Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1909, Page 35

Why Do Theater nagers ROM ocoast 1o ¢ "" \ Butte, M lC OF ) ork to or N w ans bustne theaters Is and another theater clos And togeth who would ne indertake to manager t. and at pre aspira- 9 courage the nture ) sugges edy, for rem enc th 1y houses 1 t the Americar modern America com theater had | tmportane and the tight- public to 1880 the ed the standing day owly recogni | reaking down of the prejudice | and yet within a very shor. | date mentioned the theater new »gnized In- | plavers ing prejud No sudden can be noted after t sd In the ftution, part Klants of t axal reced 1 lght of a re socla McCullough, | Raymond, names stand annals These men eir intens M ong qualities thelr t wonderful s Interpretation won for the recognition it long had struggled e on the heels of came a horde of lesse was, In 4 way. popular ized. In the very nature of things it was not to be desired that xo potent a factor should be devoted entirely to the more se- | rious and plays of e the blain ese great 1 the th men axpects of life were given The melodrata of opment of the melodrama had in those times the “t we have it now. No ever devised by Lincoln dore Kremer excelled in intensity of “heart interest in the gripping force of its thrilling” situation, for example, ‘“The ghts of London.”” “The Silver King" or Komany Rye,” while the structure of the most modern of soclety or problem dramas in wise improved on the plans of the “Lanc Lass” or “Ticket | of Leave Man,” “Ir The Banker's Daughter,” “East L. Esmeralda’’ or any of a long plays that mignt be mentioned. “The Two Orphans,” for ex- | ample, still remains unchallenged as a type of melodrama, and the probiem in “Hazel Kirke" is offered to us over and over, agaip in the guise of “modern lite drama. The Sardou cycle won for itseit | a place apart, and this might be said of several others of similar importance. da s but the de- )t yesterday iller,” just dreadful” J. Carter or Theo- We & penny or plays, has > shire ine presentea It will not be couwnded that the real | dramatists of today have not kept pace witn the advancing thought of the times: Ibsen is still, perhaps, ahead of us—an advanced | thinker, a man whose Ideas are yet to be | understood, and whose ideals are still to be | attadned. Tolstoy may also be listed here. | Sudermann, Maeter(inck, Bernstein, Barrie, Jones, Pinero. lsrael Zangwil, Willlam Vaughn Moody and Augustus Thomas wrestie mightily with the world-old prob- lems In thelr present form. D'Annunsio and | Shaw fuss around after the fashion of a dllettante, doing little and accomplishing | while Charles Rann Kennedy ana| iters of his class hang llke Mohammed's cottin heaven and earth, and in touch with néither. This makes no aceount | the Walters, Kleins and Beaches and ali | at host of little folks, intellectual space between whose light shines | tireflies in the | The literary produet of these | modern writers for the stage is prodiglous both fn quantity and quality, and provides such variety of pabulum as should rea: ably suffice for all. It would be a marvei | f a mind so etheral or so gross could exis | 1:at would not find in all of this list some- (hing of an entertaining nature, so that If it is merely amusement that s sought, the stage has certainly striven vallantly persistently to provide it. The cause apparent public indifference then cely be alieged aguinst the fallure stage to amuse. in twilight on- ana | for can sca ot the It the educational tunction of the stage be considered, may It amusement? Certan snomic problems of our complex efviliz: n were never more earnestly and frank! discussed (h the The relations 1t and a crosswise ed almost ethical \ noa theater inti- man have from legal logical aspocts uf beep given the most the most superficial conclusion reached Tho answer mate tween mar nan o been deb every standpo and, at tim the sex quest profound. consideration. and and The mor have has quote from M ing, “You been prac sne Be never tell. to natd Shaw | All this brings to the point. Having provided amusement in such prolific profusion that one must halt and deliberate when called to make a choice, and having set forth education of profundity and catholicity of pe. 1 in sueh attractive