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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

manly lover, that we may find in him
a reincarnation Of comedians who have
passed beyond, a revival OF roles that are
now essayed by some OF the lesser lights
OF the profession. Mr.. Drew should adorn
the American stage for many years, and
his early return to his interrupted play
viii be welcome news. No understudy hav-
ing been provided for Mr.. Drew. the run
of "Inconstant George was indefinitely
suspended and the theater closed.
And now It appears that even vaudeville
can be made too cheap. The string Of
houses that was to reach from coast to
coast has broken in the middle and one
after another of the theaters controlled by
P~antages has put up the shutters because
the public would have none of the offering,
This failure may be ascribed TO any one
of several causes. but the wiseacres will
say mainly that II Is due to the prevalence
Of picture houses.
Another rumor of interest to the vaude-
Vile world comes out from the east in
the suggestion that there is a likelihood
of Martin Beck and William Morris getting
together on a working basis. Just what
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

ties, without detracting in any way from
the intensity Of the situation. MIR. Belasco
secures a curtain that rouses the keenest
interest and holds the audience In fun
check for the opening Of the final act. 1t
is as fine a bit OF contriving to sustain
the effect as was ever produced, and It IS
this. through all the play, that goes very
far to redeem it from it's manifest absurdi-
ties.
John Drew gave his friends q dreadful
shock by falling from his horse in Central
park and the inconsiderate animal very
materially added to the seriousness of the
affair by trampling on his PROSTATE mas
ter, to the end that the collarbone was
fractured and other injuries forced upon
the unfortunate gentleman, so that he is
confined at present TO his room. John
Drew has deserved from his fellow coun-
trymen too much, by reason OF his efforts
to entertain them, to merit such an ending.
He has, throughout the length and breadth
of the land, a host of admiring followers,
who will hope that when advancing years
have rendered 1t no longer possible for him
to enact the dapper and debonnair gentle
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

desk and showed a thousand-dollar bill
through the grating for the cashier to
change. When that frustrated Individual
had finally dug w the coin he was tipped
a IS note for his trouble.
The OstermRnn festival is said TO have
reached It's climax In the Burns hotel.
There we're eight men IN the bar when Os-
termann reached there. His order was
champagne for everybody In the room and
everybody was served with a quart. The
astonlshed, but delighted. barkeeper was
given a $50 bill and told to keep the change.
It was at the Burns that ostermann is
said 20 have performed the stunt OF burn
ing up a $40 bill with a grace that has ret
been equAled since John L. Sullivan used
to perform the same feat when he was az
the zenith OF his fans.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
'r---David Belasco

foundation exists for thie cannot be said,
but It is certain that IL Morris ard Beck
do strike hands and come to an under
standing In vaudeville there may be some
busy times in the U. b. O. Meanwhile
Morris and the Shuberts have arranged
matters so that throughout the west In
houses where the Shuberts canno furnish
attractions sufficient to fill all the time
the Morris vaudeville will be put in. This
is a distinctly advantageous arrangement
for the Shuberts, who found themselves
quite put to it to furnish a sufficient num-
Der of companies to supply the theaters
that were willing to do business with them,
In the east the condition was relieved to
some extent by m arrangement between
the Shuberts and Hammerstein where opera
is to be furnished I'm Shuber houses that
would otherwise be dark. With Hammer
stein and Shuberts working together in
the east and Morris and Shuberts working
together In the west, the trust will not
find the crushing of the Shuberts such an
easy matter.
The New York Clipper is preparing what
ought to be a remarkably interesting series
Of articles. The plan is to TAX up the
personality of great American actors for
the last fifty years and present them
geographically, one each week. 1t is an
nounced by the publishers that the first
article will appear January l and will deal
with Edwin Forrest. Others will follow In
turn. The series should be Of great inter
est to people, both in and out Of the pro-
~fesslon.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

has appeared in America. His work is
doubly entertaining by virtue Of the
comedy which makes up an important part
Of it. Charles Kenna, presenting his orig
inal character, the street fakir, is a mono
logist Of amusing personality. a puzzle
in black and white is to be presented by
the novelty gymnast, Marseilles. Another
excellent feature will be contributed by the
vivacious Coincidence, Pauline Moran. The
kinodrome will project the newest Of mo-
ton pictures, and the Orpheum orchestra
will contribute several concert selections.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

