Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses

-MAHA IL 10 have two cireuses
this week, and this fact Is In a
large degree responsible for the
9fTFTU~ presence In the city during the
NotUI last Few days OF two OF the
80 most genial gentlemen. who
entertained entranced listeners with a.
counts Of the magnitude and inheritance .,
.he organisations they represent DOC"
"eodel and James jay Brady met here
because Of the fact that their rival orv,ni.
tations are scheduled to follow one another
INTO the village. It doesn't often hammer
'nat such stars as this pair are found In
conjunction. and the occasion was one NJ
much interest 10 those with whom the press
agent comes most IN contact. AS this
column recently had some good words to
say In favor Of the press agent. and cane
oially mentioned this pair as being fine
representatives Of the guild. nothing ailI
De added at present beyond a reference 70
nat uttersnce as TO the general stand on
the subject. It may be wondered what
thls has to do with the tneater. One OF
colonel Brady's qualifications for his posi-
uon Is that he has had experience in about
all lines OF the show business. Am,ne
other things he treasures Is a watch
presented TO him by employees of the
"Afh Af was the IHdUdRRT OF the
Union Square theater In New York in its
palmy days. 50 It was no SUNRISE when
ne undertook to set up a comparison be.
tween the theater and the circus.
o
You can say what you like ab-ut the
drama being elevating," said Mr.. Brady.
out for pure enjoyment give me the cir
Gus me purpose OF the drama is to up
litt' and vet I went to a play the other
night In which a man loved some other
Fellows wife and In order to clear the
track so he could marry her, he kIei
her husband. BY some sort Of philosophy
The playwright made a hero out Of the fell
low and I'm darned IL the audience didn't
take TO him. Do you see anything upift.
ing In that? | don't. why. a man IS
Ihely to go home from the theater now
edaNs' saturated with false philosophy and
Shawism and run off with the hired girl.
o the other hand. take the crcls.
Look at the crowds-what an opportunity
for studying our fellow man. And that's
everything. Pope says, the proper study
OF mankind is man. and III bet he thought
OF that while sitting on the bleachers AT
the circus. You enter the menagerie and
what a book Of wonders lies open before
you. Yes. and you smell the eawdust and
thats healthful-like balm from the pine
Forests. You sit In the vast arena sur
rounded by a sea Of happy faces. Every
podE feels young, You see a lot OF fine
muscular specimens or manhood stream
ing out from the dressing rooms and II
makes YOU throw out your ch,s ana
breathe deep. And the hearty and inno-
cent laughter you get is better than all the
medicine in town. So you see the health
tul benefits Of the circus are many.
.
Now imagine yourself At the th2atar.
First thing they do is lower the Iizhts on
you You sit between a fat woa an and an
lnsen nend, with a French twist In front
OF you; and some dame n the iear i1 dis
posing of her bonnet, runs a Eatpil taroug
the back OF your chair and into your s>.re
II you don't jump quick enough. II you
get th.rsty. does anyone come around with
red lemonade, should say not!
IF a man Is Hind the theater Is 70 place
Tor him. If he's deaf. he'll find no enter
tainment there unless they have a moving
picture machine, How about the circus?
why, II makes little difference to the deaf
man, and the blind man can listen to the
music and hear the animals growl. and he
can shout when the whips crack and have
a deVh OF a time generally. Ye-, b.
Seorse, let q man be deaf and blind, and
the smel OF the sawdus; and the animals
Will revive in his memo v the hapriest DAYS
Of his lfe. The lemonade may be color.ess
to HIM, but, ah, the glorious peanut Is ths
same as Of yore.
"Ch. you'll see wonders enough next
Tuesday to hold you for a while. There's
no VIII" murders Thereon Mrs. Somebody's
expert ac's; no problems to solve-just
It'o @ .oyment, It's exit Shaw, enter
iaAn..'
'S Mar. Pavey, who Is leading the
i-h 5 a. company at Portland. Me.
tG!s summer mas scored a distinct hit. Her
or''iaS IN was The Girl From the
Golden West an unusually trying part.
but che more than made good in It, 1t
'lll be no surprise to her orlaha friends.
who watched her work with such interss,
at the Boyd theater. to reed the followIn
from the Portland Sunday Times: mis-
IGHcy as the girl made the lighter scene
'f the iirst act the vehicle for a delightful
Hh6ra' to- study and In the strong scena.
~ .1' second act she showed a capacity
Toy emotional acting which won for her
instant favor and hearty recognition"
.
N,ss Norie Pettes writes to Omahs
tricnds that she is now Mrs. Il. y. Common
aad Is spending the summer quietly at thcr
hone In New York. Mr. Common wa
manager Of the company with which Mis-,
Pettes made the tour OF the country dur
ING the winter, supporting Miss Mary
Shaw in a round Of Shaw and Itsen plays
They were married last month, Just after
their return TO New York. Her Omaha
friends have extended warm fluctuations.
DRAMATIC GOSSIP FROM LONDON