OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 6. 1918.
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K. & E. and Shuberts
Dig Up Hatchet Once
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Theater Are All Upset
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iENEWAL of hostiltities be
tween Klaw & Erlangef and
the Shuberts has excited
some, desultory debat,. but
no general interest tnrough
out the country. People con.
nected with the theater have become
so accustomed to the personal and
factional bickerings of the New York
managers that one quarrel more or
less is of little account.' When the so
called treaty of peace was negotiated,
and a pooling arrangement entered,
it had no effect one way of the other
on general business. New York in
terests still were first in tha minds of
the controlling combinations, and out
lying cities had little if any considera
tion. Producers who happened to be
in favor got their chance, but some
gradually slackened their enterprise
till they all but withdrew f om the
field. Came on the war, with its re
sult of centering unlimited millions
of money at New York, and a "boom"
jr the ' show business that enlisted
the attention of all the magnates, to
the entire exclusion of the rest of the
country. Such towns as Omaha were
forgotten or neglected, and every
effort was made to keep things going
at top speed on Broadway. In Novem
ber last came the slump, and with it
producers began to look for some
place to send attractions that they
might recoup. Thisnatnrally involved
a survey of the "road," and out of
this revived the ancient rivalry for
control. Charges and counte accusa
tions came in order, and suits in court,
and much of a flareup. Whether man
agers who are merely interested in
the theater as such will be advantaged
by the renewal of the war is open to
question. Past experience was not
such as to encourage any hope that
good will come. Co-operation might
be helpful, but the threatened compe
tition is likely to be unhealthy if not
really harmful.
"Pollyanna," the exponent of glad
ness, is coming to Omaha for its first
visit. The engagement will open at
the Brandeis theater on Thursday
evening next, continuing during the
remainder of the week, with matinee
on Saturday.
"Pollyanna," the glad book, inspired
the play. Eleanor H. Porter was
guided oy a lucky star when she
wrote the glad stories, and Catherine
Chisholm Cushing has been served
well by the same spirit of fate, not
to mention Klaw & Erlanmer and
George C. Tylerthe theatrical pro
ducers. As a little girl, Poliyaima
didn't have much to make her happy.
Her father was a poor clergymen of
the Ozark mountains, and the family
depended largely for clothing and
food on the contributions of the
Millies' Aid society of a rich city
CHtirch. Out of the barrels sent by
these good women came about all the
Christmas sunshine Pollyanna knew,
and it was not often the donations
varied from' the practical things of
life. Once she longed for a doll, and
had ber father mention it in a letter
to the "Lady Aiders," but when the
barrel came, instead of what she
hoped and prayed for, there came a
pair of crutches. . Here's where Polly
anna's glad spirit came to her rescue
she was glad because she didn't
have to use them. That is the spirit
of Pollyanna. This philosophy of the
"Glad Girl" has spread around the
country like the sunshine of spring.
The comedy is an April shower of
contrasts, but the dominant note rings
with the joy of living. Helen Hayes
will embody Pollyanna, the little glad
Rirl; Fanchon Campbell and John
Webster, the rigid New England spin
ster and the lonely-doctor; George
Alison;-the grouchy hermit; Agnes
Gildea, the joyful housemaid: A. W.
Fleming, the urbane butler; Fanny D.
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Hall and Helen Gurney, the "Lady
Aiders," and Master Donald McLel
land and Adrian Morgan, the orphan,
the latter of whom finally becomes a
partner in Pollyanna's gladness of
life.
"The Blindness of Virtue," which
the stock company has been offering
at the Brandeis, will be held over for
the first four days of this week, re
maining through Wednesday, Jan
uary. "The Blindness of Virtue"
is an Indictment against the fashion
of bringing up children in ignorance
of certain problems and impulses of
life. It tells the story 'of the daugh
ter of a rector of a small parish near
London. A young man who has been
sent down from Etor and Oxford to
study with the vicar. The daughter
and the young fellow fall in love with
each girl. The girl, not understand
ing her emotions, but following her
impulses, goes to the young man's
room in the dead of night to talk to
him, not knowing that she is com
mitting an impropriety. When the
vicar is about to enter the room the
j'oung man conceals the girl in s
closet to protect her, where she is
found by her parent. He is accused
by the vicar falsely, Later the vicar
and iia wife realize that it was neg
lect on their part not to have fore
warned their daughter. The roles will
be played by Miss Hamilton, Miss
Hill, Miss Empton, Miss Joy, Miss
DeLand, Mr. Minturn, Mr. Kiggs and
Mr, Foster.
