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OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: FEBRUATXT
14, 1D00.
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
NCE more the menscr ere en- In shunting repr.n'hllt
for th quality of drVrtS thst
berng famished at the theaters
onto the piihtln. Soma moot rigmiwitae orous rsris ar being de!t the
eta;a of todsy, none mnrs energlle than
teal from Mr. Charl-- flurnham, preeldent
iA th Nw Tork Theatrical Managers'
Arrhhlshep Fsfley laa Isteljr delivered a sre'hlng arraignment nf the mod-p- r
lr
drama,
to It aa twin?
.
QJ srr
i
s
"Inea-ja-SMlb-
filthy,"
!e
Manar
and
I'.umham
theaters ara now
rie would
ha la rlerht.
In rew Tork
be tlowl If
Burnham eould hava hta way, and hi
that
for a censor
urgent.
What ha
tha ettltodt
of tha managereT ffava they suddenly be
eotne affected by Ingrowing conscience?
Have their eyee been opend to what haa
barn patent to others for so long a time 7
Tha Ha haa no apologia to make for Ma
course towerds tha drama of filth, rot
years It hat bsttled with other prominent
papers In favor of a clesn stage, and
agalnat tha "dirt" drama. It haa llatad
among tha playa that ought not to ba presented In public a number that hav been
uncommonly successful, and concerning
watch much haa barn spoken In pralaa by
tha very mensgere who ara now narking
iatiodrnly to reform tha theater. Put Tha
Baa haa not been prudish In tha matter. It
)ia paid tha playa It haa condemned whatever waa due them aa literary productions,
'considered from a purely literary point, or
ne endearored to give them rarefut and
Jilriprajudlced analyalf, ao that anything; of
or sociologies!
value they
Etiological would not ba loaf, yet It haa
not ba permitted. Tor
iektmple, take, "Tha Devil." Tha produc-'tkt- fi
of thla play. In Iteelf almost th
apotheosis of modern cynicism, Tha Be
found much to pralaa from Ha literary an J
,dramalln viewpoint, while condemning It as
a play to bo produced In public. What la
true of 'The Devil" la true of a boat of
,other drama of modern times.
la
hrtuaht about thla rhange
f
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difficult to believe that any general
Vrtaklng down of tha moral fiber of tha
peeple ha taken placa, that any dlslntegrs-tlo- n
of character portenda, even If tha
charges agalnat th theater of today are
supported by a certain modicum of truth.
We hava not reached tha tag of public
mental attitude that would permit th
comedlea of Congreve and Wycherly to be
preented aa they were under the reign of
James II. Of Wycherly Macaulay aaya he
d
waa "tha most llcentloua and
writer of a singularly llrantlotta and hardhearted aohool." Of tha English morality
tha reign of Cherlee II, Macaulay
It
I
new
wrang,'
who has ' gang
and may In eom way open to her a dof
threuth which site may pass again to thi
possibly designed snch a place
and carried It to J's perfection unless M
knew through sympathy and compenl.-high 'piano of "respectability."
But th ship the nerds of th actor, of him who ht
opinions of the world change very slowly, played his little part on life's stage and I
and the result of S'lch efforts frt changing waiting for tiie curtain to cloee and ahu
ftsrd notions Is so minute ss to be entirely out th world.
"It Is reslly a home In every aenea of the
negligible. The only ssfe conclusion la that
w are a nation of pherieaWal bent, and word arid haa never been Separated from
Con i I In s own
and when ha takea
take much secrt plessur In seeing th his dslly walk garden,
there he always look
folk thsn whom w are holler made to
about for some one of his 'friends,' who
suffer because they hsve d'psrtrd front neyer Intrude on Ms busy moments, but
th high standard to which we still rally
ran always be found when wanted. He
or, maybe It ware, nearer th truth to aef has realised so delicstely whst so few
they hava been found out and w haven't people seam to know who give bountifully
of their aubatanc for such places, that
Thl la a! apropos, of nothing at all. In merely keeping people alive la nothing, that
th beginning II waa Intended to aay that tha roof and fond ar after all but meager
th apparent solicitude of tha managor gifts unlees st th same time th soul Is
for the purity of the drama uggejts that fed and there Is a roof to cover one's Illuhaa something In reserve and
sions and Ideals that la the only true charpreparing to slip It over to us. Three of ity.
