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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 25, 1912. AMUSEMENTS. TWICE DAILY 2-B " - ,'...'." . 30 i m w ri w ' i i - mt-thp mhaavan! 8tHS? ?!'' '''-'".V,. ' "," "' " 'J. UDELOEimnr m.anims.QzomRSmom . 1 "S.t !l:'i II 1 'g' fK 1 J ilfiMilM, rfllOfl ' ' ,,4 - WH;! jnan. Lend me ft wont you? SHtl 1001 . '. ' A ' N4- I , .r 1 ' ; ' f f It-- jril I've juet been suspended a week for kill- IS:, umw V KTS , t-TxS : , . "-VI, U-J.(.) V Jfel -therone.-NewTorkW.ekIy. fc WON O fl V tMM J- 11 . AMUSEMENTS. J fe,f 1 i '! I Klt wypWm FreeXircus,StreetiPara(IelO:30 atim - 1 9 bandsZ5U.horses?ESSl nMtnfohf all rlimM in native costumes will be shnnrn in nanuW rvvfww w.-t-- " ... Z AMUSEMENTS. rvotd to Strictly Slrb Grade Extravatrasza and Vaudeville MAT. TODAY AX I. wzxx 1 Grand Openlnf of the Beaaon 1913-13 with LAST SBASOWS BEOOBQ SOLOES Peter B. Clark' RUNAWAY GIRLS Peaturlas: tba John BURKE BROS.Chas. The Km Tbat ISade EztraTajanaa Famoua. Biff Conpuy Xaelodei Mrgart Clammoa. Throurhout a Joyoua Jamboree of Cleaa and ZnoffBiy Jollity Untitled "The Maid of Montezuma" OPENS SUMY, SEPT. 1 Offering' a Burpaaaliig- Entertainment Conalatlngr of MOVING PICTURES . AITD UYTOHE VAUDEVILLE DAXLT 1 TO 6; ? TO 11 F. X. ( COMB AT AJTT TIME, STAT I X.OSG A8 TOO USB. 3 DEAR READER: I want you to have, if possible, even more confidence in my heart-to-heart talks this season than ever. If a show is good. I'll say so; if It isn't good, I'll not misin form you. But every show cer tainly has many admirable features. E. L. JOHNSON, Mgr. Oayety. svo., strw. fc ho&- PRICES- XDAT MATIJTEE rHIWCai Scf 10c and 20c DIME MATINEE DAILY Positively tbe -. BIGGEST A3an of tne Kind Brer Offered. Evening and Sunday Matinee 18c, 26c, 60o and 7ou. 25 Mats, lis and 25c Chew Gum if you like but no Smoking LADIES' 4A. AT ART WEEK l'ICXETS 'WO BAT MATINEE Baby Carriage Garage in the Lobby. Certified Milk for the Asking. t2T Reserved coupon tickets (20c) will be sold for the orchestra chairs for the evening performance starting at 7 o'clock. Buch seats will be re served for ticket holders until S P. M. After that time they will be reoog nized only as admission tickets to any unoccupied 20c seats. ' BOX OFFICE OTSXra TBTOTtSDAT, AUGUST SO, AT 10 A. M. o . M A II A S season of indoor amusements for the winter will begin today,; when the Important theaters of the city will got under way, The Krug anticipated the event by 'blowing off the top" last Sunday, and the Boyd will lag a little, not swinging into Hne ur.UI. September 5. While the . Jllppodrome ifnee the American) will get Uhdcr headway next Sunday. But .iiu ivq anui-io, ma ury ii cum, tfie Oayety and the Krug open, the sea-ion may fairly be sold to "have : been started. Managerial promises of the Usual sort have been made the public as "to the quality of entertainment to ba af forded duWng the winter, but the re demption of thcRe. promises Is still ahead, t At to the Brandels, It will continue to offer the best obtainable plays and play ers, and It will continue as the leader among the Omaha theaters. The Boyd Is to have for three or four nights of ead; week a company playing an established success at popular prices, dividing the tme with St. Joseph. This will leave ample time at the Boyd for the appear ance of such high grade attractions as the Messrs Shubert nd their associates may determine' to send there. The Orpheum , has become an institution locally, and proceeds always along a line of definitely established policy, from which no departure Is expected during too jfomlng winter. Jt wil) present Im presario Beck's Ideas of what la best In V.udeville. "Pop" vaudeville and pictures Trill be offered t,th Hippodrome; a now venture, but on Inwjiloh' Its pronoters bAve great confidence, ,Th Gay will continue to offer its established ;Une of extravaganza, and the Krug, presenting Its expurgated burlesque, Is getting In Una with public opinion on the matter of what Is good at the theater. -Thus it will be seen that the only real change Is the absence of the resident stock company, which . will be In some measure compen sated for by1 the popular priced plays dur ing half of .each week at the Boyd, and the continuance of the mixed bill of "movie." and vaudeville, cbanged from the Gayety o the Hippodrome. Dave Lewi, starring in the title role of the semi-musical farce "Don't Lie to Your Wife," under' the mansgement of Rowland & Clifford, comei