Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-11
MUSIC CREATES A DISCORD.
Local Musicians Anxious to Get
Into the Boyd Orchestra.
ONLY THE BEST ARTISTS WANTED
Opening of the Dramatic Season
Three Attractions offered for this
Week-"The Wife" and Rus
sells "City Directory"
The Dramatic Season.

munhRer ION bOyu SAYS bneTe Is NO bTubn
In the report that he is having or expects to
have serious trouble in organizing an orches-
ira for his theater this season. All contro-
versy concerning the matter is confined to
the musicians themselves. Four or five Of
the men employed by him last season have
been r%e-engaged, including Len Salisbury,
the leader, and If suitable players can be
found here, who are willing to sign q con.
tract that they will play for him
every night or day he wants
them, his entire orchestra will
be composed of home talent. If not he pro-
poses 10 send east for men. Mr.. Boyd says
he has conferred with members of the
union, but their demands are such that 1t Is
impossible for him 10 negotiate with them.
A delegation from the knights of Labor
waited on him last Tuesday, but their visit
was not productive of results. He talked
several times with julius Meyer, VINO con.
trolls the Musical union, and proposed that II
he would agree to keep the same players
there all the time, instead of changing
them nightly, and furnish frst-class artists,
he could fill up the orchestra with his men,
The musicians have split and formed two
or three factions that are fighting each other
for supremacy. N Weinberg is very anxious
to have the standard of music in Oman a
elevated above speculative and money CON
slderations. With that end in view he ant
those who agree with him have organized u
union under q charter issued to them by the
dutluTlLcu COTpOTdulUu III NeW 1OTh, Which
they claim is the only legitimate and honest
union that has ever been formed here. None
but capable musicians can become members,
and they intend to maintain the official scale
of prices.
Next Thursday evening Ly-
ceum Theatre company, of New York, will
make their temperance in this city at
Boyd's opera house for three nights and n
Saturday matinee. They will present be-
sides The Wife, two dramatic successes of
the past New York season, and the roper
TORE has been arranged as follows: Thurs
day evening, Belasco and DeMille's Amerl-
can play, "The Wife, Friday evening and
Saturday matinee, A. w. Pinero's "Sweet
Lavender. aud Saturday evening 'The
Marquise." The company, with a few added
and is COMPOSED of Georgia Cayvan, Grace
Henderson, Louise Dillon, Olive Brooks,
Agnes Carter. Mrs. Charles Walcot.
Mrs. Thomas Whippen, Herbert Kelcey,
Walcot, Charles Dickson, Walter Bellows.
Fred Tibbetts and w. j. LeMayne. 1.-THE
Wife" Is we'll remembered by theatre goers,
but since "Sweet Lavender" and "The Mar
quise" have never beer produced here, brief
reference to them will be of interest. "Sweet
Lavender" is said to be one of those delicious
tales of true love and honest feeling which
might belong to any. period or place. Tn
action oil takes place in London bachelor
apartments. 1.-THE. Marquise'' is Victorian
Sardou's production, but entirely unlike
anything of his ever before seen here. 1t Is
a French love story more modern than l.
Tosca'' or Fedora"
Manager Russell, of the ''City Directory"
company, which will give the first produc-
tion of their screaming farce comedy at the
Grand opera house Thursday evening next,
has secured a company that challenges com
parison with any organization of tho kind
that has ever appeared on the American
stage. First and foremost is Mr.. Charles
pnnA vuyhN yrrop ~ Ant fnrrnn l ~ NV a rnlpH
and subsequently in "Whiteface' added to
his reputation by the great success he made
as the comedian in THE Brass Monkey"
Miss May Yohe, who was the bright p%articu-
lar star in ''The Crystal Slipper" is the
leading lady of the company. Then there
are John Gilbert, the head of the formerly
famous firm of Gilbert, Donnelly & Girard;
Miss Helen Reimer, who was for five years
mistress;' w. F. Mack, the original Razzle
Dazzle; Ignacio Martinetti, who was the
leading man in Little Puck;" Harry Stand
ish, formerly stage manager of the Jarbeau
"Starlight' company; William Collier, who
was with Augustine Daly's companies for a
number of years, and Misses Wilson, Kirby,
Archmere, Thorne and Howard, five as
pretty girls as ever sang in the Casino and
names are familiar. They have won re-
nOwu in farce comedy. They have no supe-
riors on the stage.
The leading attraction at the Eden musee
| during the week closing last night has been
the Chicago Church Choir Comic Opera
company. At the several performances dur
ing the week the company has sung "Er-
minie,n one of the prettiest operas on the
stage. This proved a great drawing card, so
much so that the musee has been crowded at
each of the six daily performances. This
week the company will also appear as part
af the attractions, aud sing the well known
opera "Olivet." The excellence of the
singers and the low price of admission is
guarantee that the management will do a
good weeks business. In addition to the
company the usual number of new attrac-
| tions has been secured.
Notes.
Lille Clay and her burlesquec company will
appear at the Grand opera house next Friday
night.
Efie Shannon joins the Lyceum stock COM
| pany next season. But before they open in
New York she will play the leading comedy
| part in Bronson Towards Shenandoah at
| the Star theater. Miss Shannon last played
in this city with the DAILY company.
''Prince and Pauper," the new play in
which Elsie Leslie, of Little Lord Fontl-
roy' fame, is to star this season, will be seen
| here.
Miss Grace Henderson Is to have a part in
the new play, "Charity Ball, ~ that will bring
here TO the front.
The building of a new theater exclusively
for attractions that play at popular" or
| cheap prices, in this city, is almost assured.
Four or five men have been here recently
making Investigations, and all of them were
very favorably impressed.