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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