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TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1913.
‘StocK’Hay Be Solution of Theater Problem
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Good Plays Scarcer Than Playhouses
L' O much rpa.ee la devoted to talk-
Ing of the clot her that we wear
when on drees parade that our
ralny-rtay pcarments iret very little
attention. They are very Important,
though, for particular people like to
look well garbed even "though rainy
be the weather.”
The Camp Fire Olrls and the Scouts
have Introduced many of us to the
Joy of wearing slickers and sou’west-
era. To the uninitiated be It known
that these are the names applied to
the rigs worn by the 'longshoremen.
The slicker Is the long, yellow oil
skin coat and the sou'wester Is the
hat of the same material. These out
fits make cross-country tramps In
rough weather not only a possibility
hut a pleasure. The new raincoats
of cravcnette and covert cloth have
yokes and sleeves lined with silk,
satin and Venetian cloth, so that
thev will slip on and off easily. They
have the belted backs which mako
them more shapely than last season's
garment and the comfortable con
vertible collars, which may be drawn
tip snugly about the throat or rolled
hack If desired.
Even those venturesome souls who
Insist on having their horseback ride,
rain or shine, have had their com
fort provided for In a special rainy -
«lay garment. \
It is a raincoat of rubberized ma
terial, having a fan-shaped flap under
the placket, which spreads out over
the horse's back and keeps the rider
completely protected Trom the weath
er. ■
There are numbers of women who
object to rubberized garments of any
kind because of their weight. For
these there are the full length storm
coats of chinchilla, which are warm
and cozy and light In weight. Us
ing of rough .weave thyy "shed'' the
rain like a waterproof.
They have big storm collars and
deep patch pocketH anil com* In all
the serviceable colors, including the
Oxford gray.
• • *
The women who prefer to me curl
ers for waving the hair as being less
Injurious than the heated Iron, will
like the new curlers of woven mohair
braid. These hold the hair much
more securely than the kid curlers
which nave a way of slipping occa
sionally.
• • •
Some of the new umbrellas are the
prettiest thing’s' Any girl will be glad
to carry one of them. They are cov
ered with black silk, but have gayly
colored handles to match the fall
suitings — tobacco brown, reseda
green, mauve and taupe are a few of
the shades.
Each umbrella has a satin cover
of the same color as the handle, and
the brass ribs are fastened together
with a smart-looking ring and chain.
There are some very pretty ones of
black silk with silver-Inlaid partridge
or snakewood handles.
* * *
Since this season may truthfully be
called “the reign of the ruffle,” any
Woman will be glad to get one of the
new sulf-plalters <»r rufflers so tlmt
she may have plaltings galore with
out the expense of having them made
Sn the shops and may wear her pret
tiest jabots without the feeling that
their glory will have departed after
one trip to the laundry.
These self-plaiters are of metal and
look somewhat like small hand looms.
The material to he plaited Is run un
der and over a set of metal rods, then
dampened and pressed with a warm
Iron. All sorts of pl&itlngs can he
made on the one frame plain ac
cordion plaiting, oak leaf, shell or
scallop. The price of this useful
plaiter is but 7. p > cents.
* • *
Pre-eminent among dress trim
mings and used upon almost every
kind of costume are the Jetted novel
ties. It is most -ennirkable what a
•strong position this fascinating trim
ming has obtained. Of course, the
English, French and German-mad*
Jetted trimmings are most expensive.
Tet even these are not beyond the
reach of the average woman, unless
the extreme novelties, such as bM
nnd buckls with long dependent Jet
►trines and tassels attached, are
Bought for.
The average jetted bead handing la
most effective If used In small qaa »-
titles, while Jetted fringes are quite
wonderful, esneclallv when used to
edge the wired overskirt draperies of
a smart afternoon or evening cos
tume.
Colored beaded bands and fringes
are also fashionably desirable f >r
overskirt trimmings and for vest and
collar aornltures. but gold and s 1-
ver trinVmlngs » ontinue to be greatly
demanded. Shop- are offering both
the colored ai. i the gold and silver
trimmings in equal quantities, and at
fairly low prices.
Gayly hued enameled and colored
■glass buttons are also used, as well as
quantities of rhinestone and crystal
buttons.
