TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 6, 1907.
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Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
NB OV THE) CRITICS bu re-
0 cently epressed loma regTet
I that genuine old-fashioned lov
a seen do mora on in sisge,
that It la tha morbid passion
that abaorba our attention and
monopolize tha dlecutelon. Thla era
hardly put forth aa an original observation,
(or It haa been cited many tlmea of lata
year by many writers, and yot tha chanra
hoped for haa not come. It ean not be
that men and women are no longer Inter
ested In tha healthy lova of their father
and mothers, tha kind that leada to do
mesticity and happy homes, where aur
rounded by their progeny the lovcra lead a
Darby and Joan existence to tha end of
their contented day. The difficulty with
thla sort of lova la that It la commonplace
and colorless too much of It really exists
to make It of such absorbing Interest aa
the modern stage demands; what seems to
be required at the theater these days la
aomethlng with just a little excltment In
It. Tha morbid lova affords this In the
way that It brings about to some extent
an Introspection, a self questioning, aa to
whether you would, yourself, so act were
you placed In tha position of either hero or
heroine. Tou know that down In tha bottom
of your heart you do not endorse tha at
titude of either, and yet you sometimes
feel a faint lingering desire to experiment
Just a trifle along the same lines. That la
why, more than any other reason, a certain
claaa of people have tha front and center
ef tha modern drama.
At tha Boyd theater tha aarly part of
last week Mlsa Fealy introduced ua to a
phase of this sort of thing that la being
exploited to s5me extent by tha novelists.
Mrs. Burnett In her latest story haa a
young American woman wedded to a noble
British lord, whose personal behavior to
hla wife would land him In the police
court In the United States. Mr. Valentine's
hero In "Tha Stronger Sex," waa of thla
type. Mrs. Burnett's novel haa not run
far enough to ahow what disposition will
eventually ba made of her heroine, but aha
lacked that spirit which marked Mr.
Valentine's. The difference la the Mre.
Burnett lady waa reared in New Tork,
while the Valentine product came from
the plains of Texas, and, being familiar
with the use of fire-arms, waa enabled to
produce a large, well developed six-shooter
at the psychological moment and thua
change the current of thought of her lord
and master, at least to detor him to that
extent that his thought lost thox name of
action. These things grate rather harshly
on tha American mind, accustomed aa It
Is to treating its wnmsnklnrl with Hfriiu
and a tender regard always felt to ba their
due. The "high minded, strong willed"
Kngllnhman who finds It consonant with
his position to enforce his conjugal rights
by blows la net understood on this side,
any more than la tha American girl who
would tamely submit to thla sort of treat
ment appreciated. In thla regard both the
novelist and tha playwright have afforded
us a real novelty In a way of "Ameri
can" heroines, but neither of them la likely
to hava a last tag vogue.
Of Mlsa Fealy' personal work It may ba
aa!d that aha ahowsd to much better ad
vantage than aha did when last aeaaon In
"Tha Illusions of Beatrice." Thla play waa
In Itself so near an Illusion, so completely
lacking In substance, so devoid of genuine
Interest that It aeemed hardly worth the
effort of production. It gave Miss Fealy
very little, opportunity for tha expression
of her ability aa an actress. In "Tha
Stronger Sex" aha ta much better placed
and yet aha is merely allowed to ahow
what promise she Uvea of eventually be
coming an actress of real strength.
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It la a pleasure to turn from tha con
templation of these "modern" conditions to
comedy of genuine flavor. The story of
tha domestic relations at tha decadent de
pendent of the Van Winkles ia one that
will never grow old. Tha very almpllcity
of tha tale told by Irving appeals with
probably more force than its romantic side
and yet the latter Itself haa much that at
tracts. In Rip we And a typical acape
grace, a fellow of much good quality, yet
whose moral nature lacks the development
that cornea with proper training, and whose
occassional flashes of rational recognition
of hla responsibility are easily drowned tn
the flood of schnapps that has washed his
i lands and buildings and beasts down his
never-satiated throat. Rip, Jike the major
ity of the ne'er-do-wells, who have graced
or disgraced communal history, means well
enough, but while the aplr. Is willing the
flesh Is uncommonly weak and he never
reachea the point of doing well enough. If
thera bad been gold cures or something
equally aa good In his day. Oretchen might
hava dragged him away to an asylum for
lnebrlatea and eventually returned him to
her home a sober, Industrious and alto
gether desirable husband, but Rip la des
tined for a nobler fate than thla. It la not
recorded that ha became any more tem
perate In the matter of liquor after
hia long slumber In the Catskllls, but it is
certain that ha reached home Just In time
to straighten out a very Interesting tangle
that had arisen during his long absence. I
The comedy Is not involved either in plot
or sub-plot, but It touches the human heart
In so many ways that it never lacks an
audience.
