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SOME NOTABLE COMING ATTRACTIONS AT THE GRAND
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♦ N«xt Thurml»y night The ♦
♦ Lion and th' Mouse fit *l< ♦
♦ Tusadai ♦
♦ Wafotidi) mattnea anil night ♦
♦ Hsptearibei Norman Hk l" ir ♦
♦ In "Claaamafs ♦
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"Th. Lion and the Mouae” Next
Thuraday.
In ' The Lion and the Mouaa." which
Henry H Harrl* v 111 produc h"P
on next Thnrarla night only ' lnirl<-a
Klein haa written a play which la
deatlnad to ilve In th** ininda of all
f heater goer* whose privilege II ia
arc It
The theme la one never before util
Ized for Blau** purposes It. I* tin
power of money In American petition
and the |K>ssibtllM<** lor evil held b*
ilßacnjptilmis handa
Shirley Rosamor*'. daughter n' .ludU.•
IlOfiaTinro, of th** anpf'-ne <*airl ri
turn* from Korop - to find her lather
ruined flnanolally and undergoing In*
peaohment at th*- Inaplratlon of th<
me n-) octr pun *'ik llflfit which he hai
rendered unfavorable decision* ll*'r
hi.m.* coining Is naturally one of die
rppnlntnienta and heartbreak*. for
daring her vlatt to Europe ah>* ha*
pi*t and fallen In love with the no'
nf John Burkett Ryder ,h ' - vr,ry m “' l
who haa ruin* d Iter father .lefferaoi
Ittdor, who la In turn In love with
Shirley Rnaatnore, Hroompnnles h**r I*
her hotnr and naked for h**r hand It
r. arrlage, hut when Shirley la
14 ■|t :■ c ondli that ex I
ah** refuge* ami dlamlaaea him and
dec,area her Intention to tlgh’ hi* fath
rr Jeffernon. however, ti nlao altoek
id at hi* falltera pcrnlclou mean*
ot d'ah muring the nam • (.1 R'uvnmv
at*d In hta ayntpatlr lor Shirley d*-
, M*-*t to help her, although he knowa
|t ta to d *i*tat hi* falhor'a plan* The
aernnd ail ahnw* the Inner private
library of the Ryder mansion on
FI tb aventii with fa vnlny aonatora.
chairmen of national polltleal com
r It’eea and Jud*e» kfiklrg theli h* **l*
In the outer chrrldora a* a ang-.ee'lon
-f the nt’iioiqihere of money power
All ol them at" sent gruffly awa h*>*
fii • lohn n*irk«tt Ryder hit* an ap*
po pfncut with Sarah Green author
( f "The Oet( pn* n book wlth h he
h' written and wh* », eeptra! ohnr
ii.**r I* .lohn Burkett Ryder, under
n o her nnm. Mlaa Green. r.*h«> "f
(>.*(!•(• I* rthlflo ltd 1 non mlrit
•*-!(' sh rr frlli »*» ii re‘o a rim hi v atlm
~* *l* c enfonwt' r b' twicn her " and
V-Sei tvi'iol r'Oi lor frunkii •*■
r* d eleverne* he : ! her to write
h * autolihi riphy and put* her In poa
a**a!ntt of nc-ret dorunienta from
which to got Hi dvr Ut*r bring
00,1 of fill* II n her* of Ilia household
for a oon*'dn ihle length of time, the
mantor aul ligation i * hr < lever!!*'**
n**d wR t«* ao eonipN'e. that h nak*
her to onirr h'« *" • In <id r to k* ep
him <ul of ihr * lul hea of th daugh
ter'of the hated It xanirres H»r k*cn
ae a * rs wop-unbend <*U her lov.. for
Jeffer *o»i *' II nt a’lor. her to fur
thrr deceive fhoa • who have shown
|t*r piT«ipal kwdße** whereupon »tie
«dmtt» h'r tdentlv n» »*"lM|t the r* ul
Jlt»* Rons: rrc Outwitted afd cheat
cd In his feed *i hop''* R'dif In a
'i o( cia* ratt.n i rilfin hi r ft I 'Jin
til* hmtre whrrrMtvin the nun r
no-1 Interfere*. telling I'lb fut'ifr Ids
di'lfri-l'-Mlor to I*t*vo with h r mid
bee,, :c h'r hi! md Hi r Shirley a
riid-' In'i rf< ■ * end ‘h< dwi'nnre*
IV rt i Fr I'rm r'.i * hi u Pul "hr
avail'd net nil' h’rut'll to tu'l 11 h*'v
pb to mart th • »oo of a men who
-,-c .'I <t n d r ~l> ' golden
horl » it who r 'M« r to I It lilh hind
to rave fn'tnr from unmerited
disgrace Till; scene Ins been uiiaul
| t ipt- -v e.-ped 1, {til - rlllcs to bo
one of the very b**' Introduced lit h
drama of rem t mi' Kvnn the sue
irut,of the >|ni which evervon,. In
fati'li'ar with, '» rrniM n xuffleU-Ht tlmt
-I' « „f iho»t r koitn should not
(nil to •• H
Mr ||erri It. Harris’ name I" proof
that the production will ho given hire
In every way first el»-« and exaotly
n* irrti In Nr" Yolk. with n east «n
t‘ri’l' capable es pi.' ntlng In the
v*r> bent way *he »«iT«I character
Irattor.N Tht seat nab* Ib announced
frr i<r\ l TV end it mornlnit Bt the box
iiftlee and I tie Bt'Ble < • prlrnt are aa
fellow» Hox eat*. »' lower door.
