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A Week’s Offerings in Atlanta’s Playhouses
THEATRICAL STARS WITH
FAMOUS PLA YS WILL BE
SEEN A 7 GRAND NEXT WEEK
Next \yeek will probably be the most
Important of the season in local the
atrical circles. The Grand will bo the
center of attraction, as It always Is.
Tour plays, with well-nigh.' world-wide
reputations, will be produced. The past
week has been excessively crowded, but
the management has made arrange
ments so that each performance for
the coming week will have ample time
to lie put on the stage In the excellent
manner of which It Is worthy.
Monday night Miss Olga Nethersole,
the eminent emotional English actress,
supported by Frank Mlllo and her Lon
don company, will be seen In "Adrienne
Leconvreur." On Tuesday night she j
will present “Sapho,” the play which j
has been discussed as much, or more, j
than any play ever produced In the
I’nlted States. She will be supported
In this play by the same excellent com
pany. There will not be a matinee for
Miss Nethersole. An Important an
nouncement In connection with her ap
pearance is to the effect that the' cur
tain will be / raised promptly a
o'clock.
On Wednesday and Thursday nights
and Thursday at matlnae Al Wilson,
long known as the “golden voice sing
er." will be seen as “Metx In the Alps,"
a play In which Mr. Wilson Is afforded
exceptional opportunities for using Ids
voice and well-known dialect abilities.
There are several new songs ar.d sump
tuous scenery. '
“The One Woman.” a drama wiitten
around the book of that name by
Thomas Dixon, Jr., will be seen Friday
and Saturday nights, with a matinee
on Saturday Afternoon. Mr. Dixon Is
well known throughout the South, and
his plays have been so widely dis
cussed that there is little room for
comment. “The One Woman,” how
ever, Is said to abound in good things,
while What has been alleged as ob
jectionable In the other plays has been
eliminated.
OLGA NETHERSOLE DM CROCKETT TO
WILL PRESENT TWO
PLAYSIN ATLANTA
Famous Tragedienne Comes
Next Week at 'Hie
Grand.
With her art and cenlus at lie height
of brilliant tnatuftty. with youth nnd
beauty, grace nnd charm, Olga Xeth
t-raole coma* to Atlanta, where ehe will
he a welcome gueet at the tlrand opera
house on next Monday and Tuesday.
I.ocal play-goers doubtless remember
Iho brilliant achievements that the
great actress has already accomplished
here, and there will certainly be u
warm welcome for her on her velum.
. Not only la Olga Nethersole the great
est living English speaking tragedienne,
hot next to Bernhardt she Is the great
est tragedienne In the world, and |g
undoubtedly destined to nil the place
In the history of the stage of that great
woman. While her gifts are as great
as those of the French actress, the dif
ference between the two Is that while
Sarah Bernhardt la the high priestess
of Idealism on the stage, Olga Nether
sole Is the high priestess of realism.
The visit, pf. tJtlsWiCtre** will be too
short to suit locai play-goers, but It Is
a satisfaction to be able to announce
that there will be at least more than
one performance. A specially selected
company has traveled across the ocean
to support the star and a large number
of baggage cars containing the par,
aphernalla of the organization guaran.
lees that the setting and costuming m
the plr.ys to be prevented will be In
every way worthy of the great actress.
The two plays selected for Miss
Nethersole during her engagement her,
are “Adrienne Eeconvreut" on Monday,
aniV-Sapho" on Tuesday night. “Adri
enne i-econvreur” was written by
Scribe and Legouvr uround the career
of the great actress who was denied
Christian burial by the church, ami for
whom Voltaire ooncelved a warm
frlendehip, denouncing the church In
the severest terms for Its treatment of
her. The dramatisation was made by
Miss Nethersole herself. “Sspho" Is
the dramatization by Clyde Fitch, of
the great novel of that name by Dau-
det. “Sapho" Is too well known to need
comment. Mlzs Nethersole has already
won fame by her Intensity and natural
ness In the difficult part.
CATHOLIC BI8H0P 8INGS
PRAI8E8 OF “ONE WOMAN."
