Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-16
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wi violin, who comes to the Bran
49, deis theater, Thursday eve
ming, April II, was born at Talnoje,
Russia, on January 20, 1891. His
first violin was given him as birth
day present, at the age of 4. The
little fellow astonished his family by
starting to play tunes he had heard.
At the age of 10, Mischa Elman was
heard by Leopold Auer, the great
master of the violin. The peda-
gogue was so struck by Elman's
talent and powers, that permission
was obtained from the car to take
the boy to Petrograd conservatory.
Two years later Elman played at a
notable concert in the capital city,
substituting for Auer. Since that
time he has repeated his child
hood success wherever he has
played. Elman's playing has de-
veloped and matured with age. To-
day he ranks among the greatest Of
violinists.
Real music may be drawn from a
cello of one string, an instrument
made from an army biscuit box and
piece of wood from a Belgian
door. Such an instrument is played
by one of the Canadian soldiers, ap-
pearing this week at the Orpheum.
He made the fiddle after he was
nearly blinded with gas in Flanders.
The bill this week includes two
stellar acts, one Of which is the
musical allegory. The Heart OF
Annie Wood" The hilarious
comedian, Bert Baker, is appearing
in the other headline attraction, a
one-act farce called "Prevarication." .
Git to VIM" appearing at the
BOYD theater all this week, will be
shown today to women only in place
of being strictly mems picture as
was advertised. Members of the
Omaha Woman's club who wit
messed a private showing of the pic
ture state that they believe it is a
picture that holds as much in it tor
women as it does for men and they
are heartily in favor of every girl
and woman in Omaha being given
an opportunity to see it. .
"The Common Cause" to be
shown at the Brandeis theater tor
the last times today, presents the
story of American and allied victory
in the form of a drama founded
on fact and the events that have
brought a cessation of hostilities.
The production has been made with
excessive care, and the cast is an
exceptional one.
One of the many charming fea-
lures in Mickey" to be shown at
the Brandeis theater starting today,
is a pet squirrel who does a comedy
scene with pet bulldog that is de-
lightfully natural. Mickey's bull
terrier makes one dive for the squir-
rel and Brer Squirrel stands not on
the order of his going. Mickey
wears boys clothes during the first
part of the play and the squirrel
sprints up her trouser leg. And,
by the way, Mickey ought to get
the Iron Cross for her courage.
Pshaw! Any girl might lead an army
like Jeanne D. Arc, or just save
children in burning houses, or jump
off cliffs, or any little thing like
that. But to let rat or squirrel
run up your clothes! Ooooooo! If
there were call for volunteers to
save the country by letting rats run
up dresses, the only answer would
only be yell fading away in the
distance.
The finale of the first act of Hip,
Hip, Hooray! Girls" at the Gayety
this week is one of the many sur
prises of the entertainment in that
it is combination of big
musical act and bit of grand
opera. Aside from the entire COM
pany there is the assistance of a
marim5a, two sets of bells and a
set of cathedral chimes, together
with the Gayety's orchestra. Fri
day night there will be diving con-
test between local feminine SWIM
mers for handsome trophy cups.
Ladies matinee daily.
Vaudeville's funniest clown, Little
Pippifax, is appearing at the En-
press for the last times today. One
of the applause hits of the bill is
the syncopated singing act of the
Panama trio, the peppiest three that
ever pointed a toe over the foot
lights. Willard Hutchinson and
Collette Southern have a comedy
sketch, Dropping a Hint" which
furnishes many laughs.
Mrs. Hamilton Asks