Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1909, Page 38

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE Eleanor Robson, Apostle of Cheerfulness Charming Actress is Winning New Fame in Her Part of Glad in the Francis | Hudson Burnett Story of the New Thought, ‘‘The Dawn of a Tomorrow.' REALLY notable engagement | came to an end In Chicago last | night, when Miss Eleanor Rob- son played in “The Dawn of a Tomorrow" at the Grand in | that city. It was not the long- | es engagement on record In the Windy City, not by many weeks, but It was re- markable even for the length of time, for it had twice been extended beyond its fixed limits owing to the great demand made for seats, and might have lasted throughout | the year had It been possible to longer stave off the demand for the play In New | York. But it was from an artistic point that the play and the player is most to be considered. When Francis Hodgson Bur-| neft wrote the ittle story that run through | thfiee numbers of a leading magazine some | ménths ago she was inspived by a thought | that has given encouragement to many weary ones since. Perhaps It had before, | but Mrs. Burnett gave It life and form,| and the philosophy of cheerfulness and| helpfulness she then preached has been | seiged on by thousands who were ready to dedpair-at thelr earthly lot. It is a simple | endugh tale, and its moral Is very plain and easy to apply, and fits the case of wo many people that the wonder would be if | it were not popular. Not In the ordinary senge of that abused word, for in this case “popularity” means helpfulness; thousands of nerve-racked and oyer strained denizens of a busy world. where 1116 has become so much a thing of arti- ficlality and dally existence means a more or less monotonous grind around a tread- mill track of routine work. It means to| these folks that life still has a side they haven't touched, that hope exists and that in its promise Is the consolation and re- ward that unmakes the “calamity of long lite." “The Dawn of a Tomorrow" is &/ tale of cheerfulness, and from it a play of cheerfulness has been made. bl Mrs. Burnett wrote of a man high in the world of business and of eminent soclal position, who had become discouraged; his health was broken, his powers falling from him, and to escape the apparent doom of advancing paresis he determined, to take his own life. This act he had planned alorg the idea that his death would be mereiy set down as a disappearance, and Tifs real fate would never be known. Leav- ing his home in the West End he went | across to the greai East Ind, where hu- manity swarms and suffers and starves, | fighting hopelessly and futilely the endless baitle for existence. Clothed as a tramp, he engaged lodgings In an alley “lodgings for single gents,” and then, wandering about the streets, lost his way in a fog He encountered a number of people, lost like himself, and finally found himself in | contact with a strange young woman, who lived In a strange pot-hole of sunken hu- manlity. “Glad” she was called, because of the shortening of a fantastic title she had bestowed upon herself, owing to the fact that she had been born in the gutter, | of gutter parents, and sent forth into the | world of poverty without a name or even a tag of a number. This girl, precoclous and worldly wise, wah powsessed of a strange philosophy, baed on some fragmentary religious teachings she had recelved while her broken legs were mending in & hospital and had for4ts cornerstone, faith In prayer. 8he, praved simply to a power of whom #he knew, nothing; “Amk, and ye shall re- ceive” was her article of faith, and she asked. The girl's actions aroused the cur- foslly of the man, and then his interest, and before the morning came he, was %0 taken up with a new thought that he for- got all about committing suicide and was | absorbed with a desire to do something for the helpless folks he had found in “Apple Blowsom Court,” which, as Bet, ond of the housewifely persons he found there, sententiously describes as being ‘no blooming" farm yard.” The thought is that if one will get Into touch with the world, und earnestly strive to help with a cheer- ful heart, nervous breakdown at least may be gvaded, and that much of the asperity of Yte will disappear when one once gets thoroughly imbued with the belief that “the worst ain't never happened to us vey" as Glady's Beverly Montmorency puts it S While this message Is not at all new, and has been dinned into our ears by many | volces, it fs put in this play in a new way, and one that is as convincing, per-| haps, as any in which It has ever been| offered. But the greatest element of Its force is the way It is being Interpreted by Miss Robson. A charming comedienne, | already established by her success in| ‘Merely Mary Ann" and “Salomy Jane,' she s more than ever proving