Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1909, Page 13

+ THE What Omaha Had and Will Have at Theaters | Victor Moore Shows Growth in H:s Comedy Methods -- Hoodoo Week is| Bad -- Morris Money ICTOR MOORI'S Christmas in | Omaha was notable belng his first appearance here in any- thing more extonded than a vaudeville sketch. Three times $ he has visited Omaha as a per former at the Orpheum, and each time re- celvEq\the plaudits of all who attended the theater because of the apparent sincerity of his efforts as a comedian. Three years Mr. Moore would have played here with Fay Templeton in “Forty-five Minutes from Broadway." were it not that fined to his bed In Denver while the com pany was in Omaha. By the way, that was @ particularly unfortunate week for Cohan stars. While Miss Templetc ged to get through with each per- formance of the engagement at the Boyd she did so at great physical inconvenience, because her throat was in such condition 4% to require the constant attendance of & physiclan. Mr. Moore came to Omaha as the company was leaving and spent a couple of days visiting with friends be. fore going on to join the others. His present efforts show that he Is developing rapldly in his art, and that while he is living the American stage will not be with \out, at least, one comedian of quality. ar, Mr. Moore's work has been along lines far less serfous, perhaps, than he is fitted for, But his ambition looks to greater things and It has been definitely announced that Messrs. Cohan and Harris propose to present him in & comedy much more worthy of his capabilities than “The Talk of New Xork he was con to P, For some reason the week before Christ-| mas lost its traditional significance | |Really Not So Omaha being this vear Managers dread weelk the of all the when the theater 18 neglected. Santa Claus has the call at this time and ordinarily spent for theater tickets goes (o buy nick-nacks and for the little folks ~nd more expensive and enduring re membrances for the grow 80 the week has always been a dreaded one at the pia houses, and It is customary to practically suspend operations until the of Christmas day revives in the public the de sire for amusement be only at the theater. Companies are off or continue under half pay thing is done to curtail expenses. But the iast week in Omaha proved an exception At the Boyd a good old play received most liberal patronage, while at the Krug two time-tried and fire tested melodramas brought most one money that is ups. dawning such as can found 1atd and every att established each out gratitying ndance its for continued of “selling formance, while at the Gayety the of burlesque was proven by multitudes as filled the capacity dally and It w the biggest week-before {stmas business ever experienced iu Omaha, and this with the fact the local merchants all were driven to the utmost hv the Christmas trade may be accepted custom out per pop- ularity the nce of such its utmost pres: house nightly Ch to | ~1 he Orpheum Gossip From Stageland Percy Hammond Recalls an 0ld Fable in Telling of Ruth St. Denis and Her Dance—Belasco’s Latest Production Approaches the Sex fionemon from an Angle Hitherto Unseen on the American Stage BRCY Hammond of the Chicago Tribune was moved after seeing Ruth St. Denis In her dances to emit this When Miss Isadora Duncan danced in London, Mr. Max Heerbohm was reminded of the fable of the emperor's new clothes. It will be called that there came to the emperor's Walace a certain weaver, who promised to Wweave for the emperor a garment that Would be'visible only to honest peop's, and how he set up Lis loom and wove and wove, and how none of the courtiers could dis- vern a single thread, vet all were loud in thelr praises of the fabric, and how when the time came for the emperor to mally forth thus arrayed through the streeta of the capital, the people vied with one an- Other in acclaiming the fabric's beauty, and 41 went well until one little child inno- cently exclaimed: “The emperor has noth- ing on! Now, while it cannot Ruth #t. Denis that she has nothing on, St it is a fact that she has not very much on, and of that there is a great deal that is transparent. Yet, we fancy, there are only a few of those who observe Miss St. Denls In her Hindoo dances at the Col- onlal who experience even the vaguest feel- ing of impropriety In thelr contemplation of ler bronzed and rounded limbs and torso. Whether this is because the emo- tions of the spectators are similar to those ©f the emperor's courtiers or whether it Is & tribute to the genius of the dancer we are not prepared to state., Probably it is hoth. At any rate It proves the contentlon Mr. Heerbohm and of others that pro- priety and impropriety are not things that can be