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SECOND SECTION.
VOL. 1. NO. 200.
ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1906. PRICE: ESg Sn?5 :
A Week s C
)ffenngs in Atlanta’s Playl
louses
LESTER BERNARD,
As "Lena,’ the German Nurse, in “Sleeping Beauty and the Beast.”
MELODRAMA BILL
WITH MUSIC AND
COMEDY AT STAR
Melodramatic comedy set to musts,
with a good sprinkling of high-class
vaudeville specialties, possibly best de
scribes the bill announced for the ap
proval of patrons of the Star theater
next week, and according to the state
ment of the management of this popu
lar price theater It will be good drama,
too, with bright, fetching comedy of
the direct und appealing kind, flashing
through Its lines and Illuminating the
story with Its light, while patriotic sen
timent and poetic gayety ■ will be well
expressed In the melodious accompani
ment.
The music of this production might _
be spoken of as a separate and distinct Inally staged by Arthur Collins, at
“The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast.”
Although the theatrical seasons for
some time past have resulted In many
new productions of a more or less novel
character, yet the absolute novelty pre
sented is “The Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast," which is a revelation of the
possibilities in scenic display that as
tonishes even those who fancied they
had seen the best that could be done
In that direction. By means of this
brilliant production of an extravaganza,
baaed upon a fairy tale, metropolitan
playgoers and others witnessing It gain
an accurate Idea of what the Christ
mas pantomimes, which are so popu
lar In London, really are. Different
managers In this country have tried to
present something akin to the famous
spectacles to be seen at the Drury Lane
and other London theaters during the
holiday season, but not until Klaw A
Erlanger, who are foremost American
managers and producers of elaborate
and costly works, Imported and put
originally on view "The Sleeping Beau
ty und tho Beast,” did American audi
ences have an opportunity for making
acquaintance with the manifold at
tractions in this form of entertainment.
This particular extravaganza was orlg-
■lellght, nlthough It Is Illustrative In alt
Instances, a throbbing, tuneful back
ground for story, scene and situation.
.Several strong additions have been
made to the Stur company apd next
week’s production bids fair to eclipse
all others, both in comedy and vaude
ville featured.
The changes made In tho company
for next week will make a decided Im
provement and that Is saying a good
deal.
New views have been secured for the
ever popular moving picture machine
ami new Illustrated songs will be sung.
This bill will be presented every
night next week and at Monday, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Saturday mati
nees.
"Everyman.”
Hen Greet, the distinguished London
ni tor and producer, states that the flrst
Impression of "Everyman," which hla
talented company Is to present at tho.
Hrand Saturday, Monday and Tues
day matinee. Is traceable to the year
D-D. but there are good reasons for
believing that this quaint morality
play was In manuscript as early as tho
reign of Edward IV—before Columbus
discovered America.
I'urlng the reign of Henry VTII an
edition of tho play was published and
evidently at thjtt time It was popular
and often presented. The next edition
or curs a century later. Dodsley's edi
tion Is the best known and the one
"lost frequently found In the libraries
' ( dramatic enthusiasts. Owing to the
H'mendous success of "Everyman,” on
'fled by the Greet Comp&ny, there are
Innumerable editions of the work, put
"ut by both American and English
Publishers.
Everyman" had not been presented
'Ithln the last two tenturles until re
vised by William Poel. for the Eliza
bethan Stage Society of England for a
“Ingle matinee performance in the open
a *r. The most enthusiastic membe.’ of
’•'* society hod no conbeptlon of tho
dramatic strength of the play before a
modern audience until that perform
ance.
The solemnity, religious truth and
“ mple power of "Everyman” held the
midltora captive and many fell on their
snees os they do at Oberammergau.
further performance! were given and
Persona of all classes became deeply
interested In the wonderful work.
Clergymen of all sects Indorsed the
performance. Students of the drama
were delighted with such rare opportu-
nhy to study the beginnings of the
drama at short range. But these were
not all. for "Everyman’s" appeal is not
lo the few. but to the many. The aver-
;, g« playgoer Is deeply touched by the
morality play and its popular success
"a* been quite aa marked oo Its favor
u, ih scholars.
