THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER' 29, 1907. ( Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses ITH the approach of a new year w come a revival of Interest In things theatrical. anl a now hop In the managerial breast, It la not likely that anv rrpil number of expensive undcrtak lns will he put forth fnr Hie remainder of the winter, but It la quite likely that om that were abandoned In the anxiety Of the "late unpleasantness" will be re vived and .nt on tour to again try the fortunes of the road. From all parts of the country come reports of reviving in dustry; men are being set to work again, mills are starting up and the general out Irak for a prosperous New Year la most encouraging. The theater owner and tho Manager who puts tils money Into aitr.n. "fc . tlons hoDe alike to ah. i t. - M lhe new-born activity, and so will venture mey were sailing so smoothly a couple of months ago. Omaha (as as yet felt no touch of the hard times i the theaters. Blnee the very .beginning f the season the attendance at the Omaha houses has been unusually large, with the xoeptlon of the Burwood. where the cheaper vaudeville preved an unsuccessful substitute for the popular stock company. tVhlle the future of that theater Is uncer tain. It Is the frank Intention of Its pres ent owners to lease It for a time, If pos sible. They do not desire to relinquish fontrol. The announcement made by Man ager jonnson that the house Would reopen ei wee nas proved to he premature also the positive announcement of Manager Oourley tha he had concluded a lease for the theater. Numerous rumors have been heard concerning the probable tenant of the house, but none of them have come to any more definite -result than the two positive announcements that proved premature. The Hoyd the Krug and the Orpheum are doing good business, and the list of attractions oftered warrants Uie prosperity of these houses. Bdrtle Fojr announced from New York mieniion to play "Hamlet," and to BusumS the name part himself, and therebv 1,1- . ret the stage world to scoffing. Whv shouldn't Eddie play Hamlet? Because he has put In his life fooling around with clown parta. Is ho to be tied down for ever to tomfoolery? His Is a worthy am bition, and should be encouraged, rather than derided. By all means let him es say iiamiei. ir he has the ahibltlon. It Is riot outside the range of probabilities that he might make a good one. He has showtH himself to be possessed of artistic taste to a large degree, and-to be qualified to do and say things In a way that Im- ben Initiated. For the person responsl- Nothing but the thought of "the presses people with his meaning. To be ble for It Is the French actor who now other" In the woman's mind She can sure, he has so far appealed only to the ha arranged to create the part of Sher- not live a He, and will tell her husband surface emotions. and hiy, attacked the , , puuiicai ir weakest point, the funny bone. But no sacrilege la found In his de sire to essay something more, serious, to undertake a role that Is far above any thing ho has ever done. At least one 1 prominent member of the profession takes him at. his word and that Is May Irwin. , ' asked to be allowed to ? play Ophelia In the cast In which Eddie Is Hamlet. Now, if this can only be con tinued,' until the proper selection of play ers la made, a cast, for "Hamlet" will be had that should excel In Interest any other ever offered. Let us have U. On the other hand. Foy Is likely to meet the same fate that has overtaken many another ambitious actor; his reputation as a clown "shall have weight to drag him down." "Sunset" Cox might have been en- rolled among the statesinvn of his day, if he had- never made some of the humorous addressee recorded against -his name in congress, T,"; r, u " reC""ed mre f,y'"h re ....... .crvini wie people iiiik mac lie uiu wniie servina- inn nennm of tha .cniintrv am m was an active and useful member of that body, too. Other examples might be cited to prove how fatal the gift of humor Is to public men. Among actors, DcWolf Hopper affords an illustrious example of how a career may be blighted by the public's de T'det'er'Zncdr"! T T ",T per determined to forsako forever the y foolery with which he had been associated 4 o long, and make for himself a new name as a real comedian. He took up "Dr. Syn- tan" as the first step toward a new life, but the people didn't want him to be aqja- thlna V. . . l . a. ....... - iiv niaue omer enoris, and failed, so now he regretfully accepts UB know what ,he w, open up to u. the verdict against his ambition, and will , Opportunity keeps up with the times, likely clown It to the end of his active Bhe is modern