The night Reverend Bishop McFaul.
of Trenton. N. J., speaking before the
fifth annual convention of the Amerl-
, an Federation* of •Catholic Societies
recently. In mentioning the splendid
stand taken against Socialism by
Thomas Dixon, Jr.. In Ills new play.
“The One Woman,” said:
“The man who bc'gfns lo delve Into
the teneta of Socialism becomes ex
ceedingly broad, not only along pollti-
cal lines, but moral lines as well. He
Invariably mistakes liberty for license.
I would not say that the llberallst and
Ihe libertine go hand In hand, but It is
amazing the number of men who dis
cover they are intimated after they
.take up with Socialism.
| "The stability of this nation rests on
Stho American home. Socialism would
‘stretch out her foul hands upon the
property of the people. Look at Maxlt
Gorky. the Russian Socialist, coming
to this country to solicit aid for the
Russian Socialists. See hi.si living with
n woman who cannot be recognised as
Ills v.-lfe. See his o«if wife off In Rus
sia in want. Thla villain and scoundrel
' and polluter of womanhood would
'preach fo us Ihs gospel of human llb-
*'“Thomas Dixon's play may be called
radical, but be Is presenting a play
with a great moral lesson. He may
have used the tricks of the dramatist
In paintlnr Ills picture large, but law
yers always paint their slilc targe and
my friend Dlxtui was once it lawyer.
"Cases without number of broken
homes come to my mind as I look over
the wreck strewn path of Socialism.
S notable ones that attracted In-
tonal attention were the cases of
isor George D. 'Henon. Jack
l.ondon. the novelist, and Elbert Hub-
l.ai-d. head of the Roycroft shop and
Veditor of The Philistine."
Such It the opinion of one competent
to Judge'of “The One Woman." which
will lie the attraction at the Grand on
Friday and Saturday nights with a Sa> •
it, day matinee. The play Is said to lio
great In strength and dramatic Intensi
ty. at the same time teaching a tine
lasron.
FIGHT THE WOLVES
AT THE EL DORADO
Well-Known and Interest
ing Melodrama First
of Week.
Thf offering of the Baldwin-Melvllle
Stock Company at the El Dorado for
the first part of next week will be the
famous melodrama. "Davy Crockett.”
This play in perhaps one of the best
known on the stage. It Is u remurka-
bly string one, dealing with the early
days In Kentucky.
Davy Crockett Is a hunter and trap
per. who meets the daughter of a no
bleman, a man of Immense wealth and
a social position that was envied. He
falls in lovo with her ami returns to
his cabin almost heart broken at his
Inability to gain her love. Shortly
afterwards she Is riding In the moun
tains, with her flnnce when a storm
overtakes them. They realise they are
lost, and as night approaches the
wolves begin to howl and the girl
becomes thoroughly frightened.
Davy Crockett comes upon them and
takes them to his cabin. Her escort
In the* meantime has fainted and she
Is .practically alone in the cabin with
Davy Crockett. The wolves have fol
lowed them, however, and the audience
can hear them howling on the outside,
thrusting their heads through the
chinks of the cabin.-The climax of the
scene, however, is reached when the
door begins to give way. Crockett, real
ises that tjte bar Is not there and
thrusts his arm Into the Sockets In
Its place. Hera he stands nil night with
the wolves howling on the outside,
the blood raining from the wounds In
his arm, In order to protect from deatli
the girl he can never hope to marry.
Morning comes and Davy , Crockett
releases the muh und the girl and they
go home. Davy Crockett comes down
from his mountain cabin tf» sec them
married, hut finds that she no longer
loves tho man she Is to marry. Davy
Crockett's bravery on the night In the
mount.*ilns has won her love. She re
cites to him the story of young Lochln-
vnr, and carried away by his love for
her, he carries her away with him and
they are married. They return after
wards. her father hears their story
und they are forgiven.
