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THE COURIER.
THE THEATRE
Hubert B. Mantoll'H appearance horo
tonight nt tho Oliver in MonbarB will
inovitably bring together n largo con
coutfo of this favorito actor's admiroiB
in this city. Tho play Iiuh ovorywhoro
taken a doop hold, on tho funny of tho
thoatro goers, and it provides Air. Man
toll with a character in overy way
worthy of his splendid ability as tho
foromoBt exponent of the romantic drama
Hards tempi) dilfer conBidorablj from
those mado classical by the teaching
and examplo of Madam Schumann, it is
full of individuality and high intelli
gence. Next Tuesday, April 18, nt tho
Olivor. Pricoa HOc, 75c, $1, $1.00, 12.00
and $'2 fiO.
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Tho Georgia ininBtrola will be seen at
tho Funko next Monday and Tuesday,
April 17 and 18. This season they
cotno hotter and larger than ever, with
Muttering notices from tho leading daily
papers throughout tho sta'oa, and so
ciety in overy locality where tho com
puny has appoarod has cot only been
gonorouB in its patronage, but bus digni
fied ono of its most enjoyable Bugo feat
ures, tho "cako walk," by introducing or
imitating it at social functions. Julius
Glenn, ono of the loading comedians,
will eing many new coon songs in addi
tion to his over popular old man imper
sonation. Harry Gillam, another come
dian, will bo seen in bis original acro
batic act. Thero are thirty live others
and each oxcoIIb in some branch. Prices
25j, .'15c and 50c. Seats now on salo.
B m - . UNDER TUB niRECTION OF
F OlllMun L. M. CRAWFORD AND F. Z. ZEHRUN6.
Corner Thirtoonth nnd P. Phono 746
TONIGHT
in this country. Mr. Mantoll is this
Foaeon undor tho porsonal munagemout
of popular Mart W. Hanloy, who has
Biirrounded his Btar with a supporting
company of exceptional oxcollenco. Mon
bnrs tells an exciting Btory of Franco in
s7S)'J. Tho hero, Louis Do Beaumont, is
impersonated by Mr. Mantoll. He is
unquestionably an actor of great natural
gifts. Prices 25c, 50c, 75c and 81. Seats
now on sale.
HOW THACKERAY WROTE OF
DEATH.
Tho following is taken from a lettor of
condolonco written by Thackeray to
Mrs. Proctor on tho death of her mother
shortly before Thackeray's death. The
lettor is found in tho biographical intro
duction to Denis Dural, the twelfth in
the valuable biographical edition of
Thackeray's complete works.publiehed in
tho United StateB by Harper & Broth
ers, and shows the great novelist as he
was at heart, earnest and sublime; not
tho cynic, the satirist that bo many have
considered h'm- The introductions to
the thirteen volumes of this new edition
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THE EMINENT ROMANTIC ACTOR
ROBERT B . JlMEii
Ann his select company of artists undei the management of M.
W. Hauley, presenting" for the first time in Lincoln a Loui
Nathal adaptation of D'Emery's
A romance of 1792, in which Mr. Mantell has appeared over
1.000 times. Interesting, exciting and historical. Prices
25c, 50c, 75c ahd $1 . Seats now on sale.
TUESDAY EVE),, APRII,
The World's Greatest Pianist
Prices Gallery 50 cents; balcony 75 cents and $1. Lower
floor $1.50 and $2, Box seats $2.50. Seats on sale Monday
morning at 9 o'clock.
the fvlflKE
Ii03r.KTllAL.
Thero aro now fo many pianists pos
sessing executive- powers wh'th, twenty
years ago, would have been regarded as
phenomenal, that it ie-, perhaps, danger
ous to single out any ono of these key
board knights for special praiso with re
gard to technique; but after hearing
Horr Rosenthal play Liszt's fantasia on
Don Juan wo foel inclinod to risk tho
Btuiomont that this artist stands abso
lutely alono. This pieco, as mest pian
ists know, is so difficult that to play it
at all is a feat on which, when they
achieve it, oven good players have a
right to plumo themselves; but to master
its ditliculties so that thoy becomo
FCircely noticeable is miraculous. An
other satisfying performance is that of
Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques,
Here, again, tho beauties of tho piece
are greatly enhanced by tho oaso with
which tha executant surmounts his
formidable tusk, and, though his reading
of some of tho variations (notably as re
constitute the only biography in exist
ence of Thackeray.
"Thinking of death,'' says Thackeray,
"is thinking of God inscrutable, im
measurable, endlesB, beginninglesB, su
premo, awfully solitary. Little children
step on this earth into the infinite and
we tear our hearts out over their sweet,
cold hands and emiling faces, that drop
inditTeront when you cease holding
thorn, and smile us the lid isclosingover
thorn. 1 don't think wo deplore the old,
who have had enough of living and
striving and have buried bo many others
and muBt bo woary of living it seems
time for them to go for where's the
pleasure of staying wbon tho feast ib
over, and the ilowere withered, and the
guests gone? Isn't it batter to blow the
light out than sit on among the broken
moats, and collapsed jellies, and vapid
heoltaps? I go to what I don't know
but to God's next world, which ie His
and He mado it. Ono paces up and
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
L. 1 CRAWFORD AND F. G. ZEHRUN6.
COR. O AND TWELFTH PHONE 35G.
Mond'y ciiad Tiaessd'y
GEORGE E. JAME'S
Operatic Colored Minstrels in the Latest Southern Skit
GEORGIA UP TO DATE
35-COLORED STARS-35
Introducing- their latest songs, dances and specialties. See
the grand cake walk contest. Street parade and operatic
band concert at 2 p. m. Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents. Seats
now on sale.
down tho shoro yet awhile, and looks
towards tho unknown ocean, and thinks
of the traveller whoso boat sailed yes
terday. Those we love can but walk
down to the pier with us the voyage we
muBt make alone. Except for tho young
or very happy, 1 can't say I am very
sorry for anyone who dieB. "
HEART i)XSBA
And nervous ailments are am rnlit
other diseases. I treat nothing ele
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