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.11 IB ILMAUA SL'XIUY BtfE: JANUARY 18, 1914. 11 B Mmm' 1 v ,1ouise The "Round Up -A -the Brandeis - ,VEK and anon a manacer rises up and tctls us It mat ters not what tho papers say thut plays and players alike prosper and circulate In all their glory, let the critics blamo and praise us they choose. And with this fresh in mind, It Is just n trifle reassuring, even though 1U Im pudence Is a bit shocking, to receive a notice such as this from one of tho big gest producing firms In the country: Note to Dramatic Editors Under Bepa1 rate cover there is being sent you a 'press sheet" of : , containing fac simile reproductions of tho enthusiastic reviews or this delightful play as they appeared In each one of the Important dally papers of New York. la one of the very few worth-while plays of the year. After leaving Now York It will be booked In a number of tho leading Cities of tho country. Whether or not your city1 will be Included among those visited will depend largely upon the amount of local Interest displayed In tho play and Its production. Ono of tho most effective wajs In which a dramatic editor may servo tho Interest, of locul play-goers la by fostering a demand for plays of the type of . TUB CO. Now, If tho crltlo wero- to name a place to which tho producers In question might sojourn, as being In answer to tho fore going, he would not namo cither the North polo 'nor tho South pole. "Tho Chocolate Soldier," Oscar Straus' . musical version of George Bernard Shaw's "Arm and tho Man," and tho "Whitney Opera company of chocolate soldiers and Eoldlercssc3 will march Into this city on Jannuary 18, 19 and 20 nt tho Brandeis, with special maUneof Tuesday. Tho for tunes and misfortunes of tho warrior who lives on chocolate drops, makes himself tho hero of all tho Bulgarian women and the bane of his fellow warriors, Is the theme of tho libretto, while tho Straus uiuslo changes constantly In mood to re flect and Interpret tho dramatic value of each situation. Tho lyric humor of "Xho Tale of a Coat," tho vibrating passion qt "My Hero," the recurring' theme of tho score, tho satiric playfulness of "Tho Chocolato Soldier" and tho Insidious' l)eautyof tho surrounding melodies havo elevated this flower of Viennese operas above all Its fellows of a decade. A spe cial orchestra of picked musicians ac companies tho organization to negotiate tho Intricacies of tho score. The cast of. characters includes Lucille Saunders, Francis J. Boyle, George Tallman, Syl van Langlols, who were with the original Now York cast of five years ago; also Alma Stetzler, Lottie Collins and "Walter Hallbach. Lottio Collins was an Or jiheum hcadllncr last Season and Is signed by Whitney for five years. "Tho Itound-Up" will be tho attrac tion at tho Brandeis theater during four nights from January 25, with matinee on Wednesday. In addition to a company of selected players, in tho regular cast there is an auxiliary organization of twenty cowboy, twenty bucking ponies, a tribe of Indians, Mexican vaqueros, Arizona girls, cowpunchers, soldiers and scouts, all fresh from tho west. Tho company numbers 131. Among tho well-known players engaged In "The Bound-Up" are i-Uiep Camp, John B. Mack, S. H. Maltese, James Asbum, William Vaughan, "Texas" Cooper. 