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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1917)
8 B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 30, T917 ?sHfirH EATERS l , v ;m - . ::(; ?Vt V: (W -- yiV .""fi'Jr vviv "Mi's Bet f,r,.u- At Me f , if y I V $a?a& ZPadden At the Orpfieum Tough Times Strolling Players Face New Terror in Form of Booze Sleuths Over the Widespread Dry Belt m NEW TERROR lias been added to "campinj? out," as Nat Goodwin so quaintly iermcd leaving dear old Jroadway for "somewhere west of Hoboken." It is the pertinacity of the dry detective, who invades the innermost secrets of the actor's trunks, searching for for bidden liquor, Gertrude Hoffman's experience at Omaha should be adopted as a guide by all venture some visitors who care to indulge and brjnjf their own supplies with them. By means of certificates from a phy sician to the effect that champagne is necessary for her health, Miss Hoff man was enabled to escape from the Nebraska dry law. Just how she will fare elsewhere, for she is going all through the great western dry belt, remains to be determined, but the chances are her throat will be consid erably parched by the time she getf to San Francisco, where the juice of the grape may be had in multifarious forms, all attractive, and some mildlv disposed to produce nepenthe. While passing, one may be per mitted to express regret at the not at all pleasant spectacle of Miss Hoff- groves with joy. Now she leaps over the footlights, evicts the trap drum mer from his seat in the orchestra, and with exceeding vim pounds op drum, cymbals, cow bells, sleigh bells ani other resonant objects, toots on divers wind instruments, and generally raises hob in producing "jazz" effects, so that the wonder ment of the onlookers is great, as is the relief they experience when Ger trude vaults back to her side of the man's decadence or, !s it due to a border. How, indeed, are the mighty- change in public taste? Notuch a fallen? and how futile is the effort to great while ago she was welcomed by ! compensate for passing charms by At tAe trayety folks of artistic bent as a most de lectable exponent of the dance. Lithe and beautiful, she embodied the graces and charms of the nymphs whose lovely forms filled Grecian multiplying efforts that are "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."! Conditions in theeast are improv ing somewhat, although the slump in New York theater business is still no ticeable. One of the encouraging, signs to those who are hopeful for the theater is that William Faversham has given up the Shaw piece, "Misal liance," and with his fine company, which includes Maxine Elliott and Macklyn Arbuckle, is presenting a re vival of "Lord and Lady Algy." The ooint in this is that the public appar ently has tired of the fluffy and frothy stuff presented of late, and is look ing for something with just a little more of substance to it. The quality of "Lord and Lady Algy" is rather more endurii. : than that of the Shavian farce, and with Arbuckle as the bone boiler ought to be a joy. Similar instances might be multiplied, but this will serve to illustrate the point. For Omaha the early weeks of the year have a little that is really good. The Brandeis heralds the com ing in January of "Pollyana," "Have a'Heart" and "Miss Springtime." The Boyd has some good bookings for the month, also. One particularly interest ing bit of news is given out by Man ager Burgess. Harry Lauder will be at the Boyd on March 14 for matinee and evening performances. Mr. Lauder is touring this season in be half of war relief work, and is visiting as many cities' as he can reacn. Chapter two of the cloak and suit stage classic "Potash and Perlmut ter," will have its first local presen tation at the Brandeis theater, tonight, Sunday, December 30, under the title of "Potash and Perlmutter in Soci ety." Fashioned for the stage by Roi Cooper Megrue