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6 -i-nr: OBAKIiOTI'B MisW: , OC1 ObuR b, i»H "Madam Sherry”—Superb. (By T. P. NASH, JR.) An all-star cast: one of the most popular scores that has ever been writ ten: a plot abounding in funny situa tions; and lavish staging and costum ing. are some of the reasons for the phenomenal success of “Madam Sherry” which has continued, nay, in creased into a second season and was only emphasized by the sold-out houses which jrreeted it here yesterday afternoon and night for the first time. Yet a play miiht combine, and plays have had. all these factors, without being the finished performance "Madam Sherry" is. There is some thing else back of the popularity of this most popular comedy as it appears this pea?on. and that something is team-work. Everybody is pulling to gether for the "go” of the piece. There is good feeline apparent between prin cipal and principal, and »>etween prin- cirals and chorus, and nothin? counts for more than this in the success of anv stage production. Add to this the fact that none of the stars in this cast have outlived their reputation, that they have not stopped growing, and yc',i arf- gc'ttine nearer to the solution of he secret. After all i' wasn't really a secret to any one that saw it. The audience, in all casis. is the bes' judge of a play’s merit. It may not understand the technic of acti'n« or the art of expres sion: it can not analyze the whole ef fect int' it*^ re?;:lTant.'; b’.’.t it car tell jufi evact’v whe-her it is pleased or not. '^he vcrdict of applause, more over. i.^ t:- be read not only in its vol ume bui in the consideration with which it withholds at moments rather than break the lines of the actor. From the audience side last night "Madam Sherry" was all that it could have betn. , To Mifs Ada Mesde falls the natural leaainc pr.rt. Tre thread of the plot it woven into her Mnes. Coming heme with i'-eas and character formed by lone convent training she tinds her- wlf at once in ihe center of a little whirlwind of New York life which cap tivates uiid i^/OAica■e^ her. The gr ’d- utl a vakenir.= of the love passion, the realisation that life holds things hiz- eer an-! ha’ -vier thar. she had ever d'-eap.''cd is the charrninir story which • Madam Sherry” tells. From the mo ment 5^-eet. simple little Yvonne in her gray, demure convent cloak and bon net, sets foot in her cousin Edouard gherrv'6 New York studio she has the hearts of the audience at her com mand. She sees for the first time the poetry of motion portrayed in the Sherry school of aesthetic dancing. She is b«'wlldered by New York slang. Then Edouaxd comes and she joves him: onlv she doesn’t understand her feeline urtil his kiss teaches her. The yradual *ransformation from the in- r,c* T;ce of the convent girl to the t.irth of passion is a difficult part which Miss Meade's fine art carries ’hroueh naturally and delightingl>. A beautiful woman; one of the lightest, and most graceful dancers on the stage '.„iav; possessed of a clear, pleasing- ’on *d voice; she would make of her- sel. a thorouehly lovable personalit> 'n anv attraf'tir.s p?rt she undertook. *vm All Right." was her biggest song hit last night, and she was encored niaav times to The Love Dance.” and "The Birh of Pa«=rion ” , It is no question of Miss Meane s all-E€ce'.=ary presence to say that “Medam Sherrv” could as ill afford to lose Mr Phil. H. Rr'iey as herself. As Theophilus Sherry, a millionaire con noisseur of Greek Art. and uncle of Yvonne and Eco'jard. he is. as some one remarked la:=t night, half the show. His is the comedians part. His sudden apyearance at his neph ew’s studicr'in the full belief that said nephew- is married and has two child ren affords the motive for the comic situations which follow. The nephew- out of consideration for the inherit ance which he ex]>ects is under the sudden necessity of procuring wife and children. He borrows his housekeeper for wife, and his sweetheart and rival for children. He has led his uncle to believe that he has not only humored him in the matter of family, but has become an accomplished pianist as well. When called on to play he is in despair until he discovers that the ptajio is a self-player, and then is in equal despair because when once started he cannot stop it. Theophilus finally smells a rat through a glass darkly, and his an«er Is only averted by seducing him in'o a compromising fiituation. As the funny-man of the show you would have to go a long way at a big risk of failure to find his equal. Absolutely sure of himself all the time, he interprets his part on the spur of the moment, seemingly. At loast there’s nothing "memorized” ihout it. It’s not what he says, any how, that you laugh at but the way he savs It. He is one of those rare mor tals who could repeat the multiplica tion table and choke you with laugh ter. Quaint, always serious himself, what a relief from the usual clown we find : What more can be said for the re maining members of the cast than that they measured in their parts up to the quality of