THE OMATIA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 10, 1907.
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Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
VEIlT little bit hell." New steel
E rails are to be laid on the Harney
I ntreet ur Una. W hat ha thla to
1 do with the theater? Well, that
queiuon maras you as a arranger
to On a ha and one of its established In
stitutions. That dinkey trolley Una has
taken a most prominent rart in the the
atrical affairs of Omaha for the last sev
eral years, as at! who have patronized
the local theaters can well testify. In the
rare old, fair old golden days, when yet
It waa a new trolley line. Just reformed
from the condition of a cable tramway, and
only one theater waa located within Its
sphere of action, It entered joyously Into
the spirit of the enterprise, and since then,
until the theaters to the number of five
built and at least a doien projected adorn
Its route, It has maintained the supremacy
that marked it from the first. It la a
very simple thing that contributes to the
Harney tine In Its eminence, namely, the
low joint. In the Inscrutable and past-flndlng-out
way of inanimate things, the
Harney street trolley line developed a ow
Joint Immediately In front of and adjacent
to each of the theaters. The Boyd was
especially honored by a string of several.
Given the low Joint, the balance of it was
easy. Periodical trips are made over thla
line by trolley cars of more or less recent
design, but each equipped with four wheels.
Merrily the motor comes humming its way
down or booming its way up the hill; the
effect Is the same in either Instance. The
low Joint is taken with a bump that
doesnt sound so awfully loud on the street,
bat Inside the theater Its noise Is equal
to the crash of a six-inch gun. And that
same diabolical destiny that makes inani
mate things seem now and then to be pos
sessed of evil spirits so moved the Harney
street trolley car that Just as the action
of the play had reached a crisis and the
audience was tensely drawn to the proceed
ings on the stage; just as the spell had
secured absolute control on everybody and
the Illusion was perfect, the car and the
low Joint would connect with a Jolt and
a bang that would bring everybody back
to earth with a thump. No matter for the
lost illusion, no matter for the charm de
stroyed, or the tenderness of the passage
lost In the dreadful crash of that car on the
low Joint. It was gone and forever, and
the trolley rolled bumplly and noisily along
to the next low Joint. Irving went to his
final rest sustained by the thought that
In the next world he would not have to
set against the competition of the Hamoy
street trolley and the low Joint; Bernhardt,
Mansfield, Terry. Coquelln, Nordics, Melba,
Boalchl, flemhiich, all the world's greatest
and nearly all of the world's lesser lights
la the firmament of the stage have had
an experience with the most phenomenal
noise maker that ever Interrupted actor
or singer. The news that the track Is being
relald with the heaviest of steel rails,
and the low Joint is being obliterated, will
be as Joyful to player as to patron.
Another novel experience for Omaha Is
the two-week run at a theater. In this
connection It la well recalled that when
Chicago entertained a single play by a
company of players that remained un
changed throughout the engagement for
twenty-one consecutive performances the
newspapers of the Windy City, not yet
Hearing that appellation, ftoasted of it as
Indicating the certain attainment of met
ropolitan importance. May not Omaha now
set up something of a claim, now that It
is assured that one play by the same com
pany of players will be presented for
twenty-two consecutive performances? It
seems as if it were not inappropriate to
felicitate the Omahogs on this material
evidence of having passed beyond the
limbo of "one night" and finally enterod
Into the effulgence of that blessed company
known as the "electric light circuit." To
Ae sure, the play Is one of unusual power
of attraction, and it Is not likely that Its
record will soon be reached by an ordinary
production at a theater; but none the less.
It has made the record. That is to some
extent a local production, being staged by
the manager who Is chiefly Interested in the
Omaha theaters, and presented by a stock
company long quartered here, adds some
thing to the eclat of the achievement.
Comma iflvents.