us who hav txt n going to the theatera
"It wss because he knew thla so well thst
since well, no msttr how long, but for he hsd erected there a little theater, and
enough year to give u wisdom horn of from tlma to time all the great actors and
hsva
experience, have come to look with sus-p- lr actreeses from) Paris and
played there, and visits hav been made
len on the Oreeks when they come bearing gifts. The manaip-rwill le takrn more by every celebrated musician, poet, writer
seriously when they cesne to fulminate and and artist. Kvery new part he esasyd
begin to trrst tho greet paying public aa wss given there preceding the premiere,
snd he used laughingly to deprecate the
if all were from Missouri.
love of his audience, aaying that he could
Omaha people had tha pleasure during not get a genuine criticism from them, as
th week of wltneeslng how much proper they pralaed everything he did.
"In the library of the home are editions
stag setting will do for very mediocre
of the works of every great playwright,
dramas. Neither "Th Call of tho North" and
even the lesser ones ar not forgotten.
nor "Tho Warrens of Virginia," would In the
garden ar statues of famous actors
stand the test of public presentation were and among them have walked such InterIt not for tha supt-r- t
mounting of each. esting people ss Bernhardt. Hading, Rejane,
Neither play possesses In Itself tho In- Mrs. Asqulth, the wife of England's prime
trinsic dramatic value to make It Inde- minister, who wss a great friend of
pendent of the scenery, but with tha proper ('oqyelln's; Eslvlnl, Catulle Mend'-and
Brn-.eo-
n
s
stage environment and tho resulting atmosphere goes well. Th de Mllle play waa
given far tha best setting that has been
offered In Omaha perhsps sine the far
away time when Mre. Flake played "Mary
of Magdnla" her.
From the rising of
tho curtain on the first evens till it went
down on the last, a succession of effective
stage pictures waa offered, each given
high relief by the stage aettlnga.
The
music, tha lights, the colors, sverythlng
showed th work of n master, ' and th
ensemble make up on of th most pleasant of memories. While "Tha Call of th
North" is not set with tho oonsommsto
stage today la n fes
tering spot of filth In urgent
need of a censor waa tha
opinion expressed by' Charles
Burnham, prssldent of th
New York Theatrical Managers' aa- HAT th
s
bn
aoclatlon.
Five theaters would close their doors
today if Mr. Burnham had hi way,
and he declared that If the trend toward "th Inexpressibly filthy show"
that have drawn crowds for a year
or mora continues a stag censorship
will ba a reality.
"If thla la not the' case," said Mr.
Burnham, "It will ba because ws ar
honest with ourselves and open our
theaters as concert Jialu 'dewdrop
Inns,' as It wer. And above tha door
wo should Insorlbo, 'For Men Only.' "
Mr. Burnham rafsrrod to soma of
th plays now being produced aa
"orgies of obscenity."
"Arohblshop Farloy was right," ho
aald, speaking of tho aermon preached
at at Patrick's cathedral last Sunday,
"when he said that the stage today
I
worse than in th days- - of pagan- -'
Mean-Itnusr-
.
dun-K"P-
ism.
"Thar are show running on Broadd
way In which no
mn
would tak a decent womsn. And the
manager le to blame. Any manager
will tell you that If ho puts on a
'good' ahow ha will starve to death.
"Tha publlo must want these show
right-minde-
Skill and taste that marks tho Belasco
production, It has touches of wonderful
art In It, and its forest scene, where
Trent and Rand struggle for th possession
of tho revolver, Is one of th really magnificent things of recent stag production.
