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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1910)
15 azne 'VVHrU YOU GET YOUR Boss of tho Establishment lie Insist n OImhIIoiico WORK DONE. COME Kten as Aipliol to AVooMVoof. HEkt, I HAVC A BY AMF.RK MAN. J JOo W TUU ' ' TIIE BEE: OMATIA. TTKSIUY. rECT,MBE"R 20, 1010. age Attractions In Omaha. "The Old Homestrnd" lit the Ursndels. "Mill Wife's Father" at the Boyd. "MrFadden's Flats' at the Krug. Vaudeville at the Orpheum. Burlesque at the Uayety. "I bf Old Hoamtrml" at ki Brindrla. Po Ions aa there are hoys to leave the old home and go out Into the world to fight their own way In life; no long aa parents' hearts yearn for the ahsent one; io long ns men minds run hack to hoyhood days, no matter where they are spent In short, xo long aa human nature remains the same. Just that long "The Old Homestead" will retain a hold on the popular heart. It is A simple, direct tale of simple and direct Uvea. It has no complications, no mys teries no complex problems. Its sweet sim plicity Is Its strong point, and the tender Sentiment of Its story comes so close to everybody that It never falls to score Its point. I'ncle Joshua Whltcomb may be a little behind the times In some ways, but the rugged honesty and sympathetic kindli ness of his nature are the qualities that keep the world from turning all sour, and Ills merriment Is good for the blues. So it Is with the other characters In the play; any one of them might be taken from life. Tho crltlo might apend his time making fun of the dramatic texture of the play, but when he got through he would have Ms labor for his pains, for "The Old Home stead" has withstood the teat of time, and bids fair to go on for generations yet. Edward L. Snader Is playing the role enman Thompson made famous, and U playing It well. Ills sense of proportion Is well adjusted, and he gets his effects with out undue effort. Something of his kindly humor gets across the footlights, and the audience is ready to smile or be serious with him at all times. The twinkle in his eyo Is Irresistible, while the tremor of his Hp and the quiver of his eyelid Is just as effective. His comedy methods are so good that he may easily be listed as among the really good actors of the day. The company supporting Mr. Snader la good all the way. It would be difficult to say which of the several contributions to the comedy was most enjoyed, but the audience at the Hrandets last night, whore the play was given, for the first perform ance or a week s engagement, stayed to h A verv Anil ttnri pnlitvad thm nlnulnir quadrille as much as It had any of the preceding events. surretltlous marriage to one of the merry merry. Mother and father had planned a different alliance. Ach Ilimmel, yes! The medium of reconciliation You've guessed It. It Is ninkelnplel tho third. He will talk, one guesses, a cross between George V. Hobart slang and broken Oerman F.ngllsh. The skit Is competently acted by Bernard A. Relnold, Kutherine leBarry. Thomas O. f'arroll, Mabel Van Buren and llennet Southard. Tho other particularly bright spot of the bill is the hot and heavy fisticuffs be tween two midgets. Tho concluding knockout Is unquestionably pre-arranged, but the preceding rounds seem even to the most skeptlcnl to be fought In dead earnest. Think of two tiny featherweights, as pet. chipper and bumptious an two bantam roosters and you have ft fair working Idea of the Roosow Midgets. A big popular success Is secured by Waterbury Hros. and Tenney, versatile musicians, and Miss Mlgonette Kokln, a character sinner and dancer. Is also received with enthusiasm, quite deserved. Miss Kokln Is able to Impersonate a Parisian chanteuse without employing a nasal whine and this Is unusual enough to war rant comment. Other acts are Walter Graham, manlkln-lmpersonator, and Malet tl's Simian Circus, a monkey act of elab orate setting. THANK GOOD MFS.S'. CHRIST MAS SHOPPING fa OVER! OH'. I'VE DROPPED ONE Or THt bundles: go SEE IF YOU kl fe-lale IT ' 7- Z V 1 fcWs t i s!, j m i t IV, A 1 I 31 y J ; 1 I w MUST 1 HAVE PROP- PEP N THE U GO 7rr ' 5 AY. JAKE" LET'S SE IF WE CAM FIND A PACK 'AGE THAT MRS. STALL DROPPED nllT HERE :L HE SAID SHE 1UST HAVE IT PALL NEA THE HOUSE'. IT IS SM0W ikIG SO MST j VE WILL wAVE TO (MNP 'T! - 1 1 3 W S 1 1 THINK IT IS FARTHER. UPOWN THE ROAfl JAKE! WELL kEEP ON TIL WE FIND IT.' IT CAN'T BE FAR! KIND OF SHUFFLE TOliri FEET'. V -Him Wife's rather" at the