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Woman's Share in War Theme
of Nazimova's Splendid Play
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to appear la "War Undo," a one-act
drama, which critic regard as the must
powerful protest again.n war that 1ms
been slaved. To this fanioua Russian
actress the European war la a matter in
timately personal. "My brother has
been with the Russian colors at War
saw," she said In a recent Interview,
"and 1 have kinsmen with the Austrian
army In Gallcla. I received letters Irom
ItUK-la that reveal the extremity of woo
and suffering. A girl I knew wrote to
her reservist lover In this country not to
return, but to Ignore the call to tha col
ors. The letter was opened und read.
She was taken out one morning and shot
as warnlrn? to other women."
The play In which Xazimova. Is to ap
pear Is by Marion Oral Wentworth. and
wa published last February In the Cen
tury Magazine. At once the eminent
ac tress out rendered her theatrical plans
fir the year and besan to rehearse "War
Utiles," for the new play appealed to
lr as the most eijmiflcant drama of tier
. ''distinguished career. Her supremecy as
an emotional actress Is well known ti
Omaha playgoers. Originally she was
seen here In a repertory of Ibsen plays,
and her last appearance In this city was.
In "Rella donna." In "War Brides" she
Is seen as a peasant girl, a bride whoso
husband has been sent to war. The role
is raid to be the most sympathetic Xa
rimova has ever portrayed.
Of the diversified entertainment to be
orfered this week, other acts will be the
musical comedy pair, Johnny dooley and
Yvett Rugel, the one-man vaudeville
how, Joe Cook; the three Ptentndel
brothers, a trio of distinguished musicajis.
who give a short recital with piano, 'cello
and violin; the noted Chinese tenor,
Trlnee lnl 51 on Kim; and William de
llol'ns and oompany, who are making
this their first trip to Omaha. Tho
Orpheuim Travel Weekly will deplot
scenes In the V'osgrs mountains, France,
and along the banks of the river Eure at
Malntenon, Frame.
5tary Roberts Rlnehart's mystery story
In five sensational episodes, entitled
"The Circular Staircase," ts the attrac
tion at the Strand today and tomorrow.
This story gives full measure of heart
throbs and thrills. Besserer, as Aunt
Ray Innls, solves the mystery of Sunny
' lde and reunites four lovers. Sella; has
produced this picture extremely well and
it has been well received wherever
shown. In addition, Tathe's Weekly
will be shown, as well as a clever com
edy. Carl Lamp and his orchestra, prom
ise an exceptionally good musical pro
gram. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day comes Betty Nansen In "Song of
Hate," which Is adapted from "La
Tosca." followed by Theda Bara Friday
and Saturday in "Lady Audley's Secret."
"At Bay," George Scarborough's ro
mantic drama, will be presented by Kd
ward Lynch and associate players at the
Ilrandeis theater for the week beginning
tonight and the fifteenth week of their
season at that theater. Through four
acts of witty dialogue. Intense gripping
Interest and novel situations, a true-to-llfe
and romantlo love atory Is woven
most effectively.
Although the scenes of the play are
laid In Washington, political problem
A one-act t.y h, h U an effective
rrotcst RCiiiitst ar Is Marion Cralu
Wentworths War l.rM.-s." published In
the Century Miisiisine for last February,
and now l.cinu played by Alia Naslmdvn
In vaudeville. The setting is a room In
a peaant'a cottage. In a village stirred
by the departure of its first military
units; the ccrTal characters, a mother
who has sent ttr son to war. her daugh
ter. Amy, and her daughter-in-law, Joan,
played by Naxlmova. Something cf the
spirit of excitement that rules tho com
munity is transmitted In the first lines.
Amy Is leaving for tho front at once to
serve as a nurse, lnit there Is opposition
from two sources; her mother, who re
minds her that Joan, about to Iwoomii a
mother, must t watched with during the
long days of her husband's absence; and
Herman, who urges her to become his
war-bride for the sake of the fatherland
It is true that she has known him for
but a day but
"Look me over, don't you think I am
good enough for her, mother? Besides,
we can't stop to think of such things
now. Amy. It's war tltur. This Is an
emergency measure. And then, I'm a
soldier like to die for mj rountry. That
ought to count for something a good
deal, I should say If you love your coun
try, and you do, don't you?"
This appeal to patriotism Is sharply ac
centuated by the entrance of one Minna,
radiantly happy, who has Just become the
wife of the village loafer. "There were
ten of us. We all answered In chorus.
It was fun Just like a theater. Then the
priest made a speech and the burgo
master and the captain. The people
cheered and our husbands had to go drill
for an hour." She knew her bridegroom
was worthless, but ho Is a soldier now,
and to her, a hero.
Across this artificial fervor, and un
thinking patriotism, wltn its vulgarisa
tion of matrimony and Its forpetfulneas
of the fierce Irony of "war niarrluges"
to restock tho land, outs the entrance of
Joan. She wants no more war. Hho Is
already half mad with dreaming that
they have killed Frane. She Is, moreover,
of a different sort from tnese peasant
women, for she has lived in a factory
town and learned to think for herself.