these two? Lulu, an actress and dancer, and Edouard s sweetheart, was Miss .loseph McAr thur Burke. Leonard Gomez, son of the president of Venezula. now- in love with Lulu, was Mr. Harry Stephens. Both were much above the average which most directors would have as signed to the comparatively unim portant parts. Edouard Sherry, ne phew of Theophilus. and New York man about town, was presented by Mr. Neil, and his compliment is that he is worthy of being leading man in the ^ompanv in which ^liss Meade is lead ing lady. Miss May Phelps, as Pepita. l^onard’s sweetheart, gets an extra ordinary amount of action and color out of a difficult part. "The Mad Ma drid and the Dance of Danger,” by Pepita and Phillippe was one of the biggest hits of the evening. To Miss Virginia Houston, as Edouard s house keeper and Phillippe’s wife, and Mr. Ben Griunell. as janitor and Catch- rine's husband, have fallen lighter pafTs. and in them they are much more than satisfactory. Catharine had several musical numbers, but far aud awav the most "taking” was "Good Bv. Old Gal." Phillippe. poor Phil- lippe’ with his French impulse . and temperament, found himself in a mo^t embarrassing situation with his^^''!Mte borrowed, and he a "fatherette. “Madam Sherry” is one musical comedv in which the chorus is kept in the background where it belongs. The chorus, however, is pretty, richly rowned, well-trained, and very neces sary to the variety ana color of the piece. , . . The staging of the last act. in which the deck of a vacht is represented against the night background of Cony Island with its light-outlined cottages and amusement places, always drafts a chorus of delighted "Ohs!” from the audience. The finale of the last act is characteristic of the finished qual ity of the whole performance. In place of the abrupt curtain which has been foreseen for five minutes, the audience are uncertain of the end until Miss Meade comes to the footlights in a pretty little speech and thanks them for their attention. But when you have laid yourself out to tell what "Madam Sherry” is, and why, you know you have missed it, missed most the enchanting lilt of "Every Little Movement” running through it all. Give this company this comedy and “The Chocolate Soldier” orchestra, and you would have as per fect a combination as could be staged. The Original Dandy Dixie Minstrels. Tomorrow matinee and night will be presented at the Academy of Music a genuine all-colored minstrel aggrega tion known as the “Original Dandy Dixie Minstrels.” The company has been accorded the endorsement of both white and colored patrons wherever presented in the South. In fact the notices from the Southern press (which will be present ed from time to time) are most com mendatory for the excellence and cleanliness of the performances given bv this company. The Tampa (Florida Daily Times, of February 18th, contained the following notice: “One of the best minstrel perform ances ever seen in Tampa w-as that jof the "Original Dixie Minstrels.” who appeared at the Tampa Bay Casino ! Saturday night. Ow’ing to the excel- jlence of the show, the performance jwill be given tonight. Hundreds of I white people enjoyed the performance I Saturday night as much as did the I colored people In the gallery.” , Coming Mr. Thomas Jefferson as “Rip” in “Rip Van Winkle.” I To the Academy of Music Next Mon* iday,matinee and night, j For generations parents have told i their children the story of “Rip Van jV»’inkle,” of how he went to sleep one ! night on the Katskill mountains after 1 drinking with Henrik Hudson’s ghost and did not awaken for twenty years, i waking to find his w-lfe married to the man who aided him to become a drunk- jard, gradually reducing him to beg gary. It is an interesting stor>-, one 1 which willn ever grow old, one which i young and old will got to see every I time it is played. There is touching pathos intermingled wMth the comedy, for the latter is confined to the first three acts; the last two are pathetic, ending, though, in the restoration of Rip to family and fortune. No play within the annals of the Colds Vanish Quck, Sensible Method That DOeant Upset the Stomach. I Have you heard of the overnght cold jcure that is putting colds in th« head I and chest out of business between sun- ' set and daybreak. i Here it is. Cut it out and save it if ! you don’t need t now. If you have a jcold, cough, throat soreness or acute ■ catarrh, be sure and try it tonight just 'before going to bed; Pour a scant tea- ^ spoonful of HYOMEI (pronounce it •High-o-me), into a bowl of boiling wa ter, cover head and bowl with a towel and breathe for se'^^'.l minutes the vapor that arises, then go to sleep and , awake with a clear head free from 1 mucus. ' HYOMEI is guaranteed for catarrh, colds, coughs, croup, asthma, sore throat and" bronchitis, or money back. Bottle of Hyomei 50 cents at R. H. Jordan & Co. and druggists every- ' where. ‘ stage has lived so long and been so successful. Produced in the shape it now is by Joseph Jefferson in 1895, it has been running along consecutively 