the legiti- | macy of her clalm to stellar honors. "lhe\ wag a delight as Merely Mary Ann, and | @ld much to give Salomy Jane interest; Bbut nothing she achieved in either role compares to the work she is doing now. It was not in the possibilities of either part that she should get the big, broad human outiines that mark the character | she is now portraying. The Zangwill plece | was but a bit furbished up with the “happy ending” for American consumption ~in the furnishing of which the author ¢ mildly satirized his American friends because they would not submit to a logical conclusion to his little drama. | “Magistrate” developed Imagination, a fantastic concep- tion »f the west, and did not deserve the attention it got. But Glad Is a type of the underworld, the submerged millfons, whose daily walk is accompanied by the wolves of hunger and cold; she remained bodiiy | pure, not through any fige notions of mo- rality, but because she had seen so many “kids” born In the gutter that she refused to dd to the number; she kept her mind healthy by the very needs of her wits to secure for herself a living; she found ample scope for the exercise of her doctrine of cheerfulness among the besotted denizens of Apple Blossom Court and similar pur- lieus into which her way led her, and througn It all she urged the men and women around her on to further endeavors along the right way of living. Her dogma was simple, her logie direct, and her per- tinacity great. And to this figure Miss Robson brings the best of her developed | talents, visualizing the thought Burnett in a way that makes the author's conception of the role very clear to all, |ana forcing home the central thought with directness and effect. It is dene daintily, too, with no broad splashes or smears of color; each line is carefully placed, |shade is given its proper estimation In th value of the whole, and the generally human aspect of the creation is built up 80 deftly and so convineingly that at the ©nd 1t Is easy to understand why Miss Rob- son has been listed among the really able actors of the American stage. She hut crowned her career so far with her |creation of Glaa It is not sure that Omaha will chance to see this play with Miss Robson in the leading role this season, although it is quite in the line of probabilities after the opening of the new Brandeis she will be among the attractions there. When she comes it will be well to make sure of your seats carly. il Some day someonc may write a play of Washington life which will be wholly satis- factory, but none has done so yet. It is to be hoped that when this is done that an astute producer will.fill the parts of Real Art in Stage Settings Hamilton Bell Tells What of Mrs. | each | cap- | have a | the various senators besides the principal ones with actors who will be even moder- ately convincing. The characters may be of minor importance n the play, but what- ever fllusfon—not great in most cases— |these Washington plays of the past have created as to its really being the capital, has been nullified by the appearance in the roles of Unlted States senators, of actors who would not be good as church sextons. This was true in “A Gentleman from Mississippl,” as well as In other and less lkely plays. For iIn this' case the actor | who played “the king of the senate,” was scarcely adequate. If the dramatists had |any drive at Senator Aldrich in mind the |Rhode Island potenate would have good grounds for libel suit on his stage picture and although he is supposed to be dis- liked by some people in some sections of the country, he could get damages where- | ever the case was tried. It s possible and pleasanter to speak Gtherwise than this of James Lackaye, | who was the senator from Mi |!Mppl.; Mr. Lackaye is a good comedian and he had a part which, if not a wonderful bit |of character sketching by the authors, was not the usual stage political hero, hose agitation in behalf of the peo-pul is as tiresome on the stage as it sometimes is | by the demagoguo in real life. Mr. Lack- eye's senator was required not to, rescue |a downtrodden proletarfet, but to be firm for simple honesty Another Omaha girl has joined the ranks | of the professional actors through the | |doorway of the Boyd School of Acting. |Miss Fiteh has sent Miss Vivian Pate away with the “Bathing Girls,” who were at the Orpheum last week. One of their pumber tired of the stage and took on herselt the obligations of matrimony, and Miss Pates was given the place. She Is the daughter of Frederick Pates, the singer, and will be well recalled by all who have seen the public performances of Miss Fiteh's puplls during the last sea- son. She showed much aptitude for comedy at the matinee at the Boyd last spring. |of certain lights on colors, NOVEMBER 28, 1909. The art director of every theater should have these matters under his