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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1907)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 24, 1907. D About Plays Players and Playhouses LORBNCB ROBERTA had Just F picked herself up from th floor of the room In Lady Con stance Clavertng's town nous In Mayfalr. From her eyes the tears were still streaming, and her voice was yet husky from emotion, but she extended her hand In a welcome that was cordiality Itself, and In a moment had recovered from the effects of the strong scene sufficiently to smile In support of the hearty handshake. "Thank heaven, there's none of this In It," she laughed, when asked of her new play, rehearsals on which began on Wednesday. When reminded that Blanche Walsh had made almost Identi cally the same remark when speaking of her escape from Tolstoi Into Fltch, In the same dressing room, she laughed merrily, and suggested that "The Woman In the Cane" and "TheBtralgnt Road" weren't so much different 'from "Resurrection." Of her own play she said: "It Is pure comedy, without a weep In It, with the formidably title of 'Sham.' It Is In three acts, and is written by Mies Elma P. Harris and Miss Oeraldlne Bonner. Miss Bonner was for a long time literary editor of the Argonaut. I expect much from It, and hope the pub lic will like It as well as I do. If the tour can be arranged we will stop In Omaha on ur way back from the coast and show the new play to the Omaha people." Locally, where Miss Roberts Is known only as associated with serious roles, the thought of her In comedy may seem rather queer, but aha has had plenty of experience In comedy. Indeed, her ex perience has taken In practically the whole gamut of stage work. As leading woman In the Frawley stock In Us palmy days and later In the O'Nell stock, on the coast, she waa called upon to do about all that can be done on the stage except to sing In grand opera. It Is this training that has made her consummate mistress of her art. Not confined to one part, but given the chance of doing many; not expected to make auoh a deep study of any that ahe became thoroughly Identified with It, but till having to absorb something of each, she has stored her mind with the experience of emotions of all grades and Impulses of very conceivable kind. Thus It Is that now. In the fullness of her power, site Is able to quickly grasp and easily differen tiate the expressions needed to portray Characters similar In general outline, yet varying widely In detail. So she made a convincing Tess, a Marta of sodden strength, and a Magda of compelling force. Indeed, she says she likes Madga better than any of the whole lot of her char acters. Miss Roberts Is Inclined to take her work seriously, looking on the stage as having 'a great part In the general so cial movement of the world. Bhe Is In clined to question the expediency of pre senting always the serious plays, though, for the reason that the people are not al ways eager to listen to the debate, even when It la most attractively presented. "Yet," she concludes, "the question seems to be to get the public; the play can be easily obtained." Of "The Btrugglo Ever lasting," In which she opened In New York, ana which play waa abandoned after an unsuccessful fortnight, she spoke with re gret It la a play of atrength, dramatloaliy ound, and waa much praised by the New York critics, and the work of Miss Roberta and Mr. Byron was very favorably com mented on,' but the public would not at tend, and so the production was shelved. As partial consolation the failure of Miss Crosman In "The Christian Pilgrim" was mentioned, and Miss Roberts smiled In sym pathy and offered no explanation. During her chat Miss Roberts spoke of the difficulty of presenting a new Idea through the medium of the drama. She commented to some extent and started a thought One of the latest exemplifications Vf how the public that goes to the theater rennts the Intrusion of anything that ap proaches a novelty was furnished by the experience of "The Belle of Mayfalr." Mr. Stuart's music was admittedly good; Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Brookfleld contributed a book In which genuine wit and broad humor abounded and provided situations sufficiently ludicrous to warrant many a hearty laugh. ' Indeed, such greeted them In London, but out here nothing doing In the laugh line. WhyT Because the people are not familiar with the English joke. What Is required Is a jest that can be een coming a long way off, so that the expectant auditor may prepare himself and bejsomfortably settled for Its recep tion. On Its arrival It la given the greet ing accorded a long absent friend. "Ha, ha, old boy I I knew it was you," gasps the delighted listener. "I saw you coming and recognised you long before you got here. Let's see, 'I met you first