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ton of the "slavey' heroine of Mr..
Zangwill s comedy has been seen on the
stage in many day.
'''.' Merely Mary Ann is the dramati-
zation of Mr.. Zangwill' s story Of the
same name. The heroine is a little
country girl, who has become the
drudge Of a Lon'don boarding house.
Pretty, underfed, overworked, her only
friend is her canary, until one of the
dodgers, talented, but penniless com
poser of music, wins her affections by a
later on he supplements with KISSES The
full Of comedy and pathos, and at last
they plan an elopement. Of the purity
of Mary Ann $ purpose there is never
any question. The composer is more
worldly wise, however, and his con-
science troubles him severely. On the
eve Of their departure comes the news
that Mary Ann has fallen heiress to a
had "struck ile' in America. This
arouses the composer conscience tC
greater activity and he is utterly I'M
able now to wrong the millionairess as
he had intended. to do the slavey
Neither can he marry girl, sweet and
pure and charming tho she may be, who
IS so much below him i'm social position
And SO they separate.
This was the conclusion of Mr.. Fang
willis original story, but he has added
An act to his play to-, tell how Mary
Ann, having become an accomplished
young lady Of fashion, returns to he1
lover -! !
''It is just simple story, simply
told,' said a London paper last winter
"but running thru the structure ani
beneath it's veneer of simplicity lies
subtlety that almost carries one away
Even in the lines where laugh would
seem to Turk, one finds sob instead
Somehow one never quite gets rid o:
the tear that starts from the corner O.
the eye. near the start Of the piece
Figuratively, the whole thing may b,
summed up SIS the characterization of
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It has often been asked how such an
apparently unwieldy organization as
"Ben> Hur' can be handled on the
road. When the play was first pro
duced in New York managers shook
their heads; they said it was great
success there, but could never make a
profit, as it could not travel. It's
Mr.. Brooks, the director. But he had
to find way and that cost him in ex-
perimenting lot Of money: When the
attraction first left New York it was
provided with two full sets of scenery
and costumes; in reality two full pro-
auctions. While the company was play
ing in New York the scenery was being
set up in Philadelphia, only the acting
company being moved over to the lat
used in New York was taken to Boston.
But the projectors soon found that
this would not do, as it necessitated
closing each theater for week before
the "Ben Hur'' opening, entailing
great loss. Then was evolved the pres
ent successful system. Only the ma
chinery, of the play is now used, in
not interfere with the performances in
any theater. The car Of machinery to
be used in this city has already arrived
and is being rapidly installed by the
advance crew Of mechanics.
By the system now used every de-
partment has head responsible for
everything in his department, to the
acting. manager, who in turn is re-
is the master mechanic, who controls
all departments on the stage. Next is
the property man, with several assist
ants, and he employs twenty men in
each city. His is probably the most
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HoU Sorrentino Won
Fame Nth His Band

7 7 takes time, money, perseverance
i and genius to achieve such sue
cess as has been the lot of the
Banda Rossa,. which, appears at the Au-
ditorium during fair week. Twenty
two years ago it was little band in the
town Of San Severe, Italy. After
stored up only By the love Of music in
.herent in the people, and by their sup
port, Eugenio Sorentino, then a young
graduate IF the Royal Conservatory Of
Naples, was called to the position of di-
rector. -....
Full Of ambition and energy, and
possessing the divine spark of genius,
young Sorrentino labored with his low
honors Of the conservatory was soon
vindicated. The fame of his little red
band began to spread thruout Italy,
and in five years, in 1892, it defeated
sixtyfour Of the finest organizations in
Europe at the exposition Of Genoa, and
won the first prize. 1t was glorious
triumph for Sorrentino and his reputa-
tion was established. Men focked to
his standard. He had his pick Of the
With such basis Srrentino and the
Banda Rosa started on the career
which landed them on their present
| recognition for its brilliant playing
Nothing like it had ever been heard
pinnacle of fame. In 1897 the band
came to America and Immediately won
here. Sorrentino, with his splendid
and thoro training at the conservatory,
his undoubted musical genius, and the
Of men and yet keeps them in magnifi-
cent discipline, was just the man for
| the work. He could make an incom-
| parable arrangement of an opera score,
and at the same. time secure results in
its rendition that made the work re-
velation., 1t Is no worder that fame
| followed the successive appearances OF
the red band and it's magnificent leader.
| nor that it has grown more and more
up to the position it now occupies-that
of the finest operatic band in existence
in the world today.
