THE OMAHA SUNDAY KEY,: MARCH f. 1910.
Omaha Theaters and Managers in Review
KMonY rsrrled many of us bsrk
to thil OctoW evening In 11.
when th Poyrt theatT was
dedicated, flrnersl Marnletron
set the. trpin of thought In
motlm. wlirn le trvle refer
M
ent to th ooea.Mon nt the P-randeis on
Thursday rslrht, and contrasted tlx Omihi
of today with the Omaha of that time.
llV-a a wondrous pli tt of rlvlc pride as
v ; aa genemsltv In a public aue that
ld James E. Povd to erect the pretenti
ous and for th day ftiagnlf'.rriit structure
that bor hl rlame. and to dedicate it
ni i,, 1
enterprise that Induced lrm ten yarn
later to construct a more costly and beauti
ful thnater, yet standing;, and of high
order of usefulness. Mr. Itoyd had been
slgnslly honored by Ms fellow eltlsens.
At the time his first theater was dedicated,
he waa mayor of the city, and when hit
second waa opened to the public he was
governor of the stat It wan a larfcff con
ception of public needs as well a a
desire to be of ral service that lei him to
embark Ma money in the bulldlnjr of
theaters. He once, said to a friend, while
talking over this subject, that be had
not derived so (treat a profit from the
theaters he had built us k9 had antici
pated, nor would lie venture money In
them aa a mere business enterprise, but
at the same time ha expressed satisfac
tion that he had contributed s-i much to
the social life of Omaha. Tie took a
great pride In the f. ret tlicaier, nnd a mill
greater In the second, and Rave to each
much personal attention. Hut his connec
tion With the business of the theater ended
at the erecti'm of the building and Its
furnishing:. He did not manage either,
nor was he Interested snve as landlord
In their control.
It niay not be outof place here to say
a word of appreciation for the late W. A.
Paxton, Jr., who waa associated with Mr.
Purges In the management of the Crelgh
ton theater. This handsome theater waa
built by Omaha men, and It was much the
Inspiring presence of Mr. Paxton that made
the formation of the company to build the
theater possible, lie did not net very deep
Into the business, but showed a very keen
Interest In the affairs of the stage from a
purely artlstlo standpoint. Ills connection
with Mr. Durgess In the management of the
Crelghton was his earliest venture In busi
ness, and he participated In the success of
the theater and In the management of the
Boyd until the firm of Paxton & Burgess
waa merged In the Woodward Burgess
Amusement company. Mr. Paxton had a
small Interest In the new company for a
time, but his ranch In the western end of
the state took up so much of his time that
he retired from the organisation. But he
showed as a theatrical manager those
qualities that endeared him as a man to all
who came Into close contaot with him.
One would like to devole some time to a
review of the men who have managed
theaters In Omaha, who have given of
their time and and ability to the purveying
of dramatic and operatic entertainment
for the cltlsens, but for obvious reasons
this will not be undertaken at this time,
(leorg Marsh, first manager of the Boyd,
will be recalled pleasantly by all who knew
him. Tom Boyd, who succeeded him, and
"boo" D. W. Hayes, who was afterward
Mr. Boyd's partner in the control of the
new Boyd; Tom Mulvlhlll, who was the
bill-posting magnate of Omaha at the time
of his death, and whose name only recently
disappeared under the encroachment of a
greater organisation, was also manager
or the Boyd for a few months, and I M
Crawford had a brief reign at the helm.
Then It passed under the control of Wood
ward & Burgess, where it has been for the
last twelve years, and still Is. Messrs
Paxton & Burgesa were- the managers of
the Crelghton from the day It opened until
It went Into the hands of the Orpheum
people, at about the time the Woodward
V Burgess company took over the Boyd.
The old Grand Opera house on Fifteenth
and Capitol avenue was presided over by
Isaac Walton Miner, 'now the house secre
tary for the Elks, a newspaper man of ths
Id school, who was active In the days
when the atreeta of Omaha Justified the
sarcasm of John O. Sax. He was still
at the helm when W. J. Burgess took the
house at the time the old Boyd, renamed
the Farnam Street, burned. Mr. Burgess
came to Omaha as a representative of ti.
