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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTOBET? 27, 1001. 15 Amusements A week of rest for the theatergoers has I Just passed. Just what happened to the bookings Ih not explained, hut with a time- ; tried and flro-tested farce comedy nt one end, n moth-eaten similarity In the hands of a No. 2 (at best) company at the other, :md a well known comedy In the hands of unknown players In the middle, the last week at lioyd's presented about as little Attraction to tho discriminating theatergoer 3 possible, nut the discriminating ones lire not all tho pcoplo In this world, for the old conglomerations of buffoonery, hors'play nnd ragtime vocalization at cither end drew out throngs, whllo tho really meritorious performance In tho middle was charllv patronized. Many pcoplo did not go bc causo they could not bcllove that Mr. Ilcroaford could present tho Koland Heed play acceptably. Heroin were they mis taken, for Mr. Dcresford not only did pre ecnt tho play acceptably, but with distinct originality. And his supporting company was qulto up to tho mark as well, so that tho whole performance was heartily en Joyed by those who had tho pleasure of witnessing It. At tho Crelghton-Orpheum a good bill was offered and the patromso was excellent. Whllo tho management of this house has given tin no occasion for especial wonder so far this reason, it has certainly so far maintained a uniform de gree of excollcnco that has won tho confi dence of tho patrons of vaudeville. The Trocadcro presented tho usual burlesque to tho usual patronage. Mra. Minnie Maddern l'lske has apparently dlscovorcrt that her light against the "theatrical trust" has lost Its power as an advertising pull, but. Instead of looking about for a new method of commanding paco In the newspapers, Bhe has tnken up ono which has been tried tlmo out of mind by others in her profession. Her press rcprcBcntatlvo has sent out broadcast tho announcement that "not a single billboard or llthogrnph ticket Is Issued by that thoatcr" (tho Manhattan, whom Mm. IMsko la playing). Ho goes on with tho cus tomary Haltering encomiums to the news papers as tho only real method of getting tcforo thu pcoplo what tho actor folks want tho public to know. This Is nil very well end no well regulated nowspaper will dis pute tho conclusions of Mrs. Flsko's press representative. Ho Is not entitled to the lionorn of n dlscovcror, though. Other managers havu mado tho same announce ment In days gono by, but up to date no ono has heard of any show printing houses going out of tho business on this account, nor has tho citizen nnywhero missed tho billboard because the attractions of tho coming "show" nro no longer displayed In tho gorgeous nnd garish colors of tho thirty-six sheet poster. H has been tho common experience of tho newspapers of this glorlouH country that tho press agent of tho star loves them Just In proportion to tho amount of frco advertising ho can get, but It seems strango that ono of these gentlemanly fellows has tho assurance or lack of oxporlenco to prompt him to under take to work off again this ancient propo rtion uuout abandoning tho billboard for tho nowspaper. The newspaper expect to help tho actors, but thero Is no occasion for the press agent to rub it In. Much nan been said from tlmo to time about new plays and now playwrights and tho scarcity of both. In discussing this topic tho New York Sun vory portlnontly ays: If theatrical history repeats Itsolf, It Is not very likely that tho experiment about to bo mado-in London by two aqtor-mana-pern, Messrs. Oconto Alexander and Boer bohm Tree, In conjunction with tho Play goers' club,' will be successful or prove especially benellclal to tho English stago. Tho experiment grow out of n promlso made by Mr. Alexander nt tho nnnual dinner of tho Playgoers' club last Mnrch, when, replying to tho complaint of tho club's president that managers neglected plays by now writers, ho offered to produce uny piny that the club, through a com mittee, hIiouUI decide was tho best of all plays submitted within u certnln time. Homo 300 plays wcro offered to tho com mittee, of which only six wcro deemed not merely suitable, but nt nil capable of ucing ucieu. ma uisuppoimmcm ill eo meager a number of uctnble plays