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B TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. APRIL 19, 1909. Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses MAHA Is to have ths opportun ity tt determine on ths msrlts . of two Block companies. The openlnr of the sprint sd sum mer sssson at the Boyd by the Woodward Btock company Isst o night brina;s the Issue for popularity on squsreljr between that organisation and the Burwood fltoek company, which haa been ailing a fairly smooth course since Its opening earlier In the year. The manage ment In each theater realises the need for keeping the companlea keyed up to con cert pitch. It ought to result In giving some first-class plays to the patrons. In lhe meantime the Orpheum will grind along 16 the end of Its season, offering even bet ter attractions than It haa yet put forth, promising Vesta Victoria for a grand wlndup attraction. This will be the far thest west for Miss Victoria, who up to late hss gotten no greater distance from lear old Liinnon than Chicago. She sure will hsve a story to tell If she ever gets home to her fogs end music 'slls again. And the Krug keeps right on handing them Vat ths genuine In the way of thrillers. Mr. Walter P. Eaton discusses In the New Tork Sun the ever open question as to who Is America's leading actor, and answers It In favor of Mr. E. H. Bothertu He praises Otis fiklnner highly, but elimi nates him for the reason that he has as jet no repertory. Mr. Warfleld Is put aside for something of the same reason, nd Mr. Henry Miller praised for what he has done as an actor, Is chiefly commended because of his newly developed ability as a stage manager. Kobert B. Matitell gets credit for keeping alive the ."classio reper tory," but no more. And after following hla ellmlnatlve process until Mr. Sothern alone la left, Mr. Eaton proceeds In com ment on the actor and his latest acWve nent, "Don Quixote," as follows: So we come to E. H. Sothern, who last Wednesday night lingered In New York to produce "Don Quixote" at great expens When he might have been piaymg "Dun treaty" on tho road to I16.CO0 a week. (In tend, his last week In "Dundreary" In Boston brought him 120.000.) One of those neat little critical bromides Is, "Mr. Botli rn Is essentially a comedian." Mr. Sothern P essentially a conscientious and painstak ing and ambitious artist. In the days of Zenda" and "An Emmy of the King." ahen a thousand girlish hearts beat high U every matinee and sweet young things iverred that they "could die listening to Bothern say 'Darling..'" It was perhaps fortunate for him that he was come dian. He escaped a tragedy. He weathered tfce perils of picture book romance and rode out upon the great, deep sea of "Hwn Int." Then came the engagement with Miss Marlowe, which betterod his elocution, as tn engagement with Miss Marlowe must do fot any playor, and widened the field for his achievement and ambition. Bince then Mr. Sothern has shown no sign of pausing and his acting has steadily Deepened In truth and power. His Hamlet has mellowed, grown sweeter, graver, more thoughtful ' and more eiastlo In its lighter moods. There are touches of poetry in his Villon that were not there five years ago. And in his newer parts, even when the plays have failed, he haa disclosed new powers as an actor. As Rodlon he was called on to suggest mental struggle, a tortured mind In com bat with an Iron -will. And he suggested It surely, vividly, and without the sense of effort that has sometimes been apparent lu his acting. And he turned from the oomlo absurdities of Dundreary to do this thing. As Don Quixote he nad a more difficult task, that of making plausible and appealing -In the fleshy one of the greatest figures tin literature, a figure already created 'In the Imagination of his audience and set In a place apart. To perform this task required Imagination of him and fine : understanding of Cervantes' Knight, and eloquence and technique. He struck the right note at once wHh his make up. the lean,, pathetic, middle aged figure, the wild, bright, vision haunted eyes, the hollow cheeks at once grotesque and sad. And through all the comic ab ' surdities of the part and the farcical epi sodes of the play he never for one Instant offended the lover of Cervantes Sorrowful Knight, because his Don never for one in stant lost his pathetic dignity, his chival rous bearing, burn of a beautiful and chival rous soul. There are times ire life when you laught at Cervantes' book; there are other times when you weep. At momenta of Mr. Sothcrn'a performance you know both uioods when he accepts the Duke's Ironlo invitation with a sweet oourtesy Mallory might have envied, when he sits dejected in hip cage, "a captured eagle," the scoffers cry, but how much more like captured eagle than they guess! 