a trine difficult to say which
~ is more responsible for the sue
IdfBMS0V cess that has attended Mr..
l Hurlburt's rather mediocre play,
The Fighting Hope" is as fine a collection
Of improbabillties as one Is likely to find
compressed within a similar limit. 1t has
one redeemlng quality. That Is the intense,
overpowering womanly attribute with
which it's central figure is endowed-thc
love of a mother for her children. What
ever the qualifications OF a very simple
plot that never wanders far afleld the cen
trail thought is that Anna Granger ~ maxi
ing a fight for the two boys, sons Of her
flesh, that she may bring them up to man
hood without a stain on their names, and
with no question as to their pedigree. 1t
does not matter whether she loves or de-
spises Robert Granger. He is the father
of her children, and in order to protect her
children she must, If possible, clear their
father from the guilt that has been fas-
tened on him.. No other thought than this
actuates her, and for that and for no
other thought than this connected with the
play, 1t is worthy of more than passing
attention. That Temple should fall in love
with his secretary is merely dramatic ex-
pedient. That she should return this love
IL Of the same piece, and that Granger
should make his appearance unexpectedly
just at the close of the play and be re-
moved in a providential and expeditions
manner is melodrama Of the kind in which
David Belasco especially revels.
.
In this part Of the plays action the
hand OF Mr. Belasco is especially apparent.
To Miss Bates falls the welcome work
of visuallzing a really fine woman. When
pra naaunc a., ,a,,touy H., ori., 4.n. -
femininity in differing degrees of dis
tress, ranging from hope to hopeless, that
have paraded across the stage during the
last decade. comfort will certainly be
found in the personality of Anna Granger.
Miss Bates has had little opportunity for
a wide range Of stage experience. Grad
u9ted from a stock company where a
reasonably firm foundation for her his
trionic education had been laid, she found
herself called upon~to enact the interest
ing, but somewhat off-color heroine of
Ouida's, Under Two Flags" Cigarette is
a character more easily presented by the
dancing soubrette than by a really capable
actress. From Cigarette TO THE Darling
of the Gods" was q long leap, and in
this production the real actress was more
or less submerged In the Belasco scenery
In THE Girl Of the Golden West" Miss
Bates found material more worthy, and
as the girl she showed a broadening view
and a more comprehending understanding
of her art, This growth is still in process
but In THE Fighting Hope, she has proven
herself a possessor Of abilities that likely
never would have been suspected had she
stuck TO Cigarette.
She is not yet full mistress of that ar
which conoeals ~artifice, nor has sh,
learned the trick Of entirely forgetting
all except the business in hand. Certain
1iffln nlEfEnds and nnannnrianna chm 1nc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

The players in these silent dramas some
times see their work reproduced in a room
OF the theater when for some reason Mr..
Plimpton and the stage managers have to
see a film before 1t is put upon the market.
1t may be found to run a few minutes
overtime and must be cut. Then it is
produced in a darkened room for those
who are to agree upon where the cuts are
to be made.
The players who have appeared in the
scenes to be reproduced, II they are not
then at work, crowd into the little room to
see the reproduction. But not all of them.
One actress did so once and saw herself
go through an eighteen-minute perform
ance upon the screen and then declared
that she would never repeat the expert
ment.
II shall go to the downtown moving pic
ture theaters, where plays 1 am not in are
shown, but never again do 1 want to see
myself reflected in such light. so to say
she said. 1T gave me an awful creepy
feeling to sit there in the dark and see
myself silently portraying a characters
emotion with never a sound to convince
me that it was not my own ghost. /
helped myself some by pinching myself
black and blue, but it wasn't altogether
satisfactory"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

performance. But when she gets into the
deep waters Of the drama. when the really
tense activities OF the play swallow her
,p. then she comes forth with a strength
that is the more surprising because OF
the judgment that has been passed on
her earlier efforts. In the closing scenes
of the second act and the compelling
situations Of the third act OF The Fight
ing Hope" Miss Bates shows the true wo-
man in a way so convincing, and so per-
fectly natural, that she deserves the highest
praise. It is not a tgress fighting for her
cubs it is not an animal of any sort, but it is
a mother, a human mother, a mother men
love and reverence, battling with her back
against the wall for the boy she loves and
cherishes above all other things. The
father is nothing to her. The man who has
avowed his love, and whom she confessed
her love for, is nothing to her. No one
around her counts. Only those boys at home
1t is the most natural, effective and rea-
sonable thing Of the sort that has been
shown on the stage in a generation, and
giving David Belasco all the credit for
his wonderful ability as al arranger OF
situations and a director of movements,
yet there is 50 much glory left for Blanche
Bates, that If she never achieves any
thing else, she will be long remembered
for the effective expression, and the equally
effective repression, thai makes the last
half of TT Fighting Hope" one of the
most powerful plays of human interest of
modern times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
At the Omaha TheaterS

