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TUE OMAITA SUNT) AY BEE: MAfiCTI 15, 1908.
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
ATEE It WM lnt, hut It In
hardly likely that the eight days
of darkness at the Boyd theater
la In any way connected with
the forty days of fatt tind ab
stention. But there la the
J, - 4 '
hlatua. during which time Manager Monag
han haa been taklmr a Inventory of the
rops and scenery that belong to the houae
and assorting Mr. Woodward In forming
omethln of an Idea- what will be needed
whon the. atock company opena at the
theater next month. Incidentally, Mr.
Monaghan antertalned Punch Wheeler and
a few other a pout lea of coming attracttona.
One advance man lout hie' '-cut" trunk,
ome person with oblique morale having
Judged by He heft that It must contain
something of value. With these Incident
the tliti In the box office haa been fairly
well occupied. Some merriment waa en
gendered by Punch Wheeler trying to ex
plain whjr he left the cirrus game and how
he came to be wearing the headpiece he
disported. Nut a little speculation wax
Indulged as to the probable surprise of the
hian who stole the trunk when he found
out what It contained, and with these and
a firm hope in the future the days went by.
But the Incident of the eight dark days Is
peculiar. Plenty of attractions are coming
this way, though, and the rest of the season
Is likely to be very well filled.
f f
At the other theaters businesa ground
along In much the same old way. The
Orpheum did not experience the slump that
night have been expected after the "Road
Show," but a reasonably good bill did
normal business, and proved the popularity
f that class of entertainment In this sec
Won. The Krug presented two plays, which
were well patronised, and the Burwood
continued on Ita aucceasful career with the
stock company offering, a Gillette farce.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell's engagement at the
Boyd, lasting two nights, was not the
cession of tremendous ou'.pouring, al
though the business wss fairly satisfactory.
The plays she chose are not of the type
that- Incline many people to attend the
Chester particularly as each has been seen
so often. Neither has the clement of popu
larity sufficient to make any wish to see
It frequently. Bo Mrs. Patrick Campbell
way soothe herself with the thought that
1(1 this ease at least It was the player ana
apt the play that people went out to see,
Mrs. Patrick Campbell may not be the
most capablo or" most . gifted ' of English-
speaking actresses, but she Is a woman
possessed of sufficient of the Immortal fire
(4 genius to Impress even the casual be
holder. She' has personal charm, both phy
sical and mental, to attract, and a faculty
for displaying her wares so as to be most
effective. Her art sits easily on her, sp that
She appears at all times most natural. In
all the tense, gripping scenes of "The Sec
ond Mra Tanqueray," she moves steadily,
easily, developing each phase of the charac
ter and rounding out each little situation
with a fullness of detail that makes the Im
personation perfect.' This fidelity to the
central thought 'of the play makes It essen
tially depressing; but It is truth she Is try
ing to depict, and -she spares nothing to
make her Interpretation of the part truth
ful and Impressive. In "The Notorious Mrs.
Epbsmtth.'' a dull-and generally uninterest
ing playfc Mrs. Campbell sustains the action
by dh;of her personality. If the portrait
of Mad' Agnes were merely outlined, t
wpuld be df no aval; whatever, but the star
fconfersOh' It ihe warmth at her-ow life,
ld endows It with something akin to worth,
fii this, 'Wicfre perhaps than In PaultC," Bhe'
iNows'riW thoroughly she understands the
technique of her profession, and also what
effect temperament may have' On ,an' un
attractive subject. But she falls short of
giving Jo the part the real spark that makes
Jt live. All through the play she is too
palpably acting to convince any that she
la really feeling. It Is In this regard, so
distinct front' Paula as to be disappointing.
A fine example of the value of detail In
acting Is afforded by Mra. Campbell In the
first act of "The Nortorious Mrs. Ebb
amlth." As she talks with Mrs. Thorpe,
telling a story that many would recite with
dramatic accompaniment of gesture, raised
voice and varying facial expressions, Mrs.
