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iK!,AIlr. TIII'HSTON will pr-
.rrit athTine 'liishulm ("
IriR'ff new 'o';it-dy, "Miffs .Ana
ma."." iit ttif . nramlpls thpator
f"i foir niKlits ar..l a AVpdriPS
ia matine l"'lniilnff tonight.
The company ei a ijsul to vu.pit. ills
Thiirstnn fur hrr cimliiK n';apiirnt In
Aew York ln lii'l- Auiruptua rhlllipa. A. S.
Hymn, U.nry Cailln. V.rlr Franc !. Mari.in
Kerhy. I.aura HiTncit. Kila von Jtuolow
and Constani e Glover.
MIm Thurston ha the rule of one of
those lovable, diinterfed womoA who arc
so busy thinking of others that they have 1
no thought of themselves. Into her quiet
llf comes a handsome your? man who
ha lost his eyesight In an automobile
accident At first he is only a patient
who must be treated almost like a child.
Having no mean cf Judging his nurse ex
cept by her voice and manner he imagines
her to be a beautiful young girl, although
In reality she Is over 30 and Is prim and
plain. When he tells her how he has
pictured her In his mind's eye ihe has
learned to love him and cannot resist the
temrtatlon not to undeoeivo him. Then
comes an operation by a skillful surgeon
who restores the lover eyetight. Just
how Mixs Ananias straightens out matters
and wins a husband by the aid of an absent
sister and a clever dressmaker would be
unfair to reveal In advance.
There has ben so much curiosity ex
pressed concerning Just what "Ocular
t!xia" means that fie management re
sponsible for bringing to this country the j
exponents of the new art Mile. Anna I
Vavlowa, M. Mikall Mordkln and their sup-
porting ballet from the Imperial opera I
houses of St. I'et rsburg and Moscow has 1
Issued advance sheets of the liberetto of
the piece de resistance, "Th Arablaji
Nights."
This ballet requires some fifty minutes
for presentation and relates the legend of
Atylade. It waa composed by M. Mordkln.
who. drew on the musical works of Glax
otmow. ChaiulnaJe. Rimskl - Korsakoff.
Rubinstein, Horodlne and rtourgault
Ducondray. Mordkln great ballet may bp
called a drama for lack of any other term
properly describing It. It relates to an In
cident In the life of ion of the desert a
powerful tribal chieftain, Pchah-Itahman.
strongly given to marauding. He Is dis
covered lounging 00 the diaa of the as
sembly hall where his vassals pay him
court. They return from a brave exploit,
laden with plunder hieh they proudly lJy
at the feet of thlr liege lord. Three fair
maids form part of the booty. The despot
ye them critically. Me smiles with pleas
ure at the accenting hi retainer have
given of themselves.
f Descending from the dais, he Is about to
express himself, when one of the leader
halts him. while other lay at his feet the
richest of the spoils, a rug of fabulous
value. It has been reserve! a a special
surprise for him. Tre chieftain orders It
unrolled for lnpectlon. and the fulfillment
Of his order disclose within a beautiful
captive. There Is something about this fair
lave vastly different from the attitude of
the three other captives, huddled in fear
before their raanerj, pitifully exercising
the wiles of their sex to often the heart
V 4 of their captors and their ow n fate at the
' same time. The young woman whom the
rug concealed Is more than cold; she is even
disdainful, haughty. One of the other
slaves. Sett Hourbour, the little hne
maiden to the. queen, recognize In the
figure that emerged from the rug her royal
mistress, Atyide. :-ett Itourbour would
' ooeissTtnce ix-iore me queen, put hy u
quick getture Axyiade slope her, and her
Identity remain a secret.
Aiyiade. despite her beauty, has proved
a disappointment to her captors because
she has made little or no Impression uon
8 hah-Kahman. To divert hun, the leader
of tht bandits calls upon the raptive to
entertain him. Three dance, but Axyiade
stands aloof. At the contusion of lit
dance, the chieftain turns to the c!J and
ha uglily Axyiade and demand if she can
not al-v do something for the entertain
ment of the coinpuny. In mule response
she trunts forward her hands whi u are
tightly bound, inuicarmg thai In 'uh a
coudlt.on she can do nothing
A ni rry fit of humor creeps over Schah
Kahman, ho slg.iais Abou-Malrk. who. in
turn, n.ake known to Axlade mat It is the
pleasure f the chieftain fiat she should
dance, aud unless his wish Is complied
with, her l ead shall be the p. ice. Strug
gling aga.nst her will and againtt tne
physK-al hriul.i of her bonds. Aotade
tiantes. to the great d version of the dejsJl
who njo)s keenly her evident discom
fort. l;ut the spirit of the dance groas
Lpon her, and i!n.ug a.de all reerve.
site uancrs with a duh thai Is ctMilaioua
II. I er.. trie it.ltftaill f tint li s feet.
I'auMng a rnoMient in her :id ).lrl, sne
l atche ti. re of ine li.efiain. and. with
keeti fttiui-.ne eminent, reails the story
hi.4 facination.