'ever since. Thomas Jefferson, the pres ent impersonator, has been honored by Joseph Jefifersoii as his capable suc cessor. Thomas Jefferson has been playing Rip for the past tw-elve years and after having been associated with his father since an early age, has naturally fallen into the merry way his father had of playing to auditors. In the present Jefferson theatrescers will see a man and actor, not only ca pable, but worthy, to plaj' the role so many years played by his father. Mr. Jefferson stands today the one conspic uous Jeffersonian actor of the day. He has achieved a triumph as Rip second only to his famous father. Prices matinee 25 cents to 01.00; night 25 cents to 1.50. * ■ Seat sale opens this Corning at Haw'levs. Children half price io all parts of the theatre both perform ances. ' “The Gamblers.” ‘ Charles Klein’3 “The Gamblers,” j vhich comes to the Academy of Mus- ' ic next Tuesday, matinee and night is a strong serious p^y of sentiment and speculation; and interesting ar raignment of Wall street and legal in iquity. It is said to be the best wTitten play from the pen of Mr. Klein, ^w-ho has given the American stage of its greatest successes. I ■ Creatore’s Band. I The six weeks’ engagement in Bos ton the past summer by Sig. Creatore and His Band, proved to be one of the biggest successes ever scored by the * famous conductor. His special pro- ^ grams, consisting if Wagnes Nights, (Verdi Nights, Italian Nights and pop ular nights were enjoyed kith gusto by the music loving people of cultured .Boston. The concerts compared most favorably with those Sousa made fam- ' aus, for not only is Creatore a remark ably gifted conductor and musician, but he has an instrumentation which is a model and a company of musicians 'Who express his wishes to the most 'minute detail. A treat is in store for this community when this organization appears at the Academy of Music next Thursday night and a large and culturedq audience is sure to welcome this noted conductor to Charlotte. “Mutt and Jeff,” Coming. Take the children to see “‘Mutt and Jeff” at the Academy of Music^ next Wednesday matinee and night. “Jeff” is about the sixe of a “passing 'thought” but if he thought you were passing with the children, ^e sure would be there. Jeff is so roort and ! close to the ground he done get hurt when he falls. Delightful Music at the Orpheum. Billie La Celle made an unquestioned hit at the Orpheum yesterday with his great harmonizing and extempore com posing, the audiences being more thaiB liberal with their audible evidence of high approval. His challenge to the audience is unique in that he guaran tees to compose and sing an original song within two minutes’ time upon any and all subjects which may be suggested to him by members of his audience. This very difficult feat he accomplishes not only with grace but with all the ease with which one would eat a saucer of cream or fan a damsel fair. The La Celles will ap pear at the Orpheum during the re mainder of this week and their act will prove a great source of gratification to favorers of refined high class vaude ville. The popularity of Leo St. Elmo ! seems to grow with each performance j and as his work becomes more familiar |to Charlotte music lovers his marvel lous technique is beginning to create not a lltle talk. Thoroughly master of any and all instruments which he at- j tempts, his skill is perhaps most strik. (ingly in evidence upon the silver bam- rboo. His strokes upon this delightful A Joy Complete in Roomy Stetson Shoes To dium a Niqhr Hare pfnchpd your feet VfittifninYdn achinq bruise. Means Hiaf youll find a Jfy compleJe In loomy ^ter&on Shoesw means that you do not have to sacrifice style for comfort. Here you have style and comfort, —com- I plete shoe satisfaction. I . 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These chocolates and bon-bons are the greatest forward step that has even been made in selling candy of the highest grade at far below the usual prices—at prices, in fact, that come witnin the reach of all. Always endeavoring to offer the best value for the least money, we were quick to see the advantages in keeping apace with the great educational Pure Food move ment, started a few years ago, along the line of protecting the consumer from adult erated food. So, in co-operation with this movement, and from its very beginning, we have been working earnestly and steadily, and v/e now offer yau the fruits of our efforis and labor. I W’e have secured control of a brand of chocolates which is being made exclusively for us, under our name and guarantee. These are the now famous KRESSKO MATINEE CHOCOLATES —AND— KRESSKO COLLEGE CHOCQLATES The College Chocolates at 25c a pound box, are assorted chocolates, charmingly packed in a manner to tempt the candy lovers and are equal to any chocolates selling at two or three times the price. The Maftinee Chocolates at 10c a box, are the wonder of the candy world. They contain just enough candy to satisfy the appetite tor a favorite kind. Those who have seen these candies have