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Few Weeks Left to See
Busy Days at Omaha
Theaters Before the Hot
Weather Closes Doors
tfiyti tne ?na ot Lent comes
yy I the rush of the spring sea
son ft ine ineaier, ifie nurry
and flurry that intervenes
before the hot weather puts an end
to activities of the stage, lhu is
not so important nowadays as it was
a great wpi4?; ago, for in post of th
large cities the theater runs right
along, regardles of the season. New
York and Chicago, for example, will
scarcely note the transition, and with
the swing pf Irfe will follow on
through the summer with shows that
4nave been successful, or with others
formed for the purpose, and carry
an till time to open with new attrac
tions forxthe fall, Omaha does not
come in this list, though, and only
a few weeks from npw will see some
of the downtown; houses putting up
the shutter for the summer. The
Boyd has booking contracts up to and
Including the first week in. June; five
weeks remain of the Gayety season,
and the Orpheiun will cqs? late in
(May, according tp present ealcula
tions, although the date has not been
fixed positively. ' The Emf jce.s, will
run through the summejylts it always
lias, fiy.tht Brandeis-Hippodrome
fraudevfite will vtff likely be continu
ous. The gTMfhe Strand, the Hipp
ndrlirKfuse will present their mov?
n pictures as usual, ana tne itiauo
mill nnpn its rtnor late in the SDrinR,
so that the people will have plenty of
olaces to go.
One of the offerings of the current
isdi at the Boyd is Neil Twoney's
dramatization of Gene Stratten-Por-ter'g
story "'Freckles," which is an?
nounced for four nights and matinees
today, Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Freckles'' as a song play is stronger
than' "Freckles"-as a story. The
characters live, love and have adven
tureone can see and hear there is
nothing left to the imagination. The
music for the piay and the songs ren?
dered by Freckles and other char?
acters are by the Viennese composer,
Antol Friedlatd, and are a novelty
frorn a musical 'point pf view. The
Woqdfand fantasy played Juring the
play i a masterpiece.
PBe o the treats is "Oh, Bay,"
that bright musical comedy which
F. Ray Comstdck and William Elliott
presented jn New York two seasons
go,, where 't lias' been playing to ab
solqte ' capacity business at the Prin
cess' theater' with no letup in sight.
'Qh, Boy" will come to the Boyd
theater for a four-night engage
ment, commencing Sunday, April
7, with the ' special Chicago . com
pany, wll'ch ha been, playing at the
LaSaile theater for more than six
months, with a cast headed by Jo
seph Santley, Dorothy Maynard,
Laurance "Vheat, Hqgh Cameron,
James" Bradbury, Josephine Harrr
man, Wilhert Etunp, ienry Dornton,
Lenore Chippendale, Lillian Brennard
and 40 others. The captivatjng tunes
of "Oh, Boy" have been whistled,
sung and danced to more than other
music since the days of "Floradora."
An original metropolitan cast, al
most in its entirety, is promised for
the presentation of "The Wanderer"
at' the Boyd theater Aprjl 14, when
an engagement pf one week will be
gin. Prqminent among the well known
players are Nance .O'Neill. James
Q'Netll, Charles ' Dalton, Frederick
Lewis,' Lionel Braham and a host ot
others. "The Wanderer s Daseq upon
Lie ftiHIiVaf narahle of the orodizal
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son. Maurice v. oamycis kvuis u
WilJiarfl Elliott, F, Pay Comstock and
Mqrni Gst groduced it. and Pavid
Belaiep staged if. Hi success wherr
evr shown has been unprecedented.
In New York it ran through twe sea
sons and in Boston, Philadelphia and
"OUAHA'S FUN CENTER"
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FOLLIES BurlMqut
PreienUng "Oh. T ihikwer(t" "Hoi Dot . BW
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in "Th Wtndnw." flermid HifM. ChMMI .eF
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f LADIES DIKE MATINEE WEEK DAYS
Kennel Qhet
Chicago it remained for three months
in each instance.
With a dozen people in their com
pany the four Marx brothers are to
present "Home Again" as the stellar
attraction of this week's bill at the
Orphettm. Their offering is reported
as being the most elaborate and amus
ing mitsical comedy in vaudeville. A
feature of' the performance is the
piano playing of Leonard Marx. Of
the two stage settings with' which
"Hom Again" is provided, the first
shows a steamship, pier irr New York,
and the seeond is a picturesque villa
on the Hudson, Joveddah, "the Ra
jah," and his company, which includes
Princess Olga and Costa Valata. give
a demonstration of occult powers.
