THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER' 29, 1907.
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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
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