*1 Xft nnd It. balcony, Tut ami II;
eallerv. jr.e amt SO-
Out nf town oritera received nnd
fled alter the aent Bale open*
Tha Ca«t o» "Claaemati*," Matmea
and Night, Sept, 30th,
Boil* leara ar.o when Sarah Hern |
hardt put on her production of ' Them i
dora at the Odeon theater In I'nrta,
ahe aearehed alt Trane, tor aetor*
and aeiroaaea to fit the varloua part*
ealleil for hi the dramatis p< raonae
of the trnaeili- fur example. the
Strangler a giant brought front-
Trou i llle the King a gentleman of,
great dignity and martial bearing
from Bordeaux, the France waa a fair j
Haired lad from St Mato, Brittany,
and a»< every part »aa tilled with not j
onlv the Uneat aetor or aitreaa for j
the" part but with the man or woman
who looked the part to perfection The I
reault waa Burh a revelation even to
I‘arl* ting the plai had mu of the
tojigeet rune known to thi M»> >'-ip
tto) Following Madame Iternhardt’g
example. Jute* Murry haa aearehed
tht entire eourtn for men and wo
man to dll the parta In t'laaamatea."
the great American pla' of txe Mllle
Duycatt Irving, aa plav.nl bv Norman
Haekett. I». »• one New York critic
oxpressed It, ’in thf hand* of the one
man beat nutted to It ter S'lit*
Randolph the proud Carolina beauty,
hr haa »ertired tVrla Mitchell one of
the reigulug beautie* of New York
loaf aeaaou. for the part of Bobby
IXumhla he ha* engaged the rotund
Willa<d Igiul*. the lunnleat of coin
ad Inna, for Rober’ Irving Punean#
fathar Jamea \ bhirey a Southern
gentleman to the cote and to play
the part of Bert Stafford after trying
forty •ana applicant* Mr Murry ae
rured Erakln, Sanford who, Mr Mur.
rv tax a. I* aa perfect a Bert Stafford
aa aver grew In the atate of North
Cartdlna “ And no all down tV Hue
lo tie cadata, who drill and look line,
wll&iSKtn&F#Mb; ■, '*■ . v sJhu tn?- i
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gC' / ypf T? -l Tf*jt,l&lr! i jfc'i * »•**? V V < ' a '** t .■_£ 7** <7. , "‘i- / *ftfy^/ffi*g?T^^M^»W l ‘Oclf%aiig3L& flyfe j
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'-' ‘*l * 4^3UW|J. r99mE?VEr '£ <9F*. 23a*7 jv ~v „''
A strongly convincing
in their Immaculate white ilucka und
! wh have been rhoaeli for their mill
! nr> be a ring, their broad shoulders
! and small ivalat* No detail h»* been
, omitted The east I* us complete a*
i ini,* and care and money elan mak*
' It.
Norman llurkitt and "Ciasamate*
w ill lie pl ea* liled al tbv Grand oh
Wednesday, matinee and night. Sept
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Hoam *ry Gloaa, ;»a “Sonia," anti Gootkc Daniel, aa
the "Priuee" in “The Merry Widow"— Coming.
scene, Act 111. “The Lion and The Mouse," at the Grand next Thursday night
:*O. For the matlnet* porformancM* the
manAgonumt will admit all children
i under 14 years of age for 25 rents,
which Include* a reserved seat.
