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[sEWBSErr«i t H e Atlanta Georgian.
~ VOL. 1. NO. 164.
ATLANTA C A., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1906. PRICE:JBT JSBSS«B?
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is Offerings in Atlanta’s Playhouses
three splendid pla ys
at the grand next week
• HE week Just past has been one
'P' of the most Important In local
theatrical circles. The coming
we ek bids fair to outrival It, however,
ss the bill looks to be the best that
has been offered during the entire sea
son. Theatergoer* have found little at
which to complain. "The Ham Tree"
won for Itself fresh applause and new
admirers; and Miss Amelia Bingham,
one of the most talented actresses on
the American stage, who will conclude
her important engagement Saturday
night, has delighted thousands of At
lantans'.
The coming week promises "Dorothy
....!
Vernon, of Haddon Hall,”- for Monday [
and Tuesday nights, with a matinee on
Tuesday afternoon: Annie Russell, in
“A Midsummer Night's Dream/’ for
Wednesday and Thursday nights, with
a matinee on Thursday afternoon,
while William Favershain, In “Tho
Squaw Man," will conclude the brilliant
week. On the whole the bill is one to
make the most critical sit up and take
notice. One may go to any of the
performances and be delighted, or one
may go to all of the plays and be de
lighted. The three constitute three of
the most gorgeous and expensive pro
ductions on the road.
At the Bijou the week’s bill Is "Tom,
Dick and Harry,” a musical comedy,
which is suhl to be above the average.
DOROTHY VERNON PRESENTS
PICTURE OF OLD ENGLAND
In the realm of romantic drama this I of all Europe, and the costumes used
season there are few productions more I In this production have been designed
-rr
Doiothy \ernon, of Haddon Hall, ha* not been neglected and N. Mel-
whlch Ernest Shipman lia* prepared : vlllc Ellis, author of "The Marriage of
for Laura Burt and Henry Stanford ‘ Kitty," “A Chinese Honeymoon." and
for a starring tour. The scenes of Mr. ! " ,her popular successes, lias composed
hi.torie romance ns dram- a complete score in the quaint old
Majors real Historic lomance as mam- EngMah ballad style
atized by ,Paul Kester all transpire i Readers will remember how delight-
withln or In the neighborhood of Hcd- j fully Charles Major related the ro-
don Hall, the most picturesque and j manee of Charles Brandon and Mary
best preserved of Elizabethan manor Tudor In "When Knighthood was in
1 « 11* lower,'* and how cleverly Paul Kes-
houses, and the scener.v has all been ter transferred its principal scenes and
painted and constructed after actual , characters to the stage. It was one of
photographs of the place. This work the few "dramatized novels” to pre-
has been divided among acknowledged I serve the atmosphere and plot of the
experts in their particular field, who j original story, while fitted to the re-
have reproduced- some of the beautl- quirements of the stage in color, life
ful scenes in and about Haddon Hall and dramatic climaxes. Therefore,
in a most realistic manner. The fact playgoers may anticipate with pleas-
ihat practically a whole wing of Had- urable confidence the forthcoming pro-
don Hall has been built on the stage ! ductJon of “Dorothy Vernon, of Had-
will give some idea of the massiveness \ don Hall,” Mr. Major’s latest popu-
and solidity of this most elaborate j lar historical romance, of which Mr.
production. i Kester is the dramatist.
In the days of “Good Queen Bess” i The play will be presented at the
the English court was one of the most : Grand Monday and Tuesday nights,
elaborately and picturesquely, dressed 1 with a matinee on Tuesday afternoon.
A SCENE FROM “DOROTHY VERNON,” WHICH COMES TO THE GRAND NEXT WEEK.
FA VERS HAM, MA TINEE IDOL,
COMING IN “SQUA W MAN”
ANNIE RUSSELL 70 PA Y
HER EIRS7 V7S7TTO SOUTH
Miss Annie Russell, comes to the
Grand Wednesday and Thursday, with
a matinee on Thursday, in a role ut
terly dissimilar to any previously por
trayed by her. Miss Russell Is star
ring this season in the role of Puck
In a sumptuous and artistic production
t.f "A Midsummer Night’s DreAm.”
which comes direct from the Astor
Theatre, where It played to immense
business. The Astor is New York’s
newest and most beautiful playhouse
and Miss Russell had the honor to be
the inaugural attraction.
