OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1908.'
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
AST week provided a sufficient
variety at the Omaha theater.
Modern drama, melodrama,
problem play, fnualcal comedy,
grand opera and advanci-d van
dcvlllo waa the layout. And
tho patronage bestowed on each Indicated
fthe Interest of Omaha folks In amusements
ht the theaters. It was nut another among
the trany prosperous weeks of the season
an far. The success of tho stock company
at the Norwood hna been greater even than
tho manno-crs expected, but not more than
Is warranted tV tle company. It hai
proven a very cnpable organisation and
Mr. Itaron haa demonstrated his ability to
Rot the beat out of hla pwipla. The policy
haa been to move prudently, and hls has
been done, with the reault that the com
pany I now fairly well established and will
enter on Its fourth week with a record of
aucccas behind and the beat of prospects.
While one'a sides were a til I aching from
laughter engendered by watching the antlra
of May Ilobson R8 she merrily plt'hfred
throuph "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
Mary," It was Just a trifle startling to pick
up a Philadelphia Sunday newspaper and
read on Ita editorial page a moat withering
arraignment of Miss Ttobson and tha com
rdy sha la appearing In. According to the
writer, who noems to be one of the lost
sheep anion the Quakers, for he ta cer
tainly too pugnacious to ever he admitted
Into full fellowship with the Friends, tho
piny la not only Inconsequential but abso
lutely Inane, while the pood lady who la
giving Its central figure life and being; Is
vulpar and conceited, and simply Impossi
ble from an artlFtlo standpoint. After
pursuing the matter for a few hundred
words of sarcasm that ought to be blast
ing and technical criticism that I nothing
If not scornful, the writer lets the cat part
way out of the bag. It seems that when
Aunt Mary Is rejuvenated In rhl'adelphla,
tho estimable critic f tho ngcrlovfld paper
hud pointed out that Aunt Mary was not
exactly tho sort of Aunt Mary he was ac
customed to, and that Miss ltobaun and
Tier companions hardly comported them
selves as sane and sober persons might
under tho circumstances surrounding them,
Instead of having the effect of mondlng
the ways of tho offending players and the
retirement of the play, It appears, from
the editorial In question, that Miss Robson
misconstrued the strictures und actually
seemed to regard them as Justification of
her course. It Is several weeks slnoe the
episode of tho play, and the appearance of
the criticism In Philadelphia, but the tar
diness of the editorial may be accounted
for In the words of the song popular sev
eral years ago: "Philadelphia's Just the
same as In Old Hon Franklin's day." The
article of last Sunday la the result of sober
reflection rather than hasty conclusion. It
elo serves to point out once more a fact
that has often worried the worthy and
conscientious critic, vis: The public doesn't
care much and the pluyer cares even less
what the critic says. It Is only when the
manager gets mad enough to make a fuss
about It, that any real attention Is paid
to tha matter, ,
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The Philadelphia editor accuses Miss
Robson of being an actor of "bits" and
saya she depends on her ability to do cer
tain things to make people laugh. This Is
veritably accurate. And, by that name
token, Isn't It a good deal In this sordid
old world, and especially Just now, when
to many people are habitually looking
down their noses, to cause laughter? May
Robson advertises to do Just that very
same thing and nothing more. Her bills
announce "a luunh a minute," and she
surely delivers the goods. "Tha Rejuvena
tion of Aunt Mary" is a farce, so frankly
that one who mUtnkea it for anything
erlous Is open to suspicion. Annlo War
ner, who wrote the farce, comes In for a
share of the editor's censure. Wonder
what he will aay when he has read "Pigs
Is Pigs?" At ll events some folks In Phil
adelphia must have liked It, for the engage
ment there was a success, Just as It was In
Omaha, and Omaha people surely liked tt.
But the mission of tho stage Is not
wholly to amuse, and so It Is not an unex
pected turn from tho frivolity of the War
ren farce to the turgid and Bometlmes
turbid situations of a Catnu melodrama,
Oscar Wilde, master of epigram, told of
Hall Calnc that "he writes at the top of
his voice" and Calne was never In better
voice than when ho wrote "The Bond
man." Its allegory Is that of the contest
between the dark and the light, the good
and the evil In man strolling for mas
tery, with tho good finally conquering. It
deals with the prlmnl pusslons, love, hate,
revenge and sacrifice, and with no refine
ment. Calne doesn't refine his sentiments;
they are given In tludr nakedness, and his
men and women move In straight lines. If
anything could be said as needed to com'
plete the picturesque aspect of the drama
presented by Wilton Ijicknye it might be
suggested that prologue based on the open
lug chapter of the novel would not bo en
tlrely unarliatlc. Tho gathering of the al
thing, the wrestling match In which Pteven
Orrysen, progenitor of Juaon and Michael
with one arm broken vanquished Patrick.
