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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

20 ard-tailored" play Is nearly done. And
lis IL good for the s age In all its branches.
The closing Of Krug Park will reduce still
further the possible places for amusement
in omaha, and when the Boyd theater
winds up its summer season on Saturday
night next. the choice will be between the
Burwood picture show and Manava This
condition will prevail for at least four
weeks. Manager Breed says the Krug the
alter will open about the third week In
August. The Burwood opens on August %,
the Boyd on September / and the Orpheum
a little later. Until the end Of August,
then, the amusement seeker may have dur
ing the day base ball. when the team is in
town, and moving pictures. or a ride to
the lake after the sun goes down. Or he
may sit on the front porch and count the
days till the Bill Cody show comes TO town.
and wish there was some place to go.
.
Krug Park will be sadly missed. 1t was
growing each year in popularity, and had
fairly won for itself a place In the summer
life Of Omaha. 1t had been planned and
equipped on a most liberal basis, and was
the gamer because Of the personal pride
Mr.. William Krug took in its welfare. The
desire to make It a place that should be
popular and should deserve the support OF
all because of its attractiveness was up
permost in his mind, and led to the expend-
iture Of more money on the grounds for
the purpose Of rendering them beautiful
than an ordinary amusement promoter
would have done. The fight made against
the park by the prohibitionists may have
been based on law and order" but the
victory is a costly one to Omaha for Il
has ended the only place of its kind about
the city. No question was raised as to the
orderly character Of the park, the respec-
liability OF Its patrons or the desirablllty
Of the amusements 1t offered the public.
The management made all reasonable eff
forts to comply with the Nebraska law reg
ulating the sale Of liquors, but the case
turned on a technical point and was de-
cided In favor OF the professionals. Mr.. Krug
did not feel warranted in carrying on the
controversy and preferred closing the park
and stopping what had always been an ex.
pense to him TO keeping UP a fight with
the element opposed to him. SO there will
be no more beer sold at Krug Park, moi
will there be any more band concerts tC
delight the music lovers, nor any more a
fresco dinners served in the bowers, moi
any more picnics, nor rides on the roller
coaster, nor shooting Of the chutes, MOI
trips around the old mill. or the flyinI
wing or any of the many advantages tn,
park offered to tired folks who liked [,
get away from the heat and dust Of tn,
city and spend a few hours In the fresh
pure air of the hilltop. A technical poin
OF law has been decided by a Judge OF tn,
district court, and Krug Park has beef
closed. Wherein lies the victory?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
BEATS THE LANE CUTOFF
Eleven Miles of Distance az
n Cost of Thirteen Million
Dollars.

The fame Of the Lane cutoff on the
Union Pacific line cut Of Omaha will pres
entity be dimmed both I'm cost and altitude
of fills. The Lackawanna railroad is about
TO build a cutoff at a cost of $l3 10000
which will save eleven miles between Lake
Hoputcong and Delaware Water Gap. The
short cut will save half an hours tine on
the run, for which the company will pay
about 1890 a minute. To save this ap-
parently small distance OF eleven miles
the company will spend for right-of-way
100000, general construction $4,000 90,
bridges, viaducts, culverts. crossings, ETC..
5000, 600 and for a "fill, as the engineers
term a construction that requires earth
10 bring a railroad az to grade, 5000 OO
The "fill' IN question Is. according to f.
/. Wheaton, engineer Of construction for
the road, to be the largest in America, II
not in the world. the second In Importance
being the I'll on the Union Pacific railroad
west Of Omaha, which has over 100000
cubic yards Of dirt. That on the Lacka-
wanna cutoff will have 100000 cubic yards
Of filing. II will begin a mile east Of An
dover village and will extend two and a
half miles to the west, cutting through fine
farms and causing the razing OF buildings,
including a new brick school house. The
maximum height Of the line above present
level, Al the Pequest river, will be 10 feet.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

