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Amusements
Locally Inst wek was. In the way of
theatrical attractions, an average one that
is to say, there vtrre no very high spots
and the depressions were not so deeo. but
one rould see to the bottom. Oertrude
Coghlan's etigngement was the only thing ,
above the level of the ordinary, and much I
of the pleasure of seeing her was dimmed
by the fact that ahe Is not equipped with
an adequate play. "Alice of Old Vlncennes" 1
may be all right, but It Isn't worth while I
for a really capable actress. This week j
promises a variety that ouuht to meet the
..t.. t oil Wo m hove form Hrm
farce comedy, melodrama, tramp drama and
grand opera at the Itoyd. It that doesn't
afford ample opportunity for the exercise
of selection, then the. caw Is beyond hope.
At the Crelghton-Orpheum the excellent
business of the earlier part of the season
still keeps up. The promise of the Or
pheurn management to give only the best
and to afford at least one novelty a week
Is being literally redeemed.
Boyd's theater Is going to be remodeled.
This beautiful house, of which all Omaha
people are so proud, Is possessed by the
fatal defect, which was discovered shortly
after the opening of the present season,
and which has so far defied all ordinary
means In the attempt to remedy It, and
(now the heroic is to be adopted. Right
in the busleBl time of the year Manager
Burgess will 'be compelled to shut the
doors of his theater and turn the house
over to a force of workmen In order that
the changes may be made and a difficulty
overcome which, so far as known, exists
In no other theater In the world. Now,
don't get excited. This Is only the yellow ,
I....... , in- I
journal way of telling you that when
Governor Boyd laid the foundations of the
theater that bears his name he did It with
the end In view of giving Omahan. a
theater that would stand for ages and be
safe all the time. This very effort to so-
cure the safety of the people who patronize
the house, as well as of those who are
employed there, has proved a' stumbling
block which all but put to rout the modern
stage mechanic and nearly deprived Omaha i notable, through sheer force of the lnsplr
,of the greatest of modern spectacular per- Ing and popular churacter of this play
formances. In putting on the play of "Ben
Hur" it Is absolutely necessary to have
the mechanism of the great chariot race
solidly set, and at the same time out of
the way of the rest of tho spectacular
feature of the piece. To do this It has
been found necessary to reconstruct the
stage in every theater In which the play
has been given. This reconstruction Is
not an ordinary alteration, but means the
rebuilding of the entire stage, with all
Us traps and appurtenances. Sixteen feet
wide and the full length of the stage across.
Just at the back wall, Is the space re
quired to act the machinery on which tho
horses run In the dosing course of the
great race between Ben Hur and Messala.
To accommodate this machinery a special
floor must be built, although tho motive
power be set outside the stage Itself.
When the preliminary survey of the stage
at the Boyd was mcde some weeks ago. It
was found that the girders through which
the mechanics were expected to cut were
olid steel and set In cement, so that the
eternal rocks do not offer more resistance
to attack. This placed the ordinary ex.
pedlent entirely out of the question, and
It waa up to Manager Burgess to devise a
new means of getting tho machinery placed,
or to give up the show. Much Investigation
by the mechanics who do the work for
the company has resulted in the adoption
of an Idea suggested by Mr. Burgess, that
of building an entire new stage on top of
the one now In use. Careful measurements
have shown that It la possible to put a
tage fourteen Inches high on top of the
one now In use wlthbut Interfering with
the handling of the. scenery. And for this
reason the Boyd stage is to be rebuilt,
"Ben Hur" will be here during January,
and. one week before its appearance the
Boyd will be closed while the mechanics
are preparing for the production.
