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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SLEUTHS SEARCH R MOTIVE EH INCENDIARY EIRE Combs—A Half Dozen New Designs ATThET HEATERS "Tha Black Crook. 1 ' 'The Black Crook,” mlnuo the ballet of former yean, but In Its stead pretty musical numbers. Is the Interesting at traction for this week at the Bijou. The weird scenic and light effects are there as In former productions and the acro batic antics of the sprites cause en thusiastic applause, but In addition to all these the management has seen fit to Introduce catchy mualcal number* In which a bevy of young and pretty girls assls^ And the third act has been , made almost a vaudeville entertain ment with clever specialties, among the best of which may be mentioned the acrobatic and tumbling act of the Donaxeltas and the dancing of the eight English girls. The company Is an exceptionally lr<rgo one and contains many well known people In the musical comedy world. "Raffles.” "Raffles” la frankly a detective story told In a speech and action, with abutf- dsnt suspense and surprise, on the stage. It Is also the most Interesting detective story thnt has been told there since the days of "Jim, the Penman.' Better still. It has a central character, beside whom “The Penman" was only a commonplace forger who affected a re spectable life In respectable surround- Inn. Raffles is a man at the world. a porta man, a bit of a philosopher, even a sentimentalist, as well as an uncom monly clever thief. Mr. Kent blends these three sides of the character Into a plausible and highly Interesting hu man figure. It Is the Ingenious and the mogi persuasive .piece of acting he has done In many a day. Beats are now on sale at the Orand box office. Blanche Walsh In "Krsutxer Sonata.” Blanche Walsh In the domestic trag edy, the “Kreutser Sonata,” Is the of fering at the Grand next Monday night for one performance only. At the climax of the fourth act, when the tong suffering wife takes her terrific and unexpected revenge, her audiences, night after night, have been wrought to a pitch rarely seen In a theater. One moment the auditors sat In perfect silence, straining to catch each word: the next moment they be came an, applauding gathering, forc ing Miss Walsh to respond to half a doxen curtain calls. More Good Plays. Miss Walsh will simply begin one'of | the best week's bills of the season, 1 being followed Tuesday afternoon at matinee and Tuesday night by "Sim ple Simon Simple,” while Dustin Far- num in "The Virginian” will be pre sented Wednesday and Thursday nights and Thursday matinee. 'The Royal Chef” will hold the boards Fri day night, Paul Gilmore In hla beau tiful college play "At Tale,” conclud ing the week with a Saturday matinee and performance Saturday night An Important announcement Is to the effect thst Olga Nethersole will be seen Monday and Tuesday of the week following. Baldwin-Melville Company. The Baldwln-Melvllle Stock Company at the El Dorado played to two large houses Tuesday afternoon and night In the melodrama, 'The Black Hand.' This play Is from the pen of Thomas W. Broadhurst and of course has some strong comedy scenes In It It Is one of the most realistic melodramas ever shown here and la played In a high class, distinctive manner. The third act especially brings the audience to their feet with excitement. The play throughout la Ailed with climaxes and excitement and was thoroughly en joyed. 'The Black Hand” will be given again Wednesday afternoon and night Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with matinees Friday and Saturday, the English melodrama, "Man’s Enemy.” will be offered. A large advance sale points to good houses. At the Stsr. The bill at the Star this week gives the chorus, which Is made up of a lot of handsome young women dressed In stunning costumes, a chance to show their ability and training, and judging by their reception they are not found disappointing. "Happy Jack,” which Is down on the program as a sensational drama. Is In deed sensational In exery respect, with the usual amount of gun play - and thrilling climaxes. The entire bill sterns to pleas* the Star Audiences and will probably be one of the successes of the season. Detectives Investigating the myste rious Are of Sunday morning In the new sanitarium of Dr. Stockard In Crew street, near Fair, have so far ob tained no Information that would throw light on the mystery, but are working on a theory which they think may develop a tangible clew. The sleuths are aatlafled the build ing waa fired by an Incendiary, but no one haa yet been auspected. The of Accra are now trying to unearth some thing deflnite that would tend to reveal the motive for the fire. « PARK BOARD TO ACT ON USE OP PARK The park board will consider today the application of the University of Georgia Athletic Association for tha uae of Fledmont park, for a football game on Thanksgiving day, between the University and Auburn. The meeting will be held at 1 o’clock. The application. It Is safe to aay, will bo granted. This la the only matter scheduled to come up for transaction. STREET COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY For the purpose of deciding what recommendation to make to council on the petition of the Gate City Terminal Company for certain lights on tha streets of Atlanta the committee on streets meets at 2:10 o'clock Wednes day afternoon. Upon this report probably depends what action will be taken by council. James L. Key Is chairman of tbe com mittee. Photographed Frem the Cotnhs in Stock In the new modes of hair dressing combs play an important role. Puffs, weaves and curls have given the designers of combs a wide field for elaboration. A few especially handsome and attractive designs-are here pictured. We are showing scores of others even more elaborate or less expensive. Hand engraved mounting in green and pol ished gold. Price $6.50 Comb of real Tortoise Shell, shading into amber tips, v Price $15.00 out; ffitOOB yhl . . Real Shell Comb, 14k gold mounting, set with real pearls. Price $15.00 Rhinestone Comb with gold tracings. Price * , $10.00 i. Very handsome Rhinestone Comb for eve ning wear. Price .... $2.50 Green-Gold Mounting with Pearls and Brilliants. Price $5.00 Real Shell Combs, upwards from . 1.50 Imitation Shell Combs, upwards from 25c Real Shell Combs, with solid gold mountings, upwards from . 5.00 Imitation Shell Combs, with solid gold mounting, upwards from 2.50 Combs with mountings in great Variety, * upwards from . 50c Amber colored combs all the new designs, to $10.00 Mourning combs are shown in many at tractive shapes both plain and mounted. Prices 50c to $5.00 CKamberlin-Jokhson-DuBose Co. for light hair in in price from 50c