gul make Empire; us a litte closer upon a as almost seems fount effervesce in, the en as the lowly \ Jerusalem ened ldren playing in place sayin ave piped unto you to the n bble like w soda foun! mar Nazare You are lik- the market and age 1. we have mourned. | Is 1t possible that piping )0 the responsi- business . th manag msely New York, the great of P States i smbinations id ountain-head and activities in the senied the specta ling today [ ¢ Bty Kreat managertal s ¢ st laughable of newspaper whose tal e explolting of being produced; not to us attempt to interest the public in 1s go the theaters; not in ng end to Instruct thelr the lterary and dram engaged that it n be Each i organiz ents the t wri e these ns is pos art . >t bril rs, are ed, not ys that are what edity reade op at n avor stiributes of the various plays that are | tune Is typically American and is & world | being pr bilitie and pretath laudabl sented mental who these or telling of the capa- physical, of the men are eugaged in the inter- in noue of these channels Is the enlisted in heaping con- filth upon the anately. opposed leiters ents altaing and | inditterence the | 4 OMAHA Sl . - " Complain of “Hard Times" '|Status of the Stage as an Element in Social Life Fixed| .. Beyond Dispute While Quality and Quantity of Modern Writing for Production is So Prodigious as to Puzzle literary capacity can be found who for pay prostitute their pens to such ends But having found them we say of the men who will employ What satisfaction can efther of the »f the business world of possibly derive from seeing his belabored by a man who M@s been hired to do it? The literary bravo Is more a loveable person than was the bravo of the by-gone day, who was con- sidered to be really an objectionable char- acter. It requires no more of courage to stab a man by pen for pay than it did to lurk in & dark street and leap out and thrust a passing victim through the back with a dagger. The wage In elther case is earned by the same effort. The gentiemen who are engaged In this deplorable contest must not affect surprise If they find the ublic inclined to take them at their word and belleve what each says of the other Other causes may be cited for the apparent of the public to the offerings at the theaters, but here will be the most responsible B all reasons —— To the question ot George M oft, but insistent, echo answers in most musical tonmes, “Why When & Cohan play is submitted to a critical analysis che residuum is represented by the hole in, the doughnut. Yet when the twentieth century dawned George M. Cohan was being fea- wil shall them? age opponents this. leaders foun Cohan, a what | [tured on vaudeville bills of the | Wour Cohans, and was noted as being a could twist himself apes and get out of them quicker. Keeping his feet pattering on the stage the time, than & ther who “worked Today if all the theaters in «h world were wiped out, and the stage as a profession and & source of revenue to suc- cessful managers were obliterated, Mr Cohan wouid not have to worry about his board biil laundry check, for he has 4t stowed away in the banks to the tune, estimated by some close enough to know, ot $2.500,000. This means that Georgle nas coined almost $1,00 a day since he began his “life work" of writnng for the stage Running for Office his first, and nobody knows what will be his last. But at least once & year he has produced a new play, and now and again he has imitated the old lady's hen by producing two or three. None of these are dead yet, but are al in a of profitable activity, and there it. Mr. Cohan may be genius or he may not be & genlus, his plays may be worth watehing, and they may be a waste of time, but the American public persists In filling the theater whenever & Cohan piay is therein presented. Some co arisons have been made, between the tate Charles A. Hoyt and Mr methods of writing. The scissors and | pastepot proved their best friends and the as one oung man who nt n or was state you have a Gossip From Stageland Helen Grantley to Have a New Play Under Management of Martin Beck and Billy Brady—Frank Bacon Makes a Hit in New York—Chat About Well (O MAHA folks will be interested 1o know that Martin Beck fs about to equip Helen Grantley with a new p Mr. Back