Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1910, Page 11

ARRY LAUDER in a little talk before an assemblage of Omaha schts, who were guests of Wil llam Kennedy at a luncheon on Wednesday, sounded the key- tote of the actor's art. He sald It must be the heart working In unison with the head; unless this combination can be perfectly achieved, fhe actor is a fatlure. In this simple statemeht is summed up the whole of the problem at the theater. The heart and the head must go together. The question has been debated from the time the stagé began to assume a sérfous place in the affairs of society, and has found many earnest champlons on either side, but the advocates of the purely intellectual clement in acting have Invariably been worsted by the success of the men and women who are giftell with. the rare quality that enables them to wnite intellect and sentiment and secure 'the “team work" essential to reach the audience. Only here and there has the play that appeals solely 10 the deeper emotions, the purely intel- lectual aspirations pf man, been a success. One of the most notable modern incidents of this was the tour of Mrs, Fiske in “‘Rosmersholme.” As an intellectual treat, this has seldom been equalled on the Amer- #can stage, but as a monetary success it was all but a fallure. In Omaha, for example, the first performance was Wwit- messed by an audience of respectful wor- shipers of the good in the drama, not very iarge, but warmly appreciative, and those who composed it will never forget the excsllence of the company and its treat- ment of the powerful Ibsen play. But the suceeeding performances were given to audiences that were ghostly In their tenu- osity, and the engagement was a fallure from the box office view. When Mrs. Fiske next played in Omaha, she gave us a drama that depended chiefly on Its “heart interest’ element, and “Salvation Nell” drew crowded houses. Nv one who knows Mrs. Fiske , would serfously think of basing her fame on Nell; Rebecca West will always stand as 6ne of her greatest creations, If not the very greatest, and yet-she was unable to interest the multitude In the personality of the Ibsen woman. She Is not alone In this. Lyadgaien Mrs. Fiske can combine the heart In her work, a in many a successful play. she can that she is & great actress. Rich- ard Mansfield rose from obscurity to fame in a very short time, simply because he possessed the faculty. His first great achlevement was' to humanize Baron Chevrial fn “A Parisian Romance,’ giv- ing to the old roue qualities that none but an st could dlscern in the flesh- less creation of the manuscript, and only a genlus could visuallze for the public. And to the end of his days this was the key of his undertakings. Otto, Karl Helorich, Dick Dudgeon, Beaucaire, Beau Brummel, Don Carlos, Pere Gynt, Harry of England—all the long list of characters he presented were big with the human cle- ment, and as meén they appealed to the audlences who applauded them. Otls Skin- ner {8 winning for himself the most lasting of laurels because he can take an appar- ently commonplace role and endow it with the head and she has shown 1t s because ‘Head T lite that touches on the life of all man- kind, This fs the thing that has made every ‘great actor great. It Is charitable, perhaps, not to include in this a list of the near-great who have just missed the mark because they are unable to unite head and heart In their work; who can not un- derstand or live the lives of the people \they create. Thewe actors, and they are a most numerous company, unfortunately, have the capacity for analysis; they can dissect the soul of the Indlvidual they are to represent, can glve ample reason for all the several moods and tenses of the part, but they can not and do not give it the sentient touch that makes it live. Some- how, they fall short of the Promethean fire. No amount of study is sufficient to develop the faculty If it be lacking. actor without It may become a good actor, supplanting his deficlenoy with artifice, but he will never be a great actor, though he achieve the artifice.” “‘art that conceals il But when an actor does possess the rare trait, even though he be but a “comic,” as Out a Scout to Locate Promising A Proposed ~ Scheol for Dramatic N A recent number of his weekly bulletin, Lee Kugel, of the Henry B. Harris office, printed the following article, calling at- tention to the scarcity of good 2 leading women. It seemed so | improbable that a note was sent to Mr. Kugel, asking him if it was “on the ievel’ or merely a press agent's jolly. The re- turn mail from Mr. Kugel brought