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n TI1F, OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: MAY 10. 100. Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses HK coming of Maude Adiim it m I the feature of thn pi a in I I tlora tor Omaha folks. It iniciit realty to no me rratnr or me season, for It Is doubtful if any other actor has the hold on the public that ha been named by thlx we--ern woman. Miss Adams la pccult ir y the note of Joy In the world of the IV il.-r. She ha always linen associated Willi i l.iys whose, motive has been to (how thut Hood nees predominates and thiU Joy I upper moat In the normal h-nrt. In her . resent enterprise she haa a role even more whim sical and fantastic thnn her jvter "an. and yet she make Chicot a Jest" . ho wins both heart and aoul. Maudo ...una la a peculiar ronipoalte of mentality and vitality ami haa been able to blend the two Into a moat d-:inlitfiil personality, of which ahe Klves unararinsly to her pub lic. In her work the dominant thought la one of cheerful optimism, and her nie MQ la one of love and llRht and help. And the probabilities are that ahe will receive the welcome here to which aho Is entitled and which sho has always had a tribute from aa many people as can crowd Into the Hoyd theater during Irt two performances. Now and again the discussion turns on the preaa agent and hia utility. Several noted actors of late have taken occasion to empty vials of more or less corrosive wrath on the head of the devoted Indi vidual who goes "ahead of the show" and tries to lntereat the ruhllc in the forth comlng appearance of 'the' man ' who is presently engaged In abusing him. Now, this Isn't fair. The atar would no mora be a atar if denied publicity than tho moon would be illumined If the sun dldii't shine upon It. The star's popularity depend?! not so much on his own ability as on the way In which it Is put before the people. And the public Is u whimsical brute at bent and takes i(Uoer likes and dislikes. No pruna agent can ever be held responsi ble fur this peculiarity on the part of the public, but If he uudoistands his buslnes.4 he can take advantage of it in the one in stance and in boiuu measure counteract It In the other. It la no longer required of the preaa agent that he do freak things In order to attract attention to the man or woman whom he may for the moment be trying to bring into favorable public notice. How to do this .und not uflVnd good taste Is the problem for the press agent. Ita solution naturally calls lor a certain degreo of Inventiveness and originality In Its treatment, for the mod ern new paper editor dosn't readily "fall" for the stuff that used to "go eaay." "Straight" stories are always welcome, but with all due renoect for the stars, mighty few of them furnish much copy for good news stories, and to the press Hircnt is re quired to make the most of the llttlo he can get and sometimes spreads It out mighty thin. Certain of the great ones are always welcome subjects for newspa per discussion, but they are mighty few, and for the other It Is nothing unless it be that the publicity manager can slip In a fleeting paragraph now and then. One of the complaining stars haa referred to the press agent aa being Ignorant, and possessed of other undesirable attributes. It is certain that that star doesn't know much about rresa agenta, or he spoke In hia haste. Not all of the press agents are possessed of deep literary attainments, but some of them are. Some former press nirents are now listed well up among the dramatists; Augustus Thomas, for example, and ('banning Pollock. No more scholarly or polished gentleman ever entered a news paper office than "Stuttering" Charley Davis, or one whose visit waa more wel come. He haa been succeeded by James. J. Brady, whose erudition la as profound a hia devotion to the circus business Is Inexplicable. If some of the stars of the American stage were as deeply versed In the ordinary information that goes to, tnake up a polite education aa either of these gentlemen, the stage would be tho gainer. Who would ever think of calling dear old 'Tody" Hamilton an ignoramus, or Major John Burke? Yet these are only press agents. Maurice Campbell, who has made a success of tho business affairs of hia wife, Mlaa Crosman, wrote press no tices for her, and got them printed, be cause his roportorlal training on the New York Herald and other Journals taught him what sort of copy a news editor would likely pass. He wrote for the "man on the desk," and not for the manager of the show. Think of the miles and miles f copy Eddie Cooko has Induced editors to publish, and of the achievements of the Wiiatach boys Will McConnell used to call them "the Mentlon-Me brothers" In the way of securing publicity for themselves and the Interests they were promoting. And Eddie Dunn and "Punch" Wheeler, and A. Toxen Worm are they Ignorant, or do the editors merely take pity on them? This list might be strung out Indefinitely, but these will serve aa Illustrations. As a rule the press agent goes to the town along the route of the show, con cludes the detailed arrangements with the manager of the local theater, secures hotel accommodations for the company, and gen erally prepares tho way for the coming of the show. This requires that he plan the publicity campaign and provide for Its execution. In carrying out this latter part of hia undertaking, he must Induce editors to give some apace to the publication