The Banda Rosa s first concert in
America was given at New York in the
Metropolitan opera house. The great
auditorium was packed with an audi
ence eager to taste Of the flavor Of the
new asspirant to popular favor The
every one Of the New York critics
awoke to the fact that Sorrentino and
the Banda Rosa were elements in the
musical world of America to be reek-
oned with. Their words Of praise were
warm, lavish and eloquent, and since
that time the critics have We'd with one
another to find admirable ways of ex-
pressing their delight.
The bands personnel is complete in
every detail, from the piccolo to the
| big bass viols which furnish the strong
resonant basis Of all band music. The
drums, the brass instruments and the
wood winds, with their appealing tones
are all represented by the best me1
and the best instruments money car
secure, and there are full fifty men il
the band itself.
! The repertory of the band is more
extensive than that of any band be
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fore the public today, but it is in it's
operate arrangements that the band Is
eminently supreme. These are
taken from the broad field of opera.
Wagner, Mascagni, Boita, Gounod,
Saint Saens, Meyerbeer, Weber, Verdi,
Rossini and host of others have con-
tributed their share to the bands treas
ures, and the arrangements have all
been made by the matchless hand of
Sorrentino himself.
The conductor is model Of kind
ness and frmness and of sympathy and
discipline. His men love him, yet re-
spond to his ightest wish. So per-
fectly are they trained that the most
radical change in the, tempt of the
various selections will be followed with
out the least deviation. His finished
programs, matchless Interpretation and
superb renditions are the wonder of
the musical world today.
Owing to the fact that the band
plays in Kansas City Sunday evening,
there will be no matinee Monday after
noon. The evening concert will, how
ever, begin at Sis and will conclude,
as will all the concerts, with magnif-
cent rendition of Perosi's beautiful
oratorio, Resurrection of Christi by
the band, and four splendid soloists, in
Guiding the Italian prima donna, Sig
nora Gina Ciaparelli. The rest of the
week there will be a matinee every
! afternoon and concert every evening.
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man can be created out Of nothing will
have their skepticism painfully Jared
at the Orpheum next week when the
original English illusion, Dida, is pre-
sented for the first time in the north
west. Dida is heralded simply as "the
creation of a woman out of nothing
and the nothing" is usually put in
big type. ~
This is accomplished in full view of
the audience by setting glass tank,
seven feet long, three feet wide and
two feet deep upon a table from which
there is apparently no connection with
ter, a cloth is thrown over it for FIVE
seconds, and when the cloth is with
drawn young woman reposes in the
watery bed. .,
One of the most successful Of women
monologists is Miss Leah Russell. Her
monolog bristles with Hebraic humor
and she sings real Hebrew melodies
with a cleverness and daintiness that
makes hers one of the most charming
of monologs.
Comedy will dominate the bill and
Holcomb, Curtis and Webb, whose i'm
personation Of rural public school char
acters has long been the source of
amusement to thousands of vaudeville
patrons: Their skit this season is
called ."The Winter Session. in
which Curtis takes the part of the big
and unru1y schoolboy, Miss Webb is the
"Sassy SHAREHOLDERS of the school,
and Holcomb is the much-troubled
| teacher. - ~.
S. Miller Kent, formerly with "The
Cowboy and the Lady, will present
an orr ginal comedy playlet called HJust
Dorothy" in which he will play the
part Of a conventional far-westerne1
and Frank I. Frayne, the well-known
character man, will appear as "Seep
Seepy,'' his Chinese servant.
