Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-09
AT THE
T HEAT Frs.
Vaudeville at the Orpheum.

A triumph seldom gained by Eng
lish speaking actresses is achieved by
Madame Sarah Bernhard at the Or
pheum this week and in that achieve
ment vaudeville as it is presented at
the local playhouse marks its PIN
nacle.
Not solely because she has been so
widely described as the worlds great
est actress does the Divine Sarah"
score her triumph. 1t is because she
proves she has earned that distinction.
"Du Theatre Au Champ Dillon
neur," or, in English, From the
Theater to the Field OF Honor" is the
vehicle in which Madame Bernhard
appears for the first half of the week.
The madame portrays the role OF a
waif Of war, a mere lad who has
been mortally wounded. A most pa
thetic lad the madame makes him, yet
she is careful to retain the charm OF
realism. Even though speaking in a
tongue strange to large part of her
audience the story is easily followed
by her indispensable Characterization.
1t is well-balanced vaudeville bill
which supports Madame Bernhard
Katherine Murray is magnetic
comediene who changes from the de-
mure Quaker miss to the bizarre
girl Of the Follies with equal success.
Harry Mayo and Basil Lynn entertain
with amusing bits of patter and
Mayo's singing. Joseph Bennett and
Edward Richards are exceptionally
clever soft-shoe dancers who have
novel way of introducing their sketch.
John Gardner and Marie Hartman
amuse with burlesque on before and
after marriage. Paul Gordon and Anne
Rica exhibit their versatility with a
cycling act in which singing, dane
ing and joking are interpolated. Page
Hack and Mack are equilibrilists.
Orpheum pictures show views of
cheese making in Holland.
A double entree of headline features
is presented to Empress theater pa
irons for the first half of the week
Stellar honors are divided between
Tom Edwards and company. "The
Huntsman,' ventriloquist comedian,
and Taylor and Arnold, in Songs
Conceptions" Both are meritorious
entertainers. Rogers and Jones having
specially prepared singing act that
met instant popularity Sunday. The
Belmonts complete the vaudeville bill
with sensational acrobatic novelty.
Tom Mix in "Mr. Logan, U. S. A." is
the feature on the photoplay program.
"Geezer at Berlin" at the Boyd.
The "Geezer of Berlin" showing
the kaiser as a joke, "the boob su-
preme OF all the ages" brought out
big crowd to the Boyd Sunday. the
first day the picture was shown.
The play is a prediction of the
kaiser's finish and it makes American
spectators feel mighty good. There
is lot of real humor in it and it
keeps the house in continuous
chuckle.
won Bethman Bowlegs" is pic
tured as "even bigger liar than the
kaiser" and Won Hindenburg and
Won Turpentine are two busy little
war pups" The crown prince is the
Clown Ounce" and he is a regular
son-of-a-Hun.
Everybody in the picture, except
the girls in the Turkish harem, is
half crazy. The girls are sweet and
serious.
The play is a two-reel travesty on
"The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin"
and is released by the Jewel Produc-
tons company.
The other half of the double bill
at the Boyd, "For Husbands Only"
is not restriction, but only the title
of the star picture this week. Hun
dreds of wives focked to see it
Sunday.
Mildred Harris plays the part Of
convent-bred Toni Wylde, who learns
to her sorrow that Rolin Darcy is
mot a marrying man. To revenge
him she marries Samuel Dodge
(played by Fred Goodwins). Later
Darcy learns that he wants Toni
more than anything else in the world
and he plots trick play to get her,
but his plan fails and Toni discov-
ers that she really is in love with
Dodge.
"Puss- Puss," Partisan novelty,
will be seen at the Gayety all week.
Jean Bedini is responsible for the
book, while much credit must be given
to Arthur Harris for the music and
lyrics. Added to this, an all-star
east is made up of Clark and McCul-
Tough. two funsters who have won