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n IS THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 20, 1908. I: 'V , J r m m s m Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses IM.TAM9 AND WALKKR fjr- V 1 7l nlnhpd the hesdllnrr In Omihu'l ff I Mniiwmpnt pro(rram for the WRf'K. 1 HIT 1 A 'ri H Ul( III" loral managTS wns unique In a way, for lnstesd of lt bring- the worst we?k In the season, as la genfrally the rasp. It proved to be one of the bist. All of the theater bad good business and the crowd that awarmed to are William and Walker at the Boyd proved to be al most record-breakers. The coming week has aurh attractions as ought to sga'n fill the theater and send the hoodoo of the ante-holMay period huxtllng to a. more fa vorable locality than Omaha. ' Mary Bhaw win tern at the Boyd In a play that I unworthy the attention given It. The thought embodied la hackneyed, and Ita treatment wti amateuriah. More over, It denouement la theatric and Illog ical, and doe not produce the result the reverend author evidently dealied. The sui cide of the ton Just at the time when hta mother needed him moat and whvn he waa loudest In hta protestation of hla love for her, aeema a bit trite if not really ailly. It Would have been much more Impressive and natural to have had .the young man atmgglo bravely on In an effort to provide for the mother who had wrought ao pa tiently through all the yeara to prepare Mm to do a man's work In the world. He tnlght at least have proven hla love for her by undertaking to help her bear her sorrow and to repay her In a measure by his com fort and support. The lesson taught I not made any the more effective because of the terror of Its conclusion, and for his own sake the hope may be expressed that When Ilev. Mr. Knott gives us the serond of his promised trilogy he will not only mend It a to literary style and dramatic construction, but he will relieve it of some Of Its triteness of conclusion. Bert Williams easily maintains himself at the top of the list of comedians. His comedy la of the low type, to be sure, und hla foolery th;it of t ho uneducated darky, but hla method are those of the artist and his results are art In Its truest sense. WillHms does not caricature but produces hla darkey type With pho tographic fidelity. It is not the Ignorant, but rather the uneducated ono that he haa made us familiar with, for the Williams' darky has always been a man of natural shrewdness and hard common Benae, aa op posed to the preterruitunj "smartness" shown by Walker. It is this contraat of type that makes the combination so genu inely effective. And experience Ins been of service to both, for their work Is Smoother and more enjoyable In every way than on the occasion of their last visit. That they are popular was more than at tested by the great pressure to hear them. It waa really the most auccessful engage ment of the season at the Boyd frpm a box office viewpoint. The new Clarden theater In Chicago Is proving a tremendrlus hit with the people, of that city, and la also becoming popu lar with strangers as fast as It Is becom ing known. It Is the" newest expression of ' thought In tho way of theater comfort, with the very latest Ideaa embodied In its construction. Ae of the attractive features Is the presence of an Indoor garden whose arrangement suggests the verandah of a country club, this being carried out on (thre sides, while the fourth Is arranged far the stage. Here the spectator sits t comfort with his coffee or hla cordial, smokes If he cares to, and enjoys the performance on the stage to the limit. JuHt now a musical travesty, "A Winning Miss," Is being presented and is being enthusias tically praised by all. The Garden Is the ono thing to do In Chicago Just now. ARBITERS OP THE F.N Ci LI SIC STAGE! Children Rule from Now Until Next Easter In Many of the Theaters. LONDON, Dec. 19. (Special Correspond ence.) Whatever aspect London may pre- rent to others, to the children at Christmas time it Is a place of pure delight. At first glance It would appear to the uninitiated that most of the English managers were possessed of soft hearts and had quite de termlned upon giving the little ones tho time of their lives. Assured successes, some of them pluying