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XI'KHIKN''i: h-is t.-niKht us th.lt
4 I It J '"l ! lilt ' nnuKli, and
I it 1, ,i i,. I ii'ii'.ii'i III ui.t all
that U i .imii.k t j us. Nowhere
Is tiii more In j itlfu! y and com
pletely x . rti t .1 in than In connection with
the tlipiitni . ;!., n of Omaha. It always
tarts will, ami utmost always ends In a
Maze i,f Kluiy. Homrtline It gng badly
in It mill. II.. reaches, but this In because
the l.in tti.ir arc required to satisfy the
ddunrid of the thctttnr patron (if New
York nnd ('hlcsirn ami a few cthT plares
that h;ivo an advanlniee over Omaha In
the w:iy of securing attractions. Vet, and
!." however. If we ran restrain ourselves
until tin. proper time ronifi e nearly al
ways Iiave the privilege nnd frequently the
ploHmire of ee'n some nf the, host nf tha
sen-win's attractions. And this la trie this
season. The advent of John Drew and
Mnnr.iret Ullngton Is not exactly "tha first
low w.mh along tha shnre whera soon
hall roll a human sea," but It Is a pleas
ant assurance that the road to Omaha la
tint blockaded and that the powers that
l" in the yndlrate" have not forgotten
e are on the. map. This engiigement and
om that are riven out from the olTlra
if Manager Hiirgees are enough tn rorn
Iicnuate for an even lonerer time of walt
Insr In fact, the announcements have
raised anticipation to thnt pitch where peo
I'ln can hardly reKtra!n their Impatience
find wait for the, fullness of time. Omaha's
rown of l!rt-7 la to have an ending as
brllliunt a that of any of recent years.
ce has Its advantages, even to a play
TiKht. In the enthusiasm of youth the
uhys and wherefores are frequently over
looked In the seal to set things right, snd
Ti"t Infrequently the ln.-lo of facts knocks
milrud some most alluring proposed state
of iiffairM. Mr. Arthur Wing I'lnero Is
rruvlt:g this postulate-. 1I begun with the
fervor of a knight errant newly fledged
urnl full of zealous desire to do things fir
the uplifting i.f humanity. To be sure, his
first successful works were comedies so
liKht that they hardly seem his at all. The
lung lint that precedes "Trelowney of tho
Wells" hi rves to mark the various stages
nf bin p'ogri es, but that may fairly be said
to ii. n. ie the mif"Mir, of h! real powers,
"The !av I.ord ejiicx" contained more or
less of strength, but In "The Becond Mrs.
Tamiueray" be prnb.ibly reached bis tanlth.
)le assailed Ii .l.llv one of the conventions
of society, proliil.'.y the one ni..Ht riKld'y
adhered tn. h-h hnmlleil bis attack with
consummate k!1II. lie enlists n tremendous
deal of syinimthy for I'aulii, ami almost
convinces one that she was entitled to the
sympathy she was denied. Hut he did suc
ceed In establishing that about the good
woman Is something a bad woman cannot
understand, and that in some degree this
condition is reciprocal. Maybe if l'aubi
bad been better understood by her step
daughter she would not have been driven
to auiclde. And yet it seems loglcul that
the inlsunilerstHinlliig should have existed.
In "Ills" the name answer Is returned to
the same question, though not In exactly
the same way. Irlx Bellamy only In a way
compares to Paula. Tanqueiay. It was
sordid selfishness that led Mrs. liellnmy
Into her entanglement with Maldonado; she
could not restrict herself, and practically
Bold herself to the man she affected to
despise. Ills money afforded her the
luxury she craved, and she secured It at
the sacrillco of everything else In the world.
Maldonndo offered her marriage, but she
preferred to refuse him the honorable right
to provide for her in the vuln notion that
the miin sho loved would return from
ebroad and wed her. He came and on
learning the truth ho forok her, while
Malilonado simply turned her into the
Street. Paulu Tamiueiay had earnestly
tried to make what amends sho could, but
happiness waa not for her because of that
bard and fast convention of society.
The storm that "Iris" raised led l'inero
Into a whlmslcul mood, and he sought to
confound his critics with his siitiiio.il doll
pluy, "The Wifo Without a Smile," but
this, shorn of what was aJmitted to
be positively Indecent, became simply
absurd, and was abandoned. "I.city"
followed, a cane of "put yourself in
his place." It somethii.g of an echo
of "The day I.ord tjuex," with a stiller
application. The hero, Just at the moment
when bo is utxnit to complete the seduc
tion of Ijetty, learns of bis own sister's de
fection, and his denunciation of tlu man
In that case fits himself so well that tho
flair ends right there, and Lelty goes back
to her clerking to subsequently become tho
discontented wife of a man In lur own
utatlon. As t'aptaln t'ultlw so frequently
eaid. "The moral of this lies in tho ap
plication or it." It is merely the personal
equation that I'lnero presents In "Letty,"
and Its answer Is as clear and unmistaka
ble as anything can be. He has eiasej
Ids quest, and Is showing people things
as they are; no longer bent on the im
mediate, reform or mankind and the re
arrangement of social customs, he Is busy
presenting some pictures of mankind In
the concrete. Not always attractive, and
never flattering, the" pictures are terribly
true, as witness "Iris" and "I.etty."