Oom drama may not need tha assistance
-fr
,
scenlo artist, but few ar spoiled
On doesn't like to contemplate some of of th
th problems offered by th play. On thereby, whll not a few owe their success
man who haa dethat, la meeting with much success In New almost wholly 'to th background
agalnat
York Just now, and may yet be sent on vised and executed the
th toad to distribute its sweetness and which they ar projected. Whatever w
Jlght In tha provinces, la "Th Easiest may aay of Belssco snd his kind in other
Way," by Eugene Walter, who gave u regards, w must admit their high merit
,
'
la these plsys,
In "The Devil," a deep
psychologies! problem Is Involved, and th
tudy la worthy th attention of th sincere
and earnest student of Ms kind; but, are
these matter proper subject for presentation befofa mlaed audience? Have w
s
reached that (tag of sex emancipation
where vwa can .safely discuss such, toploa
opaaly and without restraint? l is scarcely
probable that one in a dusen of thus who
wont fo listen to "Th De'vtl" wore drawn
there by th desire to study th thought
presented. Th psychology of th drama
hardly appealed to them, but th spectacle
of a woman's honor melting away before
th fir of her dtalr did attract ttu-m-,
and it waa net tha atruggl of Olga Hoffmann, but her yielding to Carl that' filed
8o with "Iris," and ao lth
th thought.
"Th ' Easiest Way." It la not sympathy
for'tfi woman that draws, tho multUuJd,
but an uncontrollable deelr to not th
suffering, hopeless struggle she maintains
as a)i sinks deeper and dper until aht
la engulfed In the flnsl cm ssiroplic. It
may be Hut now and again among th
many th thought ge homo to one, and
t,'
If that la true tho play haa served a
but even thla end might be attained
at lass expeas of publlo dignity. Also
possible, but extremely imprubsble, la th
rv to bring
idea that these playo may
a, gaoro tolerant alUtud toward th
pur-pvi-
uut
d.
,'
tained an Impeachment of herself for th
crime) which resulted
In her husband's
death, begs him not to open It. Eventually
when It :e opened It la found to contain the
desire of the dead man that Olive and
her lover may wed each other, forgiving
them both for their former acta on tha
grounda that hla original aln in compelltrg
Oliv to marry htm waa tho real cause of
the whole trouble- - Then a curious thlr.g
take plat. Olive, emltten by th ncblllty
of character of her late liuahand. refuses
to marry her lover and dismisses him In
the final seen.
In Manchester tne question of th legality
of the theater queue has been rslsed and
It I probable that th agitation agalnat
thla peculiarly Britlwh Institution will
spread to London. Th Btrand, crowded
aa It la every evening by ordinary pedestrians, la further congested by long lines of
people waiting for tha doors of th pita
and galleries of th theaters to open. The
managrrs refuae to book the seata of those
the houses because they think
they would thereby lose a great deal of
casual custom made up principally of
thoee people who for varloua reasons cannot make up their minds about going to
the theater till the last moment
It Is not Infrequently th caa that these
queues begin to form six or seven hours
bofore the doors open and In cases of popular first nights, such ss that of a now
Plnero production, some of hla devotee
think nothing of th hardship of waiting
fifteen hours. They bring wltn thrn llttl
camp stools, a batch of reading matter
and half a dosen sandwiches and defy all
th elements to oust them from their positions.
JOHN AVA CARPENTER.
sections-o-
f
In
the matter of stagecraft
When Miss Elliott made her farewstl
speech at th Burwood on Wednesday evening, sh waa addressing herself to friends
who regret
far more than ah
possibly can. This young woman, who hag
worked with tho persistence of a galley
slave and tha application of an artist tq
gtv to the publlo th best that is in hsr,
has succeeded In establishing herself firmly
with a very large circle of Omaha people,
who feel a deep sense of personal loss In
She goes to Chicago, where
her going.
h will Immediately open aa leading woman
qf th BIJou Block company. With Miss
Elliott goes Mr. Connor of the Burwood
company, who becomes leading man at tha
BIJou. They open In Chicago next Bunday.
