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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1905)
September IT, IPO THE OMATTA ILLUSTRATED PEH Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses pinr- rpenins: PL a new inMfpr I I an Important event for any com- ll I in . marks a step forward In tha growth of tha community In cul- tur and Intellectual development. It la a certain sign of material prosperity, for only tha hardiest and moat vurorou of mental development la possible, unaccom panied by tha meana on which It may thrive. Culture Impllea leisure, and leluri necessarily Involvea proaperlty. Therefore the opening of a new theater In any com munity, whereby Ita facilities for tha pro duction of playa of any kind are Increased, t a welcome sign of the existence of those conditions under which people ar happy. It Is easy to accept the proposition that managers will not build where they are not reasonably assured that their ven ture mill be a paying one. No theater Is ever opened until sufficient patronage Is apparent to give to It the financial support that will guarantee Its continuance as an actlva factor In local life. At least, the projectors of all theaters convince them selves of the existence of such conditions before they enter on the establishment of a playhouse. For this reason the material advance of Omaha is fairly well Indicated by the addition of two new theaters to its quota within two years. Aside from the beginning of Its winter activity by the Orpheum and the opening of the Burwood, the week was without especial Interest. It waa given over to musical comedy at the Krug for the first half of the week, with no opposition from the Boyd, and to musical comedy at the Boyd with almost no competition at the Krug the last half. A melodrama of the warmest sort held forth at the Krug, while the time-tried and fire-tested "Tender foot" held tha boards up the hill. This week starts with a fair test of the musical comedy proposition, for both the Krug and the Hoyd are offering attractions in this line of about equal weight. The Orpheum began with no flourish of trumpets, and no particular display of extraordinary talent; Just a well arranged bill of average merit, and was accorded tha patronage It de serves. Omaha people have "the habit" and all through the winter the vaudeville house Is certain of profitable patronage. The opening performance of the Burwood drew an audience that left no doubt as to the Interest of the public In the new thea ter, and it Is quite likely that the coming week will see this patronage continued, for it will take quite that long to give everybody a chance to aee the new house and listen to the new company. It Is the confident belief Of Messrs. Wodward A Burgesa that they are meeting a require ment that has long existed here In pro viding a place where plays of a high grade can be competently presented by a capable company at a moderate cost to the patron. Others who ought to know something of the show business hold with the managers, and believe that the new theater will be a financial success without In the least de tracting from the prosperous condition of either of the other houses. Eastern reviewers and critics are still very busy with the products of the season, so far as presentation have disclosed them to publlo view. It Is gathered from a peru sal of many and varied writings that noth ing that has yet been given forth on the stage this season is at all likely to set the world on fire. Each of the new plays Is praised rather for what It doesn't than for what it does disclose. That Is to say, no. positive note has been sounded by any, and the two that are most seriously considered ("DeLaneey," written by Augustus Thomas and played by John Drew, and "Man and , "Superman." written by George Bernard Shaw and played by Robert Lorraine) get the attention bestowed upon them more from the fact that they are to a degree at least departures from the "rule of thumb" drama and possess In this regard some literary merit. The one Is frankly tailor made; playwrights long ago gave up trying to fit Mr. Drew to parts and now braxenly fit parts to Mr. Drew, and he goes on sea son after season playing himself under a variety of names. In "DeLaneey" he Is asked to give life to a most uncommonly voluminous flow of talk, succeeding to that extent that commentatora agree that were It not for his undoubted personality the play would be a most Ignominious failure. One blushes for American humor and won ders at Augustus Thomas, when one reads that .this Is not a typical hut an extra good example of the humor. of the piece: Jaqueltne But If your shoulder is not broken why do your friends bring you whisky? Pel.ancy Because they are my friends. Verily, if this Is a sample, it Is not hard to convince oneself that Delincy will easily follow the pathway trodden by Kit and others of the Drew repertory. The Rhaw play Is different. In that Shaw doesn't manufacture conversation with the same delicate