Memories Of much amusement given
lovers Of black cork and Irish comedy
will be revived with the reappearance
Of Dan Quinlan and KelIar Mack in
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the Metropolitan the entire week Of
Sept 4, inaugurating the engagement
with a Monday matinee in honor of
Labor day. Matinees will also be given
on Wednesday and Saturday. 1t is the
nrss vie fair Hat sncb 81 aer
ing has been scheduled for the enter
tairment of the visitors from thruout
the state who journey here for week
Of pleasure.
Bijou.-Season will open Sunday after
noon, Sept. 8. Elm Old Kentucky, - the
play that never grows old, as inter-
esting and as exciting as ever, is now
on it's thirteenth annual tour, and with
a splendid company and a complete
scenic equipment, entirely new, will be
the attraction. It's success has been
phenomenal. It continues to attract
theatergoers year after year and indg-
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wonderland-Beautiful Electrical Dis

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EleCtIlCal DIS
play.
Wonderland park is seen best at
night because Of its artistic and elab-
crate electrical illumination. Some
25, 900 incandescent lights are included,
as well as fifty arc-lights and search
light which snrmounts the electric
tower. This tower stands 100 feet high
and it's sides are studded with 1000
lights. Another notable feature Of the
illumination is the airship swing. The
long cables to which the cars carrying
passengers are attached are entwined
with 1000 incandescents. When the
swing. revolves; throwing the cars up
high in the air, the effect is striking.
There are festoons of electric lights
about the lagoon and ornamenting the
big amusement devices, such as the
chutes and the scenic railway. The
caves of all the buildings, some twenty,
in number, are outlined with mean
descents set only two inches apart.
The entrance to the grounds is also
deliberately decorated with incandes-
cents arranged in beautiful design.
! Each evening, in addition to concerts
by the Journal cadet band, acrobatic
and aerial acts are given, and the APP
paratus used is also trimmed with cleo
| trio d lights, adding another striking
| feature. Last week the aerial act Of
the flying Baldwins and the high wire
walking afforded opportunities for eff
fective electrical decoration. This com
J ing week High Harmon, who takes a
plunge into the lagoon. employs a lad
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the public mind. He has arranged for
tondght, tomorrow afternoon and to-
morrow evening three combinations of
"request numbers and his own choice
Of good music. The last three concerts
will therefore offer an interesting exam
pie Of the great bandmaster and the
music-loving public acting together in
naming the selections which a great
concert band shall play. Such com
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SUMMER ADJUSTMENTS
Attractions of Next Week

METROPOLITAN Robson Merely Mary Ann All
the week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Observation-Disclosures vaudeville All the week, with daily
matnees s&& m 3"E# t1
LYCEUM-Ferr Stock company in three farewell plays All
week, with matinees every day except Monday.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Vaudeville Performances g. $3.50,
and $3.50. Amateur night Friday. w&.
WoNDERIAND-o Outdoor amusement park Open from to II
pm daily. Fireworks Tuesdays and Fridays. 9.
DEWEY-sam Devere Own Company burlesque and vaude
Vile Ali the week with daily matnees Ladies' perform
Friday afternoon and evening.
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Fnntlipht FLASHES.

Z VVU11S5II
David Higgins in His Last Dollar is among
the Biiou bookings this season. fgs
Joe WEIGH. the well-known Hebrew comedtan,
will be seen at the Bijou soon in The Peddier.
1.-THE Forbidden Land" the Tibetan comic
opera received with marked favor last season.
Will return to the Metropolitan Sept. II.
Alice Fischer In the comedy success, The
School for Husbands will be the Offering at
the Metropolitan for the half week opening
Sept. IS. t
At the Metropolitan Robert Manten VIII be
seen for the week commencing Sept 10 In
Shaksperian repertory. The opening bill VIII
be Richard III.
William Norris whose phenomenal success In
"Mrs. Temples Telegram was one of the SEN
sations of the spring season in New York city,
will present this play at the Metropolitan for
fha half waek onanin1 Sent. q.
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already looking forward to; return
next season #s$$: r. ~ :.
