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TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY 11KK: JANUARY 0, 1010. -si 15 i i ' Stage Suggests Drama and Other Things C7 nTZyZ'Creat Novel and a Great Play but Not Alike- HE difficult! that stand in the way of dramatizing h rucce ful novel were never more viv idly Illustrated than In tha cme of -The Right rf -VVay." Boon after the novel nai published T lit tremendous possibilities were debated Ht considerable length by manager, but It finally concluded that dramatiza tion was Impossible, because the atmos phere of the novel could not be repro duced on the stage. fh life of Charley Hleele, first an the brilliant leader of the Quebec bar, then as the Incompetent man. bereft of memory and capable only of the simplest mental efforts, and. finally, again the man of tremendous Intellectual force, chastened by f xperlence and direct ing his power for good, In a figure ao vast In Ita acope aa to defy presentation on tha atage. No play could posfibty give more than a meager outline of the course traveled by this man In his spiritual de velopment. This la aaid with no Intention to disparage the. labora of Mr. Presbey, who realised fully the futility of undertaking to make a drama from the book alone, and who, therefore, availed himself of the expedient of writing a play Independent of the novel, yet Tetalnlng Ita character In their relative poaltlon and adopting ns a background a portion of the locale of the novel. The drain achieved by Mr. Presbey li a really atrotig and In every vway a satlsfactoi y piece of work. Ita chlefcst handicap lien In the fact that people who have read the Parker novel are disappointed by th" open ing scenes of the Presbey play. After the prefatory Incident are cleared awayj and the real action of the drama com mences, It moves awlftly and atralghtly to Ita culmination, and shows the virile strength that holds the public Interest. The. company that presented this piece at the Hoyd theater for a week-end engiigement owes nothing to the original caat, unless It be. the credit given to Mr. Roberta for ay hi efforts In staging the play for Us present tour. Mr. Hallett Thompson Is In every way much better suited to the part of Charley Hteele than was Guy Standing, and makes much more of his opportuni ties. Mr. Anderson la quite aa well quali fied to visualise Joe Portugal aa was Mr. Roberta, and h'm efforia are meeting W ith deserved success. The supporting company la made up of capable actors and the whole Is most pleasing. $, "What do the people want?" was asked one day recently by an unusually thought ful man engaged In the theatrical business. He Is not an actor, but all his life has been connected with the buslr.es depart 4 ment of the theater. Hia service has been largely with the " better theaters of New York, with an occasional venture on the road such a he Is now making at the head or one of the flrat clasa traveling companies. And then he answered the f question: "Look at 'The Girl from Rec tor's.' The No. I ' company which went through Omaha, recently la organized on a basis that merely aervea to emphasise the vulgarity of the piece. The men and women In It are not sufficiently clever to abate In any Jot the offenetveness of the dialogue or situations, and occasionally seem to take pleasure in making it as broad as possible.' Thla piece universally has been denounced by the newspapers,, and even from the pulpit, yet I. know that the company had at the time it left Omah accumulated a profit of more than HO, 000 on the season. The Moulin Rouge.' an other piece of the same kind, with a sim ilar company, and The Blue Mouse,' ditto, re both big moneymakers, while well con structed dramas, carefully staged and capably enacted by competent and con scientious actors- are failing every day for the want of public patronage. What en couragement does thla situation offer to the producing manager?" , $ 4a Comment on thla statement teems entirely out of place. For many, many years man ogovs have been blamed for the low stand aid set at the theaters, and yet has this cenrure been Justly visited upon the man ageilal head? Why, in Omaha we have fre. ntietitly had the spectacle of the discrim inating public passing- by a play of pur pose, carefully written and Intelligently . presented, to crowd the theater where was being offered an exhibition whose chief calm to attention was the fact that It vaa risque to an extreme. It has been this support of the meretricious