to record receipts, are to be ruthlessly torn from the boards of certain theaters and sent Into temporary retirement to make way for shows that will tickle the fancy of the children. Staid, serious-minded managers like Beerhohm Tree aiid Charles Frohman become children for the moment and plead almost patheti cally for the approval and applause of boys in short trousers and girls In shorter dresses. But upon closer examination one. will find that there Is a sound business basis for these strange actions. The . various pan tomimes which make their appearamo In I England at this time of the year and ex- I tend up to Uaster are gold mines, and it Is sound financial considerations that have Induced Frohman and Tree and their clasa J to enter tho field with playa primarily I designed for juvenile consumption. ? Thus It Is that wo hear that "Peter Pan" is to make Its reappearance for a season . .a t the duk3 of York's beginning December 5 IU Pauline Chase will, of course, be Peter i and Hilda Trevelyan will play the part of Z Wendy, a part she has made an enduring f possession of the heart of every child who S has seen tho play. Thus also Tree will pra I dure "Pinkie and the Fairies" at His MaJ- esty'a with Kllen Terry In the chief role and Ittella Campbell, daughter of Mrs. I "Pat." in ths cast. And at the Cfurt thea ter there will be a revival of "Little Lord Fauntleroy." These ara but signs that the youth of England are Inratlttbl In the mat tor of entertainment and that they are no anger entirely satisfied with pantomime. They form, too, a good and promising sign 3 Of higher taste in the young, for, after all, 'the pantomimes, almost without excepth n Z are very poor productions made up of a 3 conglomerate of cheap humor and horse- a p'y- Yet that they are immensely popular with the children no one cun deny. Take the great Drury Laue production. No less than 650 performers have been engaged in addition tu the cast of principals, all of whom command enormous salaries. In tho handling of the big atage and the theater back stage 560 people are needed, and In front of the house 160 more will be busy The run of the pantomime extends from Boxing night to about Easter, and in tlioaa three months this bouse and It Is but an example of the hundreds throughout the ci untry manages to return a handsome profit en the enormous original outlay and the weekly salary list. As an Index to the profits that are to be obtained It Is only necessary to mtntion that a year ago the directors of Drury Lane were contemplat Ing engaging Harry Lauder at a salary o t4,(i0D a week, und the popular Scotch comedUn would have btun oiily one of the big. company. , But while pantomime has Its advantiges It also ha Its dlsad hoi h In order to make up the cats of the hur livri of e m pa nles throughout the country It la necrt ry to draw upon the music halls and that class of houses is drained almost dry of talent at this time of the year. Tre aatural consequence la that the manage; f the halls find It Impctstble to fill their Wats and a eerWoa period of steady toss in almost unavoidable. Many of them Would like to close for the three months, but dare not do so. With the return of Easter the stars are' released from their pantomime engagements and come flocking back to the hall In auch numbers that the bill are often over weighted with talent. , The opening of the Waldorf theater under the management of Henry R. Smith has not proved as auspicious as It might have. Although "The Antelope" yields many laugh, ns a whole It Is extremely weak and uninteresting. What it needs. In my opinion, I a whole lot of the collaboration of other mind to which tho author of It, Adrian Ross, took exception In the press some time ago, apropos of another play. There is enough plot in "The Antelope" to make an Interesting half hour and out of It Rosa has attempted to make an even ing's entertainment. Thl would not have jroved so disastrous from the viewpoint of the average playgoer were the plot rele gated to the background by the interpola tion of some cxco'.h nt "bualnef" and songs. Instead, however, the obviously inadequate plot has been pushed to the foreground and results In a sense of dissatisfaction In the minds of the audience. Of the music, which