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A production culled "The White
Cro k." incorporating soim bright and
fcveral dull feat urrs or burlesque, vau
! r He and farce, elJ over the boards of
tLr Funke Motdy and Tuesdiy even
ings. The pvrpetrat ir of tbiscoLcx
tion probably aimel no higher than an
tf nipt at furnishing a mixed diet cf
fun. A liberal stretch of the imagina
tion might bind ths various parts of this
entertiinment together. "McGuinesa
Reception," ths time-honorei olio and a
Klondike sketch compoied the outfit.
The la'ter was a product of tin quick
lunch counter, while the others weie
cbromoi of well-known material. Am
rehash they Lelongcd tothe sime cato
gory as warmed up biscuits or that in
famous paroJy on a meal Known as a
"New England dinner."
A good assortment of droll humor, in-
lerepersea ;vi topical remaras or a
more or lees lucid character, was at the
disposal cf Tbos. J. Grimes, for Eome
mjsterious reason "featured' on the
program. To bis credit, as also to that
nf his wife, hi it said that most of their
org and other minifstations of hilar
ity could be swallowed without tuy
marked disturbance of digestion.
The most singular feature of the
whole business was the ent're absence
of any White or Black Crook, or of even
the remotest referecca to this party of
renown.
There waa nothing done that either
conflicted with the ten commandmen's
or could be construed into violation of
any clause of the constitution. If any
thing escaped me, it must have been of
a kidd readily covered by the mantle of
charity. Acd it would not even require
an old-fashioned cloak. A light spring
overcoat would probably have acswtred
the urpote.
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The Twelve Temptations played t) a
top heavy house at the Lansing on
Thursday night. It is a brilliant spec
tacle pure and aimp'e. Why it should
be called The Twelve Temptations does
cot appear in the scenario. Gilded
and brilliantly colored scenery, a shin
ing ballet executing complicated move
ments in psifect time, and a few topical
songs make up a very pleasant evening's
entertainment and twelve temptations,
it present, are inocuous.
fit Hfli
F.C.ZEHRUNG, Mgr.
Corner O and Twelfth street.
Those who Saw "Never Again at the
Lansing on Wednesday evening eojoyed
genuine acd unadulterated fur. Allot
the humorous situations in the play aie
b o-Jght about by rapid cor treats in ac
tion or sperch of the parties involved in
the fray. Noiseless swiftness isanim
perat.ve elemeht in comedy. Once it is
found necessary to emphatize Equations
by d;tcrdant noises and by prawling
over the stage or throwing tin cans to
announce the advent ot a tramp, all
humor ceases and the baring pro-tea
begins its1 baneful work. Firet data
comedy appeals to ths laughing instincts
ot all of thes i whose laugh is hung on
a hair trigger us well is those who have
t j Alter a joke through their intellectual
centres. The warm, receptee people
always laugh first: the coldly, intellec
tual fall in later.
It is unwise to publish the plot of a
rattling cjmeJy. Its 6ucccS, as depict
ed before the ejes of ihehsttner, does
not depend upoa a masked plot, but
upon a series ot funny situations, and
equally funny dialogue arising from one
original nrieuke or a tuceestion of them.
To get an indistinct idea of the story
the thing to do is to read your family
paper of -the previous week only two
dollars per annum, if I am correctly in
formed. No one but a Frenchman could have
created such entanglements on a small
investment of the original t.eme. En
glishman strike too slow a tempo. Ger
mans are apt to drop into philosophical
disquisitions. Americans will be in it
assmn as they drop coarseness and
loudness. -
All of the members ot the cast con
ti touted their homst shaic to the juicy
entertainment. This is no less true of
John Murphy as father in-law, Kibot
and Ina Hotucr as mother-in-law. than
of celli-t Kut zee jb miner and his wife
(Misi Saah Madderc) who was the
iaai"a cau e ot all the troubles between
young and old married couples.
TOBY REX.
'I shall endeavor to make modesty a
feature of the advance announcements
of what the public may expect from Mr.
Cliy Clement this season, said John
Henry Martlin, Mr. Clement's manager.
