Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16
Coming Events.

The Lilliputans will return to Omaha this
evening, when they will open their short en-
gagement at the Creighton theater, present
ing their latest and greatest success, Merry
Tramps," with which they have scored hit
in New York and other cities. These inter-
esting little folks are great favortes with the
theater-g goers of this city. They are as full
of fun as clever and as bright as ever. The
parts of the three merry tramps-Joe, Jim
and Bob-are taken by Selma Goerner, Adolf
link and Franz Ebert. Miss Jaeger plays
the part of Mary, the professors daughter,
while Miss Lau and Mr.. Walter make love
in a realistic way. Mr.. Ring Is the miller.
Little Ludwig Merkel has the part of a man
ape a sort Of Darwn's missing link, causing
no end of laughter with his really ape-lke
nimbeness. The music of Merry Tramps'
is said to be exceedingly pretty. The COM
poser, Mr.. Carl Pleininger, conducts the per-
formances The spectacular part Of the play
includes three gorgeous ballets-the harvest
festival in which the dancers are costumed to
represent corn, wheat, hops, wine different
cereals, etc. the dance of the lights and
lamps, indicating the various forms OF illum-
ination OF all nations and all ages, from the
primitive stone and oil lamp up to the in
candescent electric light Of the present day;
and the silver lace ballet, which shows a
magnificent scenery of white lace, while the
| dancers are costumed In mass Of silver
! ribbons. The Liiliputians take part In all
| the dances. In response to the encores they
usually earn with this specially they appear
| riding on their Shetland ponies. Merry
| TrampS" Is said to abound in ingenious me-
| chanicaI devices. among them the pneumatic
| railroad and the table which turns into a
| balloon. The pantomime in the second act
| Is one of the most comcal incidents ~ the
play. The roars of laughter created by
! Ebert in the act Of taking shower bath car
better be imagined than described The mim
lcry of the Llliputians is so exact that one
| has not a moments doubt as to what theii
gestures are intended to express. Altogether
a more enjoyable and delightful performance
than Merry Tramps" cannot be found ant
no one should miss seeing it, The engage
ment is positively limited to two nights. {
matinee taking place on Monday afternoon
The advance sale OF seats began on Friday
morning, and has been large.
Commencing with a matinee this afternoon
and continuing for four nights, the realistic
American comedy drama, The Pulse OF New
| York" will be presented at Boyd's.
Stella Mayhem and Chris Bruno head th'
cast. Miss Mayhem portrays six dlfferen
| characters-a young neiress, a tough girl,
down-east Ysnkee lady, green German
girl, typical housemad, newsboy-beside
dancing and singing numerous songs. Mr.
| Brunowill be remembered as the principa
comedian of Charles H. Yale's "Devil's Auc
tion" company. There are many speciaitie
introduced. including singing, dancing, quar-
tet, solos, etc.
"The Pulse OF New York" has record o
! sixteen weeks in New York city, twelve
weeks In Chicago, and no less than six week
in the other larger cities, and it is said II
given now exactly as produced originally
Splendid scenery and mechanical devices arr
carried with which TO reproduce such wei
known aud fascinating pictures of life In thu
metropolis as the Illuminated Brooklyn
bridge, the elevated railroad, Herald square
hy gsslight, and the Five Points. Two o
the thrilling scenes OF the piece are steam