Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-05
At the Theaters


THE Fair CO-Ed' at the Brunhets.
Elsie JAMS and company in The Fair
Cold, a musical comedy in three acls'
book and lyrics By George Adei music oy
Gustav LudeTs, staged by Fred Cr
Latnam, under direction Of Charles Di-
ingham. The cast:
Dayy DIckerson, almost a seuior.........,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. stanford
Wellington Reed, Is, an oid grad.....
Josepnus Cadwallader Professor oI psS-
CuUiOgy ..............,.. Edgar HdIsLeaG
Ernest Grub, a scholarship star..........
Freddie Carnngton, society star..;,....
............,........... .......... Gilbert Douglas
Bob Chester an athletic star............
Captain Peacock, military s,ar.....;..
....... ...........,.-... Harry Wood
SQUAD Dingle. freshman. .......... Harry Depp
crouch hubbard, president Women
Haters leagu gue....-.........L Leayi't James
Cyn,nd Bright, the only coed. Elsie Jams
Angelina Baxter of Red Wing Mimi.
Hazel Pinknam Of Worcester, Mass.
Magnolia Curtis Of Jackson, Miss.
............................ Elsie steele
To Miss Else Janis: We know that some
other specks on the map have dates with
you, and that IN the interest Of sUod busi-
ness you must fill them but please get
through with them as quickly as you can,
and hurry right back to Omaha. We want
~ sec gu asdlA anu dsdllls anu @SA AISu-'
worry greatly about new stunts; those You
put on at the Brandeis last night viii do
for a long time. In fact, one may easily
imagine the fourth dimension the Boston
boy wonder : nov talkiug about-not to
get out OF the college atmosphere-as to
/ think of getting Tired Of you. Whe ther YOU
are Cynthia Bright listening to the several
proposals Of the star students and the chair
o. psychology at Bingham, or Cousin
Jimmy siuifing rns gitls Win tales Of his
naval pIoWess, or Anna Held singing the
'CubaHoia Glide. George Cohan playing
Romeo Eddie. Fey playing Ramet, Harry
Lauder singing M. ,.Iie's Gone 10 the
Coun.Ty" O" Bessia Mccoy 90 her hypnotic
dance you are delight, ana thd-s ali Lhat
laa %" ssld. N0u are there ard over
Moreover tnat bunch Of young men nov
travelling with you IS surely a l.vey lot,
Omaha is used to college boys. for we
have rad EN- here at foot BAH matches,
-4+h'eur meets and the like, and We know
a bi. Of their ways, and their songs, 100,
and that's Why We enjoyed the singing Of
shat fine chorus last night We also Anow
a biz about their pranks. and for that rea-
son the antics " Squab" DngIe, and the
rest Of the crew were fully appreciated. II
= a bully bunch OF BOYS and harder
NOfk ing ltL We never want 10 see. ana The
girls- are just "a dear and deserve
mighty .ot OF good words for their help 60
h= asst TWO acts.
To the people Of omaha Il may be- said
than any seat left empty in the Brandeis
heater tonight and tomorrow night will
be a sure indication that somewhere in the
city IS a man or a woman who will regret
not having seen Elsie Janis and her com
pany IN The Fair Co-ed." column might
be written, all In praise and not exhaust .
the possibilities Of the piece II is all that
has been said OF il, and a little more and
the audience that attended the opening per-
formance last night was better entertained /
than any similar gathering has been In a
ong time.
''StrOnRheart" at the Boyd.
Few plays Of recent years evoke after
the last curtain as much private debate
and discussion among spectators as does
'Suonghsart' Always animated con
troversy arises among those who have lust
Witnessed the predicament Of So-an-Ea-
ta-ha and Dorothy Nelson. and the fervor /
with which the perhaps less thoughtful
maintain that the dramstist should have
left the couple In one another's arms does |
rot have birth simply in the ordinary desire /
for a happy dsnousmeht Il 10 because this /
Indian man ana this white girl have gained 1
for themselves the frisndlinsss and sym
pathy and liking Of all spectators.
"sUonShsAEt y vel worth SsslnE thls /