Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

HEhHEKGlH DoAANo dAAu yOu e q
&3DAAD notion of George M. Cohan's
latest, 9TH American Idea" which comes
to the Boyd theater for four nights, be-
ginning this evening, with a Wednesday
matinee. The audiences are kept busy try
Ing to pace Mr.! Cohan's mile-a-minute
proceedings. The management promise
to hook cyclometers to the dancing girls
just to approximate the mileage of the
organization, which strikes a gait that any
and all racers might envy. In "a Yankee
Prince" Mr.. Conan wrapped decadent Eng
land in the American flag. In 1.-THE Amer
lean Idea" he flaunts the national colors
in the face Of dissipated 'Paree." You
may wager your green hat that Conan
never forgets to applaud Uncle Sam. In
fact, he wrote his latest libretto with red,
white and blue pencils. The chorus does
its best work clad in those hues, and be-
tween the acts the Stars and Stripes are
flashed on the curtain. The story impli-
Gates two Brooklyn millionaires drawn
from life), each with a son and daughter.
The fathers are enemies, but the four
offspring become engaged to be married.
A bogus French count is hurried orward
as a lure. and a frisky grass widow CTrixie
Friganza) and her occasionally devoted dI.
vorced husband, supply the counter plot.
THE Mysterious Stranger" a combination
of "Evangeline,' THE Lone Fisherman
and Foxy CUTLER" walks through the
three acts, talking continually in the third
person and describing. as a rank outsider.
the various episodes, and with the equally
Mysterious Girl" who follows him adds
a wholesome amount of fun. This innova.
ton, with the two brothers and two sis.
tiers, who always talk I'M pairs, are fresh
indications that Mr.. Cohan's brain keeps
a-traveling. The scenery is snowy and
s~himmering, and the big chorus works
with the indefatigability exhibited by the
Japs at Port Arthur. The American Idea
has the speed OF a race horse, the excite.
ment Of a base ball game, and the good
fellowship of a college reunion. Some
night, when you want to get away from
yourself, catch It.
: The Relkins' Yiddish company will ap
pear at the Boyd theater on December L
and IS in high class Yiddish plays. Thi,
company will be remembered from previous
seasons for its excellent acting o~rganlza
tions, and this attraction will be a grea
treat for the Yiddish community in Omaha
Mrs. Relkins has together this year on,
of the hest companies that he has had OF
the road. The name of the plays will b.
announced in the daily papers Monda!
morning.
The attraction for the Boyd theater, be
E ginning Sunday, December 10. for tire
r days, will be Kirke LaShelle's great pro
duction OF The Virginian," The Kirk
LaShelle company is presenting this piec
!, this season with a great cast and produc
a ton. The seat sale will begging next Thurs
day.
The Talk OF New York" another wor
OF George NJ. CohRn. and In a measure
sequel 10 "Forty-five Minutes from Broad
Broadway" comes 90 the Boyd theate
December 2i and q as a special Xmas al
traction after a long run in Chicago an
. New York. Victor Mooret, the star OF TN
occasion. came into general prominence b
his. performance OF kid Burns IN "FoTtl
five Minutes from Broadway" and his no
Is In the new play is sim that Of the sian
d expert. The story OF the piece follows n
sr KID after he has become a successfl
A. race track plunger and has succeeded
amasslng a considerable fortune. He HI
!" fallen ia love with the daughter OF a mi
ls nonaire and encounters all sorts OF di
re ~ficultles before firaIly winning the your
h lady's hand The play Is In fouA acts al
is said TO be presented with the identic
scenic equipment ana the original ga