Abiuptiy slie stiqs and thrUAting her
Ouji J UandA before Mm, bieu. the do-
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fiance "kill me, but do noi nold me thus."
Bchah-Rahroan, yielding to the passion
growing within him. strikes the bond from
he. writ with hi sword. He order a
feast a revel, and Axyiade, seeing in the
fascination of her captor a possibility of
escape, beguiles him to the u'most, mak
ing known to the faithful Bet'. Bourbour
her intention the while. The feast ordered
by Schah-Ilahman develop Into a mud
revel. The red wine flows. Axyiade and
Sett Bourbour. fired by their new born
hope of escape, are transformed; they be
come the veritable spirit of the level and
lead their captors Into profligate Indulgence
In wine.
Slave and master have changed places.
Solmh-Hahman Is now completely in the
l-ower of Axyiade. Unable to await longer
the moment when he shall be alone with
his bewitching prisoner, he drives all the
others from the hall and turns to seize
her is hi embrace. He Is mad with wine,
but far from helpless. 80 Axyiade plies
him further with drink until he Is com
pletely overcome and reel in stupor to
hi throne. Hanging helplessly over Us
heavy aims, he feebly calls Axyiade. his
heart desire. Bjt she and her faithful
Sett Bourbour, like the fleeting day that
has now given way to the gathering night,
have silently stolen away, and Schah-Kah-man
sleeps, and dreams, aJid dreams.
The Kussian dancer with Mille Pav
loa and Mikail Mordkln, appear at the
Brandel on Thursday evening for one per
formance. At the Bold theater this week Miss Lang
and her company will be seen in Edward
Milton lloyle's reat drama of the west,
"The Squaw Man." Mr. Royle struck a
peculiarly resonant note In this play, and
Its auccet-s is attested by the fact that it
has been presented In England, and tran
slated Into French and German and re
ceived in Itria and Berlin with the same
acciaim of success as marked It in America.
The play fairly vibrates mith a life that
Is pataing. and yet show the quality of
men and women under stresa that endure
as long a time. It story U most inter
esting, with the element of romance
brought proininently to the front, and Its
setting Is one that appeals directly to peo
ple of the we.-t such as those of Omaha,
for e know the life. Mr. Lynch will get a
tine 1 name to show what he really can
Co In a leading role, and Miss Lang gets
another fine pari. The first performance
111 be givert-on Sunday afternoon and the
bill will run all week.
"The lost Trail," now on its sixth an
Cil tour, will be seen at the Kfu four
nights, starting w'.th a matinee today. Is
.1 comedy drama of western army life from
the pen of Anthony V.. Wills, the popular
novelist. The general tenor of the play
is healthy and unusually free from those
rough hewn lines that suggest nothing but
bloodshed and the smell of gunpowder.
t'om'ng to the Krug ineater three nights,
starting Thursday and a Saturday matinee,
la the new edition of "Happy HooLgan,"
probably the most successful and certainly
one of the most entertaining farce cor.ie
dles ever produced. Among the feature are
the widely di.cussed diamond ballet, a moat
beautiful effect, and a chorus of twenty
five of the most beaut ful show girls erer
brought together under one management:
blnj the four English Rosebuds r th their
fa r dancing baby elephants.
jut Robie big show. The Knicker
bockers," plan lo make thing lively at
the Gavety for the week atartin, this
afternoon, and that such a schedule will
be carried out Is evident from the long I st
of taient that goes to fill up the firing
line of this celebrated organisation. The
first skit U railed ' Reno, or Racing for a
Iiorc." and the second is entitled 'Tin
Love Kiss" Sn.tx Movre and John E.
Cain, both good, are the principal come
dians of the opening and closing skits. The
Wuty end of the procram Is strong for
Mix lltattie Evan. Miss Zella lie Mar.
j M.ss luuise liaxron and
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ttwron and "bnilz 'Moore '
a few of the members. There is an
Important In the significance of It
vaudeville head line acts. There will be a
ladies' dime matnee dally, starting tomor
row. The engagement close with the Sat
urday matinee performance.