determined according to the quan- tity o (he opacity of Ciothing. They de- pend’ un mbvement and meaning, and in these Miss Nt. Denls s quite properly pria ‘ 50 tho: dancing fect of ne said of Miss of who s “the believe with Homer sweetest and per- human enjoyments” may attend formance of Miss St. Denls in com- She embodies with much grace of Kesture and motion, vivid bits of orlental- Ism, some of them easily symbolic, like the revealing the “life of the senses as the Hindoo understands it,” and others merely pieturesque, as the street scene, most eloquent delineation of the dancer and the | cobra. ‘The pungent pantomime shown in the mortification of the Yogin is remark- Dramatic Cri LESS closely theater than the manager o allied 1o the the actors and 15 the dramatic eritic. The two first mentioned mway doubt the utility of the critic, and have baen known to express themselves upon the subject in no un- measured terms. But when all is said and done and the relatior. betwean the critic and the people of the stage Is brought down to the last analysis, it will have to be admitted that it is the eritic who is looked upon as the cburt of last resort When everything Is ready for the public, when actors have rehearsed thelr parts, when authors haye given the last final touches to thelr lines, when managers have paved the way to {he utmost for the success of a performance, the work of the eritic begins. It s to him that the' public looks for a truthful opinior. If he Is not trustworthy, it does not take the public long to find It out, and his criticlsms lapse into disfavor No one is capable of judging the work of others unless he exercises the ut most restraint and preserves his equanimity Intact. The moment Pprejudice beging to creep intc his re views, they become worthless. To point out errors Is easy. It is traditional that the mote in a brother's eye Is more easlly discernable than the beam in our own. To rhapsodize merlt is equally easy. But the real eritic s the one who not only points out the flaws, but he who suggests a remedy. Unless behavior, there s no us him for his presert faults condemning Consider the rosponsibilities the dramatic critic who h set himself the task of being fearless and truthful. Let no one envy him his lot. In his line of Auty he occuples @ position absolutely unique. Thousands of dollars may be spent upon a production before the cur tain rises on the first performance, and wonths of drudgery in rehearsal, ma ing the total at stake beyond the power of the average theatergoer to realize But, however great the critic's concer may be for the actors and the managers under such circumstances, the duty he owes the public, by virtue of. the confidence reposed In him, is greater and must be his first consideration of Many of the people connected with the theater would do away with the critio altogether, establishing, as It were, & sort of haphazard theatergoing on the part of the public, who would thus never be able to find out whether or not they were gping to be edified by » performance untll after they had pald thelr money for the privilege of finding that | able, too, in its powers of revelation though our research into the matter con vinces us that this exhibition has been dis- creatly modified atmospheric accessories, we Imagine, a veristic. s Is it the cry of the new woman ot old that, is heard in “The Lily," the | play which David Belasco presented the Stuyvesant theater, New York Thursday night, with an unusually str cast? As adapted by Belasco from French original of Plerre Wolff and Gaston Leroux, “The Lily” is primarily a drama of sex. There is none of the eternal “tri angle,” but instead the spectacle of & woman denied her right to love and he loved. “The Lily” is a tragedy of “the new at on ng the | daughters of the Impoverished Comte de | | Maigny. The oldest, Odette, “The Lily," —she is 3 at the opening of the play, and her sister Christiane is 25. In deference to the wishes of her tyrannical and alto- gother profligate father Odette had in her youth relinquished has never ceased regretting her fidelity to so-called duty. The younger sister, Chris- tlane, has fallen in love with George Ar- naud, an ¢ tist and a married man, who is unable to secure his freedom from the woman with whom he b not lived for ten years. Before the play progresses very far revealed that her relations with the portrait painter are no longer innocent. The girl confesses - defiantly. The Comte isabout to beai her when the gentle Odette to the defence. In- stead of censuring her sister openly and eloguently applauds her “Christiane s right! cries passion- ately. “Anything is better, anything is to be preferred to the gnawing loneliness of an old mald's life.”” “Look at me!” she weeps. “Once 1 