will be as sociated with Willlam A. Brady in the undertaking. The play Is drama, entitled “The Woman and is by C. N. Barnett. Miss who was Miss Goldsmith in has for several months ap- pearing vaudeville under the direction of Martin Beek. Her husband, Jim Delche spent a great deal of money in trying to a four-act Who Knew. Grantley Omaha been in | establish her as a star. but with indifferent | vaudeville have Mr. Beck to and the a success. Her efforts in been such as to encourage present her again in a drama | nouncement made s the result i A letter received from John Todd during the week brought the news that he just received another nad that was playing “Billy But another gagement s in prospect. and will working again after Christmas. Todd writes that there is no sleep among the ac in New York because of the con- tinued nolse due to the explosion of the- atrical boomlets. But amid this wreek and crash of histronic hopes our old friend, Frank Bacon, has landed well up. Mr Bacon went through Omaba early g Oc- tober with Mr=. Baedn’ m?fiuifi\n":h&u- gle. to begin a theatrical engagement on the Shea time in New York. They started on November 1, and made an immediate hite “Bo swell were they recelyed that Messre. Cohan and Harris immediately grabbed Mr. the Chicage “Fortune Hunter” compan: and his vaudeville career was cut short. In\this connection it was sald that Win- chell Smith author of “The Fortune Hunter,” proposes to write a play posely for Mr. Bacon, and we shall soor perhaps, have the privilege of seeing his name written high among the comedians of the American stage. This will surprise no one in Omaha, where Mr. Bacon is so well known and so generally liked. ‘Well, what do yo uthink of that? I do he's an educated man, and I thought all the time he was just playing himselt and acting natural” It was at & Saturday matinee of “The Talk of New York:" Vietor Moore had just finished his friendly little speech to the audience at the conclusion of the third act and the re- mark came from one of a party of girls in the front row of the orchestr “Well, I never,” continued the surprised t he the nicest thing lr'lll ever ad he's got an education.” It's funny, hut nevertheless a fact, that | %0 per cent of the people who see Victor en- he be belleve t also refer to the | yoore 1 this slangological Cohan conceit | g UG Ehe TN Roso cited 19 "'““';" “: | come away with the opinion that Kid Burns | the social and | acts the same and talks the same off the stage as he does on “I get lots of fun and a great deal satisfaction out of the speech.” says Mr. Moore. “When to curtain 1 commence make it 1 can see my audience prepare to | hand them Kid Burns, the and the of 1ook hear me line ghven to hatter o blow from fortune | | through the closing of a Shubert company Bacon for & leading vole inl pur- | Known Actors and Actorines | dramas and traveling circuses. In a ramb cuts, crudely colored, of the current melo- ing of way he gathered a limited | knowledge of perspective and figure draw | ing. | “A thorough bohemian. | acquatntance of sundry showmen numerous actors, and was finally engaged by a muscum manager to paint the signs snd ornamental announcements of the carious freaks exhibited from week to | week at art, when cinrati Vire come of that repository first real reputation was made. “Mac stuck to work, unmindful of the irregularity of the visits of the ghostly paymaster. His studlo was a dingy little room on the top floor of the museum. Here he toiled on, his own teacher, without models and without adequate material or tools, On the front of that Heck and Avery institution blossomed out each week in a bleze of Mac's well mixed pigments an edition de luxe of fat women, snakes, living skeletons and ossified men. “Occasionally pictures of the more curi- ous of the monstrosities of the peculiar show house were in demand for newspapes use and it was suggested to Manager | Avery that he have Mac make the draw- ings for the press. He received his first lessons in cess drawing’ in the Cincin- nati Commercial-Tribune art rcom. Final- ly. when business became very bad at the museum, he became a regular worker the paper. From Cincinnati Mac went to New York As he sat” sort a his fame the 1 nevertheless Avery to conduct he induced