Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1910, Page 37

¢ { Omaha Theaters and Managers in Review! | James E. Boyd's Civic Pride and Generous Spirit--Part of ‘ | William A. Paxton Jr. in the Development of the Theau" Omaha-~Men Who Have Been Managers of the Local EMORY carried many of us back to thay October evening in 1851 when the Boyd theater was dedicnted neral Manderson of thought e nade refer- ence 6 the occasion Brandels on Thursday night, and contrasted the Omaha of today with the Omaha of that Ttwas & wondrous spirit of clvic pride as whi as generosity in public cause that led James B. Boyd to erect the pretenti ous and for the day fagnificent structure that bore his dame, and to dedicate it to the uses of & theater. It was still greate enterprise that induced him ten years later to construet a miore costly and beauti- ful theater, yet standing, and of & high order of usefulness. Mr. Boyd had been signally honored by his fellow eitizens At the time his first theater was dedicated. he was mayor of ty, and when his second was opened to the public he was gOVernor of the state, It wad a ldrge con- ception of public as well as a desire to be of real service that led him to embark his money in (he bullding of theaters. Me once sald to a friend, while talking over this subject, that he had not derived ®o great a profit from the theaters he had bullt ho had antiel- pated, nor would he venture money In them as & mere business enterprise, but at the same time he cxpressed satisfac tion that he had contributed so much to the moclal lifa of Omaha He took & &reat pride in the first theater, and a still greater In the second, and gave to each much personal attention. But his conne tion, with the business of the theater ende st the erection of the bullding and its furnishing. He did not manage either, nor was he interested save as landlord in their control time. the It may not bs out of place here to say a word of appreciation for the late W, A. Paxton, Jr, who was assoolated with Mr. Burgess In the management of the Creigh- ton theater. This theater [ handsome was bullt by Omaha men, and it was much the | inspiring presence of Mr. Paxton that made | the formation of the company to bulld the theater possible. He did not get very deep | into the business, but showed a very keen interest in the affairs of the stage from a purely antistio standpoint. with Mr. Burgess In the management of the | Crelghton was his earliest venture in busi- | ness, and he participated In the success of the theater and In the management of the Boyd until the firm of Paxton & Burgess was merged in tho Woodward & Burge Amusement company. Mr. Paxton had a small Interest In the new company for a time, but his ranch in the western. end of the state took up so much of his time that he retired from the organization. But he showed as a theatrical manager those qualities that endeared him as a man to all who came into close contaot with him. One would like to devote some time to a raglew of the men who have managed i Omaha, who have given of their time and and ablility to the purveying of dramatic and operatic entertainment for the citizens, but for obvious reasons this will not be undertaken at this time. @eorge Marsh, first manager of the Boyd, Wil be recalled pleasantly by all #ho knew him. Tom Boyd, who succeeded him, and “Doc” D. W. Hayes, who was afterward Mr. Boyd's partner in the control of the new Boyd; Tom Mulvihill, who was the biil-posting magnate of Omaha at the time of his death, and whose name only recently disappeared under the encroachmment of a greater organisation, wi also manager of the Boyd for & few months, end L. M. Crawford had a brief reign at the helm, Then 1t passed under the control of Wood- ward & Burgess, where it has been for the last twelve years, and still is. Messrs Paxton & Burgess were the managers of the Creighton from the day it opened until it went into the hands of the Orpheum people, at about the time the Woodward & Burgess company took over the Boyd. The old Grand Opera house on Fifteenth and Capitol avenue was presided over by Isaac Walton Miner, now the house secre- tary for the Elks, a newspaper man of the