The further evidence or his ndvanre In
vlMtom and strength Is afforded by bis
most recent success, "ilia House in
Order." It is a tale with a moral, an
amplification 'f the rule laid down by
Sidney (irundy ror the man.igenicMt of
Second love affairs. "Hcfore you enter on
the new love, be suie thut you are oft
with the old," says Mr. (irundy through
the mouth of one of his characters. The
lfe in "His House in order" Is a very
womanly woman, and ill her love for her
husband she puts up with .1 great deal of
hectoring from the relatives of his tlrst
Wife. She happens to be a different sort
uf woman from tile dead and gone lady,
and la continually reminded of Hie mani
fold virtues of the dear departed, al.uig
S'.de which her minor defects become as
mountains. She wou'd be more or h as than
human If she did not lesent (his. and come
to look on the dead unman as her dearest
foe. When, therefore, she comes upon the
letters that prove the Init.lellty of her pre
decessor, her day of triumph seems at
hand. Just as natural as her lesr.itmeiil
Is her desire to expose the hypocrisy of
tho sham angel whose memory has been
perpetuated at the expense of her peace.
Jtow easily fetie can snattcr that id d aud
topple it Into fragments from its pedestal
to the dust. How sweet her vengeance,
nd what satisfaction it would be ill seeing
the humiliation of the relatives of the dead
and gone sinner, s long belj before her
eyes as the incarnation of all that , g o t
and desirable in woman. It would prove
to her husband, too. who whs the true
wire, she or the dead woman who still
held so much of a place in bis heart. Kate
had been good to her. to place this weapon
Of rover..;e m her hand.
Along p:1ecty b ical lines Mr. l'inero
reaches this ciimax. A weaker man, or
vile with le-- t'.ilth ill i.is sition, might
have veiy easily spoiled this situa
tion, ll Is not easy lo conil.-e a
wonvan that she. must forego her revenge,
but Mr. 1'imro d.s It. Aid by meutis
as logically strong and ethically ci.it ect
as he attains his tirsi climax. The bus
band s brother surprises the wife In pos
session if the letters and to him she con
fides her Inum ion 11a has been the only
wis to sympathjis with ber, &nd bow hs
ought to rejoin, with ber tbflt her day
of etuauc.j pa not, fi.sii lli' Melon uf the
(rave is at hand. Hut he shows her an
other way. The affection or her husband
Is the ( tie thing for which she most pines,
If that ran be won, would it not be letter
to let the dsad wotruin alone? Was not
the promised vengeance r.vh'r a p;try
thing, aiter all? The woman who had
sltitiid was dead, and at the grave all
should be forgotten, or, at b-Hid, forgiven.
The blow would only fall on the living,
and Its effects could not bo form-en. The
child wou.d suffer and the huliand would
be stricken down. If the meddlesome rela
tives could be gotten rid of and the affairs
of the house set Into order without ej
rKlng the secret of the dead woman, was
it not wiser to do so?
With fln effect Mr. Drew drov home
the l'inero argument, and by hi earreet
way carried conviction to all. The point
was carried and ha secured the safety
of tha doad wife. But the happiness of the
living was not yet won, lie still had the
task of convincing his bn.th.er that his
affulrs at home were not what they should
be, a task approached with fine tact and
argument as convincing as that which
turned the wife from veng.nce. The hous
Is Ket In order. In Its very simplicity re
sides the strength of the play. Mr. Flnero
has always drawn well, his Idea of con
trasts being such as Invariably secures tbp
perfect result. His later work baa not been
so full of color as were his esrller. nor do
his lights and shadows chase each other
so sharply across the screen. His manipu
lation of chiaroscuro. If that term may bo
applied, la more deft. Just as his under
Music and Musical Notes
llta 1. . O V.. .nn.-bn.l 1. . - I .
I I worth while recitals. Tomorrow
I ai'Anln Mi. ana XT. a Tl j
Kelly, assisted by the choir of
St. Mary's, will give their annual
concert at the Bt. Mary's Avenue Congre
gational church. This yearly program Is
alwavs looked forward to with the keenest
Interest. Many new songs) find their way
to favor through the Krllys. They nre
particularly good at hunting up composi
tions of worth, both new and old. Their
manner nf presenting them Is invariiblv
attractive. Tim choir made Its lirst ap
txaiunce In secular Work last year and
" s sful that It will bear an
Important part In this year's program.
Miss Hancock, as usual, will do the accom
panying. II. t playing Is growing more
tinlshed every year.
