TITE OMAHA DATLT TiEE: SI'XDAT, JULY 20, 1900.
Conditions In theatrical circles today are I
raitly different than they were four years
go. Then an air of uncertainty brooded
over overyonoand everything connected with
the profession, Almont nothing wan doing
In regard to tho bringing out of new plays,
nnd managers were oven debating whether
It would bo safo to Invest In productions
whose popularity had been proven. A few
of tho wealthier people who had plenty of
money at command and whose names alone
were sufficient to attract an audience whore
ver thoy might go organized their compa
nies and took tho road, or opened at the
Metropolitan houses for runs ot greater or
Iwn duration, but for the moot part there
was absolute stagnation everywhere Man
age of houses situated In cities off tho
trunk lines of railroads were unable to get
attractions at any terms, and, as a result,
mott of them oil her filled In their time with
Hock companies or let their theaters stand
dark .Vow nnd then, It Is true, a company
making a long Bwccp of country could bo
Induced to run In for a night or a week br
tho case might be, but thero was a dearth of
jood attractions until after the elections had
been held and the success of tho republican
candidates assured. Owing to Its position,
Dmaha. suffered Ires during this period than
tome other cities of greater population. That
tall thero appeared at tho Crelghton such
peoplo rk Jofieph Jefferson, Klchard Mnns
held, Julia Marlowci and Ilobert Tabcr, Lil
lian IlUfwoll, Thomas (. Seabrookc, Kathryn
Kidder, Walker Whiteside, Otis Skinner and
lereral other artists of standing who wcro
en route to the Pacific coast. Mlnncnp&lls
and St. Paul fared badly and the manager
of (ho leading hoitHCH In those cities was
compelled to put In a stock company. It
was not until after January 1 that be was
ablo to secure anything of Importance, and
oven after this date tho big attractions were,
HUo tho visits of angels, few and far be
tween, Naturally enough the stagnation af
fected tho actons moro than any other class
of people. The men who In years past had
regularly taken out from ten to twenty peo
ple, while lamenting tho conditions that
made It Impossible for them to do so that
year, had yet enough money on which to
lives and did not feci thn financial stringency
that was pressing 10 close, upon the actors
and actresses. For weeks tho "Rlalto" In
Now York wns thronged with capablo men
and women, any one of whom would have
jumped at an offer at a figure that would
be scornfully rejected today. As to bringing
out a now production, especially If It were
ono that required any considerable outlay,
thn man who had tho temerity to suggest It
became at once an object of suspicion and
was regarded by his associates as a lit sub
ject of Inquiry by a lunacy commission.
This year, moreover, It Is not tho country
manager who In asking tho favors. Pro
prietors of big productions aro seeking him
out and asking him for open time. Manager
Tear of the Kedmond Stock company, who
ts also the manager of theaters at Sioux
FaJIs, S. I)., nnd Mankato, Minn., says that
ho has already bonked sixty-eight companies
for his Sioux Falls house and that the ap
plications for tlmo aro ho numerous that ho
would bo ablo to keep his theater open ovcry
night (luring tho season If ho wcro disposed
to do so, Ho Is now using up gray matter
In an endeavor to select tho very host things
going for his patrons and feels confident
that tho season Is going to bo a prosperous
ono in every way nnd for all parties con
cerned. His bookings comprise somo of tho
big comic opera companies, the Hoatonlans
and like attractions which, In 1S96, would
not have gone so far away from the beaten
rout's oven If they bad becu given guarantees.
It Is different this season. Managers arc
vising with ono another In plans for big
and expensive productions, and there will
be a host of now pieces brought before tho
theatcr-golng public In this last year of tho
twentieth century. Klaw and Krlanger are
pending money like water on the produc
tion of their new opera, "Foxy Qulller," and
promise that Its mounting will bo the most
luporb of anything ever ul attempted on
the American stage. It will probably cost
those managers $25,000 beforo tho curtain Is
ever rung up. Llobler ft Co. will send out
Viola Allen In a magnificent and costly
dramatization of F. Marlon Crawford's
novel, "In tho Palaco of a King." Ada
Rohan Is to havo two new plays, ono of
tnem from tho pen of Clyde Fitch and tho
othor by David llelasco. Possibly u third
may bo added later on, Mary Mannerlng
will produce "Janlco Morcdlth." Maudo
Adams Is to bo starred lu an American
version of Rostand's "L'Alglon," a piece
In which Sara Rernhardt Is now appearing
beforo crowded houses In Paris. Augustus
Thomas ban written a now play for Maclyn
Arbuckle which will bo produced early In
the season. Charles Frohani arrived lu
Now York from London nnd Paris a few
days ago and announced that ho had brought
over at least twenty new plays, besides
making contracts with Bovernl of tho best
known playwrights abroad for others.
Jacob LIU Is arranging for a production
of not less than three now plays and will in
addition give his old successes a now dress
throughout. Rernhardt, Coquelln and
Blcnora Duse aro under contract to como to
America, Rlanchc WalBh has accepted a
new play for Immediate production and will
glvo two others later on. Arthur Sldman
has written a pastoral comedy drama which
will be given Its Initial production ubout
January l. And there nro others of lesser
magnitude, so many In number that they
cannot bo mentioned here.
All of which means that tho "presiden
tial year" bugaboo is not entering Into tho
calculations of theso managers, who aro
among the shrewdest men In tho business.
