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6 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; APRIL 18, 1909. What is Going on. in the Stage World Brief ly Told I ----- - - T HINOS ar moving In the the atrical world at a rete hat suggests something Of Interest for snother seaaon. While yet the upheaval la not of the nature of a cataclysm, the symptoms of storm of tornadlc violence are present. The atmosphere haa beon turgid, sultry and surcharged with omlnoua heat. And now cornea a llaah of lUhtnlog that ia perhapa the overture to the overturning at laet of the condi tions that have., prevailed and th clear ing, maybe, of th air of th theater so far aa lta business aspect are concerned. Th Ghubert bav withdrawn from th New York Managers' association. This In Itself Isn't so much, for it still leaves th PhuberU fre to co-operat with the syndicate" In outside towns. But the Phuberta hav formed a new New ' York Managers' association perhapa that Isn't what It will be called, but that will bo Its effect members of which ar to te Da vid Belasco- and Harrison Drey Flake. And this means but one thing, the breach of relations between the Bhuberts and Klaw aV Erlanger. Th "syndlcat" sup porters sty ther Is to be no war, that all la peaceful outside the great center of American theatrical business and that neither party has any' notion of entering Into competition or adopting disturbing tactics. But th Bhuberts hav already given theater room to William Fever sham, who waa put on the Index of ex communication by Mr. Erlanger Just be fore he sailed for Europe' lately on his "vacation" tour. This may mean much or It may mean little. It Is possible that "K. E." will pocket the affront and proceed as If they meant nothing when Faveraham was put under the ban, but In all human probability they won't, for they ar men who love power and are not avers to a fight So th Welsenhelmers of th amusement world are looking for as pretty a little row as ever stirred up th animals, and this time you can write your own ticket on the result. given It judicial review It was found to be not unfit or Immoral In the least. And. wonderful to relate, Immediately the pub lie lost Interest In It. If Mra. Warren and Fanny La Grand can get by the New Tork courts, one wonders why a hullabaloo la raised over axioms. More especially Vhen It la admitted that prurience subsists rather in what Is auggested that what la revealed. All the defense that has been piled up In support of the nude in art ought to apply her to the salvation of Salome nd the confusion of the others. Incidentally, David Belasco doesn't seem to take the matter ao very seriously. Tho only new play offered In New Tork at thfe end of the Lenten period waa a German comedy at th Irving Place. It Is a sweet little thing, of the light and dainty order. A noble countess haa kept up a home for Magdalenes, and has msde quit a show of It, but no Magdalenea havs sought refuge there. A still nobler high and well born prince person, who is enamored of the cpuntess, calmly Ignoring her husband, comes to Inspect the home, and the count ess. In order that he may have something to Inspect, Induces two maidens who have never gone astray to enter and assume the character for (he time only. Just then along comes a real one, and when his au gust highness arrives, behold the home has three Inmates. His experienced eye leads him readily to detect the fraud that two of the young women are practicing on him, and they ar Incontinently ousted because of not being fully qualified to Infest a home for th rescue of those who have be permitted. But low prohibited a number of other things a long time ago, some of which, ar still Indulged In by the cltlsens of the Hawkeye atate. It may be that the new law will set them to In vestigating; up to date no record la had of any effort to Invade the atate on the part of any of the Salomes yet known to fame, and If any considerable number of th cltlsens of that great common wealth mak up their minds that "Salome" la essential to happiness, the . much discussed maiden, dead these twenty centuries, may find herself suddenly become a political Issue hi a section where politics la never lukewarm. If the Hawkeyes do take her up seriously, Salome will find that the court of Herod was a wilderness of quiet In comparison with some things. It la a pleasure to reflect that the "scientific" booking agency In New Tork cannot afflict us with, another "Traitor" or "Clansman" this seaaon. The end la ao near at hand that only the good things can have a show, and these are corning In sufficient number to fill the time that will stretch between now a.nd the opening of the summer stock seaaon. It is not the practice of thla department to com mend In advance a coming attraction, but this rule la now to be broken In favor of "The Family." This Henry Miller production will be offered at th Boyd shortly, and It Is suggested that all who like a simple story, told in a dramatic way. In which th Intereat Is sustained to th drop of th final curtain, and which race track scene at Longchamps on Grand west. Including Omaha, Pes Molncs ano Prix day. The lawn of the rac track la others, "The Family" will be moved dick filled with handsome men and beauteoua to rnicago to continue me run, inirrruvu women, garbed In the extreme of fashion by a booking for Ethel Barrymor. made at mrA n.r.rilnr to .hew themselves to the ; the beginning of the season. "The Famuy. It has been an open secret for soma time that