Ebbsmith proceeds with the arrangement
Of a bouquet, not the leastof her accom
plishments, giving her recital In the most
me.tter of fact way, and more nearly than
' at any other time In the play convincing
by her apparent sincerity. Mrs. Ebbsmlth,
it must be understood, was not explaining
her peculiar views; she was merely ex
pressing ' them, not expecting that they
woild be accepted, and not In the least
Is she surprised at the effect she pro
duced. In "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray"
a similar result la achieved In fhe third
act. when Paula seats herself at the piano
and plays, feelingly and effectively. Not
many of the women on the stagr could do
this, for not many of them have Mra
Campbell's gift in this direction. But It Is
a very appropriate bit of stage business"
and adds much to the general tone of the
performance. !
Little bits of detail of this nature are
what really make for greatness after all.
Frequently an . unexpected opportunity Is
afforded an actor to show how nlmhja his
wit and how apt he Is to accept a chance.
When Mtaa Shaw was playing "Mrs. War
ren's Profession" here lately one of those
linlookrd for little things came about. Mrs.
Warren was unlng ,hrr handUerchlrf fre
quently, and In crossing the stase dropped
H from the sleeve in which she whs carry
ing It. Mr. Aylmer, playing Frank Gard
ner, was speaking at the time, and wlth
' put Interrupting his speech, he gracefully
picked up the handkerchief and handed It
to Mlaa Shaw. H was a very, simple thing
ta do: so Simple, indeed, that five out of
every seven actors would' have omitted
doing It. - It ahowed that Mr. Ajlmer Is a
hlnking as well as a talking actor. These
sire the little things mat pieao me
tnanager. Sometimes little things thaj
annoy him are noted, as for example, when
Miss Corcoran was playing "lU-dda Gsbler"
at the Boyd.- In the closing so.-re iledrte
waa at the piano, playing softly, prepara
tory to her suicide., In this scene t!
pistol Is fired from behind the setting. At
the appointed place U Pstol clicked, but
did not txplode. Nevertheless. Miss Cor
coran promptly tumbled otf the piano stool
and died without apparent reason. It was
a clear oversight on her part, but one that
piarrtd a performance that was in many
respects worthy.
, Private theatricals have been much In
Vogue at Fort Crook during the winter, the
officers and women of the 8'xteenlh In
fantry having developed hlstronic ability
that might be of real service If Uncle Sam
snould suddenly fall In with the universal
peace Idea and go out of the military busi
ness. On Monday evening a double bill
la to be presented at f ort Crook ball, under
the auspices of the Sixteenth Infantry
branch of the Army Relief society, by the
officers end women of the regiment, for the
benefit of destitute widows and orphans of
suldteis. "Sweethearts" and "A Proposal
Under Pifficullles" will be offered After
the peiformance dancing will finish the
veiUii:. Suburban cars will run for the
accommodation of Crnnha folks who wish
to attend. Tickets may be had at the door.
RIGHTS TO JOHX TIIK "ECOM1 BOLD
"Walts Dmn'i" Parresaor Is Boasst
by George Kdirsrdrt.
LONDON. March 4. Special Correspond
ence.) Afjer Frans Lehar, Oscar Straus.
After the author of "The Walts Dream,"
Edmund Eysler. In tlie lsttir we have
yet another Austrian composer of light
opera with whose wetk music-lovers In
both England and America are about to
be made acquainted, and report declares
him to be the peer of either Straus or the
composer of "The Merry Widow." Unlike
those musicians, however, Eysler is not
even comparatively a newcomer. On the
contrary, he has written many Viennese
successes, the best known of them being
"Bruder Straublnger," which, as well as
his "Kuenstlerblut," is pretty sure to be
produced In English sooner or later, espe
cially If two new light oprrns from Eys
lor's pen which George Edwardos has Just
secured and will present in London, should
turn out hits.
The "books" of these two works, by the
way, are by Leo Stein, part librettist of
"The Merry Widow." The first of them,
"Vera Violetta," has scored heavily in the
Austrian capital, and Edwardos means to
produce It In London as soon as it can lie
adapted Into English and a theater found.