Much cause for gratification exists in the
fact that all over the country the-papers
that carry weight with their expressions of
opinion are coming out for the expurgation
of the stage. It Is not tho desire of any
that the theater be turned Into a nursery
for prudes, nor that the stage be reduced
to the condition of a vehicle for the trans
mission of colorless and Inane discussions
of such phases of human existence as do
not Impinge on the great motives and Im
pulses that actuate mankind. It Is only
against the tide of turbid, morbid, unspeak
able rot that the "moderns" have insisted
on pouring out that the healthy mind of
the American people revolts. Europeans,
accustomed by calm contemplation for cen
turies of conditions that can never exist in
this country, may reconcile themselves to
the morbid snd often revolting debates car
ried on by D'Annunzlo, Maeterlinck, Ibsen
and others under any one of the numerous
polite names they give to the writings they
put out, but the "serious drama" Is not
Jlkely to gain a foothold In America, even
though it come through the medium of thes
acknowledged greatest of actors. ' How do
you suppose the thinking people of Wash
ington felt, after hearing Duse In "La Citta
Morta," when they read this comment in
the Evening Star of that city:
Fortunately most of the people who at
tended the Columbia theater this wek did
not understand Italian. If some of the en
thusiastic auditors could have known the
precise meaning of some of Hie scenes they
were applauding they would have subsided
Into silent dUmav. But, thanks to their
unlotelllKlblllty. the plays were listened to
with complacency by young women who
were out so lute by a special dlmiensation
of parental authority, granted on the theory
that they were Improving their minds and
could listen without a hlunh to some of the
foulest Ideas that ever contaminated human
speech. Ouse will plsy nothing but D'An
riunxlu. This Is i matter fW ner own con
science anil, should rhe undertake to Klve
them In English, for the police. "Sapho"
was an Innocent nursery rhyme compured
to her present repertoire.
Mr. Richard Mansfield made his appear
ance as Brutus In "Julius Caesar" at the
Herald Square theater In New York last
Monday nlf.ht, and continued the triumph
he has won since his opening performance ( Mi night. The scones of the play are laid
at Chicago. Mr. William Winter. tlu ; (n , Colorado mining camp. The prinel
veteran critic of the Tribune, declares In ! paj characters are: A particularly active
his review that Mansfield's production is I villain, a tramp, whose crlucloal occuoa-
the only adequate one ever given the play j t)on tt t0 foll tnlg villain and make heroic
In New York In comparing Mr. Mansfield j rescues of the heroine; the customary pa
wlth the great actcrs who have played the ! r.nti anii the indispensable negro servant,
part of Brutus In the past. Mr. Winter one real novelty act Is the rescue from a
says: "The stage method customarily pur- j burning building of the heroine by the
sued in the treatment of this play has ; tramp, who swings to her position on an
been that of statuary and declamation; not j rrdiuary child's swing, and she Jumps
Invariably pursued, for Edwin Booth In- j into hi arms before It goes back. An
vested Brutus with melancholy dignity, and other scene Is the race between tho heroine
Lawrence Barrett, as Cassius, was Incarnate j on a horse and an express train, the
passion touched w 1th pathos; but, as a j heroine, cf course, beating the train,
custom, the representation of this tragedy j ,
has been somewhat stately and frigid. In The Gordon-Shay Grand Opera company,
Mr. Mansfield's presentment of It. and ; the only organization entour singing grand
largely because of the method and quality j operas In English, will be seen at the
of his acting of Brutus, the supremo and j Boyd Thursday and Friday nights. Two
pervasive note Is that of feeling. An effort operas will be sung. On Thursday night
has been made to depart from tradition, to "Faust" will be given and on Friday "Cr
be flexible rather than classical, and thus j wen." The company Includes Rose Ce
to soften and lighten an august theme ! cilia Shay, soprano, late of La Scala thca-
Mr. Mansfield has given to the play a mag
nificent investiture, the like of which it
never had before at least on the local
atage and his Impersonation of Brutus
shows aa ideal of that character in some
waya original and in every way effective.
It It an Imaginative Ideal and it was
expressed in an Image of Intense vitality."
Mr. Winter reviews the play and perform-
ance at considerable length, analytical aa
well as critical In hli course, and In con
clusion points out the great advantage to
the public in having so adequate an in
terpretation of such a great plar given at
a time ben the Interest In the classical
Is reviving;
In connection with the presentation of
Brutus by Mr. Mansfield, It Is of Interest to
read of other great actors who hare played
the part. The following is takeu from the
New York Times:
Richard Mansfield's revival of Shake-
Ire trageny or juiius t-nesar recalls
some of the other notable essays In that
direction. It Is fifteen years since h,dwtn
Booth appeared as Urutus.
