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SECOND SECTION. 1 □he Atlanta Georgian. SECOND SECTION. VOL. 1. NO. 206. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1906. typT/YC*. In Atlanta TWO CENTS. JfKlXjlLt: On Train* FIVE CENTS. A WEEK’S OFFERINGS IN ATLANTA’S THEATERS holida y week brings AN EXCELLENT VARIETY AT THE GRAND. Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday Matinee—Tim Murphy In "A Corner in Coffee.” Wednesday Night—The Princeton Glee Club. Thursday Night—Mr. Richard Mansfield In "Peer Gynt." Friday and Saturday, Saturday Matinee—"Parsifal.” the dramatic vcr8, ° n ' AT THE BIJOU. All the week, with Matinees—"Me, Him and I.” AT THE EL DORADO. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday—"Sherlock Holmes.” Thursday, Friday, Saturday—"The Two Orphans." AT THE STAR. All the week, with Matinees—Popular vaudeville bill. IBSEN; GRIEG, MANSFIELD; WRITER, COMPOSER, ACTOR; AMONG WORLD’S GREATEST A LATE PORTRAIT OF RICHARD MAN8FIELD. Mansfield’s Past Has An Interest All Its Own. The most gifted actor and one of the most Interesting characters of his gen- tratlon Is to bo seen at the Grand on Thursday night, when Richard Mans- Held will appear In hla gorgeous "Peer Qynt." Tills artist's path to greatness has not been one primrose dalliance. He has achieved what he has In spite of rather than on account of everything. He lias hewed hla own way regardless, hut his reward Is a remarkable attain ment and fame. Mr. Mansfield's re Puted disregard of public opinion may h« the result of the bitter experiences of his early life. He was born In He Hgoland, the son of Mme. Mansfield Rudersdorff, a noted singer, from whom he Inherited much of hla dramatic abil ity- it was poverty that eventually turned him to the stage. His youth ful ambition was to become a painter, nnd he made a losing struggle In Its Pursuit in Boston. Then he went to London, where even greater misfortune awaked him. Many aneedytes are told 01 his hopeless struggle against ad- Versliy, H e was compelled to give up art and go into business, but at the rnd of a year he made another dismal failure and went back to his brush and palette. But ngalB he made no money, and eoon became so poor that he could not PM for his lodgings. His landlady shut hint out, and he often wandered through the streets of London singing ballads. Whenever he earned a few Pennies with his songs he Invested •hem In hot potatoes, which he used first to warm his hands and then to make a meal and warm Ills stomach, eianstield hung around the London markets at 4 o'clock In the morning tinging songs. In those days his chum •as itepworth Dixon, and together they t0 *° 1° an old brewery In Cheap- slue "to breakfast and smells." For a second course they would stand In “bit of a baker's window and gaxe through ths panes. At last w. S. Gilbert, out of pity and charity, gave Mansltetd the role of Sir Jer-l h Porter In a "Pinafore" company [hat was touring In the English prov- [nce* since that time his entire fit- [ention has been devoted to the stage. Whatever Mr. Manitleld undertakes Is sure to be vital and vigorous. He Is a man of intense physical and nervous energy, and these purely temperamental ■luahtiei are stamped upon every char- ac'er he creates. They vibrate In hfs they are apparent In his roan- they are written upon his fea- lle ts ahi» to transmit acrosa the 7 HE PL A YERS’ CHRISTMAS; NO HOLIDAY FOR THEM When you arc seated comfortaoly In box or orchestra chair, your heart filled with holiday happiness, with the Christmas spirit stirring your heart, do not forget the players, whose holiday*Is spent In contributing to yours. The players* Christinas! What a mockery It Is! Spent on a dusty train or on the painted stage, the Christmas dinner a hurried luncheon snatched before the hiatlnee, to bo followed by a supper between perfor- manees. Christmas means extra work to them. You may not Increase their happiress with gifts—but you may lighten their burden by your good will. A kindly reception, a thought for players and tired ushers and all the rest who work that you may play, will go far toward making their Christmas day something more than an extra hard ship. • TIM MURPHY HAS CORNER IN FUN AND FROLIC FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS TREAT DRAMA OF PARSIFAL APPEALS TO LOVERS OF LITERATURE No grander spectacle, no more sublime subject, no grander Christian lesson or more Intense dramatic action and more beautiful or Interesting story was ever embodied In a play In any period of the world’s history than Is witnessed in the magnificent world known mystic drama, "Parsifal.” The story of "Parsifal” In somewhat varied forms Is moro or less fnmlllar to English readers by their acquaintance with Tennyson's “Knights of the Uound Table,” or Walter Map’s Welsh legend of the same subject. German scholars and readers have gained their principal knowledge of the story from the pen of their fatnons post, Wolfram ron Risenhnrh, whir wrote his lengthy but wonderful i>oetn before Wagner’s time. French renders are similarly ncqnalnted with the sacred theme through the grand work of Chetreln de Troyes, other writers, poets nnd philosophers, of all climes and ages, have gloried In. showing their genius In prose and poetry through the medium of this absorbing legendary story. Artists have footlights the electrical energy of his own personality. Dislike as you may hl« purely personal characteristics, de plore as you please hla singular man nerisms and his Iconoclastic instincts, you are compelled to admit the man’s genius when he wears the mask. His acting Is a combination of the cere bral, the energetic and the Imaginative that Is not shared by any of his con temporaries. It Is moi*e than probable that because of too Intimate acquain tance he Is still denied full credit for his artistic powers. As Mr. Mansfield's artistic methods stand forth, so do his business meth ods. He is practically his own manager and the director of his own artistic for tunes. He has not permitted himself to vegetate through entire seasons by undivided attention to a single role. Whenever one of his annual produc tions establishes Itself In popular favor he returns It In his repertoire and re turns to It frequently and enthusiastic- ally. He avoids the fads of the day and confines his attention to the sub stantial things in his art. He uses no adjectives In his announcements and his approach Is never heralded by blasts of self-directed praise. He avoids public places, and while filling his road engagements lives a studious and Iso lated life In a private car. When In New' York he occupies a handsome res idence on the Riverside Drive with his wife and child. Rsady for Work. The Oeorgia Petroleum Company, re cently organized to develop oil fields In Jefferson county, near Louisville, Qa., has ordered five tar loads of boring machinery and curb pipe and expects to begin sinking three w*ells by Jan uary 10 of the coming year. More Theaters on Paflt Thirteen. BEST OF SEASON Christmas week promises the richest theatrical offerings of the season, as the Grand will present three excellent productions, every one of them having won an enviable reputation. These pro ductions were not secured for this particular w*eek without considerable trouble and expense on the part of the local management. But with a deter mination to contribute as far as possi ble to the splr’t »*«• •««««n, every efTort was exerted with the moat sat isfactory results. Tim Murphy, with his quaint hu mor and keen understanding of hu man nature, supported by Miss Doro thy Sherrod and a competent cast, will be seen Monday and Tuesday nights and Christmas day matinee in ’’A Cor ner In CofTee.’’ The Princeton Glee Club will be heard Wednesday night. On Thursday night Richard Mansfield, that bright particular star of the the atrical firmament, will be seen In ’’Peer Gynt.” The week will be concluded by a brilliant performance of a dramatiza tion of Wagner’s "Parsifal,” which has been enthusiastically received all over the country. As a whole, nothing finer than this bill has evel* been secured for local j theatergoers. It supplies excellence and variety, every play standing out as a model of Its particular style. The advance sale of tickets for "A Corner In Coffee” has been exceptionally large, while already hundreds of In quiries have been made concerning Richard Mansfield. Unusual Interest Is also being displayed In "Parsifal, as hundreds of people not possessed