Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-13

NOTE Of veritable inspiration
IN rings through the world of the
"A | theater just now. Its vibrant
Il chord was heard in Omaha
IASAAfSs when the Brandeis opened its
kSSZ$S1 doors for the season last Sun
dan Night Although the audience then
assembled was not the largest ever noted
at the pretty theater, it was one OF the
most responsive, and the reception 1t gave
the play and the players is indicative of
the public's Willingness to concede proper
endorsement TO the meritorious on the
stage. On the following evenings the at
tendance was such as to be fairly profit
able, which is also a good indication The
play, "Milestones," is one of the finest
examples of modern comedy, and its re-
cepton is the most concrete answer pos
sible to those managers who justified the
purveyance Of the pornographic play by
the widowed statement, lit is what the
public wants" The practical disappear
ance Of the drama of dirt and the reap
pearance OF the wholesome type Is proof
positive Of the fact that the public does
not want the one and does want the
other. What is noted in Omaha is true
all over the country, and hope that
better day is at hand seems warranted.
Some plays of little worth are sull being
exploited, but those that magnified or at
best merely exhibited the deplorabe
viciousness Of the sin-sodden wrecks of
life are being relegated to the dump.
With the clean play for amusement is
bound to come the clean play OF force
and purpose and then the theater will
get back some OF the popularity IT has
forfeited, while the greedy managers
II.V A,ll1 an1 IHT
the faint of mans worst traits in dread
fully exaggerated form.
Nearly Married" which concludes its
engagement at the Brandeis tonight, is a
farce by Edgar Sewyn, who wrote The
Country Boy" Nearly Married" is an
awfully funny farce. 1t comes nearer
keeping its audiences in constant laughter
than any play produced on Broadway for
many a moon. The story is funny, but to
see it acted is funnier man and his
wife decide that they want a divorce.
When it is about to be granted they de-
eide 10 make up, then they start on their
second honeymoon without telling their
friends OF the reconciliation. \ NEEDLE
some brother who is also the wife's at
torney, arrives with the decree five min
utes after the couple have left for parts
unknown and the race to overtake the
wife who is no wife and the bridegroom
who can't be one is on. Talk about funny
situations and hearty laughs Nearly
Married Is just one roar after another
from the time the curtain goes up on the
Urst act until its final fall on the third
when the audience is in a veritable laugh
ing panic.
Annette KeIlerman in the intensely in
teresting seven-reel film, "Neptunes
Daughter" will play a return engagement
Of three days at the Brandeis theater,
upening with a matinee on Monday, Sep
TENDER H. During the run of this picture
at the Brandeis during the week of Au-
gust 30 the house was sold out at nearly
every one OF the fourteen performances,
and many who were turned away at that
time can now take advantage Of this last
opportunity 10 see this browning achieve
uent of motion Photography A matinee
Will be given daily.
The scene which pictures la Palma De
IA Mano de Dios" c'the palm Of the hand
II God'O where the action Of the pro-
logue Of the dramatization Of Harold Bel
Xright's novel, THE Winning OF Barbara
North" occurs is said 10 be the most per
,ect ever placed on the American stage.
From the time the curtain goes up, &C
COMMANDED by the weird noises o, the
desert and the Man. the Woman anu the