Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
At the Theaters
CONTINUED from PaEe Five.l


The story Of the play Is direct and simple
Eliza Doolittle. e pathetic drab figure
OF tho London streets, a type that Dickens
loved to immortalise, is discovered by a
man OF scientific temperament. As
''Pygmalion." the sculpture, moulded
'Galatea," Henry Higgins, author Of
Higgins Universal Alphabet" moulds the
cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle to the
manners. graces and outward appear
ances OF a duchess. Ho succeeds com.
pletely. II doing so, however, he ignores
the fact that he has awakened in her-a
soul. She falls In love with him and the
whole appeal of the play Ia the story OF her
romance Having totally neglected tho
possibility of this romance when the truth
of IL finally dawns upon Henry Higgins.
Mr.. Shaw reaches his own conclusions OF
this situation with a brilliant and touch
ing end to his play
Tho Bachelors Baby n deIiahtfui
comedy Ia which Francis Wilson an
peared at the Brandeis theater a few
years ago, will be the offering by the
Edward Lynch Players for the week be-
ginning tonight and tho eleventh week
of their engagement at the Brandeis.
Tho story eoncerne a young but cruRty
bachelor. who looks upon children as q
necessary evil. but one with which he
Will never be concerned, for he believes
that the coming OF child forces a man
into a secondary position in his own
household. This unusual view is, at the
time of the opening Of the play, a bar
to his marriage with the girl OF his
choice. Just about this time the bache-
Tor receives the sad news that his twin
brother has been lost in a shipwreck,
and even worse calamity, that he has
been named in the will as guardian OF
his niece a little girl OF five On the
child's arrival at his home. the bachelor
/ runs away. but Ii eventually induced
by trick to meet the little one, who
takes him for her own papa and very
tender scene, enlivened by many humor-
Gus incidents ensues. About the time
that the bachelor has capitulated, heart
and soul, II becomes necessary for him
to give up the child and for time he
fights to keep her. but finally agrees "a
10 happy ending.
''Nobody's Widow" play that en-.
joyed long career under the manage
for next week, when II will be given fol
tho first five nights with matinees OF
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day The Edward Lynch Players will
vacation" Friday and Saturday. septem-
Der 10 and Ii. during MIRA Campbelrl
engagement at the Rrandeis and the
Extra matinees are added to accommo-
date the patrons who usually attend the
I A.. ~ eAa
The finishing touches have been APP
piled to the numerous improvements In
stalled, and to the thorough renovation
TO which the orpheum was subjected
during the last three months The cozy
and popular playhouse Is en- spio and
span as a dandy and 10 clean and whole
some for the seasons opening today,
when matinee and night performances
win DO given. vaudeville. better than
ever" Is promised and admittedly that
which the orpheum vouches for is con-
vincing 70 the local theater-goer. The
regular first-nighters are reported to
have already registered more than the
quorum necessary to guarantee initial
capacity attendance and the enlistment
OF the fashionable's orders for Society
Night" Monday. Is OF such proportions
that q waiting list for unclaimed reser'
vations viii be registered.
Two headline features are exploited
one of these stellar offerings being
James @. Morton and Frank f. Moore
the other Madame Besson and her DOM
pany Morton and Moore were starret
with ''The Tx Tok Man OF oz." aftei
closing with which, they divorced them
selves from musical comedy and asaii
espoused vaudeville. undertaking the re
J sponsibility Of supplying comedy up q
the top-line standard over the big time
J Madame Besson and company wiz @p
pear IN playlet from the pen OF Chan
ming Pollock. entitled 1t Doesn't HAP
} pen," a dramatic episode MT Poliacl
originally turned out for . special per