to the disadvan tage of the. meritorious that has driven the producing manager to despair. Managers are b t human; no matter how artistic In temperament, how ambition In design, nor to what high Ideal they pay devotion, they are still subject to the Immutable law ot supply and demand. Unless their ven tures be profitable they continue In busi ness. The most they can do Is to st their wares before the public to permit a free choice and then If the public, showers its favors on the salacious, the manager, while partlcepa crlmlnls. Is only partly to blume. The public must accept its share oi tho responsibility. A I last we have emerged from the uloum. CXui' lior ksja" iV'vilope lioilaon is no longer bounded by that darkness which surrounds the un- uped intelligence. We have bui-nreoncil 4 and bloasometl, and me coinlna: into the full fruitage of our national life st the theater. And just to show how this is true, all we have to do is to point out the fact that His Gracious MlKhtlncss. the ciar of all the Russlas, in lending us the ' premiere danscuse of the St rviersburg lmiM'lUI opt'ra. Member of his household, recipient of the highest favor from the hands of the autocrat of alt the Russian. Pavlova of the Twlnli lli Toes Is boIhk to shine upon us for thirty nights. Fifteen of these nights will be devoted to the Metropolitan opera of New York City, for which Pavlova will rce'.e 91.01)0 per. The othr fifteen nlRhts are being wildly scrambled for, and will undoubtedly be the occasions of such demonstration and outpouring of American populace and dollars, as will excel even the storied days of Jenny Unit, Nclllson or Puttl. "Who Is PavlovaT Why. biers your Ignor ance. Pavlova is the Ust word, the cap sheaf. the very topmost brick, the final letter in the world terptichorean, and we Americana have finally reached the point where we can appreciate Pavlova. We have no dance of our own because we were too busy, or too Ignorant, or too something else, to adopt, or adapt, the green corn, hunting or other ceremonial dances of the Indians, f or, en ineae many years, we have wandered along In the twilight shade of artistic development, contenting our sim ple souls with the lllfthland flin. the Irancashire clog, the t.lsh Jin and the darkey breakdown. We stood for the "buck and wing." and some of u were even sufficiently lost to applaud the "stiver ahnwer." And then I .a Ttelle Fatlma came amongst us. with tha wriggle In her midst, and we paid our American gold, oh, so gladly, to see her do It. But now we are no longer content with thla. The scales have fallen from our eyea, and with con cioua sha.ne do we look back upon the gaucherles of the past I .a Lle showed us some things, and then came Isadora trcan, and Maude Allan, and Ruth St. fenia. of whom It haa been written that the first ncmed wore a breastplate, the aeooud a cincture, and the third was clad only In a dark brown ataln, but the ataln wm veal applied. Gertrude Hoffman 4 Public Responsibility for Dad Plays Dramatic Interpretation Through Means of High Kicking danced until the authorities Intervened and the strong arm of the law hampered our growth In the art terpslchorean. Uut Geiiee came, and we grew again until now we are silting on the dock, looking out at the ad sea waves. Impatl-ntiy brooking the restraint that must be ours until that windy evening In March when i'avlova will burst upon us. Pavlova, we are told, interprets the drama and opera with her toes and her finger tips. When, with her great toes, she designates half past IS upon the clock, she I not meiely Indulging In an acrobatic feat, but Is conveying to our Impressionable minds a great moral truth, whose significance had been clouded until Pavlova of the Twinkling Toes kicked the cover off. In other ways does this most gifted woman show us the way and lead us out of the Cimmerian darkness Into the great and glorious sunlight of art. Those of us who have heard the sonorous English language spoken trippingly off the tongue, who have been wont to listen with delight to the Law's Delay n the Stage Klein Fighting for a Cause in "Ihe Next of Kin" Took His Text, He Says, from President Taft's Address Some Actual Cases Which Outdo His Theatrical Fiction Question of Unjust Commitments. F,W- TORK, Jan. 8 Whatever may be the final verdict as to "The Next of Kin." Charles Klein, Its author. Insists that It Ib based on the subject which should engage the attention N of every thoughtful man and woman In the country the law's