Tho program Is divided Into three parts
and Is oiielmil in Ii makeup. In the first
part Mr. Kelly will nB ,x gr0;ip f songs
of varied intere-t-Tennys-m's beautiful
song, "When Htars Are In the Quiet kles,"
with music by Clarence Kncns, who ar
ranged the "l',.1T Cynt" music and con
ducted It during Mr. Mansfield's tour;
three of the gem of Robert Franz's songs,
"Au Melnen Grossen Pchmerzon," "Weil
Auf Mir d'l funkles Augo" and "O Danku
Nlcht;" two Ililsh songs, real antiques,
"Trottin to the Fair" and "Beside the
River Inline;" and the etlrrlns Klpllnr,
song. "Mother o' Mine," put Into music
by Frank Tours. Mrs. Kelly and the choir,
with organ, piano and chimes, In Pc
Knven's "Legend of the Chimes," ends
this part.
The second part will consist of five beau
tiful numbers sung by Mrs. Kelly and two
choral numbers of rare beauty. Mrs. Kel
ly's songs are "Amarllli" (old Italian),
"I'siatorale " (old English" -Curey), "Slum
ber 8ong" (antique Irish) and two of the
modern songs, "Allerseelen," by Richard
Btrauss, and "O Mer, Ouvrc-Tol," by
Dellhes. The choral songs are "Who Is
Sylvia?" (Bchubertl. arranged for full choir
by .Mr. Kelly, and Nells W. dude's "Wuter
Idly." In part III Mr. Kelly will sing
three of those exquisite "Chansons Grlses"
(Grey songs), by Kcynaldo llahn, In
French, and Stevenson's "Kequiem," set
admirably to music- by Sidney Homer;
"Cavaliers and Roundheads, " a rousing
dramatic ballad of the Cromwell times;
"My Halrnle," a modern Scotch song, by
Kate Vaiuiah. nnd "Lady Moon," by
Hrulins. Mrs. Kelly will alng Henschels
"Spring" and "They Say," by Randegger.
closing with a group of children's songs
from "A Child's Garden of Verses." set to
music by lithelbert Nevln and Henry K.
Hu.lley. The choral ballads, "Bendcmeer's
Stream" and "Annie Laurie," close the
program.
Friday evening. April 19, Arthur Hart
mann will give a recital at tho Schmoller
A Mueller auditorium. Harttnunn la In the
e:y irmit rank of living violinists. Some
irltics have called him the greatest. Thosn
who have heard Ysuye, Martea, Sauret.
Kuliolll; and Koclan in their concert work
In Omaha will enjoy all the more listening
to Hartmann and judging in what way his
P'aylng differs from bis famous contempo
raries. A nd letter night is in store for
music loveis. Hartmann will play the D
minor concerto No. I, Vieuxtemps, the fa
mo.is Bach Cliaconne for violin alone, Carl
Busches' Indian U gend, his own rhap
sodic "tljen." The program will end with
a transcription of MscDuwell's "To a Wild
Rose," which Mr. Hartmann has made and
Is playing on all bis programs, and the
Airs Huss. s, by Wlenlawskl. Adolplie
Buschke will accompany Mr. Hartmann
and will play two groups for the piano.
1 came acioss the most Interesting appre
ciation of Hartmann in the Leader. I give
it in part. Bay attention to the good hard
tomuion tense advice uhout memorizing and
liacticlng How work umountg to nothing
without Intelligence.
llartiiianu evidently did r.ot care to "talk
shop." a. though he was finally drawn into
It. and cl.atltd in a very fascinating way
about bis own concert work, his composition-
and his teaching. When his work
ts date lor the day be likes to put it aside
and engage Ins mind with other things,
lie does not dance or play caids, but he
love to walk, and he reads widely and
uludies incessantly not limjtinj Ua re-
aich i s lo music, lie dilia Into the liurary
trvHsuns of all lanua.
He o.lleves that technic cannot make
n musician, that it is to tie acquired, an.i.
In a sense, forgotten. He says he would
bud It imp.is.slb e to practice as 1. ng as tour
hours a da . and be does not require It of
bis pupils, lie Honks It crushes the music
out of them. What he trl.-s to do Is to
waken th.ir Imagination, which, he de
clares. Is the most real tiling In experience.
To that end he gives them books to read
and insists on their Httemling concTts. He
so rns M.ilin playing, that is, simply as
oxhio'ti, n "f skill. He demands the emo
lioc.ul quality.
He lb nks. thut violinists have m re
tunj tr.t otis t i narrowness than tther
miicJar.. because they have their own
little voice to think ol. while the ptajio,
for Instance, though It lacks the tone color
of an orchestra, still presents an
orchestral ffect. Therefcre. he studies his
so' os ;U the pi inn. pl.iyiig the piano score
and earning the vlobn luolodv in his bead.
This gives htm the entire effect at once.
Tlien he goes out for a walk and Works
out the entire s lection, even thw difficult
technic, with his tram. When be comes
t pb.y b: worU is i. t e Id and lifeless,
but fragrant with the breath of ttie out of
doors and pi.lsai i.g with warmth and color.
lie I. .is ti ici'. and t.liel.s that to in
ter! ret him correctly the n.uslclHn must
study his pre.ieci ,-sors. whom b. alisq-brd
and sirpassid. and must understand the
tn'.-uimr on- lnientat'on f bis pert l. s i
ttiat tr." w rka l- played exactly as Bach
wrote Hunt. He felt so strongly the
lilwttles violinists have taken with the
works of this master that he wrote a fiery
denunciation of their methods, which has
be-a w dely translated
Mr Hsttmsnn is d.eplv In svmpathv with
klacDowell, Americ foremost compor(
standing of the springs that actuate hu
manity In Itn Jooa.ona and prejudices 1"
more definite and comprehending. He has
mellowed as he has grown, and his ''ago
is like a lusty winter frosty, but kindly."