M. Crawford. He renamed the Grand,
calling It the.Fifttenth Street, and went
from there to the Empire, which was the
Aoadamy of Music under another name.
At the Academy a host of enterprising and
Ambitious persons had tried their
hands aa manager" after the Boyd
was built, and stock companies of
several sort, variety shows and ail sorts
of amusements were furnished forth there.
Billy Lawler, waa the original Eden Musee
man In these parts and made a great suc
cess of his venture. W. W. Cole presided
over the Trocadero when it was opened as
ft muslo hall and gave to Omaha Its first
regularly ordained vaudeville. Then came
the Orpheum, with a competition the Tro
cadero could not meet, and Jake Rosenthal
aa Ita manager. Mr. Rosenthal went later
to the Trocadero, which was given over to
burlesque, and J. Hush Bronson came on
t the Orpheum. One season for Mr. Bron
son and Carl Ilelter came, with his fund
of stories that was never exhausted.
"JJert" Gorden welcomed the patrons at
th oper.Tng of the Krug, and held forth
there until the appeul of printer's Ink
pecam too strong and he slipped back
Into th publishing line, In the pursuit of
which he hss accumulated mean that
would permit his building a theater of his
own In event he ever felt like managing
another. After him came Charles G.
Breed, who doesn't know you mean hlrrt
unless you call him "Doc." In days that
are almost prehistoric Jack Nugent dl
recieu tne career of the St. Hi mo. a place
only mentioned now when the best of
rrlrnds get together in a quiet place and
talk over boyhood iluys. The Burwood was
opened under tho control of Its builders,
Hattic Carmontcllc, Actress
little Sketch of a Woman Who Hai Spent Many Yean on the Stage,
Has Played Many Parti and is Still Making Good Was Once a Mem
ber of a Minstrel Troupe and Did a Man's Work in the Opening Part.
.N the early history of the theater
the female parts were played
by men and boys. Even today
there Is no novelty In "female
Impersonators"; but to Miss
Hattie Carmontelle, who plays
Aunt Fanny, in George Uarr McCuicheon's
"BaVerely," is due the unkiue distinction
of being the only woman who has ever
made a specialty of the colored male char
uwter. It was with the lata Billy Rice, of
K' atrel fame, that MIm Carmontelle waa
M (aged as "and man," and she played op-pOi-lte
this favorite ot a past generation
for two seasons, being equally clever with
the bones and tambourine. And, to further
complete her minstrel experience, she
acted aa Interlocutor for a company of
Miss Carmentella's first sppeiranee In fifty,
the professional atsge m nt , the early
as of T. In the part of "Little KW In
"Uncle Tout's Cabin," at tn old Pitts
James E. Boyd' Civic Pride and Generous SpiritPart of
William A. Paxton Jr. in the Development of the Theater
in O.nahaMen Who Have Been Managers of the Local
PlayhousesSocial Development Indicated at the Brandeis
Messrs. Woodward A: Tturgrss, and was
managed by them for two seasons, when It
wss sold to Sullivan A Conwidlne, who
tiled vaudnvllla In It. and failed. E. L.
" "presented the firm as manager.
and after th houaa had atood Idle for
some time, he formed a partnership with
Mr. Bils, and they took the theater under
a lease, and Installed a stock company. So
well did their venture develop that they
bought the houae, and are now realising
the fruit of their enterprise. Sam Bear
of South Dakota and Dick Ferris of Cali
fornia contributed much to Omaha's
amusement by their stock organisations at
the Boyd during several summer aeasons,
and other energetlo Imprrasaflos have en
gaged In similar ventures at other houses,
such as the Lyric end the Bijou. Then we
have had summer opera under the direction
of Will Csrleton and some othera. H ran
hardly be said that Omaha has been neg
lected a a point for amusement ventures
during the three decades that have slipped
away since James K. Boyd first determined
to erect a theater at Fifteenth and Farnim
that was to b the first real theater the
city ever had, and was far ahead of the
requirement of the day.
