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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1908)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUT5TTST 2, 1903. B a Yiw Gossip About Plays and Players w HKN the urtln want down at th Boyd theater last night. It wu to close th moat successful summer stock rn(mfflt e-ver played In Omaha. Rummer stock la not a novelty her; we hava had It In all Ha vmrloua forma, In cluding; operaJk-, and Omaha people hare always been a little partial to It. Some Very clover people have playe hera at one Mm or another In summer Work, and a wide variety of drama haa bn enacted. Bo It la saying a areait deal to pronounce th Woodward company the beat orgsnlxa tlon that haa ever played bar In summer, and- Its. work In general by far the brat. The, member of tha oriranliatlon hare shown themselves capable and versatile, and each haa been called upon to do a number of parte, ao that tha capacity of each haa been thoroughly tasted. The suc ceaa that haa attended tha season la the beat possible Indication of the attitude of the -public toward the oompany and tta metnbare. Nearly afl of the oompany have plana for the winter season. Mr. Morrlaon will go to Gbtcaaro, where he will b trading man of the atook oompany at the College thea ter, one of the moat popular of the Chicago "atock" houses. Hla eeaaon there opena about the first of next month. Mlaa Flem ing will go east, where tlie will prepare for buay winter on the road wtth a ketch In vaudeville. She will play 'over the Grphaum circuit, aad wtll be aeen In Omaha. Mr. and Mr. Beamish fMlaa Knight go to Kanaaa City, where they will, be In the Woodward Stock company at the Auditorium during the winter, the season opening on Auguat 29l Mr. Poulter and Mr. and Mra. Kirk alao go to Kanaaa City,, Mr. and Mra. Wallock will apend sev eral -weeks at their home In Council Bluffa, end. then take the "road" for the winter. Mr. .rlehrode will alao tour during the win ter. Mlaa Duke will return to Kanaaa City; Mlsg-- Bpencer haa no plana for the winter yet; Mlaa Power expect to remain in Omaha. ; - . Mr. O. I. Woodward cam up from Kunea City to be present at the rloaing performance, and to arrange finally for the wor); Hint la to be done on the theater. The- Boyd will be locked up for four weeks, rtiii will then open for the winter season, Mi'i-y Mil!' r find hie ccmiany. In "'Die Grrn? IHvi. - ' ploying the first nerform u:u on Wt il.i s 'n .- Auguat 26. "The atock con-puny sc.i -i li tx-cn very aatiafactory In every way." l 1 Mr. Woodward, "and I would not tliin.; .if cloning It even now, but It la neossnrv In order to get the elec tric wiring Installed In time for the winter season. ' I am not only pleased wtth the patronage, hut wl;n the work of the com pany, ao far as I hnve seen It. I promised tha people to i;lvi tin m good plays by x food coininny, and I have made good 'in that prnmln, I think The next season luokd Rood at thU ilistance. My bookings nre not on!i.'l.ii yet. ao I do not care to make i.ny a. n mncenient beyond the rjei i:;.; pluv. I will say that among the list I hava itiv tab u.-p Maude Adama, John Pie-..', tio:em-o I. h.rt, Elsie Janla, and oUit.s of thai callier. It Is the intention to inn the l'.o.d during the winter as It always has been, n first-class theater, offer,ng the very beat companies. Mr. Monaghan will remain In charge as local manuger and will have the same staff of assistants. I expect to return to New York soon, there to complete the Hat of bookings for the winter and later may have something to spy on that. The Wood ward Stock company will begin Its winter aeaaon at the Auditorium In Kanaaa City on August 26. I will conduct the Willie Wood tea-tor : ther as sT -first-class house and will also ,havs the Shucert, In vwhlch attractions of a high grade will be played at the cheaper prices. The election does not seem td have affected business aa much m usual and plana are being laid by eas.ern managers regardlnss of politics. A nun. be r of new plays are to be produced and quite a number of last season's suc cesses will' be sent on the road. Omaha will get an early chance to see 'Paid In Full,' as well aa other plecea that have made such a furnro. I do not like to say Just what the season will bring, but I will promise that It will bring the best that Is to be 'bad to Omaha." the eeaaon and part author of four more full-grown playa. No