“Davy Crockett” will be given Mon-
Jay, Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
with matinees Tuesday and Wedges-
iHEBREW LIFE ON THE BOWERY
\ WILL BE PRESENTED A T THE
BIJOU DURING COMING WEEK
“Old Isaacs From the Bowery," which
comes to the Bijou next week, is a new
departure for Charles E. Blaney'and is
credited with being his greatest effort
as well/ Turning from Ideas and
distant scenes, the thc$£fs of his past
successes, lie has inked up the Hebrew
life of the Bowery In the days of War
for his Hf-r|injs»1ii)|ce as a flWl of com
edy drama*./Fa jf said tlfat*"0|d Isaacs'”
Is the most vital util -absorbing bf all
Mr. BJafiey's plays* and It;In certain
that-fne |>alron* of the Bijou will look
with pleasure, as well as some degree
of curiosity to his latest Work. The
laterlai Ijj skillfully handled sir as to
oncenter the attention and stlm“jj£~
n/sv !
ml a,till
mighty Blaney drama by having *
episode follow the other in rapid si
cession, without tiresome descriptions.
The play Is written around one of New
York's most noted characters, the He
brew merchant, and many new plctn.* a
of real life will. be introduced, in
scenery, stage appointments and real
ism, old Isaacs .promts** .to ’ eclipse
all other efforts of the popular play
wright nr 4’producer. , .
The titlcttxrie will he enacted by II u .
vy First: ■nnurnf MirBlaneyVnew stars.
It is fully 4g pec Utd that Mr. First will
come, up tb ox jactation vh» many of
the***t*«ne* and Incidents, are pan <>f
himself in private life. andiOld Isaacs
bears a strong likeness of his own
father, who began life on the Bowery
many years ago with a capital of ?l«>,
but soon lose to affluence and wealth
l»y thrifty and honest methods In busi
ness, anti was the founder of one of the
largest installment houses In this coun-
Sonic* Entertain Belief That
Georgian Will Succeed
Spencer.
hburg. Dec. I —Th. ilecrat rn-
..nom. j tered in tho city rirctift court here J, -1
I. ■ y.-e'.l; by Ju.lye uHrludale. annulling the
several prominent- Macon men 11111*1111; tin* j gerapj. Gu., uhlch occurred In this clt
S|N*elnl to Tile (Jeorfflnn.
.Muron. Iln.. !>«•••. *1.—Mnjor .1
of this city, lets liecn meuth
next president of tlie Hon then
few hours licit Icive elapsed site
death «*f President HsrouH Hpemy
It has Im**mi pointed out that Mrjoi
»..u Is very close to Ihe doinlnn(ln%* I
In the Mott them railway system, mi
they have greatly sidmlied the >r.c<-c*
has made with the IVutral of_ t«
lls’ romantic German dialect
drama. "Met* in the Alps.”
Mr. Wilson will undoubtedly be wel
comed by crowded houses during tills
engagement. A bright young man of
undoubted talents Is Mr. Wilson, gifted
with the unusual quality of being able
to extract a tear or convulse his audi
tors with merriment, with ns much ease
and grace us any of our most noted
players. He Is also the possessor of a
singing voice that for sweetness und
purity of tone |h second to none, so
rich nnd true Is it In quality that the
sobriquet, “The Golden-Voiced Singer,”
has been most aptly applied' to him
With the close of another successful!
week at hand, the Star Is preparing
for another mammoth bill, to be pre-;
sented ay next week, beginning with,
u Monday matinee performance.
Although comedy and vaudeville
will,be the chief features of the bill,
there will be no dearth of tuneful num
bers, dulnty dnrices and graceful and
, picturesque groupings, which will be a
delight to the eye.
The management for the Star state
that their bill for next week will be
full of good things and declare that
they will give a good theatrical feast
all'the week.
Everything from the song, hits to
the many vaudeville oddities will be
Infused; with the-spirit of bright and
sparkling newness..
The ever popular moving pictures
and illustrated songs ore said to lie
unusually good fof next week.
According to the statement of the
management of the Star, this week's
bill, which has been very popular, does
not .compare with the bill to lie pre
sented all next week with usual mat
inees.
regnrt. ,
throughout Mu*
:-.v highly by,
ih<* country. 11
lie understand
TTi.il
tnQft,
Msjor H inson I*
.yx-lHllrond* ihwi»I»
ninl it I* .fertile;
nds the I'oiidltloiiF
ninl requirements of the Mouth lit regard in
railroading better tlisn any man now in u
prominent rsllnWnl immIUou.
