Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-21


lt4R2I the theaters this winter. Good.
bad and worse than Indifferent,
the procession SO far has been such as to
force the conclusion that the powers that
be In the show business are having their
hands full in trying to supply the demand.
Local managers have been up against Il, to
use the cant term, as they never were be-
fore, the market apparently affording moth
Ing that permits a choice. In this the local
situation differs very little from that all
over the west. Each of the larger cities
has had the same run of plays that has
come TO Omaha, and the eastern papers are
making a complaint similar to that of the
west. All of which suggests that a read
justment OF the business relations is likely
to occur, and 1t may not be far away.
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1t has came. The wonder is that It was
80 long delayed. The automobile has been
dramatized and now is nightly careening
its wild way across one of the Broadway
stages in New York to the intense salts
faction OF the Gotham multitude. Elsie
Janis is the name used for sign purposes.
but 1.-THE Vanderbilt Cup" is the name of
the play, and the race of the big devil
wagons is the feature Of the evening. Here
is how the play was described in the New
ton last Tuesday:
Tuesday night. at the Broadway theater.
Miss Elsie Janis appears In the new auto
mobile play, The Vanderbilt Cup" The
scenes, and comprises some novel effects
that have not hitherto been attempted upon
stage SO it ,n is said In support Of bt the
BOucicault, Henry V. Donnelly, Henry
Bergman. Charles Dickson, JACQUES
Chapman Chapman, sydney Resented has Written
and and Robert HOOD Bowers the music
The big effect of the piece comes In the
second act, when Barney Oldheld is intro
duced in a contest with another machine
chimes are seen together on the stage trav-
cling at a smashing clip and splitting flame
and sparks. while the roar Of the exhausts
fairly shakes the building" to quote the
The story OF. the play deals with New
York, at Its fastest pace" The opening
miles from New York, representing the
home of Dorothy Willetts, little country
obtruded the clatter Of an automobile and
on the stage apears Theodore Banting, a
New York attorney. He informs Mrs; VIII
younger brother, a scapegrace, has made a
fortune and that he wishes his niece to
oin h o the a SooS timers Of lie Mr. Banng
is an example of the rapid living New
Yorker and he insists that Dorothy shall
objections of the mother, and the girl Is
prepared for the journey. Dorothys chap
eron and music teacher, Miss Carstalrs, Is
sent with her. Just as they are about
to start, Dexter Joyce, a wine agent and
motor enthuiast, appears with request Tor
gasoline. of which he has run out. He has
before and has fallen madly in love with
her. He finally prevails upon Banting 10
give. him tow to New YORK ana they
The next scene shows the party on the
way to the city, One the rise of the cur !no
tain on the third scene the rotunda OF the
Marjorie Wellington hotel, famous femi,
nine hosiery. is shown. Here are the bell
The the female e, clerk. Curt Wiiletts, the uncle
Of Dorothy. and the proprietor OF the VII
let's mobile. entered In the race, for the
niece. From the elevator comes Clarinda
Larkspur, an adventures, who has sued
willetts for breach Of promise; she Tsoh mas
chauffeur of Willetts. and In revenge Tor
the loss Of her suit sets about making him
Dorothy discover her Intentions and set
about to defeat them.
The opening of the second act displays the
veranda of the Garden City hotel, Long
Island, at 4 o'clock in the morning. The
persons who have gone down to witness
Upon the scene come the characters: Dex-
ter Joyce is doing his utmost toward push
ing his wine. Clarinda Larkspur enters
with Gaspardi and makes him promise to
refuse to drive the Willetts car. In the
meantime Wiiletts is absorbing wine and
betting fabulous sums on his entry. Dorothy
and Dexter overhear the plot, and II is
Dorothy who evolves scheme to give her
uncle the race after all. She prevails upon
Dexter to drive the car for her, and the
close of the scene witnesses his acquies-
The next scene exhibits the parking place
are in introduced. Willetts sees his
chauffeur leaving the starting place and
Tha then + up S Ss
scene, in which the Willetts car is driven
to victory by Dexter Joyce. The nnisn
takes place in front of the grand stand at
Mineola, which furnishes the fourth scene
in the act.
the battleship Washington. Doorthy has
disguised herself as boy and has won the
love of Clarinda, and has managed to Sc
cure the compromising letters written by
her uncle to the adventures. To her comes
Senator Boxwood and asks her to name the
warship She agrees, with the provision IN
Is agreed to. After the launching her for
NAL engagement to Dexter is announced.
fallen violently in love with Miss Carstairs,
the chaperon, and that Clarinda Larkspur
has won the trusting sting d directions OF the
Another of the new plays of the week
on Broadway is thus forecasted by the
Tribune:
Henry Miller will appear in "Grerson' s
Way next Thursday evening at the
Princess theater. The play was written
by Henry V. Esmond, author of when
We Were Twenty-one' and other successes
James Grierson is oldish young man
whose best friend is retired sea captain
named John Ball. Grlerson is in love with
Balls daughter, Pamela as is also Philip
Keene, o celebrated violinist who has come
upon evil days. Pamela does not care for
either of these men, and they are horror
stricken at discovering In the first act
that she has fallen victim to the charm
of a married army officer named Aynesley
Murray. Grierson's way OF saving the girl
from disgrace is to marry her. The result
of this union. fun OF love on one side and
lovless on the other. is great unhappiness
which becomes greater when Pamela learns
Of the death OF Murrays wife. The con-
hict between her duty to the man who
became her husband only in order TO pre-
serve her reputation and her passion for
the man who nearly DESTROYED that rcputa-
ton affords the dramatic material OF the
piece. Mr.. Miller, whose temporary retire
ment from the stage has been justified by
his conduct OF Margaret Anglin's engage
ment In ''Zira" at the Princess, returns 70
the stage In the role of Grlerson. Mr.
Miller has not acted in New York, except
ing in a one-act play, since he appeared
In Joseph Entangled" at the Garrick
theater. Rebecca Warren will be seen as
Pamela and Guy Standing as Captain Muir
ray. Henry Woodruff will be the violinst
and the company will include Fred Thorne
and Ida Waterman.
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