of sufficient musical talent or education laud today the famous pnlnlings of Edwin AM icy grace the walls of the ItoKtou library, beautifully Illustrating the "Quest of the Holy Grail.” It remained, however, for the genius of the Immortal Wagner to gather nnd study the many legeuds. myths and mystical stories pertaining to "The Holy Ornll,” nnd with nil this acquired knowi- edge, supplemented nnd aided tty Ids own poetic nature and artistic temperament, to construct the spectacle of nil spectacle* known ns "Parsifal.” A production of this soul-stirring drama, with the requirement* of so demanding a play, will l>e given nt the Grand Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee. Correct historical cos tuming/ architectural •appointments, ns well as elsiKirutu scenic Investments, will ho a special feature of the production. A com petent coterie of nrtlsta will ho seen lu the principal rolea, a welbtrnlned nnd In telligent corpa of auxiliaries and nn aug mented orchestra will lie used. Those most prominent lu the presenting In o role is entrusted; Mr. Fred erick Devorak. .ns Kllngshor; Mr. L. S. Me- | Hoc, as Anifortas; Mr. Frauds Murray, ns ; Guriipmnnx, and Miss Virginia Keating as Kundry. AH of the Hayreuth customs will : he carried out except the time of eomincnc- Ing, which has been slightly changed. The dividing of the performance Into two sec tions with a two-hour dinner Intermission hns been eliminated. The only Intermis sions that will he given will he those of five to eight minutes’ duration between the acta, which uro required to set the mnsrdve scenic accessories, hut owing to Its length the performance will begin nt 7:45 sharp one mtist he seated before the house darkened, which means before tin* rise of the first curtain. Late comers will not he shown to tliclr sents during the action of BIJOU'S GIFT 70 PUBLIC IS SPARKLING, DASHING, MUSICAL COMEDY BILL “Me, Him and I” the Holiday Offering For Week. "Me, Him and I,” Hurtlg and Sea- mon’s successful spectacular musical comedy sensation which will be next week's attraction at the Bijou, pro vides a clean, lively, laughable even ing’s entertainment. The principal comedians Impersonate the remnants of a "busted” Indian medicine show. Billy Watson as the funny German, Mike Kelly as Doctor Con Conn, "the only Irish Indian In captivity,” and Billy Arlington as the genial hobo. They arrive In Seattle, via hand-car special, Just In time to contract the "gold fever,” and having nothing to travel on, they set their nimble wits to work to beat their way to the Klon- dyke. It happens that the Hon. Hiram Rolla, a wealthy Westerner, Is taking party up to look over his mining property und has offered free trans portation on his private yacht to a theatrical company en route to Dawson City, The efforts of the three tramps to Include themselves In this company and their successive "turn-downs” nt the hands of the rough Western ticket agent, the manager of the company and the magnate himself, provide plen tiful fun for the first act. Neverthe less, they jnunage to get aboard *he yacht, where the second act finds them alternately Imposed on and Imposing I upon people. In this scene they Intro- [ duce their "comedy band," said to be the funniest musical burlesque on the boards today. The last act finds them in the Klondyke, where their "tenderfoot luck” enables them to find a fortune, and the final curtain finds them literally "rolling in wealth,” for they have fallen Into a “cache” where some early miners concealed their gold. As a subsidiary story we have the romances of William and Costa Rolla, son and daughter of the Hon. Hiram, and the/quaint courtship of 8eattle Sal and Klondyke Charley, ■two typical products of the Far West. There is a novel character In the person of %n to appreciate the grand opera are great lovers of the beautiful story and want to see the drama. The management has announced that the sale of tickets for Richard Mans field will be conducted on Monday, three days In advance of the produc tion. so that the public will not have to stand in line on Christmas da>. English lord, who Is both a gentleman and n hard worker, certainly a novel type In musical comedy. The music, by the way, was specially written for