Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-31

This evening Colonel Robert q. lngersoll
the brilliant orator ana aggressive thinker
Will deliver his latest lecture entitled
"Shakespeare' at the Grand opera house
This lecture is accepted on all hands to be the
best that MIR. lngersoll has yet given to tho
public, and the subject is 10 m entirely diff
ferent field from any Of his previous views.
Colonel lugersnll delivered this lecture in
the Chicago Auditorium on the llth inst,
and the receipts amounted to nearly 5000
The Chicago Tribune said "Ihe crowd that
heard his lecture on Shakespeare last night
at the Auditorium was by far the biggest and
most enthusiastic that he ever spoke before
in public hall II was as big AS the audience
TO which Nine Patti sang her farewell u
year aud half ago, which is the standard by
which all immense audiences at the Auditor
ium are judged. 1t was bigger than the
crowd which the colonel had the honor of ad-
dressing IN June, lSSS, in the same hall when
Harrison was nominated" Tue sale of seats
opened yesterday morning and is very large
Seats may be procured today.
Tonight Rentfrow's wonderful aggrega-
tion of experts in fun-making, whose trade
mark Is THE jolly Pathhnders," will com
mence weeks engagement at BUyd's opera
house. The personnel is composed OF people
well known in the vaudeville world, and peo-
pie whose ability TO amuse is far ahead of
their many unsuccessful rivals. The Path
finders have their own band and orchestra,
another pleasing feature. Their music is
taking and mostly fresh, their costumes elab-
uIhlC, LlltlE SIhkt UuSlUtSS COlOlCal anu IUeli
repertoire the most complete of any company
of the kind now travelling, The work of
amusing the people is evenly divided and
nothing falls fiat Tho company is composed
of artists of ability and is numerically one Of
the best and strongest on the road. Below
Zero will be presented this evening farce
comedy absurdlty tinged with enough pretty
music and seriousness to make most of the
situations ludCrous in the extreme. All the
characters are in harmony with the idea of
m ri fDr hn mi a MI a
CHEEKY plot, which is carried forward at
lively pace. a charming young girl and
nice young fellow with d thin pocket book
are passionately in love with each other.
Jolly father, lynx eyed mother, happy
couple, don't want the daughter condemned
to the diet of love in a cottage with q cup
board empty, and refuse consent Elopement
is the only remedy. Laughable predicament
for the father and mother. The young mans
jolly tramp father, twenty-year absentee,
appears and hands over the product of a
lucky find of a Colorado gold mine. Consent
is readily given and now continues merry. a
number of specialties are given at various
points in the progress of the play, and forms
a style of entertainment which seems to please
everybody. Prices, 10, 20, 30 and so cents.
'"The Bottom of the Sea-" a marine sDeCta-
Gle adopted from the French by William A.
Brady, will be produced at the Grand opera
house on Friday Saturday and Sunday next,
with matiuees on Saturday and Sunday, the
first engagement of this great scenic produc-
ton in Omaha being absolutely limited to the
above-named five performances. The man
agement OF the Grand take pleasure in an
nouncing that Mr. Brady has consented to
popular prices for this engagement, although
the play is tar superior to many for which
regular tirst-class prices are charged. 1t is
in line with the established policy of the
Grand to give the very best that can be OBJ
tanned for popular prices. Orchestra seats
reserved will be 80 cents, and the balcony
will be 35 cents and 25 cents. The sale will
open on Thursday morning next. Coming as
it does direct from its New York ana Boston
presentations, the piece is to be mounted
here in exactly the same manner that charac-
terized its success in those cities. From all
accounts the scenic and mechanical effects
are really superb. 1t is, in fact, on realistic
scenery that the success of the play mainly
depends The piece de resistance is the
scene showing the bottom of the sea, with
divers at work on the wreck of sunken
ship. The battle between one of the divers
aud gigantic devil fish is very realistic.
The other scenes are the rescue in mid-ocean
and the deck of the French mau-of war.