absolute eon- trol and should always be consulted “Imagine not knowing what sort of gown the star is going to wear until dress re- hearsal or perhaps even the night of the premiere, which I am told frequently hap- | pens. It is not necessary for a man or woman to become an actual stage manager in order to have knowledge of the effect what tints and shades combine well behind the footlights; that purple of the most royal tint in a drawing room may look black from an auditorfum; that the shade on a woman's boudolr wall may absolutely kill the gown that she has chosen to wear therein, eto. Primary Instruction of this kind should be part of their dramatic equipment. lvery woman connected with the dra- matic part of the New theater receives a l‘drlrr(mk\n of the stage settings of the scenes in which she will appear in the form of & terse bullstin. She has her cholce of certaln colors and modes and s ex pected to consult with me In regard to her selection: If it is not pleasing to me she must change it, for ho ensemble can be harmed to the slightest degres for Indi- vidual preferences. “We have this among other advantages at the New theater—we start with a clean slate, we are not encumbered with a lot of theatrical properties that must for the sake of economy be usef whether appro- priate or not. Many of the theaters are cluttered with archalo and Inartistic fur- nishings which are eating up large sums of money for storage purposes and represent- ing an enormous outlay In the begthning must balance that account to the detriment of aesthetic values.” Sobeski, the Singer, is Dead Words of Tribute to the Memory of a Man Who Lived in Omaha for a Time Max Landow, the “Poet at the Piano,” and His Coming R ecital — Other Announcements OOKING over the book in which the writer of this column keeps Pis Sunday “music col- umn” clippings he came acrose, the other day, his Thanksgiv- ing article of last year. In that column (November 29, the Sun- day after Thanksgiving day) there-was an allusion to the forthcoming song recital by Mr. Carl Sobeski. Referring to him, these words were used: “Such musicians are needed here.” A few weeks ago readers of the Musical Courfer saw Mr. Sobeski's photograph re- produced in that paper and were shocked to read the sad announcement of his death. Mr. Sobeski remained in Omaba but a short time—all too short—and some of us enjoyed the privilege of his delightful companionship, his genial manner, his broad views, his exquisite taste, his sin cere musiclanship, his intensely interest- ing personality, and his sympathetic atti- tude toward everything in the way of artistic development anl progress, Through a mutual friend in Chicago it was very gratifylag to lesrn that Mr. So- beski had carried away with him very pleasant memories of his Omaha sojourn. To the writer of this column the mem- ory of evenings spent with Mr. Carl So- beski comes today as a memory of great the New Theater is Doing— Contrast Between the Newest “Antony and Cleopatra” and One Which Was EW YORK, Nov. ward Hamilton tor of the New theater, mod- estly “disclaims an undivided right to the praise bestowed upon the stago settings of “‘An- tony and Cleopatra” “The Coltage In the Alr,”" “Strife” and “Werther,” saying that he and his colleagues huve really worked together, it is known'that he is in reality the final court of appeal in such matters Mr. Bell is a Londoner by birth and looks ft. Not only is he English in ap- pearance, but his standards of art have been firmly grounded on the other sids. He 1s in the late thirties and, aesthetic in trifles, he is discovered awaiting the inter- viewer with a very becoming gabardine of champagne colored crash over his Sunday suite In his work room, whose principal furniture consists of diagrams drawn from time to time during the twelve months pre- ceding the opening of the New theater. He was trained as an art student in the Slade School and afterward in the studio of his uncle, Sir Edward J. Poynter, Bart. A. R. A. He was thrown Into intfmate 21.—~While F Bell, art dire | acquaintance there with many interesting people, among them was instrumental in urging his dramatic novitiate, and under, the management of Sir Charles Wyndham he made his Initiai appearance in one of the Gilbert comediss The glare of English footlights did not | entirely blind him to the possibilities of American success, and shortly afterward he came to this country to play in Pinero's and several other productions under Augustin Daly’s management. He afterward supported Mme. Modjeska for a season Asked why the staging of “Antony and Cleopatra” had been entrusted to Viennese concerns Mr. Bell says that the Conti- nental firms, not only in price, but in qual- ity of thelr wares, outbid their American competitors. “It is absolutely true that we cannot get in this country stuffs that compare with those easily procured in Europe,’ ho. ex- plains. “The reason is simply that there is no demand here, consequently no sup- ply. You take, for example, the material for | the cloaks of the Roman soldiery. Coarse and comparatively unimportant as it might | seem when you first study the costuming. 