THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.' SEFTEAlBttft. 10. 1920.
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VW Sky-Lojv Is
Revealed
Now That Season Is Over
Hidden Mysteries of Ak-
rSar-Ben's Wonder Play
Are Laid Bare.! x
The secrets of the Ak-Sar-Ben
"den show" are to terribly 11 secret
that they make Uie mysteries f the
"Sacred Seven," the inside opera
tioi b- of -the French Bastile- and the
history of Uhel palace of the Grand
I.lama of Thibet look like open
newspapers.
Vt-ry, very occult and indescriba
ble, good people, .
'Unless, of course, you happen to
be a knight of Ak-Sar-Ben, in which
ca ;e everything is open to you.
However, the 1920 show is I now a
thins: of the past and you shaft be
admitted to some description of' tliis
maivel of the dramatic art. ,
Fr it was really too good a show
to be permitted to go into history
altogether secretly.
We've seen many shows in a reg
ular, honest-to-gosh "theater , that
wasn't half as good.
D.on't imagine, if you please,, that
there is anything. amateurish about
Ak-Sar-Ben's ' show'. The actoYs
ar not professionals, rut they act
like y professionals. Some of the
rrinripals havevbeen acting at the
Den for, lo, these many years. sSome
of the chorus "girls" have been
dancing behind the iootlights for a
lire of years. -
Gorgjeous Costumes.
The ' scenery of the- show is
specially painted antj is the . last
word in 'splendor and excellence.
Iwie stage use ii is larger man me
, !fta?f of most 'theaters. There are
.. Tie finest and most up-to-date light-
r effects. Costumes are gorgecis
and historically correct.
A first-class orchestra of 20 pieces
supplies the musical accompaniment,
' With these few explanations to let.
you know that this' is a hfst-class,
house, let us
proceed to reveal asducion. to ''her" .
;crets as is permitted. Tax Collectors enter at this junc
much of the secret
lne' show is installed, ladies n
gents, ky-Low c
I jnti the Moon," a mus
1 L Jtwo acts, with I pre'
I j linings, presented by
, v Thecurtain rises u
.gents, "Sky-Low" or "Wash-Day
iti the Moon, a musical travesty in
preliminary trim-
Gus Renze.
upon a scene in
an ancient Egyption crypt. Around
the sides are ranged mufnmy cases
and in. the center of the stage are
hre great sarcophagi, ' or -'stone
caskets. At one side is a large" bar
rel. From this an old -man, , in the
person of Kenneth Reed, painfully
crawls, picks up a lantern and goes
l'tnping about among the dead. He
soon explains that he is none other
than Diogenes of old, still pursuing
his search for an honest man.
While the old seeker after the
honest is limping about, a tall gent
with a long white beard and carry
ing a scythe enters. He is none
ether than Father Time, alias Char
lie Gardner, born humorist and
now secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben. He is
accompanied by his little son, yclept
"Half-time,".in the person of L. N.
Bunce, who is as short as Gardner
. J is tall. Bimcy bears the hour glass.
0"""""Father Time has a ouija board,
fhe wonders of which he explains to
Diogenes. They proceed to make
it work and by its power they ,caU
back ito life "the occupants of the
three I sarcophagi, who prove to be
King Rameses of Egypt, Queen Cle
opatra and Isis in the respective per
sons of George Lo"g, Stanley Cono
ver and Howard R. Norton. Isis
dances before Rameses. In this
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Melba and Her Grandchild
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: This, charmthg ohotograoh of
'singer, knd het granddaughter vas
is the fH.ughte of Mme. Melba's son, CapL George Armstrong. Mme.
Melba recentrj 'pagsed her 53d birthday. . 1 ..
.dance young . Mf- Norton, a 'high
"school student, puts nip a perform
ance ithat brings down" the house. So
.charming does the. outh look" that
during the season several gentlemen
fromout of town, who thought he
was'of the fair sex, inquired whether
it would' hp nnssihip tn oi an infrn.
ture and demand "occupation" taxes
for 5,000 years from the revivified
mummies.
After some' consultation Father
Time, Diogenes and the three Egyp
tians Wtermine to go to live on the
moon, "where there are no taxes,
no strikes, no high rents or1 anything
that makes life troublesome."
Go to the Mopn.
The first act closes with the de
parture of principals and chorus
fo that carefree satellite, some go
ing by balloon, some tfi a great
rocket and the rest by airplanes. And
all these things are fhown pn the
immense stage, mind you. Klaw &
Erlanger have nothing like it.
The second act is the nioon, the
scenery being especially built "and
painted to show that barren sphere.
v The Man in the Moon is holding
a piece of ice on his head. He is
known in private' life as Frank Lat
enser. His wife, Charlie Docherty,
is hanging up the clothes,
Upon this peaceful scene burst
the balloon, rocket and airplanes,
and then all the tourists from the
earth appear and introduce them
selves to the mdon people. The
Man in tne Moon welcomes them
and they fre about to settle down
to the life of ease when suddenly
there -is thunder arrtj lightning, the
blare of trumpets and the noise of
drums and in marches a parade of
celestial agitators, headed by Jupiter
(Herbert Connell). Jupiter reads an
announcement stating1 thlt he and
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Mme. Nellie Melba. tamous operatic
made recently in London. he child
his fellow stars and satellites have
struck.
"We demand the "six-hour ntirht,"
says he, "We will not shine lon&;r
than that except for time-and-a-hal
We demand 25 cents -a night for
week-night shines and 50 cents for
Sunday-night shines- whether the
Greeks like it .or not."
