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I ■ It' l ATLANTA GLOKGJAN AND NLVVS. Big Situations Save Play Replete With Glaring Faults—Play house Is Crowded. Sidelights on GEORGIA i POLITICS • ML 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 tract I Fulton Co., San Francisco.—Advt jftyrxl , w TMF UNIVERSAL CAW it 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. » 1 \ A i E 3 < 1 Si 4 ; V A rr J T tput ir.ot Jsr n r- > jErtr 1 C r 6 C 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. ASTHMA! RELIEVED IN 2 MINUTES Or Money Refunded. 50c Pkg. by Mail Isn’t Our Offer Fair? Send for “Thomason’s Famous Asthma Remedy” to AMERICAN ASTHMATIC CO. Inc., ATLANTA, QA. 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. J TTTjTjT } it “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 it 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” 1 "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 Order from your dealer, or by phone to Main 100. It) V HO r ■? o V M r ;5 J a- ■ -£4 ? •O *1 r *3 .T *U H 2 r 54 J> •» G 14 € T ■i