3. Alfred Wood, Del North. George M. Creamer, Harold Christie. Jack Walsh, Edwin Fairfax, Bemsen Worrall. Jeanette Carroll, Louise Corbln and Maudo Williams. "Position on the English stage, as Is generally lcr.own, Is much moro difficult to attain than It Is In America, Players leally serve a form of apprenticeship, even though they havo been born to tho ptagc. Tho reputation of Olga Nether sole, who comes to the, Ornhcum this week, was not gained In a night, but camo about through a series of strong1 characterizations. The virility of her acting rapidly attracted the attention of the entire kingdom. "La Tosca" was. tho first role which brought her to the goal of itardom. Previous fto this Miss Nethorsolo created a .favorable Impression as the Countess Zlcha in "Dlplomaqy," which was presented by an all-jtar cpst, the company Including besides Bliss Nethersole. John Hare, the Bancrofts, Arthur Cecil, Forbes Robertson and Kate Jtorkc. Together with Charles Cortwrlght he starred In Australia, presenting an extensive repertoire. Miss Xelhersole's advent in vaudeville deserves to be ranked with other notables fiom tho varlorus Pnfwkft Collins -in-Tha Chocolate I 1 II- 7. . . Ml Soldier -t-thfe Srandeis 1 1' m Miasm x Krir HosatincL M Coohlan. OrpKeum. PI Nethersolfc I V "WillI Ward' At the Gay sty of tholr- famous dances In their Now York studio before many admirers. Pig. eons, rabbits, cats, dogs, birds and other animals are brought together in an act known as Klutlng's entertainers. Known as tho cowboy Caruso, Bill Prultt, who comes from the Sun river country vof -Montana, haf arnatural voice with si rango of nearly 'three octaves. Bombay, the Deerfoot Indian, will contrlbuto lariat .throwing and-juggling. Completing tho .bill Is another -of tho special Orpheum photo-plays, entitled, "Red Hawk's Sac rifice." What Is reported to be an unusually enjoyable musical .burlesque organization Is scheduled to' appear nt tho popular Qayety theater this week, opening this afternoon, the samo being tho Big Dream land Burlesque- company. Tho company will present a new two-act musical com edy, entitled "Newport," which Is said to be teeming, with effervescent comedy, sparkling music, catchy songs and witty dialogue, and Is presented by a company of principals tho like of which It Is said would bo hard to equal, even on tho highest class of tho musical comedy stage. Will H. Ward, one of tho shining lights of vaudeville; Eddie Johnston, tramp comedian; Jpanetto Buckley, soubrette; Countess Camlllo Falardaux, r. clever actress and singer;. Billy Mossey, come dian of note; James X. Francis, violin!, Symphony Four, Virgio Royden and a chorus enscrhblo of thirty extraordinarily pretty chorus girls make up the com pany. Starting tomorrow there will be a ladles' dime matlneo dally. A special progranf has been arranged for this week, which is the anniversary week at tho Empress. Tho head lino act Is Bachman's Hons, a feature act extraor dinary. Tho little lady who s t'no trainer of these animals has them under wonder ful control and causes them to perform many extraordinary feats. Tho Do Michael brothers have been featuring a largo number of programs nil over the circuits and their musical work Is greatly appreciated by tho nubile. A comedy skit colled "Tho Automohllo Dis aster," will be presented by Rose nnd Severns, and tho great Taisel brothers, champion equilibrists and wonder work era will complete tho vaudeville ofti-lng. The regular quota of photo i:iayn will In offered, Including a featuro rlctur and a number of comedies. Four stows are given dally beginning at 2, 3:30, 7:30 and 9 o'clock. In the January. Green Book magaxlno Mr. George Vaux Jlacon writes very ranely on "Order In tho Theater. Gentle men," skillfully and completely analyzing the present day situation. A portion of his splendid article Is herewith roprlnted: If tho producer were really looking to wards the moral uplift of his audience, and not towards sensational nastlness and box office receipts, why could ho not have produced "Ghosts?" It Is the mas terpiece on the subject. Any of you who havo seen "The Lure" can tell by tho lines from "Ghosts" quoted above, with- I wm. jr iuiuiL-1 uituii uii my part. Willi- out even seeing "Ghosts ' produced, that ono Is a hodge-podge of deliberate nastl- IIPM tvlth nnlv Ihit nvni.u. -4l.ll. ..,!, .,!.. "".' " v.