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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1906)
January 28, 1001. TTIE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses l EX Ht'R" may reasonably be listed amonir th things that will lost. Ha third visit to Omaha repeated the story of Its former engage ments -parkid house at each per- furri.Hnce and a class of people who do not ordinarily attend the theaters. B-ime of them were there for the first time since the play was Inst here, and some for the first time In ttulr lives. Manager Towle says Omaha's experience differs In nothing from that of other cities, that the attendance Is the same everywhere and that his years of going alwut with the great production have con vinced him that It comes home to people who are not otherwise Interested in the stage and Its doings. Some reason must exist for this, and it can probably be found In the now liitlnn of the mme of the Savior of mankind with the story that Is told. It was this undoubtedly that gave the great Interest to the novel. As a story It does not differ in any essential regard from a host of other novels, with similar themes and corresponding action. The plot and the characters aro. of the most commonplace sort, and, divested of the single element of religious flavor, It may easily be doubted If the first edition had been exhausted. But to the tale of love and adventure, the per sonality of Christ gives a glamor that makes the tale attractive and to the devout Beem almost like a revelation. In developing the character of Ben Ilur General Wallace very skillfully drew It through the changes from an Intense and arduous Jewish patriotism to a complete surrender of earthly ambition and an ac ceptance of Christ and Ills doctrine. To fully appreciate this one must understand something of the political conditions that prevailed at Jerusalem and throughout the land. The memory of the Maccabean re volt was still fresh In the minds of all. I .ens than two centuries before the birth of Christ the Jews bad thrown off the Grecian yoke and had established their Independence again. This was but one of the great strug gles for national existence through which they bad passed. Their history Is a chron icle of wars waged, not for conquest, but for existence, and against a succession of conquerors. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon and Greece had been overcome In turn, and why not Homer The yoke was hateful to the Jew, and he looked forward to the coming, not of a religious leader, but of a mighty man, whose valor should inspire his follow ers to such deeds that they would break the hold of Rome and Judea should again stand Independent and upright among the peoples of the world. This was the thought upper most In the minds of the people, and when they gathered at Jerusalem to be numbered for the convenience of Caesar, that his tribute-taking might be facilitated. It may easily be believed that they were In no sub missive frame of mind as regards the Itoman. When the word was passed among them that a babe had been born at Bethle hem who was "to be King of the Jews," did It not cause a secret wave of Joy to pass through all the nation, except those who were attached to Herod by interest? And when Herod Issued bis dreadful bloody order for the slaughter of the Innocents was not this feeling heightened T How. eagerly those proud, stubborn people must have looked forward to that day when this new born deliverer should come In his strength and Israel should again throw off the grasp of the foreigner, and Instead of paying tribute to Rome should be taxed only to support the national greatness that is still to this day cherished so fondly by the In dividuals of that race. It was this dream that Is typified In Ben Hur. The family wrongs he suffered are In part the wrongs of the nation, and his desire for revenge on Messala simply Illustrates the thirst for vengeance that animated the nation against the oppressor. No doctrine of returning good for evil had yet been preached In Jerusalem. The Jews yet worshiped the God that had led them from Egypt; the God whose wrath overtook Pharaoh In the Red sea; the God whose word crumbled the walls of Jericho to dust; the God before whosa breath the host of Sennacherib withered as flowers under the simoon's blast; the God that sent Nebuchadnezxar to eat grass In the fields and who broke the might of Belshazzar as Samson broke the withe that bound him. This God had made for them a strict law of vengeance; "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" was tho lunguage of the code. A Just ephod had they, and a Just hln, and It was to this God they looked for deliverance from the Roman. Ills will had overturned the might It st of the mighty on earth; what reason, tlun, to think that Caesar could prevail he fore HlmT When the