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For the present generation a certain de
gree of tender association clings to the
allied names of Jefferson and Rip. it was
the greatest achievement of tha late
Joseph Jefferson, tha one great triumph
in character work that made his name
familiar and his personality loved by all
who knew hla name. Mr. Jefferson did
many things much more worthy of atten
tion that Rip Van Winkle. His Bob Acres
and his Dr. Pangloss, for example, were
comedy creations that far transcended tn
their Intrinsic work the low comedy effort
essential to Rip, and yet neither of these
really worthy characters touched the
chord of human life ao tenderly or so
responslvely aa did that of the vagabond
of the Catskllls. Mr. Thomas Jefferson is
following closely In his father's footsteps
and. without slavishly imitating, la preserv
ing all that waa best la the elder Jeffer
son's Interpretation of the role. While It
Is not likely that he will win from those
who knew his father full mead of praise
ho deserves, he la yet to be commended
for the painstaking effort ha ta making
to preserve a fine comedy of a homely
phee of human life for the uses of those
patrons of the playhouse who are. still
to come, and when ha la older and better
known he will be accorded the recognition
bla effort deserves.
BKRXARD IHAW AHD COMIO OPEJIA.
W.v.1 ...-fth. galvltl..
as wlesl Ceseed y.
LONDON. Sept;2s.-(Speclai Correspond
ence.) It la pretty hard to say which of
those two celebrities. Hall Calne and
George Bernard Shaw, la occupying most
attention on this aide of the water Just
now. Perhaps, on the whole, tha honors
really lie with tha Manxman, who has
three plays going In London to Mr. Shaw's
two, and who series of fiery "replies" to
tha quite temperate comments of the Lon
don critics on his rewritten "Christian"
are filling even more of the newspapers
than waa devoted to the recent adventure
of the author of "Mrs. Warren' Frofes
alon" in the mountains of Wales.
From Bhaw, however, wa are fairly cer
tain to be hearing mora shortly, for It is
not likely that he will refrain from com
menting on a highly Ingenious suggestion
In connection with him which has Juit
been put forth by a writer on theatrical
topics here. Briefly this writer's proposal
is that Shaw should atop writing playa and
try hla hand at the art of tha librettist
with a view to discovering whether ha may
not be tha auccessor to W. 8. Gilbert, for
whom wa all have been waiting so long,
"lie la tha ona man in thla slothful and
superficial age," declares tha writer in
question, "who has an apparently inex
haustible eupply of that mordant, yet
whimsical wit which wa call Ollbertlan.'
He has tried most methods of calling ua
to account, but here lies a field aa yet
untouched, and of which tha reformer ap
parently never has thought. In the gulsa
of musical comedy Mr. Shaw can hurl his
unpleasant truths at the heads and hearts
of people ba never could hope to reach In
any other way. Surely that thought will
tempt him to atorm tha citadel ao feebly
held by Invertebrate librettists today."
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In Bernard Shaw, In fact, thla writer
sees tha salvation of tha oft-doomed musi
cal play. "The only thing that can save
it from annihilation." ho asserts, 'Is an
other mighty combination like the Gilbert
and Sullivan partnership. Tha musician
probably would ba found quite easily if ho
had a worthy "book' to Inspire him. And
It la tha satirist, with no objection to
'playing tha fool,' who can write ua books,
lyrics, and all that wa need. Bo why not
George Bernard Shawl"
Well, tha suggestion is a novel one, at
all events, though whether another Sulli
van would be found "quite easily" Is an
other matter. Moreover, there are many
polnta of resemblance between the topsy
turvy of Gilbert and the "common-sense
world" of Shaw, aa haa been remarked
frequently since the Vedrenne-Barker man
agement transferred its operations to the
Savoy theater and began to produce Shaw's
pieces an the stage where Gilbert's char
acters once lived, moved and had their
being. It rematna to be aeen, however,
.what the Irishman will have to say to the
auggestlon that he ahould become a lib
rettist. The two Shaw pieces which I have men
tioned as being on view In London are
"Tou Never Can Tell" fat the Savoy) and
"Captain Brassbound's Conversion," which
Ellen Terry and her American husband
are giving at the Coronet, and their author,
who likes to excel, probably would be
quite happy were It not for the three Lon
don productions to which his Manx rival
Is able to point.