la by Dr. Hugo Kellx, there Is not much to say. In spots It was pretty, ex Music and Musical Notes VERY WHERE you go, every' place you pass, every direction In which you look, you are re minded that a great annual event Is hiking place, or about to take pluco. You glance through the pages of your newspaper and you are reminded that "only so-many days of Christmas shopping" remain. You buy your favorite magazine, and again your at tention is drawn to the Imminence of a commemorative event. You . meet your friends, and unusual-looking bundlea are In their hands, bundlea which you never see them carrying during any other period of the year. You go Into your grocer's shop, or your dry goods store, or your book shop, or your department commercial mart, and you see signs which seem char acteristic of Just this period of the year. What does it all mean? What does It all mean? You ask the op timist and he replies that It is the one grand time of the year when all men are brothers, when the spirit of brotherly love, and geniality, and altruism Is absolutely prevalent. You ask the pessimist what It means and he replies. In words of a modern satirist, Oh, It is nothing but the "annual swap!" You ask the pleased-looking business man and he says, "It Is our harvest." You ask the tired shop girl and she tells you that it is the time of late hours, hard work, nervous exasperation and little rest. You ask the church and It says, "The season of the Nativity." You ask the chll dren and they reply, "It la tho time of Santa Claus." You ask the spiritually in cllned people and they say, "It Is the Manger of Bot'r.lehcm, and the Shepherds, and the Star." And you ask the physical folk and they tell you, "It Is the Christmas tree, and tbe plum pudding, and the pres ents." What does It all mean? Musicians are busy preparing the best musical expression of the thought of this particular time. Choirs are giving their best efforts and their most constant thought to rehearsing the music which will most fittingly represent the occasion. Cholr Isters and solo singers and the players upon Instruments, choirmasters, priests and preachers are ransacking the shelves of musical literature In order to bring forth something which will do honor to the time and season. Bells will chime and chants will be chanted, and offerings will be made, carols will be carolled, hymns will be hymned, and sermons will be preached, anthems will be suruj, prayers will be prayed, gifts will be given, but what does It all mean? It surely does not mean that we worship the Babe of Bethlehem In his full stature. or He, when he grew up to manhood, said some very unpleasant things, and brought home many unwelcome truths which finallv uccecded In bringing about his overthrow, his false condemnation, his absurd alleged trial," (the greatest mockery of . legal procedure In the annals of history), Ills dis gracefully unjust condemnation, and his utterly Ignominious death, and Truth is on the Cross today as then. This Babe of Bethlehem, when he be came a man, arraigned In the most scath Ing terms those who built temples of stone as memorials and monuments of then- own greatness, out of the very life-forces of the poorer people, the workingmen, who In reality were their own brothers. And yet we of today bend the worshipping knee and bow the respectful head to the men who made themselves rich by the clever manipu lation of the honest and earnest work of those who are only "honest" enough to work, but who are not "shrewd enough" to get along without working. When this Rabe grew to man's estate He spoke In no uncertain terms about the sins of selfishness, and greed, and rapacity, and the difficulties surrounding the class of persons who would "bind heavy burdens upon their feilownien; and yet we, who live today In this grand and glorious home of liberty, encourage by our acquiescence these very tilings which, however, we pro- teBt against when the Fourth of July comes Pity It Is, but the truth, that we are aatis fled to have our protest end In fireworks No. We do not "stand for" the grown-up Ideas Of this Babe of Bethlehem, and there fore we must go back to the Infant cradle and the adoring shepherds and a lonely manger outside the Inn at Bethlehem Where there was no