delay. To his library at Rowayton, Conn., Mr. Klein' has added, while his play has been in process of construction, a great many lejal hooka, typewritten copies of famous cases and decisions of the various courts. The result of his reading Is crystallized In the statement made by the lawyer for the young heiress whose property Is quarreled over by . relative and lawyers. In the piny Mr. Klcabor says: "I don't think I quite understand my profession as It Is practised. There are so many laws,, so many loopholes through which to evade these laws, so many ram ifications, so many interpretations, so many delays, lt'a all law, law, law delay, delay, delay the question of equity and Justice Is completely lost sight of In the chaos of procfdure. The letter of the law la there, but the spirit is sadly wanting." "President Taft's speech delivered in September, before the Bar association in Chicago," say Mr. Klein, "gave the final Impetus to something which had been slowly gaining ground in my mind. No man could be blind to the fact that the work of the law courts la one needing most strenuous attention and tremendous changes. President Taft did not hesitate to condemn tho law's delay. In a word, he declared that 'our method of criminal procedure Is a dlrgrace to the country and our much vaunted civilization. The pre valence of crime and fraud,' said the president, 'which-1 here is greatly In excess of that In the European countries, Is due largely to the failure of the law and its administrators to bring criminals to Justice It la chiefly due to the system aKain.it which it h impossible for an earnest prose cutor and an efficient Judge to struggle. We have inherited our. system of criminal prosecutions from England, yet A murder case in England will be disposed of in a day or two days that here will take three weeks or a month and no one can say after an examination of tha records thero that the rights of the defendant have not been preserved and that Justice has not been done. Counsel are not permitted to mouse through the record to find errors that In the trial .'seemed of little account, but that are developed Into great Injus tices In the court of appeal. This la an- I other defect of our procedure! No criminal Is content with a Judgment of the court below, and well he may not be, because the record of reversals is so great aa to encourage it in every case and to hang important Judgments Iti appellate proceedings- sometimes for years. " 'I don't know when the reforms are to be brought about in thla country. Until our people shall become fully aware and In some concrete way be made to suffer from the escape of criminals from Just Judgment the system may continue. " 'I am a lawyer and admire my profes sion, but I must admit that we have had too many lawyers In legislating on legal procedure, and they have been prone to think that litigants were made for tht purpose of furnishing business to court, and lawyers and -not court and lawyei for the benefit of tho people and litigants. " 'Of all the questions that are before the American people I regard none as more Important than thla, towit, the Improvement of the administration of Justice. We must make It ao that the poor man will have as nearly aa possible aa much opportunity in litigation as the rich man, and under present conditions, ashamed as we may be of It, this la not the fact.' After reuding this aloud with other pertinent extracts here and there, Mr. Klein calls attention to the declaration of Justice Brewer of the supreme court of the United Statea, matching in earnest ness that of the president, and that "the reversal of a Judgment of an appellate court on the ground of a mere techni cality when subdUntUI Juntleo haa been administered is an outrage." A newspaper editorlul commenting on this quotes In justification of the ataud token by Justice Brewer the cane of Byers against the Territory of Oklahoma, In which the Oklahoma court of criminal ap peals gives an example to the whole legal force of the country by s-iying. "This court accepts the verdict In the caae at bar aa a fair, honest. Impartial and humane finding ujHMi the facts In the case, and again announces that this court will not reverse a case when the record before it shows that the accused had a fair trial, by a fair and Impartial Jury and trial Judge, simply because some harmless technical error may have occurred at the trial." "This same edifoTiul urged me," con tinues Mr. Klein, "to look up and verify the repoited