Boyd. A great many laughs that spring natu rally and wholesomely from the situation re the greeting that an audience gives to W. II. Crane's corpedy of too much father-in-law. The people In the story are familiar types, their woes are common woes and the humor is the more pleasing for being homely. To seme people doubt less It seems homelike. Miss Lang and the others who are en listed In the production have an excellent chance to be amusing and they make the most of It. Miss Lang Is charming and Mr. Lynch has the same quality In a mas culine way. Mr. Bliss la a bibulous and pertinent old servitor whose antics are very funny. Mr. MoCabe carries the part ! of the father and with consistent and pig headed selfishness makes himself and everybody else miserable. He Insists upon, elng head of his son's household aa well Ta his own, getting out of the difficulty In the end by pretending that It was all a masterpiece of deception. Mr. Klrkland la a cadaverous poor rela tion, and Mr. Evans aa his son gives an excellent presentation of the near poetic frenzy, looking as much as possible like Bliss Carman. Mlsa Du Bota manages ably a more serious part and Miss Valentine Is s. delightful little miss with ft real temper. For laughter and excellent satire "His 'Wife's Father" la ft marked and well-deserved success. Vaudeville at the Orphenm. "Dinkulipiel's Christmas" . comes to Omaha at ft timely season and the Christ mas tree which is revealed Just before the curtain la doubtless responsible for a measure of the generous applause bestowed The sketch and the actors thereof would do well enough as far as that foes without this adventitious aid of seasonablllty. "Dtnkelsplel" Is of the fertile and fecund brain of Oeorge V. Hobart and those who re madly enamoured of "John Henry" will find one character In "Pinkelsplel's Christmas," who has a veritable "John Henry" line of slung. "I took to my O'Bulllvan's" says this youth "and beat it to the steam wagon," which being in terpreted Is to say he walked In a hurry to a railroad train. This Is Drhkelsptel, Jr., talking. Der Herr Vater Is of the Germans German and the two have some difficulty in talking together. The story of the piece turns on son's "McFndden's Flats" at the Kraft-. Buster Brown and Happy Hooligan, In all their eomlo supp'ement reality, have both held the boards at the Krug this season, and have both delighted large houses, but neither of the two caricature personalities scored the success that the "Yellow Kids" scored last night. George, cause of all the trouble, and Alex, the other cause, clad In their yellow pinafores made merry to the best of their ability, and succeeded. Always in mischief, for ever plannlug some mephltlo deviltry and forever putting the object of their solici tude in some ridiculous plight, while they assume for themselves an attitude of inno cence which would make a chofr-boy look wicked, the "Yellow Kids" monopolize the stage. Nor does the audience object In the least to the monopoly, although the sup porting company Is an able one. Joe J, Sullivan, as Timothy McFadden. gave ft laughable Imitation of an Irish politician on a campaign. The Dutch also came In for their share of caricature In the role of Jacob Baumgartner, assumed by Harry 'Barton. As ft matter of course Baumgartner la running against McFa'dden, and as Is always true on the stage, the Hibernian wins In the fight with his Teu tonic cousin., Both characters are well presented. Barlesqae at the Caret y. Tired shoppers of Christmas week may rest and have ft good laugh at the Gayety this week If they go to see Leon Krrol lead the Jersey Lilies through their various mlrth-provoklng stunts. For to go is to laugh no matter what the mood. No re cent visiting comedian has had the Sunday night crowds with his as did Mr. Errol yesterday, whether playing the Dutch mil lionaire's part or the part of the intoxi cated Dutchman. It was all the same he had 'em going. James E. Cooper was ft close second In the point of Interest and his "Gus Grouch" who hates himself was a part to which he seemed well suited. As most people who hate themselves, he could see no good In the world and growled at everyone and everything. "A Complicated Affair" Is the title of the one-act musical comedy used to open the show and to present the extra large company, consisting of a chbrus of twenty girls, eight men and a dozen principals. It Is one of the largest troupea at the Gayety this year, and