In creased when It was found that several of tho six plays ncccpted were tho work of playwrights nlrendy well known. Tho ex periment thus proved a failure, so far as it was expected to bring to light now and untried dramatists. A gleam of light appeared, however, when tho Playgoers' club's committee decided that tho best play of the six was by a new writer. Miss Notta Syrctt. Her play, there fore, entitled "A Modern Love Story," will bo produced by Mr. Alexander at his theater on New Year s day, under the direction of Mr. Tree, nnd thus will have all the ad vantngcH that a popular theater nnd a oklllful stage manager can glvo It. Hut theatrical records show that tho race Is not ulways to the swift. There wus n famous competition, on linos almost Iiarnllol to thoso of the Playgoers' club, in 813, whon Mr. Henjumln Webster, mana ger of the Haymarket theater, Ijondon, offered a prize of JCBOO "with contingent advantages," "for the best modern comedy, illustrative In plot nnd character of Hrltlsh manners nnd customs." It will bo ob served that the present competition is not limited In tho character of tho plays, as was Mr. Webster's, and that thero Is no prize, except that of bolng successful. Mr. Webster's Judges included two actors, Charles Kcmbla and Charles Young, several authors, a. P. n. James among them, and Hev. Alexander Dyce, a famous tihnkcspenroun editor, Nlnety-olght plays were submitted, and on Mny 18. 1841, the Judges reported unanimously In fuvor of a comedy entitled "Quid pro Quo, or tho Day of Dupes." it proved to bo written by Mrs. Gure, u well known and fnvorlto novelist and occasional playwright. On Juno 18, 1844, the comedy was pro duced nt tho Haymarket with a strong cust and failed, being received with uproar nnd rldlculo It was kent on the stnae nt interval!) during live weeks, In an attempt to net Tjack some of the money nald for It. but then It was taken oft forever. Whether Miss Nettn Syrett's "Modem Jove Story" will liavo the samo fato na Mrs. Gore's comedy cannot bo predicted. Times havo changed even In conservative, theatrlcal dom. and It may bo thut tho new play will prove n great success. Wo hopo It may. but if It does', It will differ from most of Its predecessor. At nil events, however, the experiment of tho managers nnd tho Playgoers' club Is Interesting. ('mill UK i;v'iit, Thero was much surprlso whon Clyde Fitch wroto "Lovers' Lane," for he had tbuched previously upon early Kngllsh life and tho romnnco of our modern fashionable llfo. "Lovers' Lane," however, Is not a barnyard play, Thero are no quartets and threshing machines. Tho author simply wroto n story of small town llfo, with quaint and pretty scenery and enough comedy nnd sentiment to carry the plot long pleasantly, "Lovers' Lane" Is not n rural play, In the generally accepted sense. I'horlsr.lem Is pretty much the aamo In city and country and this Is the target at which Kltch speeds the sharp tipped shafts of his satire In "Lovers' Lane." The play comes to Boyd's theater for six performances, commencing with a matinee this afternoon and continuing until Wednesdoy night. The Klaw & Krlanger production, "Foxy Qulller," He Koven & Smith's wonderfully successful comic opera, with Jerome Sykeo and Grace Cameron as central figures, sup ported by tho Klaw & Krlanger Opera company, comes to tho Boyd theater Friday and Saturday nights nnd Saturday matinee, November 1 nnd 2. "Foxy Qulller" Is re lated and sung In threo nets, the scenes of which are a shipyard at Portsmouth, England, In 1819, and In southern Corsica. A young sailor Is robbed of $20,000 by a Jnpancse dwarf and tho famous detective, Foxy Qulller, tho gcntlcmnn with "tho Intelligent front teeth," Is retained to find the thief. In his chase for tho thief Foxy Qulller arrests himself ns the culprit by his peculiar reasoning and Is only pre vented from sending himself to Jail by the confession of Klmona, n dwarf nnd a klep tomaniac. An additional comic opera In terest Is added to tho story through tho vondctta of La Colomba nnd Paganlno, two Corslruns. who discover In Foxy Qulller tho descendant of a Qulller who won and deserted their grcat-gnindmother, seventy tlvo years before, net ween this hunt far tho thief and the conspiracy of the two Corslcans, Foxy Qulller has his hands full and many