Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-15
NEXT WEEK AT THE THEATER
4leH-PRIcE0 STARS WILL
MAKE UP FoRsYTH am

MAKE UP FORSYTH BILL
The highest cost bill of vaudeville that
has been presented in Atlanta will be
the bill of entertainment at the FORSYTH
next week, starting with matinee on Mon
day and continuing with daily matinee
and evening performances all the week
Joe Welch, the original, one of the clev-
crest character comedians in the theatri-
cal profession, and Trxie Friganza, the
always famous musical comedy comed-
lenne, VIII be the stars of the program
and there will be five other acts of ex-
cepuonal and extraordinary merit
1t is the purpose of the Forsyth man
agement to make the programs for the
busy theater the best that money and
the influence of the Keith circuit can pos
slbly make them There has been such
tremendous patronage during the last
few weeks, response to the excellent en-
tertainment that has been offered. that
very effort is being made to present. tn
highest quality of real vaudeville that is
available and there is no limit to the
cost The shows for some weeks have
been of that extreme high quality that
seats have been so much in demand the
supply has been exhausted hours in ad-
vance Of performances. The strength o,
the show that will commence operations
on Monday has evidenced itself at the
box office with a tremendous advance res
ervation.
Joe Welch, who is to be one of the
stars of the bill, is conceded to be the
funniest Hebrew character comedian He
has been the star of the "Pedder" and
'The Shoemaker perfect successes in
the high class theaters, and his success
for three years in vaudeville has made
him one of the greatest stars of that
branch of the profession He is funny
He Is original and unique and one of the
greatest cards yet brought to the For
syth. Welch has been a headliner for
two or three years, appearing as the star
feature in all the Keith and Orpheum
theaters He is equally as popular with
performers as with the theater- goers, and
it may be depended upon that he will be
one of the best liked entertainers yei
brought to the busy theater
Trixie Friganza, another of the big star
acts, is perhaps the best known of the
modern stars, so far as Atlanta is con
cerned. The delightful comedienne spent
months in Atlanta some years ago in a
stock organization and was cultivated by
some of the best people She left Atlanta
to Join a successful musical Organiza ton
and was rapidly advanced to a star posi-
tion She was one of the most success
full entertainers with the famous Joe
Weber company. and was last seen in At
lanta as the star Of one of the musical
offerings at the Atlanta this last season.
She has been in vaudeville for some weeks
and has scored a triumph that eclipsed
some of the big hits that have been re-
corded by others in the profession. She
will be a popular card on this bill. and
real welcome awaits her.
4 big feature will be the Introduction
of the Asahi Japanese troupe Of six Won
derful entertainers The act is away
from the old style acrobatic Japanese
novelty inasmuch as there are other fea
lures to the act that are of more i'm
portance They viii show some feats
In Oriental magic that will be interesting.
and the feature of this part of the p~o-
gram will be the wonderful water tricks
first performed in this country by Ten
Ichi the great Japanese wizard. who has
given Asahi the secret.
Tom Linton and his Jungle Girls, a com
pany Of nine people, will offer a minia
ture musical comedy that promises o be
one of the actually bright spots on the
bill With special stage equipment and
special music with pretty girls and duo
OF clever comedians tnlS act VIII pTODdDlN
be one of the best features on the bill.
The Three Belmonts, the really famous
singing and dancing trio will offer an
act that gives promise Of helping the
drawing power of the program. Pretty
girls and clever dancing has always been
popular here and there is no doubt that
the Belmonts are in a class all their
owr in this class of work. They viii in
troduce surprise novelty that will be
the talk of Atlanta
Gus Edwards Song Revue.
It is announced that Gus Edwards Song
Revue the big singing and dancing nov
city that headlined the bill at the open
ing of Keith's Union Square theater in
New York, at the reopening of that place
of amusement last week. will be the star
of the Forsyth bin for the week com
mencing June Gath.
The act is the highest priced headliner
that has been brought South, and in ad