While It Is not without precedent for
an actress of prominence to portray
the mischievous Puck, it is rnost un
usual. Preference in most cases has
been given to the parts of Hermia and
Helena. To be sure Ellen Terry
played Puck at the tender age
of 15. The one exception to the
rule so far as can be recalled, was in
1859 when Laura Keene played Puck
in her own production, at tho Variety.
At any rate. It Is a long step from
the ingenuous stage maiden so often
portrayed by Miss Russell to Shakes
peare’s sauciest boy, and tho favorite
actress’ appearance In tho fairy role
mnnot but excite attention.
Jt has been the effort of Managers
Wagenhals and Kemper to make this
presentation of “A Midsummer Night's
Dream” a notable one, so far as ac
curacy of detail and true artistic beau
ty is concerned. The effect striven
for and attained has been the main
thing, the sunshine and airiness of the
fairy spirit and the rollicking fantastic
merriment that accompanies the action.
The ideas of tlje best authorities have
been followed out and that beautiful
comedy has been placed in the realm
of pure fancy in which the substance
i* imagination.
< Titles from Haxlitt down have ever be-
wuiied the absence of the dreamy feel
ing in all previous productions of this
Play, once. In the Phelps production
•tt Sadler’s Wells, they were said to
have had it. Phelps, It would seem,
used gauze curtain or something of>the
■-ort and showed his figures In a kind of
mist that gave the vague, faraway
—nse on associates with things of the
fancy. Gauze Is not used In the Run-.
^•*11 production, but the lights are dim |
many times and there are plenty of
"fher excellent aids to illusion. Col-
"ted lights bob up In flowers when Puck
»is.s«»K them, an owl hoots and blinks
ids eyes and a whole troupe of little
and fairies. Very well trained in
antics of fairyland, as we under
hand them, play leap frog, tumble
*‘"»n Hill and Indulge In a most be-
"it»hing crooning that gets as near
’u** soughing of night winds in the
l*'***•» as any one could wish. Miss
Hassell is a Puck In pastel shades. She
•mnea in first flying very prettily by
nmans of a wire arrangement, grace-
mi and* appealing in her role of the
madcap fay. She has a sweet sing
ing voice and her song “Up and Down”
> charmingly given, with a pleasing
m rangement of the music by Augustus
Barratt, who was -brought over from
England to make special arrangement
"f the Mendelssohn music for this pro
duction.
. A Popular element In the play la the
fooling of Bottom and his fellow act-
"!!«, a Bottom who Is extremely funny
•mil who actually manages to be so
when his own round, oily face Is
hidden by the ass-head. John Bunny
™ Bottom, a most absurd lout, most
magnificently dense, an ass on a co-
1 lossal scale.
Other well known names appearing
in the supporting company are Edwin
Mordaunt, Atkins Lawrence, Oswald
Yorke, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Lionel
Adams, Catherine Proctor, Lansing
Rowan and James Young.
When “She Squaw Man,” Ihe drama
by Edwin Milton Royle, In which Wil
liam Faversham comes to the Grand
next Friday and Saturday nights with
a Saturday matinee, was first produced
by Liebler & Co. at Wallpck’s theater,
New York, a year ago, it was hailed
as a triumph both , for the actor and
the playwright. Mr. Royle, it was said,
had written a play that stood at the
very top of the dramas of its class,
while In Mr. Frayersham an actor had
been found who Impersonated the hero
with a fidelity to nature that is seldom
seen on the stage. It proved one of
the .great .dramatic sensations of the
season and stayed at Wallack's until
last spring.
The play tells a story of thrilling in
terest that Is. bound to hold the atten*
tion of the audience from the rise of
the curtain to its fail, A An English
army officer, for. loVa' of hla causin’*
wife, shoulders the responsibility for a
crime to save .her from disgrace and
disappears. He turns, up again as a.
ranchman in a Western state, where,
in his hopelessness and loneliness he
has married an Indian gJrJ. whose de
votion to him has Won his affection.
In time the news comes that the
"TOM, DICK AND HARRY” AT THE BIJOU.