'The Merchant of Venice” will be
Riven on Tuesday night, as many
pn’rons of the Grand have expressed
* desire to see the great players In a
“n.tkespearean production.
Drury Lane, and Is one of the most
fascinating, together with being one of
the most expensive of Its kind. The
unqualified success of "The Bleeping
Beauty anil the Beast” Is Indicated In
the flattering reviews by the critics,
and In tho presences of tho audiences
that All the theaters at every perform
ance.
The limit In devising alluring stage
pictures seems to have been reached In
the scene Illustrating the glories of the
"Four Seasons" of the year. Tho ef
fect Is the most dazzling and artistic
ever achieved by stagecraft In spectac.
ular productions in America, It Is said,
and Is In all respects an example of
pantomime not to be Ignored.
"The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast”
will be the attraction at the Grand on
Wednesday and Thursday nights and
Thursday at matinee.
Lillian Ruizall’s Graat Tour.
Lillian Russell Is making a complete
tour of tho South and middle West In
her new comedy, "The Butterfly," vis
iting a large number of towns in which
she has never appeared, but has long
been anticipated. During the present
season Miss Russell has stepped from
her pre-eminent position as queen of
comic opera to the front rank of the
light comediennes of the American
stage.
"The Butterfly" Is a comedy of the
most up-to-date vaflety, which was
written expressly for Miss Russell by
Kellett Chambers, a brother of the fa
mous dramatist, Haddon Chambers.
The scenes are laid In New York city
and Saratoga and Miss Russell’s role
Is that of a fascinating young widow
who becomes Involved In a remarka
bly ingenious and complicated series
of matrimonial entanglements. Man
ager Joseph Brooks has provided a
notably handsome mounting for "The
Butterfly" and the superior company
Includes such sterling comedy artists
as Eugene Ormonde, John Flood, Fred
L Tlden, John Jack, Grant Mitchell.
Charles Lamb, Roland H. Hill. Isabel
Merrill Richards, Kate Orllflth and
Rosalie DeVaux. Miss Russell will
wear a number of very beautiful gowns.
Miss Russell will appear In "Hhe But
terfly" In this city during the course
of her tour.
Mansfield’s "Pear OynL"
There are In Richard Mansfield’s re
markable production of "Peer Gym,”
fourteen massive and beautiful scenic
settings, several of unprecedented
splendor, according to those who have
seen It. A complete electrical outfit
costing many thousands of dollars was
especially built to produce the great
storm scene In the ftfth act, when the
ship goes on the rock and Is submerged
by giant waves. Yet Mr. Mansfield
Is the first to deprecate any predom
inant value In mere plcturatlon. What
he lays stress on Is the charm of the
character and story, the lilt of the poe
try and the unprecedented opportunity
"Peer Oynt” gives for the display of
almost every human passion and eroo-
EXTREMES MEE7AT GRAND;
OLD M0RAL11Y PLA Y AND
MODERN EXTRA VAGANZA
At least two excellent productions
will be seen at the Grand next week.
They are the Ben Greet Players, who
will present "Everyman" on Monday
night and Tuesday at matinee. "The
Merchant of Venice” will be given
Tuesday night. "The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast” will be seen Wednesday
and Thursday nights and Thursday
matinee. There was reason to believe
that "The Sins of the Father" would
be presented on Friday and Saturday
nights, but later advices are to the ef
fect that the piece will not be presented
here this season.
The local management Is particu
larly gratified to have secured the Ben
Greet Players, especially In the pro
duction of "Everyman.” The reputa
tion of the company In Shakesperean
plays Is well known and fully estab
lished, so that when "The Merchant of
Venice" is produced on Tuesday night
there Is every reason to believe a large
house’will be In attendance. Four per
formances of "Everyman” will be giv
en, the flrst two being Saturday after
noon and night, and the remaining two
Monday night and Tuesday afternoon.