th Bhuberts wer looking for a rea sonable excuse to break out again. Under all th surface showing of friendship and good feeling has rankled the bitterness of having had to aurrender at a time when victory seemed to be theirs. Th tight money of '07 put the .Bhuberts to the neces slty of making peace on terms not tfulte bo favorable as otherwise might have been had. While the "K. E." folks did not publicly rub It In on the Bhuberts, they did not privately omit to keep In full view of the late rebels the fact that they had broken away and had com baok. And on thing has followed another sine that time. Th easy way In which th vaudeville rebel put It onto "K. A E " mad the Hhuberts wish they had stuck, And the sours of th "syndicate" since then has not furthered the thought of peace. It was i Shubert play, as well as a Belasco play and a Fiske play, that drew from Presi dent Bumham of the New York Managers' association his noteworthy interview on th purity of the drama, and it waa Man tger Burnham who finally afforded th xcuse for the Bhubert withdrawal from th association that Is dominated by Klaw Erlanger. Th pretext was slight y enough, but It waa alao big enough, and th prelude to th general disturbance Is now being played, $ This time the Bhuberts ar far stronger than before, they hav th theaters al ready In operation; then they had to ac quire them, even to build them, and they will be able to secure much more extensive financial support this time. They also hav a more notabl Hat of atara and general at tractions, and with the combination of th Belasco snd Flske attractions, will be bl to give the "syndicate" a real bat tle, Omaha . is Interested this time as It waa not before. Then Omaha had but on first- class theater, and, while th Bhuberta talked of building on here, th prospect was not sufficiently attractive to warrant the Investment, or their re ources were' too much engaged elsewhere to permit of their putting up the money needed here. Thla latter la very likely the explanation. But now Omaha Is to have another first class theater, and the Boyd may pass from the control of the Klaw & Erlanger agency. It la known that several firms of managers have been look ing up the conditions on which the Boyd may be obtained, among them the Bhuberts. to It Is not without probability that Omaha ansy be st least a skirmish ground In the tonflict that aeems certain. This would be of immense help in one way, for It would send hltherward th strongest of attractions to be offered by the contending managers. Fable of the Doldubs M .R. DIXEY with his exquisite art enjoys telling "Mary Jane" In the last act the fol- Kvs f.J lowing fable In which "Pa" Is as the fanciful villain: Once upon a Time, living In a Wobly Neat in an Old Tree, was a Family of Strange Birds called Doldubs. First there wer only Dippy Do dub and his mat Yappy Doldub. Then two little Baby Birds, Dolll Doldub and Dottle Doldub, wer born. The O'd Nest was crowded and tho little birds needed a Lot of Things, but Dippy Doldub was a sort of Yellow bird and one day he Flew Away and left Yappy to look after the Whole Family. Things went hard with Yappy because sh had -to Build a New Nest and feed Dollle and Dottle and Work ever so hard until On Day a Lawgatltla Bird came along and Bang to her. Yappy was beginning to Like th Generous, Fine Lawgatitls when Suddenly after being gone So Long that Dollle and Dottl o didn't even Remem ber him, old Dippy Doldub came back. Yappy didn't Like It a Bit and told him so, buf Dippy was Hungry, so she gav him Born Worms snd put him to Work. When ah saw he grew to lik th little Doldubs she treated htm Better. This made Dippy Sorry for Everything and he Started to Fly Away again, so Yappy could b Happy with th Lawgatitls bird, but Yappy Discovered she Loved Dippy and Took him back Again. fallen. But he realises with equal facility' the genuineness of the third, and she Is permitted to remain. Also to receive some attention from his high and well born augustness, which fact pleaaes the countesa to the extent that the young person, who is not so tearfully repentant as she ought to be, is made managing dlrectreas of the home. And then the intrigue of the count esa and th prince continues, till the last act, where the managing dlrectreas of the home is found presenting to the authorities the fact that the home Is without Inmates, save herself, and asking for permission to devote It to th uses of "the oldest pro fession In th world." And this Is declared to be smartly written, and the young woman who assumes th role of th genuine Magdalen la said to be uncom monly clever. It devlopea that when th New York managers who were Impressed with the quality of the play by reason of Is played so well that it Is almost per fect, ehould not miss seeing "The Family" when It comes to the Boyd. The new Orpheum theater In San Fran cisco, erected at a cost of over $1,000, 000 on the site of the one destroyed by fire, will be opened tomorrow, April 19, three years to the day after the demol Ishment of the former house. It la one of the moat complete and best-equipped theaters In the country and no expense has been spared to make It complete In every detail. . The stage has the finest switchboard of any theater In the weat and everywhere electricity and hydraulic pressure Is made to simplify the work. The auditorium Is decorated In a scheme of old rose and Ivory which gives it an air of refinement. Brooks & Dingwall mads a "ten strike" Wednesday night at