This piece deals, Edwardos tells us, with
the love of a young man for a married
woman, and contains some unusually
"fetching" numbers. The second piece by
Eysler which Edwardos has secured for
both England and America has not yet
been produced In Vienna, nor will It be un
til "The Walts Dream" reaches the end of
Its career at the Karl theater. The suc
cessor to Oscar Straus' piece 1s called
"John the Second," this being the name
given to a valet who Impersonates his
master, who may be regarded as "John the
Music and Musical Notes
OLLOW1NG the lines suggested
In last week's article, a discus
sion of the question of Tone and
Interrelation will, it is hoped,
be . of some interest.
A New York writer very re
F
cently took up the subject and told us tftai
"most of the artists who have recently J
come to this county show much more
ability at Interpretation than in producing
beautiful tone." And someone has said ,
that "In this country tone is more valued
than interpretation, and that In Europe, on
the other hand, one la chiefly interested in
Interpretation." Thia latter remark gives
our first -quoted writer an opportunity to
suggest rather caustically that the exis
tence In Europe, of such a state of affairs"
"has long Ik en suspected by the New York
public!"
Bo the long and short of the matter is
that In these days of wireless telegraphy,
horseless carriages,, thoughtless thinkers,
cowless milk, and noiseless noise, what Is
to be expected but .that we may look for
"toneless singing?" ,
Without Interpretation, the tone will not
aatlsf,)tbtk!f. -Jw'Jls trru
'But; without tone will' Interpretation suf
fice? ... - '., , :. ... n-,: ;
Will the perfect dressing and good acting
of a pan; In tho drama be sufficient to
overcome . the bad dgllvery of .thai lines,
from a vocal "standpoint?' When William
(Shakespeare waa conducting, for the time
being, a little school of acting, (long before
the crowds of Americans who neglect him at
home began to make pllgrlmuges to his
shrine abroad, he said something which we
have on record about the necessity of cor
rect vocal utterance, for In addition to urg
ing that they should not "saw the air too
much" with their' hands, but that they
should "o'erstep not the modesty of nature"
and that "there be players that I have
seen play, and heard others praise, and
that highly, not to speak It profanely, that,
neither having the accent of Christians nor
the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have.1
so strutted and bellowed that I have thought
some of natures Journeymen bad made men
and not made them well, they Imitated
humanity so abominably" he also said
that they should not "mouth the lines,"
but "speak the speech trippingly on the
tongue" and that It offended blm to the
soul, to hear a passion torn to tatters to
"split the ea,rs of groundlings (the people
In the cheaper seats) who, for the most
part are capable of nothing but inexplic
able dumb-shows and noise."
If It Is not disrespectful we might adapt
the line to singing: "Suit the action to the
tone, the tone to the word, the word and
tone to the action." Too many singer
have been guilty ot suiting the action to
the tone and letting the words go for noth
ing, as fliough that were of no conse
quence. Any dlever person, however, can make
good tones;- any clever peraon can pro
nounce clearly, but to- pronounce clearly
and with a tone of beautiful quality, this is
the mark of an artist, up to a certain
point; for after that must come the projier
sense of the thing and Its Intelligent repre
sentation In the way of facial expression
and general style of bearing If one is sing
ing In concert 'work, and attention, of
course, to costume If singing In opera.
As this column isof more interest Just
now to church and concert singers than to
opera singers, may 1, at the risk of repeti
tion, say that with Intelligent interpolation
of the text so as to bring out its meaning,
good, distinct enunciation and beautiful
tone, quality, or st-least tone quality which
Is agreeable, there must also be a study
of the appearance and general manner to
such sr. rxunt that If cr.c is sl.-.slr.g "My
Love la Like a Red, Red Hone" he will
not look as though he were thinking only
of the thorns. One should not sing a sacred
song with a simpering or trivial t-xpreaslon
of countenance; one should not sing a love
song with fear and dread depicted on the
features. One should never, nuvor show
by one's singing what the tone process Is.
I have watched many singers, and were I
to have recorded the subconscious sugges
tions offered by mo me ot them, they would
be like thistj'Uracious! What's this com
ing? Gocinesst Will I ver get It? Oh. I
am afraid not! I Just know I can't! Oh,
dear, what shull I do? Well, here goes!