remarkable adventures develop Into comic situations that keep an ntldlence In a roar of laughter. Tho Klaw & Kr langer Opera coinpnny should prove tho musical event of tho year. The sale of seats for tho engagement will open nt thu box olucc Monday morning. The bill nt the Orpheum theater this week will be of decided variety and It promises to please tho theater's patrons ns much as has any heretofore. "Tho Girl with tho Auburn Hair." who so mystified nnd pleased Omaha last year, will return for n week's engagement. This young woman has created no llttlo dlstusslon wherever sho has gono on account of the novelty of her act, nnd. besides, Bho has kept her Identity secret since she first stnrtled vaudeville audiences. Press El drldgc. tho "eommander-ln-chlof of the army of fun," will bo on the bill with an offering entirely new, inude up of pnrodlcs and humorous stories. Eldrldgo Is known as tho foremost entertainer In his lino of work and should vie with the best of the others for first place. A muslcnl novelty will ho presented by tho Misses Gllmore, supported by Walter Caryll. "Tho Bride groom's rtcvcrlo" Is n fantasy showing a bridegroom on his wedding night, reading over the letters of some of his old love affairs, while poses In tho roar of tho stage show the heroines of these affairs playing over tho old music nnd singing tho old Hongs. It Is a pretty act and cleverly ex ccutcd. An Instrumental number will be contributed by Joseph Adelmann, tho xylophone virtuoso, whoso famo with tho Frit Schell orchestrn of Vienna reached this country long before Adelmann ever came to play for us. Ho has built a now Instrument, his own Invention, which ho calls tho "chlmo organ" and which will bo hoard In this part of tho country for tho first time. Weston and Raymond, travesty sketch artists who havo taken up grand opera for tho purposes of funmaklng, will also find place In' tho bill, whllo Blcknell, the clay modeler, will do things, artistic and comical, tor tho entertainment of his audiences. Tho klnodrome will have a scries of new and timely moving views. What Is said to bo ono of the greatest artistic and financial successes of tho pres ent season Is tho Lyman twin brothors In their musical comedy entitled, "A Merry Chnso," In which tho brothera, Hor- bort nnd Walter, assume tho principal star parts, supported by a competent coterie of fun-loving and laughter-producing artists. When It Is realized that tho twin brothers aro almost exact counterparts of each other; that both are full of spontaneous, puro nnd unadulterated fun and Imagine tho numberless ludicrous complications arising from tho quick following cases of mistaken Identity, one can form some Idea of tho general "disturbances" and rollick ing fun to bo got out of tho clover skit, This favorite company will appear at tho Trocadero today, matinee and night only. FootllKht Flnahea. Peter DoIIoy has shelved "Champagne cnarloy ana aisDanaea nis company. Charles K. Evans of "A Parlor Match" tamo has a new comedy called "John Doc." Frohman Is to produce "The Derelict." a play by tho author of "When Wo Were Tweniy-one. Robert Edeson of Amelia Bingham's company has arranged to star next sea son under the management of Honry H. Harris. David Delasco snys that his production of "Mme. Du Barry." for Mrs. Carter, will bo tho most elaborate ho has ever under taken. Sol Smith Russell Is reported to hnve suffered a relapsa last week and to bo again seriously 111 at his summer home, Edgartown, Mass. Australia Is to seo "Lovers' Lane" and "Way Down East" next summer. William A. Urady Bonds u special company to do nis twin successes. "A Message from Mars." in which Chnrlc Hawtroy has scorced success, was hawked around the country several seasons ago ny ine nuinor, uui no American niana ger would accept it. Soda Yacco nnd Otto Kawakaml mado a successtui Japanese version or the "Merchant of Venice," In Paris, and rro poso putting on nt an early date an adap tation of "Othello." In Purls, Mme. Bernhardt will give classical and literary matinees on Thurs days, and among the pieces which sho will revive nro "Lorenzacclo," "Ln vlllo Morto," "Andremanlque" nnd "Phedrc." "An Inscription I read In a dressing room In tho old Baldwin, theater. San Fran cisco," says Frank Daniels. "Is very truo In many cases In tho