McVlcker's theater, the laughter It occasioned, sought the next I Chicago, with their production of the day to aecure righta for Its adaptation to Drury Lane melodrama, "The Sins of So. world at large. . Another Scene shows the Pontlfex Bridge club, where the London world of society plays for high stakes and plans its social campaign of fvor or ostra cism. Still another of ths scenes, and one which mad a veritable sensation tonight, was th dog breakfaat at the Park Lane mansion of the duchess of Danebury. Here some dosen or so women bring their pet dogs to be pampered and petted anew. A golden table and snz-clally made chairs of gilt are there, while the most expensive fare is served to th dogs by their mls- tiepsea, who wait on them. Still snothir la that of the falla in the river, wher Sir Dorian makes a leap over th falls and Into th boiling, surging mass of water below, and so escepes arrest for a sus pected burglary of which he is innocent. Sir Dorian is thdeusex machine of the story, th evil genius being a certain social adventurer known at Ncel Ferrers. Fer rers snd Sir Doran both lov Lady Gwen dolen Ashley, the fair sister of Lady Mar Ian Beaumont. Frrers, who Is th advlsr of Lady Marian, get r-er Intd trouble through his desire to hav her In his power nd ao force Lady Gwendolen to marry him. Lady Marian is a bridge whist player and her stakes are heavy. She loses and loses and to recoup she borrows from a morey lender; plunges on the favorite at Longchamps and again loses. Then com the tep that leads to her rum. ne Bteaia m. ticket which would ruin her social career; sh almost commits murder and she Induces her slater to accept Ferrere rather than take th consequences or ner own foolish crimes. But Sir Dorln, after almost Incredible hardships, manages to clear Lady Marian and wedding bells are dolon when the curtain falls, ringing for his marriage with Lady Gwen- COMINO TO THE OMAHA THBATEM Attractions of Real Interest Prom ised for the Wee. A Stubborn Cinderella" will b the at traction at the Boyd tonight Monday and Tuesday, with a apeclal Tuesday matinee. Messrs. Adams, Hough ana Miwaru, authors of thoae big successes, "The Time, the Place and the Girl." "The Girl ques tion," "Honey Moon Trail." ar responsi ble for the book and music of "A Stubborn Clndtrella," and the show Itself wss pro duced by Mort H. Singer at the opening of the beautiful Princess theater In Chi cago a year ago. "A Stubborn Cinderella" la quit different from th regular order of muaical plays from Chicago, the char acters being on a much higher social plane. No slang artist and no "broilers are seen In this piec. but a tautiiui cnorua ui handsomely gowned show girls add at tractiveness to the several scenes. A bunch of Jolly college chaps and a pretty girl from Scotland furnish the story, wnu riumertus songs that ars distinctive hits made th show go with a dash and swing from th very start. Homer B. Mason beads th cast snd is supported by a most capable company. Including Grac Edmund and Marguerite Keeler. The striking song numbers of the show ar "When You First Kiss th Last Girl You Love," "Lov M Just Because," "If They'd Only Let Poor Adam's Bib Alon," "I'm In Love wltn All th Girls I Know." "What's th Use," and many others help to mak th show th big success It Is. Even If th Bhuberts are not Immediately able to add Omaha to the list of cities In which they can operate Independently, the fact that the city la debatable ground will spur the Klaw Erlanger faction to greater efforts to hold publlo favor, and the proba bllity ia strong that Omaha will be lifted out of the dramatic doldrums and set again Into th fair track of th winds that end th ship along at a spanking pace. So the approaching quarrel between the big managers In New York hold some Interest for the local public. And this, too, without any consideration of th merits of th quarrel or its cause. Next, th New fork leglalatur has taken action along line that would tempt on out this way to laugh, were not the late unlamented Nebraska legislature still so close to memory that Its antics over shadow thqs of any other. The New Yorkers are proposing to enact a law that will bust ajny and all theatrical "trusts" Into smithereens at the first application. It is referred ,te as the "open theater" law, and propose to regulat things so that no manager can shut a visiting manager out of his house in event th house Is unoc cupied and th visiting manager wants to oem In. Just what might happen if two visiting managers wanted to uss a resident manager's theater on th same evening, and th resident manager didn't want either, doesn't appear from any published discussion of th law that has so far per colated this far out weat, but It must be that the wisdom of th man who conceived this scheme? has provided for Its operation, van to th most Infinitesimal details, so tot us not fret about that. Another bill that is going through - on wall greased ways at Albany and will soon b set before Governor Hughes for executive approval is designed to prevent Indecent or immoral dramas from being enacted, and to prevent indecent or im moral exhibition of any kind. This is aimed at Salome, 'poor daughter of Herodlas, but It la likely to hit a lot of folks along the way. If It .should become th law of New York, the censor Is going to be pretty busy for a time:; but, who Is to answer th question as to what constitute an im moral play? One ;h New York world undertook to oonvlnc th public that "Bapho" was sch, and