THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 29. 1917.
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Attractions Listed for the Coming Days at Omaha Theaters
TO DANCE AT REOPENING OF
EMPRESS GARDEN.
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WALTER ADAMS.
Knlglits of Ak-Sar-Ben will no
doubt recall , Walter Adamj and. his
successful impersonation and dancing
at the Den when the "Isle of Pep"
was the feature. He ha9 been de
veloping his terpischorean talent and
will be one of the entertainers at
the opening of the Empress garden
Tuesday evening..
He, is clever on impersonations,
and as "Galatea" will appear in sev
eral dances, among them the "Jazz"
dance,.. "Hula-Hula" and the "Dance
of Galatea."
(Con tinned from Pftfe Twelye.)
Fortune Smiles," "The Road to the
Girl You Love," "Me in Havana,"
"We Should Care," "Fashion," "Cara
van Land," "Where Do They Come
From?" "Mirionettes" and "Little
Woman." In the cast of principals
will be found Lew Hearn, Clare
Palmer, Joseph Lertors, Irene Aud
rey, Rupert Darrell, Roy Perviance,
Edward Garvic,' Thomas B. Handers,
Arthur G. Millis, Isabel D'Armond,
Mons Rudolph and Edith Mason.
As the headline attraction of the
Orpheum Road Show, which comes
this "wetk under th direction of Mar
tin Beck, as the chief event of the
vaudeville; seasonf the Greater Mor
gan Dancers are to appear. With
over a seore of people in the com
pany, including the musical director,
a Roman- ballet in three episodes is
to be- presented. These dancers have
been chosen with special care by
Marion Morgan and under her guid
ance they have achieved notable re
sults. The opening of the ballet re
produces with colorful exactness the
famous painting by Tadema, "The
Spears." An old Roman legend is the
basis for (he second episode and the
closing part is a mythological story
requiring a cast of sixteen . dancers,
for its effective performance. A spe
cial feature of the road show will
be the Japanese diva, Haruko. Ounki.
English, French and Italian songs are
included in her unusual repertory.
Frances Nordstrow, known as an
actress, is even better known as a
playwright. With William Pinkham,
she is appearing in her newest sketch,
"All Wrong." Dancing of the eccen
tric sort is contributed by the Caites
brothers. Patrick Barrett is de
scribed as an unusual singer of un
usual songs. Delightfully amusing are
the antics of the monkey performers
In Robert Everest's novelty circus.
The Three Jahns are expert equilib
rists. Their performance is eharac-
terized by sensational daring. Water.
falls of Idaho will be shown in mo
tion pictures by the Orpheum Travel
Weekly, and the pictures will also
display the interesting adventures of
a cub bear.
With a big Broadway cast and a
special orchestra, Arthur Hammer
stein's musical success, ' "Katinka,"
which had a year's run in New York,
will be presented at the Boyd May
5 and 6, opening with a Saturday
matinee.
"Katinka" is the work of Otto
FEATURED AT EMPRESS
THIS WEEK.
T rift! XftfjR J S if
the Orpheum is proclaimed one of
the strongest of the season. Claude
GtlliiiRwater, assisted by Julie llcrno,
will be seen in Mr. Gillmgwater's
latest success by Reginald Harlow,
entitled "The Frame-up. " Miss Nellie
Nichols, a luminous little singing
comedienne, shares the headline
honors with Gillingwater. Another
popular success on the roster will he
Kd Flanagan and Neeley Kdwartls in
an amusing skit called ' Oft ami On."
The management of the Empress
is announcing the biggest and best
balanced bill of the present season
for the week beginning today. The
first half is especially proclaimed to
be a remarkable billing of quality
vaudeville and photoplays. Hahn,
Weller and Martz have demonstrated
their right to the title of "The Three
Biggest Voices" again and again.
Particular stress is laid on the rendi
tion of the bass solo, "Asleep in the
Deep," by Arthur Hahn. Fred Wood
ward, the noted animal impersonator,
and his partner. Miss Morrisey, pre
sent a comedy act featuring "Hank,
the Mule." These people are Ja'e
from Oliver Morocco's "Tik Tnk
Man of Oz." The Robinson duo are
whirlwind -xyloplionists. Nettie far
roll troupe, premier wire artists, pre
sent a high class wire number tea
Hiring "The enus of the Wire." In
photoplays the second Ma I.iuder
comedy, "Max Wants a Divorce,"
will be shown, also a five-act art
drama entitled "Infidelity," featuring
Anna Q. Wilson. The war pictures
will be postponed for one week on
the seventh installment.
