The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-08-20

which the theater has ever begun a
season. The Man on The Box" is
so well known as one of the big sue
cesses that it is believed the opening
will be most suspicious.
1t has been demonstrated during sea
sons past that Norfolk people appre.
ciate the high grade theatrical attrac-
tions, and the Auditorium management
is pleased to be able to announce a
greater number Of high quality attrac.
tons for the coming season than have
season.
Theater Panic Is over.
Last year was the hardest year dur
ing the past decade on the show bust
ness, due to the panic of October 1907.
When the financial furry came, the
atrical attractions went to the wall by
the hundred and at the end of the
1907-S season few were left on the
road. The east failed to recuperate
from the effects of the money strin-
gency last fall and, as the east pro-
duces the shows of the country, there
was scarcity of attractions all last
season which made playhouse man
ayers grey headed with worry. It was
almost impossible last year to get any
attractions and those that were Sc
cured had to be begged for and fought
for.
It's Different This Year.
But it's different this year. Times
ity is again in evidence. The theatric-
al producers see prosperity ahead, and
as a result are planning more good
attractions for this season than the
country has known in a decade.
Among the list of high class attrac-
tions to be seen during the season
are:
The Third Degree"
Edmund Carroll, formerly with
Walker Whiteside, now owning high
grade stock company.
The Lyman Twins in a new musical
comedy.
"The House of Thousand Candles"
Little Johnnie Jones'"
THE Man of the Hour"
w. B. Patten, already a favorite in
Norfolk
Fifty Miles From Boston"
The Honeymooners."
THE Travelling Salesman"
polly of the Circus"
Strong Heart"
New Distinction for Norfolk.
In securing THE Third Degree" for
this year, Norfolk has gained new
distinction along theatrical lines. This
will be the very first time that Norfolk
has ever secured a New York success
at the same time the play was running
in New York.
THE Third Degree" came out last
year and was one of the big successes
on Broadway. 1t is written by Charles
Klein, author of THE Lion and the
Mouse" which appeared here in the
spring and which was regarded by
many theatergoers as the one best at
traction Norfolk had ever seen.
THE Third Degree is under the
same management as 1.-THE Lion and
the Mouse"-Henry B. Harris.
This play starts in its new run in
New York city tomorrow at the Hud.
son theater.
Upon the basis of the support given
the Auditorium in the top-notch at
fractions which will be brought to
Norfolk early in the season, will de-
pend the arrangements success in get
ting big first raters later. In fact,
some of those listed above are now
booked conditionally, depending upon
the patronage accorded attractions
early in the season owned by the same
producing managers.
The present management of the Au-
ditorium has tried to constantly i'm
prove the quality of attractions Sc.
cured for Norfolk, and with the CO.
operation of Norfolk this will be the
most delightful theatrical season the
town has ever seen.
Never before was an attraction of
the calibre of THE Man on the Box"
secured for the September opening,
and never have there been so many
high grade shows willing to come to
the Auditorium upon guarantee of
the support which such shows must
have.