only succeeded in creatine a greater vogue ror oir nemer sole and th unhealthy heroin of th tur bid drama. I Again all th New York papers Joined la. general allegation, thai "Mr. Warren's Profession" was Immoral and unfit fo production, but when g'Judgt had American uses, they found that Mr. Belasco had secured them the night be fore, the thrifty David having seised the opportunity soon after the fall of th laat curtain. Mr. Belaaco ought to embellish this wonderfully well. He has done some thing of the kind before, but he has not yet hsd quit th opportunity that Is here offered. Maybe New York haa delayed the censoring of the drama too long. A little nearer home we find poor Salome being named right out In meeting, ao no mistake aa to who la meant may pos sibly exist. The Iowa legislature enacted a law forbidding Indecent or Immoral ex hibitions or plays and especially desig nated "Salome" as one against which the anathema of the law la pronounced. No attempt la made to draw the line between the aeveral sorts of "Salome" that have been offered. The Wilde drama and the Straus opera ar equally blacklisted, and the Olive Fremstadt, the Mary Garden, th Maude Allan, th Isadora Duncan, th Gertrude Hofman, th Eva Tanguay and all th other grades and variants of th-role ar put down aa things not to clety," a play satirising ths foibles of the social world and pointing a salutary les on on the evils of gambling. . The tri umphs of the night were many, the great est applause going to the great scene cf the wreck of a troop ship, which goes down with 200 men on board. The scene Is the climax of the dramatic interest of the story. The hero. Sir Dorian March, is about to be shackled aa a thief and murderer, the wireless telegraph having tracked him to the ranks of the troop ship In mldocean, but Just at the moment of his arrest the vessel goes on the rocks nd the terrible confusion and horror of the wreck begins. Women and children are saved in the lifeboats, but the set tling of the big hulk makes it Impossible for the soldiers to escape and they stand at "attention" and sing the national an them as the final plunge brings death with th bursting of th ship's boilers. The sea rushes in and closes on th wreck and th triumph of scenic artist, pro ducers and players was complete. Among the other scene ther are four teen altogether, and all of them big and full of beauty the most enthralling are the -4- One of th most extensive productions thst Charles B. Han ford has made In years Is that of "The Winter's Tale," which will be presented at Boyd's thester on Friday, April 30. Mr. Hanford has par tlcular affection for "The Winter's Tale," for in the role of Leontes, some years sgo, he achieved one of the signal triumphs of his career. At that time Louis James had the deliriously comic part of Autolycua (one which he especially enjoyed playing) and Katheryn Kidder that of Hermlone In the present caat Mr. Hanford will af ford an opportunity of observing his versa tlllty by assuming not only the sympa thetle and declamatory role of Leontes, but alao by Interpreting the broad and pervasive humor of Autolycus. At the matinee Saturday "The Merchant of Venice" will be Mr. Han ford's play, and at night "The Taming of the Shrew." Henry Miller's latest success, 'The Family," now running at Power's theater, Chicago, will be preeented In Omaha at Boyd's theater for four nights and matinee, starting Sunday, April 25, by the same company that scored so heavily In Chicago. After a brief tour of the north- unlike Mr. Miller's other success, "The Servsnt In th House," la purely an Amer ican play. It waa written for Mr. Miller by Robert H. Davis, editor of Munsey's magaslne. It la, says the Chicago Dnlly News, "a beutiful homespun, genuine drama. Henry Miller has Introduced his fine play to a sympathetic and enthusiastic public. A more Intensely moved, emotion ally absorbed and delighted audience could scarcely have been built to order." The Tribune says: "It gripped and moved the audience Inst evening as an audience at Power's has not been gripped and moved In a long time, and tears and laughter wer blended throughout the whole performance. Of such plays we cannot have too many." The Chicago company end production which helped to make the play such a big hit will be sent to Omaha absolutely un changed. . Ethel Barrymoro comes to Boyd's theater on Tuesday, May 11. for two nights' engagement in "Lady Frederick," the com edy In three acts by W. Somerset Maugham. in which she has recently completed a long run at th Hudson theater in New York and scored her greatest success. Miss Barrymor will be seen here with th origins) New York company and produc tion. Mr. Maugham In his comedy has told an exceptionally engaging story of life at Monte Carlo, and In the central character. Lady Frederick, has supplied Miss Barrymor with a part that suits her admirably. Lady Frederick is an at tractive Irish widow. She Is hopelessly in debt, but has a host of suitors. How she succeda In dismissing all save one Is de lightfully told In the play. The capable company surrounding Miss Barrymore in cludes Bruce McRae, again Miss Barry mores leading man; Norman Tharp, Arthur Elliot, Charles Hammond, Orlando Daly, Jessie MUlward, Vlra Btowe and Anita Rothe. The patrons of the Burwood who Ilk plays in which there Is something of natural modern life, with much of the conody and enough of the dramatic to give the play a tinge -of excitement, cannot fall to be pleased with Clyde Fitch's "Cowboy and the Lady." which will be played this week, beginning with the matinee perform ance today. The usual lavish staging that has mad the Burwood productions famous In the realms of stockdom all over the country will be given "The Cowboy and the Lady." In appearance the Burwood's new leading man. Thaddeus Gray, should make a very picturesque cowboy; that the part will be given a ' fine portrayal there can be no question, aa witness his excel lent work during his Inaugural appearance In "Shenandoah" laat week. There will also be matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Once more has the Burwood management arranged with the executors of the estate of the late Richard Mansfield fcr the use of his own original version of the student play, "Old Heidelberg." Some innovations are promised In the production. General Manager Heck has provided a program for Orpheum patrons this week. every number or wntcn has met with a cordial reception in ether cities. VThe Naked Truth" Is a one-act comic opera. In which, George Leslie, a well known come dlan, has the role of a fortune hunting Scotch tar. Several capable people aaslBt Mr. Leslie and there Is a chorus of eight fair maidens. Sewell Collins, a New York artist, has written a little play of the race track and the studio, entitled. "Thirty Dollars." It will be presented by Frank Nelson and company. Max Witt's "Sing ing Colleens" will ofer a repertoire of "songs from the old and new world." In cluding such favorites as "The Glow Worm." "Castles In the Air." "Come Back to Erin." The Sisters De Fay, banjo play ers. have but recently returned from, an extended London engagement. Jeannette Adler will appear In scngs and dances, Gray and Graham will present "The Musi cal Bell Boy and the Military Maid," a combination of music and fooling. In the act of "The Three Bohemians" will be given songs by a trio of. wandering sing. ers, who add so picturesque a touch to the life of the old world cities. The kinodrcme pictures promise to be of more than com mon Interest About Music, Musicians and Musical Events El T IS NOT often that the musical editor of The Bee gives his entire column to someone else, but today he takes great plea sure m rs-lntroduclng, to the readers of this musical column. the on wlp for considerable time ruled over Its destinies. The follow ing article from Mrs. Mary Learned, some time musical crIUo of Th Bee. will b appreciated by all readers. Mra. Learned has recently been elected president of the Tuesday Morning Musical Club and she has something to ssy which will be of Interest. Mr. Kelly has .very generously cffered.m his column today for th purpos of Setting down a few Idea which I hav bad about th Tuesday Morning Musical club. Omaha la a city of 150.000 peopla. lta busi ness interests ar tremendous. Prosperity Is written In very line of It make-up. The time Is arriving when the aesthetic standards of th tpwn should be keeping pac with Its material wealth. On of th ways to help along th cause la for the member of th Tueaday club to stand together In th acceptance and maintenance of high standards In enthusiasm for great artists who visit Omaha aDd in financial support of great musical enterprise. There should be a spirit In the club which goes beyond listening with attention to our own programs, We must broaden out. Take more artistic responsibility, and it Is question If the time haan't come to enlarge the club and put it rn a basis with other typical women's musical club in th coun try. In order to do better and finer thing w need mor money. Our dues, even with the Increase this year, are away below other club ot th sam foundation and alms. If we had more members and met In one accusuimed place w should hav mor to do with, and a deflnltenes In our plans which ia now Impossible. Bom member say, "Vil, you'll get It so big that no on will dare to sing or play. It Is on ordeal now." Th answer to that Is; "Are w going to grow, or ar w going to stand still?" It doesn't soera aa If th crwtng-up process was any tiarder before 100 peopl than before 100. One can do one's best and that Is absolutely all. rho th uxgela of heaviM 'sit in Judgment. There is another side to the proposition. Many local professionals have sung and played for us for nothing. This is all wrong. Of all the musical organizations m th city we ar best able to pay for what we hear. Musicians must live. They have house rent to pay, food to buy; they require clothes, and they certainly do not get in to see a play or hear a concert for nothing. How are they going to live and have a little fun as they go along. If we who are able to pay for their skill refuse to? This Isn't a problem Just here In Omaha. It reaches aa far aa music has an Influence. Read your Courier and see how the battle rage h London and Nw York. Conditions are the same everywhere. There are the same obaacles to overcome. It is folly to expect much but discouragement, but every good fight turns the tide a little. Think of Theodore Tholes, working and giving his great brain and jenlue for seven years in New York, and yet no money forthcoming for his dream of a permanent orchestra. In th end he left, physically defeated, but his work stood and had Its blossoming later In Chicago. Right here is a good Mahler story, which points a moral: For the perfonr.anr of Beethoven's xvintn- sympnony last night (Tuesday) at Carnegie hall. Mahler had five re. hearsals. Ha thereupon demanded aix ad ditional rehearsals for the cellos and basses