besides being strong in comedians, It has a chorus that can sing and dance and wear pretty clothes and Changs them often. ' The Millar Musical Four plays well on several Instruments and Alf. P. James, Kate Prior and Robert Algler presented the same sketch In the olio that took bo well last year, "The Strike." ' Leon Errol and Stella Shattelain mada the two hits of the show In their two duets In the first and second acts, the "Kiss Duet" and "Bear Cat Rag." t Both are exceptionally good dancers and were kept at It by the applauding crowds. MIGHT KICK.. IT! SHUFFLE YOUR FEET A rROUNPl my; BUT IT'S cold: MY EARS ARB prqEN! VE'LLI FIND IT SOON i ' i ry it . -a s I art e Lr S -vv WW M A 1 bfS-;vrsN I ill I I Tkid 4 III AH'. WE'VE V FOUND IT AT LAST! GIVE IT HERE! AND THEN GO FINISH TOUR CHORES I'M GLAD WE ifqundjt; YOU -SAID you DROPPED IT KlEAf THE HOUSE"! WHTl IT WAS. A Ml I P DOWN THE. ROAD.'! AND m NEARLY FROZEN LOOKING FQR IT. DEAR! 1 AM SORKY BUT IT M 19 ourit TWINE I WANT THAI IK itiXTrmL!: BY M.K mm ma oomuiurT, isi&. it tve ttw tbm nana nunta qui dm mcmu c& m Monday I went to the opening view of a large collection of oil paintings day before yesterday with Aunt Harriet and Aunt Georgette. Amy promised to come, but failed to appear, and I didn't dare lose my relatives In consequence. It's simply dreaful to have to hang on to people in a huge crowd. Tom said he'd meet me there a little later and we were going to Bneak out and walk home together. I arranged It rather neatly after we arrived. The aunts provided themselves with a catalogue and started In systematically on the pictures. I don't like to do sys tematic things In large public places, so I would wander around, but manage-to be at the next door they would have to pass through at about the time they would have finished a room. I did miss them at one doorway when I was talking to Jack Wright, but I managed to find them by great exertion. We finally by slow stages reached the big back room where they had some music. I love mualo, and no matter how bored I am the sound of even a very bad hand organ makes me feel cheerful Immediately, and as this was much better than that, I rather tiresome, I though I would try a hand at Mollle's young friend. For, In spite of his artistic tendency to me ft most unattractive trait In a man he looked Chereh Grta Fends from 'ew York. PIERRE, 8. D.. Dec. 19.-(Speclal.)-Gov-ernor Vessey and Rev. Thlbedeau have re turned from New York, where they have secured aid for the building fund of the Methodist Episcopal church in this city. They secured a gift of $1,750 from Andrew Carnegie to apply on their 13,500 pipe organ and about $15,000 additional contribu tions in cash which with other funds se cured leaves only about $18,000 to raise to pay off the entire debt of $75,000 on the church. .Expert Says Universities Are Not on Business Basis NEW TORK, Dec. 1 -Morris Llewellyn Cooke, reporting to the Carnegie founda tion, after detailed Investigation etaerti that most American universities are con ducted on unbusinesslike lines and that there Is waste in research work. He made a detailed study of conditions at Harvard, Columbia, Wisconsin, Princeton, Williams, the I'niverslty of Toronto, Haverford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His findings are published In a bulletin made public today. Columbia lie says, however, Is a general exception to the rule and he commends It for excellent adminis tration. Mr. Cooke says: "There are very few, If any of the broader principles of management which obtain generally in the Industrial and com mercial world which are not more or less applicable to the college field, and so far as discovered no one of them is now gen erally observed." The point which is taken up Is what he rails the lack of Intensiveness. He points out that a matter which may be of Im portance to one department may actually interfere with the efficiency of another. Six-Year-Old Mail Robber Is Caught with the Goods 1o 9 . "WHAT ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT!" felt very gay and would have given any thing to dance. It was such a perfect floor, too. Mollis was there with a peculiar looking youth that I knew right away had a dreamy, artistic temperament. I can always tell. As Tom hadn't appeared, and Jack was SAVEW I ROCHESTER. Pa., Dec. W.