Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22

on the stage at the Forsyth theater,
all in the person of Mr.. Owen Nc
Giveney.
Huh" scoffed the sweet young
thing. when the actor had completed
his marvellous feat of quick changes,
ut can't be did"
Being person much given to the
vaudeville habit, she was as sophisti-
Gated as You please. Thus all the
regulars are affected. But never
mind; she was wrong this time. be-
cause it could be did," and is. And
even when you watch Mr.. McGiveney
back Of the scene, making his
changes. you are not disillusioned.
Rather your admiration is heightened
Hence this explanation.
Changes in Three Seconds.
1t requires him no longer than three
seconds to make any change of cos
tune. And depend on it. there is a
complete change-wigs, shirts, jack
cts, coats and everything.
This is made possible as much by
the dexterity OF his two assistants
back Of the stage as by his own art
Bill Skies, for instance. is on the
stage growing at the world. In the
wings the two assistants have Fagin's
makeup ready-the wig, beard, long
coat and hooked nose. Bill Skies
strolls out Of sight of the audience.
Immediately his studied stroll be-
comes a frantic dash. He plunges to-
ward Fagin's wig, held out toward
him by one of his assistants.
AS he plunges, he filings out his
arms, and the other assistant with
one hand whips off hte Bill Skies wig
and with the other snatches the Bill
Skies coat.
Assistants Kept Busy.
The actors head shoots into Fagin's
wig. TO which the whiskers are at
tached. Assistant Number One has
Fagin's coat ready, and Mr.. Nc
Giveney's arms are in the sleeves
quicker than thought. Fagin, com
pletely arrayed, totters out onto the
stage.
Then the two helpers snatch the
next change, the costume or Nancy,
and hold it ready for the actor. Fa-
gin backs off the stage, and Is grab
bed by the watchful pair IN the wings
ono hand whips off the Bill Skies wig
otbar SLAMS Nancys hairdress on his
head and whips a skirt tight around
his waist. In the intervening half
second. McGlveney has seized Nancy's
shawl which hangs ready on tripod,
and Nancy is off.
Then the helpers fall to shooting
talcum powder into the sleeves OF tne
coat of the Artful Dodger, VINO next
annears so that the actors arms may
slide easily into place A..
II Is all done with a CELEBRITY tina;
ie marvellous, and that makes more
than interesting a sight of the me-
chanics of the act.
Was College Lecturer.
Back of the stage, behind the paint
cd scenery, where the romantic glare
If the footlights does not penetrate
and where the music of the orchestra
is heard but dimly, there is supposed
In exist the domain OF olsliiusloh-
Mont But in the case of this act,
t'ang e+aee is the most interesting
lot ~ insDection. Sometimes Mr..
Sfrc,ivenev might be persuaded to do
4, ali IN the open, and then the know
i,e yaudeville watchers will stare,
sure enough. s.
owen McCiveney, the performer,
VAS hut lately a lecturer on Dickens
", English colleges. From his In
tolligent study of the novelist he ac-
nuired his knack Of artistic interpre-
tation of the characters.
Then he conceived and worked OUT
The quick change act, win the help
n MS brother. Jack, an English actor
rhe two enlisted the services OF a
friend. who is a Frenchman OF noole
f,r,iIv Mr.. McGiveney assures you,
"a tbev set out to startle the show
gnine world. The brother and the
French Count are the two assistants
behind the stage