-w.oo m a jjui- VJ .. Tw. 7 1 pose" for Its existence. Tho other, pur- tributlns their success to the youoger poso or n0 , a ma8terl chlid of the theater. As a medium for, of character drawing and subtle presenta- her present tour, MIbs Nethcrpolo Is us ing the third act of 'Sapho,-' prefbably tho most intense moment of tho play. During her present tour, Miss Nofhersolo Is accompanied by her own Knsl5rli.com pany, "Follies of Vaudeville," a breezy skit, la to be offered by Carlln and Gy.rr, asso ciated with tho attractive MVis Lillian Steele. Rosalind Coghlun. just, out of her 'teens and a member of the famous Cogh lan family, will he aen In a one-act play, "The Obstinate Miss Gran-jfr." Ono or tho novelties of the bill Is 'to bo a motion pi turo film of Mr and Mrs, Vernon Castle, showing th,um in a demonstration tlon of the evil of wrongdoing not, as tho Ibsen there Is order, while the very ex istence of Mr. Scarborough's play Is a dls order. The disorder In the theater represented by "Tho Lure" and our various play plumbers who turn dut their regular quota of mediocrity per annum, has also another side to It. In talking to Harry Mestayer, son of William Mestayer, the famous actor of the past generation, I asked, "Why is it that there is actually a terrible dearth of America n actors worthy of tho name?" Mestayer, who Is himself one of tho finest and most finished of our younger actors, replied: "Can you Imagine sharpening a sword blada with a handful of mush? Certainly not. Well, tho kind of mental pabulum the average American actor has to feed upon In the plays he is cast in, and upon whtch he Is supposed to Bharpen his wits and from which he Is supposed to extract -nt.llt.4l- r. v . . '. . . ... ... ... i iiuiBviiio ar. otui wroumi muii ao li, uy , mo experience wmch will make nim n dragging tho very act of sin before our i great and scholarly actor, Is mush, plh- uui me supreme artist would do mince ana piffle, It, by depicting tho psychological effect. The painter, In delineating laughter, does not give you a blood-red and let tered anatomical chart of tho human larynx as Its muscles are moved, con tracted and expanded by the excitement of tho rlslblo nerves. He gives the ef fect a human being laughing. There Is Just that difference between Sir Scarborough, tho sln-mer-hanlc, and Mr. Ibsen, the artist "You can raise hogs on husks; but you can't raise an artist on them. "Do you think for one minute that with the kind of plays that our actors are forced to study, they can expect to ex. tract any kind of training that will fit tlvsm for the heights of tho profession? Do you think that If ForbeH Robertson had been tied down all his llfo to nlnety n'ne one-hundredths of the trash thut Is I put forth on Broadway, he would ever In other words, in the work of Henrlk have risen to tne point where he can hold a New York audience (of all audiences') spellbound through the en tire tragedy of 'Hamlet?' "I have played In' Ibsen more than any other American actor, and It drives me mad when I compare tho wonderful lines. which a man can study and work over and delight In, that Ibsen presents for thi actor to cut tho eye-teeth of his worth upon, to the puerllo simpering of tho 'lines' presented for his study by our 'leading American playwrights.' "The playwright Is to blame because the manager Is to blame. The manager wants soinethlng-nnythlng! that will take tho people's breath away and make tho dollars roll In fast. Ho Is not willing meroly to make money from his produc tion, as ho Is legitimately entitled to do, He wants all the money there Is right