These latter, by the bye. Include the
Lyceum production of the rewritten "Chris
tian;" "The Prodleal Son," which Is being
dona at the Camden, and "The Bondman"
at the King's. Probably the royalties for
the two are worth having, but from all
accounta "The Christian," In ita new guise.
Music and Musical Notes
HE friends which Mrs. Bond
made last spring during her
stay In Omaha rallied to her
aupport last Thursday night and
. went away after tha recital
oven more enthusiastic than be-
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fora over her temperamental personality
and her interpreting of her delightful verses
and aongs. Mrs. Bond leavea very soon to
fill engagements at Vassar and Wellealey
colleges, then to New Tork, Philadelphia
and Washington, where aha haa many
drawing room engagements. Tha laat year
and a half haa brought her wonderful suc
cess. She la reaping tha reward of her
hard, unceasing work.
October 24 Mrs. Turner has engaged The
Bessie Abbott ' Concert company for a per
formance at tha Auditorium. Miss Abbott
has an International reputation. Last year
aha waa with tha Metropolitan opera
house galaxy of stars in New York. I had
tha good fortune to hear her In the con
cert program preceding the performance of
"Salome." Her voice Is clear and very
sweet and true, but not big. She belongs
to the genre of singers of which Sybil
Sanderson waa auch a bright particular
light. If Conrled failed to give her the
appearances he promised, it was not on
account of lack of artistic ability, but be
cause her voloe could not thoroughly cope
with the "vastness of the Metropolitan, Miss
Abbott is a dainty little woman. Her art Js
refined and fragile, but none the less en
joyable. Bond la tha first exponent of
miniature singing who1 has made a genu
ine furore in thla country. With Miss Ab
bott assisting her, will be Slgnor Edward
Castello, tenor, from La Scala, Milan; Mlsa
Ada Sassoll, tha wonderful little harp vir
tuoso, who was with' Madame Melba at tha
Auditorium two years ago, and caused
suoh enthusiasm, and a sextette from the
Phllharmonlo aoclety. New Tork, which will
play the orchestra accompaniments. Mr.
Arthur Rosensteln will be at tha piano.
This concert will probably be ona of the
most satisfactory given this season.
' One of the Joya of going far off into the
wild woods on a fishing trip, where there
are porcupines, and wild cats and deer, la
the very likely and probable chance of
meeting some thoroughly delightful and
charming people. Every once In a while a
really social and well routined person gets
tired and holds his or her head, as the case
may be, and aaya, "Let's go to a place on
the edge of Nowhere, where we don't know,
a aoul, and won't have to talk, or even
smile." This year I met two auch people,
and a deal of pleasure we extracted from
days on the lakes, with lunch under the big
pines in the woods. Such woods! Trees
half a mile high, all Just aa the good Lard
made them; the undergrowth a vivid green,
dappled with sunlight I Moss! acres of It,
enough to drive you crasy with ita colors.
Four miles an hour over these trails of
loveliness seemed wicked, but we had a
stern little guide, the whole of 19. who felt
his responsibilities aa a true woodsman. If
ever I tore downtown at the speed with
which I hustled over those paths from lake
to lake I should expect to be tried by a
lunacy board. Just ona sentence for that
boy's coffee, made under a tree, on a birch
bark fire, and served smoking hot! It
makes my mouth water nowl
Muslo Is my theme. Sometimes I wish it
weren't altogether. From thla Chicago man
and his wife whom we met I gathered in a
little book. "Seven Songs from Ttlfred
achailen," by Holway Atkinson, which has
given ma a world of pleasure. Mr. Atkin
son Is a naval officer and composes his
songs for the Joy it gives htm. He counts
smong his friends David Blspham, Plunket
Greene, George and Walter Root and many
Other well known people. Laet year, you
may recall that tha members of tha "Little
Room" in Chicago gave a light opera .ver
sion of McCutcheon's "Bird Center" car
toons. In which McCutcheon. -George Ade
and a lot of talented people took part. Mr.
Atkinson wrote the muslo for the produc
tion. I hop I am not violating any Grid
iron confidence If I tell that at this per
formance George Hamlin of acholarly
Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf Inter
preting fame. In a gorgeous rsd wig and
is proving a positive gold mine. The critics
found Its "moral lesson" a bore, but ap
parently the public that patronises the
pit and gallery thinks differently. At all
events the old play, which failed at tha
Puke of Tork'a when produced there by
Frohman after Ita big American success,
is packing the Lyceum to Its fullest
capacity, and the management must be
patting Itself on the back for thinking of
reviving it I am told that 1S.00O people
hava aeen the piece during tha three weeks
or ao that It haa been running, and from
the also of the pit crowds I can believe It.