This lengthy preface was scarcely needed
to bring us to the real event of the week,
but tho remarks of General Manderaon n't
dunclng Into active life many half torgjiUi
events of nights at Omaha theater?, an.l
out of the memories th is aroused came
among others the names of those here
arrayed. These w ere an cio 'ge'.lc lot of
showmen, who. If they did not all succeed,
at least all tiled to fles.T success, and
each In passing left warm friends In
Omaha. And now Mr. Bur'.s is back in
the work, presiding over the most beajl.'
ful theater Omaha has, one that is rot
only a source of pride to :he clUieru, but
which will lohg be the onvy oC other cities
throughout the west. Ths consra'ulatlons
showered on him on Thursday nil"t came
from frlenda really glad o welcome him
back, and the intense Interest he hat ihow n
ever since he entered .no the new enter
prise indicates his slnce.v saiUfactlon Ith
the undertaking.
ine opening or the Brand lis was sn
event that can only be truthfully described
as "brilliant." It was an assemblage of the
best of Omaha's clttsenshlp, the culture
as well as the wealth Delug represented
In the great audience then juth'.-ed. 3t
was a remarkably well dressd audien e,
too; In this aa In other things the occasion
marked the progress of the" city socially.
It Is probable that if a census of evening
suits had been taken at the time the Boyd
theater opened In 1881 not as many could
have been found west of the Missouri
river as were worn at the opening of the
Brandeis. In these matters of social nicety
the growth of the city Is exemplified; not
that clothea make either the man or the
woman, or that the Words, of cheer and
congratulation spoken to the Messrs. Bran
deis were any more sincere than those
spoken to James E. Boyd, but because
folks are paying a little closer attention to
th amenities of life, and realize a little
more clearly the social obligations which
sometimes take the form of "dressing up."
In this and In other ways the occasion had
something of th aspect of an epoch-mark
ing event. And that It was greatly enjoyed
by all Is admitted without further proof.
The presentation of "The Climax" for
closing the career of the Boyd as Omaha's
leading theater may have been but coin
cidental, but It was singularly appropri
ate. The theater Was opened by a remark
ably strong acting organisation presenting
one of tho sweetest of modern melodramas,
"Alabama." To call this play "sweet" Is
not to misuse the adjective, for It was, Is
and will bo for a long time a real delight,
and the wonder Is that It Is not enacted
often enough. Ail the story of tho play
glows with romance, the strife of brothers,
the love of a woman, and back of It the
bitterness of politics giving way before the
progress of events. It was Augustus
Thomas's first success, and while he has
done much more ambitious work since, he
has never quite equalled the human touch
he gave to "Alabama." And the little
At the Omaha Theaters,
Two Musical Playi to Fill the Week at the Brandeis Woodward Stock
at the Boyd Krug; Has a Pair ot Attractive Plays and the Orpheum
Will Have the "Road" Show, While the Gayety Puts On Extravaganza.
HE Goddess ot Liberty" Is one of
' the latest musical plays from
the prolific pens of Will M.
Houfh and Frank R. Adams,
with music by Joseph E. How
ard and has registered an Im
T
pression upon the Chicago newspaper
critic and playgotnK public unparallelled in
the history of Chicago theatricals. Ths
original cast, chorus and production, same
as produced at the Princess theater for 309
consecutive performances with Bailie Fisher
and George Parsons, supported by P.
O'Malley Jennings. Johnny Fogarty.
Francis Taunge, Ollle Artell, George Day,
Augustus Carney, Mabel Fredericks, Dan
Hall and Fred Hagan. The broilers, who
have been such a feature in the former
successes by these authors, are still con
spicuous, also forty fascinating show girls
are seen In it. Ths play Is in three
acts and four scenes and are laid In the
Berkshire Hills. Muss. The last act is In
an apartment In New York City at Clare
mont, overlooking the Hudson. The scenic
effects are elaborate, and one of the fea
tures is the realistic ra'n storm. Thera
are twenty song numbers, many of which
burg, Pa., opera house. She played three
seasons of rummer stock at the Boyd, and
her Omaha friends are legion.