old school, who was active in the days when the streets of Omaha Justitied the sarcasm of John Q. Saxe, At the helm when W. J. Burgess took the house at the time the old Boyd, renamed the Farnam Street, burned. Mr. Burgess came t0 Omaha as a representative of L. M. Crawford. He renamed the Grand, calling It the.Fiftconth Street, and went trom there to the Empire, which was the Acsdamy of Music under another name. At the Academy a host of enterprising and ambitious persons had tried their hands as “manager’ after the Boyd WA bullt, and stock companies ot several sorts, variety shows and all sorts of amusements were furnished forth there,, Billy Lawleg was the original Bden Musee MAn In these parts and made a great suc- dess of his venture. W. W. Cole presided dver the Trocadero when it was opened as W musio hall and gave to Omana its firat regularly ordained vaudeville. Then came the Orpheum, with a competition the Tro- cadero eould not meet, and Jake Rosenthal s its manager. Mr. Rosenthal went later to the Trocadero, which was given over to burlesque, and J. Rush Brenson ‘came on at the Orpheum. One season for Mr. Bron- son and Carl Relter came, with his fund of storles that was never exhausled. iian Bert" Gorden welcomed the patrons at the operfng of the Krug, and held forth thero untll the appeal of printer's ink became too strong and he slipped back Into the publishing line, In the pursuit of which he has aceumulated means that would permit his bullding a theater of his own In event he ever felt like managing another. After him came Charles G, Breed, who doesn't know you mean him un S you call him “Doc. In days that are almost prebistoric Jack Nugent di- rected the ca r of the St. Elmo, a place only mentloned now when the best of friends get together In a quiet place and talk over boyhood days. The Burwood was opened under the control of its bullders, Hattie Carmo Little Sketch of & Woman Who H. Has Played Many Parts and is Still Making Good—Was Once a Mem- ber of a Minstrel Troupe and Did N the carly history of the theater the female parts were played by men and boys. Even today there is no novelty In “female Impersonators™; but to Miss Hattle Carmontelle, who plays Aunt Fanny, in George Barr McCutcheon's “Beverely,” I8 due the unique distinction | of being the only woman who has ever made a speclalty of the colored male char- ter. It was with the late Billy Rice, of nstrel fame, that Miss Carmontelle was taged as “‘end man," and she playbd op- wite this favorite of & past generation for two seasons, belug equaily olever with the bones and tambourine. And, to further complete her minstrel experlence, she woted as interlocutor for a company of Miss Carmentelle’s first appeirance in fifty. the professional stage was at, the early of 7. In the part of “Little Bva" In “Yacle Tom's Cabin,” at the old Pitts- in! His connection | He was still | m THE OMAHA SUNDAY Playhouses--Social Development Indicated at the Brandeis Messrs. Woodward & Burgess. managed by them for two seasons, when it | was wsold to Sullivan & omsidine, who vaudeville In and falled. B. L Johnson represented the firm as manager, and aftér the house had stood idle for some time, he formed a partnership with Mr. Bilz, and they took the theater under | @ lease, and installed & stock company. So | well did thelr venture develop that they ‘ bought the house, and are now realising | the fruit of their enterprise. Sam and was) | fornia contributed much to Omaha | amusement by theif stock organizations at | | the Boyd during several summer scasons, and other energetic impressarios have en- | | #aged in similar ventures at other houses such as the Lyric and the Bijou. Then we have had summer opera under the direction | of Will Carleton and some others. It can | hardly be sald that Omaha has been neg- |lected as a point for amusement ventures | Quring the three decudes that have siipped away since James E. Boyd first determined to erect & theater at Fiftesnth and Farnam that was to be the first real theater the city ever had, and was far ahead of the | requirement of the day. This lengthy preface: was scarcely néeeded 0 bring us to the real event of the week; but the remarks of General Manderaon ret dancing into active life many half torgstten | events of nights at Omaha theaters, and out of the memories this aroused came amorig others the names of those herc | arrayed. Thess were an civ'g lot of | | showmen, who, if they did not all succeed, | at teast ail tried to @essrra success, and | each in passing left warm friends in | Omaha. And now Mr. Burgiss is back in | the work, presiding over the most beau!!