They are said to be the biggest ever seen
in the Strand, and It waa not Hall Calna
whe told ma so, either..
In Paris they seen? to be running snore
and more to tha "problem play." The lat
est ona la tha Joint work of an exdtrector
of tha Opera, and a professional play
wright, and Is called, "Each One His
Life," to which the sub-title might be
added, "Common-sense In Matrimonial Dif
ficulties." The author's moral, In fact. Is
that a man haa the right to reform his
life when things, or more partioularly his
matrimonial scheme, have gone wrong in
it Tha hero, exponent of tha new school,
la unhappily married. His wife Is untrue.
He detects the male culprit, but does not
send his seconds to him, neither does he
plot the destruction of the traitress. On
the contrary, he divorces, leaving the way
free for tha union of the couple all of
which rather recalls the recent "affinity"
case in the United States. The husband,
on hla part, seeks domestic happiness in
another union. It la surely better, ha
says, to reason than to slay. Tha play
opens with an elaborate hunting- scene,
and Is then transferred to Paris. Produced
at the Comedle-Francalse, It bears all tha
ear-marks of being a big success In France.
Acrosa tha channel, too, a new operatic
version of Oscar Wilde's . "Salome". IB
about to be produced the work, oddly
enough, of an ex-naval officer. Thla Is
Maxima Mariotte, who says that he first
read "Salome In 1895 on board his ship on
the way to China. ' Apparently tha east
haa the effect of inspiring French naval
men to artistic achievements, for was it
not his sojourn In the orient that started
Captain Louis Vlaud, now world-famous
as "Pierre Loll" on his literary career T
His confrere, Mariotte, left the service
soma six years ago, and studied musto
under the modern masters In Paris. His
operatic version of "Salome" la to be pro
duced during the winter at the Grand
theater at Lyon:. and the composer's
friends are hoping it may bring htm as
much renown as the publication of his
first novel did to Pierre Lot!.
HATDEN CHURCH.
VOGl'H OF JAG IX VAUDEVILLE
Why Do So Many Sketches Deal with
Dronkeax Hanbuidtl
"I'm asking a lot of questons, I know, and
I hope I'm not annoying anybody," ob
served the little man with tha interrogative
whiskers, declaimed a passionate lova aong
entitled 'Thou! My Thou!" to an audience
reduced to helplessness with mirth,
' Tha "Seven Songs from Tllfredschaden"
are full of charm and very singable: they
are written for medium voloe. "Tha Inn
o the Silver Moon," sung by Mr. Blspham,
ia a particularly effective program number.
"Dear, Gracious Hand," "Robin Hood'a
Farewell" and "Summer and Winter"
yield ' shining results for the study given
them.
From tha Oliver Dltson company, Boston,
cornea a little thin, red book of tha muslo
students' eerles, entitled "The Common
Places of Vocal Art" by Louis Arthur
Russell. Tha foundation Idea of tha book
Is absolute physical control of the body a
perfect machine to work with. Mr. Russell
also puts much stress upon the mental at
titude of the student He demands com
mon sense, courage and ample time , for
mastery of tha details which go to maks up
an artist singer. Tha book Is written In a
very exact manner and covers much inter
esting ground.
Not a little diplomacy was needed. It
seema, to Induce Madame Sembrlch to
undertake the lata winter tour, which
Loudon Chariton is arranging for her.
When the little prima donna finished her
southern tour in tha spring, her manager
promptly began nursing a scheme to aend
her to the Paclflo coast, a plan with but
one drawback, the singer refusal to crowd
three seasons into one. Stoutly sha main- ,
talned that her fall concert tour and three
month in opera provided aU the' oppor
tunity desired for the disposal of thrills
and aeronautic notes, and ah aalled for
Europe firm and unmoved. Mr. Charlton,
however, while brooding over the gloomy
picture of far western concert money
diverted Into less worthy channels, be
thought hlra of tha sex' proverbial In
stability. Whereupon he mad a tentative
proposition to a number of coast cities. Re
sult exceeded rosiest dreams-apparently
every place west of th Mississippi waa
crying for Sembrlch and wouldn't be
happy until it got her. A cablegram stat
ing that the demand had been made prac
tically unanlmoua was sent stssllng under
th Atlantic, and tha following day cam
answer that madam had relented. She
will atari for the left-hand border of the
map as soon as the season at the Metropoli
tan opera house closes in February.
