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THE THEATRE
"Tennessee's" Pardncr" plnyrd to
very pcor business at the Lansing laat
Saturday night. The company is a very
good one and tho play is one of the best
of the old style melodramas, but election
was too npar.
After a succession of farces of the
general character of "Never Again.'
"The Gay Parisians' and ell tho other
exotic French comedies which depend
upon Iubiicity for a largo part or their
interest and at which wo laugh, if laugh
we must, in a shame faced manner with
covert glances at our neighbors after
the many performances which would
shock our Puritan ancestors out of the
doors of the theatre, more convinced
than ever of its demoralizing tendencies,
a play of the harmless, wholesome
humor of Ole Olson awakens at last a
kindly feeling. If the play bo nothing
else, it is American, with an American
ism less artistic perhaps but certainly
less immoral than the Gallic ways of
thinking and doing which havo been
foisted upon us for tho past few years.
Perhaps all good Americans when they
die, go to Paris, but if they do they can
not remain good very long. As to tho
actual representation of the play "Ole
Olson;" it was fa'r and in places good.
consolidation of tho little railroad of
which Cunningham & Lloyd hold most
all the stock, finally takes place so sud
denly that tho villnin who jlanned the
ruin of. Cunningham is caught "short"
and he has to buy the stock for deliver
ance to his customers from Cunning
ham & Lloyd at par. In the third ac
in which Crano exhibits the etfestsof
tho loss of fortuno upon a man past mid
llo ago Lis perconal appearance recalls
Mr. Mansfield in the Parisian Romance
and in tho last act of 1'eau Drummed,
with the difference that Eheha Cunning
bam is a man of sterling integrity with
family alFectiona strongly developed,
whereas the French count is a burnt out
roue and Drummell is a lonesome, iso
lated old dandy. The three sick old men
know no fear and the American and tho
Englishman are incapable of dishonor.
Crano's old man is without the polish
and finish of Mansfield's, but Elisba has
the best elements of an American man
and there is not anything else in tho
world so true and strong and
all around artractive. Mr. Crano
is getting on himself but he
has not lost any of his sublet or
cunning. There ara no signs of debility
in bis acting. His company contains
seven actors of first-rate ability and
training and three actresses of no espe
cial merit. The scarcity of women of
brains and good manners on the stago is
j& Term jA
tell is a romantic actor iar excellence.
He is asquiek with his sword as the
younger Salviiti and he is a more inel
iiiu'liuly, and intense lover. His son
orous, organ voice. Iiistniight. graee
f nl figure, his feeling for the romantic
in expression and gesture win t lie lady
villain and the stage ingcim without
much wooing on his part. As a lover,
a tighter, a foxy but honorable intri
gant. There is no one on the
stage at present mi alif:iclor- as
Mr. Mantel). Tired with the problem
novels and plays of recent fashion it.
N most refreshing to turn back to the
romances of Fielding. Smollet and
the elder Dumas. In those pages the
woman question is not complicated
by anything but. love and man fought,
dniukaiid loved accordingtohhheter
erogeneous masculine will unquestion
ed and undisturbed by Mrs. Hum
phery Ward and heritors. Mr. Man
tell's support i good without an ex
ception. In tone. Iiarmonyaiiddetail
it is like a tock company. The costume-,
were brilliant anil beautiful,
sheeny silk and velvets In thegreciis.
pinks and blues uf Louis Quine.
powdered hair, lace and diamond
buckles of the period jut before the
evolution. The three ladies of the
company are without the feminine
disappointments mentioned in
another criticism in these columns.
They had stft voices, the two younger
women very good locks and fill three
of them that mvoir Jttire that most
MMibrettes are o sully in want of.
The orchotra played Miftly most of
the time. Miatcho from waltes and
serenades that accompanied and com
pleted the dialogue on the -stage.
Mr. Ben Hendricks in the title role was
competant if at times too hurried in de
livery to suggest The Scandinavian
phlegm. His dialect was at all times
recognizable as that of our Swedish
fellow countrymen. Miss St. George
Hussey, as the Irish woman, displayed
her remarkable baritone voice to gocd
advantage, and repeated her former suc
cesses in this kind of part. Nor was the
appearance of the "Terrible swce"
Lawson upon a bicycle at all objection
able. It was at least a simple, healthful
exhibition of muscular agility.
Wm. H. Crane, in "A Fool of For
tune," played to a packed houEe at the
Lansing on Tuesday uight. Elisha Cun
ningham, Mr. Crane, is an intrepid and
hitherto successful speculator in the
stock exchange. He has what Americans
admire more than anything else nerve.
