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tite (Watta kttntay bee: October 3. ini&. 11 1 1 1 1 - 1 On the Isle of Pep the Listless Recovered Lost Life . TOBASCO, XIXQ Ot THE OF PEP." "ISLE OLD DOC CAYENNE. WHO DID EM ALL GOOD. y. r- ... 1, :t CHARLES n. GARDNER. Neither Hauptmann, Sudermann, Heln drlek Ibsen nor John (Jaslworthy had a quill Jn the writing of the spectacular drama known the t'nlted States over a "Tha lata of Tap." "Tha lala of Tap" wa regularly pro duced each Monday night at Ak-ar-Bn Ie4i In Omaha, during tha season ot soma three and one-half months just closed. It Is known tha eontlnent over, because some 2.A0O men. tha threat ptaoea of live coal In tha land, aaw tha play during the season. They came from .O0a different places. Though most of them earns from Omaha and Nebraska, they came from many and various places In 1 Omaha, and la (Nebraska. They cams from Alaska, from Dakota, and from Florida. They cam from Ken tucky, from California, and from Manila. They ram from Hon Kong and London. Yea, they came from Berlin and Petro grad and ever and ever did they to away slapping their knees and holding their . sides with mirth. What then Is the "Ial of Pepr Ah, those who have not seen, want to know. It must be eeen to be compre hended. The most versatile pen of the keenest critic cannot do It Justice. Tet.for the benefit of the poor boobe of Omaha who did not join this year, and therefore did not get to see the show, and for the benefit of the few persons scattered In far and savage islands who had not the tallway facilities or the boat service to get to Omaha during the season to see this show, fragmenta of It with the thread of the plot will be hare and now set forth. Candidates for initiation Into the order of Ak-Bar-Ben Mere subjected to military discipline, dolled up In convict stripes, made to wear a ball and chain and forcod to lock-step their way to the pier where the saucy ship Worcestershire Waited for them. F. W. Fitch s "Llghtfoot. the Oulde," commanded this troop of convicts In tripes and brought them with true mill tary discipline before Captain C. Weed, commander of the ship. Captain C. Weed, with hia salt sea whiskers, his apparent Jag of spirit and hia steel-hooked arm, was none other than Dr. Q. Derby. "What have you here?" shouts the r plain. "A lot of reprobates and undesirable eltlsens." replies Llghtfoot. the Oulde. "They haven't pep enough to season a custard pie. I want you to take 'em to the Isle' of Pep and shoot some pep Into 'em. "Very waiV and with a "left foot. right foot" march the squad is hustled Into the big ship. The docks are cleared. The anchor Is hauled In. The Bailors sing their rollicking song. The ship backs majestically out Into deep Water and ealls awar. The scene shifts and tha vest audience sees only the churning waves of an end Here Is the Cast Stages CAST OF Tobasoo, ths Big Pqueere ef the Isle. I Kf t nvenii I'o. the U isajrd Man. . . Jhms Yak. Head rnyician at tne rajuitarium. . wbl. t. i.Avwtr.x r. Ilowson Lota, the Cruel Landlord CllAc). R. DOC1U KT Pen Hi iv. Attendant to Cayenne Pep.... L. N. Kl'Nt'i'l ( al-taln C, Wred. of the Saucy Ship Worcestershire DR. O. l 'KHUV lunula, tha Hot fiouurvtie JOHN BRE.SNAV Conaialile Con Carney, Chief of the Fara, the Wireless Opeiator The Iuky Oalatee. Us M foot, the (iulde . KOBTXCT OtBUl Clint Miliar U. A. Kennedy F. L. Krnaa D. R. Koberts A. E. MrLeroan W. J. Joi.aa Rett. Johuson MTmszgi O. A. Hsgemen O. D. Wastergard A. Tender Ed. Bhavlik r. II. Haass sajxom, crr&iAarm, xro. A. Pnuvia i. v . CainpbeB Ait Cr ili kehank f- A. h'rtoasua .. (. I tiikonatoln li. l. J'Yajriafurl If. H. )iankin Ci. li. haiulu K. R. Howea J. W. Huriay U. E. Johnston 1a 11. Henuaiibeck Jerome Latsott E. L. Llvlnsstua L. P. Lorlng J. W. Marrow U IX M tiler It. Counsman TEDDY UBOTUEIIS U. R. Johausoa CIUXI) MVKTI - A. W. JKFFERIS IMLUPKLTtH llvOi'litX OOOD-BYE GIRLS, I'M TIIROUGn Scene on the Isle of Pep alter tha sheriff had seized the hotel, a nd before the visit of Doc Cayenne, with his won derful life-saving wand that put the pep into the whole bunch and made them all go some and over. . "aeaseaasBes)easleeesseaaaMMMeM f" i. - if ' 1". . t' - rr--""- - -,., '--t-o--. i . - ' - - '.' ' ' ' ' rJ-VVi'-;- k Jv ,,-- ' - ' Y t I r -,--1 :: Wfr.rViTii1 Willi iim III I I II 111 .iWMl.M mi mtfMm iwllW . wrt'l iw i n iulll llliivp WIWWW f v. ll I f- f I IIIW lim lOHMIIIBMlMlliriBITIIHWIIIIIIllll -IM llll I imBftlMl l'l III A llill.WMl'flfftfat ssssSSSSSMSSSSSSJSss'SMwMMMMMWMMwMw mm i mi iiiiiiiii w ii u iiiMiewftwy"MeMeawwiiwwwB 1 ' " " i-'-r--iTiir-3"'J' -sWterHHrTrfrf-,a- T r less ocean with a few rocks Jutting here and there. Suddenly the ship, far In the distance, la seen to round a curve in the rocky cliffs. It I apparently miles away. Si lently It gllilra over the wave toward the boundless unknown, toward that mys terious lute of Pep In the mysterious sphere ot sumewhere. 1 crowd ap plauds for the scene Is really beautiful. . Hut look, apprehension arises. A battle cruiser creeps around from behind the cliff and gives chase. Suddenly the cruiser stops, a flash, a boom of cannon, and the good ship Worcestershire has been struck broadside. fine totters. 0hs sways from side to side. 8 he lists sltrnward. The waves begin to gurgle In her hold, and In a moment alia hears the billows roar, a sunken ship. NO difference. Tragedies, deep, black, and monstrous, occur during the per formance, but when the curtain goes up. In spite of a sunken ship, we find that the crew Is snfcly treading the soil of the Isle of Pnp. Tobasco. the big "squeeie'' ot the Isle, la in charge 6t affairs there. Charles Oardnar. who is always on band to take bla place In the harness when there is work to do In the Dsn show, assumed this role. Chief Of Police Usury ... Dunn had the Job until cussing old Poo Yak gave htm appendicitis and he had to linger long in an Omaha hospital. Well, this same Doo Yak that gave Chief Dunn appendicitis. Is the doctor who Is supposed te Injsct pep Into all the pa tients in the sanitarium, Doo Yak in civil life ia Illliy Lawronoe, than whom there Is no better amateur stage bird In the kingdom ot Qulvera. Doo has fallen down en the Job. The patients are decidedly pepparlesa. Every where tiie audience sees the dejeoted pa tienle sitting en stumps, lying In ditches, leaning on lamp-posts snd cling'iu to grapevines In a vain effort to nllng to life. Doo Yak feeda than pUls and pllle, but there la no relief. Tobasoo, boss of the Isle, Is peeved. He Is sure that there must be a better doctor In the world. He calls Deo, Yak, whisker, pills and all. Into hta august presence, and in a voice ot Krupp thunder tells the Uttlo pill peddler he has not made good. "You've put my place on the blink," he accuses Doo Yak. Thua, then, does Tobasco. with the aid of his chorus of female servants, nurses. constabulary and sailors, bewail the loss of his once prosperous sanitarium: FIRST VER8SL Now I'm off off all this chlcksn stuff forever, . , The ruffle of a skirt make me sick. A bunch ot busted poitlooats Has hit me tike a fWk of goats. I'd rather swing a shovel or a pick; They've put my little tavern on the whlxser, . , . . A nickel s all prevents me being broke; The Pep hotel la almost out of popper Oh, Iea me to a poor house. Holy Smoke. If all these hens would pay their board I'd be a millionaire, oh. Lord. BDCOND VEIlK. You would think that such a nifty herd of heifers , . Might nonw day hold ft little wad of dough, But all they seem Inclined to do Is order up a stein or two And tell the waiter then to let It go. The constable Is waiting with bla hsmmar To tack the little sUn upon the door, And all because i truslei women, damn her. Just shoot me If I do It sny more The Isle of Pep Is on tho blink fehould you wonder It I would take to nrinkt CIIOHL'H; , . , Oood-bye, girl, I'm through. To each g'rl that I have met I eay good-bye to you withojc the least regret. I'm done with all flirtation. You've no more feaotnaUon, There's but one te whom I'm true Oood-bye. glrlst good-bye SlrU; I'm through. Yak is astounded to hear the news, but makes esousea that he ha tuo out ef of Characters that the Show CHARACTERS, CHAB. R. OARrNT5(l . . . OUCAR 1JBUKM Island Police KENNETH HKf.J S. CONOVEU WALTER ADAN.sl F. W. f ITOV oomuuuiTi Marry Watts r. B. Helntse . Ralph Bed well Harry Hah a Thoa. Gannon J. I. Negley C. H. Rennch F. J. Btaok A, 8. Tonder H. A. VanKuraa R. H. Walker C. r. White WM. M