In her splr-t; there are op days Nat Goodwin, possessed of unques- portunltles today which one did not dream tioned talent, tried In vain to break away of formerly. :fro" ",lt comedy limbo set for him Opportunity calls by telephone today. She . puu iuicu. no is apparently doomed to De either "A Glided Fool" or "An Ameri can Cltlxen" all his life, while the stage i has lost something because the public seema to have irrevocably fixed his orbit. James O'Neill has done his best to get away from'Monte Ctlsto," ,but as long as he has strength to bear himself gracefully on the boards, he will be the hero of the play that hat made "milllona laugh and ery." The late Joseph Jefferson was not allowed to break away from Rip. although he was as much praised as Fighting Bob and Dr. Pangloss. Stuart Robson could not live down Bertie the Lamb, and many other actors have found themselves thus condemned by the public to do one thing. So It Is hardly likely that, be his merit ever so r'at. Eddie Foy will ever convince any great number of people that he la ntted to play Hamlet in anything but a burlesque. It would be Interesting to know Just how Ada Doavts does It and survives. 8he submits nightly to treatment that would almost seem to be beyond feminine en durance, Omaha once had a ball player whoso forte it was to ge t hit by a pitched ball. He managed to get his base, om-e or twice In each game he played by this ruse, and the players said he had his batting average on hts ribs. Ada Drnvc s has her record on her neck. For teason after season she has gone on. allowing one or another husky comedian to grab her by tbe neck, to choke her, and to shake her until It appears that her head must fly off. Once, In the long, long ago. wnen she and Eddie Foy were In 'Thfl City Directory. and a merrv hunch nf fun-makers that was. they enacted a burlesque of the murder scene In "Othello." Foy was wont to sella her by the hair, throw her to the floor and bang her head against the boards until the house resounded. Similar experiences' have been hers, but she goes on ar.d on, the funniest of female clowns, never shirking,, always working, and apparently liking tt as well as she ever did. If noth ing else. Ada Deaves ought to be able to tell a story of stage bumps that would surpass even the record of a professional tumbler. The Dramatic News came along with Ita holiday number during the wek, and its handsome appearance JuatUled the delay. The paper Is full of interesting matter, unusually Well selected, dealing with topics pertinent to the theater and written by people who are well known. Only one regret Is felt after the number has been f., wi t ,i ii,.t i. .i,. ' " - rautv Msiiiiiwi uiu nui u wn at iiii further in her dissertation on "Critics." ler paper ls Just getting Interesting when she breaks off. Stxne consolation la found Id the fact that she has only dealt with bad critic; a natural 'conclusion is that such a thin ss a Rood critic ran only he found In flrtlon. Or mnyb alio .mndo up her mind when h rot that far along thnt th critic la his own boat answer, ami wt alnne iwill aiilvn him. self HOW nil) SIIKRI.OCK HOI. MRS LOOK Frfark Play Boers to DerMe oa tils Personal Appearance, PARIS. Dec. 18. tSpecUl Correspond encesIt really Is a pity that Sir Arthur Cottan Dnvle is not In Purls St nreaent He was here a couple of months ago (on his honeymoon, bv the wsyl and then went on to Constantinople, where he was received and "decorated" by the sultan. Tho latter Is reported to have expressed bis Intense admiration of "Sherlock Holmes," and do doubt wishes fervently that he had a sleuth-hound of equal acuteness as a permanent ' resident at Ylldls Kiosk. Slnco then, one has heard nothing of Sir Arthur's movements, but It Is likely enough that he and his brtrte will be re turning home shortly, and will make a second stop In the City of Light on the way. In that event there Is a treat In store for the author, which he will enjoy In any case, however. If whichever "clipping bureau" he patronizes supplies him with certain contributions to the new theatrical Journal, Comoedla, during the fiext few weeks. For In this Journal such a discussion as la dear to the heart of the ftrltlsh editor In the "silly season" Is about to begin, and the subject of It will be nothing else than "Dr. Doyle's" de tective. "What Is your Idea of Sherlock Holmes' appearance?" The paper will ask Its readers, and there Is little doubt that their repllos will make amusing, as well as Interesting reading, especially to Homes' distinguished creators S At the first blusn you would say that there could be only one opinion as to how Sherlock Holme looked, the description furnished by Dr. Watson being