consideration for the auditor's sensibilities that marks the Thomaa out put. Shaw Inclines to plain speech and a grrat deal of it. He frequently crosses the line and does what the bishop dreaded his outspoken communicant would do. Instead of calling a spade a spade, this otherwise exemplary churchman referred to it as "a d d old shovel." The Shaw piece wends Its wordy way along the very verge of coarseness, now and then stepping quite a little over the line, but In the main holding the Interest because In its working out the bltter-wltted Irishman argues that It Is thn woman who pursues the man. Not much In these to offer to even tha student of the future, much less the patron of the theater. And the other plays are even of less merit than this pair. No wonder revivals are being talked of In New York. In connection with the proposed revival of certain plays that have been very suc cessful In the past. Mr. Winter writes In the New Tork Tribune as follows on the toplo of "The Decadent Drama:" It has been the custom, ever since the tide of French nastlness first peg an to flow Into the American theatre, to defend the production of decadent playa. usually of foreign orlsMn (plays, for example, like "Camllle." "Magda," "Ohosts." 'Sapho." "Iris," "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'' and "The Oay Ird yuex." the production of which la an offence against publlo decency) on the ground, first, that they are "strong" and hence desirable for dramatic use and, fondly. that they teach a g'od and much-needed "lesson," and are. therefore, appropriate In the theater. The season that Is now beginning promises to be ac tive, and also it promises to provide many fabrics of this nauseous filth. These plays y 'YTDD U U U bjudfim pure. The critical ordeal through which the expectant mother mutt pass, however, it ao fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger, that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There it no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful or dangerous. The ute cf Mother' Friend ao prepare tho tyttem for the coming event that it it safely patted without any danger. Thit great and wonderful IpplLV.xtlmaail7.d O fiftl flfl HP C bat earned thoutandt LJ Ui of women through trying critit without tuffering. mi for tree book eontalctng lnfonnaua leelest value lo all etpeciaai nioihert Bra.flila Rt.ilaUr Ct- AtlaaU. the sw prte should be prohibited and prevented. They have never done even the slightest good. and they have wrought a prodigious amount of evil. They are bad In morals, bad In taste, and (with here ami there nn exception, for verbal vivacity), bad In style. The spirit of this sr, howevr, favor large Individual license, and re strictions that the experience of the hnninn race has shown to be right and salutary are no longer possible. Whoever wishes to produce a noxious and deleterloua play Is free to do so, and, unfortunately. Fie will receive a measure of public support and newspaper commendation, while whoever ventures to protest against the enormity will be assailed as a tedious rrude and fossil. "Wrong" these rancid pieces cer tainly are; but so is an onion, or a pole cat. It is no adequate defense of a filthy stage exhibition that, It Is made In a clever nay. It should not be made at all. The rectitude of the moral does not atone for the defile ment of the mind. The greater the clever ness, the greater the offense. and the greater the mischief. Some things can be taken for granted sewer gas, for Instance, and garbage The fact that these things are "strong" has been ascertained. People are not made wiser or better hy being deluged with "strength" of that kind; nor Is there a particle of sincerity, logic, or principle in the pretense of good moral drift. The majority of peddlers In this theatrical muck care no more for "good morals'' than they do for stewed prunes: they care for the box office receipts, and that is all. And they depend on the de praved Interest of a more or less Immoral public, to reward and sustain their displays of scandalous connubial complications and sexual sins, not unlike those In which that Sublle Itself is frequently Industrious. No octrlne Is more specious and sophistical than the doctrine that it la right to show anything and everything in a work of art. If only you wind up with a moral precept. Certain spectacles are. In themselves, de- grading, however aptly they point ''moral," or however pungently they m a pungently they may exploit a "lesson." "Evil communications corrupt good manners." These self-appointed teachers of "morals" and "lessons'" have an Important truth to learn which is that both themselves and their dirty fireachmenta are superfluous. Intrusive and mpertlnent. Carnal, llhldnous plays like "Sapho," "Quex." and "Iris;" the dull, dissecting room dramas of Mr. Ibsen anil Mr. Sudermann; or the morbid, prolix and base ebullitions of Mr. d'AnnunzIo are not moral and have no moral effect. The dramatic scavenger Is not mnde clean be