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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1899)
-M-ATT A T > ATT/V sTrrcnAV. r ft. isnn. ir. ( AMUSEMENTS. | Tcrhdps the dullest neck of the present ( hcatrlcAl season locally was the one just closed , Hoyd'g thcntcr being darlt during the entire period , with the exception of one night , and then musical rather than draC matlc entertainment was offered ; therefore , patrons of the theaters were compelled to oonftno their theater fiolnn to the VAUdovlllo house , or stay at home. Few , however , who realized that the Orphcum was presenting one of the beat bills since Its opening did the latter. I'nplnln proved an attraction that merited all of thn good things that woio Raid about her In advance of her coming and few If any were disappointed In her electrical dance of magnificent splendor. Just why Uoyd's theater should bo with out attractions for so long a tlmo at this Reason of the jcar Is something that doubth less makes many theater goers wonder , and the reason may bo of Interest to the readA cis of this department. It was the original Intention of .Managers I'a\ton and Uurgcsa to bring the Woodward Stock company to Omaha to open a spring and summer run on March Ifi , and with this fact In view only a few bookings were made for dates later than this , nnd they were only for nuch stars as Mansfield , Modjeska , Drew , Goodn ftIn and other players of extraordinary merit. However , the Woodward company. which has been playing at the now AudiH torlum theater In Kansas City for the last three months , has been meeting with such splendid succccs that Messrs. Burgess and Woodward , owners of this company , decided to keep It there as long as It will draw auch exceptionally large crowds. This comt pany will come to Omaha later In the seav son. This plan was not decided upon until It was too late to fill the open dates after March 15. One thing patrons of the theater may bo thankful for , and that Is that the attractions that arc to come to this theater during the rest of the season arc among the best traveling , and In view of this fact they can afford to wait patiently for them , knowP Ing that when they do come they will bo north seeing. For this week Stuart Hobson , who has always been n favorlto In this city , will como on Wednesday for one performance , at which ho will present his present season's success , "Tho Meddler. " In St. Louis two weeks ago , Mr. Hobson tried a now play , "Two Rogues nnd a Romance , " by Theodore Hurt Sayre. The St. Louis critics treated It very kindly , but It evidently did not just suit Mr. Hobson , or doubtless he would have given It hero. At the Orphoum the chief attraction Tvlll bo .Milton and Dolly Nobles , who will make their Initial appearance here In vaudeville , j i Llko Hobson , they are old Omaha favorites , having appeared here In such legitimate plays as "Love and Law , " "Tho Phoenix , " nnd others of Mr. Nobles' clever writings. "Omaha people have had vaudeville long enough now so that they are beginning to become critical , " said Manager Kosenthal of the Orphcum ono day last week , "and I fear that some of them are Inclined to bo unreasonably harsh in their criticisms of the different bills wo are offering from week to week. It Is not Infrequent that I hear some outsider say : 'If they would o ly give us some of the eastern vaudeville favorites now and then vaudeville would soon become a craze In Omaha. ' If these persons would only glance over the amusement columns of the New York , Boston and Chicago papers they would see that wo get Identically the i same-attractions here that they have there , ' only of course not so many of them at once. 1 For Instance , nt the Olypmlc In Chicago , or I Proctor's or Keith's In Boston nnd New- , York they give ten to sixteen acts Instead I of eight , as we do here , but the fact that . they get from CO cents to $2 each for their seats must be taken into consideration. K tbo people could only realize how hard It Is to get these bills together every week they nould appreciate to the fullest extent what wo give . .em. I do not mean to say that there Is such a scarcity of vaudeville per formers In the country that they ore hard j to get , for there are plenty of them , but there is a scarcity of the class that we must i engage for a theater like this , where the patrons are of the better clnsu of people who ! want only clean , legitimate nets. Another thing that makes It even more hard to get together bills for Omaha and our other west ern theaters la that oftentimes acts that are considered first-class In the east and get an unlimited