lea than five London theaters the (Jarrlck, Terry's, Ilia Majesty's, the Hay- market and the Prince of Wales' closed their d"frs during the week Just passed The holiday season haa worked havoc with the local house, except In the caeca where the attractions are remarkable hits. "The Merry Widow" Is atlll playing to crowded houaea and the box office la devoid of tlcketa for thre weeks ahead. L,lly F31e, the popular and original Lindon "Merry Widow," has gone on her holidays and her place Is being filled by an understudy, who, by the way, is the fifth woman to play the part In the Daly's theater pro duction. Of the other play which hold their own are "Mra. Dot," in which It la expected that Marie Tempest will play at the Comedy until after Christina; "A Walts urenm," which la Boon to go Into a "second edition," and "Lady Frederick," which has now fnied no fewer than flv different Iondon playhouses. Somerset Naugham, the remarkably suc cessful new dramatist, who now has four of his plays running at London theaters, nas at last suffered or la to suffer a sllgtit reverse. The run of "The Explorer," which is being played by Lewis Waller, will be brought to a close on the Sfith and th James K. Hackett of England will take a reet. There la some talk of reviving the piec In th fall, but this la not likely, unless Waller should be com pelled to fall back upon It temporarily by the failure of Justin Huntly McCarthy's new version of "The Duk's Motto," which win reopen th season at th Lyric on September S. 'The Olrls of OottenbeTg," wtileh you will see this fall In the United States, will be revived In London for a few weeks in the Immediate future and then sent on a tour through the provinces. Aa Gertie Mill la booked for th American production, George Edward has been compelled to look around for some on to take her part In the play. To everybody's amaaetnent, ha has hit upon "Happy" Fanny Fields, that Joyous little American comedienne who has been making England laugh for many months past and who haa Just returned to London from a vacation of rest In her nutlve land. "Happy" Fanny has long been a favorlt In the English halls and In pantomime, but haa never tried any thing so serious as musical comedy and she Is verv nervous about her flint "nlnnm"? The American girl will certainly add an element of humor to a part which was devoid of It In the hands of more serious minded Oertle Miller. The revival will open at th Adelphl. Strand. Lass than a year ago, when Fanny appeared at the same house In pantomime, she got into legal difficulties with tha management of the Tlvoll Mualo hall, which Is right across the street. The latter claimed that the American girl had signed contracts with them In which she bound herself not to appear within a mile of their hall. Fnnny lost and was ordered to pay rather sleep damages. I wonder If aha , has made some arrangements with the hall people or will again "take a chance?" JOHN AVA CARPENTER. fa I Mm ' jjL a3raafuts i i J. L. The talk of the town is the Conceded to be the best, l&rest Knd handsomest CeJe west of Chicago Th wlac for after- W givm dinner par- theater parti tie special attntin Our own excellent archest ra plays from 12 m. to 12 p. m. BBssftsBBis9 sIbbb - -sp- s h- ,,,11..,, " sasssaw aasBBBsaaaaaw v. lsssaaissBiisBsisaBBa V. i-a- 1 X" . Tssi X Si J" mm wjzmjm m Farnam Street, bet. 15th and 16th T. J. O'BRIEN, Proprtetetr, This Week's Attractions. Boyd's Theatre Park Orphenm Ttientrt Iark Krug Thontrp Dark liurwood Theatre Morlng Pictures I'alm Theatre Moving Pictures Jewell Theatre Moving Pictures Air Dome (stork) "The Cirrus Girl" Maaawa .... Boating, Bathing, Bund, Etc. Bane Bell OnuUia vs. 8loux City SCHAEFER'S sell every kind of toilet article or theatrical requisite known to the drug trade, and at CIT UATKS! We have Four Big Store and buy more Drug Store Thin than any competitor. Our stora at Fifteenth and Douglas It Tery con venient to all theatres. We deliver without extra charge use your phone our number: Douglas 145. PRICE SCHAEFER'S STORES Corner 15th and Douglas Ste. Corner 16th and Chicago Ms, Omaha. N. and S. Corner 24th and X 81., So. Omaha. -.) K. J at KJSGL1SH THKATRICAL I.VVASION a . . . . ...... - . Manr Notable. LONpON. August 1. (Special Cor re)Oiidente. If an Englishman, strolling along Broadway next autumn Imagines himself In his big, grey, at-mbre London it will hardly be a thing to wonder