Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-29

terest in Omaha: las exclusively an
nounced in the Journal some time ago as
more than probable, Kansas City is to have
a Woodward Stock company during the
coming season. o. ID. Woodward returned
yesterday from a trip to New York and IL
was announced Immediately upon his arri-
val that a company, headed by Mr.. George
Arvine and Miss Eva Lang, would be seen
at the Auditorium theater for a season of
forty weeks beginning September I in BAT Mat
Davis is the only member of the original
Woodward company who will be In the
KSnSas City company other members %ador OF
Mary Horn, Louise Van Doren, Ernestine
Mohrie, Elizabeth Annandale and Josephine
Leigh. and Messrs. Frank Kirk, William
Witty, William Phinney, Edward Earles
and George Butler"
The KiTke La Shelle production of
SCheskers| Will open its next season in In
Twin Cities will start uDon its first trip
to the Pacific coast, where II is sure TO
during its three years career in the east.
The original New York cast will be re-
tanned for the coming year.
For the music theme that is to run all
through the performances of Mr.. Edward
A. Braden's forthcoming production of
Marie Corellis play, "Barabbas," the basis
and best known OF all musical works OF a
religious nature. The work of writing the
Edwards. An orchestra of twenty-one
pieces a chorus of twenty and four solo
artists will be employed to interpret the
music OF "Barabbas."
The last word about auto touring cars has
been spoken. In choice Webertieldian Eng
lish, as a German editor said IT,. Here it is:
Automobillng IN the machine is not; in the
chauffeur Is II. The editor arrived at his
auto omega after a talk with FIRTH Schen,
now touring Europe in her car. tired tire
brought the Scheff party to sudden halt
at small settlement lying In the shadows
Of Mont Blanc. In an English translation
OF an Interview with the singer, appearing
side by side with the German original, Is
found imbedded the prose gem above A
careful study of the article in toto makes II
appear that the singer really does believe
that the best automobiling rests rather
with the chauffeur than with the car; that
given one best driver in sympathy with the
mechanism OF any one OF, say, the ten best
cars on the market, and the problem of
touring is solved as we'll as Il ever can be
that any one Of the ten best machines is
as good as another; that whatever improve
found in improved roads and skilled driv-
ers. The Schen party expects TO pile up a
record Of about 1900 miles before returning
TO this side in August.
The railroad trust problems in all their
phases OF rebates and imposition are near
to solution. The air shipfs to be the agent
Of the reform. and to the doughty G. Ber-
nard Shaw Is credited the prophecy. The
dramatist made an ascension In London,
going up two miles, and spending from 800
In the afternoon to $40 sailing about.
author in London, accompanied him on the
trip. Others who went up on the trip were
Mrs. Hugh Cholmondeley, Mr.. Granville
Barker and Mr.. Perciyal Spencer. The bal
loon, the Norfolk, which left Wadsworth,
descended at Gotham Place Actor LoT-
aine's road tour in Shaws Man and Su-
perman." easily the comedy hit of New
York last season, begins in Paterson, n. j..
Kyrtle Bellew, who has been cruising in
the waters Of southern Europe since his
season closed, will point the nose Of his
yacht, The Moopstone, nor by nor west
about the LIST OF August, and land In New
York via steamer from Liverpool about
three weeks later. Besides a sun coat OF
mahogany, the actor will bring home with
him a new pet a common gray cat OF the
ocelot species, picked up woefully thin, but
surprisingly CHEEKY, from BE OF wreckage
In the Mediterranean.
Some OF the letters being received by
friends from Frank Daniels, now touring
Europe with Mrs. Daniels in the comedian =
personally conducted observation car, ring
with the whimseys OF some OF the actors
droll stage speeches; vide this excerpt from
his last note 70 his manager: For the one
best bet In cheerful liars, give me the New
York steamship agent who Rot me TO sail