appointed time should vome, liome wouiu Join with Jericho, and Nineveh, and Babylon, and other cities whose walls hud crumbled, and the legions of Caesar would be with the hosts of I'huraoh and Sennacherib. Judah, son of Ithamar, prince of Hur, could not have miss, d being Imbued with this feeling. With the added weight of his private wrongs, he must have been sealous In his desire to take part In the struggle that was to come against the Roman, In all his uctlons he was animated by but one thought and that was to secure ven geance on the people who had so cruelly wronged him. No thought of religious revolution entered his calculations. The teachings of the Nazarene were strange, but no stranger than those of others whose voices had been heard in the land from the time of Moses and Aaron. One of the wisest features of the Roman policy was that It did not Interfere with the religion of the peoples brought under subjection. So long as the tribute was paid and Roman authority generally recognized In secular n. utters the huhjugated nation might wor ship as It liked. Indeed, Rome not in frequently paid a nation the compliment of adopting some one of Its gods, adding another to the collection of fanrs and tem ples for which the Eternal City or some of the other capitals were famous. Nor did Rome go very far towards overturn ing the local so eminent when the eagles and the S. P. Q. R. standard were hoisted. The tetrarch Herod had hardly been dis turbed In his regal authority, and the san hedrim was as potent at Jerusalem as ever. It was the presence of Rome in the gov ernor and the tribute takers, the legion and the eagles that Irritated the Jews. Ben Hur, like thousands of others, con wins feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. 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With his mental attitudes thus Indifferent to the religious aspect of the visitation of the Lord to the earth, the depth of Ben Hur's disappointment may be imagined when he discovered that the leader he had followed, and for whose entry to Jerusalem he had prepared, aimed not at a restoration of the temporal power and glory of the Jewish nation, but was merely come to teach a new religious creed. It seemed to him, as it must have seemed to all those who thought seriously that at that time the world had enough of re ligions. Such a galaxy of gods never before existed, and at no time since has such oppor tunity been offered for the exercise of taste In the selection of a shrine at which to wor ship. It must have appeared to the educated Jews a sorry jest that th,ls man, whose Inflm nee was so poeent among his follow ers, who had commended attention wher ever he appeared, who "spoke as one hav ing authority," and who had performed such wonderful miracles, was merely a religious tescher, and not a wonderful politician and statesman, who should re vive the dignity and glory of the throne of Solomon. It was an affront to the national feeling. Burely, they felt that they had asked for bread and been handed a stone. Not only that, but the religion he taught was subversive of the religion of their race and was tinctured with the suggestion of humble submission to the hated Roman. It is hardly to be won dered at that the high priests and others of the upper classes of the Jews turned against Christ and demanded His crucifixion. Forty years later the national feeling had so worked on the Jewish people that Titus found his most ditlleult tusk, that of sub duing Jerusalem. Torn by Internal dissen sions and In strife one against the other, the factions of Jerusalem resisted the Roman until starvation and disease ren dered them no longer capable of resistance. Nowhere In history Is there a record of a more desperate struggle than that of the Jews against the Roman soldiers who sought to reduce the city to a complete acceptance of Roman rule. It was the end of the existence of Israel as a political en tity. But Judaism as a religion still per sists with a tenacity that has no parallel. These circumstances must be given due weight when "Ben Hur" Is given critical consideration, and when they are properly valued the Intrinsic worth of the Wallaco novcj becomes the more apparent. It was a daring expedient the author resorted to, and fairly required the miracle performed In the Vale of Hlnnom, to convert the lead ing character to the new doctrine. It Is easily understood that the mind of Ben Hur had undergone a more or less thorough preparation for the transition, and that he was really In a receptive mood when the supreme moment came. At any rate, ho would have been much less than a heard If he had not out of sheer gratitude to the man who gave him back his mother and sister from their living death have ac cepted His teachings and followed In His ways. At Its best, "Ben Hur" Is melodramatic. The intense dramatic