Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

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a ginning next Sunday with
Wednesday matinee. selwyn
- and Company will present the
Uni three-act farce. Twin Beds"
sAnS0 written by Salisbury Field,
newspaper man and novelist, and Marga-
ret Mayo. author OF Baby Mine" and
s'Polly OF the Circus" The story deals
with life in New York flat houses and the
characters for the most part are young
Imerried couples all living In the same big
house and q moral Is pointed that too
much familiarity In such case is not
conducive 70 marital happiness
One OF the nowiy-weds iB Harry Haw-
kins. youthful business man. and his
charming wife. He is believer IN peace
and quiet in his home. the slippered feet
and that sort OF thing, while Mrs III. is
OF the butterfly, type. fond OF company
and with an ungovernable propensity 20
make friends OF all her neighbors with
the consequence that their apartment Is
The Mecca OF all sorts or people. much
TO the disgust OF her husband. Another
one OF the couples is an excitable Italian
tenor with an American wife. very up-to-
date. slangy young woman, who has been
vaudeville actress. and who had rescued
her son OF Italy from a cabaret and
turned him into a 5000 a night favorite
at the Metropolitan opera house. She IL
exceedingly Jealous OF her ''wop'' az she
lovingly calls him and becomes perturbed
at his innocent attentions to the lovely
Mrs. Hawkins. Both she and Mr. Haw-
pins decide II Is better for their peace OF
minds for their respective spouses 70 be
treated 10 a change of scene. Unfortu-
nately. however they again find them
selves under the same roof The compli-
cations follow thick and fast. but OF
course the tangled threads are finally UNI
raveled. In the cast OF Twin Beds at
the Brandeis will be Lois Bolton. John
WEIGH. Glare Weldon. Auguste Aramlni.
Suzanne Morgan. Helen Eddy ana Fred
Ozab.
"The Winning Of Barbara Worth"
dramatization by Mark Swan Of the novel
by Harold Bell Wright. comes to the
Brandeis theater next Thursday for an
engagement of four days with a matt
nee Saturday. The Decentralization shows
gripping prologue and three acts. The
scenes are all laid In the great American
desert the reclamation OF which In the
hands of the earnest men and faithful
women Is the theme. The love story in
tertwined Is Of the old fashioned sort. In
which woman Of ideals awaits a man
OF red blood. courage and mastery.
Thurston. the magician. will be the at.
TRACTION at the Brandeis theater for three
days beginning January TO- II Is said this
celebrated artist brings the largest COM
pany OF assistants and the most elaborate
scenic. elect. zeal and mechanical elulp-
ment ever employed in the presentation
OF an entertainment OF this character.
Mr.. Cyril Maude. the celebrated Eng
lish actor. win be the attraction at the
BFandeis theater for three days. begin
ming January -. IN Grumpy the play
that he appeared In for a full season at
Waiiack's theater. New York. and later
took 70 London. where. az ths New
theater. its broadway success was dupl-
Gated. Grumpy is a comedy with a
good mixture OF meiodrama ana is the
work OF Horace Hodges and T. wigney
PercyVai. IL has q detective story OF a
very original type. and II calls for char
acter acting OF the very highest order.
the central figure being that Of an Octo-
genarian criminal lawyer OF London. who
proves. when the honor OF his household
is affected. 10 stu retain the astute-
ness ana sleuthhound Instincts. that q
quarter Of century previous had made
him the most feared prosecutor OF Old
Bailey. Three OF the scenes picture the
life Of an Engiish country home. ana one
Glimpaee stirring incidents IN London.
The story u told with quantity humor-
Gus effect. and the rare Characterization
Of an aged man, contributed BY Mr..