Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

Blanche Bates. David Warfield,
Henrietta Crosman, Frank Worthing,
Margaret Anglin. Louis Mann,
Maude Adams, William Faversham,
Ethel Barrymore, Rudolf Christians,
Virginia Earle, Robert Lorraine,
Alice Fischer, j. X. Hackett,
Beatrice HEREFORD. James Breese,
Amelia Bingham, Henri de Vries,
Isabelle Evesson, Ferd. Gottschalk,
Mary Mannering, George M. Conan,
FRITZ Schen, Henry K. Dixey,
Beatrice Morgan, Joseph Wheelock,
Fay Templeton, Frank keenan,,
Grace Elliston, Guy Standing,
Emma Dunn, Boyd Putnam.
Clara Idpman. William Courtleigh.
Bertha Galland, Bruce MCRae.
Beatrice Agnew, Joseph Weber.
Marguerite st. John.
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Coming Events.
The marvellous spectacle, THE Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast" now touring Amer
lea after its remarkable run Of an entire
season at the Broadway theater, New
York City, and announced to appear at the
Boyd theater on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday evenings and a matinee on Sum
day. continues to meet with phenomenal
success. II IL strictly a beauty show, hav-
ing about 100 pretty and chic maidens and
a host of popular comedians With q
wealth Of gorgeous scenery and radiant
costumes, II is a show OF dazzling splendor,
and the groupings at the finish of the acts
are wonderful for their beauty, II is said.
The costumes, the grace of the young
ladies and the originality of the maneuvers
have won the most enthusiastic praise and
the spectacle ends with Fascinating. ar
tistic tableau. 1t Is not strange that one
has to see THE Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast" again and again before beginning
to really appreciate its projections.
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Andrew Mack, the popular Irish come
dian, will appear at the Boyd theater on
wednesday and Thursday evenings in THE
Way to Kenmare," In which he has been
successful both In this country and Aus
tralia, from whence he has just returned
after a most cordial reception. In THE
Way to Kenmare' Mr.. Mack appears as
a young Irishman who has struck II
rich" in California as traditional irish
cabby, with his roguish, round face and
effervescent deviltry and as the delightful
heir to an earldom who is the glass OF
modem fashion and the mould OF form.
He goes to ireland from New York to es-
toblish his rights to an Irish earldom and
succeeds not alone in that but In winning
the hand of the girl he loves.
When Klaw & Erlangers massive and
magnificent spectacular piONuSdSh "a 49,
eraI wallace's stirring religious romance
"Ren Hur' was presented In Omaha two
wears ago, the public fiocked to witness 1t
from ALI parts OF Nebraska and Iowa In
fact the outpouring of the public was
glowing tribute to the high esteem that
General wallace's contribution to the
American stage is held in. While In many
homes throughout the world alongside the
Bible rests a copy of Ben Hur, few peo-
pie know that 1t was the famous aemostic'
Robert C. Ingersoll who inspired the writing
OF the novel, 1t came about through
chance meeting of the two famous men
in a railway journey, when Christianity
became the subject of their talk. Generai
Wallace had always been man OF strong
religious inclinations indeed his splendid
description of the appearance of the Star
Of Bethlehem to the wise men of the desert
had been written before this chance &C
quaintance. The arguments and claims or
the great infidef were too much for the
doughty general His senses were charmed
with the eloquence and poetical presenta-
ton of the causes of agnosticism, but he
was by no means convinced of its truth.
The discussion made him deeply reflective
and led him to make a careful and exhaus-
tive study of the life of Christ. The result
of this research and General Wallace s
answer to Ingersoll was ben Hur." This
work has been more widely read than
any printed volume save the sacred book
of scriptures. Ben Hur' is to hold the
stage of the Boyd on January q. % and
"a. Since the announcement of the present
booking few days ago interest In the
play has been stimulated and II mall orders
for seats can be taken as an indication
the out of town patronage this visit prom
ises to be heavier than on the former en-
gagement
At the Burwood theater, beginning will
matinee this afternoon, What Happened
to Jones" will be offered for the week. Ii
selecting this Broadhurst comedy Directoi
Sedley Brown is adhearing to his policy