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PAGE SIX SOME NOTABLE COMING ATTRACTIONS AT THE GRAND ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ N«xt Thurml»y night The ♦ ♦ Lion and th' Mouse fit *l< ♦ ♦ Tusadai ♦ ♦ Wafotidi) mattnea anil night ♦ ♦ Hsptearibei Norman Hk l" ir ♦ ♦ In "Claaamafs ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦• "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 wHp'W 'jtiE&kfflmS'i&sffi* 'warkMvffr™ A y - • "■■ ' ’’ y , ■■*^2:'? t 'ltf4Leb •' rr 1 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 •fcfV'j&Ww * Vi j?s : '*- ''jf v fyj • '. *. '" •- r ffiSfr'.-fe--..X*’ s9s% jz 3Vfcy*> * \wf% * '• /v V : ,K-V ~. |mm|^ ptSUf ..'**frr-"~'■ 9 ££***"" '**• __- 1 —■'<*_ 'UTMtmjuiffi”™' ■' j|Dk '• *' *•>. _. ■ " IS3K&< iki>- 4 %pHM*wL ) if _ L* -’■ & T i ' • :*V;|3&', v 1 ’ vfj^X.v ~ k •■ X *fftrrjF • ! \ wjgMfißSfcyt ■ if R:»I '-' ‘*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 ; t ; * . . 4 .'a. *■ t *e*.y\V* . ,W . ' - a '*- J*g /kjar . —w- v 'T 3 . • Sh*. t Yy, v*e‘ 4 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