It means that tho people, of this city will
thlf season bo privileged to see mora and
better plnys than has been pnsslblo In tho
post. It means, too, that thousands of men
and wo.nen nro working who woro In Idlo
nesr four years ago. Tho production of n
ploy moans nuich to u vast nrmy of skilled
workmen who nro never seen on tho stage
and in tho theater but rarely. They are
tho milliners, the dressmakers; tho perrl-
qulcrs, tho shoemakers, tho ncem paint
era, and tho almost hundreds of other call
tiigs that rely directly on tho theaters for
their mears of support. To cap the whole,
the advertising columns of tho dramatic
papers are full of personal curds, In which
stand out conspicuously tho words, "En
gaged, season 1900-01." Vorlly this Mc
Klnloy prosperity Is not confined to any
one class of people, but Ukn the leaven
of old, It permeating tho whole lump ot
society.
Mr, Dooloy, the loquacious Irish' philoso
pher whom Peter F. Dunne has Introduced
to tho whole world and whoso name has
become a household word, Is to bo trans
planted to tho stage, Mr. Dunuo and K, V
Townseml, the author of that other unique
character, Chlmralo Fadden, signed con
tracts last wcok with Klaw & Krlangor
and Charles Hopper by which they will
havo the play ready for performance by
tho end of Nvembor. It is to bo culled
"Mr, Doolcy." and Charles Hoppor will
create tho tltlo role. It was Mr. Hoppor
who nppeartfd In Mr. Townsond's dramatic
version of "Chlinmle I'addon," His fitness
for the part of Mr. Dooloy was ahown In
rather curious fashion not long ago when
he met Kdward Kemblo, the artist, who Is
Illustrating a now edition nf the book, Mr.
Hopper at that tlmo had thought of got
ting the dramatic rights to tho Dooley
ikttches, If possible, "How do you think
If
I'd look as Doolcy'" asked Mr Hopper of
Mr. Kcmblo "You're so exactly my Ideal
ot Doolcy." Mr Kemblo answered, "that
I wish you'd come and pose for me." Mr.
Hopper said he would come nnd tho original
of Mr. Doolcy In the new edition of Mr.
Uunno'a book Is tho man who will crente
hi in as a stage figure. It was said that
Charles Krohman had bought all possible
maim rlchln to "Mr. Dooley" last summer.
It is true that he had a contract with
I. K. Dunno to have the ue of the material
for a nlay. Hut ho has handed his rights
over to Klaw & Krlangor.
Stuart Hobson. In a recent number of
Everybody's Magazine, relates the following
anecdote of Laura Kcene:
T.nnpn itornn. with whom I noneared In
lSra-KJ, was one of tho most Intelllxont
women I ever met, nnd yet her most pro
nounced characteristic was one which Is
generally msoclatod with Ignorance. She
was superstitious to nn nbsurd degree. She
never allowed her nctorH to take hold of a
chair with tho right hund. To study u
pnrt on wunuuy was a crime, to carry an
umbrella with u hook handln meant Imme
diate dtschariro to tho offender. The sight
of a bottle of red Ink was enough to
frighten her for a week. She said the uso
of it was almost certain to tirecedo some
awful trouble. On one occasion wo were
playing a inrce called "Tho I.aily and tlio
jjhvu. An important eceno was wnen sue
was seated nt a writing tnblo preparatory
to composing a letter. 1, as her servunv,
was standing at the back of her chair1.
"Tako your rliiht hand nwav from the
chair," she said In a stage whisper. This
raiueii mo a trine. rue siago ui..:ogue
proceeded:
"You nro sure vnu run llnd Don rtniifnpl
at his lodgings?"
1 es, minium; nls servant tells me tils
wound will cotiilue him to his bed for a
wee It.'
"Is this lho onlv n:iner we have? Whern
Is the Ink?"
"Here, madam," and I bent forwanl to
placo tho Ink urn within her reach, when
In my confusion at her reproof the vessel
wan upnei ami us contemn tncKied into tno
Inn ot her whltn mi tin ilrxa.q. Tim Ink u-n
blood-red. The ghastly look that came over
i no woman's race t snail never rorget, nnd
1 was ho frightened that 1 never know
how the Berne ended. The next tniirulni-
nt reheursnl sho told tno I would never
nave any lucK an long as I lived and that
my trouhln 111 the world IikvihiiI tvnuM In.
umiienH. one caiieci tno company together,
gavo them a detailcil neeoiint or the nwfnl
scene of tho night before, occasioned by the
mmiKiuy 01 inn innominate young man
who would never make an actor.' She told
ot a terrlblo dream sho had had, In which
some great personage to her unknown
had been fnnllv munlornil lw. r,ir. lmt nuu.
i r. . "...
"" mi" nun aiicmptou ins rescue, out
niiiiuui avan; now no nau fallen dead at
her feet, his head resting on her lnp, from
which his llfe'H blood slowly oozed.
Two yearn after this occurrenco to n day
C'iss neeno was playing at Ford's theater,
u iiMmncion. in inp mini npt nr tiw ,o,,.
a nharii shot was heard In Hut hIh
iiuin which a man leaped liraudlshlng a
smoking weapon and shouting: "Sic semper
tyrannls!" Tho audience anil aetor.s were
imraiyzeii. .mihh Keeno seemed to lie the
only Person who renllznil tli lini,,n
; ijiii in iim; mix anu in a moment tho
head of a dying man was In her lap, tho
red life h blood oozing from a ghastly
wound. The assassin was my .old boyhood's
friend. John Wilkes Hooth, his victim
Abraham Lincoln, president of tho United
Coming Invents.
Tonight "The Mountain nirl." n ,i
drama of llfo In tho Tennessee mountains,
win no given by tho Redmond Stock com
pany at noyd's. It will tie rnntlminri until
Thursdf.y evening, when It will be succeeded
oy "iuo silver King," ono of tho best
known dramas of tho day.
In "The Mountain fllrl" MU rtn nn,i
plo will bo seen In tho leading role. In "Tho
Sliver King" Mr. Kedmond will handle the
uamo part. Moth these nlnvn nr al.l n i,
Intensely Interesting. The latter especially
urines wim strong climaxes and startling
uunoumenis,
Tho business d One hr t Vl O Tlnrlrrtnn.l ft
pany the week lust. rlnri wna ..oi
fylng to Manacer Bpnr. "M rvinnri frn.