for the theatergoers who spend very lit
tie money. The patrons of the first-Class
vaudeville theaters are not affected by
this economy. The struggle with the
first-class vaudeville managers Is to find
enough good talent to fill out a program.
There we're too many vaudeville theaters
in New York. as the introduction of the
stock companies proved. Now the fact
that no new vaudeville theaters have come
into existence to TAX the places of the
houses given over to the moving pic
lures shows that those houses were SUI
%perfluous.
There is as much enthusiasm among
audiences for good vaudeville as there
ever was. But II has got to be good.
The standard now is high. There are so
many more vaudeville theaters than there
are good artists and the competition Is so
great that these actors get what they
ask. That has sent up salaries, but the
managers have to pay them. Go and ask
Hammerstein, for instance, at the Vic
toria why he pays a man or a woman
81, 900 a week. Do you suppose that he
would do that II he could get for half the
price somebody who would draw the same
money?
"Any vaudeville manager who was truth
full would tell you that his receipts va
Iltu hCNuTuAIk W ~ hdAuiV VI MS bAp
gram. When he has a weak bill he feels
it by Tuesday night"
The moving picture shows" said one
of the agents. who has Just returned from
his annual trip TO Europe, are much more
conspicuous in amusements on the CONT
nent than they are here. In Paris some
of the houses especially put up to hold
them charge as much as 5 francs or 81
for the best seats. OF course that price
is the maximum and II tapers down to
a figure approximately the same as ours.
All the theaters are given over to these
amusements.
When The Thief finished its great
run at the Gymnase on a Sunday night
the cinematograph began promptly the
next afternoon. When there is a vacancy
of several days at Sarah Bernhardt's the
alter and the house is not needed for re-
hearsals the picture show lights up and
there is an all-day performance until
something else is ready So there is a
possibility that the moving picture show
provided that companies continue TO i'm
prove 1t, may some day take on a larger
Importance in the amusement business
here even than II does today when only
the cheaper priced enterprises have beer
affected by It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

afraid OF facing the problem. Bernhard
played to crowded houses at increased
prices everywhere she went on her last
engagement I'm this country; she died IN
every play she presented; eight 70 ten times
a week she died, and still she came and
went without our dramatists, our managers
or our prominent stars profiting by the
object lesson. Should she return again she
will die just as often as She goes before
an audience, and the audience will applaud
and the dramatist, the manager and the
star will turn away 10 busy themselves
with the fiction that death has no place in
the modern drama"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

in writing the books OF various musical
and who will be seen in New
York this fall in Fluffy Ruffles,' In
speaking Of the play. Charles Frohman
saws: TT Dollar Princess has much
humor that arises from the situations. Its
story Is rare for America. because II Is
about Americans, and touches on the
American penchant for titles. The chief
character Is that OF an American million
aire in business in New York, and his
daughter, although enormously wealthy,
works for the firm. Only penurious arts
tocrats are employed as clerks and so on.
This American story. all about America,
is written by two Germans, whose idea OF
Americans is quaint. When l saw this
play produced in Hamburg, the only thing
about it-cast. production. scenes-was a
roll-top desk. l venture to say that
Americans will go wild over the music
that there will be three numbers that will
carry the town. There is an opportunity
for a young actress again to make a great
success, and the difficulty will be that this
will not be the leading part. 1t will be
terrible to cast It,"
Margaret Anglin, who is now appearing
in Australia, will come to London soon
after Christmas and will probably be seen
in the English production Of "The Great
Divide in which play she and Henry
Miller made so big a hit in the United
States. Another American production
which is scheduled for London next spring
is r. Servant in the House." Miss
wynne Matthison will appear in the lead
as she did in the New York production.
Yvette Guilbert, who has just completed
a farewell vaudeville engagement in
London writes me that she has temporarily
given up the idea of becoming a London
manageress herself, but, that during the
fall, she will appear here under the direc-
ton Of Joseph Brooks, OF the firm OF
Klaw and ErlaDger. 1T has not yet been
settled at which theateT' she continues,
but the play will be an English version
of lie Marriage de rEtoile' The Stars
Marriage) by Bison, which was recently
produced with great success at the TheateI
du Vaudeville in Paris" The letter, which
bears astonishing witness to the present
perfection Of the French condolences Eng.
fish, ends up with the assurance that "thi:
is news" Brooks is now in Karlsbad snC
when he returns to London will make the
necessary arrangements for the French
woman's first appearance not only II
drama but in English.
JOHN AVA CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

1t was feared that the good old days
Of personal journalism were gone forever,
Tribune. our esteemed contemporary Is
a unique newspaper. II is unique in its ca
pacity for -unbounded, continuous and mall
ignant lying and false p~retenses, yolubility,
and denseHess of moral perception In de-
feIse OF criminals. . Upon us merits
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

