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New York Theaters BT PERCY HAMMOND. N«w York. January 21. THE calamity which 'befell Mias Marjorie Rambeau last week has provoked the professors to de bates concerning tha ethlca In the niatter. By aome of the people of the theater It la held that Mr. George Middleton was Juitlfied In his specta cular withdrawal of "The Road To gether." By others It Is said that In closing his play after only ons per formance he wrought a cruel Injury on a good actress and a beautiful wo man. His Implications that Miss Rambeau had unfitted herself for sat isfactory hlstrlonism on the opening ...night were unmistakable. Mr. Mid dleton referred to the episode as “One rid" the tragedies of the theater," be fore he took ship the next day for the West Indies. The lady was left, therefore, beset by humiliating lnuen iloes, her Job gone, her celebrity tar nished. The misstep for which she was so grievously punished was she says, her Indulgence In a large dose <<f aromatic spirits of ammonia to for tify herself for the Inscrutable rigors of a N. Y. premiere. -» While there were evidences during he last part of the play that the star was excited and overenthu’slastlc, nothing of a particularly disturbing character occurred. I have seen many more vexatious exhibitions up on the stage. Miss Rainbeau became entangled In her evening coat, for in stance, but the scene was ons of agi tation and those uncertain gestures were appropriate. She said "flemo ineter,” instead of “thermometer," a mispronunciation explicable In the nervousness of a first night. Once she calljd a character by another's name—just as It Is done every day In the local dramas. My experience with actresses under wie Influence of aromatic spirits of ammonia Is lim ited and I am no authority In such cases. Consequently when I was told between the acts that Miss Ram beau was unduly feverish I was not it all sure of It. Even after she ex claimed to Mr. A. E. Anson, who was Impersonating her unfaithful husband,"I can stand on my own feet!’ wnd the heartless first-nighters •nickered, I had my doubts. I left Ihe Frazee theater feeling merely hat I had seen a bad performance of i much worse play. Mr. Middleton's emotions are un lerstandable. He knew that the hard work of months had vanished In nothing, and he felt that Miss Ram l>eau, not he, was to blame. So, In a spirit (though not aromatic) of des peration he commanded the perform ance of his drama to be stopped— on the brusque ground that it was "unsatisfactory." Disappointed and hurt, he did not think of the disre pute and anguish his abrupt action would cause a helpless lady, dimming her glory and bruising her career. Perhaps (rad he dons so he would have permitted "The Road Together" to subside gracefully and to have blamed Its failure on his own errors nr those of the dramatic critics. He ind they are inured to traducement, >nd some of them prosper and fatten jpon detraction and obloquy. They now that "be thou as chaste as ice. is pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny." ——<S> —— ‘ But an actress, once suspected of ■n«»nduct unbecoming an artiste If not 4 lady, undergoes penalties too great for her mishaps. My Impression is that Miss Rambcau got much the worst of a sorry episode. She was not very good, but she was much bet ter. 1 thought, than Mr. Middleton. ■Suffering as she is now from enthritis ■tnd an inability to eat solid foods. I offer my sympathy and my condol - rices. Also, to Mr. Middleton, as he languishes, penitent. In the volup tuous Bahamas. Both of them are i little out of luck: but they may lie heered by the knowledge that their uisfortunes have saved several play oers from an unhappy attendance •n “The Road Together." "Th» Split Shilling" was the name hat Mr. Lawrence Eyre selected for ,ie piny in which Mias Grace George nd Misa Laura Hope Crews lmper mnate Irish twin siatei-s, aged 43. dr. Henry Miller, the impresario, ■iallking that title, changed it to Fanshastlcs.'’ He was Inspired to In so because when the rich and ■ ultured twin referred to husbands aa fantastlcs” her poor and gauche sis repeated the word with Irish trim mings—‘‘fanshastlcs.'’ After a day ..r two Mr. Miller came to the conclu inn that The caption was lncommsn urale, so lie changed It to ‘‘The Merry Wives of Gotham.’’ Which ex hibitions of instability may prove to you how signllicant of how Inslgnlfl unt is nomenclature in the drama. 