to tha Bran dels to open the 1912-1813 season, wirh an engagement of four nights and two matinees opening with a matinee today. This play, which had aU Chicago laugh ing for four, months, is from the pen of Campbell B. Casa(T. a former reporter? on the New York Herald. The story briefly told deals in the adventures of three .worthies who decide to "dally" with the congenial existence while their wives and ,weeeart are out of town. Dave Lewi ; will be remembered for bis clever comedy ;work in "The Royal Chef" and "Isle of 'Spice," he creating the star part In both of those productions but aritlcs and ad--rnlrers say this Is the best thing Mr (Lewis has ever attempted.' Music a plenty 'girls In stunning costumes and special ties as well are promised. The cast In cludes Beatrice Morrell, Cora Buckmari. Ethel Mae Barker, Estelle Vernon., Eleanor Frey, Rose Goldsmith. Leona Fox, Msrjorle Wilkes, Ben Holmes, Harry LeMonde, Mart Franklin, John- KeoghH aui uaynes and Stanley Christian. The season over at the Orpheum will .start with a matinee this afternoon. A 'bright, snappy blU Is promised. Bort Ls!ie, familiarly known as tha '.'king' of jflang." ha been booked a the top-line card for the christening of the season. ' Supported by his own company, he will fliresent his new sketclt, thei Wtest'of' his Hogan series, entitled . ."Hogan, , the , Painter." The three Saytons, who come here for the first time, as do must of the jerformers on the program, will present a very elaborately staged contortion spec tacle called "The Land of the Crocodllo." Formerly popular in musical comedy, George McKay and John Cantwell have transferred to vaudeville In a satire on V, AOQliST 30th mm zewzs ia.zw n h Xoa? Wile M fas Srisdds New York's white light district called "A Breeze from Broadway. David Kldd comes ' from Europe, i and promises a bright, cheery bit" of Scotch entertain ment The Paulhan team will present a positive novelty here. It plays an excit ing and keenly contested game of basket ball on bicycles. In each of their eight songs and dances Charles Tyson and Ade laide Brown will show a complete change of costume. Their dances are of the Whirlwind order. "Snoozer" Is styled "The IBull With College Education." F.d Meredith , constitutes the S - T o Keep Skin in Fine I Condition in Summer , iVmh Tt Family Physician.) It '...il-J b? much better for the skin if lit xia crtatu. .powder or rouge were used during thu heated term. Mixed with per . tpiration, dust and grime, these th'ngs - are, anything but beautifying. Ordinary tnrnolizd wax will do tnor fr th mm. pU:tion. and without giving ah oily; shiny, ureaked, spotted or. paetjf" appearance. Tt Im thm idal nnl1r.a(tnn tnr ihA anaimn as it not only keeps the pores clean, but , dally removes partlcHs of scarf skin wnicn nave neen soiled oy airt or - wither. By constantly l-eeplng the com-pi'-kion clear, white and satiny, it does more toward perpetuating a youthful -countenance nan any or 4tne arts or artifices commonly employed. One ounce of mercolused wax. obtainable at any . drug store, will completely renovate the , worst complexion. It is applied at night - nxe coia cream ana wasnea oft in the morning. . . ' Keep uie sKin irora sagging or , wrinsnng, or to overcome such condition, there's nothing better than a face bath . made by dissolving 1 ounce powdered jsaxolit in pint wltcb tutzcL complete faculty' of !'Snooiers" school, no it is said he deserves great credit for having turned out on of the smartest canine performers .ver sent over the drcvlt Tht very latest In animated photography wm-tltJah tl xrosrram. The curtain will rise at 1:30 this afternoon and 8:30 this evening, and at these same hours at the daily matinee and evening performances throughout ths season. In addition to having been entirely done over, ths Oayety has an entirely new ecenlo equipment,' the same having been made necessary by the former stock of scenery having been destroyed by the Are1 buck of the asbestos curtain last March. Tha stage and auditorium have been relamped and wlU present a scene of brilliancy rivalling Fairyland. Clark's "Runaway Girls" company which comes as tha opening attraction of the regular season, opening this after toon, is undoubtedly one of thr best ex travaganza companies. "The , Maid of Montezuma" is expensively staged by Manager P. S. Clark, and hs has Intro duced many novel and expensive elec trical effects. Among the celebrities con nected' with "Clark's "Runaway Girls" are John and Charley Burke, the famous Burke Brothers: Joe Opp, Tommy Cullen, Antony Cortelll and Joe Mack, Jamea Moran. Violet Rio, Carrie Bastelo, Har riett Carter, Vlolet.te Vllllers and a bevy of pretty and1 fascinating chorus girls. The travesty a refined extravaganza in two acts and three scenes entitled, "The Raid of Montezuma," written by George Totteit Smith, and It mounted with gorgeous scenery, wardrobe, elec trical and mechanical effects. Starting tomorrow, there will be a ladles' dime matinee dally, ; '3..: Miner's "Bohemian's", and Oharmlpn, the greatest , aerlalist "of them aU. will be the second, v week's attraction at the Krug theater. This season ."The Bo hemians" claim to .fee ,th.e newest, fresh est, most' artlstlo and thoroughly equip ped burlesque organization on the road. Th enqrus Tiujnbers twenty;flv, trained after the : manner- of- the rollicking "Broadway Show Girls.;' The production Is the most elaborate ever given by tha "Bohemians" as Tom Miner has introduced-soma--new-Ideas and electrical ef fects and the scenlo mounting Is out of the ordinary -in th two musical burlet tas, "Patsy in tha Wild and Woolly" and "The Bohemian Beauty." ' Andy Gardner, ln bis Inimitable role, "Patsy Bolivar," and "Roxle." portrayed by Ida Ntchol, ate the leading features of the large and exceptional cast; other artists being Flossie Gaylor, the Bo hemian Trio, consisting of Hughy Bern hard, Dolly Sweet and Marie Revere; Sam Green, Frank Austin. Charles Storm, Miner's Merry Minstrel Maids numbering forty people and considered the biggest and best act of its kind ever In burlesque, and last, but not least, the great Char mlon, who performs th rare feat of disrobing In mld-alr. The vaudeville acts In the olio are exceptionally strong. A few people at Manawa beach last Monday evening at. the quietest evening of the week, and the hour when nearly everybody Is away at dinner, saw a young lady whom they -heard later was Miss Margaret Damm, swimming across the lake unattended and then swimming back. - She had -been accompanied by a rower in a boat when she swam .five miles at Carter lake and after -this feat at Manawa she concluded not to take chances without a boat again. She swims there Monday evening now as a rule. Unofficial time of ber swim Monday eve ning was that she crossed the lake In about half an hour, Friend have asked her if she did not beat the record set last Tuesday in Jersey by Miss Neav V of a mile In 31:40, but Miss Damm re plied she was swimming for fun and not for a record. Numbers of women and Children og to ' Manwa in the evening, preferring that .to the daytimes for bath- The American "theater, superseded by Us new title the American Hippodrome will throw open Its doors a week from this afternoon and Kill offer at popular prices a menu of moving pictures and vaudeville. Among the vaudeville' book ings of special Interest to Omahans dur ing the opening week will be the Two Hlrschorns, Alplna zitherlsts and yodel ore. They have been spending the sum m?r at their home here in Omaha. Their season' bookings over the bl(T eastern vaudeville circuits begirt- immediately af ter their week's engagement at the Hip podrome. The advance sale of tickets opens next ' Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Miss Alma Huntley, the swee,t voiced delineator of Illustrated songs, will con tinue In new songs at the Alrdome all of this -week. Monday night1 will be amateur night. A list of . half a dozen new amateur acts has been .accepted by the Alrdome management 'and It will be up to the audience to determine which of the acts are entitled to first, second and third prizes. Several new feature reels which have Just been received In Omaha will be shown for the first time In the city at the Alrdome this week. BRIDGE OVER 'THE GANGES Sacred River of India to Spanned Changes tat the River Bed. Be The task of bridging the Ganges, the great river of northern India which Issues from an Ice cave at the foot of the Hima layan snow bed, has been assigned to a group of English engineers. , This bridge, which Is over a mile in length, Is to carry the Eastern Bengal State railway over the Ganges from Damukella .to Sara Ghat, the place of pilgrimage, to which hundreds of thou sands of devout Hindus repair once a year to wash away their sins in the sacred river. ' Spanning the river the bridge will be carried on steel trestles, which In turn will be supported on massive steel grilles In granite piers. The contract' consists of fifteen main spans, each 859 feet long and.. fifty-two feet high, and .weighing L30 tons. The Ganges Is essentially a river of great cities; Calcutta, Patna,, Benares, Allahabad all 11 on Its course, and the ancient capitals of Agra and Delhi are on the Jumna, higher up. Great changes take place from time to time in the river bed' of the Ganges, which consid erably alter the face of the country. Ex tensive Islands are then thrown up, and many decayed and ruined cities that are then discovered attest the changes in the river bed In ancient times. The bridge will cost about 1,250,000 to bulld.