During heir performance they answer
questions regarding love affairs, busi
ness matters or family concerns.
Lester Sheehan gnd PearhRegay pre
sent what they bill, as "Fivp-Foot
Francis.'' They ae fleet-footed expo
nents of the dance whose like is rarely
seen. "Coontown Divorcos," the
blackface' comedy sketch to be pre
sented by Comfort and King, is an ex
treiriely laughable piece of fun-making.
Presenting novelty songs and
travesty, Adelaide Boothby will be
one of the features. Her songs were
wrijten for her by Charles Everdean,
a pianist who assists in her perform
ance. Apdale's zoological circus is an
interesting animal act in. which four
bears take part. There are also eight
dogs, three monkeys and one ant
eater. A comedy novelty, with special
scenery, is to be offered by Johnny
Clark and company. Petrograd, Rust
sia, will beshown in the motion pic
tures of the Orpheum Travel Weekly
and another feature will disclose how
cod fishing is done off the coast of
Norway.
Through the Western Vaudeville
Managers' association in co-operation
nrffU . 1, a UinnnlrAmA IT P fl A
Willi Lilt, .ijuuiwiut .i u. .. aui4 I
Orpheum circuits of 'New York,
Messrs. j-eMarquand and Ledoux
have secured for this week at the
Brandeis Hippodrome a variety pro
gram of unusual entertainment. Start-
ng today the bill tor the first halt is
headed by the Mississippi Misses an
attractive revue of picture dances
which receives the excellent recom
mendation iq the hands of th critics.
Willie Zimmerman, pne of the great
est mimic actors and entertainers, is
another feature on the bill; he has. for
years been impersonating men of
note. A Miniature Revue, consisting
of four people, present a sketeh that
is a marvel of mechanical ingenuity,
gertie Fowler is a comedienne of
ability and an impersonator of chil
dren. Sigmund and Manning in song
and melody are serenaders with
talent. Charles and Anna Glocker
present a sensational act of comedy
water juggling. Next Thursday the
program promises to he of the same
high class as the first half of the
week.
The Empress theater endeavors o
follow out the motto "Patrons Come
First," and that is the reason for the
satisfaction of everyone who visits it.
For the first half of this week, Jen
Barrios a comedienne who wears cos
tumes that ane the envy of feminine
eyes, presents a comedy song and talk
act that is entertaining to everyone.
The Lutes Brothers in "The Armless
Wonder" novelty head the vaudeville.
Joe Dealy and sister present an ec
centric da.ncjng novelty, Their jig
feature is an eccentric cake walk in
which they have incorporated many
novelties new. to stage dancing. Starts
ing next Thursday he vaudeville is
headed by Minervfc Courtney and
company in a. playlet "The Hear of
the Canyon."
A new book, a new production, a
new youthful chorus and a lot of new,
catchy songs are promised with Bar
nev Gerard's "Follies 'nf tins Tlav .'
which is at the Gayety for the week.
i ins season tne routes present a
new'ook,' entitled "Oh, You Shakes
oeare." and it is r.laimeri ta he the
best thing Gerard has done for the
ronies, which is saying a good deal
as this is the tenth edition of the
show. In rapid succession is Intro
duced hlirlesriue and traveKtiea rn
"Experience," "The Easiest Way"
and me wanderer.' i nese success
ful plays permit of showing burlesque
in its truest form, being the sort of
entertainment from which burlesque
nrst got its name, this alone will
prove a huge treat. There will be a
ladies' matinee daily all week. Today's
matinee starts at 3.
CONTINUOUS TOT! A V ETRA SJ?.W
2:15 to 11 P. M. I VI U 4 1 AT 5:15 P. M.
2:15 ALL WEEK 7:15 AND 8:1?
8 FEATURES Entire New Show Sun. and Thurs. 8 FEATURES
Mississippi Misses
An Attractive Revue of Picture Dances
WILLIE. ZIMMERMAN
in
"THE MEN OF TfHE HOUR"
Impersonator and Matter Mimic
A MINIATURE
REVUE
A Marvel of Mechanic.)
Ingenuity
Sigmond and Manning
"THE SERENADERS"
Muiical Novelty in
Song and Melody
BERTIE FOWLER .