Miss Carmontelle tells of an amusing
experience of her early career. When still
a child, the company she was with stranded
In the aouth. Sympathetic friends tied a
Wella-Fargo tag on her and actually sent
her by expreaa collect to her home in the
north. Vpon arriving In her home city aha
was placed in the company's delivery
wagon, with the usual complement of
packages and boxes, and delivered, safe
and aound, at her own front door, where
the Chargea were paid and duly receipted
for. Miss Carmontelle carries that receipt
with her to this day.
It may not be amiss to state that for
four years, this versstlle woman, was with
Thomaa Keens In Shakespearean roles, and
received unstinted praise from the press
and publlo.
drama by Edwin Locke that was played
at th Boyd during the first half of the
week possesses all the elements of deep
Interest shown by the Thomas drama,
but expressed In differing terms. "Th
Climax" Is but a bit of real life, the simple
annals of an episode In which two people
were directly concerned and two others
Incidentally. It Is the treatment of the
material ujed that affords th seat of th
play, and marks Its author as on of
strength. He sees th fore of simplicity
and the power of directness, and by his
handling of his subject has produced a play
that Is winning Its way on Its merits
solely. It Is perhaps an additional tribute
to the value of "Th Climax" that It had
the usual experience of being turned down
by a number of the leading New Yrk
producers, and that Joseph M. Webber
finally put It on against the advice of the
wiseacres with whom he Is associated. Mr.
Webber took the chanc and landed a
"w Inner."
Anorher bit of Interest In connection with
the offering of "The Cllmx" Is that It has
bi Ought to the front another comedian of
parts. Mr. Howard Lange has not long
been known to fame; It Is only a title while
since he was doing the "one-nights" in a
"pastoral" called "The Village Parson,"
earning his bread and butter thereby and
walling for the chance. This came with
the role of Lulgt Goldfantl." and he Is now
listed among the first of American come
dians. No more of the cheap for him, for
he has made good. Ills performance of the
part of the old Italian singing teacher Is
as far ahead of David Warfleld'a Music
Master as the Music Master Is ahead of
Warfirld's Auctioneer.
The selection of a piay t Open the Bran
deis was hardly a fortuitous as on other
occasions when theaters have been dedi
cated In Omaha, but this was du solely
to the exigencies of the occasion. "Arsene
Lupin" Is lacking in certain elements that
must he shown in a really strong play. But
the event had the merit of excellent acting,
for Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Herbert. Mr. Har
bury, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Dodd, Miss Kesne
and Mrs. Vheatcroft are tne nucleus of a
company of unusual merit, and their work
was of the most delightful character. Mr.
Courtenay and Mr. Herbert lift their parts
well above the plans on which the play is
cast, and endow the characters of the thief
and the detective with qualities that make
them most fascinating. Miss Keane Is
doing something that Is really magnificent;
she submerges herself In the requirements
ef a comparatively minor role, having but
little opportunity, yet realizing In one In
tense scene In the last act the reason for
her being Irt the cast. Until that one great
scene in the smoking room of the duke,
Simla could well be played by a Super;
itilss Keane has the good taste to not try
to make the part atand out, and thus the
splendid exhibition of real power she shows
when the time comes Is all the more force
ful. Mrs. Wheatcroft has a fine scene in
this ect, too, that adds a great deal to
the general effect of- th piece. But
"Arsene Lupin" is to be tolerated more by
reason of the polite curiosity tt arouses as
to what manner of man a French Raffles
might be than for any genuine dramatic
quality. In fact. It has no genuine dramatic
quality.
Louis James Is dead; this news came
from Helena aSturday morning, the great
actor having died there suddenly on Fri
day evening from heart failure. He was
touring th'e west, playing "Henry VIII"
and other classic dramas, and had been
meeting with great success all season. Mr.