alone. When this request was made, the manager of the concert told Mahler that it was impossible on account of the exnrnse. and. furthermore, they had Jtist rehearsed six times with the New York Symphony Orchestra. Whereupon Mr. Mahler said: "That is the very reason I want them to rehearse sis times with me." Then behold Walter Damroach: He ha already engaged Carnegie hall for every Saturday afternoon next season, th best place in New York for orchestral cod certs! The war of standards is precisely the tame In all place What shall we do? ShaJI we trot along comfortably In th old track, or shall w march well up with th procession and do a few things? This season we have seven recitals two artists' reoitala, on open sight and four programs strictly within th olub. I can see a may to fill our treasury. The trouble baa always been that a few people did all ths work. Now, If every member would ao a little, how easy to carry out any plans we choose to mak. Below I append a paragraph which ought to hav th effect of rousing us: Mrs. Hersog, president of the Matinee Muaical, has presented The Muaical Courier correspondent wltn the club s year book eucn an array or artists as this organize tlon brlnga to Lincoln each year! Glancing over the Hat of the artista who have ap peared ner in times psst under the aud- pices or tnts club, one sees such namea a the following: Xaver Scharwenka, Fannie Bloomfield Zelsler. Edward MacDowell. the Thomas orchestra, Schumann-Helnk, Jo hanna Gadskl, Louise Homer, Harold Bauer, Myrtle Elvyn, etc. "How long, O Lord, how long?" MARY LEARNED. That the Tuesday Morning Musical club has great possibilities in Its makeup and organisation, haa been patent for some time. That its sphere of Influence should be enlarged has been suggested In this column . more than one. That it haa awakened to it responsibilities Is more than probable. May lta president have the support of It membership and may It strike out on large lines. Is the hope of many, whose nsmes ar not on its regis ter of members. THOMAS J. KELLY. Masiral Xotes. LATE GOSSIP FROM STAGELAXD Personal Chat A boot Actor Folks and Their Plans. Charles Frohmar. has bought Henri Ba- tallle's newest play, "The Scandal," now rui ning at the Renaissance in Paris. The American manager paid the playwright 16.000 advance royalty, thereby establishing a record for French dramatists. Thirty thousand dollars is a fortune to the average Frer.ch playwright, and yet It la said that Batallle is far from satisfied with hla latest bargain, for, although the American the atrical syndlcsto has bought evory play which he has written, beginning with "The Ret urreetlon." onlv the Tolstoi dramatlza tlon ha been produced. The syndicate evidently nrefers to hold these plays, await ing a suitable opportunity, rather than let them fall into the nanaa oi rivais. Denying that he haa made any arrange ments to open the New theater In New York with a senea or ctuaKespearean pro ductions. E. H. Bothern announces that h in working on his repertoire for next senior which, urn. ng other tr.it gs, Is to includa elaborate productions . of "Macbeth" and "King Lear." -Hamafter when Emma Janvier plays role opposite a canine actor he will clothe hersolf in armor, one negiecieu to iu i hta nrecaution at a matlree the other da and In consequence Ylp-Ylp, the yellow iloi In "Miss Innocence," has retired from t In rat. Yln-YlD used to make hia appearanc In L'Abbaye scene. He waa carried In by ui.i lanvlor and placed in a chair, whet be had been coached to remain until Miss Janvier sat upon him. Of course. It waa only In make believe that aha eat on him at least it was prior to the matinee In auesilon. On that occasion she ilid sink further Into the chair than she had In tended and Yip-Yip retaliated. Harrtaon Grey Flske will present theater goers with a new play, "The Bridge," by Rupert Hugref, within a few short weeks. The play will be given a short road -tour to finish this seaaon and get into thorough shape for next s.-ason. when It will open In a New York houe. Guy Bates Post, who haa been piina; me i" "'"" In Tail In Fuil." will lay the leidlng TCTrf"vr"m9rZ ToDlflhl. Monday, Tnesdaj, jfcSQJ) HJ S Spef,ai Tuesday Matinee. THK miXCF.SS AMISEMKNT CO. (Inc.) Present, Under IHrectlon of Mort. II. 8l:'er, THE QUALITY MUSICAL PLAY A STUBBORN CINDERELLA HOMEIl R MASOV, and Notable Cnat of lOO HUty SUiRing n4 Dancing (ilrls The lllpRext Musical Comedy Success la Omaha This Heaoon. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Daily Matinees PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION OF BURNS -JOHNSON Heavyweight Championship Contest, Which Took Place at Kidney, Aus tralia, Dor-ember 20, 1O0M. Popular Prices. u !K3 IS Sun., Hon., Tiies., Wed., itl" Special Mat. Wed, Direct From Power's Theater, Chicago HENRY MILLER PRESENT8 HIS LATEST SUCCESS F&BfflOLY ST BOBEBT H. PATH, WRIT TOT OXIOiaoT&mCI BAT ABOUT "THE rAMIlTl" ' 'The Family,' la a beautiful, homesupn, genuine drama. Henry Miller as introduced nls fine play to a sympathetic and enthusiastic public. A more Intensely moved, emotionally absorbed and delighted audience oould scarcely havs been built to ofder, Amy Leslie, Chicago Dally News. "It gripped and moved the audience laat evening as an audience at Powers' haa not been gripped and moved In a long time, and teara and laughter were mingled and Mended throughout the whole performance. Of such plays we cannot have too many." W. L. Hubbard. Chicago Tribune. 