-A 6-year-old mail robber was caught in the postofflce at Monaca tonight with hU ftrms full of mail he had taken from two bo zee. A puliceman stood and watched the child empty two boxes acd recognised Marty akrush. the child of his friend. Marttn ftlcCukh. The youngster was taken te bis fiii her. An InveeUaaUun til be made tomvrrow te ftscertalft if tee two Oraoe wituae naexl was "rifled" hae suffered any loss. Whether the boy manipulated the com bination locks on the boxes or whether they were left open by someone is not known. In a waste basket In the postofflce was found scraps of several doaen letters that had been addressed to the two firms. These remnants will be examined to learn If there were any checks. Complaints of lost mall have been made at the posluffice for several wfce "I hear your little boy is deter mined to be an artist" "Yea. But I'm going to l?avi him U my money w be won't Urvcl" "I SHOULDN'T WONDKU IF I WAS OUT WHEN HIS COMES." rather thoroughbred and had nice, big, well shaped hands. I lost Jack easily, by Just not taking any more notice of him, and as he doesn't like Mollis very much he sort of faded away after ft time. It's quite an art getting rid of ft man quickly without offending him. He went on talking and I didn't answer him at all. I was so wrapt up In a picture of a woman who had green skin on her arms and purple skin on the rest of her, except where it was a deep yellow. Jack re peated all that he had been saying, which was about a visit he sad paid, and I said. "What atmospheric effect!" Finally I didn't even make a reply like that. He got offended then and said he was going home. I said after I was sure he was well started. "Won't you call me up and come In and have tea with me soon? You know those pictures'." Then I dived through the crowd after I had seen the offended look leave his face and joined Mollle. The young man's name w as Pea body and he was so nice and sim ple and said he was going to meet me, as he had heard about me from Mrs. Turner. He said he supposed these pictures lnr terested me very much. I said "Why?" I said It very softly and looked at him very wistfully and he looked sort of puxzled. He said, "Mrs, Turner told me you sketched In fact" I said, "Isn't Mollle sweet? But I don't know anything about art. I am afraid you do. Have you ft studio? Mollle talked good deal at this point, saying that he had and how clever he was, and that he was going to paint her portrait and lots of things like that. She added that as I was so talented In that direction we ought to have a great many things In common. She said, " Make her ambitious. Mr. Pea body, persuade her to study!" I smiled and said, "Yes, do." Mollle said Mr. Peabody had gone to Paris and lived In a garret , In the Latin quarter on 25 cents a week instead of going around In society with his mothers and sinters and his brother, who cared for nothing but racing. I couldn't help think ing I would like to meet the brother, said, "Did you really live on 25 cents week, Mr. Peabody? How wonderful of you!" And I do think it was perfectly fine, only I knew I never could get along with a young man who could do that sort of thing, and I was very glad to see Tom Just them. Imagine Tom, the angel, doing art In a garret! Mr. Peabody asked if he couldn't come to see me very soon and said, "Yes, Indeed; very, very soon." The Hosa of the Establishment looked up from the letter he was reading with an expression in which astonishment and apprehension were strangely mingled. "Uncle William Is coming to spend two weeks with us!" he announced to his wife who had delayed pouring his first cup of coffee till he divulged the contents of the morning mall. "Uncle William!" she repeated hesitantly. "You don't mean the rich old bachelor uncle from up state that I've never seen?" "Yes." said Ross, "the one who sent us the plated napkin rings for a wedding' present." "Oh, well," protested the lady, he meant well." "It Is needless to say that It was she who had called the Hoss' attention to the spurious character of the gift In the first place and who had dwelt scornfully upon Uncle William's parsimony ever since Immediately her vivid Immaglnatlon be gan to play upon the possibilities of Uncle William's visit, and, as usual, the nature of her thoughts was betrayed In her next remark: How much money did you say he had?" ' 'I didn't say," smilingly replied the Boss. "About $200,000, If you want to know. But don't begin to spend any of It yet. He's as husky a 60-year-old as you ever saw and never had any use for me, anyhow.'' "But maybe he will like