"Have a Heart," tbe newest musical
comedy offered by Henry W, Savage,
a past master in successful stage pro
duction, will be given at the Brandeis
theater for three nights beginning
Sunday, January 13. Book ami lyrics
are by Guy Bolton and P. O. Wode
house, and the music by Jerome Kern.
The play of "Have a Heart" has to do
with the adventures of a newly wed
couple who, upon the eve of a di
vorce, discover that they are still
deeply in love and impulsively elope
for a reconciliation honeymoon. Their
romance is again endangered by
schemers, who trump up false evi
dence against the husband. In the
end all turns out happily for every
body, including the ex-shop girl movie
queen, who had inspired the brides
unfounded jealousy. The play is
thickly studded with song gems and
dancing numbers that include "You
Said Something," "Honeymoon Inn,"
"Bright Lights," "Napoleon," "Daisy."
"The Road That Lies Before," "Sa
markand," "Have a Heart," and "My
Wife My Man." Mr, Savage has se
lected a cast of well known Broadway
favorites, among whom are Flora
Zabelle, Billy Kent, Irene Pavloska,
Helen Gunther, Lucille Saunders,
Helen King, Irving Beebe, Donald
MacDonald, Joseph Del Puente, Roy
Gordon, Sam Burton and Ernie
Adams.
In point of magnitude, number of
people, prominence of cast and scenic
equipment, the New York Winter
Garden's huge spectacle, the "Show
of Wonders," is trul- a wonderful
show, even when compared to the for
mer stupendous Winter Garden pro
duction. Take for example the cast
of this big attraction. It includes such
favorites as Eugene and Willie How
ard, Tom Lewis, Sidney Phillips,
White and. Clayton, Flora Lea.
Charles Wright, Ernest Hare, Dan
Quinlan, Adolph . Blome, Arthur
Davis, Edmund Mulcahey. Adele
Ardsley, Patsie O'Hearn, Virginia
Smith, Myrtle Victorine and Irene
Zolar. As to scenic equipment there
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FRANK. M9INTYRB
with ffss Springtime
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are IS stage pictures of regal splen
dor, including the much-talked of
bubmarine F-7, said to be the most
sensational thriller produced in sea
sons. There are also 150 people, in
cluding a chorus of picked beauties.
The "Show of Wonders" comes to
the Boyd theater'Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, the 7th, 8th and 9th of
February.
Aveling and Lloyd are to be the
headliners at the Orpheum this week.
Eddie Foy and the Foy family wired
from Texas yesterday that they could
not come because of sickness in the
family. Aveling and Lloyd, who were
booked as a feature act are thus
switched to headline honors. The skit
in which they appear is a bit of com
edy unlike any other act which has
come over the Orpheum circuit. For
the feature act Blossom Seeley and
company in the "Seeley Syncopated
Studio," will appear. 'Tlaymates," a
comedy playlet written by Will M.
Cressy, is to be presented by Arthur
Havel and his associates. Libonati,
one of the most expert performers
on the xylophone, has a program
given almost exclusively to the
rag-time style of music. One of the
amusing features of the show will be
a skit, "You Can't Believe Them,"
to be offered by Ann Ford and George
Goodridge. Decorated by the French
government, the British soldier, Louis
Hart, hag a strong man act in which
he displays unusual muscular develop
ment. The girl with the lariats, Hazel
Moran, displays many striking feats of
dexterity. A rabbit chase and street
scenes oi aapies win De snown in
motion pictures by the Orpheum
Travel Weekly.
A4ter 60 consecutive weeks as star
of "Canary Cottage," Trixie Friganza
has returned to Vaudeville and is reg
istered to appear at the Orpheum for
the week starting Sunday, January 13.
With Miss Friganza will be Melissa
Ten Eyck and May Weily, late danc
ing features in the company in which
Miss Friganza was the star.
Harrison prockhank, the baritone
of Klaw & Erlanger's musical comedy
organization, which comes to the
Brandeis for two days, Friday and
Saturday, January 18 and 19, to pre
sent "Miss Springtime," was a lead
ing artist in Sir Augustus Harris'
Royal Opera company at Convent
Garden, London. His American de
but was made in Cincinnati at one of
that city's famous musical festivals.
He was the principal baritone in Vic
tor Herbert "Sweet Sixteen" and
"The Enchantress," and gained much
distinction for his impersonation of
Napoleon in "The Purple Road."