this piece by Max Hoffman, composer of the Rogers Brothers’ recent suc cesses. Among the spectacular num bers for which special scenic and elec- trlcul effects have been provided, are a musical football game, a gorgeous und picturesque- coon number, a beau tiful nautical song, nnd un Arctic scene, during which an appropriate ballad Is not only sung, but enacted with all the accessories of snow-clad moun tains, illuminated by the Aurora Boro- alls, or "Northern Lights,” and a sleigh bell ballet. A travesty on Creator©, introducing the "Me, Him and I” bund, a most beautiful tableau vivant in "My Dear Old Fatherland," the military specta cle, an eccentric laughing number. In addition there nre Spanish and Alas kan numbers, In which the large and TIM MURPHY, THE GENIAL COMEDIAN. lively chorus, appropriately costumed, disport themselves with topical songs and parodies, In’ plenty for the come dians and the soubrette. Hurtlg and Beamon havo spared no expense In mounting and costuming this Nhow. Matinees will be given on Christmas day, Wednesday, Thursday and Satur day. K. Enjstron. The body of K. Enjstron, an em ployee of the Atlanta Steel Works, C mes To Grand on Monday and Tuesday With Matinee. From all reports, Mr. Tim Murphy Is to bring with him to the Grand on w'ho'dle'd nt" a""private sanitarium '' ,nnday “ nd Tuf,,day nl * ht “ “ nd »“«•- Thursday morning, Hen In the under taking parlor* of nnrelny & Brandon awaiting word from relative* In Penn sylvania. Little xni known of him. lie reaided at 221 Luckle afreet. Liz,II* in Gay Attir*. Siieelat to The Georgian. Lliella, On.. Dec. 22.—Our town I* takliiK on It* holiday attire. The More* nre full of Christmas Hood*. The young people are arranging their entertain ment*. From all appearunce* there will l>e a happy time In the town next week. idlSS LOUISE KENT. On. of Ih. moot papular actr.,.., at tha El Dorado, who la soon to ap pear in loading rota*. day matinee another auccaaa In character of Colonel Jim Johnstone, nnd the comedy. "A Corner In CofTee." This la n drnmatliatlon of Cyrus Townsend Brady's popular novel, which appeared serially In The Smart Set. Dr. Brady says In the book that ap plications for the dramatic right* came from the montent the story ap peared. Bo he complied a description of the characters os he thought they might best be epitomised for the pro gram. It Is herewith produced from the book “In order," say, Rev. Mr. Brady, "that It oiay Incline the reader to know them better.” There Is Elijah D. Tlllottson, aged SO; a civil engineer who attempts a seemingly impossible task for a re ward he very much desires. Then there Is “the Honorable Reginald Ker- tlgern Klllegrew DeBevoise Bmlth- Pogls, son of Lord Revllstone. “b am Smith, purchased Pogls,’’ aged ft. a young aspirant for a heart, who does not wish to be adopted; and “Mr. Cun ningham Cutter of uncertain age. ditto morals, a broker, who goes broko to the great delectation of the reader —or should I pay audience?” "These three," to continue Dr. Bra dy's description of his own oharnrt.rs, "are suitors of Miss Constance Van lienthuysen Livingstone, agsd M. the personification of every virtue and the possessor of every charm except that of extreme youth, yet In the end aha has to do her own wooing. To re lieve and accentuate Miss Livingstone there are Miss Gertrude Van Stuyler. : o young woman of fashion, who strives to express the opinion of 'society,' und . Miss Gretchen DeKaater, a maiden I lady of advanced years and narrow ' views, who still thlnka Washington square the social, mental and moral center of New York. "There comes Mr. Bertram Van Ben- thuysen Livingstone, Miss Living stone’s wily brother (N. B. 'Bertie' and •Connie' are orphans). Bertie, who Is 1 engaged to Miss Van Stuyler, kae views of his own about his sister's fu- ; ture. also her money. He divides with Cutter the villainy of the story, and you will rejoice to see him get his •come-uppance' at last There Is one other speaking part of much Impor tance, Colonel Jim Johnstone, a South ern gentleman with Western modifica tion*. who goes armed Into Wall street for fear of hla Ilfs. As for ihe rest. Cutter has a partner, Drcwltt. who says little, and the Livingstone, have a butler, who says less."