'The Split Shilling,’’ ’'Farfshastics,” The Merry Wives of Gotham”—all leadlinos for one play. -<*> Miss George and Miss Crews are rish waifs, who, separated in their radlea in 1330, meet again In New ,'ork City in 1843. One of them is a lianty waaher-woman; the other a ■land dame of Washington Square. i'ou may. 1f you are acquainted with he historic habits of Miss Georgs nd Miss Crews, suspect which one lays the partlclan and which the peasant. They do not recognise one mother, but the wealthy Dutch hus band of Miss George is a bitter nemy of the brick lying husband of vtlss Crews because they are having rouble over real estate. Moreover, be son of Miss George and her Knickerbocker lord le enamored of he daughter of Mies Crews and her Irish hod carrier. That lovely child n a songstress at Tony Pastor's vaudeville theater, and ehe is of the ip-and coming sort. Family feuds meann no more to hsr than they did a Juliet. A fairy tale? Tee, vfc-y uuch a fairy tale, and told, as fairy • lies should not be told, with violence, ntll the final scene wherein the win Bisters meet for the last time, ind part, presumably forever, with ■either of them suspecting that ehe Is - c-L - , cAds Cum. at the gayety / cACa+jott 'J/ati'iS' AT THE OR PH EU/VN. <S7sie a no (foalsoii m At the • • yv OR.LD 90 /jaw-t-ence. AT THE EMPRESS What the Theaters Offer □VAUDEVILLE bill of unusual quality’ is offered at the World theater this week. Elsie and Paulsen, artists of the ice, share feature honors with "A Moonlight Marriage," musical comedotta. Elsie and Paulsen are the originators of the Apache dance on skates, a hazardous and thriling exhibition. The act requires special and costly ap paratus to make the necessary ice floor, on the stage at each per formance. "Moonlight Marriage," featuring Ched Freeborn, Bill Barrows and a quintet of charming girls is a bril liant array of tuneful songs and comedy chatter. Ben Nee One. a Chinese singer and comedian, has been aptly called "One In 400,000,000." Ben Smith. "The Traveling Sales man." Is selling a choice and select line of comedy goods. Tom Overholt and Lillian Young Introduce their keen comedy satire, "Special ' De livery,” in which comedy and song is intermingled with dancing. Two jolly sailors on the bounding rope are the Mann Brothers. As usual, Arthur Bays will offer one of bis incompar able solo numbers. The photoplay feature introduces to pictures th, character comedian, Charles "Chic" Sale and Colleen Moore in "Bis Nibs.” In this picture Sale portrays differ ent character roles. Marlon Harris, popular artist who vainps with her alluring, syncopating ''blue" songs, wil be heard this week at the Orpheum theater, where she begins her engagement today. Be fore tlie days of the "blues" she con tributed "I Ain't Got Nobody," which still Is one of her best. Her other hits, which are "daddy" ditties ss well as “blue" numbers, are too numerous to mention. Miss Harris Is usually a season ahead of the average audience snd the popularity at a song more often than not Is due to her clever Interpretations. Alan Brooks, author and actor, presents his success of "Dollars and Sense,” as a joint headline attrac tion with Miss Harrie. The plot of the play has an appeal for every one. It has to do with the familiar type of the wealth-seeking, marriage bargain woman and combines humor and tragedy—the most difficult and effective combination In drama. A featured act is the vibrating, gy rating. perpetual dancer, Frank Farnutn, and his youthful revue of 15 dancing and playing stars, with the Stuart Sisters, who offer a delectable pot pourri. Zuhn and Drels, believing they are an amusement ex hibit. have adopted the title, "Dementus Americanos. Habitat North America.” They offer a skit which is a heated family argument. Jack Joyce, a British Tommy, lost a leg In the battle of the Marne, but he didn't lose his Bmlle, so he is called "the boy with the smile." He offers a pleasing dance program with singing and a rich brand of wheezes. One of the most recent novelties from foreign shores arc the Reinos, humor ous acrobatic midgets. Another act from across the pond presents the Aus tralian woodchoppers, the champion axemen of the world. In a unique ex hibition of tree felling and other Australian bush novelties. Tilers Is a real farce comedy plot lo Barney Gerard's "All In Fun” re vue at the Qayety theater this week. The story has to do with the adven the other’s sister. The play Is very good at times, and very bad at others. Luigi Pirandello's comedy, "Henry IV,” also was subject to a change of headline before It was presented to a Broadway Jury. Its producer, Brock Pemberton, discovered that the drama-lovers were deeming It to be a Shakespearean chronicle-play, so he had to change Its name from "Henry IV" to “The Living Mask" in order to set them right. I think It didn't matter much, for the play turned out to be unusually tedious. It Is shout an Italian Imberlle who imagines him self to be the German Henry IV, and who lives his life obsessed hy(that aberration. He Is surrounded In a remote Umbrian villa by phony cour tiers who eater to his hallucinations and who talk and talk and talk. At the end the maniac murders the baron who, years previously, has betrayed him; and you are left at the finish not caring whether he Is crazy, ns you think he Is, or sane as he claims to l>e. . . , The play was dull, but the first night audience was not. The Italian ambassador was there, with his suite, and so was Mr. Pirandello, the composer, besides many other bright, enthuslastlo Italian American spec tators. Mr. Pirandello kissed the German actor, Mr. Korff, In tribute to hie characterization; and there were the usual routine huz-ws for a dull en tertainment. •' RURLIK Twice Dajly All Week __ Ladies' 20c Bargain Mat. 2tl0 Wh. Days I CONTINUANCE OF THE BIG-CITY MUSICAL SHOWS a. “ALL IN FUN” Vary Nawaat m ® SB M ■! a ■ Sf B B Till# Impllaa _ WITH _ MMOmUBBMmm« Win FOX & KOLER flWK shrbas, „ » awm r .. .. . Have Your Sweeties Tba 'ToUah- anJ "Parlmuttar" af Taka You Toi,y., Columbia BurMah aa Matlnaa at 3:00 SLITKIN & SLOTKID, Refined Lewyeri Best Seats 50c Taka This Tipi You'll have t® laugh on tine■- Biggest Amusement the boys have so much faat, flip patter that they Value In Omaha •imply ean't wait far yeur guffaws. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi i tures of two comedians, who after taking a fhree months' law course set up In business without obtaining a diploma or license. Will Fox and Harry Koler are the comedy lawyers, while others who contribute to the general fun are A^ina Propp, Matty White, Ada Hum, Jack McSorley, Ka lama, Murray and Irwin, Kddie Green, Joe Murphy and others. Throughout the piece weaves a graceful chorus of beautiful girls. There are ten stage settings includ ing a transformation of a jail into an Oriental palace in full view of the uu-dience. Harney Gerard, who pro duced "All In Fun,” also presents in Columbia burlesuue "Vanities” and “Follies of tlie Day.” Thursday night will be "Clown Nite,” a decided novel ty. Today's matinee starts at 3:00. "High Jinks,” a farclal comedy with music, is the new offering of the Halton Powell Players at the Empress theater. It purports to tell of the adventures of "Josiah Pettlbone," the pickle king, alternntedly played by Halton Powell and Norman Hanley. Eugene Bjpusard, tenor sings "Mary Dear.” "The Bad Utile Boy,” ,'md other selections are introduced by Miss Patsy Gilson, queen of syn copation, Elsie Esmonde, the straw berry blond priniit donna offers, “II Bacio.” And there are numbers by Earl Young, and comedy numbers by the ”4 Harmony Hounds.” "Pretty Papa.” a tornado of fun with Halton Powell in his original characterization of "Alonzo Brown” is the show announced for the week starting next Saturday. Current photoplay attractions In clude Dustin Fa mum In "Kentucky Days” and the final story of the pop ular "Fighting Blood” series. The Georgia Smart Set Minstrels comes to the Brandeis theater, Feb ruary JO and 11. The Georgia Min strels and The Smart Set have been combined into one big company. ITobably the greatest array of col ored minstrel and musical comedy stars ever assembled are with the company, among them being Anna .ionea, the singer; Bill Hudson, buck and wing dancer; Julia Davis, the modern "Black Patti,” The Georgia Quartet, McAdams, trick bicyclist; “Blubber” Mack and "Pork Chops” Chapman, comedians, and Pamplln, gun spinner and Juggler. The Arm ory Concert band, is stili an outstand ing feature and will head the big street parade dally. . Arthur Hammersteln's latest musi cal play, "Wlldflower,” will be the attraction at the Brandels theater February 14, 15. 16 and 17. Eva Oli vottl has the title role In the piece. "Wlldflower,” elaborately staged In three acts, owes Its books and lyrics to Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammer stein, 2d. Herbert Stothart and Vin cent Youmanr collaborated on the score and Raymond Mldgcly arranged the dancing ensembles. The cast, aside from Miss Olivetti, Includes Bobby Barnard, Carrie Reynolds, Olaf Hecklnger, Adele Kellar, T'aul Donah, Allan H. Fagan, Charles Bur rows, Jack Dempsey, Murgaret Wood, a host of gifted specialty artists and a large and attractive chorus. Ruth St. Denis will, again present a visualization this season when she reappears at the Brandels theater on February 19 