No form Of summer amusement has
combatted the heated term so we'll as the
Burwood's superior moving pictures. This
is attributed to three good reasons, viz:
brand new pictures. the immense size of
the pictures and last, but not least, the
fact that the Burwood, during the periods
when the Thermometer is soaring its high
est, is as cool as a cavern. The moving
picture programs invariably contain
among its many numbers a reel of pictures
depicting travel in some foreign land.
The course adopted is generally up among
the perpetual SHOWS in the mountains or
along some rocky coast, where one may
not only see, but actually hear the in
viting waves dash themselves into a
seething mass of foam and spray against
the rugged shore. This in itself is a
cooling thought for heated heads, and in
conjunction with the welcome breezes
created by the myriad Of electric fans, II
surely makes the BurwoOd a most en-
joyable place In which to retreat 10 escape
the torrid heat waves, from which there
Is no other relief than the BuTwood's
cooling conditions. Is It's feature picture
in the program, starting this afternoon
and continuing, inclusive OF Wednesday
evening, the Burwood will offer a subject
most aprOpos to the summer season. II
is entitled The Little CoXswain OF the
VARSITY Eight" and II tells an absorbing
story Of love, intrigue and college sport
The race scene is said to be particularly
interesting. All OF Omaha's student body
and the alumni Of any college will find
this series of motion photography exceed
ingly entertaining. 1t is considered as
among the best films ever prepared by
the Edison company. The synchroscops
] will nffar annfhaE Of the mnVtnR pfgguWag
that talk, the Burwood being the only
picture display In Omaha presenting this
remarkable feature. A usual the per.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Coming Events.

For the fourteenth and closing week of
the season of the Woodward Stock COM
pany at the Boyd theater a merry comedy
has been selected as, the bill. "A Stranger
in Town" is one of those plays made
solely for the purpose of exciting laugh
ter, and not a dull moment exists in its
three acts. 1t is being offered under the
personal direction of Mr.. ]. Francis Kirk,
the director of the company, who will
ave an important part in the cast as
we'll and who promises that 1t will be up
to the standard in every particular. Mr..
Morrison will have one Of those roles in
which he delights, that of a retired broker
who is inclined to be a little sporty,
and Miss Fleming is also we'll located in
a good girl part. The others in the cast
are well. provided for, and the whole bill
is one that promises much in the way of
entertainment. The first performance will
be given this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

In The Drums of DOOM" a one-act
thriller produced recently in London, the
wife of Jim Fitzgerald is awaiting his re-
lease from prison, and Lawyer Delaney
ard his friend Billy Blackstone know that
the governors pardon has already been
signed. In joyful anticipation OF his re-
lease, Mrs. Fitzgerald is ordering a supper
and Is waiting patiently until u o'clock
strikes, when she expects a message from
her husband on the telephone. But the
governor has found that public opinion is
too strong for him. and a howlins MOB
round the prison has determined to prevent
the official pardon from reaching the Grim
inal. So when Il o'clock strikes the man
Is electrocuted, and the horrible message
reaches his distracted wife at the telephones:
1T all went off nicely. What are we to do
with the body2"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

An elaborate revival of Lord Lytton's
"Richelieu" will be the offering at the
Air Dome this week. This is perhaps the
best known of this writer's works, and
the popularity of the piece is attested in
the fact that 1t is nearly a century since
it was written. The personality of Car
dinal Richelieu stands out In the his
tory Of France much as Cromwells does
In England. An aged man. besieged by
rivals for his office. continually watched
by spies, the Intended victim Of many
plots, he continued to be the power be-
hind the throne of France until his death.
Mr.. Hillman is thoroughly familiar with
the title role. having played it for three
years in repertoire. Special scenery will
be used and the piece will be cOstumed
deliberately.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