of matter In reference to the company and the play It Is presenting. Photographs are offered to Illustrate tho announcement, and other work Is done, of which the star wots not, and without which the public would hear but little of the actor or the play. This is not work for ignorant men; ' It requires specialists, men who know what they arc about and how to go about It. It la a mighty poor tribute to the news papers of America, whose columns are filled with laudatory announcements of this, that or the other of the actor folks, that the press agents are an Ignorant lot. On the contrary, they are as a class a fine lot of hard working men, loyal to their em ployers and earnestly trying to fill a field of endeavor thut Is aa thuuklcss as the critic's, but Just as necessary and essen tial to the life of the show business. AOE'S SLANG WOHItlES ("OCKJiEVS Bat English Aodlrnrra Like Kan of The rullrse Widow." LONDON. May (Special.) If "The College Widow." which Henry W. Savage la presenting In Londtn. has taught the ratlve Britisher anything It is that the American language, as regards certain purple patches pf It, Is a foreign tongue. The audiences at the Adelphl, while keenly enjoying the show, are mill struggling man fully with Oeorge Ade's "line of talk." The management of the American farce have done all In their power to help the English theater-goer to some sort of an appreciation of Amcrlc n slang "a la Ade." For Instance, with every program they give a glossary explaining the plain-English' English of such choice bits aa "a web footed rube," "cutting up didoes'' and "sick the wldcw on him." But although this document . Is studied assiduously by the audience I think they don't know any more after than they did before reading 11. For one thing the dialogue and Incidents move too rapidly for tho mental processes of our British cousins. This, even despite the fact that the paoe hag been considerably lowered aittca the drvea rehearsal. The playurs now tnko thlnira slowly, Judged from the Ameri can standard, to give the audiencH an op portunity of understanding enme of the Chicago humorist's best rfforta. But Iti vain. The audience goes Into convulsions at every performance over the compelling humor of the play, the humor "that makes the whole world kin ' and which Is inde pendent of the slang, but it does not and cannot appreciate the slang. The lines that were always good for a "laugh" In the I'nlted Htates here pnsa by unnoticed. It is all Absolutely lost on tho Hrltlsh audi ence. It rolla off theh- comprehension like water off a duck's back. "Stub" Talinage, who can't open his mouth without emitting a delicious piece of alang. gets ripples of encouraging mirth only from the Ameri cans in the audience. But "Bub" Hicks, the "web-footed rube," and Hon. Elam Hlcka. both of Squnntumvllle, who would not know a choice bit of slang If it came up to them In the atreet ami shook them by the hand, can't come on the stage with out a burst of joyoue rapture from the atnlls, the pit. the balcony and the gallery. All the slang that even Oeorge Ade at his best Is capable of writing could never have made the play a aucceaa If it did not have the elementa of universal humor. It Is the weakness in humor that will probably make a good deal of difference be tween the London reception of "Way Iwn East" and that of "Mrs. Wlgga" and "Tho College Widow." The antics of HI Holler, the chore boy, and the tendency of tho professor to alt on his hat and engage in other elementary diversions, did not aeem to make much appeal to the first night audience at the Aldwych theater. We Amer icans In the audience enjoyed tho pictures of farm life, but they were so different from anything known here that the Eng lish spectators seemed rather puzzled, and considerably bored by the trite story and Music and Musical Notes HE following article will found TT I by the writer in his mail box I I at The Bee. It Is a clipping 1 ' . 1 . . I. - X 1. T 1 noill illt; lirw lum x irooJiu whs doubtless passed along by the exchange editor as being a V ii ....ig lor me music column: 'What I can't understand, and what all foreigners traveling here can't understand about you Americans is your indifference to your own songs." said a Oerman-Amer-lcan. "You have plenty of good songs that are typically American, but nobody knows them. You try very hard to learn the Ger man lieder and students' songs ami tho lolk songs of France, Russia and Italy and even Scottish and Irish ballads, but somehow you think It shows provincialism and poor musical taste to know your own songs. Such a sentiment doesn t exist any where else in tho world. You get a band of Hermans or Frenchmen or Russians to gether and they can sing their native songs for hours without either words or music. They are learned by heart from generation to generation, it is a shame mat you Americans can't do the same thing. Last night 1 was at an Informal affair made uo of Germans and Americans. They kept a young German chap hammering away at the piano half the time. After a while he switched from the songs of his own coun try and Btruck up 'Old Kentucky Home.' There wasn't an American In the crowd that could sing more than two lines of it. If I were an American I'd try to put Into the hands of every child a book of the best American songs and see that lie learned to sing them." This German-American who has taken his grievance Into the newspaper has a right to a respectful hearing. He Is no doubt