Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-17
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The attraction at the Boyd theatcr
for four days beginning with matinee
today, ,lso on Wednesday. will be
Joe WEIGH. the character comedian
who will appear in Hal Reds four
act comedy drama eutitled The Ped
der" In this play Mr., WEIGH scored
one OF his biggest successes on the
popular price circuit some years ag"
The play this season has been most
deliberately revived and brought up-to-
date by the well known manager and
producer, Maurice Jacobs, who has
equipped the company i'll very lavish
manner with brand new scenery, cos
tunes and electrical effects, and who
has spared no expense in securing the
very best talent obtainablc to support
the famous star in his role OF Abra-
ham Jacobson, "The Peddlcr." 1t is
the story Of man. the immigrant who
lands in this country with perhaps $40
in his pocket and determines to earn
enough to send for his family This
man opens little coal and wood shop
in the basement Of some tenement,
He can start that with his tiny capital,
and he puts cot there and lives in
the same little room. Soon he &C
cumulates enough SO he can send for
his family, and then he has only one
effort in life, that is to give his boys
and girls an education. He wants to
have them taught to read and write
and to offer them advantages which
he never had. That is the sort of Jew
Joe WEIGH portrays TO his audience,
He wants them to know his sorrows
and pleasures and feel the interest in
him and his progress that his efforts
deserve.
An opportunity to witness one OF
the most convincing dramas produced
during the present season will be al
forded when How Hearts Are
Broken" is presented at the Boyd next
Sunday with cast headed by Kath-
ryn Stevens and Edmund Roberts,
In addition to the notable headline
act. two special feature attractions are
registered for this week at the Or
pheum theater. The stellar attraction
will be Frederick V. Bowers and his
company in an idea that is new here
and which embraces no less than
seven Bowers songs. In England it
has long been the custom to make
productions" of different songs Mr..
Bowers has adopted this idea and
brought it right up TO date in his big
Scenic Song Review While Mr..
Bowers is making his changes and the
scenery is being changed, he has one
of the cleverest little negroes in
vaudeville to offer lively buck dance,
or Miss Lillian Mcneil presents grace
full terpsichore numbers. The male
quartet carried by Mr.. Bowers also
fills in these interludes OF course,
Mr.. Bowers leads in all the solos, but
is assisted by his quartet. One of
the two special features is to be Mar
shall Montgomery, considered the
worlds most effective ventriloquist. In
his work he is cleverly assisted by
Edna Courtnay. Walter Brewer is a
monologist who has an easy method
of being entertaining. Raymond Bond
with Elizabeth Shirley, will offer a
one-act comedy, Remnants" by Les
lie Bond. The sketch is described as
home-spun comedy. Bits of musical
comedy are to be contributed by Ma
belle Sherman and Arthur Uttry, HUI
bert Dyer. assisted by Ben Coync, is
to give an exhibition Of ability with
the flying rings, Estelle Richie and
Vera Burt are two attractive girls who