cause you put a surplice on him. A the atrical audience. In contact with one of these vile plays. Is first drenched with slime and then Instructed to avoid it and this Is cslled "morality." Nothing more dearly demonstrates the futility of such "moral" precept than the complete practical disre gard with which It Is received. There never was any virtue yet In the force of "the frightful example" People are not de terred from sin merely by knowledge of Its evil consequences. Experience Is full of proof that men and women do wrong with complete and present knowledge both of the wrong and Its probable or certain re sults. The fact Is, that whatever may ho the high and holv truth with which this form of drama Is freighted, the "lesson" Is so absolutely trite as to be of no value. These concoctions of amatorv frenxv and distress only present for public considera tion questions that cannot be publicly dis cussed without offense to decency obtrud ing, equally by picture and suggestion, spectacles of licentiousness, disease and crime. The bare existence of such stuff Is, In itself, a crime against art. The sub jects might, perhaps, properly be annlyzed In a medical treatise or bv a convention of social philosophers; thev have no right to presentation on the stage. No human being certainly no creature who Is likely to enter a supposedly re spectable theater stands In netd of Illumi nation as to the duty of fldolltv to the mar riage vow, or as to the general conse quences of a fracture of the Seventh Com mandment. It Is follv to set up. In ex tenuation of such muck, that It either clari fies the views of men. or fortifies the virtue of women, or expounds any practical truth that is not already a thing of common knowledge. All that such nieces accom plish Is the befoulment of the spectator's mind with a sickening sense of human weakness, wickedness and vice, and of so cial corruption and decay. And perhaps the most vicious of all the results of such tainted trash Is that It tends to darken the mood and defile the tone of even the purest mind that is compelled to consider It. When the proposition is advanced, as it has been time and again, on the local stage that a wLf2 ,who "nvlnced of her husband's Infidelity should thereupon ' seek a para mour, and either obmmlt, or seem to com mit, adultery. It matters not that this atrocious theme Is peppered with fine moral maxims and florid fulmlnations of the ex cellence of virtue. The "lesson" Is not only superfluous but Insolent. Unfortunately, such pieces are sought and accepted by a considerable class of people who like the xest of piquant Impropriety, and who swarm toward any suggestion of Illicit con duct. Just as flies buss over a garbage pail. The time has been when the stage was mafle. an eminent Institution, and useful to spectacle should be revived. It never wll be revived, however, until the public be comes sufficiently wise. Intelligent and de- wn h,?hi"y VRy ,mm "" theater, fn which the decadent drama Is presented. Last week The Bee quoted from John Corbln on the conditions of the American drama, with Its brightening prospects, and the Tery present reward that Is the part of the author who has something that Is worth while to produce rui the stage. Mr. Corbln's critical remarks have aroused Burnt Mantle of the Chicago Inter-Ocean to some similar comment, with a defense of the American writer, couched In the fol lowing terse and vigorous way, the senti ment of which will be heartily endorsed by those who have given the topic serious and rational thought: Being the exponents of a newer and a brighter civilization, our dramatists have, Indeed, di Mr. Corhln Intlmstes, been lim ited In their outlook upon life. And llkelv they ever will be. We have no such condi tions in America as Inspired Ibsen In Nor way, either political or social. There are few cesspools In our country Into which the sun and the settlement workers do not renetrate. at least spasmodically. Neither do the tollers In even the worst of our factorv towns approach In mtserv the con ditions respon.iM. fr.r H,n..r)P" Bn "The Wen vers." And If ever we do produce dra matists who will approach the depths of eonl tragedy thrnurh the paths bln7.ed hv these and similar dramas It will nnlv be when our own people have failed uttertv. and through the failure produced th shameless mlserv that is the partlallv Mdd.n curse of Oermany, of France, and of England. But we will learn are learning, In fact that stage stories are life stories, and that people and not puppets awaken In anv and everv audience the responae of reason and intelligence Through this knowledge we will, as Mr. Payne optimistically Insists, approach the problems of our own land and our own people, and the American dramatist, Imitating to some hut creating to a far greater degree, will produce the dramas which will stand for vital truths and virile lessons In the conduct of Ameri can life. Just now the land la too broad and too prosperous. The sun shines and the square deal