1 here is hardly a passage in all literature, unless it be the parting of Launcelot and Ouenever in Mallory, to equal for pure pathos the overthrow of Don Quixote by the Knight of the Sliver Moon. "Dulclnea is the fairest woman in the world, and I the unhapplest knight on earth; but It is not meet that my weakness should disown this truth, fitrlke with your lance. Sir Knight!" For some strange reason. In ths play It was not the Knight of the Sliver Moon who vanquished ths Don. His shield bore red crosses, like a package of surgeon's plaster. And Jt waa Inevitable that the pathos be less poignant. Yet Mr. Sothern a cry: "Dulclnea Is the fairest woman In the world!" rose faintly above the stage hub bub with a stab of eloquence, and the es sential meaning, the tragedy and poetry of the overthrow were borne home to every heart, though everything till then had been but farce- to many In the audience. The capacity to achieve an effect like that be longs only to the few. It stamps its posses sor as a leader., Mr. Sot hern's repertoire this season hss Included "Hs inlet," a Shakespearian classic; "Liord Dundreary," a specimen of early mid-Victorian drama and a monument to his father; "If I Were King," a modern romanlio play; "The Fool Hath Said," a psychological drama, and "Don Quixoda,'' an attempt by an American playwright to give atage Ufa to a great figure of world literature. He haa alaged all theee plays himself, sufficiently sumptuously and with Intelligent . feeling for their different at mospheres and demands. To present them all he haa had to train and maintain a large company, at considerable expense. That Mr. bothern" s acting Is. without faults or that it realises to the full his own or his critics' ideal, nobody will maintain. He un.li nlvivi tn Atmjt hla tamnn. Ha still falls into his old trU'ks now and then ! of recurring overemphasis, producing an artificial and monotonous effect. He still lacks sometimes what seems almost a physical vttailty to master a climax or weep a spech up to the point of emotional discharge. You have that Indescribable (tirlli.g Inside of you as you listen of some thing rising, rising, rising, and never quite getting there an uncomfortable feeling o( auaual. . . Hut he is an actor whose command of Ma art is constantly growing, whuse de votion to it, and to the best In the drama, la deep, vigilant and sincere, and whose lepetulre and achievement is already w).jr, more varied and more stimulating to all clauses than that of any onther Amer ican actor. The beet that we can wish fur him and for ourselves Is that he may have to fight perpetually to maintain his leader aiiip. ENGLISH STAR'S Bt'SV ADMIRERS Femlalne Adorers of Lewis Waller Worship Hlsa at at Dlstaace. IX)NDON, April . (Special Correspond ence.) Every popular and good-looking actor in these days has a bevy of feminine admirers who go Into raptures over his every performance, pestsr him with re quests for signed photographs, and mora or lees openly make love to him. From which result occasional divorce court proceed ings. Eut Lewie Waller, who rlays the l art of the picturesque hero tn "A White Man,' the English version of Boyle's drama of western life, "The Squaw Man." haa achieved the distinction, without seeking It, of bringing Into existence unique crganl gallon of stage hero worshipers. What makes It unique Is the fact that every mnjher Is pledged never to speak to the (illici t of her adoration, never to ask him for free seals and nsver to hug the stsge 0' or te catch a glimpse of htm aa be leave the theater. Any violation of these rules Is pbnlahs. with expulsion. They tnsy lust thfir he,1a over him, but they must keep a tijrM grip on their hearts. Tr4 women who have paused this selt 6 jj,-t i.jla hove formed liicmselvcj Into a club, which haa some fifty members I and bears the mystlo title, "K. O. W, These letters stand for "Keen Ordet of Wallerltea." The keen ones all wear badges displaying an oval photograph of the actor-manager on one side and a quar tered shield oil the other containing devices emblematic of the playa In which he has made his biggest hits. On Monday night the one night In the week when most of them are not to be found at the Lyric feasting their eyes upon him they meet to discuss the merits of their favorite. It speaks volumes for his merits that, al though the club has been In existence six months, the "talk' fest" still goes on. Waller Is a James it. Hackett style of sn actor and delights his audience by always "winning out" whatever may be