Trixie Friganza in a Cohan Piece at the Boyd-Burlesque at
the Gayety, Melodrama at the Krug and Vaudeville at the
Orpheum-Some Promised Attractions of Unusual Interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
Acting the Silent Drama

Special Gifts Are Needed for Moving Pctures-Better Film Plays
Promised-Experiment with Trained Pantomimist-Al Plays Re-
hearsed in Costume-Scenes that Are Strange to Regular Stage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

one day the writer noticed in the Edison
theater an actress made up in a poor spilled
dress and a ragged shawl thrown over her
shoulders, her hair unkempt, evidently pre-
pared to go through her part as a woman
OF the slums. a scene was set as a music
room In a fashionable house. This seeming
woman Of the slums had drawn a pretty
little table by the side OF the piano on
which she had spread her lunch and was
herself seated at the piano playing some
thing Of Liszts and playing IL very well.
Another scene for which the set was
arranged was the interior OF a backwoods
cabin. on the backwoodsman's rough board
table a little actress made up as a frontier
waif had rranged her lunch and was read
ing-Henry James.
The American makers frankly admit, I"
said II. q. Plimpton, manage OF the
Edison moving picture works, that we
do not yet equal the two principal French
makers in the presentation OF some lines
OF legitimate drama. But the best American
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

Vhis gives an unusual appearance to the
theater, unlike the stage Of the regular
theater during rehearsal. You find a group
OF people unemployed for the time, the
light is not right or the stage hands have
not yet set the scene, all discussing foot
ball or fudge or some play they rave them
selves seen the night before. During their
working hours they live in makeup and
costume, and one might visit such a
thester a score Of times and never become
familiar with the appearance OF any OF
the players in their proper person.
For this same reason. the necessity tc
take advantage of proper light, the players
are held in the theater without a recess foI
lunch. This fact adds to the social especl
Of their work. At noon hour the theateI
provides lunch for the players and the,
eat It where they wish-in their DRESSING
rooms or in the greenroom or scattereC
about the stage, perhaps occupying som,
Of the sets which rave been arranged TO
scenes,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

The advantages Of Mr.. Belasco as a
stage manager have never shown so eff
fectively as 1t is at the closing of the Sec
ond act. In fact, the situation here d.
vides attention between the actors and the
stage manager to a degree that the charac-
ters of the drama are almost lost sight of
in the curiosity to learn Just how the
situation is going to be handled so as to
produce the proper curtain. Mrs. Granger
has reached the point where her next step
must necessarily involve the confession
to Temple that she has burned the letter
on which his future seems to rest. Moth
ing more can be said between them, Her
next words to him must be that the letter
no longer exists. There is no one else ON
the stage, nor is there any reason why any
one else should enter. The curtain cannot
descend on the situation developed, and
yet 1t must go down, for If the confession
is then made the story will come to an
abrupt ending, and the third act must, in
the very nature of things, be anti
climactic and absurd. The problem is one
that can we'll engage the thought of any
one interested in stage management, and
the mastery way in which Mr.. Belasco
handles It is an evidence of the real genius
that has marked his career. Without
doing any violence whatever to the proper
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

Europe could duplicate. 1t will be the same
with the airship, and with production will
come drivers. But at present the foreign
pilot has the call.-Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

She is not yet full mistress of that art
which conceals a%rtifice, nor has she
learned the trick of entirely forgetting
all except the business in hand. Certain
little methods and mannerisms charac-
terize her during her lighter passages
that really mar her otherwise excellent
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

