Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

lost lot Of money remains for
those who are interested to decide. The
logical end Of the present war means that
somebody will lose a lot of money, that
many unnecessary theaters will be built
throughout the country in the smaller
cities and in the end a readjustment of diff
ferences along rational lines, when all
theaters will be open to all Corners In
the meantime the owners Of the theaters
in towns outside the larger eastern cities
are devoutly saying, "A plague on both
your houses"
Rev. Tommy" Dixon's The Clansman"
is the most talked about play before the
public today and is getting about as many
hard raps as could well be expected. It is
doing the business, for one company Is
playing It in New York and two on the
road, while third is being organized to
meet the demand of 1.-The provinces" for
the thriller Here is what Arthur Ruhl
says of IL In Golfers Weekly:
Mr. Thomas Dixon, jr doubtless did not
have the author of ''The Clansman" in
mind when he made one Of his characters
remark that Providence moves in a mys-
are, however, mysteries. Why, in these
kindly days any American should feel i'm
PEELED to bring back, by means of the stage
raw and unrelieved-the most cruel and
brutal aspects of the long buried and al
most forgotten days of reconstruction is,
requires among other things, the art Of re-
pression-deftness, illumined suggestion, in
telligent restraint; And yet Mr.. Dixon has
undertaken to write one.
one stdesteps any too specific comment
on this production with proper respect for
IS sry man He SeonEs to MIR the P aST
Trigger school, So do the gentlemen of the
play. They are full of vehemence and
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received and hurled continuously. As the
curtain falls on the first act the hero tears
up a government proclamation and hurls it
IN the sub-villain's face-into his teeth,
perhaps. one should say, that being the
traditional goal of such retorts.
There IS much SSh of th his SPIRITED ne T0aIs
People say what they think
Act u-Massa's plantation is to be sold
at auction. In the middle of the stage
stands the auctioneer, to the right Gentle
man man and Heroes to the left Niggers and
who 9e Gn Srs one of the black G
and stands on the righthand side is old
Neise, who. In the first act, has already
emitted the following bit of self -analy sis:
Use jes' ole-fashioned Atwood an a
yahd-wide niggah, an ah lubs ma old
ma massar Cloud applause from the Caya
commences. The Chief Villain is a null
latto whom the Carpetbag Government has
made lieutenant governor. He's goin' to
puy the house. How can IL be prevented?
Inc auctioneer is adamant. Up goes the
ing3one-tMo-three thousand. Thirty
five hundred! The Villain smiles triumph
antly. The sub-villains throw up their hats
and yell; the heroes glare and gnash their
teeth; Thirty-ive hundred once Thirty
hve hundred twice! Thirty-f1ve hundred
third and last But who Is this burst
ing through the villains ranks? No! Yes!
II cannot be! What-ah-but it Isl None
other! Our little Northern heroine and
the nero, southern rose, Miss Elsie Stone
man! -Four thousand" she cries wild
shrieks and cheers from the house,. Old
Massa's house is saved
Act III-The Ku-Klux Khan gathers at