The really high style dress trim
ming is a tassel, anywhere or every
where. Should you use but one tae-
sel. It must be very long, but Xio;
thick, and may weight a sash end or
be placed at the point of an overskirt
drapery, or even dangle from the cen
ter of the back of one's bodice.
Smaller tassels are used for sleeve
drapery pendants and to decorate col
lar points.
Sashes of gayly colored fancy silks,
of black velvet, satin or ot solid color,
or heavy, with embroidery, are
dernier crl in trimming fashlo is.
•while laces of the shadow, net or
blonde variety may be used with every
gown regardless.
Fur, of course, is everywhere, with
•trpw.rently no limit to the varl
Exhausting the list of known pelts
does not limit them, for any one of
these peltries may be dyed in s num
ber of colors and combined with oth^r
pelts, which, In turn, have undergone
remarkable change's. In order to pro
duce new trimming devices and ef
fects for the adornment of women’?
apparel.
Atlanta May Keep Hackett—‘Blue!
Bird,’ Famous Allegory, Is
Here Solid Week.
By TARLETON COLLIER.
The time has come, the showmen
say, to talk of many thinks. First of
nil them Is general commiseration
over the fact that this Is the worst
theatrical season, from the standpoint
of receipts. In years and years. And
since people are not perceptibly poor
er, und since there Is Just as much
money to spend on theaters as ever
there was, the lack of box office re-
cipts must be traced to sopie other
source Maybe the lark of good
shows Is responsible—and this Is the
most likely reason. Maybe it Is the
fact that people have changed their
minds about what they want.
Here In Atlanta ttie theater mana
gers are Indulging In lamentations
concerning the situation, Just as they
are everywhere. In the offices of the
local managers you are likely to be
greeted with quotations from a heart-
to-heart talk that William A. Brady,
the New York theatrical man. made
recently at a dinner that a number of
actors and managers gave to David
Warfield recently. Said Mr. Brady:
"The first-class theater business Is
suffering from too many theaters and
too few good plays. When one con
siders the fact that the playwrlters of
ttio world have not turned out one
really big play this year, It will ex
plain one of the chief causes of the
reaction in our business. With Eve
lyn Nesblt the biggest money earner
of the season, with the moving pic
ture, ‘Traffic In Souls,' rendering It
necessary to call out the reserve to
keep orderly the mob clamoring for
tl, gets, and 'Damaged Goods,’ now
being ,.reduced for commercial pur
poses only, It shows that our publio
wants sensation.
However that is, this Is a lean, lean
year for the show business, as was
announced by one of the firm of Klaw
Ar Edanger, recently, when he said It
was the worst season In seventeen
years. Atlanta theaters are feeling
tho pinch of conditions, together with
others everywhere.
All except the purveyors of vaude
ville entertainment, In the case of
Atlanta embodied In the Forsyth
Theater. Here there is a generally
good patronage. The same'Interview
from the Klaw It Erlanger spokesman
explained the prosperity of the vaude
ville business.
"High-class vaudeville has main
A LICE BUTLER as the Fairy, Bur ford Ilampden as Tyltvl,
and Editha Kelly as Mytyl/in “The Blue Bird,” at the
Atlanta all week; below, a group from Neptune’s Garden, For
syth ; Norman llackett at the Lyric, and a scene from the photo
play, “The Volunteer Organist,” at the Grand.
Maeterlinck’s famous
allegorical play is at
tracting considerable
attention from Atlanta
students of the higher
forms of drama.
A tlanta Playgoers ’
Weekly Calendar
At the Atlanta—“The Blue Bird,”
all week, matinees Thursday and
Saturday.
At the Lyric—Norman Hackett,
in "A Double Deceiver,” all week,
matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Sat
urday.
At the Forsyth—Keith vaude
ville, featuring ‘‘Neptune’s Gar
dens,” all week, daily matinees.
At the Bijou—Jewell Kelley
Stock Company, final week of en
gagement, in ‘‘A Slave of the
Mill.” ✓
talned itself better tlAm any other fine
of amusement, for the reason that It
lias little or no competition." he said.
"As to the straight drama, there must
he a readjustment. There are not
enough good shows for the number of
good theaters that deserve them We
are going to get dow n very shortly to
ttie sane pro posit ioir-^of having only
such a number of theaters as can be
suis'Ued with first -class attractions."
