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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
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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"
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"THK DEVIL" excels the numerous Imitations of this play, which
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY, DECEMBER 87 AND 18
Edwin A. XsUtln Presents the Distinguished Yiddish Actress, MME. KENNY
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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
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"Busy Izzy's Boodle"
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Lincoln J. Carter's Z.ateet Startling
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Lucky Jim
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School ol Acting
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