Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-06
AMUSEMENTS.
DIR. JEKYLL A

ADJUSTMENTS.
DIR. JEKYLL AGAIN.
Daniel f. Bandmann appears at Boyd's
opera house next Wednesday evening in his
own version of ''Dr. Jekyll and MIR. Hyde.n
LIZZIE
On next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights and Saturday matinee, Lizzie Evans
will appear in "Our Angelo at Boyd's opera
house.
RAGAN's LECTURES.
The success which has attended Mr.. Ra-
gan's lectures in the Boyd has conduced to
a continuation of the same at the same place
on next Monday and Tuesday evenings, when
the distinguished lecturerwill give %illustra-
tions and instructive and interesting eXplana-
tons of the Rhine and Switzerland on the
first, and Here and There in London on
the second night. The admission is but 50
sents.
TIE MAY FETE.
On next Thursday and Friday evenings
leading ladies' of Omaha will give a fete in
PRODUCING an american Booth,'' in charge
of Mrs. Pratt; an Art Loan, = in charge of
Mrs. G. T.. Gilbert: a Flower Booth,'' in
Booth in charge of Mrs. Howard Smith; a
Japanese Booth" in charge of Mrs. Cadet
Taylor; a MAY Queen Polc,r in charge of
Mrs. Fleming; MAUD Muller NJ the Spring
WHICH Will NC Illustrated ON MISS May
Dundy; Il Roman Booth, >. in charge of Mrs.
f. l.. Haller; u Russian Booth in charge
of Mrs. Frank Colpetzer: the First Wife,
which will be personatcd by Miss Phemle
Bowie. There will be atnumber of other
attractions. In all mentioned the ladies
whose names are given will be assisted by a
corps of the pretticst and brightest young
women in the city.
THE GERMAN FAREWELL.
Tonight the German company at Boyd's
bids its farewell to the public in Der Lieder
DIES M~usicanten.n 1t will be a benefit ten
dered to Baureis & Pulls, by way of recon-
pensc for the financial shortcomings of the
season, the house, music. acting and every
thing being given gratuitously.
PEorLE's TIEATER.
Manager Henry Parrish of this place of
amusement, with a magnificent band and eX-
cellent variety programme will draw large
houses nightly this weelS.
MIR. SAMPSON OF OMAHA.
Omaha promises, at least for a few nights,
to revive the happy custom which prevailed
here years ago when home talent wrote and
home talent interpreted operate music of
the lighter and more entertaining order. A
couple of ventures of this kind may be re-
called, in both of which Mr.. Henry ID. Esta-
brook and Mrs. Clowry, now of Chicago,
were respectively the librettist and com
poser. The opera was The Joust." Again
a lady and gentleman act in the same capa-
city, this time the writer of the ines being
II ANyS dl lio IL IL iouhE, bObl u
this city. The new opera is
''Mr. Sampson of Omaha" 1t has been born
in Omaha, will be produced in Omaha, will
be sung in Omaha, will be customed in
Omaha, will introduce Omaha features and
satirize Omaha people, will advertize Omaha,
in fact it will be Omaha from beginning to
end-except that part of it which will be
laid in Bulgaria. The cast, and a finer one
never sang in a home production, is as fol
lows: Mr.. Sampson, Nat Nj. Brigham;
KING X IL Hnlnlp. nrima Minister III III
Estabrook; public executioner, G. l.. Deul;
court crier, w. b. Downing; Margaret, Mrs.
Martin Calm; Teresa, Mrs. II. ID. Estabrook;
Helena, Miss Bertha Bayliss; messenger
The chorus comprises the following ladies
Sopranos and Altos-Miss Kate NJ. Ball.
Miss Anna l.. Bishop, Miss Rose II, Brady,
Miss Melona Buttertield, Miss Helen Cope
land, Miss Nellie M. Corby, Miss Edith H..
Crandell, Miss Pauline l.. Dewitt, Miss May
Dundy, Miss Luna Dundy, Mrs. G. NJ.
Hitchcock, Miss Florence Kimball, Miss
Ruth Kimball, Miss Claire Iiustin, Miss
Mary Lake, Mrs. William A. Redick, Miss
Minnie ID. Rheinhardt, Miss Julia Knight,
Miss Nettie Il. Totman, Mrs. ID. H..
Wheeler, jr.
Tenors and Basses-Mr. Edwin D. Arnold,
Mr.. Joseph +. Barton, Mr.. Harry V. Burk-
ley, Mr.. Charles =. Duel, Mr.. Revel France,
Mr.. Charles A. Harvey, Mr.. George w. Hol-
brook, Mr.. Orville G.. Holmes, Mr.. James III.
Merriam, MIR. William Peacock, Mr.. Richard
j. Wherry, Mr.. ID. II. Wheeler, ir., Mr.. A..
j. Van Kuran.
The first production of "Pinafore'' in this
city was given by an amateur company which
sang the piece for Trinity Guild. Yet that
company did not possess half the talent out
lined above. unsteady, the piece is a gem
and will be worthy of full houses. Martin
Calm is the musical director and Mr.. Goodall
the stage manager.
Probably the finest bakery wagon eve
sold in this state was sold this week by
Parlin, Orendorff & Martin Co. to j. G.
Lutes, the enterprising baker of Cen
trail City, Neb.