Sen, tho Icelandic champion, and won the
heart of tho governor's daughter, and tho
finale, when the governor cursed that
daughter and caat her out, might add
something to the general Interest of th
play. Rut everybody is supposed to have
read the story, and so the Introduction of
Juson as a full-grown avenger, on his way
to wreak hla mother's wrings on his father
ana nis miners Atsnx family, is not so
much of a shock. Mr. I-arkaye has soft
ened to somo degree the crtidcnrss of the
man who Bought vengeance on his half
brother, end through hla love for Greeba
easily brings him about to the docility that
lator leada him to rescue Michael from liv
lng death In the Siclllam sulphur mines
Still, the natural ferocity of Jason Is pre
served to a sufficient extent, and the
rugged brutality of his strength is plainly
shown. Onlne went for his material among
people who ar simple and direct In their
lives, unused to the subterfuges of civilisa
tion and practicing none of the artifices by
which the more fortunately situated con
ceal motives and emotions. I!uy In their
dally lives In a struggle with nature In
her sternest moods, striving continually for
No Fat Women at Lyons
For true female grace and handaom
figures the city of Lyons surpasses all
French towns, declared a recent traveler.
The women of both high and low degree
are altka eyual In the possession of grace
ful flowing body lines. They are not thin,
but elegant; as a man would say, Just
right. I understand this highly ornamen
tal condition of the women folks la true
wherever Marmola Is much used, as It Is
In this famous old silk town. American
women who are over fat, little or much,
should adopt this extremely valuable and
Simula plan of reducing, for Marmola in
H on oca Healed packages ( It la sealed)
la obtainable In all American drug stores.
Add to It at horns a ounce Fluid Ex
tract Ciwtri Aromatic and 8H ounces
tiyrup ttlmplrX and take a teaspoonful
afur nuala and at bod time. The whole
receipt costs but a few cents, but It takes
off the fiit In a wonderful way ven as
notch as It ounoea a day without causing
wrinkiea or any in er recta. r act Is, It
liiipruvt-a the hvalili and trio brlllancy
to Uij cjea ai 4 coiuolv&i '
the simple fare of a hard existence, these
folks of Iceland and Man never loarned to
gloss over their real feelings beneath any
coat of elegance of manner or Indirection
of expression. Then, too, the Calne habit
Of contrasting extremes heightens the ef
fect and makes the melodrama one of fierce
Intensity. It may be questioned If It adds
anything to the world's sum total of
knowledge or Inclines to soften any of the
asperities of Ufa.
And then came Mr. Rroadhurst, who put
his voice over th jumps In dealing with
American politics, from the Steffens-llakf r
Tarbell viewpoint. Not to mention Flower
and others who have turned several honest
pennies recently writing fiction about facts
brought to light by Folk, Jerome, lleney
and others. Mr. Broadhurst's Voice '
fairly good, thank you. At any rale he
emits a shout that la almost a shrleic.
"The Man of the Hour" has Just one
quality to commend It; It Is sincere. That
It has some foundation In fact every com
munity that has dealt of lata years with
certain phases of munclpal housekeeping
realizes. Its hero In a type. Idealized, but
still a type of a newer element In American
public life. Its i.ntagonlst Is the passing
"boss," who Is to be found wherever muni
cipal life has crystallised. Horrlgan Is
drawn out of perspective, but only to
heighten the effect. Tha popularity of the
play la easily Understood by any who has
kept In touch with the trend of modern
thought. But it Is unfair to all of us to
allow the Impression to prevail that civic
righteousness Is of recent origin, or that
municipal graft Is a modern Institution.
Llogenes, some centuries ago, paraded
Athens In daylight with a llgnted lantern,
ostentatiously pretending to seuk an honest
man, and each community since has had
Its own reformer who looked In vain for an
associate as upright as himself. Moses
found It necoasary, even before the day of
Diogenes, to set down In the Decalogue an
injunction against stealing. Any page of
history will Clscloso to tho searcher con
ditions that must convince a fair minded
person that the world Is not so much worse
now than It has boon. If Mr. Broadhurst
has helped to make it any better, so much
mora credit is due him; but who shall pro
phesy of the future of his writings?
Whatever VX H. Sothorn Is or is not, he
does not run away from a fight when forced
on him, but rather does Tie apply tha con
cluding words of tha hortatious Polonlus,
touching on the point: "But, being In, bo
bear It that thine adversary shall beware of
thco." In New York some of tha hyper
Music and Musical Notes
HEN Mary Garden came from
Chicago to New York (by v
of Paris) to sing for Mr. Ham
mersteln at the Manhuttan
Opera House, she became Im
pressed with the fact that she
W
should
give her opinion to the publlo
of what
the musical conditions were
In America-
Miss Garden should
have waited until the springtime, to blos
som forth, she should have waited until
the time of the singing of the birds had
come. For In winter the frosts are cruel,
and they sting, and Mary, Mary, quite
contrary, has been receiving tha full bene
fit of the nipping sprite.