theatrical profession. It reads: 'Aping the rich keeps actors poor.' " Lillian Russell, during one of her walks tho other day. mot a little chap whose small trousers had evidently been made at home. Tho front nnd back of them had been cut exactly alike, and for a much broader boy. They woro puffed out In front as far as they puffed at the back and the small wenrer seemed 111 at ease in them. Miss Russell stopped for a moment to chat with him and nt parting handed him a nickel, saying: "By tho way, sonny, Health Will Return Many persons who have auffercd years from weak stomach, and believed there was no cure, have been brought back to health by the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. What It has done for others during the past fifty years It will certainly do for you now. It you are troubled with Dyspepsln, Indigestion, Consti pation, Biliousness, Nervousness ' or Malaria, Fever and Ague you should give this wonderful medicine a fair trial. It will surely do you good. Tha genuine must have Our PrivuU Dye Stamp over tha stole ot thajMttla, -yr . - , who made your trousers7" "Me mudder goll durn fieri" answered the boy In a most ungrateful tone of voice. Miss Isadorc Rush, for many years lend ing lady with tho late Ilolnnd Heed, will appear In tho part of Lady Holyrood In "Florodorn." Lust season Miss Hush was a member of Rogers brothers' forces and made n hit In musical comedy. A card In one of the dramatic weeklies announces the mnrrlnge some time ago In Buffalo of Hilly I). Van, tho minstrel here with West, to Nellie O'Neill, who was the leading member of his company there the past summer In "The Devil's Daughter." Klennor.n Duso and Gustavo Salvlnl are to appear together In Homo In D'Annun zlo's tragic poem of "Franccscn dn Hlmr Int." It Is likely that they will also ap pear together In the Inaugural perform ance of tho Oreek classic theater In Vln cenza. The familiar American drama of "My Partner" will bo revived. Jesfaltno Hogers and James K. Wilson will have the prin cipal roles. This old play, a mixture of tender sentiment and merry humor, was tho best of Hartley Campbell's stago llctions. Maurice Camnhell. who has directed Ml Cross-man's starring tour since ehe began ii. is tninKiug seriously or using nothing but h HlmkeMienrcan repertoire next sea son, Including "Ah You Like It," "Muoh ,mio ,ooui iNowimg. ana possioiy Twelfth Night." Grcnt hucccxh Is reported for Richard Muimfleld's opening In "Hcaucnlrc" In PhlladelDhla. The nc'i-nslnn witnessed the tlrst presentation of the play on nny stage and also the opening of the new play house, the Garrlck theater. Bids of us much iim 120 a seat were registered by Ilrat lighters. Iletirlk llmen. ilnminrntnlv III nf Ilia tinms In Chrlstlanla, Is working ns steadily as hw smill strength will nermlt tinon a now composition that Is said to be In the nature or aii auiomograpny. He ullows no ono to see the mniiliscrlnt nnd rpfunen tn ne.ik of It even to his nearest friends. Ada Ilclinti will mnkn n hrlnf tntir nf this country this season, opening some time during the winter. At tlm rnnrliicl.m of the tour she will play on extended on- KHKcmciu as a siock star nt tno Mo rosco's Grand Opera house, Snn Francisco. silss aniee Scott has Just returned from hurope. where she linti had a six months' rest with her mother unit Rlatpiv fchn comes home to begin rehearsals In Ku ge.no PrcBbrey's "New England Folks." Miss Scott last season neorod a irreiil ur. cess as Kun'e In "Quo Vndls." In private life tho Is Mrs. H. L. Glffen, wife of tho business manuger of James K. Huckctt. Maude Caswell, the California girl, who lias llStnlllsllCd l'nrlx llV llf.r nmnilnn ncrobutlcM, Is now In Mndrld, making even me uuruim nimiiiuriiB appuiuu un American product. Him has written that she Is proudly wearing an American flag In order that no one mny take her for nnvthlnc but an Amerlcnn. Sho admits that such Ditrlottsm Is nrecnrlotis In Hnnln Ivit mi. Caswell's athletic record Indlcutes that sho may be ublo to take care of herself with all Spaniards that may try to worry her. Musical I havo been handed n copy of a recent Is sue of the Brooklyn Eagle, which con tains n most Interesting account of tho presentation of an oil painting of tho fomouB Plymouth church In that city. Tho subject of the painting is