ManAwa has had a patronage during the
last week that has been one Of the largest
in its history, the torrid days driving
thousands of pleasure seekers daily to the
cool resort. Bathing is proving so popular
that a third installment Of new suits had
to be ordered from Chicago TO meet the
rapidly increasing demand. Never be-
fore was this attraction so p~Htronized
by the girls as 1t has been this season,
and the hundreds of dainty maids who
a a plunge every afternoon in their
varied colored suits has caused consider
able comment. The new feature, dancing
at the Kursaal. is scoring a great hit
and the floor is crwoded nightly, many
of Omaha's society set being noticeable
the last week. The popular music by the
orchestra, the merriment among the
dancers and the cool lake breeze make a
great lnducement for all to take a trip
across to Manhattan beach. The casino
will offer a new bill, including a vaude-
Vile sketch and several of the latest mo-
ton pictures. The Manawa Concert band.
under the direction Of Prof. Charles Jones,
will render a program today that will be
a treat for all lovers of good music, all
the latest operas being among their Sc
l~ections. As one Of the largest crowds
Of the season is expected at Manawa to-
day, the street car company has promised
a two-minute service.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Nine. Modjeska, now retired from the
stage. has sent Jules hurry, a New York
manager, a four-act comedy by Sanford
Treadwell of California, entitled The
Right Man" which may be produced next
season. The scenes are laid in California
at til. time of the earthquake,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Joe Howard, composer of the music In
"The Flower OF the Ranch" and a half
dozen other plays, does not know one note
from another when II comes to reading or
writing music. He has a system all his
own. He sits down to a piano when he
gets an inspiration and plays the melody
over. At hts right hand he has a phono-
graph, which makes a record of the tune,
and in this way he improvises and retains
the melody, which is later transcribed by
some one who is well up in that sort of
thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Critic Walkley Of the Lincoln Times Is
again moved to e~cstatic utteranCe 10y the
dancing Of Genee. The little dsnseuse who
scored so heavily in "The Soul Kiss has
returned to the scenes of her English tri-
umphs, but will come back to us In the
fall.
I'VE should like TO collect all the incest
words we know and lay them at her feet
writes. But the SUI erlatives have been
thrown away BY now on much less de
serving things, and who would state with
ordinary oatls Of love Of the art OF Mile.
Genee? Even IL we elaborated jewels five
words long in her praise, our own art must
seem clumsy by the side Of hers. Per
haps the best way, after all, is that Of the
farmer in the story who returned thanks
for a good meal thus: 4 puts down my
knife and my fork, and ! says, THERE!
'Thercl Mile. Genee has come back. She
has MT c~hanged-eNcept for the better. And
she is dancing Coppelia. But the analogy
does not hold together. To see Mile. Genee
dance is not to take a full meal; 1t Is to
taste some rare, myriad-laughing wine OF
exquisite bouquet. And to do that, of
course, is to want more. The effect OF
Mile. Genee's art is like nothing 50 much
as that of such a wine. 1t sparkles with
isht and air and gayety, with beaded
bubbles winking at the brim. And 1t IL
rec from the faintest suspicious of any
thing raw. untempcred, or incomplete. Be
hind all that mischief, that spontaneous
grace and fun, lies a technical perfection
of which only Mile. Genee. perhaps, In this
imperfect world, can boast"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

fleu IOf the lllIu llIle, ana married TO an
American, James Usselman Of Indiana. VINO
acts under the name OF James Carew."
Observations of an old playgoer in the
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch:
That twenty-five-minute vaudeville
Hamlet" is merely obeying Shakespeare's
If 'twere done when lis done, 'tWere
well 'twere done quickly"
With Playwrights AIDE and Thomas active
in politics on opposing sides the campaign
outlook promises some thrilling plots and
counterplots.
William Fayersham has four new plays
for next season, but one bird in the hand
is worth more than that in the bush.
Leslie Carter doubtless hopes for a hit in
her new play thatll land smack on the
David Belasco-co.
The Long Beach music hall Of Mont
gomery and Stones was probably built
with rocks" taken from "1he Red Mill"
Now that Chicago has killed "Ihe Lady
from Lanes" It's stranded players hope 10
see the ghost walk.
Doesn't The Merry Widows" move to
the top of the Aerial theater in New York
threaten a roof garden crop OF weeds?
Observes Rennold Wolf: Heaven. and
perhaps ElinOr Glyn, alone knows what a
Suratt has such a terpsichoreRn surprise
In preparation and WIN offer IL to the
returned from Europe after scoring a per
sonal success in the London halls,
Robert DALEY. a brother Of the late
Peter F. Daley, will be leading comedian
in THE Girl Question" when that piece is
presented in Wallack's theater, New York,
in August. Daley has been appearing with
Bert Leslie in vaudeville. He will have the
part OF Con Ryan. the restaurant manager.
played in the La Sale by JUNE McCree and
Joseph Whitehead.
The other day MI. Conner was talking
of the French actress. The subject Of
death Is not exactly pleasant; still, pleas
ant OF unpleasant, Bernhard has found II
her greatest asset" he asserted And why
not? There is nothing in this world so
certain as death. BeTnhardt recognizes
that fact and al her life she has guided
herself by the belief t-hsatergOeTs are not
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Gossip About PLAYS, Players and Playhouses