This prima donna of the horticultural
noma was formerly a Chicago girl, but
she loft Chicago and went to Paris. That
of course was a point In her favor which
ever way you choosa to take lt-and aha
made a success In the French capital and
is principally known by her Interpretation
of rolea of the ultra modern French operas.
When she gave her views In the maga-
aines she begnn tho trouble.
I have before me an article by her on
the "Debasement of Music In America."
which appeared In Everybody's Magazine
for February.
In It she modestly asserts that "there la
at present no art in America." And we
are informed that the American public Is
today quite content and happy with the
operaa of Its grandmothers."
(We had a very striking local contradic
tion of this, lost fortnight, when the operaa
of our grandmothers were neglected here
and Pucclnl'a modern "Madame Butterfly"
played to a packed houae).
She tells us that America la still satis
fied with tona aa opposed to Interpreta
tion," and further states that "this ' Is
shown by the great popularity of Melba
and Bembrlch, perhaps the last, and cer
tainly tho greatest exponents of the oolora
ture school which charmed tha world until
near the close of the nineteenth century.
"Una great drawback," says Miss Oar
den, "for the masses. Is that the opera
season lasts but a few months, etc."
When will these dear people who mean
to be so kind to us, but really seem some
what patronising realize the fact that
Opera la not all of Muaic!
Miss Garden cites the popularity of the
mechanical piano and mechanical talking
machines, which, ahe aays, have brotipht
the great compositions and the great ar
tists Into the homes of almost every one
as a proof that there Is a distinct longing
for music among the masses. From per
sonal experience, being occasionally In the
shops where these Instruments are for
sale, I have noticed that the demund for
the very late popular things la even more
In evidence than the demand for the great
masterpieces and the great artists.
Miss uarden further says that some of
the . modern French opvras would be "too
difficult for tho American publlo properly
to Interpret or to accept. It would bo un
fair to present them now." But she adds
that "no one could wish a prouder prlv-
I liege than to make these mean something
to America to modern thinking America.
The fact Is also bewailed that "It is hard
to make the people realise the complete
devotion and slnglc-r.ilndcdne&s necessary
for tha development of tha individual ar
tlste!"
What has that to do with the question
of the American people and their regard
for art?
Have the American people not recognlxed
this devotion and single-mlndednesa In
many cases. In the annals of the dra
matte stage as Well aa of the musical.
What was tha name of that French
woman who came here, a "developed" ar
tist from Paris, and gave us "herself in
wonderful Interpretations, without telling
us how hard It was to make us realise the
"complete devotion and aingle-mindedness
necessary for tha development of the In
dividual artiste?"
What waa her name? Let me aea Borah
Barah oh yea, Sarah Bernhardt!
In the American homes, thinks Miss Gar
den, we have not the atmosphere to de
velop artistic talent, on account of tha
"never ceasing compliments on ona side or
the incomprehension on the other."
What of tha hundreds of American stu
dents who are honeyed with never ceasing
compliments and "jollied" by for an teach
era? Who are led to believe that anything
Is possible to them and who awake to find
that their apples are ashes? What?
I am told, by a woman who knows, that
a ctrlaiu student, after having studied
critical, unable to find other causa In con
nection with Mr. Sothern'a revival of "Lord
Dundreary," took exceptions to thU method
of advertising himself. In reply to these
Mr. Bothern has Issued a short address,
a single paragraph from which fully de
fines his persot al attitude. He says:
Publicity Is distasteful to me as an Indi
vidual, however I ocessary It may be as a
theatrical enterprise. I wruld gladly pur
sue my vocation without the aid of tll
boards, or sound of drums! This, howover,
may not be, and although I have not the
invention of Mark Twain, who perambulates
in a white linen suit In winter time, nor of
Bnrah Itnrnhardt, who slept In a coffin, nor
of thosn nominated for honorable offices,
who aaintt their Inclinations have to swal
low torchlight processions wholesale, still It
Is my 111 fortune, not being able to lay cor-tier-stonea
nor address universities, to have
to call attention to performances by printed
matter and by what Is walled prcsa work of
various kinds.
SIX UECLIXh A ;HK AT SICCRH9
Aatbor of "My tVlfe" Had Hard Time
to Melt It.
LONDON, Feb. J.-tSpeclal Corrrspmd
ence.) lty this time, some thou'-andt of
American playgoers must have seen "My
Wife," the comedy from the French In
which John Drew is now appearing with
"Itillle" Burke as his leading woman. In
Paris, as readers probably know, It whi
called "Mdllo. Josette, Ma Femmo" and It
ran there for more than a year, a remark
able feat In the "City of Light'' where a
frequent change of bill Is tho usual ord r.