the most polemn assurance that the atticle is based on actual experience and Indicates the In- tention of Mr. Harris very accurately. The article is: At last the theatrical producing manag- ers In New York are realizing that ai- though the Rialto is thronged with actors of all sorts and descriptions, there 8 a dearth of leading women. This fact was brought home forcibly to Mr. Henry B. Harris only recently, It came about through the extreme difficulty en- countered by him in trying to secure a Jeading woman for Robert Edeson, who is touring in “A Man's a Man,” and for F k Keenan, who began his tour in “The Heights” on January 12. Seven young women were given trial rehearsals before A satistactory leading woman could be pro- bured for Mr. Edeson, and had it not been for an accident which permitted Mr. Harris to sccure the services of Miss Josephine Lovett, Mr. Ideson’s tour might have been postponied untl he had beén_ able to pro- cure the right woman. In the case of Mr. Keenan, fully twenty Aneat the Stage-Struck Girl Robert Edeson Gives Some Good Advice to Young Womeri Who Are Planning a Career on the Stage and Cites Some Personal Experiences to Bupport His Conclusions and Suggestions to Aspirants for Honors. HE stage-struck girl, ltke the poor, we have always with us. No village I8 too small to boast its wouX-be ‘“Jullet” Show me a city large enough to support a business college, and T will show you one that supports elther a “dramatic school” or a teacher of elocution whose papi's hope some day to shine before a real audlence. | There are styles In stage-struck girls, as In art and in gowns. There was a da when the stage-atruck girl was a crea- ture of tears, emotion and wild schemes for. eluding watchful parents. The stage- strick girl of a decade back thought she simply must run away from home to court sue Today all this has changed. The stage I8 regarded by girls as a serious carcer. They prepare for it by more or less study. They entef wpon the career with the ful’ gonsent of their parents. The average letter which 1 recelve from a stage-struck girl, today, reads something iike this “I have been seriously considering the stage @s a profession. I feel the need of a career and 1 think my talents are largely dramatic. I am & graduste of —— col- lege, where 1 specialized In English lit- erature and the drama, and 1 have done some work a member of the —— Dramatic club, which attracted attention. 1 would be glad to accept even the smallest role in your company, ete.' That Is the sort of letter which makes An actor or & manager sit up and take n tice, make the mothers of daughters do like- wise. And that is why 1 have accepted the editor's Invitation to talk through the columns of his paper to the girls of this clty who are thinking of “adopting the Slage &8 & caree You see, I quote lit- erally from a letter now at hand. To begin with, let us understand each other thoroughly. it 1§ not my Intention 10 poke fun &t the stage-struck girl. A lot of us have learned to take her seri ously. 1 am only asking the mother and the girl to consider the matier as seri- ously as we who stand In the need of cap- able 'eading women for our support must consider it. Mary Anderson was what we todey would term & Julla Arthur was stage-struck. Belle Archer, who, « her prime, was one of the cleverest light comediennes the American stago has ever known, ran away from school 1o join the original prodiction of “H. M. 8. Pinafore” in Philadelphia. To got right down to a great basic truth, it I8 not what a girl is before she joins the profession, but what she does afterward that counts. Generally her chief offense s youth, but she will out- grow that, particularly it behind youth lie ambition and good sense. All bellef to the contrary notwithstanding, the Amerl- can stage today is sadly in need of girls with brains and common-sense. A pretty face 18 an added asset, but it will not carry & gl 1o real success uniess sup- ported by grey imatter, ambition and com- mon-sense. Given ordinarlly good fea- tures, good carriage, the ability to carry smart clothes, Which comes largely from sood carriage, and quantities of grey-mat- ter, and Il back any American girl for success, against the merely pretty fuce which lasts a season or two in musical comedy choruses. I speak now from the heart When we were ready to cast “A Man's & Man," the problem of securing a leading woman to play the role of “Peggy Hewitt" grew from & mere still hunt for ability into & tragedy. In four days we tried out three loading women, each capable of looking ‘\‘nn part, each capable of portraying cer- ain