tho odds against him. Aa the hero of (Royle'a stir ring play he Is making as big a success here as William Faversham Is doing In America. It Is likely to run for the rest of the season. After he has finished with "A White Man" Waller's next appearance will be In 'The Explorer," Somerset Maughan's new play. In the titular role Waller will again be fitted with a part admirably suited to dis play his talents as a stage hero of the strenuous type and Incidentally swell the membership of the "K. O. W." Most of the action takes plsce In central Africa and of course there will be an abundance of thrill ing situations. Mr. Maughan "arrived" wlta a vengeance. He scored a hit with "Lady Frederick" and last week he did still better, according to the critics, with another comedy, "Jack Straw," In which Charles Hawtrey fills the leading role. It Is crisply written, has all the fun of a farce and the sweet reasonable ness of a comedy. In short. It is Incessantly amusing snd keeps the audience chuckling until the fall of the curtain. It la just the sort of play and according to Sidney Grundy the only sort of play that the pub lic hankers after In these days. No one Is quicker to spot a coming man than Charles Frohman and it waa natural, therefore, that he should commission Mr. Msughan to write a play which will pro vide Marie Tempest with a real "Marie Tempest" part. It Is a three-act modern comedy and will be staged at the Comedy Music and Musical Notes HQ last shadow of the dark days T la over. The dawn has come and the sun of Easter has risen witn might and glory. Alleluia haa given rout to MlBererel The bells ring once more: omn. sound forth the joyous tone, and choristers sing, "Hs is Risen." And ever and again, we put our hands to our ears, and in the attitude of listening, we catch from afar, coming down through the centuries, the words of the angel "Why seek ye the living among the deadT" The musician who feels In himself the stirring of a soul, who listens to the voices within, undisturbed by. the noises Without, haa not abandoned lellglon. He may not be a very orthodox "believer," but yet he may Intuitively "know" more than many believers "believe." To believe the truth Is one thing, to know tt-ls another. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Browning says. "God has a few' of us whom He whispers In the ear; the rest may reason and welcome; 'Us ws musician know." Know what? ..); , To know the truth, tree. That will make us But what is the truth that comes to us s we think of the significance of these Easter lilies, these environing outbursts of Alleluia, these pulsating, loudly-appealing. Influential suggestions of new life, this all pervading atmosphere of resurrection? "Why aeek ya the living among the dead '' How that question rings, and echoes, and throbs and vlbates! Not In the rules of tha academicians shall we find the truth. Not in the applause of those who are Indiscriminate in their ap proval shall we find truth. Not In the dry bone of technique or In the tomb of for malism shall we find the body of the cruci fied truth. Not In the grave-elothes of tradition will it remain embalmed. ' Then, "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" ' To know th Truth is-to give up tho search among tha dead for tha thing that Is Living. ' ' In the musician's Ufa there 'are many struggles, mat misunderstandings, many faults to be overcome, many defeats ta be regretted, many sorrows to be encountered, many bitternesses to be endured. But these are the things which one must rise over and above. The resurrection must go on dally, and must be reached by a cross. Sometimes we become utterly discouraged because of circumstances and we feel like chanting our dismal miserere "What's the use?" 9ut there comes to us ths ever-persistent question from the empty tomb away off yonder -why seek ye the living among tha dead?" : And. then comes the resurrection of our hope and our courage and our aspiration and we feel with Emerson, thst "Our life Is an apprenticeship to the Truth, that around every circle another can be drawn: . . . every end la a beginning: that there is always another dawn risen on mldnoon." This Is the time when we msy esrnestly think of rising Into another Idea and pur suing a higher ideal. This, to us. Is the resurrection spirit. This is the message of Easter. To follow ths tToughTof the Concord Philosopher: "The key to every man is hla thought. The life of men Is a self evolving circle, which from a ring Inper ceptibly small rushes on all sides outwsrd to new and larger circles, and that without end." "Every man Is not so much a workman In the world as he Is a sugges tion of that hs