Omaha is to have the unusual erperlence
of a play running two weeks, giving twenty-two
consecutive performances. This Is
at novelty In Itself. The show is one of
the greatest undertakings of Its kind, a
record-breaker In Itself. It Is a rare thing
that a manager outside of New York or
Chicago undertakes so elaborate a produc
tion as that Mr. Woodward has given to
"The Holy City," Such spectacular plays
re not often presented p.Tiywhere, and
when they are they ar labeled for weeks
In advance as stupendous and all that sort
Of thing. "The Holy City" was put on
here to give the people of Omaha an ex
ample of what can be done when an effort
Is made, and Its success has more than
justified the experiment. Even on the small
stage at the Burwood, where the physical
difficulties are In the way of a proper ar
rangement of the heavy settings of the
piece, the scenes were run off in very good
time and with splendid effect. At the Boyd,
where the roomy stage, one of the largest
in the United States, will admit of a more
facile and expeditious movement of the
scenery, the piece can be given to better
advantage. The Boyd, too, has another
great recommendation. In that it Is the best
ventilated and therefore the coolest of
Omaha theaters. It is open on three sides
and the perfect circulation of air gives It
a fins supply of fresh air at all times.
No change will be made In the cast for
the play, but the same company will ap
pear, making the performances all the
more enjoyable. Miss tng Is giving to
Mary her most careful attention and In the
first act Is winning great applause for her
fine efforts. The same rule as to early
rising of the curtain will be In force, so
that all who want to see the first act must
be seated at 1:15. Matinees will be given
en Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day as heretofore. Next week the bill will
be "The Little Minister," In which Miss
Lang was so successful last season.
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Starting Sunday matinee at the Krug
theater, the Elmore Stork company will
present the powerful melodrama. "In a
Woman's Power." for the first half of the
werk. Starting Thursday night. "Fablo
Romania" will be the attraction for the re
mainder of the week.
By special request Jan Hus lodge. No. S,
Knights of Pythias, will reproduce "Damon
and Pythias" at Bohemian Turner hall.
Thirteenth and Martha streets, on Sunday
evening. The former presentation of this
play was much praised. Dr. U A. Merrlam
writes to the lodge expressing warm praise
for the enacting of Messrs. "Leo Soukup and
3. J. Bvoboda, who assume the leading
rules.
stage Slngora Make Soars Co.
Songs which make monster profits for
both publisher and authors often owe their
popularity to the magnetism, voice y pres
ence of some actress. All sorts of Induce
ments are made by the promoters of a song
to favorite fingers for them Jo sing It, For
if the song pleases and la sung by a pretty
actress a great many in the audience will
buy a copy f It.
-1 spend most of my time dodging yoAng
and hupotmt vug writers who dole on run
ning me to eath," says Fay Templeton.
Offers to put her picture on the cover and
to divide profits are used In hopes that Miss
Templeton will consent to sing their song.
The popularity which "So Long Mary" en
joys Is as much due to Miss Templeton'!
clever rendering of It as to Mr. Cohan's
happy faculty of hitting the popular taste
In musical compositions. '
May Irwin is persistently besieged by
writers of coon songs. She csn sing coon
songs as no one else can, and the gallery Is
usually whistling the choruses before the
many encores which are demanded are con-
eluded. Probably no actress of the day has
made more money for the authors of songs
than Blanche Ring. Her Inimitable method
of singing "Walts Me Around Again,
Willie" made it one of the most popular
songs of last summer.
The most encored song of May Irwin's la
"No Wedding Bells for Me," though she is
now about to bear them. Her power of
rough fun Is brought Into full play while
singing this song, and It Is heartily received
by the audience. The popularity of this
song is particularly noticeable in the wee
hours of the morning on Broadway when a
few stragglers who are unsteadily finding
their way home Join in the chorus of "Oee
whls, I'm glad I'm free;no wedding bells
for me."
No more popular song hss been heard thla
season than "Don't You Want a Paper,
Dearie?" from "The Rich Mr. Hoggert-
helmer.'! Georgia Calne, who sings It, Is
gifted with a magnetic personality and
sings so cleverly that she receives repeated
encores. Salllo Plsher has made several
Music and Musical Notes
ryjST because I have been feeling
like the very dickens this last
week, and as such a state of af-
fairs Is not uncommon, of course
I had In my browsing over books
ana magsxines, to run across F. Hopkln
son Smith's "The Man in the High Water
Boots," that person being no less than
the great painter, Aston Knight. Mr.
Smith says "now and then in my various
prowllngs, I have met a man with a
personality; one with mental equipment,
heart endowment, forgetfulness and charm
-the kind of charm that makes you glad
when he comes and sorry when he roes."