amount of applause from thu ' audiences there simply fall flat here , so j / you see It Is difficult to know just what , l Omaha people want nnd the only way no 1 j can find out la by experimenting. It Is very , hard to please the gallery and the down stairs portion of tbo house alike. Usually the gullery wants acts where 'horso play' predominates , while to please the down stairs portion of the audience the acts must be refined and have artistic merit. Of course i acts llko Paplnta's cannot help pleasing 7 everybody. It Is something that can i > e icen nnd easily appreciated Sketches and monologue- acts , however , require the close ittcntlon of the spectators to every word ipoken In order to have their true worth ap preciated and thus not only the ejes and ears but the brain must * be used. Whllo I j don't mean to Infer that the upper portion , af a vaudeville audience lacks gray matter , but oftentimes if they have It they don't ! want to use It , but rather want something that will make them laugh and please them | to look at. Hcnco acts composed of 'horse , jilay' and n few others , llko acrobatic and other athletic acts , please them , where n bright , witty sketch or monologue act , where the Jokes are Just n trifle deep , amuses the down stairs , but usually goea over the gallery frequenter's head and ho RODS away condemning the act. Of ono thing the Omaha people may rest assured , and that Is wo have a capable man looking for the best acts In the vaudeville line all the time and as fast as ho finds them they will bo given work on tha Orpheum circuit. As Omaha Is on that circuit It Is hardly necessary to sny moro. " There has been considerable Just com plaint among patrons of both Omaha theaters of late of Insufficient programs to , supply the demand for the ludlspenslble In . formation these little pamphlets contain i about the characters , etc. At the o'rpheum t on Sunday this U the chronic condition , and I nny number of people are compelled ( o sit tha-performance through without knowing ' ! who or what Is upon the stage. At the en gagements of Jefferson do Angolls , Sol I Smith Hussell nnd DeWolf Hopper at the , Uoyd the supply of programs was exhausted I before three-fourths of the audience wcro , In their seats , with tha result that the other fourth < were compelled to borrow their neigh . bor's or go without. It Is surely not because , of the cost of the programs that an Insuf , ficient number Is furnished , for they are , about as cheap rugs as could possibly be , . gotten out and are In reality a disgrace to , Vthe theaters. At a theater where $1 to (1,50 j /li charged for admission U would seem that t ( the management should bo willing to expend t at least 1 cent of this amount for a decent t program , Business men are Inveigled Into advertising In these programs on the repre- ' aentattou that each person who attends the s theater gets one and are therefore victims , of the evil , as well as those who put up / ttiolr money to see the show. Let us have * better programs and enough of them , ( Nell Durgess filed a petition In bankruptcy recently. His Ilabllttfese are $104,059 , with no MSOIB. iMost of bis debts were contracted j ' In 1895 and 189C , when n scries of financial disasters swept away the largo fortun he had made with "The County Fair. " Ills , losses were on ttic Star theater In New York ' City , where he produced "Tho Year One , " whltfli wasn fclltire ; on a contract to buy the Fourth Presbyterian church property In Thirty-fourth street , and on plajs on the rrad There arc eighty-six crcdlti rs Some of tbo most Important one * are : Jacob Stelner , $49,000 deficiency Judgment ; Luke A. Ilurko & Co. , $14,304 repairs to Star theater ; Harlng Manufacturing comn' pony , $1,294 , racing machines ; James T. Hall I & Co. , $4,058 $ , decorating , John H. Young , $2,07(5 ( , scenery painting. Thcro are signs and portents of evil on the horizon of the professional career of Julli Arthur. Unmistakable signs they arc , too And If she lenM noon living In luxurious retirement or presiding over a school of actIng - Ing It will be because fate ban faced about nnd brought her something better than Is now In sight. She got considerable advertis ing out of her marriage. Then the compli cations and court costs In connection with 'her ' Now York engagement got her Into the newspapers. But now she haa gone to scoldIng - Ing her audiences , a la Henry Miller and Charles Coghlan. It occurred In Daltimoro. It seems that she couldn't command the close attention of the assembled multitude with her "Lady of Quality , " and so she had the ! curtain rung down. Then she acnt a man In front to deliver a message to tbo effect that there was too inudi noise In the house i that money would too returned to those who wished to lca\c , but that If they wanted the play to go on they iwould tavo to bo quiet. 