phases of “Peggy sided charaoter, 1t is the sort of letter which shoud | stage-struck girl. | Here was a girl with adorable dimples and gentle, ~linging ways who could play | the pleading wife—but she could not un- creature who looked the typical New Yorker, who delivered the cynieal speeches with a verve .that was delectable—~but when it came to moments of despalr, of home sickness and desolation she tvas hard as tacks Finally, thanks to the fatlure of another play, Miss Josephine Lovett, leading woman, was “‘at liberty,” and Mr. Harris engaged her on the instant. Our troubles were over, but day after day, my thoughts have traveled back to the three young women who had the opportunity to play “Peggy” and who could not do Mt simply because they lacked, not beauty, carrfage, distinction, enunclation and per- sonal charm, but the ability to coricentrate. One girl in particular gave a most flip- pant reading of some very She raced through a fine speech as if the Judge's stand were just ahead. After cor- recting her repeatedly, I sat down patiently to explain just where she was wrong. And what do you suppose was her answer? "My dear man, don't expect me to take & rehearsal serlously. I always give a corking performance before an audience— | but here before a few actors you can't ex- pect me to be emotional, or to show what I can do." But that was just what I did expect and just what every star and manager expect of a player. In rehearsal, there i no put. ting off (il tonjorrow what must he shown today. Another voung woman argued over the meaning of almost every line she read. Presumably the playwrights, the producer In charge of the rehearsals, and myself, had given months to study out the real Interpretation of those lines, but this voung person of strong opinfons and an exalted idea of her own cleverness wasted precious time, delayed rehearsals and Arove us all to distraction by refusing to adopt our in- terpretation and to work on lines suggested |for her by more experienced minds. These memorles of trying days for the | manager and the star shoul earry. thei, | message to every girl in this clty who thinks she would like to join our profes- ston, through through The health any one characteristic, but a curlous combination of many. ‘stage-struck girl” should havé good to withstand the strain of ‘ong hours, constant traveling, poorly food: She should be above all things adaptable. No stenographer or department store clerk would think of defying her ‘chicf, without expecting Immediate Als- missal. But many a stage-struck girl thinks she could do this and escape on the score of the “artistic temperament.” Phe stage-struck girl must possess enor- | mous capacity for work. It is not enough to study your Hnes and go through the part as the stage director requires. If you are to advance you must grow mentally. | You must learn to expand your part, mot {In words or what is well known as stage | business, but in oharacterization, the mental strength which you put into your interpre- tation, the personal magnetism which you exert over your audlence, which can all be summed up in the word “sineerity.” The playwright can give you the most charming of lines, the stage director can give you the most ocarefully thought out business, and the manager the most beautiful of Perisian ralment, but unless you give forth sincerity, you eannot succeed as an aotress. Ard sincerity is bullt on brains, the gray matter, which I consider infinitely more lmpostant as an asset than a Cupid’'s bow mouth, eyes like velvet pools and a dim- pled ehin. The | even | Gossip trom Stageland Scarcity of Competent Leading Women Moves Henry B. Harris, to Send {derstand the mental angulsh of the wite who thought herseif forgotten and who yet determined to show, the world a brave and smiling face. There was a statuesque my present | tender lines. | Succoes on the siage 1= won - net cooked | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 30, 1010, Lauder modestly calls himself, he ii™a boon to the world. Under his touch the hidden springs of human nature respond and vi- brate with the keenest of delight. It was at his bldding that Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all it chords with mighi— Smote the ohord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. Lauder disclaims the appellation of gen- fus, and deprecates the laudation of his ad- mirers who hall him as a paragon of talent. “I'm not an actor,” he says, “and I do not act on the stage. I'm just Harry Laude & comie, and when you see me on the stage you see nothing more than when you see me off. But I sing because