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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.
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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
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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.
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