'Slio got attention , but she also gave proof that she baa not done all the things her early efforts promised for her. Both she and Julia iMarlowo are seemingly disap pointed with themselves. They have both fallen into tbo habit of disapproving of the public , and naturally the public can only be expected to disapprove of them. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Under the management of H. S. Taylor , J. K. Emmet and Lottlo Gllson , the popular comedienne , will make a Joint starring tour this spring In "Fritz In a Madhouse , " open ing at the Lyric theater , Hobokcn , on April 2. Mr. Emmet , of course , will play Fritz , whllo Miss Gllson will have the part of Colle , and will Introduce her singing spe cialty. Mr. Taylor has engaged a company of capable players and will make the pro duction n first-class ono ID every respect. Harry I ! Lee will bo the advance representative cf the company. Co in I MB CvcntH. The unusually long mid-season Intermis sion In dramatic attractions at Boyd's theater is to bo broken next Wednesday , when Stuart Uotfion , one of the best be loved and ablest exponents of legitimate comedy on the American stage , and a com pany of well known artists , will present Mr. Robson's new comedy by Augustus Thomas , "The ( Meddler. " In this piece iMr. Hctoson nnd company have evidently been winning much new profcEslrnal prestige , for both play and company have receded the highest commendation frc-m the press wherever they have appeared. The play derives Its name from the central figure , Francis EH ( Mr. Hcbson ) , who has a proclivity for InvestlS gating the affairs of his acquaintances. Ho Imagines that he has discovered an Intrigue between the wife cf one of his friends , Mrs Bancroft , nnd a Captain Chandler cf theeet. Ho undertakes to terminate It by an Inter- view with the lady , who Is , of course , mortally offended , and during the ensuing- scene the husband enters and demands an explanation of the high words between his wife nnd the meddler. The demand Is re- fU3c < l and the meddler Is ordered from the home. In her explanation to her husband the wife unwittingly leads him to suspect that the meddler himself has been paying attentions to her , and the husband flies forth to act accordingly. The wife beats him tn the house and pleads with the meddler not to undo her husband's ' mistake , but ho gets out of trouble by explaining that his mis- glvlngs refer to another woman , a Mrs. Ollphant. The husband at once forgives ana enters Ihto a compact with him to try and save the latter. Finally the whole set Is drawn Into the trouble and many comlc.il situations are said to ensue , all of which , however , terminate happily and amicably. The cast Includes , besides Mr. Robson , Frank C. Bangn , Harold Russell , Sheridan Block , Wlllard Curtis , Mrs. Stuart Robson , Gertrude Pcrrj" , Ida Van Cortland. .Mabol Strickland and the leading lady , Marie Bur- roughs , who Is well remembered In Omaha as leading lady for the celebrated English actor , n. S. Wlllard , and later as the star in Plnero's "Tho Profligate. " Manager Rosenthal of the Crelghton-Or- pbcum announces that this week be will present a bill that will be superior In every way to anything that has yet been seen at this popular society vaudeville theater. Dolly and Milton Nobles will bo the head- liners and they are so well known In Omaha that comment seems almost superfluous. When they went on the vaudeville stage U was a matter of much comment , for among the many stars who have lately bid farewell - well to tbo legitimate stage they are prob ably as Important as any. The author of "Tho Phoenix" has had no occasion to regret - gret the step he took and. Indeed , " he has frequently expiessed the satisfaction he felt In his new line of work Ho still appears In refined comedy and Is eald not to have lost n Jot of that peculiar magnetism which won him so many admirers In the good old days when "Tho Phoenix" was In Its prlmo The sketch In which he appears Is the work of hU own pen and has been described as the best thing ho has written In the lighter vein It Is entitled "Why Walker Reformed - formed , " and tells of the serious compllca- tlons Into which an unlucky club man plunges himself soon after his marriage. As the tipsy unfortunate Mr. Nobles , It is bald , has a splendid opportunity to display his notable versatility. The fame of Low Bloom , the tramp , Is known wherever tbo comedies of Hoyt have | ! "made n tear , " as the college boja would say , and that Is pretty nigh everywhere In this broad land of ours He will appear ' In a sketch which Is reported to bo precisely , e suited to his capabilities and will have thu i i o assistance of Jane Cooper a Two other legitimate stars , who have been I' lurrd from their orbits by the charm of I * vaudeville , are Mr and Mrs. Auguatln Neun vlllo , who will present "A Rehearsal with " Interruption. " Mr. .Vcuville , who Is ono of the latest recruits , recently declared that the i l cleverest nnd moat original people he had j ' ever met were to be found among the spe- : clalty stars. This " may be rather hard on the "legits , " but Mr. Neuville wished to In- dlcatc that the specialty artists were neces- aarlly men and women of Ideas because they ; were compelled to be originators In an age i y when ' theatrical novelties are all the rage. n Miss Edith Craske , the premier danseuse , Is ' lately arrived from Europe , where she i created ' a sensation. She Is said to be one i f of ' the most skilled and handsome of the i o Parisian J school of dancers. If reputation i tl counts for aught the Sankey brothers . , equlllt | brUts ' , certainly have won notable names by n their ' spell-blLdlng marvels , The eastern i b successes. ' Elvira Francellt and Tom Lewis , , c and ' the funmaker * . the Flood brothers , in i w comedy acrobatics , complete the bill. I The coming of "Ian Maclaren , " Rev. John i Watson , D D , , will bo one of the greatest g events of the season. The author of "lieg side the Bonnie Brier Hmh" will give readw Inpn form this and his other works Crowded houses have greeted him everywhere in America , ami his appearance hero nt the Boyd March 28 will be no exception. Uoi Tlu-ntrlcnl. Marie Walnwrlsht has entered vaudeville. Henry Miller. It Is whispered , will soon appear In a fine production of Hamlet. Kyrlo Bellow will have an Important role In [ Sir Henry Irvlng's forthcoming Robesu Pierre production. Nat C. Goodwin and Maxlnc Elliott Intend to ( , present "The Cowboy nnd the Lady" In London next June * Augustus Thomas Is at work on n new play entitled "Arizona,1 which will bo produced In Chicago In June. Mr. Dlgby Bell has decided that Mrs. Bur- nott's play , "Joe Hurst. Gentleman , " will not ' do and the piece iuia bun ahoNul Gertrude Rutlcdge , formerly an Omaha girl. Is now In vaudeville and in.iv bo Geen hero nt the Orphcum later In the season. Charles II Hoyt , accompanied by W. II. Currle , has returned from Florida , having almost recovered bis normal health nnd strength. There Is moro money In acting than In farming. Richard Mansfield's share of twcntj weeks of "C > ratio do Bergernc" is $120OUO. Buffalo Bill Is going to hnva n reproduc tion of the charge up San Juan hill In his Wild West at Madison Square Cinrden , open. lug next week. Jerome K. Jerome's dramatization of his novel , "John Ingleflcld , " was put In re- hoarsnl at the Ljceum Inst week for special matinee production. Ellen Terry narrowly escaped serious InJury - Jury , If not death , last Thursday by n cur tain which broke fioni Its fastenlims mid fell while she was acting at the Grand theater , Fulhnm. London. Julia Arthur and Kuceno Blair have set tled satisfactorily their differences concern ing territorial rights to "A Lady of Quality" nnd Miss Blair will be permitted to present the play In Now Orleans. Viola Allen will sail for Kuropo after the close of her Boston engagement nnd will stay abroad until laie In AUO. , i . - i . . . open her next season nt Powers' theater. Chicago , early lu September nnd pln > there for two months. Her tour Is to be confined exclusively to the south anil west. Edmoml Hi Ktnnd and Sarah Bernhnrdt nrc busy with the preparation of "The Eagle. " which Is soon to bo ncteil at Mine. Bern- hnidt's theater. Thu question of the play's quality Is absorbing to the Parisians , who are wondering whether or not the pleco will bo a second "Cyrano do Bergerac. " i Jacob Lilt will produce next season a piny I by Edwin Ardcn , dealing In a scrluus way , , with tbo persecution of the Jews In Kussla. 