Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-17
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THEAT Frs

| n sas City prevented Lucille
\ Cavanagh, headiner, and two
other acts, from appearing at the
opening performances at the Or
pheum yesterday. Irene and Bobby
Smith, voealists, and William Ferry,
The Frog" were the other late ar
rivals. A washout near Leaven-
worth was announced as the cause
OF the delay.
Manager Byrne filled the vaean-
eies with the Misses Wilson, local
dancers, Harry Stone, singing &C.
cordionist, who happened to be
sojourning here, and the Rowland
Riddles, a quartet of talented mt
sieians. The youngsters scored a
hit with their playing OIL piano,
banjo, violin and drums. The small
est of the boys, eight years old,
handled the drums like a profess
sional. The father of the Riddles
is Dad" Rowland. stage electrician
at the Orpheum.
Miss Cavanagh will open her en-
gagement here today, accompanied
by Wheeler Wadsworth, Mel aig
and William B, Taylor, in "A
kaleidoscope of Dance, Color and
Song" There are eight numbers in
the act and Miss Cavanagh is said
to be an ambitious exponent of
tht dancing art.
Caroline Kohl, George Sherwood,
Montgomery Holland, George Fee
aud John Hend; ieks offered an
other Martin Beck act, mo Sabe,"
dramatic episode in which
Chinese servant plays the central
role. A murder mystery is ex-
planned in an unusual way.
Lee Beers is entertaining as
pianist, singer and story teller. He
weaves excerpts of popular songs
into a story which he relates clever
ly on piano and with voice. Thomas
Patricola, accompanied by Rubt
Meyer, is lively on his feet and is
| something of 4 comedian. Jim
Harkins is a stalwart laugh pro-
| yolSer, who tells a lot of conf
dental information about the other
actor folk on the bill. Jim is as
sisted by Marian Ct the same family
name. Kilograms and the Or
pheum Travel Weekly are the mo-
ton picture offerings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew will
open their engagement at the Boyd
tonight in Keep Her Smiling"
three-act comedy in which this pair
of popular entertainers bring to life
Henry" and Polly" whom they
have made so we'll known on the
screen, and give them a chance to
talk as we'll as act. The play has
twenty speaking parts in it, and is
presented by first-class acting COM
pany. The engagement is for three
nights and matinee on Wednesday
afternoon.
| MacLarens, a quintette from Bon
ME Scotland, are headliners at the
Empress theater this week in mu-
steal act. They offer songs and
dances and play an assortment Of
musical instruments. Singing, dane
ling and piano playing are featured
in an act by Prick and Adair Jess
and Dell introduce a novel singing,
talking and dancing act with their
heads fitted on doll bodies Jimmie
Lyons presents a laughable mono-
llogue and entertaining parodies on
popular songs. The photoplay attrac-
ton is Bert Lytell, in Faith" and
| Charlie Chaplin in THE Ham Art
list" The Pathe weekly is also shown.
There's a show at the Gayety this
week-a regular show that will hold
your attention from the time the cur
tain rises until its final drop. It's
the 1919 edition of Barney Gerard's
"Follies," one of the best musical
burlesque entertainments of the
whole season. Encore follows en-
core with such frequency that the
show is materially heightened, Cert
rude Hayes, Harry Sliding" WEIGH
and Chester (Rube) Nelson furnish
the fun. Ladies' matinee daily, 2:l5,
all week.