Gazzolo, Gatts & Clifford, the man
agers and producers of the newest
cartoon musical eomedv, "Katzen
jammer Kids," which will be the at
traction at the Boyd for four days,
commencing next Sunday, boast of
the beautv of their chorus. "Kat7en
jammer Kids" is a musical play with
real, hilarious fun, catchy music and
novel dancing.
This week's offering at the Gayety
will be Joe Hurtig's "Social Maids,"
one of the nvst complete and gor
geous attractions Mr. Hurtig has put
on the road in his long career as a
caterer to the public's pleasure. As
his stars this season he has George
Stone and Etta Pillard, two of the
cleverest dancers and purveyors of
light comedy on the stage today,
Leon Berg is the author of "The Boys
from Home" and Will II. Vodery
composed the special music with
which the action is interspersed. In
the fine supporting cast are such pop
ular artists as Willie Barrows, Sam
Wright. Teddy Dtipont, Jack Pillard,
tartw Sfamftn lessie Hiatt and oth-
iWs equally as good, while a splendid
chorus of OU genuinely talented and
pretty girls of Broadway caliber
moves in and out in the various bril
liant stage pictures and ensembles,
adding beauty and piquancy to the
scenes. Today s matinee start? at i.
Torse Pavton-F.dna Mav Snootier
and company, who are to be at the
Empress theater for the first half of
the week starting today, have pos
sibly amused more people than any
other performers in the world. Their
present sketch, "Kick In," is a splen
did vehicle for these clever atists.
Jerry and Gretchen O'Meara present
an offering consisting of piano, sing
ing, talking and character changes
which they bill as "A Musical Protean
Novelty." The Victoria Four, vaude
ville's favorite entertainers, show the
way in this line of endeavor. Haya
take brothers offer a distinct Japanese
novelty number, consisting of equilib
riitics. New Film Corporation
Moves to Omaha Field
The Select Pictures corporation Is
another addition to Omaha's fast
growing movie colony, and is located
at 1512 Howard street, having moved
from Des Moines a short time ago.
This corporation has recently taken
over the Midwest Photoplay company.
While the name is somewhat new,
the company handles the pictures of a
formidable list of stars, including
Clara Kimball Young, Norma Tal
madge, Alice Brady, Constance Tal
madge, Eva Tanguay and others.
C. VV. Taylor, local manager, has
long been associated in the motion
picture field in this territory and re
ports a splendid business for his com
pany ana already practically all the
better theaters have contracted for
the service. Fred Solomen, recently
of the General Film company, is as
sisting Manager Taylor with the of
fice details.
STATE RED CROSS
WOMENARE COMING
To Take Instructions in Mak
ing Surgical Dressings
So They May Help
Others.
Women from out in the state will
arrive in Omaha early next week to
take instruction in the Red Cross sur
gical dressings course, clashes for
which begin Tuesday in 114 South
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ing. Among them are Mrs. Harry L.
! Keete of Walthill. a club woman of
national prominence since she served
as recording secretary of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs; Dr. E.
. Douglas of Atkinson; Mrs. Camp
ell ot Loup City and Miss Edith
Swain of Greelev.
When they complete their courses
the women will be expected to su
pervise the making of surgical dress
ings in their own communities.
Mrs. Leigh Leslie is instructor for
the course. She will be assisted by
Mrs. A. L. Timms, Mrs. Roger Hol
man. Mrs. H. E. Cotton and Miss
Marjone Howland
Omaha women registered for the
course include Mesdames William C.
Bantr, G. f. McDonald, J. R, Mc
Pherl, Ralph Russell, W. H. Ahman-
son, George Wright, Byrce Crawford.
H. B. Noyes, J. M. Bengle, Jason
Youngs, E. G. Wliitlock, W. H. And
erson, A E. Patton, Olive L. Hunt
ley, R, O. Babcock, J M. Sturtevant,
E. M. Shafer, C. E. Scott. M, E
Miller, W. L. Butler and Miss Beach
The new class jn civilian relief work
Degms Monday. J he course will in
clu.le 16 lectures for $2.50, the lec
tures to be given Monday and Tues
day morning from 10 to 12 o'clock
by such people as Judge Howard
Kennedy, Mrs. Marie Left of the So
cial Settlement. Dr. Hattie Williams
and Dr. Winnifred Hyde of the Uni
versity ot JSehraska, and others.