The acerbity f his disappointment with
I'aul.i found Its expression in "Iris," and
his derision of the critics and public alike
for their treatment of Mrs. liellamy was
poured out in "The Wife Without a
Ptnlle." His recovery from this mood was
hardly complete when he gave us "Ls tty,"
but In "His Horse In Order" we find a
Pltiero of promise for plays that will ap
proach tho great human problem In a more
hopeful spirit, yet with the wisdom of ex-peilence.
ttp Jealousy.
Emma Dunn, whose resignation from
Richard Mansfield a company some time
ago, following charges of Ill-treatment
which she made against the actor, la not
the first leading woman to have trouble
with tho star, nor will she be the last.
Indeed, the constant warfare that goes
on between the leading man and the lead
ing woman member of a theatrical com
pany Is one of the most Interesting, al
though It Is one of the least known, Inol
dents of life on the stage.
Before Miss Dunn left the Mansfleld'an
service Katherlne Orey had left It. and
Isabelle Irving, and Florence Rockwell,
and Florence Kahn, and several others.
But Mansfield Is not the only leading actor
that leading women have quarreled with.
Long ago, In David Oarrlck's time, a
leading woman cf the day complained be
cause Oarrlck would not let her speak
with her face to the audience as often as
and has trarrscrllied the beautiful bit. "To
a Wild Rose," and had It published for the
benefit of the MacOowell fund, putting1 It
on his program to give It prominence.
To be a gnat violinist, to be widely
traveled, widely read, an experienced
teacher, and to he still standing on tho
very threshold of life, that Is an experience
we might all coet. We shall hear more
nnd greater tilings of Hartman.
Grand opera only one week off! Tn Chi
cago, where the Conrled company Is now
playing, the houses have been pneked, and
the criticisms enthusiastic. Mr. Hubbard
of the Trlhune says Caruso's voice Is as
rich and gorgi ous as ever. His w orshipers
gather In the same old way. Chicago has
evinced large Interest In Geraldlno Furrar.
She surely has a spark of genius wrapped
tip In her unique personality. Her appear
ance In OmHha as Nedda In 'Tagliaccl"
will he eagerly awaited. There la a possi
bility that the school children will have a
c'lHtieo to hear "lluepsel nnd Gretel." In
Germany the children flock to this opera.
I was at the Metropolian the afternoon of
Lincoln's birthday. The house was packet
with children. I whs able In the boxes to
identify the little John Jacob Astors. a
Vanderbllt or two, and even a Gould.
Such excitement as there was when Gretel
pushed the awful old witch Into her own
furnace, and all the gingerbread children
were disenchanted with a loud hang and
came running to the rront of the stage.
It Is all very exc ting. Mrs. Roosevelt
made a special trip from Washington with
her children to see this charming Uttlo
fairy opera. No child who loves her Hans
Christian Andersen should miss this bit of
fairy lore. The sand man, the dew fairy,
tho fourteen angels, the old witch, the en
chanted children and the candy houso are
there, right In front of your ryes. In the
end Haensel and Qrotel get safely hack
to their parents. Appended for reference
are the operas with their casts.
At the matinee there will be a grent
double bill, at which two operas will be
given. The first of theso is tho beautiful
fairy opera of Humperdlnck, "Haensel and
Gretel," which has been one of the great
est successes of Mr. Conried's career as an
Impresario. This will be followed by
Leoncavallo's opera, "Haglincci." At the
evening performance I'ueclnl's "Ijt Bo
hema" will be given. These performances
Include the strongest repertoire that could
possibly have been given. The cast of
"Haensel and Oretel" will include Mines.
Louise Homer, Marlon Weed. Bella Alten
and Marie Mattfeld In the principal roles,
nnd Miles. Shearman, Moran and Waechle
In the minor feminine roles. The only male
character In the orera will be sung by
that greut artist, Mr. Gorltz, whose per
formance of Kllngsor In "1'arsiful" two
years ago is still well remembered hero.
Alfred Hertz, the great German con
ductor, will direct the opera nnd the com
plete Metropolitan Opera orchestra of sixty
musicians will Interpret Humperdlnck's
remarkably beautiful score. The cast for
"Pagliaccl" will include the first appear
ance in Omaha of Geraldine Farrar, the
American prinm donna, whose sensational
success abroad has been duplicated In her
first season at the Metropolitan. Miss
Farrar will sing the role of Nedda. The
principal male character will bo sang by
M. Jacques Bars, who will sing tho role
or Canlo, the Jester. Antonio Scotti, one
of the greatest of the Hallan baritones,
will sing the role of Tonlo. The perform
ance will be conducted by Signor Arturo
Vlgna.