Al. G. eld Talkt About Actor* and
Acting.
Al (J. Hel l f ivh
•The stm* wiU Im* In the future, as
Hi pant, a reflex of the peoplo and
'7HE AUGUSTA HERALD
times —even more so since the nat
ural play has become the most popit
tr, the heroic and poetic play hpy
“ing declined rapidly th [iust few
years.
"There has been a gieai deal writ
ten us lo commercialism preluding
and dominating theatrical business,
ihifx anyone rein ruber when, the
i teg., was noi controlled bv "omnu r
elail.im? is tnere any record of the
I time or period? Poes anyone know
ii did anyone ever know an ac'or
who notid tor art's sake?
I refer to the actor who has trav- j
tied the raod all are compelled to]
tmil to pain pmaduonce and round
out their art —not lo a hot house ama
teur, who is trying to convince the
world in lives tint tor his art. The
actor who stilus bn arts sake alone
only lives In the .oiltrv Imagination of
a hard working, overpaid areas agent
' (Yuumr rcl iM in h.s (tore much' bir
ihe stage This ipplli sto actors and
dramatist* alike, and it will do mnc.
It the nubile demands plays of a high
■ r rle than now presented tltri will
, lie forth-e nilit ;. Theatrical patrons
ure made the aami as patrons of oth
■ i buatn gwi tMlthmnti. The choa-.i
repirtntn sho.vs Iran hundreds of
persons. They become educated and
iheir : into demand* something hotter
.nan the repertoire stock affords.
They go to the higher class theatre.
If the higher class patron demands
•ometlr.n, betu i. ;h deni itpi "ill he
i supplied ifiid e nnmcrdallsm wll! sup
ply H ...
■'The mos' that can b? said against
the commercialism of the theatre is,
■ ir.i * urt ot gin that prompts thi*|
nrm’tn or ot a success to urgautke in* I
ierlor eoni|.i',nii s to tour the country, j
i larging excessive prices ol adnds
' siiin ter the Inferior companies Tb.-
idea tha- the public desires to see
he play owing to Us success ,ts the
■ xcuse tor charging tin same prlc
i ;• nferb r acting is the good coni
maud i commercial pretext base!
upon he rule that regulate*; trad
] supply and dgmand.
I The singe has advanced more in,
i thi ' i ten x«-»rs than in for.v
years preceding. Theatrical art has
ul* tin •i\ is rnol'liv n* thut of oiht't
i. > -n w inrt u i but natural the
e. mnierci.il tart of the play kept pace'
vith h. artlatlc, in tact, the coin
in'*.in' end is to a great event re
-1 spc.nslb'e lor the suece** of the ar
Writers H the affair* of the stag"
I pin • b>r the go*»d old d»>s ot the
, drama If they will take the time to
read ip they will find that noiwlth- *
standing the fact we have been sur
fed d with cb iff, enough grain his
! Nvn tamer, d to make the average of
dnoioßa -'f the thirty years pracedlt>K
she writer who is pining for the old
drama will advise you the latter day
p!*i „ do net live- meaning they d >
not pay Alter a few season* |'b
i old play*—oven the classics that pay,
excepting for a s. ason. even w hen
presented by the Irvings and Mans
fields.
"Plavs in these days must be nat
ural —a reflex of the people and the
events of the times. Plays of the day
d unaiid character actors. Almost al! |
of the old plays depended on the de
clamatory abilities ot the actor. In
tin good old days if tii actor was a
good elocutionist his faults of action
[nr imitation were excusable. XO'v
! id," s if he e-tn portray the character
\ I hit with tiattiralnesa of sc
ion, hi- funits ol elocution are pass '
id. The play;* of the present (lay, l
excepting a f. w of the standard elas
tics, demand a greater number of com:
potent ac’eis to Interpret them than
do the older plays.
"To Hi credit of ’he old ehniV
actors, wha’ey r that -chocl was I
never could determine, belongs tbe
credit of th*' b ginning of he natural
drama. Joseph Jefferson's Caleb
Plummer,' and Ills never to he forgot
ten creation ol 'R!p Van Winkle yv is
the dt marcitieii Pur -the beginning
of ;ti" in \\ atyle es drama in this
country. Sol Smith Russell wa an
’ other actor to make the natural play
populai ar.d the M -trapibls—that
great city wherein Is supposed to be
j cot'. entraled th* knowledge and cul
ture that elects to select for the pie
l lieians of this country their theatri
cal on;or a:; tie al. never accepted clth
i er of those great artists.