Knlght was one of these rare ones. Smith
thUS describes his vnrlr In th m.nKm
having motored fifty-six miles to see him,
and came upon him waist deep in a swift
flowing mill stream, with his canvas bound
to a double ladder sot upright before him:
"It was eaav tn rm va tv,
his brush lay. No timid, uncertain, nig-
gllng stroke ever came from that torso
or forearm or thigh. He hewed with a
broadaxe, not with a chisel, and he hewed
true that was the Joy of It. The men of
Melssonier's time, like the old Dutchmen,
worked from their knuckle Joints. These
new painters, in their new technique new
to some-old really, as that of Valanue
and Fran. Ha.s-.w.ng their llult Tom
their spinal columns down their forearms
(Knight's biceps measure seventeen inches)
and out through their finger tips, with
something of the rhythm and force of an
old-time blacksmith welding a tire Broad
chests, big boilers, strong arms, straight
logs, and stiff backbones have much to do
with success ln life more than we give
them credit for. Instead of measuring
men a heads, it would be Just ar weU. once
In a while, to slip the tape around their
chests and waists. Steam is what makes
the wheel, go round, and stlm ,. we,l
digested fuel and a place to nut It wifh
this equipment a man can put 'go' into his
business, strength into hi- literature vlrl! '
Ity Into his brush; without it he may sue-
ceed ln selling spool cotton or bobbins
xnay write p,k em. to'nZjSSSZ
and cover wooden panels with cardinals
and ladles of high degree, ln real satin
and lifelike lace, hut no part of hi. output
wlU take a full man's breath away.-
I am wondering Just now how many peo
ple ln this world do their work feeling
buoyant and yeastly with reserve power.
Beautiful and perfect health is one of the
rarest gifts the gods have to bestow. It
is like a genius for music r,s any other art
Have you ever looked at the men and
women In a street car? How many look
fresh and as though they were bound on
nlea.nnt err.? t
most or the women make me 111. and the
rnenare "m" when a per-
son does blow la fresh, ruddy and with
an air a. If life were good. It 1. an oc-
Of course, nobody likes to be tired to
death, but Heavens, we go at such a
pace! Sometimes when I am down town
observing I feel like rehashing BUI Nye'i
iq fli . ..Uflt(v . , -
Classic. Nortn Carolina la so unhealthy
that even the potatoes have rings under
rout'neToVn mortals- 'rheTwh T'
routine worn mortals! Then when I con-
sidor lntrospeetlvely and the idea beats In,
, V . . V.a, . ...11.- . . . .
crooked, and my expression s. harried a.
the test, I feel like sitting on the curb
end holding my brains. I always remem
ber a pleasant little remark a friend of
mine once made to me. The model, by the
way, of Henry Blossom's "Checkers," and
about the most delightful youth It has
been my lot to call friend. I was looking
very seedy one day when Bobby said,
"Well if you feel half as bad as you look
you're sick a-bed!"
Mr. Hop Smith's philosophy about
swinging your brush from your spinal col-
umn, falls but 111 upon him who hath no
spinal column. On our knees some of us
have begged for one. Will no output of
ours, yours and mine, dear friend of the
N. d. c ' Ever take a full man s breath
away?" Must we always sell spool cot
ton and pink poems and bobbins? May
hap so! It's sometimes a bitter path, but
I've got an Idea that big boilers, strong
arms, straight legs and stiff backbones
aren't the whole of life. Boiler, have been
known to bust!
There's one distinction I do make, that la
between the cheerful, optlmlstlo cripple.
and the complaining, down ln the mouth
111 person. I knew one desperately sick
man whose body was as nothing. His
spirit shone like a steadfast lamp aloft.
He himself was happy and he made those
about him forget the tragedy of his dally
It also gives a great big, broad, fine aspect
human being penetrates except fcy phy.l-
cal suffering. Those who spend a few
years ln the grip of pain, never come out
the same again. It marks like an Iron.
It also elves a great big broad, fine aspect
to things. You are sorry for those tired
looking women in the street cars, and suff.r
over the grimy man with the tin pall and
the white, drawn, consumptive face. They
are sUcking It oitt to the best of their
ability. You remember night, when you've
gotten Into your good clothe, and dashed
on a dab of rouge to look like a live
women, whetheryou felt like one or not,
and gone out to "do your little did."
