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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 14, 1917.
Sentiment
Attitude of Audience is
Different Toward War
Since Our Own Boys
Have Gone Into Khaki
w
AR it touching the theater
on other sides than in the
box office; the great con
flict has its reflection in the
character of the entertain
ment afforded and much
that is taking place indi
cates the spirit of the American peo
ple. Three years ago we were all
agog to see and bear Nazimova in
"War Brides" and we would not now
retract a word written of that great
actress and her equally great inter
pretation of the deep message of that
drama. But the mothers and wives
who gave it their warm approval then
now find themselves faced with an
other and even sterner aspect of the
problem; what was then an abstract
principle has become a concrete fact
and their own men, husbands, sons
and brothers, are going out to fight
in defense of home and family and
they are going with the blessings of
the women who love them. That is
why Omaha applauded Anna Held
when she recited her ooem at the
Boyd last week. It was an appeal that
went straight home to the heart of
everyone who heard it and bought its
answer direct.
This explains in some measure, too,
why the war films already shown in
Omaha have attracted so much atten
tion, and why the people are making
plans to go to the Orpheum this week
to see the pictures made of the great
battle of Arras. It also explains why
Sara Bernhardt is meeting on her
present tour success that, jf possible,
exceeds anything she had in her for
mer visits.' Mme Bernhardt has been
in Chicago of late, and has had there
the most cordial of welcomes, while
Percy Hammond, usually politely
cynical or coldly flippant, gives her
warmest praise. He even says her
voice has an added glory, and its
tones pulsate with a life and vitality
that seems wonderful. It is not yet
determined if Mme. Bernhardt will
visit Omaha. Her physical strength
does not admit of too extended a tour,
but she is anxious to see as many
Americans as she can, and it is pos
sible, though not probable, that she
will be here later
'i Another who is coming with a mes
sage from the trenches is Harry
Lauder. Word from him to this de-
Eartment of The Bee is that he will
e at the Brandeis theater for a
single night, on the evening of March
14. It is of interest to recall that
when last he was "here he had just
had news of his son's going out with
a Scotch regiment, as lieutenant.
Then he'was anxious to get home and
see the "laddie," but this pleasure was
not to be his. "Somewhere in France"
this boy is sleeping, while Harry
Lauder is giving of his talent to help
the cause in whatever way he can.
He has given entertainments on the
front to cheer the boys; hss sung in
the trenches as he used to sing in he
coal mines, and when he starts his
tour of America again it will be to
raise money for the Y. M. C A. work
: in France, .
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: "The Flame," which that very on
usual producer and author, Richard
Walton Tully. is to offer at the Boyd
theater, for three days commencing
Thursday, October 18, with matinee
Srjturday, gives promise of one of the
pleasantest engagements of the pres
ent season, tor the subject of his
story Mr. Tully has woven the ancient
beliefs of the Mayas and the present
Christian beliefs, but over all there
. hovers the love of womankind for
motherhood. In fact the flame of the
story is the child which comes to the
home of the hero and heroine of the
tale. These young people go into
Latin America to seek their fortunes
raising bananas. All goes well at
first and then they are suddenly swept
into the chaos of revolution! which
beset that sad land some years ago.
Their experiences are the experiences
many real people have been through
and they are not happy to contem
plate. But ever the light of love burns
brighter and they find perfect con
tent at the last in the child which
is to come to them. The story is a
' thrilling and Interesting one. It is
melodrama of a modern sort Par
ticular attention has been given to
the musical setting of the play. The
cast which Mr. Tully has engaged
numbers some forty players. Each of
the actors was selected because of a
particular ability to interpret the
character to be played. There is a
band of Cuban dancers specially im
ported to interpret one scene in the
play, "The Flame" comes to lis after
a long New York engagement
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"Just a Woman by Eugene Wal
ters, having to do with the contending
claims of love and bsuiness, is to be
this week s bill of the Brandeis Play
ers at the Brandeis theater. The play
has to do with the ingratitude of a
successful man of business toward the
wife who in his early days of
struggle had been his help and in
spiration toward commercial prosper
ity. Having achieved affluence he for
gets the woman to whom he owes
practically his whole triumph over
adversity, lie follows the gay but
terfly and turns his back on the once
so useful moth. Finally he strives to
shake off the old shackles completely
to take unto himself, the woman of
fresh curls and hands unsoiled by
vulgar toil. More than that he is de
termined that his boy will come with
, him into the new life he has planned
for .himself, thinking that the mother
ot the lad will be. as alwavs hereto
fore, complacent. But the distracted
"wife turns at last and in a court scene
full of thrills and sensations, gives
ner calculating Husband information
that startles him into veritable oanic.
And the judge sensing the truth of
the entire matter, orders all the wit
nesses held for the grand iurv. In
. the end the man, having been caught
in ms own net, after serving a term
' in prison, comes back to the woman
whom he had sought to ruin, and,
womaniiKC, sne lorgives mm.