James' career waa so long and varied that
a brief review can give no adequate Idea
of his service to the stage and through It
to the public. He was a man of excellent
judgment, sound perceptions and excellent
taste, and devoted himself with a single
ness of purpose to the better things of the
drama. At the time of his death he was
In his sixty-eighth year, being a native of
Illinois, where he was born In 1S42. For
forty-six years he waa before the publlo
as an actor, and the range of parts he
played Is so extensive that no attempt will
be made to recite them. Hla home waa at
Kansas City, where he wilt be burled.
are termed "hits," "Don't Choose a Gibson
Girl," "Where Are They Now?" "Taxi
Taxi." "Lonely," "If All Moons Were
Honeymoons," "Keep Me Young In Your
Heart." "Oskee Wow-woa-," "The Uoddess
of Liberty," "Let's Pretend You Love Me "
and a dozen others. The attraction comes
to the Brandeis theater fyr an engagement
of four days commencing tonight. Matinee
will be given Wednesday.
& -
When the curtain la raised on the new de
Koven and Smith comic opera. "The Goldin
Butterfly," which is to be seen at the
Brandeis theater for three performances,
commencing next Friday evening, with
Grace Van Studdlford. opera-goers of
this community will witness a light opera
that has already made a new epoch In com
positions of this class. The score of "The
Golden Butterfly" contains one song which
Is now a big favorite In the New York
musical colleges. It is entitled, "Don't
Forget Me," with a dreamy waits move
ment, which Is the motif through the
score. The opera Is said to be unconven
tional, and discloses an Interesting story
of lnve, ronmnce and intrigue, more
dramatic than any which has been seen on
the light opera stage during the last fif
teen years. The story of the opera has
been divided Into threa acts, and set In a
frame work of fanciful grace and Imagin
ative beauty.
"The Servant In the House." tha widely
discussed and phenomenally successful
play Is to be presented at the Brandeis
theater on March 1S-17, by Henry Miller s
associate players. When the play opens a
mysterious Oriental has taken a place in
the house of the clergyman as a butler.
He Is In reality the bishop of Bonares, the
brother who disappeared In India twenty
years before. To this house comes the
drain-man, with a black passion against
his brother in his heart and a father's de
sire to see hla little girl. The action of the
play revolves around the mysterious In
fluence which the Oriental servant exer
cises on everyone with whom he Is brought
Into contact. By some supernatural power
of divination he sees Into their very soul
and points out not only tbelr weaknesses
but the real cure for them. And that cure
Is the oldest and surest of all remedies for
afflictions of the splrtt-love of one's fellow
and hard work.
At the Brandeis theater Friday u'ght
and Saturday matinee and night, Majch
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18 and 19, Olga Nethereole. the English
actress, will present during this brief en
gagement for the first time here a great
American drama entitled "The Writing
on the Wall," by William J. Hurlbut.' Her
supporting company Includes Harrison
Hunter, Albert Perry, Hamilton Mott,
Slalne Mills, Charlotte Tlltell, Alice Gor
don, Lillian Stafford, Constance Raymond
and others. Saturday matinee she will
appear as "Camllle" and Saturday night
as "Sariho."
For the second week of the Woodward
Stock company season at the Boyd, "When
Knighthood was In Flower" has been
selected. This fine romantic comedy-drama
will give Mr. Morrison a splendid chance In
the big role of Charles Brandon, while Miss
Gates will shine as Mary Tudor. The others
I will be well placed, and Mr. O. D. Wood
I ward will bestow his particular care on the
! production.
i The new Rowland Clifford musical
melodrama, "The Phantom Detective,"
which will be soen here at the Krug thea
ter for four days, starting with a matinee
Sui day. Is an entirely different theatrical
Idea, and during the action of the play
many rather mysterious mechanical ef
fecta and startling lllurlons are Introduced
by "The Phantom." Frank Folsom. the
wlerd detective who Is prominent throuh
out the play. The sctnlc environment Is
also oloveily construcUd, giving additional
opportunity for "The Pliantom'a" won
drous tricks.