FJlberi Hubbard, "The Sage of East Au
rora," author, publisher, essayist and lec
turer, will appear at the Orpheum theater
for the week beginlng matinee today. Mr.
Hubbard will deliver what he styles "Heart
to Heart Talks," being largely along the
line of hi characteristic philosophy. This
Is the "Fra's" first vaudeville tour which
he Is making exclusively for the Orpheum
circuit. It might be said of this man that
he wrote. "A Message to Garcia?' and es
tablished the "Roycrofters."
The aquatic act of Maud and Gladys
Finney, "The Mermaids," is out of the
ordinary. The bisters present their act In
a glass tank placed on the stage, thus
affording every body a complete view of the
movements of the swimmers. Harry Linton
and Anita Ijiwrence present "The Piano
Store," In which they Introduce a little
story with songs and dances. Bedford and
Winchester have Juggled "round the. world.
They have a unique manner of combining
skill and comedy. William Flemen offers
Victor Smalley- playlet. "Back to Bos
ton. "In which Mr. Flemen portray a
prixe fighter with a breezy line -of philoso
phy. Lime and O'Ponnell Ftyle their act
"Looping the Bumps." Yiiiese acrobats have
a seiles of hazardous stunts in which
athletic skill is displayed. Arthur Bowen
is known In vaudeville as "The Singing
Cartoonist." He was Identified with a Ch.
csgo newspaper before he grasped his op-
i portunity on the stage. New Kinodrome
viewe and the Orpheum Concert orchestra
will be other features of the new bill. Daily
matinees.
Misa Edith Spencer and her stock com
pany will be eeen at the Gayety theater
Saturday night only. December 10. In that
Interesting play, "At Cozy Corners." The
entire company Is provided with puns
em.nently suited to their capabilities and
the production is a finished, smooth, ad
mirable presentation.
ACTOR-AUTHOR'S CLEVER WORK
Haw IrlUk (roHlord Has Avoided
Dirrle.ltlP. In His One
Act Pley.
The protean actor wins here and loses
there. If any good at all he winspopular
success in considerable measure, and fre
quently also critical approval; but he pays
the penalty of virtuosity. If a vaudeville
one-act play la at best a tour de force, the
protean act Is most essentially such. What
will be looked for by spectators is how
peedliy change of characters can be made
nd audiences not trailed to look fur f.ne i
shading will certainly concentrate atten
tion on the rapidity with which the actor
doffs one disguise and assumes another.
Nevertheless, in the writing of a sketch I
for protean use skill and craftsmanship
may be shown In considerable degree and
this la well illustrated in the playlet acted
by ZeL'.ah Covington and hi w:fe last
week at the Orpheum. The curse of vaude
ville plays 1 the small else of the com
panies presenting them and the clumslnes
of one-act playwr.ghts In meeting the
limitations and hand. caps of writing for
two or three plaer.
Generally the playwright makes use of
long monologues, particularly in opening,
ta unfold his situation. It la distressing
because It la so poor an txfeet!ent and
because It la so unconvincing. This was
one of the faults of the playlet of moral
redemption recently seen here, the one
In wuich a se.flsh old muitl-inl.Uonaire
was turned back to sweetness and Ighl.
In the popular phase, when an actor ad
vances toward the foot lights and bold
self commuiiiou for from five to ten min
utes "he la only taiilng" arrd everyone
In hi audience, literate and Illiterate know
this. It ta never convincing.
Now Mr. Covington for nearly the whole
of his play avoided ti.e monologue or aside.
The sketch was played by two people,
himself and his wile, and perforce one aud
then the other munt be left alone en the
ete while the ii:.er iiied lo fne u-
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ternnls of another character. But neither I
taiked about his affairs to hlmyelf or her
self dining this time. There was home
logical bit of business or a song well enough
interpolated, to hold the attention.
Once one character was "discovered" be
hind a rose bush and a considerable dia
logue ensin-d. The hidden character was
of course behind a piece of scenery putting
on a 'new wig and different clothes. Once
Mr. Covington weakened and one dt the
characters talked to herself for a few mln-
utse. But the dramatist had held the right
plan for so long and in the face of such
obvious temptation that this may be over
looked. Inasmuch as the story unfolded was logi
cal and dramatic, and quite well acted,
Mr. Covington may be dotnied to have
done a good d';al more in a prot.an pWy
writing and producing way t':an most of
his competitors. The setting was unreserv
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MR. ELBERT HiSBGARD
The Sage of East Aurora.
1 of "The Philistine," "The Pra", "titt:e Jcarney,'
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