Mr, Connor haa also made a large number
of friends In Omaha, where he has established himself aa a painstaking and Intelligent actor, with an xcellnt technique
and a fine peiceptlon. Buch parts as he
was called upon to play while here were
given with a deft finish and a proper dignity, showing that Mr. Connor lias due re
gard for hla profession aa well as capacity
for Its expression. He will be followed Into
his new work with much Interest by th
folks he has delighted by his work during
til sesson.
her-goin-
Two more Omaha girls have made good
on th stage. Miss Nellie Perry, niece of
and Cum.
William Antrim of Thirty-secon- d
Ing streets, and Mary Gannon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D, Qannon of Twentieth
and Burt streets, hav succeeded In estabon the
lishing themselves aa favorite
or they would not battle about the
doors every night to get seata. The
proas? The press declare that a certain show Is filthy and lewd and immoral and tha manager pats himself
on tha back. He knows that Is th
best advertisement he could hav.
"I tell you that the theater la not
educational. It docs not teach a lesson.
It does not deliver a sermon. Its mission la purely one of entertainment.
When It presents the story of a harlot
that otory I told to entertain those
In tho audience, not to elevate their
souls and point out to them .the pit
dug for unwary feet. It might bo of
less importance If mpi only attended
th theaters Ss some' theaters should
admit men only. But you. can't bar
your doors to woman and young girls
and boys.
atreet there Is
"Up on Forty-secon- d
a show running to ' tremendous business. It tells th
tory of a woman
and her trafficking with har lover.
Who go to see that play? Men and
womsn of mature age, who seek to
gain a lesson from It? Boshl Tounger
men and womsn who read a sermon
in It gutterlsh lines? Folly I Tou will
as young girls with dresses to their
shqe tops pressing about the doors to
gat In, giggling ecstatically aa they
come out. Were they elevated morally
by that recital of bestiality? Fudge!"
THE OMAHA THEATERS
Wkat la Prosnlaeut to Loeal Patrons
far the Week.
Modern Stage Only to Degrade
were In progress
these chsna-ereeloratlun f the monarchy after the
change
atlll more Important
rrotectoratfO ashe morale
and mannnr of
the community.
Those pasalona and taate
Which, under the rule of tha Puritan, had
Merrily rspresaed. and, If gratified at
all, haa been gratified by atealth, broke
forth with ungovernable violence aa eoon
a th check waa withdrawn. Men flew to
frtvolous amuaemnnta end to criminal
pleasures with the greediness which long
and enforced sbstlnenoe naturally produce.
J.lttle restraint waa Impuacd by publlo
fflrilon. for the nation, nauaeated withy
mnt, suspicious of all pretensions to sane-tltand atlll smarting from the recent
tyranny of ruler aueter In llf and powerful In prayer, looked for a lima with
complacency on the aofter and gayer vices.
All the lighter kinds of literature
wr doeply tainted by the prevailing
tx be tne pandur
J'oiir. siooi-of every low desire. Ridicule, Instead of
tutting
guilt
blush, turned
error
to
and
the
f
ier fortnldftbl
shifts against Innocence
Th ribaldry of Ether-eg- e
and truth.
and Wycherly was. In th presence and
JiriUur the special sanction of tha head of
church, publicly recited by female
!h In female ears, while the author nf
'Hlgrlm's Progress" languished In a
n
for th crime of proclaiming tha
JJuspol to th poor.
And yet, for all of thla, tha English peo
ple of that Urn did not lack in strength of
oharactrr nor fineness of moral perception.
They succeeded In working out a far aa
possible 'the greatest of problems of political
and religious reformation, and managed to
keep England not only from becoming th
vassal of Spain or France, but ao far In
front of th feet of th world that Europe
lias hot yet overtaken It. Thla I not very
encouraging for th earnest supporter of
the"' "lege, who haa persistently Insisted
upon Its educational possibilities,
but It
taegr afford
ray of hope and a crumb of
Oomfort for those who now pretend to sea
Signs of moral disintegration In th things
that draw grat throngs to th seat In th
theaters.