situations possible are subdued In Interest of spectacular ex hibitions, and slight tribute Is paid to the intelligence of the people by the accentua tion of the chariot race and similar Inci dents rather than an exploitation of the ethical difficulties presented. Balthazar and Slmonldes represent the ethical and In tellectual phase of the play, while Ben Hur and Messala,. Esther and Iras embody Its purely physical aspect. The psychic hardly raises above the plane of commonplac for at no time does the spiritual divorce Itself from the physical. The "heart Inter est" element Is forced to the front at the start, and holds the place, till the final curtain. It will hardly be claimed that "Ben Hur" teaches any "lesson." It Is more a glori fication of the elemental belief of the pro fessors of the Christian faith. It is certain that, stripped of the glamour of religion, the story and the play alike become very tame, and It Is almost as certain that neither would attract the attention that has been besowed upon them. As It Id, both have a following that is not likely to be disturbed by critical analysis or the passage of time. Something of a warning to writers who exhaust their superlatives In enthusiastic outbursts over novelties Is found In the following from John Corbln, referring to the exiled Russian players who have re cently been appearing In New York: The heightened, not to say superlative, enthusiasm with which the Kussian playeis have been greeted makes it not a little difficult for the humdrum observer of things theatric to sneak a word of praise, Hnd especially as this popular furore seems helpful to the -enerous effort which it Is happy ending. Hut truth plods a long road In the dust where ecstaey soars to an lea rian fall; so here's for honest pedestrlan Ism as airalnst the allurements of the crit ical disciples of Santos-Oumont. How has It been possible to discover, as so many have plumed themselves upon dis covering, that Orleniflf and his company are the most marvellously artlsllo actors which this town has ever been permitted to delight In? Has Fifth avenue been sud denly Russlanlr.cd. like the flowery, or have we all received the Rift of tongues? I hear the ready answer, like a parrot call. "Really, their acting Is so marvellously suestiva that you know Just what they are snyln without understanding a word!" It was the cry of the nn-ltallanate disciples of Iuse. and no doubt It will conllnue to serve the provincial mind for years to eorne in place of sober and laboriously acquired understanding. The fallacy under which the enthusiasts are laboring Is. to be sure, very human and nlmost universal Nothing Is like Ignor ance for fostering Imaginative belief and If the rhurch had reason to put Galileo and his discoveries out of business the patrons of the arts have a no less valid irrlevance against Oolumbus. When knowledge comes In at the do T fancy flies out at the window. The first essential of a play, however, great. Is that It should be. if not clear, yet at least humanly Intelligible; but would "Hamlet" or the second part of "Faust" be admired as they are If even the critic! pundits had not thrown up their hands and bade us to search them If we thought they had concealed on chelr persons the li V JT f th household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture ot mother and babo, angels smile at and commend the thoughts and aspirations of the mothet bending over the cradle. The ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, how. ever, is so full of danger and suffering that she looks forward to the hour when she shall SKI keys to the mystery? How many of the supreme masterpieces of sculpture are pre served In their perfection? It Is the weak ness of Praxiteles, we are told, that his work Is too finished In detail, as witness the Hermes. Phidias, you observe, had the supreme gift of Inducing time to corrode and a Venetian adventurer to shstter his marbles. The Venus de Medlcls and she of the Capitol are perfect ladles, and peo ple say all sorts of rude things of them. The Venus of Mllo artful minx! shuffled off her feet, threw away her arms and now poses as the greatest moral beauty on earth. The Victory of Bamothrare not only cast off her extremities, but further showed her cleverness by losing her head, and people say that she Is more than a foddess the embodiment of some cosmic orce, majestically triumphant. Great Is the fame of the Pre-Raphaelltes and, as Pinero has pointed out, the doom of the Impressionist Is sealed when be learns to draw. And so, to come back to our mut tons, It would perhaps be all day with our Russian panegyrists If we had the least Idea what their Idols are talking about. Much, It is true, can be gathered from what actors call pantomime. Sir Charles Wyndham has told us that It Is the essen tial as It was the primitive element