuity of a detective in run
ning to earth a band of counterfeit
ers and in discovering through care
ful investigation a murderer whose
identity baffled a whole police force
is the theme of "The Argyle Case,”
which Robert Hilliard, under direc
tion of Klaw & Erlanger, brings to
the Atlanta Theater for perform
ances Monday. Tuesday and Wednes
day, with a Wednesday matinee.
it is a play of modern detective
methods. The dictograph, the roneo-
phone, the fingerprint scheme, all are
brought into play, and are revealed
in all their potency. Asche Kayton,
the detective of the play, is no mythi
cal Sherlock Holm*« or Lupin of
ratiocination, but a common-sense,
psychological sluth of thf* Burns
type. Altogether, the play Is a real
thing, it is said.
Following Robert Hilliard will come
| the long-expected “Fine Feathers.’’
with its all-star cast, the original
cast that presented Walter's play in
! New York. In the company are Rob
ert Edeson. Rose Coghlan. Wilton
I Lackaye, Max Figman, Lolita Rob
ertson and Lydia Dickson.
The play, as its press agent has
it. is “photographic of modern,
money-mad America, startling in its
[ verity, its exactness and power—
gripping in ils dramatic substance—
and w ith i arts for the stars that por-
A11ant a Playgoers ’
W r cckly Calendar
At the Atlanta—Robert Hil
liard, in “The Argyle Case,” Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, with
Wednesday matinee.
All-star cast in “Fine Feath
ers,” including Robert Edeson,
Wilton Lackaye, Max Figman,
Rose Coghlan, Lolita Robertson,
Lydia Dickson; Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Saturday matinee.
At the Lyric—“A Butterfly on
the Wheel,” all week, matinees
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
At the Forsyth—Keith vaude
ville all week, daily matinees.
At the Bijou—“Over the Sea,”
Jewell Kelley Stock Company, all
week, daily matinees.
At the Columbia—Burlesque ,
comedy, all week, daily matinees.
of th© bill of Keith vaudeville that
will bo at the Forsyth Theater this
week. Yvette is a woman whose vio
lin playing is said to be marked by
an unusual technique. Then she has
other attractions and other gifts, ac
cording to her notices. For eccentri
city she has been named in the same
breath with Eva Tanguay. and as a
dancer her name lots been linked with
that of Gertrude Hoffman. At least,
her performance is promising.
The Hickey Brothers, acrobatic
singers and dancers, will be another
feature of the bill. This team is fair
ly well known in Atlanta already as
unique in its style of entertainment.
The Australian Boy Scouts, under
command of Captain Chink, will be
one of the numbers, giving demon
strations of camp life, rifle practice,
blanket tossing and other phases of
Boy Scout work. The Nichol Sis
ters. well known in Atlanta, will pre
sent a blackface act, appearing for
song's, dances and story telling as the
"Kentucky Belles.’’ Goldsmith and
Hoppe, comedians; the Rosaires. with
a novelty act. and Eldridge and Bar-
low’, in a comedy sketch, complete the
bill.
New York Success Is
\ Offered at the Lyric
had
Butterfly on the
us introduction
Wheel.” which
to New York
OLITA ROBERTSON in “Fine Feathers,” above; the Aus
tralian Boy Scouts; Robert Hilliard in “The Argyle
Case,” and, below, Eleanor Monte in “The Butterfly on the
Wheel.”
Madame Gadskl declare* in an ir-
tlcle published In Th© Opera that ar
tists, no matteT how long they have
been on the stage, crave encourage
ment:
A welcome on one’s first entrance
relaxes It. I know that a sound of
applause at that tens* moment al
ways gives m© courage. I know also
that it is not the proper thing, cer-
tinly not in Wagrverian opera, but—
well, yes—I like it, and I know that
it doe* my performance no harm. On
the contrary, It put* me on my honor
to do my be*t At the Royal Opera
in Berlin, a mandate wai Issued *ome
time ago that there was to be no
applause whatever during the per
formance. It was tried and failed.
This silence carried over from act
to act chilled the public, which, after
all, listens to music with it* emotion*
even more than with its ears. And
this growing chill in th© audience
attacked the artists and chilled them,
too. The result was depressing. Th$
mandate was rescinded, and applause
and recalls permitted after each act.
The rules of Beyreuth, with an at
mosphere all its own, can be success
fully adhered to there, and nowhere
else. One curt«in-call at the end of
the first act will do more for the
spirit, the quality of a performance,
than four recalls at the fall of the last
curtain.
• • •
•
Paul Armstrong, who can be as
satirical as virile, has put aside his
underworld types and selected instead
a coterie from social life for his new
one-act play, “Woman Proposes.” As
the name suggests, “Woman Pro
poses" is a travesty on * the eternal
search for a husband.
* • *
Another opportunity for the Amer
ican playwright has made its appear
ance. This time, however, the de
mand is for playlets and for playlets
of every description—dramas, come
dies, farces and tabloid musical come
dies. And, in addition, for those with
ideas not yet wrought into definite
shape or form there is also an oppor
tunity, for the ideas—mere sugges
tions—are likewise in demand.
