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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 5, 1913. 9-B AMfSliMHNTd. AltUlSRBf BUTTS. rtf-jii.iii m ttHi 9,111 j TONIOUT AND AliL WEEK. Mntlitces WodnoHlny nnil Saturday. W. A. BRADY'S runKHCT PRODUCTION OP THE GREATEST RCRAIj PIjAY WAY DOWN EAST Written by LOTTIE BLAIR PARKER. Elaborated by JOS. R. CUUSMER. iOTU YEAR OF CONTINUED SUCCESS and BETTER THAN EVER, Two Carloads of Scenery and .Mechanical Effects. I X I 1 . CCA8IOKAU.T the Inspired press agent, in hit delirious scramble for adjectives, un consciously hits the right one. Mere Is a els In point The "advance c6urlr" nf the future Joys to bless Omaha, attend ants at the theater, alter spreading a world of words over white paper In Joy ously rampant praise or the various as pects of the organization he represents, Its backer, Its manager, the author of the piece, and pe several pet-sons who assist In Its performance mdjC of whom aro locally without fame, btt who are de scribed by the Inspired jpress agent as being "by far the largest, and most -pensive cast so far booked Into this city,"' puts a ludicrous eapsheaf'on his stack of praise by writing: "Considering the enormity of this production, the coming of has auspicious attributes hot to be undervalued." It Is not without the range Of possibilities that thd agent Is right, at that. The production may bo an enormity; such things have been seen at the theaters, in Omaha. It Is pleasant to think that In New forte all attention Is not given to the unde sirable forms of the drama, and to know that occasionally a play.comea a cropper, even though It hrvo tho prestige 0f hav ing once hen iiihnfjt k.. wie police, as was the case of "Deborah," whlclfwas put out of business In Toronto, and then rechristened "Tho Smoldering Flame," flickered out In Jfew York after a single performance. Dixie Hlhes furnishes the following review of the week m New Tork: "In the frightful competition for dlt. tlnotlon, the play that raises itself above other plays to the extent Of doing some thing that no other play has done, may be Considered an accomplishment Worthy of special notice. Therefore It Is meet that 'Ths Smoldering Flame- be given first consideration in the chronicles of the week. "The Smoldering Flame' Is w.f,!ay',f We 6Uev the "CTam-by William LeQrand. As a matter or fact It cannot bn kiniiru. . - " uuenns, ana f- " really does not matter, as It la already .joYWl m oraer that tho records may be kept right. It is unfair to the imaginary William LeQrahd to ascribe to hlnj the authorship. The fact that this personage is a myth makes lit tie or no difference. The intent Is evl dently to relieve the culprit This Is X.e. Grand Howland, who has burst forth in termittently as a composer, author, pro ducer and promoter. He accepted re sponslblllty for 'Deborah' when it was done in Toronto a few weeks ago, and contributed to the gaiety of nation, when the company and management was ar rested in consequence. Ho fared better in Newyork. No arrests were made, but then, New York Is not even particular about arresting murderers, so authors frequently escape detection. 'Deborah was renamed The Smoldering Flame.' and LtOrand Howland became William Le Orand, and the play, after 'one consecu uve run of two and one-half hours be efther mem0ry not a Pleat memory frT?'" 'sh'ldW61., Uo renamed e..? SaV and ata0 "t o a fnn . t0ur Iftst ,pri0 c mo town last week, and went out the same "To sum up tho week, therefore, there friends or other mourners, successful Premiere. 0f -Half an Hour,' "he v.!.Ue,l!r"Uon, Th9 w'.' nd re vlval. of The Auctioneer- and The Ty ranny of Tears.