room for the "True Light that Llghteaeth every man that cometh Into the world," namely, the Light of Intelligence. Intelligence waa Just dawning at that crib. It waa Just the beginning. And then we get the answer to our ques. tlon, "What does It all mean?" It means this, that we like the scenery a,nd the costumes and the atory. Even if we cannot tolerate the tragedy and the outcome. And who ahall aaythat the story is no beautiful? There are the rustic shepherds sitting quietly in the Judaean fields, and like all careful shepherds not merely content with seeing that their aheep huve been led to streams during the day which were fresh and clean, and not polluted by any poison ous connection; not merely content that the sheep In thlr charge had not been attacked by wolves. no. not merely content that they had good her bage during the day they bud folded them, hai taken care of Diem, had b'U them good-night, and now, while the sheep were asleep, they, the faithful shepherds, were keeping watch, at night; during the watches of the moonless night, they still kept guard over their precious charge. Mark you. they were not off somewhere, attending a convention of aheap herders; ceptionally so In two numbers, but It was woefully larking In variety. Charles Frohman '"iiaa decided to Bend Julia Sanderson bark to the United Stated In "Kitty Grey," In which O. P. Huntley will make his bow early In January In New York. Julia will play the name part, In which Kvle Greene made such a hit when the play was originally produced In Lon don some yeara ago. The presrmt Inten tion la to open at the Broadway theater for a run, but it is possible that some other house may be substituted before the open ing. Frohman for some time hoped to be able to provide a part for Julia on this sde, but was unable to unearth a suitable one. Hence her return to the United State. It is certain, however, that she will be brought bark to London at the first oppor tunity, as Frohman thinks she is bound to make a big hit eventually. "Havana," which has been running nt the Gaiety, will soon be withdrawn and a return made In January to the old tradi tions of the house. The famous company which became associated with the house will be brought together again by George Edwardes in a new play, the music of which Is being written by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monrkton, the latter of whom I, of course, the husband of Gertie Miller. Gertie they were not at a session of the shep herds' union; they were not comfortably housed In a shepherd's house; but they were "abiding In the field." And then as to faithful shepherd, always has happened the "angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them." (In musical fields, is not the same thing true? When you are abiding In the field out there, In your little Nebraska, Iowa or Missouri field, watching over your musical flocks, by night, the night of discouragement, the night of antagonism, the night of despair, the night of "what'a-the-uae," the night of "who-cares-anyhow," "the angel of the Lord" always seems to appear at the right moment; the right thought comes to you, the right Impulse seems to guide you, the right path seems open to you, and yet, And yet-) And yet the narative tells us "They were, sore afraid!" Yesl When the new truth dawn upon any soul, after the first radiance of the truth has been borne Into the receptive soul, it Is afraid to use It. Has not this fact been proven refilly true, oven and over again? We are afraid. Examine yourself, as to the receptivity of any truth along your musical educa tional lines. You have not "shied" at a "method," or a "trick" or a "scheme" whereby you could do things, (as you thought), for the time. But when a real truth has been offered to you, you have been "sore afraid" to try it? Is it not so? Then If not, you have never xperienced the Incoming of a true prln- iple of working. But the angel had not quite flnlshod. The utterance was realy more Important than the presence. And that utterance was, "Fear not!" We are always ready to worship the angel, but what heed do we pay to the angel's message, "Ft-ar not?" After all. It is not the angel that attracts; no, Indeed; It Is the message of the angel; tho angel made the shepherds