It I. a magnificent thing to be well, to
bring brisk breeses, and salt sea air lots a
room with you. Is It not something to
seera to do so? If I could get at my
Stevenson I would love to quote a para-
graph from one of the essays. He of all
people.cllmbed to a starry height and with
such a wobbly bollerl
have to give Mr. Smith a little credit,
O. I belteve very much credit! The last
lu his article leads so? "Y,
songs a lasting royalty benefit to their au- known," he said, "that Is going to manage
thors, but "Dearie," which is familiar In my first tour as a star. He'll take some tn
Chicago as a La Salle theater hit, ranks terest In It. He won't lay down after a
first In the matter of money making. Every week or two of bad business and leave me
child who could pick It out on the piano stuck at the beginning of the season with
with one finger had to have a copy. the additional dlnadvantnge of having failed
In vaudeville two English artists carry off on my first tour as a star.
the honors of making songs popular.. Alice
Lloyd quickly captured the New Tork audi-
tortum by her dainty grace and her absence
of the slightest suggestion of vulgarity,
Her song. VNever Introduce Tour Bloke to
Tour Lady Friend." 1s played by all the
restaurant orchantras and whistled by the
street gamins. The peculiar Individuality ol
Vesta Victoria la splendidly adapted to the
songs she sings. She gets all the humor out
of a comla song without the semblance of
effort. "Poor John" has become as much
of an epidemic as "Waiting at the Church."
In every comlo opera that Adele Ritchie
has appeared in the last few years she al-
ways has one song that has many enoores,
and the audience goes out singing the air.
ACTORS UNGRATEFUL THEY SAY
To Which Assertion Artora Reply
that Managers Are
ielflsh.
NEW TORK. June lfi. Managers are In-
cllned to regard actors as ungrateful, while
the professionals are Just as certain that
the men who hire them are unselfishly blind
to anything but money.
The actor's view of the situation Is ex-
pressed by what one waa heard to say on a
Taot garden the other night: Tra glad it's
a manager who' Just "Beginning to be
It Is good to be young and buoyant, but It
Is better to be one's self!"
sTreat many beautiful entertatlnmenta
are being given in honor of Miss Mary
Munchoff by her friends and admirers.
The pupils' recital of Mr. Borghum at the
Schmoller A Mueller Auditorium was a
great success. Mr. Borghum has the
reputation of being a most thorough and
conscientious teacher. His class of ad-
?ncd pupl" ml"ht very 3uatIy coms unar
hd of professionalism. Miss Moses,
T. Qoet nd Mr' Havllcek added greatly
t0 the plea,ura of the evening.
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Mr- Duss and his band finished their en-
gagement at Krug park last night. The time about learning the few new line
weather is ajl to blame for the lack of Introduced and a more sullen lot you never
dally crowds. Perhaps Mr. Duss will be knew. This was all because of a few re
comlng again some time, when clrcum- hearsals. The more salarv thev wer t-
,tance" wU1 Prov mor favorable. He has
uisamsauon. is goes irom
her St" Loul
S
Challaplne has been singing in Paris. The
followlng comment Is Immensely interest-
,n!
M eem to be understood that these con-
c1r,U "IVf',.00. clo"ei w'th a number In
btsnow'
chP- He. has a large, massive figure,
faUclalm.fcUularV'rttJliltv "f'mETC'' .n5
SipSoof'tnlf'&ot
,ome ot Lavater and Darwin's examples
ln tn.elr "nUno exploitation of the faco
ThTtrtlo
deepest despair to tranquility or the reverse
'l " raPld tnat seenfs uncanny. He is
aW. rg'hta Snlohb.
spectrally. His basso quality ranges far
up mt0 thl baritone register, and the
.-'"tthi'- n ".v,"' hetrd lnLU
KoTn'to 'raster 'alUy "or'ThooTor
method? The fact Is that Challaplne sings:
.mi.Vfi llU0,1? h.'" f0?1 18
wmfpeor" yellf "iTr. i" .nHo be I
,ot ot trouble on the metropolitan stage
MX, "V011 Tl1" thJ man 'weeping the
kE. tSaiVwtftSS tSst
wl" d the same thing In New York, and
tn" musl critics will look like 80 cents cut
wl.aom Tbout h.nT i wk'.aSa'ry
during the ."ason only.
Caruso and Melba are both singing at
Covent Garden ln London.