should be. Men wslk as prophecies of the next age." "Every man believes that he has a greater possi bility." These are the thoughts which corns to one today as the atmosphere Is perfumed and harmonised by the thoughts of hope, op tlrolsm, resurrection. What a cheering solo Tennyson sings to us, this happy morning, with his radiant voice, as he atanda among the lilies: I held the truth, with him who sings To ons clear harp In divers tonus, Thet men msy rise on stepping-atones Of tnelr dead selves to higher things. How many of us liavs felt the sting of the dead self at times and how often we have lameoted the blunders we have made! But again cornea tha voice, "Why aeek ye the living among the dead?" V , Hihind us in our Mth ws esst The broken potsherds of the past, And all are ground to dust at last, v And trodden into clayl v Thus sings t the poet Longfellow, who gives us a rsy of Truth when he proclaims that "art is the child of nature," her darl ing child, and that whether msn be art let or artisan, he ran only touch the human heart or "satisfy our nobler needs' by set soon after Easter. The leading role, which fits the chsrmlng Mnrle like a glove, Is that of a fascinating widow, liberally endowed with worldly goods snd a bit anxious to provide herself with a successor to the rich brewer who endowed her with them. She falls In love with young fellow who hep pen to be engaged to another girl. He Is willing enough to drop her for the pretty widow and his poverty furnishes him with a ready excuse. But he unexpectedly be comes rich and that renders the problem much more difficult of a solution consistent with his own sense of honor. A satisfactory way out of the dllemna Is eventually found, of course, the various Jacks and Jills are rewarded with the happlneas they denfre and all ends satisfactorily, as all good comedies should. From Mr, Maughan'a almost unprece dented V hold on London theaters It might be Inferred that he Is writing with both handa and knocking off plays at a few hours' notice. But part of the golden har vest ha Is how reaping Is the result of work dons when he wss laboring and wait ing. "Lady Frederick" was written four years ago and "Jack Straw" he haa had on hand two years. Now he Is bent on mak ing hay while the sun shines. Nothing succeeds like success,xbut In. Mr. Barrio's case It has proved a little embar rassing. One of- his plays Is keeping an other waiting. Because "The Admirable Crlghton" still draws good houses at the Duke of York's the production of his new comedy at the same theater haa been post poned until September. Mr. Barrle's new piece is modern, sentimental comedy and Is Anglo-8cotch In setting and characters. The chief characters will be Scotch, but the average playgoer will be glad to learn none of them speak any dialect. The au dience will be supposed to know they are Scotch by the things they do the author's view being that In given circumstances Scotch and English would act quite differ ently,, and hat though they were dumb, you would know their nationality by their different ways of crossing a road. The Scot, Mr. Barrle holds, Is an eternal sur prise to the Englishman and the English man to the Scot, and the new play will be a hopeless attempt to make them under stand each other. It deals with the great- ting his willing feet In nature's footprints and following fearlessly where she leads. Thls Is the call to us who are musicians today. To put in the background the tech nicalities of art, to quit "showing off," to bring out the beautiful things in music, to touch hearts .and Inspire lives, and rest the minds and souls of those who listen, or Inspire them to rise to the highest heights of their own natures. The average concert la a very elaborate and correctly appointed funeral pf th body of music Much time haa been spent on furnishings. Ws want a resurrection, not a burial. Ferhaps these words may reach 'soma musician today In some lonely place, where the Easter Joy 1 not manifest. Ferhaps one I In despair over hop deferred or am. bltlon nipped; perchance one may be griev ing over s. departed loved one; perhaps one la lonely for a lost love; perhaps another for a wasted opportunity or a, badly spent youth. Let the message ring through you, "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" Remember that othera have been tn the same position and have heard the call, and have arisen to the "vision splendid." "The star Is never lost that once was seen; we always may be what we might have been." Aspire we still may; nor think the utmost height Of an attainable sweep Is won. You may turn to your essay on "Circles" again and hear what Emerson ssys, "It Is the highest