Pbilbin to Open
Empress Garden
Here on Tuesday
The Empress Garden, which during
its former existence was one of the
show places of Omaha, will he re
opened Tuesday.
The Empress Garden under the' Em
press theater on Douglas Street was
started two years ago. Lavish expen
ditures had been made outfitting and
decoiMtiiiK it and it was one of the
ni-si hoautittll dininp rooms in the
middle west. Hut it faded to prosper
and closed a short time after the
openiiiK.
1'. II. Philbin, tor many years pro
prietor and manager of the hchlitz
; hotel, will reopen tin Garden. His
policy will he very different from the
jdiie puro.ied by his predecessors and
the im conndent the Garden will suc
ceed. E. A. Oeary, recently with the
, Great Xorthern in Chicago and also
the Harmony, will be Mr. J'lulhin's
1 n distant. Mr. t'leary comes to
; Omaha with a record as a service ex
! peit and lu? presence makes Mr. Vhil
j bin doubly confident of the success of
i the now tiarden.
Floyd Hutsell will have charge of
I the entertainment, lie has served in
a similar capacity at Murrays m New
York, the Koohrau of Cleveland, the
St. l.miis of Dulufh and the Koger
of Minneapolis. There will he danc
ing, solos quartets and choruses, hut
no cabaret. Alt entertainment will he
from the stai?e. There will be no danc
inu on Sundays.
C afeteria service will be maintained
on the balcony of the Garden. The
main dining salon will be on the low
er floor, as will the soda fountain.
Hauerbach and Rudolpf Friml, who
have already given "The Firefly" and
"High Jinks." Mr. Hauerbach is
credited in "Katinka" with a brighter
and snappier play than either of his
predecessor's, while Mr. Friml's
score is considered one of the most
sensational achievements in the realm
Of light musical composition in the
history of the American stage. His
melody, "Rackety Coo" the feature
ot the score, is of the compelling
kind that-never leaves the memory,
but breaks out frequently in whistling
and humming. The love song, "Ka
tinka," has a tenderness and sweet
ness that makes it a classic, while "I
Want to Marry a Male Quartette," is
one of the brightest satires of recent
years.
"Katinka," tells the story of a
Russian girl who is forced into mar
riage with an elderly statesman, much
to her distaste. On the night of her
wedding she is spirited away by her
lover, Ivan, who has learned that
Boris already has a wife, supposed to
be "somewhere in Turkey." The two,
with an American friend named Hop
per, set out to discover this Mrs.
Boris, and the play deals with the
laughable, incidents of the search.
. Al Jolson, the popular comedian,
will be at the Boyd theater May 17,
18 and 19, with a matinee Saturday.
His latest vehicle is "Robinson
Crusoe, jr.," which is said to be the
funniest show he has yet appeared
in. This latest exhibit from the
Winter Garden harks back to the
days of Henderson and the extrava
ganza as exemplified by "Sinbad the
Sailor," and "Ali Baba." There are
several spectacular features and many
changes of scene, with droves of
girls in nearly al'01 them.
For the week of May 6 the bill at
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THOMAS J. KELLY, Conductor
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MR. ISAAC VAN GROVE, Pianist g
Community Singing
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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8
Reserved aaata, 80c to $1 5 Gallery, 25c
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BOYD
This
Afternoon
Joseph Kestler
And Hit Yiddish Company
"The Eternal Love"
Tonight "HAMLET"
Matinea, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c
Night, 35c, 50c, 75, $1.00
NEW SHOW TODAY
Hahn, Weller and Martz
THREE BIG VOICES
In Harmony Singing
Robinson Duo
Whirlwind XylophonUU
Woodward & Morrissey
Comedy Novelty
"HANK, THE MULE
Nettie Carrol Troupe
Premier Wire Artl.U
MAX UNDER
"MAX WANTS A DIVORCE"
Admission 20c and 10c
DOYn TWO NIGHTS, MAY 5-6
I U BEGINNING SAT. MATINEE, MAY 5
ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN
.. . OFFERS THE BRILLIANT AND SPARKLING SUCCESS
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A MUSICAL PLAY
OF INFINITE CHARM
BY HAUERBACH AND FRWL
AUTHORS or "HIGH JINKS "AND "THE FIREFLY
CUE YEAR at THE IYRICand44thST. THEATiiES. NEWYORKi
Slaved with Gorgeous, Regal and Barbaric Splendor
' Including 40 Beautiful Maiden Choristers, 40
Night Prices $2, $1.50, $1, 75c, 50c Matinee Saturday, 50c to $1.50.