The Kansas City Star, speaking ot "Bev
erly," has this to Bay: "The company li
exoellent. Miss Gertrude Fowler, as Un
American girl who Is perforce compelled
to assume the role of the princess, revealed
a fine artlstlo quality that was more than
equal to the demand made upon It. Hattle
Carmontelle as Aunt Fanny gave an
other of her Inimitable sketches of the
southern mammy. As the Princess Yetive,
Miss Edith Shayno revealed true dramatic
quality. Raymond Whltaker was suffi
ciently romantic as Prince Danton. the de
throned ruler of Dawsbergen. and the other
male roles were all excellently filled. The
play Is beautifully Btaged and the large
audience, apathetic at first, were stirred
to real enthusiasm by the unfolding of the
story. 'Beverly of Graustark' Is a thor
oughly Interesting and wholesome play and
ourht to be popular during Its engage
ment. " At the Krug theater for three
days, commencing Thursday.
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The Orpheum road show, with an aggre
gation of stars which has made a famous
record throughout the circuit, app-ars this
week. Two numbers there are of head
line Importance, the one bemg Iji Tltcomh,
or "La Belle Amerlcalne," the singer on
horseback, and the other a young and
popular dramtlc artist, appearing in Mrs
Oscar Berlnger's gem of vaudeville pluy
lets. "A Bit of Old Chelsea." Miss O'Day
has been chosen by Martin Heck for the
part of "Saucers" In this vaudeville classic.
Four other players make up the cast.
"The Singer on Horseback," La Tltcomh,
last year's prevailing European sensation,
has been Imported by Martin Beck as a
feature of this season's road show. Her
performance consists nt five sections. In
troducing songs, serpentine dancing and
high school riding, with artlstlo and ef
fective lighting. La Tltcomh Is an Ameri
can girl, but this Is her first appearance
In this country. "A Night In Monkey
Music Hall," presented by Maud Baches,
Is a remarkable exhibition of animal train
ing Melville and Hlggins In "Just a Little
Fun" give Just what the tile Implies
tMUKMEITI.
IN OMAHA THIS SEASON
Friday. March 11
s
Robert Hlggins Is a comedian of the Eddie
Foy type, and Miss Melville is one of the
genuinely funny women of the stage. One
of the most brilliant and artistic perform
ers ever seen In vaudeville Is Hymen;
Meyer. Harry Fox. who comes from a
great success on Broadway, nnd the Miller
ship sinters, distinguished for their danc
ing, give a diverting act. An eccentric
gymnastic performance Is given by the
three Masragno brothers, who perform
fully dressed In street attire. The klno
flrome will Introduce a sensational feature
In motion pictures. The length of this
series Is estimated at H59 feet and It
presents a complete and thrilling western
drama, "The Heart of a Cowboy." The
Orpheum Concert orchestra will furnish
special music at each performance.
The Oayety theater will do big business
for six days, starting this afternoon, with
Weber and Rush's famous "Parisian
Widows" company, a classy combination
of fun, music and "nifty" girls. "The
Aotors' Boarding House," the opening
farce, Is said to be a treat and a tonic
combined, while the closing comedy, "Fun
in a Department Store," Is said to assist
materially In making Ufa worth living to
those lucky ones who sit "In front."
Among the principal artists secured for the
"Parisian Widows" this season are Ben
Pierce, a comedian of original methods;
Margie Hilton, singing and dancing sou
brette; "Ike" Wall, whose Impersonation
i of "Pioph" cannot even be Imitated!
Bayton, the beautiful young vocalist; Mae
Romcr, the dainty little acrobatlo dancing
girl; the Musical Bells, high-class har
monists; Nlblo and Spencer, the king and
queen of wooden-shoe dancers, and Hick
man and Bentley, comedians and parodists.
An act which bids fair to cause unusual
comment is "The Dresden Dancing Dolls,"
which keeps you guessing all the time.
The entire production Is staged under the
personal direction of Ed F. Rush, which
Is a sufficient guarantee of Its excellence.