Fort Sill Soldier Fears
Attack of the "Army Blues"
Following is the letter from a sol
dier at Fort Sill, Qkl. "I m a soldier
in camp and have not received any
man in the past year and thought I
would start the new year right by ad
vertising. Anyone wishing to eon
sole a lonesome soldier with the
"army blues," will please answer this,
Roger E. White. Company B, 140
unueci states mtantry, camp uoni-
pnan, fort aw, uki.
Bee Want Ads Bring Results.
OMAHA'S FUN CENTER
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THAT FAMOUS DANCING TlAM
GEO. STONE I ETTA P1LARC
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LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS.
Turpin School of Dancing
New term for adult fecfinntrs, Monday,
January 14th. Join tha lint Ution. Ttrm
most raasonabla.
SSth and Farnam. Harney 8143.
CIm mttta Mondays and Thuridaya at
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TODAY, JANUARY 6tti-
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, ARTHUR HAVEL & CO. j LIBONATI i "
Iq Will M. Crsy' Comedy Playlet fl v
"PLAYMATES" Ragtim Xylophoni.t 1 jf
Ann George PRIVATE LOUIS HART
FORD & GOODRIDGE British Army (On Furlough) B
in "You Can't Believe Them." In "AS IN A DREAM" ;
HAZEL MORAN ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY I ,
, Orpheum Photographer.
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Prices including U. S. Gov't War Tax, Matinees, 11c to 55c, Nights, 11c, 28c, 55c & 83cg
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MATINEE WEDNESDAY
THE BRANDEIS PLAYERS
PRESENT
A DRAMA FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR DAUGHTER?
'The Blindness of iirlue"
By COSMO HAMILTON
Because of the great success of this play, which opened last Thurs
day, the encasement has been extended for four days more, begin
ning this afternoon.
PRICES ALWAYS THE SAME Matinee, 25c; Night, 15c to 50c.
Three Nights Beginning THURS., JAN. 10
MATINEE SATURDAY
FIRST TIME IN OMAHA. TWO YEARS IN THE EAST
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Dsed on the Book rf the SiineNime by Eleanor HJbrtet
A Comdy for Grownup itatuiFolkc&i
(By arrangement with the Page Co.)
PRICES: Evenings, 25e to $1.50 Saturday Matinee, 25c to $1.00
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THREE DAYS QIIM I AM 13 MATINEH
BEGINNING 3UIMiy Jin 11 J TUESDAY
HENRY W. SAVAGE OFFERS
THE BRIGHT SNAPPY MUSICAL COMEDY ;
tsfr Book bf Cujr Bo'ton '
Coming Direct From Illinois Theater, Chicago.
Chisago Heraldt "Henry W, Savage gave ut a rattling good iit7
Henry, ve thank you."
Seats Tomorrow 10 A. M. Matinee, 25c to $1.50) Night, 50c to $2.0
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TWO DAYS CD I CI A V I A ftl 1 O MATINEE
BEGINNING IHWrl I Iftlli A O SATURDAY J
THE GREATEST MUSICAL SHOW IN AMERICA .
KLAW ERLANGER'S MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPH .."
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Carried by Company
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By Kalman,' Bolton and Wedahouaa.
Sts4 by Julian MltcbilL Scened by Joiaph Urban. .
A Year in New YorkSix Months in Boston!
Company of TS !nM Ltflani ef Protty Sinfinf and Dancing Girla. '
Mall Ordon Not Soat Sale Friday, Jan. II th,
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AMUSEMENT SEEKERS IN OMAHA. LISTEN!
fl 9 !U1 IS" fl You lelecl a Particular store, the
UW InltSilXl P?rchaie of a certain merchan
.. da what do you consider most?
Celebrated Irish Tenor in i
Song Recital
AUDITORIUM
Friday Eve.. January 18
In selecting a place of entertainment, whether you seek
the biggest stars of the screen or delight in light amuse
ment and variety,
Can you find a $3,000 show
to purchase at popular prices
at the Biggest Amusement Value in the Middle Wt?
At
Your
Own
FOUR DAYS STARTING TODAY
Cqrse Payton and Edna ftlay Spoone.
In a Dramatic Offering, "KICK-IN"
EMPRESS
HAYATAKE BROS.
Japanese Wonder
JERRY and GRETCH O'MEARA
PROTEAN SINGING NOVELTY
Seat Sale Opens Next Thur.
Morning, January 10
Prices $1.00 to $2.50
Orders for seats with remittances, including 10
for War Tax, filled in order of receipt.
KATE WATSON
THE HOOSIER GIRL
TWO BIGGEST STARS OF HLKIi
ON ONE PROGRAM
Clara ICimball Young
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