Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-15

attractive young women,
- tuneful melodies, catchy
lNGM4M songs, beautiful costumes
and attractive scenery, en-
tiers upon two nights engagement at
Boyds on Thursday, April 26. The
production is unusually free from
risque situations or songs, and there
is not the least hint of the vulgar in
any phase of the production. In fact,
it is the cleanest, brightest, fastest
and most enlivening entertainment
that will come to Omaha under the
Winter Garden label. 1t is a tumble
of nonsense to be sure, but just such
nonsense that makes the tired bust
ness man forget his troubles and live
in the merry present. Ed Wynn is
the chief fun maker, but he has able
competitors who are not far behind
him in melting merriment. Belle Ash
lyn, Will Philbrick, Fred Walton,
William Arnold, Andrew Harper,
tlida Morris, Augusta Dean, Stella
Hoban and James Clemens and
Vera Roehm, assist in keeping the
audience in good humor. There is
plot, to be sure, but very little of it, as
it is easily lost sight Of. The audience
is carried to the Mexican border,
where preparedness is touched upon,
and cavalry charge-a' Big smash.
ing, realistic effects shown. There
are shown a, garage in which Ed
Wynn, as chief factotum, makes merry
at the expense of the owners of cars;
burlesques on Shakespeare, potash
and Perimutter," IAN Athletic Par
lor,"' IAN sUp-to-date Dressrnaking
Establishment" and many other oddi- |
ties of the passing moment are utilized
10 provoke laughter. The musical
numbers are new and the music is
full of catchy, tuneful airs. The Olym-
plan ballet with Ma-Belle, premier
danseuse, assisted by the Winter Gar
den corps de ballet, is most beat
tiful offering. The large beauty chorus
is well balanced and is composed of
young women who know both how
10 dance and sing.
The next attraction to be offered at |
the Brandeis theater is Rose Stahl
in "Our Mrs. McChesney," under the
Charles Frohman management, which
comes tomorrow and Tuesday even
ings. Miss Stahl won her public ad-
miration as Patricia O'Brien the
chorus lady, and further cemented
that affection with Maggie Pepper the
saleslady. Now she has advanced an
other step in her business career and
has become the travelling saleswoman
for the 7. A. Buck Featherloom Pet
ticoat company. The slang of the
chorus lady and of Maggie Pepper
are missing in Our Mrs. McChes-
ney." Emma McChesney, however,
has business vernacular all her own,
as the readers OF the stories we'll
know. She hits direct from the Shout
der and her remarks are always char
acterized by keen wit, clever satire
and sense of delicate humor. The
first act of "Our Mrs. McChesney" is
laid in hotel in Sandusky, o. Mrs.
McChesney, having become disguised
with the methods employed by the
7. A. Buck Featherloom Petticoat
company, is about to accept another
position which means she must travel
for year in South America. Her
love for her son, Jack Nc Chesney, is
the one thing which holds her back
from accepting the offer. Then it is
she finds Jack has left college and
married a young actress and she feels
it her duty to remain and look after
him. The manner in which she puts
the T. A. Buck company on its feet,
straightens out Jacks entangled love
affairs and finally has time to do a
bit of romancing herself make an in
teresting and consistent play. Miss
Stahl has been surrounded by a most
competent company. Included in the
east are Edward Fielding, w. H. St.
James, A. Romaine Calender, Phil.
lips Tead, Jessica Brooks, Marguer-
tie Tebeau, Jane Komray, Lavina
Shannon, Dorothy Allen, Dorothy
Walters, Ida Davis, May Wood, Err
nest Geyer, Roy La Rue, John Will, |
Herbert Delmore, Frank Wilson and
others.
John Drew will appear at the Bran
deis theater for three performances
on Tuesday and Wednesday, April "a
and Is, in skillful dramatization of
Thackeray's "Pendennis."
Dressed in a new wardrobe which {
s said to have cost upwards OF
10000, famous Julian Eltinge will
,egin his engagement at the Bran i,
icis Thursday evening, April 26, in d
lis latest success, cousin Lucy" c
"The Mannequin," by Edgar Allan 4
Woolf, will be offered by Adele /
Blood as the stellar event this week !
1t the Orpheum theater. Miss Blood I
S an actress of attainment and II