not lack- Ing In deflnlteness, and probably few actors could have realised the character to a greater degree than William Ollletto, who, if one remembers correctly, sacri ficed a much cherished, and exceptionally becoming mustache because of the spe cific statement by the detective's Boswell that Holmes waa clean shaven. It was announced a while ago, by the bye. that Mr- Gillette would appear In Paris as the detective, and if he bad done so, most "kely the. Impending discussion In the columns of Comoedla never would Have Music and Musical Notes It. Is the time of year when the heart I generous, when the feelings are stirred and when animosities are burled. It la the time of -year when we make new resolves, vow new vows, and deter- snlne to do the most exemplary things. It la the period of time when we are at our. best. A Happy New Yearl And the New Year thought fills us with hol0 and ""P'ratlon and desire to do better. to b more earnest and to make things TOW were they djd not grow last year, Now tne tlme when we feel the beck- o"' hand of progress. We find a clear vlew of the d'tant hills, and we hear voices calling ua to struggle onward and of the Desslmhitlc saving "If I only had . a n. m m V. . ' rm ' - - opiiminiic wurus; i can mane my oppor- tunlty." That is a. somewhat cruel and un-nerv- Ing statement that Opportunity comes to a man a door but once; and If he hears not. Opportunity gfcea away and never re- tliraa fSllnnftttA Iho rvnnv man mi, .nn. to dig o77e or teh.' when" the knock m. ,h.n. Wn r,,, . . . . - " . . . . v',.,v.i iuiiiij iuuiu not be so grievously cruel as that! Opportunity Is the angel whose face ls most clearly discerned at the opening of the year " We look eagerly Into her face and ask ''What ls ther?" We scan her a. foot,, re a "a aM if .h .m i,. i. la In a hurry, fbr there are so many cus- tomers; so many who want to seixe her and dataln her, and keep her by them. But opportunity la fair, and If she does not find you when she calls, she may call again. I say that many times she is In a hurry, and when we go to answer the call we are greeted by those exasperating words, "You're not connected." But you may get another connection If you try. I believe that opportunities for work, for progress, for development, are ever crowd ing upon us. but too often we want Oppor tunity to work In our own way and we are unwilling to go o work in Oppor tunity'a way. Sometimes we lose out for that reasoa alone. In a copy of The Bee I read, some weeks ago, a speech by Henry Watterson, which he ended with the following beautiful lines. I have since been hunting in the public library for them and so fsr have not been able to trace the author. But read' -V But we do hate to wake! We say with them, ye music lovers, ye. students of one of former days, "Yet a little sleep, a music those of you in this and in other little slumber, a little folding of the hands places ; who feel that Opportunity has to sleep." It Is so much easier to sleep In called you for the last time, or that you the dreaming of some future time, some have been waiting for many weary seasons thing giving one a chance. It Is so natural for the call which does not come: to sympathise with poor Mr.-Micawber and They do me wrong who say I come no expect that surely something will "turn whTnn. i w "P " u 18 a dangerous to try to think you in. a aasiixi s, MIIU 1 X SB 1U un I For every day I stand outside your door And bid you wke, and rise to fight and win; Wall not for perished chances Jiassed away! . Weep not for golden aavs on tho wano' ICur.1, nll.l 1 V l. - - .. , . ji auimar every soul is Horn again. When down 111 mire skiing not your hands and weep; I lend my arm to all who sav "I can." No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep Hut yet n.lKht rise and be again a man. Art tuou a mourner? House thee from thy spell. Art thou a sinner? Sins may lie forgiven. Each n-ornlng gives the Wilms to flee from hell, Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven. There Is certainly something hopeful, op timistic, hearty In those lines, and often alien dissatisfied with oneself. rllKjvnraan b,auu. ti,. real f. so far from the irfea! aouearrenea Because ecnievenu-ut la so short of the ambition l achieve, those words will help and cheer you and make you feel that the angel of opportunity ls at your elbow. I lend my arm to all who say 'I can. " There It is. Suppose you Just notice for one day how many times -you hear the words "I can't." Just recently I started to w. ,.f .1,. i. - - uin cay J liearu inu iwtf wuraa, wnicn snouid never ,be used. I counted up to thirty- nine and then I forgot, after that, "I can't" never accomplished anything: It never