Ladles' dime matinee dally, starting tomor
row. $
The career of David Rlsphasjjj, the well
known baritone, who Is to sing her Thurs
day evening, March 10, shows what in
defatigable work and a faith In self can
accomplish. Several well known masters
sought to dissuade the slngor from enter
ing a professional career, but neverthe
less he went doggedly ahead, working,
practicing, until (he sought-for end was
accomplished. Today no American singer
Gossip from
Klslc Ferguson, who Is starring In Chan
nine Pollock's successful comedy, "Such a
Little Queen," recently, while playing an
engagement In Philadelphia, was Invited to
visit a school girl friend of hers who mar
ried, and Is living In that city. Her friend
haK a bright, lit t lo child, a girl of &. who
In bitted on sitting at the luncheon tabU
with her mother and Miss Ferguson. Vpon
Miss r'ercuson politely declining to have a
second helping of oysteis en brochette, of
which the link Klrl wuh particularly fond,
ah naively remarked to the star: "I don't
think you're an actress." "Why?" In
quired Mlsa Ferguson. "Well, Uncle John,
Tho knows lots ot actretees, says they're
aim ays hungry."
The Klrke I .a Shelle company Is planning
for a revival of "The Yltglnlun'' at one of
the New York theaters some time In the
AMrSEMENT.
rTRflJ THEATER
4 DAYS tl?l: Matinoo Today
Tho Molodramatlo Musical Succoss
Anniented Compsn j I TTTWT Yi
ol Superior Players li illiliLsf
MTEC
CHEAT QUARTETTE OF SIKGIXG COMEDIANS
QCE THE DEN OF REAL LIONS
3 DAYS Starting THURSDAY
Refiirn of tho Season's Success
The Original Studebaker Theater, Chicago,
Production of Geo. Darr MoCutchcon's
lD)lLf v iLdliXLdj li
Dramatized by Rebt. M. Baker from the Hovel
"BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK"
The Most Effective Drama Now Before the Public
NEXT
THE ISLE OF SPICE
SUNDAY
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aaiihasii
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Hatlnee Every Bar. gilB Might, H
WEEK STABTING TODAY
THE
Orpheum Show
IMreotlott MJLBTZir BUCK
Martin Beck presents,
IDA O'DAY
And Company of Selected Players
IN
A Bit of Old Chelsea"
By Mrs. Oscar Berlnirer.
First American Presentation of
A BIO XT IB A 1COBKBY MUBIO
HAX.Ii"
Presented by Maud Roches.
Llelville and lliggins
Eccentric Slnglne; and Chattering
Comedians In,
"Just a tittle Tun."
Symphonic Cleverness With a Dash
of Ceniedy
MY MAN MYER
' "The Man At the JMano."
"MrTfqxTwd
hiliership sisters
In "Artlstlo Bonssnss."
THREE BROTHERS MASCAGNO
Presenting,
"Ttva la a Drawing1 Boom."
ORPHEUM MOTION "PICTURES
Always the newest la motion pictures
Bew Musloal Feature Extraordinary
ORPHEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA
lft Talented Artists IS
Direct from European Music Halls
La Titcomb
'The Blnrer on Horseback"
Novel Klectrlcal Effects
Famous Abroad as "Xa Belle
American."
eats (or Entire Week On Bale
Trices 10c, 25c, &Uc and 70c.
has scored greater artlstlo success.
"lie holds a record of achievement un
equaled by any singer now before the pub
He," declares an eastern musical writer.
"He has commanded universal pralae alike
In oratorio, In opera and In song recital,
and the character of Ills program reveals
the high standard from which he never
descends."
For ten successive Seasons Blspham was
a member of the Hoyal Opera company,
singing each summer at Covent Oarden,
London; while for several years he was a
member of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, New York. His repertoire Includes
fifty operatic roles, In English, French,
German and Italian. He was tho first
to sing the part of Falstsff In England,
where he appeared with Verdi's original
cast from La Sea la, Milan.
