Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-30

"ANAGERlAls announcements are
MI not as a rule safe guides for
plans for the winter season at
IsSEl1I the theaters. It has come TO be
- the custom with the managers to
make lot Of promises along about this
time every year, and take chances on fli-
ing them later In the season. Perusal Of
the various interviews typewriter circu-
/ lars and other sources OF publicity affected
by the managers indicates that the coming
season will not be particularly notable for
novelty, but will have a good deal Of in
terest just the same. Omaha is 70 be
favored, early and late, with several things
that were missed last season. but which
will be as welcome now as they would
have been, probably. when they were
a iresher. In this regard Omaha is little II
any dinerent from number Of other west
ern cities. The unusual draft made bv
New York last year on the few ventures
that were really entitled to be called sue
,cusses made It dreary, weary time for
the outlying provinces" As one after
another the ATTRACTIONS went on the rocks
on Broadway, the big shows that had
gone on the road were called in, and this
left the western end Of the circuit all but
dry until the east was ready to call IT off
for the season. The routing OF the com
panies last season, too, was responsible for
a great deal of confusion that will not
likely be experienced again this year. With
the Shubert- -Fiske- Belasco combination to
spur It on to better endeavors, II is auite
likely the syndicate" will pay a little more
attention to where II is sending companies
on the road, and thus more consecutive
season will be secured for the attractions
in fact number Of weaknesses that were
very apparent last year will probably be
corrected, and the general prospect for a
nTpgunFOug a.
ern theaters may be looked for The only
thing that may mar this is the possibility
OF the Klaw & Erlanger syndicate masslng
its attractions in the east, where the rival
syndicate has most OF its theaters for the
purpose Of competition"
.
Dates for the opening in Omaha are de-
cided on for two theaters and tentatively
fixed for two others. The Krug will begin
its winter activity on Sunday, August 10,
with Lincoln ]. Carter's we'll known TOO
Proud 10 Beg" The Boyd will open on
August q, with May Irwin In Mrs Black
is Back" The Orpheum will open on Sep
tember or 10, and the Burwood is TO be
opened on one or the other of those dates.
Unless all plans miscarry six weeks from
now will find four theaters in full activity
in Omaha.
theater tonight Omaha will have said fare
well to the Ferris Summer Stock company
Not little genuine regret will mark this
occasion, for the Ferris organization has
come to be more or less OF a local institu-
tion. For four summers organization
under this name has held forth at the Boyd
theater, affording wholesome and enjoy
able amusement for the people at a rea-
sonable charge. Nothing startling in the
way Of dramatic production has been un-
dertaken at any time, but the plays offered
have been clean, interesting and well put
on Competent actors have been engaged
each season, and the performances have
been dominated by intelligence and taste
so that the regular patrons of the company
have been furnished dramatic entertain
ment of a really high order at a very
moderate cost. over and above all things
the presence of the summer stock COM
pany at the theater has afforded a place
to go in the summer Not that Omaha is
devoid of places where an hour of leisure
may be spent during the summer season,
but this has merely widened the oppor-
tunity for selection by one more. That this
has been appreciated may rest on the re-
suit as measured by the patronage. Only
during the hottest of weather has the at
tendance fallen off during any of the sea-
sons, and while the nights were at all
cool and comfortable, as they have been
this summer, the theater has been well
filled at each performance, and when a
popular play was being presented 1t has
frequently been uncomfortably packed
This Is the best indication that the people
appreciated the presence here Of the Ferris
Stock company. For the last two seasons
It has been Ferris in name only, Dick
Ferris, the originator and owner of the
company, having been here but short
time during the seasons. This has not
detacted in any way from the efficiency
OF the organization, nor has II initiated
against the success Of the undertaking.
Some Of the members of the company
have come back to Omaha season after
season, until they have acquired some
thing very like a home" in Omaha
Among these may be mentioned Miss
. Marie Pavey, who has been the leading
woman of the organization for the last
three seasons, and Miss Hattie Carmontelle,
who has played characters during the
same time. Miss Carmontelle is an expe-
rienced actor, with a name already es-
tablished before coming to Omaha She
has shown herself possessed OF the faculty
OF assuming almost any role and giving
It intelligent life. Her work has always
been of the conscientious painstaking sort,
and she has been an immense fayorite
with Omaha audiences. She will be fol-
lowed by the good wishes OF a host of
warm personal friends, who esteem her as
much for her warm-hearted womanly ma
ture as for her histrionic ability. Miss
Payey had had some stage experience be-
fore coming to Omaha, but, mere girl
she only promised that real ability as an
actress into which she is now coming
Three years OF constant work in stock
during the summer and on the road
during the winter has done a remarkable