The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-12-14
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of a kind of velvet or gauze. ~
!, Herbert B. Seeley, grandson of the
late p. T. Barnum, and notorious sew
.-t'eral years ago as the giver of the
II "seeley dinner" is again in the public
eye. He now conducts a skating rink,
and two days ago he was arrested for
lpermiting the attendance there OF boys
land girls under sixteen years of age
unaccompanied by their elders
| A new professorship has been es-
Itablished at Columbia University,
namely that Of Social Legislation. DR..
Samuel NJ. Lindsay of the University
of Pennsylvania. has been appointed
to the chair
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt are
Emaking preparations to celebrate
lChristmas at. Biltmore. Upon the
huge tree which will be one of the
features of the occasion, there will be
| a gift for each present and former
| employe at Biltmore. aggregating
500, and they will be selected by
Mrs. Vanderbilt. A band of thirty
pieces will provide the music for the
occasion, and .other entertainment will
be furnished by a vaudeville COM
pany from this city. All the presents
will be purchased in Asnville.
Chat OF the Theatres.
For one grand opera to run six
consecutive weeks is unprecedented :
in the musical annals of this city, yet
such is the achievement of Puceinis
Madam Butterfly which Savage's /
English Opera Company is presenting
at the Garden Theatre. That this
should be so is no matter of astonish-
ment to any one who has heard this
exquisite production. 1t is a delight
to the eye and the ear, and stirs the
deepest emotions. Nothing has been
spared to make it perfect in scenic
detail The score is a masterpiece,
and Is interpreted by an orchestra
fitted to bring out every beauty. Its
story is so intensely human that 1t
must appeal to every one, and with
its artistic setting and rendition 1t is
irresistible. Its title role Is sung
by three prima donnas |
who have won the plaudits OF the
severest European critics. Two OF
them are Americans. One of these
latter, Miss Rena Vivienne, was Cho-
Cho-San the evening heard this de-
lightful composition. and truly am
at loss for. words to express the en- 7
thusiasm she aroused In me. In per-
son she realizes the charm that the
little Japanese wife must have possess I
sed, vocaliy she deserves all the praise
she won abroad, and she has histrionic !.
lifts of an unusual order. Her work
which dominates the opera strength
ms the Illusion that one is in the r.
and Of the chrysanthemuni. an illus e
on that takes hold of one from the
Use of the curtain until its final drop. :
In Daughters Of Men" Charles 9
llein has duplicated the success of
The Lion and the Mouse" and The u
dusic Master" It's theme Is labor
ersus capital. but the playwright adj
COATES the cause OF neither to the
etriment of the other. but suggests NJ
ow the chasm between them might
Q hridged over Were the play pos
essed of little intrinsic value it would bs
ct have power to hold an audience ar
trough the excellence of the cast is
It, Among those who play -
le chief roles are Fife Shannon, 70
race Wilkins. Dorothy Donnelly, BIZ
erbert Kelcex,. QRrins Johnson, Jos !,
III AdeIman, and Ralph Delmore. It's +;
DRY in brief Is this: Jchn Stedman, ba
Young lawyer of high lineage and itrC
eat promise has determined to de- re-
'te his time and talents to the cause 10
the working man. He meets and ha
yes Grace Grossly, the sister Of a I
pitalist who is suffering through a OF
rike engineered by Stedman. She 10.
yes him, but has not the courage to alb,
nounce all the worldly advantages mi
at marriage with hirrS would -entail; cia
d he refuses to fnrsake the princi- to- ~
IS with which he has.beens7so long a 4
entitled, When she. moved by love, gre
willing. to sacriRce. all thatssEie once cor
ought It impossible to liFe-wfthout a..
, Is compelled by circurHstances TO F
'ign his lnosition ss leader of The hun
,or party, bur one feele that IN. her I'm
ection he finds compensation for the 2
altering of many socialistie Ideals. cen
e development OF these circum- falt
noes INVOLVES a. climax of intense o4 .
crest. Miss Dorothy Donnelly as fak
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