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ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SAT run AY, OCTOBER 6, 190«.
A Week’s
s in Atlanta’s Playhouses
PUN AND MUSIC ASSURED
AT GRAND AND BIJOU IN
ENGAGEMENTS FOR WEEK
01(1 favorite* return to the Atlanta
.tage next week. While there are no
„,«• play* booked for the Grand, the
three old ones ehould.be aaeured of a
welcome, for they have been tried and
not found wanting.
A really good eong le worth hearing
twice, and few who heard the brilliant
music of "The Sultan of Sulu" will
miss going again. This waa George
Ade's drat real success—he haa writ
ten many comedies since, but he has
not surpassed It.
And "Sergeant Kitty.” You will all
remember how Helen Byron sang the
lilting wait* song, "Love Is Gladness,
Love Is Sadness," and how It was
hummed for the rest of the week on
every street corner. There are other
songs just as tuneful and the music Is
of an order that places "Sergeant
Kitty" out of the comedy class and
Into the Held of comic opera.
Hal Reid's old story ,of "Human
Hearts" closes the week and will draw
Ing stories beau-
many lovers of touchln]
tlfully told. It has been successful
through many seasons and promises to
continue for many more to come.
At the Bijou another comedy Is
promised. "Bankers and Brokers," with
Yorke and Adams In the leading roles.
It has received favorable comment
from conservative critics In Its South
ern tour and promises to equal the
success of the other musical bills at the
popular-priced house.
"The Sultsn of Sulu."
"The Sultan of Sulu" will transfer
his court to the stage of the Grand
Monday and Tuesday for three sittings.
He will sit In state and It is expected
that every one who likes bright dia
logue and tuneful songs will be pre
sented to the monarch.
The comic potentate Is the creation
of Ocorge Ade and Alfred G. Wathall.
Ade Is responsible for the words and
lyrics, and Mr. Wathall Is credited with
the delightfully catchy music, for
which the piece Is famous. Mr. Ade
has added much to hi* fame by his
bright satirical treatment of .certain
consequences of the occupation of the
Philippines and the Introduction there
of American characters, cocktails, ali
mony nnd other things incident to up-
to-dnte civilisation.
The story of "Tho Sultan of Sulu
Is the history of Kl-Ram, who rules
the Island, of Jolo or Sulu. Kl-Ram
has abducted some of the nieces of a
neighboring chief or Datto. Tho
Americans, who arrived upon the scene,
compel him to abdicate and make him
governor of the Island Instead. His
matrimonial affairs might have re
mained unnoticed If he had not pro
ceeded tq_ ranks, wholesale love to the
American women, who have come to
help civilise the Philippine natives.
He proposes marriage to Pamela
Prances Jackson, unblushlngly confid
ing to that strong-minded spinster that
she will be one of eight or nine wives
already sharing his love. Pamela Is
shocked and threatens revenge. She
Is made judge advocate of the Island,
and orders the governor to divorce all
his wives but one. She then shows a
law by which the divorced wives shall
each receive alimony to the amount of
one-hnlf of hit Income. As there are
eight wives, this means four times his
splendid company fir tho portrayal of
the various characters.
"BANKERS AND BROKERS”
WEEK’S BILL AT BIJOU.
One of the Interesting features of
B. E. Forrester’s production of the
musical comedy, "Bankers
, „ . — and Bro
kers, which will be seen at the Bijou
next week, will be the girls, battalions
of girls, girls decked out In stunning
gowns, gorgeous frocks an<L cunningly i
devjsed frills and laces. Dainty hats,'
beautiful, jewels and delicate footwear.
A chorus full of pretty costumes and I
the costumes full of pretty girls.
Yorke and Adams will head the cast
of principals, and their Irresistible hu
mor permeates the ■ entire production.
The dialogue of this musical play is
exceptionally witty, the lyrics tellingly
set to music and the scenic environ
ment excels its nearest competltfon.
Altogether “Bankers and Brokers” will
be found the most humorous, tuneful
and quite the nicest evening’s enter
tainment that has visited this city
during the present season.
An entire new edition of songs will
be heard during their engagement and
include such metropolitan hits as "Just
a Little Fond Affection," "Underneath
a Parasol," "Mary of the Prairie,”
“Mooning Time," "Egyptian Maid,”
"Would You Leave Your Happy Home
for Me,” "The Pen Is Mightier Than
the Sword," '"Gator and the Coon,"
“What Would Yqu Do,” "Holding
Hands,” and others, making twenty in
bit.