Torrance will be continuous daily, from
1 to 8 and Z to IL ,. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19
Sarah B%ernhardt is anxious for stu

Sarah Bernhard Is anxious for still an
other American tour. Her coming Is con
ditional upon one thing and that is the
consent OF William Common of the Stude-
baker to act again as her manager. For
several months Bernhard has been trying
to prevail upon Mr.. Connor to turn from
other business interests long enough to
take her around the circuit she covered
with so much glory and profit two years
ago, and It is significant that in his
lengthy correspondence with her he has net
limited at a flat refusal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

"All for a Girl" is the name of a new
comedy written by Rubcrt Hughes. The
principal male character is tn ba acted by
Douglas Fairbanks, who played juveniles
here in LAS Ye sow and THE Man Of the
Hour
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

1t is accepted as significant that George
Alexander has decided to bring the run Of
Pinero's latest play, The Thunderbolt
to an early conclusion at his theater w
London. He himself will not begin his
provincial tour until the end of August
when he will depend entirely upon The
Thief" During his absence his theater
will be occupied by orbes-Robertso and
EartrtnH. El1iott
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

IT presented Nine. Nazlmova In the Ibsen
plays to clarity her English boldly as
serted Henry Miller in a talk he had with
Colgate Baker in San Francisco, where he
is playing. She could not speak distinctly,
vantage in the Ibsen DRAMA, for 1t would
give the audience something more to puzzle
over, and that is what the members of the
cult delight in. Nine. NaZimoVa was a
artist. But l must say a good word foI
Ibsen as long as we are on the subject. l
really believe that we need the Norwegian
dramatist sometimes, just as we occasion
ally need a doctor. He has served an eX-
cellent medicinal purpose; he has prevented
fatty degeneration of the drama, and as a
tonic and corrective of INSTRUMENTATION
he has been Of great service. He sounded
the death knell of banality on the stage,
and we owe him a great debt. but the
patient, having had his dose OF physic, has
had enough for the present"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Among the old pieces which Klaw &
Erlanger will offer are Ben Hur." The
Round Up" and THE Right of Way"
Their new attractions Include In Time Of
Peace" written by Paul Armstrong, a play
of the American colonial period by Langdon
and also a comedy by the same author,
entitled The Widows Mite" in which
Annie Russell may be seen; a play by John
J. McNally entitled From Harlem to the
Battery" and an adaptation of Rex Beach's
The Barrier" At ChristmasI they are to
furnish a spectacular piece on the story OF
Cinderella, who will be imp~ersonated by
Mabel Taiiaferro.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne's next vehicle
will be a new play by John Luther Long,
who, in collaboration with Belasco, wrote
The Darling of the Gods" The locale
of the piece is Hungary. Mrs. Carter will
have the role Of a young woman, fresh
meeting of the convent bred girl with a
poet, who makes love to her and succeeds
eventually In entiCing her away into the
mounta ms with him. OF course, it is in the
mountain retreat where the plot begins
TO curdle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Charles Klein is happier than he was the
night The Music Master" scored its big
success. 1t is all due 70 the birth of a baby
boy, who arrived at Shirley Manor, his
summer home I'm Connecticut, a week ago,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Ellen Terry concludes what would seem to
be the last of her breezy series Of memoir
with: The tour Of 1907 was chiefly mumen-
tous to me because at Pittsburg l vas mar
ried for the third time, and married 10 an
American, James Usselman Of Indiana, vino
acts under the name OF James CareW.'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-19

Doris Mitchell has been engaged by Jules
hurry as loading woman for Norman
Hackett in Classmates"