Tin character actors ot our coun
try excel al! others. Hut few actors
1
Gentry Brother*, Arehie,
the only eqne*tian monkey
in the world, with the
Gentry Brothers snow.
in this country aside from'the fe.v 1
matinee idols, attain distinction <1 ,
mean by distinction filing good draw
ing cat<isl if they are not natural char
actor actors.
"Acting is not a rrade or a profes
sion to be learned by set speeches,
rules or lessons. It is a gift of gen- !
ius—an endowment of naiure. There
is no training or teaching that will j
impart tc* an actor the na.'ural gifts,
the inborn talent, the temperament, i
the imagination, the sympathy, the j
discernment, the intuition, the power
of observation and memory to grasp, j
absorb and depict the passions that |
control the mind in unfolding the sub
tilities of the characterization por
trayed. Actors arc born, not made.
The Fr oh mans and all other experi
enced managers' agree in this esti
mate of the qualifications necessary
to attain success on the stage.
"I notice with pleasure that when
ever Mr. Frohman ha* a negro char
acter in one ol his dramas ho selects
one of the old minstrel comedians to
plav tne part. All the old time min
strel performers living were connect
ed with minstrel shows in days gone
by when the Frohman boys were
treasurers, agents or managers of
them. I cannot recall that the Vboh
mans ever owned a minstrel show, but
they managed some of the best ones.
It is asserted they made their start
in life gained their first gretff finan
cial success with he Calendars Geor
gia Minstrels, a company of genuine
negroes, fanny's in their day.'
Al. G. Field's Greater Minstrel will
be seen at the Grand in the near
future.
Coming of Rosabelle Morrison
Sarah Bernhardt is now in the pos
ition of having two versions of 1-aust
on her bards. Resort *o the law
courts probably will be necessary to
get *he matter straightened out.
Madame Bernhardt is to piay "Me
phisto." Doesn't this beat the devil?
Mr. B -rnstein announces with pleas
ure the lorih-coming engagement ot
Miss Rosabelle Morrison, supported
by an "all-star” cast in Faust.
"Human Hearts.”
An event of no small importance ts
the reappearance of W. E. Nanke
viHe’s well known and highly appre
ciated melodramatic offering Human
Hearts.” which will be shown here
for the amusement of our theater
goers in October.
The forthcoming presentation will
be a notable one, from the tact that
the company playing the piece this
year will be the same in every par
ticular as that which Mr. Nankeville
will send to Australia next June.
A special matinee is on the cards
at 25 and 50 cent prices. “Cheap
enough for anybody."
Adelaide Thurston in New Play.
Frederick Pauling, who is the au
thor of the new comedy, "The Wo
mans Hour." In which Adelaide
Thurston will appear during her next
tour, is very well known thnvghout
this section of the country. As an
actor hp has appeared before us as
“Romeo." which role he played for
over twelve hundred performances;
‘‘Captain Absolute," in the "Rivals
with that famous trio, Joseph Jeffer
son. Wm. J. Florence and Mrs. John
Drew; for nearly three seasons. “Cas
sius" in the memorable production of
' ■; * iN.
Adelaide Thurston.
Coming.
“Julius Caesar" by the late Richard
Mansfield. “Captain Swift," "Jint, j
the Penman. " and as “Eugene Do l.lg- j
ney" In his own drama. "A Duel of,
Hearts " Many of our theater goers 1
will remember his quaint Japanese
Baron In Marie Cahill's long New
j Y'ork run of "Moonshine. East sea
son Mr. Pauling played • with Ixiuis
James throughout his tour as "Mr.
Ford." the jealous husband of "The
Merry Wives of Windsor," "Ras
sanlo," the famous lover in "The Mer
chant of Venice." and the laughing
twin of "The Comedy of Errors." He
will support Miss Thurston this com
ing season playing she leading male
role "Roger Dancway."
Miss Thurston in "The Woman’s
Hour" comes to the C.rand soon,
which meets with general approval,
for she I* a favorite with Augustans.
IN THE LIMELIGHT.
"The Devil.”