away, and tho fafhlon In which the thea ter Is prostituted towards this end Is a shame and a disgrace. The condition of the American stage Is a reeking sore-spot of artistic demoralization and stupefying disorder. T know several of our leading writers for tho stage" (ho named them) "and they have told me over and over again that they are not writing their best. They are not trying (o wrlto tholr best. They are not even trying to write what the pooplo want Thoy are writing what the managers want. "And whut do the managers know nine-lenths of them, at least? Do you think that tho soul whoso highest esthetic delight Is tht contemplation of u bunk balance can appreciate anything worth ; while In art? Docs the world, In the final estimate, which la (he Judgment of I time, cure for tho money maker or his opinion? Who of all tho many millionaires of ImperlM Rome do we know today nnd what poet, dramatist and nrtlst of ancient timet la there that we do not know? ) That America allows her merchants to stifle her art Is a disorder that Is vital that Is an unerring sign of n canker nt the heart of the people. Tho lovo of the beautiful has kept every nation great. Tho love of money Is synonymous with destruction. "Why Is It that, It wo pay a pension to every man who beat a drum or tooted a fife In the Civil War, wo cannot take J caro of the men of genius In our country In the way Franco .takes care of hers? j Would not a Legion of Honor In Amer- ' lea, for those distinguished In the arts nnd se'ences as well as those distinguished In service of tholr country, bo n credit not only to thono who should be enrolled In It, but to n country which Is too fre quently nnd Justly accused of Ignoring Its saviors nnd listening to tho sophist nnd the demagogue? "Lot us have order In nrt. Let us have plays worth while and thon wo will find that they will train up actors worth whllrt nnd our people will havo something thnt will mnko us a power In tho world ot arts Instead of, from nn artistic point of view, a nation of shop-keeping 'culture' seekers. Wo can ask no help of any art but thnt native to us. All other nrt must bo cxotlo and strange to our people. If tho genius of our land can produce no maRtorplcccs, there Is somothlng terribly, torrlbly wrong. We w'lll bo a second Cnrthnge, which had no literature. "Why ennpot our government or our clt'es mntntnln theaters? It will bo found thnt they can bo mndo to pay expenses If a small clmrga la' mndo for tho scats and efficient men nro In charge. Things could bo done so that the theater could bo kopt out or tho hands of both the money chmger and tho demagogue, "'It Is n consummation devoutly to bo wished.' "It Is only an Idea: but It Is nn Idoa that shows that this nation of ono hun dred millions Inhabitants, In, In respect to tho arts, a grout, lumbering, greasy bar barian compared to tho llttlo city In At tica of two hundred thousand people, which supported great publlo theaters wherein were produced tho greatest tragedies nnd comedies tho world has over known and which wero freo to the people. "It Is ridiculous, humiliating, outrageous nnd absurd that a republic which can spend millions on overy conceivable sort of nn enterprise, from building a canal across tho Isthmus of Panama, to col- iectlng seeds for rural congressmen to send tholr rustic constituents In tlou of a plea for votes, cannot spend a little somo thlng for tho furtherance and malnto nanco of artistry and tho craft of the beautiful. "Everything artistic thnt has been no- compllslied In America has been literally ! aono in spite of our American govern ment nnd peoplo. Wo criticise tho In dians for having been savnges. Thoy at least loved tho beauty of their moun tains, fields and rivers. Wo lovo only tho beauty tho