Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-18
SUNDAY AT The THEATERS
BrOadhurvt Faros at the BurwoOd Gives
Much Satisfaction.
"wHAT HAPPENED TO JONES" A DELIGHT
Tight wire Performers at Orphoum
AstOnish Spectators by Their
Sensational stunts and
Active, Easy ways,

Active, Easy ways,
George H. Broadhursts evergreen farce,
What Happened TO Jones'" is being offered
splitting complications. and the ludicrous
conditions Of this play lead to some side
splitting complication, and the ludicrous
situations never fail to excite mirth. 1t is
simply laugh-provoklng, and was designed
as such. II is well handled by the Wood
ward Stock company. Miss Pettes, the
Vassar girl who has picked up some slang,
and has also learned that there is a phase
of life outside that OF the family Of col
lege professor, is a revelation even to those
who have expected much Of her. She wears
the role as a we'll fitting garment and makes
Cissy a most enjoyable young miss, just
one of the girls everybody likes to know
Mr.. Morrison, in the part Of Jones, the
hymnbook agent who sells playing cards
on the side and who is somewhat Of a sport
as we'll, is playing the part with the vim
and vigor he put into It last winter, when
he made It such a popular hit
Mr. Schoheld is doing the Ebenezer Goodly
part with junction. and John Davies is maxi
! ing the bishop from Ballarat live as he
never did before in Omaha. Miss Martin,
as the Scandinavian servant, is doing lit
| tie dialect stunt that equals her makeup,
and Miss Hudson is playing the role of a
silly old maid as If she liked IT, Miss Edith
| Spencer, who Joined the company last week
is making Mrs Goodly a notable addition
| to the cast. The others are well situated
and the piece is sent along its journey with
promptness and dispatch, so necessary in a
farce. It was uproariousy laughed at yes
! terday and probably will be the rest of the
week.
Vaudeville at the Orpheum.
japanese tight wire performers, who have
| hitherto been accorded the palm for great
| est cleverness in such acts are given their
| quietus most positively and unhesltatinEly
In the marvellous work Of the four Harveys
who are among the big attractions in the
! Orpheum bill for this week. The four
members of the troupe who do the wire
work appear to be entirely as much at
| home on the thin steel ropes as on the
| floor of the stage, and, indeed, most OF their
work would win applause even If done on
the floor instead OF on the wire They
dance, cake walk and perform acrobatic
stunts that are excellent by themselves,
but become positively unusual when done
on the tight wire.
One noticeable feature Is the perfect
ease and sprightliness with which they I'M
dertake and accomplish difficult acts thus
| communicating the same feeling to the
nervous persons in the crowd. The fear
! of injury to some performer is always one
| OF the Objectionable things that go with
such acts, and this is usually enhanced
purposely in many little ways by the per-
former to impress the onlooker with the diff
hculty and danger, whether there is much
or little, that goes with his work
Another act, which comes somewhat in
the same line and which was received with
unbounded applause, was the comic bar act
and burlesque wrestling match of MarzeIo
and Millay. The climax OF their funny
work is reached in the wrestling match, ="
in which they go through all sorts of plays
more or less true to the actual contest,
but always very much like It. The people
are kept in constant laughter by the efforts
to secure the necessary hold" to throw
one another, and by the side antics.
Howard and Howard have a messenger
boy and Thesplan act in which they do
some singing, but in which the greatest
entertainment is derived from the work of
the messenger boy. He is not only funny
In his pert Of the team work, but is good
at initiating some we'll known character
actors. other singers are the three
'TroubadorB" and Edgar Atchison- Ely. All
Of them do well enough to be called back
for two or three encores. Frank Marckley
Introduces some classic banjo music as a
change from rag time, with very good
success, and Alice Davenport and company
pronounce many truths in an emotional
sketch not at all bad. The moving pictures
are good the whole show being very salts
factory.
"HOIty TOity' Mt the KruE.
"Hoity Toity," as presented twice yester-
day In the Krug theater, is an entertain
ment that serves to while away a few
hours. The program pronounces It "giddy
little skit on things dramatic and other
wise" and the such It is. There is the
barest suggestion of a story, and in tina
main IT is bunch Of specialties and songs,
some Of which stirred the disabilities OF
those in the Krug yesterday. In the piece
are three clever comedians Of the knock
about German type, Emil Heusel, Nat Ber-
nard and Harry Hooper sustaining this part
Of the entertainment with considerable
satisfaction. In one OF their speciaIties
they were recalled repeatedly. While there
is considerable fun in "Hoity Toity," tho
musical end OF the piece is not very strong.
]. L. Mcclure and Zllah Harris give a
clever operate burlesque. Albert Livings-
ton and Hazel Edna are also seen in the
front row. "Hoity Toty" will close the
Omaha engagement this evening.
| pooda sold ar TJubaruoapptg