A pupil of that gifted artist. Carreno
who haa Just returned from abroad, tell
the following: A few weeks ago Carreno
played the Grieg concerto In London, and
played It well; she played it in such a
manner that at the close of the per
formance the audience refused to calm
down., and among tha most excited was
one old man who called "Brava! bravat I
hav never heard it played better!" Car
reno graciously acknowledged thla compli
ment, and when she was called again be
fore the footlights, sgaln he called, "No
one haa over played that concerto better
than you have played it now!" Again
she responded and after It had happened
three or four tlmea aha began to ahow
signs of annoyance at his persistent com
pliments, when he called out "I ought to
know-I wrote It myself!" Grieg It was
himself. This waa no longer a compliment,
it was a tribute, than which none could
be greater or mor spontaneous.
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Frank Oacar Newlean announcea that ha
will resume hla teaching October J. Room
609-C10 Karbach block.
Mr. Krats baa moved his studio to th
new Toung Men' Christian association
building. Ha has been engaged by the as
sociation as vocal instructor.
Sous and hla band will give two concerts
at the Auditorium, on November 17, at I
and I 1 p. m. He will be assisted by Miss
Luc Allen, soprano; Miss Jeanetta Power,
violinist and Herbert S. Clark, oornetlst
Mrs. Henry Rustla now has, charge of the
muslo at the Christian Selene church.
She sing a solo each Sunday and leada th
congregational singing.
MART LEARNED.
eye, "but here's another one of those stag
gags that bothers me: Why do so many of
these vaudeville sketches hinge upon th
mala Individual of tha sketch coming home
to hi young wife 'from th club' In a atat
of sodden and aulky or hilarious and sky
larklsh rummlferouanessT HeyT
"T'see, that kind of a sketch oh, you've
seen lota of 'em ia usually pulled oil aome
thlng Ilk this:
"Th rising curtain reveals a termagant
iah wife she saya aha I a wife, and I guess
h ought to know, hadn't she T tearing
around a most, gilded and ornate drawing
room, waiting for her man to come home.
Sha Is perfectly certain that her man la go
ing to come horn drunk. She say ao about
nine dosen time. Sh get It in, too, that
her husband la a hopeless souse gets it In
whll she's rampaging around there In th
drawing room all by herself, when her hus
band Isn't present, and therefore has no
chance to defend or square hfmself with the
audience.
"Hflwever. after she gyrated that way for
quite a while she suddenly noticed that
there' a piano there in the drawing room
she appear never to have known One soli
tary thing about the piano till that very
blessed moment and then, Just to pass th
tlm away whll she's waiting to hurl a few
articles of vertu and bijouterie at her man
when he ahow up, she plumps down on the
piano stool and lilts a lilt or two about how
things look down In dear old Manitoba,
where the aweet pawpaw grow, and all Ilka
that Th audience, of course, makes her
do this all over again, but Just the minute
sh finishes th enoore she Jumps up from
th piano stool and la every bit as sofa as
sha waa before ah started playing and
singing.
"Well, now there' something started.
Tha front doorbell clangs. There's the
loafer of a husband a-comlng now! Sh
knowa 'tis he! And he's sure going to be
pickled! Bhe won't do a thing to him!
"Now, of course, having been put wise to
it so many times, th audience Is fully pre
pared to see the young man come In with
hla package, and he doesn't disappoint 'em.
He's there with the bun all right. Of
course he's wearing a dress sult-thafs
what they alwaya call evening clothes In
vode-vee-a 'dress suit.' Men never get
bunned up In vaudeville unless they've got
their dress suits on. One end of his collar
is flying loose and his tie Is pulled away
around on one side. His hair Is all tousled.
He Is wabbly on his pins. He Isn't In ths
least engaging or attractive. Business of
his enraged wife grabbing htm by the
lapels of his dress suit coat and shaking
him ferociously while he mumbles thick
apologies.
"Well, then they have It out, right before
the audience. She roars and bawls at him,
and he'a there with the rum comedian stuff.
She accuses him of having been out to
dinner with some Wilful Masle or some-"
thing like that, and he winking wisely at
th audience-denies it, exuding fun all
the tlm a he does so. Business of his
termagantlsh wife gradually subsiding Into
th weeps, while th soused on relents,
chucks her under th chin, then fold her
in hi arm, and If all right, fellera.