me!" the lady explained coquettlshly. And the Moss, with some Inner reflec tions upon the sublime egotism of women, let It go at that. Perhaps his thoughts might not have re mained unuttered if at that moment Woof Woof, the collie, had not followed Mary and a plate of blsults up the basement stairs and begun his customary pilgrimage from the Boss' chair to that of his wife and bock again. For Woof-Woof had a very sweet tooth a complete set of sweet teeth In fact and could not be In the same room with ft sugar bowl without developing the whine and the persistency of a professional beggar. By the Boss' stern decree one lump of sugar was the collie s allowance, experi ence had taught his owner that more was extremely bad for his digestion. Though seemingly preoccupied with his paper ha watcnea his wire as sue Drone the one allotted lump Into small bits "to make It seem bigger" and fed them to Woof-Woof who wagged an ecstatic tall. But even the most minutely divided lump must come to an end some time and the Boss perceived that, secure in his apparent absorption In the morning news, his wife had dipped three times into the sugar bowl. See here!" he exclaimed suddenly, "do you want to kill that dog! Don l you know that sugar makes him sick? Didn't you promise me solemnly that you would not feed him more than one lump?" No," said his wife, "I didn't. I said not more than one piece of candy. That's dlf ferent he Just adores candy." "Humph!" said the Boss. "I'm glad you don't. That's the one senlble thing about you. But remember now Woof-Woof gets, no more sugar or candy today; I mean It! By the way, we might have fried pork and johnny cake with maple syrup for dinner. It's Uncle William's favorite dish. All day the Boss' wife planned craftily the subjugation of Uncle William. From the attic of their suburban home she dug out an old-faahloned feather bed and In ABSOLVE! 4 -t$S2 He never does a stroke of work from morning till night!" ; 'tioi hc'i on r4g;bt duty "WHY?" But I shouldn't be surprised if I was ou when he comes. His hands, in spite of being so well shaped, were rather dirty, Sort of uninterestingly dirty, too. HAPPY NEW YEAR 1 1 t kTtr ufvir StTNTiNOr tisVNir lairyir : FRANTIC WIUOOM8 stalled It In the guest room. That was her one best shot. She had not graduated from the school of b'gosh fiction for noth ing. At 1 o'clock a high, complacent, north ern New York voice proclaimed the ad vent of the visitor. And then a small, compact, bewhiskered ninn of W or so thrust Into the extended hand of his wel coming hostess a square white box con taining five pounds of assorted chocolates, gumdrops and all-day suckers. The Hons glowered an Woof-Woof ap proached and. scenting the candy, wagged a frantic welcome to his new relation. Uncle William naturally mistook the dog's Interest for an Introduction and an Intelligent appreciation of his own merits. And during the meal time which followed he fed fried pork to himself and the most complacent kind of up-state bonbons to the delighted Woof-Woof. Seems like I feel more at home here every minute, announced the bachelor urcle. "Even the dog acts as If he had known me always." The Boss' wife rejoiced that for once, despite consequences and common sense. her angel collie was getting all the candy he could eat. The Boss, divided between anxiety for Woof-Woof and what seemed now tho almost certain inheritance of Uncle Will iam's money, preserved an ominous and elorjucnt silence. His wlfo felt It and so, too, did Woof Woof, for, with the perversity of his kind. the collie adored the Boss, who occasion ally noticed him, and had only a tolerant and condescending liking for the Boss' wife, who, as she often said, "loved him to death." Woof-Woof's love of candy overcame his psjehic sense of the Bobb' disapproval. He fawned upon Uncle William; he licked his boots, and finally, when Uncle William was conducted to his bedroom, lay down outside his door. t, That was all Uncle William ever knew about it, but In tho morning the Boss ob served to his quailing spouse: "The next time I have to sit up all night with a sick collie because you insist upon feeding him. five pounds of candy, I'll sell the dog!" "Why don't you sell him to your Undo William he is very fond of Woof-Woof?" asked the lady. . (Copyright. 