I love to sing, Just as the lark loves to sing. If I can en- tertaln and amuse people, 1 am doing my work. 1 try to, and I belleve I do.” RN o boasting in this, merely the modest claim of & man who has achleved something to the distinction due his accomplishment. Lauder is an example of what may be done by persistence. As a boy he worked octresses—John Drew’s Views of the Critics —Some Personal Comment. young women were given an aj unity to try out for the part, until finally Miss Wil- lette Kershaw satisfled Mr. Harrls and Mr. Keenan of her ability to play the role | of Georgia Warren. While seated ini his office at the Hudson theater, in course of conversation with Mr. Edeson’ just before the latter left for his starring tour, In A Man's a Man' Mr, Harris spoke of this condition, and he an Mr, Edeson both agreed that no doubt th lack of such leading women as we had on the American stage during the days when the famous Empire, Lyceum and Daly stock companies were in their senith, is @ue entirely to our present star system. In this system the plays are written around a star, and no effort is made to provifle strong parts for the other members of the cgmpany, unlees it {8 some unusual In¥ order to secure leading women next season, Mr. Harris has engaged man on whose judgment he absolutely relles, and sent him out to visit oities in which stock companies are now playing, to see whether or not there is on thefr roster leading women of a character worth while for him to employ. In consequence of the Jarge number of productions he will make next season, It is necessary for him to procure the services of young women talented apd exverlenced. having the ad- vantage of lessons taught in stock com- panies, where versatility is absolutely es- sentlal, as much so as their abllity to read and memorize lines. The report that an unnamed New York millionairg, interested in the drama, is to &ive $1,500,000 to endow schools of dramatic criticism—at Harvard, Yale and Columbia— is taloulated to cause talk In theatrical cir- cles. Several prominent actors are sald to have been asked by bim to constitute an advisory committee. John Drew, who has recovered from his accident and has re- Jjolned his company In “Inconstant George,' when asked for his opinion on the subject, sald: “If thie endowment is a fact I have not been taken into the confidence of the donor, but it 18 doubtful in my opin- jon whether the scheme Is especially neces. sary or desirable. Crities, like poets, are born, not made. A man must have eves that see and a mind that knows the sig- nificance of what is seen, but a little erudition except In rare cases is apt to make & young ¢ritic pompous and cocksure, Earnest, sincere, fair criticism the actor welcomes, for In some ways it is a truer guide to development In his art than the response that he gets from his audience. He has a right to complain, however, of the fiippant critic who sacrifices facts tu sooring points, This critie is now gone out of fashion and in his place is the man who tries honestly to report what he sees from the judiclal standpoint. One of the best crities I ever knew once told me that iIf he could tell the facts about a bad plece he never needed either satire or words of condemnation to make his criticism strong and stinging. And actors would rather take blame from such a critic than praise from a ‘gusher’ A school of erfticism 'might teach young men a great deal about the history and traditions of the stage and about the historical Interpretation of classi- cal roles which it would be well for them to know, but the great danger is that of ‘a little learning.” What Is most needed is @ right feeling, a right instinct that will guide the man when new sltuations con- front him." Miss Dollle' Spencer trekked Into town during the week, after a very successful season leading her own troupe around be- tween snowdrifts in northern lowa, Minne- sota and Wisconsin, She will remain with | Omaha for a time at least, although she | has same very tempting offers to work in stock and to go on the road “The Fourth Kstate,’ the great paper play by Joseph Medill Patterson {and Harriet Ford, authors, Incldentally of the attraction at the Studebaker the. | ater, “A Little Brother of. the Rieh,” has | completed Its fourth week at the Grand |Opera house, Chicago, and, despite enormous crowds who have witnessed | Guring that time. its lasc two weeks will see equally large audiences. Liebler & | Co. is making every effort to extend the | triumphant run at the Grand indefinitely, | but when “The Fourth Estate” is forced | 10 leave Chicago It will