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ATLANTA GLOKGJAN AND NLVVS.
Big Situations Save Play Replete
With Glaring Faults—Play
house Is Crowded.
Sidelights on
GEORGIA i
POLITICS •
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JAMES B.NEVTN
SllfS 3 MIN CONVICTS CAST
Festival Chorus of ! Italian Blackmailer
IN IIS FETE
By * r A RLETON COLLIER.
The modern drama—a platitude
with a punch. Sometimes that punch
Is delivered pacifically and the pa
trons of the box office sniff. Some
times it comes in a shoutmg series
of “bif; moments," and from orches
tra to gallery there is enthusiasm.
Crudities are forgotten, faults are
overlooked. That punch has stag
gered popular criticism.
So it happened in "Within the
Law,” which pluyed to crowded
houses at the Atlanta Christmas Day,
afternoon and evening. The punch
was there, written indelibly into the
lines by the playwright so that the
veriest beginner of nn actor could
voice it after a fashion. Outside the
big situations, there are glaring
faults, crude contrasts, character de
lineation attempted In single brusque,
unsubtle strokes, and slang, shiny,
slang, ephemeral charivari, every
where.
Audience S a t Unblinking.
Hut so forcibly did the punch strike
when it came that the big audience
sat unblinking through the lesser
moments, .apparently convincing It
self that its anticipation of the com
ing climax was ready interest, and
that its delight In the pictur<4<qu*
vernacular of crooks and policemen
was really an appreciation of con
temporary conditions. everybody
talks In platitudinous epigrams, and
you are flattered into feeling that you
are a sly dog. indeed, so easily you
grasp the quick-flung shafts of wit.
Rehold the modern drama!
Hut so much talk of shortcomings
is hardly fair to "Within the Law.”
Probably with its most capable inter
pretation the keenest critic might sit
through the four acts, actually and
undeniably thrilled, and unable or un
willing to point out a single fault.
However, the performance that At
lanta saw Christmas Day was not by
far the most capable interpretation.
And it was because the actors fell
short of developing full possibilities
that the undesirable qualities of Bay-
uni Vetller's "play of American life"
are presented. And if carping criticism
is unfair to the play, so is a mediocre
company unfair, because “Within the
Law" is undoubtedly one of the best
of the up-to-the-minfite school of
contemporary punch-filled drama. It
is an excellent melodrama that would
be entertaining, to say the least, even
in the hands of a party of actors
mudi less capable than those who are
at the Atlanta this week.
Miss Joel in Heavy Part.
Miss (Mara Joel, the Mary Turner
;>f the play, was at times equal to the
demands of her exactingly heavy part.
Bui for a figure ot deep-dved tragedy
she was rather nonchalant and smil
ing now and then, when it seemed she
unconsciously relaxed the strain of
being Mary Turner.
Miss Helen Vallely, who played Ag
nes Lynch, the “sweet girl" crook,
has a wonderful opportunity for clev
er wank. Her lines made a great hit
with the generous DhristmuB audl-
Hardwn
the nffle
The
of a movement in
i, the establishing
udgeshlp In Oeor-
•rlous proposition.
of Congressman
und availability for
-eated.
oposed new judge-
< ’hronicle out lines
is purpot
The i
Federal jt
shall res Id
introduced
>11 call
for a "floating”
l.ge in Georgia, w hr
ir» Savannah. It was
in :ne House Friday
by He
a*
vate secretary, now that he has Join
ed the ranks of the IJenedic's.
Perry is genuinely popular is real
ly a “good fellow,” and numbers his
friends Just inside the limit of his
acquaintance.
Everybody will wish both Mr. and
Mrs Perry a l arge measure of happi
ness all through life.
Tailor Charges Theft of Pocket-
book With $40—Slapped on
Accusing One of Party.
Dinner and Vaudeville Delight
U. S. Prisoners—Three Are
Rewarded With Parole.