1uw artist knows that there must be a qual- | ity suggested in the material, otherwise {1t would not be archaealoglcally correct That quality is based on the fact that the Roman soldier used hifscloak for ever thing—it was his blanket at night, it was his tent cover by day: it was practically his sole piece of baggage In the march, a something that must answer satisfactorily W. 8. Gllbert, who and the other was buta bit of poorly Bernstein, the ENRI BERNSTEIN, the author of “Samson,” is a man with superstitions as well as powers of character analysis. Henrl Bernsteln, now world famed Ll the author of ‘Samson,” {The Thief" and “Israel,” immediately Vin presses even the passerby in the etreet with his personality, which is one of distinction. He Is a man of splendid presence and elegant manners, and his friends say that he expends as much thought upon the cut of his clothes or the turn of his cravat, as upon the ar- rangement of an act or the drawing of a character. Bernstein's “Samson” has established that author as the most inventive and (he most resourceful of modern play- wrights. He has the finest sense for almost mathematically built climaxes of any present day writer for the stage —yet Bernsteln s anything but practically and sclentifically inelined— rather is he a mystic with a sharp eye for observing human pature, but per- sonally is mord subject to extra human fnfluence than any other person who comes unider his own mieroseoplc eye. [ As an example of Rernstein's curlous whimsicality, he will ‘never content himself with & name for one of his plays until he has found one of six letters or less, being positive that no Syccess can come to duyone of his s should the title, aside from an icle, an adjective, or some qualifying contaln mere than six letters. 8 his many needs. 1 tried to get just what French Barrie Thu¥ the original French Thief,” “Le Voleur,” delighted him, and equally so “Samson,” admittedly the newest and strongest of his plays, and of which, by the way, Charles Frohman has the English and American rights. The following Is title of “The does related by his inti- mates as typical of Bernstein: One morning, after having breakfasted with two fricnds, one an art printer and the other a publisher, and both very de: 10 him, he came to the theater attived in a handsome suit of dark maroon. To most minds a maroon sult is Indicative of eccentricity. Bernstein had probably read of some embargo on maroon suits and concluded that what might seem eccentric today, might, on another day denote absolute taste. Hence dld he courageously undertake to establish a fashion or craze for maroon clothes for his seX—constitute himself the cham- ‘plon of a hue that the boulevards ot Parls 80 vigorously tabooed. Charles Frohman naturally warmth of interest in Mr. Bernstoln that is only less cordial than the at- tachment he harbors for the greatest of English playwrights, J. M. Barrle. There 1 as little in' common betwesn Bernsteln and Barrie as there is be tween thelr manuscripts and plays. But in popularity, extravagant almost to the polnt of ecstacy, Bernstein 8 to the French what Barrle is to the English theater golng publie. feels a - Produced Twenty Years Ago. I wanted here once beéfore when staging u play and dould not “The silk that you desire must be of a| certain'weight, softness and lustre, the vel- vet of a texture that will hang correctly, every materlal, In short, must have the in- definable something that belongs tp that stuff and to nothing else. “You must know, too, where to get your perfect imitation and the limitations of that artifice so well that you will never require of it more than it can accomplish, any more than the clever stage manager would require of the understudy the nice shapings of expression which he would have a right to expect from his star. “Of course the director in art matters has always one stumbling block that must ba considered, and no amount of money, lefsure and information can avall to re- move it. That is, in a word, the business of the play. Above all the ‘play’s the thing’ and is of paramount Importance, and the f{able, the chalr, the marringe chest, and one picture or hanging that would make an artistic completeness, must be contjnually sacrificed so that its position will not Interfere with the action. “Giving due credit to that, I am pleased to say that criticism of the productions, artistically considered, has been more than lenfent, it has even been appreciative—I may state without undue egotism—for 1| am speaking for all the staff—deservedly 80, and that appreciation is the reward for honest effort. “Take the garden scene in in the Air.’ Mr. Platt of the producing staff suggested that we have with the hollyhocks, which 1 was very keen for, an apple tree In bloom. I was not quite sure | that such a combination was botanically | correct, although it sounded very pleasing. 80 1 wrote to my brother, who has pub- lished several works on botany, and he re- | plied that I could only use the flowering syringa with the hollyhocks, that one blos- soming early and the other late; a garden having both would not be incorrectly por- trayed, although it was unusual, while the apple tree in bloom would be entirely out |of the picture. 1 am simply citing this as an Instance of the care we have every- where displayed to have our work correct “If you study the ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ | setting you will note that we have no pri- mary colors on the stage, that the tone of the pictures might be llkened to that of | the canvas of an old master, which it seems to me a setting of that kind should emulate “There Is not one dead white, not one| bit of tinsel. Some of the old jewels had to be painted over so that they would not shine and glitter, and thé directions sent |across the water were Of such a nature | |that there was no rogm for mistakes to | :cney in. And those people over there do | | not make grievous mistakes. “There are learned professors whose life |work has been along the line of archaeo- | |10gical and historical research who are em- | ployed by Viennese and Parisian costumers merely to look up these matters and see | that they are correct. Some of these men | hold positions In art schools, lecture to| universities. They have none of the design- | Ing, none of the actual task of production, but their research work is without rivairy, “People of the class they represent could not live over here on the amount of money they recelve for this work, and it is Ju!l; on that account that the European can send us better work—It is practically a mat- ter of the cost of labor, which in turn af- fects the cost of material “A few of the directions we gave are as | tollow merely quoted to show that we | aad always the certain ideal in mind which | xe knew they would grasp and work out | tor us. | “I make no water color sketches, as 1| d to do In my younger days and earlier| Attempts because I have found it a waste | time. But every costume, every bit of vwelry, every plece of armor, has its sep- | wate plate, pen and ink work, and with it 1s sent & plece of material of the exact color wanted to'the most delicate tint and other directions as necessary, Dyeing Is a trade that has reached to perfection here, and 1 know of & number of men on whom I can absolutely rely to get any shade I watn to & nicety. “In some of the American theaters where | I have played and where I have worked | as stage producer such & thing as domi- nating the costuthes of the players except In regular costume plays was unheard of. It would have been considered a great plece of presumption for the director to | order a certain color of gown in & modern comedy or drama and If he had ventured for the leading lady I shudder to think of |the consequence. “But It is easy to see that the most per- fect stage setting may be spolled by ome dress, & hat, & cloak of the wrong oelor. ‘The Cottage o 10 S | social delight, when music w | and | whom | business men. | Baptist church in the city of Omaha. | high-class fragrance. On one 5f these occasions of discussed Mr. Sobeskl gave e was very fond, with Mr. Sobeskl's discoursed upon, him a song of which and today the song, ame written thereon, is one of his treas- ured possessions. It was that ballad of Carl Loewe, “How Deep the Slumber of the Floods.” Was there something proph- »tie in his singing of (hat song in his recital? Here are the words How deep the slumber of the floods, And how dead the stillnass of the woods, My heart alone finds no rest; Torn, with love's remorselcss pain, Life 1s joyless and in vain. How calm the earth in"slumber lles, O, that 1 could close my weary eyes, In death's eternal sleep; Thus would end at last my woes, Thus my soul would find repose. - ——— In this column there have been frequent references to Mr. Max Landow and his wonderful piano-playing, and the musical editor of The Bee has tried to express his admiration for the rare art of the man, but not in adequate \anguage. The Berlin “Lokal Anzeiger” maid of him at a recent concert, more in a single line, \han the Omaha papers have said in paragraphs, and that was this sentence: “There sat a poet at the piano! That expresses it. thes plano!” We have nowadays so many planists, and virtuosl, and technicians, and ‘“world's | greatest” this-and-that, that a real “poet” |lof music’ is rare. Listen to what the “Berliner Tageblatt’ says about “our” Mr. Landow of Omaha: “It does one good to hear a planist, who is effective without pounding, and to technic means something entirely self-evident and only the means for a higher purpose.” “This, it you please, 18 sald of Max Lan- dow of Omaha! Of Omaha! ‘“There sat a poet at Has the Commercial club anything to offer on a par with that, for appreciation of an Omaha citizen In a forelgn country? Do the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, who are “boosting” for Omaha and therefore should be boosting for everything firs: class to be found in Omaha, do the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Know ther®s such a man in Omaha? Musiclans can not get along without That is a surely established fact. But, don't forget, business men can not get along without musicians! We need each. And we know that we need each other. g Now this “Poet” wliil onee moye “sit at the piano;” and he will do this on Thurs- day evening next, December 2, at the First He will repeat his ‘“‘Berlin" Will you be there? If people ignore the work of a man like this, they are doing the most effective “knocking’ (s it is called) that they can possibly do against Omaha. Omaha needs musiclans of the Max Lan- program. At the Omaha Theaters Boyd Offers “The Girl from Rector’s’ and James K. Hackett in “Samson”—William Grew Comes to the Burwood—XKrug Has Two Good Plays and Orpheum a Strong Bill. FTER a successful at Weber's Music hall, New York, during the past season, - *“The Girl trom Rector's” comes B ~) to Boyd's theater tonight for Lade iyl an engagement of four ghts, with a matinee on Wednesday. The work is engagement | a translation of Pierre Veber's famous com- edy, “Loute,” by Paul H. Potter, who be- came known American theaters-goers by his dramatization of Du Maurler's “Trilby.” “The Girl from Rector's Is declared by the metropolitan crit- les to be one of the funniest of production made there in many years. The plot_ deals with the actions of a young soclety Battle Creek, Mich., who is to her own circle at home, but her husband, a judge of the court of Shanghal, is away for such long periods she decides to go to New York for recreation. She Is at- tracted by the giaring lights at Rector's and there she makes her headquarters In the course of tlme she earns the sobri- quet of “The Girl from Rector's,” and on her next visit to Battle Creek she meets at the home of & society friend many of those of the Rector cirele. She bad been posing as the daughter of a Buffalo man, and while “The Girl”" in & way, I8 endeavoring to explain her dual \dentity, complications arise which reveal & series of situations that keep the audi- ence In & roar to the final curtain. The ccmpany s the one that played the piece &t Weber's, and include Carrie Weber, T o e T woman of | charitably | | lnclined. She spends most of her time In dow type. Let us encourage him to find it profitable to be “Mr. Max Landow of Omaha.” One way to do it, is to call Douglas 185, ask for Mr. Pryor, or his representative, and tell him that you want tickets of ad- missoin to hear the “Poet at the Piano.” Here I8 the program which he will play. This is printed for the benefit of the mu- siclans 1. Sonate As-dur, op. 110....L. V. Beethoven Moderato cantabile molto espressivo.— Allegro molto.—~Adagio ma non troppo.— Arloso.—Fuga.—L'istesso tempo di Ari- 080, ~ L'istesso tempo della_Fuga.- FAnimato. Kreisleriana, op. 16 No. 2, B-dur. Schumann Thema, J. Brahms Fr. Chopin | a solltude Fr. Lisst "FF. Lisat | iy Variationen uber ein eigenes op. 21 No. 1.... Allegro de Concert, ‘op, 46 3 Benediction de Dieu dans 4. Baiiade ‘Homoll. Sonette de Petrarca, No. Polonalse E-dur Below you will find a good sample or two of the kind of stuff which artists' press representatives send to leading news- | papers with the Idea that they will be printed as serlous news concerning the artist. They are reproduced here as “hu- morisms:" “Our customs officials exacted a duty of $4.%5 on Jack, Mme. Tetrazzini's prize Blenheim, although this is the second time that he has returned to this country with the singer, and he was originally purchased in New York at the dog show. Some of the singer's friends are wondering I en- nual duty is to be Imposed upon Jack, or whether in time he will be considered as an American cltizen, and therefore exempt. In that case, however, his various collars and dog blankets may be taxed. “No less than 200 gowns were in those trunks which the customs authorities fin- ally allowed Mme. Tetrazzini to bring into this country, although of this number there were, of course, many stage costumes which were not new. One gown which the officlals were most anxious to declare dutiable had been worn, as the singer laughingly assured them, five years ago, in San Franclsco. The majority of this vast number were, of- course, for stage