Income, and he balks niid Is put in his
J*ll. Matters grow darker and
darker for Kl-Ram ■ and bla* private
" e A'r et * ry * ^ Hadji, who la Imprisoned
with hlin for alleged treachery. A ca
ble from the United States straighten*
out matters by stating that the eonstl-
tution follows the flag on Tuesday and
Thursday only, so "Kl-Ram Is allowed
to go hack to some of his old prac-
lices, but he loses his wives, os many
of these have found sweethearts among
, f an V* Wue Jackets, and he must
J'"r. Vt flr f t and most faithful
ff, * • < l a,ula i* hom h * ca *» the char
ter member of hie harem.
“Sergeant Kitty.” *
Comic opera still continues to be one
or the favorite forms of attracting
amusement-loving audiences. It Is true
that the public demands the best that
the Stage cun afford of thla class of
amusements, but the vogue of comic
U|iera la greater today than ever before
S » P*’l' "Sergeant Kitty," which
dav th ® 0rand next Thurs-
MW* " een V to nil the bill
inm. J L", ,hl * respect for It Is legltl-
usual I v ' op *I a ttnd “ hB » '’oen UB-
S y , •urrstwful both In New York,
no A’ a i d . a ,on * 0)0 at the Casl-
t-verT c<nmtry. The * tel "' Un<l * too ° U
w7. hl ;.„ hr "" an , cy ot ‘ h » music, which
rh .Vl mpo " etI by A - Baldwin Sloane,
an 1 - K of " The Mocking Bird"
m>r - ,h# and hu
The Jeffereone In New Rolee.
Joseph and William Winter Jefferson,
the younger sons of the late Joseph
Jefferson, presented their new comedy.
Playing the Game," at the Grand Fri
day nlgtyt. The audience was smaller
than the offering deserved. The ploy,
by Cleveland Moffett and Hartley Da
vis, Is almost purely farcical, but Ita
situations are cleverly arranged, Its
dialogue well written, the plot.logical
and well sustained. In It the Jef-
fersons have chosen a happy medium
for their talents.
Joseph Jeffersoa the elder of,the
brothers, Is cast for Beverly Clay, of
Mississippi, a Southerner of the ante
bellum. school, though the scene Is of
The dress and words glv-
the present.
en the role are an exaggeration—not
so great as have been Indicted In other
seasons and not offensive, but still a
.bit overdrawn. But Mr. Jefferson's ac
cent Is the best that has been heard In
years. His voice recalls that of the
southern planter, soft yet forceful, Just
a trifle of a drawl In Its rich tones, a
voice as charming as a woman's. And
In his manner Mr. Jefferson has caught
tho spirit of the role. His little bits of
courtesy to the then and women of New
York spring as naturally nnd uncon
sciously from him as they would from
a real Beverly Clay. He has gained
much from his years of resldene* In
Southern Louisiana—hi* picture of the
Southerner Is the fairest and most fin
ished the writer has seen.
William Winter Jefferson has a pure
ly comedy role, that of a young New
Yorker with more nerve than money,
who la trying to elope with a girl who
can't keep her mind, made up. It Is a
rollicking role In which he acquits him
self with credit, but he has by no
It was noticed that the family re
semblance I* strong In the youngest
son and there wore moments when the
old Jefferson of Bob Acres was re
flected In the profile of the son.
The Jeffersons are supported by a
fully capable company which Includes
Ruby Rrldgos, Robert Mackay, Alice
Veal, Blanche Bender and several oth
ers. It may be remarked In passing
that Miss Bender In nn automobile coat
nnd veil Is about the prettiest picture
that has graced tho stage of the Grand
this season.
The piny Is written for fun and It
y trip upon each other's heels, the dia
logue Is sparkling. While the love
scenes are sacrificed for comedy there
romance or two running through
the play nnd the matinee girls will en
joy It. ■ The scenes, one In the Waldorf-
Astoria nnd two In an artist's studio,
art handsomely designed nnd mount
ed. The engagement Is for Saturday
afternoon and night.
"LASTDA YS OF POMPEII”
WILL BE PRESENTED FOR
TEN NICHTS A 7 PIEDMONT
SOLDIER GIRLS IN “SERGEANT KITTY"
For several days a force of twenty
electrical constructors have been at
work Installing the lights and electric
apparatus for use of the big Pain
spectacle, “Last Days of Pompeii,” at
the fair grounds, where It opens
ten nights' engagement on Wednesday
night next. Nearly 200 workmen are
required to place In position the mas
slve scenery to represent the doomed
Roman city of Pompeii, on the arrival
of the jihow train next Tuesday. This
picturesque scenic city wilt cover an
urea of nearly flvo acres of ground
and will picture th* gay city ai
stood before the awful catastrophe of
Vesuvius nearly 1,000 years ago.