begin an unprece. dented tour of the bigger cities of the middle west. The cast will remain abss lutely intact, and it Includes Pauline Fred- erick, Charles Waldron, Alice Fischer, | Charles A. Btevenson, Tom Findlay, Rob- ert MoWade, Mary Marshall, /Tom Had- | away, jr, Neil Moran and a dbzen others. news- the it “Cameo Kirby" ha g falled New York, Dustin Farmmam is now among the unemployed | in Miss Amy Ricard, who once was in | “Babes In Toyland,” has taken unto her- #elf & husband by name Lester Lanergad. | Diek/ Mertia made Such a success out of | “aviation week” at Los Angeles that he| | may give up the theater for the fiying ma- | ohine. Something might be said in this connection about hot air. James K. Hackett, looking gloomily ath- wart the years, sends this out as his “phil- osophy of life": “If you save money, you're & grouch; If you spend It, you're & loafe: It you get it, you're a grafter; If you can't get It, you're & bum-— Bo what the hell's the use.” ¥. P. Adams write of Miss Maud Allen: 1 like Miss Maud Allen, Her dance is so warm, Agd Af X don't see her he'll do me no harm. “Several generations ago,” says George M. Cohan, “my family name was Cohane. That was when my forefathers lived in | and listless, I hall them: | lads? | as ogeher Says Harry Lauder Basis for Success on the Stage as Indicated by the Great Among Actors -~ How Harry Lauder Sung His Way to Sunlight from the Darkness of a Deep Scottish Coal Pit in & flax mill. “It was dark at 6 in the morning, when I went to work,” he sald, ‘and it was dark at 6 in the evening, when I came out of the mill. If the sun shone through the day, I did not see it, for I was too busy watching the machine I had tend. From the dark mill, T went into the coal mine, 200 fathoms bslow the ground, and it was dark there. So In the darkness 1 sang, because I liked to sing. Men about me cried, ‘Cease your bletherin'—you make us sick’ But the gong would out. They sald I'd never amount to anything, but 1 kept on singing. And now, when I go by that mine and see the toil-spent miners trudging wearlly home from work, bent ‘Hameward bound, and they'll answer back lad; it's wearisome. But 1 only took my chance."” e Another of Lauder's traits that must en- dear him to Americans is his rigid ad- herence to what Is clean. “When I began on the stage as a comio,” he said, “1 did to rn say, ‘Ou, aye, Har you're a'right.’ not get on very fast. The older ones told dull and my songs were ‘¢’ was lost, and to this day it has never been found. My middle name is Mike, or Michael, I should say, and not Marvelous, as has been sald.” sl As the Lambardl Opera visit our city during the coming week, presenting the following repertoire: Gounod's “Faust,” Puccini’s “La Boheme,” Donizettl's “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and Verdi's “Il Trovatore,” the public library takes this opportune moment of calllng the attention of its many music-loving patrons to the numberless good things to be had for the asking. On the shelves In the cir- culation department may be found the! of each opera. and a real tredt| awaits those who would become familiar with the lives of the great composers and avail themselves of the blographical sec- tion. In the reference department will be found the libretto of each opera, Upton's “'Stories of the Standard Operas,” the new “American Encyclopedia of Music,” which company® will #oore 118 rich In general information, and maga- zine articles both critical and explanatory whose names ‘“are legion,” invite the perusal of those most Interested. not spicy. ‘Put in a broad line here and there' they'd tell me. You'll have to to Ret But | wouldn't; 'l can wait' | sald, and | did wait. And now It has come to me, my time has, and it was worth wait ing for”" And those who laaghed with Lauder at the Auditorium on Wednesday night, did it all the more heartily because no tinge of bitterness lingered after the laugh. His humor is clean and wholesome, and even the ones who are carieatured by him In his work enjoy it, for taint of malice in it. Harry Lauder, comie, will be welcome whenever he turns his smile loose across the footlights in Omaha. Omaha theaters con- tinues encouragingly good, and the man- agers feel very well satisfied by their experience so far this season. Wednesday night, when the Lauder company was at the Auditorfum, a fair test of the city's capaclty as @ “show town" was afforded, and the fact that each of the five open that evening\ had good audiences is evi- dence that the people want the entertain- ment afforded. When the two new houses will be opened cannot as vet be