Thereafter, moreover, tho Knglisli versl .n
of this sparkling comedy crowded the Lon
don Haymarket for months on end, and ac
cording to all accounts It will b: rve John
Drew for as lengthy a period.
One would think that the first manager
to whom It was offered would have jumped
at It, but that Wna a long way from being
tho Case according to an Interview Wit'.i
Its author, Paul flavault, which a Parisian
weekly published. From this It app ars
that "Josette" had to knock at theatrical
doors exactly seven tmies before one was
opened to her, and the biggest and mst
successful of Paris theaters refused to give
her hospitality. No less surprising !s M.
Cavalut's admission that in pite of the
success of "Josette," he had tho greatest
difficulty In placing hla other offspring,
"The Happiness of Jacqueline," wM-h It
row crowding the Paris "OymnaFe." and
which you are to have in America or
long. The manuscript of this play retcd
In a pigeonhole at tho Paris Vauikvllle
for several years, and each g ason the
manager said cheerfully to the author,
"Mon petit" theatrical folk In Franca al
ways call their friends 'pot It' however big
ith a certain fonioua teacher In Europe,
d mutter who or where finally akmi her
teacher what she should do when she came
back, attar all the time she had spent
abroad. Quickly tho answer came, "Get
married I"
With an unwonted exuberance of hv en-
serve and maidenly modesty this Mary of
me uaraen Dasnrully concludes that bo
oause she has studied in a school where
pupils were taught to pay quite as much
ttention to tha art of acting as to the art
of
singing "even though my voice
not really great In Itself. I am able to
do my part In bringing out the trua un
derlying purpose of tha groat composers."
Exit Mary Garden. Enter Mr. Henderson
of
xno xiew York Bun. And amongst other
good things ha has this to say: "Much
time will be needed here, and the country
will have to recover from the effects of
three serious wars, of a nnrlod of kmh.
struction and of an era of extraordinary
material growth, all of them forces hostile
to tho development of any art. esneclallv
to one entirely Insensible to utilitarian Im
pulse,
Meanwhile wa are 1 mnnrtlnc? mnat
of our art and nearly all of our music. We
are devouring everything. Later on we
shall feast less and subsist better. We
hall become epicures and select with dain
tier appetites. "
'But any view of our nresent tajite In
music which seta forth that wa im nnr.
row, Is entirely Incorrect. We have no
national preajulces, no radical affections.
We do not care whether music b written
by Jew or Gentile, by Frenchman, German,
week or Irishman, so long as It seems to
s to bo agreeable." "There la a wel
come here for the works of every school,
ana this cannot now be said of unv of thA
sophisticated musical publics of Europe."
The following comment from Genevra
Johnstone Bishop on this whole matter
may interest the readers of this column as
It did many others.
Borne of us remember her very well when
sha was Chicago's leading soprano; she has
sung In Omaha on several occasions with
the old Apollo club.
This appeared in the Los Angeles Herald.
Mrs. Bishop having boen one of America's
well-known concert and oratorio singers
la entitled to a hearing, and she Bhould
know something whereof she speaks, far
more bo. than a forelgnlzed American who
has not been In touch with matters musical
In this country.
.Miss Garden, Judging from vour state
ment, I must say you are verv lunorant of
the conditions of muaio in till country and
i cnnBioer your - opinion a humble one
What do you know of the niu.--lj In thi
west? For years you have seen Utile of
your own country and have never 1 een
weat of Chicago in your life. We are not
by any means "satisfied Willi the operas of
our grandmothera" but we do want 'tone,'
and that seems to be the one thing you and
many of the American singers who have
been educated In Paris lack. Yea. we do
want tone! Before Miss Harden presumes
to write about the "debasement of music''
in her own country and M'.hs Farrar gives
her opinion on America having no art"
they better read and look up the matt r.
Both girla know nothing of either our
musical or social world here, being born In
obscure conditions and educated by roi
men and women and Americans at iha
they show poT taste and bad Judgment to
even criticise our musical activity, or con
dition, or sense of appreciation of It. An
American public, whether In New York,
Texas, Florida or Los Angeles, demands
the best and we get It.
Next week's Issue will contain a carefully
compiled article on this great subject of
tone versus Interpretation If the wr ter's
time Is not too fully occupied otherwise.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Maatcal NotM,
Mil Turner will present for tha Inst
number of her subscription series, M.-
Klity Cheatham, who will be In ard in
many novelties in the way of chl.dren'a
seiiKa. nearo sonns and others or a more
serious nature. Miss Cheatham Is satu to
Interest very deeply all children from the
ages of to : bhe has made great sue
ceases In the larger cities.
