Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

most amusing complications follow, which
lead them to assume all kinds of DISCUSSES.
The music of Herbert is Of the whistleable
kind, and satisfied not only muic lovers
alone, but the masses to whom song Is one
Of the greatest delights.
The Royal Vendes Artillery band, which
will appear here next Tuesday, May 4, at
Boyd's theater, is al organization twenty
six strong, under the able leadership OF
Director John Ekblad. It is an exceptional
favor for a regimental band of the Swed-
ish army to obtain a leave Of absence long
enough to insure for it an American tour.
The Swedish government is also very care
full to secure in advance every possible
guarantee that the tour, when decided on,
will be successful in every detail. The
regimental musicians are soldiers of the
regular army, and anything TO injure their
prestige or success is by the government
considered as incompatible with the dignity
of the army. But the music that such an
organization as the Royal Vendes Artillery
band renders is well worth going to hear
even II a double amount of restrictions
and precautions than those actually taken
were to be enforced. The military music
of Sweden is world famous for its excel
lency, and the Vendes band has also won
much glory for its string band music.
John Drew, who will be seen at the BOYD
theater on Friday and Saturday evenings
and Saturday matinee, brings with him this
time one of the best comedies that has
been presented this season. Jack Straws"
that's the title of the new piece-was de-
scribed by a London critic as light as a
feather and saucy as a sparrow" and that
fits it exactly. Because its hero assumes
a title to WOO the girl he loves, some per-
sons have noted it's resemblance TO The
Lady of Lyons" but the resemblance ends
right there, and for up-to-date theater-
goers. Mr.. Vaughan has treated his theme
in a far more entertaining way than Bull
wer did. This is tie first of Mr.. Maugham's
plays that was presented in America, and
everyone who has seen ii is anxious to
see more of them. His plot in this piece
is extremely simple, but he presents 1t so
whimsically that the audience quite loses
sight of the fact that it isn't a much
deeper and more involved story. The dia-
logue is always witty and clever and at
the same time it is entirely natural. The
situations are most amusing and there is a
vein of kindly satire that adds greatly to
its interest. Above all, 1t is a splendid
evening's entertainment, and that is what
most people go to the theater for. The
role of the hero, an eccentric Pomperanian
prince who is discovered first as a waiter
in a swagger London hotel disguised in a
false beard and who afterward assumes
his own rightful name and title to WOO
the. young woman he has fallen in love
with. Is one that might have been written
expressly for Mr.. Drew, 80 well does 1t suit
him. There is a fine part, too, for Miss
Rose Coghlan. a sort Of modern Mrs.
Malaprop, and she makes the most of her
opportunities in It. Miss Mary Boland,
Miss Adelaide Prince, Miss Grace Hender-
son, Frank Goldsmith, Edgar l.. Daven-
port, Mario Majeroni, E. Soldence Powell
and Edwin Nicander go TO complete one
of the best casts seen here in a long time,
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The announcement that Nine. Kenny
Lipzin, the great Yiddish actress, would
play a return date at Boyd's May 8 and 10
should be welcome news TO her great mum
Der Of admirers In this city, She has
since seen here last December engaged an
entirely new company, which is much
stronger than her former cast. She will
present two plays on this visit. on Sun
day evening. May O. Her Past" by z.
Lbin, viii be the bill, and on Monday
evening, Mas 10. The Power OF Love,
by l. Cobrin. Both Of these plays were
written especially for this great artist, and
scored a tremendous success when pre-
sented by her for nearly a year at the