Those who have read Bulwer-Lyf
ton's beautiful story will remember his
vivid description of the eruption of
Vesuvius which completely buried the
Romaic city of Potnpell over 1,000 years
ago, and cannot fall to see In the ac
counts of the recent and terrible out
bursts of Mt. Vesuvius and the de
struction of surrounding villages such
a similarity of harrowing detail, ap
palling catastrophe, and awe-inspiring
Convulsions of nature an almost ver
batim repetition of Pompeii's fall as de-
the "Last Days of Pompeii," II., J.
Pain, the "flrework* king," presents
many magnificent effects as seen In Mt.
Vesuvius' action, and presents the
scene vividly.
In the "Last Days of Pompeii" two
stories are Illustrated The clouds of
flame, smoke and ashes, the floods of
red hot lava which are belched from
the volcano's crater and falling from
Incandescont rivers down Ita towering
sides; the thunderous noise of tho
mountain, the Incessant earthquake
shocks and the falling of Immense
quantities of material completely bury
ing the doomed city, while the gaily
dressed multitude rush hither and
thither in a mad but ineffective effort
to escape, produce a scene of majestic
horror, so beautiful, so vividly and
thrllllngly realistic as to furnish one
with conception of the great and mys
terious forces of nature.
“The Last Days of Pompeii," as
given by Pain, has been witnessed by
millions of people In Europe, and hun
dreds ot thousands In America. The
gay, rich city of the year 79
tlfully pictured on thousands of square
yards of scenery, actual buildings ,.f
ancient style of architecture occupy
the foreground, while Vesuvius tow. i
above in the dtstanee. Many people
on the picturesque streets of Pompeii
await the arrival of the grand pre
cession and the commencement of the
(lay's sports In honor of Isis, their fav
orite goddess.
The sports commence and continue
until tho races run, the garlands won,
the gladiators honored, and the priests
reformed to march under tho triumphal
arch to the temple of Isis. The doors
arc thrown open, showing tho Illumin
ated Interior; the priestesses emerge,
the golden Imagr.n arc brought forth,
nnd, as the venerable priests appear.
who refuse to worship the Idol, and an
the cry arises, "Down with tho Chris
tians," Vesuvius answers in return
with an angry roar, belching forth
clouds of Are and heated stones, while
floods of lava pour down the mountain
side, spreading desolation in its path.
The earth quakes, temples totter, pal
aces and arches fall amid Are, and ter
rific explosions everywhere, adding to
the seemingly total devastation; tho
frightened populace rushing from the
scene to secure avenues of safety.
■ Two pretty ballets, Including the
historic "flro dance of Isis," will ho
Introduced In the fete day dlvertlse-
ments. There will also be several high
class European nnd American special
ties, Including the famous Flying Dor-
dens, a troupe of live aerlallsts; wills
& Hasson, equilibrists, who created a
sensation for three months at the great
New York Hippodrome; the three
Brothers Rossi, grotesque acrobats;
Hurley, Stevens and Hurley, gro
tesques, and numerous others.
At the conclusion of each exhibit the
company will make a special display of
.... k^g|^(| reW orks, lntro-
the celebrated Beach ,
ducing the latest novelties nnd effects
Each of these night displays aggre
gating a cost of soma *1,600. Several
"special nights” are being arranged for
thre Atlanta engagement, on which oc
casions unusually elaborate pyrotech
nic devices will be shown.
ANGRY WOMEN STORM SCHOOL;
POLICEMAN HURT DURING RIOT
New York, Oct. Fifteen hundred
women, nearly all Italians, ' believing
that the “murder doctors,” as they
called the board of health physicians,
"were cutting the throats of their chil
dren In a public school In the Wil
liamsburg section Of Brooklyn, stormed
the school building In a mad effort to
reach the'little one* yesterday. Be-
quened
t jllcemen had been seriously Injured
y the Infuriated women and one of
the rioters had been arrested.
Physicians from the board of health
for several days have been examining
n«rl
some ot the children told theli .
the doctors Intended to cut their
throats. This news spread and caused
the trouble.
“7HE GREAT DIVIDE" IS -
THE PL A Y OF THE SEASON
"The Great Divide," produced this
week in New York, with Henry Miller
and Margaret Anglin dividing the hon
ors. has drawn from the usually staid
and conservative Sun an Indorsement
so unusually glowing that New Yorkers
are crowding the house, and theater
goers on tho Southern circuit are won
dering when the play will be seen In
thla section. The Sun's critic says of
William Vaughn Moody's play:
"It is abundantly clear that no play
of the present season—a season unus
ually rich—has equaled It either In
caliber or In execution, except only
Pinero's 'His House In Order.' And
even this strikes less true and deep Into
the wells ot human Impulse and pas
sion.