positively stated, although the date for opening the Brandeis Is tentatively set at-March 7. It 18 hoped that the Morris will be ready at about the same time, but in both cases much depends on weather conditions, which have l:un very much against bulding oper- ations o far this winter. At the Brandels the work of interlor decoration Is being pushed, and the contractors say they will surely have it ready by the first week in March. When these bulldings are com- on, Business at the ; ploted, Omaha will stand in the front rank with two first-class houses, two high-grade vaudeville houses, a theater devoted to popular-priced attractions and a burlesque house. By the way, the evasion of that word “burlesque” has been violated so fre- quently of late that one wonders why it s persisted in. The eppellation defines the character of the entertainment much better than does “‘extravaganza,” and so long as the performances are properly censored and kept within reasonable limits, no very good reason for not calling them by their popu- lar title seems to exist. It is not the name, but the performance that gives offense, and the management of the Gayety has far shown commendable Intention to keep the entertainment clean and whole- some, and it has prospered because of this. The new policy the Krug, whether it be because of change In public taste or not, is In the right direction. It is a pleasure to note that the clientele of the house takes kindly to the new conditions, too, and that wholesome drama and high-class musical comedy recelves patronage form- erly bestowed on the cheap ‘thriller.” At the Omaha Theaters' Rose Stahl Will Show Us that It's Always a Good Season for a Good Show—Lambardi's Opera Company Coming—Krug Has “Classmates” and Young Buffalo—Orpheum and Gayety Both Have Good Bills. OSE STAHL returns to Omaha in “The Chorus Lady” tonight, opening a four days' engage- ment &t the Boyd in this clever comedy of stage )ife by James Forbes, author of “The Travei- ing Salesman.” Star and play are but new from a successful season in London, hav- ing played 100 performances at the Vaude- Vile theater in Rhe British metropolis where both scored the greatest triumph ever reaped by an American star of play in that city. Mjs§ Stahl's personal triumph was remarkablé and the usually stald and conservative London critics let themselves go for once and united in acclaiming her s the legitimate successor to Rejane and Bernhardt, Her return to Omaha will be Mke that of an old friend as her remark- able engagement here before will be re- membered with pleasure by all who take an interest in things theatrical. “The Chorus Lady,” which is conceded to have been the first play to reveal the life of the chorus queen, as it really.exists and to shear it of all the tinsel and trappings accorded these ladies by the newspapers and popular bellef, tells the story of Patricla O'Brien. a bright-eyed, whole- souled Irish lasste who has taken to the stage because of its mystic beckonings, but who sbon found the falseness of t's pre- tenses. All who have seen the play will recall the famous dressing room scene of the second act, showing the chorus of a| New York theater during a performance. This has always been one of the big fea- tures of the play and retains the same in- | terest as of yore. Manager Henry B. Harrls has retained nearly the entire original supporting cast, including Wilfred | Lucas, Alicé Lelgh, Giles Shine, Isabel Goodwin, Claire Lane, Walter Penington, | Kenyon Bishop, Lilllan O'Nelll, Beatrice | Brown, Annle Ives, Helen Dahl Amy Lessor and Florence Grant. There will be | & 'matinee on Wednesday. | el | Grand opera for a brief season will open at Boyd's theater Thursday evening for three nights and Saturday matines. The | Lambard! Grand Opera company will be the purveyor. Each opera will be given Wwith a complete change of cast so that in order to see and hear every artist it will| be necessary to go to every performance. | The complete repertoire for Omaha is as | follows: Thursday night, Puceini's “La Friday evening Gounod's| urday matinee “Lucla,” and | vening "Il Trovatore,” with Madam er-Adaberto, for the last two seasons dramatie soprano of the Metro- politan Grand Opera company, in thé role of “Leanora.” “La Boheme"” will introduce Attilio Maurini, | hulled as one of the world’s great tenors, In the character of | Rodolfe.” Marina Calvl, an incomparable | imi."" Gluseppe Maggi, baritone the Covent garden and Vincenzo basso, will complete the cast of artlsts who will be supporte of sixty trom Viola, | principal | d by a chorus | volces and an orchestra of