the veteran or ganist, whose music Beechcr loved, nnd who inspired tho mighty pulpit orator to some of his loftiest flights, tho gifted old John Zunrtcl. musIc-Doct. and mnlr player. Tho article referred to contains the following statement: "Good Deacon Hutchinson nnd o'tber members of tho choir couldn't nnd wouldn't put up with nis irascible temper." n Commenting on this. I have been asked a very deep question by my friend, Rov. K. F. Trefz, who is deeply lnterosted In church music, and whom I havo often heard speak of John Zundel. Ho says: "Why Is It that musician who deal with tho beauti ful and harmonious aro generally eo dis cordant ln temper and inconsonant ln pas- slons?" Tho gentleman then suggests a solution which strikes mo as being worthy of much thought. "But possibly," ho says, "musicians, like artists, aro so lit tie Influenced by environment as to glvo hereditary traits full, limit and sway." Tho musician, being nn Interpreter of the beautiful, should reflect that beautv. Truo, one cannot but admit this postulate. The musician Is placed In tho difficult posi tion of being, as it were, a mediator be tween the physical and spiritual realm. Ho must express the spiritual by tho agency of tho material. One cannot handle a chord as ho would a bunch of rosos. Ono cannot feol tho weight of a tone or measure the helsht of a Ditch. Tho production of music is not mechanical, but material means nro necessary to Its production. By material means we leave the condi tions right, so that the spirit of music can assert Itself. This can bo demonstrated. The musician, then, sensitive and soul- blddon, chafes under tho material restric tions, annoyances and conditions which ho must meet. Tho truo musician must be sensitive to the psychic forces. Ho must have a keen edge. Now, you can destroy the edge of a razor with a touch that would not affect In the smallest degrco tbo edge of a ploughshare. Again, tho musician Is not Irascible, as the musician. He is Irascible as tho Indl vlduai; be does not display his temper when ho Is before you as the musician. It Is therefore because of material fetters and petty oppositions to the entrance of tho higher light, and the reception of tbo soul power, that the conductor talks angrily to his forces, the teacher reproves a pupil sharply, the singer contends with her man ager, the musician generally Is Irascible. "Why don't you try to control your tem per?" said tho placid phlegmatic person to his excited and angry friend. "Bah," was the reply, "I control moro temper cver hour, my friend, than you could show ln a score of years." So, tho musician Is not always Irascible. Take him In his other mood. What do you And? A prlnco of benevolence, a prophet of nope, an apostle of tho beautiful, a good Samaritan In sympathy and a little child In tenderness. You find tho side of good old John Zundel, who said to his friend, General Horatio King: "Ah, Mr. Kink, I cannot pray mlt my Hps, but I pray mlt my Angers." In conclusion, any person who has studied and worked toward a certain point of devel opment has discovered, at tbo end, Simpli city. When he attempts to have others seo that he forgets that that which Is now so simple to him had to bo attained by dint of hard work, much perseverance and many years of patient waiting. Yes, how slraplo It Is now, but no, no not to the student- beginner. Am I not right, my esteemed merchant when I ask you If It does not vex you sore to see a new clerk tie up his first bundle? Hy estimable druggist, Is It not Irritating how that new boy will bungle things? My newspaper friend, how annoying It Is to have that now reporter mlsa the "nowa" item of tho "story." And so on In every respect and In every business. In some respects all men and some women are musicians. Now the remedy. In these days of study Into tbo science of psychology wo are ar riving at the best possible results. We are learning that there Is In each one of us an Inherent power. Sneer not, my skeptical friend, this Is a point' which can be demon strated, not argued. The musician of today, compared to the musician of even fifty years ago, Is a different organism There Is a growing tendency to Ignore the materialistic obstacles, Instead of fighting them. People are beginning to realize mark the word, realize that unkind, un