Tha audience aeea that if all right for
doesn't th couple walk down stage, hand
In hand, and lilt another ona about up
in dear old Guatemala, where tha crook
temmed flr trees grow? And then they're
there with some mor of that hug stuff,
and th curtain thump down. :
"Now, why la all thlsT Whatfort
"Because, when yon stop to think it ovr,
thr are Just oodles of interesting situa
tions in th dally Ufa of men and women,
ven of husbands and wives, that hava
nothing whatever on earth to do with the
rum thing. T'aee, nowaday th men who
go home drunk to their wives are quit
exceptional. At any rate, men do not get
drunk at their cluba. Everybody ought
to know that much.
"In addition to th same, when It come
to that only about one man in several
hundred really belongs to any sort of
club It they must and will get pickled,
they do it at groggerles.
"Carrying th thing alwtr a llttl fur
ther than that, club mcer.bers for sure
don't say 'I don't know nuthtn' about
that or 'I aeen y'r mother ylstlddy,' or
'Don't stake me f none o' that alack.'
and ao on. I mention thla because most
Of these vaudeville sketch members talk
Juat lik that. Club members who be
long to th Mike Mullaly Clam Chowder
and Social club or the Jim O'Roono Pleas
ure and Oyster Bake club may converse
Ilk that, but do th conventional sure
enough club member, heyT
"However, leaving altogether aside the
matter of accuracy of representation, it'
a cinch, isn't it that tha drunken man 1
not pretty, much leas a funny object or
spectacle at this period of th world's
history? Th hiccoughing male being
with the thick utterance and the vacuous
grin- and tha fool qutpa and quirk and
quillets 1 assuredly best under cover,
isn't he? He doesn't belong. He la out
of the picture. He isn't even a pleasing
'prop.' If w don't laugh at th ous
when we see him on th street if, on
th contrary, w feel a bit sorry that a
decent appearing chap should have al
lowed himself to get that way why
should w be expected to extract enjoy
ment from the sight of him on th vaude
ville stage, and laugh and crow and titter
ajid giggle over the plnbead remark that
be hiccoughs?
"Howling, rampageous wives aren t
pretty, either, either on the vaudeville
tag or anywhere else. Moreover, th
sight of a married man and woman
"making up' after a marital acrap, whether
the man be drunk or sober or ths woman
amiable or termagantlsh, isn't such a lot
to look at and listen to. Married folk
can and do find out all about that sort
of thing without digging up their good
coin to go to vaudeville theaters to see it
done by near actors."
CoiulBg Eveaita.
"Brewster's Millions. ' described as tha
most original comedy presented in a decade
and which has crowded the theaters of
Chicago, New York and London for many
months past will be presented at the Boyd
theater lor four nights, beginning Sunday.
A niatine will be played on Wednesday.
The stage adaptation of Oeorge Barr Mc
Cutcheon's novel has been cleverly made
by Wlnchell Smith and Byron Ongley. It
keynote the effort of a hithesto very
sedate young man to spend fl.OUO.oCO in
one year, inherited from a grandfather, aa
a condition to the inheritance of I7.0u0.006
from an uncle. Montgomery Brewster
finds thl a great task, and to accomplish
it becomes a stockbroker, a theatrical
"angel." a devotee of the ponies, an ad
venturer at Monte Carlo and a world
voyager, and . finds bow very difficult It Is
to lose money whsa one wants to. Messrs.
Cohan and Harris hav given the piece a
magnificent production, and from a acenlo
standpoint it has never been excelled, the
scene In th third act showing a yacht
at sea during a storm, Invariably proving
a climax both exciting and realistic
, "Before and After," Leo Dltriohsteui'
clever farce, wul be presented by Man
ager Waaenhals and Kemper at the Boyd
theater Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
with a matinee Saturday. "Before and
After" concerns a remarkable patent medi
cine, known as the "Sunny Jim" powder,
Th effect of this drug la an immediate
access of amiability which leads th pa
tient to th commission of many acts which
ordinarily he would never dream of. The
Inventor of the medicine surreptitiously ad
mlnlstera a dose of It to Dr. Page, a dig
nified specialist with the result that that
staid personage rushes off th stag and
makes himself so agreeable to a volatile
French woman that she embraces hlrn In
th presence of a waiter. Thereupon start
complications that mov at a humorous,
fast pace. Th Astor Theater company,
which Is an unusually clever on. Includes
tha brilliant comedian, Leo Dltrichsteln,
Kenyon Bishop, Nellie Butler, Hasel Chap
pie, Aubrey Beattie and John Arthur.