TCH a gatling gun to a
kaleidoscope, turn on a search
light and strike up Victor Her.
bert's, Sousa's and Maurice
Lewis bands, and you get a
notion 90 Gao,- NJ ~
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

wv YORK, Dec. Ain the NOV
ing picture theaters-the thea
tiers where the pictures are
made, not performed-the social
side of the players lives differs
VARY much from, tho Ivas
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12
anche Bates--P1ayer or Director--D

Rare Combination of Talent Met When This Pair Struck
Hands and Entered on the Work, of Presenting Intesting
Phases of Human Character for Edi6Cation of the Public
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

The moving picture players work only
by daylight and preferably only in bright
sunlight. Therefore the hours or even the
minutes when the sun is shining on other
wise cloudy days are made the most of.
This results in the necessity of the players
being made up and costumed as soon after
their arrival in the morning as possible
and remaining so all day.
The players also rehearse made up and
In costume and always rehearse with full
scenic effect. This is because the stage
managers have found that they never can
tell when the players engaged In a scene
will have reached just the right point in
the execution of their work to be photo
graphed. Sometimes If a scene is simple
or II the action is so striking that II sug-
gests itself to the players promptly the
stage manager finds that after running
the people through the scene only two or
three times-and a scene is never more
than three minutes l~ong-they are exactly
pat in their parts and he photographs them
at once. He realizes that perhaps running
them through two or three times more
would make their work so stale, Therefore
the players are always made up and in
costume.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

During that scene night falls, the little
baby becomes sleepy, the nurse puts it to
bed, lanterns are lighted and extingulshed,
the child wakes up and daylight comes.
The audience felt that hours had passed.
The whole scene really takes seven minutes
and during most of that time Madame
Butterfly is standing motionless looking
out Of a window with her back to the
spectators. By her art she suggests the
flight of time and makes you feel that
hours nave passed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

;TEREsT halts between Blanche
Bates and David Belasco. II Is
a trifle difficult to say which
is more responsible for the sue
cess that has attended Mr..
Hurlburt's rather mediocre play,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

The attraction for the Boyd theater, be-
ginning Sunday, December 10. for three
will be Kirke LaShelle's great pro-
duetion OF 1.-The Virglnian." The Kirke
Lashelle company is presenting this piece
this season with a great cast and produc-
ton. The seat sale will begging next Thurs
day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-28
HOLT STREET DWELLING
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Fire of Unknown Origin at Home Of
Jesse Toppine-Water In
juries Furniture.

Fire. of an unknown origin. did con-
siderable damage to the residence OF
Mr.. Jesse Topping. in Holt street.
shortly after 8 o'clock last night. 'rhe
blaze started in the kitchen and
when discovered had gained much
Roadway. An alarm was turned in
and the West End Hose Company
quickly responded, while the general
alarm was answered hurriedly by the
Hampton firemen. The building.
which is a two story frame house
and owned by Mrs. Annie Topping,
was damaged by both fire and water.
Mrs. Topping carried 5000 insurance
on the building. There was no in
surance on the furniture owned by
Mr.. Topping, west OF which was dam
aged by water.
Nj. Coles. who occupied a part of
the house, also had his furniture DAM
aged by water.
Just how the fire started Is not
known. but the firemen found that
the gas was burning in the gas stove.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-28
SERGEANT HURD'S BODY
SENT TO MAX MEADOWS
Dead ArtiIIerymsn Will be Laid to
Rest Near Old Home at
Roanoke.

The remains of Sergeant Garland
II. Hurd. who was killed by the dump
train near Battery DeRussey at Fort
Monroe Tuesday night. were forward
ed 10 his former home in Max
Meadows. Va. for burial yesterday
afternoon. The military funeral ser
vices were conducted in the fort
chapel and the body was escorted 20
the Chesapeake & Ohio station by the
members of the Sixty ninth company.
II was learned yesterday that
Sergeant Hurd's father had died only
about month ago and that he leaves
a mother and several sisters. who now
live in Max Meadows.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-28
PLEASANT DAY SPENT
BY KINGS DAUGHTERS
Business Meeting Followed by
Visit to Normal School and
Reception at Cedar Hall.