'
Itostand.
"Ha considered this plsy Rostand's chef
d'oeuvre. His own part, thst of the cock
In tho barnyard of fowla. Is wonderful, and
the whole piece, with Its humor and Its le
Sons and Its symbolism, la beyond description. When I saw the costume he had designed for it I simply gasped with amase-men- t.
He had studied out the most marvelous Idea, keeping his own countenance
unmasked and yet giving In some weird
way tho effeot of a man-bir"Ther is another' place, too, where I
ssw Coquelln at his best. This was at
Equlhan, near Boulogne, at the horn of
Ms room, Mra. Latimer discovert that th
nursa, who should be In constant attend
nice an the alck man, has fallen asleep
nstead of awakening her the wife learea
he nurse undisturbed, hoping thst hei
husband will die In the meantime. The latter, although I ft'gns sleep, ia. wide
awake and fathoms Ma wife' Intention
Afu-- r
she has left tha room ho get up,
scril.blea a not to Ms "pal" and gives It
to th doctor, to deliver open bla death
which occurs a little later.
After the letter waa delivered to her husband's friend. Olive, fesring that It con-
COMIKG TO
Jnder
"Paid In rull." In "Tha Easiest Way" I
shown th picture of an actres who Is
loved by a newspaper reporter, and wha
love him. In return, whll sh Is carrying
on an Intrigue with
man of wealth, ftbs
breaks off with her wealthy lover and
goes to work honestly, that shs may wad
her chotc when he haa "made Ms pile out
Wat." Thla latter process takes some
tint and sh gets tired of th pinching
ef 'poverty and teturn to th man of
money. Juat a be haa again Installed her
M1 comfortable quarters, comes th newspaper man of her heart, ha having become
himself a millionaire through th magio
( Ooldfleld or Tonapah or some other
Wonder working camp of the west. Of
course sh regrets, but th men turn their
barks on her, and aha gives up the slugs
and starts' out to make a living "the easiest
way." Just what great moral lesson this
contains Is not eiactly apparent. It la
probably truo; It ,la even aald to be founded
on, an Incident of which Mr. Walter la
personally cognisant, hut It gives nu ansa ar to th qurstiun. Th experience of
Jrl Oellaray waa a little different from
thla, but tha earn result was reached by
Ptnero that haa been obtalrred by Walter.
Mow to answer the question Is left to the
Individual auditor. '
V
r
1
hard-hearte-
While
'(the
could hav
.
ths Caslns a celebrated summer resort
which they practically own. Coquelln spent
a psrt of every summer with them and I
had gono there, aa Michael Casln, son of
tjie artist, and a sculptor of great ability,
waa doing a bust of me, which be finished
while I stayed.
"Casln, the great painter, and Coquelln
wer school fallows.
The houss itself Is
enormous and overlooks tho miles and miles
of sand dunes which you see in th Casln
landscapes so frequently. Nearby there waa
another, smaller house, which I christened
'Tha House of Moods.' To this Coquelln
would sometime go when he wanted solitude, and Casln himself frequented It for
th aama reason. On tha on stdo was th
view of th ssa and on the other a high
wall hsd been built In tha fashion of a
monastery garden, so that when the immensity of th water weighed too heavily
on th spirit one could get the smaller,
conventual view.
"Coquelln'
love for America waa no
pose. He waa not a man moved by material advantage or excessive flattery In
forming hla judgments. In fact th great
thing about Coquelln waa his lock of pose.
He had ao little of tho artificial about Mm
that whsn ha met people who had It the
quality aeemed to wither up and In spits
of themselves they became natural.
"There Is only one time," says Miss
Collier, ending her little reminiscence,
"that t ever remember seeing Coquelln
out of temper with me, I can't blame Mm
for that.