and 20 with Ted Shawn and the Denishawn dancers. This time the music will be of the Ameri can composer, MacDowell. Miss Ht. Denis usefi the term ‘'visualization'' in order tef avoid a much abused term "interpretative.'' There Is no uimless wandering about tho stage, picking Imaginary buttercups and drinking from Invisible fountains; but each note is paralleled by an analog oua dance movement. The "Sonata Traglca,” "The March Wind” and "Rigaudon” are the three MacDowell themes used in this season's program. "The Gingham Gill,” with a special organization of singers, dancers, chu'rus and musicians, will corne to the Brandeis theater February 28 and 29 and March i. The book of the play is by Daniel Knsell, the music by Albert Von Tilser, the lyrics by Neville Fleoson and the dances staged by Sammy Dee. Walker Whiteside upon the occa sion of his next engagement hers in the near future will play "Mr. Wu" In addition to "The Hindu." As Wu T.l Chang, a Chinese mandarin of mighty power, Mr. Whiteside is said to dp the finest acting of his long and honorable career. Itfftd 'Mai'vJick. AT the BRANDED STC] Ity ELEANOK HI.N.MAN. Edward MacDowell memorial week will lie observed by musicians the fi nal week of January In honor of the first American composer of note, who died January 23, 1908, at the early age of 47. The Celtic romance and subtle fancy Illumines the work of Mac Dowell, who was born of Irish and Scotch ancestry, "pryads and elves,” writes Pawrence Gilman In a study of the composer's life and art, “are his intimate companions, and he dwells at limes under, fairy * boughs and in enchanted woods; but for him, as for the poets of Celtic tradition, these things are but the manifest Images of an Interior passion and de light. He is one of those quickened ministers who set forth for us ths re ality of that changeless and timeless loveliness which the visible world of the senses and the Invisible world of the lmajjlnatlon are ceaalessly reveal ing to the simple of heart, the dream filled and the unwise.” To most music lovers the name or MacDoweil brlngt first of all the thought of his exquisite, brief, end haunting nature sketched, tone poema fleeting qnd subtle as a dew drop- It is well In thta memorial week to pause and remember not only tha perfec tion of hie email and mors familiar works, but tha heroic mood of his sonatas, tha Intensity of the Sonata Traglca, the power and dignity of tha "Erolca,” the glamor and enchant ment of the •‘Celtlca ” Although a considerable amount of recognition of hia genlua came to MacDoweil even during hie too brief lifetime, fate was not kind to the composer. The problem faced by nearly all creative artiste of having to earn a living by some other means than their art. proved too much for hia physique and nervous energy. A year following his resignation In 1904 under rather unhappy circumstances from Columbia university, whera his charmingly Informal method of teach ing fell under the displeasure of the hidebound authorities, MacDoweil suffered a complete nervous break down which passed Into a mental decline. Hls beautiful little “farm'' at Peterborough, N. IT., baa been turned Into the MacDoweil memorial colony, where other artists can labor at their craft under happier ‘and more congenial circumstances than were faced by then- predecessor. -qp— The Minneapolis Symphony or chestra will present the following program at Its concert hero In the Municipal Auditorium on the evening of February S: Uv«Mure to “Oberon . VTeber Symphony No, 7 In A major, < >pt»* tS . H«*ttlOY*ll l) Poco aoatenuto-VIvac*. II All#nr«*lto. Ill AUtgro con brio. < fnt»rmtMlon.) Thom* and variation* from Suit# No. * . Tarhalkowaky (Violin aolo. Mr. Rr**isktn > Nnot urn** and 8eh*rs«». from '•Mldaum mtr Night** J»re*m'*. Mnuiolggohn (Horn nolo, Mr. IJndtnhahn.) Overture to "TannhRU»«r**... - w»gn*r Tickets will go on sale to members of the Tuesday Musical club, which Is W™,vr5AM^G MARION HARRIS The Favorite Phonograph Record Maker in a Record Breaking Mueicile with LOU HANDMAN, Composer ALAN BROOKS In His Internationally Successful Dramalet "DOLLARS AND SENSE** A Numerous "Tragedy" in 4 Episode* REMOS A CO.