"What," she questions Herman, "will
happen to Amy? Have you thought of
that? No; I warrant you haven't. Well,
look. A few kisses and sweet words, the
excitement of the ceremony, the cheers
of the crowd, some days of living to
gether I won't call it marriage, for
Ftatu and 1 are the ones who know what
-al iniirrface ts. and how sacred It Is
then what? Befote you Know It an or
der to march. Amy left to wait for brr
child. No hubaiid to watt with her, to
wnteh over In r. Think of the anxiety. If
she , urns to love you--1 can hardly
breathe tor thinking of my Franx. wait
lnu, never knowing from minute to min
ute. From the way I fed, I should think
my child would W born bad, I am that
wild with wot r lug. And then for Amy
to go through her agony alone. No hus
band to help her through the terrible
hour. WhHt solace can the state give
them? Anil after that. If you don't come
back, who la going to earn the bread for
her child? Struggle and struggle to feed
herself and her child; and the flne-sound-Ing
name you trick ua with war bride.
Humph, that will be all forgotten then.
Only one thing can make It worth while,
mid do you know what that Is? Love.
We'll struggle through fire and water
for that; but without It t gesture)."
In her violence she Is brought before
tho captain, as one discouraging a proper
social movement, and sharply repri
manded, but she speaks up stoutly. Cap
tain Bragg assures her there will always
be war.
JOAN: Then one day we will stop giving
you men. liok at mother. Four sons
torn from her in one month anil none
of ou ever asked her If she wanted war.
You keep us here helpless. We don't
want dreadnoughts snd armies and flght
liiii. we women. You tear our husbands,
our sons, from us you never ask us to
help you find a tn-ttcr way, and haven't
we anything to say?
HKViKl: N'o. War is man's business.
JOAN: Who glMM you the men? We
women. We bear atnl rear anil agonlxe.
Will, if we are fit for that, we are fit
to have a voice in the fate of men we
hear. If we can bring forth the men for
the nation, we can sit with yon In your
councils, nnd shape the destiny of the
nation, ami sj whether it ts to war or
ixai-e we aive the sons we near.
!iltAt;i) tchuekllnvi: Sit in t he councils?
Thnt wo.ilii be n ioke. .Mother, 1 see,
she's a little (touches his forehead sug
gestlvelvl. Sit in the councils with the i
men and shape the destiny of the nation.
ila! Hal
JOAN: l.auKh. captain, but the day will
come, and then there will be no more)
war. No, you will not always keep us
here dumb, silent drudges. We will find
a way.
The ending of the play Is a tense en
forcement of her words.
Semi-hysterical, Joan begs before her
Imprisonment that sho may write a mes
sage to the war lords, nnd la humored.
As they read what she haa written "I
refuse to bear my child until you prom
ise there shall be no more war" a shot
Is heard in her bedroom.
5) II
AK-SAR-BEN WEEK
Commencing Sunday, Oct. 3
Fhe ycSoraa banter ardera- Eievue
Direct From 16 Weeks in Chicago
With Ail -Star Company of 125
INCLUDING
FLORENCE MOORE and LIE. DAZIE
play no part In the action. With the
affable manner of an Irish free lance.
Captain Lawrence Holbrook embarks on
the task of winning tho love of Aline
Graham, daughter of the district attor
ney. His suit progresses happily, but 1
Aline refuses her consent Because of her
secret marriage six years before to a
Washington newspaper correspondent.
Judson Flagg, a blackmailing society
lawyer, holds one of Miss Graham's pri
vate letters, written during the time of j
her Indiscretion, during the course of !
the story, Flagg Is supposedly murdered I
and Captain Holbrook tries to shield
Aline from suspicion of the act. Like j
a true Irish lover, he discovers the clues
which would lead to her arrest. By a
clever trick he gets the slides from the
camera which has snapped Aline in the
arms of the lawyer. He also gets pos
session of the compromising letters, and
thua It goes, from one situation to an
other, until the police think they have
cornered him. Many comedy situation
serve as a relief to the serious melodra
matic trend of the plot, and in the end It
luckily develops tbut Flagg's death was
not murder.
Owen da vis' great play, "What Hap
pened to Mary," Is in rehearsal for next
week.
With his melodrama called "On Trial,"
Flmer U Relzensteln succeeded In over
turning the tradition that the Incidents
of a dramatic plot must be set forth In
chronological succession. The popular re
ception of this play has made It plain
that any playwright may henceforward
safely venture to reveal a story back
ward, whenevr, by so doing, he can In
crease the suspense and the Intensity of
his narrative. It remains as true as ever
that the great majority of dramatic
stories may be set forth most effectively
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2QtlT to October Dth
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER FOR
AR-SAR-BEN FOREVER MOVES FORWARD
Auto Floral Parade, October 5th
Every former King and Queen of Ak-Sar-Ben will take part
in this parade.
Electrical Parade, October 6th
It will be the most alluring electrical display ever made in any
city in the world.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, October 7th
This great musical organization will appear at Omaha's municipally-owned
Auditorium. America's greatest orchestra.
Coronation Ball, October 8th
Crowning event of a week of festivities. The west's greatest
social event.
Wortham's Combined Shows
On the Carnival grounds every afternoon and evening, Septem
ber 29 to October 9, inclusive. Admittedly the largest, best and
cleanest Carnival attractions in the world. Something doing all the
time. Ten days of enjoyment.
Nebraska's Greatest Event
Ak-Sar-Ben has spread the fame of Omaha and Nebraska around
the world. Samson decrees that YOU enjoy in person the festivities
of 1915. Omaha is well prepared to entertain all visitors.
New Carnival Grounds, 15th & Howard Sts.
In Making Your Plans for the Week's Entertainment Always Consult
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