"The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
Is sold to be the same gorgeous pro
duction which has won favor the
country over. The costumes are new
for the season’s work, while much of
the music has been augmented and
brightened up. The chorus Is large
and composed of beautiful girls who
enn sing and dance. The scenic effects
are among the most elaborate of any
production In the country, so that the
beautiful fairy story may be made to
carry out the Idea of fairyland.
Many good performances are billed
for later In the aeason, but chief In
terest centers around the holiday per
formances. Tim Murphy In "A Corner
In Coffee," will be seen at the Grand on
December 24 and 25, with a Christmas
day matinee. Richard Mansfield will
be seen on the night of December 27
for one performance only of "Peer
Gynt."
At Other Houses.
At the Bijou the new offering will be
“When Knighthood Was In Flower,”
one of the prettiest romantic dramas
of the season, and one which won fa
vor from fashionable audiences In high
priced houses. Miss Anna Day Is cast
for Mary Tudor, the proud sweetheart
of Charles Brandon, and the supporting
company Is said to be m keeping with
the play.
At the El Dorado, a practically new
company will be seen In the old favor
ite melodrama, "Ten Nights In a Bar
room," a play which will no doubt draw
a large audience at every performance.
The Star will present Its usual popu
lar vaudeville and short play through
out: tho week. The usual matinees will
be given.
AT THE EL DORADO
FDR com;
“Ten Nights in a Barroom”
and “My Old Kentucky
Home.”
HIGH CLASS PRODUCTION
COMES 70 BIJOU NEXT;
SUPERB ROMANTIC DRAMA
In “When Knighthood Wu in Flow
er/' Miss Anna Day has been fortunate
enough to And a worthy opportunity
for a display of her talent and clever
ness. She more than pleases In every
respect. Her Interpretation of her role
Is satisfying; deft touches here and
there have made it her own creation,
and not an imitation. As Mary Tudor
Miss Day presents a character which
never allows the Interest In it or the
play to abate; & lovable character,
marked as It Is by the oppositions of a
hot temperament which will bestow the
hand only where the heart has gone.
As Mary Tudor, action Is requisite;
hence there Is a danger of over-exu
berance, but Miss Day never overacts,
nor does she make the opposite mis
take. One feels that her quick, pas
sionate movements are the result of
instinct with natural impulse; but dig
nity, the dignity of a king's sister. Is
always ready when need arises to bring
it into the play. The coquetries of a
lovely and loving woman; the courage
GOOD R0AD8 OR NO MAIL.
No government can afford to deliver mall
over roads that are a fright for months
In the year. Our governmeut declines to
undertake It. When roods become so hard
to travel that rates of carriers must i
up to meet such coudltlons, the rurnl deliv
ery routes msy be discontinued until bet*
tor days come to such sections of the couu-
try.
It Is a reproach to the Intelligence of
many states that they still make little or
no effort to overcome the loss resulting to
Industry from bad roads. It Is an old story,
of course, and needs no rehearsal, but
there is dally less excuse than yesterday
for the continuance of neglected or Hi-
managed highways. The profit In good
roads Is too well known to lie questioned.
It Is right for the government to take
he stand that It will not attempt to de
liver tnnihi over roads that would tire
a Husilan. No other public money Is bet
ter Invested for huge returns to communi
ties than that put honestly nnd Intelli
gently Into the Important highways, and
the Insistence of. the government Is golug
to lie a powerful Incentive to Improve
ment.— Buffalo News.
which makes a woman ready to sacrl'
Ace for the man nhe loves—-the dignity
of the queen of France—outwardly re
signed to her fate—the Anal triumph
of a lone woman over her enemies and
the sweet womanhood of a wife when
Anally she Is united with the man of
her heart’s choice—all these phases and
more are portrayed by Mis* Day, with
a Anely shaded artistry growing out of
ability—a thorough comprehension of
her part and a complete sympathy with
It
Miss Day's support Is (a fact which
can seldom be stated with truth) well
In keeping with her worth, even to the
smallest part In the cast Mr. Alfred
Swenson makes a most dashing and
handsome Brandon, and Is an actor who
combines unusual ability with the nat
ural graces of a gentleman. The play
Is staged and costumed with all the
elegance that marked the Arst produc
tion, so that the desirable physical
quality of richness is provided—in the
prudence of Ernest Shipman, under
whose auspices Miss Day and her Cri
terion Theater Company are appearing.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
No man Is ever too busy to be polite.