was beautiful and young, too. 1 was made to love and be.loved and what am 1 now 0ld! shrivelled! wrinkled! Gone ruin! An old maid:!" Continuing, Odette turns to her stupefied father “It is your honor that is killing has only succeeded in it comes she to she =ays 1t us. with {ts | making of me a woman pure, but desperate | and broken hearted. Go, Christiane, go | toward life, toward love! I have paid the | ransom for you." Charles Cartwright tic’s Function out. The patrons of the theater thus share in the finanocial with the managers, instead of its being assumed by the latter alone. The fact that the public has nothing to gain by such a speculation is lost sight of. In- vestments in theatrical property Jbring such enormous returns that -it ‘seems only fair that those to whom the profits will acorue in case of financial su should carry the whole burden The eritic has nothing to do with the business side of tho st His func tion is to treat every production on its artistic merits, regardless of its com mercial aspects. He has no more right to print lles about a dramatic perform. ance than his newspaper has the right to print them about any other matter of public Interest. One . thing, however, the critic must always bear in mind, and that is the producing department of the stage has a right to serious conslderation. The Herald has always frowned upon that class of criticism which praises indis- criminately or dismisses without a fair hearing. To treat with levity or to slur over the virtues sr faults of & play or the work of an actor wot fair ery has the right 10 be treated according to his merits, and it a come- dian essays to play Hamlet and his performance shows an utter lack of abllity or verisimilitude, still he must be given eredit for an earnest effort. Because he has failed is no signal for erities to wax Inerry, Rather should point out to him his errors, by a judicious and try to influence him for improvement Nor is it the eritic’s function to advl, the public to stay away from a bad yerformance. If he does so, he lowers his dignity quite as much as if he stood vutside of the playhcuse in the capacity of “barker” urging the crowds to take In th His provinee Is to state the qualities and the values as he knows them. His readers agree with him not, as they see fit, or rather to the extent that he has in- spired their confidence by telling them the truth. The critic cannot Le Influenced by Interested people. If he purposely roasted” a good show because of some real or fancied griev- FAInst any one, he s just as bad as though he praised a poor one be- cause he had been wined and dined by its promoters. Not for one Instant ¢ he afford to jeopardise his reputatio: by misrepresenting facts, for he not only risks his own standing as a eritic and the sincerity of his amployers, but he refieots on the intelligence of his readers.—Dramatic News would speculation [ or they and serious discussion show can permit himself to The acting of Miss St.| Denls' assistants is quite natura! and the | | bachelor girl,” for bachelor girla aro the | has grown old in the service of her family | the man she loved and | action. | OMAHA UNDAY BEE DECEMBE R 1909. proof positive tha about as times are good here- | information in interest A bit of feel which the public comes in a per- of the directing Willlam Morris entar eftect Mr. Samuel the theater in Salt which the Shubert that he has Morris enterprises. nificant sonal letter - managers of the It is to th Newhouse is b Cake City at will be given, himself in the the most s ha prises that ilaing shows interested This is announcemont thay itiey1o oothad strite. © If the Newhouse millions are to stand as a fund. the Morris undertakings a much solider backing than his opponents realized. M merely a mine and been vith made for the managerial serve have have Newhouse is not ted wealth has com been able lueky but o hard-h busir he he enterprises It into because man of 1o him because through great | consummati determine to go | theater it 1s | themgelves that the vent | profitable as to push to a successtul | he and his associates business of the have satistied ire promises to be having conyinced are not liabts to revoll against the is taking greater head- And, by the way, ana of this The Morris combine day once themselves | stop short | vaudevine | way | papers would suffi | ducers, Omaha Morris thea and the promise of the | will be ready_for opening much sovner was expected. It is that it may ba ready for the at Ite opening can be made a tocal observance of Washington's If Christmas had not been called to mind in a hundred the editions of theatrical magazines and news. There come to hand of The Billboard, the York Review These s grow architect is that ng apace it than aven lhoped publie so 1 birthday other ways, Christmas such special editio Dramatic News, New and the New York Star sent the climax_of achievement in pictorial rep- and actdrs by periodical for the pages of all named are full of pictures of | women and girls of the stage. with an oc casional male parson also being shown in counterfeit. 