Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-12

understood bv all Americans. 1t will be seen
at Body's this afternoon and evening. Katie
Putnam. whose name Is almost a household
v ord throughout the west, is still seen in th'
role of 'Bossy." w. H. Bray, who created the
inimitable negro character the minister to
Dahomey," is still handling that role. James
r. McCann is seen as Maverick Brander The
Texas Steer" quartet is feature OF the
performances. For the first time in the his
tory of Hoytian farces specialties will be in
troduced through this piece.
The program at the Creighton -orpheum
this week, beginning at the matinee today,
promises to be fully up to the high standard
that Is being maintained at this popular So
ciety vaudeville theater. Mile. Patrice,
talented comedienne, who has recently COM
pleted a most successful tour of England,
Australia and the English colonies and is
lands generally, will present what is said to
be one of the dair tiest little plays ever seen
on the vaudeville stage. 1t is entitled "A
New Years Dream" and is pronounced an
audacious conception, full of life, wit, anus
ing situations and "spice," and kept within
such bounds that the most fastidious cannot
find any fault with 1t. 1t is an original con-
ceit and has fine plot.
Among the other promised features Will
be the banjo playing of Polk and Rollins.
1t has been long time since the people OF
Omaha have had the pleasure Of hearing an"
really frst-class banjo playing, and here
fore the entertainment that will be afforded
by Polk and Rollins will no doubt be
greatly appreciated Mr.. Garfield and Miss
Carleton, who will present an operatic
travesty, entitled THE Hoodoo," are said
to be quite talented in the line of comedy.
Lavender and Tomson, advertised as refined
comedians, have the reputation of being allie
to convulse an audience with laughter from
the time they appear on the stage until they
leave it: Forrest and King, grotesque dan
GERS and comedians, are said TO be very
clever in their specialties. The Franklin
Sisters will give representations, songs and
dances. Humberto and Rita are advertised
as child artists in the line OF single trapeze
work and ladder-walking.
Clever Charles Dickson, comedian, who,
with Henrietta Crossman and an excellent
company presented Jacob Lifts Mistakes
VIII Happen" at Boyd's last season to
thoroughly satisfied audiences, will be seen
in tn, piece at the same house for four
performance, commencing Monday night.
This season Mr.. Dickson has for his partner
in fun Lansing Rowan, dashng, vivacious
thoroughly suited to the part,
Tho play is said to be screamingly funny,
but at tho same time logical and it really
tella good story.
Mistakes viii Happen" is in the second
season OF it's success, fact which the true
thermometer OF a plays success-the box
office-will attest. Charles Dickson is the
husband OF clever Lillian Burkhart. the
vaudeville star.
Next Thursday night THE Purple Lady"
will be presented at Boyd's. 1t Is said to be
exceedingly funny. having many original sit
uations of a laughable order. The story con-
Germs Peggy Proudfoot tho "Purplo Lady"
Paris model who sat for an American art
ist and who derived her sobriquet from the
title given to tho resulting picture because
of the peculiar tinge of the hair, The
artis. who was for a time her lover and
wha dismissed her at last with a curt note
of farewell, returns to America and becomes
engaged to young woman living with her
parents near Boston. Peggy makes an uu-
expected appearance on the eve OF the we'd
dine demanding OF the artist $4,000 as a
salvs for her wounded affections. The art !
is, in despair, introduces her to the family
as Mrs. Gilworthy, wife of Prof. Archibald
Gilworthy OF Boston-the professor q friend
OF the artist, having telegraphed that he
would bo unable to attend the wedding
owing to his wife's toothache. But pres
entity the professor arrives in spite OF his
telegram and, cut of friendship for the artist, |
consents to assume the role OF
husband to the Purple Lady" To make
matters worse tha real Mrs. Gilworthy ar
rives also and she. too, is forced into the
plot, pretending to be a domestic who has
come in answer TO an advertisement. and in !
that capacity, on being employed, is COM
PEELED to serve the guests while her hus-
band plays husband to another woman.
Jefferson De Angels, the rollicking comic !
opera comedian, will make his second visit |
to Omaha in The jolly Musketeer" at |
Boyd's next Friday and Saturday evenings /
and Saturday matinee. When here last sea-
~ he proved himself his comDany and