Weil, thank goodness, that's over!" And
so on. Haven't you ever seen it?
Practicing before 'a mirror to ''observe
one's faults, not one's beauties, will help
much In acquiring an Intelligent facial ex
pression while alnglr.g. and this Is of ut
most Importance. Take, .for Instance, the
question of frowning. How few singers
know that they frown end how many do
so! A good many people aJao distort their
features unnecer!!y in the making cf
tones In order, to pronounce words. Every
thing of this kind operates against Inter
pretation. But to return to the article quoted and
the operatic question. A veteran cc-nduetsr
is quoted a saying "It's the interpretation
(that counts), and tho chances are there
will be more and more Interpretation and
U-a aud leas singing every year." He re
First." It will bo Interesting to hear Vies 1
na's verdict on Eysler' s new opera and U
learn ' If a second "Merry Widow" ot i
"Walts Dream" Is to be expected from the
Austrian capital.
fc .
At this writing London Is waiting eag
erly for Straus' International success, whirs
Is to be produced at the Hicks theater. Th
author himself will conduct the first per
formance and thin will go on to Paris fot
the production of the piece there. Mean
while Herr Straus has finished an oper
etta founded on a play by Bardou, for pro-,
duction In Vienna, and la writing'' the mu
sic for the -operatic version of Bernard
Shaw's "Arms and the Man," which also
will be played In Frans Joseph's capital.
The translation, to which Shaw has Just
given his approval, h'as been written by
Herr Jacobsen, one of the authors of the
"Walts Dream," In collaboration with a
new author, Hans Bernauer. In conversa
tion with the writer, Herr Straus declared
the piece to be "real comic opera," and
said he should not be Surprised if Its suc
cess were, even greater than that of "The
Waltx Dream." He added that he was de
lighted wjth the reception given to the lat
ter piece In America, but expressed him
self as displeased with the translation and
regretful that music had been Introduced
that was not his. "They wanted more mu
sia for America," he said, "and sent me
the new lyric, but as I was unable to write
the music 'quickly enough, they got some
one else to write It."
One of the two plays Charles Ftohman
came ovr here to "present" was put on
at tho Comedy theater on Thursday even
ing with all the usual lavishness of a
Frohman production. It: was a dramatiza
tion by R. C. Carton of "Lady Barbarity,
a novel written by J. C. Snalth before
"Broke of Covenden" made the name of
this author widely known. Marie Tempest
had the title role and waa supported by
such admirable actors as Allen Aynesworth,
marked that the prima donna of today, es
pecially the younger ones, must put some
thing sensational into the part as when
one of them danced at the end of the Jewel
song in "Faust." "Modern Interpretation,
so far as I can see, consists chiefly In the
liberal use of makeup and similar material
aids In creating an Impression. Singers
now think more of wigs, grease, paint, and
tha details of dress, than the- actors do."
This would seem to bo' true when we are
told thaj most of the opera singers go"
to the theater between 6:30 and 6 o'clock.
The hose which M. Renaud wears aa
Mephistopheles In 'the "Damnation of
Faust," (Berlioz), takes one hour to build
up! In one ot Madame Eames' operatic
roles she takes up an hour In applying
cosmetics and fixing, her wig! .
The same article brings out very clearly
that Jean de Rescke could never be classed
as an "Interpreter" according to . present
day standard, but that "rlo emotion that
his role contained could fall to bo bes.utl
fuly illuminated and glorified through his
power of expressing It with his voice."
Those who have heard and seen Jean de
Reszke will crv- oup and shout "Yea,
amen!',' to that statement, Never have I
soon such " a combination ' of artistic tone
production, beautiful mastery of the pos
sibilities of breath control In the subduing
and elevating of - tone values an3 nuance,
such superbly "convincing acting, such
"feeling" for the . -part and portrayal
thereof. Tho memory of It makes the sen
sational high C held-on-to by the gallery
loving tenors fade into insignificance.
We have had the lay of the big tone.
We have had the day of the tumbling trill
and the querulous shako, the prolonged
high tone held, for the satisfaction of those
who do not know the vocal calisthenics,
the motto "Either Tone or Nothing."