It is pretty generally conceded that
Mr. Clement is agcod actor. In fact. I
have never jet heard anyone who has
seen him make a less laudatory state
ment than th'tp, while I have heard
many accord h'ni praise in terms much
stronger. Of bis new play. 'A Southern
Genth men,' I can only siy that from
closely watching its effect on large audi
ences the past week at McVicker's in
Chicago, I have come to the concluson
that it is a far better play than bis first
play. "The New Dominion." I believe
that Mr, Cl'ment, as the couiteous,
chivalrous, old Southern gentlemen, of
the title role of "A Southern Gentle
man," will prove just as interesting and
just as artistic as he is in his Baron
Hohenstauffen in "The New Dominion,"
acd when we come to add t this Mr.
Frank E. Aiken in the eccentric old
man pait, Mr. EdgarMarmttina heroic
old man part. Miss. Karra Kenwyn in
an emoticnal leading part. Miss Eleanor
Carey as a Crande Dame of the Old Re
gime, Mrs. Chas. G. Craig as a sweetly
faithful, pathetically humorous, typical
old Southern Mammy, Jeffrey Williams
as the faithful old negro servant, who
bears upon his broad bowed shoulders
the yoke mark of generations of slav
ery, Carlelon Macey in a strong and in
t resting part, Mr. Frank Walcott in a
light comedy part. Miss Mabel Kcowles
as a sweet little iogenae, Tbos. O'Malley
as a very amusing Irish gentleman, and
Win. B. McGillicuddy as an eccentric
boy, and other parts adequately rilled.
With these people I believe I am war
ranted in one little prediction, and that
is that Mr. Clement will presjntamors
ttittn ns.1ataaS1 v ivaAii nlav
Mr. Clement will present his new play
'A Southern Gentleman,'' Saturday
evening, acd his last year's success,
"The New Dominion, Saturday mati
nee. October 9. Prices 81 00, 75c, 50e
and 25c. Seats now on sale.
MATINEE
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TONIGHT
Saturday, Oct. otho
MR. CLAY CLEMENT
Direct from two weeks at McVickera Theatre, Chicago, supported by the
following excellent cast:
Oay dement, Frank E. Aitken,
Charles Kent, Robert Drouet,
Carlton Macey, Jeffery D. Williams,
TlKHnast'.O'MaUey, uliam B. McGillicuddy,
Edgar Rfcrhn, Claude Gdger,
Ned McEwan, Karra Kenwyn,
Eleanor Carey, Mabel Knowles,
Mrs. Chas. G. Craig.
will present this afternoon, 2:30 p. m. his successor two seasons
THE NEW DOMINION.,
This evenii.g at 8:13, Tor tii9 first time in Lincoln
A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
Special scenery for both productions. There will bs nothinz in the city
this season more deserving of the peoples' patronage. Keculnr prices 81
io. 50 and 25 cents. ' '
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In Andrew Manks new piece, "An
Irish Gentleman, the author of the
p'ay, Ramsay Morris, is said to have
wholly diEcirded the moth eaten acd, in
many cases, false types ot character
which have been doing duty for 3 ears in
dramas supposed to picture life in Ire
land. B&ilifTs, red-coats, evictions and
the'r attendant groups ot villagers are
done away with, and instead of the con
ventional peasant boy hero, in courderoy
knee-breeches, who says sba'rp things at
the expense of everyone about him, Mr.
Morris baa pictured a oung Irish gen
tleman of today, a college graduato, who
is a most taking mixture ot wit, humor,
sentiment acd pathos, and by all ac
countB a thoroughly, manly and lovable
fellow a rolling stone whose very
faults seem virtues. This central char
acter the author has surrounded with
men and women who are gentlemen and
Indie?, and he makes the action of the
play tike place on a fine old Iiisb
state. Thj story involves the course of
true love, and it is said to be strongly
dramatic, with an abundance of comedy
to give relief to its serious side. In the
role of Jack Shannon; Mr. Mack is paid
to have one of the bett star pans which
has fallen to the lot of an actor for sime
time. There are hosts ot lovers of Irish
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Stats on sale Wednesday 10 a
in. Prices SI 00, 75j, 50c and 25c.
TWO NIGHTS AND MATINEE
Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 10.
1-1-t "juittl Streak
Suns-liix-ae9'
SADIE RAYMOND
And Her Clever Company in the Big "Hit of the Season,
VJMSV, THE fftSSOVlM GRi,
Interpreted by the Etrongost cast ever given a comedy produ--tion,
including the most popular of all comedians,
MF. Fcl RVmondt
Prices for evening- 10, 20 and 30c. Matinee, 10 and 25c.
Two ladies, or one lady and gentleman admitted en one 25c ticket
at the matinee, Seats on sale Ihureday at 10 a. m.
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