Mr. E. M. Jones held a very in t, retting
recital of his pupils at bis spacious and
well-equipped studio In Boyd thest-r on
Thursday evening. Those who took part
were Margaret lonua. Maoge Jtungala.
Hannah Kulakofsk!. Heat rue Dew lng,
I'.eile Cook and the Miasea Gray, E. Taylor,
Klkins. Garlow. Watson, Balikk. 1 Ittia
and Thomas. Mrs. Browne and Mr. Browne
Miss Garlow alto assisted by singing two
solos.
For the firat time, wa are to have Madam
Marcella ttemhrtcli In a rtai song laciiai.
Thi. la vlad news for every student of (Ini
tio?. If any imner should miss this op
portunity. It will be a great 'leas. n"
missed. Madame rVmrlch is acknowledged
toriav, by thoae who know beat, as a great
artist in the real art of real slninx. Tha
recital will be at tha Hoyd theater, for
which wa may be truly thankful. The data
la Thursday evenlug, April L
they nre -"yoiir comedy Is charming, I
am going to piny It at once." When this
had been going on for nme time, and
"Millie. Josette" had achieved Its success,
the author went back to the manager once
more and said, "Mon petit, I want my play
back agnln; you will never play It," an I
that Is how Mdlte. Jacqueline Came to he n
penslonnalre at the Gymnase. It Is evident
that even tha authors of successful plays
have their difficulties almost comparable
with tlvp tyro.
'What's In nsrhe?" Juliet's famous
query might be repeated with reason by
Laurence Irving, the younger of tho late
eir Henry's Sons. He haa Just startled his
friends and acquaintances by golnf Into
vaudeville Bnd accepting an engaee.tient at
tha rejuvenated Iondon "Coliseum," and
everybody Is asking why? It apparently
having occurred to no one els however,
to put the query to the young oolor him
self, I did so last evening In his dressing
room at the big music hall, where I found
him making up for his part In 'Masks
and Faces."
"It's quite simple," he Ssld, when asked
why he had deserted the "legitimate." "I
Just couldn't get enough engagements. A
year In 'Raffles' and a fortnight In 'The
Incubus' represent my only roles for some
time. 8o, for the present, I Intend to keep
to the halls. I have bji option on Richard
Harding Davis' sketch, 'Rags Reegan,'
which, as you know, made a hit across the
Atlantic.
"One of the troubles with the theater
here," Irving" added, "Ib that there are too
many peoplo with private backers, who
put down money and buy a part for a
certnln actor or actress. Thus, the mnn
or woman who has enrned success by
hard work Is elbowed out of a salary."
Like his elder brother, Iaurcnce Irving
Is an uncommonly capable actor, so the
fact that he Is not In demand with tho
managers Is the more surprising. Cer
tainly tho late Sir Henry would turn In
his grave did ho know that his younger
son was doing a music hall turn.
On the stagn here Adaptations of novels
follow one another with surprising rapid
ity, but only one of those produced re
cently "The Beloved Vagabond" has
tvirned out a sucefss. Especially disap
pointing Is the dramatization of hla story,
"Btlngareo," by Q W. Hornung, the author
of "Raffles." The play never really grips
and seems likely to have a brief career at
tho Queen's theater, where It was pro
duced last week. This fine new play
house, by the bye, seems in a fair way
to prove as great a hoodoo as the Waldorf,
tho Shubcrts' unlucky and long untenanted
theater In Kingsway. It opened with "The
Sugar Bowl," the latest comedy of
Madeleine Lucette Ryley, which failed to
draw. Then "The New York Idea" was
put on there with a almllar result. Ill for
tune, too, overtook the revival of Shaw's
"Devil's Disciple" as soon as It was trans
ferred to the Queen's, and the playhouse
remained dark until the advent of "Stln-garoe."
"Susannah and Some Others," Madame
Albanesl's stage version of her romance,
also failed when produced recently at the
Royalty, and a similar fata appears to
await Max Pemberton's "Woman of Kron
stadt," which we had at tha Garrlck last
Saturday for the first time. As In the
case of tha Hornung piece, all that was
most attractive In "Kronstadt," the novel,
was loft out of tha stage place. As a re
sult, Mrs. Rubs Whytal and an excellent
all-around company had to do what they
could with Indifferent material, and at
the and . tha applause was mostly of tha
courteous variety. ,
Despite theae failures, . however, a lot
mora adaptations from works of fiction
are announced, most Important of them
perhaps being "The Ixrrd of Latimer
Street," a dramatisation by Oliver Madox
Hueffer of his book of the same name.
This will be given at Terry's on February
29, Nina Bouclcault appearing In the
heroine's part.
