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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
FRIDAY, DKCRiinKB % ISO*.
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•THE DAYLIGHT CORNER."
This Is the Time
To Buy ’
Children’s
. Clothing
From now until January
1 you will be able to get
great bargains in these
goods on account of the
fact we are clearing out
some small lots left from
the Christmas trade.
COME NOW.
DON’T DELAY.
Eiseman & Weil,
1 Whitehall Street.
HI MILITARY DRILL
PLANKED BY TROOPS
LOCATED AT AUGUSTA
l|» Wul lo Till’ Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 28.*—The local
military oRlrer* are planing for a field
day exorcise which will be held next
Tuesday, January 1, at the alte of
Camp McKenzie, the place where the
I'nltcd State* soldiers were encamped
during the Spanish-American war.
Adjutant Major Barbot, of the Au-
lusta battalion, has charge of the ar
rangement* for the day and every ef
fort Is being made to mako It a great
•uccoss.
A battalion drill will be held and
Colonel John D. Twiggs will review the
troop*
that will be held, several
athletic contests will be engaged In and
Pnxes will probably be given to tho
•ttccessful competitor In each one of
the contest*.
PANIC ON PETERS STREET;
“SNAKE EATER’S" RATTLER
STARTS A ROUGH HOUSE
When B,alley's grocery store, at 140
Peters street, was opened Friday morn
ing a big rattlesnake, fully six feet In
length, was found colled on the floor In
a coal .room.
The startling discovery was made by
i , nc ,*L ro <lellv6r y boy. who had gone
into the room for coal to make a fire In
the store. .The negro almost stepped
on the huge reptile before noticing It.
? nd **’ en he did see It; almost went
Into hysterics.
Wildly throwing his coal scuttle to
one. side, the negro gave a yell and
"akldooed" as fast as his trembling
limbs would permit. Several other men,
Including Policeman Butler, were
quickly attracted to the scene, and
with sticks, dispatched the reptile.
An Investigation was made, and It
was soon learned that the snake had
escaped some time during the night
from a snake "satin" show nearby. In
Peters street. It Is presumed the rat-
tier had a horror of being eaten alive
and consequently bolted at an oppor.
tune moment.
ELIHU ROOT DEFENDED
AS TO STATES RIGHTS
Washington, Dec. 28.—A vigorous
defense of the secretary of state, Mr.
Root, from the charge that he has, on
behalf of the administration, favored
strongly centralized government to the
prejudice of the reserved rights of the
states, Is made In a brief filed with
the United States supreme court by
Solicitor General Hoyt, of the depart
ment of Justice.
The brief presents the government
contention in the non' famous case of
Kansas vs. Colorado, upholding the
right of federal control of certain
streams necessary to carry on the. gov
ernment's reclamation work. In main
taining that this Is a conflict between
the states which only the national
sovereignty Is competent to set
tle, the solicitor general makes the
following comment on Mr. Root's much
discussed speech:
"The present secretary of state
speaks with the authority of an emi
nent public man as well as counsel
learned In the law. The purport of hi*
utterances on uniform state laws has
been misconceived. He say* that If
one state maintains a law condemned
by the public sense of the country or
lags In the performance of Its duty,
then the Instinct for self-government
exercise a power which he falls to ex
ercise. His conclusion Is that the
states must awake to their responsi
bilities, must rcassume and exercise
their power. His searching words are
a plea for more state power; greater
states rights, not less.”
According to the department of Jus.
tlce, the position of the federal govern
ment In this case raises a constitutional
question, the Importance of which has
never before been exceeded. The wa
ters in question are desired tot Irrl-
gallon In Colorado, In which state the
river has Its source. Knnsas raises the
point of riparian rights. Colorado
claims she can do with the waters as
she pleases as a sovereign right. The
government agrees with neither state.
"Thtlr powers of Internal police," It
fs declared, “arc exhausted at the
boundary, and yet the effects are
claimed to pass beyond.'
It is here that the governmerft's claim
for furthir powers than those enumer.
ated and Implied under the constitu
tion may again draw the fire of those
who have been contending that the ad
ministration has been aiming to take
nxvay valuable prerogatives from the
states.
The government expects to meet with
stern opposition this effort to ex
ercise control over non-navlgable Inter
state streams. Tho minority party Is
beginning to have an Idea already that
the next national campaign cart he
of the people Is too strong to permit fought out on tne old states rights
them long to respect any one's right to 1 Issue.
THE THEATERS
Mansfiald in “Pssr Gynt."