"He was a great fisherman and once a
sudden stage complication occurring to ms
I rushed down to the pool to ssk him about
tt. He spoke quite crossly, for I had disturbed tha fish, but In a minute he had
forgiven me and had straightened out my
mental perplexity wKh hla usual acute-nes- s.
Oh, ho was a great good man!"
Tonight brings back Omaha' favorite
stock company to Boyd's theater, the Woodward Stock company, headed by Miss Mary
Hill and We'er MeCullotigh. and ranaht
upport, open'ng n "Th TMhops Ca rlaT.
a comedy drama, dealing with tha Ufa of a
girl thief, who comes In contact with a
rich man whom ahe tries to rob, and who
finally shows her the error of her waya
and tha Inevitable happens at tha end. But.
during tha course of th piece they both
have) to deal with Nanc's sweetheart, who
escape from prison and attempts to cause
trouble. This will be the attraction until
Thursday, and then th company will produce the stirring southern military com
edy drama, "On Parole." Both productions
hava elaborate scenic settings, and, as the
pieces are staged by the well known di
rector, Mr. Harry Long, there Is no doubt
but that they will ba wall taken ear of.
In tho company with Miss Mary Hill, who
ia so wsll known that she needs no Introduction, and Mr. McCullough, who, though
unknown here, comes with a reputation for
being a fine, conscientious young actor,
there I also another prim Omaha favorite
in the person tf Miss Edith Bpsncer, who
will be remembered for har fin work her
last summer. The balance of tho company
rra up to tha Woodward standard of excellence, which la aasuranc enough that
they will all ba excellent
Klaw dt Erlanger's maaslv production.
"Tho Round-Up,- "
will be th offering al
Boyd's theater for tha entire week, beginning on Bunday evening, February 21
Th Round-Up- "
is tie gTat American
plcy of tha hour. Every character and
scene in the piece breathes the llf cf the
great southwest
It is so realistic In Its
i sped that the audience who witness tt for.
get, for the time being, that they are in
a theater, become translated to th locale
of the story, and. In their Intense Interest,
actually participate In exciting happenlngi
In real life. The er,thuelato Interest dls
pU.yed by every audience Is the most flattering endorsement thla really great proMaclyn Arbuckle'i
duction can receive.
Impersonation of "Bllm" Hoocr, the shur
Iff, Is said to be a masterpiece in character impersonation. The dramatlo Incident
of sixteen mounted Indiana riding along
a ledge on a cliff in the third act. en.:
th marvslously realistic battle scene, add
en element of realism tq' th play whicl
has rarely been equalled In the history o
tha American atage. Tha cast inriudoi
Maclyn Arbuckle, Florence Rockwell, Qrm
Bat
Caldara, Harold Harteell. Mlnnett
fette, Elmer Gremlin. Walter Pennington
Marie Taylor, W. p. Knlbloe. Joseph M
Lothian. Fulton Russell. 8. L. Richardson
Jrhn t. Plereen, James Aeburn, Jerque
Martin, "Texas" Cocper, cowboys, cavalry
men and Indiana
Mat (nets on Washing
Ion's birthday, Wednesday and Batarday
Beat aal Wednesday, February i".
At Boyd
theater, on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, March L t and
Mr. E. H. Pothcrn will appear in a selected
repertoire cf plays, aa follows: Monday
night "Lord Dundreary;" Tueaday night
"Richelieu." and Wednesday night. "Ham
let" Aa "Lord Dundreary." theatergoeis
will see revived for the first time in twen
v
yesrs th most noted comedy
characterisation of the American atage.
