Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-10
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TITLE need here he added to
what has already been said
about To-day" Such plays
have no business on the stage,
HllGQtSI here or elsewhere. 1t is a
g. gratuitous insult Ito the women
of America to even insinuate that Lily
Wagner is typical; the sordid indecency
paraded in the closing act, wherein the
punch" is concealed, is displayed merely
TO excite unhealthy curiosity and can
serve no good purpose through being
publicly displayed. II all the cities of the
union were to visit on the producers such
rebuke as was sustained in Omaha
abstinence from patronage-these plays
would coon disappear in favor of better
and more worthy things.
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Once again this week a double starline
bill is scheduled for the Orpheum. Va
lerie Bergere and her company are to
present a one-act melodrama, and sharz
ing honors with this offering come Nor
ris Cronin and shis merry men.
1t Is really a melodramatic comedy that
Miss Bergere is to present. Edgar Allan
woolf is responsible for this, another of
her successes. Hers is the distinction,
by the way, of having produced more
one-act plays than any oher actress in
the world. She created the name part
in Madam Butterfly" and was equally
effective in 1.-THE Janpanese Wife and in
''Bily's First Love-" her first conspicu-
GUS success. This time the actress ap-
pears as the heroine in a play that tells
OF an attempt to blow up the powder
magazine in Panama by dropping bombs
from a Mexican airship.
The act to be offered by Mr.. Cronin Is
described as many mirthful moments"
He and his merry men do eome phenom-
email juggling. The offering is said to
be one of the most decided novelties In
vaudeville.
Frank North, in Back to wellington"
is presenting sequel to Those Were
the Happy Days" Mr.. North is capably
supported. He does a 'rube" character
that is said to be delicious in its whole
some humor. The Five Metzettis offer
an astonishing act. Sylvester Metzetti is
the only man in the world to do a triple
somersault in midair, and then alight
upon the shoulders of another man. "A
Vaudeville Filtration is the title of the
skit to be presented laughably by Min
dell Kingston and George Elmer. Bert
Merket. singing his own songs in his
own peculiar way. is to be another fea-
ture. Kramer and Pattison are finely
developed men who do a physical Gull
ture act. The orpheum Travel Weekly,
offering interesting views of strange
countries, WILL as usual, be the motion
picture feature.
when Dreams Come True" which will
be presented at the Brandeis theater this
afternoon and evening and tomorrow
night, is a combination of melodrama,
farce, music and dancing
There are three acts in when Dreams
Come True" and in these four complete
sets of scenery are shown. The ball
room scene in the final act is painted
IN silk instead of canvass, this original
and expensive plan having been employed
TO secure lighting effect of great beauty.
The book of when Dreams Come True
is by Philip Bartholomae. author OF
over NiBht'l and Little Miss Brown. "
and the music is by silvio Helm. the com
poser of many OF Marie CahilPs greatest
successes. The leading part wHi be played
by Frederic santley.
Thurston, the magician, is the sttrae-
ton at the Brandeis theater for three
days beginning next Thursday with mat
inee Saturday. Every trick of every
magician who ever lived is known tc
Thurston. He makes no pretense at ex.
posing any particular faith or fad. but
all Of the so-ealled apparitions OF spirits
.Thurston duplicates right before you
There isn't a dull moment In the whole
he NJ rr.Ir
sstonish and bewilder. but they engendeI
enthusiasm. The charm Of newness ap-
plies 10 the entire program. The scope
OF the ThuTston operations is indicated
by the titles of his mysteries, the more
notable of which are The New Woman,
Animated Sketches The Evolution Of
the Negro" Aerial Fishing" Noah