"When a woman will, she will, you may
depend on't. And when she won't she
won't, and there's an end on't," Thus runs
the adage and it la particularly true when
the woman happens to by La Divine Sarah.
6ho has decided that sha won't and the
result Is that Henry Batallle's "Faust,"
the production of which at the Theater
Sarah Bernhardt all Paris was awaiting
with eager Interest, has been shelved. The
talenUd young author may Invoke tho aid
of the courts to enforce his contract and
com pell the great tragedienne to change her
mind, but despite his warlike name and
bellicose reputation In a logal combat and
such a woman he Is pretty sure to be
worsted. Not even Mephlstopheles himself
could cajole or terrify Sarah Into playing
a role that she does not want to play. In
any event, by adopting the plan of period
ically taking up tha rehearsals, and then
dropping thorn again the directorate of the
theater could delay the presentation of the
play for three years and by that time the
small Btock of patience which llatallle pos
sesses would certainly be exhausted.
Meanwhile theatrical Parts Is hugely en
Joying the row between the tragedienne and
the dramatist. Sarah says that Bataille s
Faust," In its prosont form Is unplayable.
t-hd that was made abundantly evident to
anybody capable of taking a ' before-the-tootllghts
view of a piece, at the rehearsals.
Bataille, on the other hand, asserts that
there Is nothing wrong with the play, but
a good deal Is wrong with Sarah. From the
beginning, he says, she proved to be lntrac-
tableno new discovery, that objected to
the employment of certain artists in the
roles for which they were best fitted. In
sisted on making radical changes In the
play and mas more than Insistent that un
due prominence should be given to her own
part, that of Mephlstopheles. Futhermore,
It seems, her conception of the character
was very different from that of the author.
Itaiallle maintains that tho Mephlstopheles
of Goethe waa that of a gentlemanly fiend
with redeeming features that he stood not
for Satun, the embodiment of all that Is
evil, but for a spirit the spirit of negation.
As such, ha contends, his Influence over
Faust of a leetralnlng sort, of a nature
to warm him that there were limitations to
his power and hla superhumanity. This
much-diluted, second fiddle sort of 'a devil,
did not fit In with Sarah's actions of the
out and out Satanio Mephietopholee with
which she expected to hold Paris spell
hound. Hence, as can be Imagined, there
were "ructlona" between her and Bataille.
Neither would yield and balked In her de
alre to get her own way La Dlvlna sus
pended reheartals and has commenced work
on another play.
There Is a rumor afloat that the Faust
of Bataille has been pigeon-holed to main
way for the Faust of Edmond Rostand.
Perhaps but I have my doubts. Rostand's
health la in a precarious condition and des
pite the reports to the contrary I do not
believe that bis play is yet completed. It
would not surprise me If It never were com
pleted. His "Chanticleer" haa never yet
crowded up on tha stage, although rumor
had It that It waa finished and that Coqua
lln was to plsy tha part of tha cock.
HAYDEN CHURCH.
CetaalBaj Evrala.
"Some luck, a lot of hard work, and, par
haps, a little talent," Is the secret of Mrs.
Patrick CamptoaU, who come bar Monday
and Tuesday evening to the Boyd theater.
On Monday evening she will play "The
Second Mrs. Tanqueray" and on Tuesday
evening "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmlth."
Bhe has never played a role In which her
personality has not been completely ab
sorbed to such an extent that no othor
actress has followed In her footsteps with
any hope of success. This Is particularly
true of the three great modern masterpieces
which Mrs. Campbell Is to present during
her present rapid tour. "Others have
played Mrs. Tanquoray," said Ellen Terry
recently, "but Mrs. Campbell Is Mrs. Tan
queray." Thus during the last fourteen
years, whicli may be said to be the term
of Mrs. Campbell's real stage csreer, she
has been Identified with three or four of
the only plays England has produced that
Vill live on the stage. Mrs. Campbell brings
to this country her own London company
with Ben Webster as leading man, and her
own daughter, Miss Btella Campbell, who Is
to assist as stage mnnagcr und make her
professional Uc.but In Ingenue rolea.
Nothing funnier than "Too Much. John
son," William Olivette's farce, which will
open a week's engagement at tho Burwood
theater tomorrow evening, has yet been
offered In Omaha. "Too Much Johnson,"
the plot and subplots of which are fur
nished by an unmitigated prevaricator
named Billings (Mr. Gillette's part), whose
qualification as a falseflor are so pro
nounced and exquisite as to command both
esteem and amazomont. Additional fun Is
furnished by his confiding wife (Miss Leas
ing) and by his suspicious mother-in-law
(Miss Jeffery). Mr. Ingram will play Bill
ings. All of the complications arise over
A foolhardy escapade between Billings and
a French woman nnmed Clnlrette. whose
fiery husband chases BUllnRs. who has
said his name Is Johnson, to Cuba. The
real Johnson, to be played by Lloyd In
graham, Is caused no end of troublo In
dodging the wrath of the Frenchman.
