Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08

New York this season. Mr.. Wills produces
his inimitable parodies OF popular songs
and for his leading effort this season h,
Is singing one entitled 20. o. p" He alsc
produces a lot Of other good numbers dur.
ing the action OF the piece, and Max witt
the composer, has furnished some very
catchy numbers for the other principals
and chorus.
The famous PiccolO MidRets will be the
headline attraction at the orpheum for
the week, starting matinee today. Their
tour OF America includes only the larger
cities, they being booked to return to
Europe to I'LL contracts lasting five years
They are said TO be the four smallest and
most perfectly formed of midgets Their
stunts" including singing dancing, COM
edy and athletic work, shows them to be
versatile little fellows. In age they range
from % to 80 years. The Six salvaRgis.
another European product here for the
first time, are opponents of terpsichore.
Three OF their number are described as
very attractive girls. The Avon Comedy
Four. in a skit called THE New Teacher. {"
will keep the fun-making going at a rand
pace and render their latest songs. Eos
ter and Foster, one a pianist, both vocal
lists will contribute melody and work in
a little Of their own unique idea of COM
edy Rawson and June do a rarely-seen
act, one exclusively their own in vaudeville
They are adept archers and boomerang
throwers. two methods Of warfare en-
ployed by medieval warriors. Ferguson
and Passmore show two pair of lively
heels and sing. with difficult athletics.
Rose and Ellis intermix comedy. while to
complete the program new motion pic
lures will be projected by the Kinodrome.
At the New York Theaters.
NEW YORK, April 7.--Humor is the key
note of the two new plays being presented
at the Broadway theater this week These
win the return Of three attractions that
onerings of the theatrical managers
one OF the novelties Is light farce and
the other a musical comedy that has been
comes to New York for a spring run run The The
farce Is entitled ITS all Your Fault and
Is , at tne savoy Indications point to a
successful career for the production. The
piece is by Mr.. Edgar Selwyn The story
mas to do with Howard Beasley and his
stantial income from Caxton Coulter an
uncle, as an heir is born and named after
him. The stork, however, lights shy of the
ments which do not develop. Howard
notifies his uncle that an heir has made
MS appearance. The income Immediately
arrives and the young couple are enjoying
the good things of life when Coulter writes
that he will visit the family 1t is now up
70 Beasley to provide a psuedo heir at
least and he calls on Jack Dobbins, his pal
70 help him out and also explain that he
has been in Jacks company the night be-
fore to allay certain suspicious on the part
Of his wife. Just as Beasley has left a
small boy dives through the window. He
has escaped from an orphan asylum and
oegs Jack to hide him from the police He
Is scarcely under the bed before Flora,
Beasley's wife, arrives on the scene in
quest of her husband and lodges into a
,loset on hearing Beasley arriving with his
uncle. In escaping by the way of the fire
adder she is caught by the policeman who
s after the hoy and brought in just as the
ad has been hauled from his hiding place
ind introduced to Coulter as his nephew.
The rich uncle hereupon adopts the boy,
Engages Jack as his tutor and has settled
Town to a life Of bliss, when the tutor and
his daughter try to elope. About this time
I developes that the uncles housekeeper
s the real mother of the boy and after