at. Kor every day I hear of fresh announce- Comlnar Event. Soma years ago seversl vaudeville "head- liners," each claiming to be the most pop ular "act" in vaudeville, had entered Into a very sptrlted discussion as to which of them really was the moat desired and pop ular act. Naturally, each artist claimed the distinction, only to b poo-hooed by their fellow artists. Eventually tha argu ment waxed very warm, smtll one o the number had a happy Inspiration. He sug gested that the matter of deciding the moat popular act before the public be left to the Judgment of the vaudeville magnate, B. F. Kulth, the man who holda th un- owmoRwriimi. TOM S.KI'.Lt-Y, H.Nt,t n TTyNfl.WKA. Tlie fatt-re b t ancertala sd, nowadiyt, aocideob) te aero;, that it It a mot terloas aiiitake I ever be witbtst accUeat Intarance. Te insare la the csmptnj Kcrlng yea the nest liberal policy lelepheae nc at Dog. t(l I call a yea. TOM. S. KELLY Msr. State t "cbrailia ler 1HAVU.ERS INSUIaNCI CO., .si Rartlore, taa- til 13 RAN DEIS SON'S KalrdrsaelxLf TpV Ssoond Tloor. Hair Dressing and Marcel Waving 600 Shampooing 60o Massaging and Electric Vibrator. . 60o Manicuring for ladlea and gentlemen BOo All kinds of hair goods at lowest price. Appointments made by phone. r Ot ASBaaasBsiaaB!aAA k " i That Shoulder end the aet of that collar? THAT'S RIGHT that's .he Dresher way 000 Suits 25 to 45 "ov!pcoat5w same" DRESHER, The Tailor HI s-trntra St OMAHA. 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OIVIAHA GAS CO 1415 Farnam St. wM-:xtA Business Men's Lunch Special Ever) Day, 35c Meals i la Carte at All Hoars. Walter's Cafe 41 Kelth hit the nail squarely on the head, aa all Omaha knows that though theatera hava clOHi il and parks tx-en abandoned, the magnificent moving picture display at the Bui w ood becomes n or and more popular as the season advancea. In fact, so pop ular la the Bur wood brand of motion pho tography that It wtll be continued on al ternate afternoons from the matinees to be given by the stock company during- the regular swiaon. An entire change of pro gram will be offered today from 1 to 5 and 7 to 11 p. m. The HUlman Stock company has a marked Bubby Dumble Taking Off Flesh Can you Imagine Bubby Dumble down to, say, 180, or Home other mark Inside that arbitrary 200 pounds, beyond which th lata Thomas Brackett Reed said no gen tleman would go In th matter of weight? Well, Bubby Is training down In order to play a part In a new play. Here's th dupe us It comes from the publicity department of Henry B. Harris" headquartera: It has always been conceded that sum mer vacations mean an enjoyable season of reat. Intermingled with fishing, golf, boat ing, motoring, or any of the sports which nwnts of English actora and actresses, who i mogt PP?1 to the lucky persou permitted A . l l i i . v-. . ...... X . auAb aaiav from IVnrU dllflriu' IVU are to try th.-ir luck klong the Great Whlt Way and t.j the weatward before anothor front nMUj- around. Just to mention tho most li.iportant there sre Seymour Hicks a sort of Willie Collier and Kddle Foy rolled Into one hU wife, EUalme Terrlss, Cyril Naudu . and his wife. Winifred Kmery, Constano Collier, George Groa amlth, jr., Gertie Miller and Alexandra Carlicle. And now 1 understand that Jut!nn l.'KtmiiKe, huarxtnd of Constance ColUer. who could not brar the thought of being parted from hla beautiful wife, haa Mh Inert hl release from a rontract with the Trury Lane theater people to permit of lila,,bHX.mlng leading man for Maxine KJIiutt In the I'nlted States thla fall. Although the exact date of hi departure haa not yet been decided upon It la pretty certain that Sir John Hare alao will aoon rill fjout tha shores to th United States to say hla last "farewell" to his many admirers over there. He ha just rinlKht d a similar job In London In which he apiM-ared In "The Gay Ixrd Quex" and "A 1'alr of Spectacles," and Is now getting ready to tour the provinces In the same playa. But deapfte the fact that these are all "farewell" performance, no ouj takea the announcement very aerioualy, Blr John hlmaelf haa publicly announced that he hopes to be "enticed back to th stage aln'; m't gm later dale by a part which especially appeals to him. A iot,aa been written of tate year a on the - snbject of "musical playa veraus straight drama" and the declining taat of the theater-going public Inasmuch aa they are auppoged to prefer the former. A