Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-26

musical comedy stars, been
E23A gathered together under one
management as is the case
Of the Weber and Fields Jubilee COM
psny which is to be seer here at the
Boyd. on June 4
Weber and Fields themselves are the
highest priced team OF entertainers in
the world today without exception. Enor-
nous sums have been offered them To
appear in vaudeville, which they have
refused. and when IT is considered that
they have surrounded themselves for this
jubilee tour with exactl ythe same cast
as was with them for over 100 perform
anees at the Broadway theater, New
York. and that this list OF names in.
ciudes Lillian Russell. Fay Templeton.
William Collier, George Beban, Bessie
Clayton, Ada Lewis. Helena Collier Gar
rick, John 7. Kelly. frankie Bailey, and
three-score Of the highest-prlced show,
and smart part girls In the profession,
one may gather an idea of the enormous
salary list sentsiled in such a venture as
the enrolment Of them all under one
banner. In the old days of Weber and
Fields some enormous salaries were paid,
but the last .tour OF that organization
was undertaken eight years ago, and
since that time the earning capacity Of
such players as Miss Russell, Miss Tenn
pleton. Mr. Collier. Miss Clayton. Mr..
Beban. Miss Lewis. Miss Garrick and
Ar, Kelly. have more than trebled. The
expenses on this whirlwind tour are
the greatest ever assumed by any man
agement. The cost OF transportation
alone is almost appalling. The train
will consist of ten cars, three Of which
are private cars de luxe for the aceommo-
dalton of the principals. a few invited
guests, Mr.. and Mrs Weber. and Mr..
Fields. his wife. four children. and serv-
ants Miss Russell will have with her
her sister. Mrs. Ross and Miss Temple
ton her aunt, Mrs. Adams. Mr. Collier
win be accompanied by his wife, Paula
Mari, and his son. William Collier. jr.
One dining car, and often times two. will
be always with the train. and no hotels
will be visited except for the purpose OF
as viii NC nv aihc ANa
doing more than reaching city, playing
the engagement. and getting away to the
rails again. The chorus girls viii live
In three drawing-room Pullmans as will
the musicians and stage mechanics. No
city In the itinerary OF five weeks will
have more than two performances and
only four cities will be thus favored.
Thirty-six cities and twenty states will
be visited. Altogether, II is Some tour.
Two nights of fun and music are ahead
of Omaha theater- goers. before the sea-
son closes and the doors shut until Sep
TENDER. They are provided by the
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben operate society,
which gave THE jolly Musketeers'' last
winter and will present THE Mikado'
Monday and Tuesday nights Of this week
at the orpheum.
These artists sing for the benefit OF
the Elks, permanent charity fund.
Largely the EIks themselves are buying
the tickets. but in so large theater as
the orpheum there is room also for many
OF the general pablo. art.+
This Is the cast:
The Mikado OF Japan ., Henry w. Dunn
Sankt Poo (his son. disguised as
s7t WITH yum. YUM .Ross b. Johnson
Ko-Ro Qord high executioner Of :.
ssTtipul ..,...,,.a4..... Oscar G.. Lteben
Pooh-Bash dord high everything else
.,.;..,,....;;..;;..;,..s, 5; Hsmiiton
Nee Ban (inikado's umbrella bearer
{ ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thompson
wards Of Ko-Ko- r.
Yum-Yum ......,.........M Mss lnex Iatey
Pittfsing ...'.......'..'..Mrs. =. .b 1
E FeeP 30 a. .id.rN ,say N lave with
Nanki-Poo). Miss Elnora Pruss
Chorus Of men .
j. w. johnson, NJ. ]. Cieh, Marshall
Dillon, Bernard johnson, w. w. Harman,
d. r. Mslcher. l.. s. Dodds. L. T. Hi
dun, B; J; Drumm 40 bn y; N B3ve Him. 4.
ley. Ralph Hursh, w. Z. Cady, Bert
Miner and Ed Bierman.
Chorus Of ladies
Miss Bess Latsy, Miss Gladys Jones.
Miss G. Blei. Mrs CHAPMAN, Miss w.
w. z. cady, Miss Grace ,shaffer, Miss
Ruth Coolidge. Miss Andrea Smith.
Miss nellie Merklin, Miss Doris Olsen.
Miss Hariett McCarron. Miss Laura
kaufman, Miss Beatrice Houghton. Miss
Flora Melchoir. Miss Erna Fitch, Miss
z. kellogg. Mrs. Oscar g. Lieben, Miss
Bertha Smith, Mrs. Rouch and Miss
Marie Schofield.
Vaudeville of the kind and variety
bound to please is being offered at the
popular Gayety. Starting this afternoon
another program of unusual merit will
be seen, consisting as 1t viii in four Of