speech of Prof. Rostoe Pound, who has declared that the near future Is to sec a complete change of Judicial prac tice along simpler lines, those more In accord with the advanced civilization of this rapidly growing coutftry. Ills words are: t)ur etiquette of Justice in thla coun try Is the most rigid, the most subversive of the ends for w hich it exists, to be found In any business or industrial communities or tne modern world; a very large part of our adjective law la as out of place In a twentieth centur court as gold lace and red coats upon a modern skirmish line.' "If you want fictional examph-a." states Mr. Klein, "how about the case In 'Bleak House' which hung on and on. an Incident founded on fact which Dickens with his majestic meaxurr of Shakespeare's poems and who have sat enraptured while listen ing to I lie sublime passages of the great composer, now see full well how far away from truth we were, and lift up our voices with one accord and praise the day which promises us I'avlova. Hut ho v.- sail It Is to think that only a few. oh. sovery few, of all the millions who arc ii iucm up ward will receive the Inspiration of her wonderfully gifted great toe. on which ahe can stand for six consecutive minutes. But we will have to rest content in the reflection that the favored few who can see and admire and appreciate Pavlova will not be entirely selfish. I They will allow us to read In the newspapers and the maga ilnes of the gorgeous glitter "and glorious radiance of the "diamond horseshoe" on this occasion when this treasure of Russia devotes a few minutes of her life to Inesti mable value to delightful- high kick that will complete our disillusionment from the wiggle, end the Jiggle of the hooche-koochc and the board-spllnterlng whack of the breakdown. about some social or economic abuse made use of, and' so immortalized the famous Jarndyce case. I saw in one of the papers last week that a case was now before the supreme court which began some forty years ago. Do you know what that signi fies, that the people whose rights are to be wronged by an appeal to justice are long since dead and burled and a newer genera tion in their place; that conditions and feelings and all have changed, that the or iginal witnesses have disappeared and that the lawyers themselves have given place to others? What a farce! what injustice! "In the Iowa state records there is the famous 'Cow and Calf case which was twenty-four years in adjudication. The case, Involving In the beginning the owner ship of a cow, was complicated by the ap pearance of legitimate offspring, which, of course, gave an entirely new aspect to the. suit oagerly seized upon by the law yers fur plaintiff and defendant, and other calves coming upon the scene of action from time to time, naturally, or so it would appear from the records, the case could not, be decided without these delays. "A rather sensational article In a dally paper headed 'Worth 3,00U,WW. Can't Pay Gas BUI,' relates the experiences of one of the heiresses to the Plnckney estate, whose experiences In having property worth several millions and yet being un able to get any ready cash from the two men appointed by the court as conserva tors. Is illustrates one point brought up in 'The Next of Kin.' Anuther is the grue some incarceration in a so-called sanitar ium, where commissions are called to prove a patient out of her mind, and liar rlid, nervous, fearful of everybody and everything, tne slightest flapse from con trol or commonplace speech is used for iter undoing. '"that I have kept well within the lines of the probable Is proved by a paper read not long since by Dr. Robert B. Lamb, medical superintendent ot the Matteawan State hospital, before the Bar association of New York. In this paper he reviews the laws bearing upon the commitment and discharge of the criminal Insane and pro poses certain changes suggested by the actual operation of these laws. It Is stated by the Medical Record that some years ago fourteen persons were commuted to one small hospital by juries in a single year, and every one of them was found to be sane and had to be discharged. Dr. Lamb concludes from a study of the Record In this and other Instances quoted that there should be some modification of the present law whereby lunatics accused of serious crimes against the person, and especially those committing murder, should be dealt with by a tribunal having fixed continuous responsibility and that a Jury of laymen should not be