In the actor's art and that he Is accustomed to develop all his visual effects before he troubles to master the exact language of bis author. The fact that his authors ob jected he admitted with an Indulgent smlls t the artist's vanity. I,nnfllow. when suffering from weak eyes, tried the experi ment of following a play with his ers slone and found that the better half of the performance escaped him. Tlderot made It a test In Judging an actor to shut his ears and see how much he could gather through mere visual Impressions And yet Is the art of the mummer or mlmer a very different thing from panto mime? If fare end gesture pould tell every thing, how did It happen that the primi tive man. struggling with life on unequal terms, has everywhere found time to In vent the art of speech? Why does the prapmatlcnl mnnnirer pay authors to write a lot of words, and why do those sturdy bogsnrs. the actors ever bother to learn or 'w-nk them? That eTcellent critic of act'iir. the prince of TVnmark. counselled hi players not on'y to suit the action to the word, but the word to the action. Coming; Events. This afternoon and evening at the Boyd "The Isle of Bong Bong" will be offered. This merry conceit has met with much success In Omaha and Its airs are heard on every hand. The funny moves of John W. Ransome and the clever work of Alioe Tnrke and Anna Boyd are Just as popular here as they have been anywhere, and the whole affair Is a real hit. The engagement ends this evening. Beginning on Monday evening Fred C. Whitney's great musical and spectacular extravaganza, "Tho Land of Nod," comes to the Boyd theater for a return engage ment. When this company visited Omaha a few weeks ago it scored such a hit that the present visit was then planned. "The Land of Nod" Is a succession of pretty pictures, sweet songs and engaging cho ruses, Interspersed with the drollest of comedy and Just a little uproarious fun. William Norrts heads the fun makers, and In hla character of the Man in the Moon has added a big mark to the list of dls tlnctfve creations. Ho sings sweetly and has several very pleasing numbers. One of them, a trio with the Dovey sisters. Is worth the price of admission alone. Alice Povey Is the leading soprano and has made for herself as much of a success as Mr. Norrls. Knox Wilson, who In In a elnss all hy his lonesome. 'Is another of the company, and the roster contains other names aa well known. The engagement la for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday even ings and a matinee on Wednesday. Frank Howe, Jr., who is directing the tour of "The Serlo-Comlc Girl," the ve hicle used to exploit Nellie Beaumont and Richard F. Carroll as co-stars, has pro vided Mr. Carroll with a role that fits f.Music and Musical Notes HE ORCHESTRA concert given by Mr. Uamrosch and his men on Thursday night at the Auditorium was a success In every way. A much larger crowd turned out . any other conductor. The name of Vv. ugaer proved a magnet. Mr. Ltemroscn placed all the old familiar compositions. I feur there were a few of us who would have liked to hear' a miscellaneous program with some less well-known works upon it. The audience was not particularly re sponsiveOmaha people seldom are. Many of them stem to look upon clapping as unnecessary. Waxin recognition at the end of a concert Is well .4gh unkuown. The women pin on their hats like mud, and the men hustle into their overcoats as if "the bogie man was goln' to get 'em if they didn't watch out." What is tills fever of unrest which seises people in the middle of the lust number? Ten minutes grace isn't going to wreck any man's hope of salva tlun. Any poor unfortunate who attemps to "take his time" Is In danger of his life. It's a tie whether you hurry till yuu get a nervous lump in your throat, or have any where from three to nine people walk over you and jam your hat over your eyes with , their elbows, not to mention standing cheer- fully on your feet. Then when you do get up, it is as if you had been struck by a high wind. Everything you have on has the feel as of wuves receding from the shore. Why must Americana worry so? This Is the curse of the time we live in. I must say I sympathize with the old time darkey, who after the war encoun tered the maelstrom of northern strenu osity. "I long to see dat easy world. Where no one's In a flurry; And where, when it oomes lime to die, Uis nigger needn't hurry I" Mr. Damroech and rli Welngoriner are sharing honors in the conducting of the Nw York Wyiiiplioiiy orchestra on this to sr. They are working together In harmony to the astonishment .of the pro fession. Hume one tk4 Mr. puisrusch if Welngrlnr was going to take com plete charge of the orchestra alter this season, that being tit popular surmise. Mr. LnnosU Mild "No! This combina tion simply mean that two conductor are working in complsie