If you think that Is good," said the
Lady Who Knows to one who was
oracularly descanting on the merits of
Richard Mansfield's production
Peer Gynt," "why you're no Critic."
“Gimme a transfer,” one whispered
the conductor, partly by way of re
ply to the Lady Who Knows.
Mr. .Mansfield would deserve
plaudits of the theatergoers merely for
having the faith and the confidence
requisite far the producing of “Peer
Gynt." It Is a most ambitious effort—
and a most unconventional effort In
tills degenerate day and time. In the
popular mind (the mind that directs
hand to the nurse, Ibsen stand.
TWO NEGROES HELD
FOR SELLING LIQUOR
Ipi i lil tn Tli# Georgias.
Loganville, Ga., Dec. 28.—Two ne-
Jo* Pattlllo and Edgar Cooper,
*tre tried yesterday before Judges
h»rr and Tuck on a charge of sell-
'■« whisky, out of which, It seems, tho
Surlier was committed at Reuben Blas-
engamo's house last Sunday.
The negroes were bound over In a
”' n ’l "f IlfiO each for appearance at
at, court of Monroe In January next.
for Ghosts and Hedda Gabbler and A
Doll's House. It required faith and
fool-hardiness to produce those plays,
and, so far as one has heard, nobody
has ever made money with them. Yet
comes Mr. Mansfield with ambitious
love of his nrt (and. mayhap, faith In
his own’ability to till a house at ad
vanced prices) and puts thousands of
dollnrs Into a lavish production of a
stupendous dramatic poem, the name or
the nnture of which not one playgoer
In a hundred wot of.
There doubtless were shortcomings
to the interpretation, as seen at the
Grand Thursday evening—shortcom
ings that Jarred the sensibilities of the
few who know and lovo their Ibsen.
That Is rather to i/e expected. There
were those Shakespearean scholars
who found many faults In Booth's
Hamlet anil his Ingo. Yet, without
intending any inferential comparison,
Mr. Booth Is to this day held up us a
great Hamlet and a great Iago.
Were there any acid teat of criticism
to apply to acting (or writing, or paint
ing, for that matter,) the theater would
cease to be. Were there any absolute
standard of criticism, actors would
cease to be. Hut fortunately It Is
permitted that the art be that of In
terpretation. Jones' Hamlet may In no
wise resemble Smith's Hamlet, save In
name and make-up; yet who Is to say
that Jones' work was art and Smith's
was balderdash? Is It not sufficient
to say: "I like Jones' work; It was con
vincing?"
That Is as near as any critic may
get to the standard of criticism. Does
tt, or does It not, convince one?
Some fault, aa haa been Insinuated,
was found by uvld Ibsenlte* with Mr.
Mansfield's "Peer Gynt” on the ground
that lie failed to present the play
wright's meaning. He erred, they aay.
In niuklng Peer Gynt appear to be half,
wltted, somewhat Idiotic; these Mans
fleldlan tricks of gait, speech and man
ner. they point out, have no Justin
cation In the text of Ibsen. Granting
the possible validity of this. It Is noth
ing but Just to grant Mr. Mansfleld the
right tn paint the thing as he sees It.
His version of Peer's early character
certainly had the merit of being con
vincing. The miracle that changed him
from the worthless dreamer to the
wealthy merchant could as well an
chor an aimlessly wandering Intellect.
But, tn the play:
George Bernard Shaw polnta nut
that Peer Gynt Is comparable to Don
Quixote—that both Ibsen and Cervan
tes had the same general object In view
—the reducing of Ideals to absurdity.
It Is well to keep this in mind In think
REMOVE CATHOLICS
EROM CITY OFFICES
THE A,JU DEMANDS
Warm Factional Fight for
Local Positions oh in
Augusta.
Muse’s Versus
the “Slipshod.”
A hint of good tailoring, with a “bow
and a scrape” at style, is the success of
sonic clothes; or the lack of it, rather.
And there is a temporary gain in that
sort of achievement—but temporary for
both you and the store that sells you. But
it isn’t the soit of thing that will build a
store like Muse’s.
Muse’s demands that the foundation of
a suit of clothes, as well as every detail,
shall be such as to stand the correct test
of service.
Closest of care and sharpest oversight
are indispensable—means more expense
to us. Does it pay?
Well, you see Muse’s, don’t you?
Suits $15 to $40.