and based upon the newest stories of Montague Glass, a popular writer on the staff of the Saf urday Evening Ppst, it is a continua tion of the tale1 of business life of Potash and Perlmutter at a time when ! their prosperity begins to pall and they fall into the clutches of artists of high finance who incorporate the company. The cast provided by the mana ger, A. H. Woods, includes Jules Jordan, as "Abe" Potash, Charles Dipson as "Mawruss" Perl mutter, Jennie Moskowitz as Rosie Potash, Pearl Sindelar as Ruth Perl mutter, Louis ' Morrell as B. Gans, Joseph Sweeney as Henry Wolf, Ioseph Redman, as Dr. Eichendorfer, faurice Barretf as Marks Pasinksy, Dore Rogers as Mozart Rabiner, Jean Grey as the Potash and Perl mutter stenographer, Edward Max well as Lawyer Fixberg and Ray MacNichol as Boris Andrieff. There will be the usual Wednesday matinee, together with a special matinee New Year's day. I A caution by Cosmo Hamilton, en titleiK'The Blindness of Virtue," will be the Players' offering at the Bran deis theater for the last three days ot the week, with matinees on Thurs day and Saturday. This is a play to which mothers take their daughters, saying, "Take good heed, for this is what I ought to have told you last spring. 1 he question of how much the daughters of the world know and how much they are to be told is left by Cosmo Hamilton to the parents who attend the play, but from his theme it may be argued that he be lieves that young girls should be told everything. Matinees will be given on Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Max Spiegel's "Merry Rounders," featuring Abe Reynolds and Florence Mills, will be seen at the Gayety the ater the current week. Reynolds will be seen in the character of Jacob Ros enbloom, portraying the role of an amateur smuepler. ti'Miiic ..-;ti wear some new and crnroromic tumes. Today's matinee and the holi day matinee New Year's day will start at 3 o'clock. Two complete per formances will be staged Monday night (New Year's eve), starting at 8:30 and 11:30, respectively. During the latter, which will be over at 1:45 a. m., Tuesday, January 1, several novel and timely surprises will be pre sented on the stroke of 12, when 1917 dies and 1918 is born. Matinee daily. "The Fountain of Love,' a minia ture musical comedy, with nine people featuring Franke Kelsey, comedienne, is the fi-ture act at the Empress the first half of the week. The members of the chorus are said to be the same height and weight and 'the costumes a novelty. A beautiful set of scenery purporting to be a city park with a practical playing fountain is the set ting around which the action :akes place. Dolce sisters, singing comedi ennes, are clever young women who wear some unusual costumes. Voltaire and Lloyd, master musicians and mimics, are a talented pair and will prove entertaining. Fogarty and Wil- ffnnHnnfil on Ppfb Nine. Column Six.) Eugen Ysaye VIOLINIST In Recital at the AUDITORIUM Friday Night, Jan. 4 Seats, 50c to $1.50 Box Office Open Monday- BfffX A DAYS Sunday Mat Dec. 30 U Y BJ 3? STARTING Daily Matinees KIBBLE'S "UNCLE TOFi'S CABBIE" THE FAVORITE PLAY FOR OLD AND YOUNG Sunday and New Year's Matinees 25c to 50c Monday and Wednesday Matineei Children, 10c; Adults, 25c. Nightt, 25c to 75c Net Sunday "BIRTH OF A NATION" Three Nights. Jan. 3-4-5 Popular Matinee Saturday MAXMELL AMUSEMENT COMPANY DIRECTION MELVILLE B. RAYMOND PRESENT OY FICQAN (HIMSELF) AND HIS Original Cast and Production Including IN THE FAMOUS, FURIOUSLY FUNNY FARC "NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH" Bv James Mont corner. THE LAUGH OF A LIFETIME DDrrCC NIGHTS 25c to $1.50 SEATS NOW A iYlV.i-.Kj MATINEE 25c to $1 ON SALE Coming --"OH, BOY" OMAHA'S FUN CENTER tOff pFf7D'ar M,u- IS-2S-50e. 5ar'2rEv,,,ln. 2s-5o-7Sc$i. AN AUSPICIOUS START FOR 1918 MAX Mami DnmAr Musical SPIEGEL'S uuiiubi Burlesque I ad Kejrnoias, supsro Florence Mills and a Typically Spiefelesqua Production of Limit less Prodigality. The Ultra-smart in Burles que. Liveliest Show in Town. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS 2 COMPLETE SHOWS Monday Nite, Starting at 8:30 and 11:30 Novel, timely surprises on the stroke of 12, MIDNITE Omaha's One Live Snot NEW YEAR'S EVE AH Over at 1 :4S A. M. "OWL" CARS HOME Omaha's Beauty Spot EMPRESS GARDEN Under' Empress Theater A NEW ATTRACTION FOR OUR PATRONS Beginning; With Today We Have Engaged MISS LONG'S HARMONY QUINTETTE Direct From Chicago For Your Entertainment and Dancing. Miss Long's Quintette comes to us as being one of the most popular musical companies that toured the Orpheum Circuit last season. MAKE YOUR NEW YEAR'S EVE RESERVATIONS AT ONCE BISMIU SBB SUPERIOR VAUDEVILLE t"M STARTIfJ G SlflBAY, SEC. 30 & rniis nave ctibtims 2$ FOUR DAYS'-STARTIKfi $ TONIGHT 1 3tf FRIDAY & SATURDAY jtallew,eariiW Mm Thursday Satirday KEW YEAR'S MATINEE 8 HH) P. JT. DCQT CCAfC (1 All WEDNESDAY MATINEE 2:30 P. M.D CO I OCR 10 01 .UU 8 8 1 a. H. WOODS Present1 A GREAT NEW PLAY FOUNDED OX 1 CHEAT OLD ONE POTASH and PERlfSJTTER .IN SOCIETY An absolutely New and Original Story of the BECENT ADTENTl'RES OF ABE T0TASH and MAWBtSS FEBIMITTER Bj MONTAGUE GLASS and BOI C00PEB ! ' , MEGKl'E ONE CONTINUOUS LAUGH FROM START. TO FINISH Prices t Matinees, 25c to $1.00 ETenlngs, 85o to ttM FIRST TIME IN OIAHA THREE DATS, STARTING THURSDAY, JAN. 10 '' POLLYAm SXAW and ERLANGER and GEORGE C TILER Present i THE PLAT THAT TUTS JOT INTO LUTING I MAIL ORDERS N0W-SEATS NEXT THURSDAY THE BRANDEIS PLAYERS OFFER A DRAMA FOB MOTHERS AND FOB THEIR DAUGHTERS "The BUHDHESS of VIRTUE" BY COSMO HAMILTON, THE VERSATILE ENGLISH WRITER WHO WARNS THE FOOLISH TIRGIN IN A PLAY A riECETO WHICH MOTHERS TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS SAYING TAKE GOOD HEED FOR THIS IS WHAT I OUGHT TO HA YE TOLD YOU LAST SPRING EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION THUBSDAY MATINEE JAN. 3 The Brandeis Little piaytjrs in "The Litt!e Poet" A PICTUBE, PBODUCED, FILMED AND STAGED BIGHT HEBE IN OMAHA, UNDEB THE PEBS0NAL DIBECTI0N OF MBS. - E. JOHN BR AS DEIS Frlces Always the Same Evenings, 25c to 60c Matinees, 25c Coming Soon: "Have a Heart" "Miss Springtime" A Happy New Year Greeting (JEW YEAR'S EVE, Mi NIGHT, DEC. 31 TWO- SHOWS fcESS Patrons of the Second Show Are Requested to Time Their Arrival Not Earlier than 9:40, so as to Give Patrons of the First Show Time to Come Out. 8 8 8 8 8 THURSDAY FRIDAY 0 TODAY MONDAY vnpaaiu f oATURDAY 'mSSiSSSSSSmSSm Wednesday $ I , i JL Mrs. Vsrnon Castle ("Vengeance Is Mine" PATHE SUPER FEATURES la rive Parts . Standard TandeTllle booked by the Western Tandevflle Mana. gers'-Association In conjunction with the U. Y. B. 0. and Orphemn Circuit of New York, and s Photoplay Attraction . of the Highest Standard from the Best Studios. FOIilTAin OF LO'JEF MUSICAL COMEDY WITH GlJsLS T0LTAIBE and LLOYD Master Musicians and Mimics FOGABTY and WILLIAMS Too Foolish for Anything DOLCE SISTERS DAINTY SINGING COMEDIENNES PATHE MEWS KEYSTONE COMEDY ICp PIG DOUBLE SHOW. 9C0 lull For a Single Admission Z3b i a. r r x -iwwi ouper reaiures ! x i I V, 1 1 , I iff IVL ax mm In An Absolutely New Edition of the Famous Broadway Success ...THE... BROAD UAYREM 1918 with ALICE SHER 25 People - 6 Scenes SI 1 L 13 BETTY BOND f PHINA & CO. "Five Flights of Musical Comedy" In By Charles McCarron , Dancing Act HUGHES MUSICAL TRIO HANLON & HANLON -.,.... , Fastest Hand to Hand Balancing Act Talented Brothers and Sister Before Ae puWi. Alice Brady " Her S lent Sacrifice" MARTIN BECK Presents . SiaRAH pa and a Company, in "T H E CL A One-Act Play V by Lewis Beach The New York Washington Square Players' Greatest Success. O 0 If Orpheum Travel Weekly Prices, including U. S. Government Around the World with the Orpheum Cir. War Tax Daily Matinees, 11c to 55c; cuit Motion Picture Photographers. Every Night, 11c, 28c, 55c and 83c I IS H