'Humor easy to the point of toplcalness guides and guards against the commonplace. And it also saves the little tragedy from striking too hard. Women won't stay awav from 'The Family,' and that will make It one of the biggest family affairs the clean stage has known In a long seaaon." Ashtou Btevens, Chicago Examiner. "Simple, tender and true these are the inevitable adjectives for 'The Family.' It la In the right line of the American drama native in every stroke of Its simplicity; close to the hearts of the people with its alternating moods of sorrow and mirth." Charles W. Collins, Chicago Inter-Ocean. " The Family,' glorifies the mother. Every father and every child should see if They need it." O. L. Hall, Chicago Journal. TKOTH "TTjs Family" closes its Chicago ran Saturday nlfht, April fl4th, and opens In Omaha ths next night, Sunday. April as. After brief engagements la Omaha, St. Vanl and Minneapolis, the play will return to Onioago to continue the run interrupted by a prior booking at Powers' and then move Into Hew Tork for a season's run. Vlmvpm ifffFwifcwiiiii rri HU?g&l PHONES rm n0'ct 50 nr. a-i- TODAY til WEEK Matinsaa Today, Tuos., Thurs., Sat. Tbc CasKsy-Draiaa With Wettrra HAla ospbere" writ lea by Clyde Fitch, far NAT. C. GOODWIN and MAXINE ELLIOTT, "The Cowboy and The Lady" CVCNiNQB: BOe. 3 Sc. ISo and IBs. Nest weehi-The Richard Manafleld version of OLD HIIDLaWERO. .... . .. .... EatnA; Msy 17, IS, 1, Mrs. Flsks snd tns ntsnnsttsn e. in aisivai on neii. ' Bests, Msy 13 The Matinee Girls Say: "SCBAXT BBBAKEB." The Men Folks Hay: "IOH1 WSBOKEB." The answer Is that the Burwood's new leading man Is the right chap on the job. lr.rt Mr. Huahee la Kniwn as in. aumor Mr. Martin Bush, assisted by Mr. Ellis, bf "The Triangle." "All for a Olrl" and will give an organ recital next Sunday, "Alexander the Qrwu." April 26, at First Congregational church at 4. So p. m. This will be the last recital of Chales Dl llngham will product "The the season. I Candy Shop," an elsbo a'elv siag.'d mu- An interesting music test given Sat- ' foTh.nd of urday afternoon by the puplla who have j V,'1Ph ,l.'ei t as authrr. and J hi. L. (J.iKe.i completed the elementary course No. 1 for;;. COmn 'er-lihrettist. will divide the riy chlldren In the Etta Ellis system of illus- !r.,. . Tk. r.rr,,iu, tu.n u delan-d for the trated music. I ;rw York surr.mer season, and u lengthy After a long sllencs, Mr. Joseph Gahm taat of well known prople has teen en will be heard aaain in Omaha on a nlano 1 aaae-1. Protrlnenl among its members will nd Kultcn, who lal VI Halini .ill r.lnu a iirn.rii. nt f. W 'III1! It 1 K very interesting modern things whlih helhavu b en asuK-Wted ogether In nu ie has been accumulating during hia ahowice ' ytlle; Frank Laiot ;. Mrs. Annie ' "ma-is. i v.,,r ti,. i .in h. .. Uusi irn tr, Horence Morrison and First liii'tltHt nm church umler Ihiin '. auspioes ot the Hchool Teachers' Annuity and Aid Association of Omaha. The date will be May . Christine Brooks, an Omaha girl, has lust returned to America after a successful European concert season snd study under the great Von Muehlln of Berlin, and Mias Hopper is arranging for an Omaha recital the first week la May. The many friends of Mrs. Brooks are looking forward to it wltn the keenest anticipation. Florence Bates terminated her long run of 2fO peifrmaneea in "The Fighting Hope" st the tielaeco theater. New York, recently. For the coming week Mr. B-Uaco will piraent Mlas Bates In a few of the princ pal eastern cities. After seversl years of separation Esra Kendall and LJtbler Co. have decided to J.iin fores once more. Beginning nnxt fall Lb Dooula American comedian will aln appear under the direction of his old man agers. Hs Initial vehicle under the new contract will conaist of an entir-iy new veraion of "The Vinegar Buyer," which was the work of Herbert Hall W,nslow. With this play Mr. Kendall will start a tour that will take hltn across the conti nent to ths Pacific coast and back again. William Collier reached the end of his long engagement at the Oarrtck theater, isew lorn, recently. ror neany six months he has played "The Patriot ' to a succession of crowded houtes. Now he will proceed to acquire an English accent preparatory to his invasion of London In the same farce. At the Onrrlck he will be followed by the Clyde Fitch comedy, The Happy Marriage." in which the load ing role la tnktn by Miss Doris Kerne, an Evanston girl. Two of Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggins' novels. "Rebecca of Sunny Brock Farm" and "The Chronicles of Rebecca," are ocing dramatized by the authoreaa and Charlotte Thompson, under the title of Rebecca. Klaw A Erlanger hope that the result will be as happy as was the blending of the Alice Megan Rice stories, "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch" and "Lovey Mary." A cable dispatch from Edlnburg stat?s that the university of that city has be stowed one of its highest honors on one of the beet known living Scotchmen, James Matthew Barrle. The author of "What Every Woman Knows," who Is already an M. A. and an LX D. of the neighboring university of St. Andrews, has now re ceived the more sought-after honor of LI V. of Edlnburg. Rose Btahl and "The Chorus Lady" com pany sailed down New" York bay one morn ing not long ago, oouna ror me rogs oi London. It will not be Mlsa Stahl'a first visit to the English metropolis, nor will It be the first time that our British cousins have made the acquaintance nf Miss Pat O'Brien. Several years