In the almanao In ISM. didn't IT Well, It was somewhere a long time ago, and I have learned to love you. Just try a Jest of recent mintage on that man. He will stare st , you and wonder what It Is about. Or, put I "The Burgomaster" or "The Bultan of 8ulu" or "Prince of Pllsen" In front of the audience that received the latest Eng lish success with polite silence and notice the difference. Nothing Is resented so sternly as un familiar humor. Jokes must be well ac quainted with us before we will take them into our full confidence and allow them to share with us In the full privileges of our lives. Americana are not peculiar In this; our British cousins resent the In trusion Of a strange American Jest into the privacy of their well ordered existence, ind the Germans meet the Jests of other nations wtth a stolid Indifference that soon lulls the edge of any desire to get on 50m fort able terms with them. But, let the Joke from abroad stay around long enough to get acclimated, or naturalized, and like vice, "seen to oft, familiar with Its face, we first abhor, then pity, then embrace." Some Jests belong to no clime or time; the Joke about the man and his wife, the Joke about the mother-in-law, and some others of the fundamentals that have come down to us from the "days of old Rameaes." and maybe known be fore then, are welcomed wherever they show their faces. But Jests that convulse I.ndnn lose their savor when offered In Omaha, and a local gag that seems of Immense value here, such as a reference to Council Bluffs or to Judge Cooley, would probably be met In London by a raising of the eyebrows and the noncommittal "Really." No nation has a patent on laughter: it Is the common heritage of mankind; but each of the world's peoples hows a disinclination to laugh at what another thinks Is funny. One wonders what sort of taste prevails la Kansas City among the patrons of the vaudeville theatera It Is reported that during the week MMIe Fougere was hissed off the stage at the Orpheum In the fine eld town for doing Just what she had dona II week In the Orpheum In Omaha Borne little complaint was made here that some of the lady's actions were not what they should have been. This department con fesses to a knowledge of French so lim ited that the songs of Miss Fougere were not understood, but no sign or movement that accompanied anything she sung could by ordinary means be construed Into sug gesllveneaa Indeed, It was commented on at the time that her pantomime, while piquant and vivacious, was lacking In the element of "spice" made familiar to us by othc?r French women who have Intro duced the chanteuse and her manners to the American stage. It may be that the Kansas City Idea of what Is right and wrong Is governed In Its public expression by the Kansas City habit of thought Friends of Mary Hill have received poet cards from London and Parla which Indicate that she Is thoroughly enjoying her visit abroad. AMERICA! OX 105D05 STAGE) Impressive l.tst. and More An C(i lag Paris, Too', Has Feldemlo. (Special Correspondence.) LONDON, Nov. 13. All that an American In London who Is homesick has to d at present Is to go to the theater. At least, that Is all he would have to do If "stags Americans" In this country were anything like real ones, for there Is an altogether exceptional number of the former on view In the metropolis. One would be Justified In concluding that our countrymen had be come a it obesston with British dramatists, for scarcely a single new piece produced here of late has failed to contain at least one character from the land of the "Dol lar." The cry, moreover, la still they come, for I tiote that one of the people In "Simple Simon," the new play by Murray Carson to be given at the Oarrlck shortly Is "Martin B. Chance," (note the "B'O who Is not too definitely described as "from America." It Is stated, also, that the plot of this piece, which Is said to have scored quite definitely In the provinces. Is partly founded on an Incident In which a real American figured prominently. Here possibly may be detected the fine hand of the press agent, but the story goes that while Carson was thinking out his last act a crisis In the "City" supplied him with certain facts In a very keen contest between speculators one nn Englishmen, the other an American. In the authentic story lis said, both speculators turned to the same firm for help, and . the firm Music and Musical Notes N a musical line very little has been doing in tho past week. Only a concert by a brass band at the Auditorium, which was sparsely filled even In the most economical sections. To bo sure, the band was Sousa's, but why does he persist In Buch a cheap method of ad vertising as that of playing his own muslo (I speak of his encores), one of his players meanwhile holding up a placard display ing the 'name of the march In progress