allowed to decide regarding the montal condition of any per- At the Omaha Theaters Boyd Offers Robert Mantell in Shakespearean Repertory, De Wolf -Hopper and Fritzi Scheff; Kru? Has Two Standard Melo dramas, the Gayety Presents Extravaganza and Promises Billy Grew Again, While the Orpheum Has a Fine Vaudeville Bill. 1TH a matinee today and a per-1 W formance tonight, "The Right of Way" will close its very suc cessful engagement at the Boyd theater, it has made a decided impression upon the public In Omaha who have seen It during Its stay, and the two performances today should prove a great drawing card. The matinee will start at 2:30 and the performance to night at the regular time, 8:15. Mr. Mantell will draw loveis of the better things in the drama to the Boyd this week, when with his company of excellent players he will present four great Shakes pearean plays as follgws: Monday, "Mac beth;" Tuesday, "Hamlet;" Wednesday matinee, "Romeo and Juliet;" Wednesday night, "King Lear." Trie repertoire chosen for his engagement here affords wide scope for the expression of his genius. At the close of the present season it is arranged that Mr. Mantell will proceed upon a tour around the world, Including Australia and Siuth Africa, and terminating with an en gagement In London, England. In Lon don he will appear at His Majesty theater, by special arrangements perfected by Mr. William A. Brady, under whone direction Mr. Mantell has been for a number oi years past. Mr. Mantell has been at great pains to provide the best possible equip ment for the presentation of the best plays. The scenic environment Is complete and elaborate and historically precise. The company with Mr. Mantell is of a high order. Miss Marie Booth Tussell, who will impersonate the chief feminine roles. Is an actress of skill, besides being a woman of much beauty. Other leading memlei of the company are Mr. Frits l.rlhrr, Mi. Alfred Hastings, Mr. Uuy Llndsley, Mr. Henry Fearing, Mr. Ueoige Stlllwell, Mr. Casson Ferguson, Mr. Edward lowers, Miss Oenevieve Reynolds, Miss Agnes Scott and Miss Doris Kelly. During the Man tell engagement the curtain will rise piomptly at s o'clock evenings and at 2 p. m. at the matinee on Wednesday. At the Boyd theater on Thursday night De Wolf Hgpper will be seen In his latest and greatest success, "A Matinee Idol," which has just concluded a record breaking run at the Olympic theater In Chicago. That Mr. Hopper is funnier In "A Matinee Idol" than In any of his previous offer ings Is the greatest possible demonstra Ml KMKT. BOYD'S -MAT. TODAYTONIGHT XVAST SEASON'S GREATEST SUCCESS THE RIGHT OF WAY OBJOHTAX rKODTTCTIOV 0EAT OAST Four Performances Starting Tomorrow Curtain at 8 o'clock MATINEE WXSKISDiT CORTAHf AT 9 O CIOCI ENGAGEMENT EXTRAOSDiN ARY ' "Mantell is a rrtste actor: be is now the leader of our atage." William Winter. Dean of Anient an Critli In New York Times. MB. WILLI M A. BRADY, A-NNOUHCXS MS XW FOVB MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTIONS OP BHAICSPERE'B MASTER PLATS Monday, "MACBETH" Tuesday, "HAMLET" Wednesday Matinee, "ROMEO AND JULIET" Wednesday Night, "KING LEAR" Mr. Mantell played 100 nights of Shakespearean and romantio plays at tha Hew Amsterdam Theater and the Academy of Muaio, New Tork, last sea son a record nnequaled since the days of Edwin Booth. SKATS SELIiIMG OIIE IIIGHT 013 LY THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 DIRECT FROM 8 WEEKS' CHICAGO RUN I I K , , . . tf-u s. , -fi n vc v. n i rj I iiihi .iiMiiim l uri i i 1 ii . M m w ns i' u " sum nn n I h a-rTrni DJi DJi J I t -; ;. ,, .... ill In rioe uo to uimo. Curtain 8:30 j BEATS READY TOMORROW. FRIDAY AKD SATURDAY RIGHT. MAT1KEE SATURDAY EN CHARLES D II. LINO HAM'S PRODUCTION THE'PRitVlA DOIxlA By Henry Blossom and Vlotor Herbert PRICES 600 to $3.00. MAIXi ORDERS NOW Beat Sale Opens Tuesday, January 11, 9 A. M. f ONE ENTIRE WEEK BEGINNING NEXT SUNDAY Mats. Wed. and Sat. TREDERICK THOMPSON ANNOUNCES THE ENTIRE N. Y. PRODUCTION OP Ezaotly as presented for one year In New Tork City Greatest Ship Scene and Storm Effeot ever presented on any stagre. son with a view to his commitment to an asylum for the Insane or to his discharge therefrom. "With such a responsible body of ex perts such an Incident as tlLat portrayed in 'The Next of Kin' would be Impossible, while under the present system it is not only possible, but It Is extremely probable. It is only too prevalent a way of getting rid of people by those too tender hearted to kill