Three women instead of two will
face the Recorder Friday afternoon
in the case of W. F. Williams, a tailor,
who charges the robbery of his pock-
•tbook containing $40 to the trio in
cnc
A young man bearing the imposing
name of Thomas Jefferson Evans
played Richard Gilder, and a very
palpable hero he was. In fact, being
too palpable was the one fault of the
company, probably.
Frank Kilday and T M. Morris,
playing Edward Gilder and Inspector
Hurke. physically are able to invest
their parts with an appearance of
i oh 1 ism Franklin George was pre
vented by h painful stage bearing
from being a pleasing Joe Gursoh
the wielder of the silent revolver.
entative Edwards. The
measure embodies the ideas of the
Savannah committee which set
forth the draft and arguments
for It following n visit to the
<'nplt.il last summer. Judge s » n
uel B. Adams was chairman of
the committee, which consisted
of leading members of the Savan
nah bar.
The hill has not been agreed
upon by the members of the
Georgia delegation. Some want
to divide th*‘ district, others
seem more or less apathetic and
some reserve*their opinion. Ac
tion seems hardly likely until the
disposition of the Speer invest 1- ]
gallon.
It is argue! by Savannah in
terests that the Georgia judges
have more than they ran handle,
and that. Savannah in particular
needs more attention on account
of its admiralty business.
The bill provides thfit the third
Judge shall hold the district
courts in the Eastern Division of
the Southern District, but that in
addition he may bo assigned to
preside in any other division in
either district in Georgia when
ever the public; interests may re
quire.
It is very well known that Presi
dent Wilson feels a deep Interest in
Mr. Hardwic k, the Congressman from
tiie Tenth District, and has urged him
not to retire from the House at Hie
end of his present term, as it has
been suggested be mo".
Mr. HArc]wick has never said defi
nitely that he will r~*lre from <'pn-
gress at the expiration of his present
term of service, but it is well known
that he desires to do that, if lie may
in Justice to his constituents. lie
bus served in Congress about twelve
years, at a genuine financial sacrifice
—>ii8 most Congressmen do, as it mat
ter of fact. Hardwick knows he can
double ills Income, ot* more, practicing
law. and that is the moving circum
stance behind his proposed with*
dra wak
President Wilson, however, will
name* Mr llardwlyk to practically
any post he might ask. and It has
been stated, with some degree of au
thority, that the Congressman from
the Tenth would like* to be a Federal
Judge*.
It is on open secret In Washing
ton that Mr. Hardwick may have
Judge* Speers position, when that
Judge retires, and now it is being ru
mored that he may have the proposed
new judgeship, if it is created and ho
wishes it.
Mr. Hardwick is an able lawyer und
i»; fully equal to the assignment, if
the President should make it.
Old Flayt Hobson, of Milleclgeville,
who knows more folks in Georgia
than most anybody, has temporarily
quit his usual place of abode in At
lanta. and has forsaken the wilds of
the Kimball House for “the old folks
at home" during the holidays.
Flavt Robson is an institution |
around and about Atlanta, and i** 5
never happier than when playing
Santa Claus to somebody.
This \-(*ir he has played the part of
the whiskered and merry old saint to
some hlng like five or six soon? of
people and when he gets through
with th<* MiHedgevilie contingent he
will have swelled the total several
score* more.
Governor Slaton will name a judge
or the Court of Appeal.*- from South
Georgia, to succeed Judge Robert Fet
tle. who halls from that section.
Judge Bottle >vas appointed to th*
bench by Governor Slaton during th«*
seventy-five days term that Slaton
served as Acting Governor in succes
sion to Governor Hoke Smith, and th?
appointment was made by the then
executive upon the theory thHt this
position belong to South Georgia, as
a matter of t'alrnerss in the distribu
tion of Judcal appontmonts».
Judges Russell and Roan hail from
the upper end of the State, and the
Governor thnks it nothing but right
that the other judgeship, at leas’,
should go to the lower end.