exrressfd the greatest surprise at our being able to sell them at such figures, but those of you who have made chocolate candy at home know that it does not cost you more than 9c a pound;—sugar ordi narily at 6c or 7c a poimd, wholesale, and chocolate at 18c a pound, wholesale, makes the total cost of materials about 9c a pound—the sugar centers of the candy weighing about four times as much as the chocolate coating. Our candy is made by machinery. It is therefore, made at a very low cost. It is, likewise, more cleanly and desirable in every way than candy made by hand. In no way does making candy by hand improve its quality. Over 100 stores have made it possible for us to co-operate with some of the largest candy manufacturers in the country, and we offer you strictly high-grade candy at a very small margin of profit. In conclusion—are you willing to pay an exorbitant profit for your candy ? If not, try a box of KRESSKO CHOCOLATES 5-IO"«»25‘*"^STOflE BLACKS HUGHES’ NEIGHBORS instrument vary in weight from a fea ther’s fall to that of a small trip-ham mer and the tone corresponds. These two numbers present a hill of wliich any vaudeville house in the country might be proud. Picture films are changed daily, two or three being shown at each performance, and an illustrated song, rendered by Robert Northey, forms an especially pleasing feature of every show. Matinees at 4:30 p. m. and evening performances at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30. Graustark—Elaborate "Scenery. Geo. D. Baker’s adaptation of Geo. Barr McCutcheon’s popular novel, “Graustark,” will be one of the early attractions here. “Graustark,” as the readers of this delightful fiction story knows, is along romantic lines with numerous climaxes and situa tions. The scenic investment is an elaborate one and the company said to be of superlattive excellence. Ninety-two Families Cated For in Sept Th« Associated Charities’ report for the month of September shows the following items: There were 92 families under care during the month and $120 was used in necessary relief work. There were 21 hew cases investigated during the moiLth. Five of these needed relief ,in food, fuel, transportation, or school books. Sev«n were found to be frauds or professionels and not in need of'as sistance. The others needed advice or assiistance in planning for themselves. The work of the tuberculosis nurse has been v*ry gratifying. About thirty cases of tuberculosis are being loked after and new cases are constantly coming In. The nurse is meeting with the most hearty co-operation on the part of all who are interested in these cases. The Associated Charities has not ex- tablished 4 special clinic for pellagra but all cases coming to the attention of the iocittty are being ^ovided for. Aged Priest Dies. By Assocllted Press. Mobilt, Ala., Oct. 6.—^The Very Rev. C. • T. O’C&llaghan, vicar general of the Catholic diocese of Alabama and one of the oldest priests in the South, died here last night at the- age of 72 froni an attack of paralysis. ‘Justice Only White Man Living in His j Block. i Washington, D. C., Oct. 6.—When Justice Charles E. Hughes, of the su preme court, takes possession of his $100,000 home, which will be finished in a few weelcs, he will be the only white man living on the square which his house faces. j For a long time he debated whether to build on Massachusetts avenue or Sixteenth street, the two most select streets in the city. He chose the lat ter. The entrance is to face V street At that time there was no other house of any sort on V street, as the proper ty had been held for years at a high price. i Shortly after work' was started on the Hughes home the entire frontage on both sides of V street between Six teenth and Seventeenth streets was i announced for sale at a greatly reduc ed price. A speculative builder bought the property and started the construc- '.tion of 20 two-story “box” houses. Al ready 17 of them are occupied by ne groes. ORPHEUM 4:30—7:30—S: 30—9:30. Invites You to COME AND SEE THEM. That’ll be enough. THE BILLY LA CELLES and LEO. ST. ELMO Now Running. All Seats 10 Cents. ORPHEUM When a sailor is arrested is he al ways artMttid for a salt? ACADEMY Saturday, October 7. MHatinee and Night, R. Voeickie Present the Original DANDY DIXIE MINSTRELS With Jas. Crosby and 40 Others Seats on Sa}e Now. Prices: Matinee 50. 25 Night 75, 50, 25 Entire balcony and gallery reserved for colored people. O NEW BUNGALOWS Two new. very attractive, five-room bungalows! Prettilv papered, ce ment walks and sidewalks, overlooking, park. Beautiful situation, corner Fox and Park Driveway, Elizabeth Heights. Two blocks of new’ graded school. Very easy terms. See me if you want a home. C. E. MASON PHONE 29 Men’s Overcoats Never in our business experience have we been able to offer our trade such superior Overcoats as we are now showing. We spared no effort to secure the best Coats that experience, skill and money could make and we now offer them to you for your choosing. 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