- ful theater Omaha has, one (hat is rot| only a source of pride to :he clitizens, hut whielt will long be the cnvy of other cities throughout the west. The congratulations | showered on him on Thursday nistt came | from friends really glad ‘o welcome him back, and the intanse intezest he has shown | ever since lie entered cnu> the new enter- | prise indicates his sincee satistaction with | the undertaking. - The opening of the Brandris was an| event that can only be truthtuily described | as “brilllant.” It was an assemblage of the | best of Omaha's citizenahlp, the culture as well as the wealth peing represented | In the great audience then gzathaced. It was a remarkably well dress:d audiene, to0; in this as in other things the occasion | marked the progress of the city soclally. It is probable that if a census of eveing | sults had been taken at the time the Boyd theater opened in 1881 not as many could have been found west of the Missourt river as were worn at the opening of the Brandels. In these matters of soclal nicety the growth of the city is exemplified; not that clothes make either the man or the woman, or that the words. of cheer and congratulation spoken to the Messrs. Bran- deis were any more sincere than those spoken to James E. Boyd, but because folks ate paying a little closer attention to the amenities of life, and realize a little more ciearly the soglal oblligations which sométimes take the form of “dressing up.” In this and in other ways the oceaslon had sométhing of the aspect of an epoch-mark- ing event. And that it was greatly enjoyed by all is admitted without further proof. —o—— 4 ‘The presentation of ‘‘The Climax" fof closing the career of the Boyd as Omaha's leading theater may have been but cotn- éidental, but it was singularly &ppropri- ate. The theuter was opened by & remark- ably strong acting organization presenting one of the sweetest of modern melodram: “Alabama." To ecall this play “sweet” is not to misuse the adjective, for it was, is and will be for a long time a real delight, and the wonder is that it is not enacted often enough. All the story of the play glows with romance, the strife of brothers, the love of a woman, and back of it theé | bitterness of politics giving way before the progress of events, It was Augustus Thomas's first success, and while he has done much more ambitious work since, he has never quite equalled the human touch he gave to “Alabama.”” And the little HB Goddess of Liberty" is one of fthe latest musical plays from | the prolific pens of Wil M. Hough and Frank R. Adams, | with music by Joseph E. How- ard and has registered an im- pression upon the Chicago néwspaper eritic and playgoing public unparallelled in the history of Chicago theatricals. The original cast, chorus and production, same as produced at the Princess theater for 300 consecutive performances with Sallle Fisher and George Parsons, supported by P. O'Malley Jenning: Johnny Fogarty, Francls Younge, Ollle Artell, George Day, Augustus Carney, Mabel Fredericks, Dan Hall and Fred Hagan. The broilers, who have been such a feature In the former successes by these authors, are still con- splcuous, also forty fakecinating show girls are seen In It The play is iIn three acts dnd four Scenes and are lald in the Berkshire Hills, Mass. The last aet is in| an apartment in New York City at Clare- mont, overlooking the Hudson. The scenic effects are elaborate, and one of the fea- tures is the realistic ra'n storm. Thera are twenty song numbeérs, many of which ntelle, Actress Spent Many Years on the Stage, a Man's Work in the Opening Fart. | burg, Pa., opera house. She played three | seasons of summer stock at the Boyd, and | her Omaha friends are legion. | Miss Carmontelle