pur- poses, for Mme. Tetrazzini likes to have several sets of costumes for each opsra in, Which she sings, that she may vary them. But her personal wardrobe, comprising, as it does, gowns for all occasions, Including morning, afternoon and evening concerts, is sufficlently large to satisfy the heart of any woman, for the singer has a true fam- inine delight in clothes, and does not scorn to participate with her sister women in the joys of shopping. Six trunks full of gowns left in London bear testimony to her activities in that direction in London last season.” Miss Evelyn Hopper, tists, or, as they would say in England, “manageress” of artists, has the follow- Ing announcement to make: Owing to the relentless demands made by Mr. Russell of the Boston opera, Miss | Alice Nielsen 1s obliged to abandon all recital contracts throughout the midd west. The Omaha contract was pos poned on November § with & promise of tulfliment later in the month, but Miss | Hopper now finds the prima donna's call | trom Boston came suddenly and before November 1, so that Omaha shares dis- | appolntment’ with Kansas City and all ad- jolning territory. This artist was not of the series, among the extra attraction the next of which will be Mme. Schumann-Heink at the Auditortum, Janiary 6, 1910, Mr. August Mothe-Borglum will present Miss A'ice Virginfa Davis-in a plano re- cital, assisted by Mr. Edward Ross Ba stow, baritone (pupll of Miss Anna Bishop), | and Madame Borglum, accompanist, at| the Schmoller & Mueller auditorium, on Monday evening. November 29, manager of ar- but Here is a good Thanksgiving thought which cémes from the mind of Mr. Henry Wood of Cambridge, Mass., in one of his latest books: “There are two reasons for the coming of every individual experience. It has been Invited, even though unwit- tingly, and it is needed for a higher de- velopment. If the events of life seem hard and advrse, they will be measurably soft- ened and transformed by the recognition of this higher philosophy. Thelr rea' use and meaning will be realized later. * * Our frictions are our own and not God's But, all the same, they are performing a | work of educational polishing. We under an economy of universal love. our eyes be opened to this truth.” THOMAS J. May wonderful KBELLY 7 with the Original Company gan, Marle Tower, Grace Barton, the Pe | dleton Clark, Willlam | Sellery, Burt Edward Burton, ! Harry Fowler, Sherman, and many others. M ‘ch Tate, Laura Lyman, Isabelle O'Madi- Sisters, John Wesner, Charles & ——— James K. Hackett in “‘Samson,” the Paris AMUSEMENTS, BOYD’S - The Girl AMUSEMENTS, Tonight OMAHA'S ONLY RST-CLASS THEATER Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday Mat. and Evg. Paul M. Potter’s Great Comedy From Rector’s Direct from & Successful Run of One Year at Weber's Musio Mall, New York. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Matinee Saturday--Seats Tomorrow CHARLES FROHMAN Presents JAMES K. 4 NIGHTS B CHARL: THE THI 3 NIGHTS Beginning TH RLANCHE BA KRUG H. WOOD Offe; S AL 4 ACTS J. R. STIRLING P ROSE MELVILLE - THEATER PRICES: 15¢--25¢--50c--75¢ FOUR DAYS Startin 14 SCENES HACKETT In HRENRI BERNSTEIN'S Modern Drama “SAMSON” By Author of “THE THIEF” and “ISRAEL." ginning NEXT SUNDAY, Dec. 5 -Mat. Wednesday FRONMAN Presents EF | URSDAY, D BLASCO Presents TE'S n"The Fighting Hope" MATINE Matinee Today t ‘Comsdy D Entitied THE CIRCUS G AL With VIVIAN PRESCOTT and a Strong Sopporting Cas THREE DAYS STARTING THURSDAY ents the Ar(llllo Qcm'lltnn‘ for the Tenth Seasen v 318 HOPKINS ES FROM BOSTON B, 1 W" GREW INCLUDING MANY BURWOOD MAUDE MONROE and (Mfllv ingaged for This vnx) First Half of Week: “PACING THE Starting Thursds EVENINGS, 350 AND 3850 THE BUCKLE OF OMAHA'S AMUSEMENT BELT WEEK *7}2*- THIS AFTERNOON ™atin ees Today, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday STOCK CO. IAVOII'I". WM. GRE uwn 'W, AUDE LEON MUSIC” ay Matinee: “THE MAN ON THE BOX" MATINEES, ALL SEATS, 250 Qup AT RS ADVANCED_VAUDEVILLE Week Starting Matinee Today. Matinee ry Day, 8:16—Night, 8:15 John Hyams & Leita Mcintyre Favorite Players in a Quaint Offering “THE QUAKERESS.” A Comedy of Cleverness by Herbert Hall Winslow Tnternational Acrial Sensation, CURZON SISTERS Human Butterflies. JAMES YOUNG Assisted by Miss Lorayne Osborne and Mr. Robert Strauss, in the Col- lege Yell in One Act, “WANTED A SISTER. uthor of “Brown of Harvard" International Fuornn “WORLD & KINGSTON “It isn't what they do, it's the way they do it Firsl Appearance in America MME. PANITA The Celebrated European Flute Vir- tuoso, (Leever, Lee, Manny, Roberts) The Singing and Dancing Messenger Boys. Original Entertainers. DOUGLAS & IIIIIIGIAS lfl«_‘_’ .,-\flulnflfl % KINODROME Always the newest in motion pictures Wew Musical Feature Bxtraordinary ORPHEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA 15—Talented Artists—15 