The second days session Of the
fifteenth annual convention OF TN
Kings Daughters and Sons OF Vir'
ginia was called TO order in old 81
Johns Episcopal church at 10 oclocs
yesterday morning. The session was
devoted to hearing reports from the
,arious committees and state secre'
tar!es as well as the union Eecretar'
les.
The credential committee made Ito
report. showing that SO delegates
are in attendance. but that the con-
venticn is entitled 10 1877 votes on the
matters Of interest. The informal bal
lot for nomination of officers was
taken also.
Visit Normal School.
During the afternoon the visiting
ladies were taken to the Hampton
Normal school, where they were
shown over the great institution Tor
the education Of the negro and Indian
The visit proved one of great interest
and pleasure TO the visitors.
Mr.. Oariins's Reception.
Probably the most delightful fea-
ture Of the convention came last
night when the delegates were the
guests of Mrs. Frank Wilkinson
Darling. at Cedar Hall. at a reception
from $50 to $50 o'clock. Mrs. OAR
ling one of the most gracious and
charming hostesses in Hampton. had
arranged delightful musical program
and the occasion proved an evening
of solid enjoyment 10 the convention
folks
The convention will meet again this
morning In a business session. while
the election of officers esid selection
of the next meeting place will come
just before the adjournment tonight.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-28
DR.. VANDERSLICE ASKS
GOVERNOR TO JOIN HIM
Elizabeth City County Coroner, VINO
Conducted Inquests, Desires Whole
Affair Aired--Msjor Prince Makes
Statement About Logan Posts Ac-
ton Tuesday Night.

The action OF John A. Logan POST
Grand Army of the Republic, in pass
ing resolutions blaming the authori-
ties of the town OF Phoebus for the
manner in which Veteran Joseph Ma
haffey died at the gate OF the Ma
tional Soldiers Home probably VIII
result in an appeal from Phoebus 10
the war department for an official IN
vestigation of the unfortunate affair.
The Phoebus officers feel that they
have been unwarrantly insulted. and
desire to have the facts laid before
the government and the public.
The action of Logan post was gen
orally discussed in Phoebus yesterday.
officials whose names were signed TO
the resolutions are employed at the
home Some of the Phoetus Grand
Army men state that they will be
heard from later OH.
Or. vendcrsIice's Letter.
Dr. George X Vanderslice, coroner
of Elizabeth City county. who con-
Quoted the inquest over the body OF
Mahaffey, yesterday sent the follow
ing letter to The Daily Press:
'Phoebus, Va. Oct. 9th 1909
ITO the Editor of The Daily Press: -
In view of the action of Logan
Post and the criticisms that have ap-
peared in regard to the unfortunate
case of Jos. H. Mahaffey, we would
suggest that an investigation be called
for. and are willing to join the gov
ernor in requesting that a proper
commission be appointed by the war
department to make complete inves-
tigation of this matter and the actions
that have preceded and followed the
inquest and publicity of this AFFAIR.
The governor knows what steps
are necessary as a former inspector.
and we would like to know whether
he will join US in this proceeding
&c. X. VANDERSLICE. NJ. d.
Coroner Elizabeth City County Va"
. Major Princes Statement.
Major William H. Prince. the veter-
an who was referred to ia this paper
yesterday morning as having stated
that those who opposed the resolu-
tons adopted by Logan post were not
allowed to speak at the meeting, yes
terday gave the following statement
to The Daily Press:
National Home. D. v. S. Va.
October 81. 1909.
ITO the Editor Newport News Press:
Il noticed in yesterdays issue OF
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-28
Exciting Finish at Aequeduct.
(By Associated Press.

ACQUEDUCT. n. Y, Oct 27.-ln
an exciting finish Beaucoup and wise
Mason ran a dead heat in the Stony
brook selling stakes. one mile and a
sixteenth today they were the only
starters in the race and the purse
was divided. Wise Mason cut out
the plce and led well into the stretch
when Creevy brought BeaucouD on
the outside. All through the final
furicngt both horses were under q
terrific drive and finished so close to-
gether that the judges were unable
to separate them.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-28
TIGERS WIN BY CLOSE SHAVE.
Good Pitching in Game at Jackson
vile. Ella.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Oct ~
ChsppEe and wiIlett. both pitched bril-
liant ball today. the Tigers winning,
4 to 2. A feature Of the game was
the fielding and batting OF Kennedy,
VINO played left field for the locals.
Score: r II L
Detroit e.. =. 210000Id0-4
Jacksonville 0O01OI00o-2 Z :
Batteries: WiIlett and Schmidt:
ChappIe and Roth. Time. 1:3o. I'm
pre-. Sc;tley.