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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1919)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 5, 1919. 11 B SOUNDS GOOD BLANEY'S NEWEST OPENING at the Boyd this after noon is Harry Clay Blaney's , feast of fun, "The Unkissed Bride." There are authors whose plays have been more powerful in their attack on the emotions of the audience, and others have grappled with, emotions more deeply seated than In this delightful play. But few playj have been written so skillfully or with such easy wit and with such recognizable studies of human na ture as "The Unkissed Bride." It is a gem of comedy that is constant In its sparkle. The girl of the story is one of the courageous sort who Is proving every day that a woman Is capable of doing whatever is nec issary if put to the test, and of do ing a great many things that are not necessary. As a typist, a pretty typist, she just naturally has the whole male section of the office staff fall madly in love with her, which leads to all sorts of exciting epi sodes that are not all champagne and flowers, by any means. To telr you how she comes to be called "The Unkissed Bride" would be giv ing away the funniest part of the story. Maxine Elliott's return to the stage was eagerly awaited and her appearance with William Faversham and a brillUit company in "Lord and Lady Algy" will be one of the most interesting events of the sea son. Mr. Faversham and Miss El liott will be seen at the Boyd Jan uary 23, 24 and 25, with matinee Sat urday. Miss Eliott made her stage debut at the tge of 16 in E. S. Wil lard's company, under the direction of Dion Boucicault, who suggested her stage name of Maxine Elliott. She quickly advanced to stardom, appearing in several plays written for her by Clyde Fitch and other prominent writers. As Lady Algy sue appears in xne Dest roie sne ever had and she is said to be more radiantly beautiful than ever. Known as "the girl with a thous and eyes," Leona La Mar will be the stellar attraction this week at the Orpheum. She reads the .1 t . 4 uiuugms oi peopie, sne peneiraies the future, she understands the most hidden secrets of the heart. Her performance is the most sensa tional thing of its sort ever shown on a vaudeville stage. "The Wife Saver," a comedy playlet which has to do with a husband and his ten dency for philandering. Natural ability, culture and refinement char acterize the singing of the Misses Camobell. Formerly a soldier in the British army, the young Irish man, Charles Irwin, is one of the most capable fun-makers in vaude ville. His ability was developed as an entertainer in military camps. Several seasons ago he began his stage career in California. A clever act comprising chatter,, song and dance is to he offered by the musical comedy favorites, Homer Dickinson -t ' T-V ' - J ana uracie Jeagon. urace ana deftness will be displayed in the beautifully staged act to be con tributed by the Mazuna Japs. The juggling of Nolan and Nolan is decidedly novel. They are known as me jesting jugglers, iomeay is " one of the chief elements of their work. Allied and American troop9 ly War Review and the films of the Orpheum Travel Weekly will give views of the country across India and Java. ' Eddie Foy and the six younger Foys in "Slumwhere in New York" have been booked over the Orpheum circuit. Herman Timberg, with his own company, comes to the Orpheum in "The Viol-Inn," a musical comedy by Mr. Timberg, week of January 12. Features of his company are Billy Abbott and the Dancing Vio lin Girls. Two other top-line at tractions for the same week will be ii.. tj r a u.L.I --J ine rora oisicrs, ivjauci wu ivuio, in "Vhe Ford Revue, of 1918," and Al Herman, the jolly burnt cork entertainer. Musically beautiful are the fea tures connected with "The Sporting Widows," who are the current at traction at the Gayety theater, with the customary daily matinee. The cemedy department is in the capable hands of Harry Cooper, who is as sisted by the brightest coterie of fun makers of the burlesque stage. When her sweet voice of remarkable range is heard, you will follow with the managers in calling June Le Yeay the Melba of burlesque. Alice Lazar, noted for her beauty; Louise Wright, a dainty soubrette; Joe Brown, a new comer on the bur lesque stage: Frank Ward, George Weist and Harry Myers, round out a selected cast. Jacobs and Jer mon have not overlooked any thing in the way of careful inter pretation, and in its entirety the production easily ranks with the best on the road. Today's matinee starts at 3:00. Keno. Keyes and Melrose, come- "OMAHVS FUN CENTER" lOj g tJfJt DUy Matt. IS-25-50e 5CZfif Evnf 1. 2S-S0-75c-$l Jacob ami Jermra's Latest Crste. The Sporting Widows BURLESQUE la a Mirthful Musical Myth. Harry Cooper associate; maajr favor ites. Beauty Chorus of Widows Crass, War and Otherwise. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS Roy Harrah and Jacqnelin Sheldon and Daly Mattia Choate and Co. Kane, Kaya and MalroM Tom Mix in "Treat 'Em Rough" Billy Watt Comady ffl ? V-:' . '-fesfft? CtoUMCtti tizazaP 1MB55 Coming io sS Wolan Csaycw K;EsS v ' r in The Story of the Coburns -By Edwin Carty Rahck. I b Did Hubby Mail Your Letter? Ask Leona Lamar A LITTLE knowledge is a dangerous thing, and so is a lot of knowledge if it happens to be possessed by another. There fore, beware, when Leona Lamar comes to the Orpheum, for she knows all and she tells all. Knowledge is power, and power is dangerous. What, then, must happen if your wife goes to the Orpheum and asks Miss Lamar: "What did my husband do with the ten dollars overtime he made last Week?" Of course, it's all right to say you have soaked it away to help buy friend wife a new hat, but if Miss Lamar says: "Your husband is very kind to dumb animals. He spent the money on food for the kitty" if Miss Lamar should say that, it wont be any use trying to wriggle out of it. On the other hand, ladies, if your husband happens to go to the Orpheum and asks Miss Lamar: "Where was my wife when I was at the club last night?" well, you hope Miss Lamar's mental opera tions don't get you mixed up with that horrid woman next door, don't you? f Family skeletons are best left at home when Miss Lamar is around. dians headline the bill it the Empress theater for the first half of the week, Mattie Choate will offer the public a new sketch entitled "Public Ser vice." Roy Harrah'-and Jacqueline offer unusual stunts on skates. Shel don and Daly, are two nifty girls at the piano. For the last half of the week, "Oh, ' Charmed," a musical comedy with eight pretty girls is heralded as a vaudeville gem. Cam eron and Gayford, are comedy ar tists. The Melroy Sisters have Miss Lamar does not have to listen to gossip, there is no necessity to tell her your business. She knows it as well as you do. She can tell you who took your umbrella or where to look for that piece of jewelry you misplaced. Of course, Miss Lamar's per formance is great food for the skeptics. They see and hear her and then say "there ain't no sich animile." Miss Lamar and her manager say the act is based on menu! telepathy and some sort of mental power that Miss Lamar has developed even though she does not fully understand it. Specialists in psycho-research, have been unable to disprove the claim and Miss La mar is quite willing to give demon strations before any recognized re search society at any time. 1 singing and dancing. B. I. Cycle in a novelty surprise completes the program. The screen has few more artistic actors than Lewis J. Cody. As a villain he is immense; as a leading man, without the naughty little mustaches he makes you believe every word of his message by the sincerity of his manner and the infinitely expressive use of every faculty of expression. In Lois Weber's latest Jewel production "Eorrowed Clothes," which will be seen at the Brandeis theater four times daily all this week, he has an opportunity to be both villain and lead. You think he is going to be one and" lo and behold 1 he steps into the last scene and clasps little Mil dred Harris (Mrs. Charlie Chaplin) the star, in his arms, and while orange blossom music permeates the air. "Borrowed Clothes" will be shown at 1, 3, 7 and 9 p. m. The Onkissee 8re' Trains Back on Schedules as Morcury Moves Upward With an abatement of the storm all through the west and a rapid rise in temperatures, passenger trains have gone back to regular schedules and are going and com ing on time. In the western part of the state the cold weather and the snow re sulted in a considerable number of freight trains being tied up at sta tions. When the weather com menced to moderate these trains were released and now are moving as usual. F vou should hear Charles Co- burn greet Mrs.- Loburn as Rosaliad" and Mrs. Coburn should retaliate with "Orlando, you will know at once that the pro ducers of "The Better 'Ole" are harking back to the time they first appeared in "As You Like It," one summer night in 1906, when Mr. Coburn was playing Orlando and Mrs. Coburn, a dark-haired wisp of a girl named Ivah Wills, was play ing the fair Rosalind. That first performance of "As You Like It," in which they appeared together, will always be memorable and significant to Mr. and Mrs. Co burn, because they fell in love with each other, off stage and on, and also conceived the idea of giving alfresco performances of Shakes peare an idea that eventually de veloped into the Coburn Players, who gave productions of Shakes peare's masterpiece, on the lawns of colleges and educational insti tutions from one end of the country to the other, affording many persons in out-of-the-way places their first opportunity to see these plays. The performance that made so many momentous changes in the lives of Mr. -and Mrs. Coburn was given on the grounds of the coun try club at Amsterdam. N. Y. Pre vious to that time Ivah Wills and Charles Coburn had been members of a summer stock company in Knoxville, Tenn., and while they discovered that they had many things in common, they were not at that time particularly interested in one another. After that first season Miss Wills went with E. H. Sothern's company during the win ter. But the next summer found Mr. Coburn and Miss Wills to together again as members of the summer stock company in Knox ville. But these two were not ordinary stock actors. They were chock full of ideals and ambitions, and both wanted to do worth-while things on the stage, such as Shakespeare's plays and the famous Greek plays of tradition. Small chance for that sort of thing was afforded in a stock company. But they did not despair, and when the opportunity came for Mr. Coburn to play Orlando and Miss Wills Rosalind in the open air performance of "As You Like It" on the lawn of the Country club at Amsterdam they seized it eagerly, thus unknowingly paving the way for the realization of their cherished ambitions. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn were mar ried that year (1906) in Baltimore, and then they organized their open air Shakespearean company and be gan to play summer engagements. In their first company were such well-known actors as Fuller Mel lish, Royden Erlynne and Charles Kent. They played a season of 28 weeks in "Macbeth," touring the middle west, being well received everywhere. They have given Shakespearean performances at 90 universities and colleges, 35 state normal schools and 25 associations of an educational nature. Strictly speaking, their New York debut was made in "Electra" at the Hudson theater in 1911, Mrs. Co burn making a most favorable im pression in the title role, and Mr. Coburn giving a virile performance of Orestes. Subsequently they gave many performances of Shakespeare batimksmam. sassisi "She eon tell the judge how She Happened to &e in m if 3 AW rfJak L tlili i BOelrfiSs.OO Wffllw A TODAY Ml Mildred I Matinee Every Day, 2:15 Phone Dougla 494 Superior Vaudeville Every Night 8:15 WEEK STARTING SIDDAV, JANUARY 5 'LE0HA LE MAR The Girl With a Thousand Eyes CHARLES IRWIN "Comin' Through the Rye" Homer Gracie DICKINSON & DEAGON In a 'Paprika of Chatter, Song and Dance HENRY B. T00MER . - i in j An Up-to-the-Minute Comedy Playlet "The Wife Saver" and Greek plays at Columbia unive r sity. By this, time the fame of the Coburn Players was growing, but they still had to play in back roles during the winter months to keep the pot boiling for the summer per formances of the plays they loved to do. But they were on the alert for the second opportunity when it came. It came in 1915, when they recog nized the wonderful possibilities of "The Yellow jacket" for open air performances. This beautiful and artistic play had been an utter fail ure in New York, and it was not difficult for Mr. and Mrs. Coburn to acquire the rights to the play from Harris & Selwyn. They then gave 62 alfresco performances of "The Yellow Jacket" in various parts of the country, the play being immensely popular wherever pro duced. During the winter of 1915-1916 Mr. and Mrs. Coburn booked tours of "The Yellow Jacket" on the road, and it was widely acclaimed by the cities outside of New York. They decided to attynpt the diffi cult task of bringing the play back to New York and giving it another metropolitan trial. This determina tion met with the enthusiastic sup port of those critics and discriminat ing playgoers who had always de plored the New Yorkifailure of such a worth while entertainment. The rest is pretty well known to the New York playgoing public. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn began their season by giving 10 matinees at the Cort theater, Mr. Coburn appearing as Chorus and Mrs. Coburn a? Chee Moo. The play was an instant suc cess, and it remained in New York for 26 weeks at the Cort, Harris and Liberty theaters. In the winter of 1917 Mr. and Mrs. Coburn save the first perform ance in this country of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid," winning the enthusiastic praise of the New York critics, several of whom pro nounced it the best thing that had been seen in New York in 10 years. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn also gave the only performance ever given of Percv Mackaye's "The Canterbury Pilgrims," wi:ich they played at Harvard and Yale Universities and at other colleges. On the-evening Sole Survivor of Britain's First V. C. Heroes Now Home i afl If I 3 9 Rare Piano iargains These Pianos will be sold Monday regardless of cost. If you are in the market for a good instru ment REAL CHEAP, it will certainly pay you to call. Q. R. S. Player Rolls MIGUEL'S London, Dec. 29. Said to be the sole survivor of the first batch of V. C. heroes of the great war, Corporal Charles E. Garforth, Fifteenth King's Hussars, reached here yes terday after four years' captivity in Germany. One of the "Old Contemptibles," he was thrice recommended for the V. C. early in October, 1914. He was captured on October 13, and will be one of the last men in the campaign to be decorated with the V. C. On August 23, at llarmignies, and on September 6 and 7, despite heavy fire, he cut barbed wire, which was barring the progress of his squad ron. "On September 6," he said yester day, "when we faced about and be gan the advance to the Marne, one of October 19 at the Greenwich Vil lage theater they presented "The Better "Ole," the Bairnsfather com edy that had been rejected by every important manager in New York. of our sergeants had his horse shot under him and he lay in the open. "With my rifle I was able to hold a German machine gun team in check while the sergeant escaped. Next day I was again recommended for the V. C. for carrying out of action under heavy fire a wounded man. But it was not until Decem ber 16, when I was in Germany, that I knew the V. C. had been awarded me. "Captain Bradshaw and 14 of us were on special reconnaissance on the Aisne and La Bassee canal v hen we were surrounded. We fought fo three hours until all our ammu nitiorf was gone. The captain and nine men were killed, and the rest of us were captured. "Because, like most noncommis ioned officers, I refused to work, I was punished continuously while in Germany. We were marched at 120 steps to the minute around a small square for nine hours a day, and our only food was soup anfrdry bread." Little Left for Administrators. Vic Parrish of Food Administra tor Wattles' department has re turned from Lincoh where he went to take steps relative to closing the food administration office there. 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