afraid. It was the message that made them rejoice. Do you think, for a moment, that we sufficiently emphasise this fact, at this time of the year? It was the message and not the angel, that made the shepherds get up and de termine to go to Bethlehem. Nay, verily! We always have a hymn about the angels, but mlghtly little about the "Fear not!" And the reason was given for the "Fear not!" Namely, that Truth had been norn In a lowly manger. In swaddling clothes, It was yet in Its Infancy. It waa a mere baby. But It was Truth, Light, Intelligence. And when Truth, Light, Intelligence are Incarnated there la always the hymn of 'Glory to God In the Highest!" for there is nothing higher than that. And when Truth, Light, Intelligence are supreme there Will be Peace on Earth, and there will be nothing but "Good Will Toward Men," for Truth will show the rich man that he can own nothing of himself, and that he can carry no monuments away with him. Light will show the Ignorant man and the wicked one (If such there be) that he Is working against himself, and against himself only. And Intelligence will proolalm that the greatest slave of the race Is nonlntelll gence. or Ignorance, and that "we are all children of one Father," and that we are Intended to be sons of Light, and that we must one and all rise early and claim our birthright, and In that Way reach the full meaning of the story of the Christmas tide, so that we wnl not have to ask. one of another, "What does It all mean!" THOMAS J. KELLY. Musical Notes. The following program was given at the Sacred Heart academy Thursday evening: Carneval Op. No. 8 R. Schumann Preambule. Piirr t. Aiiequln. Vulse noble. Eus-biUK. Kloieslmi. Coquette and Repliuue. Pupillons. Ijt Urea dan- santes. Lhlarina. Chopin, hstrella. Re connaissance. Pan i-i ion v-t Columbine, Valse allemande. Paganinl. Ave-u. Promenade. ' Pause et Marche des Davidsbundler contre les Phillniins. Mr. Lundow. Songs: Old Italian Curomlo ben. .Giordan! (1743-9$) Old tieriuan t-.inneuis Amiaechttues Kindelwiegen Corneer (1649) uiu i-.ngiisii iiavi- l ou been But a Whyte Lillie Grow? (words by Ben JoiiEon. 1010) Anon Old Irish iramachree Molly Mr. Kelly. Seherso B minor Chopin Valse Brillante A flat major Chopin Aielodles Hongrolses D'aprus Schubert Pour Piano Seul Par , F. Lisst Air. Landow. Songs: Hark! Ilark! the Lark Schubert 1. heure fc-xqulse ReynuMo liahn T he Robin Kings K. A. MacD'-weil l he sword of Ferrar. Frederic Field Bullard Mr. Kelly. Accompanist, Mr. Martin Bush. Three of the Jeannette M. Thurber scholarships for singing, piano and violin, now vacant, will be open for comp-ullion at the twenty-fourth semi-annual entrance examination of the National t'uns rvatiry of Music of America (formerly of 47 West Twenty-fifth elree'. i, now at IS West Seventy-ninth street. New York City, Mjii day, January 4, from lu to 12 and 2 to 4 p. m., and orchestra from 2 to S p. m. The scholarships will be given to students wlio have no nnailw. but whosa tal,-nt iro:nl.-t- distinction us artists. One of the most eir'nent sint-v-is njw .before the pub be, Lillian U.iuvtit, was a holder of on of tlieso scholarships. The artistic faculty Includes Adele Margulles, Leo pold IJehtrnherg, Leo Schults, Joseph Piiizarello. Hugo Relsenfeld, WlKurd Wawra, Camlllo Engle, Uruuo Oscar Klein. Henry T. Plnck and other. For further information address secielitry only, lA West Hwtiuy-uluta street. New York CUy. and George Orosmlth, who have been with ' you, and Edmund Taynn, who ha been on tour, all of whom belong to the Gaiety old guard, will be In the cast of the new play. It Is called, for the present at least, "Oar rod's Stores." which Is an obvious play on the name of one of London's largest de partment store. In which the first art I laid. JOHN EVA CARPENTER. At tbe Omaha Theaters. W. L. Abingdon, who has won so marked a success in the role of the uevii, in Henry W. EUvage's sole-authorised produc tion of the comedy of that name, first achieved footllght fame In the character of the Spider in the famous London pro duction of "Tho Silver King." This was on the occasion of the remarkable run of the play when It was presented contlnously In the British metropolis for two entire seasons. Afterwards Mr. Abingdon played