policy prevails In theory If not In practice. There are problems and there are men. vide Mr. Payne's frind. willing and able to discuss those problems with as many hearers as they can gather. But rlay patrons want to laugh and grow fat, and so do we matntaln our eminence as comedy purveyors apd gain no standing as serious dramatleta. The time is llkelv to come, however, when the excessively Jov. ful countenance of our prosperous burgher will lengthen Into frowns. Induced by No woman't happi ness can be complete without children ; it it her nature to love and want them nOfiTl much ao at CZUU KUS it ii to lore the beautiful and I JSI ff It 11 " " "y re..on or sniendld acting and the presentment of ennobling works of art and to a limited extent, it Is so now. But the Influence of noble thnno-hf ............. - - - H Ft orirmrmTt UUUUAJ swfiefy, while he prays for something worthy hie time and his thought. And then the American dramatist will become something more than a comedian, and the American playgoer will call for something more thsn a monkey to make him laugh. Just now we must be content with the rromlse contained in the statement that of the ten new plays produced In the flrt week of the new season, seven were the work of Americans. Richard Mansfleld'a "eaaoa. The production next month of Bchlller'g play. "Don Carlos." by Richard Mansfield. Is another of the distinguished and signifi cant events for which American dramatic history is Indebted to thla artist who be lieves that his pre-eminence entails obliga tions to do great things, and who dares live up to his belief. The uniform success which attends these bold flight of Mans field's should he an example and an Inspira tion to other actors less Imaginative and less daring. Richard Mansfield waa the first to Intro duce to the American or English stage the then untried and unheard of playa of Ber nard Shaw or a drama by the rising hope of the French theater, Kdmond Rostand; the first to give In English the master work of Russia's master dramatist. Tolstoi; the first to open to our stage the store house of Mollere, France's supreme dramatist by his production laat year of "The Misan thrope," which Is one of the rare promises of his approaching engagement here; and now he la leading the way Into the store house of Germany's moat precious treasures by a great production of its Shakespeare's masterpiece. "Don Carlos" Is now In active rehearsal In New York and It will receive Its first production on the stage of the Grand Opera House, Chicago, on Monday evening, Octo ber 16. From detailed accounts of the preparations It Is evident that this Is to he one of the most notable performances and one of the most elaborate productions this artist has given the theater. A l"ng cast of distinguished English and American artists will be supplemented by a large corps of skilled people for the panoramas of court life In Spain under Thlllp II, a large male chorus, musicians; and an ex tensive group of workmen who bring the total number of people concerned In tha presentation of "Don Carlos" up to 117. Mr. Mansfield's season will also Include productions of. Mollere'g comedy. "The Misanthrope," Shakespeare's "The Mer chant of Venice" and "King Richard III;" Tolstoi's "Ivan the Terrible" and his peren nially popular "Beau Brummel," "A Pari sian Romance," and, occasionally, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." It Is said that Mr. Mansfield has been meditating the production of a Schiller play for several years. His heart has been set on the fascinating story of Prince Carlos, who so madly loved Princess Elisabeth of VaJols when his father made the lovely lady his own bride. Ills familiars have long been accustomed to see "Don Carlos" on Mansfield's table. .The well thumbed pages and the multiplied annotations bora evidence of his scholarly and affectionate Interest In the Gerrnan masterpiece. Of course he studied It In tha original for he could play It with equal facility and effect In German or English. Of all the Bchlller plays "Don Carlos" is the most admirable and sympathetic In Its story. It has primarily the human. In timate touch. The tale fires the Im agination and touches the heart. More over remarkable as are individual char acters In other plays, In no other single play has Bchlller grouped so many re markable characters. In addition to Don Carlos, so often referred to as the German Hamlet there Is the Marquis of Posa, King Philip II, the Duke of Alva, Demlngo the King's confessor, Queen Elisabeth of Valots and Princes Eboll, all and each demanding exalted genius for their realisation. It Is said the Mansfield net has dragged the American and English market for artists for this play. He has had the originality not to crowd his company with superan nuated or near-stars. As one wag ealdl after looking over the cast: "Good? Bet ter than ao all-star cast." An orchestra of concert proportions Is to perform, Incidental to the play, musio from Verdi's grand opera, "Don Carlos," the