-PaJi Mall Gazette. over to the pawnbroker's and release his watch. . Finally, after this had been going on for many months he received an ad vance in pay and no longer found it nec essary to pawn. . , One afternoon about ten years after ward Mr. Ade was accosted in State street by a man whom he recognized as the old pawnbroker, now a prosperous Jeweler.' ' ' " . ! -:.- "Hello; George' he cried.' "What's the matter nowadays? I never see you. Did you lose that watch 7' Everybody' Magazine. ' Phone Doug. OPENING WEEK1 STARTING . - Money. Tight. Drug Clerk-j-I've been docked a week's .'AMUSEMENTS, COURTLAIID BEACH Dancing Every Evening f to Lamp's Orchestra. Grand Prize Waltz, Thursday Evening, August 20th. Bathing? Boating, Fishing. .- Big Roller Coaster,. Carry-Us-AH, Roller Rink, Bowling Alleys, Etc. ' Free Moving Pictures Every Evening. Gat City League Picnic Saturday, August 31st. J GEORGE ADE AND HIS WATCH A Stemwlndlnir Friend to the Needy Days .of a Cub Re- porter. George Ade says that when he tvaa a cub reporter with a very small salary he had just one asset that enabled him to tide over the period in every week when poverty seemed to be staring him In the face. - '( f' Tha asset was a handsome gold watch, a keepsake of his college days in In diana. Tuesday was 'pay day at the newspaper office where he worked. When Friday arrived. Ade would be broke, and he would take hi watch over' to a pawnshop. He would obtain IS oh It, and by being extremely careful he would manage to worry along until the next pay day. Then, h would hurry BEAUTIFUL LAKE MANAWA 11 "40 Kinute from Omaha" BATHING BOATING DANCING , And Msny Other Attractions. BAKS COITOEBT ETEBT ETEK XV0 (WEATHEB FEXHTTTUTO) Krug Park Omaha's Finest Amusement Resort. Dancing Every Evening to ' i Buster's Orchestra. Old Red Mill, Dip-the-Dip . Penny Arcade, Merry-Go-Round Billiard Parlor, and Many Other Attractions. Latest in Moving Pictures Every Evening Free. COOL OFF AT THE ' AIRDOME : Farnam and Twenty-Fifth Sts. Show .Start at 8 p. ' m. Adults 10c. Children Sc. Monday Night Amateurs, . Chesapeake Cafe 1508.1 Howard St. Table d'Hote Sunday Dinner From 11:30 to 8 P. M. 50c J. G. DENNIS, Manager. TODAY Matinee Every Day 2;15 Night 8:15. Advanced Vaudeville Tha Sing of Slang-. BERI'LESLIG (Himself) Supported by a Competent Oom- pany la tha Newest of tha ' Hogan Series, Hogan the Painter THE SAYTON TRIO In Their Wovelty Scene, Tha I. and of Crocodile. Tha Jolly Fellows George McKAY A CANTWtLL-Joha Brest from Broadway DAVID KIDO European Wovelty Entertainer, The PAULHAN TEAM Za an Exciting Ooatssi of Bioyol Basket Ball. CBALLES TYSON i ADELAIDE BROWN In Songs and Whirlwind Dancing. SNIOOZER The Bull With a College Educa tion, With BUs Professor. K.D. MdKEDlTH Timely Animated Photography FBICESl Sights lOo, 8S0, 60o, 75c; Matinee Gallery loo; Best Beats 8S0, except Saturday and Sunday. Two shows daily afternoon at 2, night at P, doors ooeii at? and 7 p.nw Waterproof tents, i Admission 25 cents to. see it alL Advance Seat Sale at Myers-Dillon Drug Co. Morning of Performances. RAN DEIS THEATER "oil" 25c to 50c T04"S: 2So to $1.00 Dave Lewi In The Girlie Song Farce "DON'T LIE TO YOUR WIFE." Guaranteed Und ,F"" At Popular Prices. Wednesday Matinee. iajsWaM 1 AmMjt&WmMl I 1.1.1 Lm.mw...A.mmmmZJ 1 f BwhM STATE FuSj 1 BOD BOD i Aeroplane Flights by the "Speed Demon of 'KANTN the Air" IN HiS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED 3PL TWO FLIGHTS EACH DAY MONO AM E IN ADDITION EACH DAY WILL BE GIVEN afternoon and evening perform- ances by Irwin Bros.' Cheyenne Wild West Show, three harness and three running races, four concerts by Liberati's Concert Band and Grand Opera Company, evening' Fire works, etc., etc The best Agncultural, Horticultural and Machinery display ever shown in Nebraska.