inking refutation of this argument Is to be found In tha eeaaon now drawing to a cloe Int London, where there have been mar than sixty playa as against only six ntuatral concoctlona, and thirty revival, of apoken dramas against three of playa with music attached. a few weeks away rrom worn during tne hot months, but according to a letter from Frank Mclntyre, the former 200-pound comedian of the Robert Edeson company, there are deception to thla rule. Mr. Mo-Intj-re, who will be rensrmbered for the excellence of hla comedy portrayal of Billy Saunders In "Stronghi ar." and Bubby Dum ble In "Claaamalea," haa been engaged by Henry B. Harris for the chief male role In Jamea Forbes' new play, "The Traveling Salesman." Mclntyre Is especially born to the acting of the role In question according to tit ldas of Mr. Harris, "but," exclaimed the marmger at the closing of the contract, "you must reduce at least thirty pounds." Mclntyre journeyed to Michigan forth with, where at his home, Hope Haven In Lakeland, he began a vacation, which, ac cording to the actor, as a training cure mekea Muldoon's on long round of praaa ur. Mr. Mclntyre wrltea: "Of courae you have heard of the water wagon. Well, I am on that. But did you ever hear of the diet wagon? Thla la the day's pro gram: lp a 4:15 a. m. ; 46 minute, for osteopath; a walk of fifteen miles (done at flrat In aome alx houra, but now re duced to two and one-half); a dish of prunes for breakfast, and for luncheon pork and beans or some other such antl lat food; golf from 1 until 4; then a shower bath and a rub dawn by our friend who holds the chaniplonahl. for Michigan In ahot slinging; a light dinner, one cigar, and there you have It the result, corns, blistered heels, strained ligaments, and a Th aeason haa alao been remarkable for th prominence of female dramattata, for ntue.uf th playa have com from the pena of he gentler sex. Of th lot, how ever, only one, "Diana of Dobaon's," by Cicely Hamilton, which waa produced by La-na Ashwell, msde a big success. Curi ously enough, the scene In this play, which attracted the most attention waa a disrobing acene very much Ilk that in Clyde LHich'a "Girls," which la soon to be presented' in London. Woman wer also th author of five of tile thlrty-flv one-bet plays, which have been tried oa at the London bouses during reduction of twenty-two pounds up to date, No more summer vacations for me. "P. S. When I am through with this stunt I shall probably need a doctor. Do I pay the bill or do you?" "The Traveling Salesman," a new com edy of American life, by Jamea Forbea, which Henry B. Harrla will offer In New York August 10, is what Is said to be a true conception of the modern drummer, show ing his little foibles and general character istics. The story of the play opens on a snowy Christmas day, when Bob Blake, a travel ing salesman, alights at Grand Crossing, a small western town. Blake at the station meet, Beth Elliott, a pretty country , girl, who la the telegraph operator and the ticket agent In the station. Immediately, in typical drummer style, he makes up to her. She Invites him to share her noon lunch, and over some sandwlchea and cakes they tell each other aomethlng of their lives. The girl explain to Blake thU It la not a very happy Christina, for her, aa a piece of property left her as a legacy by her father is about to be sold because aha haa been unable to pay the taxea on It. The property adjoins ,the town, and because of lta rocky character has b en dubbed by the natlvea "Elliot's Stone Pile." This land, which at first seems of no value whatever. takes""bn considerable Importance later In the day when Blake discovera that It Is In a direct line of an Improvement which thes railroad U maklnj. Blake'a old employer la scheming to secure the property for the amount of the tax. a and then hold out for a large price from the railroad, thua defrauding th girl of her Just proflta. Blake, of courae, tak.