built a house, cooked a meal, wrote a jocm, tuade a tone, played an lock Holmes In Paris M. Oemler. the stsr and manager of the famous Theater An- tolne. "This French actor-manager Is a master of make-up and In a new part often cs- capes recognition. What fresh picturesque touch can he give to 'Sherlock Holmes' appearance, he Is wondering, and, being In doubt, will leave the public to de- ride. The opinions elicited will be pub- Ilshed In Comoedla and the actor will abide by the opinion of the majority. So If playgoers here yearn for a Ualllc edl- tlon of Sherlock Holmes, with waxed mustache and flowing tie. they will have such a monstrosity. Perhaps Mr. Uoyle may be Induced to contribute to this .. nn,..1 - I ..I .,, vhlrh f rniind everybody talking about when I arrived here the other day. Of Certainly M. Oemler's original Idea has great possibilities of development. "How shalf I play Hamlet?" tragedians should ask the public and play Hamlet ac cordingly. If they can. The symposium plan could be extended to hesitating play wrights. "Shall I kill off the heroine or finish up the piece as a farce?" dramatists might ask when they have written three acts out of five. A de nouement carried by a majority hardly could fall to please. Some playwrights might consult the public at the outset and ask mankind through the press, "Shall I write a play at all?" Only the unan imous response might bi too painful. For something like twenty minutes after the curtain rose on the flrBt performance of "L'Autre" at the Comedie Fancalse, the other night. I rubbed my eyes and asked myself tr tnis was noi a r rencn auapia- tlon of "John Glayde's Honor," the Sutro piece which Hackett Is now playing at home. The program assured one that "The Other," as It would be called In English, was a new piece by Paul and Victor Margueritte, but the opening sit uation was extraordinarily like that In "John Glayde." A husband has been ab sent in America. ADSorDea in ,money gei- ting, he has neglected nis wire, wno nas beeh wooed by and has yielded to another man 'The Other" of the title. And In the first act the husband returns. Al- most Identical with the Sutro play, you uul vc-c-, wlth her husband restored to her, the.ing: ag na ruminates on their contents woman has no further use for her erst- it i. ,aM h . . . ..L wh)ie beloved and packs him off. More- over, the husband falls in love with his wife all over again and .there Is nothing to prevent their being quite happy. exercise, stretched an octave, loosened a wrist, made upper tones easy, memorised a song, wrote a symphony or conducted an orchestra. And Opportunity will have noth- ing to do with it. When Opportunity hears the words "I can't" she runs away, and (to carry the telephone simile a little fur- ther) when you call her you are Informed that "the party that rang you. hung up!" . But she lends her arms and her wings to 11 who say "1 can." There la an old saying, so old that we have become oblivious to the force of ita meaning, and that Is. "Knowledge Is power." In other words, "To know how, ls to be able. If I know. I can." Often- times the students trouble when she feels limes uie Riuaeni s irouuie wueu end BaylnsT that she cant.. Is simply that he doe. not "know how." If. Instead of rfnnlnrntlv rivlna. In and savin.;. "I j . .. . . . . . ... " . can't she were to seriously stop and study and say "somehow I can," she would find Opportunity Icalllng her and telling her where the mistake Is; and to knpw how la to be able. But, you say, many people really do know 1. . V. 1 ......... A ,1 . . w .t ,... are n able to do' It l, bele 11 u . i nrjr in IX y nuuw IIUW It diiuuiu m, a a tine else does It, but until they do know how to do It themselves they do not In reality know how to do It, do they? A serious student might say to his teacher, -Yes, I know what you want me to do, but 1 cannot jo It." and that Is true. But knowing howone ought to do It and know- ing now one is 10 uu n, ore iwu vt?ry un- ferent things. I repeat, Knowledge la Power. To know how Is to be able. There fore learn to "know how." The magazines are carrying advertlse- ments nowadays. Illustrating a row of doors to rooms in a large mercantile estab lishment and a young man standing out side with confident air; underneath is the line, "All doors are open to the man who knows." Not to the man who "thinks he can;" not to the man who "does his best;" not even to the man who "will try!" But to the man who knows! And knowledge comes to the man who persistently says. "I can," and 'to that man "Opportunity" always lends her arm. But the visits of Opportunity are not like the proverbial angels' visits "few and far between" they are constant