fifty inatruments under the personal direction | of Mamstro Cav. Fulgenzio Guerrier, | “Faust”. will mark the first appearance | In America of Impresarlo Lambardf's new basso, L. Sabellic who will appear here “Mefistofole, Mr abelicco will ap- rive here Wednesday from Italy and will continue from here on the tour with the Lambard( company. “Lucia’ will fmtro- duce. Signorita Isahelle de Frats, colora. ture soprano, and Glovanni Nadal, tenor De Frate 1s the youngest artist of the | Lambardi company. In “Il Trovatobe” will &ppear Madam Estéer Adaberto, the Metro- politan star, Alessar dro Scalabring, dra- matle tenor as “Manrico,” and Mme | Dolores Frau, as “Asucens.” The list of | principal artists will be supported by a host of secondary artis.s and the orchestra of fifty and ch, 5 of sixty. The l.unlhu!ll‘\ company travels by a speclal train of four- teen cars, six Pullmans, five baggage cary, | one dlner, one day conch and one cheerva. | tlon car. Thet company will come direct from Kansas City here and go from hepe to Denver and the Pacitic coast Denman Thompson s tamiliar play, 048, Momarted T play, “The with Edward Uncle Josh, Charles Clark as l.l:";:::lll' Gus Kammerlee a Henry Hopkins, F‘l'llll{ Kuopp as the Gansey boy, George Pateh a8 the counigy fiddler, Maggle Breyer as Aunt Matilda, Anita Fowler as Rickety Ann, and Maud Pleasants as Anna Maria Murdock, plays Boyd's feur days, com- mencing next Sunda > The enthusiasm with which “Classmates” is received everywhere this season ls not at all irrational if all reports of Jules Murry's production are verified when the play Is presented, with Norman Hackett at the head of & large company, at the Krug theater for four days starting Sun- day. De Mile's play appeais to the love of the military in the first act, a West Point scene, to the love of American home life in the south In the second, to the love of adventure in the thrilling jungle scene in the third and in the culmination of jus- tice In the last, and first, last and all the time it appeals to the love of Ameiica by Americans and to the love of right and honor and truth. Norman Hackett, play- ing the chief part in the plece, is pecullarly well adapted to make much of the herolsm ot Duncan Irvin. Young Buffalo, who achieved a notable Success the last several seasons In Charles E. Blaney's “King of the Wild West,” will be seen in another stirring westerh drama by the same famous author at the Krug for three days, starting Thursday evening, entitled “Young Buffalo in New York. The play is divided into four acts and four scenes laid in the proverblal wild west and the great city of New York, and each has its stirring famous Blaney scenie cli- max, with, of course, an explosive but happy climax that brings down the final curtain. Assisting Young Buffalo are an exceptionally capsble and large company of players, including Miss Caroline May and many others. At the orpneum_m:ler this week ““The Agltator,” writtén by Mrs, Oscar Beringer, will be produced by Miss Helen Grantley and her excellent company. This playlet was secured by Charles Frohman to be used in his theater as a curtaln ratser and by special arrangement with him Miss Grantley obtained It for vaudeville pro- duction. Howard and Howard in “The Messenger Boy and the Thesplan” have a musical number combined with comedy. “The Patent Fakir and the Laldly,” a com- edy skit by T. Roy Barnes and Miss Bes- sle Crawford, Is another tuneful act. A novelty in acrobatics, “An Attempt at Sui- cide,” Is glven by Mgrtinettle and Sylves- ter. Those who h&ve seen these great comedy bump artists declare that their act is properly -named. Howard's Musical Shetlands and Comedy Dogs present a re- markable exhibition of what patience and pains will accomplish in animal training. A combination act of songs, trained pigeons and quaint humor furnished by a little dog that does Impersonations is of- tered by Katchen Loisset, the petite ana charming chanteuse. An ensemble of song and fun 1s presented by the Bootblack Quartet, Elilott, Abbott, Weber and Hayes, The Orpheum orchestra of fifteen will ren- der concert selections at each performance, @ kinodrome projects always the newest in motion pictures. Anticipating a shortage of seats to sup- ply the great demand for all the night performances of the week starting Sunday, February 6, as well as for the Saturday matines of that wek, Manager Byrne of the Orpheum this early requests all who | can convenlently attend one of the daily matinees early In the week to do so and help lessen the numerous disappointments that threaten. “Charles the First,” the fa- mqus chimpunese, will be here that week and is the cause of the extraordinary de- mand for seats. 