"To say that It Is the best product
of the American drama thus far would
doubtless be extravagant; yet the fact
remains that It Is Inspired by precisely
that fulness and whoselomcucss of
feeling and accomplished with pre
cisely that technical firmness, the lack
of which has thus far proved the car
dinal defccls of our most vivacious and
amusing playwrights.”
he was. His friend replied: “Tha
Sterling Coyne."
"Oh," replied Byron, “I thought It
was Filthy Lucre."
Joseph Coyne, who Impersonates
Trooper Smith in "My Lady’s Maid,”
at the Casino, New York, tells the
following story on nn English name
sake. ' Sterling Coyne was, years ago,
a well-known manager of Birmingham.
He was addicted to snuff-taking, and
having a heavy mustache and benrd,
generally succeeded in mussing him
self up rather disagreeably. One day,
Henry J. Byron was In Birmingham,
and seeing the manager, asked who
For the third time De Wolf Hopper
has found "Wang" the most popular
iat ho has ever had. “Happyland” Is
running the old favorite a close sec
ond ; but there Is nn disguising the fact
thut "Wang” has extraordinary draw
ing powers, nnd that Its popularity la
unprecedented.
Raymond S. Ornu, representing "The
Sultan of Sulu” company, which comes
to the Grand next week, Is In the city
looking after the Interests of his com
pany. Mr. Grau Is a son of tho late
Jules Grau, whose old opera company
was one of the first and moat populur
In tne South. -He Is a cousin of Mau
rice Grau, the eminent Impresario, who
n"L“ , . ,ha book and lyrics by R. H.
and the. splendor of the pro-
bflnrie. J? bten * reat fActors In
(lon»i ?f i abou ,t th** popularity. The
wh? h nf?‘ ?' or ? of Mu * Helen Byron,
born S 5 ??. , th « title rol* in "Reggy
sin la P ,,i" la ?t season, of Miss Vlr-
Jam «* MeEihem,
brottvM Ma ) or ,? nd Tom Hadaway have
of 8,1 the beauties and fund
01 this charming opera.
Human Hearts," which comes to
he Grand Saturday matinee and night.
In ,old la on » of mu ch interest.
"nce .iL sympathies of the audl-
Lw»n L thoroughly enlisted. Tom
CZ- Ml? h J n *»‘ blacksmith, living
by a! LiL* Arkansas, is entrapped
without^ aventures* whom he msrrtee
ter n H» d . a* r,n * her chsracter. At-
hi" hAnn's and Yhlle poor Tom think*
lover »L££ ln “* *» »«ure, her former
l, V , ap P«®rs on the scene. A murder
line. n, m L',* d . V d through the plot-
an * • n,an >ous man nnd worn-
""•ravLrL VE* ‘. a ,a,ten « d on Tom. He
lor th« r, »7 he trttth. but through love
tray n! r w ? man ' Sh d rather than be-
triat "XT' 7* Ji**” * he stlfftna, stands
i> r f l ,., ; , con "tcted and sentenced to
have r± r i^ ,o r ‘ lf ». where he would
IntervA^iM^ ned A bad 11 n °t been for the
intervention of faithful friends, who
case to the notice of the
hr,r >g hi* m
r ri„ of AriuuuiJ.' In tha end, of
stored’ £!* Jtida hspplly and Tom Is re-
cornennnb a *£ or *ner standing In th*
Pathos i.. *i’r may is one in w
The oii„L'! m ^ n * d wl,h comedy.
Hran,E r T anl * a ‘t° a presenting “Human
E Nankeen? £ .?*
^H^Nankevills*, who has, directed Its
i for a number of
Prevhl Hankevllle Is said to have
LwlucUo^^Sd 1L' nl L ,ll " l,lay for the
c to have engaged a
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0 Governor Pcnnypacker. The pack-
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GOVERNOR GUILD
IS RENOMINATED
Boston, Oct 6.—Tbs Republican
state convention held at Tremont
temple today to re-nomlnate Governor
Curtis Guild, Lieutenant Governor
Eben 8, Draper and other state of
ficials, was called tc order at 10:40
a. m. by Chairman Thomas Tabler, of
the state committee.
President Roosevelt and his policies
are Indorsed In the platform.