visits, regular attendances, momentary mlnisterings: For every day I stand outside your door And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win. Opportunity "stands outside the door and bids you wake." . out a better way of doing something, thereby opening the door. When any of us has found out a better way, a more di rect method, a sorer system, we realize that before we found that we had bean asleep. It is high time to awake out of r - at hand. The door la closed and Oppor- tunlty waits outside. Can one suggest for the opening of the New Year any better thought than this, that we should, you and I, and all of us, wske up. open the door, find the angel Opportunity and say to her, "1 can." Show me the way and I will walk In It. And It is needless to say that every morning will give us wings and every night will give ua a star. THOMAS J. KELLY. Maslral Netes. The fourth concert In Mrs. Turner's series will be a recital by the pianiste, Mme. Olga Sumaruff. at the First Baptist church, next Thursday evening, January 2. The program follows: Fantasia in C minor 1 Mosart Sonata In.G minor, op. 22 Schumann .'So rasch v.ie moglich." Andanllno. Svherxo. Rondo Song without words, in B major Mendelasohn C5.rn5"1n Dances Schulawt V arlailon on a Theme of Paganlnl.Brahms Kantasia In K minor, op. w i... Chopin Masurka in A-fl.it major Chontn Ktude In H minor, op. 2s no. Chopin Intermesxu Ejiill Paur Dedicated te Mme. Samaroff (In manuscript. Carillon I-htpounow Impromptu Gabriel Fwura i'viuaaise lu 3 major Xlnxt all. "God forbid!" says her bosom friend, who, having divorced a brute of a hus- band, knows men. Why sacrifice all? But the woman speaks out. and the bosom friend whs right. The husband tny seems to get over the first shock. He never will In reality, for the ghost of "the other" Is between them. Physical Jealousy keeps gnawing at the husband s mind, and row follows row. After three acts of them, the only way for the wife Is to go. and she goes though not to "the other." Tho MarguVrltes are not likely to have to face a enm-gs. of plagiarism from Sutro. nor are they) likely to be made exe-dlngly wealthy "The Other" which was too long wljded to arouse enthusiasm in Its first fllB-ht Btlditora Tt la wnll.wrttlAn occasionally powerful, but not likely to be run after by American or English mana gers. Of Sardou'a latest "success. "Le Volsln." at the" Porte St. Martin, the cable dls- patches must already have given exhaua- tlve accounts. Paris, however, still is gasping over the spectacles which It affords, for in the court scene there are 159 people on the stage, and this one setting is said to have cost 17.500. The cause of still more wonderment, however, is Sardou himself. Despite his 76 years. he still Is an Indefatigable worker and an early riser, putting to shame many young men. During the rehearsals of "I-e Vol sin" he frequently appeared at vthe. Forte St. Martin at 8 In the morning to the c'fs may of Its manager, M. Herta, who n.-e- tends to no fondness for early rising and Hkea to breakfast at 10 o'clock. While the rehearsal was In progress.' moreover, Sardou was the embodiment of energy and resource. Did he not like anybody's rendering of a part, he Jumped on the stage and played it himself. He Is sa!3 to have written as many plays as he Is years old. but like Jules Verne, who left behind In skeleton many ro mances which he was unable to finish, Sardou has In his exhauBtless notebooks the material for doxens of other dramas. I nese little volumes are storvd l"ainl cabinet In his study, and they contai sometimes a long article or even' a para- graph from a newspaper," with a sugges- tlve sentence underlined, sometimes a few brief words In pencil Jotted down at an odd moment. For nearly fortv veers mese noieDooks have been In the mak- mina Mor a line Is written. But In the writing, there's the rub' for' in the mat tor of w .. - them being In weir hi-ii,.. Im.w . skilled copyist has to handle before they can be read by actor and actress. HAYDEN CHURCH. Comlnt; Events. Jan Kubellk. the great violinist, will appear at Boyd's theater Sunday evening. December 29. A. showing the progress Kubellk has made In his art since Ms earlier appearances In America, the re- marks of a well-known N..w Vnrir o-m on the first concert of the present tour are undoubtedly of some weight, espe- cially as the same unanimity of opinion "eems to prevail, not only In New York, but In Chicago, among the writers for the a&llV Press: . .. "ave "en a Paderewskl tlTuTl? run? bJW.. wSo Paderewskl aaw and heard at the Hippodrome Sunday n,nl ?",w lnat larger crowds can be bwa.hethWeh,s8ePnesrat0,foa 1', and far beyond a sensation, for he is a ' fnrea 'l' ?!' 