Prices — 100, 350, 600 and 700, By :h LUCIUS PRYOR —Presents— MAX LANDOW In ‘His Only Piano Recital In Omaha This Season Thursday, December 2, 1900, At The First Baptist Church 29th and Harney Sta. | Mr. Landow will repeat his famous Berlin program, so widely pralsed by the Berlin press, Reserved Seats, $1; on sale at the sasle dopartments of A. Bespe Os., Bea- ott's, Bri Bros. o "M"H.mnn Plano Used. JEAN P. DUFFIELD Teacher of Piano |Sulte 404-05 11 Boyd's Theater EVELYN HOPPER TEACHER OF SINGING 303 Beyd Theatre Bldg. Wednesdays and Saturdays TEL. RED 5685 “ALICE V. DAVIS Pupil of August M. Borglum PIANO RECITAL Assisted by Edward Ross Barstow, Barl. tone, Monday Bvening, Nov. 29. Schmol- 1or "k "Mueller Auditoriom. Admission by lhvillt!oll. BENJAMIN FAY MILLS LYRIC THEATER, SUNDAY, NOV. 38, 3:30 P. M.—“Emersox, the Greatest Man of Modern Times.” All Seats Free. 800 P. M.—“What the World Never Xnew \ Till Now," One of Mr. Mills' Greatess Lectures. All Seats Froe. ward_ Ginn, Mr James H Emmett Florance, Mr Whitney, Mr Edgar F. Hill, | Mr. J. C. Rolgnd, Mr. David Manning, | Miss Beatrice Beckley, Miss Marle Wain- right, Miss Vera McCord and Miss Maude Gilbert. e |and Ne York sensation by Henri Bern- | | stein, the author of *“The Thief,” will be | |the attraction at the Boyd, beginning | ‘T:.ur.am night and for the balance of | | the week with a Saturday matinee, under | | the airection of Mr. Charles Frohman, who freely acknowledges that “Samson” is one | jof the most attractive bills he has to offer the American theater-going public | this season. Briefly, the plot of the play |tells of Jacques Brachard, who, brought up in poverty and risen to wealth, has it forced upon him that money will not buy ‘]lll wife's love. He sacrifies his whole fortune to bring about a panic on the | exchange to the ruinatien of the man who |has robbed him of the love of his wife. Like Samson of old, he pulls down the | | walls of ill gotten wealth upon the de- | stroyer of his hdme and like Samson, too, |upon himself, but he does win back his wife and begins life and fortune again in renewed happiness. The alm of the play has been unhesitatingly applied to th weakness of domesticity. Mr, Hackett supporting company is of the strongest material, each member carefully selected by both Mr. Frohman and the star. It tncludes Mr. Arthur Hoops, Mr. Frederic lot | eleven |p “Sal, A the Circus Gal,” one of H. Woods' successful melodramas, will be the mext attraction at the Krug theater four days, beginning Sunday, No- vember The plece s in four act: nd scenes and tells the story of life with & traveling elrcus in vivid and real- istic fashion. The plot revolves around the s of a young girl who is thrown among evil and designing people who for thelr own ends try to get her out of the way. With the ald of good friends she succeeds in escaping them. Her adven tures, which are exciting in the extrem form the nucleus of one of the most en- grossing plays of its kind ever presented, and the interest is kept up from start to | finish. Sensational climaxes, thriiling sit- uations and original features dominate throughout. The supporting cast s above the ordinary the latest | The story of “Sis Hopkins,” that delight- ful play of Indiana country life, with its scenes lald In Posey county, at the old Pa Hopkins' home, 18 one of unusual subtle pathos. Being Intimately associated with the love of “Sis,’ the 0dd little country &irl, It has an added charm and the tale s told ln & most naturdl and unconven- | tional | eeit is pathetic | last ships avt=the Burwood Rose Miss of manner Melville, who plays the part originated the character and has made of It one of the classics of the Her unassuming ae- ceptance of the of & man whose de- is apparent Lo everyone but the girl yet, when she awakens to his duplicity, the punishment she metes out to him is swift and sure. Miss Melville is surrounded this season by a company which surpasses In individual' ability any supporting organization which she has previously had Hopkins" comes to the Krug theater for an engagement of three days, beginning Thursday December 1, stage love Hope,"” the new play by Willilam J. Hurlburt, in which David Be- lasco will present Blance Bates, at the Boyd theater on December 9, 10 and 11, was the conspicuous dramatic hit of the season In New York, where it was played 300 times ut Mr. Belasco's theater, “The Fighting There will be a general revival of old sc- quaintapces and renewing of former friend- all week, starting this afterncon, the occasion being the re- turn for one week only of the Willlam Grew Stotk company. Mr. Grew won & great following during the many weeks that he was leading man at the Burwood last season and his welcome is sure to be & cordial one. Another favorite still with the company Is Lioyd Ingraham, who for (Continued on Page Nine)