Kokomo" nroved to hn tlin i,ir.im.t
card of tho week. Tho prospects nro very
imornoio to a very material Increase from
now to tho end of thn nnnnnn Thl. ,.
able future Is predicted, first, because tho
line ot plays to bo presented aro tho best
and roost up-to-dato In tho company ropor-
loire, unu also from the fact that each suc
ceeding week draws tho engagement nearer
io mo regular tneatrlcal season.
(iunnlii of tho Crrrn Ilmim.
Clyde Fitch Iich wrlin .. .i... t
Ada Rehan. "
,fEieiPc!i'a P"?rB .to, HPPcar " a translation
of Shelley's "Reatrlco Cencl."
Mannger Fred Herger Is touring tho west
in search of recreation and health.
i MM,ry ''""orlng will open an engagement
in "Janlco .Meredith" at WhIIhpU-u thi.n.r
December It).
Kntlo Kinmett will appear In "The Waifs
nr :sow ork" under the management nf
Howard & Doyle.
ltIi:rrv1ii""5im,oro' C' B' Dillingham and
Harry H. Smith were among tho arrivals
from Kuropo Inst Saturday.
Rudolph Aronsou states that Johann
Strauss' latest oneru, "Wiener Hint," will
bo sung In Kngllsh hero next full.
i f. p. '"J.1;,,0 V. Hsmond'8 newest play
Is "lho Wilderness." Tho American rights
havM been secured by Charles Frnhman.
Kdwln Arden, who Is threatened with
blindness. Is on his way to London, where
an oiieruimn win no periormeu on ills eyes.
Killth Rrudford hna h.
Francis Wilson to oriuinalo
contralto role in his now opera, "llooloo
Hoolboom," next season.
Mnudo Lillian Herri, who, upon the denth
of her husband last hi'.ikiih rmlrmi rr.,.
tile stage, has rejoined tho Castlo Square
Opera company at Chicago.
An alphabetical list of the soclctalres of
tho Comedlo Frauealse from the tlmo of
aioncro uown 10 mo present duy has re
ceutly been published In Paris.
Tito Paris theatrlcul niuiugciH havo thus
uir luueii 10 inane tne proms they ex-
I'ft"'" iruiu iiiu exjioHllinn Visitors. (Jill)
Bernhardt and L'onuelln have nroenered.
M. ChalnnlHli nf the Thpnipr I.Vmwnlu
Paris, lias been engaged by David llelasco
in nesiKii mo costumes ior "i.a nil Harry,
In which .Mrs. Lcslio will be seen next
teasoii.
Tho 100th performance nf "The Dlry
Farm" In Chlcauo occurred Julv 23. The
engagement will clofo on August 11. as the
regular season of the (Ireat Northern
inciter win open on August 12.
Sir. nnd Mrs Melbourne MaeDowell are
now in Kurope. They left New York on
tho steamer Statemlam for Holland, where
uiejr win remain ior some lime, notore
returning to America Sir. MaeDowell will
visit Paris u nil Constantinople.
F. K. Zoiiue, for many years treasurer of
the Metropolitan theater, at Minneapolis,
recently purchased an Interest In tho lloiton
Lyric Opera company, ami In connection
with Colonel W. A. Thompson will manage
i mil organization during us tour of the
wosi unu norm west.
Antnlno Is to give next year at his thenter
tno piay mmie rrnm nnnuet s "La Petite
Parolsse." He will also uive a dramatic
version of Zola's "La Torre," made by the
auiiinr. iiaiipiinaiin s "I'-iiermann lien
schell." Kdmond do (loncourt's "l.e Tans
tin." Lemnltre's "L'Ago Dllllclle." Tolstoi s
"The Power of Darkness" and Ibsen's "The
Wild Duck. '
Jean de Roszke has deferred Blgnliig a
contract wun .iiauncn urau tor next n-n-son
owlntr to the trouble with his vnlco
which, ho fears, 1m breaking down. He
suffers from a throat affection that had
been aggravated by tho heat In Londuii
and has none lo C.lnterets. in thn I tunics.
Pyrennes. to try hot sulphur springs lo
cated mere
Minnie Sellitman will star next season
under F. C. Whitney's iiiaiiai:emeiil. In
"Dad's Own fllrl," by Marlon Short nnd
Frances Phelps. Her season will open nt
tho Rronrt Street theater, Philadelphia, on
September 21. Miss Sellgman will mako a
trip to Furopo In August and while nbionil
is 10 rcaii a new piay oy nerton ami wmiiti
In which shn may appear later.
Robert T Haines has been selected by
Laeiuur iv in to no vioia Aliens lead
lug man in "in the Palace of the Klnir.
Mr. Haines was (.elected nt first for the
lead In "Lost River," but In coiu-enUPliec
of his transfer that post will ho tilled by
Ri tc rt Milliard, who U specially engaged
ror lho production of tho play at tho Four
leelith Street theater, after which be ull
open his starring tour under Llebler &
co . management, in ".Mr. van timber."
Sarah Rernhardt Is to revive in Purl be,
fore she leaves for this enuntrv Rostand's
"Prlneesso Lolutulne," which was tho
arumaual s second uctcd play, and which
met with little success on its first pro
duction. Mme. Rernhardt Is to net the
part of the dying troubadour's unfaithful
ambassador. Uertrand. Originally she acted
tno title role. n is also to piny iiomeo
to tho Juliet of Mme. Le llargy, wife of the
popular actor of tho Theater Fralcalso and
ono of her pupils,
fjeome II. Rroadhoursfs new farce. 'The
House that Jack Unlit. " will be nroducod
on tho road about the middle of Septem
ber, and will tie brought to New York for
n run In November. The cast will bo tho
longest yet seen in a Hrondliurst farce,
thero beine sixteen snenklnir hart. Air.