here the zrew, and came to Cin- the Mac facade late John »m Chicago museum And to with him. temporarn y on his wiltes Mr. Phister, “In the luxurious box at the Grard the other night and saw th the many clever the gorgeous paraphernalia & FErlanger staging of his creation | tymplated, as he no doubt did in retrospect his hours of grim discouragement in old museum directly opposite magnifl cent Sinton playhouse, is it a thing am: Ing that he should be. as he sa plu nutty' about ‘Littie Nemo? The Westcrn Theathrical soclation, great troupes-of dancer ac and all of this Klaw brain's Managers' comprising the principal in the states of Wiscorein, Nebraska, Kan- as- | vas, Towa, Missouri and Tllinois, has entered | nto a contract for & long term of glving the exclusive booking con their theaters tn Klaw & Erlanger. These ia,. the managers who some time ago de- | clared for an “open door" policy, announc- vears ol of “The Virginian" and “The Talk | personality | ployed is due. | arama | short of | they he soon made the | ana | Aimless as were his initial attempts | of freaks his | were similar. Mr ted in his faculty for selecting to present his. farces, and to the of the men and women he em- perhaps, as much of his sapacity for collecting and arranging current jests and passing slang in a pleasing way. Mr. Cohan also has this facu'ty and each of bis important comparies is headed by some one actor of estublished popularity and unquestioned ability, 80 that the people who are looking for amusement are certalr? to find it when they attend a Cohan show. With these qualifications and the assurance necessary to take chances, Mr. Cohan had made for himseif a fortune that will endure even it his lterary labors do not way they usually g actors Hoyt was un cess as to his the a While there in America three notable examp happen Toronto hauled Into ' poliee permitting complaining was ister admitted on the stand that he had never before The 1 r th point on which the performance fe! moral standard, but sald that | he was shocked by some of the things he saw. The police magistrate held that while is no censorship for had the recently of what anager was 1 finea $10| performance Baptist witnes been in a! we have two or might a 1 ju witness an jmmoral whe theate witness ¢ )t specity exact the | the complaining witness might not be the ng that ticr & they wished to play all attrac- of affliation. but movement a complete | producing mana country would not play wl these conditions. This experi-| brought disaster o their present they have not been able to supply thelr patrons with first-class attrac tions. This, with the exceptio tering one-night stand he | gives Klaw & Erlanger full only of the cities, but of ali tie respective found their tailure, the principal gers of the them un nent season, of a secat and there, control me-night stands in the United States and Canada. — Stage children, 1 k arly precocious,” says Miss 1| 2 Reich who is piaying part of C Runkle in Liebler & Co.'s latest Patterson-Ford play, “but I think the remark passed by my little brother was positively the cutest thing 1 have heard since Ford told me I was engaged for the “Well, Miss Bones, what made by your precocious As we were enteri gether, opening night, the £e door opped my brother Wil'le, ar he had a right to go throug you? asked the stage doormar And what did Willle Willie said. quick little brother of the Refch “Did Willie say that? Yes, Willfe said that Well? “That is the name of the “What is the name of the “A’ Little Brother of the “And? | “I promounce my name as If ft were spelled Rejsc-h.” “How old is Willie “Twenty-fou re particu- ke Hugh part st mark the & theater tc man sked if Who are er flash Py play John renown. Dunphy redit and | theat, | and and con- | that | points | on New s the plaving, Make-Up front of argement program where Mr. Man he theater, of the newspaper pl rger than Charle or Puuljne Freder; Dunpby s €rudite has & unic body can James Tole, dition, Dunphy thinks play such as the play Patterson and Harriet Ford, in which is & factor. ' Recently the downstairs dressing room, where the mechanical force “makes up," someone read in the theatrical news announcement of a new playa called “Justification.” and wondered what it was about. ‘Oh, another