Mr. Bothern presents "Lord Dundreary"
given by his father, E. A. Bothern. until
the time of his death In 1M1. Aa "Rlche
lieu," Bothern haa given his latest and
greatest addition to his famous gallery of
portraiture. The great actor brings to
the rote a Study of tha character tha
commenced with his earlleet stage expert
rnce when he played In John McCullotigh'f
support in Bulwcr Lytton's great play
Mothern reaches a great height In his art
In hla portrayal of the role making It
wonderful character atudy filled with th
charm that was a noted psrt of Booth's
great performance of the role. Sotheru
haa given "Richelieu" the moet elaborate
production perhaps ever seen of the play
on the American atage and ssld to be
worthy of the moet brilliant stage efforts
of Bir Henry Irving. Mr. Bbthern'a per
formance ef "Hamlet" Is well known here,
his last Omaha appearance having been
With Miss Julia Marlowe In a Shakespearian season, "Hamlet" being tha clos
ing bill. Bothern comes here supported by
the most Important dramatic organisation
ever seen with the great actor, numbering
fifty artists nf excellent reputation.
introduce the stock company s new
leading woman, Maude Leone, the Burwood
management has chosen
Prggy."' a comedy In which Miss Leone
earned much praise during her engagements
with stock compsnica In 8t Paul, Chicago
and Minneapolis
The eomedy sbounds
with sparkling wit and brilliant repartee
and waa originally produced at the Duke
of Tork's theater, In London, with Marie
Tempest In the title role.
The part of
"Peggy" waa originated In this country
by Henrietta Crosman.
Peggy" la a beautiful, unconventional
Irish girl daughter of Prof. O'Mara, F,
R. 8, At th opening of the play shs and
her widowed mother ara visiting Lady
Crackenthorn at her country home. The
haughty English woman thinka the widow,
O'Mara, la trying to catch Anthony, Lord
Craokenthorp, for Peggy, and with her
daughter and brother. Major Archie Phippa
plana to have her younger son, Jimmy
flirt with Peggy and thus foil Widow
O'Mara. It la Peggy'a own plan with
Jimmy that furnishes the comedy. Miss
Leone ia fortunate In tha possession of
such attributes aa make her adaptable in
a marked degree to the refreshing un
conventionality of Peggy. Mr. Grew as
Jimmy, Lady Crackonthorp'a younger son,
will have one of those light, bright comedy
role that he alwaya plays ao well, and
Mr. Bacon will have a role fitted to bla
droll comedy methods. Tha balance of th
company la wall caat. Matlneea will ba
given today, Tueaday, Thursday and Sat
urday. Immediately following tha Tuesday
and Thursday matinees, Miss Leone will
hold a reception on tha stage to which tha
audience will be Invited.
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Paul Bandor'a Miniature Circus, an act In
whloh trained dogs impersonate the various
animals of the ring, cornea to the Orpheum
for the week commencing with a matinee
today. Attractiveness of tha act ia enchanced by tho use of ventriloquism, Mr.
Sandor being master of the faculty. A
"moving" little piece by Richard Duff,
entitled "The Night of the Wedding," will
be presented by Adeline Dunlap, Frank
McCormack and company. It la a page from
the life of a truck-ma- n
and la enacted with
telling realism. Omaha will naturally take
an Interest In the engagement of Madge
Fox, "The Fllp-Fla- p
Girl" becauss ahe
was born and raised here. Miss Fox was
seen here several seasons sgo and Is a ooon
slngsr and dancer of no mean note.
are alwaya amusing and nono
Is better known than A. O. Duncan.
"Ths
Bogus Strong Man" Is a skit presented
by tha English acrobats, Le Clair ' and
Sampson. There is nothing bogus about
their skill, but they employ it merely
for the purpose of creating mirth. Frank
White and Lew Simmons are two brack face
artists. The bill Is rounded out In a pleasing
fashion by Joe La Fleur. who offers his
famous high ladder specialty.
La Fleur
waa formerly with the Rlngllng circua. His
act formed part of the opening program
at tha New Tork Hippodrome. He has a
prlsa Mexican dog which worka with him
In the act
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The Nethersole Version of
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Miss fceoae will hold a reception en
tbe atasre immediately following tfce Tnt e.
and Taut. Matlneea thla week only.