Muse’s
3-5-7 Whitehall.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 28.—At the meet
ing of the city council of Augusta laat
night T. M. Phllpot was elected police
commissioner from the First ward. Hla
opponent was John Jay Cohen, chair
man of the board of police commis
sioners. The vote stood 9 for Phllpot
and 7 for Cohen. The election of a po.
lice commissioner means much to the
members of the pollde department here.
In Augusta each policeman Is elected
for a term of three years, and on
January I the terms of alt the police
men expire, and there Is considerable
uneasiness among a large number of
the members about whether or not they
111 be re-elected.
In the loat mayoralty campaign
Mayor-elect Dunbar had the support
of the A. P. A. element, which is the
most powerful organization In local
politics. Dunbar was elected by a good
majority over Captain Young, and now
his constituency in the ranks of the
American Protective Association are
demanding that all the Catholics and
their sympathisers who are holding
isltlons under the city government
removed. It Is predicted by some
that many of the most efficient officers
In the Are department, the police de
partment and other departments of the
city government will lose their positions
for political reason* solely. Chief Rey
nolds, of the Are department, la said to
be one of the best lire chiefs Augusta
has ever had, yet the A. P. A.'s demand
that his head must come off.
Lieutenant Collins, of the police de
partment, Is the most efficient officer
In the whole department, yet hjs head
must come off also, It Is said.
DR. LINGLE TO PREACH
AT 1ST PRESBYTER IAN
On next Sunday, morning and even
ing service*. Dr. W. L. Dingle, of Rock
Hill. 8. C., who Is In the city tem
porarily, will occupy the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church.
Two weeks ago the congregation of
the First Presbyterian church called
Dr. Llngle to become Its pastor, to All
the vacancy made by the resignation
of Dr. C. P. Bridewell.
Dr. Llngle is one of the foremost
Presbyterian divines in South Carolina,
and in addition to hl» duties as pastor,
he Is engaged extensively In education
al work, being chairman of the board
of trustees of Davidson College.
Dr. Llngle Is a thinker and speaker
of power and eloquence.
SPECIAL TRAINS DUR
ING HOLIDAYS BE
TWEEN ATLANTA
AND ALBANY VIA
CENTRAL OF GEOR
GIA RAILWAY.
Get Stylish Clothing
For Men and Women
Pay as you wear—that’s our plan—
and goods are sold as low as at any
cash store—$1.00 a week buys a whole
lot here.
For Men and Boys
Overcoats, Suits. Shoes, Hats.
For Women and Misses
Furs, Coats, Suits, Silk Waists,
Silk Skirts, Millinery, Rain*
coats, Shoes.
Over 71 Whitehall St.
FIELD IS CLEARED
FOR GUGGENHEIM
Denver, Colo., Dec. 28.—The last
vestige of opposition to,the election of
Blmon. Guggenheim to-succeed T. M
Patterson In the United States senate
disappeared today when Congressman
K. W. Bonynge left for Washington
after announcing hie withdrawal from
the senatnrln! race.
Mr. Bonynge was Mr. Guggenhalm'
most formidable opponent and has
spent tils holiday vacation in a vIl
ous canvass of the legislature and
among party leaders. Ho said before
leaving that ha found the sentiment
for Guggenheim so nearly unanimous
thnt ho had given up all Idea of hav
ing his name mentioned In the Repub
Mean caucus next Monday night.
Effective first train leaving Atlanta
S:4B a. m. and first train leaving Al
bany 2 p. m.. December 15, and dally
to and Including December 25, for the
accommodation of holiday travel.
For detailed information apply to
your nearest ticket agent, or
W. H. FOGG,
District Psttsngsr Agent
he story of Peer Gynt Is the study
of a temperament; It record# the ad
venture# of a man, richly endowed by
nature In Imagination, whose Impulse
Is to snatrh every pleasure, elude every
pain. HI# watchword Is Compromise,
m m m : ' bull
him "go round" Instead of "through.
Peer has In 111# youth one pure love,
tho love for Bolvlng. But so entan
sled has he become In the sensual life
of the kingdom of the Trolla that he
believes It Impossible to accept the #a
ered love of Bolvelg, offered with such
abandon.
The resulta of hts casual Intrigue
with the Troll King's daughter are uo
maddening, so suffocating to one whose
chief aim la to escape everything un
pleasant that he flees Norway, leaving
itolvelg tn her mountain hut, her pure,
enchanting voice colling clearly over
the snowy waste, "I will wait fur thee,
denr boy."
Then begins a series of fantastic ml
veutures In foreign lands (remember
the Quixote comparison!) which
stretches over a period of thirty years,
and which Includes not only America,
but Africa, In their field of action.
