Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
AT THE

LBERTINA RASCH and eight

lay u III NHitS, SuSSSSbS tllC puCtI
of motion. The toe-dancing of Miss
Rasch is a distinctive feature of the
offering and her "Rhapsodie Hon.
groise." in closing, leaves no doubt
that she is a conscientious exponent
OF her art.
Bayonne Whipple and Walter
Huston depart from the beaten path
in their new offering, Shoes" The
action occurs in women's shoe
store, with Huston as the salesman
and Miss Whipple as the customer
Types of shoes are clevcrly used to
symbolic the thought expressed in
philosophic dialogue between the
twain.
Milt Collins is back again with
his patriotic chatter in which he re-
fers to Russia as a shooting gallery
and states that that country de-
clared peace with its enemy and
then declared war against itself. He
asserted that the Huns should now
have no cause for complaint in con.
nection with their request that this
country should send them ammuni,
ton.
Jack Alfred and company offer a
meritorious acrobatic act which is
staged as if given as a rehearsal
Lew Pistol and 0. H. Cushing pre-
sent "A Breath of Old-Time Min
strelsy," under the title of THE
Stranded Minstrels." Yvette and
Saranoff. youthful entertainers, play
violins, sing and dance and other
wise add to the bill. James Watts
and Rex Storey close with an anus
ing Treat in Travesty," which is
good for what ails one.
An additional feature to the bill
is the appearance of James J. Nor
ton who appears for few minutes
before each act and offers burlesque
announcements of what is to fol-
low. The motion pictures of the
official weekly allied war review are
unusually interesting, one scene
showing General Pershing pinning
war crosses on several heroes.
Scenes in Utah are projected by the
Orpheum travel weekly.
Harvey's Ministries are back at
the Boyd. giving a bang-up enter
tainment, to the delight of the
crowds that assembled yesterday.
The organization is we'll calculated
to revive all the nerriment and mon
keyshines of the traditional minstrel
show, at the same time preserving
the modern notions of ragtime and
jazz, SO that everybody can have
little something as the program
rolls along. Clarence Powell and
Ed Tolliver still lead the fun-mak-
ing, each supreme in his own way.
but Frank Kirk, Joe Means and
other comedians contribute to the
laughter Kinks musical act is one
hard to equal, and Joe Means song
about Somebody Done Me Wrong
brings a riot even Bert Williams
would be proud of. Little Miss
Cannon does buck and wing dance
OF the old-fashioned sort that really
is treat in these days when that
sort of footwork is seldom seen. In
the olio are a number of speciality
acts. each worth watching, while the
singing is of high order and very
enjoyable. The engagement is for
four nights, and another matinee
will be played on Wednesday,
With all attendance records ex-
celled, with a length of stay in
Omaha only equaled by The Birth
of a Nation" D. w. Grifith's won
derful photoplay production Hearts
of the World" is now playing its
fifth and final week at the Brandeis
theater, where it closes SATURDAY.
night. The story contains the ele-
ments of romance, comedy, pictorial
beauty, grandeur of scenes and con-
ception, music and drama in the
background, after the idyllic open.
ing scenes, stands always the lurid
tragedy of the worlds greatest awr.
"Cycle of Mirth" is a whirl of
beautiful, youthful, singing girls as
the headline attraction at the En-
press theater. Handsome costumes
and stage settings add to he produc-
ton. Elaborate dressing and stag
ing add to the speciality act of Ann
Butler and Hal Germanus who are
featured on the bill. Beautiful
Valyda under the caption, "a Song
of SURPRISE" offers an out of the
ordinary song number in a double
voice. Mann and Mallory have a
comedy number replete with many
unique ideas. Juggling DeLisle has
novelty entertainment with a rou-
tine of clever Juggling events.
Peggy Htland as a vivacious
school girl in Caught in the Act"
dehes all restraint and makes a pic
ture of unusual charm. Amid the
shrieking fire whistles and police
calls the novelty romance in brought
to happy end.
There's bound to be any amount
of disappointed people walk away
from the Gayety's box office this
week as that theater is religiously
keeping its voluntary word to the
city health department that only
every other row of seats would be
sold, as a possible influenza pre-
ventive. The goodness of the Bur-
lesque Wonder Show will result in
overlooking attendanc at night, so
the theater management requests
that Gayetyites assist by attending
the daily tired shoppers" matinee
at 2:15.