Thomas A. Wise will return from London
to play the leading maio character, while
thr nnnnslte nnp will lip In the hnnds of
Mrc. Annie Yeamnns. Others nlrendy under
contract are Airred Klein, Fred W. Peters.
Harrison Armstrong. Anita Ilrldger and
Jennie Yenmans
James II. Love, manacer for Nance
O'Nell and McKec Rankin, left Melbourne,
Australia, for South Africa on the steamer
Moravian, Juno 20. He will visit Capetown,
uuruan, l'ort unzaiieiii, jonannesourg,
Klmberloy and Pretoria, and. If nrospccw
nro favorable, will arrange n season there
for Miss O'Nell, commencing early next
year. From South Africa Mr. Love will
i;o to London on business connected with
aiisn uniciiH engagement mere, nuer
which he will return to Australia. The
large business done by Miss O'Nell nt Syd
ney has been exceeded nt Melbourne, where
the receipts on the opening night were
tum.oo.
MUSIC.
As nnnounced last week In this column, I
proposo to Jot down below a few sugges
tions nnent popular music, what It Is, why
It Is, and what makes it popular, not with
nny Idea of drawing ft lino of arbitrary
lemarcatlon, but with a view to suggesting
a lino of thought to those who ore suf
ficiently Interested in tho great field of
musical education for their own develop
ment and enlargement.
In the first place, the thought occurs to
one, What Is education In music?
It Is to bo feared that musicians do not
often uso tho very best Judgment In try
ing to educate the public and thero Is n
tendency to live In a kind of. "enchanted
mountain" scenery, while, with scornful
look nnd caustic tongue, the self-centered
musical personage sings "Stand off. I am
holler than thou."
Thero nro many kinds of music and to
each man his kind. If one cannot lnduco
tho classicist to think seriously of a simple
ballad or a so-called popular song, how
much Icps shall the average layman appre
ciate the valuo of n rhapsodle, nn overture,
or a concerto? And on this point hinges
tho question, "How shall we cducato the
public In music?" Tho answer comes, "Ry
making a different kind of music popular."
Wo w'll take for example a man who
knows nothing higher, greater or grander
than "I'd Ieave My Happy Homo for ou.'
Iot him hear that played well or sung well.
Olvo him something a llttlo lietter for nn
encore; lend him up to Mendelssohn's
"Spring Song," thenco to "Traumercl"
(Schumann); go on to tho overture "William
Toll." Hy this time, with tho aid of a pro
gram such us popular programs ought to be.
ho will havo passed tho first great stage of
llstonlng to music. Ho will, In other words,
be nblo to appreciate a piece of music with
out having words sung to It. Tho music
will bo to him a suggestion of something.
Ho has como to a distinct place In the un
derstanding of music. Lead him on through
tho castor intelligible compositions of Wag
ner and In a little while ho "will be able to
listen to Hcethoven, Mozart, Liszt and other
great masters, whllo the muslo of Tuchal
kowsky and Grieg will not be meaningless to
him. True, he will not bo able to analyze
theso monster works, but he will be ablo to
listen to them, nnd how much moro can bo
said ot many of the alleged classicists of
tho beautiful city of Omaha? To many such
who decry any attempt at bringing up the
popular taste gradually, but who Insist on
tho Intellectual works only and always, the
words of Shakespeare (with variations)
might apply:
What's In a name? That which wo call
Mozart
Hy nny other name would not sound sweet
And thou wouldst not wert thou not Mo
zart called
TTnnn thn nrosrram
Forswear thy namo nnd put It down as
lilUCK,
I will not know the difference.
Hy raising tho popular taste higher music
will assume popularity and will become
popular music. How can this bo done? It
It a well known fact that much hearing of
ono composition will make It familiar and
familiarity will sccuro popularity. This
fact can bo easily proven If ano takes the
trouble to try to provo It.
There nro scores of people In Omaha today
who will request Rellstedt to play the
Vorsplel to "Lohengrin," the Overturo to
"Tnnnhauser," the Liszt Rhapsodies, tho
andante from the Fifth Symphony of
Reethoven and tho Largo of Handel. And
moreover, theso people would have re
quested, only a few years ago, such things
as "Uen Rolt. Tho extrcmo classicists will
turn up their flexible nones nt this asser
Hon, but It Is as true as music Itself.
Wo can now feel eafe In asuuming that
popular music Is music which by familiarity
has becomo popular, whether It be good or
bad. It may also bo assumed that high class
music can, by fumlllnrlty, become popular.
H now devolves upon tho educator to as
certain wuys and means whereby pcoide,
that Is to say, the musses, aro to be Induced
to hear good music. This is the rock at
which tho moulders of musical progress are
often shipwrecked. Let no ono say that I
arrogate unto myBelf any authority in this
matter by what follows. I merely stand In
tho position of ono who honestly and earn
ostly wishes to do and say what will he brat
for tho ultimate good of tho cause ot music
and what will bo fraught with the best re
sults to tho many rather than to the few
In the first place (and this I say In view
nf tho approaching series of concerts), If
any great results nro to accrue from tht
playing ot good music, and If popular taste
ts to be developed and amplified, wo must
begin with tho masses. Tho greatest Teacher
of tho last twenty centuries started IiIb
matchless theories ot llfo in tho hearts ot
a few humble men and not In tho unprollflc
besoms of tbo punctilious Pharisees, The
result at that tlnio was announced In the
words "Tho common people heard him
gladly." How gladly tho millions of his
followers the world over attest.
