.11 IB ILMAUA SL'XIUY BtfE: JANUARY 18, 1914.
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,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
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"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.
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Four Nights Jan. 25-26-27-28 WoS?v
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20 Horses 20
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Mail Orders Now
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A1VANCJI VAUDKVIIjTjE
Week Hinrtlnir Mat. Sun., .Tnn. 18.
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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.
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ANNIVERSARY
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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
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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
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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
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