we'll say it's a march when the world is full of muslo written by masters In com position, for either orchestra or band that people out here In the middle west get bo little chance to hear and some of It would be very acceptable? Then, too, It would be more than appreciated If this undoubtedly fine leader would add to his organization a few Instruments of wood. Just soften up the piercing brasses even a little bit more. Not that I criticise the band, for It Is fine this Is Just by the way. An Interesting program has been ar ranged by Miss Blanche Borenson for the next meeting of tho musical departmeut of the Woman's olub, which will occur Friday, November 29, at 2:15., The after noon will be devoted to MendelBSohn, the program Including a short sketch of his life, some of his best songs and an excerpt from a concerto. Those participating will be Miss Marlon Ward, Miss Gladys Lo beck. Miss Irene Cole, Mrs. A. I. Root and Miss Etta Crelghton, who will sing solos; a vocal duet by Miss Borenson end Mrs. R. J. Scanncll; Miss Anna Iriesman and Mr. LandMborg will Klve a piuno duo. Mrs. Carrio Jacobs Hond has been In vited by the president and Mrs. Roosevelt to give a program of her songs and poems at the White House and will appear there on Monday next. The season at the Metropolitan Opera house opened Monday night with all of the splendor and display that habitually attends this annual event. The opera pre sented was Francisca Celia's musical set ting to the famous play, "Adrlenne Lecou ver," with Una Cavallerl the moving cause of the opera In the title role and the golden-voiced Caruso as Maurice of Saxony. This opera, which was to have been pre sented last season, but for one reason and another was selected for the opening of the present season. Is scored unmercifully by the New York critics. "Mr. Cl'.ea dot s not disclose himself as the bearer of great musical Ideas." "He Is fluent, often Piquant, writing with great facility for tho orchestra, but the result Is for the greater part only a sort of spectacle recalling familiar things to the eye, with an un dercurrent of music, occasionally break ing Into melody, and buoying up long stretches of conversation out of which It would be difficult under the best of cir cumstances to construct a drama." How poor a vehicle the opera Is for exhibiting Mr. Caruso's marvelous vocal sifts may be guessed from the fact that his own set solo passed off without a hand; not a sound to testify ven Interest In the singer who Is the wonder of the world. The new French tenor, Lucas, was well received. The greatest ai la'.ine was given to tho bullet In the third act, which would have been stranger hud there been anything In the dramatic music to en thuse over. Thus commenced the fifth year of Con retd's relfm at this temple of music, and that an artistic trlumrh cannot be rec orded must he set down to the discredit of the novelty selected for the opening. Apropos cf the bullet, "The Judgment of Paris" In the 'opera, the following account of how much better it was done In Alexan dria soma seventeen hundred years ajjo was told by Appulelus: Then there va a practicable Mount'Ida with trees growing; up to the very top, where a fountain rlayed and sent lis very spray over the real Koats that cropped real gratis on the mountain s side; and (r tha Phrygian shepherd Paris had given the golden appln to Venus and she had testi fied her Kladneas by dancing with all her choir, "wine, mixed with saiTnm. hur.it f i"' on I'lirh from s pine t.t Ihjt eon rea'ed. and, flowing In scat'ered streams, besprinkled as It fell, with an nderifenous si n er the goats that fed around, and chsnned their native whiteness for a more yellow tint. And, now, the whole theater exhaling a sweet odor, a chasm of the earth absorbed the wooded mountain." In this old ballet appeared the fanillar people of the modern pantomime Parts. Mv ury, Juno, Minerva and Venus. Kach l a.) at tendants. Juno had Castor and Pollux; M n erva. armed youths. Terror and Fear; Venus, a "throng of merry little boys, such plump, round limbed, fair skinned little fellows you would have sworn," cays Ap ro !! v'hey were real cunlds who had Just blown from heaven or from the sea 'or i a i t itle in. and arrows, and other ccountremer.ts conformable, anil th-v car ried gleaming torches before their mistress, as If to liKht her way to a nuptial banquet. She had also In her train a lively choir of virgin, tha charming Graces and Hours, who strewed the path of their goddess wtth loose flowers and bouquets, and propi tiated the queen of pleasure with Hie pleas ant offering of the spring." The "Merry Widow" which has won d) 11 propped up the man who would otherwise have been cornered; (the Englishman, no doubt). Anyhow, the episode forms a part of Carson's play. As for the "American" characters on the London stage