Tho few must not bo selfish. Tbo few need
not the gradual education. The fow are al
ready educated to a largo extent, It Is to be
presumed. The few can accomplish but lit
tle, after all. And tho few can learn much
from even a band concert. The musician,
who Is sincere, may not llko a trivial air
woven Into a musical tapestry of raro col
ors, but be will find Its arrangement nn In
teresting study, If he wishes to llston to It.
What Is a themo anyhow? What makes ono
themo superior to another? Rccauso Ree
thoven wroto It? 1 think not. Ilecausc
Wagner thought It out? Recauso It occurred
to Haydn? No. My Idea Is that It Is the
treatmenfof the. themo that attracts the
musician. Let tho common peoplo hear a
theme, let them see a common themo which
Is familiar to them and they will soon ap
preciate Its treatment.
Let tho bauds play their marches. Let
them bo played magnificently. It will do
good and not evil. Thero Is a tlmo for
sttih music and that time Is when the hand
plays. Lot them play their national fan
tasias, It ti good to hear the music of
other countries, for in this day and ago the
map Is changing and some day wo may
tench other nations our miiBlc, as ono party
would have It. or we may learn theirs, as
another party Is pleased to desire. Rut that
Is politics. Let us hear patriotic music.
Lots of It. We need it and perhaps wo will
learn to sing songs on Independence day In
stead ot shooting revolvers behind tbo backs
ot nervous young women nnd blowing hide
ous tin horns In the ears ot frightened old
gentlemen. It the customary cakcwnlk song
must be played (which 1 very much doubt),
let It be plnyed with nu elaborate arrange
ment. Then the masses will bo Interested
nnd the classes will not be seriously hurt,
If they nro careful. Then tho conductor
will swing his baton and wo will henr a
Peer Oynt Suite, Massenet's "Scenes Plttor-
esques," a new and mighty symphonic
poem by Tschalkowsky, n gorgeous over
turo by ono of tho classic composers, nnd
tho music of the nges will bo unfolded
gradually before the hungry palates of tho
people.
The people will never attend In great
numbers a so-called classic concert, be
causo they do not know what it Is, Rut If
they should happen to bo enticed by a
program on which there nro featured a
few pieces which they know, nro not tho
means Justified by the attainment of the
end In view? Let, at tho Bnmo time, a
person stroll Into a hall whero n beautiful
adagio movement of some great classic
production Is being played nnd let him not
see the program, Ten to ono ho will like
It, If ho likes music well enough to go
where It Is. Further, many a person who
clamors "Art! Art!" nnd sees no nrt In
anything but his or her own Ideas will
hear that same pleco and will not like It
because, forsooth, the person docs not pos
sess a program which can bo consulted as
to tho name of said number.
The business men ot Omaha will present
an education to tho citizens ot Omaha this
fall In tho character ot a fine concert baud.
It will bo conducted by a splendid musician
and a good conductor. The local papers
stated last week that the Woman's club
could not stand sponsor for the class ot
music to be played. I cannot believe that
this means the cntlro Woman's club. Docs
It not menn tho musical department? In
any case, Mr. Rellstedt will havo many
thousands of people who will stand spon
sor fur him and his superb organization,
because they havo heard him nnd know
him, and ho will educate tho masses, Just
as ho did beforo and as Inncs did before
him. He will do the causo of muslo good,
Just as n revivalist shakes up an old-tlma
Methodist church. Ho will Interest raoro
of tho peoplo In music, and ns for thoso
who cannot endorso him, having eyes they
seo not and ears they hear not.
Music Is a gift of tho gods and cannot bo
limited to tho fow, Tho composition which
educates on man will not educate another
and happy Is the program maker who docs
tho greatest good to tho greatest number.
May ho llvo long. Ho Is sure to prosper.
Music Is only popular In degree. What
is popular music to mo Is not to my neigh
bor. Let us all nlm lo mako good music
nnnular. This cannot be done by oxclll-
slveness, but by broad, generous toleranco
nnd co-operation. THOMAS J. KELLY.
Thn Appetite of a Coat.
Is envied by all whoso Stomach and Liver
nro out ot order Rut such should know that
Dr. King's New Life Pills give a splendid
appetite, sound digestion nnd a regular
bodily habit that Insures perfect health and
great energy. Only 25c nt Kuhn & Co.'s
drug store.
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i Ante Room Echoes.
u.
A new fraternal beneficiary society, claim
ing Omaha as Its home, was chartered at
Lincoln Wednesday and beforo tho Ink waB
fairly dry upon its charter three subordinate
lodges were instituted. The officers of the
supreme Iodgo aro
Irvine G. linrleht. Omaha. nrcsUent: II.
L. Chadwlck, Minneapolis, Minn., vice
president; John F. Flack, Omaha, past
president; 15. L. flrlnnell, Omaha, secre
tary; w. M. iiartgiu, umana, treasurer;
T. F. Stauffer, Sioux City, la., chaplain;
C. H. Sheldon, St. Louis, Mo., marshal;
It. 1'. Stearns, Lincoln, guard; C. A. Mnn
cum. Omaha, sentinel; J. M. Aiken. Omaha.
medical director; Nelson C. Pratt, Omaha,
lecturer; It. A. McKaenron, l u. uobpck,
It. R. Wallace, Omaha, supreme auditors,
Omaha Iodgo No. 1 was organized with
3S0 members Thursday night with the fol
lowing oillcers'
K. L, Dodder, past president; I,. E
Lucia, president; II. Lancaster, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Kva A. Wagner, chaplain; C
H. Allen, secretary; W. T. Oacnebln. treas
urer; Miss Hnttle Pierce, marshal; Joseph
West, guard; c. Kitchen, sentinel; Wil
liam ii. uimsteau, f runK unnnon, u. 11
Uavis. trustees.