-s sides with the' girl agalnat hla employer, and many complications ensue in cunae quence. The caat Includes: Mr. Frank Mclntyre; Mlsg Gertrude Coghlan, Mr. William Bee.h, Mius Sarah McVlckar, Mr. H. B. Wake more, Mr. Arthur Shaw, Mr. Percival T. Moore, Mr. Nicholas Bum hum, Mr. Edward Ellis, Mr. E. M. Dresser, Mr. Robert C. Turner, Miss Maude B. SU Claire, Mistress Frances Goldeu Fuller and Master Martin Fuller. than ever before what a "good thing" they have In Lake Manawa. Many easterners who visit the resort dally comment on the fact that they have no water rendezvous or any spot of such natural beauty where they can seek a few hours of cool recreation after a hot day at th office. Th bathing facilities are ideal for a western park, the hard sand bottom, gradual slop of the beach, fin new bathlnc; aulta and modern devices In the water for aquatlij sports make this feature hard to surpass any where. Another "stunt" which is proving a leading attraction In the east haa recently been Inaugurated at Manawa Is dancing and lta popularity proves without a doubt that it Is a much needed feature on all park programs. Sunday special diversions will b offered, among which is a balloon jump by Prof. Andrew, a new show at the Casino and a tine musical program by the Manawa Concert band, under th direction of Bandmaster Jones. Gossip Front Staeland. -Fred NIblo at the present time Is in Af rica. He has with him a complete outfit of various alses, also a motion picture cam era, besides aeveral operators to assist him. Hla tour of Africa will be very extensive and he hopes to bring back with him some of the moat novel and Interesting picture ever aeen In America. Many of the plc turea, auch aa the wllda of Africa, have never been placed before the public In the form of lectures. He expects to reiurn t-i America the latter part of October, and his tour will begin on or about Novtmber k. Manager Edward C. White has arrangfd for Mildred Holland's appearance In Cleve land for a period of ten weeks, during which time she will Dreeent all the pro ductions In which ahe acored success In New York recently. It la possible that a ie wlil also produce one or two n w plays during her Cleveland engagement, at tlie close of which Mlaa Holland will return to New York. "Americans love ballet dancing," Mile. Genee told her friends In L mdon, "and in particular they received with the utmost enthusiasm my 'riding dance' from Hipli Jinks.' It appeared to strike them u.H txtraordlnarj that any one cou'd dance In a riding habit. And. after all, it isn't what one might call an everyday acconi- pllahment. What epparently they most de fiire over there Is variety, and. luckily, I was able tr. give them a good deal of It. They had been accustomed, to a large ex tenL to see dancers attired In short 'tu tus, and when I appeared in an empire gown their surprise wss not more decisive than their delight. As a matter of fact, dancing as a form of entertainment is leva cultivated In New York than It Is here. There are, of courae, the ballets at th opera, but only the richest patr.ina of music oan afford to go there regularly." John Barry-more, with "A Stubborn Conderella," Is a cartoonist of note Lionel llnrrvmore, has been studying art In Paris the last year. Walter Hale, with "Ths Wolf," la doing some special art work for the New Yorft World, and Ida Con quest of the same company paints in water colors and oils for recreation. Robert Bdeson is one American actor who dealgna his own printing, the "Btrong heart" and "Clasematea" posters, both of which were attractive, being originated by th actor. Many of his leisure hours during the last two months have been de voted to designs and colorings for the sdvertUlng matter for his new play. "The Call of the North," In which he will ap pear at the Hudson theater, Nsw York, on Auguat 24. An Invitation haa been extended to Wal ter Damrosch by the Philharmonic society of London. England, to conduct one of their ooncerts next winter A new musical comedy will make Its an. pearance at La Salle theater Labor day. ' September 7. It will be called "A Girl at : the Helm," and will be by Robert B. i Bmlth and Raymond Hubbell. authora of i "A Knight for a Day." Thla will b the firat mualcal comedy staged at the Salle In three yeara that does not come from the workshop of Will Hough, Frank Adams, and Joseph Howard, The silly season In Ixindon Is beginning and, for lack of more Interesting matter, some of the newfpaprs are pr ntln ; the opinions ot well known aclrefs a concern ing the suitability of the ataue aa n pro feaslon for young girls. Ellen Terry, Marion Terry. Lena Ashwell and o he well known performers have been utt- r h g a good many familiar truths, 'ul none of llieni had anything new or valuub e to iv. The aum of their observatlina Is AMUSEMENTS. AMI SEMKKTS. I 111 I M.II.UI !laSBBBBBBstEW.AISVUsBCBBBBBrKJLaaBSl