already, their name Is pos itively legion. To begin with, there are all those In "The Earl of Pawtucket." which still Is crowding the playhouse, and "Mrs. Wlggs," which Is performing a like ser vice for the Adelphl after having been transferred there from Terry's; but, of course, they scarcely count. American heiresses and their fathers are especially popular, for we have these In no less than three pieces, "The Oay Oordons," at the Aldych, "The Bins of Society" at Drury Lane, and "Mrs. Ellison's Answer" at the New theater. The first two of these couples, by the way, are well played, (or at least not burlesqued) ; of the last the less said the better. They are enough to make any real American want to bite nails, but they will not be there to offend long, for this piece by "Rowan Orme" la a hopeless flzxle, despite the much adver tised fact that its author Is the nephew of a marquis. . ""The above, however, only begins the list of the American characters In London plays. There Is the man from Colorado, for example. In "The Mollusc," Hubert Henry Davles' new piece. And In "The Whlphand," at the County, we have an American widow; In "The Education of Elisabeth," at the Apollo a particularly objectionable American financier, and In "The Barrier," Sutro's new play, a so ciety woman from "The States." This Is by no means all, however, for there Is still Mrs. Ryley's play, "The Sugar Bowl," which seems to have caught on at the Queen's though the critics roasted It This piece by an American authoress contains two portrayals of her countrymen, If one remembers rightly, and there still remains to be mentioned Bernard 8haw' piece, "The Devil's Disciple," Just revived at the Snvoy In which the majority of the people are Americans. Perhaps there may be more. Yes, there hearts of Its heureres In America came here with almost a surety of success. During three years it has thrived so exceedingly In Vienna, its birthplace, Berlin, Paris, and London, that not a scrap of doubt was felt of Its equal vogue In New York. The oddest thing in "The Merry Widow" Is a sentimental dramatic waits. The merry widow Is not as merry as she pretends to be. She Is a Transylvanian million heir ess, and she goes to Paris for fun and gets erlous with the estrangement of her sweet heart. Theie la no need to tell the story of this lover's quarrel, but only to note that at Its worst, the man vows he'll never say "I love you" and ahe vows he shall. That Is the fond feud between them when, at a ball given by her, they are coupled a dancers. She Is bent on enchanting him, while he Is determined to resist her allure ment. At first they whirl and stamp In a sort of Hungarian mazourka; but soon they walta to the tune that Is most effectual In all the Frans Lehar music that has been the making of "The Merry Widow" In Europe. The love affair, mind you, Is not a trl vlalty of song and dance, but one of acute heart aches and in the waits the real lovers and pretended haters enact a deeply emotional scene. The music Is a sensuous circling melody, and Xo It the Widow Sonla and the Prince Danllo simultaneously talk like high tragedy and dance like low com edy. The composer of this most successful twentieth century operetta has served a varied apprenticeship at the shrine of music; a military bandmaster In Vienna when for lack of time, his band being so steadily employed at court festivities funer als, balls, concerts, and private parties, he could not finish his first operetta, "Arabella, the Cuban," then a conductor, which posi tion he gave up to devote himself to his citnposltions. He sold his rights to the music of "Rastelbulder"' for $400 to the publisher, Weinberger, who afterwards ad mitted having made $30,000 by that bargain. After many such experiences Lehar became cautious and Is now a rich man since the "arrival" of "The Merry Widow." While Offenbach preferred to be a musi cal clown the greater part of his life, he wrote, toward the end of It, a serious opera which Is considered his best work "Ls ontes d'Hoffman." To it he devoted unusual care, tiling the score until death arrested his hand. The orchestration of a few numbers was completed by his friend, Guiraud. The first performance was given at tho Opera Comlque, Paris, on Febiuary 10, 1881. The libretto, resembles that of the "Coppelia" of Dellbes, both being based on Hoffmann's story, "Der Sandniunn." It was during the second performance of this opera that the Ring theater In Vienna was destroyed. It has lately come much Into vogue again, and New York had an oppor tunity to hear it at the Manhattan Opera huuae last Friday evening, with a cast In cluding Dalmoies, Henaud, Gilbert, CrabLe, Jumellt, de Clsneros. Walter Pjnirusvh in urousing much In terest among the conductors of leadlrg orchestras of the country by the announce ment of an experiment which ho will try In the