Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-04

everything and everybody, including
his stenographer, crooked politician
who is thoroughly versed in all the
tricks of his trade and ready and
eager for the fray, at all times, a 81
a week office clerk, an Italian window
tcleaner, the brokers' wife interested
in reform movement, the brokers
daughter, with the beauty and brains
of her mother, and the heroine, a pret-
ty little stenographer, whose blind
faith in her employers integrity
proves to be the cause of her undoing,
are some of the characters portrayed.
1t was originally staged at Oscar
Hammerstein's big Lexington opera
house, New York City,. where it
played to the absolute capacity of the
spacious playhouse at every perform
ance.
Introducing a disappearing under
water device, by means of which mod
els plunge into the pool and are lost
to view, reappearing later in changed
costumes, Holidays Dream" is to
be the headline attraction this week
at the Orpheum. The act is dane
ing and water spectacle, with the
/ famous La Polerica leading a COM
pany of 20 dancers, models, pantomim-
and divers. Regina Connelli, one of
the Washington Square players, but
widely known in vaudeville, is to pre-
sent the one-act play, "Moondown."
With her comes Ruby Craven, richly
gifted actress new to Omaha. Miss
Connelli formerly appeared here in
"The Lollard" and in "A Pair of
Queens" Putting 1t Over" is the
sketch to be done by Chester Spencer
and Lola Williams. They sing, dance
and talk, and their skit was written
by Louis Weslyn. Joe Towle is a
monologist of the nut variety. The
Lovolos have a wire act which has
proben a decided novelty. Among
their unusual feats is that of waltz
ing on the wire. Fritz and Lucy
Bruch are expert musicians. Despite
their youth they are cello and vir-
tuosi. Lake Hopatcong, New York,
will be shown in the motion pictures
of the Ohpheum Travel Weekly, and
also there will be views of zoologi-
cal garden in Russia.
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The company which will present
Winchell Smith and John L. Golden's
sensational comedy success, Turn to
the Right" at the Brandeis, Sunday,
November II. for four nights and q
matinee on Wednesday, comes from
George M. Cohan's Grand opera house
Chicago, where it attracted capacity
audience for nine months. All the
road engagements are to be played by
the Chicago organization and the
company which ran at the Gaiety
Theater, New York, for more than a
year, will divide its season between
Boston and Philadelphia. There will
be only two companies. Messrs. Smith
and Golden have chosen to maintain
the standard of excellence set by the
New York and Chicago companier
and will confne their bookings this
season to the larger cities. Mention
tof "The Boomerang" in connection
with Turn to the Rightp is interest
ing for the reason that Winchell
Smith is co-author of both pieces. He
col1aborated with Victor Mapes on
'The Boomerang" and with John E.
Hazard on Turn to the Right" In
the Chicago company,'to be seen here
are Ralph Morgan, Barry McCor-
mack, William Foran, James Fl. Hunt
ley, Philip Bishop, Charles w. Good
rich, Samuel Lowenwirth, Mabel Bert,
Ruth Rose, Helen Collier, Dorothy
Belts and Maude Fox.
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| Three big time feature acts are an
nouuced at the Orpheum for the week
of November II. Billy Reeves and
his company and the Ziegler sisters
and the Kentucky five will share in
the top-line distinction, while Jack
Wyatt and his Scotch lads and lassies,