of Wallack's “The Fourth | Dunphy 1s billed | No. 2 But in the enarmous mposing room scene Dunphy stande Waldron, leading leading wom: raceful in the part number, _ which asking Bix Six there never was by Joseph Medill =t simply in man k. any- him or In ad-| ascertaain by president of in swspaper play, of course,” | said Dunphy, out of & superior technical knowledge, “but I'll bet it ain't as & “The Fourth Estate od as Walker Whiteside hasn’t always been the star of a play of the importance of “The At the Omaha Theaters of New York" atthe Boyd—Two Well Tried Melodramas at the Krug—Burlesque at the Gayety and Vaudeville at the Orpheum Make Un the List of Offerings. {onlshment that gradually overepreads the | taces of the people In tront when they find that | have at least a long-distance clutch on 013 Man Webster le the funniest th | you ever saw. It was the same way wh wite and 1 were playing in vaudeville In that sketeh, ‘Change Your Act. or Go Back to the Woods,' 1| was compelled to re- spond with & speech after numerous cur- tain ealls, and the result was the same there as here.” Sala Joseph Brooks has engaged Digby Bell to play the prineipal comedy part in George V. Hobart's new farce, “The Night," i Lilllan Russell Is to appear in Fhiladelphia at the Broad suret theater on Christmus night. Mr. Hobart's latest effort is an adap from the German, “Der Halbe Diehter by Rosen, Miss Russel! bas had it In mind for future use, but the demand is so ong for farce that it was Jecided to brinz it at this time. Tn addition te Digby Bell the following people | will appear In suppcrt of Miss Russell in First Night" Jullus McVicker Sydney Booth, Albert An George E. Mack, Ben Turbett, Susanne Westford | Millicent Evans, Leorors Oakford and ! Saide Willlams. which e Winsor MeCay, the cartoonist, wet b to the eity of his youth, Cineinpat ther day to see the performance of “Little Nemo,' Klaw & Erlanger's bix musical | comedy. Mr. McCay is the creator of Little Nemo,” as well as of “The Rarebit | Flena” and “Dull Care” Montgomery Phister, the veteran dramatic eritic qf the | Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune, tells the tollowing story of Mr. MoCay's early strug- | gles. Mr. McCay's rise to fame and of encouragement to avery YOUng struggler at the foot of the ladder: | | “Winsor McCay was born in & small lumber town, & city they call It now, up in the pine regions of Mihigan. Mac. Instead | after he had mastered the double rule of | Frans Lehar gem, three and made & trifling acquaintance with the spelling book, was put to work in & sawmill Dissatisfied, he made his | way to Chicago, where he worked for | concern (et made & speclalty of big wood the | HE VIRGINIAN" comes Boyd theater this evening, tc remain four days. William L. Gibson will be seen in the title Mr. Gibson has earned for bimself a reputation that he may well be proud of and is sure to make & gzood Virginian. Marshal Farnum and Mabel Wright are with the company, and under the management of the Kirke La Shelle company a first-class performance is warpanted to the role. Vietor Moore, endous success In George M. ( cal play, “The Talk of New Y Knickerbocker theater, New last weason, announced to this highly entertaining play at theater on Friday evening, Christmas matinee and night haps not too much to say that plays with musical trimmings given the American stage by Mr. Cohan durin his carcer, “The Talk of New York" one of the best. Originally cradled in Chi- cago at the Colonlal theater, ;The Talk « | New York’ ran half a year at that play- house, after which to the Knickerbocker theater on Broadway where It duplicated In length of rum the Chicago time. It became a fad in New York, where “Kid Burns' " sayings are now popular slang of the day. The story of “The Talk of New York’ has to do with “Kid Burns,” a follower of the race track, who has successfully pariayed a five-dollar bill and by pyramiding his bets, run it up Into & fortune. He falls in love with the daughter of a millionaire and en- counters . il sorts of difficulties before finally winning the young lady's b |1t abounds in bright and catehy lines Cohanisms, and is presented by a company | of seventy-five. who scored such an’s musi- at t City a trem- York appear the Boy well 