partly correct In his views, but he is In error on some points. For Instance, ho says that Americans are Indifferent to their own Bongs. The gentleman has probably never seen an American audience when the band Is playing "Dixie." When the late lamented Lieutenant Dan God trey, the renowned British bandmaster, was hero at the exposition he was im mensely struck with the American enthu siasm for all of the alra connected with the war times. More especially was he astonished at the vociferous and bolsteroua applause when the bandsmen struck up "Dixie," a southern tune. It la not true that Americans are Indif ferent to their own songs. It ia true, however, aa the gentleman points out, that as a people we do not sing our songs. We are too busy. It Is much latter to hire someone else to do It. Perhaps this Is aa Individual a character istic as any possessed by the American people. i If we wnnt our songs, let us hear a band play them, and pay for It; we have not the time nor the inclination to do them. We don't know how to sing and we have no time to practice. If we want a continuation of the game of base ball, let us hire a team of men and a captain, and let these men give up all their time to that one thing, namely, play ing all the points that can be played in the game of base ball, and we will come out and watch; we have no time to keep It up, now that we have gono Into the business or professional world. But we are not Indifferent to base ball, although we don't play. (And let me break off here for Juat a moment to pay my reapecta to those Inso lent near-great puffed-up palronlzera who come here, and grab with an everlasting reach and an all-persistent grip, everything that la not nulled down, making faces at the American people at the same time, as regarding their "capacity" for Art and Music and Literature, as regarding their susceptibility to culture "Kultyuh!" It Is all very well for Germans In Germany, or Britishers in Britain, or Frenchmen in France, or Italians in Italy, to tail us any names tiny please, to ridicule us from our nnsal twang to our pronounclation of Amer ica (or Annirlea); these are within the proprieties. But when these tamo Ger mans, Frenchmen, Britishers, Italians, Patagonlans, Imbecllians, or any other racial representatives come here, display their goods, get their price without mur mur, and then turn and rail at the ignor ance of the American people, there are only two conclusions which a sane and normal Individual can reach: First, that they are stupid, piratical ingralrs, whose vanity Is abnormal; and, second, that their wares and offerings are not worth the money, and that the American people did not know the difference between good things and the things they presented, therefore the American people are ignorunt of Art and unsusceptible to culture. iKiesn't it strike you as humorous?) And now, most patient of readers, having relieved my emotional system of that in cubus, und reminding you that I hate any thing in the way of Jingoism (but the Irish tire of righteous Indignation blazes forth once In a while ,i great while, we'll say), let us proceed back (that Is too delicious a "bull" for me to cornet I will leave It to posterity), let us then "proceed back" to whero we were when wo were Interrupted by those mammon-eating sharks who are so sensitive on tho sjbjutl of American art impulses. We were saying, were we not, that be cause we do not "play" base ball we are not necessarily indifferent to base ball, because we do not sing the old songs. It does iiot follow that we are Indifferent to them. Well. another thought presents lUeU. We the "heart Interest," Jest as thev were t bond by the little touch of "heart lnter eat" In ' Mrs. Wiggs of the Cililmge Patch. " Edward It. Doyle, the general manager for William A. Brady, learning that a con densed version of ' Way Down East" Is being presented In the music balls under the title of "Hearta of Oold." haa Instructed his attornoys to sue for damages as well aa to at once atop any unauthorized ver alons of hia piece. Mr. Doyle claims that Mr. Brady owna the sole producing rights In this country. Just the same as he has in the t'nlted Blates for many years past. Mlas Fannie Ward haa helped along the English reputation of American acting in her production of Mra. Humphry Ward's re vlaed stage version of "The Marriage of William Ashe." By general consent of the crltlca, she was much better than the play. The version presented here was consider ably different from the version given in America. The distinguished author of the book of which the play is a dramatization, collaborated with Miss Margaret Mayo In preparing the play for English uao. In commenting on tho piny In the Telegraph, W. Ii. Courtney, editor of the Fortnightly Review, made somo observations on the dramatization of novels that are so much to tho point as to be worth quoting. "Again and again," he saya, "It has been pointed out that between th"t art of the writer of romance and the art of the dramatist there lies a gulf so wide as hardly to bo bridged over. It is not that the material at the disposal of each varies to an appreciable degree, rather Is It that the manner of handling necessarily differs largely. About the work of the true play wright there la a directness, a concentra tion, an intensity which his brother crafts man is r.trely, if ever, called upon to cul tivate; he thinks In situations, he keeps hia eyes fixed unfailingly upon the goal like the