"squaw man" lias Inherited a.title and
the suicide of the Indian wife In de
spair at. the prospect of being; parted
from her child leaves him free to mar
ry the woman he has always loved.
Miss Julie Opp, an actress of high
reputation, who has frequently been
seen here In Important roles, Is the
leading woman and has the part of tho
countess, for love of whom the "squaw
man" suffers disgrace and expatriation.
Mis* Rosabel Morrison Mill appear as
the Indian wife, some of the moat pic
turesque Indian characters yet pre
sented on the stage, and Theodore Rob
erts as Tabyivana, tho Peace Chief of
tho Utes, ought to duplicate the tri
umph he scored as the Indian chief
In "The C31rt I Left Behind Me." Other
actors who have Important roles are
W. 8. Hart, Kate Pattlson Belten, Har
old RusBell, Hugo Toland, Morton Bel-
ten and Emmett Shakleford, well
known for his Impersonation of cow
boy characters.
‘TOM, D7CK AND HARRY ARE
AT BIJOU FOR NEX7 WEEK
An Innovation In the way of a show
Is booked for the Bijou theater next
week. It is a musical comedy called
"Tom, Dick and Harry," In which Blck-
*1, Watson and Wrothe, who cornered
the fun market |aat season, are the
principal mirth-provokers. "Tom, pick
and Harry" ts h novelty because It pos
sesses a plausible, - Interesting plot and
Is such a clever compound of music,
frivolity and humor that It would make
hit at the north pole. This Is the
creation of Harry Williams, Aaron
Hodman and Egbert Van Alstyne, and
they have done their work uncom
monly well. This sterling musical con
coction Is In two acts. Act 1 shows
the parade ground at West Point; Act
II displays the Port O’Domingo, a
mythical republic. Tho complications
of “Tom, Dick and Harry" hinge on the
edorta of Colonel Blud to secure his
Invention of a (lying battery which
has been stolen from him by three
Spanish spies. Blckel, Watson and
Wrothe, three musicians, are accused
of the theft and thetr edorts to prove
their Innocence arouses Incessant
laughter. The situations are numerous,
humorous and original, and there Is
not a dull moment In this capital piece
of foolery. George Blckel, as Tom, a
German, Harry Watson, Jr., as Dick,
the tramp, and Ed Le Wrothe as Har
ry, a comical Irishman, who gets his
pals Into all sorts of trouble becauso
he handles the truth very carelessly,
are each exceedingly funny. ‘'Tom,
Dick and Harry" la superbly and con
vincingly staged, and well costumed
and can boast nf as fine a collection of
chorus girls as ever graced any stage.
Lovers of musical comedy will not
find nny fault with this play. It la
rich In everything that helps to glad
den the heart and drive Hull care to
the winds. (
PA WNEE BILL HERE MONDA Y
WITH INDIANS & BRONCHOS
Three sections of 60-foot earn will
bring the great Pawnee Bill shows into
Atlanta Sunday morning.
No show that ever came to this city
i came atronger Indorsed than does this
j aggregation. It is the only wild w’est
show now in this country and the only
show that ever pluyed New York city
six consecutive weeks successfully. Ma
jor Lillie, who is "Pawnee Bill," Is the
only owner of any show of magnitude,
not controlled by the Circus Trust.
The show will go Into camp on the
) grounds at Old Wheat and Jackson
streets and two performances will be
given there Monday. These perform-
west, Jubilee singers, cow girls, trap
pers. scouts and wild west people
generally, headed by Major Gordon W.
Lillie, Miss May Lillie and “Princess
Wenona.”
The second division is devoted ex
clusively to oriental elegance of the
Far East. Following the mounted her
ald will be the various types of
the orient, with a full Arabian
band and band rif Hlngalese mu
fdrlans. Then the Arab horsemen,
Bedouin, Cossack, South Sea Island
Kaffirs, Boers, Slngalese, Russians,
Chinese cavalry, Japanese cavalry,
Turks, Tliiplnos, boomerang throwers
and representatives of many nation# of
the orient.