- Certainly a most fa vorably record. "At the Lyeeumtheatsr. Thursday evening, was presented with unusual auo Cess, two plays, one by Stanley Hough ton under the title The Younger Genera lion," and one by James M. Barrle, under the title 'Half an Hour.' the latter being a short play serving to Introduced Miss Grace George as a Frohman star. Gen erally 'The Younger Generation' was very well received. "Ths Times finds that it reminds one of 'Hlndie Wekes,' and thanks, 'not only to Mr. Houghton for the cleverness of what is In a sense a sort of picture Play, but a company of actors which Is, on the whole, very evenly balanced In respect to merit' Speaking of this, as well aa tho short play offered in con Junction with the program, the World parses this comment; 'No higher pfatse of the two performances can be given than to state without reservation that theater-golng in New York has ones more become an Intellectual pastime.' " 'Ha)f an Hour,' a play of about an hour's duration, by Sir James St. Barrle, was exceedingly Interesting, and In 'con Junction with The Younger Generation' attracted unusual attention. It was In teresting also by reason of the (act that I 1rSr nrZrn w0 l yMS CARRIE ' THATCHER t AJth d is J fcAo Boyd J WL SBBBBY SBBaH It introduced Orace George as a Froh man star. The' story has to do with a gentlewoman who has married a par venu brute far beneath "her station for his money. He had failed to under stand her. For a time she had endured his Insults until his vile nature had led him to physical cruelty, In the mean time she had grown to love a poor and Obscure young engineer. After one of the husband's fierce assaults the wife leaves behind a note of explanation and her jewels locked In a desk, takes her fate In her own hands and goes to Join tho decent younger man,, who la about to depart for Egypt Tho succeeding scene In the engineer's lodgings reveals tho Joy Ot the meeting fifteen minutes later. No time Is to be lost; so he hastens out to call a cab. A moment later a doctor, unknown to the runaway wife, and 6thers rush into the room. The young man has been run over and killed by a motor 'bus while ho was crossing the street Tho doctor mistakes the woman's presence in the room. He ad vises her to ply her trade elsewhere, or, If she has a home, to go there. No name are spoken. Fifteen minutes more, and the scene Is back In the brutal hus band's library. He is unsUSDectlnr. for. though he has found his wife's Jewelry, he has overlooked her note. Guests for the dinner party arrive and with them tho doctor, whom the hus- nana has specially Invited. The wife, trying to compose herself, enters tho room. She Is confronted bv the new guest, who has Just been explaining to tne others the cause of his lateness. By the time dinner Is announced a chance word has made the husband suspicious. But the wife has managed to recover her tell-tale letter. Tho other guests psss the matter off as a Joke, and tho doctor offers his arm and leads his hostess out to tho table. The ending Is worse tfean death. "Monday evenhigushered In John Drew In his second attempt of tho season. Mr. Frohman offered a creditable revival of The Tyranny of Tears' and a new playlet by J. M. Barrle, The Will,' which made tho program of the evening. In The Tyranny of Tears' Mr, Drew played no new role. He appeared In this Dlav somo fifteen years ago, since when his performance has mellowed, and the re viewers were most favorable to himself, and the play Itself. which W not seem to grow old with age. Tne real delight of the evening, however, was another contribution from the pen of Sir James M. Barrle, who.o "Half an Hour' is also being done in New York at the present time. His contribution to Mr. Drew'u program was The Will another short piay or unusual quality, done in three scenes and reminiscent of 'Milestones.' It is really In one act but la a mv nr episodes and the Interest Is sustained inrough three scenes. At first Boss, then only a clerk, goes to tho lawyer's office to make his f rst will. He is avm. panied by his wire, to whom he bequeaths sunosi every penny, and their mutual adoration is almost childlike In Its sim plicity, Then, after ten years, he e-n. again to draw his fifth will, but bis wife Is not invited. She goes of her own accord, however, to soy ucon her vm. band, who has prospered financially, to ee mai ne does not cut her off with a life interest In his fortune. They boast of having two children. much. Finally, ten years later, he comes to araw his last testament Ilia fnriim. is enormous, buc his wife has died and his two children have gone to the bad. the boy turning out to bo a 'rotter and me aaugnter having eloped with hrr chauffeur. He has no near one to whnm he can leave W money, and his whole mo looms up a. a failure. 