ago, when "The Chorus Lady" was only a one-act aketch. Miss Stain prcaenten it tor many monina in the London rouic halls. The Forbes humor and the slang of the dreaslng room did not seem tOvbe over the heads of the Britishers in those days, and so there la every reason to hope that now elaborated Into a four-act play, the piece will meet Ith a kindlier reception than that given to some of the other transportea American playa. the names of which we need not mention. Rnwlend Buckstone. who has been in E, H. Sothern's company for years, will be starred next season by Mr. Bothern in a dramatlzatlrn of a Pickens novel. Charles H. Doscher, psesldent of the Ro mance Publishing company, haa begun civil action against Eugene Walter and Pavld ii.i.vi. rlnlmlnar that "The Enaiest Wuy' i in substance the same as a story, "The hr.rf Out." bv a. Elliott Flint, to be pub Kan, v,v th rtnmanc romoanv. The com plaint asks for an injunction restraining further production of the play and for jlOOiKi damages. The attorneya frr Eugene Walter say that the suit Is an attempt to take advantage of tno auccess oi me ii u.ma rat Anvlln hss ourchased a sum- m'.r hnme in Manchester-by-the-8ea, Mass., and there she will remain from the time of her return from abroad next month ,,,n i.hrnlM of '"Die Awakening of Helena Ritchie" are begun in August. Mlsa Anglln s theatrical "kit" (to quote her man T jntiu NMhersole) arrived In New York by sailing vessel one morning last week. It had been on Its way from Aus tralia since December 20, laat. It would seem that the aspirant for honor and success In the theatrical world must begin on the bottom rung as usher in a theater. Abram Lincoln Erlanger (once was an uaher In the Euclid Avenue thea ter, In Cleveland. Jacob J. Shuhert wore a uniform and seated people In various thea ters in Syracuae. Harry J. Powers acted In a similar capacity when his present theater was . known as Hmiley's. and Pavld Belasco used to find aeata for the people when he was a boy in the Oolden Gate city. And now Eleanor Robaon has a griev ance, and it has to do with the continued nilspronounclatlon of her second name. I don't understand," says the star of The Dawn a Tomorrow.' "why pe r'e persist in mispronouncing my name They always Bet It right over In England, where it Is in old name. People always ask me acroas the water about my father, fetuart Robson, and my sister. May Robson. Now I never saw Stuart Robson. and May la not related to me But ull our namea are pronounced tho same-Roh-eon. Tl.cy never have any trouble, but I have to trot along behind and say Me. toe ' I supposed all taese nli e i--o'- '.'.-In Robe-son n'eM -(t'' Eleanor. But they will have to do the best they can with Eleanor Robson if they want to be correct." Stardom is in store for Harry B. Warner next H'lion He ia the handsome yuuiii; English actor who waa Eleanor Robaon's leading man for several seasons. At pres ent he is appearing with William Lackaye in "The Battle." As a preliminary to hla C&EIQHTON &KfcrwVUNULa ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Sally Mat. 2:13. Every ITlsnt 8:15 Week Starting Matinee Today. Tho Naked Truth An Original Comic Opera In Orte Act With OEOBOE W. LESIiIA and a Dosen Merrymskers. Frank Nelson & Co. Presenting Sewell Collins' Character Study In One Act, "TKIBTT DOXiLABS." MAX WiTT'S "Singing Colleens" In Bongs of the Old and Haw World. The Sisters DeFays "THE BAJfJO OiaLS." Jennettc Adler In Character Bongs and runny Dances. FRED NELLIE CRAY and GRAHAM Ths Musical Bill Boy" and "Tne Military Maid." The Three Bohemians Singing and Muaical Strolling Minstrels. KIHODROME Always ths Newest In Motion Pictures Prices-10c, 25c. 50c Elks' Fair AUDITOR I U IV! April 10 to 24. Afternoon & Evening BEFIVED VAUDEVILLE, CIBDE&IEI.A DAHCIM. Hundreds of Attractions. Tun Bvsry Minute. Musio All the Time. 'admission 10 Ctnts. Chicago Film Exchange America's Foremost Film Renters Omaha Office 14th and Douglas St. Our Exclusive Film Service can be seen at the KKL'U Theuter etery afternoon anrl evening, daily change ot program, two thousand feet of fllyis each day. Haswell In "Foreign Exchange" a play hy that prolific pair of playwrights. Booth Tarklngton and Hurry Leon Wilson. Who is America's most beautiful actress? On the authority of Mr. Nathaniel - C. Ouodwln (anJ he ought to know, we an awer: Mlsa Edna Goodrich, for thus ami so Is the former "Florodora" sextettlste billed on the New Orleans sin boards. To be more exact, the bills announce (be appearance of "America's greatest comed ian, Mr. Nat O. Uoodwin. and most beau tiful actre&a. Miss Ednu Goodrich." Miss Blllle Burke has stolen by stealth Into the ranks of ulav writers. Among the twenty-three dramatic compositions reg-. Intend at the bureau oi uojiyrigms ln Washington the wwk h. fore last la one called "Wrstcrn Nature Hiudies," and the author Is BiJIe Hurlc. And alia did It without the knowledge or conaent of her prtss eprr.u-.-ilMilve, o. Ml.s iiurke Is not the i nly re;r ei..itive of the stage In the published list of would-be play, wrlghts. I-ester Umergan Is credited with two effusions, "A htormy Hour" and "The Vital (juration," and Frederick Trueadell hopes to collect royalties on "What Is Ixivs For?" "The Wlxard of Os" is to have a London season. Hums and Heamon have aecurel the privilege or nii"s tne venture and In, stellar flight Llebler A Co., plan to fe-,t-nd to try the British pubUo sums time ture Mr. Warner Jointly wlta Mias Percy 1 during the tuilug sumawkc. . 4