BOYD'SS,Mon.,Apr.30
With Matinee Wednesday
Prices: ESESft&S Seats Now
JOHN CORT
A Wealth of Whirling Gayety
fisa I In the New Musical Comedy
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-BEGINNING
8:10
Twice Daily Hereafter, 2:10 and 8:10 P. M.
Lew Hearn
Joseph Lerturo
Edward Garris)
Irene Audery
Roy Purrianc
Clara Palmer
CAST INCLUDES
Itabtl D'Armond
Hani Kirk
Rupert Darrell
Thoi. Hinder,
Arthur Milliu
and Mons. Rodolph and Edytha Maton
Book by Harry H. and Robert B.
. Smith.
Lyrici by Ceo. E. Stoddard
and Frederick Herendeon.
Miuic by Harold
O r I o b and Carl
Woeii.
Company of Seventy
The Snappiest Chorus Seen in Many Moons
Week Starting Sunday, April 29th
Direction of MARTIN BECK
Martin Beck Presents
The Greater
rgan
In a Historical Ballet in Three Episodes
Dancers
FRANCES
WILLIAM
Nordstrom & Pinkham
In a Quaint Comedy, Entitled
"ALL WRONG"
t By France Nordstrom
Patrick Barrett
Unusual Songs in an Unusual Manner
Three Jahns
European Equilibrists
Caites Brothers
Tailor Made Boys
Robert Everest's
NOVELTY CIRCUS
Orpheum Travel Weekly
Around the World with the Orpheum
Circuit's Motion Picture
Photographers
The Japanese Prima Donna
IrSaryiko nuki
In a Repertoire of Songs
PRICES Gallery, 10 Cents? Best Seats (except Saturday and
Sunday), 25 Cents. Nights: 10-25-50 and 75 Cents.
iniin s
Colossal $2,000,000
SPECTACLE
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Facts Worth Knowing About
the World's Greatest Show
Do You Know
That In the vftlleys of the Euphrates fend th Tier In, In the lnnd of Mempotaralft.
where the Uritlnh ami the Turk a are now fighting, the cradle of civilisation?
That the rentes t cltiei of antiquity, Babylon and Nineveh, were there situated?
That Babylon wai encircled with walls 800 feet high, built broad enouf for
the pass in it of charioti ahreaet and. that theie maisive walla were rebuilt in replica
for the filming of D. W. Griffith'! ipectacla?
That recent excavation have brought to light the mn-baWud cylinder! of
Nabondidui and of Cyrua, which describe the treachery of the prieeti of Belt
That through this, the greatest treason of all history, a civilisation of count
less aires was destroyed and a universal written language (the cuneiform) soon be
came an unknown cipher on the face of the earth I ,
That one set in "INTOLERANCE," that of the banquet hall of Belshazzar, In
the last act, cost a quarter of a million dollars?
That Babylon, the Magnificent, maintained post roads, a regutar postal de
livery, sewerage systems, banking houses, loan brokers and a system of mortgages T
Do You Know
That the use of electricity was prohnhly known to the Babylonians T
That, to model one of the gigantic elci-hanln Bern In .the lact act took a mound
of clay 60 feet in height and SO feet In diameter at th baseT
That throughout all ages love has ever been at lfw, land that In Babylon Ishtar
was tho Goddess of Love? 'J ,
That the religious belief of the Babylonians was much the aamt aa ore today T
That a clear comparison would be to call Bel a denomination, similar to that
of the Daptists of the present day T By thi same far comparison the worshippers
of Ishtar might be compared to the Methodists T
That the battles in the play between Ishtar and Bel Is merely, a religious war
on the same plane aa those of more modem times, such a have harassed, tortured
and destroyed many millions of human beings?
That 145 ostrich plumes, each dyed by hand. In the variegated tints of the
Orient, was worn in the Princess' costume?
That there were over 5,000 jewels on this costume? The total cost of flit
costume being over 17,000?
Do You Know
That in the' siege of BahyUm by Cyrus enormous towers were built as high
as the city walls, and that from the tope- of those trtwers the besiegers fought
BRsinst the defenders of the city? , Scores of these towers sre seen In action in
the play?
That the soldiers of those days made use of liquid fire, battering rams, bows
and arrows and huge catapults or stone throwers?