1s n as as It is pers of all t It was sent Henry W. Savage's production of the The Merry Widow," which comes to the Boyd theater for a week, commencing Sunday evening, De- cember ¥, including matinees on Wednes- day. Thursday and Saturday, T | holds the recgrd for receipts tn New Y where it drew the enormous sum of $1,00. @0 and played to over 700.000 people, but its takings in Boston and Chicago far ex- ceed those of any other the three years sinee tion in Vienna, “The M been produced in mor and In entertainment Initial presenta- Widow" has in than thirty coun- 0 cities. > country In arope has falled to greet this work with nthusiasm, while in Japan it is today all e rage, companies t in Yoko homa, Kobe and Tc ing. A touring con work in various cutta I tries playing 10 at the p ny has prese Indian citles Juction of Af meed or a¢ Though ), perhaps of walta is sher Widow X po approv more talked feat 10 means the 0 Lan g beautiful duo, the 8 with all du cha ing Wife, tor Sonia, entitied uproariously comie second act duet be- Danllo. and as are to be ranked musically as as popularly as fully the equal of the much music-terpsichorean salon appree .. its pe Villa,” ¢ appealing male In Marsovia septet, “Won Dutiful and the roust: chorus solo the n and man re. discussed sen- The musical melodrama, “The Candy Kid" will the offering at the Krug theater for two days commencing Sundsy This is the third appearance of this play here and this time it comes with a new production, new songs and & new star. Ra mond Paine s the star of this seaso production, and he is-said to have a fine singing voice and ability as a comedian The company is larger than ever and in- cludes the famous “Bon Bon" Girls, a be | ehorus who dance and sing and charm the audiences with many changes of costumes. Jackson & Manley's, & sensation be presented days mtarting The Eye Witnees"; ' melodrama In five ac will at the Krug theater for five Tussdsy, December 2L The | another yot it world theit best judge would do 1 the t a 8§10 fine of the rabliity of carefu #0 the fine was put on Mo post mortem case (& belng made axs manager 6f a theater in which “The Girl from Rector's” was recently ~exhibited Her & minister is the complainant This minister d andertake that “The Girl from Reotc is better or worse than & large number of perfc mances that are permitted the stage but he announces his Intention of keeping the amusements of the city's people pure possible, and therefore is before the grand jury asking that the manage of the theater be indicted for permitiing an {mmoral performance in his house. I Chicago & young woman, & juvenile court | officer, has had a dancer arrested for & ing an {mmoral performance. She does not | charge that the dance she approached In any degree some of the dances that have been given of late, and | field for gleaning. In of the piay's quality barm ¢ he eater just to remind be At Des ne: not to say on | whieh are being hatled as triumphs of a but she insists that her mission is to pro- | tect the boys and girls growing up in Chi- cago and therefore: she will not patiently | tolerate anything that might possibly taminate the lives of young folks. It does not seem to have occurred to her that one | good way to protect the young folks from ontamination would be to keep them out of harm's way. In each of these cases the comp nt seems to have conceived a tion that the duty of protecting the p la resting imperatively upon him or her long as guardians of public weal may be found ti s no reason fear for the safety of the folks who take their pleasure at the theater con- | such careful Meiting Pot #0 comfortably dainty Comedy was a tim and housed theater, New York. There when Mr. Whiteside was en gaged in that widening and ennobling ex- | perience known as barnstorming, and| there isn't any false pride in the White- side makc-up which prevents allusion to that period. Tn his dressing room yester- day, the star of the Zangwill drama r called some of his struggles “Only sald he, in le Kansae ars ago. The stage had elevated, and 1 and kindred bold spirits, had taken a sporting fiutter and hired the town hall for $X for & per formance of ‘Hamiet.' We didn't come up to our guarantee, there was exactly $19.60 in the house all had been counted We he hasn't always been he is at the once," as 1 reall; stipnded, and that town several refused to be for when were fecling pretty 1 can teil and when the kindly-faced old gentle- who was either the manager of janitor or the sexton decided to ask him to us with enough money to get to the town. We had got as far as to tell we were without funds when he s a and left abruptly, saying he would what couwld be done. He was gone three- Guarters of an hour. Wher eturned, he said: Boys, ivs all biue man the house or th ap- p xt him proached, we as he right. 