'There wéalth prose dealing with the stage, its affairs and fts| peaple and a host of special articles, Then | here are the advertisements. These are| rot only large and npmerous enough delight but a of inte of pr nagets performers in ing to thank friend past patronage and to express a hope ronage to come The affairs of the stage ary hot now | altbgether amicable as respects some peo- ple at least connected it But is little echo of any hostility to be the articles in o that the repr resentation of actresses publications brim is a of enough to the publisher sst as. showing the pleasure and tak tor | for this means tgeir Jus with found the Christmas mference e in these papers, that the benign is fair season has the nature of thehad 1ts due Influence Fortunes Made in Songs THE has rolled when Will & Hay's “Molly Darling was the melodic rave, the making and publishing of songs has grown to astonishing Mitlions of money are ir the and countless are made by it annually. At dozen big firms, in New York and Boston alone are Interested heavily a number of them exclusively—in pop- tar There large printing establishments that print nothing but “words and music” thus catchily com- bined. The amount of white paper con sumed comparable to that which quarter century thaté by since 183, popular proportions. || vestea in fortunes least a business <ongs. are of the goes into the maw newspaper press, the adve nts of owr most enterprising song publishers push those of the departments pretty closely, ys the Dramatic News The composer and the writer many conspleuous instances are one and the same person—come In for a fair hare of the financial reward. 1f he is in addition, his own publisher. he gets tha lion's share. The following hypothetical, 1s based approximately upon the actual sales of the various songs specificd, shows how soon $1.00, 000 is rolled up, even on a b-cent’ per copy royalty basts: while wha it table, which, though A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF MELODY. After the Pall” by Charles K. Harris. “The Banks of the Wabash,” by Panl Hiawatha,” by O'Dea and Moret Always” and ‘“Because'' by She Was Bred n Old_Kentuck “The Swestest Story Ever Told,” Stein Song,’ by Richard Hovev In the Good Old Summer Time, “Bedelia” and “Mr. Dooley,” by “By the Watermelon Vine, Lindy Lot {| “In the Shade of the Old ‘Apple Tree Alstyne “A Yankee Doodle Boy’ “Merry Widow" songs. “Soul Kiss" # “Waltz Dream’ I'm On the Water Wagon Now. “I Want Dem Presents Bac | “1 want to Be Loved Like HOSWRAEL: s Avisiaset Sotnnl “Poker Love" by Kearn and West “I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark “Love Me, and the My Sweetheart’s the Man In the Moon” Violets” ocoveese i| “My Littie Hong “The Gibson Bathing_GIrl” by he Read the New York Papers,” der the Bamboo Tree.” “Congo Love Song,” by Rosan “All Coons Look Allke to Me,” b “Mandy Lo, by Will Marion Cook by R. and F " by and others, b lden Rod,” by Mabel McKinley “Dearle, “School “Soe-Saw “Absence,” by “'Good-Night, Doan Ye Cry by Claire Kummer. Days' Little Girl, Gooy Ma_Honey,” by “Cayalry Saber” and | Tyrrell ... eville,”" b plays the part of the count. Nance O'Neil and Julia Deane are the sisters, | & Kor the first time any stage, the Shuberts produced at the Auditorium thea- ter at Baltimore last night, Cora May- | nard’s new play, “The Watcher.” An un- usual feature of the performance is the fact that the theme of spiritualism runs | throughout the four acts, the ‘‘watcher” |in question being the departed spirit of the good mother, whose death causes so| much trouble in the family of the Kents. | Miss Maynard, in going to the realms of | | the mystic for the foundation work of her play, has struck a responsive, if not a universal chord if the manner in which the play was received tonight can be taken as an indication. In several respects “The Watcher” is not unlike “Pald In Full." The dramatic interest is sustained through- out. The cast, which is o small one, has been selected with unusual care. The players are, Joha—Emerson, Percy Has- well, Catherine 'Countiss, Marion Ballou and Thurlow Bergen. There are four acts, each of them taking place in the living room of a New York flat. John Emerson has staged (he production for the Shuberts, “The Watcher' will play at the Auditorium ull this week, after which it will be seen al the Comedy theater, New York. on William Collfer says that he is not used to the name “Willlam.” He doubts tuat It he ever will be. If he goes Into the club and some one calls “William” he pays no attention. He thinkg the waiter is meant. Befdre he changed his name from “Willle" to “William" for stage reasons he says that he can only remember being called William once, and that was by Augustin Daly was call boy when I was 14 for Mr. Daly, and one of my duties was to ring down the last curtain. One beautiful autumn afternoon thege was & game be- tween the New Yorks and the Chicagos to decide the champlonship, and on that same Howitz and s by Braisted and Evans and Shield. Jerome and_Schwartz by by George M.’ “Creole Love Song.” by Edgar B. Smith.... Emmpllne Grant feir day Ada Rehan and John Drew played a matinee of ‘She Would and She Wouldn't.’ I took a chance and went to part of the Baue At the exact moment that the last act came to an end I was hurriedly ap- proaching the stage door. Mr. Drew looked at Miss Rehan and Miss Rehan looked at Mr. Drew, and both looked at the gudience and wondered why in heaven's name the curtain dldn't come down. I am told it vas embarrassing. At last somebody rang | down, but too late. I got back just as| Mr. Daly was investigating. ‘Where s | Willlam? he asked. That was the first | time 1 _yas ever called - anything hut] ille and my full name has quite lost Its unpleasant assoclations ARG { “If in casting a play you can find an actor who looks the part you have in mind | for him, be thankful” says Mr. Frohman. ‘If you can find an actor who can act the part, be very thankful, but it you can find an actor who can look the part and act it, | too, go down on your knees and thank Goa!” never it | Miss Fritai Scheff is to leave the manago | ment of Charles Dillingham at the end of this season and Miss Louise Gunning will take her place in the Dillingham re- |tirue. Although the sjtuation s emtirely amicable it is understood that the prima donnu's temperamental vagaries did not hurmonize with Mr. Dillingham's charac- placidity, aad that the seperation | teristie Coples ats i 23 52 5 Dresser. LEE T Stults F. Bullard EETE 233333333 Jacobs. . and Walter Williams 5 223 FEEEEE Cohan. by Paul Wes A Leading Lady World s Mine"........ and Bratton. Nolman and West.. by John Bratton... by Rosamond Johnson.... nd Johnson Firnest Hogan “The Man Who_ Fights the Flames.” hy Feiix Felst “Merry-Go-Round"’ songs, by Gus Bdwards and Paul West ¢ 'and Henry be entirely unwelcome. Not long ago the motion of the train to which Miss Scheff's private car was attached inter- fered with her ablutions, which were tal- ing place in a diminutive bath tub in her ateroom. She ordered the engineer to stop for ten minutes until she finished, and It is sald that he did. will not A London letter N gives us this Princess Bariatinsky prepared little dramatic joke for her audience Friday. She first played ‘Hedda Gabler” in Russian and then the program announced that she would give an English version of ““The Stronger Woman,” a ong-act plece by Au- gust Strindberg, a dramatist beloved on the continent, but hardly knowy in Eng- land and America. *The Stronger Womar was an English version of the original play 1 all right, but Princess Bariatinsky took a to the New a = lasues of | York Sun | THE GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT OF sul\figAY | theve | of. IKRUG BOYD’'S- ENTIRE WEEK BEGINNING TONIGHT DAY AND SATURDAY-SPECIAL MAT, HENRY W. THURSDA SAVAGE OFFERS With the New York Company English Grand O THEATER PRICES: 15¢--25¢--50¢--75¢ TWO DAYS STARTING MATINEE TODAY A. H. WOOD’'S Big Melodramatic Novelty OF THE QUEEN SECRET SEVEN IN FOUR ACTS TWO DAYS STARTING TUESDAY THE GREAT RACING COMEDY SUCCESS WILDFIRE PAULINE HALL THE BEAUTIFUL WILL ARCHIE The Original “Bud' The Original Produotion as Presented 100 Nights at the Liberty Theater, BRIMFUL OF EUMOR. 17 You Can't Laugh, Stay Aw: w York. FIRST TIME IN OMANA. AT POFULAR FRICES THREE DAYS Starting THURSDAY MATINEE MATINEY FRIDAY AND SATUBDAY ANOTHER §1.50 SHOW AT POPULAR PRIO THE VAUGHAN GLASER Preduetion of AUGUSTA J. BVANS' Famous Novel SUNDAY silent part. For half an hour she was on the stage and never sald a word. The plot of Strindberg's little that two women meet in a cafe. Both are actresses, Madame X., played by Lady Tree, t8 married; Madame Y,, the Princess Bariatinsky, is not. Madame X. begins to ghat over her friend’s misfortunes. She | boasts of her own husband’s devotion, of her beautiful child and of their happy | bome. Stlently sketch is 'Y. listens to all, nically. Gradually sus- Madame X. As she relates tales of her husband's unceasing devotion she narrowly watches the other woman for signs of doubt. At last in a rage she flounces away still protesting. Then Madame Y. leans back in her chair and laughs