neur future. Jle will have the New York Symphony aock-ty give a concert at Carnegie hall, with the inuslclutrs and leader Invisible, applying the Wasuerlan theory of Invisible orchestra to rum-crts as It has been applied to opera. Alfred Herts of the Metropolitan Oix-ra house, suid In Fpeaklng of the plan, that the feeling which he had on hearing u concert in He'd, lberg under slnitlur eono.ltions was t.ne of depres sion. Many persons like to see tlis con ductor In action, und when th'-y cannot Bee where tho music comes from feel thr.t the whole thing lb a piece of unintelligent mechanism. Frederic Stock of the Thomas orchestra does not see how It will be poKslblo for tho experiment to turn but successfully. Likewise t'ampanarl of the Manhattan Opera House orchestra. In the face of ull this doubt Mr. Damrosch Is un itrtaklng the difficult puth of a pioneer as far as this country is concerned and the fecccetj cf the venture will be watched keenly. Mr. George Hamlin will make his Omaha debut In a song recital at the First Bap tist church next Thursday evening, No vember 28, under the direction of Mrs. W. W. Turner. Program: In Thee I Bear Bo Dear a Part Haydn J'hlUls Has Buch Cnariiiing Grace.. Young The 6ound of the Trumpet Handel An Eine (Quelle Schubert Auftraege Schumann l'le LI tide tin Thai (old German) Llndenleub told German) In Kahne Grieg Betschaft Brahms Aria Le Rol d'Ys Ijtlo Reparation HUlemacuer Across the Hill (new)... .Walter Hummel! Twilight (new) Walter Rumoiell Olden Time of Youth and Lve My Ships that Went a-s-atl'n? You Love the Time of Violets I,oehr Day is Gone Latg O. Bounteous May Branoconib JULIET MCL'NIO. Is also Shaw's "Captain Brassbound's Conversation," with Us Yankee naval officer, which la being given by Ellen Terry at the Coronet this week. You will agree, , I think, that we bulk rather largely In British drama, Just now. It only remains to wish that all British dramatists would pattern after Mr. Bhaw and Seymour Hicks and not Impose on their players the Im possible task of trying to reproduce what Is known as the "American accent" Of the concerted onslaught upon the British stage censor American readers will have heard enough and to spare, bo Mr. Redford and his troubles need not be dealt . with here. At the Savoy, however, where the forbidden play, "Waste," was to have been given at matinees they have put on the "Medea" of Euripides Instead, and although this play Is less attractive than the other works of the Greek dramatist given by the Vedrenne-Barker manage ment, it has provel well worth while. It affords fresh evidence, moveovor, that Euripides as translated by Gilbert Murray Is far less behind the times than many a modern playrlght. Perhaps no one short Of Bernhardt could reach to the full heights and depths of the enchantress's passions of hatred and despair, but the performance of Miss Edith Olive In tkls difficult role was unmistakably effective. The play In creased steadily In Interest to the end. Of t course there would have been a howl from all manner of superior folk If the chorus had been condensed into a single person and some of Its "editorials" on the play cut down, but It is conceivable that the performance thua would have given more pleasure to a majority of the audience. As it was, much of the magnificence of the lines generously allotted to the chorus was lost because of the difficulty In distinguish ing the words as Intoned by nine young women all speaking at once. While In London an epldemlo of stage Americans prevails, Paris has one of col laboration. No less than fifteen plays now being given on the stage there are signed with two names apiece. Of these collabora tions, perhaps the mose successful Is that of Flers and De Calllavet, who are respon sible for two charming comedies at the Comedie and the Gymnaso, respectively. Of the flrBt of these, "The Old Love," de tails, already have been given In this cor respondence. Of the second, "The Fan," there are also glowing accounts. Truth to tell, the fan mentioned In the title appears to play little part in the piece (not nearly so much as did that in Oscar Wilde's ptay), but the lady who wields It Is very promi nent. Bhe Is a terrible coquette, but like other coquettes, we have met (on the stago) she has a big heart and In the end she hands back all her married victims to their respective spouses. It is reported that Frohman will have "The Fan, adapted, and the opinion la added that this will be as great a mistake as was made In the case of "Mlquette," which is to be withdrawn after a week's run at the Duke of York's, London. HAYDEN CHURCH. Com Ins; Events. B. C. Whitney's musical comedy, the "Isle of Spice," ' comes to the Boyd on Tuesday and Wednesday evenlncs and for a bargain matinee cn Wednesday. There are no less than twenty songs of the most catchy variety, and as an