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THE PASSING SHOW
Mr. Joseph Witttnan and bis partner
Mr. Stack are now in Chicago and play
ing a week's engagement at. Hall's
Casino. Next week they will open the
Grand opera house,, a new vaudeville
house in Boston, and after that will play
fortably manage was making an ex
hibition of himself in the street. A
theatrical manager who was passing
that way stopped and asked who the
fellow was and found he was a pork
chopper in a Chicago packing house.
Now the manager knew his business.
A pork chopper from Chicago who
could be as vulgar as that; who could
twist his mouth into so many shapes -he
ought to make a hit, he ought
to.achieve greatness and leave a name to
posterity. In two years Foy wasdraw-
yarious other engagements through the iDgihe highest salary of any American
east: With the' exception 01 Manowe actor moro thaQ Henry Miller, more
and Dunham, formerly with Barnuni than Henry Dixey orMaurice ,Barry-5d-
jfefJWljte Jn .Germany, Mr. Nowhere does the great Amer-
fcjtack nas a greater reputation as a
performer on the triple bars than any
other man in tiiaifcouiitry. and -under'
bi instructions there is little doubt
tJfat-Mr. Wittman will in time even sur
pa$Phim, as the young man has a grace
mish of executiori which his skill-
It partner does not possess. Mr.
ican.people show itsoriginality of taste
as it-does in the theatre.
Mme. -Modjeska is back again and
ready for her American season. Se
has a-.ne.w play by Clyde Fitch and itfU
make "Magda" her main stay as of yore.
Heavenswe will have "Magdas" ga6ef
Wittman.has long been a local celebrity Ravens we win nave "B BW
ijrS-i.-- .- i-i.dfcrf-MS this-year; 'Bernhardts, Modjeskas and
anil ixv DCOIUD ivr ituu u mikLi nuv iiy&v - - . ..
optical cities te''ame -enthusiastic 'P30!166 inerrencn.roiwa ana
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recognition thafhe always found here; Jitt,irc?u
So Felix Morris will quit starrine this - . . .-.
&a'r; HVell,-that's anofih'er misfortune in TTheniuftcal-'workl , js.tejoic'ugigfct
aworld ofrbnb)e. lisa&risfortune to that An)n..rijvbinstei's: son -hag
3r.. Morris, forwhen diaotofdhco tries .,soTered ujinijwill mak$ his deb&T
tp'stand or his Wn nawft1 dmi fails it i'n operaHh'rtr'winref; - T&b' "oung xai&
gcuciatlj lllAlou.B uuu tut
Vifee'ffis destiny f6r,,hiriv
It is a-Misfortune tb 'the'
ut the public will never know that. But like a good many other young men
Fvelix Morris is one of few artsts in this of promise hakept putting his future off
country. One of the fewmen who have until his friends were weary of waiting,
depth and seriousness! 'His work' in In the meantime he devoted most of his
'-'The Old Musician"' was in its .way talent- and capacity to drinking ihe
almost perfect. No one act.pie'ce on the" best 'wines in St. Petersburgh and
modern. stage "isjhore finished except sampling all the foreign drinks under
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bnfreadsit. ing vocdlis.tr ad(tnoro 'great.,masters
Eeneraruublic. than one nave skid that lie had'afutdre.
JJeerbhom Tree's "Ballad .Monger."
iHavjn&iiadJthfi beet possible training in
Reading, business Mr. Morris undertook
"to.star. But the public does not want
vMr. Morris,. It has Eddie Foy and Tim
Murphy and-a dozen other burning and
shining lights. It refused to patronize
the sun. It is said that he imported an
-American -l)artender'"-for"-lhe -express"
purpose of mixing his cocktails and an
English one to draw hiB hock and
seltzer. And for every bar Render he
engaged he discharged a music master.
At length he had the good fortune to
jhim. He was praisedJndeed, by the low meet a young ludy who is as lovable as
'whose praise is worth while, and appre- she is musical and whose charms are
.ciated by fewer still, but man cannot more engaging than cocktails. He
live by praise alone and the money in married her and they say she has
this world unfortunately does not belong straightened him out and will make a
to the appreciative souls. At any rate singer out of him.
'.it did not come Felix Morris' way. He
;has gone back to leading business. Fony Moor, and Karcher left Lin.