That the Babylonians used a mighty Instrument of destruction very much like
the land war boats of the, present European conflict?
That their horses were harnessed to chariots without traces, working from
g yoke?. v . :
That In the great banquet hall of Belshaizar, which Is a mile in length, the
design between the .two eagle-headed figures is the emblem of the tree of life, '
which corresponds In Its significance to the tree of life spoken' of In the Scriptures ?-
That the feasts, aa shown In "INTOLERANCE," often lasted for weeks and
months; and that dainties and delicacies were gathered from the ends of the earth?
That Babylonian historians claim an existence for their people of some 800,000
years? lV
That more people worked or took part In this picture than are In the united
armies of Mexico and the United States combined?
Do You Know
That only In the last few centuries has medicine escaped the opposition of
orthodon Christianity ?
That many laws of the Babylonian code are used this very day In your home
town, when we In our law condemn a murderer to death for committing murder?
You and 1 are following out the ancient barbaric code of 8,000 years ago?
That "INTOLERANCE" attempts to prove that the ideals of all mankind, from
the pant to the present, should be linked in one great brotherhood?
That the.Dcmonologists were very common In ancient times? They believed
tveryone was beset with demons, except themselves. They raved and sang, exhorted
over Iheln, auppoied Retires to relieve them of thein demons of tin.
That you may see fn the modern revivalist a descendant of this priestcraft?
That every mode of transportation known to the world Is used In the play?
That In the French Period is sn a palanquin similar to the older one", but In
this cane strapped to a horse, ope before and one behind, in which rides the
Princess Margot, betrothed1 to Henry of Navarre? ' iX -
Do You Know
That in the modern period we have fn the last act a locomotive pursued by an
automobile," in which r.ida the -Dear One, attempting to' overtake the governor to
secure a 'hearing for new; evidence J , j- -
That a great fleet of Zeppelins Is seen in the last act?
That the gate of Imgur Bel, nn used In the picture, needed the weight of
twenty-four men, with the aid of levers, to open?
That with the Hebrewa wine was deemed a fit offering to God; the drinking
of It a part of the Jewish religion?
That wine Is spoken of in the h'jihest terms all through the Old Testament,
but that all through the Bible drunkenness and intemperance la spoken against in
the strongest terms?
That, the Jewish people have been wine drinkers for thousands of years and
yet are the most sober and temperate people in the world?
That the Mohammedan and Hindu are prohibition religions and yet they have
not brought about perfection?
That th Hill of Calvary" was built, so as to reproduce accurately the formation
of the real hill. or place at Golgotha? . k
Do You Know
That the costumes of the French period were hand embroidered?
That the streets, wherein occurs the massacre in the last act, and before the
Palace of the Louvre, were paved after cobblestones from wood cuts of the period?
That the modern story In I. W. Ciritfith'e "INTOLERANCE" Is based on facts?
That fhe principal stockholders in a forge mill were turning over their divi
dends to a charity foundation and were advertising their philanthropy while their
employen, who were paid f 1.90 a day, were striking for living wages, and that nine
teen workititimen were killed in one week in that strike?
That the automobile ract after the governor's train waa duplicated In real life
by Misha- Appelbaum. head of the. Humanitarian Cult, in New York state, last
August, when he pursued Governor Whitman's train for sixty' mUea?
That children are seldom taken away from mothers without the mother first
being overpowered?
That the mothers' pensions bills are a protest against this wrongful taking of
children from their mothers?
Thnt our highest ideal seems to crush out laughter and joy from the world?
Do You Know
That everything people find Joy in must be a sin?
That professional reformers must continue to live? .
That the way 'you part your whiskers or wear your clothes will serve the pur
pose, if they have nothing else? ". , --.
Thnt Intolerance means: What I believe Is right what you believe is wrong?
In other words, the refusal to consider any other opinion than our own has led
to most of the crimes and misfortunes of history?
That now, after you have read this, and most certainly after you have seen the
production, you will understand why this production cost over 11,900,000?
Thnt this entire play la a first revolution in the history of entertainment since
the Greek drama, four stories running as one each adding to the beauty and sus
pense of the others, as, shown In the last act?
That this is a labor of two years and this enormous expenditure and effort was,
made to build an imperishable monument to this new art?
That if you miss seeing D, W. Griffith's colossal $2,000,000 spectacle, during
Its visit here, you will never forgive yoWself. ,
PRICES
Evenings, 8:10 P. M. 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50
Matinees, 2:10 P. M. 25c, 50c, 75c and $.00