power of divine moments that they abolish our contritions also. I accuse myself of sloth and unprofitableness day by day, but when these waves of God flow Into ma I no longer reckon lost time." "People wish to be settled: only so far as they are unsettled; Is there any hope for them." "We do not guess todsy the mood, the pleasure, the power of tomor row, when we are building up our being." You note well what the ssge has told us. But If we keep seeking the living joy, and mood, and pleasure,' and power that he speaks of, "among the dead," in memories of the psst. tribulation of the present or fear of the future, we will not attain the resurectlon spirit love and aspiration. We will be trying to hold the "angel" at the tomb, while the "archangel" is waiting for ua outside it. ' "The wsy of llf Is wonderful; It Is by sbsndonment!" Why seek ye the living among the dead?" And last you should think that there Is anything new In this doctrine, let me tell you what Marcus Aurellus said, about A. D. 160 (!): "Observe always that everything la th result of a change, and get used to think ing that there Is nothing nature love so well as to chsnge existing form and to make new ones like them." THdMAS J. KELLY. Maslcsf Notes, Miss Elolse Wood gave a recital of tha work of her pupils yesterday. Those taking part were fhyllia Hunter, Margaret Thomas, Berenice Whitney, Lester Shane, Eleanor Austin, Katherine Mullin, Dorothy Wright, Margaret Williams and Adelyn Wood. , y Ths lsst meeting of the eesson of the muslcsl department of the Woman'a club will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 15 o'clock. As this day is the snnlverssry of the death of Wlllluin Shakespeare the pro gram will be devoted to "hhakespeare in Music." A very fine program will be given under the direction of Miss Blanche Soren son, who haa spsred no pains to make the occasion a noteworthy one. Among thoae who will assist sre Misses Elolse Wood, Henrietta Kees. Msrlon Ward and Mrs. Wagoner, pianists: Mr. Vernon Bennett, organist: the Amlcttta Violin Quartet, Misaes Lucy Miller (director), Phllomena Gentleman, Elvira Green, Agnes Whalen and Edith Miller. The singers who will as sist will be Miss Sorenson, Miss Laura Goets, Miss Rlggs. Miss Weber, Mrs, Jen nlson, Mrs. Dale. Mrs. Helgren, Miss Moses, Mr. Fryor. Mr. Jo Barton and Mr. Haver stock. Mrs. Turner presents Mrs. Mabelle Crawford-Welpton, contralto, in a recital Monday evening, April 27, at the First Dril Methodist chureh. Tt the following program will be sung, sceomranlat: Madam Borglum will be the Wldmung Intermetae Schumann Eandmsnnchen Ths Disappointed Bere- nader , Brahms Btandchen Strauss II se gretto (opera, Lucrecia. Borgia)... Donlsettl En Dormant Jacques Blumenthal I fielle du Tlol Augueta Holmes "Spring Is Here" Ethel Dick "I Know a Lovely Garden". Guy d Hsrdelot "Mother Sleep" ...Lisa Lehmann ' Who'll Buy My Lavender? : Edward German "The Ballad of tha Tree and the Mas ter" Chadwick April Rain Little One A'crytn' Oley Soeaks "The Do'ch Clock" Grant-Schsefer "Aeiie of Hoses" Mary Kulght Wood "No Ons Saw at All Loews Robert Cuseaden will glvs a violin re eital. with orchestra accompaniment, on Thursday evenlne. May 14. at the First Baptlat church. The program wfll be mad ud of compositions originally eomoosed tor violin solo and orchestra In order that they rnsr be presented In their orlsfnal scoring. Mr. Max Landov- will direct th orchestra. W't bv Moaart. Keethoven. Wenlakl nil Ualrt ttaona will ha frntal. est of all social problems: "Which Is th right woman to mrry?" Dramatists especially those of the un acted variety ar much Interested in tho proposed formation of a dramatic author' oclety to b modelled on the line of th fsmous French one. With managers com peting for his work the veteran dramatist can tsk pretty good csr of themselves, but the young author, It Is argued, sorely needs the protection which such a society would afford him. In his eagerness to get a plsy accepted, his Is apt to part with his manuscript for whstever offer may be mad him. If It turns out a "winner" It I th enterprising mansger who Is enriched and the dramatist has to be content. In tha main, with empty glory. With a aoclety to make contracts for him and collect his fees It Is contended that he would be assured of a reaaonable share of the money made In the event of his play making a hit. ' Caseins Greats. For the rest of the current week, with matinees on Sundsy, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the Woodward Btock com pany at the Boyd theater will present "His House in Order," the cast remaining ths same as at the successful opening of the season last night. ' On, next 