A brunette may he a decided blonde—after
she has decided to be a blonde.
It Was Hard Luck.
“Hard luck Speeder had last night/’
“No! What was It?”
“His automobile ran over a man.”
“Oh, was that all?”
“No, that wasn't all. The man was
Speeder.”—Cleveland Press.
When a girl finds herself In a box at the
opera for the first time she thinks she's tho
whole show.—Chicago News.
“But, Tommy,” said his mother,
“didn't your conscience tell you you
were doing wrong?” “Yes’m # " replied
Tommy, “but I don't believe everything
I hear.”—Philadelphia Press.
8tuyvessnt Fish.
From The New York World.
No railroad president In the country
has a more admirable record of efficient
administration than Mr. Fish.
Under Mr. Fish’s direction the Illi
nois Central has been developed as a
small stockholder road. Much of Its
stock Is held In five and ten-share lots
by Investors living along Ita line. It
has never Agured in Wall street coups
or combinations. It Is altogether sn
exceptional example of a great railroad
properly administered.
In return for these services Mr. Fish
Is kicked out by order of the specula
tor whose unprincipled methods he has
refused to sanction. No more malign
an exhibition of unscrupulous power
has been known In the history of
American railroads. It is the use of
the sandbag by a financial highway
man. aided nnd abetted by men who
were supposed to have character.
What excuse can men like Cornelius
Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor make
to their own consciences for allying
themselves with Harrlman, Peabody
and Auchinclops in this act of hlgh-
Anance Infamy?
They All Do.
“Tut, tut,” sold Smlthers. “You must
not complain that way. Remember that
I have to foot the bills."
“Yes. you foot them,” retorted Mrs.
Hmlthere. "You kirk at every single
one of them.”—Cleveland Preez,
No Explanation Thera.
"The janitor Is sweeping the bark
porches. I wonder whyT”
"I don't know. I didn't ask him not
to."—Cleveland Press.
The offering of the Baldwln-Mel
vlllc Stock Company the first part of
next week will be the old but ever
new "Ten Nights In a Barroom.’’ This
Is the play that has crowded hundreds
of play houses throughout the United
States nightly. Possibly no other play
on the stage Is so well known, haB been
played so many times and so consist
ently "makes good." The moral les
son Is Hhe strongest that could
taught on the stage, and the Interest
in this production by the Baldwln-Mel
vllle Stock Company will be height
ened In the fact that every minister In
the city has been extended an Invita
tion and offered passes to one of the
performances.
The play opens with the view of the
exterior of the "Sickle and Sheaf," a
barroom kept by Simon Slade and his
son, Frank. The second scene shows
the Interior of the "Sickle and Sheaf.'
The second act shows Joe again In the
saloon. The third act shows the home
of Morgan, with Mary's head bandaged
from the wound she had received at
Slade's. Morgan craves the unnatural
stimulation of drink, but refrains from
drinking at the request of hts wife and
child.
In this act the acting of Mr. Mur
doch as Joe Morgan Is said to be real
istic in the extreme. His abstinence
from drink, after having been a slave
to It so long, brings on an attack of
delirium tremens, and this scene makes
one of the best of the entire production.
The next act shows a drunken quarrel
In a barroom, and Willie Hammond Is
killed by Harvey Green. The last act
shows Joe Morgan, as Squire Morgan,
"one of the likeliest men of the village.”
He has kept his word, and as a reward
for his faithfulness fortune and happl
ness are his.
"Ton Nights In a Barroom” will give
the wonderful child actress, little Lot
tie Salsbury, a chance for her first
appearance In Atlanta. This wonderful
little actress cornea here from "A Mid
summer Night's Drenm” company,
where she has been playing the part
of Puck. She Is a wonderful little
actress, and In the part of Mary Mor
gan will have ample opportunity to
show her talents to an Atlanta au
dience.