example of mod ern stage management It is full of all kinds of pleasant surprises. This is par ticularly noticeable In the work of the chorus. The comedians are headed by John Mylie, who succeeds In keeping the audience convulsed in laughter whenever on the stage. For those to whom the muslo element appeals more than the genuine article of comedy, will be found "The Goo Goo Man," "Peggy Brady," "The Broom stick Witches," "Uncle Sam's Marines," "You and I," "Little Maid of Nlcobar," "Take Me Home," "How Can You Tell Till You Try," and others, all rendered In a very capable and pleasing manner. "Little Johnny Jones," the musical play by Goortce M. Cohan which Is booked for five performances at the Boyd this week. Is described as one of the fastest and swiftest comedies ever set to mualc by this distinguished young author. It Is so dif ferent from the majority of Its kind and so original In its construction that all New York last season poured cn masse to see it. Its phenomenal run In that city for twenty-lx weeks and all summer In Chi cago, has given It great prestige. The en gngeinent commence.- with a si eclal Thanks giving matinee. Llebler & Co, will present at the Boyd theater Tuesday and Wednesday, December 3 and 4, William Faversham In Edwin Mil ton Royle's comedy drama, "The Squaw Man." The play scored such a success when originally produced at Wallack's theater, New York, that It stayed there the entire season. One of the realistic touches of the production Is the use of the L'te language by Indian characters. Tahy wana, I lie Indian chief, speaks entirely In L'te, and his words are translated for the benefit of the audience by a real Inter preter. George Ade's comedy, "Just Out of Col lege," which will have its first local pre sentation at the Krutr, for four days start ing matinee today. Is in three acts, and abounds In the quaint and Interesting types that Mr. Ade has been so succeiiHful In Introducing to tlie public through his plays and hooks. A capable company and an admirable setting l.im been furnished for Mr. Ade's latent satire and tho success of the lonp run In New York and Boston Is positive proof of the excellence of the pro duction. A show with plenty of action. Intensified by some pretty music, Is "Gay New York, ' which will be the offering at the Krug for three dnys, starting next Thursday, mat inee. It Is a muslcul comedy thut ha3 the merit of a tangible plot, erd Its ensemble contains a bevy of lliho und winsome girls, who dance ur.d slrg ar.d do their rait toward u pleuslr.fr three hours' entertain ment. The raMt in really a star one. Its principal members beln0- such well known people tis Jack Klo llle, .Vila Henry, .MaM Tames, Richard Kartlett, Frances Rice, AI Nebur, Will i'. Conley, Rebert c'uii::lnxham, Violet lUo, Charles Trunin find Hilda Haw thorne. A diversified and dlvr rtlng hill Is prom ised at the On beu n l'" Jay mntinee and nfljl.t and for the ensuing week Joseph II:rrt': Crickets, a lxvy cf fl apely and prttty s'pk'i.JT and dnrcinT nirU, heude-1 by Kn'herine Hunn ard Wl'l N i'r!rr. the tenor, presenting an extravagansa, show in)? two elaborntely ptce ccneB, ard well Biippred with lyrics and ffertive. en-fmbl'-s, will le the headline attraction. The merry minstrel, Corje Wilson, will offer his latest assortment of stories and onu. A remarkable exhibition of physical development will be seen In the rielleclaire brothers. Vaul Barnes, monolojist; Mak murl, violinist; Daisy Dumont, vocalist, and a banjo playing, slngln und darning turn by the Iloldsworths, and new Kinodrome pictures complete the bill. The secret cf dramatic work in vaude ville is tersely expressed by Porter J. White, who Impersonates "The Visitor" in the playlet of the same name at the Bur wood, the week starting tomorrow after noon. La Velio and Grant have to offer display of physical culture and acrobatics. musical act will be that of the thr AMUSEMENTS. YPgTHEATRE SVi-Bargain Matinee Wednesday, 25'50c H. H. FKAZEE Presents THE MUSICAL MIXTURE TUB iSLEoESPDeS Starting With Matinee Hoy. 28th, and Matinee Groat r.luoical Play Little Johnny Jones m PEOPLE (Q) The Largest and Bast Musical Attraction on tho Road PRICES: Eve. 25c to $1.50; Mats. 25 to $1. SEATS ON SALE. Tuesday, Wed., Mat. and Night - DEC. 3-4 William Faversham BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CHARLEft FROHMAN THE SQUAW ill A N I UJIiBU lim BHHI.SMHfl IIUSESMUISMWJUWMII WIUW.HII ....!.. kimmiUUM Boyd's Theatre Sunday Afternoon, Nov. 24, S o'clock. Young Women's Christian Ass'n. laying of cornerstone of new associa tion building. Special muslo by Trinity Cathedral vested choir. Program followed by laying of cornerstone at 17th and St. Mary's avenue. PUBLIC INVITED No charges or collections will be taken. Lloyds. Bmith & Walton will entertain by singing, and Bradley and Davis will dance. A