them outright, or perhaps too fear some." Mr. Klein's attention Is called to the fact that he has practically introduced the tion of his art as an actor, Up to the present time Hopper has relied, to a cer tain extent, on jt ludicrous and often im possible style of make-up, to aid in his fun-getting efforts. In the present piece Mr. Hopper comes before his audience in modern dress and with only enough make-up to counteract the effect of the stage lights. As the audience sees Mr. Hopper on the stage, so his friends and admirers see him In private life. His comedy effects are therefore the result solely and entirely of his own art and if the unanimous verdict of the Chicago critics and a serie of packed audiences can be relied up,n, Mr. Hopper has never done anything half so funny as "A Matinee Idol." 1'anlel V. Arthur, under whose direction Mr. Hopper is now starring, has surrounded the comedian with a company of acknowledged artists, among whom are the beautiful Miss Harriet Hurt, Mis Herta Mills, Mr. George Backus, Joseph Santley, lieorgie Mack, Miss Elda Curry, Miss Florence E. Courtney and forty of tiie prettiest American girls on this continent. Fritsi Pcheff's new comic opera. "The Prima Donna," in which she comes to the Boyd theater for two nights und a Satur day matinee, beginning Frldjy evening, January i3. requires a cast of very ac complished actors, as well as singers, and several of the actors are not called upon to sing a not), this being left to those especially trained for It. When one sees In a light opera cast such names u John E. Hazzaid, Vernon Davidson. William K. Harcourt. Donald Hall, Martin I lay- dun, Anna I'elham, Tillle Sallnitier. Grace Oclinat, Maxime V ramie, l.a Xiveta Marie Barry, Katheiine Stewart und Vlr ginla Held, it is assured that the play must have worth as well as musical value. And that is the case with "The Prima Donna" fur, strange to say, it has an In terest In It that la at times really gripping and the music Is almost foiKotlen In the skillful development, of the story. Henry Blossom's witty, yet dramatic book, has however, only 'spurred Victor Herbert on to more ambitious efforts with his music and the great composer is said to have written as his very best for Frltil Kcheff. tine, has a waits song that Is marvelously tuneful and dainty, and an sr I a that en abji-s her to show that she Is easily the greatest soprano who has ever sung In AMI HEMKIT', POPULAR PRICES J fi I 3 aiiiiw'5 ilsa Lisa 3So TO $1.30 'a fiii.ons new type of woman on the stage; the woman who fights for the rights of others and for her won, and yet with the militant spirit preserves the charm and grace of femininity. "That is true," he murmurs, as if that fact had been lost sight of In the larger Issues engaging his attention. "I am glad you spoke of it. Let me see, In "The Lion and the Mouse' she fought for her father, In 'The Third Degree' for her husband and in 'The Third Degree for her husband and her own liberty. The woman facing the questions of today must be militant." light opera In this country. The story of "The Prina Donna" concerns Mile, Athenee, the reigning prima donna of Paris, who becomes stalled by an automobile accident at a cafe chantant In & small barracks town. She goes luto the cafe chatant while her chauffeur Is endeavoring to re pair the machine, and there she hears old "pop" Gundelflnger, the musical director of the place, scolding a sick singer. The sympathetic Athenee helps the struggling; singer and In a moment of daring says she will sing herself. She sings a song written by Lieutenant Armand, Count de Fonteiine, an officer of the neighboring barracks, and makes a great hit with It. This Is the waits theme referred to above. The prlna donna and the officer fall In love with each other and another officer intervenes and Insults her grossly. The opera Is mounted in the usual lavish Dil lingham manner and the costuming Is rich and varicolored. The orchestra will be largely augmented for the engagement here. Beginning next Sunday night, for one week, with a regular matinee on Wednes day and Friday, Frederick: Thompson will present Robert Ober In the New Yoi k pro duction of "Brewster's' Millions." ?hls company carries the original ahlp and storm effects which were used for one year In New York. The cast Is said te be above the average. Al Reeves' "Big Beauty Show" comes to tiie Gayety for six days, commencing this afternoon. Mr. Reeves has spared no ex pense In making this one big. grand trav eling organization, fully equlpcd with beautiful, scenery, gorgeous costumes an a grand display of electrical effects. Mr. Charles H. Burke and company will Intro duce his funny sketch, "The Silver Moon," assited by a company of clever actors. Burton, Burton and Jordan are a clever mueiral trio; the greatest soprano ever heard in extravagansa houses Is Miss .lea ne Lansford; Miss Almeda Fowler, a soubrette who will make you sit up n take notice; Miss Alice Jordan, a coon sinner; Kdwln Morris, surnamed a cu.