music of the pianoforte; our alsters and our daughters play it, but sister and daughter havo frequently other engage ments, and so brother and father must go without, or else or else go to work with that Indomitable aplrlt whjch has done so much, and do what ? Why, bless your heart, Invent something to play It for us. JtiBt think of how many years pianos were played by the dear good peoplo across the aeaa and not one of them ever thought of Inventing something to play the piano for you, when you couldn't play It yourself! Think of it! There now! You said that I waa making a plea for the piano that is played mechan ically, didn't you? But 1 was not. I merely cito the matter In proof that because we do not play tho platio ourselves it does not mean that we are Indifferent to It. By the piano-playing devices and their popularity I think I prove tho case that the American people aro not Indifferent to pianoforte musk; any more than they are to base ball. Again, your American business man has not the time to study the organ and he wants to hear it, ao he hirea aomeone to Invent' an organ that he can play himself with mechanical assistance, and learn to do It in as short a time as It takes him to learn how to run his new touring car. And he enjoys singing, but has not the time to learn how to sing, which la very unfortunate for ua who happen to teach that branch, because it keeps the market small and the competition big, and so Borne bright genius goes to work, and lo! the opera of "Pagllacci" Is presented at your own home in musical form by tho beat singers In the world, and you can have them sing more than once for the same money, which no manager can do, and you can make them sing any time you want them to, and not only when "they" want to. If I were a manager I would own one of those machines, JuBt for my own satis faction at times. But I had almost forgotten my Teutonic Columbian friend whom I quoted at the beginning of this article. I do not . agree with him that we "try very hard to learn the German lieder and student's songs, and the folk songs of France, Russia and Italy, and even Scottish and Irish ballads." True, we people who are studying the art of song and of singing are doing Just what he says, but that the American people are doing this, I think not. And again, "I think not" when he, says that wo think "It shows provincialism and poor musical taste to know our' own songs." Nothing like that In our great American family, nothing like that We Just naturally have "plumb, forgot" them; we have been so busy, so very buaj that we have let other things crowd them out of our minds. But when we hear them sung, then It all comes back to us. Sing "My Old Kentucky Home" you sweet voiced artist, you well trained chorus, and and look over the audience as you finish with the words "We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home, For the old Kentucky homo far away." And then send me a report on the "Indifference of the American people to their own songs." Tills Is only one instance. Our friend says that "you get a band of Germans, or Frenchmen or Russians, to gether, and they can sing their native songs for hours without either words or music." Well, do you know, I believe that! I have, heard borne such samples, but I thought it was my fault that I could not rave over it, I understand now. It was all right; they were singing, without music or worda. For myself, us the Britisher says. I would much prefer my songs with words und music if possible. However, our friend is eminently and gloriously right when he says: "If I were an American I'd try to put Into the hands of every child a book of the best American songs und see that they learntjd to sing them." "Them's my sentiments!" ' THOMAS J. KELLY. Musical .olra, A most elaborate recital of operatic music was given on Thursday evening at the Lyric by Mrs. Mllllo Ryan and her pupils. The business affairs of the May music festival are in the hands of thu following persons: President, J. J. Dodd; secretary, Arthur Chase; treasurer, E. N. Bovli. On Thursday night Mr. Robert Cuseaden will present a most interesting violin re cital at the First Baptist churi h. He will play with the support of an orchestra of thirty members under the conductorshlp of Max Lai-dow. Mr. Cuscadeii is always well prepared in nis wurk und a very profitable evening may be expected. The fingers' Society Nordcn (Swedls;-. male chorus) will give a May concert on Thursday evening ul the L ric theater. There wiil be enjoyable singing and play ing by Mlssess Amy Austin and Mildred Peterson, plunu; Mr. Edquist, violin; Miss Edith Sllgtmrg tti-d Mr. Axel Helgren, singers, and the chorus. Mr. John t. Hel gren will conduct. An Interesting feature will he the address by He v. Adult Hull, who I a fine muslclun and scholar. The soloists In tho "Creation" will be Miss Agnes Pelilng, soprano; Mr. Fred erick Carberry, tenor, and Mr. Allien Bo- ruff, basso. Miss I'. trtng Is heralded as a singer with an American and European reputation. Mr. Cuibrrry has been heard here on at least two occasion, ana Mr. Boroff Is a man of whom much good is spoken in Chicago. Mr. Curio Fischer, the cellist, who created much enthusiasm last year, will be ail altr&clive mature. In front of him, he gees straight to the de- aired point. Hy a gesture, by a look. In a flash of silence more eloquent than speech, he la able to express as much as the novelist will In a dozen pages or an entire chapter. No better