1The,rvf no one whoae Play ibe'ltS? "yet" there tho-Wio A more virile and who have a deeper emo yna.IuBnf..a..K.re.i,ter. Intellectual message.1 his tone, the wonderful aViU.'f hi.y, l' iiib tone, in hand, the manner In wT.lch the mus o 0,, .!? pSynrtm,Uf1V,rmqUa,7,mure0f,qVe3ln the world of artists, since his last visit a0ndthh"..CtUankerny & nfffi muslcianly sides.. Consequently he was . as great a Joy to the musician as to the . On Monday nlghTatThe Boyd Tim Mur- phy will be seen In "A Corner In Coffee" pendent concern subsldlxea Dy ine got and on Tuesday night In "Two Men and ernment. Heretofore Japan had been de a, Girl." In both of these comerti- nendent In a greater or less measure upon has been seen here hofr.ro h. that tliey are well worthv ,.f ti, ,,.. tlon he has bestowed upon them. His whimsical . personality shows through both of them and win for him the Warm applause of hlB audiences. Miss Dorothy Sherrod and a capable company are sup- uc ivmeuian mis season as UHual. The original New York company and pro duction of "The Clansman" will oc seen at Boyd'a theater, two nights, beginning New - ---':-. learsmaunce Thib is me .u Klux Klan play. The hero of the play, which Is drmRiii f-.m th. novels, "The Leopard's Spots" and "The Clansman.'' Is a young and gallant leader o( the Ku Klux. Opposed to him are an ambitious mulatto and a white abolitionist from Pennsylvania, whose daughter the young white man seeks In marriage. The first act shows the young Ku Klux defying federal authority by tearing down a mis- chlevous "social equality" proclamation, and the second shows the sale of his an- cestral homestead to satisfy taxes levied by the carpetbagger government. In the third act the Ku Klux Klan convene In a mountain rave to perform their mystic ritual and act as a high court of Justice, Ti e lait act shows the mulatto lieutenant governor of South Carolina confronting the abolltionl-t, his friend and protector, with a demand for the hand of the lattera daughter. The effect ls electrical. The old man spurns the presumptuous suitor, for- bids him ever toT approach hi. home again. and say. that A,(, year, of Caucasian de- velopment have n ted hi. own family for something better than to end in a brood of mulatto brats. This rouses the poll- tlcian to fury; but the timely arrival of the Ku Klux, headed by the girl's white lover, ssves the' northerner and rescues his daughter from a compulsory and de grading inessalllance. Mia. Rose Melvllltf who Is making her ninth consecutive tour in "Sis Hopkins," has been booked for an engagement of two days at the Krug theater, beginning matinee todav. Each season nt--u nn In. crease In interest in the fortunes of the simple and oddly dressed country girl of Posey county. Indiana; the girl with the funny pig-tallcaT hair, the gingham pina fore ajind the "snakentinie" dance; the girl with the gentle, abashed manner and the keen wit and the homely philosophic form of speech. Miss Melville, since she orig inated the character nine year, ago, has played In every city In the I'nited Slates and in nearly all the larger cities of Can ada. The company supporting her this season Is the best she has ever had, and the production has been entirely redressed by J. It- Stirling, who ls directing the tour. front 8. H. Dudley, who stands In the rank of colored comedians, will be seen with the smart set In "The Black Politic-Ian." at the Krug Tuesday and Wednes day. Aa Hesckiah Doo. Mr. Dudley has a Tole that fits him like a glove. He Is nothing more than a race track tout in the play, but when requested to pose aa a great politician lie rises to tne situation with all the grace and dignity ef aa old campaigner, ft catchy melcxfy, "pretty girls, elaborate scenic embellishments, capable singers, dancers, comedians and vaude ville performers, nvvelllcs, able stage man- agement, expensive and appropriate cos tumes are any criterion, this Incomparable troupe of mlrth-provokers are In for a successful engagement. The usual mat; Inee will be given on New Tear"s. "The Singing G1T7oKlllaney.,, which Aubrey Klttenthal presents for the first time to the patrons of the Knig for three days starting Thursday njgh. January 2, I described as Sn "Irish musical drama," from the pen of the popular playwright. Hal Reld. It Is sale to be a play that will appeal to all classes and tne proouciion has been made upon n elaborate scale. and Is presented by a large and competent acting company and a galaxy of show a-lrla I James Thornton, monologlst, who wrote "When You Were Sweet Sixteen." "Uttle Annie Ilooney," "My Sweetheart's the Man In the Moon" and other popular" songs. tops the new bill that opens at the Or pheum today and continues