Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-03

been a quiet and not over profitable time
at the Omaha theaters. At Boyd's. one o
the strongest melodramas ever brought here
played by generally able and well-balancet
company, has showed to inexplicably bat
business all the week True, IL was a tani
drama, but theater-goers hercabouts have
not in time past shown themselves so very
unfriendly to stage tanks. There are some
! theatrical tanks, on the contrary, for whom
| they have shown a marked prediection on,
! of these has Just been exhibiting at the
| Creighton. and need not be more particularly
| designated. Those who have seen her say
/ that she Is at present not so much of tanE
as formerly, and that her reduced proper
/ tions and ameiorated vocal powers indi.
cate a less heroic capacity for cocktails
dramatic and otherwise, than was evident IN
| her aforetime. However this may be, busi.
| ness was good at the Creighton during hcI
| engagement, fact upon which that house
| is to be congratulated, although as muc,
cannot be said for the people who paid their
money.
A turn" not down in any program was ac.
complished unwillingly and with many
bushes by W. j. Burgess of the Creighton
theater at the New Years matt.
| nee at that house. Some friends
wishing to Offset obligations past. present
! and future purposed to present the popular
manager with silver service as token of
! their esteem. No mere transfer of owner
ship, done under a hat, so to speak, would
suffice these benefactors, who must have {
public presentation to do justice to every
! thing and everybody concerned. The most
serious problem was how to induce Mr.. Bur
| CESS, whose natural modesty Ia tenfold aug
mented while his moustache is still in mas
cent state, to expose himself to the embar-
| raSsment of a stage performances
| The aid of the company then showing at
! the house was enlisted. During the progress
| of the play word was sent in urgent haste
to the box Office that the chorus had laid
| in keg of beer from Mr.. Dowlings bazaar,
| and that perdition in all it's direst forms
was being raised. The presence of Mr.. Bur
| CESS upon the stage was urgently demanded
| to quell the incipient riot. So he was lured
| to his doom. He unconsciously took the
| center of the stage and wac listening to
sundry complaints poured into his ears by
| conspiring members of the company, when,
! pop! Up went the curtain, disclosing the
situation to very large and highly delighted
| matinee audience. His awful predcamGnt be-
| came momentarly more apparent to the
| bashful manager, who made a precipitate
rush for the right upper entrance. He was
| Intercepted by a stalwart comedian before
he had entirely disappeared from view, and
spirited tussle ensued, amid feryent ac-
clamations from the front of the house
The comedian worked his man sklllfully down
center again, and having got him well into
the glare of the footlights and still holding
him fast to guard against another bolt he
| made a facetious presentation speech and
bestowed the Silverware uDOn it's new
posseGsor. MIR. Burgess has never laid claim
to oratorical powers, and upon this occasion
he says-and indeed there is evidence in
support of it-that his tongue clave to the
roof of his mouth and his vocal chords we'll
nigh refused their Office. Prompted by a
member of the company, however, he mag
unanimously wished the audience a happy
New Year, and the event was closed.
here as the manly and altogether decent
American in Thoroughbred" a couple OF
months ago, is no small poet, well as
very excellent actor. He will go starring
next year, and it is possible that his muse
may carry him on yet loftier flights Mean
while, the following lines, composed ex-
pressly for The Bee, and hitherto unpub-
lishad, may serve 10 keep his admirable YER
satilty fresh in mind .. .r. -..
MI. Davenport callG his verses
TODAY.
A game of craps,
And luck-who knows?
A flash of Steel
And lifeblood flows.
A burst of applause
"A star" is made.
A find of gold
a city is laid.
Life is fitting death is near;
a world of signs, perhaps a tear.
Rich ana poor, weak or brave,
All are judged beyond the grave.
The unprecedented success of the first pres
entation and the numberless requests that
have been made to have a repetition of "The
Christmas Mystery Play" at st. Phiomenas
have induced these concerned to repeat ii
on Twelfth night, Wednesday, January lG.
Twelfth night- or ae it is commonly called,
Little Christmas" has been from time i'm
memorial devoted in the old countries to
dramatic amusementS.. Hence there are
many dramas produced for the first time ON
this night, the best known of which is
Shakespeares Twelfth Night"
That this repetition of the mystery play
will be an unqualified success is fore
gone conclusion. Those who did not witness
1t at Christmas, ought not to miss this last
opportunity. The admission price is un-
changed. No tickets have been issued.
An interesting experiment is to be tried in
New York by the Standard, which is to
publish daily edition devoted exclusively
to theatrical and sporting matters. In ad-
dition to covering local affairs, the paper
will publish letters, by telegraph and mail
from special representatives in all the cities
of America. The corps of correspondents is
now being organized by Leander Richardson,
formerly editor of the Dramatic News, and
now with the Standard.
Coming Events.
Starting with a matinee today and con-
tinuing for week, Boyd's theater will have
an unusual Offering not only in Lumiere's
Cinematographe, which has for the past
week created quite a talk, but in present
ing the only twin stars in the world since
the days of the Webb brothers in English
provinces. the Messrs. Willard and Will
liam Newell, who will appear in twin plays
such as "The Corsican Brothers." 1.-THE
Lyons MAIL THE Operator" etc.
George Manderback, manager of the com
pany, has surrounded the Messrs. Newell
with what is said to be a competent com
pany and promises to produce the plays
during the weeks stay in this city in a
manner which will demand recognition by
theater-goers. The beautiful romantic
DRAMA The Corsican Brothers," is the
bill announced for both performances today
and also for Monday and Tuesday nights.
The Kansas City journal says of the per-
formance December 25: "In every respect
as fine a performance as Mr. Mantell's
Corsican, and in 1some better on account
of the close resemblance of the brothers,
who are as like as two peas" On Wednes-
day matinee and night the French drama |
Tho Clemenceau Case" will be given and
on Thursday and Friday the celebrated ro- |
mantle twin play, THE Lyons Mail" to be |
followed Saturday matinee and night by
the comedy dramaI 1.-THE Operator" a pro- |
duction said to be fun of realistic scenic and |
effects and bubbling over with |
catchy comedy and specalties.
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