Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-22
COMEDY
FOR XMAS

lCHARD earle, in a new and

Inc COMPANY comprises f1arrie
Burt, Martha Craver, Hattye Fox
George Bogues, Jay Elwood, Mil
Dawson, William Wolff, Edwart
Meredith, Joseph MacNamee, Anr
Ebert, Olga Menier, Julia Ryar
Campbell and other musical coined,
favorites.
a''"Furs and Frills" has to do will
the tale of a coat, An extravagan
wife of a librettist bought a Russian
sable coat worth $4,000 at bargain
sale while touring, and before sh,
can explain to her husband, it i,
stolen by her brother and pawnec
for $50. 1t is redeemed and Their
pawned again, and finally comes in
to the possession of the wife of the
ibrettists friend, the composer
Mistaking it for a Christmas gift
from the composer, his stenographer
accepts the coat and leaves for her
home. BY this time the entire cas-,
has become ingeniously entangled
in the tails of the coat, and it is
only through series of complicated
explanations that everyone is able
to extricate themselves.
/ The play is filled with bright and
catchy melodies and number OF
.tuneful song hits including When
My Wife Returns you Can't Take
1t With You When You Die" Does
Polly Want Wally," "Furs and
Frills,' Spring" Deception is the
Better Part of Valor," Loves
Menu" "A Short Farewell Is Best"
eHeart OF My Heart" Make, Your
selves at Home" Butterfly" 1T
Must Be-" always Take Mothers
Advice" "The. Tale of Coat" etc
There is the usual attractive earle
chorus of pretty girls, beautiful cos
tunes, superb orchestrations and
scenic environment.
Musical comedies, good, bad and
Indifferent, come and go, and leave
But passing memory of their pur-
pose behind. Occasionally, however,
the advent of one is announced
which has stood the test of criticism
Of the press and public wherever it
has appeared. This one is the new
musical comedy entitled Darkest
Americans" and is this seasons
vehicle of THE Smarter Set" Ameri-
cans best colored organization and
is headed by the we'll known come
dams, Salem Tut Whitney and ].
Homer Tut, and will be the attrae-
ton at the Boyd today for the week.
The story of the play tells of Dean
Kelly Miller OF the Howard Univer-
sity of Washington, D. C., going on
a tour of archaeological research in
The interest of his college. Abe
and Gabe Washington enter How
ard under false pretenses. Dean
Miller is lost. Abe and Gabe are
commissioned to search for the miss
Ing Dean. This search carries them
10 all parts of the globe, and they
are participants IN many excinng
and ludicrous adventures. Aside from
yrhe Smarter Set Boosting of a
general we'll balanced cast of sing
Ing principals, they are fortified
with all unusual chorus who have
the ability for singing and dancing
who are not only worth hearing but
boxing at in the melodies for which
they are famous or in the jazz which
they have populzed. Matnees today
Christmas and Saturday. &l
Offering their newest farce, Imhof.
Conn and Coreene will be one of
the headline attractions this week at
the Orpheum. The title of the
laughable sketch is THE Pest
House but the name does not refer
TO anything more sinister than an
Inn where an Irish peddler is much |
pestered. Another stellar offering |
will be the aquatic novelty, VIM
ston's water lions and diving nymphs
The nymphs are two attractive wo-
men skilled as swimmers and divers.
The feature of the act is the surpris-
ing degree of intelligence which Mr..
Winston has developed in these
water lions. Senior Westony, pianist,
and Harriet Lorraine, musical COM
edy star, are to offer a concert act.
Grace, charm and cleverness char
acterize the two Lightner girls,who
with breezy Newton Alexander offer
refined songs. Skits are not sup
posed to have plot, but the one
presented by Fred Holmes and Lulu
Wells, an offering called IAN Old
Fashioned Bride" has story which
serves we'll as a means of their dis
play of amusing talents. In their
Act. called "a Garden of Equilibristic
Novelties" the La France Bros, ex-
hibit feats accomplished by no other
performers. Their speciality is hand
Balancing. Known as Australia's
premier illusionists, Will and Enid
bland offer a spectacular series OF
oriental and European mysteries.
Interesting films of the Orpheum
travel weekly will show scenes
around the golf course at Long
Branch, N. J., and also picturesque
views of the beautiful Chenonceaux
district of France. The greatest
naval surrender in all history, the
yielding up of the entire German
navy, will be shown in the films as
4 special feature of the weekly al
fed review.
z There is more than usual interest
in the forthcoming production of
aEyes of Youth" the notable New
York dramatic novelty, which A. H.
Woods and the Messrs. Shubert will
bring to Boyd's theater, week of Jam
rary S, direct from its sensational
engagement of one year at the Max
inc Elliott theater, New York. Ex-
traordinary in theme and novel in
treatment, Eyes of Youth has won
{ popularity and consideration &C
corded to few plays. 1t is said to
Be the most widely-discussed play
in America. The story revolves
l a ,,nnnr unrn,an's afternnt TO