Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15

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Applied For closes its engagement Of four
nights at Boyd's theater today. This after.
noon a special Sunday matinee will be given,
AZ which the prices have been fixed at %
aud 80 cents. The engagement ends with TO-
nights performance.
Boyd's theater will be dark on tomorrow
and Tuesday evenings, owing to the closing
Of Mark Murphy in "O'Dowd's Neightors ="
Tho lecture Of Robert G.. Ingcrsoll at
Boyd's new theater Wednesday evening will
he the most notable literary event OF the
season. While the position which Colonel
lnRersoll has taken ana maintained on re-
ligiOuS subjects has been universally con-
dcmned by the believers in the Cnristian re-
ligion, his integrity of opinion, the Jealous.
ness with which he expresses his views, his
superior intellectual genius and his mag
netic powers of oratory have won
for him the unqualified admiration
OF friend and foe alike. His presence
in any representative American city
invariably brings out it's couture and intel
lect. The occasion OF the great orators
lecture in this city next Wednesday will be
no exception to the rule. The audience that
will listen to him rs he discoursc5 on Myth
and Miracle will be representative of the
highest literary and educational circles of
Omaha. 1t will be such an audience AS will
80 aH NA's SlNth'NN hhN nv ktAAlo "a
thought will shine with dazzling radiance
from tho gorgeous setting of oratory that
will flow from the lips of the greatest mas
ter OF the English language living, In his
lecture on Myth and Miracle" Colonel
lngersoll is said to have achieved one of the
most distinguished triumphs of his life, and
no dvanced thinker should fail to hear him.
Thomas Q Seabrrooke Opera company and
ballet will present the efervescent comic
opera. The Isle of Champagne" by Byrne
and Harrison. at Boyd's new theater for
four nights and Saturday matinee, beginning
Thursday, October 10. The scene is laid on
the Isle of Champagne, which the careful
chronicler locates on Longitude 1909
west, latitude 22o SOUTH This de-
lightful place is ruled by King Pommery
Sec'nd, a merry monarch whose cares sit
lightly upon him. His first appearance sug-
gests a bottle of ancient vintage. very much
cobwebbed, but he gets over that as his in
come is improved by the discovery of a new
beverage called water, brought to the isle on
Il ship from New Bedford, Mass. that goes
ashore, and whose owner, Abigail Peck, he
marrles. and thus enjoys the benefit of the
sale of the strange drink to his people, who
take quite a fancy to it. He has for n prime
minister, Apollinaris Frappe, a coli-blooded
calculating fellow, who is always thwarting
his royal desire by references to the con
stitutionn of the isle, which hedges the king
about with anything but divinity. His son,
Prince k~issingen, a handsome fellow. and
not n bit like his bottle-nosed sire, falls in
love with Priscilla, a New England maiden,
niece of Abigail. Queen Abigail draws the
reins tightly on Pommery, and he blows up
the wreck with the remaining store of water
ON it. The queen then plots with Apollina-
ris to bring him to terms, and the council
lOrs, Marquis Mum, Baron Perrier Joueu,
Duo Heidsic are in the plot. Pommery's
army, "Moet and Chandon," stand true to
him, but the queen feigns death, and the
king, according to the constitution has to
be buried with her in the royal mausoleum
beneath the palace. She takes this means
to bring him to terms and cause him to for.
bid the marriage of her niece and
stepson who would become the rulers.
The scene in the vault is laugh.
with an old 'tJoe Miller Joke Book" brought
from America by Sam Bunnacle, able seaman
on Abigalls vessel, and he reads the Jokes
and goes into commissions of laughter. The
queen can endure the agony of hearing the
'chestnuts" no longer. and he threatens to
read every one IL she does not release him.
He returns to the surface disguised as a
tramp minstrel and accompanied by Diana,
the belle OF the island, regains his kingdom,
allows the marriage, and Priscilla and the
prince, accompanied by the queen, sail away
in a picturesque bark. like one of the cara.
wells of Columbus, leaving Pommery in pos.
session.
Miss Juliette Gordon, the prima donna OF
the Bostonlans, has been engaged in the
same capacity for this organization. The
sale of seats for the entire engagement will
open at Q o'clock Wednesday morning. II
has been decided to limit purchasers to six
tickets each.
The much talked about farce comedy, "a
Railroad Ticket" will open a weeks en-.
gagement at the Fifteenth Street theater
tonight. An unusual amount of interest
seems to be manifested in the production
here, as the management promises some
strikingly sensational mechanical effects
The company is a strong one.
The piece is credited with having a de
cidedly novel plot, in the telling of which are
introduced such characters as the smooth
tongued ticket broker, who can tell you the
route, rate, time, change, connections and
distance to any point in the world, and who
Is ably assisted by the ambitious Office boy
the old retired bank president. who is q
fanatic on buying and selling real estate
the fascinating perfume drummer, who sam
pies his delicious article on all the pretty
girls; the persistent collector, who never col
lects anything but promises the man who
always gets on the wrong train; the woman
who saw her folly too late of not taking ad
vantage of leap year TO get a husband the
classical society girl, whose only thought is
how to look the prettiest; the typical Amer
lean typewriter girl, who never can read hei
notes after they get cold and the group Of
pretty female gossipers who delight in some.
thing to talk ABOUT.