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Hammersteln is In Paris, but did not go
to the Grand hotel,' as was generally be-
lleved. He found about 1,000 vocal geniuses
awaiting him there with their managers,
entrepreneurs, relatives, accompanists,
teachers, etc.. and therefore the wily
oar e"t to live at MarlnelU's house,
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A ooUnod monmW" was unveiled In
ph. on R,,n-iw r,,(...
under secretary7f .Ut. tor flne TrU, made
This from Paris apropos Geraldine Far-
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Geraldine Farrar has made a hit at the
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whi , uvm tuiu; kuu lusinorucaiiy. AS
she is the possessor of a singularly beau-
tlful voice, of remarkable purity, with a
Sl n 'S3 'his p'owisanS
,reat p.r,onai charm, it is difficult to a",
count for the "bumptiousness' of certain
K'.w Vs.-lr iifIHa. In , - W 1 .. . T.
"'W-lr"
w -v-w, we siii, a so VllO UUVIIU CL b
1 .1. I t 11 A i v
. , k t , V ' aroner, ana it is
that In Germanv. France and
America. Geraldine Farrar has scored
there. The publlo at large is not always
ln the wrong.
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No Portrayal of "Salome" ha. yet com.
?P- n 7 rrema;- pe,ra h,a"
'i t: , pre:r a r n ? .
Emmy Destln ln the title role. American.
who saw the Metropolitan performance say
she is tame. I still contend that foreign-
ers have little or no Idea of Strauss'
masterpiece and its possibilities of horror
and gruesomeness. Let them wait till they
have seen Olive Fremstad coax and rage,
and writhe her way through the title part.
We Americans are not prudes, neither are
we evil minded. The whole fault (If such
it may be called), was ln Fremstad. As
Mr. Krehblll wrote, "She performed
miracle." The Parisian critic, consider
"Salome" the most Important music drama
that has come from Germany ln many
years.
One of the most Important conoert com
panies that will be heard this season Is that
of BeMle Abott who wm heftd an attrao.
tlve oompany ln twenty-five operatlo con-
certs. Concert companies will be headed by
Clsneroe, Calve, Sembrich, Eames and
Gadakl, while there will be Important tours
made by Bisphara, Charles W. Clark,
George Hamlin. Herbert WltherspoOn!
o..K,ln1r.n.vr.inir . . .. . nn.i
T,w wmtm mrpM. Mma- Klgw-Bton.
nd many others. '
KvM-vhadvm Mmiini s.imiUt. ,..
sio.ooo.000 were spent last winter by Aroer-
loan, for Mrlou. mu,l0. it u possible that
th mount waa underertlinatad when It U
tmkma ,nt0 consideration the Immense terrl-
tory COy,r1 by musician, of all descrln-
tlOM d klnd r
as the rights to De-
bussy's opera, "Pelleas et Mellaande." Mary
Garden will sing the part of Mellsande.
Lillian Blauvelf. career 1. a fearful ex-
ampie or great laiant allowed to go to seed
and become rank with weeds. The follow-
,ns Item win Bet surprise ruuslo lovers who
vera! years ago heard her tn Omaha, ln
concert Her descent te burlesque last year
w" distinct shock:
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ril .vldrntfy n.uTh n3X jug fr.m
her voice and undecided pitch.
MjUtf LEARNED.
"I know how you are treated by those
managers with a dosen or more attractions
to look after. They send you out with one
of their hired agents. If the show does
not draw after two or three weeks they
do not try to find out what is wrong with
it, work over the piece and see If It cannot
success. -On the contrary, they give
It an additional black eye by shifting it
to poor territory and sending some show
that Is playing to the good towns,
"After a few mere trials they close up
the show, and the chances are In favor of
their saying that the man or woman who
the star had no draft couldn't draw
hui breath without difficulty. It's very busl-
ness-llke and Napoleonlo, and so forth, for
the manager, but It's hard on the feelings of
tha "ctor' But when ald manager ever
regard the reputation of an actor?'
This Is the conviction of every actor, and
it would be Impossible to persuade him to
the contrary. Yet how differently a man-
ager talked the other day to a Sun reporter,
"The manager who wasted his time over
the prospects of his actors," this man said,
"would soon find himself bankrupt. I have
yet to hear of a single case In which the
player did -anything to help a manager
when he had an uncertain proposition on
his hands. They're out for themselves,
"Listen to my experience last fall: I had
a piece that had gone poorly In Boston In
the spring and then one in Chicago during
the summer. I was uncertain about New
York, however, and the author made cer-
ta,n changes in the play. That required
some renearsnis. I put off the opening until
lat9 the week In order to get the people
UP In the altered scenes.