Stageland
latter part of May. The three Farnum
boys will be seen In the three leading roles;
Dustln, who first saw light of stardom as
"The Virginian," will be seen in the title
role; William, that sterling actor who Is
at present with Viola Alien, will be the
loyal but misguided 8tve; Marshal, ho
Is at present making a hit In the part of
Tiampas In "The Virginian" throughout
the west, will be seen as the bad man.
Maa Flgman, who Is taking Henry
rlxey's part In "Mary Jane's Pa." waa
married recently to Lollta Robertaon. his
leading lsdy last season.
Olga Nethersole has lust accepted an In
vitation from Edmond Rostand, author of
"Cyrano de Bvrgerao" and "Chanticleer,"
to become his guest at his castle In the
Pyrenees neat summer, when she will re-
AMI HF.MKMTs.
Wed. sad BsC
10, ae. Roe
KOLDBat
Chorus of i'rtttily
Costnroed Show Girls
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SayetV
IT'S OOOD
Devoted to strictly High Orade
iztraTBgansa ana auasTiiie
TWICE DAILY DA'YX, MAT. TODAY
The "Candy" Hhow
WEBKIt AM) RUSH'S
PARISIAN WIDOWS
Presenting- Two Vuslcal AhsurdltleS,
'Ths Aotors' Boardlag House," and
"Tun la a Department Store."
And When It Comes to Mew
VAU D EVI LLE
Hitherto trnseen In Omaha,
OH, L-OO-OO-K-!
Musical Dells
Eminent
Harmonists
BEN PIERCE J&ftSX
Hickman & Bsntly
Marglo Hilton
Comedians
and Parodists
Ideal
Olrl
Niblo & Spencer
ASDBD ATTBACTIOB
Jub". Dresden Dancing Dolls
Xvsntngs and Bandar Matins
ISO. aBo, BOo and 7 So
SV'MATS. 15c a 25c A
Day
LA
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LA.DIE.f4' At any week
TICKETS
I WW Day Matlneo.
DJBAB BSADXBl
Of "Ths Parisian Widows," las
Mondays Kansas City "Tlmes
Btar" said "Refreshingly enter
taining)" Th "Post" ' Attrac
tive and funny;" The "Journal"
"Especially good." t think you
will sudors thee thre vardlot.
X do. X. I,. JOHHBOBT,
Mgr. Oayety Theater.
Bat. (Mat. and Blgbt) only, March la
The WM. GREW CO. VV?
"IS MARKIAUti A FAILUHK?"
Com and se how it's deolded.
Popular Prloes Beats Belling
1
MR. DAVID DISPHAM
Thursday Eve. March 10th.
Y. W. C. A.
Auditorium
TICKETS $1 and tl.50, Bow Belling
303 BOYD THEATRE.
"Jean Valjean"
A CKABkACTXB bkxtoh bt
Dr. R. Scolt Hyde
sra onto BT THE
FOPUXAB T. X. QTSABTETTB
Y, M. G. A. Sunday, March 6th,
At 4 P. M.
hearse "Ia Ramarltalne" with him, using
the English translation, mad by th au
thor's son, Maurice Kostand, for her. Neth
ersole expeots to use th drama neat sea
son. Orrln Johnston has been eiiRsged by
Henry B. Harris for the leading mala role
In "The Children of I)estlny." which Is to
be produced toward the end of this month.
Johnston began his present season In th
hope of becoming an opera cnmlqu star
and was originally designed fur the title
role In "The Oay Hussar." Hut hla vole
gave out at the last moment and so he re
turns to the legitimate.
The music department of the Woman's
club will g ve its annual opening day pro
gram before the club Monduy afternoon at
i.M o'clock at th First Congregational
church. Those taking part will be: Mlas
Evelyn Hopper, soprano; Mrs. Lloyd EL
Halter, contralto; Mrs. Murray O. Con,
violinist; Miss Marie Meek, pianist, and
Mr. Hon Htanley, organist. Tne members
of the Tuesday Musicals have been Invited
to attend and are requested to present
the.tr membership cards at th door.
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