Or and here Is the first whisper of
a declaration of theatrical Independ
ence by tile cities outside the few-
largest there is always possible the
establishment of capable stock com
panies, to remain in a city—Atlanta,
for Instance -for an Indefinite time,
and produce good shows. In fact,
there is all sorts of talk in Atlanta
concerning the inauguration of such
a venture here, and it would not he
surprising if the performance of "A
Double Deceiver" at the I.yrle Thea
ter tills week by Norman Hackett and
his company Is the first of a series of
plays to be produced by the same
i ompany. playing "stock" at the the
ater on Carnegie way. At the first
ttush It appears that this would be a
profitable venture, if. Indeed, It he a.
venture and all this talk he true.
Another event of considerable in
terest to" Atlanta will be the week’s
stay of "Ttie Blue Bird.” Maeter
linck’s fantastic allegory. Here is a
change from the rapid-fire, thunder
ous "play of to-day" that can not but
be delightful—atl east delightful as a
novelty. If not for the Intrinsic pleas
ure of the attraction. It is heralded
that the production booked for At
lanta Is expensive and as beautiful
as the poet's conception demands.
And. indeed, it is a fairy dream from
which the French poet drew "The
Blue Bird."
An elaborate bill is announced for
the Forsyth Theater New Year's
week, with "Neptune's Gardens." a
famous spectacle, as the head-line at
traction. At the Bijou, the Jewell
Kelley Company plays the last week
of its engagement. presenting “A
Slave of the Mill," a melodrama wltfY
a montl. 'tis said.
‘Blue Bird' Comes
l'nr Solid 11 T eek
The engagement of The Blue Bird”
at the Atlanta covers tho entire week.
MAETERLINCK, BLUE BIRD'S
CREATOR. IS LIKE PEASANTS!
Sage of St. Wandrille Abbey a True Rustic, Withl
Keen Love for Children.
T HE Atlanta Musical Association
is doing its best work this fall.
Its concerts have been most
entertaining and the audiences much
larger than heretofore. Mrs. Slaton
has made a very capable president
and personally conferred with artists
on her recent trip to New York as to
future engagements with them for
the season’s musical affairs. Morti
mer Wilsoh, as director, has been
bending every effort at his rehearsals
for rapid improvement and has ac
complished wonders with his baton.
At the symphony concert the Phil
harmonic Orchestra eclipsed all pre
vious performances, and they are
now rehearsing for the third concert
of the season, which will take place
January 29 at the Atlanta Theater.
Some prominent soloist will be on the
program and a large chorus of local
talent will add much to the enjoy
ment of the evening. Each program
is more Interesting than the preced
ing one and the lovers of good music
in Atlanta are eagerly looking for
ward to the next production.
* • *
Mortimer Wilson, conductor of the
Philharmonic Orchestra, is preparing
a nelaborate program for the coming
orchestral concert, which Is sure to
be of great interest to the musical
people of Atlanta. There will prob
ably appear at this concert a soloist
of wide reputation. The date is set
for the evening of January 29.
* * *
Directors Max V. Swarthout and
D. M.‘Swarthout, of the Illinois Wo
man’s College, at Jacksonville, ar
rived in Atlanta Friday and are the
guests of Mortimer Wilson, conductor
of the Philharmonic Orchestra. Their
visit Is looked forward to by many
of the musical people of Atlanta, as
they are, respectively, well known
pianist and violinist and have had a
pronounced success in their recent
tour through the Middle West.
* » *
Charles W. Clark, the well-known
American baritone, in passing through
Atlanta on his American tour re
marked on the wonderful' develop
ment, commercially, of Atlanta In the
last five years, but deplored the di
vision of musical interests here,
which keeps Atlanta much in the
background musically and which does
not, most certainly, encourage a
unanimous support of musical things.
Mr. Clark is one of the very few
"Monsieur Maeterlinck will not see
anybody!”
These were the discouraging words
that sent Master Burford Hampden,
of "The Blue Bird" Company, and
his parents crestfallen to their hotel
In the little French village of Caude-
bec, near Saint Wandrille Abbey, one
Sunday afternoon. To be sure, the
secretary had taken their cards and
talked vaguely of communicating with
them; but it was a happy surprise
the second day after to receive a tele
gram saying that the sage really
would see them, and a few hours later
to encounter in the hall of the Abbey
a powerful, broad-shouldered, peas
ant-like man, his -head crowned with
grayish white hair, his garments of
homely cut, and his feet incased in
square-toed brogans, the extremely
heavy soles of which still bore the
mud of the forest.