Stiijre. Director Bacon will play the Ca
nadian, Faddish, who becomes involvod In
the complications, and tho balance of the
company will Ive seen In fitting rolea. The
customary attention has been given to the
staging of the comedy, the acenery being
eminently appropriate. There will be mati
nees on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and
Sundny.
"Alabama," with all of its .beautiful
scenery, will bo seen this afternoon and
evening for the last time.
The latest work from the pen of Owen
Davis, entitled "It's Never Too Iito to
Mend, or the Wanderer's Return," a play
In four acts and fourteen scenes, sMd to
have been given an extremely elaborate
production by A. J. Spencer, will come to
the Krug for four days, starting with a
matinee today.
A new play, under the title "A Prince
of Sweden," by Lawrence Russell, Will be
given Its first presentation In this city at
the Krug theater for three dnys, starting
Thursday night, March 12. Carl Olson Is
the central figure and gives Yon Yonson
and Ole Olson a close rub.
A bill overflowing wlth good humor and
not lacking In variety Is announced for the
Orpheum today and for the ensuing week.
The list will be headed by the Empire City
quartet, a Jolly crew of harmony and fun
venders, who scored heavily last season
with their comedy and with "Cheer Up
Mary." Agnes Mahar, styled the "Tommy
Atkins of dance," returns with a new and
more pretentious turn, having engaged
soveral artists to assist her. Jules and
Ella Garrison, who were a feature of the
Orpheum rood show last season, will help
regale the fun seeker with their take off
of heroic classic characters In their trav
esty entitled "A Noble Roman." James H.
Cullen will be on hand to renew and In
crease old friendships. To Blnckson and
Burns Is assigned the task of providing
the big "scream" In fun, with their burles
que athletics. With a mixture of the
facetious and gymnastic, the Kronaman
brothers will make their Initial effort here,
while others among the first time visitors
will be the Banks Breaceale duo, comedy
girla and versatile musicians, accomplished
on the 'cello, French horns, violin and
other Instruments. To ooncludo a new as
sortment of motion pictures will be shown
with the klnodrome.
Gossip From Stasjreland.
Virginia Earle Ib to be married shortly
and retire from the stage.
Viola Allen will be seen in Montreal and
Toronto in "Irene Wycherley."
Captain Robert Marshall and Alfred Pu
tro are to write plays for Charles Froh
man. Charlea B. Wella Is one of those en
gaged for the new Da Mllle pluy, In which
Cyril Scott la to star.
There are signs of two revivals In the
dramatic atmosphere tho Civil war play
and the romantic drama.
Mr. Bothern has returned to "If I Were
King" and made a success of Its revival In
New York during the week.
It Is now reported that James K. Hack
ett may star Mra. Leslie Carter In an ex
purgated version of Three Weeks.
George M. Cohan's new musical play Is
called "The Yankee Irince." It will be
produced in Philadelphia early in April.
Annie Yeamans and Edward Ilairl-rnn
will make a abort Incursion into the. vaud
eville field In some sketches from "The
Mulligan Guards."
Blanche Walsh is very ill at New Or
leans, alarming reports having been sent
out during the week. At last accounts
ahe was better and with a fair chance for
recovery.
"Lady Barbarity" waa produced by
Charles Frohman with success in Ixndon.
It is a dramatization from the novel of
the name by J. C. Smith, and la a ci s
tumo melodrama of the eighteenth Cen
tury. Joseph Cawthorn, the principal comed'an
In tin) support of Elsfe Janis In "Toe
Hoyden," Is a star of considerable m ignl
ture himself. He opened the season at toe
head of his own company In "The Free
Lance," which will be revived In slightly
different form next year.
Mile. Anna Hold, w ho has played ' Tne
Parisian Model" for two seasoni In Am r
Ica. will open In Ixmlon al-out the mid lie
of May. Mr. Klegfeld. Mile. Held's hus
band and !rmner will tHke over lb" en
tire company. Including tho haniltomi :
chorus that has even been seen In London.
Charles Frohman has secured the Eng
lish and American rights to "L'Amour
Vlcllle," now running at the Comedie Fran
calse, Paris. "L'Amour Vleille," with
"Samson, " the new pluy bv Henri B rn
sti In. author of "The Thief," will be pro
duced in London and New York next a a
son. Emma Fames bas written a strong li
ter against vivisection, in which are de
clares It had a hardending effect, from
which humanity Is going to suffer In the
end. bhe says that no here In the world
la an oix-ratlon looked on as lightly as in
this country, and asserts that America Im
a byword abroad for mad and unnecetsary
operations.
