Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

spend three for seats at the Auditorium a
of place to recall few pranks and pers
come here to sing every April for the last four
years, and who will come again this year.
And so here are a few "reminiscences of the
great people Caruso, Geraldine Farrar and
the others, as they have played and posed
about Atlanta, mostly on the broad porch and
neat, little lawn of the Georgian Terrace
stately Young woman, who is one OF our
very best leaders of society, tripped into the
dainty lobby of the Terrace, with great swish
and furry of her blue silk morning gown--blue
silk, YOU remember, was quite the thing for
such occasions last spring. Once within, she
looked about, bewildered, at the exotic persons
who thronged the place; then she made con-
fidant of the nearest bell boy,
(which is Mr. Scotti?" she asked
The tinkling signal Of an electric coupe
sounded outside, as the car was edged into
place against the sidewalk A very grand
lady stepped out, and made her way into the
hotel
(Which is Mr.. scotti?" she demanded
An eager girl who is very well KNOWN by
the way. to Polly Peachtree, sat at one end OIL
the norch leaning forward in her excitement
ooh dear" she quavered. Il wish somebody
would show me Mr.. Scott.
There was quite chorus or them' Vheie az
wavs has been, since Antonio Scott came nrst
TO Atlanta, with his elegant nonchalance' MS
Latin suavity, his undeniable style ana MS
MADAM this is indeed pleasure accom-
named by stiff and ierkys bow from the hips
that is very fetching and irresistible
Nowadays it is only in the picture shows OF
ON the stage-the burlesque stage 1t is 10 DC
feared-that you catch glimpse OF the second
story natrician handshake But you have not
seen the awe-inspiring manner in which Signor
Antonio Scott, son of the Caesars lnIerpre'S
n you have not seen his eloquent hand' PAIN
,nturued. fingers slightly curled. stretched out
toward YOU at the level of your collar'oone'
is grand If you are a staid married "oliidh'
Won sigh if you are a man, you become de-
ordon+Iv Jealous; If you are girl even your
notent and unfailing cute? is frozen on your
lips and brain
All If which is by way of explaining the
.uo which the great baritone has attained
in Atlanta. and how he is lionized' For TWO
wears he was supreme Atlanta society cary
forrd that MIR. Caruso while a very nice man
,,dood was blunt, and bluff, and goodnatured
that Riccardo Martin was too much OF an
American and too natural to be novelty that
NTH cu,v was too shy; that-oh, there were
drawbacks when it came to lionlzing the Gun
ers But Scotti-ah, Scott! Here was a glass
of social fashion, and a mold of polite FORM
IA Mr. Scotti was crowned Prince Charm
ing, the absolute.
mt along came Andrea de Segurola ana MS
monocle. and Scott was absolute no longer u
mas the monocle that did it, declare the re-
sortfu hut staunch admirers of Scott. But
no declare the heretics; Mr.. segurola is every
hit as nice as Mr.. Scott, and besides he is so
,ollv And thus it was that Scott came 10
share the palm with Seg'lrola as the delight
Of feminine hearts
That was two years ago. Last year came
another in the person of Pasquale Amato so
that triumyirate of charmers was formed
Amato was by far the most quiet OF them ALL
but he had smie-that smile-that was as
winning as scotHs courtlness and infalhble
clothes Judgment as segurola's grin and I'M
movable monocle-they say he even sleeps
with it,
None of these lions, Atlanta was startled to
find bore their temperaments with them.
Caruso didn't throw single plate at his
walter he said dammit only once, and that
was bv way of alteration Of the sublime spa
ghetti that Monsieur Joseph Cancel the Terrace
che, sent up 10 him the first day. He even
str,nned off his coat one lazy day and da
scended into the kitchen to make his own
snaghetti. for the fun Of #.
And the bell boys at the hotel are sun talk'
ing Of his marvellous habit Of sitting In the
window, clad in his pajamas, and greeting the