Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-06
Plays and Players

the week ana at matlnees on Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday.
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Sidney Tolsr as Billy Baxter In owen
Davis latest success, How Baxter Butted
In" will be the attraction at the Krug
four nights, starting matinee today. II is
one Of those plays that keeps the audience
intensely interested throughout the per-
forniance. The author has combined a
strong dramatic story with many new
scenes, surprises and sensational features
The name Of the play indicates the story
Baxter is q very wide awake and up-to-
date commercial traveller or drummer and
he butts in to spoil the plans Of country
sharper who has III used a poor defense
less girl. Baxter. although q strong. manly
fellow, is Of very lively nature, and he
manages 70 get q lot out Of his visit to
the country town where the scenes Of the
play are laid. In the end he defeats the
girls enemies. He also finds time to liven
up the old town before he gets through.
The management has surrounded Mr.. Toler
with large and carefully selected COM
pany.
For three nights and Saturday matinee,
beginning Thursday evening. Joseph Ship
mans great production OF when Knight
hood Was In Flower" with Virginia Drew
Trescott in the leading role, will be the
attraction at the Krus theater.
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For the last Of the many excellent vaude-
Vile bills OF the current season at the
orpheum, starting with q matinee today. ls
announced a program calculated to leave
a pleasant taste for this popular form Of
entertainment HaYermann's big animal
act the like Of which has never been seen
at the cosy playhouse, will be the headline
attraction. In this group are lions, tigers,
bears and dogs, all participating harmoni-
ously In stunts that Is claimed nothing
short Of wonderful. Madeline Winthrop
with her company is another to come here
for the first time. Her vehicle will be the
one-aot comedy, Dicks Kids" Fredo and
Dare are down for a good musical act into
which they inject lot Of fun-maxing. The
three Armstrong; do a comedy bicycle act
They promise the most hazardous and diff
cult feats and much of their own origina-
ton. Among the initial bidders for ingratia-
ton will be De Mora and Graceta, who do
variety Of athletic work, equilibrium be-
ing their distinguishing accomplishment.
Singing and graceful terpsichore are the
speeialties Of Kemp and Pearle. In
variety of cute and amusing Stunts Mietts'
NS6e
tainers, while as usual, to round out the
program, new motion pictures will be pro-
jected by the kinodrome.
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At the big benefit for the San Francisco
sufferers, at tie Boyd on next Thursday
and Friday nights and Saturday matinee.
under the auspices Of the All Saints church
parish AMI society, The Mandarin new
celestial comic opera will be given it's
Initial hearing in Omaha and IL promises
to eclipse anything of the kind ever at
tempted here The costumes are ali new
and appropriate; the orchestra will be con-
siderably enlarged; the chorus will be ably
seconded by a double Chinese ballet of
young women and children, in fact the
production of 1.-THE Mandarin" will be al
most spectacular in nature, with the
Omaha Guards as the English soldiers. OF
the principal singers Miss Livingston and
Messrs Hamilton and Traynor have al
ready made several most credtable appear
anoes In other operas. w. q. Chambers
has brought his long experience to bear
In the dances and posing, and everything
indicates most satisfactory and entertain
Ing performances, we'll worthy of the needy
cause for which they are given. The num-
Der Of tickets already sold has been quite
large and the demand for boxes and Ioca-
tons for theater parties so extensive as
70 warrant the assumption that the capacity
OF the Boyd win be taxed to the utmost at
each performance. San Francisco still
needs financial aid and will for weeks to
come, and The Mandarin performances