Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-29
FARCE ON STAGE;
TRAGEDY HOLDS
BOARDS OUTSIDE
Omaha Theaters Keep Open,
Presenting Plays in Full,
While Mob RACES Around
Court House.

| For the second time in its history
the Boyd theater was last night the
scene of d play, while an angry, UNI
reasoning mob was storming around
the court house and county jai
across the street, endeavoring to gel
a victim for lynch law.
The pretty little farce that was
being enacted on the stage had nc
chance alongside the greater trag,
edy taking place outside. Speeches
by the actors were interrupted by
the hoarsc cheering of the rioters
and the little ripples of applause in
side the theater were lost amid the
cracking of the occasional fusil-
AIDES outside. The competition was
unequal and unfair.
Actors Stick to Work.
Those who did stay inside must
have come away from the theater
with added admiration for the
actors. because of their seeming inn
perturbability. They went right on,
playing the roles assigned them, ap-
parently indifferent to the surgine
menace in the streets. Between acts
the auditorium would be nearly
empty. as the audience filed out to
get the latest rumor, and then strag-
gled back to watch the progress OF
the play.
Intrinsically, "She Walked in Her
Sleep" is as light as dream and
under favorable circumstances would
be most entertaining. The posi-
bilities for fun arising from the TN
conscious actions of pretty girl
who wanders around hotel clad
in the filmiest of robes de mutt, en-
tering rooms from the outside, and
adding kleptomania to her somnam-
bulism must occur to anyone. Mix
them with two jealous wives, a con-
siderate mother-in-l the per-
picked husbands, a lover. a buster
ing father, and laundering doctor,
and you have the thing complete. 1t
will be enjoyable when it can be
given without such disconcerting &C
compartment, and is recommended
rs a relief from the excitement.
Other Theaters Stay Open.
At the Brandeis theater Fiske
O'Hara and his splendid company, a
little farther removed from the
scene of action, had to endure much
the same sort of interruption. His
play, Down Limerick Way" was
given in full, however. and shows
every outward and visible sign of
being worthy the attention given it.
When things have quoted down,
much pleasure will be derived from
watching this pleasing little COM
edy and listening to the songs with
which Mr.. O'Hara accompanies it.
The Orpheum and Gayety thea
iers, also somewhat further re-
moved from the firing line" went
through experiences very similar to
those Of the others. The Orpheum
bill had the advantage of an after
noon opening, and was greatly en-
Joyed. by the matinee audiences. The
moving picture theaters had good
business for the afternoon and early
IN the evening. but late attendance
was almost nothing. Each has a
good attraction.
Carnival of Fun at Orpheum.
This weeks vaudeville program
at the Orpheum is real carnival
OF fun in high order, and Ak-Sar-
Ben visitors will find it an entertain
ment of uniform merit.
Harry Watson, jr,, as "The Young
Kid Battling Dugan," and in his
inimitable telephone scene, arouses
psroxysms of laughter. He is one
of the best laugh-provokers extant.
His burlesque boxing stunt is a
classic and his telephone conversa-
ton would arouse a wooden Indian
to expressions of mirth.
Eddie Nelson and Deli Chain in
Use Your Own Judgement" are a
pair of funny fellows whose act is