APl'ltll UK.V THOMAS Pepless Retainers of Tobasco, Who Didn't Care to Work - f -r.. .... NA. ..A' -. s JCf Cq. --i ' ' - : -iss-WtSiS - - """ Pill Number 198ft, and that la why the place Is pepperless. No excuses go with Tobasco. He wants someone to deliver the goods. He even aocuaes the female servants In ths place ef not making good, and there Is general dejection In the camp. Than Doo Yak comes to the rescue. No, he does not Invent a new pill,' but he suggests a new doctor. Meantime Howson Lot, the landlord, has thundered Into camp, demanded the rent, been refused, and has called In his constabulary to foreclose. Charles R Docherty, dressed In the typical garb ot a 6outh Sea English landlord. Is Howson Lot He rides Into tho place on a camel. At the shrilling of his whistle, his fa mous constabulary In matchless blue uniforms and matchless dancing lockstep, swing upon the stage and tack up tue "Forecloaure" sign. - Constable Con Carney la chief ot the Island police. , Kenneth Reed took - this part Harry Watts, F. B. Helntss, Ralph Uedwell and Harry Hahn, unl Thomaa Cannon were the constabulary. After all, 4t Is the Ingenuity of Doo Yak that eaves ths day, tor he suggests a doctor of the new school, a wlsarl doctor that can "pull the phantasm. gorlcal wlaardy stuff," aa he says. ; He auggesu Doo Cayenne. Tobasco is Interested. The girls are keenly Interested. The patients are lan guidly interested, for they have been tad on pills until they feel all hope Is gons. To a man, however, they stagger to the front to hear old Yak tell ot the power of the new phyalolan. Even Ben Cotton, the worst dilapidated wreck ot all, drags himself from his perch and hobbles for ward. Doo Yak la so snthualastto over his new find ot Doo Cayenne that he sings his praises to the crowd In the following words: ' FIRST VERSE. Everyone around me has a hard-boiled eye All the girls are looking glum No one la a-danclng or a-prancing high Everything Is going on the bum. It's the Pep It's the Pep Te give the place a rep That you need in your darn old barn. You'll give 'em all the spark If you birds will only hark Doo Cayenne. Uosh Darn. SECOND VERSE. Anything that hurts you he can right soua ns. Doctors ask for his advice If you are a burglar he will teach you trie a Cats wlu run away from mice It a the stuff pepper snuff That Justifies the bluff If you're stuck he will pull you through If you're hungry, If you're dry ll a oinaer s in your It's Doo Cayeune for y you. v CHORUS. He Is a Pen, Pep Perrerary Fairy Wlnr. bang old bloke Pep. Pep. Pcuperary airy, that' no Joke luil can see bis smoke Believe me U you would stir up the rube Just watch him step. ' He's a rip, sip, Zlpperene Kene Xlddo lie goi me pep. Unanimously every Inhabitant of the sanitarium eod the Isle want te see Dee) Cayenne. They want this peppery Doo Cayeene te eornc to the aoau sa4 give some treatment that are effective. So enthusiastic are rhsy that they can upon Sparks, the wireless operator, to snnd for hlin by wireless. B. Connver, a Nluuks. conducts the wlreleee operation with a great deal ot clatter and fir spluttering. It Is effective, however, for In a mo ment here comes Doe Cayenne himself Crew of the Good Ship "Worcestershire" ' ' .. . . v f. t V ' : l-- --.. A- y, V , i i - . .: i , X . -I ! '."'' V.-Jk. -; S. , f . ' ' .V:". h'... W- -. x t:m !'S,Ai'iiyi i m .I, y 1 V".v. " 2 I - !y r - , I ga 14. i - ti ... , k, .. .:.t...-sw.-M-.'..t.--Vw In all hi gorgeous attire and magnificent costume driving a Ford right into the midst ot the crowd which open like the Red sea, for the wand of Moses. like a meteor the new doctor burets Into the crowd. When Charlie Oevrdner played the part of Doe Cayenne, the audi ence had the extreme tall type ot wlaard. while, later on when Dunn was off the Job and Gardner played Tobasoo, Oscar Lieben played Doe Cayenne and furnished tha ether extreme of a Utile wiry ban turn type t physician. Anyway things began to move from the moment this pepper wUard arrived with hia pper bos Pep Bin, the attendant te Doe Cayenne Pep, trotted tike a good Chinese servant eloae on the heel of hi master. L. N." Buno took the part He carried a little hardwood box of "pep per" from which Doe Cayenne Pep con stantly replenished