Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-29
| AT THE THEATERS

and Billy Fern are three cleve, per-
formers who offer Mr.. Ferns pam
tomimic comedy, "A Quiet Evening"
in which acrobatlcs dominate. Ben
Mann, aided and abetted by Hazel
Mann, demonstrates that When a
man is absolutely foolish, he can be
funnier than a box of monkeys.
Marino and Maley open their Italian
character skit by making merry with
their efforts to push piano to the
proper place on the stage and then
they score with their witticisms and
burlesque operate singing. Flo and
Ollie Walters, 1.-TWO Sun Beams"
make good by singing, chatting and
otherwise giving convincing evil
dence of their versatility. Van and
Belle project paper birds and other
objects through the air, throw Aus
tralian boomerangs and give imita-
tons of birds and animals. Kino-
grams and Topics of the Day are un-
usually interesting this week. Two
performances will be given New
Years eve.
An animal act of unusual merit is
offered at the Empress for the first
half of the week. 1t is Thalero's
Animal Circus, and it affords amuse-
ment to the limit for the little folks
and the grownups as we'll. The an
tics of various members of this
group of highly-trained organization
of intelligent beasts are we'll worth
watching. The Temple Four has a
singing act that is especially good.
In not only the quartet numbers, but
in solos and duos as we'll their we'll
cultivated voices are heard. They
have a wide and varied repertory,
and pleased the multitude immense
ly yesterday. Miss Lorraine Evon, a
violinist of capacity and skill, adds
to the interest of her act The charm
of canary bird accompanist. The
combination is as pleasing as it is
rare. One of the novelties is af-
torded by Grace De Winters, who
has mastered ventriloquism, by some
thought to be an impossible thing
for a woman. She also gives some
excellent limitations. The feature
picture play is Tin Pan Alley" a
tale Of a young man who is strug-
Cling to get ahead as musician.
Drew and Campbells new Liberty
Girls with Jack Conway, everybody's
favorite, will be the attraction at the
Gayety throughout New Years week
presenting a spectacular production
in two acts and 10 scenes entitled,
"Manless ISLE" of which Mr.. Con-
way is author. A feature will be
an elaborate spectacular march pre-
scented by the famous challenge Lib
erty Girls Beauty Chorus. Ladies
matinee daily at 2:ls. Two complete
performances Wednesday mig h t
New Years eve) at $50 and 1870.
Grand holiday matinee New Years
Cay at 800
When Fred Stone goes wild ami
NAL hunting, ranching or something
outdoors, he does not think of dan
cling or ice skating. So it occurred
to him, that it would be good idea
for him to make picture record of
his dancing and skating while they
were fresh in his memory, so that
he could go back to them any time
he needed them in hurry. There
was A hurry call for rehearsal of
Jack O'Lantern" at the opening of
the season; and Stone went to the
Golden Glade Kinks in New York
and tried to do his Jack O Lam
tern" stunt. 1t took him only few
minutes to decide that he would bet
ter look at that picture, as he
couldn't remember at all. so he
watched it carefully, went to the
Glades again, and when the dress
rehearsal was called with the or
.chestra three days later, Stone gave
perfect performance on skates.
When you see the skating at the
end of Jack O Lantern" which plays
at the Brandeis theater next week,
it is easy to see where the routine
comes in, but no one knows until
it happens what is to come to pass
when he begins to ad lib as it were
in the encore which closes the whirl-
wind entertainment.