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) htmiiftttft tnar. ifovftrns Knrmn ( n s Formal calls and formal notes may seem they have been Invited to, either by en- unimportant, but they are not, because as a woman writes and makes vlBtts Is her Interest In events social rated, and also her knowledge of what la required by polite society. When woman has been Invited to ft wedding, even If it be only to the church, a. call within ft month upon the woman in whose name the Invitation Is Issued is Im perative. A married woman, when making ft wedding call, leaves two of her husband's cards, one for the man of the house as well as for the hostess. No matter how slight the acquaintance between the two families may be, this visit is required. If xthe bride's parents do not wish to continue the acquaintance It Is not Incumbent upon the bride's mother to re turn the call. Such a situation may exist when the guest and her husband are friends of the bridegroom, and not of the bride and her family. While writing of wedldng calls It is worth stating that those persons Invited to the ceremony or the reception, or both, do not call afterward upon the bride unless graved cards or by word of mouth. A call Is supposed to be made upon a family after any Important social event. Incidentally, visiting cards should be left immediately after a death, although it Is not expected that those In bereavement will receive calls. But to omit leaving or sending cards is to appear indifferent, If not rude. The same is true after a birth. Persons who live at a distance and cannot call are expected either to mall cards or to write notes. The latter unquestionably shows ft more friendly feeling, for cards may be merely an obligatory recognition, while ft note demonstrates interest. A woman who may be visiting In ft city where she is entertained by her hostess friends and leaves beforo she can pay calls upon the latter should write them notes of thanks for their hospitality. It Is not uncommon for ft woman visiting to bs given ft dinner or a luncheon a day or two before she goes away. And either of these calls for a note written Immediately after her return home. R08ANNA BCHUYLEK. r Gentle Cynic J If ignorance were really bliss the world would be much happier. Adam at least couldn't lay claim to being a self-made man. The road to success Is embellished mighty few sign posts. with It's all right to have things In apple pie order, but some of us don't like apple pie. It is also well to bear In mind that all things wait for those who go after them. It Is Just as well to be lenient with the faults of those who are bigger than we are. It's all right to learn to say no, but It has made many an old maid. Soma fellows are actually too lazy even to brag about hew they used to work. r Let's maiu a resolution lor tbi new year, eh f AU right; let rcsolvg not ta make any." No man is such a good Samaritan as to lend ft helping hand In ft poker game. When a woman says to her husband "You may talk as you like," she doesn't really mean It. Love laughs at locksmiths, but the butcher, the baker, and candlestick maker arouse no mirth. The most popular girls are those who can make ft young fellow think everything he says Is funny. Many ft callow youth thinks ha is fast when It la really only ft flight of bis Imagination. r Nuts to Crack , J It isn't every both ends meet. inventor who can make Clothes don't make the man, but many a skinny little runt wishes they did. He Is a pretty good sort of a man who has accomplished half the things he In tended to do. The Itrat Ileuefuctor. Armfd with canly and toys, the philan- , throplc old gentleman mounted the rickety stairs of a dingy tenement and, with ft chuckle, knocked at tho door of a little cripple whose pathetic letter he had only the day before read In a newspaper. Once inside and his mission and gifts disclosed, the destitute family had cause for re joicing. But it was the crippled boy in a low bed In the corner that claimed the good man's attention, and as this youth glee fully grabbed up each bright gewgaw and useful gift his benefactor chuckled again. "How do you like your presents?" he finally inquired. "Oh, they're bully," exclaimed the elated cripple. "And whom do you thank for all these nice thlngk?" next asked he. standing with legs apart and swaying with satisfaction. "The man what owns the newspaper, o course," was the unexpected1 reply Judge, Pride. The hen now chants her supm-clllous glee. The porker stands on proudly ponderous legs. It makes them grin With pleasure wbea they sea What's happened to the price of ham and eggs. T. I- M