8unday after noon the first performance of "In the Bishop' Carriage," the fine comedy drama made by Channlng Pollock from Miriam Mlchelson's novel of the same name, will be given. This play, which has been seen but once In Omaha, tells a rattling good story of a girl who was brought up among thieves, but who comes under the Influ ence of a good man, and, Is brought to see things In a right light, Albery Morrison will have the role of William Latimer, the man who works the chsnge In Nance Olden, played by Miss Fleming. It is a strong psychological study and also has t delight ful vein of comedy running through It. One of the most successful plays of the present season Is 'Th Little Prospector," a comedy drama which come to the Krug theater for four days, starting with today' matinee. Th play wa written especially for "Chic" Perkins by a master hand In stagecraft and the lines and "business'' fit her like a glov. "Chic" Perklna 1 sur rounded with a group of theatrical statel lites that ar an Important factor In the success of the new play and give the mag netic little staj excellent support, which causes 'The Little Prospector" to mn as smooth as the waters of a mountain brook. There Is an element of pathos tn the drama that Is not overworked and the comedy Is not. of the "slap-stick" order, but Is clean, refined, yet the situations never fall to bring roar of hearty laughter. "Just a Woman's 'vVay," a new five-act drama, which has recently been presented tn the east, come to the Krug theater for three days, starting Thursday. April 22. The play Is from the pen of Sidney Walter Pasco, so long associated with Lincoln 3. Carter of Chicago. Mr. Pascoe haa taken the old story of "love will find a way" for his theme, but present It In an entirely new way. Intermingled with th story of intense heart Interest the writer hss In jected a goodly number of good wholesome comedy, which carries his audience many times from tears to laughter. The play Is entirely different from th general run of melodrama seen on the popular circuit this season, as It I entirely devoid of gun plsy or effect of sensationalism,. The end of tha Lenten season will be marked at tha Burwood theater by th presentation of what haa been pronounced th strongest drama ever written that ha to do with a period of the civil war. "Secret Service" Is known far and near And It author, William Glllett. never gave to the stage a stronger story of heart In terest than this. The story happen tn Richmond, Vs., at a time when that con federate city Is being besieged by the union forces. One of the rr.rst intensely Interest ing dramatic scenes ever conceived trans pires during the third act, the action of which occurs In the confederate- war de partment telegraph cfflce in Richmond. Mr. Roger of the Burwood company will be seen to excellent advantage aa Captain Thome, Mr. Gillette's part. The produc tion to be given "Secret Service" will be strictly In keeping with th Burwood' ex cellent reputation a a producing house. Much attention has been given to th costuming, which will be In keeping with the period of the civil war. Immediately after th matinee next Tueaday afternoon' Miss Leasing and Mr. Roger, the "leads" of the company, .will hold a reception on the stage, at which time they will be pleased to personally meet all Burwoodltes. There will be matinees of "Secret Service" Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The last two performances of "The Hills of California" will be given today. A banner week I expected down at th Orpheum starting mattne today when the biggest feature In vaudeville. Th Fadettes Orchestra of Boaton will be th chief at traction on a program embracing several of the season's nsw hsadlln successes and a variety of acts altogether constituting a program declared to excel any seen this season at this cosy playhouse. "The Fa dettes," twenty-two' attraotlve young women, clad in Immaculate white prettily grouped around their Imposing lesder, Csr ollns B. Nichols, create an agreeable and pleasing spectacle for the eye to rest upon and In the musical world virtually mark a new departure. Second In Importance will be Gus Edwards' "School Boys and Girls," an act depicting the froltcksome, rolllcksom gambols of school days pre sented by nine juvenile comedians, singers j and dancers hesded by Herman Tim berg, I who not only sings and dances, but plays a violin so consummately that the famous Belgian violin virtuoso, Ysage. la said to have predicted a future for him. The con tingent of prety girls is hesded by Msude Earle, a young sister of Virginia Earlt, tha prima donna. The dashing little toe dancer and national character dancer. Mig