He becomes a great merchant
through devious means, and, mad with
hla ambitions and hla dreams, suggests
the possibility of his becoming Km-
peror of the World, through the power
of his money.
His yacht Is stolen by his friends of
the moment, and he Is left helpless and
alone fn the desert. The yacht Is blown
to atoms In Peer's sight. "God Is with
me.” says Peer. “Providence saved
From out of the snnds of the
desert comes a richly caparisoned
steed to take Peer away to food and
ahetter. "Man's will accomplishes all,"
says Peer.
Now, much of this part of the play
was omitted Thursday night. Peer,
tottering old man that lie Is, has an
intrigue with Anita, daughter of the
desert. She robs him and leaves him
again In the desert. He makes his way
to a mad house, where he becomes Em
peror of the World. It Is only In this
mad house that Peer achieves bis
dream.
He makes his way on ship back to
Norway. There Is a storm; the ship Is
wrecked. Peer wrests a plank from a
man. leaving him to drown, and
reaches the shore In safety. It was hla
last triumph of self.
He reaches his old home In Norway.
The boya and girls- are atlll laughing
over the memory of the boy Peer Gynt.
Now he. is broken In body, penniless,
hideously pitiful. He faces Death. He
secures respite to account for his sins.
Death, In the form of the Button
Moulder, returns. Peer tries to prove
he has committed crimes—claims sins
that he does not really think are sins.
The Moulder refuses him. Finally the
supreme love and sacrifice of Bolvelg
brings home to him the realixatton of
his real crimes, find the fact that he Is
sis Is worked out by fantastic and sub
tle treatment. It Is full of elusiveness,
that defies the tangible expression of
cold fact. It Is largely an appeal to
one’s Imagination, one's Inexpressible
sensibilities.
The presentation Thu today night was
rich In this appeut to one's month!
sensibilities.
There Is nlwnys the one criticism to
be brought against Mr. Mansfield's
work. The same old tricks and man
nerisms and that same old voice so
Irritating at tlmfs, aro omnipresent.
Peer, returned. Is too much like Baron
Cheveral, too much like Ivan. It wn#
as the rolllcksome, harum-scarum lad
thnt Mansfleld wu# best. This man,
old In yenr* and In art. con be a youth
of youths! And In Ase's death—Matin-
field's elocution wu# superb. Oh. you
could tly over the ground In the car
riage with him; you could feel the
horses charging, you could see the
castle Just ahead! And then, *
Peer turned and
$1.00
Starts an account wtth a. LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with the
book only tn th*
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
THE NEAL BANK
Interest allowed at the rats of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually.
E. H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Cashier.
H. C. CALDWELL, Aut Cashier.
WITH TRA UTMANS IN COURT,
THIEF LOOTS THEIR HOME
New York, Dec. 28.—While Mrs. Al- ring, a diamond brooch, a silver ipatcb
exnnder Trautman ’and her husband
were In Jefferson Market police court
yesterday tn the caso In which Mrs.
Tmutmnn was discharged on the com
plaint of larceny made by Peter J. Ho
gan, a burglar entered their home at
8(9 Lexington avenue and stole prop
erty worth about 8250. The stolen ar
ticles were a gold watch, a diamond
ease, and other trinkets.
When Mrs. Trautman returned with
her husband „ they found that their
houso had been ransacked and the
goods stolen. The thief had pried open
a door opening from tho basement Into
the areaway. Dr. Trautman notified
Captain Carson of the East Thirty-
fifth street police station, and his de
tectives are now searching for the
burglar.
broken-hearted and sincerely self-con
victed gives hint a chance to try and
make a man of himself. Peer Is given
another chance. In Bolvelg he finds
his strength and his refuge.
Peer Gynt la a difficult play; Its the-
what a fall In art! Mansfield fatted
almost utterly. There was no pathos,
there was none of the lovo of the hoy
for his "little, ugly old, good old moth-
Miss Emma Dunn scored nn artistic
triumph as Ase. None of the others
had a chance.
The orchestra quickly went from
Grieg to grief. Pity 'twits, 'twit# true.
The audience was the finest of the
season. EDWIN CAMP.
“Ms, Him and I."
performance Friday night and
matinee and night Baturdny will con
clude the engagement of "Me, Him and
1" uC the Bijou. This attraction ha*
won tho proud record for plnylng to
more people than any other attraction
at the Bijou this season.
It Is a musical comedy absurdity,
that Is full of bright and Jingling mu
sic, clever comedians, pretty women, n
dainty chorus and a magnificent equip
ment of wardrobe and scenery.