PROMINENT WOMAN -
COMMITS SUICIDE
IN EARLY MORNING
Spet lal to The Georgian. .
I'ordek-. Go., Dee. I.—I’laelpg Die
muzzle of u pistol in tier mouth, Mrs.
George L. Dekle. one of the moat prom.
Incnt ladles here, pulled the trigger
und aeut ti ball crushing through hot
head, dying Instantly.
The cause of the suicide Is tliouglit — vrm
Her against her will and without 1
on June ttth last, has been the»*cau*
of much comment In this city.
• The deposition of the young woman
hied in the case sets forth that after
•die had finished her studies at college* j
here she went on a visit to a school j
friend at Blackstone. After staying |
fhere Home days she met Burks 'and j
was "with him for a brief time. The I
college authorities learning this t* !«■-I
graphed Miss Saunders' mother ad- 1
vising her of the fact and the mother
<ame here immediately. Going to where
Her daughter was she brought her h“rr.
That night at a local hotel liurks was
sent for, and when he faced th»* girl.'
as well as her mother and the presl- ,
dcntxof the college, an officer was also
there with n warrant for Burks* ar
rest. The* prisoner whs told that h«
would be liberated upon hhi mani.iK-
to the young woman. Bhe protested, so ‘
did he, both of them claiming that their
relations had not been such that such
a course should be forced on them.
Finally*, the deposition of the peti
tioner declares, mo allowed the < * l e
mony to be consummated ut the par
sonage of the Centenary Methodist !
church, but declaring that
day
AL WILSON AND HIS
GOLDEN VOICE IN DRAMA
Golden-voiced Al II. Wilson Is to be
the attraction at the Grand on Wed
nesday and Thursday nights nnd
Thursday at matinee In Sidney R. El
lis, who has written si number of sue
esses, and It Is claimed that this Is his
best. Jt tells u heart story with
straightforwardness that Is convincing,
and holds one spellbound with Its In
tensity and Interest. The scene Is laid
In southern .Switzerland und In the
Hwiss Alps.
Moat excellent comedy Is Interspersed
throughout the fotir acts, which be
come highly enjoyable from.the varia
ble contrasts In each scene, also giving
.Mr. Wilson a splendid opportunity to
use hla rich voice In songs that reach
the heart. Among them may be men
tioned "My Heaven Is In Your Eyes,”
“Whispering Breeze," "A Lullaby.”
“Songs of the Fatherland” und an Al
pine yodel, "Swiss Mountain Bird,”
FORBES ROBERTSON
COMING TO ATLANTA
One of the most successful allow
the New York season tlmt will appear
at the Grand In Atlanta this winter la
George Bernard Shaw's "Caeaar nnd
Cleopatra,” In which Forbes Robert
son and. Mias Gertrude Elliott have
been starring. * *
The play deals with the history' of
Rome and Egypt, and In fact. It might
be called history. Critics declare that
It is accurate. In this respect and the
acting of Mr. Robertson* and Miss El
liott has been the subject for consid
erable praise.
There*has been no little discussion
among the critics ns to whether the
play Is a delicious historical satire or
a burlesque, but it Is neither. It Is a
comedy dramn nnd a good one at that.
“The Royal Chef.”
Pretty girls, prattler costumes, large
Installments of nonsense and pleasing
songs, together with attractive scen
ery', make up “The Royal Chef,” which
was produced, Friday night at the
Grand. While the voices of some may
not have been such ns to favorably*
compare with operatic stars, they were
good enough to please a good-sized au
dience. nnd, too, the chorus could do u
little singing, nmh the dances and ma
neuvers of the gir{» joniposing this,
with their attractive costumes, bal
anced tho inability of the other* to do
the operatic uet. •
“The Roynl «'hef" Is n musical com
edy with witty bunches of conversation
and a rajah am! his prime minister
looking for .a chef und all that sort of
thing, nnd the chef Is found in the
shai>e of a. German from t'hicugo. All
of wl^lch was pleasing, and. the show
produced enough ridiculous situation*
to make the owning enjoyable.