nonette Kokln, Is down as a special In centive for the near seat proclivity. "The Ward Heeler," a comedy sketch, will be presented by the versstlle entertainer, Thomaa J. Keough, and Ruth Francis, a girl whose prettlness Is winning her no tice. Galettla' monkeys, onoe a feature with the Orpheum Road ahow; Charles Brown, a dapper chap, vocalist and mon ologlst. styled "The Boy Entertainer." and new klnodrome pictures, round out th bill. General Manager Beck send word h ha booked Vesta Victoria for the closing week of the season at th Orpheum, which will be the last week of the present American tour of the famous English comedienne. Among tha songs that she hss sung into a vogue gre: "Watlng At The Church," "Poor John," "Queen of the Jubufe Islands." "BUlle Green." ."It Ain't . All Honey." "Don't Oet Married Any More. Ma." "Answer Goo Goo." and "It's All Right In the Summer Time." snd H is likely sll these songs and othsrs wHl be sung her by Miss Victoria aa tha contract stipulates shs will sing her repertoire and change song at each performance. Sweden ha during the lsst decade sent many Individuals and several organisation to America to make known tha high stan dards of Us culture, principally In muslcsl fields. As la earlier day Jenny Ltnd and Christine NUsson have been heard with en thusiasm, so have Carolln Oestberg, Carl Lundqulst, Johannes EJmblad. Anna' Hell Strom, John vForsell won laurels every where. Tha famous male choir of the Lund university,' and the Swedish , Young Men's Christian assoclstion have been hailed with delight on American shores. Now Sweden sends her crack military orchestra of thirty-five musicians, th Roy si Kronoborg regiment band to thla country to tour the past and the northwest In concerts under the bston cf its famous director. Emill Hoeberg, of the court orchestra of ths Royal opera of Stockholm. The Royal Kronoberg regiment band will appear here In . grand concert Thursday, April 23, I o'clock p. m at the Auditorium with the celebrated artist, Mme. Malty Hoegberg of the Royal opera, Stockholm, Sweden, as soloist. Gossip from Btageland. Manager Breed of the Krug theater will leave Omaha immediately after the close of the season on May 23 for New York, where he will Join Ben Berk, the big bookmaker on the eastern tracks as cashier. Breed was with this big book for twelve years and Is now called back on account of his technical knowledge of the game. He will join the book at the Belmont track and will stay with tt through June and July, coming back to Omaha during the first week In August for the opening of the Krug season. In the meantime hs hss his hsnds full of the preliminary arrangements for the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival, which he expects to put on again next fall. The scene of the three-act comedy, "The High Bid," which Henry James has written for Forbes Robertson, Is lsid In the great hall of an old country mansion, mortgaged up to the hilt. The owner Is a young man of poor family, and a radical, who, tempted Into unworthy ways, finds deliverance st the hsnds of a beautiful young American girl. It Is her Intervention which saves this ambitious politician for his lands and polltlcsl creed snd awakens him to a better appreciation of his old ancestral place. When the chorus girls of "The Merry Widow" company st the Colonial In Chi cago recently voted to decide which of their number had the best rigure. Miss Charlotte Allen unanimously was elected. She Is five feet four Inches In height, with a ! Irch bust snd 19 Inch walnt. She wears No. t gloves and No. 2V4 shoes. She Is 20 years old, weigh 128 pounds and Is a brunette. This Is Ethel Barrymore's "big" srjeeeh in "Her Bister:" "Life Isn't tod easy j for girls who are thrown on their own re sources. They must earn a living somehow. And what can they do? Typewriting the stage manicuring a big shop? Why, the mere names of each of those hsve become a coarse joke In the mouth of the mn who above all others ought to refrain from Just such slanders. If a girl don't care for admiration for love you call her un natural and laugh' at her as a frump. But If. when admiration comes as It comes to the shop girl to the stage girl typewriter and all the rest If she listens for a mo ment. If she allows herself to be whirled away, If she atop only on the edge of the Free I pics, you don't wait to hear If she alls over, you class her at once with the lowest of the low, you "throw her out of your house neck and crop!' It's a wicked shsmel I don't ask you for heroic virtues but lust for fairness, for squareness, snd for a little common sense, a little pity for puy is uoa common sense; ' Henry W. Savage