4 The “Jersey Lilles” is a name Yong well known upon the eastern cireult of which the Gayety now Is & part. The two skits this season are entitled “A Merry Frolie,"” dealing with a complication of love af- fdirs during the summer season 8t At- lantic City, and a travesty on “A Love | Potion,” being a bunch of nonsense, dan- cing and music. Between the comedies will be vaudeville specialties by Leon Er- rol, the German comedian; James and Lucia Cooper, In a singing and talking act; Mackey and Crolx, travesty artists; three Alvarettas in their latest acrobatic gketoh entitied “Oh, I Can't Shut My Mouth" James apd Prior, it has no | | | | DIRECT FROM HER LONDON TRIUMPH TREATERTONIGHT HENRY 8. HARRIS PR L) MR TE CHORUS LADY A COMEDY BY JAMES FORBES, Author of ““The Traveling Salesman" PRICES: $1.80, $1.00, 780, 50¢, 25c. 3 NIGHTS Starting THURS., FEB. 3 ST=————=———"—""—SATURDAY MATINEE LAMBARDI [ GRAND OPERA 7zl COMPANY 60 CHORUS REPERTOIRE: THURS. EVENING, “lA BOHEME” FRI. EVE., “FAUST” -- SAT, MAT., “LUCIA” SAT. EVE., “IL TROVATORE” EAT SALE OPEXS TOMORROW.-CURTAINS AT 8 AND 2 P.M. THE ONE BIG MUSICAL EVENT OF THE SEASON. 4 NIGHTS—Starting SUNDAY, FEB. 6th—Matinee Wednesday. Pouman v« THE OLD HOMESTEAD I3, Gusisni Sube. Thompson's New Bngland Plays. Seats Thursd THURSDAY, FEB, 10th—Matines Saturday Mk The New York Musical Success-—First Time Here. THE SOUL KISS ni==ss PRICES: 15¢-25e-50c--75¢ R s KRUG | St Starii “Mggnee Toda NORMAN HACKETT CLASSMATES By W. 0. DE MILLE and MARGARET TURNBULL 3 DAYS starting Thursday, Feb. 3 CHAS. B. BLANEY Offers THE AMERICAN SCOUT YOUNG BUFFALO IN RIS NRW PLAY YOUNG BUFFALO IN NEW YOR THEATER ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Matines Every Day, 3:15--Night, 8118 i o e " WEEK STARTING TODAY TWICE DAILY o3'¥s MAT. TODAY In Full Bloom of Goodness and Beauty, THE JERSEY LILIES in Two Musical Satires “TWISTED VIXUPS' and ‘A LOVE POTION Filled with bright, oleanly gotten 1aughs, gorgeous costumes, show girls and ‘‘ponies. And as to the VAUDEVILLE, apd Her Company Presenting, by Ar- Tangement with Mr. Charles Krohman, “THE AGITATOR" By Mrs, Oscar Beringer. " Dugens — wille HOWARD and HOWARD Bhinos e Barnes ‘And Crawford “The Patent Fakir and mf‘l'-" "0 The Boys with the Chaire Martinette and Sylvester “An Attempt at Suicide. Howard's Musical Shetiands and Comedy Canines i n.fe!_,i_img,iad" With Her Trained Pigeons and Fam- ous Mimic Dog, “Honey. ¥xponents of Harmony and Fun THE BOOTBLACK QUARTETTE Slljott—Abbott—Weber—Hayes / KINODROME Always the Newest in Motion Plctures ‘Well, that's where the Jorsey Lilles are partionlarly fragrent. 3 ALVARETTAS 2% 3y Moun. | FANNIE VEDDER 2pu'sged 2. o | ALF. JAMES & 0O, 13555 Sincaic, JAS, & LUCIA COOPER Shatterine Evenings and Sunday Mat., 150, 250, 80e _and 78¢ TerMATS. 150 & 286 & | LADIES’ lo At any week TickeTs 1UC ), Matinee D.: u:“k-"_ b R qomedy, sich L 'Ll B, chlalon of the Seeeey SAT., (Mat. and Night) Only, Feb, 5, 4 th . LLOYD INGRAHAM 25t ho wwia. in & Revival of Frans Molnar's ‘THE DEVIL” wr. ham {n the Title Role. Popular .. Boats Selling. New Musical Feature Extraordinary ORPHEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA 15-—Talented Artists—16 Prices 10c, 25¢, 50c and 75c. funny Frenchman; Fannie Vedder and the | DIGKEHMA School of National Four in eccentric singing and dancing, and Stella Chatelaine, the umul Acting. Magnet, and & chorus of handsomely | m A “fl“ BILL gowned . ponies and show girls. The en- | gagement will open with a matinee today Y. W.C. A. AUDITORIUM and will continue twice dafly, inclusive ¢ BYENIN 1. » next Friday. Starting tomorrow there | ?l‘:; u:‘m ol“:lnnwz-.fl.uu will be a ladies’ dime matifiee daily. Sheh. | Sohool, 18113 Dods Next Saturday afternoon and evening | well known 1o need further comment. MY, the William Grew company will be seen | Grew will bo seen in his old part, that of at the Gayety In 4 revival of “The Devil” | Karl, the artist. Olge will be played by The Burwood Sfock company achleved | Miss Cleveland, who played the part for & phenomenal success last season with this | week in the Salt Lake City Stock com- weird play, as over 35,000 people attended |pany, when “The Devil” was in the helght the forty-one consecutive performances [of its vogue. Seats for these two per- glven at the Burwood. Lloyd Ingraham |formances are already on sale and the de- will again interpret the title role as of mand for them Indicates thet the vevival Robert Jackson, the |yore, and his scholarly portayal 1s too |is well timed