for several seconds before the curtain falls The, audience Madame smiling a little ¢ picion creeps upon only applauded vigorously and At the Omaha Theaters First Local Glimpse of “The Merry Widow” Will Be Afforded at the Boyd During the Week—Krug Presents an Attractive List of Plays, While Orpheum Presents an Unusually Strong Vaudeville Bill and the Gayety Tempting Extravaganza. S ——————— BNBY W. SAVAGE'S splendid production of “The Merry Widow,” which comes to the Boyd theal n t and will for the entire week, is acknowledged to be the most sensational musical suc the history of the str.ge. of Europe for of the United past season commencing to- remain s in It has been the rage three years and every States where it visited have voted it the best part the light | |a goddess. i Merry bV . charm of Franz Lehar's mulodies and upen the whimsical appeal the operetta’s humor, that relatively minor consider tion been accorded the world's dramatic strength. No light opera within memory bountifully supplied with s{irring dramatic scenes—tense moments «lSm thrill the spectator. It is a announcement that we are to get the assive production that was seen at Amsterdam theater, New York, be- is the most beautiful of all th Widow'’ equipments. Miss Mabel who has won a conspicuous suc part of Sonia, is sald to posses ideal temperment for the herlone of romantic story and she dances like George Damerel is still the charming Prince Danilo. In the hands upon the or re has rare is %0 welcome same the ew cause it Merry Wilber, cess In the the this GEORGE DAMEREL. opera in memory. The piece has mnot succeeded merely because the music is new, catchy and. good, but also because the play Is a real play and the comedy Is erisp, bright and accurate. This combi- nation of a connected plot, an interesting story, real fun and good music, Is absolutely exceptional that there is no doubt whatever of the great and long continued success of any plece that has it. Buch emphasis has been lald upon the allurement of the famous waltz in “The 50 of these young artists, ine world-famed waltz loses of its fetching qualities. Others who will be warmly weicomed are Oscar Figman, Wilham V. Strunz, Charles 1. Wright, Harold Blake, Arthur Woole Louida Hilliard, Sophie Barnard and seven ty-five none others. * The Merr Widow from Kansas City this morning on a train and will be ready for the performance this evening. While the sale of seats has been unusually large in advance of the openfng performance, it has not exhausted the supply and plenty | of good seats may yet be obtained. Per- sons who have been holding back on pur- chases because of the notion that no good seats might obtained are advised to communicate with the box office, for they can easily be taken care of. company will ar- rive special opening be “Cupid and the Dollar,”" by Tim Murphy will be played at the Boyd next Sunday Dorothy Sherréd, always winsome and capable, will appear prominently in the support. s “The Queen of the Secret Seven,” a new play in four acts, will haye its tirst presen | cusnion. | tation at transcedent | | theatrical | aren | York | Archie | proprietor; | to Archle arfd said | company 1s this week's att | Gayety, t. Elmo DEMATIEN® BY WILLARD HOLOOME. MR. MARTIN L. ALSOP MISS ELSA BEDFORD AND A GREAT OAST NOTE—The Only Authorized Veraion, ‘IN OLD KENTUCKY."”’ 20 A R S S O S SR SAT G As “ST ELMO” As “EDNA’ the newspapers congratulated the princess on having learned “to keep silent in Eng- lish” so ably. Notwithstanding. that her first English part was a silent one the princess does speak English very well. Miss Margaret Anglin has a subtler way of reproving patrons whose demeanor does please I During one of the per- formances of “The Awakening of Helena Riehie” at the Savoy in New York last week she noticed that a tired business man in one of the proscenium boxes had fallen asleep. Instead of resorting to the anathe- matic method of correction used by Henry Miller, Wilton Lackaye and Mr. Hilliar® she sent an usher to the box with a sofa Tie usher awakened the slum- berer and said: “Miss Anglin's compliments, sir, and sho thinks this might n:ake you more comfort able.” the Krug theater for two days, starting Sunday. There is plenty of real- ism in its scenes and story. The produc- tion, under the management of A n Woods, will have the fxn:(h of a excep- tionally clever company. Krug theater for th Thursday Vaughan of “St. Elmo,” the Augusta Evans Wilson, traction. At the ing tion e days start- Glaser's produc story My will bé the at- Wil Avchie/ the diminutive comedian who has scored such a declded success i ‘Wildfire, the play that the Krug theater for two days mmencing Tuesday, is one of the few fortunate ors wha has no tibught of worriment about