The evening performance of "Iji Bo
betne" will again bring to Omaha the
greatest of the world's tenors in Knrico
Caruso, who will sing the role of Rudolplio.
The occasion will also serve to introduce
for the first time In this- city another
prima donna, wnose Parisian triumphs pre
ceded her great success at the Metropolitan
Opera house. This is no less a person
than Bessie Abott, who will slug the
r le of Mind. In which she made her debut
at the Metropolitan. The part of Musetta
will be sung by Mile. Alten, who always
sings this role in the "La Boheme" per
formances in New York. Blgnor Vlgna
will conduct this opera.
The May Festival committee announces
Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and S. as
tho dates for this year's concerts. The
soloists engaged are: Lillian French
Read, soprano. John V. Miller, tenor; Mrs.
Wirlhlln. contralto; Claude Cunningham,
baritone; Carlo Fisher, 'cellist. Fltst even
ing: Orchestral numbers; "Fair Ellen,"
Max Bruch, Mrs. Reed and Mr. Cunning
ham, soloists. AMernoon: Mrs. W'irthlln,
Mr. Miller and Mr. Fischer, a reollal.
Thursday evening: "Klljah."
The closing concertor the season will be
held In the new All Saints church on Fri
day, May IT. The society will present "The
t'tusaders." by Niels W. Gade. Mrs. Lu
cille Tewkesbury, soprano, and Mr. Garnet
Iledgtf, tenor, or Chicago, have been en
gaged to fill the solo parts. Tha barlloic
so! is will be sung by Mr. Charles 6. Haver
stock, the bass soloist at All Halnts. This
work ts one of the most powerful and beau
tiful of modern cantatas and treats with
the efforts of the Crusaders to recover the
holy sepulchre from the hands of the In
fidels. Tha music abounds in passages of
cl. arming melody and great dramatic In
tensity. The society will also give a con
cert in South Omaha April 30.
lively Jokes! Wbsn the signs for re
served seata for the opera were printed and
came to the Auditorium they read: "Re
served slats, M." Alas! How oft do
truih and pustry run amuck!
UXJIT LCARNEO.
he did himself. She complained that Gar
riek ''t.or.Jtnated the interest of the P'ay
to himself, which Is a charge which vari
ous persons have brought against various
actors ever since, and which likely waa
brought against actors back in the days
of the first productions of the plays of
Aristophanes and Sophocles.
Margaret Anglln, who now Is playing in
"The Great llvide," and who Is under
contract to Henry Miller, was reported a
little while ago as having quarreled with
Miller, who plays the leading male rolo
In the play, and as being about to pass
under the manuomenl of James K.
Huckett. The latter wired: "Hear you
ate going to appear under my manage
ment. Glnd to hear It. Regards to Henry."
"Henry" was Miller.
Trixle Frlganza is one of the actresses
who has had her troubles lately. She went
out as leading woman In the new muslcat
piece, "The White Chrysanthemum," but
she sang a song so well that the leading
man could not find it In his heart to for
give her. She wired to her sister, Bessie
Frtgnnta:
"I have been Janvlered out of the show."
This new word, "Janvlered," comes from
the actress, Emma Janvier, who appeared
In the New Tork production of "The Spring
Chicken," but who did not rome to Chi
cago with that organization. She had quar
reled with Richard Carle, the star of tha
piece. At first he claimed that under his
contract the actress could work for no
body except htm, but, after much squab
bling, she got a chance to go to work.
Another actress who has had business
troubles with Carle Is May de Souza, the
Chicago prima donna, who now Is playing
successfully In London. She sang the part
of Miss Wortblngton In Carle's old Dear
born theater success. "The Tenderfoot."
nnd she and the star never could get along
well together.
Frank Daniels, the comedian, has his
troubles with his support every little
while. In his new piece, "The Tattooed
Man," he was accused not long ngo of rob
bing one of the members of his company
of a hit that member had made. IVinlels
came out and took the bows that were In
tended for the other player. The friends
of that player made a lot of noise about It,
and Daniels defended himself upon the
ground that It was Intended thnt the char
acter he played should be the most im
portant one In the piece.
William Faversham Is one of the stars
who has had least trouble with tho mem
bers of the companies that support him.
He carries the same mechanical crew year
after year. He says, that he finds that
their criticism of the plays In which he
appears is helpful, and that they cannot
he deluded Into thinking that he has a win
ner simply because a lot of first nlghters
make a lot of noise. It was In defense of
the women of his company thnt Faver
sham reprimanded a theater party In Bal
timore not long ngo, appealing from them
to the gallery of the (theater for support,
nnd getting it. On that momentous oc
casion he prefaced his remarks with the
stmlght-from-the-shoulder lines, "There Is
a bunch of talking drunks on the first
floor, and they are annoying me."
George Cohan's troubles with his leading
woman when she was his wife. Ethel
Levey, culminated In the divorce court. Be
fore that stnge of warfare wan reached
there bad been frequent disagreements,
even In the wings, and the love they made
to each other on the stage was a Joke.
