The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-10-26

threatened TO incapacitate him for my
future work in his profession. A man
must he agile and nimhle 10 be- of mUcb
use on the stage. He knew however
'hat IL would not mend matters 10
worry, So he turned his thoughts On
pleasanter things. The tortured ACTOR
let his thoughts take him To that far
away New Hampshire homestead. wber.
-FOUR generations Of his ancestors had
iNeu' ana where he had seen So MANY
happy days as a boy. He brought to
ms bed Of pain. the shaded lanes. the
dusty roads. the billy pastures, the
peaked roof school house, the meeting
house and the familiar faces at Swan
zey. and IN spite of bis pain. h.. lived
again amid the scenes Of bovhnod. He
thought so much Of the little Nev
Hampshire village and Of the home
stead where his father and mother still
ilved, and when he became we'll again.
he could not drive them from his mind.
and the impulse grew strong within
him to weave into a story the incidents
OF a sweet country life. which had be-
gulled him as he lay on his bed, wrapped
in pain.
The actor was Denman Thompson and
the play was The Old Homestead"
This afternoon and evening The Old
Homestead will lie presented by an ex-
cellent company at the Lansing.
Manager Church will present TO his
patrons one of the most successful and
gorgeous productions, the famous spec
tacle The Black Crook" Wednesday
and Thursday evenings Of next week.
October 30 and 81. The popular favor
accorded spectacles in this country has
resulted III placing this grand old play
before the public in such a noteworthy
and costly manner, surprising all the
most famous European productions;
this may justly be claimed by The
Black Crook, which was revived at the
New York Academy or Music two years
ago; and throughout the principal cities
last year and up to the present time it
has been most successful. owing to the
lavish manner in which the promoters
have mounted the spectacle. 1t sur
passes anything in its line ever seen at a
popular price theatre in this country,
and is now. for the first time in this
city, and at popular prices. The COM
pany which will appear at the Lansing
next week is exceptionally strong, num-
bering 200 people. Among the principal
European novelties may be mentioned
Rexo and Memo, the contortion marvels;
Oporto. the great, in his Aladdin
changes; the Brothers Rixford. the Gel
ebrated Russian acrobats; Mile. Leon
tine. Mile. Craske and SaroccO, three of
the most celebrated premieres ever
brought to this country. an army OF
beautiful and lithesome coryphees, will
be seen bedecked with exquisite cos
tunes of the rarest and most expensive
fabrics: gorgeous oriental ballots, elab-
crate scenery, and bright and catchy
music. This production will positively
eclipse any previous attempts to place
before the public perfect show.
Theatre-goers are preparing to laugh
at odd Hoss' William Hoey, who will
be seen in his new comic play, The
Globe Trotter.' at the Lansing on Mon
day and Tuesday nights, October 1913.
Ilht Niuts WIN
each successive year; We look at him
and laugh. hear him and roar, then
wonder what we we're laughing at, and
while we are wondering we go off again.
There is something so solemnly unctu-
Gus about Hoey. so indetinably anus
ing. that il disarms criticism and deties
ANALYSIS Hoey's new play gives him
much wider range Of opportunity than
be has ever had before. or course We
are TO have him as odd Hoss." What
play with Hoey in it would be complete
without the character he has made so
popular? But in addition to this Hoey
as woman, deaf and
dumb woman, bewigged, powdered and
yowned in the most approved fashion.
Hoey's ardent admirers can hardly i'm
agine what kind of a woman he will
make. That she will be funny, We are