did not, unlike most theatrical managers, work his way up from tne bottom through all the grades, tie was a wealthy real aetata dealer In Boston when the Castle Square theater came into his hands, and he set himself to work to make it pay. The Castle Square Opera company was tne result. From this he went on from triumph to triumph, until today he la a foremost American producer. He grad uated at Harvard in President Roosevelt's Class. Florence Roberts will be seen In a new Play the coming season. John Cort, who has done more to advance the exceptional talenta of this clever star, has not an nounced the title of the play, but It la said that nothing this artist haa even ap peared In Is so well suited to her sterling ability. Miss Roberts is recognised as one of the greatest emotional actresses of this country and her appearance In a play so highly spoken of will be doubly welcome. Max Ftgman will be seen In a new play the coming season. The vehicle which Mr. Cort will present his only male star In is a comedy by a prominent author of many metropolitan auccesses. Mr. Cort Is very enthusiastic over this play, and looks for it to be even a greater success thsn "The Man on ths Box." Bong writing Is hardly more profitable than other forms of verse making. Only about one In every 8,000 songs written be come popular. AMUSEMENTS. Phen Doug. 404 ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Kit. till) 2:I5-Ei!r 1:8 8:15 Week Starling Mai. Today The Fadettes Women's Or chestra of Boston MiGHOHETTE KGKIfl Impressions From English Music Halls THO. J. RUTH KEOUGH & FRANCIS Preeentlng "The Ward Heeler" HARRY TSUDA Wonderful Japanese Equilibrist GALETTIS MONKEYS A. Paxaoxlcal Simian Novelty CHARLEY BR0V7IJ The Boy Entertainer KINODROME Always th Newest In Motion lectures GUS; EDWARDS School Boys and Girls WITH HERMAN TIMBERS PRICES-lOo. 2 5c and 50a 7sa Special Easter Table D'ilote AT THE CALUMET 1G03 Spring Lamb V AMt'lKME'TS. The Omaha May Music Festival May 28th, Afternoon and Evening; and 29th, Afternoon and Evening. Under tho Auspices of the Oratorio of Omaha will consist of four concerts at which will appear tho MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Emil Oberhoffer, conductor, giving one symphony pro gram and the other with Mr. Carlo Fischer, 'cellist, in obli gato solo. Miss Agnes Fetring, soprano, St. Louis; Mr. Edwin Walker, tenor, New York; Mr, Albert Barroff, basso, Chi cago; Mannerchor forty voices, large mixed chorusrender, ing Haydn's "Creation." Mr. Ira B. Penniman, director. Season tickets, entitling holder to two reserved seats for entire festival, $5.00. Send remittance to Oratorio Soci ety, 672 Brandeis Bldg., Omaha. Thursday, April Kronoberg Grand ilitary Royal DIRECT FKOM SWEDEN 35 PICKED MUSICIANS with Mme. MOLLY HOEGBERG OF THE Royal Opera. Stockholm, Sweden, Soloist Under the Directorship ERIK HOEGBERG, Director Court Orchestra Royal Opera, Stockholm, Sweden. Ticket $1.00. 75 and 50 li0x Office April 2023. N"! '"I" '",Tt'ft'" ",,u"' " "" '',,''wtasjjjij'fwsjsi '.i'iianaj.iaj iiM..ufffW BOYD'S THEATER This Afternoon, Tonight, AH Week OPENING WEEK OF THE FAVORITE Woodward Stock Co. Fresentln0 for Opening Week JOHN DREW'S HIT HOUSE m PRICES-lOc and 25c Seat Can De Reserved One Week In Adance Special Attention fald to Telephone Orders PHONES Bell, TOMORROW WAR HELL! Osn'l Shtrmsn BSSSSaSBasaaaaaaaaaaaasasasasssJ An sbsorblns; tals of lovs and action Evenings mt 8:13. VI at a. Tuesday, Thursday, Sat. and Sunday Stage Reception by Miss Leasing: TODAT Last two times of "Ths Kills of MABELLE CRAWFORD - WELPTON IN SONG RECITAL Monday Evening, April 27 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. For Advance Reservations telephone Mrs. Turner, Harney 1283. General Sale Monday, April 28, Schmoller & Mueller Box Office. , J81.0G 75 Ms tines Today, 10-35-60 4 Bays Slartlsfl Mat. Wrduesa. MATINEE TODAY 1KB MAO3TI0 X.ITTX.U ACTEIIS "CHIC" era r? go rr A i VX TBI XCWIST WISIEE3 FLAT The Little Prospector 3 S.VJ'.VrJ.; Thars. April 23 TBS rOWElTUL I, ITS O&iUA Just a Woman's Way Oro4 TrodactlOL BaaKassaBSSStfHIi'ff. -Ssoellstit Cast AMrUBMRlVTS, Society 23, 8 O'clock P. f.l. . oncerf Regiment Band ISE8SBB33 Doug. I506,lnd. A-1506 AND ALL WEEK..... Amsrlos's Orastost War Drama. E C R. E T ERVICE Bv WILLIAM GILLETTE during ths dark days In Richmond. and Mr. Roger Tuesday afternoon. California." 50. The Boyd Theatre School of Acting (A practical training echool for dramatic and peratio 6tage) Fourth Season Now Open Students' Matinee Eniragamont. LILLIAN FITCH. Director W. J. BURGESS. Msnatfer 5 iri: a-l I t"f f- 7 a a m c MM . V. " t.rj f )i S.SU0ARMAH il V j K?IO f ARNAM Yrt.-4 gtJsV