The request that material be sub-
Drama Notes
mitted comes from Lew Fields, pro
prietor of the Forty-fourth Street
Music Hall.
• • •
“Ourselves,” the new drama by Ra
chel Orothers, which is now the offer
ing at the Lyric Theater, deals with
the regeneration of a “fallen woman"
of somewhat more than average in
telligence and understanding. Where
as the other dramas on the sex prob
lem have been in the main analytical,
it may be said that “Ourselves" is es
pecially constructive and seeks not
only to point out a problem, but to
indicate tho solution.
• • •
A* a painter Forbes-Robertson ex
cels, and his work has more than
once been hung in the Academy. He
Is proud of the fact that his flr#t
bank balance was realized from his
painting of the church scene in “Much
Ado About Nothing,” which was hung
In the London Royal Academy, and
now rests In the Players' Club In Now
York, since the sale of the Irving
relics.
• * •
One of Boston's leading musical ex
perts writes to us to tell of Ger
aldine Farrar’s extraordinary success
in Boston. “I do not refer at all,”
he says, “to box office receipts, she
always has them, but to the genuine
delight she gave all thoughtful music
lovers who had the good fortune to
hear her recital and the marked
growth in artistry she manifested. In
her long and varied program she In
dividualized each song, gave each its
fitting atmosphere, and delighted all
her hearers with her interpreta
tive ability.
“I am sure that many who had
thought of her only as a young lady
of uncommon charm and who car
ried with her the glamour of youth
and success, came away with the
realization that th<iy had heard a true
artist. But at the Symphony concert
she surpassed herself. The air from
Mozart’s ‘Cosi fan tutte’ she sang in
grand manner, with such dignity,
breadth, insight and uplift. Her
greatest achievement was, however, in
the three Wagner songs with Motti’s
orchestral accompaniment.”
* * *
Leoncavallo, of whose ten operas,
one (“I Pa£liaoci” )has been a popu
lar success, evidently ha.s quite a
high opinion of himself, and not quite
so high an opinion of some other
oipera composers not unknown to
ftun«. Here are some of hl» bright
inti modest remarks, made to Herbvt
F. Peyser, In a recent Interview print-
ed in Musical America:
"My operas (other than 'Psgliaooll
I am sure would be well received la
America.- Think of the esteem I hen-,
been held In In so many music een-
ters of Europe!
"I am very fond, of ‘Zlogart.’ R ho,
been celled the sister of ’PagHaecl.’
"Strauss and Debussy will not last,
because they are not natural and sin
cere.
"I hoM It a (rreater and more dllP,.
ouR accomplishment to hay# written
Ta Denne e Mobile’ than to have
composed ’Salome.’
"I can treat operatlcally only snch
themes as are vital, natural and tru»,
It would not be possible, for knatanc
for me to write music for fishes that
sing and Valkyries that fly through
the air, I have never seen such thing,
In life, and so I should be at a loss
when it cwme to treating them. But
give me men who can laugh, men wh»
can weep, and I can laugh and weep
with them.”
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last season, will appear at the Lyric
for a week’s stay, with Miss Eleanor
Montell as the star. The play has
for its central feature a powerful trial
scene, the trial coming as the cul
mination of a rather foolish act com
mitted by the wife of a prominent
English politician. The wife is the
butterfly on the wheel, a pitiful fig
ure, who comes near to being broken.
As dramatic as the play is at times,
there are a number of situations that
exploit humor. There is said to be
sympathy in the composition of the
leading character, that of the ca
pricious. irresponsible wife, the but
terfly. Altogether the play is regard
ed as interesting in every way.
“The Butterfly on the Wheel,” will
be at the Lyric each evening of the
week, with matinees Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
‘Over the Sea' Tells of
Law's Injustices
The sixteenth week of the Jewell
Kelley Company’s stay at the Bijou
Theater will begin Monday when
“Over the Sea.” a production of the
Holden Brothers, will be offered. Tire
story of the play is that of a young
Englishman who must leave his
sweetheart and home and five to Aus
tralia under the stigma of a prison
sentence falsely imposed. However,
all works out well in .the end.
Miss Lillian Douglas, a new’ mem*
ber of the company, will play the
leading role; Rose Morris will play
the part of a boy. Earl Higley, Ver
non Wallace and Edwin Vail have
suitable parts.
The usual arrangement for the
designation of Monday night as la
dies’ free night applies. Daily mat
inees will be held.
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Of Paderew’ski, Sir Frederic Cowen
writes in his reminiscences, just pub
lished :
We would sometimes go and have
a game of billiards together, or else
occasionally he would come to my
house, and leave behind him not
only lasting memories of his won
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strings and broken hammers. He was
not accustomed to the touch and
mechanism of a small Broadwood
grand.
Next to his art, keeping lata hours
and playing billiards were his favor
ite occupations—and probably are so
still. I recollect one evening, in
provincial hotel, when several of us
adjourned to the billiard room, to find
it on the point of being closed.
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