Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
Gossip About Players and PIayhOuses

both shows had closed. but the wife was
at the train on time and the husband
kissed her goodby on the platform. re-
ported TO the manager and took up his
own work again. II II not the chorus
girls Of the travelling companies. at least.
who make the trouble OF furnish the
stories for the sensational newspapers.
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II will be well to keep these facts in mind
when you read the Inevitable homilies in
which the evils OF the stage are pointed
out and the Thaw-white affair is cited as
an example Give them due weight In
making up your judgment II may aid
you to the conclusion that the chorus girl
as such is not TO blame because one OF
two OF her numbers go wrong, nor lie the
profession of acting to be condemned or
the theater to be eschewed because the af-
fairs Of one whose hold on the stage was
as slight as that OF Evelyn Nesbitt happen
to terminate in a shooting ARRAY.
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Summer Theaters I'm New York.
NEW YORK. June 3O.-That Dream
land, the beautiful White City by the sea,
is becoming more and more popular as the
summer advances is amply attested by the
increasing crowds which daily visit this
favorite resort. The spectacular produC-
ton showing San Francisco from it's In.
ception through the entire period OF its
existence until the destruction and Its re-
building is now in shape. Performance
are smooth and perfect This is by all
means the most ambitious performance
given at any summer resort in the world.
II is the largest spectacle on Coney Is
land, employing as IL does 300 persons, 100
horses and large number Of cowboys, a
band of Sioux Indians and showing Ave
distinct changes of scenery. Pharaoh $
Daughter, that beautiful biblical produc-
ton OF Roltair's, is meeting with signal
success. The new Creation Is likewise well
Patronized, several new features having
tacular production of THE End of the
World has added attractions, whc
greatly enhance the beauties of Dante
The air ship has proved a magnet which
attracts large crowds every day as do lhe
Indians are a great feature, and this Is
the first time in the history of the tribe
that any Of these strange people have beer
placed on exhibition. Victor's Royal Ital-
ian band Is pleasing Dreamland's visitors
with delightful selections. The chutes
trip to Switzerland. canals of Venice, ma.
lions are doing record breaking business
There Is also an attractive vaudeville per
formance going on in the Palm GardeI
from 4:90 to 1890 which is free to Wis
itors. The management OF Dreamland 4
at work upon plans for the Fourth of Jul,
celebration. which this year viii excel an!
previous effort on their part for the enter
tainment of the visitors on the nationa
holiday.
There Is not the slightest doubt abou
the popularity of Pawnee Bits Wild Yves
show at Brighton Beach park. With fav
oTable weather conditions the great gran,
stand is filled at each performance. Thi
big outdoor show has more novel feat
ures and furnishes a greater amount o.
entertainment than any performance o
It's kind seen in this part of the countr!
during recent years, From the litterip.
pageant of the grand entry until the las
horseman has left the arena two houri
later there is always something both move
sian Cossacks with their remarkable rid
ing, the cowboys on the bucking broncho,
and the detachment of the United States
cavalry who go through the monkey
drill" give really remarkable exhibitions
OF horsemanship and the dramatic pic
lures of the stage coach holdup Custer
Last Charge, the Mountain Meadow Mas
sacre, the burning of Trapper Toms
Cabin, and the capture and summary exc
cution Of the horse thief are novel and in
teresting. These entertainments, portray
ing as they do the life and dangers a,
well as the sports and pastimes OF thos
who live on the frontier, are particularly
interesting to the eastern urbanite fo
they certainly make the red blood nov
faster. With the Pawnee Bill Wild Yves
show are more than 100 Indians, Sioux
Apaches and Pawnees, and they are salt
to be the most excellent specimens o
the aboriginal race, now so fast approach
Ing extinction. The other attractions a
Brighton Beach park, the Ferari Ami
NAL show, with its trained savage beasts
and the various shows along the merr1