Dewey lodge, No. 2, was Instituted by Su
premo Ouard 11. P. Steams and W. M.
Harlght, supreme treasurer, at Lincoln, Neb,
with seventy-five charter mcmbero.
A lodge, No. 3, Royal Achates, was also
instituted at Wymoro, Neb., on Thursday
night with forty charter 'members, by Su
prcme Ouard R. P. Stearns, assisted by
Mrs. Stearns.
"Woodmen of the World.
Sovereign Clerk Yates and Oeneral Rrown
Ing attended tho annual meeting nt Sandusky
of tho Ohio Picnic nnd Log Rolling awsocla-
tlon last week. All camps of tho Btato wcro
represented.
Soveroign Commander Root delivered the
address at the unveiling ccreironlcs of a
monument erected nt Mlrabllo, Mo., during
tho past week.
Slnco tho beginning of the present year
thero has been 27,000 applications presented
to tho order and accepted.
Council camp. No. II, of Council Bluffs,
gavo an open entertainment to tho members
ami famlllrt of both cities on Friday oven
lug last.
I.odiicx III I'linmrnplis.
Thn Ancient Order of United Workmen
contemplate tho organization of a Iodgo
at 'rwcnty-iouriii sueei aim mes avenue.
HolllHter hive No. 21, Ladles of tho Mac
onbees. will clve a trolley nartv Thurs
day, August It. the ear leaving Fourteenth
and Harney streets at S p. m.
Next Tuesday the two camps of tho
Modern Woodmen of America of South
Omaha will celebrate their anniversary
with a picnic at Syndicate park.
Triangle lodge No. 51, Knights of
PythlaH, will' work In tho third rank at
their meeting Thursday night. This lodge
contemplates a picnic nnd steamboat rldo
in tho near future.
flute City tent, No. 60, Knights of the
Maccabees, Is giving nn entertainment to
Its members at Its regulnr meeting everj
Thursday evening. At tho last meeting the
supremo commander, ii. u iicwiti, was
Installed, as were tho Unit and second
masters of guards.
There will bo a meeting at Foresters'
ball. Douglas and Fourteenth sliceti
Weilnesdav evenlnir for the nurnnso nf
organizing a castlo of tho Imperial Mvstli-
Legion. This casuo is iicing organized ny
H. K. Van Noorden nnd will be composed
entirely of Hollanders or their descendants.
At tno meeting inero win tm addresses
In Dutch nnd Kngllsh. Castles nro being
organized at Wahoo and Weston.
flolden Link. R. D., Iodgo No. as, in
stalled the following oillcers nt Its Inst
meeting: Mrs. Cella McKlroy, noblo grand,
Miss Maggie Welsbroad, vlco grand, Mrs.
Lulu Johnston, secretary; Mrs. Mary
ltelck, treasurer; Miss Lotta Richelieu,
warden; Miss Mnry Hanson, chaplain, Mrs
Sue Welsbroad, R. S. N. (1.; Mrs. Amnnda
Klrod, L. 8. N. Ci.: Mrs. K. Patterson,
R. S. V. fl.; .Mrs. Klla Myers, chaplain,
Mrs. Mary Larson, I. tl ; J. J. Myers, O. O
Macaolla camp, Modern Woodmen of
America, Is having a contest between
teams for additions to tho roll of members.
Tho contest will close November 1 und
tho victorious team will lie banqueted at
the oxpeiiKO of tlio losers November 22.
Omaha council No. 415 will meet at 118
South Fl'uonth street at 7:30 p. m. Tues
day and will then proceed to South Omaha,
where tlio Iodgo will lie tho guest of South
Omaha council on thn occasion of thn
presentation of the stnto banner to that
council by tho national president.
TeilllcxNcc ( nu I ioe I p,
KNOXVILLi:. Tenii . July 28. Announce.
ment was mudo here today tlint on Au
gust 1 the prlco of coal ut tho mines will
advaneo 10 cents per ton, This Is regard
less ui mo result ot me miners una op
erators' conference at Coal Creek,
PASSING OF THE RAINMAKER
Ten Years Ago Ho Was Famous Now Ho
is Forgotten,
MELBOURNE'S ILLUSIVE EXPERIMENTS
Aeeldentnl Shower nt Clir enne "Made
Ittin n Rich Mini Railroad
nml the Coveriinient
Victimized.
Ten years ago the telegraphic columns ot
tho newspnperw devoted much space to what 1
Is now a forgotten Industry that of the
production ot rain by artificial means. It
was nbout that tlmo that W. S. Melbourne
attracted tho attention of half the world by
claiming that ho had discovered n method
by which man could regulate the seasons
and could produco rainfall at his desire.
Melbourne was ono of tho greatest confidence
men on earth, and Kecloy's motor alone out
ranks his rnlnmaking apparatus.
It was during tho last great rush of im
migration to tho west In tho latter part of
tho 'SOj that the necessity for Irrigation of
tho western plaltis was first felt. Ditches
wero planned through Wyoming, Colorado
and western Nebraska and thousands of dol
lars wero Invested In what promised to be a
safe enterprise, when every investor was
scared and work on every Irrigating plant
was stopped by the nlleged discoveries of
Melbourne. Thl discovery was heralded
to the world dressed In scientific garb. Tho
well known laws of hydrostatics wcro used
to prove tho conclusion of tho Inventor ot
tho process.
It was Melbourne's theory that tho nlr
always contnlns moisture, and that all that
was necessary to produce rnln was to
"squeezo" It ns ono would wring water from
a damp sponge. To squeeze the air was
tho problem which Melbourne claimed ho
had solved. It was to bo accomplished by
meant of high explosives In more senses
than one. Dynamite was to be sent up into
tho heavens on kites nnd exploded when
certain Btrnta of air had been reached. Tho
priest of the now atmospheric dispensation
took his texts from popular hlwtory and
tradition. Thero has always been a rain
after every great battle and every schoolboy
knows that It always rains on tbo Fourth
of July. During battles nnd upon the natal
day of the republic thero aru explosions,
and therefore tho explosions caused the
rainfall.