1 It will be a big production , employing 200 or 300 people , nnd will have several blrt I scenes. Mr. Arden will appear tn the leadIng - I Ing role. Tbo play will bo called "The Chil dren of Israel. " Several members of President McKlnley's bousebold attended n performance at the Grand opera house during Maude Coui o , engagement there and they were so pleased j ) that they sent her nn Immense bo > c of Howw 1 ers bearing nn official card , stating that they | were from the White House conservatories , i A full-pago picture of Miss Courttiey also appeared in the Capitol , Washington's lead- Ing1 weekly. The report that Israel Zangwlll will change the title of his new play foumUU on his novel. "Children of the Ghetto. " to "Tho Jew , " Is denied by Manager George C. Tjler of Lleblcr & Co. , who will produce It. This firm Is too shrewd to lo&o the benefit of the pro- Interest which the book has created In the liP' play ' by changing Its title. "Chlldieu of the Ghetto" Is a valuable trademark. Viola Allen , In Hall Caine's play. "Tho Christian " opened for a spring run nt the Bcston Museum Monday. March 6. and will continue there for the balance of the season. She Is reported to have made the greatest , hit recorded In Boston In several vears. The j i receipts for her first week were $12.870 and | for her second week , ending the ISth inst . $13,371. Boston , too. has taken on a great j measure of theatrical prosperity this > ear. I All leading attractions have done well there. | J but Miss Allen has , however , eclipsed every one , both In receipts and popular Interest. H does seem strange that men of business \vho are In touch with the latest novelties In their own line should sa constantly de clare themselves against art when It is spoken of In connection with music. Business men will tell one that they do not want to hear any "sky scraping" music arias , overtures , sjmphoules or concertos and that all they want Is to hear the old- tlmo favorites once more , the tunes that mother used to sing and the ballads cf the days of dilldhood. These same men will , In their own lines of business , use and trade In all the newest designs that art has made possible. Take the grocer , for Instance. Ho dors no : sell ( much oatmeal for porridge. Now he has the ] rolled oafs and the cracked wheat , farinas nnd cerealltea and all sorts of "new fangled" ; things to tlcklo the palate and drive away the good old "stlrabjut " Onions and cabbage < lo not present them selves with such frequency at the first-class ] stores as do asparagus and tomatres anil lettuce , wJilch latter vegetables. If they maybe bo called such , are dressed and adapted from the ] Trench , and translated Into unintel ligible language. The merchant tailor no longer puts nn advertlhement In his paper that the Invoice had been received for a new lot of cloth suitable for spring clothes. No , ho now summons art to his assistance and takes the pleasure of advising you that his samples of now spring "suitings" will bo ready for your Inspection on Monday morning. The queens-waro and crockery meichaut does not state that ho has for sale a lot of Honor pot holders and good iron stone coffee , cups , but he pays the local paper to tell the perple that ho Is now showing n choice line of jardlnlerci ; and "after din ner coffees" which are "all the rage" In the east. The gents' furnlnhlng store Is not fa- mTfl for Its bargains In unlaundercd fc'hlrts , made up , 'but ' for Its new line of shirtings of the latest London patterns and the "swell" ties " " and "nobby" scarfs. The tired business man drops Into a first class restaurant or his club for a noonday lunch , and ho sees names which a few years ago would have looked like the titles of some Philippine insurgent officer or some French count in a dime novel. The old-time balled potato of mother's time Is no longer. Today the man orders Pommes de terre au gratln. " A good slice of home-made cheese has departed In favor of "Fromago. " Beefsteak and onions made fine meal for many of those who are sleep ing ' the sleep of the Just and whoso memory wo revere , hut If they were to loturn to us now they 'would have to be comforted with "Braised beef a la mode , aux lines hcrbes " Thus has art deprived people of the things that ! mother used to cat , and the clothes that father used to wear , and the crockery that auntie used to have. But let us beware lest wo make any change In the music that mother used to Blng. All of which goes to show that we nro In on age cf artistic progress. Art Is all very well in the trades , but In the profession it must bo stopped. j But , It Is said , the people are clamoring for the popular music , the catchy music , the , old-fashioned music Well , In this connecfl tlon , an Inquiry n'ado at a certain restaurant ' j Omaha elicited the Information that there were more orders for corned beef and caba 1 bago last summer than for any other article en the bill of fare. Still there were borne r who wanted lobster. h The secret of the whole success of the art d wave in commodities Is this , that It crept on I gradually , nnd whllo there has been