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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1916)
Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. WOMAN’S ENLARGING SPHERE. At twenty-five a man used to begin to live, but a woman was on the shelf. Up to a few decades ago the woman of tw'enty-five, married or single, was usually passe. And here’s her twentieth century substitute who is an undeveloped child under twenty-five. She is perfectly willing to marry, but she has plenty of interests to occupy her if she doesn’t Moreover, she has plenty of interests in addition to home and family when she does marry. For there is one thing that business and professional interests have done for the modem woman which makes them beyond price—that have protrac ted youth and deferred recognition of old age indefinitely. Business and pro fessional life do for women what they have done for men. It takes a man 'about ten years to put a business on the level of substantial success. Some times it takes more, occasionally less. The well planned business life of the average man makes the years between twenty and thirty hard plugging. At thirty he begins to have a secure foot ing, and if he has really lived, if he has the rich human experience that falls to the average normal individual, he is a well rounded personality and in the prime of life at forty. Interesting occupation has shoved ahead woman’s prime of life similarly. The young bud of nineteen or twenty is only pleasant to look at or to play with for a little while. From twenty to thirty, if she is actively engaged in doing something worth while, she is developing continually. She is enrich ing her mind and personality by actual contact with life, more real than that viewed from the safe walls of a com fortable home. She is building her business life, facing conflict daily, learning self reliance. Her soul goes unshielded through the fires of experi ence. At thirty she is in the prime of life, rich in interest and human sym pathy and understanding. Woman’s life used to be mainly ret rospective. Before thirty she was al ready engaged in the gentle occupa tion of reiterating again and again her youthful experiences and conquests. The modem woman with an occupa tion looks ahead. The past is to her only a foundation, and her days are filled with planning for next month, next year and ten years ahead.—Ex. THE UNSEEN CORD. There is an unseen cord which binds The whole wide world together; Thru every human soul it winds This one mysterious tether; It links all people and all lands Thruout their span allotted, And death alone unites the strands Which God himself has knotted. However humble be your lot, Howe’er your hands be fettered, You cannot think a noble thought But all the world is bettered. With every impulse, deed or word, Wherein love blends with duty, A mesage speeds along the cord, That gives the earth more beauty. Your unkind thought, your unselfish deed, Is felt in farthest places; There are no solitude where greed And wrong can hide their faces; There are no separate lives; the chain, Too subtle for our seeing, Unites us all upon the plane Of Universal Being. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox, THE SACRED CANTATA “ESTHER” AT THE BOYD THEATRE MARCH 6. The army was organized, drilled and marched to the front, after which it fought itself to fame. Not in war, but in peace. The victory was the approbation of che largest body of our people that uas ever turned out to anything given in Omaha. It was an audience great to look upon. Cosmopolitan in the extreme, well dressed and absolutely undivided ,n its attention. It was also intelii [gent in the approval of the individual and ensemble efforts of the soloist land chorus. They knew when to ap plaud. Another commendable feature was ;he fact that the major part were in .heir seats in time to see the curtain ro up. Now, as to the principals and chorus I i must confess that-1 was agreeably surprised at one feature in particular, that was the clear enunciation used ay all, whether in singing the solos ar chorus, throughout the cantata. Words are written to be understood, flow many singers we hear that never give a thought to the story, they are content to croon the melody and leave the rest to your imagination. Singers should strive to paint a word picture on a background of mel ody. The solo parts were well rendered, as well as could be expected on the first presentation, because stage fright as a disease is no respecter of persons. Miss Duval sang with ease. More should be heard of Miss Min nie W'right. Mr. Rufus Long is get ting better all the time; and the race should be proud of Mr. Jeltz, he is one of our great living bass singers, he sings with intelligence. Mr. Lee McKinney did very well with a try ing part. The ensemble work was great, yes, that’s the word, “great.” Their phras ing would have done credit to many older organizations. I could not de tect any over balanced section, there seemed to be enough of the different voices to create one grand effect. The chorus had class, more voices will only increase the class. Mrs. Jessie Moss at the piano, was equal to the occasion. Not only did she play every note in that difficult score, but she was responsive to every demand of the skillful director. In her rendition throughout she displayed musical intelligence, and a broad con ception of the difficult task she had before her. I might add that I never heard an accompaniment better played outside of professional ranks. A word about Mr. Ben Stanley. Of his ability as a musician, I can’t add anything to what has already been said, but of the bigness of his heart too much cannot be said. When a man of his race and ability is big enough to train one hundred of our people to sing as that chorus sang (last Monday night) we as a people (looking for light) should engrave his name in our memories, and teach our children to know of him and his work. Let us pray that he be spared to con tinue his noble undertaking. In clos ing, let me say that there are many good voices among our people in this city, that should be heard from. Why not come forward and offer what you have? The race needs you. When the final call comes, why not be in a position to feel that you have given your best to posterity. DAN DESDUNES. For Rent—7 room house and bath room. 3510 N. 33rd St., phone Harney 4002. Rent .$12.00. VOTE FOR James L. Johnson Present Councilman Florence Candidate for Representative Subject to Republican Primaries, April 18, 1916. There is a Lot of Satisfaction in Knowing that in Buying Coffee } You are Getting the Utmost Value for Your Money. 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