hi big feather duster with w hick he administered the pepper. At once thing began to move. Life and rejuvenation were marked at onoe in every living thing touched by the feather duater ajid the popper. Doo Cayenne gyrated around the state kike a dancing top. flicking pepper on every man, woman and inanimate object he could find. With- out fU every peiaon touched xhiUt4 new life. A rose bush leaped Into bloom and a small twig shot skyward, a full grown tree. ' "A little pepper, a little pepper. We've got the gineer. too, I ft me give you Jurt a little pepper A little pepper for you." So sung the invincible Doo Cayenne to the tinkling strains of the orchestra aa he waltied el-out the Island and flicked hi life-giving spico on the patients, and the candidate for .Initiation. Soma of the eanidatea got more pepper than they bar gained for and were constrained to leap half way to the tops of the tallest palms in the island when they felt the touch of the pepper. Being a man of an amorous nature. Doe la greatly excited when he discovers a beautiful piece of Eryptlan statuary seated under a canopy in the rear. It Is the figure of a young woman draped with oriental veils and head year. I Clapping his hand on his heart the amorous Doo Cayenne leaps forward, sprinkles his celebrated pep upon the head of the statue, which Immediately come to life, slowly uncoils her graceful Umbe, leaps to the floor and begins ths moat charming of whirling, flourishing. gilding, gyrating, pirouette ever seen by imin. Bhm throw her Ion veil In writh Ing colls over the head of Doc Cayenne, trips on tiptoe toward him, recedes shyly from him, circles, swings, beckons, al lures, ooaxea and shuns him, all In one grand series of dancing maneuver. And this Dusky Galatea Is none other than Walter Adams, the wlcerd of fe male Impersonations In tha dance. Adams always got encore after encore,. The multitudes that came to see could not get enough of this young man's dancing. But all too soon "Galatea" flitted from the stage, and only the prosaic crowd of sanitarium patients was left Doo hurried over to the most dilapi dated Individual in the Island, a soaked, saturated, blear-eyed wreck of humanity that had drooped motionless on a stump for n solid hour. One little flick of pepper and this human wreckage, slowly stretches itself and blooms Into full grown, fat manhood. The orchestra vig orously attacks the chicken reel and this Ben Cotton gives such an exhibition of clogging aa has perhaps never been seeq In Ak-far-Ben's Den before. ' Thus an other exhibition Is given of the masterly powers of Doe Cayenne. Tobasco Is tickled at tha success. He calls Doo Cayenne and tells him he can have anything If he will but give him one more demonstration of his power and skill. He calls down the yel low mare and asks that shs be treated with the magical pep. The mare Is brought out. Pepper Is administered and candidate are brought In to ride her. One after the other of the visitors In stripes are put on the mare and given the most vigorous of shakings up by the masterly exhibition of bucking the mare gives under the in fluence of the magical pepper. After this strenuous day' work Doe Cayenne ha mad good. . He get the Job. Tobasco I all smiles, and the cur tain goes down with Tobasco and the chorus singing "Good Bye, Girls, I'm Through." Then Just when the poor visiting candi dates think the "rough stuff of the eve ning Is over; Just when they believe they are about to be led . to buttermilk and sandwiches, there eome more surprise. Down off the stage Samson has reserved big open floor space a sort of bull ring. Here are fresh troubles In store for the visitor. Here the knife I hurled at two of their number promiscuously elected from the group and rtrapped to the wall. Here other were half devoured by the vicious bear that made the round each Monday night when the candidates were helplessly strapped to a board. Here other were led upon the gallows, while the audience Joinod In tho chorus of "Old Grimes Is Dead, the Poor Old Soul," Then came the "drop, and such a drop a It was. No need to go into harrowing de tail. Nuff said. Cam then the brick mansion that top pled over upon the heads of the very audience of strangers, and yet ruined