Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22

N&AD opens for a four-day engage
ment Mrs. Wigs IL always a welcome
visitor. Ever since she left the cabbage
patch" in Louisville she has made thous-
ands of friends. and the droll philosophy of
this feminine optimist has carried around
the world.
Book plays as a rule are not iong-lived,
but Mrs. Wigs bids fair TO run on for a
generation It is already an American
humorous classic. and as the public waited
long for a great woman humorist, so,
too, will they cling long to such
a striking conception as that of Mrs.
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch and the
satellites of good humor and innocent joI-
llty around her. The play itself Is clean
fresh and morally uplifting
The comedy interest centers In the mirth-
provoking episode OF Mr. stubbins and his
matrimonial designs OF little Miss Hay
the meek and shiftless neighbor of Mrs
Wigs. Both characters are intensely
humorous and altogether original. The
impersonation Of Mis- Hazy has proved a
perfectly fitting viz-a-viz to that OF Hiram
Stubbins, who, in the first act woos and
wins her, then falls from grace and dis
appears for time from the patch; though
not OF his own volition On his return
however. thanks to his brilliant war record
received by his wife and friends and made
the hero OF the closing scenes. These two
characters are wellsprings of laughter and
are secondary only. OF course 10 that OF
Mrs. Wigs herself. whose homely philos-
ophy ana cheerful temperament added TO
her genial practical piety, prove an in
SEPARATION and an object lesson TO all.
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For the first time in its history at popu-
lar prices at the Brandels theater. starting
thursday evening, the Wagenhals & Kem-
per Co VIII present Eugene Walters paid
IN Fun play of contemporaneous
american life one Of the most entertaining
dramas produced In this country In wears
ana beyond all question the most popuIar
Five companies played Il all last season
The same are appearing in II now. This 70
greater number than ever before had
played the same piece at the same time
All the five companies appeared on air
Ierent occasions in New York. each as cor
aially received as the other, so that every
organization now appearing I'm the play
Ssn oiairn 10 DC the Broadway cast paid
n run Is play OF intense human interest.
IL clutches the sympathies. So vivid Is :,
that the spectator seems to be looling ,nor
reality rather than fiction. It's annaai r.
resistless. The coming OF this play is the
most interesting theatrical event OF tbe
season ana the engagement will add Ia
the marvellous record PAID In FulIp has
made for American theatricals.
Everyone viii probably want 10 sas
Madame Sherry" when that sensationary
successful musical comedy comes 70 IN,
brandeis theater for three nights am
matinee beginning Thursday evening. Feb.
ruRry ?.
This Is one OF the first cities to have tn,
opportunity OF enjoying Madame sherry,
after New York and Chicago, and VIVA
makes It possible for local playRoers :,
see this phenomenal rage Of the year =,
soon after It's notable New York premier,
Is the fact that Managers Frazee. Lederei
and Woods have maintained a dual organ
ization at the New Am dam theater
the principal members OF N have beer
interchangins Performance, and in re
sponse TO the olamoring deman . ON al
over the country for an OPP, S.,iIity t,