’Ten Nights In a Barroom" will be
given Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day nights, with matinees Tuesday and
Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday nights, with matinees Friday and
Saturday, the beautiful Southern
drama, "My Old Kentucky Home,” will
be the bill.
The Essence of Sin.
If I have sinned In act I may repent;
If I have erred In thought I may
disclaim
My silent error, and yet feel no
shame.
But If my soul, big with an III Intent,
Guilty In will, by fnte be Innocent,
Or being bod, yet murmurs at the
curse
And Incspaclty of being worse,
That mokes my hungry passion still
keep Lent
In keen expectance of a Carnival,
Where In ail worlds that round the sun
revolve,
And shed their Influence on this
passive balk,
Llvea there a power that can my soul
absolve?
Could any sin survive and be for
given.
One sinful wish would make a hell of
heaven,
—Hartley Coleridge.
8CENE FROM "WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WA8 IN FLOWER” AT THE
BIJOU.
The Progress of Humanity
-EVERYMAN ’
Million's new chauffeur Is a cheap
swindle."
"Then Million Is to be congratulated.
Mine’s an expensive one."—Cleveland
Press.
MI88 LOUISE KENT.
Popular Louisville girl who is
playing heavy roles at ths El
Dorado,
W HEN we read of the bull fight
provided by Spain as a part of
the marriage festival of tho
young king we shuddered at the sav
age condition of the public mind In
Spain.
When reports reach us,from time to
time of the extravagance, cruelty and
licentiousness of old King Leopold qf
Belgium We feel the wprld progresses
slowly.
When the atrocities In darkest Rus
sia are cabled to America, and we re
member the recent savage war of Rus
sia and Japan, wo shake our heads at
the'condition of God's earth In this
twentieth century.
But here In Belgium today, after a
month In Holland, reading the history
of these wonderful lands, right on the
scene of action, I am more than ever
Impressed with the remarkable growth
of the race toward the Creator's origi
nal standard of Man.
Holland and Belgium were old, old
countries before Columbus was born.
About the time of his discovery of
America Holland was a land of vast
wealth and culture.
It possessed great scholars, and Us
guilds of "Rhetoricians” were powers
In the world of literature, and society,
and politics. Every small village
boasted such' a guild, and the common
people and laborers took part In them.
They composed verses, recited po
ems. enacted plays. They gave elabo
rate fetes, with splendid pugennts, and
the leading events of the day were
lauded or lampooned by them in such
an effective manner thnt kings nnd po
tentates took care to enroll themselves
as members of those guilds, so that
they should not suffer at their hands.
Sculpture and painting thrived, and
wood carving nnd other arts. Never
since have such magnificent books
been given to the world os were made
and Illustrated by hand between the
tenth and sixteenth centurlee. "The,
Books of the Hours” nnd the Blblee all
written and Illuminated by skilled ar
tists, and of exquisite beauty, are pre
served In the museums of Antwerp and
Brussels. The glorious stained glnss
windows In the old churches defy de
scription.
That was on ngc when nil religion
seemed to be put Into elaborate orna
mentations of churches, and Into gor
geous windows.
There was none used on humanity.
In that age of art and learning cruelty
Inconceivable today thrived.
Charles V. of Bpain ruled Holland
and Introduced the Spanish Inquisition
to punish dissenters from his faith.
Philip II. of Hpaln. his son, followed
and with his wife. "Bloody Mary," of
England, succeeded In plunging Holland
ami Belgium Into rellgtoua wara which
lasted over elgthy yeara.
Hundreds of thousands of gifted,
brilliant and cultured men and women
were burned, hacked with knives,
starved to death and burled alive, all
In the name of the Christ of love.
In Rotterdam, In The Hague, In Am
sterdam, In Ghent, In Antwerp, and a
score of other places, the old Imple
ments of torture are on exhibition.