The Pawnee Bill show pays parttcu-
ances will he preceded by a street pa- t lar attention to the comforts of the
rade which is said to he a refreshing, guest, and the thousands who visit this
departure from the old-titno circus pa- 1 exhibition dally are well cared for. Two
rade. The parade will leave the show ticket wagons are on the lot and the
grounds at 10 o’clock in the morning! town ticket office is open for the sale
and pass over the following route: Au- of tickets. On the lot the red wagon
burn avenue to Peachtree, to Marietta ! Is used exclusively tor the sale of gen-
to Broad, to Mitchell, to Whitehall, to ! cm! admission tickets, .while at the
Decatur, to Boulevard and return to! white wagon reserve seats and grand-
the grounds. Ho large Is the street dls- - stand chairs may be purchased.
(play that It has been found necessary Ah .the performance of this show' Is
to make if up in two divisions. The given in the open and not In a series of
first division Ik made up of the old perplexing ring* and Htages, the fea-
! west department and will contain the' tures are always in full view' of the
| Indians, cowboyB, Mexicans and miiita- atidience no matter where seated. Every
ry detachment, together witli prairie j seat with the Pawnee Bill show Is
schooners, overland mail coaches, j provided with a comfortable hack and
Rocky Mountain burros and historic j foot rest and every one is under wa-
floats, bands of music. Lilliputian wild 1 ter-pmot canvas.
DINKELSPIEL
ON TIJIXOS THEATRICAL.
opy right.
net vUl haf to l>eglu mlt der speech liters.
•Ttuie Torn!”
leedle Eva. vot ts it. yes!”
•*Vns dere nny vuii night stands In besfen,
•i nch* Tomr*
"Not yet, heirnuse only reek-atntnl actors
efer got dnr»>!”
WILLIAM FAVERSHAM AND JULIE OPP IN “THE SQUAW MAN.”
illid
Mein Lleher Iarm-j-: W I
tetter from llorsi-le-nds, N. \
glad dot |dtxue«M vim pretty .
road, druiiunerhig. In sidle of tier h'-atnesv
of iler atino*t»hcrlcnts.
, We notice III your letter vnre you obserf
,! dot der t’utrirnl Kensou for «ll» y*-*r vus for-
funf. sechs-dn* 1st a!le»!”
Home. Now. { rude Toni”*
..r r../-..ir...| your ; * V»il, leedle Eva, VOt Is It. yes!”
re VS* j *i» It only sign audiences In tier bouse t<
n der | night?"
... - r nde Tom’ - .
for the fairst time.
It Is
tV.ater nnc „
ties, eggsnednlly d
such ns din “tilde
mention.
For years I haf uot vltnesscd
“ *i»bfn.” but ns i rind lection It
’ablti," rich you vltnesscd
der
tall*
__J Shakespeare
« Tom's L'lMo," rich you
Untie
iiirni • • me.
nice lut*a. Looey, to go to der
ml get eggnetrlse for Her mental!*
nednlly der vorks of Shakespeare
It rns s play fnll mlt a happy combination
of tears, pat‘os, laughter and misplaced
ferry tickets.
Your mother spoke to me abouhl it. Hit I
efer M*e der ploy, cud she vs* much obliged
veil 1 redtntloned to her all dot I could
reru"ttil»rn»!<•«* «l*nnM It.
I enclose to you my memory of “Unde
Tom’s C’nbln” In dese vyrds. as follow!tig,
to vlt, l«ooey:
AFT FAIIlHT.
Iter scene baffle* toy desortptUui. so der
Only uinl less, lieennse two Is not ttudl*
net's.' Dev vt» critical*, uud they came In
loaves hat four audiences, uud vot
i der scales on der prices?”
“Ten-twen-thlrt. leedle Kvi
Don der orcfaei
a ctibble of slow
lier moonlight blisters der outside of der
Ohio Ulrer und makes s climax.
ACT SECOND.
•Tnele Toml”
“Veil, leedle Eva. vot Is it, yes?”
"Let us hope dey vent der limit und paid
thirty cents, rich gifs us f!.2D, yes.’”
Hot. . ....
•Tnele
“Veil, leedle Eva. vot is It, yes?”
“Vot U u shine?”
“A shine. Iredle Eva, Is s large audience
vi' h remains svsy from der theater!”
•'NVfer mind, I wie Tom; ve can go to
der fruit pitzness if dey hand us enough
lemons!”