the polished vllllan In the produe'lons mado at the Adelphia theater, Ixmdon, during the long Incumbency of that house by the notable company headed by the unfortunate William Terrlss -perhaps the most popular actor the British stnge has known. Mr. Abingdon frequently achieved that most complete triumph that a stage "villlan" may have in being hissed from the stage. Olga Ncthersole was also a member of the Terrlsa company at tho time, as were a number of other players of particular note. In this country Mr. Abingdon has since won fine success In leading roles, coming here to be the lead ing man with Amelia Bingham, and re maining to perform like services for Mrs Langtry and other actresses of the upper flight. The Devil of Frar.i Molnar's sensa tional and witty comedy Is the third Satan Mr. Abingdon has portrayed. In the spectacular presentation made in Lon don a few seasons ago of "Pilgrim's Prog ress ho was cast as Apollyon, while later he appeared In that city as the Prince Lucius in the dramatisation of the Marie Corelll romance, "The Sorrows of Satan." In Mr. Savage's notable production of "The Devil". Mr. Abingdon will be seen at the Boyd tonight and Monday. For the first time In the history of the American stage, a first-class dramatic pro duction Is on tour with a number of cele brated circus acrobats and clowns playing leading parts. The play Is Frederic Thomp son's big production, "Polly of the Circus," by Margaret Mayo, with Edith Taliaferro playing the leading part. "Polly of the Circus" dealr with a girl bareback rider. wno is injured during a performance In a small town and Is left behind to recuperate. Her period of convalescence Is spent In the home of the village preacher, with whom she falls In ove. Later, for reasons ex plained In the play, she returns to the cir cus, which makes It necessary to present a tent show In full operation on the stage of the theater. To give the necessary touch of realism, Mr. Thompson has en gaged a number of the most famous cir cus folks In the world of white tops. The play will be seen at Boyd Thursday, Friday nnd Saturday, with matinee Christ mas and Saturday. At the Boyd on Sunday and Monday, next week, Edwin A. 'Relkin's Yiddish com pany, headed by one of the most distin guished Yiddish actresses, Mme. Kenny Lipzln, will present some of the most successful plays, "Mlrele Ef- fros" (the Jewish Queen Lear), and "Tho Orphan," from the pen of Mr. Jacob Gordln. The plays have to their credit a consecutive run of 300 nights at one of the leading theaters of New York City and have proven some of the greatest financial and artistic successes ever known. Charles Frohman will present Miss Marie Doro In "The Richest Girl," a new and sparkling comedy In four acts, by the authors of "My Wife," at Boyd's theater for two nights, December 29 and 30. "Tho Richest Girl" was given its first presenta tion at the Park theater, Boston, on Sep tember 21, and it scored quite as cm phatic a success as did "The Morals of Marcus," In which Miss Doro made her stellar debut at the same theater a year ago. Miss Doro's role In "The Richest Girl" Is a charming creation and charac terisation, and the part fits this quaint little actress perfectly. For this engage ment Mr. Orrin Johnson has been especially engaged for the part of "Paul Normand,' the leading male role. The Burwood company, after having had THIS WEEK'S Boyd's Theater. Krug Theater... Burwood' ' Theater Orpheum Theater Palm Theater Cameraphone Free Concerts The Musically Inclined Public are cordially invited to pay us a visit any afternoon and enjoy our Piano Player Concerts. No charge is mude und you can well spend an hour with us when dowu town on shopping trip. SC1IM0LLER & MUELLER I'LIXO CO. 1311-13 Fariiiun St. J. L BRANDEIS & SONS Hairdreaslna; Dept. Second Ploor. Hair Dressing- aud Maicel Waving BO0 Shampooing auo Massaging- and Electric Vibrator. 8O0 Manicuring for ladles and gentle men Oo All kinds of hair goods at lowest prices. Appointments made by phone. Why heat up your coal range Just to heat water, when a gas heater will give you enough hot water for bath In m few minutes. We sell them. Omaha fcl Tickets Frei at Hanson's Every person who takes a meal at Toll Hanson's basement restaurant may guess the number who visit there during the day. Kvery day the nearest guesa wina a meal took. Toll Hanson.'