Now we are going through the opposite
conditions. "Either Internretation or Noth
ing." Give us makeup, give us poses, give
us a chance- to snow what we can ao in
the way of bringing out the meaning re
gardless of tone and we will show you that
"the Singing counts less."
But herein Is the great gleam of hope.
We are on the eve of the greatest period
In the history of singing. It Is not only
coming, It Is here. We have sung both
ways; now we will settle. We will emerge
from this present turmoil of thought and
contradiction andwe will see the thing as
It is and study to make others see It In Its
beauty, through our "interpretation of It In
tones which we have made beautiful
Here lies our duty and our work. Let us
be content only with a well balanced show
ing of Tone and Interpretation! Anything
short of that, no matter by whom It is
done, is not Art. And it Is Art we want
to study, not artifice.- What do you say?
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Maslcal otra,
As already announced m this column the
lust recital In Mrs. Turner's subscription
series will be given Thursday nivht at the
First Baptist church by Miss Kittle C heat
hum. whose program explains ttsulf, anu is
as loiiows:
PART I.
Two Eighteenth Century French Songs
Mon petit coeur tkiuidre: Maman,
ililes mol Wlekerlln
An Old Romance of Two Family Por
traits Ouy D'Hardeloe
(Written for Miss Cheatham.)
Children's Bonus Uuanilan Angel
( lilnderwacht .Robert bci.iimann
About Dulls Jeruahy ; The Sugar
IX)lly Jessie (iaynor
About Animals The Low (11. I.. Steven
son) Graham Pell
About Animals The First Friend
(Itudyard Kinllng) Edward German
The Slumber Boat '.Jessie tJaynor
The Sorrows of Two little Hoys
Waltslng; Practicing John Carpenter
PART II.
fiotnn Old Negro Songs snd Sayings
nd Tin-,.- Modern Negro E'liiss -
Is You Carrie Jacobs Bond
Why Adam Sinned Hein
Don't Be What You Ain't Rogers
PART III.
Two Old English I.ove Lyrics (Eliza
bethan) Ixve Is a Slekness; Yes,
I'm In Love Music by Stanley Hawley
uuuerrues (irom tne t ronrn or j- ran-
cols t'oppeel Minnie Cochrane
The Hogey Man (Mss.) Amy Trowbrtdau
About a Fish and a Gobbler
Harvey Worthlngton Iomis
iMss. written for Miss Cheatham. k
Ium-hinellu (after Hans Christian An
dersen Molly
Two Nonsense Rhymes The Owl and
the Pussy fat i Ingrahm
The Lady of Niger (Edward l-arl
M. K. Lang
Don't make any engagement for the even
ing of April 2.
Sembrieh! The song recital! The great
critics hail her as the perfection ot the
singing art today.
Through an oversight the names of Miss
H. Taylor and Miss Verna Smith Were
omitted from the account of Mr. Jones'
pupil recital last week.
On March 9 Edwin H. Lemare, the re
nowned English organist, will give a re
cital at the First rtsplist church. (Let me
make the personal suggestion that this
sboiild not hf nled by any music lover,
whether Interested in the organ or not).
Call Mra Turner for choice reservations.
A new society has been organised called
the Oratorio society. Its first rehearsal
was held at the First Prushyterlaa church
on Tuesday night, eighty-three people be
ing present. For membership Information
spplicHtlon should be made lo MUs Soren
son. Hamre building; Mr. Cheney, liovd
theater building, or Mr. Penniman, tU
South Twenty-filth avenue, conduotor. Tins
.cie: y is practically the outgrowth of Mr
1'eiiniuiau's (cUvl society of last year.
Orshame Browne snd J. H. Barnes, and no
mnney or pslns waa spared on mounting
and details.
But the play proved to be the ssmo
Jacobite melodrama we have all seen time
and again loyal Earl; fascinating, wilful,
high-spirited daughter; aristocratic captain
In love with her. and tattered Jacobite
rebel rescued by hfr from the captain's
troops. She drrsned her rebel up In
woman's clothes, but the gallant cnpte.ln,
after much entertaining business, discov
ered the disguise. It was only to be ex
pected that the captivating Lady Barbara
called Lady Barbarity for her rruelty to
her adorers would fall In love with the
rebel and offer to marry the captain If he
would release his prisoner, and It was only
to be expected that the prisoner would
give himself up and go lo be hanged rather
than accept surh sacrifice.