The play opens with his leturn from
Europe with his daughter. He is quite
unconscious that in his absenEe Lloyd,
his excitable partner has gone into a
speculation that involves all their capi
tal. Of course the schemes of the vil
lain succeed at first and Elisha Cunning
ham is ruined, The loss of his money
shoves him from hale middle life into de
crepit old age. In act third he is a help
less old man, tremulous from the blows
of ill fortune rather than age. He flut
ters around the ticker in the office of his
etiil opulent friend with desperate hopes
of regaining the fortune be has lest
And he does regain it. The delayed
a frequent matter of wonder. Very few
have the charm of womanliness. It is
incredible how the charming men who
fall at their feet can be subdued by such
cheap, tawdry imitation ladies. It
would seem that a charm possessed to a
greater or less degree by most of the
women of one's acquaintance either nev
er reaches the stage or is destroyed by
the experiences inseparable from it. The
crass imitations of girlish fragrance, of
matrons and belles that travel about in
theatrical companies composed, with
this exception, of talented and cultured
men. is a matter of regret to lovers of
the sex. Maude Adams, Julia Marlowe,
even Maty Anderson, won fame by a
gentleness all feminine. They have not
genius but they have appealing, irresist
ible, womanliness that enslaves every
body. William Boag presented an ideal
farmer without bucolic burlesque. The
French count, by Walter Hale, wa3 good
character work. Wm. E. Buttertieldt
servant, was discriminating and very
cleverly shaded. Mr. Boyd Putnam, the
banker, Worresdorf, has a handsome
physique. The audience was especially
interested in him because he is Miss
Florence Putnam's cousin.
Robert Mantell at the Lansing on
Thursday night played to moderate
business. The Lett re de Cachet, ren
dered into English as -A Secret War
rant" is a stirring, romantic drama
rilled with intrigue, young love and
the plots of fathers who have come to
hold gold dearer than love. Mr. Man-
The efforts the members of Holy Trin
ity Parish are making to save their
bciutiful little church from foreclosure
proceedings are encouraged by the ac
tive interest and sympathy of nearly
everyone in Lincoln. In order to assist
in raising the necessary funds the young
people of the church with the voluntary
assistance of others, will give an admir
able entertainment. It will be given at
the Lansing theatre, which Mr. Lansing
and Mrs. Oliver have generously donated
for the occasion, in about a month. It
will lie or a vaudeville character, con
sisting of musical numbers, comedy
sketches and living portrayals of Gib
son's famous pictures from "life. The
cast is made up from the best musical
and amateur talent in the city. The
performance will be under the manage
ment of Lieutenant Toxnley whose past
succ;s3es in this direction insure a pleas
ing and an amusing entertainment.
"McGinty, the Sport."' a new and most
successful farce, will be the attraction
at the Fuuke Tuesday, Nov. Oth. This is
one of the funniest shows that has
toured the country in many seasons.
The strength of tht organization is per
haps accountable for the tremendous
success that it has attained. JoaFlynn
is the star, and is without a doubt one
of the cleverest eccentric comedians in
the profession. For years he has been
the "head tine" of every company he
has bean connected with. His ability
as a comedy producer ahvajs ranks
with the best. As a eocg writer, Mr.
Fjnn stands unrivalled, many of his
compositions having obtained" world
wide popularity
Charles F. Jerome, J. Wesley Mack.
Burt Ross. Harry Watson, Byron and
Langdon, Helen Mack, Lillian Truesart,
Mattie Nichols, Bonita Loring, Nichols
and Martel, Lillian Da ton, Gladys
Van, Fiorrie Evans and a host or others
will furnish the novelties of tho per
formance. Piices SI, 7. oOc and 2.1c
Seats on sale Monday 10 a. m.
James Whitcomb Riley is our national
poet. With his magic lyre he has touch
ed the hearts of countless thousands.
His works and word are known and
loved wherever tho English language is
spoken. In his readings ho personates
his own creations so that we can see
them before us in lhuh und blood. Ho
has sung tho sang j of our lifo as no one
else has done, and is safely enshrined
from all time in the love of his fellow
men. He has written from the heart to
the heart, and tho applaiito testifies to
his great success. A. new voliuno from
his pen is seized with eagerness, and tens
of thousands of copios disappear iu a
few duyg. But groat us has been tho
demand for Mr. Riley's works the de
sire to see and bear the poet iu his
homely impersonations baa been great
er. Eeerywhero the request has come
ami continues to come: "Do get Riley."
Mr. Riley's appearance before the Ant
lope Club of New York City, where Ed
ward Egleston, James Kussell Lowell and
others were on the program, was among
tho most remarkable of literary gather
ings. The last contributor to tho amuse
ment fuuil was James Whitcomb Riley,
and eo far as tho uudioace whs concerned
he made tho hit of tho afternoon. Ho
gave character recitationp, and the hil
arity occasioned by his 4 When tho Frost
ison the Punkin" was so immoderat
that it seemed as though his second se
lection, "The Educator," must bo duller
bvcontrast. Such was not the case, for
while the first made the audienco shako
with mirth, the second made them
scream. Mr. Riley was unanimously
voted a most entertaining comedian.
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