The chroniclers of the drama record many
Interesting representations of "Julius Cne
sar." Often the casts have been notable,
sometimes amusingly curious. In England
It was always a part of the repertoire of
the two patented theaters royal, Drury
Lane and Covent (Jarrien. However, It was
seldom, In the early days, distinguished by
any attempt at archaeological or spectac
ular effect, Bnmuel Phelps first gave it
pictorial breadth and color at his Sadlers
Wells theater
A production of "Julius Caesar" which
attracted the eyes of all England and will
focua the Interest of dramatic students as
long as the history of the stage Is studied,
was that made at Windsor Castle before
Queen "Victoria and her court February 1,
lsou. On tliHt occasion, for the only time
in the notable career of the two great men,
Macready and Kean appeared in the same
cast on the same stage. The former played
Umtus, of course, the latter, Antony.
Macready did not love Kean. It Is re
ported that on this occasion, after the play
was over, Kean sent some message of
courtesy to Macready In his dressing
room, which was met by the gruff re
joinder: "If Mr. Kean has anything to
say to me. let him say It through my so
licitor!" Kean's share In this presentation
i or "junus taesar was rewaraea oy ine
gift of a diamond ring, which he afterward
lost; whereupon a wit rejoined that it
hH(,- fomd ..,tlcklng Jln Macrady'a
gizzard."
n the occasion of his farewell benefit,
B-dler. . Well. ..Noy;.: ...l' S-1
Urutus. It Is a curious fact that Henry
Irving has never in the whole course of his
long career played In "Julius Caesar." The
latest English revival of the play was that
given last year by lieerbnhm Tree, wherein
the spectacular features were an studiously
) accentuated. It ran month after month at
l J Uala.tv'a , Vi 1 1 1 t u Vl tha (W-1 i n ir n u rwit
whenever given an even remotely adequate
representation.
Ireland, who Is the Oenest of the Ameri
can stage, records that "Julius Caesar"
was first performed on this side of the At
lantic ocean, Marh 14, 1794, at the John
Street theater, New York. On the pro
gram It was referred to as "A Tragedy,
written by Shakespeare, called 'Julius
Caesar,' with the death of Brutus and Cas
sius at Phllippl. and the remarkable ora
tions of Brutus and Antony over the body
of Caesar." On this notable occasion the
Brutus was Mr. Hallam. a son of liallam,
who was the first English actor who came
to America. Fine Indeed must have been
the Brutus of William Augustus Conway,
the. elder of the two who have graced our
stage, seen at the Chatham theater in 126.
This able but unfortunate character must
have possessed a singularly apt disposition
for the great Roman.
The first of the celebrated but unfortu
nately now extinct line of Hambllns was
Brutus to the favored playgoers of the next
succeeding years. The Old Bowery theater
was the scene of his triumphs and Forrest
and Cooper must have given him admira
ble support. Later on Edwin Forrest made
Shakespeare's Brutus one of his admired
characters, but It Is the Lucius Brutus of
John Howard' Payne's tragedy which is In
delibly written with this actor's name.
Wallack la recorded as the next great
Brutus to rise over the dramatic horizon.
H headed the revival at the Park thea
ter, New York, November 13, 1843. Macready
waa In America at the time, and his Brutus
was recognized as one of the finest the
stage had seen. Macready's attitude to
ward the role as well as his Belf-apprecln-tlon
are reflected In the following excerpts
from his diary: "Aoted Brutus. It la one
of those characters that requires peculiar
care, which only repetition can give."
"Acted Brutus in a masterly manner."
"Acted Brutus In my opinion far
beyond any performance I ever gave of the
character. I do not think the audience in
the aggregate were equal to the perform
ance. They applauded the silent passages,
but they did not seem to watch the gentle,
loving, self-subdued mind of Brutus which
I tried to make manifest before them."
John McCullough sometimes played Bru
tus, but In America the next great expo
nent of the noble Roman was Edwin Booth.
It was one of his favorite roles, and his
public loved him for It. One of his first
appearances in this character was at the
Winter Garden, New York, in June, ISiB,
on an occasion of singular interest. The
three leading, roles were . played by the
three brothers Edwin as Brutus Junius
Brutus as Cassius, and John Wilkes as
Marc Antony. Edwin Booth played Brutus
continuously from December 25 to March 16
In the winter of 1ST1-72 at Booth's theater.