The last act. however, was a bit of n
surprise, for the most hardened theater
goer would hardly have expected such a
theatric last moment rescue as was pro
vided. Lady Barbara hired thugs to cap
ture her lover on the way to the scaffold
We didn't even se this scrlmmege, but
only heard about It from the window
through which the condemned man was
eventually hauled by the hend thug to be
confronted by the captain. Then there was
a flicht on the stage and the prisoner re
captured, only to ho pardoned a minute be
fore the curtain came down. The audience
laughed good-naturedly.
Some time ago an American living In
London and Interested in stage affairs con
tributed to the discussion rawt'ng In the
Daily Telegraph over that obsolete Institu
tion, the British censor of plays. His sug
gestion was that the censorship, ogalnst
which the leading British dramatists are
so vigorously protesting, could be turned
from a hampering anachronism. Into a
harmless If not actually useful office. If
only a court of appeal could be provided
so that the censor would no longer be able
by a careless and Irrevocable word to
smash any playwright's fondest hopes and
fineat work. Power of appeal would make
the censor think twice before banning a
play like Oranvllle Barker's "Waste," for
instance, and would enable the Incorpor
ated Stage society and similar organiza
tions to challenge tho censor now and then
and give him a lesson when he had failed
to distinguish between nastlness and decent
honesty.
The suggestion was disregarded at the
time, for the dramtlsts were keen to have
nothing less than the censor's head on a
charger; but It Is Interesting to note that
this "week's delegation to Herbert Glad
stone, the home secretary, brought up this
very point again through a speech by Sir
W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame.
J. M. Bariie and A. W. Plnero, however,
urged the complete abolition of the censor
ship, despite the fact thut many of the
theatrical managers favor it.
The funny thing about the situation Is
that In reality the censor Is a protector of
vlclousness. on the stage, for when once
he has passed the harmless looking written
word, the actor, if so disposed, can put
into that word by gesture and Intonation,
meanings .that would not bo tolerated If the
play had not received official sanction.
And this is happening all the time In Lon
don In theaters , that every man about
town could came.
HAYDEN CHURCH.
Coming Events.
Henry Woodruff's engagement in "Brown
of Harvard" at Boyd's theater begins on
Thursday night and will last for three
nights, with a matinee on Saturday.
"Brown of Harvard's" scenes are natur
ally laid at the great seat of learning at
Cambridge, Mass. The first aud last acts
represent Tom Brown's rooms in famous
old Holworthy hall. The second shows a
section of the "yard" between Holworthy
and Stoughton. In the third Is seen the
boat house on the Charles river on the day
of the race.- This contest la the pivotal in
cident of the play and the scenes attending
It are Intensely exciting. The finale of the
act represents a double climax as surpris
ing as it is Interesting. In the yard scene,
college songs, college sports .and general
youthful exhuberance help give the play
its distinctive atmosphere. The play was
staged by Henry Miller and Is presented
under the personal direction of that master
stage crasman. Just as It's original pro
duction In New York. The supporting cast J
which numbers thirty odd players contains
the names of Helens Byrne, William
Rosell, Frederick Forrester. Gordon John
stone, Eugene O'Brien, Franklin Jones,
Loula Haines, Adrien Bellevue, Charles H.
Bates, Oliver Follunsbee, J. R. Van
Rensselaer, Arthur Reading, Robert Comp
ton, James Herman, James Keating, Rob
ert Stowe Gill, J. C. King, Daniel Pennoll,
Albert Shower, Charles Durnell. Frank
Wlllard, Jiny Chlno, Bemice Wiley Golden,
Ethel Martin and others.