For the concerts tonight, tomorrow
afternoon and tomorrow evening, Fan
ciulli has therefore arranged three pro-
grams which will leave the best, posi-
Bile memories. The three are. in great
part the fine wheat sifted from the
chaff of compositions which, while
standard. are not of unusual value in
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tMercly Mary Ann

ropolitan-Eleanor Robson in
'.Meroly Mary Ann
Miss Eleanor Robson who has made
such a phenomenal hit both in New
8 York and London in Israel Zangwill's
Merely Mary Ann" will be seen at
the Metropolitan all next week.
Seldom have star and play re-
ceived such unanimously enthusiastic
notices as have Miss Robson and
"Merely Mary Ann,' both in America
and England. Miss Robson herself was
praised to the skies and it is said that
nothing SO appealing as her impersona.
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sob. Not bitter sob, not one Of anger
but such a one as lodges in a per-
sons throat when he feels sorry for
himself
The supporting cast is an exception
ally strong one, headed by H.. B. War
ner, who has the part Of the composer.
The stage settings, while not attempting
undue Laboratories, are thoroly artistic
and in keeping with the high merit of
the entire production.
Orpheum-Modern Vaudeville.
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ing by it's success last year, which, in
rather dull theatrical season. was
just as emphatic as ever, it will re-
main standard attraction for many
seasons to come,
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their own idea of ''Jest Fun Com
edy in generous quantities will also be
SON, whose tsIittle Bit of Everything
will include singing, dancing and fancy
whistling, while Lew Wells in monolog
and eccentricities with the saxaphone
promises to bother the risibles Of his
audiences. The kinodrome will tell
the story Of Prince Charming and other
characters in "The Palace of the Arabi-
an Nights.''
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final appearance.
In spite Of rains which have stopped
one-third Of the concerts, the attend
ance has been excellent, and the per-
Torrance of. the band has been greeted
with enthusiastic applause. If tomor-
row is a summer resort day the band
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Dewey-sam Devere's Own Company.

Dewey-Sam Devere's Own Company.
An attraction that comes around
each season and leaves a good impress
sion is Sam Devere s Own Company,
which pays it's annual visit next week
to the Dewey theater. The. company
this season is entirely new and is
headed by that well-known and popular
comedian Andy Lewis. The girls are
all young and goodlooking, having been
obtained from the ranks Of the Broad
way, New York, musical comedy organi-
zations.' The olio is given by. the fol
lowing well-known artists: the Only
Sam Devere; the Schrodes, acrobatic
comedy performers; the B1ijou Comedy
Granville, vocalist; Harry Wood instru-
mental artist: John Murray, comedian,
and last but not least Andy Lewis and
company in an original cocainized -
comedy conception written by the we'll
known author Barney Gerard and Andy
Lewis, entitled tThe Queen of Bava-
ria. - I,
CAT the Health Resort" and "The
Miffff,' are the musical comedies Of
fered, both being written by Andy
Lewis and produced under his personal
supervision.
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der nearly hundred feet high, which
will be strung with electric lights, as
will the rigging used by D'Aeriene, a
French aerialist and contortionist,
whose act includes balancing, station
airy and flying trapeze work, combined
with aerial contortions
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by Fanciulli and mis- band at the Lake
Harriet roof garden this season, as the
engagement terminates" with the con-
cert tomorrow night. ,rFanciuli pro-
poses to make,'his exit as auspiciously
as he made his entrance, for he be-
'1ieves that this. first engagement will
not be his last in Minneapolis, and is
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UNDERLINED ATTRACTIONS

Metropolitan Klaw & Erlange1
company's stupendous production OF
"Ben Huro will be the attraction al
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Lyceum-Ferris company's Farewell.
busy one for the Ferris Stock company,
who will close their three-years con
tinuous run at the Lyceum theater by,
giving three famous and favorite plays
in eight days.
A large number Of requests have been
received by Mr.. Ferris since his an
nouncement that the company would
certain plays before the company left.
It has been impossible to comply with
all these requests, much as Mr.. Ferris
would have been pleased to do 50. The
only solution of the problem was to Sc
lect those for which there was the great
reasons most appropriate to the fare
well week.. u
The opening performance will be Sar.
dou s great Russian drama, HFedora.'