Department of Printing and Engraving gives to our currency. "W nro a disgusting, money-loving people, and that's all thcro Is to IJt. Wo havo our great moments; but they nro only mo ments. "Thoro Is a minority of people In the country, however, .who lovo tho order that Is beauty In literature and art. Lot nil those who write, carvo In stone, paint with pigments. Internrot thn wnrk nf playwrights and mnko mu'sle let all these got together, In America. Let us prove that our artistic demoralization Is but a Plain from which, we shall build up a greater and more beautiful Babylon than any tho Assyrians or rhlllstla can grind Into dust, with warrlnrf for coins. iei ustiorm the-order of organ zatlon Inor out of tho disorder that has been disorganization, and give the- people tho wonderful new message that they need so badly; "Lo, Order Is alive, nnd Benuty still lives:" We must havo order In the theater. Mr. Scarborough nnd his friends represent disorder. Tho dream that Harrv Mestayer cried for as Oswald cried for tho sun. Is a dream that shall be realized If order Is to nrevall In tho artistic In. stltiitlon which has a moro direct bearing upon tho thoughts and Ideals of the peo. Pio man any other. Print, they can un demand; language, they hear; the work of tho painter nnd the sculptor, they seoj tho work of tho maker of them dreams; but tho perfect work or tho theater, they understand nnd seo; they hear and from It weavo dreams. It Is the only art which appeals to two senses at once. It Is twice as potent as any other. We must olthor accept or reject order In tho theater. With that nccoptanco or rejection ret Its final condition In this country. Simon Blacks Eye of Abbott and Puts Him Out of Office Edward Simon, member of the leglsla ture from Omaha, brought his fight against loan sharks to a climax when ho administered a black eye to George V. Abbott, proprietor of a chattel and salary loan company, and threw Abbott out of his office. Simon, who wus tho father of the anti loan shark bill passed y the leglsluturo and knocked out by tho courts, admits that he hit Abbott a vigorous blow with his fist. "Abbott was In my office urging mo to stop the fight ngulnst the loan sharks, ' he said, "and mude tho assertion thut all persons who tiorrow money from them are crooks und that any lawyer who takes up their fight Is also crooked. That was too much. "Abbott said tho loan shark bill had cost him $700 pr I80O. It cost him about 260 to Install a fake bonding company next door to his place of business and other expenses probably would bring the figure to about what he named. Another sohemo employed by the sharks was to secure loans for them from Iowa com panies and do tho collecting on this sldo or the river. ' Biinon nas handled the cases of about ww victims or loan sharks In Justice courts without charging for his services us attorney, thereby saving his humbt clients thousands or dollars. A in DfilllliEiC 3 DAYS, Jan. 18,19,20 Ktffl llif 8IJ Special Matinee Tucs. QBAWD JlBVXVAn OBIOXNAX. AX.& STAB OAST, PRODUCTION ana ukuhiibxha. WltlTKET OPBRA COMPANY Direction of r. 0, WnrXHET Prcstnti w o R L D 'S G R IT MM A T E S T C O M I C O P E R A PRICES ; w H I T N E Y S P E C I A L O R C H E S T R A NIGHT 9t.no, $1.00, 73c nnd 50c. Tl'KSDAV MATINHH .