Later on It was the chief feature of the
tours of the Booth-Barrett combination.
The next of the great American actors to
pluy Brutus was E. L. Davenport. He
had seen the zenith of his career and had
relapsed Into retirement, when In Decem
ber of 1175 he was brought forward as
Brutus in the revival of "Julius Caesa'r"
at Booth's theater. He played the role
101 consecutive times In New York, and
then repeated it exclusively on a triumph
ant tour. How well he loved the noble
hearted Brutus and the superb quality of
this great play may be-gathered from his
reply when, after his tour, he was asked
If he was weary of the role: "No, I never
enjoyed Brutus more nor felt more In the
spirit of It than tho last night 1 played it.
I was accustomed when not on the stage
to leave the door of my dressing room open
so that I might hear the noble words of th3
play. There is something about the play
I never tire of."
It only remains to record the visit of the
Melnlngen players. The company from the
ducal theater of Saxe-Meinlngcn came to
America In lsl and appeared first on No
vember 17 at the Thalia theater. New York.
They made nn abnormal success, for It wns
not the tragedy nor yet the actors who
made the Impression, but the supernumer
aries. Coming Events.
Omaha will have another opportunity
of passing on the merits of "Way Down
East," which will open at tho Boyd this
afternoon for an engagement that Includes
tonight and tomorrow night. The play Is
promised with the same cast, with but few
minor exceptions, that gave It last sea
ton. The scenic dress Is said to be new
and more effective than last season. The
barnyard ' scene la given a color of real
nest by the Introduction of a cow and some
sheep and chickens. As all know, the story
of "Way Down East" is .a simple tale of
New England rural life simply wrought out.
Its naturalness and wholciomenees are its
salient features.
Elmer Walters and his "A Thoroughbred
Tramp," a comedydrama, will be the at
traction at the Boyd Wednesday matinee
I
4. the baritone witn Nordira and the
Grau Grand Opera company; Helen Noldl
and Pauline Johnson, also late with the
Grau company; John Dunnmuro, the basso,
late with the Bostonlans. Other slngura
are: Elotse Bishop, Lena Walters. Jo
seph Fredericks. James Stevens, Anthony
Owtnton and Walter Wbeatly. In "Faust"
Miss Shay will sing the role of Mar-
guerlte and Mr. Puntniurt tnut of Uephitto.
The company numbers seventy people.
From Kansas City, where the company ap
peared all of last week,. Manager Burgess
received several messages complimentary
to both company and productions. An or
chestra of ten pieces Is carried by the
company. This will be merged with ten
pieces of the theater orchestra.
The last farce comedy and recognized as
the best of the late Charles Hoyt Is "A
Stranger In New York." It will be seen at
the Boyd Saturday matinee and night. An
excellent company, headed -by Jack Camp
bell, Is said to bo Interpreting the piece.
Scenlcally It is promised with the same de
gree of excellence that has Invariably
marked the Hoyt productions. Some of the
Hoytlan farceurs well known here J.
T. Doyle, T. W. Sturgeon, Tercy Walling,
W. Keller Mack, F. E. Beamish, Arthur
Dean, Molly Saylor, Katherine Wells, Nellie
Sennett Miller are In Mr. Campbell's sup
port. A number of specialties will be given
throughout the comedy.
One of the most sensational, unique and
the first "stunt" of the kind ever billed at
the Orpheum will be presented by Sparrow,
who Is known as the mad Juggler, his en
gagement being for a week, commencing
with the matinee today. During each per
formance enough chlnaware Is destroyed to
stock a cupboard. Among the prominent
ones on the bill who came and amused us in
a stellar role before high-class vaudeville
was established In Omaha is Eddie Glrard
of "Natural Gas" fame, who gives nn Imita
tion of an Irish policeman In such an amus
ing manner that he seems to have become
Inseparably attached to It. He and his
plump and pretty partner, Jessie Gardner,
who sings and dances, will present their
sketch entitled "The Soubrette and the
Cop." George H. Wood, styled "the some
what different comedian," will have a mon
ologue. Thomas J. Leo and Jessie r. Chap
man appear In a comical acrobatlo turn
called "Wanted, a Donkey." Leo s spe
cialty la the horizontal bar, while Miss
Chapman has Borne songs. For the first
time Belle Williams will let us sample ner t,
ability with a number of "coon" songs.