advice was ever given to the tribe of adapters than that. If they would reduce a published atory to dramatic form, their flrat atep, after read ing the book, should be to throw It away Itogether, and use only the central Idea. Absolute loyalty to the original author la. Indeed, not Infrequently the least valuable asset that a maker of plays can possess In such Instances." George Bernard Shaw has been ' reading his new play, "Gettlr Married," to the company at the Haymarket. and has been cutting It up Into acts. He Is said to have written It originally In one unbroken stretch. Tho green room gossip is that when the play Is produced on May 12 we are to have something In Shaw's best vein with a strong dramatic situation In It. Although Granville Barker haa come back from New York, he is not going to aprcar in the play and la aald to be yearning to begin work on another play of li is own. and Henry Alnley is to have the rart that had been set aside for Barker. It is characteristic of Shaw to choose one or other of these young men to represent the part of a bishop with a grown up family. In the meantime, Mrs. Langtry, who has the Haymarket until the Shaw play comes on. Is coming In for much criticism, and the play written for her by Sydney Grundy, "A Fearful Joy," Is coming In for even more criticism. W. J. Locke's experiment of turning his not altogether successful phantasy, "The Palace of Puck," Into a light opera, ap pears to have been worth making, according to accounts that come from the provinces, where the opera was produced last week. It will be put on here at the Apollo as soon as It Is polished Into form. Mr. Ixicke says, however, that the stage Is not going to tempt him away from novel writing, and that he has two or three books in mind on which he is much more keen than on any stage scheme. Sarah Bernhardt says she has a number of new plays In hand and that she hopes to come over to London again soon, but that she has no Idea at present whether or not sho will be making another visit to America. ' Com In k Events. For three days and Saturday matinee, starting Thursday night, James J. Corbett will be the attraction at the Krug In "The Burglar and Lady." Mr. Corbett has played this role long enough to make many friends all over the circuit. "The Jesters," In which Maude Adams will be seen at the Boyd Monday, Is illus trative of the adage "that youth will find a way" where the heart and fancy are en gaged. Reme De Chancenac (Miss Adams' role) and a friend, find themselves In love with the fair "Solange," daughter of the Baron De Mautpre. The baron is poor but proud. He keeps his daughter closely con fined to his weather-beaten and moulder ing old castle and holds aloof from his neighbors lest his poverty become known. Rene De Chancenac and a friend have caught glimpses of "Solange." They set about devising a way to break through the old baron's guard upon his domain. Dis guised as pedlars they gain an entrance to the castle. Once In side they make an ally of Oliver, the aged major-domo, und de cide to test whether It la man's handsome looks or his wit that wins a woman's love. By Oliver'a advice "Solango" pretends that tho wearisome life of the old castle Is un dermining her health. Her father becomes apprehensive and takes counsel with the faithful Oliver. The latter suggests amuse ment and recreation for the maiden, and proposes that a Jester be hired to beguile the time for her. He proposes that through out the countryside word bu posted that a tourney will be held before the baron and hia household and that the winner will be named Jester to "Solange." Rene and his friend enter the lists, Rene disguised as "Chicot," who brings to the contest only his nimble fancy and an eloquent tongue, his friend as "Narcissus," who relies for vic tory on his fair face and finely moulded form. "More Than Queen," which is to be the bill for the fourth week of the Woodward Slock company's engagement at the Boyd, Is tho first "costume" piece of the season. Thu story is built about an episode In the life of the great Napoleon, and deals with his divorcing the Empress Josephine for reasons of state. No question has ever been raised by historians, but Napoleon was fond of Josephine; their marriage, when he was but an artillery officer and she a fair young widow with a son, waa the culmination of romance, and Na poleon's Jealousy of her proved how deep hia attachment. Josephine was probably the only woman In the world of whom it could be aald Napoleon waa ever actually Jealous. But their union waa fruitless, and he was anxious for an heir. The Austrian emperor was as willing to have un alli ance with the Corslcan upstart as he was to unite hia family with that of the Bour bons, and the Marie Antoinette found a suc cessor In Marie Louise. It is ubout this episode in the life of the great emperor that the play la written. Among the newest of the theatrlral of ferings the current season la the play, "The Phantom Detective," which la a com bination of melodrama, delightful comedy, a musical menu of special songs and en sembles and a series of startling mechan ical effects that lend a mysterious atmos phere to the whole. "The Phantom Detec tive" comes to tho Krug. today for four days. For the first time In four years, Mrs. Flske will he seen In Omaha. Tho en gagement will be played at the Burwood theater and Is for three evenings, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, June 4. 