It was rumored that Judge Samti'*'
"Bennett, of Albany, was to succeed
Judge Bottle, and he was heavily .in
dorsed to the Govern r, but Judge
Bennett has announced that he wi.l
not accept the appointment, even If
it were tendered, and so that remove-
him from the list of possibilities.
The Governor has not made up his
mind as to Judge Bottle’s successor,
and will not give the matter particu
larly serious thought until aftei ’*ic?
resignation is in hand.
the course of an extensive and some-
what adventurous motor car drive
Christmas afternoon.
Two of the women, Mrs. May Logan
and Mrs. Carrie Clarke, of No. 402
Whitehall street, were arrested at. the
termination of the drive, when Wil
liams ordered the chauffeur to hold
r while he telephoned to head
quarter.-, he having missed his pock
et hook on the return drive.
The third woman, with whom Wil
liams was walking when the other
two, in the machine, stopped and in
vited them to Join the party, left the
car and disappeared while Williams
was telephoning the police.
Early Friday morning the missing
member of the trio was arrested. She
was Mrs. J. (\ Metcalf, of No. 406
Whitehall street. The three were re
leased under a bond of $100 each, to
appear at the trial Friday afternoon.
Williams told the police Thursday
afternoon that the two women In the
car appeared to be friends of the
woman he was walking with, but that
he never had s<een them before. The
drive itself was a pleasant affair,
Williams said, until, on the way back
to the city, he missed hi?* wallet and
the $40 it contained.
W illiams was uncertain which one
of his hosts to accuse, but finally de
cided on Mrs. Clarke, who promptly
flapped him.
This method of reciprocity aroused
Williams’ anger, and as soon as the
car leached the business district of
the city he got out and telephoned
the ooHoe.
• 'barges of disorderly conduct were
made against the two wornert who re
mained to be arrested. One of them
had $50 in bills, but Williams’ pocket-
book was not found.
400 to Sing in Xmas
Concert in Armory
Trapped by American
Girl Detained as Spy
The Atlanta Music Festival chorus,
composed of X‘0 member's, which was
heard in a big Christmas concert last
year by more than 6,000 persons, will
appear in a Christmas concert again
OPTICIAN RECOVERS
BRIGHTS DISEASE
this season on Sunday afternoon at the
Auditorium-Armory at 3:30 o’clock. Ad
mission is free.
I'miing the last month the Music Fes
tival chorus has been rehearsing under
the direction of Herr Wolffungen. the
noted singer, and he will be the direc
tor at the concert. Charles A. Shel
don. Jr., will play the organ.
The vocal soloists will be Mrs. Car-
thew Yorstoun and Herr Wolffungen.
Mrs. Yorstoun is known in the operatic
world as Madame Esther Boone. She
| possesses a voice of magnificent range
)f j and power.
3f
H. W. Smith is a wholesale ODtio* a „
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian, cl Mason City, Iowa Hearing that he
TARANTO, ITALY, Dec. 26.—Dorothy ji a<J 4 recovered from Bright s disease
McVane, the American opera singer, j , om%iV’letter ii^reply*. followin * Iten *«
who was recently under surveillance by | “Specialists pronounced my ct!l
the Italian Government on suspicion of j Bright'* disease and Incurable and ad -
being a spy. to-day Invoked the aid of v >"'t Min'Sl-al'welll? Became
Government officials and trapped a man horribly bloated. Physicians there mad
who sought to blackmail her. firsts and found casts and almost solki
The man. who gay* the name of lb- f brFuUon^Rena^Co’SpoSli;!
nocenzo Cicala and said he was a news- j persuaded me to take it. Dropsy
the midst o? the clanging
doors, the sharp commands »,«. ,
guards and the multitudinous I ElltertcllflerS
Slays Wife and Self
In Child’s Presence
Boy Hunter Drowns
As Leaky Boat Sinks
FITZGERALD,
.Johnson, of this
years of age
INDIANAPOLIS. Dot. 26.—In the
presence of their 12-year-old daugh
ter, James T. Carney, 42. a carpenter,
shot and killed : is wife yesterday
and then committed suicide.