PHONES- Bell, Doud. 1506 Jnd. A-1506 o PARKS MAY WITHER AND DIE; THEATERS MAY CLOSE, BIT TEE BLR. HOOD GOES ON FOREVER IT'S THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE TEE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. PXMISTESTT SUCCESS OF OMAHA'S CLASSIEST SUMMER SHOW. TALKING MOVING PICTURES ALWAYS THE BEST DISPLAY IBT OMAHA. Continuous Sally 1 to 5: 7 to 11. Program Channes 1 (ff Sit -i ff Siidsys r.4 Thursdays l,UUU ,M JL Jf uonraa or m cbwood stock co., satubdat etewiho, auo. as. 4 guagev, the most popular, of course, being me fsccona Mic. Tii,.iJj, wlucn iih-j been performed in German, Krench, Italian and Hussian. "His House in Order" la now to Ik- given In Paris In October at the Vaudeville, with M. Tarride In the part of Hilary, while Mile. Marthe Hegnler will represent Nina. U will be interesting to aee whether tlie French public will appreci ate this fine work. that a good deal depends upm the girl. Several of Arthur Wing Plnero'a playa have been translated Into foreign Ian- Edith Ellis' New Comedy a Success disputed rank of king of th realm of vaudeville: the man who own more the ater devoted to that claa of amuaement and who pays more money in salaries than all the other vaudeville operator, combined. So they all Journeyed to M. Keith's office and there put the question to him and at th same time filing- their Individual claims to br-ing the most pop ular act. "You are all of you wrong," stated Mr. Keith. Continuing, he said "Before I knew any of ycu, I was- run ning moving pictures In my programs. I am doing the same thing now, and when you are all dead and forgotten every one of mv theaters will continue to present moving pictures, not one or two weeks each season, which is generally the limit of your engagement In sny on house each season, but for every week. Is there any further question in your minds as to what I consider the most popular act before th amusement loving public?" As far aa th situation in Onixha is concerned, Mr. departure from the usual run of plays In rts offering for thla weuk. Becky Bliss, a former clrcua rider, has beea adopted by Asa Peakes, a retired farmer. The girl make every attempt to reconcile herself to the new mode of life, but unfortunately Is a victim of somnambulism. In one of tier nightly wanderings sh steals money be longing to Aaa Feakes, thereby putting him In the power of Kara Fllut, an unscrupu lous lawyer, who holds a mortgage on the farm. The ultimate reuovery of the money and the reconcllaliun of all parties con cerned forma th plot of th Interesting three-ace comedy. Miss Mona Lee, whoae work gave much satisfaction last week, wlil have the title role. gpeclaUWs will be Introduced between acta The last week at Laka Manawa has broken all records for big dally attendance, thwiaands seeking refuge from th torrtdity by a cool plunge at Manawa beach. Local park-goer seem to realist tnla year lour Mr. Henry W. Savage produced a new comedy drama, entitled. "I Take Thla Man," by Mlaa Bdlth Ellia, at th Court Square theater, Springfield, Mass., last Monday night. Probably the aucceaa of the new piece la best Indicated by the fol lowing dispatch taken from the columns of the New York Press: Springfield. Mass.. July 20. At the los of the third act of "I Take Tills Man," which was produced by Mr. Henry W. Fsvage In the Court Square theater to nlirlit. a record for curtain calla waa es tablished. The audler.ee applauded until the curtain had been raised ana lowertd forty-seven timee. "I Take This Man" -Is a three-act comedy drama by E !tth Ellis. Frederick Burton portray a man who. moved by a nomadic spirit, .leserta hla wife and children. He returns home aft.-r eleven yeara' abei-m-e, when his wife Is contemplating- a new marriage. Interest ing dramatic incidents ensue. Mr. Savage's production of "I Trke This Man" at Springfield waa In the nature of a "try-out." Aside fiom the two lead na characters In the piece, which were played by actors especially engaged, the caat was made up of the members of the Hunter Bradford Playera, one of the beBt sum mer stock companies In America. ' "I Take This Man" Introduces a char acter new to the stage. In the role of Hiram Perkins, a ne'er-do-wtll aesthetic tramp, who deserts hla wife and children, leaving thetn In a small Indiana town, In order that ho may drift around the world to se tha countries and peoples about whom he has read. Meauwhlle