Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-25

tained vide reputation as laugh b-makert.
will Try to put their auditors into mysteries.
Master Richard Tina is said 10 be q boy
baritone o. remarkable ability and wherever
ne has been heard his audiences have been
demonstrHtive in their approval Of his work.
An equilibristic acz will be presented by
Fred and Emma Hewitts who employ hol
/ low globe In their specially. A distinct nov
/ city is promised IN the person o. one Xuer5
and the act will indeed be novel /, it is half
90 queer as the name. The kinedrone has
been retained for a second week by special
request An entirely new set Of pictures will
! be used that will compare very favorably
with those seen last week.
One o. the principal features Of the society
! play Cuba which will be given for the
/ benefit Of the Ola Ladies' and ChIdren's
home, al the Boyd, June 20 and 30, will be the
music. At the opening Of the first act comes
beautiful echo song by Mrs. V. o. Strick-
! Ter. Then comes marching and chorus sing
ing by the entire company. followed by a
solo, "Merrily Roam" by Miss Grace
! Northrup. Mrs. Strickler as the flower girl
/ gives the Flower Song" and Freedoms
| messengers then appear singing in chorus.
! Freedoms attendants will be the follow
! ing: Liberty" Miss Margaret Nickel:
maids, Misses Lydia Moore. Helen Cady;
arnor bearers Mrs Olive W. Davenport and
Miss Hester Taylor; guards, Misses Emma
/ Creighton and Louise Tukey; flower girls
Misses Helen Burnham, Laura ConEdon,
Bessie Brady, Ethel Palmer Ada Kirkendall.
Miss Burnham will be the soloist Of the
flower girls.
Musicians will attend Freedom among
whom Miss Grace Northrup will be the solo
list, The others will nc Misses Julia Higgin-
son, Jeanne Wakefield. Ella NJ. Brown. The
palm bearers will be Misses Laura Morse
Saida Allen, Mabel Gillespie. Anna Hun
gate, Louise Harris and Mre. c. [. Dickey.
/ Those o. the attendants who viii have the
rank of ambassadors will be Misses Edith
Smith Grace Allen, Ruth Weller, Alice
! Fawcett, Mary Wood, Ethelwynne Kennedy,
! Maud Axtell, Rowena HiEginson, Helen
Hoagland Minnie Coatsworth and Mrs. J.
II. Adams
The Fates will be impersonRted by Misses
Roeina Mandelberg, Caroline COngdon, Wv
Ian Rector Marcia Perkins, Caryl Daniels,
Irene Coad Beatrice Coad. Helen Bittinger.
The second act consists Of two plays, The
! Cuban Spy and "A Conspiracy in the
Hills" In the first Of these Miss Josephine
Bart will take the role OF Carmen, the
Cuban spy. Mr. Philip S. Reed will play
| Richard, her American lover, and her Span
ward. Miss Minnie Coatsworth will he
! Queen OF the Gypsies. In the second J. H.
| Daniels viii impersonate General Maceo and
| Mr.. Ken Buckley the younger Gomez. Lieu
| tenant c. Page will represent the betrayer
, Of Maceo
In the next scene the Red Cross society
working in a field hospital with the con-
comitants of a dying Rough Rider and sew
eral nurses, will be shown. Mrs. z. ". Lee
will play Miss Clara Barton and Mr.. William
McCune the dying soldier. The Thurston
Rifles will assist in carrying out the military
| character Of this and other scenes.
In the last act quartets representing every
nation OF the civilized world will enter, sing
ing the national air Of each, These will
salute the new nation, Cuba.
The pupils Of Miss Ella Days elocution
classes will give a burlesque cHnedy per
| fornance Tuesday evening in Metropolitan
hall for the benefit of the family of the late
Fireman Ruane. The name Of IT, piece 10
be staged is The Shakespeare Ws-er Cure. 7"
The scene is laid at a water cure establish
ment, where Hamlet and Mrs. ophelia Ham
let are staying for the formers health.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are also there,
because living is inexpensive and their royal
treasury shows deficit, and Mr.. Bassanio
because he is in need of recreation. Mr.
Romeo Mantague. having been disowned by
the head Of the house, is travelling with g
company OF players, among whom are his
wife Juliet, Shylock and Portia. ShylocB
conceives the cheerful scheme OF bribins
Lady Macbeth to incite her husband 10 the
| murder Of Bassanio, so that he may marry
Portia for her money. The plan works ad
mirably and the happy bridal couple are
rendered wedding dinner by the patients
| In the arrangement OF the plot II will bt
seen that Shakespeare suffers some amend.
ment, but the text is said TO follow closely
to the lines Of the poet, with such origina
applications and interpretations as th'
altered situations demand.
The Trocadero vaudeville perfornanc,
prepared for the weeks inaugural, begin
ming with today's matinee is said to bt
particularly attractive. Three distinc
headlines on one bill certainly viii
command more than passing interest Fo
the second time this season John c. Fox. lat
of Conroy & Fox. and his wife, know
professionally Katie Allen, will presen
their comedy, THE Flat Next Door" inter
spersed with new music and novelty dances
So marked has been the success o
Willard simms since his debut in vaude
vile that Manager Cole takes especia
pleasure in introducing him 10 Omahi
play-go goers. Mr.. Simms has for sew
eral years been the principal comedian witt
the Lillian Russell opera companies tn
third distinct headline act is the comedian
, Tom P. Morrisey and his sweet-voiced as
, sociate. Miss Annie Rich. who come direc
! from the Castle Hopkins circuit The re
mainder OF this vaudeville menu embrace
. Miss MAY Evans, an expert whistler
Sparks and Sylvan in acrobatic pastimes
and the petite comedienne, Miss Earni
, Verouer.
: On Tuesday afternoon the lady relative
, and friends OF members Of the B P, o. Elks
. lodge are 10 be entertained al special mat
, inee TO be given at the Trocadero by Man
: ager Cole. The affair, which is 10 be hel
, under the auspices OF Omaha lodge, No 3!
promises 10 be quite social event over
shadowing anything OF like nature eve
! given in the city, The performance will b
: exclusively for ladies. Nearly all Of the per
formers on this weeks bill are members c
; the brotherhood and they will OF cours
make an extra effort to amuse their brother,