At the Boyd theater on March 22 and con
tinuing until the 20th, with a Wednesday
matinee, will be seen for the first time out
of Chicago, "A Knight for a Day," which
is being produced under the management
of Mr. H. H. Frazee. This piece is de
servedly very popular, Its long run In Chi
cago at the Whitney opera house and at
Wallack's theater. New York, where it
still attracts large crowds nightly, having
established its reputation us a musical
comedy of unusual merit. The lesdlng
comedy roles are in the hands of Eddie
Redway and Elsie Herbtrt. and these real
funmukcrs arc enhancing t).-!r already
enviable reputations in their interpreta
tion. Other members of the cast are
Thomas Cameron, Robert O'Connor, Harry
Muck, James MncCnrmack, Gertrude
Hutcheson, Elbie l.'aird and Grace De Mar.
Charles Klein's play, "The Lion and the
Mouse," will be offered at the Boyd theater
March 26,' 27 and iS. It lia been seen sev
eral times at the Boyd In the past.
At the head of a company of sixty.
Billy U. Vun comes to tho Krug for four
days, starting matinee today, In an entirely
nw version of "Patsy In Politics." H!-ctiil
' thought has bcVn exercined in order to ful
fill the requirements of a uniformly bal
anced corps of dancers, tingers and comed
ians, so that this pretentious enterprite
might bid for glory as well as patronage in
gqod faith. The characters In the pluy are
the same as in tho vehicle first used to
exploit this funny comedian. In fact, the
new play is a continuation of the old one,
and as the entertainment proceeds the fun
cornea fast and furious from the rutj to
the final fall of the curtain.
"Way Down JCasi" will be at attraction
at the Krug theater for three days starting
Thursday night. March lv. Managers
William A. Brady and Joseph It. Urlsmer
send out the same comrltto production,
the same efficient cast as always. The
snow billiard, the gathering of tho suri rise
party, the old-f jslnoaed dinner and the
sugar shed at the lakeside are again em
phasized by the management In scei ic
completeness. The familiar characters of
the flay, like a procession of old-tlino
friend move along the familiar paths of
this sterling drama. A plain show of plain
people that holds on tiie big playhouses
better than any pastoral play ever written.
A western coined) -drama flayed ss
quietly as a drawing room society play
will be the novelty at the Burwood for the
week starting tomorrow evening. Bret
Hart, the "poet of the Sierras," who
wrote "Tennessee's Partner," represents
life among the Nevada miners Just as It
was, with no false buncombe or flourish of
pistols. "Tennessee's, Farmer' Is the story
of two miners. One of them dies, leaving
a daughter, whom the partner has never
soen. When !etters come no longer to her
home In Smokey Mountain, Tenn., the llt
tk girl finds her way to "The Ridge" in
Nevada In search of her old daddy, and It
Is In the love story between Tennessee
Kent (Miss Leasing) and Caleb Swan (Mr.
Ingram) where lies the Intense heart In
terest In the play. Stsge Director Bacon
will be seen as Oewilllker Hay, a liar of
pretentious ease, who dates everything
from the year '67. It will be found to be
one of hia best efforts, as he has appeared
In this part many times, notably during
his seven years' engagement at the Aloasar
theater in San Francisco. The play will
be mounted with special scenery. In keep
ing with it atmosphere. Incidental to the
performance the ever popular Elks' male
quartet of Council Bluffs will entertain
with solos and choruses. There will be
matinees on St. Patrick's dsy, Thursday,
Saturday and Sunday. "Too Much John
son" closes ita run with two performances
today,
. Miss Anna Eva Fay, the famous expo
nent of the powers that are mysterious
and occult, comes t,o the Orpheum today
and at each of the dally matinee and even
ing performances during the week will give
two separate and distinct exhibitions. The
first of these Miss Fay devotes to her cab
inet seances and a variety of other strange
experiments. Later on Miss Fay offers
for her second exhibition what she calls
"Somnolency," In which she will answer
all questions from the audience, endeavor
ing to give correct Identifications, descrip
tions and locations of things inquired about.