! Loach Room The most attractive, brightest, airiest and most economical lunca teoat la Outana, Tsmllle" In rehearsal for over two months, should be seen to great advantage In thl play. It Is written In beautiful language, tho pen pictures not being excelled by anything In drama. Camlllea" descrip tion of her name flower "a strange flower. pale, scentless, cold; sensitive as purity It self. Cherish It and It beauty will excel the loveliest flower that grows, but wound It with but a single touch, you could never recall Its bloom or wipe away Its stain," Is but one of the beautiful speeches that predominate In the play. It I well known that In Omaha Miss Elliott attained much success In her previous portrayal of this difficult role during her engagement at the Burwood two seasons ago, and It Is expected that she will add to her former laurels In the coming week's production. Mr. Grew has been cast for Armand, It being one of hi favorlto roles. Mr. Todd will be Count De Varvllle; Mr. Connor, Gaston; Mr. Ingraham, the elder Duval, and Mis Jcffery, Madam Prudence. Aside from the matinees today, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday, there will be a special matinee on Friday, Christmas Day. George Sidney and hi big company of comedian, dancers and singers Is an nounced for an appearance at the Krug theater for two days, starting matinee to day, In "Busy Ixxy's Boodle." This year the cast embraces some of the leading artist of musical comedy. The chorus Is a marvel of beauty and training, the cos tumes expensive, new and novel In design, and the scenery appropriate and artistic. Lincoln J. Carter's powerful problem play, A Good Woman Will Win," appears at the Krug theater for two days, starting Tues day night next. How a young mining engineer fresh from college rehabilitated hla father's for tune Is told In the big melodramatic suc cess, "Lucky Jim," which Joseph Santley Is presenting this season. Supported by an exceptionally strong company, Mr. Santley will present "Lucky Jim" at the Krug theater for three days, starting Thursday night. There will be a special matinee on Christmas day. "Planophlends" Is the title of the head line act at the Orpheum for tho week be ginning matinee today. This act Is pre sented by four women and five men, all piano players of ability. Five pianos are used In the act and one number rendered by these entertainers consists of nine play ers pefc-mlng on five pianos at the same time. An octet number Is one of the fea tures of the act. The bill Includes Edna Phillips in her new sketch, "Lost, a Kiss In Central Park." Miss Phillips is accom panied by a little company of compttent entertainers. The sketch Is farce, pure and aimple. Frank and Joe Wilson have a German comedy skit entitled "A Padded Cell." The Wilsons are comedians with a variety of ways for evoking a laugh. They have a bunch of new parodies and sing coon songs In German dialect. Tony Wilson and Mile. Heloise are experts with the horizontal bar and bounding mat. Mile. Heloise introduces her dancing. The Grassys have devised some strange instru ments on which they play all sorts of tunes. Their act Is an unique comblnatoin of mystery and melody. Blsset and Scott have the dancing number of the bill. They present several oddities in Bteps never seen here before. New kinodrome views. Dally matinees. A program of unusual merit and Interest will be shown at the Camerophone theater, 1403 Douglas street, beginning Sunday. Alice Lloyd, the Great English comedienne, will appear In camerophone talking pictures In her daintiest repertoire. "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Splash Me" are among the songs she will sing. This will be followed by Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan, famous black-faced comedians, In their late success, "Who Do You Love?" from "Shoo Fly Regiment." These two ac tors for ytars mado records for the Edison company. 