Another vocal feature will be Miss Edith
O'Reilly from the ranks of the light opera
singers and Miss Kathryn Manning from the
concert stago. The Standard quartet, musi
cal comedians, have been here before, but
will have some new things to offer. The
Klnodrome pictures will bo entirely new.
The Crelghton university undergraduates
will present their annual play next Wednes
day evening, December 10, in the university
Hall. Great work Is expected, as the Btu
dents who have been forunate enoua-h to
make the dramatic "team" this year, prom
ise to surpass every effort made before the
footlights in former years. The play, en
titled "For the House of St. Quontln." is
of a nature to Inspire confidence In these
boasts of the busklned tyros, for It abounds
In those qualities of climax and plot, which
ludkte a snappy stage-piece. It Is a
dramatization of the thrilling story "The
Helmet of Navarre," which held such a
conspicuous place among the new works of
fiction last year. It Is Bertha Runkle's
novel, and readers of the work will oer-
ceive at once Its peculiar fitness for adap
tation as a college play. Its vivid pictures
of French court life of 1593, and Its soul
stirring events have lost none of their
sparkle and vigor in the drama. The dram
atlzer is JTrof. Johnson, formerly of Crelgh
ton, who is now engaged at St. Louis uni
versity In dramatic and literary work. The
actors are proud of their play and realize
the greatness of the task of exactly por
traying the characters aa conceived by the
novelist, and worked out on dramatic lines
by (he playwright. But the work Is ren
dered easier, by tho'fact that the characters
of the play are with little variation the
same as those of the book. All the Dcr
sonages of the novel are retained In the
play and those who do not appear before
the audience are mentioned In the lines
and remain factors in the development of
the plot. Even the scenes have been Dre
served as far as the dramatist's art would
allow, though they do not follow one an
other In the sameequence as those of the
story.
Plays and Players.
Mrs. Fiske in "Mary of Magdala" con
tinues to draw well at the Manhattan in
New York.
Eleanor Robson hns made a hit In
"Audrey," but the New York press Is in
clined to poke fun at the play Itself.
Viola Allen Is still struggling to make the
Hall Calne play. "The Eternal City," a go.
but tho papers refuse to look on it as a
thing to reverence. .
Mrs. Carter will make a short tour in
"La Du Barry," but will hardly get as far
west as Omaha. She will have a new plav
when she gets back to the Belasco in New
York.
Grace Cameron Is singing at her old
home In Cedar Rapids, ia., and the people
over there are making a to do over the
fact that she Is a Hawkeye girl. One
Cedar Rapids paper gives her age at "not
yet 23."
Virginia Harned closed her season In
"Iris " at the Criterion in New York last
night, and will make a short tour before
the holidays. Julia Marlowe opens at the
Criterion tomorrow night In "The Cava
lier," a dramatization of George W. Cable's
story.
Nat Goodwin and Maxlne Elliott were
well received In New York In their new
play. "The Altar of Friendship." Mrs.
Ryley has given in this better evidence of
her ability as a dramatist, and has pro
vided the Goodwins with better parts than
they have had for years.
Blanche Bates opened her New York
season at the Belasco In "The Darling of
the Gods" on Wednesday night. The piece
Is a sort of Japanese problem play, the
matter being viewed rather from an Anglo
Saxon notion of honor than the accepted
Japanese standard of morality. It Is a
decidedly spectacular affair, too, and gives
Miss Bates an excellent chance.
Ixiuls Mann has closed his season In
"Hoch der Consul." and is said to be under
the doctor's care for throat trouble. Which
reminds one that Julia Marlowe "collapsed"
a few weeks ago when "La Flamenta"
proved a frost. Her Nebraska friends will
think that Eugenia Hayden was In luck
when she discovered that she couldn't get
along with the eccentric Mr. Mann.
Annie Oakley has been making a hit
among "the tall and uncut" in the east
with her play, "The Western Girl." She
introduces, of course, her marksmanship,
and this goes like wildfire. In a note to
the dramatic editor of The Bee. she says:
"No more circus or wild west for Annie."