Because Intelligent people chose to
sing hymns In the open air, and pralaa
God under the aref. of hla own skies,
they were subjected to these horrible
tortures, and Anally burned to death.
Because others knew- such worship
had taken place, and failed to report
It, they met the same fate.
Here In Antwerp a massacre more
terrible than the massacre of 8t. Bar
tholomew’s took place on November 4
and 5, 1574. Eight thousand people
were killed—butchered. Six millions of
property wsa burned and as much more
looted by the Bpanlard*.-
Antwerp was at that era the most
powerful port In Europe. Ita mer
chants lived In splendor, and It was
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
the very heart of the world’s tralfle.
In two days’ time It was turned into
a smoking morgue.
It was the edict of Philip of Spain
that all those who sang hymns or were
known to copy and carry them about,
all those who neld any Independent
views regaining religion, or who knew
of such heretics and did not report
them, should be pul to death.
Whole families were rendered extinct
merely to satisfy a savage king and
his terrible "council of blood.”
Yesterday I visited one of the most
wonderful nnd least described ruins in
Europe—the eastle of the counts of
Flanders In Ghent. It was the strong
hold of royalty In the time of Charles
V und Philip II, and under 111 halls of
feasting, and under Its sacred chapels,
lies the prison where poor wretches
starved to death or were burned in tho
pit, which Htiu yawns, with all the
other conveniences of torture created
by that awful ngc.
And yet there arc pessimists today
who dare say the humnn race does not
progress; that man Is no better than
he was In past ages.
Compare Queen Alexandra, Queen
Wllhelmlna, with "Bloody Mary,” or
Catherine de Medici. Compare young
King Alfonso nnd old King Leopold
with Charles V and Philip II of Spain,
or Henry IV of France.
Compare the- weak nnd solflah exur
and nil his cold-blooded alders and
abettors with these monsters, and they
seem little more thun puppets.
There Is no king or monarch In civ
ilized lands today who would dare send
out such an edict as Philip II sent forth
to the Netherlands. Should one arise,
he would at once ho pronounced Insane
and Incarcerated In an asylum, as
Hhould, Indeed, have been done with
old-time butchers who were obsessed of
devils and needed medical attention.
There Is no land on earth, unless
Turkey, where the rujer would pro
nounce himself highly pleased, as Phil
ip did, when he heard of the slaughter
of S.OOO people In Antwerp.
Yet France, Spain, England were the
civilised and Christian countries of
the world at that time; great paint
ers, great scholars, lived and worked
In nil these lands where such atrocities
were permitted and encouraged by the
rulers.
The day of kings Is almost past. Tbs
day of ecclesiastic power Is, too, on
the wane. .Men and women are to cast
off the fetters of all traditions, and
nd national affairs.
But meanwhile those who are today
veiled with kingly power arc really a
very decent. If a very worthless, sort,
when we put them side by side with
their predecessors.
Humanity Is far from perfect, it Is
selfish and cruel and greedy still; hut
how much higher It has risen we can
not fail to acknowledge If we read the
histories of the cultured world a f- w
hundred years ago.
If you want to feel cheerful aver the
condition of the human race today. In
spite of graft. In spite of robbery, and
murder, and thievery, and war and
dissensions In church and state, get
Motley’s "History of ths Dutch Repub
lic.” and read It slowly and carefully.
Then compare the whole world of
that period with the whole world to
day.
I am sure you will arise from the pe
rusal of that master work of true his
tory with a sense of hopefulness for ilia
future of mankind.
Miserable as the conditions of the la
boring people are here In Belgium, w ith
the exception of the great Socialistic
-operative foclety, of which I shall
write Utter, It Is aa heaven compared
to hades whan placad In J- xtap>»ltlon
with Belgium In the sixteenth century.
Every morning I am awakened here
with a great clanging of bells.
And above the sad world sobbing.
And the strife of clan with elan,
I can hear the mighty throbbing
Of the heart of God, In man.
And a voice chants thro' the chiming
Of the bells, and seems to say.
"We are climbing, we ere climbing,
Aa we circle on our way."