"Mind you, now, I had already lost about
110,000 on the piece, with an expense of
more than that nn th r.nAnii ..... - wi-
salary list to be met every Tuesday. You
would hove thought that for their own
sakes they would have worked with me to
improve the play, quite apart from their
Indifference as to what rnnm r
money,
"But If you knew actors you would never
believe that. They were the sorest crowd
that ever happened. They dragged them
selves over th tacra am It .i,
going to be their In Mr Thnv trtrtlr thalii
ting the less Interest they took
.wen. the first night came. The judg-
mrnt of the flrBt night audience waa the
Scotch verdict not proven.' It might
870 ttn1 lt ni'Kht not. It needed agirresslve
work and during the third performance
1 8ont armjnd word that I wanted the peo-
nl to 8ty for tne flashlight pictures. That
created as much of a hubbub as an order
H1Ier,an prison.
" 'M'Bht " we "ve gone Into the con-
t,nUOU8 rlht and r
,how' day' observed the leading man.
'I'm for out of here and something to eat.'
" ' ha to a hotel.' scorn-
ruI,y remarked the leading lady, who did
not have a Job all winter by the way, 'If
" have known I" was going to live In this
lneatr- e
"That was the general tone of their oon-
er,tlon. After posing reluctantly for
0M lctu thoy "fud to eta any
longer.
"Bu8,neM dld " J"mp much the next
,0 U wa" not dlfflcult toT to
tne avenge I had thought of. I had put
"P on the board a notice that the play
t" . h - , . .
r tno mo,t "'onlshed lot of
otors you ever saw. If they had shown
J0" taitio ' fir
wlth me and niae the play succeed. I
might have acted differently.
"As it was, there is not a single actor in
.that company from the most important
down to the kid who played the part of a
printer's devil who does not go around
saying that I blasted his or hor artlstlo
career by my ruthless action ln ahuttlsg
up that show so suddenly. They thought I
ought to have gone right along paying
them salaries and loain more and mnr.
every week.
"Another manager wreaked his venge
ance on an ungrateful star In much the
same way. She waa acting In a play by
Clyda p,tch- wh,ch h'd not made a very
great success. A run of three weeks had
about exhausted the chance of success In
New Tork xt wa" at the end of April.
however, and the manager decided that he
7Ulto th JU" for "10ntntwto reaD
the advantage nf Its ronnrd n t H a a
--
tour. This was an investment which was
going to cost him some money.. He had
t0 "nt th theat" Utrtht ad.P"r'th.
company from weekly receipts that did not
go much over 12 000.
.hn I
sa wB BUUICiiVO TV VI Ul
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large, lor even the deadheads had not
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lurne on " rainy nlgnt. Whether
or not the audience did the actors had, how-
ever, a splendid time. They guyed their
lines, they bowed to friends ln the audi-
encei tn
other and acted a serious melodrama a. If
u had b a mo8t uirormai m cm-
6(jy
, '
. Ther 1 ,at and realised that I was pay-
"' i moo people.
P course, I was doing it for a Business
Investment, but I wanted some kind of a
comeback- Nne 0f the company knew I
Wa" ln the theater until somebody went
and uPPed them ott- The wy they
P11 the last act could not have been
beaten by the Hofburg and the Comedle
Francalse combined. It was too late.
houh' They got notice and I closed up
the next week.
"I used to be an actor myself, but I must
say that I think the member, of any other
profession In the world would have been a
little more conscientious and stood by me
a little better. The manager always has It
In his power to get even. Sometimes he
1 resist it.
Engi'h actors are notoriously lndlffereot
on th "a0- and Americans who go to
L0"300 are frequently astonished at the
llttIa Interest popular favorites take ln what
they ar dou1- ne of them tried the ex-
perlment In Now York with disastrous re-
new Pay nag. oeen a rauure and aha
had revised one of the Ptnero pieces with
which her reputation waa associated. It
w" Bot Bovel her and the audience were
Bot lar"- ther than send her into the
OM n,nt "lands, where .he was certain
to maJt rnoney for him, so early In the
Mt"1 the manager had kept her at one of
his New York theaters. It was not the
most popular theater In New York, but
there have been long runs there,
"One night I journeyed over to the theater
to see how the play was going." the man-
affer told th renorter "unit mrrivmA 4i,.
before the curtain wa. to fall on the first
act. Two lover, are on the stage and the
woman should put her arms on tbj man's
shoulders as the curtain falls and say:
" 'Aubrey. Aubrey, I am so happy.
