Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-13
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses

I circus. thrown by accident into the home Of
the young village clergyman, awakening To
love, 60 knowledge. to hope and To God.
The vain endeavors Of holier-than-thou
church women and deacons to separate the
girl and the young minister, the glad. self
sacrifice OF the girl when It is born in
upon her that his career may be imperiled
by her love and the final happy ending OF
the simple story after the storm combine
to make a more than interesting study.
Miss Edith Taliaferro win play the leading
part. She will be surrounded by a very
strong cast of well known players.
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II has been decided TO continue at the
Burwood theateF for another week the
production of "Salome," which has been
packing the theater TO its utmost capacity
at every performance during the last week.
The production in its handling, costuming
and mounting is far in excess of anything
the Burwood company has yet offered. and
that this work Of the brilliant Oscar Wilde
should ave been produced just at this
time Is but a fortunate coincidence for the
thousands who will come from great dis
tances to the corn exposition, for but
once before in this country lin San Fran
ciscoD has this original version of "salome"
betn pIpuuteus bO mNenst - lle interest,"
this play has for the crowds that are
nightly flocking to see it, and so enrapt
are they, tha it is the usual thing to note
that the orchestra has started to play the
exit music before any inclination is shown
by the audience to leave the heater. To so
steadfastly hold them and to make them
oblivious to the fact that the end OF this
weird tragedy has been reached bespeaks
volumes OF praise for Miss Elliott and the
company which surrounds her. The second
week OF the run of this piece will be in
augurated by a matinee today. There will
also be matinees on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
Following the second and final week of
'Salome' at the Burwood theater, the
company will offer it's bid for patronage,
the week containing Christmas, an elabo-
rate revival Of the time honored Camille"
from the French of Alexander Dumas. It
was the intention TO present this great
play several weeks ago, but the plans
were interfered with by the prolonged
runs Of ''The Deyil' and 9TH Girl of the
Golden West"
"Strongheart," the college play, Is an
nounced for the Krug theater, starting
with matinee today, and continuing for
four days, with matinee on Wednesday.
Among the strongest reasons for Strong
hearts" popularity Is the fact that it Is
clean, It shows sturdy, manly youth, as
yet u~ncontaminated by sordid worldliness.
A presentation of such life attracts the
best, which is to say the largest. element
in any community. A man of family finds
in "s~trongheart' the spirit he would in
culcate in his son. and which he would
have his daughter admire.
The engagement of las Told in the
Hills a melodrama Of western life, viii
be seen for three days at the Krug, start
ing Thursday. The play has a strong plot,
original and cleverly conceived, and is
written with dramatic skill and literary
excellence.
Charmion will be at the Orpheum for the
week beginning matinee today, as the head
line act of another bill of advanced vaude-
vile. Charmion is a Russian woman who
wears the title Of "The Perfect Woman
She is another Venus. She has developed
extraordinary strength without losing her
womanly grace. She gives a trapeze act
in which she gives evidence of her phys |
ical development. Everett Scott, the Lii |
putian comedian, will be here as the Teddy |
Bear in six Little Girls and a Teddy
Bear" Mr.. Scott has made q speciality of !
impersonating animals. He is funny as a
Teddy bear. Six sprightly maids make
merry with songs, dances and chatter.
winning a Queen" is the title of a funny
skit offered by Frank Gardner and Lottie
Vincent, both well known in vaudeville, |
The Saytons are European contortionists,
who present their act in q neat stage set
ting. Lewis and Green, comedians, are ex-
plotting the vagaries of engaging a cook.
They come to Omaha to make people laugh
during the corn exposition week. Martin
YanBergen and Myrtle Kreshe will present
George w. Creel's story OF the plains, en-
titled, Where Hearts Beat True This
piece has the spirit Of the west and viii
appeal with particular force to Nebraskans. !
Dane Claudius and Melody Scarlet are
banjo players who play some Of the good,
old tunes" with a few of the modern COM
positions. Such tunes as Darling Nellie |
Gray" and ''When Johnny Comes Marching
Home" they render with much feeling.
New kinodrome Views and daily matinees
as usual.
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The Cameraphone has secured the SER |
vices OF the noted actress, Grace Cameron, |
the original Dolly Dimples'' girl OF the
famous musical success Piff, Peff, Pouf.
This clever artist will be shown upon the
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