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Of Allah THE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK: FKlHU'AHY 1, 1914 9- -13 FAMOUS ACTRESS OF TWENTY- - YEARS AGO M RRANDEIS THEATER SFIVE CRAWFORD, PHlLLEY G ZEHRUNG, Mgra. M(SVV 1 I Toir8 TIKBDAV J TODAY Tuesday THE MUSIC OKfcAlVf A by OKXK BTIlATTOX.POItTHIt Popular Pricod Matinees -:- - 25c-50- c Iftl nnv ami v i nuc 1 r-a- s ilnur I u - 1. tivi 7ui uatiucci PCI " vhi vii ccddii uuivu u mi inui. aim mum IDA WESTON RAE IN THE MORAL AND UPLIFTIN8 DRAMA AS YE SOW Tr I Mat. 25c and 50c Night 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c FOUR N8GHTS Feb. S, 9, 10, 11 Wed. Mat. OMVIIIt MOHOSCO 1'roscnts tho (Jivntcst Comedy lilt of UioDo-nrt-o Eli 0' MY HEART Ity J. HAHTLRV MAXXI2KS (Lnurt'tte Taylor' Vcrjicttinl New York Success) One Oay 3,iy--Fe- b. 12, fthiinse and Night Wim.iam Morris akxounckb HARRY LAUDER Anil His Compnny of International Artists Engaged In His FIRST ROUKll.THIMVORM) TOUR Price Mat. 50c to $1.50; Night 50c to $2 TWO NSGhTS-Fc- B. 13 - 14, Saturday Matins WILLIAM A. RRADY OKFKRS BOUGHT and PAID FOR Tho Great Nqw York nnd London Success by doorgq Broadhurct ONE WEEK CCD , Ifi MATINEES 4 COE Sunday TIM 13 Wii. mi Saturrfty THK WORLDS GRKATKST DRAMATIO SPKCTACLK The GARDEN 4 AmiPros -- At Ae o&pimm At, the ORPHSCM HE recurrence Jn print of the tors who had played with her Tatd For" at tho Brandels February namo of Mary Anderson is days when alio was "Our Mary." and U for three performances. motive and cnrlond of powder Is shown, duo. welt- - nigh wholly to nml so vivid Ib tho explosion which fol her "Freckles,"' Oene Somebody snjS Oar-de- a dramatization of has; that "Tho lows the 'audlenco shrinks back In participation with Robert Stratton-Portcr'- s that novel of thp same title, of Allah" which . comes to the Brandels OF A first-run- 1 comedy film con ALLAH terror. will Hlchens In the making Into Is us 15 Is announced the attraction at tho for the week bcglnnlpg February, clude tho picture, thow. UrnmatlzntlQH of thp Novel by Robert lllchcns rind Mary Anderson play form of his romance of Brandcls commencing with matinee to- the desert dramatized. It Is more than stage Klsle Qllbert and her romplmt ittrls and Oar-de- cele- day; This version is the work of that, however, for It tells tho story of tho Km-pre- Tim of Allah." fJo other, collies will fcaUlro tho bill ut the ss Nell Twomcy, who hus transferred tho renegade mpnk In search, of that elusive 50c, 75c, $1.09, $1.50 and $2 brated . actress "of what, may bo termed this week. Tho net consUts of n Prices spirit. of the wlldwood, visualized the de call peace and happi- "our-tlrh- o" somotlnsjhatw.e successful as"she -- number" of plnslns and dnnelntf finis, has been sd lightful characters ol tho tory ,and ness. Every 'human being la searching TYlth a troupe trained dogs. Daisy Special Wednesday Matinee 50c to $1,50 In inaklns her retirement from tho world woven the Incidents Intp a logical and u monk, many yours of for that, That for Gordon, the dainty clnsInK comedienne, of tho theater a retlroment do factor as entertaining play, Naturaily, tho pathetic up In monastery, decide to ehut a should will present her characterization and jf B? CLt When Accompanied well aa de Jure. Perhaps' the explanation element has been tmphaslzed .most leave. Ills' peaceful surroundings and look AM Mm B O comedy spurs. The La Volas, ti troupe V by it Remittance Her success In- - respect resides in stongly, but In relief of this there are! for contentment elsowhore Is the ground ilUBn d of this of comedy wire bicycle nrtlsts, will NOW RUING A,CUISPTBD AND FILLKI) frequent brilliant flashes of wit nnd a work of story. ho should also and the fact that she meant to retire when the That to 6h& bo an added nttriictlon, with Davis nnd charming love Interest for the two nov discover desplto h happy marriage, Jmtti$4t$&M she Certainly her failure to that Wnlkor completing program by K did retire. famous characters, Freckles and the pcaco contentment nro only of the the due lack' op- .and whirlwind danclnR lesson. has not been to of Angel. Tho play Is Illusively mounted; soul and not of tho world Is not so .their L!m-berlo- st Tho usual. yarled photo play program will portunity, for every manager of note In particularly 'effective Is the great strange--tha- t Is 'cathbllo doctrine and a bo presented wjtli tho vaudeville this country the last twenty-tw- o years, sceno painted . by Crosble QUI of one which & great many people subscribe nt 2, 3:30, and beginning with the