Iier Nebraska friends will be glad to know
that she Is prospering in her new line of
work.
Helen Grantly had the time of her Itfe
at Burlington, la., on Thanksgiving. She
suffered the humiliation of not being al
lowed to nnisn ner performance. The Hur
llngton Oasette tells of the affair thus:
"Miss Helen Grantly, with her company,
who appeared last evening in 'Her Lord
and Master' at the Grand opera house, were
the recipients of hoot and hlssus from
the gallery throughout the performance and
the insults reached a climax in the middle
of the last act, at which time the curtain
was rung down and an announcement made
that Miss Grantly was unable to continue
inder the noisy conditions which prevailed.
The company was not up to the average,
and the gallery, left to manage Itself In
the absence of the regular police officer,
who was III, took advantage of the situa
tion and became an unruly lot, hooting,
hissing and yelling until those in the bal
cony and on the first floor were at times
as visibly affected us those on the stae.
The whole affair was a disappointment to
those who visited the theater anticipating
a pleasant evening." .
. The extraordinary vitality shown by Sarah
Bernhardt, a woman far past the meridian
of life, t'xelns the surprise of all who know
her. Her attack upon her audience In Ber
lin wus conducted with all the ardor and
audacity of a young conquering womtiii.
That she met with a chilly reception from
the critics was to have been expected, for,
apart from her political views, her style
of acting and the plays she presented are
old-fashioned to Berlin audiences, accus
tomed to the novelttea of Uauptmann,
Sudermann and the rest. And, then, Duse.
with he represaed, anti-theatric methods
has given the Germans something more to
their liking. It was In the ultra-classic
alone that Sarah really pleased In "i'hedre."
Aa an example of her tirelessness It la
recorded that laat y.ar while at Rouen,
France, ou Saturday night sUe pluyed.
The Woman's Club
"(lave the women of Omaha pood counsel when it ndvisetl trading early. AVe wish to avoid keeihi open evenings, except
just three nights before Christmas. Won't you help us? And in doing so, help our help and help yourwelves.
On Monday Some Notable Attractions.
First, the great china sale. More new goods opened up, and some things brought forward which were overlooked.
DINNER SETS will be offered on Monday fine flower decoration, 100 pieces 514.93 for complete set on Monday. Finely
decorated Austrian dinner set, $19.50, on Monday. Finer still at $20.00 and $22.30. (lame and Fisli sets, from $0.00 up to f 1S.00
per set every one a great bargain. ,
Immense Book Business
The trade in this section promises to be greater than ever before. Rooks never were so handsome and never so cheap. "VY
have many exclusive novelties in books, calendars and stationery, and we strongly urge you to buy early while the selection is
complete. Engraving of all kinds and each and every day from now till Christmas. Some striking bargains will be offered.
We have doubled the size of our glove department, and the business is growing proportionately. An enormous stock of
golf gloves, all landed direct from the foreigii makers excellent in quality, perfect in lit and priced from 23 cents per pair up
We will honor orders on kid gloves at any time throughout the year or you can select and we will exchange after Christ
mas if size or color should not please. Remember, we guarantee every pair of kid gloves sold by us and the fitting is done by
experts.
Black Silk Monday
Taffetas, Pcau de Soie, Satin Duchess, Teau de Cygue, Paillet de Soie, Royal, Panne Silks, all on special sale for
Christmas (lifts. A handsome and perhaps acceptable gift might be a waist of the elegant Persian Panne Velvet which cnr
not be found elsewhere usual price $1.25 on sale now at 9Sc per yard.
Up till Christmas, and perhaps thereafter, if stock lasts, we will continue to sell the famous washable taffeta, 27 inches wide
worth $1.25, at $1.00 per yard. Always over 50 colors Ave believe the best made for wear and note specially they are
TURARLE.
We are very much crowded in the basement salesroom, owing to the necsssary consolidation of cotton sfocks. We must have
room and in order to get it, will offer some very special bargains on Monday. A lot of yard wide silkoline, best goods made, will
sell at 10 cents a yard. A lot of fine sateens for comforters, worth 25 cents on Monday, 15 cents. A lot of cheviots and mad
ras, white waistings, very special at 25 cents per yard.
