Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-04

and Robert Boyd oner little comedy
sketch that is wen thought out and well
acted. Mile Dziria Is a dancer from
Paris. and r. much appreciated by the
patrons. The Mitchells are we'll estab-
lished favOrites here, and their dances
proved as popular as ever. The kinodrome
is showing fine picture of an automobile
road race, as well as some comic pic
lures.
"As Told In the Hills" at the KruR.
A drama which is laid In the rough, pic
turesque Hill country OF Arkansas. entitled
''As Told i'm the Hills" with more than or
binary intenseness Of story and heart inter-
est, entertained two immense audiences at
the Krug theater Sunday. The play opens
with prologue showing emigrants some
Indians and scouts. and the real action be-
gins eighteen years later. family Of
whites picked up newborn Indian girl
baby and take It into their home. and the
trouble seems to start when she reaches
her majority.
The Indian maiden is called Pamnena.
the part being taken by Grace Hamilton in
a fetching manner. bad, bad man tries
to get her to marry him for her property.
but she properly inclines to one of her own
race. A white woman also figures in this
romance TO make Il more interesting.
The love affair Of the Indian girl is not
the whole show. There is also a mine to
cause dissension and covetousness; a man
sent to long prison term through the ef-
fortss of another and resulting thirst for
revenge, and two white girls whose love
affairs have TO be fought over and settled
only after much quarrelling. threatening
gun-play and much trouble generally How
ever, it's probably all worth while In the
end for matters are certainly satisfactory
TO the audience when the last curtain falls
In the way of humorous diversion, some
characters are introduced to create laughs
when the excitement has grown too siren
uous for the nerves, and speciality acts are
performed by Rose May Doty and James
London which meet with much applause
The play is a strong and serious production
Of It's kind and contains food for many
days of reflection 1t will be repeated
Monday night, when the engagement ends.
Ruth Grey, the Mystic.
Ruth Grey, the mystical is entertaining
people at the Lyric this week. She knows
what you are thinking, and with her eyes
blindfolded she answers questions you
have written on a piece of paper and
which no one but yourself has seen. Only
twice in the entire course of the evening
did she make a mistake.
If the detectives would seek her they
could get a clue which might lead to the
solution of the Rummelhart murder, as
she can call to her mental vision every
circumstance of the crime and a descrip-
ton of the murderers. Murderers2 Yes,
for she says there were two.
A man in the audience last night wrote
on a piece of paper the question. who
killed Josephine Rummelhart?' without
letting anyone see the paper he folded 1t
and held it in his hand, being thirty or
forty feet away from Miss Grey.
She singled him out and called his
name, then began to describe the murder.
She said Miss Rummelhart was killed by
two men, Earl Phillips and Edgar Coch-
ran, the first a black negro and the second
a mulatto and that at present both are
in San Antonio, Tex
Miss Grey correctly surmised that a
man had written question about the
annexation of South Omaha, She told
him that the Magic City would annex
Omaha in about three years. She was
! asked questions for an hour or more
without hearing or seeing a word of the
questions and answered. all but two.
Miss Grey will be at the Lyric all week.
with matinee Saturday and matinee Tues
day and Thursday fon women only.
Trained animals furnish additional en-
tertainment. %. cR2 -ls