late Henry E. Abbey, Wallack's Broadway theater, New York. to. There is a wealth pt beauty in the ,7:0 9, and a continuous performance wth tho ha made efforts to get "our Mary" back who has pictured the. famous swamp And soltlngs, they are tpood-crcatln- g as for pictures being maintained from noon un- to tho stage, If only for a slnglii its environs with consummate skill. Jules well as Impressive to the eye. The very 11 p. m. American tour. Velle will be seen hero as the plucky first panorama and the succeeding til Phons, Douglas 494, j llttlo waif, Freckles, Bell-mo- ra It was in April, 188), in the oventng pre- and Carrie scenes, each In its own way, suggest the ADVAHOED VAUDH7Z&S I WEEK OE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Ul as tho Angel. An exceptionally Tho spe- FORMER OMAHA GIRL TO ut-.- i. mi it S) 4E ceding a scheduled beginning of a week's locale, whl( the Arabs and Moors In bb "a whirling tag comedian." u.i n.l. i strong company photo-pla- y ttctK siarung mil. hh. return engagement In Philadelphia, that supporting of players is their ptcturesquo costumes, wandering to cial Orpheurn this week will FRONT AS SONG WRITER rii. Mary Anderson collapsed. She has nover promised. and fro, speaking their unintelligible have n dramatic subject, "The Palo of public-o- r in "that customs of Prejudice." HARRY YANSCI slnco acted In either "As Ye' Sow" comes to the Brandels tongues nnd suggesting the Friends of Mrs. Jean Fleming Williams "private" an give vividness to tho capacity called because for an engugemcnt of one day only, two their African home, and her parents, Air, and Mrs. William is seats. That Hob Manchester's "Cracker' Jacks' QILBE1T extra charge made for the action. - ELSIE performances, matlnco and night, Satur- will bo at- Qayoty Fleming, who .wore residents of Omaha FOX DOLLY tour of hers in 16S8-IS- was the the attraction tho moving to & final day, January 7. This drama is of a for tho weok beginning this for, over thirty yrars, until Ker Dancing aIris Jtd in receipts for any foreign star The great Drury Oano spectacle. "The theater 1309, record moral and uplifting nature and Is being afternoon. Tho show starts with an old Salem, Ore., In havo Just received Bmsrt Fooling, Songs and Danco? who hod ever acted m the United States, Whip.". Is cpmlng to the Brandels In the tho presented by a 'capable company headed tlmo ".Mulligan's M I word that Mrs. Williams has written despite American nativity, Mary near future. "Tho Whip" Is the biggest first part called aril Till LAVOLAS for, her by Ida Weston Rao. Popular prices will (iras." Is as funny as tho. would words of a song which Is meeting with had. become indeed a foreign melodramatic succesB In tho history of It tltlo Anderson prevail. suggest nnd anyone who can ImnKlno an wldo popularity. Sho Is a graduato of AUSTIN WEBB & CO. Oomsay Wir suiA through having taken up her per- the show business" and carries the largest tho star, Irishman a French, blow-ou- tho Omaha High school, and attended in in Lon- production. There are over 200 people in at swell t Is sonal and professional residence I.asello seminary at noston. Her mother, Wlllard Mack'H One-A- ct Play GORDON "Peg o' My Heart," which comes to the working crew, who put on ready to see himself laughlnu at tho nivisv the cast and p "Your and Milne." don. Brandels for four days beginning Feb- outset. The wind-u- Is a satire on city Mrs. Ida Fleming, was head of tho do. ring Xoonttrtg CtsnUww J and appear In thirteen massive, scenes. composition When her engagement to Antonio ruary S, is Indeed a comedy of charm. life called "Brrck to Nature." ofcorjfe partnient of Kngllsh In the WALKER was formally anounced, she lllL-- h Kp.hnnl for n. number of vears. Ml1. CHUNG HWA IAVIS ft Navarro Tho story deals with Teg, the daughter of upon, Orpheurn Yctten Smith Is responsible for both COMEDY 4 said that she would never act again. Tho headline feature the pieces and Grady Fleming was a prominent business man Whirlwind Dorsi an improvident but Jovablp Irishman and week, Is skit which Thomas 'hatf staged Chlneso Exponents of Harmony Managers smiled actors smiled, the news- bill this a musical them. Hoth aro wWI looked and later tax commissioner of Omaha. an arlstlcratlo Englishwoman on whom promises much in tho way of diversion after anil and Fun, papers smiled, tho public smiled. It her relatives turned their backs when lhlsls why tho "Cracker Jacks"' are Tho song, "Together," composed by Mrs. roar HUows jtwllT.
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