Through an error of the maker we were shipped, a double quantity of gray wool blankets. Made to sell at $5.00 per pair,
good, large size to force the sale instead of shipping them back, we will sell thorn on Monday at $3.93 per pair.
An Extensive Show on Fartcy Baskets
Marked so low as to be very attractive. N
No use mentioning underwear got all we can do now. If present business continues, many good things will not last much
longer. (
If you think of buying ebony brushes, or sets, let us warn you to leave your orders soon providing you desire silver initials
mounted on them. Always a great rush at the last, and always difficult to get deliveries. Speaking of deliveries, we have en
gaged extra force in shipping department, making every effort to give you prompt service. You can help by occasionally tak
ing small packages with you.
MONDAY WILL RE FUR DAY IN THE CLOAK AND SUIT ROOM.
Rut not so furry that we cannot attend to your other wants.
Dress goods remnants have accumulated to such an extent that we must hold another remnant sale on Monday. Orcat bar
gains await you.
Sunday morning- at 8:3n she had break
fasted, and. with a bunch of violets In her
hand, her face happy, wreathed In smiles,
she left her hotel to catch the train for
Paris, where she was announced for the
Bunday matinee. She went down to Rouen
Saturday, she returned Sunday. Sunday
night she played again. Three perform
ances and four hours of travel In twenty
four hours seemed child's play to this
active dame.
Miss PaulBon, piano, 4 16 McCague block.
WILL OF MRS. GORE FILED
Rstate Coca to Aunt During Her Life
lime and then to Three
Brothers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6. The will of Mrs.
Nelll S. Gore, who was shot and killed In
Paris, France, on November 19, last, was
filed for probate In tho surrogate's office
today. It bears the date of December 19,
1901. Severo Mahlet-Prevost is named as
executor.
By the terms of the will the testatrix
bequeath all her wearing apparel, Jewelry,
books, etc., to her aunt, Mrs. Hester A.
Dickinson, at Alameda. Cal. The residue
of the estate is left In trust to the execu
tor cf the will and he is instructed to sell
the testatrix's property In Mexico and
convert the proceeds into personal prop
erty. The Income of the trust is to go to
Mrs. Dickinson and her husband aa long
as both or one of them lives.
At their death the principal Is to be
divided between the three brothers of the
testatrix. Leslie Stogdlll, Charles Stogdlll
and Edward B. Stogdlll. The petition sets
forh that there is no real property be
longing to the testatrix In this state and
that her personal property here la worth
not to exceed $1,000.
Ping Pong is good exercise for office men.
Tables are 30 cents en hour. Bee Building
parlors, 214 South Seventeenth street.
EARTHQUAKES ALARM PEOPLE
Shocks Are of Almost Dally Occur
rence In the Mountains of
Southern I tab.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 6. Since No
vember 17, when an .earthquake occurred In
southern Utah and as far north as Sail
Lake, there have been dally shocks felt in
the extreme southeastern portion of tho
slate.
According to advices received from Pins
Valley, a hamlet In the mountalus of Wash
ington county, not a day has passed since
that day that at least one earthquake shock
has not been felt, and serious alarm la
bejng felt for the safety of the place.
Every chimney in the town has been
badly cracked or completely tumbled over.
At Pinto the shocks have been so sever
that the public school has been abandoned
for several days.
About fifteen miles south are five or , six
old craters and the continuance of the
earthquake shocks has strengthened ' the
belief that there has been a fresh outbreak
of volcanic activity la the mountains of
that region.
What to Do?
HEY!
PING
PONG
GOc an Hour
Bee Building
17th St. Front
AMISEMEMTS.
BOYD'S THEATRE
THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT, MONDAY NIGHT
W. A. Brady's
"UflY
UUWM
The Best Rural Drama Entour.
PRICES-riatlnee, 23c, 50c. Night, 25c, 50c, 75c, $ 1 .00.
WEDNESDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT.
Elmer Walter's Sensational Comedy Success
A Thoroughbred Tram
The Barnum of
SEE
PRICES-rUtlnee, 25c' 50c. Night. 25c, 50c, 75c. .
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS.
fir. J, Saunders Gordon Presents
The Gordon-Shay
Grand Opera Co.