appreciation tf each other." Mr. Uamrosch ha engaged the famous Munich conductor to assist him for two season. remarkable, vlswsd in the light of prgfus aional jealousy, It la also estremely en couraging7, On tho evening of February 10, at tht Lyric theater, seventy-Ay children will appear In a little operetta entitled, "Boy Blue." Mis Horenasn ha been drilling the children. Hh wa for several year director of musio In tha Portland, Ore., public schools, and until Mrs, Heller gav up ber kindergarten on Farnam street In structed the young people there, so h has had much experience In this line of work. "Boy Blue" Is by Thorns ghephard; the muslo Is said to be bright and at tractive, Tb costume are a feature, and there will be some pretty dancing. Th entertainment la given under th manage ment of the AU Points Sunday school. Th money will b used In donating? a stained glass window to th nw church. The Philharmonic prvhestr ha changed the date fit It concert until some time In the for part of February. The third rehearsal of the new "Messiah" thorua wo held Monday night at th FUl him personally better than anything lie has essayed in recent years. The truth Of this statement will be manifested when he comes to the Boyd theater next Thurs day night to open an engagement of three nights with a matinee on Saturday. "The 8erlo-Comlc Girl" Is a comedy, with muslo. In three acts, by Israel Zlngwill. The Story of the play Is an Interesting one, deal ing with a double life of a well-born Irish girl, who goes to London as companion to Mrs. Maper, the rich but Illiterate mis tress of Holly Hall. While at the Maper a theatrical manager, Fussy Josephs, Is entertained by her songs and dances and speaks to her of a career on the stage In London. After a quarrel with Mrs. Maper, she leaves, to become the governess to the children of Mia Lee Carter and during the evening appears In serlo-comlcs at the Savoy muslo hall. Inadvertently she becomes the most popular muslo hall linger In London. At the Burwood theater during the com ing week the bill will be "Rosemary," one of the sweetest comedies In the I2ng!lsti language. It deals with an affair of the heart and tells a story full of human In terest In such a way as to hold the au ditor from flret to last. It will afford Mr. Morrison a fine opportunity for a higher grade of comedy work than he has had yet, and In the role of Blr Jasper Thorn dyke, Nin which John Drew has so often been seen here, he will undoubtedly score heavily. Miss Lang will be the Dorothy Crlckshank of the bill and In the role will have scope for her swee?:y sympathetic nature. Mr. Oven, Mr. Fulton and Mr. Schofleld each have fine parts, and the re hearsals Indicate smooth perMrmance from the beginning. "Rosemary" will bo played each evening during the coming week, with matinees on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, For two nights and one matlneo. starting with a matinee today, Mr. Harry Beres ford In his new play, "The Woman Hater," will be the attraction at the Krug theater. "The Woman Hater" Is an amusing farce and not impossible. It la clean and whole some. Its lines are bright, witty and snappy; Its situations piquant without be ing vulgar, and Its climaxes are said to be of the most thrllllnply ridiculous charac ter. The company with which Mr. Beres ford has surrounded himself ranks as one of the best now on tour. The engagement closes Monday night. For two nights and one matinee starting Tuesday night, January 30, "Tracked Around the World" will be the attraction at the Krug theater. T'nscrupulous and un relenting vljllnny In tho persecution of an Innocent young girl, the dastardly attempts to rob the victim of her fair name and the prevention of foul crime by a logical aleuth, whoSs himself In love with the young girl. Is the theme upon which the play Is founded. An Innovation Is the Introduction of ten beautiful show girls, whose pretty faces and bright costumes add charm and give a finish to the sung numbers. There will be the usual matinee on Wednesday afternoon. A "pool room" in full operation Is one of the many Interesting scenes disclosed In A. H. Woods' newest melodramatic seasa tion. "Fast Life In New York." billed to be presented at the Krug theater for three nights and Saturday matinee, starting Thursday night, February 1. All of the ex citement attendant upon the usual running of a big horse race Is shown. The usual miscellaneous congregation of owners, gam blers, touts, etc., are depicted true to life, and Julian Rose In the character of Sammy Congregational church, with Mr. Thickstun at the three-manual pipe organ. This ucw musical organization has been launched without noise or flourish, but ha mode an auspicious beginning. It contains many of the salaried church singers ot Omaha and is composed entirely of well chosen voices. It is proposed to