Papa came home drunk last night,
Dec. 25.—Woodson
elD', a youth about 15
wa4 drowned in the
Ocmulgee R*ver near Bowens Mill,
where he had gone with companions to
hunt squirrels.
The information that has reached
here is that the boys attempted to
(loss the river in a leaky boat and
when about midstream the boat sank.
Young Johnson whs not able to swim
out. However, his companions escaped.
tasks with which they are confront
ed, the sorrows of Friday are for
gotten by the convicts of the Atlanta
Federal prison in yie thought of f he
Jovs of Thursday, the greatest day
they have known since their impris
onment. The humdrum, oppressive
existence of the prison has been up
lifted by the Christmas spirit.
The 900 convict* had a real Christ
mas celebration. For years Warden
Moyer has exerted every effort to
make Christmas the gala day of the
prison year, and especial prepara
tions were made that the men might
know something of the Joys of Yule-
tidc. The celebration continued from
9:30 in the morning until late in the
afternoon, and the spirit of the day
took wrinkles from the 900 faces and
loads of sorrow' from the 900 hearts,
and made them forget they were con
victs and remember only that it was
Christmas Day.
During the morning talent select
ed from the convict rolls gave a
vaudeville performance that was de
cidedly clever, under the direction of
Frederick Clgyton, a prisoner. The
show opened with a minstrel first
part, in v.iitch all the characters were
convicts. Half a dozen soloists en
livened the show, assisted by an en
semble of voices. Charles Berger
gave a Hebrew' monologue, Frederick
Clayton drew some clever cartoons
and Mitchell Sampson was excellent
in songs and dances. Howard Hobos
delighted the music lovers with his
cornet solo, the Toreador song from
“Carmen." The show closed with a
sketch billed as "a routin’, tootin',
shoutin’” farce in one act anrl two
scenes, entitled “In the Days of ’4;t,"
a skirt based on the adventures of a j
stranded actor in the Far West.
JDuring the afternoon an elaborate |
feast was served, the menu including
roast turkey, dressin: and gravy,
mashed potatoes and the other good
things that grace a Christmas boar!
Three men were paroled during the
day—two short-term men and a lifer.
They were told of their freedom dur
ing the performance in the morning,
and left the hall forever, w’ith the
cheers of their fellow-prisoners rins
ing in their oars.
paper correspondent, called on the sin- [cropped forty-five
ger and informed her that he had been j huafness'
ordered by his editor to send in a story
attacking the character of the young
woman. He demanded money in return
for suppressing the story. Miss Mac-
Vane consulted with the officials after
inviting Cicala to return, and when he
came back the blackmailer was trapped
with marked money and arrested
j persuaded me to take it.
;d forty-five pounds in fourteen
In three months I was back t
* * * I continued the
treatment over two years and durin*
the last four years have not found \t
r.eccssary to use any medicine. 1 have
received many letters, all of which r
have answered. Through my cor
lespondence I have learned of a num
her of recoveries."
If you h*ve Bright's disease do von
rot owe it to yourself and family to trv
Score Big Success
Miss MacVane is also to-day without Fu’ton’s Renal Compound before givine
her costumes, jewels and tuis. wn.c.i | i n? It can be had at Edmondson Drug
were seized by an improsarlo because 'Co.
The combining of the spirit of the
Yale Bulldog with the spirit of Christ
mas gave the concert by the .Yale
Banjo, Mandolin and Glee Clubs at
the Grand Theater Christmas night,
added vim and vigor which scored a
tremendous hit with the good-sized
audience..