comedienne is Daisy Gordon, and the Gagnoux announce themselves as adroit manipulators of divers objects. Earl J. Hicks will submit two more Illustrated Gossip About The Gaaaeohelm Family. ENATOR Blmon Guggenheim Is s only one of seven money-making brothers, the assembled fortunes of whom run anywhere from $100,000,000 to J500,000,000. The GuKgenhelmB, says the Wash ington Herald, do not deal in oil, but In gold, silver, copper, and lead principally, and they have not been content to follow In tha wake of one member of the family and profit by his genius, as was the case with the Rockefellers. They are the great est, producers of sliver and lead In the world; they rival the Amalgamated In pro ducing copper, and within a few years, when certain Aluakan plans mature, it is predicted that they will also excel in the production of gold. The seven brothers are modest enough to bury tholr own Identity by calling themselves M. Guggenheim's Sons, and allow that what they are and have accomplished is due to their father, Meyer Guggenheim. On the same sailing ship which brought the father to this coun try, where he landed in 1848, was a young girl passenger named Barbara Myers, who, in 1802, became Mrs. Guggenheim. He ped dled all sorts of things around Philadelphia to get a living, always traveling on foot, and It was during thque rambllngs that he ran across a man who had for sale a reelp fur stove polish. Guggenheim purchased it. Starting the manufactuie of stove polish on a small busts in 1859, and combining frugal ity with prodigious work, he soon branched Into the Importation of lye for making soft soap. This helped to swell his Income, and enabled him to go Into the lace business. At first he imported laces, but ere long he was dealing In all kinds of embroideries, was on - a firm financial basis, and had money to lend. ' L'nrier a foreclosure he re luctantly became the possessor of mines In Lcudvllle. One of tho sons was sent to loo!; after tho property. GraJually the mine holdinKs were augmented, and wilh the attendant auccets all other business In terests were inevitably relinquished. Meyer U'igjjenheim was one of the first to utilize American capital In developing the mineral wealth of Mexico. He died In lino. Six of tliu seven brothers declare that Daniel Gug genheim is the genius of the family, but tiie rov eniii Daniel says thut Is ull nonsense and stuff. The UUKgenlielms and their cioso associutcs own the Guggenheim Explorution company, the American Smelting and lie fining company, and the American Smelters' fcci'Uiilica company. The OKgtegate. ca,.lial of thesu three concerns is over JJiO.Ooij.oou. They also control various companies de voted to the production and rufinlng of gold, .silver, opper, lead and ruubcr. The offices of tho fa.nily, located In New York, Beem to cxtmpllly the HXiom, "t'nlud, we Mand; divided, we fall," for heie the desks of the brothers are ranged In ona big room and separated from each other only few feet. I-au of Federal senate. Not only is Senator William B. Allison of Iowa the present dean of toe federal tenate, but he also holds the record since the bcglnmr.g of the nstlon for length of service in thut body. After an experience of eight years In the house of representa tives, says Leslies Weeitly, Mr. Allison was In bVi elected to the senate and has been kept there by his admiring constit uents ever since. He has thus been senator for thirty-four years, a longer time than and other man In our history remained a member of tin upper house of congress. His sixth term will expire March 4. lUt, and it Is said that, although he will then, if alive, be 80 years old, he will seek and probably secure a re-election. The senator AMl'SEMBTS. Thursday, Q Hinhic Saturday"" Miyllla Mrs. W. W. Turner Prnts Mr. George Hamlin In Song Recital Thanksgiving Evening, Nov. 28 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Sent $1.00 and $1.50, Schmollcr & Mueller Box Office Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 27th and 2Hth onga, and a new series of films will be displayed by the Burwood's own machine. In addition to the regular dally matinee, there will be an extra performance Thanks giving morning, starting at 10:30. Per formances today at 2:30 and 8:16. Noted People has another and less generally known dis tinction; he has refused offers of cabinet portfolios from more presidents than any other American statesman. Presidents Gar field, Arthur, Harrison and McKlnley each In vain invited Mr. Allison to become a member of his official family. To all of these executives the senator's ability, wis-; dom, and integrity commended him as a safe and. sane adviser. The same qualities have given him a high standing and great Influence In the senate and have created a devotion to him among the people of his state unprecedented in senatorial annals. Speaker