Th muslo of "Forty-flv Minute from
Broadway," which Klaw & Erlanger are
to present at Boyd s theater one week, be
ginning Sunday,. October 13, matinees
Wednesday and Saturday, with Miss Emma
Caru In th principal role, has become internationally-,
famous. Miss Cams em
ployed her evenings during her vacation
abroad in seeing the successful musical
pieces In London and Paris, and, while
In the English capital, she heard an In
finite number of bar stolsn from th mu
Ical numbers, which are scattered through
out "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway."
At th Cafe Chantants in Paris she en
countered wholesale plagiarism of the
songs whloh she was even then learning
for use in the United States. Of course,
they had written new words, adding the
GallicSsplce, which Is a Parisian essential,
but th musto itself waa not changed on
lota.
Thfr la an Irresistible melodramatic
swing to "The Original Cohen," which
comes to the Krug theater for two days,
starting matinee today. Every line in the
piece ta atrong either in comedy or
dramatic worth and environed In a galaxy
of beautiful scenery. The entire produc
tion is ons of merit. The production Is
under the management of the Rowland &
Clifford Amusement company.
For two nights anif Wednesday matlnes,
starting Tuesday night "A Wise Guy,"
with Bdmond Hays and the Jolly Girls
company will be the attraction at the Krug
theater. Mr. Haya will be seen In his
famous character of the piano mover in
a new musical comedy tn two acta entitled
"A Wise Guy." It Is a mirthful, musical
whirl by Oeorge Cohen and Miss Stella
Ollmore, and Is sure to please.
Murray and Mack themselves In the suc
cessful musical gayety, "The Sunny Side
of Broadway," Is announced for the Krug
theater on next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Thla musical comedy Is In two
acts, and admits of many vaudeville and
high class specialty features. Mr. Boyle
Woolfolk wrote the music, and Walter and
Murray are responsible for the book. The
company Is a large one, numbering forty
five people, and In addition to Its many
stellar lights of musical comedy, extrava
ganza and operatlo fame, it glorlea in a
large beauty chorus, said to be an inno
vation of youth and grace.
A "laugh and grow fat" bill ia announced
at th Orpheura for the week starting with
a matinee today. At th top of th roeter
come Emit Hoch and, hi company pre
senting "Love's Toung Dream;" how a
young couple through a clever' ruse get
an austere old father to consent to their
marriage after he ha opposed it with all
bla will. Popular aongs, sprightly danc
ing and smart saylnga will b dispensed
by John W. World and Mlaa Mlndell Drey-fua-Ktngaton
and bit from grand opera
will glv Miss Kingston a chance to dis
play a vole that la attracting nolle.
Frank Seymor and Emma Hill will con
tribute a mixture of nonsensical daring
and unique acrobatics. Billy Gaston and
Ethel Green of "Babea In Toyland" and
"Wliard of Os" fame are down to provide
eccentrio eomedy, which several well
known managers ar considering th possi
bilities of for an elaborated musical com
edy. Th Arlington Four is a quarut of
messenger boy singers, dancer and com
ediane, while 'the very newest of kino
drome plcturea complete the entertainment
that will be meted out at the Orpheum
every afternoon and evening for th en
suing week.
. The bill at the Burwood for th week
starting tomorrow matinee embraces a
coterl of acta, every on of which will
gain approval. A headltner the Four
Onettl Sister ar mentioned. These four
ladle hava been tn America but five weeks
and wer specially engaged for th tour
over th Twentieth Century vaudeville cir
cuit Their gymnastlo evolutions will be
found to be llttl short of marvelous.
Gavin, Piatt and "Peaches" will present
their long laugh. "Th Stolen Kid." ThI
sketch Is said to be one of the funniest
things In vaudeville. Another big act that
ia scheduled for appearance th coming
week I that of th Four Toledo, contor
tionist and novelty acrobat, who have
created a furor wherever they hav ap
peared. The most fun of the entertain
ment will be supplied by Tom. Olllen.
known from coast to coast a "Flnnlgan'a
Friend." Mr. Olllen Is a droll story teller
and will unwind a ball of funnylsms.
Gloria Dalre, singing comedienne, will con
tribute her pleasing specialty and Ear! O.
Hicks, the popular Omaha baritone, will
render two more of his Illustrated songs.
Th program will conclude with a brand
new aeries of the Burwood's motion pic
tures. Performances will be given dally
at J;80. 7:46 and 1.14 p. m. Seats for the
entire week now being ready. Thre per
formancea will be given today ' at the
above hours.
Masts of the Cyale.
Some of us would be all right If the
rest of us weren't all wrong.
It sometimes takes sharp tongue to
get a word In edgewise.