It will be given until Thursday night.
Those who have seen Florence Stone in
this great character creation will vel
come an opportunity to see her wonder
were received for the play, which is
peculiarly appropriate at this time,
when interest is conferred upon the
methods Of Russian diplomacy with
which it. deals, and 50 soon after her
appearance in the same dra n st. g
latest drama, Inc oOTCoTcSS. Inc
play will be beautifully mounted and
strongly cast.
Beginning Friday afternoon, three
performances, will be given Of the per
ennial favorite, "Camille. Interest
in this famous tragedy of the younger
Dumas will never wane, and the t1cor-
diatity with which it was received. at
the Lyceum with Florence Stone and
Dick Ferris as Camille and Armand
Duval was the chief reason for its Sc
ls.tion as one Of the farewell plays.
Saturday evening, and, Sunday after
noon and evening Of the Following week
will be devoted to a. magnificent = re-
| vival Of the great. Nat Goodwin com
cdy, "The Gilded Fool.' The title role
of this sparkling and clever comedy
has proven one Of Mr.. Ferris greatest
personal successes, and this fact, as well
as the fine part the play affords for Miss
Stone and the strength and interest OF
the supporting characters, determined
the choice for the last performances.
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Observation-Disclosures VauoeVl4te'
Irene Little, the juvenile singer, of
illustrated son gs, who has been such q
favorite at the UNIQUE theater, is to
bid Minneapolis farewell for time and
this coming week will be her final ap-
pearance, as she goes on the circuit. She
is to sing the .Isuwanee River" with
Master Harold Beckro., Irene possesses
remarkably strong, clear voice fora
girl Of her years, and sings with good
expression. 1t may be that her popular
ity is in a measure due to public SYM
patty aroused by the attempted inter-
ference Of the authorities with her APP
pearance on the stage, because Of her
youthfulness, but it is hoped that she
will be able to Hmake good - in other
cities on her merits. Some of the fea-
lures of the bill are to be a rural skit
by George and Laura Lewis, entitled
"a Farmyard scarecrow"; trick piano
playing, introduced in an Irish sketch
by Surazal and Razall; acrobatic sing
ing and dancing by Collins and Hubert
and aerial gymnastic feats by John B..
Riggs. There will be motion pictures
as usual.
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Orpheum-Modern Vaudeville.
Those who do not believe that a wo
Smyrna times., 1905-05-17
TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA.
The Sleeping Cars and the steamer,
on the VOIga.

The Sleeping Cars and the Steamers
on the VOIga.
The sofas of our StaterOOms on the
Nolga river steamer, while pleasant
enough to sit on, were devoid of the
other trappinSs which in these degen-
crate days are thought necessary to a
nights rest, and we had not yet learn
ed the peculiarities of Muscovite travel.
The old fashioned Russian travels
with his own gear and makes himself
comfortable according to his own ideas.
and they are by no means narrow. A
place to sleep On'is provided. The rest
he brings. On the Russian sleeping
cars those who have not their own bed
clothes and who wish to undress and
go to bed in the American fashion can
have all that is requisite for 80 cents.
The porter on demand brings a linen
sack, whose seal lie cuts in your pres
ence with considerable ceremony and
from which he produces a pillow.
blankets and sheets of beautiful fine
linen. This was the system on our
boat, and our minds were soon at rest.
afterward inspected the lower decks
OF the ship and saw the way the third
class passengers were cared for. 1t
was primitive, but clean and wholly
suited to the customs of the people.
Each person was provided with a spot
less board shelf to sleep on by night
and sit on by day, and he made himself
as happy or as uncomfortable as he
chose. Most of the passengers seemed
to take travelling as a migration, to
judge by the pots and kettles, furni-
ture, blankets and clothing slowed
about them-"everything but the kitch-
en- stove" that important but dan
gerous article being replaced by the
ships galley, with it's bountiful hot
water always ready for the eternal
teGmaking.-Captain T. Bentley Mott,
u. S. A, in Scribner's.