Der two bloodhounds now approach der
property tnnu near der calf of der leg, vlcb
lakes s efimnx.
ACT THIRD.
“Htood pack, Hlmon Degree!”
“Dls, to me?”
“You may rip dls olt plnck skin, hut my
heart Is more vhito dan yours, Hlmon
Degree!"
,r !t should Ik*; you bet n glass of milk
fer dinner!"
“Minion, cease to vhlp me vile I ask you,
vs re tlo.ve go front here?”
“If I vns u mint-reader, I vouhl not pe
In dls nltaneas, liu-le Tom!”
Deu Eliza rushes Into der Ohio river uud
Htsrts fer der udder shore, but der ice Is
nailed to der floor und refuse* to l»e a
ferryboat. Dls make* a climax.
ACT FOLT.
Tnclc Tom!"
Veil, leedle Evn, tot It *1*. ye*':"
Vns dam n pud place to vent to veil re
die?”
“Belief me, dere I*, leedle Ern, but It Is
losed during der fen I rival season.”
“Vy, fncle Tom?”
“Ho dot der party dot mu* It entt took a
trip around der viiu nlght-stnnd* und get
some new Ideas how to make It hot fer
us.”
•Ttuie Tom.” *
“Veil, leedle KvW. tot It I*, ye*?”
“1 dink I hear tier hlredhoumlx buying.”
“No. leedle Eva. It I* not >«o much hayiug
ss It Is Imllcheadiott. Der bleedliouuds haf
yust eaten up der scenery for der last
lieu der manager *tep* oiiid und Informa
tion* d>‘r midlem-c dot d»*r dogs lutf yon
solids ted full der scenery. If der iruihiue
vants it* money puck dey enn get It from
der bleed hound*, tub vlll |m» untied. Dls
makes der tuu*t t’rflllog e!Uunx »»f der
show, und der audience fulls or.'d der tin-
dow uud goes borne, eggscitetl, bat happy.
CURTAIN.
Vas dls anydlug like der vsy dey played
It at Ilonaebeads, Looey?
Maybe It Is dot my memory Is getting
deflective, yet.
You know. Looey, ven Khakespear* fslrst
adaptation**! "Uncle Tom’* Cabin" from
dsr French It rat bis Ides to ploy It only
In der large cities.
Rnt Khakespeare dlt not Ilf long enough
to protect his vork by der copyright law,
und here ve *ee It, going to der doga, scene
by scene, und vllmax by climax.
A his! ven der ttntsh comes re mar eggs-
claim mlt dis same |>oer, “A nos* by any
adder name vlll vln n horse race."
Yours mlt luff.
D. DINKELSPIEL.
Per George V. Iltdmrt.
SPECIAL SERVICE
AT Y. M. C. A. SUNDAY
Special services will be held at the
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Dr.
E. E. Wllllta, of Philadelphia, a well-
known lecturer, will deliver an address
and a special musical program has been
arranged.
REFORM TICKET WINS
IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Special to The Georgian.
Cairo, Oa„ Nov. 3.—A white primary
was held here Thursday to nominate a
ticket for city officers, the general
election to be held November 6. Quito
n good deal of interest w'as manifest?<i
in the nomination, as a reform ticket
In the field. The new ticket was
successful throughout, with the excep
tion of two aldermen, two having been
I elected that were on the old ticket. The
ticket nominated is as follows: H G.
cannon for mayor. Aldarmen: K. P.
Wright. J. L. Polk, \V. L. Lewis, J. W.
Booth, K. B. Brown.
J. H. funnel! defeated D. L. Wil
liams by a good majority for clerk and
treasurer of the council.
SUBSCRIBING TO STOCK
FOR NEW BOAT LINE.
Hperial to The Georgian.
Moron, Go., Nov. 3.-~The committee
of the fhamber of Commerce which is
getting stock subscriptions for the
new navigation company to run a line
of boats on the Ocmulgee bet we.* n
Macon and Columbus, now has 313,ood
with good Indications of securing the
necessary balance pf 310,000. Sima
the experiment of navigating the Oc
mulgee with the chartered Nun Eliza
beth proved such a success, the mer
chants interested are enthus!a»tlc and
are determined to put up :i strong
fight against the high railroad rate*.