Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-29
upstairs and Down" at the Boyd.

Alice Snesterton, ner ueDutante slSLer....
............ ....... Miss Frances Mann
Tom Cary. Ives cousin. MIR. Paul Harvey
Captain Terence oKeefe. of the English
polo team MIR. Robert Ellis
ea DOWNSTAIRS
Sprang, the butler. Mr.. Herbert Ashton
! Pierre. the chef. ..... Mr. Herbert FarJeon
Rosalie, Mrs. Ives French maid........
Nelly, tho parlor maid. Miss Elaine Ivans
| Craig, chauffeur ..........M Mr.. Alec Guin
Louis LIE Tour. o'Keefe's man........
| .................Mr Mr.. Louis Christy
A matron of some experience and
considerable range of observation
says the Hattons did not invent any
thing when drawing the baby vam-
pire" character for their snappy
comedy; they merely took her from
life, and that the sort is not at all
uncommon in these supersophisti-
Gated times. At 19 one may be but
debutante, and demurely submit to
being called a child, and yet know a
whole lot. And why not, when up
stairs and Down" and similar feats of
dramaturgy are spreading the knowl-
edge that used to be gained in other
waysf The child who attends the
theater with anything like assiduity
nowadays may easily be much wiser
at 19 than her grandmother was at
90. Heigh-ho!
Declining 10 register amazement at
any suggested precocity on part of a
New York girl who knows her way
about, one may yet obtain a lot of
real satisfaction while watching this
cleverly put together play. 1t may or
it may not express with fidelity some
thing Of the doings of the rich who are
idle, in manner of speaking, but who
employ their waking hours more in
frivolity than in useful efforts; who
do lot of indecorous things, but ex-
pect from their servants the primmest
of demeanor at all times, and express
horror at the thought of anything
going on below stairs of the nature
of the program of the day upstairs.
Again, heigh-ho.
Allowing for the frankly disclosed
inconsistencies of the play, one may
rejoice that it is handled by a COM
pany Of exceeding ability. Robert
Ellis, as the vagrant breaker of hearts
who is at last caught in the net. is
handsome, dashing and of manner,
and gets better as he leaves off flirt-
ing and becomes serious in his love-
making. Paul Harvey, a mountain of
a man, concludes really good ex-
hibition of good-natured, sincere
awkwardness with a bit of cave man
wooing that brings shouts of glee
from the watchers. Louis Christy, as
valet to the popular Captain O'Keefe,
like master, like man." makes love
to everything wearing petticoats be-
low stairs, but foozles at the finish.
His LaTour is one of the glistening
gems in the ensemble of brightness.
Fred Tiden, often commended for
sterling work; Mr.. Ashton, Mr.. Far
jeon and Mr.. Guin all have share
in the excellent result attained.
On the other side, Miss Frances
Mann does the baby vampire to the
finish; she lies and cheats, and finally,
in the moment of her triumph she re-
lents; through pity of herself alone,
and following her selhshness to the
end, removes the obstacle that stood
between two loving hearts, her
sisters and that of the captain. Miss
Macdonald plays the sister with judg-
ment and good effect. Frances Ring
is very good as the wife who wearies
of the social round and seeks her hus-
bands sideeat last, while Miss Arnold,
Miss Sinpott and Miss Ivans add to
the Joy OF the evening in many ways.
Vaudeville at the Orpheum.
The Orpheum appears to be cele-
brating Homecoming week this
week. The FIVE prominent acts of the
seven on the bill are old favorites in
Omaha.
First place goes to Will Cressy and
Blance Dayne, who are making their
annual visit to the Omaha playhouse,
this time appearing in Mr.. Cassy's
satire on newspaper life. "The Wyom-
ing Whoop." This is the sketch
which deals with the Wyoming editor
who pacihes his irate subscribers with
the aid of "six-gun." But while the
story remains the same Mr.. Cressy
has re-vamped the lines to introduce
more modern topics despite the fact
that the war wasn't on when Wyom-
ing editors carried their artillery
dangling from. their waists. But the
audience didn't notice it--or perhaps
didn't care, being thoroughly salts
fed with the sketch anyhow.
After brief excursion into the
field of musical comedy, Harry and
Emma Sharrock have returned to
Vaudeville with their "fair ground
fakirs" skit. The Sharrocks will al
ways find favor, because they per-
form about as startling feats of men
tai telepathy as any such acts with the
additional merit of providing 20
minutes of genuine fun.
Paul Morton and Naomi Glass are
seen once more in their pleasing
musical satire "l9lS-1os0." AL Shayne,
with the capable assistance of an un-
named co-worker, furnishes several
minutes of rollicking enjoyment with
his nonsensical burlesque. William
De Marest and Estelle Collette play
the violin and cello we'll and De
Marest's comedy capers and trifing
talk provokes constant merriment.
Color Gems" is a novelty posing
sketch which is gteatly enhanced by
clever electrical work aud lighting