Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
ADJUSTMENTS.

| The-e have bean weeks In tho nrnSent
| theatrical s,asor vhiob hovo ros,i,o, i,
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pressure 10 tne pubic ana satisfactory nnah'
clal returns 10 those pecuniarily concerned,
! which have as well afforded enjoyment 10
! tho critics and an adeouate racomnense IN
tbe cultivated. oiass ~ ,hoa,or ooors ror ,ho
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There have been weeks which pleased no.
! body, dull. dreary periods of time, which
| brought out the moralist and reformer of the
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CONSPICUOUS IN the last menuoneu elass Is
the perlod OF time maue notable py lne h,st
appearance mere OF young actor, VINO, oy
.iie 'ehhe"en' vi MS own inetnou, as wen as
Wy Ieasoh Vi tue iuyliG oesu,y vi 'ne p,ny
whlch ne presented ana whieh was also ms
omn, ahorueu Keen uehsnt W tne oolnpa'
atVeiy rev VINO saw nun. omaha may oe
proud OF having beeh among the very h,st VI
the larger cities to recognize ana exploit Tue
@ line apiiltes Oh Gay Ilerneh'' ne .aiie
alIons as uo ptacucaiiy unknown, ana ieit our
poruers ohiy llttie petter appreciated, io'
our o people are SLOW 10 take up Win mover
ties "nicn come unVoucheu-ior Inc news
paper critics, however, struggled manruiiy
IN pehal1 oil ,he newly arisen star, ana tne
smaii proportion OF the reading pubic which
they reach were induced to try Its brilliancy
Tor themselves The very critics, who. by
ulht OF unremitting ana enforced attehoance
upon all manner OF theatr>cai entertainment,
are popuiary supposed 10 present heart
oI auairaht 10 appears OF sentiment winch
Ing conduits, the advance agents, were taken
by surprise by Clements performance, and
their commentator was yielded up without
stint:
III is agreeable and hattering to the honest
pride OF those who assisted in setting forth
the merits OF MT clements work IN omana
TO learn that MS experience subsequent TO
MS engagement mere mas peen one OF un-
broken success. Aduiation mas been poured
out upon MIN everywhere in such rich meas
ure as might turn the head and hamper the
artlstic growth OF one less nrmiy poised
ana less confident OF his powers His sue
cess IN Chicago was immediate and great
Probably no actor ever went into that city
without reputation OF any kind and came
out OF 1t with the trump OF fame. blown by
press and public, sounding so loudly in his
ears. When he opened his weeks engage
ment at the Schiller he was to all intents
and purposes stranger. Before Saturday
night he was playing to the capacity OF the
house, and was so welcome guest that
he Is to return for two weeks later In the
spring and for month in the fall.
or Baron Hohenstaunen back to the Creigh-
ton in April it is hoped and believed that |
Omaha amusement lovers VIII not miss the
opportunity of seeing an artist who admir- |
able as he is in his early prime, will surely, |
barring accidents, come to be known as
one Of the greatest actors Of his day and
generation.
Last week was in no way an epoch. Aside |
from the strong vrlle Hamlet of Alexander |
Salvini, the period might very we'll have
been wiped out of the theatrical calendar
and no one would have been sensibly the |
loser With one house putting forth John !
Dillon. whose years of service should en-
title him to a kinder fate than TO lag super-
fluous on the stage but who seems to have
been overtaken by no less a destiny: and
with tho boards of tho other accounted bv an
alleged Swedish dialect comedian who had
lis exceedingly slender en,,inment as !, coma.
dian: things were decidedly in a had wav
And when one of the least excellent of all the
trounes now TRAVELLING made a hid
Ior patronage TO a public which had already
endured three visitations of minstreIsv at the
same house during the present season tbe
situation was in nowise improved The
week was only saved from utter uselessness
by the opportune arrival Of vounq Mr. sal
yini whose presense is as stimulating and |
aealthful as the generous yintapes of his
,atiye Tuscany.
AS to Mr.. Gus Heepe one does NOT remem-
her IN have had so comnJete disannoint
ment as resulted from a first view ~ his
,o-called swedish character work the other
night. Without doubt there is a wide and
fertile field in the direction of Scandinavian
American representations and IL was believed
hat this actor. who discovered and has
practically monopolized the premises. was
IN artist whose performances were worthy
If the magnitude and Importance of that
such distinction His play, in point of story.
construction and treatment is an insult to
he intelligence of children or of the Swedish
servant girls who go to see it, His work
S without form and comeliness crude and
coarse, and his impersonation is in most
espects lacking in verismilitude He has
lot even the Swedish dialect, and there Is
title to recommend him in other ways.
Now that the regulation adopted by the |
of the Tabor Grand opera house In
Denver relative to the wearing of hats
Turing performances, has had the formal
anction of the United States court II will
,e interesting to watch the course of events |
,erhaps reeulation is too strong a word for
he nrocIamation regarding headgear at the
lav witch was rather in the nature of a
eoI,est that all patrons OF the tbeater with
nj d;stinction ~ ser shouId 90 uncovered
0 their seats. Both men and women were v