through the week. Cliff Bcreae and bis trained horsea ani the "hee-haw" bucking mule "Maud" are among the newcomers. To anyone" succeeding in mounting and riding "Maud" a liberal reward will be given and It Is declared "Maud" herself makes a great ,ot of rea, fun. gome tuneful foolery of the br)g-nt spnrkllng kind Is promised by Harrv ,,)nton Bnd Anta Lawrence in their sketch "Retrogression." Maude Hall Maoy and company are scheduled to furnished a pleasant bit of mild diversion In their sketch entitled "The Marple and the Jay." General Ed Lavlne. styled "the man who soldiered all his life." will contribute a mix ture of Jugglery and comedy. After show ing feats ,of mflglc calculated to amaxe "Chinese" Johnny Williams makes some ludicrous fun In seemingly awkward ex posures of the mysterious stunts In their simplicity. Joe La Fleur, who has startled thousands with Ringllngs and other cir cuses, a most daring equilibrist, and new klnodrome pic-lures round out the program. QUICK BUILDING OF WARSHIP An All-Japanese Cruiser l.annched Six Months After Its- Keel Waa Laid. The Japanese naval office Is congratu- latlng Itself and the vernacular press of ti. omnire is filled with praise over the feat recently accomplished of launching the first-class armored crulBer IbtVI from - .hihniirtino- vards at Kure -...v..- n, after the laying down of the keel. Not only do the Japanese believe that they have beaten all previous records for speed in the construction of war vessels of this class, but the Ibukl B,go ,g unlque because of the fact that from kee, to fighting top she was built entirely f niaterials forged and put together In JapaneBe government yards. J8P Ibukl whlch wa, launched J prl"ce ,8al)hl-Fiishlm1 on November by I nnce me"""1"1 21- ls 1vster BJ'P ie VRrds Her launc neu . - len'?th 18 460 feet' beam L,,!" ,th the placement 14.9)0 tons. Fitted w Miyabara boiler, the Invention of a aPa- nese naval otneer, ana mo vu... the Ibukl Is expected to develop the 1 h0r"e 22.500 nower. Bth the lDUl" "na n v' , Kurama, were designed oy Japanese " " ' '"'TheVe""?. built In Japan have been. ine aeei was M at Kura ,n May' 1907, "nd lmmedlate y " force of me W" PUt The naval office denies that any special effort was made to rush the cruiser through to completion, but the Japanese papers say that the bureau was not averse to a demonstration of Just how quickly a fight- mne'id" be turned out by It, artisans. Every ounce of steel used In the con- structlon of the new cruiser came from either the Kure steel foundry, which Is . . , int a t that nor I . part or um v or the Wakamatsu Iron works, an lnde- Tri,i and America for armor plate and ..,n r recent vears for the heavy guns and turret parts, but In the case of the Ibukl even the armor plate ingots were stamped Into shape and the turret plates forged at the Kure and Wakamatsu foundries. Nobody but Japanese was ad- mitted to the yard where the Ibukl was built during the course of her construction. The speed in building the Ibukl was al most equalled In the case of the first class battleship Aki. which was launched from the yards ot the Kure plant some months ago Just eight months after her, keel waa laid. The Akl ls of 19,000 tons displacement In l,er ca8e nlght and dav force" 6t men were employed and the naval office strained every nerve to get the big boat Into the water as soon as possible, The ability of the Japanese shipbuilders is remarkable when the fact ls taken Into consideration that prior to the summer of 1904 nothing bigger than a gunboat had been built at any of the government yards, Under the spur of war the naval office began to build its own ships and to equip its plants as rapidly as possible for perfect Independence o- American and English, manufactories. Kure on the Inland sea and Yokosuka In Toklo bay are both In Inaccessible pockets, because of the narrowness of the entrances t0 the inia aea and the channel leading ,nt(J Tokk, bay and the tremendous fortl- f,catlon wo,ks that have been put at each av.nue. Were the existing Japaneeee fleet , frora the Bea ,nother could 1m5 0 ,wo ,. 8ecure froln the J alf enemy nleB5 the ,.Und ll8tl, " . .. a, " successfully 'nvded. Klckapoo Indian. Dr. G. W. Redmond, of Potter. Kans., says that in 1870 he and Dr. Parsons, of Mount Pleasant, unearthed the remains of what is said to have been the tallest Indian who ever lived In this section of t country. The Indian was a Klckapoo, and was noted for giant proportions. He was buried on the old Pensoneau farm, or what was afterward known as the Dougan farm. Just north of Potter. "I'nele Jimmy" Dougan. an early settler, remembered when the Indian waa burled, and pointed out the Brave to Drs. Redmond and.Pa',n"- w' rather, anatornical purposes. It measured six feet seven inches In height. The Iadlan was killed in a drunken brawl. Many trinkets were burled with him. and the blankets In which he had been wrapped were in a fair slate of preservation when the skeleton was exhumd. The remains were burled at a depth of only about three feet. The skeleton lay around Dr. Parson's office In Mount Pleasant for a long time, when It finally disappeared, and Dr. Red mond says he never knew what became of It. WHMlfU llir. Bnnriwii I ' ' . ........ v .., ' Pointed Paragraphs. Misfortunes never comes singly to mar ried men. It's hard for any man to be proud after sizing up his feet. The winga of riches are not patterned after the wings of angels. Nothing Jolts a prospective matrimonial alliance like a small salary. Mistakes are funny only wtien other peo ple make them and they don't hurt us. Some n-n are kept so busy trying to make a-living that they haven't time to live When two women negin 10 exenange ram- pltn-.ents it's the recording angel's cue to rl burr. When a young widow asks a man If he has liis life Insured h's awfully slow If he doesn't take the hint. When a man encounters a bunko game be nearly always loses faith In human na ture Instead of losing faith In his own judgment. Chxago News. BYD'S TONIGHT - - AX 8:1G DANIEL FKOIIMAN Presents TT JAN TT IruiBEiL.EirL Tries Eminent Vlollnlat Asslslr. my Mile. BEaTnA 0Y. Sole TUalH. HEM UOWIS SCnWAK, Acce wpaalsf MONDAY AND TUESDAY TDM R3 yGS PHY Monday -- A CORNER IN COFFEE Tuesday -- TWO MEN AND A GIRL WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY New Years IVfatlnce Triumphant Tour Capacity Business Everywhere le Cflll Company TROUP OF -Positively Farewell Tour KRUG TMm 2 DAYS. STARTING JVH. STIRLING Presents LOTS I IN THE CHARACTERISTIC PLAY "80S HOPKINS" There Ala'l Ne Sease la Doln' Nothlo' For Nobody What Never Done Nothln' For Yo 2 DAYS STARTING TUESDAY. DEC. 31 r SPECIAL NEW g THE SMART SET FXEBZITTIXrO A JTEW 1CT7SICAX. COMEDY ' THE BLACK POLITICIAN WXTK A MEAT CAST GT CO&OKED SNTESTAX1TEKS, BEADED BY S. H. DUDLEY A"p 50-OTHERS 50 3 Days Starting Thursday January 2 MATINKK SATURDAY - Aubrey Mlttwithal'e Attractions ( Inc. offers the romantic Irish musical comedy drama THE SINGING GIRL FROM KILLARNEY ' By HAL KEID , A play redolent with heart Interest Humorous situations Music and Songs x-avuuiB rmjciB mauuiui voi iiens Mrs. W. W. TURNER, Presents Mme. Olga Samaroff , THE GIFTED YOUNG PIANIST FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 2 SEATS $1.50 an? $1.00. On Sale Tomorrow and After at Schmoller SL Mueller Box Office- THIRD , ANNUAL POULTRY JLWD PET STOCK SHOW OITEsT BY TBI Tri-City Poultry Association AT THE . Omaha Auditorium Dae. 30, "07, to Jan. 4, '08. Grsatast exhibition of Poultry, Plf-sons, Wild rowl, Dora and Cats Tar sssa la ths Missouri Yalisy. Th show will bs opsa svsry Cay , from a. m. until 10:30 p. m. AafsUBSIOsT Adults, 85c ChUdrsn, 15o. Spseial radaesd rat tlckata may bs sacurad by askicf joxur local outcast or groosr. Spend Your Own Money Your Own Way Does It not seem strange to you that a dealer who tries to substi tute, when you ask for aa adver tised article, should assume that you are not, capable of spending your own money? Show him fhat you are by insisting on getting what you ask for and refusing any substitute. Substitutes pay hint a larger profit, otherwise he would rive jou what you ask for, with out question. Manufacturers of advertised articles produce large quantities, being enabled thereby to manufacture cheaply and fur nish the public with high grade goods at the price of inferior sub stitutes. Aubktltutr Are Expensive At Amj rrlce. y AMl'SEMETI. THEATRE of 75 People HORSES Matinee Today 10-25.50 MATINEE TODAY the Artistio Comedienne E EU3EL0LILE YEAR'S MATINEE a scenio production elaborately staged. ft CftCIOMTOW I mom, 'Pbon Douglas 494, ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Mat. Eiery Dij 2:15, Evtrj Night 8:15 Week Starting Mat. Today JAMES THORNTON The man who wrote, "VVhn You Were towt-et Hlxtten." BERZAC'S NORSES and "MAUD" HABIT AHXTA LINTON & LAWRENCE In the musical comedietta, "RetroiireBSlon." Maude Hall Macy & Co. Presenting; "The Magpie and The Jay." GEN. ED. LAVINE Comedy Juggler Par Excellence. "Chinese" Johnny Williams Presenting "Hermann Outdone." JOE LA FLEUR Equilibrist. KIHODROME Always the newest In Motion Pictures PRICES: 10c. 26c, 60c. Keats on sale for New Year's ami I nil trie week. The Boyd Theater School of Acting (A practical trainiag school for dramatic amd peratlc stage) Fourth Season Now Open Students' Matinee Engagement. LILLIAN FITCH. Director W, J. BURGESS. Manager 1 3