5 and 6, with a matinee on Saturday. Conan Doyle's deduction Is continually brought into practice by the character "Sherlock Holmes," which Mr. Roger is to play at the Burwood the coining week. In the play to be staged at the Burwood. Conan Doyle causes "Sherlock Holmes" to do all manner of clever things In a most quiet and genteel manner. Matinees will bo given on Tuesday, Thurs day, Saturday and Sunday. Following the Tuesday matlnea Mli-s Emmons and Mr. Farnum will receive their friends on tiie stage. The two closing performances of "Zaza," which has been accorded magnifi cent houses all the week, will be given this afteruoon and evening. General Manager Beck' of the Orpheum circuit extended the sason at our Orpheum to Include the week starting matinee today, that he might present to his Omaha patrons the much talked of Vesta Victoria, the famous English s.ng ng com dienne. Brown and Navaro. colored i nlertaliii rs, with character depictions Including the In diun and Chinese, and new klnodromu pic tures complete the last program of the season at the fOrpheum. Man ager Belter of the Orpheum promises an extraordinary entertainment on the closing r.ight vf the season, Saturday, May Vt. when, pursuing an established custom, he will present an amateur show after the regular bill. A promising list of fun-niak-era have volunteered, but severs! nior acts could be placed on the program, and any stage aspirants who would like a try-out are requested to call at the box office. The "March of the Amazons'' proved such a ! hit last season that It will be put on again next Saturday and a troupe of girls of various sizes and shapes are beiijg re hearsed. F. P. Hillmnn's "Airdomo Theater," Eighteenth and Douglas streets, will open the summer season Wednesday evenlrg. May lyi. The manager expects to have everything In readiness long before that date. High class plnjs, well selected, are advertised, It being the Intention to sand wich vaudeville acts In between the acts of the Plays. Phakospcrcun plays will be given together with later productions of a lighter nature, old-time favorites among Omaha theatergoers maklr.g up the cast at tho summer theater. Robert l'.laylock will be leading man at the Altdoine. Miss Lucy Haues, an Omaha girl, will also play leads at the new theater, and Miss Guiding and Bert and Emma Thayer, favorites hi Omaha, aro other members of the cos,. There are sixteen In the Airdrome cast. F. P. Hlllmnn Is expending .',5n in budding and fitting up his Airdomo summer theater and the playhouse will seat : people. The stage building and the fence has been cov ered with sheet Iron and the structure will, therefore, lie practically fireproof. Tho entrance will bo on Eighteenth street. Unssli from StnitelHlnl. In H recent magiizine article Arnold I'aW anys he rthl not mean all reviewers vlieti he BttHckeil the critics, but that he hail In nilmi most articiilarly the writers fr the New York ne st'.ipers. In his customary style Mr. Daly has his say and ns he was roundly bcratid for his earlier re-narks Ida explanatory effort Is rather ititerestliiK : "I do not quarrel with the critics who criticise," says Daly, "hut 1 do object to the man who assumes the critical task ninklnn himself an object of ridicule at my expense by allowing his personal bias to enter Into his wrltinKs. "As a rule, the fault I have found with the New York critic is that with on" or two exceptions he is not equipped for his work. When he bus arrived at the point where bo has the names of u dozen plsys at his flnRer eiuls. a noildlimr acquaintance with three mamiKers and the ci'sjnlty of havlnK two pet defts and one baby named after him he hhsuiiics to decide the delicate points in the differentiation of a character as portrayud by the actor and the play wright. "Herause I have had a difference of opin ion with a critic I object to ti is taking his personal spile into the theater with him. placltiK It on the cxtrn seat be Iras been supplied with and then uninir down to his office and writing a half column of balder dash about why 1 shouldn't try to thrash him when I meet him. "But I have reached the point wh"re I refuse to worry about such things as New York crltlca. save that I Intend they shall alwaya remember that I am playlne in New York if 1 happen to he. Incidentally, I might remark that the only ipiarrel I have, of the critical kind, lies directly In New York, where the critics don't criticise, because they can't." "OeorKo M. Cohan hit the nail sipiarp on tho head last night in the Knlckerboi ker theater," saya the Herald reporter, "when, at the end of the second act of hia new piece, 'The Yankee Prince,' he took the audience Into his confidence and declared there was absolutely nothing, loss than nothing, dramatically or musically, in the comedies he turned out except a lot of money. There Is nothing In 'The Yankee Prince,' but for all that the audience which crowded the house kept up a run ning accompaniment of laughter and ap plause for every song, dance and joke, and long1 before the second curtain the new play was voted one of the best ho has turned out." Among the plays copy wrignted recently are nine thy Iaura Jean I.lhbcy-Siilweil, a prolific writer of novels. The titles of thes plays, which will doubtless soon be flooding the popular priced playhouses are a melo drama in themselves. Notice: "(Inly a Flirtation," "Ought the World to Condemn Her?" "A Poor Girl's Ixne," "Pretty Dorothy's Honor." "A Pretty I, It tie Klirt," "Tho