maestro's family having given assent to Mansfield's use of his score In this con nection. The scenes were sketched by Mr. Mansfield himself from photographs and paintings of the various chambers, galler ies and halls of the Escurlal Palace, Mad rid, and the garden environing them. Co miss Eveats. At the very top of the numerically few dramatic and musical successes that can bo called typically Chlcagoan Is "His Hlghneas the Bey," which ran for five months at the LaSalle theater In that city. "His High ness the Bey" Is the work of two Univer sity of Chicago students and the music was evolved. by Joseph E. Howard, one of tha most successful song writers of the last decade. Frank Adams and Will Hough, th librettists, already had acquired local fame through the witty and sparkling playle's written by them for fellow colleagues and produced at the university. They were In duced to attempt more ambitious efforts by the LaSalle management and scored a tri umph In their first comedy. "His Highness the Bey" Is novel In Its treatment of a theme that admits the In troduction of up-to-date witticisms and satirical quips of national Interest bearing on our relations with foreign affairs, while not at any time Interfering with the thread of a well told and admirably acted comedy. The costuming and novel accessories are of the same high order which has made other LaSalle productions unapproachable for beauty and action. This plec will he the attraction at the Boyd for four nights and two matinees this week, beginning with a matinee this afternoon. "About The Woman In the Case.' the new play in which Blanche Walsh Is to appear at the Boyd theater on Thursday and Friday evenings, there can scarcely bo two opinions." says the crltlo of Town Topics. "It teems with dramatic Interest through three acts, and if the last act is almost unnecessary, it has the merit of being short and can be excused on that score. 'The Woman in the Case, like most of the Fitch plays, tells a story of today, a story of New York men and man ners, and it tells It with the sure, deft man ner of the man who knows. From the first It grips the Interest and holds It. It Is real and thrilling. It is refreshing, too, In Its picture of domestic trust and loyalty. Very fine. Indeed. Is the character of Mar garet Rolfe, assumed by BlancHe Walsh, and not one whit overdrawn; and almost equally good Is that of Julian, her husband, manly, frank and clean. Against this fair background the sordid, vulgar creature of the chorus and the town. Claire Forster. Is silhouetted clear and sharp and forbid ding. Clyde Fitch has written another success." The play enjoyed a season of four months at the Herald Square theater, New York, although only four weeks was allotted to It originally, and at the end of a brief summer vacation returned In Au gust to the Madison Square thoater, where Its former triumph was duplicated. Man agers Wagenhals and Kemper have given Miss Walsh exactly the same elaborate scenic production and the Identical com pany of splendid players seen In New York. Oeorg Ade'a "Peggy From Pari" will be the attraction at the Krug theater for four night and two matinees starting with a matinee today. This plec Is dlstin gulsiiod wi aiuus tut lis wit, but fr It originality and Its many novelties. One of the latter, of striking Interest to per sons not Initiated behind the scenes of a theater. Is the setting of a stage In the full view of the audience. Manager Maji som Corey has gotten together an ex ceptionally strong cast of singers and comedians for this production. Including Arthur Deagon and Julia West, who will have the principal parte. There will be the usual popular priced matinee on Wednes day afternoon. HanJon brothers announce the presentation of their most successful "Fantasma," which will be the attraction at the Krug theater next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This "Fantasma" is entirely new and Is prom ised by tho Hanlons to be their most pretentious spectacular production. Its scenes are laid In that romantlo line, where the characters of all Hanlon pantomimes are wont to sport, and Pico, the clown, and his friends adventure in the land of Zamallel, the Demon, In tha village of Funny, at tha bottom of tha sea, and In the castle 8trange. Pico, the Jester, with bis mishaps and countless adventures furnishes an excellent foil for the more serious characters. " Fantasma" will play the usual popular priced matinee on Sat urday. . Starting matinee today tha new bill for the second week of the season at the Or pheum will be varied, and. like last week, all faces save one will be new at the popu lar vaudeville house. At the head of the list comes a big act, Henrietta De Serrls' living statuary, in which fifteen young men and women from the Latin quartler, Paris, will pose as modols for the reproduction of famous art pieces by celebrated mas ters. 8. Miller Kent and company Is an other feature given more than ordinary Importance. Their vehicle will be