asparafi gui , there have alba been oiilona for tale , n whllo the caterer could servo a steak with cruole : sauce nnd subtle delicacies , he could also get up a very appetizing dish of fried plgV feet breaded. And herein U a leason. Perhaps If s-mo of our American musicians who are nerl- ously In earnest In their efforts to educate the meg c8 musically would npply this to their programs It would have n very bene- flclal effect. Fine fugues and excellent fan- tasles can bo made on some of the old themes ] , nnd many favorites In the form of ballads , can be treated vvlth artistic skill , and why not Indulge the public a little bit once In n whllo ? The public really Is ap preciative nnd deserves some consideration. It : Is not thereby meant that the popular i trash ! of the day should bo encouraged , but , there f are ways and means for the thought- I fu ' | . THOMAS J. KELLY. Note * . Of the last week there are three worthy musical events to 'be ' especially noticed , nnd 1 taken In their order of ipresentntl"n they nro as follows : Tarland , Blcknell Young and Godowsky. It sepmn etrango to allude to a banjo plajer as an artist , for some reason or other The musical fmternlty has objected to having - ing Hho banjo placcJ on the snmo level wltti other stringed Instrument * , but the won"I | dcrf ] ul t > la > Ing cf Parlnudna \ \ completely cat - | rlml the crltlca by etorm , and that he is nn nrtlst Is beyond question. It Is a pity that more of the musicians did not hear him nt , his concert last week. . Blcknell Young was greeted toy a good audlcnco of his admirers and hla work , together - gether with that of Mrs. Young , -was eml- nently satisfactory. Godoweky proved his popularity In Omaha i by the very fair sale of scats sold nt the I ' box ofllco of Boyd's theater , and his pro gram was received with spontaneous on- thuMasm. The stage , dressed by the skillful , hamla of Stngo Manager Clark of the Bojd , I was the mrst artistic production In the way of appropriate Betting that has been seen for ( some tlmo. Of the coming events , the first principal date ] Is the c ncort to bo given by Hans Albert nt the Fliet Congregational church on Aprll 4. Mr. Albert and his playing nro too well known nnd too popular with Omaha people ' to need any comment here , and ns this Is Mr. Albert's first appearance In the present season on the local concert boards In recital , ho will surely too greeted by a | good house. Ho will bo assisted by Sternum ! Landsberg. The nett In point of Interest will bo the song recital by 'Miss ' Estello Rose , contralto , who will como from New York on a provin cial tour and entertain the Woman's club , and these outsiders who are willing to pay a trifling sum. Tfli's ' recital will be well worth hearing nnd Miss Rose should have a good reception. It will bo a matinee. The crowning glory of the month of April will of course bo the recital by the great Rosenthal. Rosenthal has captured all the eastern cities and has gained great dis tinction by his tremendous technique ana his soulful pla > lng. He will play at the Boyd on tiho night of April 19. The recital nt the First Methodist church today will bo largely given over to Passl n music. The ( Madrigal club will sing In Illus tration of 'Mr. ' Kelly's conversation's ' , and the mvalc that Is to Ibo played will be un familiar to local audiences. Mrs. C. M. Sherrlll , who has been Identl- fied with musical circles In Omaha for the last ' eight years , left this week for Kansas City , where she will reside Mrs. Sherrlll has been very successful as n teacher of vocal and Instrumental music , having brought out a number of very good voices and laid a solid foundation for many others. She has had charge of the musical history department of the Woman's club for the last two years , and In various ways has been working for the advancement of music In Omaha. She has Just completed a series of musical recitals In Denver , given under the auspices of Dean Blaksley , president of the conservatory there , under whom she studied some time ago. Miss Julia Officer , piano. Karbach block. COLLEGE ORATORS COMING \flirnnka Collcwlntf Oratorical Con tent to He Hi'lil Here \oi.t Month. The fifteenth annual contest of the NTe- iTaska. Cclleglate Oratorical association will be held In Omaha at the Young Men's Chris tian association auditorium Friday evening , April 7. The University of Nebraska. Doano college and Grand Island college will bo well represented by "rooters , " whllo Bellevue college will be present In full force. The orations will bo Insterspersed by musical numbers rendered by talent from ( tie Nebraska colleges. IVr