Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-10

VISION, bdlddil anu MS DOHhtyb nt
Chocolate Soldier" and Creation" Here,
surely, is material enough to satisfy the
most Unsuitable appetite for the hidden
things of this world. and all served in
the appetizing Thurston way. For an
added attraction Mr.. Thurston offers
THE Phantoms of a Partisan Studio"
This sensational mystery was presented
by him in Paris last summer during his
two-months' run at the Theater Vari-
cites. Mr.. Thurston will present to every
lady attending the Saturday matinee
complete horoscope Of her life free,
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]. Hartley Manners blithe and breezy
comedy, Peg o. My Heart" with Peggy
o'Neil and the New York-Chicago COM
pany, will be the Brandeis theater attrac-
ton for four days, commencing Sunday,
January IL, with special matinees Tuesday
and Wednesday. Peggy O'Neu WILL OF
course, enact the dainty little Irish
heroine, and in her support will be the
original Jerry, the prince charming to
Pegs vision Reginal Mason as Breth,
the misunderstood" husband, who seeks
surcease of sorrow in unmanly intrigue
at the cost Of Ethers reputation; Emelie
Melville as Mrs. Chichester, the stately
and formal English aunt with whom
Peg is sent to reside In England ana
Clarence Handyside as the good, natured
solicitor; all these people from the world
famous long run of two years IN New
York and the Chicago company, Wnich
enrolles also Roland Hogue, new var'a-
ton Of the silly ass English son; Lillian
Kemble Cooper as the austere daughter
Ethel. Gordon Burby as the comical but
Ter in a disnally conventional house
hold and Grace Hasmier as a coquet-
tishly capped and nose-in-the-air house
maid.
K1aw & Erlangers massive production
Of ''The Round-Up' will be the offering
at the Brandeis theeter for four nights
beginning, January n
A play that has never been Tered IN
Omaha IL to be the bill at the Boyd
theater this week-'"rhe Fight" by
Bayard Vielleirs, who is well known here
because of his authorship Of within the
Law" In 1.-THE Fight he has dealt with
a question of applied politics. laying his
scene in Colorado, where the women vote
and hold office. Jane Thomas, daughter
of the founder of Thomaston and helr
to his wealth and his hatred Of sham and
injustice. tires of conditions around her
and despairs Of securing remedial action
from the men, so she runs for the office
OF mayor herself. From the first she
meets the opposition OF family and
friends who are beneficiaries of existing
evils, such as child labor, long hours Of,
workwomen and other social wrongs,
but she faces this, and later is forced TO
meet the combined opposition of the
wealth of the city. She gives back blow
for blow, and in the end. with the as
sistance OF DR.. Root. wins the fight. DR..
Root, incidentally, has two missions in
life, one to help everybody he can and
the other Jane. The play is smartly
written, showing the force OF the authors
argument. but contains no suggestion OF
the modern habit of parading the i'm
pure on the stage. Miss McHenry will
find a capital chance as Jane Thomas,
and Mr.. Lynch gets a good part as DIR.
Root, while the others are we'll placed in
the long cast. On Tuesday evening the
special feature will be furnished by the
High School Glee club, which organiza-
ton will sing a number Of songs between
acts. Tho first performance of "The
Fight" will be at the matinee this after
noon, and the bill will run all week, with
other matinees on Wednesday and satur-
day.
A revelation In this seasons burlesque
period Is the extremely gorgeous and
beautiful stage setting in the second act
OF the Watson sisters show which comes
to popular Gayety theater. commencing
with a matinee performance this after
noon. 1t Is supposed 70 represent the
interior OF a harem. and does so with an
oriental splendor that beggars descrip-
ton. The curtain arises on q crimson
haze flooding the stage. The fragrance
of incense greets the audiences sense OF
smell. Upon a sloping bank OF grass
facing the footlights and behind ana on
both sides OF an apparent lake. fed by
two opposite streams Of water issuing
from the mouths Of gilt lion heads there
recline in different languid postures the
chorus, garbed in a.varicty OF disphanous