THIS WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS
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Paul Sandor'
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Week Starting Matinee Today
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Circus
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Adeline Dunlap, Frnk
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Preaenting "The Night of the
A dramatic playlet by
Richard Puffy.
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Pre seller a
MATIVlg WSSSSgDAT
TTBtDAT, WIBStlSIT
Tte reag Ceased
Ventrllstmll Novelty.
Ventrllo--
,
WANDERER'S RETURN
Telegraai
Temslc't
COUING Mrs.
saurl iel
qul.il.
Le Clair
&
Sampson
"THE STRON'O MEN."
Prank White
MRS. PAT CAMPBELL IN NEW ROLE
"OlUe Latlutcr'e
Hasbaad" Morbid,
bat la tercet lag.
LONDON, Feb. I. ( Special Correspond-encej- )
(Supported by that extremely clever
actor, Lyn Harding, Mrs. Patrick Campbell
northwestern vaudeville circuit and ar has scored in "Oliv Latimer's Husband"
getting some very nice notices for their at the Vaudeville. She made good her claim,
singing and dancing turns from tha news- made on her behalf by the majority of
papers along th way. At Port Arthur, London critics, to the premier place among
Ont., last week they wer the lilt of the English tragediennes. As a matter of fact
th part with which sh has been provided
bill.
by Rudolf Bcaler could have been enacted
COQIKLI
AT HIS
BEST HEKK ratlsfactorlly by but few, if any, actresses
In England, besides Mra Campbell
and
Miss Collier
Teaider Roaalaf Lena Ash well.
The play Is open to the charge of morf th Great Actor.
leceac
bidness,
but, nevertheless, is Intensely real,
11.
Miss Canatance
NEW YORK, Feb.
convincing snd Interesting. Olive, playod
Collier (Mrs. Julian I.eatisnge), who I
playing In ' 8s maun," knew Coquelln well by Mrs. Campbell, ia married to a man
In th Intimate life of th houeehold. There considerably older than herself and whom
ara tears In her eyes is sh speaks of him. she does not love. The match waa made
"I like to think of him best." she says, by her mother, an unacrupulou woman of
th world. Olive has fallen in love with
"In his beautiful garden st 1' nt su
Datura, near Paris, wuure he bed a couiur
the "pni" of iter husbund, played by Lyn
place nsxt to tho Actors' Home, which h
Harding- - Tha husband discovers th guilt
had erected and haa now endowed. Thla of th pair, but forgives them and takes
philanthropy, on of th sweetest and best hla wife back to bis bosom. Th woman,
charities I know, waa bis sarly dream and however, constantly chafes under tho bonds
hla later achievement
of her unromanttc marriage and aooa after
"Toward It a great deal of th money th play epena, embraces an opportunity
waa
deflected, of freeing
gained In hta American tour
herself fro pa th
Her
and it waa in fact their Inspiration. No one K...t..4 Um ill writ teeluM fetter.
Ht4 mmimm
and AH Wook
DOYDfSTon!cht
THE FAVOHITE
ivooOmnD stock company
ty-fl-
to
AMiaCM ETS.
AMISEMEXTS.
&
Lew Simmons
W.ENeidlinfler
In Tlielr Black Face Study,
"On the Bend Wsgon."
Composer
Joe La Fleur
BTzvzva or bexblzbqbb bobob
And His Prise Mexican Chihauhau in
a Paring High Ladder Novelty.
KINODROME
Alwaya the Newest In Motion Pictures.
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Mary Hill, the leading woman of th
Woodward Stock company, that epena at
the Boyd theater this evening, la too well
known In Omaha to need any introduction.
8b baa played bsre wlifc stock companies
AUDITORIUM
and with road companlea and haa endeared
herself to tha publlo by her personal
charms aa well aa by her excellent work
on the atage. Bh is sure to be tbe recipient of a Joyoua welcomf on ber return
d'Hoto
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