Some men are determined to stand
their ground, even though they haven t
any.
The fool may lose his reason and atlll
be happy to think it wasn't his voice.
Many a man who is the srehttect of his
own fortune gets no further than the
plans and specifications.
When a man makes a fool of himself
more than once over the same woman, hi
case Is hopeless.
h2T .tK'i' arVnoi "ned to take
k.. J?y,iJ" 'or"1; they want to snatch
Dim bald headed.
Vmrtml Amr Time.
ni?rvlSprJ.By. yo,u w,Bt ora nara
nsraved on this ring;?
Mount Man Yea; I want th words
"Geore, to his dearest Alice." engraved
onthe inside of the ring.
"I the young woman your sister?"
I .m.n",h.Md.'' VOaa' Wm" 19 Whom
"Wall it I T . m .
n " 1 " . 7 ' wouia noi nave
George, to his dearest Alice,' engraved !
?:..:r.ln- " Alice chan.ei her mind !
' "b w . . , r," "Bain." i
What would you sugetT"
I would sutr;t thst the words be
XJeorge. to hi first and only lov.' Tou
ih in k f Inscription you can use
, uukh times, i nave had .
experience in such matters myself"-i
Philadelphia Inquirer. mytu.
THE BORGLUM STUDIOS
- 1810 Capitol Avenue
PIAAO IKSTRl'CTIOX i
Anfust M. Borgluni Madame Borglunj
Pupils ef Waer Bwayne. Paris.
LtCJlETlZKY METHOD
AMt7EMKf 9.
KRUG BHS
2 Days eurting Matinee Today
ROWLAND & CLIFFORD'S
Nw Hsbrsw Hsart Story with Musical Trimmings
THE (PIGIHAL
A Pour Aet Musloal Comady Oram I Big Show Olrl Chorus
2 Nights, surum Tuesday, Oct. 0 WoJ. Matlnoo
, TENTH SUCCESSFUL, SEASON OF"
EDGVuOETO MAYES
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writtn by GEO. M. COHEN
THE JOLLY GIRLS'H-i
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"MOST EVERY TOWN
3 Night, surtina Thursday,
AMERICA'S FOREMOST COMEDIANS
Murray &
iu in uiugnino Musical Beauty Show
The Sunny Side of Broadway
46 PEOPLE 40
Hsndsome Downs, Pretty Olrl) and Funny Comedian
Next Sunday:-"OUR NEW MINISTER"
YD'
TONIGHTMO.NDAY
MATIMEE WEDNESDAY
Could Yon Spend a Million in a Year?
THE COHAN and HARRIS COMEDIANS Pretest
Th Hew Tork, Ziondoa and
arewsier
Showing th Wonderful. Realletle
YACHT SCENE.
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Matins Sa.tvrd.vy
WAGENHALS & KEMRER Prescat
LEO DITRICHSTEIN'S SCREAMING FARCE
ISEIFOIRE
A.JFTT1EIR.
A Comedy ol 100 Lanoh A Sore Cure for toe Bines.
FVTRA NEXT SUNDAY FyTTEyY
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EVERY EVENING AT
7:45 and 9:15
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mmm m At 8:30, 7i43 and U8 Adel Palmer ft Co- PeUx
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ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Mat. Every 0a2:15. Ev'sry Night 8:15
Week Starting Today
EMIL OH & GO.
Presenting "Z.oves Toung Dream"
WORLD & KINGSTON
Txans-Oontiasntal Star
SEYMORE & HILL
Hovelty Artist
GASTON & GREEN
LtU of "Bab ta ToyUad" Co.
, GARTELLE BROS.
SkatorUIisia
ARLINGTON FOUR
Messenger Boy, Singing and Sanolng
Comedian
BLACK BRITTONS
' Colored Batertalaer
KlliODROME
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Matinee Today
10-25-30
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THEATRE
TUESDAY" WEDNESDAY
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The Four Telodos, K.
Gloria Dalre, &nfd..n
Earl G. Hicks Vc3,SnJ.?u
Motion Pictures,
Emll Hofman's fffiS.
Seats. Daily Mat.lOo
TENTH SEASON IN OMAHA
Delmore Cheney
BASS BARITONE
Teicber ol Voice Culture tad the
Art ol Singing
New Studio, 401-402 Boyd Toeiter
rtxon DovoiAs toir.
The Boyd Theater
School of Acting
(A practical training school
for dramatic and peratio
stage)
Fonrlh Season Opens Sept. 15(
Students' Matin lSnraf mots.
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