In stock companies it Is a rule rather
than the exception that the leading man
and tho leading woman look at things from
different points of view. Most plays are
written for a particular star, either a man
or a woman, and the rest of the players
In the piece do not expect to find thrm
pelvea In possession of characters to play
as good as that which the star has. Now,
when these plays pass Into the stock com
Iianles for playing there, either the lead
ing man or the -luudjjig woman finds that
there is one part in the play stronger than
the one which he or she has.
This discovery naturally Is followed by
some heart burning, for In a stock com
pany the popularity of the leading man
and thnt of the leading woman usually arc
about the same. The consequence Is that
then come charges of one player trying to
cut Into another's lines, and exlta, and
entrances, and all the rest of the iittlo
things that outside of the theater would
not call for a second thought, but that In
the theater are regarded aa of almost life
and death Importance.
In some companies in which the husband
or the wife of the star appears, although
not In a leading part, there is likely to be
trouble. Still, Blanche Walsh's company,
tn which this situation occurs, Is remark
ably free from disturbance. William Trav
ers, her husband, is in the company, but he
Is not the leading man. There have been
organizations In which this situation has
resulted In a great deal of trouble on the
stage, but Miss Walsh has had none this
year.
Still there are plenty of other companies
In which there la almost continual strife,
and the bird of peace never gets overtime
In the show business.
Coming" Events.
Direct from her metropolitan triumphs at
the Astor theater, Mlsa Annie Russell
comes to the Boyd Tuesday and Wednesday
matinee and night, appearing as Puck In
Wagcnhal & Kemper's beautiful production
of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It was
said In New York that this presentation of
Shakespeare's comedy was unique in the
history of the play in this country. In
making the production the spectacular fea
tures usually associated with the play have
been greatly augmented and enlarged upon.
The fairy world of "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" Is a round of playfulness, in which
Imagination la the substance and In which
hard fact runs Into fantastic shapes that
mock reality. A fairy company surrounds
the mortals with Its Joyous ring and leave
happiness In its wake. It has been the
earnest effort of the management to realize
all this In the present production, so that
the fairy spirit will be present with all Its
life and sunshine and fantastic revelry. In
the role of Puck Miss Rusaell is said to be
a perfect embodiment of the merry house
hold ralry and that before this Puck's
elfish tricks and loving mockery all cobwebs
of dignity and chill are obliged to vanish.
There are one hundred members In the
company supporting Miss Russell, chief
among them being John Bunny, Oswald
Yorke, Lansing Rowan, Lionel Adams,
Thomas Coffin Cooke, Catherine Proctor
and James Young.
On Friday night, for one performance
only, Henry B. Harris will offer for the
second time this season at the Boyd
Charles Kleln'a play, 'The Lion and the
Mouse." The company is the one that was
first seen In Omaha last seuson, headed by
Arthur Byron and Gertrude Coghlan and
containing besides Mr. Byron and Mlsa
Coghlan, Joseph Kllgour, Grace Thorne,
Malcolm Duncan, Christine Blessing. A. 8.
Llpman, Edith Bhayne, William H. Burton,
Edward Bee and a number of other well
known players.
"When Knlghthood'Was In Flower" has
been selected for the bill at the Burwo.d
for the coming week Miss Pettes will
have the part of Mary Tudor, the Im
perious and self-willed girl, who shows
finally that aha has a heart aa well as a
wit. Miss Spencer is set down for Anne
Solsyn. a4 Uiaa UajroliiU tot lao ay
tuour, each of whom t'gurcs s wife to
Henry arid victim an well. Ml.-a Hudson
will be Queen Katherlne of lingland, the
mother of Queen Mary, and also a victim
of Henry. John Davles will have the role
of the royal brother who found himself
unable to drive his sister Into a marriage
she detested, and Mr. Morrison will be seen
In the part of Charles Brandcn, the hon
est gentleman, who won a king's sister
for a brldo by simply being honest. John
Todd will pluy Sir Edwin Caskoden and
Mr. Hartford will bo d'Angouleme, dauphin
of Franre. The long cast calls for a num
ber of extra people, but It will be put on In
its entirety. Mr. Hartford has prepared an
adequate setting for the play, and Mr.
riilnnry will attend to the state setting, so
that It will be perfectly appointed. The
first performance will be given on Sunday
arternoon at the mutlnee. and It will be
repeated each evening during the week
and at matinees on Tuisday, Thursday and
Saturday.
Charles E. Blaney s lutest nielodramlo
sensation, "Kidnaped for Revenge," with
Will II. Veddcr as Its star, which cornea
to the Krug for four days, starting mati
nee today, with scenery, company and ef
fects, is all that could bo desired.
The attraction at the Krug theater on
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday will
be that unique and genial character study,
"A Poor Relation," rendered famous by
that Inimitable comedian, Sol Smith Russell.