Yes, It was "le forestler Maeter
linck.” The visitors enthusiastically
expressed their happiness.
“Pourquoi^" he asked, with a dis
concerting simplicity. “Why should
anyone wish to see me? I am a coun
tryman, a forester, not an immortal!
People would much better direct their
pilgrimages elsewhere.” Then, with
still more naive simplicity: "You
really take ‘The Blue Bird' about
America? You move the Palace of
Night, the Kingdom of the Future
from town to town, from city to city
—make railroad trains—unpack and
roll up scenes—marshal the fancies
of my brain at given hours and places,
and so ever on and on? It is woh-
derful.”
How different all this rrom the cur
rent conception of the mighty sym
bolist! Unspoiled by his Paris 'pren
tice years, he lives in the great out
doors. He is a rustic by atavism of
his Flemish farmer strain. His atti
tude to the stage is that of a child.
Only in poetry and philosophy is he
the master.
"But tell me, monsieur." persisted
Burford Hampden, wtio plays Tyltyl
In the cast coming to Atlanta, "why
does the Blue Bird fly away at the
end of the Journey?”
“Ah! Qul sait? (who knows),” re
sponded the sage kindly. ‘‘It is a
habit the Blue Birds have. The hap
piness of the present hour is not the
•happiness of the next.
“You have promised us the sequel
to 'The Blue Bird,' ” suggested Bur-
ford's father. "When will ‘Tyltyl
Grown Up,’ be ready?”
"I can not tell. Perhaps never.
Tyltyl grew and grew, oh! so sturdi
ly. after he lost the bird until he be
came a fine youth of 16, hut there he
stopped, and ” with a significant
glance at Mme. Maeterlinck, who had
Joined the party, "try as I will, I can
not make him grow any older p.. 1
haps he will sprout again after a
while, or perhaps he will 1
boy, half man to the end!”
llnck grinned at his wlfelv mui . r
If to say: "You know I can no- Mr,!,,. I
it in my present mood, so v h UI ,1
me?” ' ” 1
In the courtyard, hard by the »(.„
tie fountain, Burford Hampden „
at the author's request Tyltyl < n,,,?.
scene in "The Blue Bird.” '"Vral Kar
con! vrai garcon!” the poet kept iSa , ’ f
ing to Mme. Maeterlinck during’thi
reci.tal. At the close he remarked'
“Yes. you are a real bov—better I
than our <ttn Paris Tyltyl, who.
though very good, was after ail real ’
a dwarf of 26."
The conversation drifted to the I
times and occasions of little s trl-■
playing the hero part, a practice
Maeterlinck much deprecated, aa ha
wanted emphasized tho contrast „t
Tyltyl’s matter-of-fact masculinity
against the fairy fancifulness of thi
other characters.
Every part of the old abbey, Tyltyl
visited with his creator who knows
so well the way of the boy in all asss
and lands. Toward the close of tho
day, In the refectory, refreshments
wera^spread. There were cakes Ilka
those the rich children had in the
house across the way on Tyltyl and 1
Mytyl’s wonder Christmas Eve The
champagne hubbled in the cup Ev
erybody laughed and chattered Gylo
prototype of "The Blue Bird" Tylo’
and two much younger dogs took
heart of the Gallic merriment and
tried to steal some of the cakes from
the table. And Maeterlinck, like Tyl
tyl In the play, repressed them with
cries of “Down, * Gylo!” and much
brandishipg of weapons as if in mor
tal combat.
Mme. Maeterlinck, who h3d played
the role of Light in "The Blue Bird”
in Paris, wrote in Burford Hamp
den’s autograph book: “Au joli petit
Tyltyl tous les baisers de Le Lu-
miere.” (To pretty little Tyltyl, all
the kisses of Light.) Maeterlinck,
carefully selecting a sky-blue page in
the multi-colored album for his sig
nature, mentioned kindly the “lovely
visit of his little friend."