several successive years previous to 1SJI3 Dcane college won the annual state contcbt. Since 1893 the University of Ne braska has vson every contest except that of 1SOC , when Doano won. In 1890 nil the colleges In the state association , with the exception of Doano nnd the State university , withdrew. In 1897 the new memben. were iHlmlttcd , Grand Island and Bellevue. Sev eral othcT Nebraska colleges are expected to present their names for admission at the next annual business meeting , which taKes place the same day as the contest. The winner of this contest is to represent Nebraska In the interstate oratorlal contest , wihich will bo held lu Lincoln May D. In view of this fact the Nebraska association is especially desirous of having a stiong orator to represent Nebraska , and so the state contest In Omaha promises to be moro intensely Interesting than ever. The Ne braska orator In the Interstalc contest will compete against orators from Ohio , Indiana , Illinois , Wisconsin , Minnesota , I wn , Mis souri , Kansas and Colorado. Nebraska has never won tills Interstate contest , but with the generous encouragement of the public both at the state contest In Omnhn and nt the Interstate contest In Lincoln she hopes to bo able to break the Ice this year. In the colleges romprlflng the association thcio Is the greatest Interest In the result of the contest. The Grand Island orator has been at work since Juno of last year , vvbllo the preliminary contests nt Doano nnd the University of Nebraska nnd Ucllevuo have n I been the closest nnd most satisfactory ever , n had. U The association Is the guest nf Bellevue 01 college this year and the contest Is being * held In Omaha for the accommodation of [ J Omaha's citizens. n DENTAL COLLEGE BUILDING " ol CoiiiiiKiilloim Structure tn Ili > Kredeil * * AlniiKiliU * Hit Mfillcnl Another evidence of the return of pros perity Is found In the Omaha Medical colJt lege. As soon as the college year clcscs , ai which will be about April 1 , the faculty BI will build an addition to the college for Ic the | accommodation of the dental students ? : who this year have been rather crowded . , In , the quarters assigned to them. p The building will occupy the vacant lot ti adjoining the medical school and In front II of tl'o dental department , on Twelfth and o Paclfl ? streets. The structure will be of la brick. Its dimensions and probable cost " have not yet been decided upon by the n doctors who own the stock In the college. ! ' . Is expected that ground will bo broken j [ f , for the now building before the middle of j , next month. < i I | I , i SHORT TIME ONLY , ] , DR. PKTUN ed J , ited Palmistry departments and GKADUATB is [ still connected from the Occult in this work with A cult College in India the following dia , Court Palmist prominent J newspapers . ist to the emperor papers of America 1 of Austria , Lecturer ica : turer and enter tainer on the subject New fj York World , , , ject of Palmistry New York Herald , at the White The ' Chicago Tribune , House in Wash Chicago f Times-Herald ington ; 72 medals The | Boston Herald , from Emperors , j I SanFrancisco Examiner Kings , and from P Scientific Socie StLouisGlobe Democrat 0 ties. | Detroit [ . ] Free Press. Etc. , Etc. The Paxton OF'F'EIEr TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE IN THE COUNTRY , and in the other cities of this state , as Dr. Perin will not be able to visit other cities in Nebraska. $5.00 READINGS BY MAIL $5.00 Just as good and correct as if you would call in person. Mail $8 , one 2- cent stamp and the impression of your left palm to DR. CARL , LOUIS PERIN , The Paxton , Omaha , Neb. , and you will receive by return mail , in closed envelope , a lull reading. DIRECTIONS tor Making an Impression of Your Hands , Cut This Cut This Out Place a. pniall pleie of eum oimphor upon .1 siuicer and Ig nite the same with a-r.atch. Hold ajhcet of white paper over Direction Out. . the ( lame until one side is coveted black by the smoke. Place As Et the paper upon the table , and , holding the fingers wide * npart , You May nresH the palm of the left hand upon the smoked surface. Lift Will Not Appear your hand from the piper and pour nlcohol upon the smoked Need It Some Dav surface to harden and hot the Imprison Slsn the sheet with Every Day. jour name ( whether Mr. , Miss or Mis. ) , name of city or towa nnd t-tatc. $5.00 PERSONAL READINGS. $5.00 At Dr. Perin's office , The Paxton , Rooms 28 and 26. Hours daily from 1O a. m. to 6 p. m. 