Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-05
AT THE
THEATERS
FLORENCE ROCKWELL will

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- lights at the Boyd this eve
ming. this time in the role of Luana,
the last of the royal line of Kane
hameha, princess of Hawaii, in THE
Bird of Paradise" The annual visit
of this story of the Pacific isles is
an event that many look forward to.
This time it comes with a splendid
equipment, a band of native Ha-
waiian musicians and the great dis
play of scenery that has made it so
popular. A matinee will be played
on Saturday.
Heading the new program that
starts with today's performance at
the Empress theater, is Caesar Ri
vol, the man who, changes his
clothes quicker than woman
changes her mind. He will be seen
in a comedy act entitled "A Scandal
in a Restaurant" Wanzer and PAT
mer have new vehicle this season,
She's Hard to Get Along With"
Malcolm and La Mar, young ladies
endowed with good voices as well
as good looks, are entertainers of
ability. The Mystic Bird, bright
little yellow canary, whistles and
twitters and chirps tremendously
with Master Pauls violin.
Today, matinee and evening, when
Hearts of the World" opens its
third engagement, will mark the
SD and Saith presentation of the big
Griffith photo-spectacle at the Bran
deis theater. This is a very unusual
event in this city and has only been
equalled once before, when "The
Birth of a Nation" also a Griffith
creation, remained at the Brandeis
for sly consecutive weeks.
Whoever heard of the Ikea
2randmotfiers' matinee! Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen is to be the hos
tess. Seventy-one years of age, and
for fifty years on the stage, she is at
the Orpheum this week as one of
the stellar attractions, and, Friday
afternoon, after the performance,
she is to hold a reception on the
stage. Each grandmother who at
tends this informal function is to be
presented with all attractive picture
postal card as a souvenir.
Even though you can't make it"
on a street car, it will actually pay
you in> countless laughs to travel
by way of jtney or even shank's
mare to see Al. X. Hall and Bobby
Barry in Maids of America at the
Gayety this week. SO very good is
the entertainment that you will not
begrudge the walk home. Ladies
matinee daily.
Edward E. Roses dramatization
of Peter B. Kyne's stories of "Cappy
Kicks" was produced last week at
Atlantic City. Charles Able played
the title role.
Cohen and Harris are to produce
an operetta called The Kings
Double with the book by Stephen
lvor Szinney, the lyrics By William
Cary Duncan and music by the,
Bohemian composer Anselm Goetzl.
A star cast of when a Teller
Needs a Friend" is to present that
piece shortly in New York for the
benefit of allied war orphans. In this
cast are Emmett Corrigan. Viola
Allen. Robert Edeson. Shelley Hull.
Maclyn Arbuckle. O. P. Heggie, Tim
Murphy, H. B. Warner, Florine Ar
mold, Helen Wesley, Janet Beecher.
Hamilton Revelle and Charlotte
Walker.
"A Place in the Sum-" comedy
by Cyril Harcourt, was produced in
New York with Norman Trevor,
Jane Cooper, John Halliday, Peggy
Hopkins. Merle Maddern, George
Fitzgerald and the author in the
cast. The the theme of the piece is
that woman with man has a right to
a place i'll the sun, and deals with
the love affairs between brother
and sister Of the aristocracy and
brother and sister of the farmer
class.