— A European Novelty ZUHN & DRE1S Damantus Amaricanoa Habitat North America JACK JOYCE **Tl»o Boy With tho Smile" THE FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN WOODCHOPPERS Champion Axeman of the World FRANK FARNUM America's Famous Eccentric Dancer and His Youthful Revue Willi STUART SISTERS and s Company of IS People Aesop's Fables Topics of tha Day Palhe News NEW WEEK-DAY PRICES_ (Monday to Saturday, Inclusive) Evenings .22c, 4St. 6Hc and $1.00 (Plus Tax) Matinaes .... .20c and 00r. (Plus Tax) sponsoring the appearance, Monday morning, January 28, at the box of fice of the Auditorium. Extra tickets may be purchased at that time. There is no war tax on this sale. The pub lic sale will begin Thursday morning, January 31, The first movement from the piano concerto In D minor, by Edward Mac Dowell, will be featured at the American composers' day recital of the music department of the Omaha Woman's club Wednesday afternoon, January 30, In the ISurgess Nash audi toriuin. Xb® concerto *as originally composed for piano and Orchestra. The aolo parts will be played by Mrs. Jean Buchta Protzman at th*3 first piano, while the* orchestral ac companiment is taken by Mrs. Dean Ringer on the second piano. The num ber represents the contribution of the music department to the celebration of MacDowell memorial week. The complete program is as follows: Prologue. Mrs. George O Tray. A. "The Xightfnga!** an<l The Ross’* ( 13. Hawley B. "Entreaty" (hove Song ). . Wilson O. ' . Smith C. "I Love and the World Is Mine” . Clayton Jones Mrs. A. A. S'ejgfried, soloist ; Mrs. Dean Ringer, accompanist. Violin quartette. A. "Ave Verum" . W. A. Mozart B. "Minuet".h Van Beethoven <\ " El'-gl'*'’ ..I. Massenet "Poupe#* Valsante" ... . • E. Poldlni Jeanette Reeves, Frances Mulholland, Dns-enda Skeen, and Robert Cuscaden. A. "I Hear a Thrush at F’ve.Cad man R. "In Italy" ....Boyd C "The Star" . .Rogers Mrs. Mariqxi Bates, soloist; E. Dewar ChaHinor. accompanist. First Movement of the Concert in D Minor. MarDo\fe||. Jean Burhta-Protzinan. first piano; Mrs. Dean Ringer, second piano. A. "hittle Boy Blue" .J. A. Park *B. "Old Folks At Home" ..Root V. "A Thousand Tears My Own Columbia" .Henry Works Mrs W V. Rentsh. Aire All»n McNitt. Mrs. F W Roffbarh. Mrs. Patrick GUI, Mrs Jay Griffin, accompanist. Mrs. Raymond M. Austin is leader for this program, which will be free to the public. The musical is preced ed by a luncheon of the department at Burges* Nash tea room At 1 o’clock, open to all who care to make resefvatlons. Reservations may be made by calling Harney 3190 or Harney 6086. The first of a series of five lecture song recitals by Warren Watters, baritone, will l*e given Thursday evening at 8 okdock In the Schmol ler-Mueller auditorium. Mr. Watters will sing the entire cycle of Gypsy songs, by Dvorak, and will speak upon their interpretation. He will be accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Dorothy Morton Parks. The other recitals of Mr. WAtters’ series will follow every Thursday for four weeks at the same hour and place. Admis sion is free and the public, is cordially Invited. The program of the Rialto Sym phony orchestra this week at the Rialto theater includes the following numbers: ‘'Marche Russe," from the music for the Ballet Russe, Alex andre Rulginl; "Danle Ohlnolse," from the “Nutcracker Suite,” Opus 71. by Tchaik"vsky; hits .from "Sally,” Jerome Kern; "I*ikesonian March,” M. L. T.ake; "For Tou Alone," Morse, and "Dove Scene,” Ms L. Rake. The Tchaikovsky “Danse CTitnoisc” Is listed in the musical memory con test beigg carried on by the schools. It is a charmingly grotesque little dance dWty 32 bars long. In the orlgi na! score the bassoon has a peculiar figure with the double bass pizzicato, which is maintained. Then a piccolo Is answered by the strings. In the second portion of the period the me lodic figure Is Inverted. A piano recital was given by the junior pupils of Miss Florence E. Peake at her residence studio on Sat urday 'afternoon. January 26, In which the following participated: James Buffington, Stanley Potter, I tor is Anne Hagen sick. Louise Brown, William Baynes, Rosamond Lehman, Jane Shearer, Joan Shearer, La Verne Hchomers, Charles Baynes, Rebecca Paytch, Louise Fowler, George Pfeiffer, Janet Carson, Charles Schwager, Alice Pyhrberg, Leonard Berber and Boyd Reitz. Miss Peake will present her ad vanced pupils In recital, Saturday# February 2. —4/ '* Edith IjOulse Waggoner extend* a cordial invitation to interested per sons to attend an Informal studio re cital at her residence studio, 222 Park evenue, this afternoon at 4. those taking part will be Francis Brown, Mary Elizabeth Blrkett, Charles Rlch ordson, Dick Cooley, Robert M hit* n ore, Billy Hamilton, Jackson Walk er, Sammy Rees. Elizabeth Mills. Virginia Richardson. Marlin Cooley# Katherine Gray, Carolyn Rees, Mar garet Mahoney, Barbara Johnston. I,ouise Wylie, Annette Springs and Uean Williams. ^Harold Uoyd has completed "Tbs Glr< Expert." 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