'Phone calls not answered. POSITIVELY sro READINGS FOB , LESS THAN $5.00. ALL BUSWiSS S WIG PLY CONFIDENTIAL SATISFACTION-GUARANTEED. Totiipht8t5' ' Mat. Today Reserved Ssiits Any scat 25c. ' 25c and 50j. Cliild re 11 lc ( ) G ulcry 10 cents. Gallery lOc Week Commencing Mcli. 26 BEST Bill OF ATTRACTIONS EVER SEEN IN OMAHA , Vaudovlllo Debut of the LEW BLGOftlTh ° eroattramp Legitimate Stars The Talented Actress Mr- and Mrs. JANE COOPER In Their Howling Success "A PICTURE FROf/3 LIFE. " A Rehearsal with Interruptions Latest European The Importation 7 > roso/il ln t/JO/r Ono- Act World's "b Con oily > > y Mlltan XO/J/OH Famous "Why Walker Reformed" PREMIERE DANSEUSE. High Pedestal Gymnasts Tim OI > 7jrA2'/O DUO ELVIRA TOM FRA GELLI and LEWIS Dlroct lriim hflr Jii ICOMKitY .UCKOKAT/JfS Tremendous Hit. Re-engaged for one more week. The infant Prodigy In an Entire Change. BOOKS BY THE YARD , llmr a Member or ( In- Cabinet Cliar- iioterlNlleall- ( luleKI ; He- plenlMlieil a Depleted I.llirnr ) , The following Etory uns told by a Council ) luff a latvycr vUio called ut the exhibition oem of The Bee Century club yesterday lu vouched for the Hlory as being a tiu : inc. Ho told about a prominent inun who , ivltliln recent times , became a member of u iresldent'B cabinet Tills cabinet man had lot been lu Washington very long. In fact lardly long enough to get need to the hotel Ife there , and that doesn't talto long , , ul- .hough It Involves much. Ho was a man f family , ho had means , ho wanted a biilt- iblo ] house , chiefly In order that ho might Hvell therein , nnd Incidentally for purposes if entertainment , for there are some cahl- ict members who have the ineatib and the leslro to entertain , and he was ono of them. Finally , after considerable search , ho got ust the house b-a wanted , fine and large md In a most convenient location \vlth re-1 ipect to the Wblto House and the depart- nent of which he was chief. The hoube was ompletely | furnished except In one respect Is owner , who bad Just been summoned to epresent his government at a diplomatic lost , , bad cbosen to talio his books with ilm , Tbo library shelves were vacant ilardly a government report or census rec- ird : waa left to accentuate the literary iso- atlon of tbat once cozy room. The cabinet nan was just a little vexed , only for a mo- nent , however. He knew he could buy two ; r three libraries at the Washington mores , he wanted them , and thus fill up the gap , tut his alert inltid solved the problem In a iiurry , and In a very short tlmo all the ibclvcs were tilled In response to this tele- 1IOT1SI.H. THE MILLARD 13th ami Dotti-las Sts.Onmlia. -AMiSUICAN AND ttirilOPIMN FLAX CENTltALLY LOCATED. J. I . MAlllCIiL , JL 3UA. TSie New Victoria M. nUUNETT , I'rop. STRAM IIRAT AND HATH HATIJS l.OO ( o Ifl..TO prr ilnjr. 1203-10 Dodge fit , Hetween 13th and gram , which ho sent to an agent nt bis homo In well , It was not BO far cast as Now York : "Send me by freight 250 running feet of books for library. " Then ho went to tne cabinet meeting and told the president and his colleague ! * how ho bad solved tbo problem. And he has never understood to this day why the cr.ivu president and his serious cabinet smiled when be told bow he had ordered a library by the yard. The story was the moro Interesting be cause It was peculiarly apropos. The caller who told It had come In to choose the bind ing In which he desired to purchase The Cen tury Dictionary and Cyclopedia , which Is now obtainable at special prices and ternm through tbo co-operative club which The Uee Is now forming , One might with safety say that ho preferred The Century to the 250 feet of books referred to In the story , I PAXTON 4 Managers. ONE NIGHT WEDNESDAY , ONLY. MARCH 29. A NOTABLE EVENT Direction of Danlol V. Arthur. I.V HIS fiKUATHST SLCCKSS A COMIC IM.AY II } ' AllKIINtllN TIlOIIIIIH , Four I'lKMlilliiclllll WffUN In Ciotlmni , AVhi-rr It WIIN 11 TREMENDOUS HIT ! w YorU AH-Hlar Company from Wiillnuk'N 'I'll pa I er. Mm. Stunrt Ilolinon , Ilitrolil HiiHNfll , Thn hlicrliliiii Illoclt , 1110 Krniik C. IlniiKi , Matchless Wlllnrit CitrtlN , Ciertriulc I'crry , l < Iu I' " " Cortliinil , Mabel MrluUlnnil , unit Marie IliirroiiKliN. Night Prices Lower Kloor , $1.60 and | 1 ; balcony , 7Cc and 50c , sallory , 25c. .SKATS ov SAM : MONDAY. Tlie necuiul Ainerlean lour of THE REV. JOHN WATSON ( fit Under the patronage of ChAN GORDON , NO C3 , Order of Scottish Clans. TUESDA28 . SUDJKCT. Headings from the Annals of Drumtochty , with notes "Hesldo the IJonnlo Hrlor Hush , " "Auld Lung Syne , " etc. Prices ? ! , 7Cc , and 60c , reserved. Oallcry 25o , Tickets now at Thompson , lieldcn & Co.'u , Tbos. Kllpatrkk & Co.'s , and Chaso's Doolistoro. For boxca apply to A. C. Troup , 837 N. Y. I-Ifo Bldg.