Such was the reasoning which attracted
the people, and such was tho ressonlng
which Hiispcnded tbo work on tho Irrigation
ditches nnd caused people to buy land In
arid districts; which caused one railroad
system to expend thousands of dollars chas
ing tho elusive raindrop and brought to Its
promoter, an Independent fortune.
Tho greatest of Melbourne's tests was at
Cheyenne, where for three days ho fired
his dynamite nnd for three days It rained.
The peoplo who saw this test wcro con
vinced. Nature had como to tho relict ot
tho fakir and his fortune was made.
Riding upon tho tide ot this popular
excitement camo Rnlnmaker Jewell. Mr.
Jewell was a Kansas production and with
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Address all
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Wrlto for souvenir analogue
"Just far enough north."
"Lut tto band and orchestra."
"Forty acres of golf links."
"Amusements innumerable."
"The hay fever sufferer's haven.
"Thn Mecca of tho tourist."
"Nature's beauty spot."
"Children's paradise."
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RATKS-J2.60 to $5.00 per day; JIO.DO to
jUj.oo per wcck.
SUMHUll HHbtlKTS.
Summer Tours on Lake Michigan.
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for paMOtitier rvkB ticlutlTely, make trlwakly
trips for 4'harli'tnlit llHrlmr Spring. Hay Irw,
l'rtuLtv and MucIIiimc connftcllnu with all
Kttunikhlp Llne for hake Hupriur, Kuntern and
CaQntUn ro in In.
LEAVES CHICAGO AS FOLLOWS:
Tura. U . m. Thun. II iu. Pat. 4 p. m.
Mnnltou Stoamshlp Company.
OFFICC & DOCKS. Ruth ind N. Water Sts. Chicigo.
MR. KELLY
will continue his teach
ing ot voice culture and
singing at bin studio In
tho Davldgo Block until
further notice.
AMi.smiij.vrs.
Boyd's
Redmond
Stock Co.
TONKIIIT
Tli 3 Mountain Girl
Ijist Half of vek,
OomtncnclnB Thursday,
The Silver King
H. M Itenr. Mur
Nlsht Prices- -10c. If.e. 20c.
Matinee Any Iteserved Sent 10c.
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Barney Oldfield and E, C, Hausman on the infernal ma
chine will try to lower the American fivcmile recordvone
hundred dollars is offered
SIX OPEN EVENTS general admission
AMATEUR und PROFESSIONAL 25 CENTS.
all of the expansive Ideas of the Sunflower
state he tried to reach the stars. It was
not through tabor that he started, but
through the credulity of the managers of
the Rock Island railroad. At that time the
Rock lslnnd hail extended its system through
the short grass country nnd was reaching
for the cattle trade of the Texas panhandle.
Thousands of acriM of government land
stretched along Its lines, which would sup
port an empire It water could be obtained.
Jewell Impressed the managers of the
road with the Idea that he could produce
rain and was employed at a sntnry ns
official rainmaker of the system. Ho started
operations nt Good land nnd rain fell when
Jho explosions occurred, or nt least close
enough thereafter to mnko the people be
lieve that the detonations ot the dynamite
had brought the shower.
The apparent success of Melbourne nnd
Jewell was brought to the attention of tho
United States Department of Agriculture,
which nt that tlmo had recently tnken
charge of the weather bureau. At the sug
gestion of the secretary of agriculture con
i; less appropriated several thousand dollars
to be used In rnlnmnklng experiments. The
experimental work was placed In charge of
General Dryenforth, who selected Texas ns
the placo for the work. Tho professional
rainmakers were consulted and their ndvlco
accepted. With nil of this the npproptlntlou
was exhausted beforo ono drop of rain
which could bo traced to the experiments
wns produced. Then the bubble burst nnd
tho professional rainmaker went to selling
gold bricks of another kind.
ItuliiniiiUern Needi'd In Clilnn,
Apropos of rnlnmnklng It mny bo Interest
ing to tioto that tho present troublo In
China ts tho direct result ot tho failure ot
tho people to securo rain when desired.
For years there has been a strong antl
forclgn feeling In tho Flowery kingdom, but
It has generally been confined to Isolated
territories whero It could bo curbed by
tho government. This summer thero were
long periods of drouths and the nntl
foreign element, supported by certain of
tho native priests, alleged that the Gods
would not send rain until every foreigner
should bo driven from tho land or sacrificed
to nllny tho wrath ot the deities at their
presenco upon tho Cclestlnl soil. This In
llamcd tho populnco nnd tho work of placat
ing tho deities begun.
Rut if the ralnmnkers who failed nro mak
ing troublo for tho Christians In China, tho
Christians themselves have not been guilt
less In the mnttcr of punishing peoplo who
havo prevented tho falling of the rain.
Among tho witches burned at Salem more
than ono wns charged with causing drouths
which destroyed tho crops. As lato as tho
beginning of the present century n minister
of tho Church of Dnglnnd held his living
becauso of the belief of his parishioners
that ho could produce rnln by prayer. It
Is not recorded tht rain ever fell at IiIb
entreaty or In fact that ho overy prayed for
rain, as It was understood that ho would
AJirSKJIIlM'S,
ALL EARTH'S GREATEST of al! GREAT SHOWS
"The Bluest and Dtst Shows New York Has I:cr Seen." -New York World.