charitable thoughts are their own punish ment. They punish the one who Indulges In them with an unbending rod of chasten ing. When we actually prove, as wo post tlvely can, that there Is no power In un jklnd actions, save what we give them, we Will musicians will begin to drop tho word "Irascible" from our rcpcrtolro of charac teristics and substitute "altruistic." I had a dream last week. I dreamed that I had crossed a mighty river and had entered Into a land whero there was sun shine nnd where tho trees wero tinted with all kinds and shndes of colors. And I en tered a strango building, nil nlone. I had nover been In that place before, I know. And n young woman, with a smile of wel come, extended her hand to mo nnd gently walking across a floor, past a grcut stair-' case, sho softly pushed a door open. Imag ine my surprlso when I was overwhelmed by the rush of a multitude of the most de lightful young fairies Imaginable, and I dreamed that they all sang a beautiful song of welcomo to me; It was tho most beautiful music I had over heard. Then they shook hands with me, and I noticed that their hands were soft and tender. And I asked my guldo why this was. I soon found out that they had been what they call in heaven 'ministering angels" and that their hands had not been long enough In this world to become hardened just llko their hearts. Then after they looked mo over well, be cause I was a Btrango being Indeed to thus intrude upo.i them, they with one Impulse, suggested by certain music, formed a magic circle My surprlso was unbounded when they allowed mo to sit In tho cir cle, and tho dear little angels played nil their gumes for me, and took the worries all away from mo and taught mo many things. I was so glad to havo this dream and I hoped that I would never wako up. Then thoy all slept a whllo and prayed for me with tho mightiest prayer I havo ever heard, and then thoy threw hundreds of smiles and thousands of, love' blossoms at me, and alt tho while tho music was Oil ing tho room, nnd it seemed to mo in my dream that every time tho key changed they changed their occupation. And then I nwoko from my dream. And found myself hi Council Bluffs, at a school, and the angola wero tho children of the kindergarten presided over so splendidly by Miss Frances Wright, a wonderful child Interpreter, and her ablo assistant, Miss Gertrude Davenport. And I thought as I looked at thoso children, "Why do not wo let them teach us more than we do?" Froo bel thought that out. We cease to bo natural when we cease to be children, and naturalness Is life's chief charm. "A llttlo child shall lead them." I was the guest at some ot tbo Council Bluffs schools on Monday morning and was again deeply Impressed by the 'work that Is being dono along tho linen of school music. It surprised mo exceedingly to seo tho re markable cases ot individual development which camo boforo my notice. Ono sturdy young chap, who bad failed several times to strike the upper tones of the scale, after u fow minutes sang with perfect pitch. Tho teacher told me ho could not sing at all, even two tones In succession, at the begin ning of the season. Council Bluffs schools I visited largely In the younger divisions, although I heard somo very line work from the seniors. Miss Luclto Porterfleld is born to her work. She brings to Its development a great, throbbing, Intouso sympathy, an In telligent conception of the possibilities and a most helpful and encouraging manner, She knows her system down to tho ground, and then she uses her own Ideas (for sho Is full ot spontaneous musical thought) In get ting tho children Interested. Miss Porterfleld presented an Interesting study of he question so often asked, "Can ovcryono Mcarn to sing?" or, "Can every person's ear bo cultivated?" I saw in somo ot tho junior rooms tremendous atnrmatives. Tho debate is not yet closed. Wonderful things are being done. I think It was Dr, Johnson who Bald "Much can bo dono with a wife If she bo caught young." Tho samo might be applied to an ear. The fact that pleased me tho most in the Council Bluffs work was the emphasis which the supervisor of the music places upon the advantages ot Blnglng softly. There Is very little forcing being dono to the voices I' heard and when some ot these children enter somebody's