"She said that speech all right. Then
she followed It with a line of her own that
reached me plainly In the second box half
Way back from th taa"
" 'I shquld say tired, i
not happy she
addvd, f !rd of playing In this rottvn, out-
of-the-'way theater that nobody will come to.
"Well, I could scarcely believe my ears.
Half the audience heard what she had
added. Some looked mystified. Others
snickered, The next week that woman
started out on six weeks of one night stands
where she had plenty of opportunity to get
very, very tired."
Actors Can Win Wlthoat Beaaty.
Although It Is a common superstition that
on the stage brauty outweighs almost every
other consideration. It is a fact that some of
the actresses who have risen highest ln the
drama have not had unusal good looks.
Some of thorn, like Fay Templeton, have
been unusually equipped with pounds. Miss
Templeton used to be svelte, but years ago
she began to take on flesh. Her slse lias not
interfered with her success.
Sise did hold back Amelia Summervllle for
awhile, but she took to banting, and when
after a long absence she made her reap
pearance ln Chicago her friends saw that
she had lost many pounds but little of her
charm. George Fortesque, the light oper
atic comedian, rose about the 800 pound
mark. His great else was a help to him in
parts like the one he played in "The
Chinese Honeymoon," but he wai not satis
fled. He Invented a system for making fat
people lean and made a lot of money.
Many of the women members of song and
dance and conversation teams ln vaudeville
are large persons, and where is there a
finer specimen of sice than May Irwin? Her
sister, Flo, started to be as big a. May,
but quit growing.
May McKensle got her Job with Weber &
Fields because she was small, and there
have been countless actresses billed as
"pocket Venuses." Edna Wallace Hopper
is the latest member of this class to an
nounce a .tarring tour. She 1. to .tar next
.eason in a play which ha. been written
for her by Mrs. Rlda Johnson Young.
Emma Janvier Is tall and thin and on the
stage she makes up and dresses to ac
centuate these peculiarities. There Is nlso
a member of the Joe Weber company whose
architectural lines resemble those of Miss
Janvier, and she, too takes advantage of
the comedy possibilities of her size, both by
dress and by makeup.
Frank Pnnlels' Tdglnoss Is one of his as
sets as a funmaker. He Is so short and
stocky that ho has ben able to play office
bovs and Jockeys without shocking his au
dlcnco by a sense of the disproportion of his
real size and the also of the people whose
parts he plays.
One ot the heavywelirht comedians Is
TTenry V. Donnrllev. His managerial dig
nities and his weight did not prevent him
from going In a rlnnce with Elsie Janls In
"The Vanderbllt Cur."
Dan Daly's lonaitude and absence of lati
tude were two of hts principal assets. Fl.
J. Connelly, who has r0aved several of the
parts that Ta1v created. Is built Just about
like him. Richard Carle weighs more than
ha tised to. but he still Is far from being
a heavyweight.
DWolf Hoprer Is Mr and tall and some
of the funniest scenes that he used to play
1n "Wang" were caused by the discrepancy
In size between him and Delia Fox.
Until she appeared In "The New York
Idea" Mrs. Flske was not regarded, even
by her warmpst admirers as an unusually
hcnutlful woman, but In "The New York
Idea" she falrlv radiated good looks. Duse
Is not good looking, but there la a majesty
In her countenance tha't is not to be found
in the beauty of many other actresses.
Ot course Mrs. Patrick Campbell Is a fa
mous beauty and so Is Lily Langtry, and
both of them owe to their beauty mnch
of the fame that has come to them on the
stage.
Maxlne Elliott, over whose beauty much
raving has been done, detests discussion of
her good looks.
Marie Dressier would never get a 'beauty
priie, yet she gets one of the highest sal
aries that Is paid to any woman on the
stage. She enhances her natural tmlovell
ness by making faces. Mabel Hlte, who
can make some of the ugliest faces that
can be made by anybody. Is naturally
pretty. Schumann-Helnk Is not what one
would call a beauty, still she slns all the
time at high prices. Clarice Vance, who
sings coon songs well, does so without the
aid or consent of any unusual beauty.