the play ette entitled "Just Dorothy." The Wilton brothers do a comedy horizontal bar act, the comedy being accomplished with the aid of a rebounding net. A lively turn will be celebrated by the Messenger Boys' trio, who furnish a melange of mirth and music. Estelllta, singer and danseuse Es panol, is a sort of Carmen type of girl, who performs with the characteristic dash of hr race, and to enhance her personal charms displays some gorgeous gowns. Harper, Desmond and Bailey, colored en tertainers, sing, dance and dispense com edy. Lew Wells, with his saxophone, unique makeup and funny stories, and new klnodrome pictures round out the program. All this week at the Burwood theater the splendid Woodward Stock company will be seen In that peer of military dramas. "The Girl I Left Behind Me." Last even ing's performance at the opening of the theater left no doubt as to the ability of the company or the popularity of Its mem bers. It wilt give the same smooth, finely finished performance each evening and at four matinees this week, beginning with a matinee today. The weekday matinees are sure to be popular with the women, for It gives them an opportunity to see a fine play properly presented and at a moderate price, without Interfering with their visit to the stores. The matinees will be given on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day each week at prices that never vary, and with every seat In the house reserved. Next week the bill will be "A Royal Family," the finest of Robert Marshall's comedy -drauias. 9 Tha band concert season at the Audi torium this fall will be brief, but of ex cellent quality. First will come Sousa and his organisation for one day and night, October 1. He opens next week In Philadel phia, closing there on September 4, after which he starts on his western tour and reaches Omaha, October 1. Immediately following Sousa at the Auditorium will come Sorrentlno's famous "Banda Rosea" for three days and nights. This organ isation will give a neat, snappy program of about three-quarters of an hour and then present Perosl's great oratorio, "The Resurrection of Christ beautifully Illus trated by means of fine, large paintings which wilt appear and disappear on the stage, while the Impressive words will be -sung by a quartett of grand opera singers, engaged by Borrentlno especially for this production. The parts will be sung by Madame Oina Ciaparelll, soprano; Miss Bessie Donsall. contralto; Albert Quesnell. tenor, and Salvatora VunsJato, baritone. Gossip from Stag-eland. Jane Kennark is to be the star of "The Eternal Clt." Henry Arthur Jones expects to corns to America to superintend the final rehearsals f .tn,.,."8wora ut Gideon." In which Vir ginia Harned will appear. ..Mrn,tJerne BJurnson's latest drama, Daglannet. ' was produced August 31 at the National theater, Christiana, with great success. The author personally man aged the production. "Lady Teazle," with Grace Van Btuddl ford as Its star. Is to take o the road Im mediately. The supporting company will be practically the same that formerly gave Us assistance to Lillian Russell. The new John Kendrlck Bangs-Manuel Klein opera, recently named "0o," will be given an early production by Henry W. Savage. In the cast are Clayton White. Reuben Fax, Helen Marvin, Christie Mao Donald, Helen Hale and others. The first production of William Gillette's new play, "Clarice." was given at the Shakespeare theater, Liverpool, England laat Monday. Tomorrow Mr. Gillette opens for a lengthy season at the Duke of York's theater in London. His supporting com pany Is composed of Americans. Miss Florence Rockwell, the clever young actress, who has been the chief support of Henry Miller, Stuart Rohson and Nat Good win, and who recently scored a pronounced succesa as Nora, In "A Doll's House." has been selected by Richard Mansfield as tils leading woman for the coming aeason. Chauncey Oleott Is in New York, where he Is having the final rehearsal of "Ed mund Burke," the new play which was written socially for hint by Theodore Burt Sayre, and In which he will act the title role, supported by the best company that he has ever had. The popular comedian beglna his season tomorrow. "The Merry Millennium" is the title se lected by Henry W. Savage for the new opera by John Kendrlck Bangs and Manuel 'In the fcnea of which are laid in The play will be presented early in October. uiio in (tie cast are fhrlatle MacDonald ,i-i u jirvin. uien jiaie, Keuhen Fax t-iarwnce Harvey' and Ldward B Martin- Ut'll. David Warfleld's popularity In Charles Klein's play, "The Musio Master," was demonstrated IaBt Saturday night. Heptem ber 2. at the Bijou theater, when, after his summer's rest, this lirlaaco star took up the course of success Just where he left It last June. It was his WlBt performance In New York as the old musician. Kach FRED G. ELLIS PUPIL OF BOUHY BARITONE CONCERTS, ORATORIO AND SONG RECITALS. VOCAL STUDIO: Room 16. Barker Block. Hours, f to II A. M.: 1 to 4 P. M. VOICES TESTED