Walker Whiteside lasted a week In "The
Beloved Vagabond." The show waa closed
at Cincinnati, where It opened, tne com
pany aent back to New York, and the
scenery stored. It is understood that Mr.
Whiteside Is no longer under contract to
I.lebier & to. The latter were not satis
fied with the version of the Ijorku novel
and says it will liavo to be rewritten.
Apropos of the plan of David Relaso to
send David Warfi, Id to London. It Is in
nounced that It will be H.las oa futu-e
policy, with a theater in l.nnd in aUiv
at command, to present hla stars and pl.iy
in sew ion, noeion. rnicirn ard I'hia
delphia. on thia side of the water, and lie u
each season to send some one of the pro
ductions to the British capital
William Vaughan Moody, author of "Tie
Great Divide." haa marly completed a new
rlay upon which Ilenrv Miller has the on
ion. Bo gratlfiud Is Mr. Moodv over tit
success of "The Great Divide." In Mr.
Miller's hands, he has given the actor
manager first rail upon all bia dramatic
output of tha future. Tha new pay I a
prute drama of, luuUurn Aouarlcaa Ufa, with
aMI'SKMRVTS,
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TUESDAY NIGHT. MARCH 10
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Reserved Meats now on sale. Prices i 60c, T5o and 91.00.
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Today,
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MATINEE TODAY
A. J. SPENCER'S modern produc
tion of the newest In advanced
melodrama
IT'S NEVER TOO
LATE TO H
OB THE WANDERER'S RETURN
By Owen Davis
A real melodrama massively staged.
An absorbing story of Intense heart
Interest, with a powerful plot, full of
Jiathos and humor, teara and laughter,
lerolsm and villainy. Enacted by a
cast of the hlplK-Bt excellence. 4 big
acts. 14 magnificent scenes. Delight
ful comedy, novel situations, thrilling
climaxes, marvelous affects.
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THURSDAY MARCH 12
Matinee Satarsay 1
O. S. 'Primrose Presents
CARL OLSON
A PRINCE
OF SWEDEN
The Great Swedish Comedy-Drama
A continuous l.uusrn r rom Start
to Finish
The bast Scandinavian dialect com
edy-drama now before the Amerloau
public
ALL SPECIAL SCENE RT
SETEN Hew and up-to-date
Specialties SEVEN
Oood Singing- and Dancing
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Ladies of the Maccabees of
the World if Omaha
ROME HOTEL
Tuesday Evening, March 10
Sir Knlg-hts and Ladies of Council Bluffs
and South Omaha Cordially Invited.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS POR
The Boyd Theater
Vr. O. S. Woodward Announces the
Return to Omaha of the Pavorlte
Woodward Stock Co.
Plrst Psrformanoa, Sunday, April 1
Same prices as last srnson, 10c and iisc.
Souls can be secured one wkk In ad
vance. Season tickets will be placed on
sale Saturday, April 10.
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JULES & ELLA GARRISON
Xn Their Traresty, "A Noble Roman"
JAMES H, CULLEN
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Effa Ellis
ONLY WAY TO STUDY MUSIC
There Is something; new under the sun,
and It Is the Kffa Kills illustrated inuslo
course. Miss Ellis has recently movfd
her studio to tliu Boyd Theater bulldinK.
and It la worth while to see the children
from 8 to 16 years old who are tHkina;
up the study of music. The process
they are milking la wonderful. Kohi-rt
Hunter of Tho Omaha Bee says: "My
little glrl, only 8 years old. can Kit don n
to the piano and play almost any ordinary
muaic. tilie- can read easily and Is mak
ing great proKress. I never sttw anything
like It, and I believe Miss Kills tia.s tlm
most wonderful plan of teaching music
ever devised." MIhs Kills has nearly B.nOij
studenta now and the number Is steadily
Increasing. This system can be tnuglit by
mail ami It Is so simple that any cliiM
can understand.
AUDITORIUM
MARCH. 9. 1908
Grand Annual Call
-or
0 HI AH A MUSICIANS'
ASSOCIATION
200 Musicians In Grand
Orchestra
ADMISSION. . 50 CENTS
The Boyd Theater
School of Acting
(A practical training echool
for dramatic and peratid
stage)
Fourth Season Now Open
Studeote' Matinee Eneag-einanta.
LILLIAN riTCH. Director
W. J. BURGESS. Manager
AVHOUXCEMEilT BITKAOID1H1II !
OsTD sTXazt CHZiY
Thursdjy Evenini, April 2nd
Madam Marcella Sembrich
Axslsted hy Mr. ' Rlllson VanH'X'"
tenor; Mr. Michael ,' de Zadora, uiaui'
Madam Svmi.ri.-i.- .. iu
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