Gounod's Immortal FaUSt', Thursday
The Majestic, Melodious lCarlHell,, Friday
With America's Leading Prima Donna
ROSE CECILIA SHAY
And an All Star Cast.
SOPRAXOS. TESOHI. COSITHALTOS.
HELEN NOLDI. JOfV FREDERICKS. ELOI8E RI8HOP.
PAl'USE JOHNSON. WALTER WHEATLEY. LENA WINTERS.
BASSOS. BARITONES.
JOHN DUNSMl'RE. ACHILLE AI.RERTI.
ANTHONY LEV1NTON. JAS. STEVENS.
Especial Scenery, Costumes. Electrical Effects.
Sixty People. Augmented Orchestra.
PRICES 25c, 50c- 75c, S 1.00 and $1.50.
SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT.
Charles Hoyt's Last and Best Comedy
"A Stranger in New York"
The best cast ever seen in the piece, headed by JACK
CAMPBELL in the title role.
The cast lncludea J. T. Doyle. T. W. Sturgeon. Terry Wslllng, W. Kel
ler Mack. F . B. Beamish, Molly Saylor, Katberlne Wells. May Ketcham. Nellie
Stnoett Miller.
Bigger and Better Production Than Ever.
. PRICES-natlnee, 25c. 50c. Night, 25c, 50c, 75c.
The Omaha Girl
Alary Munchhoff
Ib concert at
Boyd's Theatre, Tuesday. Dec. 23
Prices, I5c, 51c, 75c. $1.00, $1.50.
NOTE Seats can be reserved la tbe usual
manner by sending request accompanied by
money to tbe bos office at one.
Woodward
& Burgess
rianagers.
Special Production
All Tramp Shows,
THE COLORA DO niNINd CAMP.
TRAIN WRECKERS' RENDEZVOUS.
GREAT TRAIN HOLDUP.
RACE AGAINST EXPRESS TRAIN.
Piano Recital by fir. S. Ernest Gibson
Assisted by Mr. Robt. Cuscartcn, violinist,
and Miss Carlson. Miss Cook, Mrs. rr.
Tel, Muster llobt. ilcCormack and Mr.
RoU. Temple.
At First rrcb tcrluB C'barch Moadar
Evealug, December M, I omaieucln
at N o'clock.
Admission. M cents.
MOKAM) WILL TEACH VOl I 0E
OR TWO FHIVATB LESSORS THE LAT
EST WtLTZ KAI, THE MOST GRACE.
ril. WALTZ VET IVrKOUlCEII.
ruoK lex.
AMI SEME.tlTS.
GRRIQHTON
Tclepnone 1S:1.
Week Commencing
Sunday Mat, Dec 7
, Today 2:30 Tonight 8:15
Sparrow
The Mad Juggler.
Girard and Gardner
In "The Soubrette and the Cop."
Geo, H, Wood
. The Somewhat Different Comedian.
Leo & Chapman
In "Wanted, a Donkey."
Belle Williams
The Lady Who Sings Coon Songs.
Manning & O'Reilly
Operatic Duetlsts.
Standard Quartette
Colored Vocalists and Comedians.
Klnodrome
Prices, 10c, 25c, 50c.
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MAIIA COLLI-GE OF
MUSIC 'AND FINE ARTS
(Incorporated.)
VOICE, P1AJO, PIPE ORGAN
String Instruments and Art. Terms and
t'roupectus,
P. II. WRIGHT, Ramae Bid.
Collsga 'Phone, UU1. Res. 'Phone, A -3168.
Mr. Kelly ....
TEACHER OP
Singing,
Tone Production
Interpretation
DivlJge Block.
18th and Farnam
UOifc.L.
The HILLARD",":VkVw
. ..
M'KtlAl, frtATlllKSi
LUNCH KUN, KIKTY CliNTfl,
12:a to t p. m.
BUNDAY, b:M p. m. DINNER. 'iia.
Steadily Inrreaxing buslnebs has necessi
tated an enlargement Of this cat., doubling
Its former capacity.
HOT SPRINdS, ARKANSAS.
PARK HOTEL
Finest Cafw West of New York.
IVi.uuo In Iteicnt Improvement,
Open Jan. Sid to May l.'.ih.
Lnur New Management.
J. K. Hayes, C. A. ISrant, Lcss.M.
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