Price ' of a Yo.in--' (Jirl's Heart," "Ruled His Heart for a Day." "Tile Sid I.ove Story of a Pretty Village lieUc." and "Since- the Hour They Vet." One of the best of Kthel P.arrymore stories is that concerning the dog that bore an unwarratit 'd air of haughtiness. One day the actress took him out for a stroll. A frlei.d joined her and, noting the dog trotting along In his counterfeited proud and mighty way, asked: "l. that a Boston terrier?" "Hush." replied Miss Barrymore, raising her hand in warniuc, "he thinks he is, but he ibn't." "I never lose an opportunity of giving a word of warning to nrl.s who say they want to go oi, tin- staKc," says Julia Sanderson of "The Dairymaids" company. "1 lie girl of talent anil beauty and brains has a right to take herself to whatever market she chooHes matrimonial, theatrical, or mercan tilebut that kind are tare, ui the class who haven't ability their number Is legion. Hordes of them flock to New York every autumn, hungry, poorly clad, lonesome, virtuous as long as they can contend against the conditio!. a that exist. One out of l.OHJ, maybe, has the personality to make a success on thu staije. One in l'i, perhaps, makes a livlng The rest well, I don't like to think about the rest." Thp Jeux d'esprll of the common or garden variety of American wan. better known as "funny guy," entertain only ''he amateur comedian's friends and then perish which is good. But when an actor happens to be a whimsical dog, his sayings are spread abroad throunh the land as examples of superhuman wit. William Collier is one of this type, and the latest specimen of his anecdotuge is as follows: In Ids least festive moods, it in a hahll with Wlllliiin Collier- to visit a cemt tery. The sight lof a graveyard, especially an ancient one, with here and there a stone tipped at an angle, that gives it a look of a man that has tukin a little too much, will: Mr. Collier has the opposite effect of deepening til" dye of the indigo rather it Is a visit to an army of witnesses who silently but certainly testify thut ho Is far trim Doing a dead one. This season's tour of "Caught In the Kaln" brought Mr. Collier to a mail souih- in town, fur one day. The weather w.u poor. Mr. Collier did not feel at ad gay, so he at once sought out the nearest grave yard. It turned out to be a historical old spot abundant in quaintly tracked stones, tremendous shafts, and Feveral MurcophuKi. A while haired grave digger, proud of ais achievements, volunteered to show Mr. Collier about the place. "This, sir," said lie, Hilling as soon us possible to the largest s.trctiplui nus, "is the liiin'i of the ancestor of our in ist famous family Jeb Kmiui. Tilts marble sarcopha gus weighs forty-iwi Ions. Inside lliat Is u steel receptacle that weighs twelve Ions, aid insldii Ihal Is a lead casket that weigh two tons. Inside that Is the mahogany coffin that holds the ashes Jeb M.nitM." So," said Mr. Collkr, "that's Jeb amitli, is It?" "Yep. that's Jeb Smith." "1 have often wondered what became of Jeb Smith." continued Mr. Collier. "Hut I Ifuess you've got him. And if ver he gel out of thai place, wire luti collect.'' "If you w.ii.t a lesson in optimism." as j tin Uiistun Ami i lean, '.- Ituse Scild when She IS -off -lln-t IS. when .-.ie IS I' ll pl.ivlng Patmhi optimism. cnihuBiasoi. leal Irish wit. faiily exude Ir hei ; magnet ;!m and peisinallt . h. c almost meaningless words win u u.e Manas heioic her. She Is inaRiiet ism pe: si -.nt ii d. " The oiilv first night I- -fur.- the curtain appearance that Ch.ulcs 1 i jhioan l as ever made was at the premier- f "The J- -teiH." It was icaiie 1 1 1 ; I ii 1" cause Miss Adams uuinuticd lo rati ii him una wares hint pukIi loio on lo the stage to aliure with lur tin- plaudits of the house. Matinee gill tfoMMitj "Witio-.-a the fit of li nt I aiuv fc.-io.-. Hnro'-I ' -l.i'l. At a beiu ill pi i fill i ea nee in Lie vm.i Mjrv dIiww and Mr. Cohlll appeared in an act she once used in vaudeville. 'Tie Silent S.. s lein.' As the pl.iNlet ibvih-i It is neces sary for Mr. Col-Ill to hand Miss Shaw a 'prop.' tilt. This day of ihcir appeal unci happened to be Miss Hhaw s blithduy an niversary, and It occuued t Mi. Cohill to resent her during the play a gold In a, i let w ith his coiiBraiulatietis. As be huiiU.a bci the leal tul. luslcad ul thu AMVSEMr.lTS. SiMijmibb A .milium YD'S THEATER THIS AFTERNOON, TONiGHT -Wed., Tliiirs., Friday, Sal. rOVBTH VIIK Or THE rATOKITB WOODWARD STOCK CO. FKCSENTIlta JULIA ARTHUR'S SUCCESS MORE THAN QUEEN tWJ'SSrSeWL SHERLOCK HOLMES All Other Versions Cheap Subslllulea ILAIOIATB COSTUMES AND SCENIC PRODUCTION" PRICES: IOC and 23c MATINEES Sun.. Thur.. Sat. TWO NIGHTS ONLY Mon., Tues., MAY 11,12 CHARLES FROHMAN presents MAUI IN HER GREATEST TRIUMPH "THE JESTERS" Prices -BOc lo S2.00 m.