Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-12

bashful lover and the polished city visitor
are impersonated. A murder is laid at
the door Of the girls lover in homespun
and he is tried, convicted and given the
death sentence by his own father. who is
the district judge. All ends happily and
the real criminal is discovered as the bells
In the old church peal out a gladstone
Christmas time.
THE Storks," a musical fantasy, which
ran for Ave months at the Dearborn theater,
opens at the Boyd Tuesday night and
will continue until Wednesday night, with
a matinee performance Wednesday. The
original principals who gave the produc-
tion at Chicago are with the company.
They are; Richard Garlic, Gilbert Gregory,
Frank ~Rushworth, William Wolff, William
Rock, George Roman, Albert Adams,
Frank Randall. May De Souza, Harriet
Standon, Josie Inthopide. Ethel Johnson,
Nela Jensen and Bessie Won Nye. Seen
ically the piece is the peer Of any the
Dearborn theHter management ever put
out. and it will be member THE
~Burgomaster" and III Explorers" was
exploited by them. The rise Of the curtain
ciscloses the fact that one young Henrico.
who is in love with Helen, the bungloo's
sister, is a resident Of the royal Jail, a
state OF affairs that greatly agitates NAL
zadoc, a sorcerer and incidentally Hen
rico's father. and who, In company with HE
associates, visits the royal palace In the
disguise of peddlers and for the ostensiblc
purpose Of selling their wares and among
the many articles for sale the bungloo
espies a snuf box that greatly excites his
curiosity and which he buys. He finds
in 1t magic snuf and an ancient script
which says, Whoever shall partake of the
magic snuff enclosed within this box shall
have the power to transform himself into
any animal he may choose by pronouncing
the magic word ''mutabor;" when he
wishes to resume the human form he has
only to repeat the same word. Let he
who is thus transformed beware that he
not indulge in laughter or the magic word
VIZ be forgotten and he will remain an
al forever" AS Storks carried of
the bungloo'si royal scepter Slimgun, the
royal cobbler. suggests that all turn into
storks and look for It. The scenes through
out the latter part Of the opera show their
royalties searching for the lost scepter.
In a narrative told by MalEadoc, the sor-
cerer, to his associates, he discloses the
whereabouts of the scepter to the caves
dropping royalties and 1t is recovered.
May De Souza, a former Omaha girl, is the
company's prima donna.
An entirely new version of the farce COM
edy. "McFadden's Row OF Flats" with new
songs. costumes. episodes, Jokes, views,
dances, specialties, scenery, stars and fea-
lures, will be seen at the Boyd Thursday
and Friday nights, with a special matinee
Friday afternoon. The roles Of McFadder
and Mike Muldoon, the Milesian trouble
makers, are in the hands Of Arthur White
law and James X. Nesley, Mae Donahue IL
the Mrs. Murphy of the cast. The Yellow
Kids are handled by diminutive Bobby Raj
ston and Jerry Sullivan. Weary Willie IL
in the hands Of William Frey and Emma
Italia is the soubrette Of the company. AL
exceptionally large company is to be seer
In the support OF the principals.
On Saturday evening at the Boyd the
Bostonians will produce the new romantic
comic opera, Maid Merriam" by Smith and
Dekoven. This opera is a sequel to theil
greatest success. Robin Hood" and pre-.
sents the familiar persOnages OF the nrst
named opera amid new scenes and adven.
lures. An elaborate scenic establishment Il
promised. showing the landscape Of an Eng
lish forest, with the castle Of the earl o
Huntington In the distance; the camp Of tn,
crusaders before the walls OF Acre, with
sunset effect In the desert, and the banquei
hall OF Huntington castle on Christmas day
The company producing Maid Marian will
In its principals be the original one, includ.
ing H. C. ~Barnabee. who will reappear Al
the Sheriff; ". II. Macdonald, as Littl,
John; George b. rockingham. Friar Tuck
and the original Dame burden, Josephin,
Bartlett. The prima donna will be Grac,
Van ~Studdiford. who appears in the it'll,
role. Miss Van studdiford has the reputa
tion Of being the peer OF light opera priml
dohnas. The other artists are Olive c
Moore. sabery Dorsell. william c. weeden
Harold Gordon. Allen C. Hinekley. Campbell
Donald. John J. Martin. W. NJ. Darlington
George NJ. Vail. ]. Weibley, Carrie e. Mills
Florence Quinn. James Z. Miller, Harr,
Dale and seventy others-ballet and chorus
At the matinee on Saturday the big scent
production of robin Hood" will be the Of
fering.
Commencing with a matinee today tn
orpheum will have a diversified bill Of eigh
numbers given by about an equal number o
strange artists and those who have bee
here before. LAMAR and Gabriel are anon
this seasons headline features that ar
quoted as signal successes. Their speeialt
Is comedy and in this line one OF the du,
a diminutiVe performer. is said to be move
Lizzie and Vinie DAILY. the terpsichore eT
ponents. admittedly reach the highes
standard Of excellence in their style {
dancing found In vaudeville. A uniqu
comedy act, with pantomime predominatin
; and a display Of dificult e0ntortion an
. acrObatics. Will be given BY the four Rainol