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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1913
Page
9
The local theater season opens with a revived musical overview and stars including Miss Emma Bunting and George Whitaker. The program announces matinees and a schedule featuring The Circus Girl and other acts at venues such as the Lyric Theater. Prominent performers Wottow and Carl provide leading roles with a strong supporting cast and future engagements planned in New Orleans.
A detailed notice describes a proposed stage play The Sin from the West with cast names Watt Webster Lawton Eddie Blair Matthew Lawton and others. Four scenes are listed in New York settings and daily matinees and evening shows are scheduled at the Bijou. Box office opens at 2 p m with tickets for the entire week.
Keith Vaudeville reports the Forsyth hill stage offers a prime week of vaudeville. More acts than ever, big names migrate from sea and mountains to perform, making Forsyth a key link in high class vaudeville theaters. Bam Mann and company headline The New Leader comedy with Sam Wann, a talented character comedian, supported by a capable crew of players and stage hands.
The Forsyth vaudeville bill features Willard Simmy and company in Flinders Furnished Fiat, Alexander and Scott with a bright singing act, Mamie Elmore in her Atlanta Keith debut, the Gasch sisters gymnastic act, Art Bowen with funny pictures and Camille’s miniature dog circus. The lineup is touted as one of the strongest since the theater opened.
The Grand Theater reports record interest since adopting motion pictures policy. Kinemacolor entries draw crowds with natural color reels alongside daily black and white releases. Week lineup includes The Struggle, Brighton Beach scenes, Keeping Up With Hubby, Lapland trip, and Steam. Shows run 2:30 to 7:00 at five cents, 7:00 to 8:30 at ten cents.
Gordon Institute, one of the finest educational institutions in the state, will open for the fall term on September 3. Located in Barnesville, Georgia, the school has been improved and now ranks with the best in the country. its faculty is composed of trained educators.
Fire Chief W 5B Cummings departed yesterday for New York to attend the National Association of Fire Chiefs convention. He is a director and executive committee member, joined by several chiefs from neighboring states including Rozetta Nashville Jones Macon Matthews Yampa Bennett Birmingham Cummings Jackson Miss McArthur Americas and Peres Columbus. After the convention he will tour northern and eastern cities for a week.
Dallas, a leading Atlanta businessman, announces candidacy for seventh ward council seat at voters’ urging. He is popular in the ward and city and would succeed Roy M. Abernathy upon his retirement.
One customs inspector and ten guards on duty along the San Francisco waterfront were dismissed from government service today. Warrants were sworn out charging nine of them with conspiracy to smuggle opium.
Miss Mary Wyatt Lovelace will re report her voice studio on Monday September Sth at 523 Teachtree St Wiss Lovelace is a pupil of Oscar Saenger New York and was for three years before coming to Atlanta Ssen Zers assistant teacher She is thus an Indoreed exponent of Mr Saengers method Applications will be received and voices tried at the Studio every morning from 1 to 12 Telephone Ivy 1990.
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