The attraction hits scored a wonder
ful hit here, and will be one of the
most welcome attractions of the fu
ture.
Nat Wills Coming.
It may be like counting chlckena
before they are out of the Incubator,
but It certainly looks as It the Bijou
will have the event of Its season In the
engagement of Nat M. Wills for the
week that starts on Monday night.
There Is no, question but that "the
happy tramp" Is one of the greatest
local favorites In stage land, and the
fact that he Is to play at the Bijou for
a solid week, and at Bijou prices, comes
as a tidal wave of good fortune.
In "A Bon of Best" and "The Duke
of Duluth." Nat Will# scored great suc-
resses. and In his new
Dog,” It Is agreed that
play of his career, one that give# him
a wider field of notion ami a more cer
tain way to present hfs specialties.
The supporting company Is of rare
excellence, including a score of well-
known and popular musical comedy
artists, and there Is to be a musical
-rogram of Interest, because It Is the
effort of George A. Nicholas, once on
the Wells, Dunne A Harlan staff.
Beats for the engagement can be ob
tained Friday from the box office, and
at absolutely no advance In th* scale
of prices. s-
Colonel Edgar to Speak.
"Stonewall Jackson" will be the sub
ject of a lecture that will be delivered
at the Baptist Tabernacle Friday night
by one of those brave men who fol
lowed that daring and Illustrious leader
during the civil war—Colonel Oeorge
31. Edgar, of Lexington, Ky.
According to press reports the lecture
will crave to be a literary treat, as
Colonfel Edgar has a thorough knowl
edge of the great soldier of whom ha
will speak, and besides the lecturer Is
known as one of the most brilliant and
foremost educator* In the South. Ha
enjoyed the close pftrsonal friendship
of Jackson, both In peace and war, and
Is therefore highly qualified to tell df
the beautiful Christian character, as
well a* the marvelous martial ability
which combined to make onn of the
most famous and revered geniuses tho
South has ever produced.
"Th* Two Orphans."
The production of "The Two Or-
when] Phans" Inst night at the El Dorado by
hi# mother dead, the Haldwln-Melvllie Stock Company
was an epoch In the higher standard of
plays and acting that Is being set by
this popular company. In the organi
zation of a slock gompany and a grad
ual settling Into the wants of the popu
lar taste there nrn many things to be
considered and among them many
plays have to be tried out to learn
what the public demand. These pre
liminary trials have been gone through
and in tho class of plays now seen at
the El Dorado the results arc apparent.
"The Two Orphans" last night drew a
large crowd. In spite of the Inclement
weat|ier, and that they rvero well
pleased was evident by the repeated
applause that greeted the company's
efforts. The production would have
done credit to a much higher priced
organization.
“The Two Orphans" will be repeated
Friday afternoon and Friday night and
Saturday afternoon and night.
TH* - Star.
The Star company played to another
good house Thursday night, who seem
ed to enjoy every line of the perform
ance.
Tho musical features were of the
sort that drive away cares and the
blues.
The Star chorus of pretty girls are
seen at their best in this bill, with
many new musical and march fea
tures.
The moving pictures are also welt
worth seeing.
"A Fight for a Mine" Is one of those
exciting dramas filled with plenty of
This bill will be
and Saturday nights
matinee.
■ented Friday
and Saturday
Wedding at Court House.
W. C. Brice and Mies Flora Sands-
len, both of Atlanta, were married In
the private office of County Ordinary
John tVllklnson Friday morning. Th*
license applied for by the young man,
who was accompanied by his chosen
bride, was grunted by Deputy Clerk J.
W. Stallings, and as soon as the paper
was In the hand* of the happy pros
pective bridegroom he asked Mr. Stal
lings to perform the interesting cere
mony. Always accommodating, Mr.
Stallings sold, that he would secure a
minister, and Rev. \V. T. Atlmand, of
tho Baptist church, responded to the
call, performing the ceremony In tho
presence of Mr. Stallings, Messrs. M.
At. Anderson. and P. H. Calhoun, of
the ordinary’s office, all of whom heart
ily congratulated the happy couple.
After January 1st, 1907, interest at rate of 4 per
cent per annum, compounded semi annually, will be
paid on savings deposits.
Deposits made on or before the 5th of January
will draw interest from the 1st of the month.
TRUST COMPANY
OF GEORGIA
EQUITABLE BUILDING.
Capital, Surplus and Profits S650,000.00
Open till 4:30 p. m. Saturdays, 6 p. m.
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