Import soloists from other cities and to give a full rendition, with full orchestra. Mr. Ira li. Peiiniinun, who has recently taken charge of the music of the First Congregational church. Is the con ductor of the oratorio chorus. The School of Illustrated Music Is plan ning a series of interesting "Musical Story Programs," to be played the first and third Saturday mornings of each month, begin ning February 3. The programs begin at 11 o'clock, and a most cordial invitation Is extended to all. Next Sunday evening a special musical service will be held at the Presbyterian church. Mr. Ellis Is making a specialty of these elabora'b programs once a month. ri ' Mim. Nordlca will anpear In concert at th' Auditorium In Aprti She Is making a six weeks' recital tour after the opera sea son at the Metropolitan in New York. The Metropolitan Grand Opera company will sing In Chicago at the Auditorium the week of April Z. (Save your money!) The following squib from "Music and Musicians" takes a little different view of George Sand's effect upon Chopin. Maybe the happiness he had balanced the final sorrow, There Is a price to pay for living, even for a little while, "on the heights": Whenever Chopin's connection with George Sand is mentioned, una htuis a good dual of the misery and nothing or little of th hupplness which accrued to him out of It. The years of temternt and devotion are slurred over, and her Infidelities, grow ing Indifference, and final il.-a.-rlmn are dwelt upon with undue emphasis. What ever those of Chopin's friends, who were not also George Suud s flit-mis, may suy, we may Iw nre tl!St I; 3 J;;s but welshed his sorrows. I It resulu'eness must have been an Invaluable aiipHut to so vaullu tlng a character as Chopin's was, and, al though their natures were In rnuny r spect discordant, the poetlo element In her connot but have found sympathetic chords In his. E-very character hi many aspects; but the world la little disposed to see more than one side of George Sand's namely, that which is most conspicuous by Its defiance of law and custom, and finds Th fact la rather Presion In loud declamation and denund n. ii. i.. - . atlon. To observe her In one of her more luvahl attitude of mind, we will transport ourselves from t'honln's to her salon. Inula Enault relate how one evening Onorgtt Kmiil. who sometimes thought aloud, when with Chopin, this being her way of dialling, spoke of the peaerf illness of the country, and unfolded a ph'ture of the rural harmonies that had nil the charming and negligent grace of a village idyl, bring ing, In fact, her beloved Herry tu the fire side of the room in the feUjuare d'Orleans. "How well you have spoken"' Said Chopin, naively. "You think so?" she replied. "Well, then, Set ma to niuslc!" Hereupon Chopin Im provised veritable pastoral symphony, and tleorge Band, placing herself beside Mm end laying her hana gently on his shoulder, said: "Ho on, velvet finders!" (''Courage, dole Is de velours!"). There Is am ' her aneidute of nulet home life. Qeorge flan-' Imd Utile dog, which wa In the habit of turning round and round, and she endeavored to catch lis tail. One evening, when it was thus en. faged, she said to Chopin: "If I had your alent. I would compose a pianoforte niece for this dog." Chopin at unce sat down t the piano and improvised the charming Walls In II fist P- tUi, hlr'h hence has obtained the name of "Vaise du tvtit Ohien." This story Is well known anv.no; (he punlls nd friends of the master, but not always told in exactly the same way. Accordln to another version. Chopin Im provised the wait when the little dug was r laying with a ball of wool. This varla lon. however, doe not' affwt th pl-h of tb tory. .. WUg-NEO. Ik-ntt-ln, who, in accordance with the story of the play, is "among those present." furnishes the requisite touch of comedy mcessary to relieve the situation at the critical moment. This scene Is staged In a truly realistic manner, and to those wh) have never observed the Interior of a real pool mom during the running of a big race will be a source of much Interest. A bright and varied bill Is announced at the Otpheum for the week beginning with a matinee this sfternoon. At the head of the roster are the Kloes sisters from the Hippodrome, London. They, like a ' number of others on tho program, came here for the first time. They perform n assortment of equlllbtlstlc "stunts" of the most difficult nature. One of them Is said to be possessed of wonderful strength. While hanging by her legs on Roman Hups she permits the other two to per form on her outstretched arms. Barnold's d"Ks. monkeys and cats do a variety of cute and amusing little turns. Indian club manipulation where a company Is engaged has extensive possibilities as a sensational and bewildering entertainment and the four puzzling Normans are reported to be remarkable