At departure the poet shook hands
cordially with the grown-ups and
kissed the youngster warmly on both
cheeks. He presented Burford Hamp
den with a copy of the French orig
inal of the play, on the flyleaf of
which he had written:
"A mon petit Tyltyl Americtfin,
Cordial souvenir d’une visite a lah-
beye de St. Wandrille ou naquit
L’osieau Bleu. Maeterlinck. 1 '
(To -my little American Tyltyl in
cordial remembrance of a visit to the
Abbey of Saint Wandrille, where the
Blue Bird was horn.)
Americans who have been received
with enthusiasm in France, and the
only American who has been invited
to sing at the Conservatoire of Paris
and with the famous Colonne Or
chestra of that city.
* * *
The concert which will be given by
Madam Genevieve Johnston Bishop,
a noted oratorio singer, Thursday
evening at the Baptist Tabernacle,
will be the second in a series of
concerts sponsored by the Atlanta
Musical Association. Mrs. Johnston-
Bishop will be heard in several se
lections. Tickets are on sale at the
office of the Atlanta Musical Asso
ciation, No. 80 North Pryor.
There will be matinees New Year’s
Day and Saturday. Another inci
dental event of interest will be the
conference, descriptive and explana
tory of the play, which will be given
under the auspices of the Drama
Deague at the Atlanta Theater Tues
day afternoon at 4 o’clock, admission
without ticket. The conference will
be conducted by several members of
the cast.
The play is the allegorical story of
Tyltyl and Mytyl, brother and sis
ter, in their search for the blue bird
of happiness. According to Maeter
linck's poetic -conception, they visit
the Palace of the Faery and the
Palace of the Night, dwell among the
forgotten souls of the Kingdom of
the Past, and peep into the Kingdom
of the Future, there to see the souls
as yet unborn. The blue bird of
j happiness, sought and almost cap-
| tured in distant climes, finally is
found within their very door.
The week after. “Polly of the*C!r-
I cus.” the play which is associated
with the charming figures of the
Taliaferro sisters, will be at the At-
I lanta, January 7 and 8, with Elsie St.
• Deon in the title role. Following
that. “Broadway Jones,” a George M.
Cohan production, will be presented
January 12, 13 and 14.
'Neptune's Gardens' to
Head Bill at Forsyth
A remarkable act will headline the
bill of vaudeville at the "Forsyth this
week, starting with matinee Monday.
The topliner is abbut the greatest
novelty that Is in vaudeville. It is
“Neptune’s Gardens and the Enchant-
ed Pool.
“Neptune’s Gardens” Is a novelty
spectacle wirtten around the mytho
logical tale of the wonder working of
the King of the Sea. The stage will
prebent a beautiful picture. A won
derful garden with singers and danc
ers. with statues and a magnificent
fountain. Presently all the statues
turn to life and plunge into the water,
and actually disappear. But they re
turn at will Just when they want to.
Jewell Kelley Stock
>anv to Close
struggle of labor and capital. The
love of Reuben Warner, the working
men’s friend, for Margaret Knowlton.
the daughter pf a wealthy manufac
turer, is revealed, with all its vicissi
tudes and ijte final ascendency and
justification: Turmoil among, labor
ers, the threats of a strike and of
violence, the imminence of other big
events all give the play the color of
a thrilling melodrarqa. It is announc
ed that an elaborate display of scen
ery has been arranged. ^ The usual
arrangement concerning the admis
sion of women free on Monday night
will apply.
Norman Hackett Plays
‘A Double Deceiver'
One of the most salient character- |
ost
istics of the Spanish people is its high I
and often exaggerated sense of family i
honor.
This attitude of mind, this sensi
tiveness, has long been epitomized in I
the phrase, “El punto de honor”—the
point of honor. Donald Clive Stuart
j has used it most effectively for dra-
l matic purposes in Norman Hackett’s I
new play, "A Double Deceiver,” which j
has been founded on ne of the fa-!
mous O. Henry stories. and will be!
presented by Mr. Hackett and his
excellent company at the Lyric Thea- j
ter this week. I
Compu
The nineteenth and last week of the
Jewell Kelley Stock Company’s en
gagement will begin Monday after
noon at the Bijou, with the presenta
tion of “A Slave of tfte Mill.” a play
which, it is promised, has a moral
lesson. The story of the play is the
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