The Man in the Moon finally pre
vails on them to go out and shine
that night and promises to take up
the demands with the Ak-Sar-Ben
.board of governors.
This Incident has proved an awak
ening to the earth visitors. They
determine to return to the earth, "to
the grand and glowing corn belt in
the center of the United States of
America, Nebraska, the garden spot
of the world." - '
. And so amid joyous music the
curtain falls, rising again in a mo
ment and showings them arrived
safely at the imposing nain entrance
of Ak-Sar-Ben's new $2,000,000 exJ
position field.
This is a mere sketch. You must
be a knight to know the button-bust-inr
jokes and burlesque of the' show,
the fascinating songs sung by men
with splendid vocal powers, the
light and stage effects.
The show is preceded by the in
itiation, which is one of'the funniest
things ever seen. If you're a Knight
you know alIH about it and if you
aren't, we dnssent tell you.
' Between the first and second acts
Dr. H..A. Waggener's great saxo
phone octette entertains thecrowds.
This is ever a great favorite.
' The ritual of the play was evolved
by Gus Renze, the Ak-Sar-Ben gen
ius -who is5 leader in this kind of
work in the United States if not in
the ytiole world, and George West,
the latter writing most of it.
Lyrics were written by Miles
umana.
Neb.
Greenleaf and A. R. Groh. Cos
'tumes are by Theodore Lieben &
Son; music by Olsen's orchestra.
Oscar Lieben, that diminutive "un
dW of energy and electricity, is the
able stage director; Charles Doch
erty is stage manager; Bernard
Johnson is musical director and Dan
Butler is the gifted prorhpter.
Here is the cast of principal char
acters: Diogenes, KennetTi Reed; Rame
ses, Geo. Long; Father Tjme, Chas.
R. Gardder; Mister Moon, Frank
iLatensAJ Mrs. Moon, Chas. Doch
erty; Isis. H. R. Norton ; "Cleopatra,
Stanley Conover; Half Time, Leroy
N. Bunce; Wireless Operator, E. H.
Strickler; Grand Mufti. E. C. Page;
Grand Bourgeois, Ben-F. Thcimas;
Grand Proletarian, Arthur Rosen
blum; Grand Scribe. John H. Gross
man; Official Taster, Edward Si
mon; Master of Initiatory Ceremo
nies, William Wappich; Choir Lead
erGus Miller.
v Fixed Stars.: Herb Connell. L. H.
Knetlby. N. Pratt, Frank Ekdahl,
Frank Nayler; W. Young.
Tax Collectors: C. C. Clark F. C.
Ekdahl, Ralph Pratt, Win. Young.
Aid the great "beauty! chorus"
What words shall describe the rav
ishing charm of these masculine
Sadies? Who shall depict to the
uninitiated their fascinating dances
and graceful movements,?
Jot a mere 30 as in the biggest
musical comedies of the ordinary
stage. Bt a full 60 count 'em.
Here they are: v
Chorus: Louis Armstrong, E.
W. Arnold, C. F.Bantan, Carl
Boeke, Glenn N, Childs, C. C Clark,
C. K, Collier, O. A. Dohlgren, F. E.
DuBoise, Al J.'.Edel, F. C. Ekdahl,
A' V. Enholm, Edw. Erickson, E.
M. Finkenstein, Fred Graham, Frank
Heintze, Ralph Henderson, H. L.
Johnson, Ben Johnson, E. B Kle
.Ikirg, L. H. Knettle, Frank Kretch
mer, Oscar Kuenne, H. L. Linde
man, G. A; Lof. Martin Lundin,
Victor Lundin, Arlo E. McLarnan,
C. R, Maxwell Douglas Melcher,
Frank Naylor, Victor P. Nelson,
J. B. Orange, ' Herman 7 Reinholz,
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strom, G. B. Ward, Elmer VVenberg,
Geo. West, Kurt Wittgcs. Charles
Wood, W. A. Young. .-! v
A small army of others is requirf
ed also to put on the weekly showl
Here they are: '
Working Crew: F. H." Leader.
M. C. Brown, L. B, Ramer; " Ed
Shavlik. Y. M. Mostan. J. W John
son, J McNamara, H A Jolinsoij, R
Wing, R. Zents, J. White, . M. J.
Garvey, E. N. Borrell, H. E. Peter
son, Russell E Sanford, F B Har
vey, Ed F. 'Moriarty, Scofield De
Long, C. L. De Long, H.A. Wag
goner, Cyrus Alexandei, C A.
Graves, R. E. Cavanaugh, E.v Jen
sen, W. A. O'Connor, AV. Jensen, A.
J. Gerhard. A. J. McDonough, A.
Tonders, P. Nielson, G. M. Ger
hard. E. A. Hoagland. Nels Nord
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R. H. Walker, William Deworatsky
George. McShane, L. C Booth.
W. IL.Tuper, G. A. Shook. . ..
Famous Ak-Sar-Ben Saxophone
Band: E. N. Fovel, Harold Peder
son. Russell Sanford, Frank Haver,
Ed Moriarity, Claude De Long, S
J. Alexahder, Dt. H. A, Waggoner,
leader. ' '
Raffle Experts: H. Beuford, Dan
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Shekel Extractors: Ed Palmer, E.
J. Serby, L. P. Dyhrberg, N.-J.
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P. Peterson. -f. , . '
Refreshment Copimittce: John C
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Doorkeepers: W.' H- ' Crawford,
H. E. Petrie,Pete Petejson. H.
Stevenson, P. Raum; M'E. Larson,
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Button Committees C Phelps. W.
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Leppke, James Corr. Dr. II. A. Fos
ter, George Dyball, E. M. Mathtws.
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