-e for the blues; Max Gordon, a basso; lot Manne, little, but a comedian In size. Miss May Powers, the winner of the diamond studded medal In tha beauty form contest, and twenty of the prettiest, daintiest Squab girls ever seen In extravagansa; Ihe new first part entitled "The Merry-G'-Round," and the after-piece entitled "Conology" makes it the biggest and best entei tulnmeiit of the kind. Al Reeves and his banjo solos and new parodies, Intro ducing his new and original sensational song lilt, "Give Me Credit, Boys," starling tomorrow, there will be a ladies' dime matinee dally. For Us attractlorTiext Saturday after- i. "MADE IN I I AMERICA" 111 i AMI F.MKT. THEATER PRICES 15c-.25c50c-75c FOUR DAYS Starling AMERICA S CX.ETEBEST rsai ia LrJ3 I IniheSPFnTinill.nfi fi EXTRAVAGANZA H n n & - 3 ii m r m THE" HI'S GREATEST MU3ICAX, SHOW OF THE SEASON A Little Bit Different and a Whole Lot Better Than AU Other Colored SVo i . HEADED BY THE SOUTHLAND'S "SUNNY fiOY" 49 OTHER INCANDESCENT ENTERTAINERS 49 THREE DAYS Starting Thursday A KlW S'BKSATXOSAX MELODRAMA r i THE 'pHss5 CONVICT'S isSI SWEETHEART TUB MOST PRODIGIOUS Starting Sunday.' ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Matinee Every Day, 0:15 Nigrht, 8:19 WEEK STARTING TODAY Minnia William Selipan and Bramwell a New 1'lKvb t tiv ,prnld illers THE DRUMS OF DOOM" MARY NORftlAti An Established Favorite in Some Typos of Women. FELIX and BARRY" Including Miss Harry's Sinters (limllv nnd Clara) In "THE BOY MEXT DOOM" raenry &nve That Smart Entertainer. Assisted by Alal Sturgls Walker. Paul IlleSci In a Spectacular, Mystifying Offering "THE LAND OF DREAMS" - CAiUI.1 and CLARK The Two German Comedians s Monkey Comedians KINODROME Always the Newest in Motion Pictures New Musical Feature Kxtraordlnary ORPHEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA 15 Talented Artists 15 Prices 10c, 25c, 60c and 75c. noon and evening the Gayety theater win offer the William Grew company, which will come up from SL Joseph, where It is permanently located, to present the de lightful comedy drama, "The Invader." In the organization are the Omaha favor ites, Mr. Grew, Lloyd Ingraham, George Fitch, Anna Cleveland, Maude Monroe In graham, etc. The play tells a moSt Inter esting story of a westerner who went east and Invaded the stock market, much to the discomfort of the designing brokers who had planned to make a financial "killing" at the expense of the invader from the west. The comedy element of the piay Is very pronouueed and the heart story of great Interest. Mr. Grew will bring special scenery for the play. A popular scale of prices will prevail for the engagement next Saturday afternoon and evening. That remarkable organization of colored singers, dancers and comedians, the "Smart Set," will be the attraction at Krug theater beginning today for four days, with the usual matinees. K. 11. Dud ley, one of the best known and withal cleverest negro fun-makers before the public, still heads the company. Supported by Blxty capable people he will appear 1h the stellar role of Raspberry Know In a brand new three act musical comedy en titled "His Honor the Barber." Raspberry Hnow, who Is a soldier of fortune, has any amount of humorous and exciting adven tures. He aspires to shave the president of the United States, but his ambition Is 01 ly realized In a dream, which forms the basis of the second act. Raspberry Is a confiding, good-natured person who gett Into all sorts of trouble, especially with his sweetheart. He finally regains her af fection by winning a horse race. The comedy has been staged In lavish style by Messrs. Barton and Wisewell, the owners. Others who contribute towards the fun are Chris Smith, James Burrls, Irving Allen, A I'd re w Trlpler, Matt Johnson, .leniire 1'earl t.nd Alene Cassel. The Convict's Sweetheart," a new nielo- dramatic offering under the manager of A. H. Woods, more than maintains ment s the standard of attractions espoused by this producer. The plot