Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
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II RAY COMSTOCK and Will
n lam Elliott will present their

II RAY COMSTOCK and Will,
lam Elliott will present their
fifth New York Princess the.
alter smart musical comedy master
piece, ooh, Lady, Lady, at the
Boyd theater for one week. COM
inencing tonight, with a popular
Wednesday matinee and the usual
Saturday matinee. Guy Bolton and
P. G. Wodehouse are responsible
for the book and lyrics of "Oh, Lady,
Lady,! while Jerome Kern com
posed the musical score, which
boasts OF 10 song hits. Among the
most prominent of the cast are Miss
Pauline Barri, Miss Florice Auburn,
Joseph Medallion, Billy CASTOR,
Miss Betty Blye, Eugene McGregor,
Miss Madeline Grey, Walter Grey
Thomas c. Leary, Miss Marie Haun
and others.
The story of ooh, Lady, Lady!'
opens in the fashionable home of
Mrs harrington, whose daughter is
about to be married. A wedding re-
hearsal has been planned, but in
ttrrupted through news received by
the bridegroom, Finch, announcing
the arrival in town of a former
school day sweetheart, whom he had
promised years before to marry.
Finch, fearing that the girl had
come to sue him for breach of prom
Use, conhdes to his college chum,
Hale Underwood, the writer of
poetry and plays, who happens to
ru.: across Fanny WEIGH, a profess
sional pickpocket. Not knowing her
failing, Underwood prevails upon
her to play the part of deserted
hancee, when school girl former
flame arrives. Everything looks fine
e. for Finch until he learns that in
stead of coming to make trouble,
the former sweetheart is the modiste
engaged by Mrs. harrington for her
daughters trousseau. Then Finch
and Underwood get busy trying to
find Painting Fanny WEIGH to ward
her off, but are unsuccessful. Just
as things are going on nicely at the
wedding rehearsal Fanny breaks
into the room and claims Finch, and
being a thorough business woman,
she Immediately throws one of her
professional fainting spells and re-
lieves him of his bride-to-be's we'd
ding gift-the priceless pearl neck
lace. Fanny makes her exit, and
how Finch locates the necklace and
straightens out his troubles causes
no end of fun all through "Oh,
Lady, Lady,
Twin Beds" one of the funniest
plays ever written, will pay its an
nual visit to Omaha and will be the
attraction at the Brandeis theater
the last half of this week starting
on Thursday night. Mr.. Field and
Miss Mayo wrote their farce in the
conviction that off color line and
situation, however great their vogue
for brief while in large cities, could
never reach nor please the great
public. The result is that Twin
Beds" is as clean as high wind, and
wholesomely amusing as romplng
children. The cast will be seen
headed by Josephine SAKE, supported
by kathlyn Tracey Auguste Ara
mini, Besse Stafford. Hogg O'Con-
neil, Susie Scott, Howard Fay and
other favorites.
At the Orpheum this week one of
the stellar attactions is to be the
eminent tenor, Carl Jorn. He is to
share the headline position on the
bill with the actor-playwright,
George Kelly. Mr.. Jorn, in addition
to his wonderful voice, is en-
dowed with extraordinary dramatic
ability. Mr.. Kelly is to appear in
The Flattering Word" one-act
satire written by himself. The dia-
1ogue is written in breezy manner,
bright and crisp. The Five Sym
phony Girls, who come with Will ].
Ward, are gifted as pianists, as
vocalists, as dancers, and even as
condolences. Five pianos played in
unison will be one phase of this
musical feature. Carleton, Sobel and
Chester, three sailor lads recently
discharged, are being featured in
vaudeville as vocal trio. Mr..
Carleton is the author of the pop
ular song success. "JaDa." Capably
assisted by Marine Velmar in "You
Pick EN-" Ray Snow is to present
a clever monologue full of new and
bright amusement. A unique roper
tory of dances will be offered by
John Regay and the Lorraine
sisters. A sensational acrobatic act
is to be contributed by the Belgium
trio, made up of two men and a
woman. The woman exhibits re-
markable strength. Bright sayings
.ul1ed from newspapers will be
film feature as displayed in Topics
Of the Day" News events of the
world will be pictured by Kino-
grams.
Julius Tanner, in "Chatterbox,"
one of the most popular of mono
logists, is scheduled at the Orpheum
for the week of November q. Alice
Els also comes in a series of new
songs and dances, including "Thc
Shadow of Jajay." Miss Els dances
with James Templeton, dancer
of understanding and ability. In ad-
dition to the two headiiners, there
will be the three featured numbers,
Mrs. Gene Hughes, assisted by Ben
ton Ressler and company, in the
Edgar Allen Woolf playlet, when
He Came Back" Sybil Nane. colora-
tura styled the CALI Curci of vaude-
vile. and the Seven Honey Boys
from the company of the late George
Evans minstrel company.