Tho remainder of the program Is typically
bright and . happy vaudeville. Press El
drldge, "the commander-in-chief . of the
army of fun," with his latest budget of
witticisms and parodies, will be the prln
clpal attacker of the risible. The Dunedln
sisters, shapely and comely girls, are de
clared decidedly clever' rlck and fancy
cyclists. In a sketch called "One Night
Stands In Minstrelsy" the three Lelghtons
will offer a variety of entertaining "stunts
Dorothy Kenton, "the girl with the banjo,"
runs the garnet from simple ditties to de
lightful classic on her instrument, a
unique gymnastic act called "A gymnast's
Parlor Amusement" will be contributed by
In motion pictures will be shown with the
the Pantser trio, and a series of the latest
kinodroma.
Gossip from Stasreland.
Every day people write and ask whst
are the qualifications of an actress," says
Mrs. Kendall In Edgar Pemberton's "Life
of Ellen Terry." "Well, she should have
the face of a goddess, the strength of a
lion, the figure of a Venus, the voice of h
dove, the temper of an angel, the grace of
a swan, the agility of an antelope and the
ain or. a rhinoceros, great imagination
vuocnnirtiiKin, an exquisite enunciation, a
generous spirit, a loyal disposition, plenty
of courage, a keen sense of humor, a hUn
Ideal of morality, a sensitive mind and an
original treatment of everything. She must
oe capaoie of being a kind sister, a good
daughter and an excellent wife, a Judicious
moiner, an encouraging friend and an en
terprising grandmother." ' ,
"Those attributes, combined with Innate
faculty for dramatic exuresslon tlmt tan.
ulty having been carefully trained and de
veloped by experience and study would,
undoubtedly, make a good actress," adds
Louis James has acquired the rights to
the production of "Peer Gynt," the last
big thing undertaken by the late Richard
MansrieM. it Is his Intention to make
tour In the Ibsen story next season.
Virginia Harned, who, according to her
irienu, Mn i-aiierson, is one of the best
uruniaiic critics in ner profession, has been
tnree times to see Williams and Walker
In "Bandanna Land." "I want to go
asnui, sun bbiu. cerr Williams Is a
Kenius. ii ne naa not been handicapped
by his complexion he would be the greatest
Aiueiicttii corneaian.
ine marriage of Samuel H. Harris to
Miss Alice Merrill, a sister of M
M. Cohan, further cements the relationship
that exists between the manager and his
prolific and versatile protege. Mr. Harris
quieuy marriea at L-ong Branch last
week, with George M. Cohan and the
bride's sister being parties to the ceremony
Both the Merrill girls prior to their mar
riage piayoa small parts In the Cohan ft
nan is prouuciions.
Alexandre Dumas flls. the author of "Ca
mille," and Emll Augier were once attend
ing one or the latter s first nights at the
Francis, when a man was discovered asleep
lit nn upiter lose.
"Kindly observe the effect of vour play,
said Dumas. Doklntr Auvier In tha rll,
Later both dramatists were present at
one of Dumas' first nights and it happened
that again a man was seen sleeping in the
Boine lone. Augier exulted.
on, that s the same man," retorted
uuinas. ne nasn t waned up yet! '
The humorous opportunities lurking In the
bmuuuw oi cMm i-oy s proposed produc
Hon of "Hamlet" will not down. A face
tlous and at the same time gratuitous mui
gestion for the performance wss made last
week, when Julian Eltlnge, the celebrated
lemaiu impersonator, was put forward as a
possible candidate for the part of Ophelia
in the Foy cast.
Legal proceedings are threatened by
Cohan & Harris over "Psld in Full,
Eugene Walter's successful pluy, which is
being presented at th Astor theater In
New Y'ork. Bam H. Harris declares that
the firm made a five years' contract with
Walter for all his plays and that he knew
nothlnir about "Paid In Full" until he
-learned that it hud been turned over to
some one else. Mr. Walter savs that as
no consideration wss named In the contract
with Cohan & Harris, and as that firm has
never done anything for him, he felt that
their action at this lime wss due to their
willingness to take hold of simcthlng that
was an assured success. They have al
lowed him to sleep on park benches and
eat In cheap restaurants when he could
sorsrie up the money, he says, and in view
of that generosity he didn't feel thst ho
owed them anything. He ssvs Cohan &
Harris agreed to call everything square If
he would give them the, out-of-town rights,
which he turned down
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