POLO HOLDERS
: TO MEET MONDAVI
j* The policyholders of the .Mutual IJfe
Insurance fomrany of New York will
meet In the convtlitkm hall of the Kim
ball housf on Monday «t noon, when
business of the utmost importance will
be discussed ami r.rted upon. The call
for the meeting la l otted by William tf.
Thomson, member from Georgia of the
executive committee of the Mutual Life
Policyholder.*/ .\uw intion.
Andrew. Wsbb. ,
Andrew Webb, a«ed u years, died
m-lay afternoon at tho family rest,
donre, 24 McDonald ttreet. The funeral
services Will bo ronductoil Hun-luy
niorrtini;* at iho residence and the In
termem will be In Hilvesta cemetery.
Mr*. Jenny Farr.
The funeral services of Mrs. Jenny
Farr, tt'ho died Thursday night at her
resilience, 48 Kelly-street, were con-
ducted Saturday morning at her late
residence. Rev. J. B. Flckler officiated.
and the death of three children, and
was committed In a fit of despondency.
Many of her neighbors had noticed of
late that her mind’seemed affected.
She arose before the other mpmb«y*s
of the family, secured a pistol ; on the
mantel, went across the hall Into the
bath room, closed the door an^l fired
the shot, which awoke hfr husband,
who rushed to her side, but not- before
she had expired.
.Mrs. Dekle was 30 years old. and Is
survived by her husband, G. L. Dekle, a
prominent business man of the firm of
Dekle Bros., nnd two small children,
besides a mother and father, Rev. and
Mrs. F. H. Paxton, of Florida, and a
brother and sister.
The funeral took place nt the Baptist
church, of which she was a faithful
member, yesterday afternoon, conduct-
ed by Rev. J. D. Winchester.
MISS VAIL DE VERNON,
New leading woman at El Dorado, who begino her engagement Monday.
wbk-it shows the wsmtrous • tnugi
complex notes of which the human
voJ«> in capable, AltA iho very hu
morous song. "The SitRolehank.*' Toe
company H raid t*» lw an exceedingly
capubiu "Uc.
clent cause. j
Then the couple separated. The .
young and unwilling wife in company'
with her mother, took the next train
for Atlanta, going from there, pie-|
•umably to her home In Fitzgerald.j
Burks remained here in the same i***-1
sltlon he held prior to hla ucqualntam *
with the girl.
Burks has at nil times since the mat- •
ter became known here strenuously*!
|maintained that his relations with th«* j
young woman, while subject to crltl- !
clsm, were not Improper.
DIES IN SANITARIUM
Deceased Was Grandson Of
Second Governor Of
Georgia.
Hpedal to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga„ Dee. 1.—William Waring
Habersham, brother of Mrs. Churl***
H. King, of Rome, died yesterday morn
ing at the North Atlgusta sanitarium.
With him at the time of his death u**i*
hla nieces. Mrs. R. a. Clark, of Ron«*,
a* - 1 Mrs. J. W. Jackson, of August.*.
Mr. Habersham belonged to on** «.f
the most prominent families In G#»..i -
gia-'-the Habersham* of Bavannah. He
was a grandson of James Habersham,
second governor of Georgia, and a -on
of Dr. James clay Habersham, of Sa
vannah.
Mr. Habersham was bom In Savan
nah. January 12. 1824. and consequent
ly at the time of hts death was In i>«
eighty-third year.
He was one of the gold seekers of
California in the early 30’*.
TWO MACON MEN
IN' FATAL WRECK
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Gu., Dec. I.—-Two Macon nn,
both of them officers of the Unlr <i
States court of this city, were pa«s* u
gers upon the Southern train No. 17
which crashed into President Snm.id
Spencer's prlvute car.
The t%\» men were Henry Tud - t.
chief deputy, and Deputy W. H. John
son. When the Federal court fin Mud
„ M,8S FLORENCE FISHER,
Who plays N Rutl) v in “The Ons Woman” at the Grand.
I flight of this week both Mr. Tu* u*
land Mr. Johnson wont to Washlimt..i
D. C„ to carry * Federal prhon* r .
the Federal reformatory*
When the crash came that rc-uii*
In the death of President Spencer. I*.*i
Macon men were sitting In tin I *
and were hurled forward, but n«ltn*
was Injured beyond a severe srmMa