tells of an amusing | experience of her early career. When still | & ohlia, the company she was with stranded |in the south. Sympathetic friends tied & | Wells-Fargo tag on her and actually sent her by express collect to her home in the north. Upon arriving in her home city she was placed In the company’s delivery wagon, with the usual complement of packages and boxes, and delivered, safe and sound, at her own freat door, where the charges were pald and duly recelpted for. Miss Carmontelle carries that receipt with her to this day. It may not be amiss to state that for four years, this versatile woman, was with Thomas Keene in Shakespearean roles, and | recelved unstinted praise from the press Bear | of South Dakota and Dick Ferris of Call- | | dians. | well above the plane on which the play | cast, and endow the characters of tie thief | Heart,” [ana publie. drama by Edwin Locke that at the Boyd during the first half of week possesses all the elements of deep Interest shown by the Thomas drama, but expressed In differing terms. Clima. were directly ineidentally concerned and it is the two othars treatment of the material uzed that affords the zest of the play, and marks its author as one of strongth. e sees the force of simplicity and the power of directness, and by his handling of his subject has produced a play that is winning its way on its merits solely It is perhaps an additional tribute 1o the value of “The Climax" thut it had the usual experience of being turned down by a number of the leading New York producers, and that Joseph tinally put it on against the advice of the wiseacres with whom he Is assoclated. Mr Webber took the chance and landed a “winner.” e Another bit of Interest In éonnection with the offering of “The Climx" Is that it has birought to the front another comedian of parts. Mr. Howard Lange has not long been known to fame; it fs only a litle while since he was doing the “one-nights" “pastoral called ‘“The Village Parson,” earning his bread and butter thereby and walting for the chance. This came with the role ot Lulgl Goldfantl,” and he {s now listed among the first of American come. he has made good. His performance of the part of the old Italfan singing teacher le as far ahead of David Warfleld's Music Master as the Music Master (s ahead of Warfield's Auctioneer. e The selection of a piay (6 dpen the Bran- dels was hardly as fortultous as on other occaslons when theaters have been ded!- cated In Omaha, but this was due solely to the exigencies of the occasion, Lupin is lacking in certain elements that must be shown in a really strong play. But the event had the merit of excellent acting, for Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Herbert, Mr bury, Mr. Eiliott, Mr. Dodd, Miss Keane and Mrs. Wheateroft are the nucleus of & company of unusual merit, and their work was of the most delightful character. Mr. Courténay and Mr. Herbert 1ift their parts i and the detective with qualities that make them most fascinating, Miss Keane Is doing something that is really magnificent; she submerges herself in the requirements | of a comparatively minor role, having but little opportunity, yet realizing In tense scene in the last act the reason for her belng (i the cast. Until that one great scene in the smoking room of the duke, Sonia could well be played by a super; miss Keane has the good taste to not tryy to make the part stand out, and thus the splendid exhibition of real power she shows wheri the time comes Is all the more force- ful. Mrs. Wheatcroft has a fine scéne in this ect, too, that adds a great deal to the general effect of the piece. But “Arsene Lupin" is to be tolerated more by féason of the polite curlosity it arouses to what manner of man a French Raffies might be than for any genuine dramatic quality, In fact, it has no genuine dramatic quality. Louls James 15 d this news came ffom Helena aSturday morning, the great actor having dled there suddenly on Fri- day evening from heart fallure. Ho wa touring the west, playing “Henry VII and other classle dramas, and had been meeting with great success all season. Mr. James' career was so0 long and varied that a brief review can give