Comedienne
'AN INTERESTING WOMAN"
. CHARLES AND ANNA GLOCKER
Snitionl Comedy Wtr Juggling
PEARL WHITE AND ANTONIO MORENO
Sentational Serial "THE HOUSE OF HATE
ERNEST NORDIN'S CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Daily Mats., 15c SLZ St,"
7:15 and 9:15 Every Evening J5c, 25c, 35c
Children 10c All M.tineee
MEET ME AT THE BRANDEIS HIPPOpROME
For Tired Feeling Try Goodwin Baths
N
AT GOODWIN'S latest, the
vinegar-soda bath for that
tired feeling, attracted con
siderable attention when it
was sprung on the New
York public last week. The
World gives this account of the affair,
with the formula for making the bath:
To one bath tub half tilled with
aqua pura at J 10 degrees Fahrenheit
add one and one-half gallons of
vinegar. Sratter in the water two
pounds of bicarbonate of soda, to
make it effervesce. Then tiptoe into
the bubbles and loll around a while.
That is the recipe for his famous
vineRar batfi, as confided by Xat C.
Goodwin to Supreme Court Justice
Greenhaum and the jury which is
hearing his $13,000 breach of contract
action against the Mirror Film com
pany. Nat was hired to pantomime before
the camera at $1,250 a week. He was
discharged, he says, because the com
pany .went broke. The Mirror insists
he was fired because of tardiness at
the studio at' Glendale and because
he sometimes appeared with "hang
overs." The vinegar baths, the roni-
any contends, were taken to drive
from his system an embarrassing
abundance of Bacchanalian germs.
It was a successful matinee for Nat.
The court room thronged with
"hams." stars, near-stars and just
plain theater patrons. Glancing around
the room as he took the chair, Nat
grinned at the press table and whis
pered: "Best house I've played to
in New York in a while," And he
scanned the room again as though
"counting the house" at $2 per.
In denying that the vinegar baths
were a means of enabling him to
stride a straight line between two
points, Goodwin said: "S,ome five
years ago I was thrown out of a boat
in California. Bones were broken. I
had to take the baths at Bad Nau
heim, Germany. The doctor there told
me to take vinegar, baths when I re
turned to America. For a time I took
the bath daily. Now I take a vinegar
bath once a week. They soothe the
nerves."
Not only did he deny the testimony
of a chauffeur, Matthew S. Crawford,
that he had said to the driver; "I had
a hell of a night last night; I had to
crawl in on my hands and knees so
Margey" (Margaret Moreland Good
win, his wife) "wouldn't see me," but
he added this information: "I da not
drink." This with a N "perish the
thought" gesture. ,
"Once or twice I might have sent
out for bitters for the digestion but I
never sent from the studio for Bronx
cocktails," he added. "Florida is a
prohibition state. But when I was
working in Jacksonville I could have
got a drink any time I wanted one.
Yet I never wanted any."
Asked to explain the extent of his
clubbiness with Clifford B. Harmon,
president of the company, Goodwin
answered: "He took me to Sing Sing
once. No, I wasn't a prisoner. I went
q entertain the prisoners.
"I met George Ade, a very famous
author," continued the actor. "He
said he had a scenario for me. I
went crazy over the stpry and (told
Harmon we would have to have it,
A Mr. Lennox, the author of the
story, who was introduced hy Ade,
asked $1,500 for it, Harmon said lie
wouldn't pay that price for the best
scenario ever written.
"Look here, Hajmon," I insisted,
'that is a mighty fine story. You
want to buy any kind of stuff from
stenographers and clerks, rotten
yr- -
stuff, and"hen expect me to hold it
up. I can't do it. Nobody can,'
"But Harmon wouldn't buy it. In
stead, he sent me to Florida for a
picture called 'Turned Up.' It was
hopeless from the beginning because
of the rotten scenario."
And the plaintiff turned a disguiicil
face to the jury.
Harmon had testified that Goodwin
boasted of an offer from Charles M.
Schwab to back Goodwin for $100,000
in a new film company. As to (hi
testimony, Goodwin said:
"I never told Harmon that Schwab
would back ine, I was with Harmon
pne night in a hotel lobby, when I
saw Schwab, whom I had known
12 years. Harmon asked pie to get
Schwab to put some money into the
Mirror company. I said I didn't know
Schwab intimately and that if I did
I would not consider so absurd a
proposal."
On The Screen in
Omaha
(CanllnuM) from Fi Klitht .
