Evening journal., 1908-02-19
THEATRICAL

At the Lyceum Theatre this after
noon and evening TOO Proud to Bee"
will conclude its engagement.
At the Lyceum Theatre on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this week
the attraction will be Charles e. Blan-
ey's play The Curse of Drink" This
is probably the strongest of the num-
erous plays which Mr. Blaney has
written and produced 1t is not a SER
mon as many may suppose but story
of every day life. 1t is a railroad play
and there is some excellent railroad
scenery in the piece. 1t is we'll mount
ed and there is no doubt that the piece
will draw good business.
The name of Leo Ditrichstein sug-
gests brisk comedy and he will be
seen here at the Grand Opera House
next Saturday evening in Bluffs, his
own and most recent creation. The
complications are said to be somewhat
bewildering. following the over-ex-
ploitation of a theatrical star in the
newspapers. AS the central figure Mr..
Ditrichstein has to impersonate an
Italian chauffeur and a French maid.
The cast will include Fred Bond, Miss
Kenyon Bishop, Miss Alison Skipworth.
Miss Lowell Taylor. Alfred Kappeler,
Eugene Redding and Miss La Toilette.
The Edison moving picture ma
chimes makes possible some sensational
productions. One of these is seen at
the Garrick this week, and shows the
carrying off of a little babe from its
play on the Threshold of its home
| by a great earle The bird takes the
child to its nest on the side of a great
precipice. Searchers locate the child
and the father is let down the side
of the precipice byNa rope in the hands
| of rescuers, and after a terrific fight
with the eagle he rescues his child and
is drawn upward to safety. It is really
a wonderful picture and we'll worth
seeing.
At one of the theatres. where a musi-
cal comedy is now playing, the man
who plays the bass drum is an object
of interest. He not only. between
numbers. adds long lists Of figures. but
when he finishes this bookkeeping feat
falls fast asleep and plays the rest of
the evening with closed eyes and nod
ding head. He makes no mistakes,
nor does he ever fail to play when he
should. He is an example worthy OF
serious study. Think of being able
TO rise above a bass drum; that alone
shows him to have marvellous control
complete mastery of himself. He may
be a lover of quiet, perhaps he is
peculiarly sensitive to noise; and SO
instead of throwing up his job he SEN
sibly combines il with ether work. and
then when the noisy tumult is about to
begin he withdraws his spirit from the
! scene and for all we know he may be
spending a quiet evening at home.
His sense of fitness is perfect; he
knows that to tie a full=grown mind
and soul down to a bass drum six even
ings out OF the week is degrading
wasteful all that should be sacrifices
is body trained to mechanical action
Well, that Is all he gives, not viii
more or less. He divides his forces
with a feeling for value that is de.
cidedly out of the common. He weigh;
and apoprtions accordingly. We re
spect that man-for mis- beating of tn,
drum. for his quick adding of figures
and for whatever the rest of him /.
doing when it is so obviously off b,
, itself We confess 20 a great desiri
to know Just what errand he does sens
his spirit out on-a rain-taxing on
, we feel sure. for he scowls 50 painfully
: in his sleep.-New York Evening Sun.