1 e.ildis the talking pictures there will be several very Interesting silent pic tures, depicting history, romance and com edy. Among the most Interesting of these silent pictures Is a Btory of a New York wharf rat. It Illustrates conditions as they exlat there today, only woven into a clever little romance. These silent pictures will be followed by an Illustrated song by Mrs. Alma Huntly, late soloist at Kountze Me morial church. The Camerophone theater is an Ideal place for entertainment while resting from fatigue of Christmas shopping. There Is no pleasanter, cleaner place of re fined amusement in the city. ATTRACTIONS "The DeTtl" "Polly of the Circus" "Busy Isay's Boodle" "A Good Woman Will Win" X.ucky Jtm" "OauUUe" auderUle Honor Ploture Talking Pictures NEW STYLE FALL HATS NOW BEADY Stephens & Smith 307 South 16th. BOS North lath. The 0. J. Penfold Co. WB MAD. OTIIU rOUOW. BCZENTIPIO OPTICIANS Bee Onr New Torlo XBases. 1408 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. A WANT-AD IN Will Get ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY Gas Co. Jean P. Duf field TEACHER OF PIANO Stadto. Sulto 4O4-0 Bord Tbeevte BOYD'S TONIGHT AND MONDAY MR. HENRY W. SAVAGE WHO PIUMU CKH "THK MKIIIIV WIDOW." "MADAM nUTTEIlFLY" AMI OTHKR KNOKMOl'H NITCKSSKH, OFKKHS HIS OHKJINAIj TIM DICTION OF THK W1LDF1HK, WOHLIMVIDU COMKDY SUCCESS, (!cr ToufH) N. II. Mr. Honry W. Havbkp'a original New lork production of "THK DEVIL" excels the numerous Imitations of this play, which are inaflqueratllng under the annie title, as rnuVrewskJ'a rendition of the "Spring Song" erelw the whnng-whanK-hnng of ft ragtime pianist. 3 NIGHTS STARTING THURSDAY, OEC. 24 KATIHEES r&IDAT A ITS SATTTBDAT Frederic Thompson's Massive OF THE By Margaret Mayo With EDITH TALIAFERRO AND A HOTABX.B OAST OP FOKTT Aa Played One Solid Tear at the Liberty Theater, new York City. SEATS BOW 8EI.I.XNO. SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DECEMBER 87 AND 18 Edwin A. XsUtln Presents the Distinguished Yiddish Actress, MME. KENNY UPZXN and an All Star Cast of Yiddish Players, in "KUELS-ErriO", ("The Jewish Queen X,eah"), and THE ORPHAN" By Jaoob FINE mam 3000 FINE FOWLS lecembsr 28 to January 2. At the ADDITORIUr.l. iniai.sC3 PHONES Bell. MATINEE Tf ft A V AND ALLT NOW, ALL TOUETBER: & NIGHT Wfe.r-a W XTRA MAT. MAS DAY Tickets Ready; ale lor Xtra Mat New Yrar's Day. Prom ths Itorna Elliot's Oreatest Success Daring; Her Pormer Engsfement at This Theates MATS. TUES., THURS., SAT. kj?.wX CB.EIOKTON PHONES DOUG.4&4 INOAMS4 ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE MATINEE DAILY. 8:10. EVE1T NIOHT, 8:13. Week Starling Matinee Today BIO CHRISTMAS WEEK BILL. PIANOPHIENDS The smartest Musical Novelty In Vaudeville. Introducing Nine Musicians. Edna Phillips & Co. "Lost, a Kiss In Ontral Purk." by Una Clayton. Frank Joe WILSON BROS. In Their German Comedy, "A Padded Cell." Tony Wilson & Mile. Heloise Originators of the Bounding Mot. Josephine Charlotte AMOROS SISTERS rarisUn Novelty Gymnasts. THE GRASSYS European Mystic Musicians. DIS SETT & SCOTT The "Hello George" Dancing Boys. KINODROME Always the Newest In Motion Itctures. PRICES 100, 860 and 60o. i Chicago Film Exchange I - America's Foremost rila Beater I 47 to BOO Branaels Bldf. Omena, 1 Bee our picture at the Camera phone ! Th"ater. Douglas and lUb 8ts.. Nohms- ka'a beet picture show. U Talking Animated Pictures MUs AnnaL Bishop (Contralto-) Teacher of Singing (Hudio - 1T Davenport Street THE AX E R. Ily Frnnz Molnjtr. Production of dip y Gordln. 200 FINE DOGS Doul. IROfi-lr, .r- IF IT'S I ULLY" E E K L, ATTBE BURWOOD. IT'S BULLY French of Alexander Dnmas n THEATR- 15e-fiBo-60c-?5o Ifatlnee Today 10o-85o-80o 2 sVarting Matines Today "THAT PUHHY LITTLB FELLOW" GEORGE SIDNEY Zn ths Newest, Brlrntest and run niest Musical Comedy. "Busy Izzy's Boodle" JUU JIJlji l" I T - "''"'"''""'"'"'" " sfcsa 2 &KS Tubs, Dec. 22 Lincoln J. Carter's Z.ateet Startling Production, A Good Woman Will Win Hypnotism!, oond Slffbt and Mind Bt 1 ng XrmfttU-a. i jxno-njxnj'iiTisTsrirrsrMiii " - 3 SXZ Thurs. Dec. 24 SPECIAL MATTilFE CHRISTMAS That Sterling; Tonne; Aotox JOSEPH SANTLEY ZB BIS I1W PLAT Lucky Jim KaaTOlHcent Prodontlon, Unesoellsd Cast. The Boyd Theater School ol Acting A practical training school for the stage. Rehear sals and monthly criticism performances at Lyrlo Theater. Advanced BMdeate torn school stock oocupftBy. Pro fees local eiperteoe waive ' studying. T.rr " vtwosl xxotot W. I. BVBQBM, MKhlDLLIl-