them mot Cam also the Shetland bron cho which a half dosen candidates war always forced to rid In turn. This Shet land had all the vldousnes that could Faithful Workers Governors Down OFFICKRS. President . . . . Vlca President Secretary .... Treasurer Governors. E. Buckingham Gould WeU Q. E. Haverstick W. D. Hosford WORKING CREW. R. C. Goddard C. A. Grander! Harry (ioetx L. W. Hawkins . H. C. Hartry Krnest L. Harrig C V. Hannan, Jr. John M Hogan John Hlmoe C. O. Heath J. J. Houiton H. R. Johanaon A. W. Johanson Harry B. Johnston A. W. Jefferte , P. O. Jennings W. C. Karbach Chaa. J. Karbach T. J. Lechner Chaa. Iwis, sr. Chss. ljewis, Jr. H. W. Livesey A. L. Le-urance F. J. Lank Charles Molony George Brandel Charles D. Beaton C. K. Black Randall K. Brown Max Agor Frank Anderson Dan B. Butler Arthur Beck A. 11. Boysen J. J. Boucher Harry o. iAnford M. C. Brown P. N. Bigger W. H. Crawford Thos. Caushey James Corr H. Counaman O. F. Connolly H. A. Colvin 8. B. Carpenter Frank Drexel Ir. L. A. Dermody E. E. Davis Louis Belndorff Truman S. Day ti. isele Harry Kyler Harry A. Foster A. K. Fire J. II. Frtedel Will For Bert F x R. A. Frost F. W. Fitch L. C. Feriruaon M. J. Ulbson M, J. Garvey C. A. Grave A. R, Mahoney Henry F. Meyers Harry EL Mahaff Charles Mets. Herman Mets P. 8. Martin R. F. Marcy Fred I. Kjiebs HrsTUJra committke, mis. A. C. Adams Max Agor Harry O. Benfocd Joaph Bixlrr Warren ti. Blackwell Louis Boye Harry . Byrne John Caldwell William Cheek W. li. Crawlurd Michael J. Outran M'.ke Culkln W. B. Da via L. P. Dyru-bera W. P. Donahue , A. H. Frye Sol Ooldstrem Jarres P. Hackett Robert C. Hayes Ueorge II. iimntse Johu M. Hogan Guy McKeiitlc iKxirge F. Mcfihano Harry E. Mahuffey John J. Mangel Henry F. Mevtrs D. C. Wid.lUlon ilax Moaner - I ' . . - J 4 . " ; (X : .--! J:. . -- -i i) . - 1 r : j . .. I i . ' . I ..a n :: - i 1 ; - , II OSCAR LIEBEN. be required In a wild west show. He had a pitch that would make Buffulo BUI pull leather, yet In spite of his habits, and his ability, he never threw a man. Why? Well, although these candidate pulled his mane like mad to save their very pate from being crushed on the floor, they may or may not have known that they oould not fall off at all. They were so mysteriously supported that although they might have been hurled clear of the aaddle they never would have struck' the floor. The fact that they did not know this made this a wonderful exhibition of rid ing, for the riders fairly fcnn-hed their teeth as they clung to surcingle and mane. No, there were no waits and drag la this show. So rapidly did never a show move from one act to the next aa did this masterpiece of Samson. When there' was a moment to spare at one Interval for the rearranging of the) stage, what did the Teddy Brothera do but come to the front with an extremely clever gymnastic act H. Oounseman and They are the same lads that for merly at ths Den and recently on special occasion have staged their oelsbratod "Rube wrestling match." At the close of the performance the grand. mufti. Interpreter and prophet, re- J spsctlvely, A. W. Jefferis. William Wap- I ptch and. Ben Thomas, mounted the stage, administered the oath to the candidates, and cleared the way for the speaking of the gvenlng. When a half dozen of the visitor had been heard in more or less long-winded speeches, the rear doors were thrown open and the multitude was allowed to rush' to the free refreshment. From Board of to Office Boy. i E. Buckingham Gould Diets J. D. Weaver O. E. Haverstick F. W. Judson 1j. C. Nash C. L. Saunders J. DeF. Richards J. W. Morrow T. H. McNunara H. F. Petrle Edward Palmer C. C. Phelps L. Pettingill, Jr. Fred Palienrath Peter Peterson James Panoch R. L. Potter J. C. Reed J. P. Baum H. D. Khoade O. H. Rainer V. H. Kooa J. A. Roger C. K. fcmlth W. H. 8!ellberg A. O. Schroder A. Rtora Fred Sjchamel W. H. Swift F. H. Turney V. V "f-ninpsOn Ben Thomaa P. A . 'i uoii.anaen Nate Trapkagen H. id. Thouiiwn Herman Wilke Dan O. Whitney P. I. WUkham Herbert Wing ffey Jr. Harry Peterson A. C. Potter K. L. Potter Fred H. parsons Walter Kouicky tieorge A. tjvabury William tsoheiluerg H. E. Stevens Nilaon T. Ttiorsnn John Potter Webster Dan O. Whitney K. H. WarU John Wilkes W. B. Whue horn ( Mr