'The present week will be broueht to a cloie by the first presentation at the Park theater of the much heralded jj l -s 'Evangeline,' which will servo to In troduce Edna Goodrich In the title role. This play is the first production this season from tho office of Arthur M. Hopkins, who last season gave us the delightful. The Poor Little Rich Girl.' It has attracted unusual attention by reason of the magnificence promised In Its scenic equipment and for the further reason that Miss Goodrich will be seen In a serious part for tho first time In many years. We do not overlook the fact that Lillian Kingsbury will on this occasion return to the dramatic stage after an absence of several seasons. Miss Kingsbury Is an ornament to the dramatic stage, and we con 111 afford 'to lose her talent She will be well remem bered aa ono of our leading Shake spearean actresses of a few years ago In the principal support of Robert Down ing, and for several seasons thereafter with Robert Mantell she has given lovers of Shakespeare a rare treat' by her charming characterizations of the prin cipal feminine characters In the plays of that great writer. "A significant feature of the present season Is tho prevalence of short plays In the regular dramatic houses. In Eng land these short plays form an impor tant part or the regular program. They are called "Front pieces," which cor respond to our "curtain raisers." The American managers,- however, have taken the position that the American playgoer does not wish his attention divided dur ing an evening. The statement has been frequently made, but I fall to recall any substantial reason given for this theory, On the other hand, whenever these plays have been -well done, and In playhouses that the public will support, they have prgven popular, Last season we bad the Princess theater with a' bill of four or five short plays, and it scared an In stant success. We also had Ethel Barry more In The Twelve-Pound Look' at the Empire, and it Was a succeis; Miss Barrymore, Mtss-WUliams and Mr, Bar rymore also appeared In a short play at the conclusion of their Frohman revival at the Empire 'and the Criterion, and this year we have' Grace George in a short play, forming a part or the Ly ceum program, and Mr. Drew In a short play at the Empire, preceding a notable Frohman revlva1. The Prlncetis theater Is open again with a bill or short plays, and William A Brady Is to establish In Chicago a company to present plays or a like nature. One of tha most Interest ing events this season, however, will bo tne presentation of a group of Stanley Houghton, George Bernard Shaw and Arnold Bennett . short nlava at the Fine Arts theater, Chicago, by a colebrated company to bo Installed at that, play-, house under tho direction of B. Iden Payne, tha celebrated English producer and manager, and to comprise Mona Limerick, Louise Randolph, Mauds Les lie, Whltford Kane, Dallas Anderson and a strong supporting company Is to make an extensive tour at tho conclusion ot the Chicago engagement whloh will be Inaugurated within a fortnight Mr. Payne has produced many celebrated playlets, and his career In Chicago will be watched with great Interest With thls"company, and that to be established by Mr. Brady In tho same city, an in terest In short plays Is certain to be aroused. Tho Fine Arts theater, how ever, is not to restrict its program to ehort plays. Three and four-act plays will really predominate, the short play being used for curtain raisers and on alternate weeks as triple bills." Now let us contemplate the Rood thlnrs that confront us at borne. "Way Down Boat," with Its pretty story and quaint characters of New England lire, will be the attraction at tho Brandels theater the week beginning Sunday, October 6, with tho usual Wednesday and Saturday Flaygoers who have seen