$1.00, 75f, fiOc, 23c. Four Nights Jan. 25-26-27-28 WoS?v 100 People 100 20 Horses 20 3 Carloads of Scenery 3' Mail Orders Now Kaat Sain Thnrs. Jan. 22 DAILY MATINEE 2:13 KVUKY NIGHT 8:15 A1VANCJI VAUDKVIIjTjE Week Hinrtlnir Mat. Sun., .Tnn. 18. TclcfHoBc, 404. Tho Greatest Emotional Actress, Miss Olga Nethersole In tho Third Act of "Sapho." By Clydo Fitch from tho Novel of Alphonso Daudot and tho Play by Daudet and Bolot. JAMES P. CONLIN Z YZl u LILLIAN STEELE ROSALIND COGHLAN EDDIE CARR Bupporttd by Richard Pitman livilHo of Vaudeville Presents "The Obstinate Mils Qra4- l ollies or vauaeviue. pol4 A plttyet by udgar Tho Dnnclnff Bcnsntlon or fcew York". Allen Woolf. MR. AND MRS. VERNON CASTLE Kluting's Entertainers Amerlaa'H Foremost Exponents of Bo- a llomnrkable Clroup of Performing rlety Dances In Motion' .lectures. The ripnons. Jtnbblts. Felines, Chnlnca. Ileal Oenulno Novolty C .the Year. BOMBAV " BILL PRUITT I Deer Foot Indian. T.arlet Throwing The Comboy Caruso. and Juggling?. "REDHAWK'S SACRIFICE" A Photo-Play Exclusively Usea nt tho Orpheum ana Shown fop the First Time. PrtotBi Matinee, SaUtry 10a Brt Scats (exospt Saturday and Sunday) aso SUgfets, 10o, BSo, SOo and 7So. I WCK OF JAN. 18TH ANNIVERSARY 11 Canadian National Grand Opera Company Auditorium, Omaha. rsB. loth aaa aota, 1914. Gain. nerfnrmannA nf T. ntum,W Wltll nn all-star rnnt Innhirllncr Xfmn Itappohl. oilUka, Anltua and Mm. Farmo, full I. nil. 4 .1 ..I. ...... .. u.4 unilDl 1U1U VIIUI UR, "SampMon and Dalla!',wlth Jim. Ger-Vllle-Heaoha anil I.oo Hlnk anilra chorus and ballet. oeuBon ucxeis io r no in perromances, J 0.00. 15.00, J4. 00, $3.00. 12.00 and 11.00. write, call or phono for subscription Bachman's Lions ratura Animal Act DC MICHELE BROS. Those Comical Wops. ROSE & SEVERN In "An Automobile Olsastsr". TAIfcEl BROTHERS Japaneia Wonder Workers, Excellent Photoplays 10c Admission 10c Bsserved Ssats 100 Extra. "oz&aka's rns center." &tZti Sally Mat., 1B-2S-C0O Sr''zmCm Evngs.. io-ss.co.7Bo GO. JOnZTSTON, JEANETTE buokx.ey, will a. w aj&u ana tajj DRE A 11 LAND BtfRLESOUERS Humorous satire on Qrlalrou Club, Wash. lngron. vauaeviue oy uympnony i, vio linl, Vlrgls Boydsn, Billy Moiety, others. Dreamy Buty Chorus. XABZES' DIHE MAT. WEES DAXB, REV, CHARLES W. SAVIDGE SEEKS HOME FOR GOOD BOY nev. unanes w. caviare Is In touch ..141. ...... .1 ( . d. uii muu uujr auom ii years of ago who la In need of a good homo. The parents of the youngster died some tlmo otiu Him mere nro no near relatives to tare for him. Mr, Suvldgo would be glad to hear from some good family that would be Int lined to make the udoptlon. T linn Omana's Cosy Picture Hlfr Theater, lfitlj and Homey Whsrs Everybody does. Unsn from 11 A, VL to' 11 P. 2C Be TODAY'S PROGRAM So A SERVANT OP THE RICH" liubln Drama. "AN C EI. PARADISE" Sllr Comedy. "OUT-BLAOKED" HOW THEY STRUCK OIL" Northwestern to Disinfect All Oars and All Stations blank and prospectus. i-tuciun i-ryor, iugr., went, Drandela stores. Picture Depart- Miss Myrtle Mosis Song Recital JEAN DUFFIELD Pianist THURSDAY, JAN. 22. ' Y. W. O. A. AUDITORIUAI TICKETS 75c and $1.00. IIAYDKN BHOS. MUSIO DEPT. CORA SWARTZ Teacher of Singing 401 BOYD BUILDING Phone Rid 7341 WrJEN YOU DINE Try the CHESAPEAKE 1510 Howard St. SUNDAY Table d'Htti Dinner SOt Try our Club Breakfasts, by numbers, 20c to 40p. A la Carte service at Popu lar Prices -at all hours. Nelson T. Thorson, Prop. Jack Dennis, Manager. Not anticipating any epidemic of con-! tuglous disease, or any alarming spread of contagion, tho Northwestern Railroad company' Is taking some extra precau tion just at this time. Dr. Klmore of Chicago, chlof sanitary officer for the ratlrduU company, has arrived In the city und will remain some tlmo in the state. Ua Is here with a corps of as sistants, and -before his return east will disinfect and fumigate all stations and company buildings along tho Nebraska lines, as well as all passenger cars, ileop era und passenger train equipment. Dr. Klmore has found considerable small pox scattered over tho country within the last month, but does not think the number of cases of the dlseaBe much larger than normally during the winter. Semi- Annua! Shirt Salt Now Going On Tom Ktlley Ct. Uyal Httol