1 couldn't settle this thing myself, because 1 ain't got all the say. But the other trustees were will- ing to help when 1 explained the thing to them. You don’t have to worry about the | other #0 cents | ol Grace George ap) as Lady Teazle at the New theater in New York on Thurs- day night, and reports from Gotham to the effect that ner success was even | greater than that achieved in “Divorcons.” Miss George ought to make an Ideal Lady Teazle and might do much worse than to tour the country the part. Her tour n a Woman's Way,” which was inter- rupted at St. Louls, will be resumed Jan-| uary are in The Christmas nun was r of Varlety model in every The special articles contained in the of much importance while its advertising columns narkable prosperity Variety bhas two characteristios to recommend it. fair and it is independent, and on the: has bullt up a successful business, b still stating his reas t visiting America. nothing on which | out last week, Is a number clientelq are to its Bernard Shaw for & " In the meantime this side has occurred to con- vince us that his absence Is an unsup- | portable condition, | When John Mason closes his angagement with the 8huberts in “The Witching Hour" on January 1 he is to return to the man- agoment of Harrison Grev Fiske, to be presented in a new play that has not yet been named. second act ends with a terrific fire scene, | realistic to the extreme: the third act cli- max shows the attempted drowning of the leading lady and her subsequent rescue, an effect cntirely and fully covered by petents. in the fourth act transpires th ring leap of a large sized auto touring ar, going at & high speed. from one end of rising Jack knife bridge to the other, & flying leap through space of fully twenty feet. The last ot deplicts an awe-Inspiring death dealing tornado in the full strengt! of its first born force, with the usual ter ritying electrical storm, laying destruction and havoc in its track. Every vestige of scenic equipment ‘used in this act is ap- parently utterly destroyed and the curtain descends on a scene of devastation weste impossible to describe new and e moters of The at ti this ¥ Masqueraders Gayety for 0 (ine seven starting Christthas day ffice the tion, b; determined status of to supply a stor around which to of song and fun material consistent manner secured; then came together of such 1 dignity and tone st possible Ut dramat \helr a neglection asonable intelligence fusior wholly of shape plot ing henc the string- features as shouid as well as afford the of the whol Masqueraders” is handsomely with pretty girls who becomingly wear the gowna especially designed for this inviting musical comedy. The vaudeville section of the entertainment will be sup plled by beautiful Mile. Ani, soctety gym nast; the three Melvin Brothers, acrobats and Omaha's favorite chatter box, Jimn Leonard. Seats are selling for the entire fourteen performances. The customary ladjes' dime matinees, which have jumped into such great popularity, will be dally enjoyment Gay biessed given A program with nurgbers of head- line importance s bilied for the Orpheum theater this week and altogether it Is one of the strongest offerings of the season Bort Leslie and his company of comedians will be sesn as one of the leading num- in & new skit, “Hogan in Society The other 18 the famous whip manipulator Fred Lindsay. This Australian bushman | introduces some marvelous feats of the | lash. “A Billiken Freshman” is a clever combination of funny talk and catchy col- lege songs which utflizes the Billiken in & vaudevilie act. This number Is prefnted by Ed Wynn and Al Lee. The Big Ci bers witnessed | |8 | vorite, ORANA'S ONLY 7IRST CLASS BOYD’S tieater TONIGHT