Ctaiu'i Quaint Parallel Speaker Cannon sometimes goes far afield to Illustrate points, but the result Is clarifying to his auditors. Some months ago he was preaching the doctrine of op timism and belaboring those persons who predicted that the country was on the way to destruction. "I was born down In North Carolina, where the battle of Guilford court house occurred," said the speaker. "I went back to the home place last April. My father helped found a Quaker college down there before I was born and In 1840 he moved out west, taking the family. I had no re collection of that country, but I went back at the commencement of the little Quaker college. I saw In the little cemetery the great oak still living under which Corn wallls burled his dead that fell In thut battle. I went around and saw where my father taught school. I went to find the grave of my maternal grandfather. I got the Quaker records and began the search. There were two acres and more of graves covered by grass. Finally, I found a little stone that was crumbly und moldy, and I found his name and the date of his deuth by looking through a magnifying glass. "On the north and east there had been new additions to the cemetery und you could almost trace the progress of thut country by the monuments. Little stones at first, the next year a little hither, a costing from tcju to tl,&ty0 are common." Why He Hliacd the ltace. The late Colonel Will S. Hays hud un ample store of humor with him. Some two years ue'o, says a writer In Our Country, 1 was waiKlng down the street with hiiii und the conversation turned to horse racing. "The iiorso racing o today don't compuie wit), the old days," said Colonel Hays. "1 renumber one gieat race here between Red Cloud and War Eugle. I was a boy, and with severut others l aj. gotten a good knot hole in the fence, and 1 was glued to that hole. The horses were trying to get started and everything waa excitement. I pressed closer to my knothole, when suddenly I felt a terrible kitk from behind, and I went up that fence so fast that it peeled the akin off of my nose, and I heard a familiar voice say, 'Dam you, give me that knothole!' I looked and saw that It was my father who had my knothole I didn't wait to see the race." A Hallroaa Man's Knock. "That famous railruad man, the late Samuel Sloan," said a New York banker, "loved fast trains and hated slow ones. They tell a story about a trick he once played on a railroad whose service was notoriously alow. "Having several times to use this rail roads afternoon's accommodation, he caused a sign to be painted which he took from his pocket and hung in the front of one of the cars when nobody was looking. The sign said: 'Passengers are requested not to pluck lowers while the train is lu motion.' "New York Ttpie AMI FMF3XT. BURWOOQ VrnVWi" VAUDEVILLE TOMORROW $?Z elk PORTER J. White & Co. Ia the axon's Sensation, "TICK VISITOR," LaVBLLE & GRANT Kx port rta of Phys ical Culture. Morn ing Matinee ThanksgYng Cij At 10:30 Cmt tett Perton iaot 1 1 SMITH & WALTOUE Singing- the fcongs Yon Like to Hear. DAISY GORDON Comedienne ..THE.. CfiGNOUX Adroit Manipulators of Pivcrs Objrrt. Whcra Yob Going Thcnkoglv.n g Morning T Extra Matin Sfsrts10:30s.m. Bradley & Davis Dexterous Torpk'horoana. The 3 Lloyds Music I'eddicrs. EARL. G. HICKS And III" lMcturesquo Warbles. Here's The THAHKSGIV iHO tCH.DUUl Mora I . Skew, Mr.M lternea " 1 tvrnlns " 1:1 Nine Big Acts K very Show - BURWOOD'S OWN PROGRESSIVE DEPICTIONS There's No Contradiction of Their , Superiority. DAILY at 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. Tnrlau1' 8:30 ano 8:18 P' m- rior- UUtty sec Modena as Oo-j paulns and His Fsts; Hart arloi Tom Brantfordi Cavana; Graoe Orra Tarloa k Z.aIiOnda Earl a. Micks Pictures. 'Fhone Douglas 494. ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Mat, Eisry 0i)2:15, Eiarj Night 8:15 Week StartiiiJ Mat. Today JOSEPH HART'S CRICKETS A Ballet of the Geisha Land GEORGE WILSON The Merry Minstrel BELLECLAIHE BROTHERS Marvelous Gymnasts PAUL BARNES Witty and Diverting Monologlst O'BRIEN & HAVEL Comedians DAISY DUPQNT Comedienne THE HOLDSWORTHS Banjo Experts Who Sing and Dance KINODROME always the newest la motion pictures. PRICES: 10c, 25c, 60o. KROGSBK Matinee Today, 10-36-60 4DAV.TJ.V MATINEE TODAY FHIST TIME AT I'OPULAR PHICIOS Just Out of College Dy Ceo. Ade The Original Production ls'd Dur ing tho Six Months Kun at the Lyceum Theater, New Vork 3 DT:.?r..V naaksfifflig Mat. THE UNEQUALLED MUSICAL COMEDV Gay Mi York A Furiously Funny and Magnifi cently Mounted Musical Comedy The Boyd Theater School ot Acting (A practical training chool for dramat'c and cperatio stage) Fourth Season Now Open Students' Matin Eo?agiBnts. LILLIAN FITCH. Director W, J. BURGESS. Manager BUSINESS BOOSTERS Try the Want Aft Columns of Tb BM jaaaHsaaEHHaKHIEBtSSnBEffiXSSSnrv