FREE. member of Mr. Belasco's popular organ isation received the warmest greeting. Mrs Leslie Carter's season will reopen the Belasco theater. New York, on Wednes day, September 10. according to an an nouncement Just made by Mr. Belasco. Ten nights and two matinees will be de voted to "Andrea," after which Hel.isco s version of 'Zaia ' will be offered f"r one week, beginning October 1 Th-n will come two weeks of "I'u Harry." beginning Oc tober , and leading up to Mrs. Carters last two weeks, for which the arrangement of performances will not be given until later. Iavld Belasco" new play for Blanche Bates la called '"The Girl of the Golden West." It will be played for the first time on any stage st the new Helasco theater, Pittsburg, tvtober i, and after engage ments In Washington. Baltimore and Buf falo, will open a season s run at the Hel asco theater. New York, following Mrs. Leslie Carter. Mr. Beiaaco has gathered a cast to support Miss Bates, Including Rob ert Hilllard. Frank Keenan, John W . Cope, J H. Benrlmo. T. J. McGrane. Herbert Cortheld and Harriett Sterling. A melodrama called "As Ye Bom " writ ten by a clergyman, Rev. John Snyder, was given Its first performance at Mclckers theater. In Chicago, last Sunday: It Is pro nounced a conventional play of ita kind, but Intensely Interesting In spite of its many technical faults. It tells the story of a young minister In love with a woman who turns out to be his scapegoat brother s wife, but who conveniently dies at the end of the play, much to the satisfaction of all concerned The play Is a rural drama of the "Shore Acrea'' and "Way Down Kast variety, and It has the marks of being as successful. Margaret Anglln, who Is about to begin an all-season engagement at the Princes theater. New York, declares herself de lighted with the prospect of doing three or four plays this year. "The most serious menace to art In America," she said re cently to the World. "Is the long run of a successful play. A great hit may be acted for four yeara. during which time the per former ceases to think or to feel and onlv repeats mechanically what he or she has repeated hundreds of times. No one ought to appear In the same role consecutively for more than three months Five new parts a year are required to prevent mental stagnation." Miss Aniclln Is to begin her term at the princess bv presenting a drama written by Henry Miller and Hart ley Manners and called "Zlra." Prattle of the Youngsters. Clarence, aged 4, had Just taken a bite of a very large but unusually sour apple. "Gracious!" he exclaimed. "What an awful nice bad apple that Is." Small Harold, although somewhat mis chievous, was truthful. "Did you say your prayer like a good boy while you were visiting at grandpa's?" asked bis mother. ' "No, mamma," he replied. "I said tn tike a bad boy." $ Down at the Bea Brees the other dav was small Miss Margery, aged 4, walking along the bluff with a friend of her mother's, who had sccompanled the family on a day's outing. "Don't go so near the edge," cautioned the child's companion, as the venturesome little one frolicked In the dangerous places, and as the advice was unheeded, added: "It won't be my fault If ynu fall over." "No," said Margery, "but, you'll be the one blamed for It." "Mister." said the little boy to the farmer leaning over the fence, "the mule has run away and split my load o' hay. Won't you come and help me put It on the wagon again?" "I will." said the farmer, "If you will com over here fuss an" help me git my cows out o' the pastur'." "Oh," said the little boy, "I'm afraid father wouldn't like that." "Why wouldn't he?" growled the farmer. "Because," said the little boy, "he always taught me to look out for him first" "Where is your father?" asked the farmer. "Please, sir," said the little boy, "he' under the hay." Cheap Rates To rea Lake nd Retnra. VIA CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY. Tickets on sale every Saturday. Final return limit the following Monday. Good fishing, boating, bathing. Reasonable betel rates. For further Information apply to B. D. PARKHCRST. General Agent, lilJ Parnam St., Omaha Neb. AMI SBMEXTS. sf 0 CRKIOHTOM Phone 404. 'Week Commencing Sunday Matinee, Sept. 17. Today 2:15. Tonight 8:15. Modern Vaudeville Henrietta De Serris Living Statuary Fifteen Parisian Modols. Wilton Bros. AthlPttc ComedlBn. Messenger Boys' Trio A Melange of Mirth and Music. Estellita Queen of Dancer. Harper, Desmond & Bailey Colored Entertainers. Lew Wells Muajcul Monologue. Kinodrome Alwaya New Scenes of Interest. EXTRA ATTRACTION S. MILLER KENT & CO. I'reHeutiDK "Just iKirothy." Price 10c, 25c, 50c. AMI JEMEJITH. ft PRICKS nPliui.ti WED. & 4 Nights and 2 Matinees TiTS A f Starting with a Matineo vUH MAPIS?.N.9OREY GEO. ADE'S MUSICAL COMEDY F MffMfrom With ARTHUR DEAGON and Company of 60. NEW SONGS NEW DANCES NEW FACES PRETTY GIRLS-PRETTY COSTUMES. 3 Nights and Saturday Matinee Ctdvxi 01 Starting Thurs. Night Upi. 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