involves the adventures of a young mining engineer who has the irisfortune of being thrown into Jail to serve a term of life imprisonment for a crime which he did not commit. He is sent to his fate through the evidence of his own sweetheart. ' The girl, to atone her mistake, helps her lover gain his escape, wl ich Is only secured at the price of ex citing perils, hairbreadth escapes and death- defying rescuers. Genuine heart Interest, comedy and pathos predominate. Four acts and nine scenes fire used to mount the play, which requires a cast of twenty people. This latest of "thrillers" will b fcen at the Krug theater three days, starling Thursday. This week the Orpheum theater presents as a headline attraction a powerful play. "The Drums of Doom," dealing with stir ring events In the life of a politician. Mi.- Minnie heliaman has created a S'-ii.-utl"ii everywhere by the portrayal of hi r part. Mr. William Bramwell's Is also a vigorous and distinguished performance. He Is pri vately known as Will Downing, and was formerly a resident of Omaha, and piom- AMI SKMK1T. "ne" luSuMden MATINCKS Weal, isi Sat. too. He. SOe Mntlnce Today COLORED COMEDIANS HONOR LEY I MM DAVIS- IBODUCTION ON TOUB SiCHOOL days; IT IT'S AT TSE W gm AYE1 Y IT'S GOOD 1T IT'S AT THE Devoted to Strictly High urade Zxtuiva.suza and Vaudeville TWICE DAILY MAT. TODAY "WEIJOMB TO OMAHA" al m.m km his BEAUTY SHOW in Two "All Laughs" Comedies Eniltxe'. "A ftlerry-Go-R und" and "CoiioJogy" Bia EXTJEA TilATXTBES: CriiS. H.DUiiXfc Ik UiJ.fiPANY BUarUii, BrtlO,. & J 3RD AN AMD AL. REi 3 All Kow Scenery, Coitamoi and Eleotrlcai Effects. Evenings and Sunday Mat., ISO, 36a, I 60o and 7 bo ykMTS.-a5c&25c f6' LAurilL.' 1 O. A.t Any Week Say TICKETS Matinee, Sear Header: , Al. Reeves bent all records at the Kansas City Gftyety lust week. I sow the show Wednesday und It Is certuinly "there" with bells on. E. X.. JOHNSON, Met. Guyety Theater SATURDAY EftKefr JAM. 15 i THE WM. GREW CO. lna:hZr "THE INVADER" Mat. All Beat 95o. Evg. ISoSSo, SOe. flUMklMBMIHIAllllHNilUUIMIUMU4NUM&UlJ The Lumberjack The College Man An Address for Men, by GEO. L McNUTT "THE SQUIB FAXb MAJf " Y. M. C. A. SUNDAY, 4:00 P. M. lnent in niusicalcircles heiv Miss Mai y , Norman In her refjned monologU", "Sum. Types of Women," presents character studies from the lives of Beverul actresses. Felix and Burry will appear In a new farce which they describe as "a little bit of foolishness." Henry Clive, the clever sllght-of-hand comedian Is Just returning from a leng engagement In the London music halls, with entirely new material. Paul Klclst, In his pantomime novelty, "The Land of Dreams," will whistle words and phrases to his audience und do many other startling tilings. The Uermn.. come dians. Carlln and Clark, have arranged an entirely new act with clever songs written by themselves, and a collection dialect chatter that Is delicious. The Si mian comedians ' presented by J. W. Clark are a demonstration of newly discovered possibilities In developing the monkey as a public performer. The Orpheum concert orchestra will render at the beginning of each pi i formance a fine program, and at the close tho klnodrome will project the newest in motion pictures). I Palatial Train for Mills' Body Most Expensive Funeral Cortege from Coast to Coast for Millionaire-Philanthropist. One of the most expensive corteges that ever wended Its way Is now headed towurA Oinulia Leudng the body of D. Otfden Mills from San Francisco to New York. The funeral party Is traveling in a luxurious special train which will cost thousands of dollars to operate on its journey from coast to coast. Tho train left Frisco Friday night over the Southern Pacific for Ogden and will reach Omaha Monday morning over tbe Union Pacific. It Is made up of one bug gage car, a diner and two private Pull mans. D. Ogden Mills died Tuesday at "M 111 lirae," his famous castle home, eighteen miles from the Golden Gate. He was known as one of the builders of the Pacific coast where he was closely affiliated with hK banking and mining enterprises. H went to California in 1M8, Just before tha (treat rush to the gold f i Ids. In New York he hail been Ideiitlfh d l ino with big bunking Iioiim's und was the builder of the Mills block on I'road street, and was the pi opi leu.:- of thu famous Mills' hotels, which offer iiuals ami li.il,;'ny to v.ork liiginen at lea hoi. able figures. It wan bis dylni; wUii to be burled III New Voik, Ills billliplace. lie was 1 years of age. 7f