the play will unaouDteaiy renew their acquaintance with Squire Bartlett. who believes In llv. ing according to the scriptures; motherly Airs, uaruett, the squire's wire; pretty Anna Moore, who was more sinned against than sinning; David Bartlett the squire's sturdy son; Kate Brewster, the squire's nleoe; Hi Holier, the chore boy with, the infectious lausrh: Rube Whin- pie, the quaint town constable, with his 'ah Douna round wjth a woolen string; Beth Holcomb, he with a penchant ror "long life bitters," and the village choir. Such a gracious welcome may not await Martha Perkins, the village gossip and mischief-maker, nor Lennox Sanderson, the villainous city chap. Theie are the character around which Lottie Blair Parker has written her play. They are residents of a New England countryside. They aro plain people and the story written around them becomes thr plainness. Incidents of their every day llfo has given tio-tuthor her theme, The play portrays the simplicity, ooriiedy and tragedy of tho community, the purity ahd swetitfiecs of which might run unin terrupted forever but for the casting or the shadows or the wicked cly. This cornea In the form of a cultivated olty man with more money than morals, who has betrayed a confiding lass under the guise Of a mook marriage, ifomelfcos. she seeks shelter In the household where the ruling spirit Is a well-meaning coun try squire, whoso religion prompts him to send forth tha hapleis Magdalene Isst she contaminate his own precious son, to whonvthe sins of .the world aro some what unknown. The son, log the girl for her sweetness Of character, follows her and rescues her from death In tho Winter storm, and the father, overcome by remorse, forgives and blesses them as the final curtain deeoends on tho now happy family, bound for home. On October 11 to 5 "the latest of L. Frank Baum's story plays of On, will be seen at the Brandels. theater. This new member comes under the designation, The TtU-Tok Man of'Os" and depicts Betsy Blbbln, with her pet mule, Hank. Lenora Novaslo will be the Betsy and Frank Woodward, the most versatile or animal Impersonators, tho mule. The two well known vaudeville headline, Norton and Moore, will portray Hk-Tok and Bhaggy. "The Tik-Tok Man of Os'' Is a musical venture of Oliver Morosco, who of lato has come into the limelight as a producer of such successes aa "Peg O'My Heart." 'The Bird of Paradise" and "The Money Moon." The Boyd Theater Stock company, un der the direction of George W. Barbler, will offer Kyrle Bellews big success, "RaTtles." The play, adapted from the stories of E. W, Harnlng, furnishes a perfect means for Mr. Herblin to display his powers. As the amateur cracksman ho steals the diamond necklace from a feminine gueet at the home of Lord Amersteth. Subsequently everybody In the house except the victim and her hosts. Is thrown under suspicion. Lord Amersteth himself Is furious when Cap tain ' Bedford, the detective, hints that "Raffles" may be the thief. The captain nevertheless runs "Raffles" to earth and all but catches him with the goods. So confident was the captain of landing the Jewels that he wagered 100 pound! for charity with "Raffles" that he will recover them within twenty-four hours. "Raffles" so adroitly gains the mastery that he secures the money first and es capes two minutes later. Interwoven with the principal theme is the love affair between "Raffles'' and Gwendolyn Conron. Mrs. Vldal, who knows of "Raffles'" deeds, throws the weight of her Influence against him, aid ing Captain Bedford, but she, clever though she be, Is unabje to cope with ths criminal artist Ths play Is elegantly mounted and one of the best stock pro ductions ever seen In this city can be expected. The week will open with a matinee this afternoon. At the American the week Is to be given over to the presentation of "The Witching Hour," which has been gener ally conceded to be the masterpiece of Augustus Thomas, both from ths stand point ot story Ming and an an argument In support of a i.lously advanced theory. In this play Mi. Thomas takei up the case for the