Annie RusselLis a finished artist, but she
gives the pas In beauty to snores of ac
tresses who have never succeeded In doing
half as much good acting as Miss Russell
has done.
The possession of gTeat beauty unques
tionably Is an advantage, and many ac
tresses have risen with It who would never
have risen without It, but Its absence does
not necessarily preclude an actress from
success.
Colonists of Half Century
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several miles from the city. He Is a
farmer, and still does a little work about
the farm.
WUliam Stolley lives ln a fine park, all of
his own growing. He is an expert hortl
culturlst. His park contains the most beau
tlful silver spruce, hemlock, fir, German
oak, American oak, birch, walnut, elm,
maple, ash, German Linden and many
varieties of fruit trees, aside from the old
friend of the Nebraska pioneer, the cotton
wood and cedar. Generously he opens this
park to the publlo that wishes to drive
through the same, but dogs and careless
boys and girls receive no future hospt
tallty If they do not respect this pioneer's
friends the trees and the squirrels that
play about ln them. He also is an en
thuslast ln bee culture, and has the most
expensive apiary, It Is believed, in the state.
He constantly studios to keep its quality
high, Instead of expanding It as to size.
I'pon a visit of a number of newspaper
men to the place some years ago, Mr.
Stolley generously offered Editor ' Victor
Rosewater a demonstration of the new cure
for rheumatism, but the latter declined
with thanks, whereupon it is said to have
been tried on Editor Richmond, then a
World-Herald representative, but the bees
would not take a taste of a democrat. This
Mr. Richmond has always strenuously
denied. President Roosevelt was taken
through Mr. Btolley's park upon his visit
to this city some years ago, and compli
mented the pioneer upon the beautiful re
sults of his labors,
Mrs. John Thomssen, sr., who was Miss
Anna Stehr ln 1877, and waa married ln
Omaha ln 1840, lives with her .husband on
the od homestead, seven miles southwest
of this city. She has four sons and all
have followed the occupation of the father
and are well-to-do and respected citizens
of the community.
Mr. Hagge Is living on his farm, mile
south of the city, also the old homestead.
He was for many years connected with a
banking Institution. As all of the old set
tlers, he has a spotless reputation for
spotless integrity and a ruggedness and
strength of character that would seem to
have come through the crucible of the
hardships of pioneer days.
Mr. and Mrs. .Henry Joehnck recently
Celebrated their gulden wedding anniver
sary. They came together as a young
couple but a few months married. Their
children at the recent anniversary even
gathered from th Atlantlo and the Pacific
coasts, all of them being present, and It
was made a gala occasion.
Small wonder, then, that Grand Island
ezpects to have a doubly patriotic celebra
tion In honor ot these surviving settlers
on July 4, (
)
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to make it inaccessible tor the undesirable element that infests picnic
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BOYD THEATRE
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EVA LAIIG,KDCrm
The Holy City
at the Bui-wood Theatre Last 'week.
The house not large enough in
seating capacity to hold the 2S"
OOO tliat will want to see tills
magnificent play this week, there
fore the entire production moved
to the ROVD T I IK AT RE for one
week only. Prices tlio same 10c
and 25c; boxen BOc.
Matinees Sunday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. ,
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WEEK OF JUXH 2tt THE LAST.
WEEK OF THE SEASON.
THE LITTLE MINISTER
Last Performance Saturday KIk--
June 0.9th Souvenir photos of Mum
Xiang given to every ticket holder.
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"gain the
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ssy Shakespeaia, aod we tkiak the
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NEW YORK
deserves this title
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and a private passage to sub
way station for both express
and local trains.
Ard "timely it is in
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STATISTICS
Cast ef Hotel Belmont, SlS.SSO.oee, Knarry t-a thenwui4 Saae ef aMl see
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Mart Uiaa a thousand reesaB.
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Tbi latest addltioi to the treat hate's of the world. Opened Hay IX 1906.
RATES
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Pailor, bedroea aad bath, $10 and upward
We would welcome you bars aad try to bmL
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The Hotel Belmont
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BT 8PXCIAX, MOTTEBT Same aa
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June 16, 1907, at Turner Hall, llth autl
Martha Streets. Admission it coats a
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