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It is hardly necessary to go into de
kails as to the story of Bartlev Camo.
bell's "White Slave," which has been
. civen hew production and will be
produced at the Boyd today for four
cays, it has been a source of enter
tamment to the public for the last
thirty-five years. It concerns the mys
tery surrounding the birth of a white
, girl who is brought op as a negress
ana a slave. . picturesque scenic ef
fects have been built expressly for
thl$ tour and the play will be pre-
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Jule W. Rachman, newly-appointed
manager of the Standard Film corpo
ration, is one of the youngest motion
picture exchange men located in
Omaha. He has been the manager of
the Grand theater at Sixteenth and
Binney streets for a long time and is
BOYD THEATER
Hon. William
Howard Taft
Under the Auspices of
The Omaha Society of
Fine Arts,
Friday, October 19, 4 P. M.
"A Real Peace and
Not a Patched -Up
Promise."
Profits From the Lecture
Will Be Given to the
Red Cross.
Reserv.d Seat Sal. Wednesday,
October 17, 9 A.M.
Prices $1.50, $1.00 and 25e.
Ltui2 OVottttor
A I it' t
sented by a cast of exceptionally
clever players. One of the pleasing
features is the singing and dancing of
a troupe of negroes whose antics re
flect slavery life in the long ago. Rob
ert Campbell, a son of the author, and
who has guided the destinies of the
drama ever since the demise of his
father, has given the piece a sumptu
ous scenic production and a cast in
cluding Aurelia Allison, a 19-year-old
girl, who has a promising future, bhe
plays the part of Lisa and is the
youngest actress who has enacted this
sympathetic role. Alma Aiken, the
talented daughter of Frank E. Aiken,
a brilliant player of his time, is' also
member ot the capable company,
Matinees will be given today, Tues
day and Wednesday.
With three complete sets of scen
ery and elaborate costuming effects,
the martial musical pageant, "Amer
ica First," is to head the bill this
week at the Orpheum. The produc
tion is one of the most ambitious
ones ever offered in big time vaude
ville. The first scene shows the pa
rade ground of West Point, the sec
ond the foredeck of a battleship, the
third a section of the Mexican border
occupied by American troops. In ad
dition to its singing and dancing, the
company forms a brass band. Offi
cial war pictures taken by the Brit
ish government will show thrillingly
the retreat of the Oermans at "the
battle of Arras. The money goes into
the fund of the ambulance corps. Fea
turing his famous "Melrose fall," Bert
Melrose will be one of the chief
laugh providers of the bill. Hufford
and Chain blacktace comediansrbner
a skit called "By Request." Light
bits of comedy are to be contributed
by Allen and Francis in "Chasing the
Blues. Rita Boland is to present a
series of song sketches, the music and
words having been written for her by
Evelyn Blanchard Versatility is the
chief attribute of the act to be con
tributed by Elmer El Cleve and Nan
O'Connor. Motion picture ' subjects
for the Orpheum Travel Weekly will
be an excursion up the Nile and cata
racts of French Guinea, in Africa.
$
The attraction at the Brandeis thea
ter Friday matinee and night will be
the Weil Oil Hen minstrels with en
tirely new stage settings and cos
tumes throughout Of course, the
comedian, himself, is a good part of
the show, but he is surrounded with
a lot of other good entertainers,
among whom are Eddie Ross, Joe
Coffman, Reggie Futch, Joe Millard,
Miller and Mctarty. Maior Nowak
and Steve Werher. The singing has
not been neglected, and the following
artists are engaged: James Barardi,
tart nolmes, tddie Connelly, Leslie
Berry, J. Lester Haberkorn, Earl Har-
rold, Charles R. Wright, George Mil
ner, Barton Isbell, Waldo Roberts
and Fred Mills. After the first part,
the new features are "In the Secret
Service," a humorous one-act sketch,
written by Mr. O'Brien, and in which
he plays the principal part; "Mandy's
Reception, a novel dancimr number.
which embodies a new idea of intro
ducing every kind of dancing, eccen
tric comedy and refined, Eddie Ross
and his African harp and an entirely
new line of songs and jokes, and a
new'one-act playlet called "The Cruise
of the Ebony Yacht Club," written by
The popular Gayety theater has
Ben Welch and his big show all this
week. The book is by James Madison
and entitled, "The Love Arbor," and
"Izrie at the Movies." The music
is by Harry von Tilzer and George
Connel, and written especially for Ben
Welsh and his big show. The num
bers and ensembles produced by
James Gorman, general stage director
for Cohan and Harris ittrarrinn
Besides Mr. Welch, the cast includes
Pat Kearney, Frank P. Murphy, Billy
Wild. Sid Gold. Svlsia RrnHw T fnni
Earl, Elva Grieves and Frankie Mar
tin. . I he chorus is composed of the
still running it When the Standard
company located in Omaha it se
cured him as assistant manager here
and when C W. Taylor resigned the
managership he was installed. He is
one of the livest men in the business,
always on the job and continually
springing new ideas.
