Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-12
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TOLkS over at the Gayety are
n holding their heads very
high today because Of this
being the opening day of Hip,
Hip, Hoorayl Girls" whose course
along the Columbia circuit has been
succession of immense as
semblages. Reports preceding the
attraction are all 100 per cent in
favor of it. Ben Pierce, an estab-
lished favorite with Gayetyites,
heads the fun section, and Helen
Nc lain-B elfrage, the youngest
prima donna in burlesque, is the
principal song bird. The six diving
bellies will indulge in aquatic pas
times in a s0,0O0-gallon tank Of
water. Tomorrow's matinee starts
at 5 o'clock
The Brandeis announces for its
attraction today, matinee and eve
ming, Neil O'Brien and his Amer
lean Ministries, all newly equipped
and organized for their seventh an
nual tour. The company is large
enc, and includes Neil O'Brien,
Vaughn Comfort, Johnnie King,
Billy Van Allen, "Sugarfoot" Gaff-
ney, William Cawley, Charles
Strong, Jenkin Jones, James G.
Brown, Charles Larrivee, Nyle
Verne, Lea Laird, F. w. Branen,
George Miner, Charles R. Wright,
Barton Isbel, Grover Schepp, Ed
ward O'House, A. B. Rains, Dixon
ard miller, William Doran, Louis
Tracy and Major Nowak.
FINAL performances will be given
today OF the popular show at the
Orpheum, the bill headed by the
singing coincidence, Rae Samuels,
and by the musical allegory, white
Coupons" This is the bill in which
four performing elephants are a con-
spicuous feature. Curtain tonight
rises at 8 o'clock. Opening with the
matinee tomorrow, the show will be
headed by the musical halftone,
The Heart of Annie Wood" and
BY Bert Baker in the one-act farce,
"Prevarication." Bailey and Cowan
are featured as "the banjoker and
the songster." Four Canadian SOL
diers will be seen to advantage in
their musical skit, "A Night in Bill
let" The curtain will rise early to-
night, ESQ o'clock sharp.
Murdoch the mystic closes his
stay at the Boyd theater with
matinee and evening performance
today. He will continue to answer
all questions put to him, the same
to be submitted in sealed envelopes.
In addition to his exhibition of
psychic power, he shows a number
OF clown tricks and illusions.
"The Common Cause" the first
big "after the war" screen produc-
ton to be exhibited after the sign
ing of the armistice that made the
world safe for democracy" is to
be shown here at the Brandeis for
four days, starting tomorrow. The
drama has prologue and epilogue,
in which appear five famous women
of the stage-Effie Shannon, Julia
Arthur, Irene Castle, Marjorie RAM
beau and Violet Heming. They rep
resent, respectively, Belgium, Italy
France, Columl and Britannia.
There is beaw II love story run
ming through the picture and some
splendid battle scenes, showing the
tanks in action, the big guns and
the battleplanes, but there is a total
absence of the horror that has char
acterized the war itself. and many of
the pictures depicting it.
Don c, Alfonso Zelaya, the con
cert pianist, is especially capable in
digital agility, technique and plays
with that fire and brilliancy that
stamps him a master of art. He
will close his engagement at the
Empress theater with tonight's per-
Torrance. The Panama Trio, one
of the best syncopated singing acts
in vaudeville, headline the new show
tomorrow. Aside from their sing
ing ability, all three of the girls are
clever dancers.