Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-13

say she will not always be wasted on
heroines Of the. sort she is now playing
The experience she is gathering now Is
merely the development OF her talent
which is bound to be recognized and put
TO It's proper use.
Miss Constance Adams begins her fare
we'll week at the Burwood this afternoon
She will be succeeded by Miss Margaret
Pitt. a daughter OF Fannie Addison Pitt
and an accomplished actress Miss Pitt will
reach Omaha this morning, and begins re-
hearsal at once for her opening bill, I'm
foreseen." In saying goodbye to Miss
Adams Omaha folks regret very much the
fact that she found It necessary to leave
80 soon. She proved a most charming
woman. both on and of the stage. and won
her wdy to local popularity quite readily.
Coming Events.
"The Gingerbread Man" will be given at
the Boyd for three nights, beginning Sun
day. The author is the late Frederick
Ranken and the musical composer is A.
Baldwin Sloane. The two acts and four
scenes of The Gingerbread Man" nre laid
in places long exploited in nursery rhymes.
such as Santa Claus Land, Pastry Land
anu l0e Aerial sugar fuldtts l4lNtt JuCk
Horner, thanks to the wicked Mnchavelius
Fudge, sees his fiancce, the Princess Sugar
Plum. carried or 70 the realms Of his
droll majesty. King Bum. in an airship,
and # takes all the kind Offices of the
Good Fairy Carmelita "a role said TO be
sustained in an inimitable manner by Ross
Snow to effect a reunion Miss Gertrude
thinner. last heard here as the prima
donna of THE Bostonlnns," is said to make
a dainty Maize Bon Bon and to sing with
great effect her new musical hits" There
are many OF merit. notably queen Of My
Dreams" sung by Homer Lind, and Bon
Bon Land" sung by Mae Phelps and Cor
trude thinner. The cast is a big one,
including Mae Phelps, Gertrude thinner,
Nellie Lynch, Nellie Miller Marie Barry,
Homer Lind. Ross Snow. Gus weinblrg
Eddie Redway, W. H. Mack and VIII Dom
nelly.
The farwell appearance OF Nine Helena
Modjeska at the Boyd theater on wednes-
day is an event. To sit under the spell Of
the art and personality OF this splendid
actress. even under ordinary condition,
is a delight and a privilege. But here
tofore. when there was fair certainty that
she would return again. there was none
Of the concern. not to say anxiety and
sorrow, which her present coming-her last
here-brings with It. Modjeska is one of
those grand figures of the stage, like Ed
win Booth Charlotte Cushman, Ellen
Terry, Mary Anderson and Henry Irving
whose intellect, purpose, achievement and
life raised acting into the realm of the
fine arts and established the theater as
one of the permanent and powerful institu-
lions of modern life. The measure Of her
greatness is equal to the measure of regret
at her nearing retirement and the measure
of eagerness to see her in her final ap-
pearances Modjeska retires while at the
height of her power. She never acted with
more sincerity, charm, conviction and in
telligence than she is doing this year.
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1.-THE Little JOKER" a new musical
comedy by Herbert Hall Winslow, is the
title of the play chosen as a starring
vehicle for the clever comedian. Arthur
Dunn, to supplant his former success THE
Ikunaways" in which he was last seen
here. 1.-THE Little Joker is different from
any comedy seen in recent years and af-
fords Mr.. Dunn the most remarkable pos
sibilitles for his artistic fun making ever
devised. Pinch Swift arthur DUNN falls
In love with a charming girl whose father,
now dead, has bequeathed her a legacy
of s1,OOOOO0 with the provision. curious as
1t may be, that she marry a man at least
six feet in height. This is a serious draw
back for Punch, who is really but three
feet four inches tall, but he overcomes
this difficulty by the aid of a quack doctor.
who has discovered a chemical. which will
bring about the desired height. He sud
denly grows to the required height and
is married at once. Act second at the
summer home of Punch, where several
people have installed themselves thinking
that Punch and his bride have gone TO