Thou shalt not have no other Devils
THE >*»xt
„ L IHL k.SDAY'
CvRAND xitiHi
THE DRAMATIC TRIUMPH
OF THE
CENTURY.
The Lion
And the Mouse.
A NOTABLE CAST.
ENTIRE STAGE MOUNTINGS
PRICES 25c TO $1.50.
SEATS READY TUESDAY.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
but the only authorized version un
der the direction of Henry W, Sav
age.
The Girl Question.
"Southward Ho!” is the watery
word of more than 75 thespans, ms®.-
bers of the Askin-Singer Girly Musics*!
Comedy, but "The Girl Question
which will be seen at the Grand thia
season.
The Time, place and the Girl.
Last year at Wallack's theater, New
York, “The Time, the Place and the
Girl" was played by the company
headed by John E. Young in the role
of “Happy Johnny Hicks.” This sea
son’s touring company which is head
ed for the south and Augusta will
again contain the name of John E.
Young, probably th e best young com
edian in musical comedy.
The Merry Widow.
“The Merry Widow” company, or
i ganized for a southern tour, will open
[ its season at Richmond, Va. t soon,
; and will then play the principal cities
of the immense Jake Wells theaters
j ail over the south. Rosemary, Glosz
' and George Damerel, who v.-on all
; New York with their dancing and
i singing of “The Mery Widow” waltz
J during the summer run of the m.erry
operetta a-top the New Amsterdam
theater, have been selected by Henry
W. Savage for the company that is
to tour th e south and which will b«
seen at the Grand very soon.
"The Great Divide."
Henry Miller's "Great Divide" is a
winner and will be an important fac
tor in restoring confidence in the
theatrical market. A substantial in
crease in the volume of business lim
ited to capacity is what "The Great
Divide” will prove when it is present
ed in Augusta for the first time next
month.
Something More About the Devil.
The people of Augusta will soon
be seeing "The Devil." They will go
to "Hell" when Faust comes.
Florence Davis and Elliott Dexter.
Florence Davis, supported by El
liott Dexter, will be seen at the
Grand this season in Maxine Elliott’s
last season’s New York and London
j success, “Under the Greenwood Tree.”
i Miss Davis is a southern girl and she
struggled hard for success, and she
has at last “arrived.”
The Thief.
Henry Bernstein's great success.
The Thief.” with a special company
under the personal direction of Mr.
Frohman. will visit Augusta shortly.
Chip and May Marble.
Those two little southern favorites.
Little Chip and May Marble, -will be
welcomed by a big Augusta audience
when they make their annual local
appearance, this time in another new
play, “His Honor the Mayor,” and as
this is another one of Jake Wells’
plays—don’t miss it.
The Traitor.
Thomas Dixon's newest effort, "The
j Traitor," a dramatic sequel to “The
Clansman,” is on its way to the
Grand.
STREETS TARRED TO
KEEP DOWN THE DUST
Peris Streets Fine for Au
tomobiles But Kills the
Vegetation.
PARIS—To lay the dust raised by
automobiles Tar has been put down
on all (ho macadamized avenues of
Paris with the disastrous result that
all vegetation in the neighborhood has
been killed. The latest experiment
irr.de was in the Avenue du Bois de
Roulogne leading to the wood from
the Arc de Triontphe, which is crowd
ed with autos nearly all year round.
The avenue was tarred four months
ago and the dust which had been in
tolerable before was successfully laid,
but the fine particles of tar thrown
up by passing vehicles have ruined
vegetation. Seven of the finest trees
along the famous thoroughfare have
been killed in the above space of
time and have had to he cut down.
The flower beds and lawns so ft NR
even more and to keen them in shape
] costs the city a fortune every month,
i more than fifteen times the cost us
1 sprinkling the road, as it was form
erly when merely macadamized. Now
the city of Paris has decided to glx’S
up tar altogether for the avenue*
within its boundaries and the dust
problem is accordingly now no nearer
a solution than before. It will ba
the chief question to eome up before
, the international road congress, which
Is to be held here next month under
the auspices of the minister of pub
lic works.
Appearance* Deceitful
"Look* like rather poor sell In tht*
pun of the country" said the stranger.
--Well. It ulr'l" replied the native. "A
•nun over on tha adjoining farm plowed
' up a tin ran wun »« In It one day laat
wppli. —Chlotijfo Ncwp.
j#K COMING
Jf-*j soon
I Jnorman
HACKETT
I in CLASS 'Hjjf
'MATES W