ON SNIP AGROUND
New York, Oct. 6.—The steamer Ber
mudian, of the Trinidad lino. Is
aground on Red Hoof Flats.
The Bermudian, with several hun
dred passengers, was bqund In frnm
Bermuda when she grounded. How
she got on Red Hoof Flats, which Is a
mile or more out of her course. Is not
known.
TWO NEGRO BANDITS
ARRESTED AT JASPER.
has dons so much for grand opera In
America. Mr. Grau has until recently
been associated with the “Peggy.From
Paris” company, under the same man
agement a* “The Sultan of Sulu."
The Theater Magaslne for October Is
full of splendid features, literary and
enry Arthur Jones, the distinguished
English dramatist, who has Just scored
henvlly with his new play, “The Hypo
crites," contributes an srtlcl* called
"A I’lea for the Printed Drama," In
which he makes the very logical claim
that the reading of plays would tend
to elevate the intellectual level of the
Another Interesting article is
.■
characteristic pictures some of the pic
turesque dances of Spain. Ellae
Cisneros, Mr. Hammersteln's
new prlma donna contralto, an Amerl-
come famous, and Ai
votes the month's usual Interview to
Dustin Farnum. James K. Hackett
writes of his early stage beginnings,
and Virginia Frame ha* an article on
"Women Who Have Written Success
ful Plays.” The reviews of the cur
rent plays, etc., are up to the usual
standard. The pictures Include. In ad
dltlon to th* splendid colored cover
~ George In her new play,
showing Grace
■Clothes," full-page plates' of Mm*.
Kalich In "The Kreutxer Sonata,” Ellis
Special to The Georgian.
Jasper, Ala, Oct. Two negroes
have /been arrested here on Instructions
received from Bear Creek, In Marlon
county, stating that they were wanted
at Bear Creek for highway robbery and
Inciting a riot. It la learned that one
of the negroes held up and robbed a
white man on the new Illinois Central
railroad, near Bear C'reek. When nr-
rested they were both heavily armed.
COTTON CONDITION
IMPROVED IN MISSISSIPPI.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 6.—There has
been a let-up In the rain for the Inst
few days, and an a consequence there
Is a little better crop outlook. Secre
tary Woods, of the cotton association,
has Issued an address to the county
secretaries, tn which he asks them in
estimating the damage done by the
storm to represent the cotton that has
been gathered as 100 and take this as
a basis. Secretary Woods hopes to
give out his estimate of the .l.unaKe
done in thla state some time next
week.
FELL WHILE HUNTING
AND SHOT HEEL OFF.
Special to The Georgian.
Chlckamauga, Go., Oct. *.—While
Lester Turner and Msck Dalton were
out hunting Thursday Turner fell and
Cahill In "Marrying Mary,” and
[ein In HvnrM*rlt«B •* Tharo
ROMAN PAGEANT SCENE IN "LAST DAYS OF POMPEII” AT PIEDMONT PARK.
arle
oHs Keen In "The Hypocrlies ^ There
ars also large plates of John Drew
in “His House In Order,” Hose Stahl
In "The Chorus Lady" May Tully In
"The Two Mr. Wetherbys," Harry Bul
ger In “The Man From Now.” Edward
Garratt in “The Little Stranger."
Bruce McRae and Edwin Arden in
“Told in the Hills,” Albert Chevalier,
W. H. Crane In “The Price of Money,”
Olga Nethersole. and portraits of Rich
ard Bennett, Mary Anderson. Ines
Plummer. William Collier, Fuji Ko.
1 Maude Adams, Margaret Mayo. Char-
| lotte Thompson, Ivy Ashton Root, Jane
I Maudlin Felgt, Rida Johnson Young,
Moris Rosenthal, Margaret
Leslie Faber, etc.
Ing affect In his heel,
physician thinks amputation will
necessary.
After the accident Dalton picked
Turner up and carried him a half mils
to a house, where a physician was
i
i
summoned.
MAY CHANGE ROUTE
. OF THROUGH TRAINS.
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala.. Oct. 4.—The purchase
of the Chattanooga Southern railroad
by the Louisville and NashviUu rail
way and the use that this branch will
be put to by the new owners Is a mat
ter of much discussion and speculation
among citizens and local railroad men
generally. The most plausible and log
ical plan advanced and partly con
firmed by rumors Is that the Louis
ville and Nashville will make the Chat
tanooga Southern from Chattanooga
to Gadsden, and the Alabama Mineral
front Birmingham to Gadsden a part
_ of its Cincinnati and New Orleans
Illington. route. By this route 1.0 miles would
be saved.