Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-23

This Is all the announcement that should
be needed TO fill the house at each per-
Torrance, for Miss Lang is well equipped
for the fine role of Kathie, and Mr.. Har-
ris will play the part of Prince Karl Helm
rich exceedingly we'll. Mr.. Anderson is to
be Dr. Ittner the dear old tutor of the
prince; the rest of the company will be
placed in the long cast and the Elks'
quartet Is to sing the incidental music to
the second act. All of this makes up a
most attractive bill and the prospect for
an unusually big week at the Boyd Is ex-
cellent. The performance will be given on
Sunday afternoon and the bill will run all
week, with other matnees on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday
The new bill at the American will open
on Sunday matinee again this week and
viii be featured by comedy. The success Of
last weeks offerings was the result of the
fact that most OF the numbers we're in the
best vein Of vaudeville humor. This week
will be known as souvenir week and will be
the first Of a series to be offered at this
house. At each matinee during this week
a SIS woman's hat will be given away abso-
lutely free, and at the end OF the week one
S2i0 Reading Standard motorcycle will also
be given away positively free. The hats
are on exhibition in one OF the show win
dows of Brandeis store and the motor
cycle can be seen at the Omaha Motor
cycle company's store, 1920 Capitol avenue.
The headliner for this week will be Tim
McMahons Pullman Porter Maids, an act
replete with fun, novelty and music. The
scene for this act is laid in the Grand
Central station, New York City, and the
scenery needed to give a spectacular idea
OF this busy place is necessarily very elab-
crate The Maids give a program of songs
and dances, introducing Ned Cork Norton.
monologist AS an offering Of more seri-
GUS nature, a short playlet called Aud
Lang Syne will be given by the Joseph
Bannister company of players. The cast
includes five capable performers. Song and
comedy make up the act of the Diamond
Comedy Four, an organization OF four
comedians, whose sketch is called Fun in
a School Room" An act that is a com
bination of aorobauc performing and fun
is "Hooligans First Attempt to Reach the
North Pole by the Dalto Frees trio Prof.
Cannaris & Co. will give an exhibition of
legerdemain and magic with a number of
surprising illusions. win Van Allen will
present musical act that is bath diverting
and novel. Miss Eleanor Sharp, who has
been termed Americas most vivacious So
prano, will present a program Of tuneful
melodies. and Ed Raymond and Vera Hall
will render their dancing act, Pedal
Poetry"
Edwards Davis M. A., in his original
dramatization of Oscar Wilde's story, "The
Picture Of Dorian Gray" and the Jesse l.
Lasky Musical Stock company in the one
act musical comedy, 'At the Waldorf" will
be two features of the bill starting this
afternoon at the Orpheum.
Edwards Davis gives a careful presenta-
ton OF Wilde's great story, with beauti-
full stage setting to further enhance the
value Of the production. With Mr.. Davis
are Miss Adele Blood and Templar SAKE
| Cyril Vane an actor who Is self-satisfie6
with his intellectually, is the role played
| by Mr.. Davis. Miss Blood carries the title
role, while Mr.. SAKE portrays Basil Hall
wood, artist. Mr.. Davis, rendition OF 1.-The
| Ballad of Reading Gaol' at the close Of
the sketch is described as being artistic.
"At the Waldorf is a tabloid musca
comedy, with over twenty people in the
cast. 1t tells little story OF a swaggei
society matron who loses a pearl necklaces
and OF detective who endeavors to re-
cover the lost treasure. In addition to th'
principals there is bevy OF stunninglS
| gowned show girls. Ben Mulvey evokei
many laughs with his character of de-
| teetive In point OF costuming, scenic in
vestitude and personnel of the cast thii
little musical comedy is up to the standard