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THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
"Gloriana" is a comedy that can be made or marred by the actors
who interpret it Lincoln people have bad the pleasure of seeing
actors like EL J. Henley, and actresses Henrietta Grossman in this
play they made it enjoyable. Last Monday night at the Lansing
theatre there was an attempted production of "Gloriana" with some
second or third rate vaudeville performers in the cast The play
was not only marred it was mangled beyond all recognition. It is
a very easy matter to turn fun into buffoonery, and this company
showed a particularly marked proficiency in this respect. Whatever
of pleasant memory of "Gloriana" there was left in the minds of
Lincoln theatregoers was entirely dissipated by Monday night's pre
sentation. It seemed in perfect accordance with the fitness of things
when Wo read in the daily papers on Tuesday that one of the mem
bers of the company had been detected in the act of Bteahng a bottle
of whiskey from the bar of the Capital hotel. The people who gave
this latest version of "Gloriana," are, we believe, capable of any act of
depravity, even to swiping of hotel whiskey. If the liquor had only
been secured by the company before instead of after the performance
the several hundred people who gathered at the theatre might
have been saved unncessary torture.
Thursday night at the same theatre that play of which so many
many echoes from Gotham have reached Lincoln, "Charley's Aunt,"
was given its first production here "under the direction of Charles
Frohtnan." Provincial people, and this generalization includes
everybody outside of New York City, have learned to know with
reasonable certainty what Charles Frohman's name on a lithograph
poster or program means. In New York City it means the best-obtainable;
"on the road" it means respectable and evenly distributed
mediocrity. No rough places or jagged ends. The presentation of
"Charley's Aunt" by one of Mr. Frohman's "road" companies Thurs
day night, was a fair illustration of the Frohman standard of merit
outside of the sacred Gothamite precincts. The company contain
ed no brilliant people, and no notably inferier ones; albeit the women,
particularly Kitty and Amy, might easily have been improved upon.
But we are not at all inclined to criticise the players. They exhibited
an amount of vim and dash and spice that provoked delighted ap
plause from the largest audience the Lansing has held thus far this
seasoa. "Charley's Aunt" is of the swiftly moving sort, like "Mr.
Wilkinson's Widows," etc After its pronounced success in Paris,
London and New York it is trite to remark in Lincoln that it is a
strong comedy. That has been settled long ago. But if we cannot
patronize, we can admire; and surely we all did admire the wit and
cleverness of this most rapid comedy. It is one of the funniest
farces that those all powerful lords, the theatre managers, have per
mitted us to see in this city. Those persons who cannot enjoy
"Charley's Aunt" are recommended to try cod liver oil. Just one
note of criticism, or comment: Why is it that men who impersonate
women on the stage must invariably make the impersonation coarse?
Mr. Murphy's counterfeit "Charley's Aunt," otherwise most accept
able, was not made any more entertaining by the introduction of oft
repeated coarseness. The people in the audience knew full well that
Mr. Murphy had trousers on underneath the shining black satin
dress.
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Mr. A. K. Andriano, superintendent of the mercantile reporting
department of Snow, Church fc Co., Omaha, write3 of the business
situation for The Courier as follows:
The cool seasonable weather of the week has much benefitted re
tail trade generally. Clothing merchants however report trade only
fair and a continued tendency toward economy is making itself
plainly apparent in all retail lines. The spirit of retrenchment pre
vailing in all lines of trade and the tendency toward individual
economy are evident in the lack of interest in new styles of wearing
apparel and the increased demand for medium and cheap goods.
In wholesale lines there is little change in the situation as com
pared to last week. Business in dry goods, boots and shoes, clothing
and stove hardware continues good. Western jobbers are more ag
gressive these days and several Omaha houses are now selling goods
as far west as the coast. This extension of territory hw been at
tempted several times and Omaha houses have donn a fair business
in the far west, at intervals, but never before has such a satisfactory
business been done in that section as during this season. This is
attributable to the prosperous condition of affaire in Washington and
Oregon resuf ting from the abundant crops.
Collections are only fair.
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The breezes blew and all his work was spoiled;
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But reason blew a breath, and it was naught.
"Josh Billings once said that he had read read Beveral ecsiys on
milk, but the best thing he had ever seen on it was cream. We are
content to leave such good values as these tell our story and to trust
your eyes to confirm it." Thus spoke Mr. Hallett to a Courier
Ecribe as he registered another diamond sale. "We have had a very
good week in diamonds and are still selling them cheaper than any
one in the city. As I have said a great many times before, nothing
improves the appearance of a person so much as to have a nice dia
mond pin or stud, and if it id a lady a pair of earrings is quite the
thing. Just look at these novelties in the Window. We were the
first jewelry store in Lincoln to carry a stock of these good's and that
the people appreciate our enterprise is attested by the large number
of these articles we are selling daily. Our largely increased trade of
this past week leads us to believe that the 'backbone' of the finan
cial depression has been everlastingly smashed to smithereens. I
hope that the splinters can never be put together." There is only
one 1143 O street and that is where Mr. E. Hallett sells jewelry of
all descriptions cheaper than any other jeweler in the city.
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