-wHrWJV "SI '1-!'1 ff PHONES Bell, frn II I TOKYJORROW and all week WILTEID ROQEB AS SHERLOCK HOLMES 177 TEE 8IOI OF THE roUB By A. CONAN DOYLE MATINEES TUEdDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAT. Miss Emmons and Mr. rarnuin'a Reception on the Stage Immediately Following; Tnerctny's Matinee. TODAY LAST TWO TIMES Or "ZAZA" Coming- June 1, 3, 3, Seutschta Theatre; June 4, b, 6, Mrs. Flake. nwnaagn miMU "s. KRUf THEATRE &r I1IIUU 15-25-5Q-75C 10-as-60 Matinee Today 'llfford present c, Massive, Myster 1 Melodrama t Matinee Sst'ay Kowland & Clifford present The New, Ma.lestlc, Massive, Myster ious, Musical Melodrama T H E PHANTOM DETECTIVE Now l-C Him Xow'U Don't Written by Urn B. Parker. Music by Clarence K. Sinn. Three Days Start InR Thtirsduy, May 14th, Mittenthal Brothers present J AM ICS J. I'OUBETT THE BURGLAR AND THE LADY By Langdon McCormlck. Introducing the Two Greatest Stage Heroes of Modern Times. "Danvers"- TIIE "Burglar" and M . snpriQCK rioiuicH itim . B "Detective." ummMmnaasasEaam property one. Miss Rhaw was silent for a moment. Th audience. Interestedly study ing" the methods of the admirable actress, wondered what was the slKnlflcanoe of this unusual pause. It wondered still more when she drew the actor a head down to a level with her own and determinedly kissed him. It applauded, while It did not under stand the interpolation." "I do not believe that any play worth "pliiyintJ can be kept from the public, for no matter how muny times it is refused bv mnnaKcrs, It will eventually come to life," says Charles Krohman. 'Fine plays are live tilings, und will assert themselves. Hut 1 will (five you a new idea. X think dramatic critics should abuse the munatjers who produce poor plays, and not the au thors. Many young writnrs today, without knowliiK it, are suffering- Irom fear of s vi re criticism. " Dave P.raham, Jr., of "Checkers," calls to mind tho wonderful popularity of Ins lather's music. Tho cider Hrahaui wrote all the numbers for the plays produced by Harridan & Hart. One of his daughters married Ned HarriKan. and the boy, Will iam Handgun, now playiiiK in "The Ke Kcioralion," is a son of that, union. Har ridan and young Dave Brahaiii uie lust cousins. Otis Skinner has taken a cottage at Fon tainbleau and will spend his vacation near Paris and have a look over the field of French productions, lie will rfinaln in New York this season, until the warm weather calls for a close and will sail l'-r France as soon as his run there ends. Next season Mr. Skinner will continue his road tour in "The Honor of the Family" until January, by which time he sets back to New Vork to put on a new play for his run there. Gi'.a Kdivards, the popular sons; writer und producer, has arranned to have his vaude ville noveliv, "School Boys and (in Is, ilabol ated into a i hu e-act musical play next season. It will he culled "Bcnool liavs," and all the parts will be played by children, with Herman Timhoig In a promi nent role. Cuhe will make one more tour of the frilled States. It is the purpose of John Cort who has so successfully muiianed tols exceptional ur.Ul on two lours of this country, to present the madam during the season of l:-s-9 for twenty-live concern. Madam Calve will only be heard In the iiiincipal cities und will, as usual. In- sup potted in lur concerts by sjniu of the Wor'.l's una test nitisn bins. H is utidei stood that the i omitiK tour will be the last t; is wonderful songbird lll make of thia i on! hu m. Girl ushers have been put to work nt the Casino theater in New Vork. ur.d if the ex periment proves Buecessiul Kirl ushers wi'l probably replace boys In the older Hliubcrl houses. While Kthel Barrymore was plavinR In "A Country Mou" " she heard from the champion souvenir hunter. A jojiik woman mi the upper wist side, who was spoken of as a "lielle" in I, el particular set. wrote to M 6S Barrymore. not requestlnK her aulo f;iah or a iiow of ribbon or a set of d.s ca riled hairpins hallowed by having been worn or. the stai, but snmothiiiK more piquant nanieh , the pair of trousers the actress wore In "Currots," which preceded A Country Mouse!" And sho got ilium not. 'WALK EASY FOOT POWDER Shake Into Your Shoes It relieves .Mtnlul t w o 1 1 e n. smarting nervous f-t and In stantiy takes t li e btlng out of corn i a nd 1, unions. The most woiifierfal com fort discovery ox tne age. iiy il mail 85a .r.y diugitst. at CACTUS Corn Cal lous Compound Is a c rtsln cure for corns, bullions and callouses -at uny drugglt. fer 80. jt vmip drunGlst dors not have these foot friends In StOCK Mllll US ma lini-.r ' we will mall Walk Easy root owaet or Caotus to you prom-itly. CACTUS REMEDY CO.. Kansas City, Mo. i n AHI slll'.MTs. No Free List DouS. 1506'Jnd. A-1506 JJIWlrtifcfiaa CKIIOMTOM. i Phones: Douj. 44; Ind. A-14M ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Mat. Dally 2:1 5--Eiary Night 8:15 Week Starting Teday SPECIAL The season at this Theater was ex tended to include this week in order that Omaha People may be privileged R to hear FOB THE LAST TIME I If AMERICA VESTA WORLD'S GREATEST BONO CREATOR VICTORIA ENGLAND'S FOREMOST SINGING. COMMEDIENNE Who Made All the World Sing and Whistle "WAITING AT THE CHURCH," "POOR JOHN" and Her Other Popular Sons; Hits. Positively the lust American HP penrance In vaudeville us Miss Vic toria, returns to London directly after her (iniulut enuuKtmont. GOOD BYE TESTA. DeWitt, Burns & Torrence lieplcthiK "The Awakening; of Toys. SEYMORE & DUPPEE Playing "Quaint old Orlnlnalltiei JOHN & MAE BURKE pr -HcntiiiK "Her Patsy Went to War." GORMAN & WEST In "A Special Meet lilt;." GOGAN & BANCROFT Itollor ( 'oniiniMliaiiM. BROWN & NEVARRO Character Change Artists. KINODROME Always the Newest In Motion Pictures PIU("KH inc. 2.ric and Wc. Extra Saturday Night, May 16. ElCr AMATEUR SHOW. OMAHA - vs- DENVER MAY 9. 10, 11. 12 MOM.V, MAY 11, LADIES' DAY. GAMES CALLED 5;45 The Boyd Theatre School ol Acting (A practical training school for dramatic and peratia Btage) Fourth Season Now Open Students' Matinee Eiikra-e meals. LILLIAN FITCH, Director W. J. BURGESS. Manager FOR HIRE ill flnn.i.w.FSssiirrsr i S.SUGARMAN ill . . ft