mvsterlous element In human life, which has been given various names but no satisfactory or complete explana- NEXT SUNDAY, OCTOBER l'J. 4 DAYS MAT. WED. Scat Tlmrslay. OLIVER MOROSCO Prescnt8 1ll $.10,000 Fairyland Extravaganza With OriRlnnl Company of 100. DIRECT FROM SOLID FOUR MONTHS' RUN, CHICAGO. BOYD'S THEATRE I THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT -ALL WEEK THE BOYD THEATRE STOCK COMPART WITH MISS FLORENCE STONE In KYRLE BELLKW8' Success, "RAFFLES" Produced Under Direction of GEORGE W. BARBIER. moa songiaa . Advanced Vaudeville WMk liglrtfliftg fiUkr 5. The Season's laughing novelty "MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN USUAL" A Travesty Drama of Vp-Btats Tolks by jnrXKSTT 8SXBTH . Qlrsotlon of Arthur Hopkins. LAMBEBTI The Uantsr liuslolon THE FIVE MELODY MAIDS AND A MAN Xlrttt and Xslody PHINA & GO. to. a Classy Ringing1 and Dancing Act. B08ERT & NELSON in "The Busiest say of SU X.lfe" SWAIN & OSTMAN TRIO Cyclone Xtuap ffleaSs BOLLINGER & REYNOLDS "run oa tb Wire" TIMELY MOTION HOTIHEI Prices l XatUss, CtaUsry 10 o sett Mats (Baosst Battuaay a&a stanaay) 830. SflfrMi 10o, 890, OOo, 780. WEEK IF OITOIER 5 THE SAVOYS aa Tfctlr AoroMo mU 6f s. SAMPSON Ml I0MUS X ganee ana rtttr oaaity. MM SKIPPER, KENNEIY ! ft REEVES Harmony Caraotr SUJers. SILVER ft NORTH Tha aaafcini Kan U tha 81rl. FLORAL PARABE PIOTIRES Bet ToorssU Among the Crowds. Continuous Psrlorniaao. jn.lToon Till 11 . KIQq MO Admission ,WV Ohombors' Academy of Dane ing will open season 1913-14 for lessons and classwork, October 7th, 1913. Applications for enrollment In classes can be made novr by calling D-1871. New entrance on 20th Street. Holler Skating will begin October 14th. Entrance on Fsmsm Street. CliABSBS BEGIN TOMORROW Evening. Monday, Oct. Oth. SIDNEY K. I'OWKIiL SCHOOL OF IMMATIC ART 7-8-0 Bftldrldffe Bldg, Phone Douglas 7002, tlon. The relation of mind to mind, th occult manifestations of some lupor natural lnfluenes in our Urea, Is set out by the author In the. ttinnc of a story (hat Is gripping Ip Its every detail. Di rector Woodward has (Wen much atten tion to the work ot preparing for the first presentation by a stock company of this play In Omaha, and Miss Lann and her associates have taken a great In terest In the rehearsals, so, that a flno performance of the splendid four-act play may be looked for when It Is first offered at the matinee this afternoon. It will run (Continued on Page Twelve.) Dsrottd to Strictly CWan. Olassy MUSXOA& BUKI.XSQUX TWICE DAILY Mat. Today Annual Sobs Oo mitts; of okaxah owar boy comic, ROTH with tss svArawBT os run BKOWS, fcW. SINGER GIRLS An Presented I Weeks at Columbia Thenter, OhlinKO, Last Summer, Big; Cast Xneludse Jans XaSeau, Alcina Qnartst, Fay 8t Claire, Htnry "Jules'' JTelaOn, SiusUa Temple, Owen Martin and a OHTOBY IBAPTT CXOBUC. NOTE ISrtdle Wroth will offlel ate as doorman every ovenlnr. He, wants to meet you face to face. ,i DEAR READER! It's Kolns to be oa eootlsuU round! ot lunaaniKina or ear ntlr son, Ed. !- Wroth. Ihli . I rcommn4 tlM show u Muvln ! ptr ctnt pur tlnstr and m tains futlr 40 cr ctnt thfii ot Tr Cobb iLnd thit's "sotnt.", g. t. JOHNSON. Msr. 0tr. araatng. Bni-flay fe holiday 3Cats 16c, SSo, Mo and 75o 2!rkMATS. 15o and 25c f, Cntw sun II you Ilk, but no taoktne. LAD1M' f OsT Av AKT W21SX TXOMXS -B-- BAY XATIITM AmrieaN Theater A&&AMX OXXOtttS LSHU (raoiu ongia X041) NAT.TOfl.AY H. Ml Wnk LANG t V A s Witching Hour sraxr wxax. Whtn Knighthood Was In Flower Mt. Prlcis 25C-50C Piano Recital EDITH LWA80HEI Cnder the ansploss of Tne Suffrage Orranlsatlon of Omaha. Y. "W, O. A. Auditorium. OCTOBER 9, 1913. rrloes, 91.00. 8H5 JP. M. Tloltsts on sale at A. Koapo Co. JEWELL SIMPSON'S DANCING SCHOOL BOUOUW AUDITORIUM Bpeolal Bates during October. Hew Term KonOay, Ootober 6th 18 Wesson, 9&00. Yboa W. a91. Borglum Piano School TO! SXM)9Bir OPTOBXS IB MODERN PIANO INSTRUCTION sonnaa rxt axa its bsaxokbs. BZQKT SAOXXU and TOAYXXO HAxoxrr Hens haw HOTEL Select Concerts Every Evening Before and After Theaters- 6 to 8 P. M. 10:30 to 12 P. M. BEST OF SERVICE J)