" coin Thursday, of last week to join the
.All this may sound very simple and Hopkins Trans-Oceanic Vaudeville
.commonplace, but its a tragedy in its companyfor the season. They are now
vway just the same, and the worst part of
'at is that its only a tragedy of money
,af tcr all. It is always doubtful whether
it is wise for a man of talent to attempt
,,to star in this country. He may strike
it indeed, and if he does there's millions
' in it, but his chances are equally good
.for a bitter and humiliating failure. In
France, in Germany and even in Eng-
Jand there is a code and a measure for
(success. There are men whose power is
absolute and whose word is law. They
represent the taste and culture of the
nation and their judgments are
just If they proclaim a man an artist
his future is assured. But in this
country there is no court of appeal,
nothing but the erratic impulses of the
crowd that is too lazy and too good
natured and too ignorant to judge at
all. The highest salaried man on the
American stage is Eddie Foy, and the
way that Eddie Foy became the peo-
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playing in Chicago.
A play which will appear at the
Funke within the next few months in
which some Lincoln people will have a
special interest, is a revival of "Only
a Farmer's Daughter." A Nebraska
young lady who has achieved consider
able distinction as an actress and who
is known socially in this city will star
in this play.
Manager Zehrung, of the Funke opera
house, has since the first of August, given
considerable attention to the work of
renovation and'decoration, and while no
extensive changes have been
made the interior of the theater will
present a particularly bright and fresh
appearance when the house is once
more thrown open to the public. A
fresh coat of white enamel paint has
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Vw cesf.alldralnsnndlonnf puwerlnGeneratiTeOryang of eltber Bexcau;ed
or overexertion. Tnniniaierrora, excessive use or tobacco, opium orstlm
Ulant. which lead tolnHrmltT.C'onsumDtlon or Inuinllv. Han hn ranipd In
,-Tet pocket. Slperbox.B forSS, by mall prepaid. withaSS order we
4s-lve wrIttenctiarantMtscarenrrefujd the Money, gold brail
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rcsuw In plain wrapner. AddresslEJCVSEKDC0..11a9onlcTemDle.CHlCLGO.
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pie's idol was this: One night during been put on, and the decorations gener
the World's Fair a young man who had ally retouched. Everything has been
rather more aboard than he could com- thoroughly cleaned. Some additions
'VITe etr& offering
jOur remaining stock of new aid stylish straw
I hats at less than actual cost. We have ai
I overstock and do not propose to carry them
over if low prices will sell them.
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have been made to the scenery and pro
perties of the house.
The Funke will formally open the
season of '95-96 September 4, when
Roland Eeed will present "The Politi
cian," by the late David D. Lloyd,
who was the author of "The Senator" in
which William H. Crane scored such
signal success. "The Politician" was
revised and brightened by Sydney
Bosenfeld, and it is regarded as the
most attractive play in which Mr. Reed
has appeared in recent years. Mr. Reed
will be supported as usual by Miss
Isadore Rush. Along with Miss
Rueh and Mr. Reed's brother, Julian
Reed.the company will include Miss Rose
Brahm, dau ghter of Dave Brahm, the
composer. Roland Reed and Miss Rush
have many friends and admirers in Lin
coln and it is needless to say that the
opening of the Funke is awaited with
interest.
The list of bookings at the Fu nke is not
complete; and it will probably be some
weeks before Mr. Zehrung will be ready
to make the annual detailed announce
ment. But an idea of what may be ex
pected at this play house may be formed
by the mention of a few attractions
taken from Mr. Zehrung's date book.
After Roland Reed will ccme Pauline
Hall, who made such a successful ap
pearance here last season in the oper
atic comedy "Dorcas." Pauline Hall and
Mr. George B. McLelland, her husband,
recently. returned from Europe. They
purchased abroad the American rights
for a light opera which wss one of last
season's successes in Vienna, Paris and
London. This new play will probably
be presented in Lincoln.
It will be remembered that "Thrilby,"
the 'Trilby" burlesque produced at
Richard Mansfield's Garrick theatre in
New York by Mr. Mansfield's own com
pany, provoked nearly as much comment
and was quite as successful from a
financial point of view as Paul
Potter's serious dramatization of Du
Maurier's book. "Thrilby" has been book
ed by Mr. Zehrung, and will be produced
here by the Garrick theatre company.
Since Lillian Lewis made her first ap
pearance in Lincoln several years ago on
the occasion of the opening of the
Lansing theatre, this actress has filled
numerous metropolitan engagements.