studio lator on for further work the teacher will find a well laid preliminary foundation. The at tention ot tho younger children Is attracted to the light upper tones In a splendid man ner and I was startled to noto how vory quickly children could grasp, or seem to grasp, nn Idea which older children In our vocal studios stumble over, or tighten tholr throats on, Oh, how simply, how unaffectedly they do their work. What a lesson! I have much confidence ln the outcomo of the music In the schools, as applied to tho cause ot general musical development ln this country, and I wish to stato with no uncertain sound that a supervisor like Miss Porterfleld is a godsend to a school and to a community. And, furthermore, such musicians aro not found every day. A wider field awaits Miss Porterfleld somewhere. It la my hope that I may very Do What No Other Soap Can Do: Unites in itself every quality that makes a perfect soap for Toilet, Bath, Laundry and for cleaning and scouring garments. Essentially different and' distinct from anything else. It is a pure, neutral soap, made from prime edible beef suet, containing a proper percentage of purified Ox-Gall, treated by a process known only to us, having all the essential detergent and preserving qualities. NEUTRffiL, WHITE, FLOATING, FRSGRffNT. Suited to every household need. Preserves all fabrics, sets colors, leaves woolens like new. Sold by all dealers. Cudoma Primer sent free on request. soon have an opportunity to hoar some other schools at Council Bluffs. Tomorrow morning I hopo to bo able to accept n vory kind Invitation to visit Pa cific school in Omaha. The following Item nppcared In tho Fre mont Tribune last week: "Fremont's pa trons of harmonic art wcro most delight fully entcrtnlncd on Saturday afternoon at tho meeting of tho Woman's club, the oc casion being a song rccltnl by Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly, soprano soloist of All Saints' church, Omaha. Mrs. Kelly captivated every hearer with tho oxtremely sweet, puro tones of her clear soprano volco. She sang nothing but what she could sing with enso, which is her Invariable custom and which accounts largely for tho preservation of her beautiful vocal capabilities. As her rango Is broad, however, this limitation ex tends over confines that aro by no means circumscribed. Many encores woro re sponded to nnd after tho final ono Mrs. Kelly announced that sho would ropeat any selections on tho program which might bo desired by thoso present. This proffer was taken ndvantogo af by several ladles and nt their request a few ot tho songs wero again rendered." THOMAS J. KELLY. MAJOR 'STANTON IN OMAHA Cnmen to Relieve Major SlitiiKlitcr nn Paymaster nf Department of the Mlimoiirl. Major C. 10. Stanton, who Is to relievo Major Brad U. Slaughter as paymaster of the Department of tbo Missouri, ac companied by his wlfo and clork, arrived In the city yesterday and will probably assume charge of tho Omaha olllco Immedi ately after tho first of November. Tho books will bo .turned over to him as soon as his records arrive from Washington. Major Slaughter, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Gamble, his clerk. John Lottrldge, and wife, will snll for tho Phlllo plnes on the transport which leaves San Francisco November 16. His wife and two sons, both ot whom nro In school, will ro main in Omaha. Seasonable Fashions 3940 Shirt Waist, 32 to 42 waist. 3916 Walking Skirt. 22 to 30 bust. Shirtwaist 3910 Walking Skirt 3916 Shirtwaist Butts aro an undoubted feature ot autumn Btyles. In no material nro they more fushlonablo or mora serviceable than corduroy or velvoteon. Tho smart model shown exemplifies tho corduroy In Havana brown nnd U worn with u beavor hat of white with brown trimming and tan-colored pique gloves. The waist Is mado with n yoke which Is cut In two points nt the back, one at each stdo of the front. Tho lower portion of tho back Ib plain, the two box plaits bolng ap plied and stitched nn each edgo; but the fronts aro arranged lu three narrow box plaits each, which extend several Inchon below tho yoke, then fall freo and form folds. Tho sleoves nro Inj shirt style, with narrow cuffs that nro buttoned over. Tho neck 1b finished with u regulation stock; tho buttons aro oxidized mqtal showing raised heads, but plain