WILL EXHIBIT AT
OMAHA, Monday, July 30
TWO SHOWS
F0REPAUGH and
SELLS BROTHERS
COLLOSSALLY CONSOLIDATED
Menageries, Circuses and Hippodromes
OPliKATIil) HY TIIK WORLD'S AKI-NIC iWANAGKUS,
James A. Bailey, W. W. Gole, and Lewis and Peter Sells.
I -gil ' - I ""l 1 ' ... i , i . . voJU
M CAPT. WOODWARD EXCELS HIMSELF WITH HISNFW TRAINFDLspeF
CAPT. WOODWARD EXCELS
SEA UOHSTHAT PLAY F0QTBA1
WOODWARD'S FAMOUSLY WUNDI1RFUL
MONSTER SEA LIONS X
I'erforinlnn tlio Most Mar
SUA I.IOS THAT .H (i(JI,r, IIAI.I.S.
SKA I.IONS THAT SIMi SO.MiS.
SUA MOXS Til AT l'l.AV WITH I-'IUH.
"Wooilivril'N MOiiilerful neu liin
earned u tumult of iiiIiihno Ii.v I lie I r
I ii r t r ii in ii 1 1 I anil vneul ronerrt nml
their niiii'veliiuN featN of JiikkHiik."
V. V. W()l(l,l.
3 Great Herds of Elephants 3
Including thu
rOURPAUOII DANCING ELEPHANTS.
AM, TIIH lt.Wti:ST AVI 1,1) lir.ASTS.
300 ARENIC SOVEREIGNS
ion pi'.r.iti.r.ss i'i:it!'i)itM i:s.
COLOSSAL COLISEUM COURSE
Tin- rnt'CN ol' i-very itIkii nml ii-kIoii,
lit VM nSTIIIA.V I IIAMIMONS.
2D Famously Funny Clowns
(JIIKATIJST AI3HIAI, tiVMVASTS
ASTOUNDING ACROBATS
Greatest United Parades, Mon.July 30
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not ask for the blessings of a shower until
his fiock was unanimous In their request
for It. This unanimity could never be at
tained, so his power was never put to tho
test.
To Atnnin SulTetorn.
Law son nivldgo of Harrington, HI , says
he was cured of chronic nsthnin of long
standing by Foley's Honey and Tar. It
gives positive relief in nil cases of asthma,
so this disease, when not completely cured.
Is robbed of hll its terrors by this great
remedy. For sale by Mycr's-Dlllou Drug
Co., Omaha, nnd Dillon's Drug Store, South
Omaha.
hust wivr.s i. Tim wom.n.
A Country Where Chivalry of Oliten
Tlmrn TiiMiird "Wnnini Nurtlc.
Tho men In South America hold tholr
women In highest respect, writes Mnry
Nlmmo Rnleiitino In tho August Woman's
Homo Companion. Not only do they nc
eord them tho polite distinction of out
ward deference, but they gunrd them with
an earnest sollcltudo that protects thorn
from overy care, and they boar for them
every burden that man can carry for
woman. The chivalry of tho olden tlmo
survives among theso people, nnd thnt Is
doubtless ono reaHon why tho women nro
so contented with their lot. A charming
senora assured mo that tho South American
women mnko tho best wives In tho world,
and I do not doubt it. After mnrrlago tho
woman Is ns ono lost to the world. Her
career Is finished so far as matters outsldo
her domestic affairs uro concerned. Her
sphcro of iniluenco Is henceforth enclosed
within tho triple courts of her husband's
hotiBo and consists In bringing up her
children nnd In exercising a mild sover
eignty In her domestic domain. Thero arn
no mnrrled lllrts In South Amerlcn, no
scandals caused by unfaithful wives, no
ambitious women pining In their secluded
homes, so far as Is known. There nro no
woman's rights conventions, no woman's
temperance societies, no daughters' nnd no
mothers' meetings. Thero Is not oven a
woman's whist club In tho wholo country.
Tho wlfo knows nothing of tlio family
finances, nnd she Is not consulted In tlio
consideration of her husband's Borloun af
fairs. Tho question may well bo naked
by tho women of tho United States, What
in tho world do theso women do with their
time? nnd tho nnswer Is that their dny.t
aru qulto ns full of nctlvltlcs, mental and
physical, ns they wish them to be. South
American women do not crnvo tho freedom
and tho publicity of life they seo enjoyed
by their sisters In this country. They
prefer the seclusion with the protection ot
their own method of life. They aro very
eharllable, too. nnd tiro kindness Itself to
tho poor people In their neighborhood, ns
they send portions of bread and meal overy
day to their poor neighbors.
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.OUCH HAT3 &.1DOT f Tl AHW, iny Httl
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THE EGYPTIAN GIANT.
The Illinium A; lliillcy Miimvh Mam
moth .HiiKiX't III I.oiiiIiiii ami (irciit
llrltiiln.
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH.
The Only IIIk SIiimt In I hi- - World
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Tin: only om: tii t nor.s on n itr.s
to i:iiiiiit i m:w voiiii rrrv
An Army of A TIiiiiiniiiiiI llluulrliiii
Iliilrrtalnri'M,
Under tlio HlKKf'Ht TcntH on Kurtli Tlio
HlKKl'Kt I two Connie liver I'unopied 3 Clr
(us Hilist 1 Khvuteil Stamen ItiiKu Ite
volvlni: l'eili'Mulb- Aries ot Aerial AnnlW
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Admission to All Only SGc.
Clillilren under !i yenr 1IAI.I' I'ltli'K
Two KxhlliltloiiH I), illy iJuurn Ujmn at
nnd 7 i in rvrroriiiiiiiri's ut 2 mul 8
ItciM-rviMl Si'iiIh fur Salt' nn Hay of
III lilt Ion unlj, at KiiIiii'n llriiir
.Store, Lnr. ITilh nml DiiiikIom Sin,
sir
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