his wife, who Is a determined, ambitious woman, becomes editor and pro prietor of a smsll country newspaper and eke out a living for herself and children. In the couduct of her paper sh stands for good moral, and la lin with ber policy supports an honest politician In his fight for a seat in the legislature against the commercial boss of tlie village, thereby Incurring the enmity of the latter. In the thick of the fight ahe fails In love with her own candidate, and la considering hla A Favorite Prescriptisn of Doctor y sj H tniMMiiiii in in M n a TBjitm For ai Increas A I H I li Ul Temperature proposal husband, reappears after an absence of j eleven years, In the clithea of a tramp still imbued with his. old dilettante spirit. Naturally she la shocked by his resur rection, and after giving him th- cold leav ings of the family supper she asks li in: what he e-xpecta to do and where he ex pecta to go. to which Hiram Impudently and sinlliigly anewers: "He It ever ao humble, there's no place like home." She angrily refuses to go hack to the old life snd will not accent Hiram as her husband, atlll she has not the heart to turn him out of doors and gives him an ultimatum say ing: "I won't drive you away homel.-sa; because you are the father of my children. On the other hand. I will not accept you as the head of thia houae. Here's my proposition: You were always a good cook and handy about the house, when you wanted to he. so I'll offer you $10 a month to d my cod. Inn and gervral housework, with Thuisdny aa your day off, and a thorough understand ig that rone shall know you are my husband. Take It or leave It." T3 her surprise, Hiram accepts the offer, and the interesting story that follows la based upon this singular agreement. Mrs. Anne Sutherland haa been er.raged by Mr. Savage to play "Portlo Perkins." the lead ing female role of the piece. When "I Take Thia Man" was preasnted on Monday last In Springfield; Mia Sutherland scored an ImpaoBslv euooeas. "Once upon a time I had a maid," re latea May Robaon. who is iduvina in San Francisco. "She was an old one, loo, and a faltli curlst, which did not prevent a lot of sad catastrophes in her family that made It Impossible for me to refuse In i considerable financial assistance. The last time It waa a brother who had succumbed. I think that tlie same brother had been used once before, but this time she came to me In the most pitiful manner and an nounced : " 'Hrother Jim has passed away.' " 'Maria,' i said to her. 'with you aomo of them 'piii-H away," some of them 'go to the land of rest,' some of them 'yield up the spirit," and some of them 'travel ti, tlie great beyond,' but lny folks Just died.' "i know, ma'am; I know, but poor brother Jim, he thought so much of you, I ma'am, and he was ao poor ' I " 'Then he should not have 'passed away"; he ought to have just died, Maria; It la so 1 much more economical.'' ' Gertrude Coghlan. who lias been flavin r I the role of Khlrley Rossin re In "The Lion I ari the Mouse" for two seasons, and I n A A T I II O For Weak UfllSraU Muscles I Roller Coaster For Stim ulation DANCING . toleration CONCERT BAND For Unstrung Nerve For Ei- cltement of marriage, when Hiram, her j Frank J. Mclntyre, lust reason a member of Robert Dili-son's company, will play tlie leallni; role in James Forties' new com edy. "The Traveling Salesman," m-xt sea son. Tom Ross did not care for tlie star part. Charles F. Mackay, whose former wife Is now tlie bride of Robert Kdesou, has been assigned to the title ride of "The Mai. of the Hour." and will hi-nd tlie company that is to give the Hroadhui stv play in Hos t "! and throughout N.-w IJnxiani. He has been pi. tying the role of Gillia, the broker. In the play. lyee Kohlmar. a d 'alert comedian who was with Lavid W'arfield In "The Music Master," and- more recently one of the principals of the I. a Salle Theater company, will make the detiut In vaudeville at the Majestic theater next Monday matinee In a one act sketch v. hlch has been arranged by le Mille, the famous playwright. It Is along the order of "The Music Master." Ills principal aupport will be Miss Hi-rtii Johnson, a south aide jr'rl wiio. while u student of Arna Morgan's school, wai selected by Mr. Warlnld. himself, for a mi n'iT of his c irr i i: y L-ist season !u Played with M'as Frances Starr In "Tlie Rose of lliu Ham ho." 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