Jensen Takes Over the
Hamilton Thoater Today
. The Hamilton theater at Forty
first and Hamilton streets has
changed management, being now un
der the guidance of W. O. Jensen,
who has been running the Lothrop
theater for a number of years. This
assures patrons ot this theater tne
best of photoplays, as he is a show
man who knows the public taste, and
always welcomes suggestions from
his patrons as to improvements or the
kind of photoplays they desire. The
present week's bill is certainly invit
ing. Empress Garden Cabaret
Entertainers Are Pleasing
Mac Carter, late of the New York
Hippodrome, is proving an immense
drawing card at the Empress Garden.
He has a character act he calls John
Barleycorn," and the falls he takes,
especially the one down the stairs
leading to the main floor, always
cause shrieks and catching of breath.
Dainty Miss Agnes Briton also en
tertains with songs in a manner that
wins her much applause. Crowds con
tinue to patronize the restaurant and
cafeteria that is highly pleasing to
the management, and, as Manager
Philbin says, "Why shouldn't they?
We are providing not only the best
and purest foods money will buy,
but a cabaret tha. is always jip to
the standard we opened under.'
Landslide of Bankers to
Federal Reserve System
Washington, Oct 13. The ex
pected landslide of trust companies
and state banks to the federal reserve
system, officials announced today,
has br-run.
Vi.'.iin the last three weeks so
mar large trust companies and state
banks have joined that the resources
of that class of institutions within
the system have more than doubled.
A steady stream of applications is
pouring into the reserve board every
day.
BOYD
Four Days Commencing Today Mat.
Bargain Matinees Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Robert C.mpball Presents
B.rtley Campbell's Beautiful Southern Romance,
"THE WHITE SLAVE"
With a Company of Thirty-five People, Including a Group of Colored
Plantation Singer, and Dancer, in the Songs of the South.
A Carload of Special Scenery and Electrical Effect..
PRICES Evening., 25c, 35c, 50c and 75c. Bargain Matinees, ALL
SEATS 25c.
Next Sunday" A Little Girl In a Big City.
BOYD
3 Nights Beginning Thursday, Oct. 18.
Matinee Saturday.
Nights, 50c to $2.00; Mat, 50c to $1.50
Richard Walton Tully (James G. Peede, Gen. Mgr.)
Presents
A Thrilling Spectacular Drama
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By the Author of "A Bird of Paradise."
A heart-winning story of love and motherhood, written,
directed and produced by Richard Walton Tully.
Company of 40 Three Car bads of Scenery
REQUIRES 50 STAGE MECHANICS .
Coming Nov. 1-2-3 BLANCHE RING.
AtriAe
Bmdeis
at s m . a
best dressed and most beautiful girls
that could be gathered together from
the ranks of musical comedy and
there are many new faces, new bur
lesque, from these ranks. Today's
matinee starts at 3. Beginning tomor
row there will be a ladies' matinee
daily.
$ '
A trio of young misses, with good
singing voices, graceful dancing abil
ity, youth, beauty and personality,
head the bill at the Empress theater
for four days, starting today. They
bill themselves "Three Melody Girls5
and present a number consisting of
solo and ensemble singing and danc
ing. Walter Baker and company, com
edy illusionists, present a "conglom
eration of laughter and mystery, con.
sisting of illusions. Valentino and
Bell, the lithe appearing chap and a
very charming young woman, present
a unique novelty act, which they call
"The Furniture Removers." The num
ber is of the athletic variety with
cycling of a peculiar character as the
principal effort in the act A per
fectly appointed room with all the
necessary furniture appertaining
thereto is the scene and this extra
ordinary original pair stsrt in to
"ride" off tables, chairs and , even
the clock, for all the principal furni
ture pieces are in reality bicycles or
wheeling devices of some character
that cant be ridden. Elkins, Fay and
Elkins complete the bill with a sing
ing and dancing minstrel act
"What Next?" the comedy with
music which has broken all Pacific
coast records, is coming to the Boyd
theater on November 1. 2 and 3 for
four performances: The authors of
this are Oliver Morosco and Elmer
Harris, while the music was written
by the famous New York song writ
ers, Harry Tierney and Al Bryan.
Heading the cast is Blanche Ring,
who takes the role of Mary Brown.
There is a wondcjrful chorus of Cali
fornia girls and a bathing suit num
ber that is particularly attractive. The
song hits and specialties' are numer
ous and "What Next?" is regarded as
the biggest musical success of the last
ten years.
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James Kyrle MacCurdy's play, "A
Little Girl in a Big City." will be
resented at the Boyd theater next
unday for four nights.
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