In rl'tui and will ba shown at thin
theater tuday and Monifty In his first
raralta play, "A Man'i Man." It l butter
Kerrigan than u knew befort. The atary
telU at luvo ami ailvtnlur In tha United
Btatas anil a Smith American revolutionary
country, with plenty of good, rW enmedy,
The tialgno of tha wtek will bo aplandlit
pirturaa,
Bulilff Vivian. Martin la to ba praaantad
at thia theater inday In a Paramount vly,
"The Trouhla Bintar." a light and rafraili
I HI comedy-drama, that prcaenta the alar
to aplandld advantaat. Monday la Jaulc
Hichardaon In "Tlia Man Abovo tlm Law."
Tuesday and Waduaaday comes Tlieda Bar
In a varslou of the famous story "Camilla."
The ha hi nue of the weak promises splfliidld
pictures.
Grand Montague I-ive and June EUhliie
will bo featured players at this tlioaUr in
day in a World production "BiuWen Tien'
It la a picture that is promised by Manager
Klrk to plaaaatthe must stacting, and ra
plate with altkatlons that will hold the
Interest throUKhout. Monday will be Wil
liam Duncan in a fast action weatern play,
'Dead Shot Baker." Tuesday Is Elsie Ferg
uson In a Paramount-Artcraft play, ''The
Rise of Jennie Cuahlng." a clever comedy
rtrama, based en the atory of the same
name.
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TODAY
I ttothron Orrln Johnston and Rhe
Mitchell will he the featured players at this
thaatnr today In "Whither Thou Uoest,11 the
well known story by IIal Calna. It la said
that the' producing company haa fallowed
the text closely and has contributed a
splendid story to the screen. William H.
Hart will also be on the bill in "Tha Hood
For Nothing." Monday and Tuesday domes
the William Vox spectacle, "fheatlni. the
Public." Friday and Saturday la "The
Crisis."
Hamilton George Walsh will ha shown at
this thoatnr today Ina William !'' play,
"This la the Llfo.'' Jt Is a splendid picture,
gnd affords splendid opportunity for ath
letic stunts that will be appreciated by his
many admirers. Monday comes Rex
Beach's story, "The Barrier," one of the
season's best treats. Friday and Saturday
is announced as Douglas Fairbanks In a
Paramount Artcraft play, "A Modern Musketeer."
Suburban George Walsh will be featured
at this thester today In a William Fox play,
"Jack Hpurlock Prodigal." It tells a fast
story of love, youth and romance that will
hold the Interest throughout, while the sur
has an opportunity to disport himself In a
manner that will prove entertaining. Monday
and Tuesday will be Iouglas Kalrbauks lu
a Paramuunt-Artc'raft play, "A Modern Musketeer."
A FEW SONG HITS
"We Couldn't Get Alon
Without the Irish"
"I Never Knew What
Love Could Do"
"The Girl I Had In
Mind"
4 DAYS START.
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Loan Parade. Buy Bonds. Lend your money to our
Uncle Sam Support our soldier. Help Win the War,
Hinpodrome-r-Lioiiel Barryrnora will be
featured at this theater today In a Metre
play, ''The Millionaire's Double," Iq which
ha enacts a dual rale. It Is a comedy drama,
tul) with humorous situations. Monday eomes
one of the best pictures of the year, ''tfmpty
Pockets," by Hupert Hughes. Wednesday
Franuls X. Bushman and Beverly Bayns in
''The Voice of Conscience."
That extra room will pay your coal
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"HOME AGAIN"
Written and Produced by Al Shean
COIV2 FORT & KING
in
Tha Coontown Divorcous
ADELAIDE BOOTHBY
la Novelty Song and Travesty."
Charles Everdaan at Piano
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Tba Master Minds of Mysticism in Telepathy and Occult Science
APDALE'S ZOOLOGICAL CIRCUS
Four Bears, Eight Dogs, Three Monkeys, One Ant Eater
JOHMY CLARK & CO,
Comedy Novejty with Special Scenery
LESTER PEARL
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in "Fnra Foot Fancies"
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ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY
Around the world with the Orpheufo Circuit'a Motion Picture
Photographers.
Remember Sat., April 6. Get in tha
big Liberty Loan Parade. Lend your
money to our Uncle Sammy.
Nsxt Week, fdr. Martin Beck Presents
LUCILE CAVANAUGH wJSa T."kD.".r
In a Kaleidoscope et Danes, Color and Sons
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