experts In this calling. J. A. Murphy and Elolse Wlllard will offer their latest nonsense In "The Phrenologist." Murphy la a master at distorting the Eng lish language. McCue and CnhlU, styled tho "Irishmen with Italian Volcssj" At. Cnrletun. "The Skinny Guy," with his latest In story and song; Welch and Malt land, the limber and droll comedians, and acrobatlo dancing girl, and timely new klnodrome pictures will complete the bill. Gossip from Stegelnnd, Thompson Dundy have hit upon one outlet for their great productions at the New York hippodrome. They have com pleted plans tor an early presentation of The new musical comedy, "Comin' Thro' the Kye," which was brought out in New York last week, does not seem to have awakened the big metropolis from its lethargy when it comes to accepting musi cal shows of recent vintage. "A Yankee Circus on Mars" at the Uoslon , theater, Button. This is one of the Urgent houses in the country, and will aliviu am ple loom for the Introduction of the lilp podrume s hi st great success, minus tuc auuatlc features of "The Kaideis. " Two big productions that have been shelved ua account of poor business are Joe Cawthorne s llrst starring enurt, "Frits in Tammany Hail,'' and the Hall Caiue melodrama, "The 1'rodlgal bjii," which lias llnally been laid away ailer making every efiort to keep it alive. Wilton Luckuye and the members of his company are again playing "Trilby," a re vival of that play Having been made for lackue's present engagement in McVlck er s theater, Chicago, it is striking of the old play that il is creating the accustomed (n rule at every performance in the Windy City. James J. Corbett, In the Shaw play, "Casbel Bryou's Profession," uespito tne uulavorable leceplion of the play in New York by the critics, ha begun to snow healthy signs of picking up in favor. On tins account the brief engagement booked at Daly s theater there lias been extended to the Majestic theater, where Corbett will be seen in lurther performances of this peculiar play by the brilliant Irish satirist. Otis Skinner ho closed his tour In "His Grace Lv Orammonl " and is headed tor New York, where he will soon take, up re hearsals of the new play, "The Duel," which is to be brought out in the east by him in the immediate future. Mr. Skin ner lost week remained on lour in order to open the new Henry Boyle theater in Fond Uu luc, Wis., which has been built by enterprising citizens of thai city. The big production of the George Kd wardes musical comedy, "Verouique," whicii was originally brought to this coun try by Klaw Ac Krlauger and their asso ciates and which is neoilng the end of Its run in Boston, will, it Is reported, pass into the hands of the Siiuuerls. The lat-tc.- intend to secure an American company for the pretty piece and materially local ize it before sending it on tour. Maude Adams is to remain at the Em pire, lu New York, an Indefinite period. Her success there In "Peter Pan" Is so pronounced that she will likely remain for tne season. Her time on tne road has been htled up by a switch in the routes ot William Collier and W. H. Crane. The two stars will play the greater port of the outside tune held for Iinss Adams this season. Dawrence D'Orsay will lake up some of Collier's time. KUtt Wheeler Wilcox' play, "Mizpah." founded on the Biblical story of h-siher, will have its production for the first time in Baltimore this wees., commencing to morrow evening. Manager Charles Toll man has secured a big production and splendid cost tor the opening, lu the com pany are J. 11. Gilmour, Charles Hal bury, vS iiltain Harcourt, Stanley Dark, Kulph Iieimore, Frank Tannehill, Jr., olive Oli ver, Adele Block and several other. A big company is being organised for llttiM W'iUnLiiiM' snii,tnrL in her new mu sical comedy which is to be brought out iu,iin llurrv k'lli irt M rMf'HIlL U.tlill I lo II. Kelly iiad lurmed a vaudeville partnership with Charles Guer, but it seems that this was abandoned in order for Kelly lo join the Frohman company now tunning for Miss Williams' support. Several Knglisu players in ixlna May's company win not sail back lo ingland tills month, but will remain her to join the W illiams company. So the llernnaidl tent tour lias been ex ploded. Thruugu the demand of Klchard Aianslield 11 turns out that Bernhardt lias never been refused time in the big thealtrs for the very good reason that her lour wu8 booked in hull and special houses outside of the syndicate. Tne idea lhal she was lo play in lent through Texas s.-cms to have grown out of tins and made interesting reading. Incidentally II was but another illustration of the undlguihed man lier in which the Bernhardt lour ha been publicly exploited this season. Mine. Fremsied. the famous prima donna, is certain thai sua lias solved the servant question. 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