The songs were about the same old
college songs that have been sung by
college men from time Immemorial,
and they were sung in the inimitable
Yale style, with plenty of dash and
ginger that brought back many fond
memories to the scores of Yale alum
ni and made many new friends for
Old Eli.
the singer failed to perform her con- • Ask for pamphlet or write John J
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Collegians to Stage
Book of Job as Drama
MADISON, WIS., Dec.. 2.6.—"The
Book of Job" w|Il be staged by the
University of Wisconsin Dramatic So
ciety. This probably will be the first
time “Job” ever has been given on
the modern stage.
That it was presented by the an
cient Hebrews is the contention of
H. M. Kallen, instructor in philosophy
at the university.
Pair Fined by Phone
For Kissing in Street
YONKERS. N. Y.. Dec 26.—Judge
Joseph H. Beall fined Joseph Bush. 28,
and Anna Wood, 26, $3 each by tele
phone for kissing too loudly and long in
the street.
The pair was in court, but the judge
telephoned from his home.
Dancer Stabbed, but
Ball Goes on Merrily
Gives Poor Last Cent;
Laughs at Robbers
Low cost? Why, a Ford
recently averaged twenty-
five and a third miles to a gal
lon of gasoline—for thirty-
three hundred miles! And
this is not an exceptional
Ford performance. Ford
economy is a big reason for
Ford, popularity. Buy yours
now.
Five hundred dollar? is the new price of the
c 0 rd runabout; the touring car i3 five fifty;
the town c&r seven fifty—f. o. b. Detroit,
complete with equipment. Get catalog and
particulars from Ford Motor Company. 311
Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
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Congratulations ^md very best
wishes will be extended from hun
dreds of Georgians itr public life to
Jesfce G. Berry, the Governor’s pri-
sobbed little Laura Carney, “and this
morning he accused mamma of tak
ing a bottle of whisky from his pock
et. She said she did not, and he shot
her and then shot himself.”
New-found Raphael
Is Sold for $1.60
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—While danc
ing at an East Side hall, Allan Wells
was punched, stabbed and robbed.
The dance went on.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26—Frank P.
Dickson, president of the Kansas City,
J>awrence and Topeka Electric Railroad,
.had the laugh on two men who held
him up and demanded money.
Hp had given his last cent to* a poor
family.
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Policewoman Jails
Street Car Fighter
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Losset Wendt,
a janitor, was fighting -and whip
ping—a street car conductor when
Policewoman Mary Boyd yanked him
off the car and arrested him.
Specif! Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BARIS, I >e<\ 26. A new Raphael,
“The Holy Family,” has just been ac
quired by the Russian connoisseur,
Blochkine, for eight francs ($1.60), from
an impoverished nobleman living in the
country near St. Petersburg. ‘The dis
covery of the painting was made dur
ing a Grand Ducal hunt on which
Blochkine went with Prince Demidoff.
Sandorato has purchased the picture
which the Ermitage Museum is now
contemplating buying.
“The Haunting Melody” at Lyric.
When George Cohan wrote “The
Haunting Melody' In* expressed ably
in a song the power of a little air to
linger in one’s memory and haunt hb
very soul. The audiences which wit
ness Norman Hackett’s great play, "A
Double Deceiver,' at the Lyric The
ater next week will And a fascinating
Spanish tune running through the
play, which illustrates Cohan's Idea
1* is quite as pleasing to the ear as
the beautiful South American scenes
of the new p’av are to the eye. It is
(ailed “Mi Lolita." and was written
especially for “A Double Deceiver"
by Oito Kruger, a talented member of
Mr. Hackett’s company, who plays
the important part of CaFa-Reales in
the production.
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“Neptune’s Garden" Coming.
