Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

It Talk of New York." at the Boyd.
Victor Moore and company in THE Talk
Of New York" a comedy with music, in
four acts, by George M. Cohan; under
direction of Cohan & Harris. The prin-
cipals Din order of their appearance):
Martin McFadden ...........,.. John Conroy
Freddie Stevens ............ 10 Smith Marba
Dudley Wilcox ............ George O'Donnell
Belle McFadden ..........E Emma Littlefield
Joe wilcox .......,...William A. Williams
Grace Palmer .................... Mae Phelps
Mrs. Wilcox ............. Charlotte Lambert
geraldine WILCOX ............ Charlotte Gray
que GratL '."''"''"'.'.'. Ethel Hamlin
schnap Schott, reporter on the World.
...................!...... Edward Yeager
N. A. Hurry, betting commissioners.
Winnie Rayce, a jockey. =. Louise Brackett
Lolita Speed, a jockey. Marion Finlay
slippett Toomey, captain of bellboys...
Phoney Sparks, hotel clerk. George Thomas
Ollin Gray, special officer. .....Al McGarry
Eugene l.. Friend ..........Edwa Nichols
Meeta Mann .....,............ Marion Finlay
sam Slick ........."..... Arthur j. Thornton
TIP Ready, head waiter. .....M Elliott
Parks, mounted policeman. Al McGarry
Andy Gray, butler. ...... Arthur V. Gibson
Holdam upman, bicycle policeman. ......
......,'......-..... Arthur j. Thornton
We always did like Kid Burns; he was a
uSSSll SUI VI CHAP, IL ne ulu lick IN pol
ish. His heart was in the right place, and
his conduct in the matter of the Bennett
will, which formed the basis for Forty.
Five Minutes from Broadway" was that
of a gentleman. And when he agreed to
stick around New Rochelle because Mary
wanted him to, well, everybody had ar
idea that 1t was all over but saying, "Bless
you, my children" 1t seems everybody
was mistaken, though, for Kid Burns.
drifted back to New York. and naturally
to the race tracks. He succeeded in run
ming up a S. bill to a million, and thought
money was going to make him happy; but
1t did not. 1t only brought him more
trouble. He tried to get In right with a
class OF people who wouldn't have him,
and his native shrewdness made the reason
very plain to him, His Innate honesty
helped him, though, and he stuck to he
one man who was really friendly to him.
1t was peculiar. perhaps, that this one man
was a millionaire as well, with a daughter,
a son and a wife, the latter with a strong
sense OF her social responsibility and much
aversion for persons OF the Kid Burns
stripe, The son, too, had certain ideas that
we're not in favor of Burns, but the father
recognized his worth, and the daughter
simply fell in love with him. An adven-
Iuf6bS, well TeChileu IN connection with
some events at New Rochelle about the
time the Bennett will matter was up. en-
trapped the son into a promise of marriage,
after having put over a rather lumpy piece
Of work on the Kid, whereby she thought
she had him silenced. But he talked to
the father and saved the son. In the mean
time everything was breaking badly for
him, and he could get no word from Mary.
So he made up his mind to blow New York
and inmure himself In New Rochelle. Me
for the small town thing" he sings. but
when he gets home-he had bought the
Bennett place-he found Mary had married
Bennett the younger and the only thing in
sight was Europe and forgetfulness. Just
then In comes the father and mother and
daughter; mother knows all, and admires
the honest, manly Burns, and is willing
that he should become a member OF the
family, no matter how much society might
gossip, and the daughter and papa being
willing and the son having taken a trip 10
Europe himself, It is fair to believe that
when the curtain goes down Mr.. Kid Burns
Us a 1 to 100 shot for the minister.
II would be a waste of time 10 tell how
well Victor Moore does the role; he has
been praised from one end OF the country
TO the other for his acting in the part.
and all that could here be said would be
but repetition OF what has been said bet
ter at other times by othsr writer's. So