conditions. Mr.. Archie is the of a hotg) in New York, the Will and when his theatrical duties are ded, Bill. as he is Intimately the general “Pooh Bah" of the Business in a hotel way exceptionally thought comes owner known, is hostelry Ney K001 an addition might bring him in a lui He had architect make plans for the alterations and submitted the plans to the bullding department. Build ing inspectors were sent up look house ove. in has been and Archie Willarci money lately the more to the and Inquired for the proprietc them and explained to them Just what was required. After lLavi looked everything over and approving tie alterations desired to the pro prietor of the hotel. Bill said he was ‘he they to hi thought he was kidding. After much argu ment, Archie sent for fanager, and finally convinced the inspectors that he was the owner of the plate. As the in spectors werp leaving, one of them turned Say, kid, next talk to, bring refused tim. you send for & man t birth certificate along.’ The Rice & Barton Big Exiravaganza tion at the opening with a matinee this after- noon. A Night at Brighton Beach,” which opens the show with its array or pretiy girls and clever comedians, soubrettes and funny situations and complications. The olio ranks among the best in vaudeville and novelty abounds, Such well known people as the American Cowboy Four, Jeanette Wesson, Walters and Wesson, Stevens and Moore, John THE TIM MURPHY IN CUPID AND THE DOLLAR | pera Orchestra EASON. Five January 7 NIGETS | Right o Way ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Matin ry Day, 2:16—Night, 8118 WEEK STARTING TODAY Valerie Bergere Her Company Present the One- Comedy by Kdgar Atleu Wolff, HE SULTAN'S FAVORITE Tuscany Troubadours A Double Trio of Tuneful Thrillers Stelling and Revell Twists and Turns on the Morizontal Bare. Town Hall Minstrels Subers, Coakley and McBride and Ootapany And Charlene and Charlene In Their Drawing Room’ Entertains ment, Expert Juggler and Tady Xylophonist Miss Violet King The Clever Hntertainer at the Piano d Briliant English Violiniste Meyers and Rosa The Cowboy ‘And the Girl Lariat Bxperts KINODROME Always the newest in motion picture: New Musical Feature Extraordinary GRPHEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA Talented Artists—13 Detoted to Stric Bxtravaganta ani Vaudeville TWICE DAILY (/A% MAT. TODAY RICE @ BARTON'S B BIG GAIETY CO. | In the Hurricane of Joy, | “ANight at Brighton Beach” You Like Vaudeville?—XLook The Melba of JEANETTE YOUNG 3it.oviginse Wesson,Walters & Wesson 3272207 JACK DEMPSEY {2 Bis Booen- STEVENS @ MOORE2%;, ¥ |88 REVERE & YUIR High Grade Parisian Dancers Extra Midnight Show and Sunday Matinees. [ The Girla Who | B AMERICAN COWBOY 4 4, f Frtto Starting &t [0 | = 8o, 850, ‘800 wud. 70. [ At any Matines 2 X.ook Alike |{ OLLIE OMEGAZ:" Eox Sixteen 18:01 A. M. | Dey“MATS. 15¢ & 28¢ & & Sun.,, New Year's Rice & Barton me when I say I hope that all the shows to come Will be Lalf as good. | B. L. JORNSON, . Gayety Thoater | 1 J: Dempsey twelve Ollie Omega, and a troupe of dancers, and Tes B make assurance doubly of high ciass en- Joyment. Ladie matinee daily ex |cept today and Saturday. A novel fea- ture of - the engagement will be the midnight show starting at 12:01 January 1. The regular performance well as several timely the occasion. Greet Gayety. rns, sure dime extra will be given as hits appropriate the New Year fo at the For ti today and ol the daily Valerie ponent the with starting with a Unees & on New when Year's day, custom of u matinee will prevall, Berger most popular of the play, who comes to Orpiv the b her The Sultan's Favorite igar Allen Wolté, grand operas, such armen, “Tannhauser and be contributed by the Troubadours, & sextet of singers, Kill displayed in the ' perfor and Kevell, horizontal twists and turns and furnish comedy of the Jut type. The Town Hull Minstrels, Coakley and MceBride, among the cessful musical comedians on the Orpheum eireult, furnish five tuneful and laugh producing numbers. Charlene and Charlene have a drawing room entertain- ment, with xylophone selections and every variety of clever Juggling. Miss Violet King ls & virtuoso of both the vielin and p ex- ay o head-line late ces a comedy by K Diamatie weenes from a8 “Faust,” ( Rigoletto” will manc rling bar expors spectacular { knocka Super most suc | eharacter bits, is the best satire of the day | #1d in the playing of both instruments she | and keeps the audience convulsed with its is said to have Meyers and Rosa are the lariat experts, The Kinodrome will present, thiy week, motion pletures even more interesting than | usual, and before cach performance, con- cert selections will given by the Orpheum orchestra of fifteen musiclans. wonderful technical skill, be