A powerful act is this week head-|
lining the bill of selected acts at the;
busy Forsyth. “Sergeant Bagby" is a 1
>tor\ of Civil War veterans on Re
union Day, when some very interest
ing and entertaining events take »
place. A runaway couple also make
their way Into the place, creating a j
bit of exciting diversion. The re
maining acts which surround this
headliner serve to make up a very
good holiday entertainment. Next
week the management w ill present
one of the largest acts in vaudev llr
and one of the most expensive uls • >, ;
“Neptune's Garden."
Many
Among th
scenes in **1
at th«* Atlant
of Memory, ll
1 he old ehurc
formation of
the Ki! g/’< ’ .
lu/.xliiu; blu*
t he unborn
ly lighted Lai
Palace of Nig
Cottage, whit
•to glow with
construction
whs spent
Theat
brought here
the pantomln
which the pi*
Wonderful Scene*.
wonderful spectacular
he Blue Bird" production
AWAY ABOVE
EVERYTHING
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World’s Champion
Wrestler
J-RANK GOTCH, of Humboldt,
Iowa, the acknowledged wrest
ling King, has conquered all rivals.
His victory over the Russian
Lion — George Hackenschmidt — at
Comiskey Park in Chicago on Labor
Day, 1911, was overwhelmingly
one-sided.
N
a next week are iht* Land
if* Fairy Berylune's I’ulacc.
hjard. showing the trans- j
gravestones into flowers,
i of the Future, with its '
radiance of heaven, w hence
babies come * the soft-
iu! of Happiness, the weird ;
* utro T\ ; i y l ;r d M>n i -
•h the fairy’s wand cunst>j
precious stones On the '
f these scenes a torture ,
the directors of the New
York. They w ill be ;
n their entiret>. with ad
• and “trick" illusions foi
ls famous.
‘Away Above Everything”
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"Happy Hooligan."
To accommodate the many patrons!
of the Lyric who were not fortunate'
enough to secure seats for Christmas !
• m i - • ;n< fc • Ly t i
announces an extra matinee perform
ance Fridav afternoon at the usual
r-ouse prices, “llappy Hooligan" arc
his splendid fun makers have score
• eavily this week at the C’arneg
1' is the “Soul of the Grain" the acme of distil
lation; aged in oak and purified by time.
Lewis 66 Rye has taken iirst rank as the “Standard
Whiskey of the South."
Case of Four Full Quarts $5.00. Express Prepaid.
For Sale by all leading mail order houses and cafes. Never
sold in bulk. Sold only in glass direct from distillery.
THE STRAUSS, PRITZ CO.
Distillers
Cincinnati
What Will Happen In 1914
Forecasts of events which we may look for during the next year made by the
best known prophets of Europe and America, including Raphael and Zadkiel, of Lon
don; Mine. DeThebes, of Paris, and Professor Sothnos Letillcr, this newspaper’s
own special forecaster, will appear in
Next Sunday's American
Incidentally that newspaper will, in the coining year, double its already great
circulation and advertising power. And it does not take a prophet to forecast this.
There will be other great features in the coming issue. Look at these—
What Is a Broken Heart Worth?
The Baroness Ursula demands $2,500,000 from St. Louis millionaire for hers,
but the record price for a heart is $250,000, which Daisy Markham got, and the high
est price ever paid for a whole life is only $60,000.
What Probably Happened to Dorothy Arnold
Why the police believe that in the case of pretty little Suspe Ferraro, who was
.seized by four men and hurried off into shameful bondage, they have an exact du
plicate of the mysterious disappearance of the New York heiress—except that Miss
Arnold, less fortunate than the Ferraro girl, was probably killed by her captors to
avoid discovery.
Where Bunyan Got His “Pilgrim's Progress
ft
A very curious literary discovery which shows that Bunnya culled the ideas for
what is, next to the Bible, the best selling book in the world, from a curious old
French work. ' .
Outcault's Page of Fun for Old and Young
K very body who remembers the famous “Buster Brown" will welcome the new
comic pictures which are presented in this newspaper by Buster Brown’s creator
everv Sunday.
There Are Dozens of Other Interesting Things In It
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