no adequate idea of his service to the stage and through it to the public. Judgment, sound perceptious and excellent taste, and devoted himself with a single- ness of purpose to the better things of the drama. At the time of his death he was in his sixty-eighth year, being a native of Illinols, where he w born In 1842, For forty-six years he was before the public as an actor, and the range of parts he played is so extensive that no attempt will be made to recite them. His home was at Kansas City, where he will be buried. At the Omaha Theaters Two Musiocal Plays to Fill the Week at the Brandeis—Woodward Stock at the Boyd—Krug Has a Pair of Attractive Plays and the Orpheum Will Have the “Road” Show, While the Gayety Puts On Extravaganza. are fermed “hits,” “‘Don't Choose a Gibson Girl,* “Where Are They Now?" “Taxi " “If All Moons Were eep Me Young in Your ‘Oskee Wow-wow.” “The Goddes: of Liberty," “Let's Pretend You Love Me" and a dozen others. The attraction comes to the Brandels theater for an engagement of four days commencing tonight. Matines will be given Wednesday. Sy B ‘When the curtain is raised on the new de Koven and Smith comic opera, ““The Goldsn Butterfly,” which Is to be seen at the Brandels theater for three performanc commencing next Friday evening, with Grace Van Studdiford, opera-goers of this community will witness a light opera that has already made a new epoch In com- positions of this class. The score of “The Golden Butterfly'" contains one song which I8 now a blg faverite in the New musical college It is entitled, Forget Me," with a dreamy waltz moye- ment, which s motlf through the score. The opera is sald to be unconven- tlonal, and discloses an Interesting sto of love, romance and Intrigue dramatic than any which has been seen on the light opera stage during the last fif- teen years. The story of the opera ha been divided into three acts, and set in a frame work of fanciful grace and imagin- ative beauty. Honeymoon “Don't the PR “The Servant In the House,” the widely discussed and phenomenally successful play Is to be presented at the Brandels theater on March 13-11, by Henry Miller's @ssoclate players. When the play opens a mysterious Orfental has taken a place in the house of the clergyman as a butler He s in reality the bishop of Bonares, the | brother who disappeared in Indla twenty years before. To this house comes the @rain-man, with a black passion against his brother in his heart and a father's de. sire to see his little girl. The action of the play revolves around the mysterious in- fluence which the Orlental servant exer- olses on everyone with whom he (s brought into contact. By some supernatural power of divination he sees Into their very soul | and points out not only their weaknesses but the real cure for them. And that cure {8 the oldest and surest of all remedies for &fflictions of the spirit-love of one's fellow and hard work. — At the Brandels theater Friday end Saturday matines and night, night was played the | “The * 18 but & bit of real lite, the simple annals of an episode in which two people M. Webber | in al No more of the eheap for him, for | “Arsene | Har- | | one In- | He was & man of excellent | York | more | Masch BEE: MARCH 6, 1910, AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. 24 MORT H. SING BEST MUSICAL COMEDY PRICES—23¢, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1 | | . 2 MATINEE SATURDAY GRACE i van | COMPANY 75 PEOPLE. The Greatest Musical Event of the Year! | MATINEE WEDNESDAY RENRY MILL] IR ®rices 380 1o 81.50. Friday and Saturday N FRIDAY SAT. MATINEE—(/ ATURDAY BOYD--TONIG And Bvery NWight This Week. Mats. WOODWARD ST PFRICES-—Nights, 500, 880, @80, et o DAYS—-STARTING 5 DAYS -Commencin El TONIGHT ER ANNOUNCES THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY | Sallie Fisher ; George Parsons The Original Co.-Star, Cast, Chorus and Production Same As Produced 800 Times Princess Theater, Chicago. IN OMAHA THIS SEASON 50 WED. MAT.