S———ND THREE DAYS—MATINEE WEDNESDAY THE KIRKE LA SHELLE CO. Presents THE PLAY 18 AS GOOD AS THE BOOK The Most Endears ing LOVE STORY EVER TOLD By OWEN WISTER AND KIRKE LA SHELLE CHRISTMAS EVE Xmas Aat and ‘Isfi: nEcl 24‘25 SEAT SALE Tomorrow, COHAN & HARRIS Present DAYS ONLY 2 In His Character Creation of KID BURNS The Talk of New York GEO. M. COHAN’S BEST EFFORT of Drama, Comedy, Song and Music, With the Same Cast That Has Pop- ularized This Cohan Masterpiece from Coast to Coast. PRICES $1.50, §1.00, 75¢, 50c and 25¢ ENTIRE WEEK Z8noay December 26 SUNDAY MATINEES WEDNESDAY, TRURSDAT AND SATURDAY MOST NOTABLE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE SEASON HENRY W. SAVAGE Offers HE MERRY WIDOW NEW YORKX COMPANY WITH THEE FAMOUS ENGLISH GRAND OPERA ORCHESTRA Arthur Woaley Mabel Wilber Wm. Starnz Sophie Barnard Louida Hilliard Charles Wright A¥D 75 OTHERS Seat Sale Thnnd: Morning 9 A. M., Dea, 23. Prices 50c fo $2,00 Mail Orders Received up to 6 O'clock Wednesday Will Be Filled in Order of KRUG TWO THE George Damerel Oscar Figman Harold Blake THEATER PRICES: 15¢--25¢--30c-75¢ DAYS STARTING MATINEE TODAY A NEW MELODRAMA WITR MUSIC THE CANDY KID WITH A STRONG CAST OF 35 PEOPLS. FIVE DAYS Sarng TUESDAY -Mat. Christimas LATEST SCENIC MARVEL ' THE EYE WITNESS GREAT SCENIC_DISPLAY. PROFESSIONAL CAST. SUNDAY—QUESN OF THE SECRET SEVE ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Matinee Every Day, 8:16—Night, 8:15 WEEK STARTING TODAY Davoted 4o Stricty High Grade ' Extravagansa and Vaudeville TWICE DAILY Wi MAT, TODAY WEIK (Including Two Performances Ohristmas Day) ..THE GAY.. MASQUERADERS In the Two Act Musical Melange, A HOT OLD TIME MLLE. ANI &%, FLO CUSHMANz: &2, 5 MELVIN BROS. BARNEY DUFFY Chorus Girla' Oontest Fridey Wight Evgs. & Sun. & Xmas Mats. 15, 25,30 & Tbe Week - ToEMATS. 15¢c & 250 )\ LADIES 10(- At Any Matines Bx. TICKETS cept Sun. and Xmas. Dear Reads % was -"l.;‘llll“ Otty Thurs. dsy t0 sce The Masquersders. B ‘Te & e A Copy of None—GCopied by Many “THE XING OF BLANG" BERT LESLIE And His C: Mak- ers npany of Merry i the New Skit, ‘“Hogan in Society’’ Ed-WYNN and LEE-AI In *“The Billiken Freshman' BIG CITY QUARTETTE Pred G. Roon, Charles Bates, James Marvelous Mierson and Gus Reed Acrobate The Muman Gost Direct BTHEEL The Hopkins Presenting a N Paris EMMA Sister anical Musical from Novelt “LUNA-LAND" WILLIAM FLEMEN ‘White-Face Monologue SPALDING and RIEGO Fun on the Fiying Trapese KINODROME Always the newest in motion pictures New Musical Feature Extraordinary ORPHEUM CONCERTORCHESTRA FIRST AMERICAN TOUR OF Mr. Fred Lindsa The Gentleman Adventurer, Af- rican Big Game Hunter and Fam- Australian Bushman, i1 Marvelous Whip Manipulations 'EVELYN HOPPER TEACHER OF SINGING 303 Boyd Taeatre Bldg. Wednesdays and Saturdays TEL. RED 5658 Talented Artists The paper that goes to the | PRICES—10c, 38c, 800, 78, | homes brings advertisers the R el . — e~ quartet | best returns. compased of well knows will furnish dy week's entertainment I mechanical and be offered by the trapeze perforn will afford bined with are bound tu furntsh logist is the and entertaining Wil Miam Flemen, The kinodrome will fine motion pietures and pheum orchestia will delight with program of <ol tione wingers for this Land, m and comedy ner, but | hat all b he mu s * | him_ un! Well Aid not untl the go 88 the Sam ou h bet r, he cautioned the youth were marked and that one take goods with » pa'd for asked, upon his return any customers? sald Sam gleefully brase you had that were marked i8¢ de, und here's the mone nicty-eight cents.— Judg Hopkins ¢ Spalding & nsati feats, « which these comedians This isical novelty, will Siste we som ’ al L4 And' T ot one man all week's mono: clever project b the a good Sure Encugh. job moving alarm of oking & xiaimed what hap this job xome sion, which ert nele got & o the red an kegh the f his work the forema A when vears ago blew up of powder man, was Valerie Bergere rewurns (o the Orpheum next week, starting Sunday, December with her latest The Sultan's a omedy e Wolle “Do man There dozen oW sked at an exy a one-act by Edgar a uldn't happen here,’ returned A Budding Merchant. The jeweler left hix new boy In charge I the store while he went Lome me and you, was the to his din- | reply.~Harper's