Nothing else that Mr. Russell ever did
in a field of eccentric impersonations pe
culiarly his own so endeared him to tha
public as bis delineation of Noah Vale, the
roor inventor whose heart was as big us
his body, even though his purse was
empty, cheated as he was out or the fruits
of his labor. The love of Noah Vale for
the little boy w hom he ben lends Is the
tender nnd pathetic feature of the play,
enlivened as it is by the humorous Inci
dents characterizing the scenes between the
two. or these situations the most amus
ing Is thnt In which Noah Vale deposits
tho boy in an empty barrel and removes
the lad's trousers In order to sew buttons
on the garment, without shocking the little
fellow's sense of modesty or that nf the
spectators either. The story of te drama,
dealing with the theft by tho villlaln of the
Inventor's plans of a mechanical design
destined eventually to make him wealthy,
Is skillfully and absorbingly told. Ro
mance In woven into the tale, which ends
happily with the ultimate recovery of the
stolen goods and tho final triumph or
Noah Vale, who realizes tho good rortune
his own brains and Inventive genius have
earned and who wins the girl he loves.
Another excellent bill Is promised at the
Orphrum, starting matinee today. The big
magnet or the program will be Valerie
Bergere, who comes with a new playette
entitled. "A Bowery Camille." which is
declared ns good a vehicle ror her talent
and to be nj carefully and elaborately
staged as was her production of "His
Japanese Wife," "Blllle'a First Love" or
"Carmen," in each of which sho scored a
marked success. Among those to come
here for tho first time will be the' Royal
Musical Five, a recent European Importa
tion. The Pnntzer trio, Including the
shapely Miss Pantzer. who Is gond to
look upon, will offer a mixture of comedy
and parlor gymnasts. Eccentric comedy
will he the specialty of the Kremka broth
ers, who also make their first visit here.
Those likely to receive n warm welcome
from old frlonds and admirers aro Warren
and Blanchard, tho comedian nnd the
singer. Fred Warren Is a rollicking run
maker, while Al. Blanchard relies on a
fine voice for favor. Aurle Pagwell Is
said to be a pretty girl, who sings the
old songs charmingly. William H. Max
well and Daisy Dudley, accomplished vo
calists, will have a dainty Uttlo singing
comediettc, by Will M. Cressey, called
"For Sweet Charily," and the concluding
feature will ba the new klnodrome pictures.
Ixiulse Carroll's charming story, "Alie!0
in Wonderland." dramatized nnd set to
music by Mlsa Hope Leonard of New York,
will be presented at tho Auditorium April
26 and 27, in the form of an operatic ex
travaganza. This undertaking will be pro
motod by Omaha camp No. 1, Woodmen of
the World, assisted by all other Woodmen
of the World camps in Omnha, South
Omaha and Council Bluffs, for the benefit
of Camp No. 1. The play will be gor
geously staged, with appropriate scenery,
beautiful costumes and scenic effects of un
surpassed magnificence. There will be I!u0
young people In the enst and chorus. These
performers have been rch-arslng for a
week and tomorrow night the director will
be present to take chaige of the rehearsals
from now until the date of the perform
ances. The Woodmen of the World camps
in Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs
have all Joined in an effort to sell tickets
and In all probability the Auditorium will
be crowded to its full capacity at all three
performances.
Gtisslp From Stagelnnd.
Last M- nday night In London Marie Tem
pest produced " The Truth." Clyde Fill ll a
UUt play. In- w hich Mrs. Blooiisood t.Uli d
to win tha desiied approval on this side.
Margaret Wycherly will uppear In u new
play b Bayard tiller entitled "The Prim
rose Path" at New Haven tomorrow night,
ll will bo given a spring tryout, and. If
successful, will have metropolitan hearing
In the autumn.
Mrs. Sol Smith was 77 years old tn March
I'j last. Debplle her great age she is Ull
active and sailed for Lurupe lost week
with the Sotherii-Marlowe company and
will play the Nurse in the European per
formances ot "Romeo and Juliet."
Georgo M. Cohan has agreed to write
half a dozen vaudeville sketches for Klaw
& Erlanger. The now tablcid musical plays
are to be In one act and two or threw scenes
without waltz. From fifteen to twenty-live
people will be employed in each. One Is
to lie. a condensed version of "Little Johnny
Junta," but all the oilier are to bo entirely
new.
"The Sliver Box" haa failed insofar as
being a suitable play for Ethel Barrymore.
and it has been succeeded at the Empire.
New York, by a revival of "His Excellency
the Governor," with Miss Barrymore In the
part of Stella, originally played by Jessie
Sllllward. Later "Cousin Kale" will be re
vived, to be followed in turn by "Sunday,"
with special matinee performances of "Cur
rots." Rehearsals of "The Round up." Edmund
Day s new drama of life In the southwest,
which have been in progress at the New
Amsterdam theater, New Y rk, for the last
four weeks, will 1 transferred tills week
to the stajje of McVlcker's. Thu theater
will b duk next Sunday evening, when
the final dress rehearsal will take pia.ee In
order that all may be in readiness for the
lirst performance on Monday, April 16.
E. ii. Hot hern and Miss Julia Marlowe
will open their London season at the Wal
dorf theater on Monday. April 15. The en
gagement will e-over a period of six weeks,
during which time It is planned to glvs
twelvo plays, the entire equipment for
which was taken abroad. The first week
will be devoted to "The Hunken Bell.