—23¢ to $1.00. Friday, March 1l STUDDIFORD IN THE GREATEST COMIO OPERA SUCCESS | By Hary B. Smith and Reginald de Xoven | THEGOLDEN BUTTERFLY TEH ORIGINAL PRODUCTION As Presented in New York. SPECIAL ORCHESTRA. Sent Sale Monday, ® A, M. ¢ Sunday,March 13 SSOCIATE PLAYERS IN } The Servantinthe House With CRESTON CLARKE, L-SSI8 NUDSON COLLINR and an All Star Cast. Seats Thursday. ights, March 18 and 19 SATURDAY MATINEE. OLGA NETHERSOLLE NIGHT—“THE WRITING MILE, NIGHT—"SAPHO, BNTIRE METROPOLITAN PRODUCTION COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL. Seats on Sale Monday the l4th. Seat reservation may now be made by mall if accompanied by remittance. ON THE WALL." in the Costume of 1837. Prices $3.00 to 80c. HT-- MAT. TODAY Tuesday, Thursday, Ssturdsy, Sunday. OCK COMPANY IN GEORGE ADN'S GREATEST COLLEGE PLAY THE COLLEGE WIDOW 15¢, 10c; Mats., 10c and 80c 280, Seats One Week in Advance. i Next Week Starting Sun. Mat.—~WHEN XNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER. 18 and 19, Olga Nethersole, the English actress, will present during this brief en- gagement for the first time here a great American drama entitled “The Writing on the Wail,” by William J. Hurlbut. Her | supporting company includes Harrison Hunter, Albert Perry, Hamilton Mott, Slaine Mills, Charlotte Tittell, Alice Gor don, Lilllan Stafford, Constance Raymond and others. Saturday matinee she will appear as “Camille” and Saturday night as “Sapho.” s S5 For the second week of the Woodward Stock company season at the Boyd, “When Knighthood was in Flower” has been selected. This fine romantic comedy-drama will glve Mr. Morrison a splendid chance in | the big role of Charles Brandon, while Miss Gates will shine as Mary Tudor. The others | will be well placed, and Mr. O. D. Wood- | ward will bestow his particuldr care on the production. —— The new Rowland & Clitford musieat melodrama, ‘“The Phantom Detective,” which will be soen here at the Krug thea- |ter for four daye, starting with a matinee |8urday, s an entirely diffcrent theatrical |1dea, ana during the action of the play many rather mysterious meehanical ef- fects and startling fllusions are introduced by “The Phantom,” Frank Folsom. the wierd detective who is prominent through- out the play., The scenic environment is |also cleverly constructed, giving additional opportunity for The Phantom' drous tricks won- e | The Kansas City Star, speaking of ‘‘Bev- |erly,” has this to say: “The company fs |excellent. Miss Gertrude Fowler, as the | American girl who Is perforce compelled to assume the role of the princess, revealed a fine artistic quality that was more than equal to the demand made upon it. Hattie Carmontelle as Aunt Fanny gave an- |other of her inimitable sketches of the | southern mammy. As the Princess Yetive, Miss Edith Shayne revealed true dramatic quality. Raymond Whitaker was suffi- clently romantic as Prince Danton, the de- throned ruler of Dawsbergen, and the other male roles were all excellently filled |play 18 beautifully staged and the large |audience, apathetic at first, were stirred | to real enthusiasm by the unfolding of the | story. ‘Beverly of Graustark' Is a thor- oughly interesting and wholesome play and ought to be popular during its enguge ment.” At the Krug theater for days, commencing Thursday Sl The Orpheum road show, with an agare- gation of stars which has made a famous record throughout the circuit, appears this week. Two numbers there are of head line importance, the ona bemg La Titcomb, or “La Belle Americaine, horseback, and the other a young popular dramtic artist, appearing in Mrs Oscar Beringer's gem of vaudeville pla |lets, “A Bit of Old Chelsea.”” Miss O'Day has been chosen by Martin Deck for the Ppart of “Saucers” in this vaudeviile classic Four other players make up the cast “The Singer on Horseback,” La Titeombh, last year's prevalling European sensation has been imported by Martin Beek as a feature of this season's road show. ller | performance consists of five sections, In troducing songs, serpentine dancing and high school riding, with artistic and ef- fective lighting. La Titcomb is an Ameri- can girl, but this is her first appearance in this country. “A Night in Monkey | Music Hall," presented by Maud Raches, 15 a remarkable exhibition of animal train. |ing. Melviile and Higgins in “Just a Little Fun' give just what the the implies three | the singer on and | The | Robert Higgins is a comedian of the Eddie Foy type, and Miss Meiville is one of the genuinely funny women of the stage. One of the most brilliant and artistic perform- ers éver seen In vaudeville is Hymen {Meyer. Harry Fox, who comes from a hip siters, distinguished for thelr ng, give a diverting act | gvmnastie performance | three Mascagno brothers, who perform | fully dressed In street attire. The kino- Arome will Introduce a sensational feature |In motion plctures. The length of this |series 1s estimated At %9 feet and it presents a complete and thrilling western drama, “The Heart of a Cowboy.” The Orpheum Coneert orchestra will furnish special music at each performance. poesy Ly The Gayety theater will do big business for six days, starting this afternoon, with Weber and Rush's famous ‘‘Parisian Widows” company, a classy combination of fun, music and ‘nifty” girls. ‘“The Actors' Boarding House,' the opening farce, 18 sald to be a treat and a tonie combined, while the closing comedy, “Fun in @ Department Store,” fs sald to assist materially In making life worth living to those lucky ones who sit “in front. Among the principal artists secured for the “Parisian Widows" this season are Ben Pierce, & comedian of original methods; Margle Hilton, singing and dancing sou- brette; “Ike” Wall, whose Impersonation of “Props” cannot even be Imitate 1da Bayton, the beautiful young vocalist; Ma, Romer, the dainty little acrobatic dancing girl; the Musical Bells, high-class har- monists; Niblo and Spencer, the king and queen of wooden-shoe dancers, and Hick- man and Bentley, comedians and parodists. An act which bids fair to cause unusual comment is “The Dresden Dancing Dolls," which keeps you guessing all the time, The entire production is staged under the personal direction of Ed F. Rush, which danc- An eccentrie 18 glven by the | 18 & sufficlent guarantee of its excellence, | Ladies' dime matinee dally, starting tomor- row. —— The carcer of David Blsphawg the well | known baritone, who Is to sing heré Thurs- | day evening, March 10, shows what defatigable work and a falth in self can accomplish. Several well known masters sought to dissuade the singer from enter- | Ing a protessional career, but neverthe- less he went doggedly ahead working, practicing, until the sought-for end was | accomplished. Today no American singer in- Gossip from Stageland Elsiec Ferguson, who Is starring in Chan- | ning Pollock's sucoesstul comedy, Little Queen,” recently, while playing an | engagement in Philadelphia, was invited to visit a school girl friend of hers who mar- vied, and Is living in that city. Her friend ha bright, little child, a girl of §, Insisted sitting at the luncheon tabls with her mother and Miss Ferguson. Upon Miss Ferguson politely declining to have & second helping of oysters en brochette, of which the Itk particularly fond, she nalvely remarked to the star don't think you're an actress.” “Why?' in- quired Miss Ferguson. “Well, Uncle John, who knows lots of actresses, says they're always hungry.” on girl wa s The Kirke La Shelle company s planning fur 4 revival of “The Virginlan" at one of the New York theaters some time in the great success on Broadway, and the Miller- | “Such a| who | MAHA'S LEADING THF%ATFI S RSN AND THEATRE GRAND OPENING WEEK 4 DAYS-STARTING “MATINEE WEDNESDAY.. START- 4 DAYS ¢ The Melodramatic P GREAT QUARTETTE OF THEATER PRICES: 15¢--25¢--50¢--75¢ Matinee Today 10e, 28¢, B0c HANTOM DETECTIVE SINGING COMEDIANS SEE THE DEN OF REAL LIONS 3 DAYS Starting THURSDAY Production of Geo. Dramatized by Robt. M “BEVERLY OF NEXT SUNDAY Return of the Season’s Success The Original Studebaker Theater, Chicago, Barr MoCutcheon’s BEVERLY . Baker from the Novel GRAUSTARK” The Most Effective Drama Now Before the Public THE ISLE OF SPICE Qe BEE PA ad ADVANCED VAUDEVILL_E ; Matines Every Da @ ":',i"f",'“! " WEEK STARTING TODAY THE Orpheum Show Direction MARTIN BECK Martin Beck presenis, IDA O'DAY And Company n‘stnluclea Players A Bit of Old Chelsea” By Mrs. Oscar Beringer. " First American Presentation of “A WIGHT IN A MONKEY MUSIO EALL" Presented by Maud Rochez ¥ . ‘e . v Melville and Higgins Eccentric Singing and Ch ering Comedians in, “Just & Little Fun." Symphonic Cleverness With a Dash of Cemedy | HYMAN MYER “The Man At the Piano.” HARRY FOX AND MILLERSHIP SISTERS In “Artistio Nonsens THREE BROTHERS MASGAGNO Presenting, “Pun in & Drawing Room.” "ORPHEUM MOTION PICTURES Always the newest in motion plctures Now Musical Feature Extraordinary ORPHEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA 16—Talentod Artiste—15 Direct from European Music Halls La Titcomb “The Singer on Horseback" Novel Electrical Effects Famous Abroad as “Lae American.” | 3 Seats for Entire Week On Sale Prices 10c, 25¢, d0¢ and 75¢. has scored greater artistic success. “He holds & record of achievement un- | equaled by any singer now before the pub- | lie,” declares an eastern musical writer. | “He has commanded universal praise alike | in oratorio, in opera and in song recital, and the character of his program reveals | the high standard from descends.” For ten successive seasons Bispham was & member of the Royal Opera company, singing each summer at Covent Garden, London; while for several cars he w a member of the Metropolitan Opera com- | pany, New York. His repertoire includes fitty operatic roles, in English, French, | German and Itallan. He was the first {to wing the part of Falstaff in Englana, | where he appeared with Verdl's original cast from La Scala, Milan which he never | (latter part of May. The three Farnum lim)r will be séen In the three leading roles; | Dustin, who first saw light of stardom as | “The Virginian," wiil be seen in the title | role; Willlam, that sterling actor who is | at present with Viola Allen, will be the | loyal but misguided Steve; Marshal, who | Is at present making & hit in the part of Trampas In “The Virginfan" throughout the west, will be seen as the bad man. Mux Flgman, who s taking Dixey's part In “Mary Jane's Pa,’ married recently to Lolita Robertson, leading lady last season Henry | was "‘“1 prce. - el Olga Nethersole has just accepted an in- vitation from Edmond Rostand, author of | “Cyrano de Bergerac” and “Chanticlee {to become his guest at his castie In the | Pyrences next summer, when she will re- WEBER AND RUSH'S PARISIAN WIDOWS Presenting Two Musical Absurdities, “The Actors’ Boarding House,' and Fun in & Department Store.’ And When it Comes to New VAUDEVILLE Hitherto Unseen in Omaha, OH, L-0-0-0-0-K-! Musical Belis 5. 2mn BEN PIERCE iy Hiokman & Bently . 2meditne Margie Hilton o Niblo & Spencer 2447 ADDED ATTRACTION Yener® Dresden Danoing Dolls Evenings and Bunday Matines 186, @Be, 50c_and 760 Woeek TeXMATS, 15¢ & 250 4 LADIES' 'oc TICKETS DEAR READER: Day Matinee, “"I u“‘l‘l“n, I thi; “Espeo y 00 think you will endorse ‘these tures verdibts. B. L. JORNSON, Mgr. Gayety Theater. Sat. (Mat, and Night) only, March 18 The WM, GREW 00, 3rg mARIE “IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE MR. DAVID BISPHAM Thursday Eve.—March 10th. Y- VW.C.o, Auditorium TICKETS $1 and $1.50, Now Selling 303 BOYD THEATRE. “Jean Valfiean"’ A CHARACTER SKETOR BY Dr. R. Scot Hyde BSINGING BY THE POPULAR T, X. QUARTETTHE Y. M. C. A, Sunday, March Gth, At 4 P. M. hearse “La Samaritaine” with him, using the English translation, made by the au- thor's son, Maurice Rostand, for her. Neth- ersole expeots to use the drama next sea~ son. it Orrin Johnston has been engaged by Henry B. Harris for the leading male role in “The Children of Destiny,” which is to be produced toward the end of this month, Johnston began his present season in the hope of becoming an opera comique star und was originally designed for the title role In ‘““The Gay Hussar Hut his voles gave out at the last moment and 5o he re- turns to the legitimate The music 11(‘|IIATUHK'IH of the Woman's elub will g Ity annual opening day pro- gram before the club Mondey afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Congregational chureh. Those taking part will be: Miss Bvelyn Hopper, soprano; Mrs. Lloyd B Halter, contralto; Mrs. Murray G. Cox, violinist; Miss Marie Meek, planist, and Mr. Bon Stanley, organist, The members of the Tuesday Musicale have veen invited to attend and are requested (o present thels membership cards at the door,