"Jeanne d'Arc," "Twelfth Night'' and "As
You IJk It." The second week will be
given over entirely to "When Knighthood
Was in Flower." The much heralded visit
of the Boihern-Msrluwe company to he
castle ot Elsinore, where "Hamlet' will
txi presented, has been scheduled lor
Juns 4.
Details regarding Miss Maude Adams'
first appearand! on the 1Oiidon singe have
been made known by ber manager, Charles
Frohman. The present tour In ' Peter Part"
will ers&ag the set less until May JK. when
the San Francisco engagement will I. com
pleted The company will then return t i
New York without slops and play a fare
well week at the Empire theater. During
this week the cast, which has already ben
chosen for Mlsa Adams' support In Ixxidon.
will be assembled at trio Enuplie for first
rharala Tha ni!r mimi.it a'ld pio;
Aucuoa will sail en Juoa U a&d ea July I
AMI JRMKKTI.
BOYD'S
Tuesday and Wednesday--Wednesday Matinee
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Next Friday Night --- Seats Wednesday
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LAST APPEARANCE IN OMAHA
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THIS AFTERNOON - TONIOHT - ALL WEEK
WHEN KlilGHTHOOD WAS III FLOWER
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VBOrSSSXOHAI. MATlaXB lUEISiT.
Next Week RICHARD CARVEL
AyiKoyt5si
Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, '07
Matinee Saturday
Magnificent I'roncntatlon of I). Hope Leonard's Spi-ctae-ulur
Extravaganza
Alice in Wonderland
250 Great Cast nnd ChortiN 250
Auspices OMAHA CAMP No. 1 W. O. W.
Ueautiful Costumea, Klaborate Properties, Approprlato
Scenery and Colored Calcium Effect.
POPULAR PRICES
Evening 25c, 35c and 50c; box eats, 75c. riatloee, Chlldcn under
12 years, 15c; adults, 25c
THOMAS J. KELLY
Teacher of Singing
ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS
Spring Term
THLJSRDAY, APRIL 18th, 1907
in his
New Studio Suite 204-5, Boyd Theater
Residence Studio, 23B9 Dodge Street
APRIL 15TH
MONDAY EVEXIXa
I Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly
in the'tr
Fourth Annual Song Recital
St. Mary's Avenue Con
gregational Church
(Direction Indies' Koeiety.)
KESERVED (SEATS AT HOSrE S
MONDAY EVENING
APRIL 15 TU
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the-ater in a new ,lay by J. M. Hnrrte, the
creator of her greateat ucce,e
In his addrtws to the (eraduaiins clusa of
tiie American Academy of ! eniiut Arm
lit the commencement eX"rclKcs held re
cently at the Km.lr theater. New Yolk,
I'ruiicla Mlaoit aa.ve th following ten
eomiiiiinilinenti as guidlnK Mom to the
etaae ai.iraiit:
1. Act on the stage, not off
2. Ho modern In Ijettring and xpe-- h.
.i Hpeuk IjoKlish, "ot "tenderloin. '
4 fie eamext In your acting.
5. He unident wllh y.mr earnings. Tha
j.erlod of the average actor's earning power
in brut.
1 Know a great d. ;1 about your own
profefmon ai.d as much as you can about
e ui yihlnic elne.
7. Ion't accej.t success as too personal,
llarnleis and Juliet. have rome and Kouti,
but the plays g on forever.
K. I urn t ascribe failure to bai luck.
"I-uck." as Iwell says, "Is the prenfatlve,
the reward of valiant souls."
3 sV be valiant and lucky
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'Phonej Douglas 494.
Week Commencing
Sunday Matinee, April 14
To-day 2:15 To-night 8:15
MODERN VAUDEVILLE
VALERIE BERGERE & GO.
I'rvHPiitlne "A Hnwory CamlHe."
ROYAL MUSICAL FIVE
Kuropciin Musicians.
PANTZER TRIO
Gymnast Piirlor Amusements.
KREMKA BROI
Comedy Kcci-ntrlcs.
WARREN & BLANCHARD
The Comi'dlaii and the Slnt'ir.
AURIE DAGWELL
"The Ulrl Who SlnH the Old S.inj!s'
WM. H. MAXWELL & DAISY DUDLEY
Presenting "I'm- Swert Charity."
' KlfiODROME
New Motion Plcturos
r&iCES ioo, asc, coo
KRUG THEATER
IMallnre Taday I
10-25-60
4Nlfhts. Starting; M.a T J
Matlaee MeaueaSay. Plat, today
Chaa E. Blanajr I-reuents
WILL II. VEDDER
In the Bensatlonal Melodramatic
fciUCCtSB
KIDNAPED
FOR
REVENGE
racsllsnt Cast, Marnlfloant Boenery,
Xleffant Costumes.
3 ZltZni" Thors. Apr. 18
Davis It Eugene Present
Mr. Lee 0. Ellsworth
SOL SMITH11' RUSSELL'S
OKZATXBT PLAT
A Poor Relation
A Superior Company of Capable
players.
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