gilt or pearl nro equally correct. Tho skirt Is cut In Ave gores und Is with out fullness at the bolt, tho hack being cut to glvo tbo rlpplo habit effect thut falls ln THE CUDAHY PACKING CO., Omaha. Kansas City. AMIIMH.IIU.XTH. B O YD9 S SVoolLrT ""' 4 Nights Commencing Tonight 8:15. IlarKiiln Milliner Today iiiul AVciliicMilny. -" mill ''. WM, A. BRADY PRKSHNTS TIIK PHENOM KNALLY SUCCESSFUL PLAY OVER e ANE IJY CLYDE FITCH. Exnctly ns played for 5 MONTHS IN NI3W YORK. 3 MONTHS IN CHICAGO. Cast nf ."in Comnloto scenic nroductlon. As n great success as "Way Down East." EVENING I'ltICES-25c, 60c, 76c, 11.00. BOYD'S WOODWARD & BURGESS, Mgrs. Friday and Saturday, Nov. I and 2. MATINEE SATURDAY. Most Important Operatic Event of tho Seuson. Klaw & Erlanger Opera Co, Presenting JEROME SYKES In Smith & DeKovcn'a Now Opera, FOXY QUILLER With an Incomnarnblo cast of artists. Including Eleanor Kent. Jullua Stcccr. Grace Cumeron, Adolph Zlnk, Almlra For- resi, iiarry Aiacuonougn, iouis uusavant, l. iiuari scvine, Artnur t. uarnebi, aiico Evcrtson. Frank Tood. Mario Christie. Marlon Bent, Albert S. Sylccs, Jos. Fro hoff, Wm. Havens, O. J. McCormlck, Ed ward Everett nnd othern. AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA. HIG. A. DoNOVELLIS, Muslcnl Director. America's Largest Opcrutlc Organization. EVE PRICES-Entlre lower floor, $1.60: first two rows bnlconv. Sl.bO. Itnlnnrn frnnt balcony, $1.00. Rear balcony, 00c. Gallery, 25c. MAT. PRICES Entlrn lower flnnr. ii m "First two rows balcony, $1.00. Ilalaneo ironi nnicony. iuc. near Daicony, 50c. Unl lery. 25e. SEATS ON SALE MONDAY MORNING. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly Song Recitals. Pupils Received in Tone Production Artistic Singing Voice Development l 802 Furniim Davidge Hlock. Dally, except Wednosday, '10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Morand's School for Dancing Now term, new classes to twain flr weclc In November at Morand's, Fifteenth nnd Harney streets. Children's classes, Wednesday and Suturday: adultB, Tuesday nnd Friday, S p. m. Select assemblies every Wednesday, 8:30 p. m. Join tho first week of tho term and savo 12.00 from tho iiHtiul price. graceful folds a fow Inches below tho waist. Tho flounco is graduated In width and Is seamed to tho lower edge. A patch pocket Is placed at tho right sldo ot tho front. To cut this for u woman of medium size 11 yards of material 21 Inches wide, OVi yards 27 Inches wide, 6 yards 44 Inches wldo or 5 yards CO Inches wide; to cut tho waist alono 3 yards 20 lncheu wide, 3?; yards 27 Inches wide, 2 V4 yards 44 Inches wldo or 1 yards CO Inches wldo; to cut tho skirt alono 8 yards 20 Inches wide, 6' yards 27 Inches wldo, 374 yarda 44 Inches wldo or 3 yards CO Inches wldo. Tho waist pattern 3&I0 Is cut In sizes for a'32, 34, 36, 38 nnd 10-Inch bust measure. The skirt pattern 3916 Is cut In sizes for a 22, 21, 20, 28 and 30-lncli waist measure. For 'bs accommodation of Trie Bee- read. thitRfl natternn whlrh ll.linllv rtll i from i 'o 50 icnts, will be furnished at I nominal yrlce, JO cents, which covers all ' expense, .n order to get any pattern en- rlose 10 reals, glvo number and nam of PBIICIU RUIUM lull UUSl UiCI.Ur.. AIIUW about ten days from da) of your letter before beginning to look for the patters. AdJreis, Pattera Dtpartmeut, Omaha Bee. AMtlNKMKYI'M. CFteiOHTON Telephone t.".:tt. Week Commencing Sunday Mat. Oct. 27 Today 2:15 This Evening 8:15 .1! THE GIRL WITH THE AUBURN HAIR Vaudevlllo's Great Artistic Novelty. PRESS ELDRIDGE Commander-ln-chlof of tho Army of Fan. Misses Delmore & Co. Musical Fantasy, "Tho Bridegroom' Reverie." JOSEPH ADELMAN Xylophonlst. Weston and Raimund Travesty Stars. BICKNELL Comedy and Artistic Clay Modeler. KIN0DR0ME New and Ue-to-dato Views. Prices, 10c, 25c, 50c. ?!LTROCADERO Telephone 2809. TODAY ONLY. Matinee and Night. The Lyman Twins iIN A Merry Chase A bright, breezy, buoyant, up-to-data musical comedy, rOPULAIt PRICES. Smoke if You Like. THE COLISEUM Nov. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9th Afternoon and Evening, SECOND ANNUAL CHICAGO HORSE SHOW OF THE CHICAGO HOUSE SHOW ASS'N. JOHN B. KITCHEN, Managing Dlreotor. $20,000 in prizes. Many handsome trophies. PKCIAU RATKt ON ALL RAILROADS. August Motho-Borglum Piano Teacher Tupll of Mr. Swayne, Jr.. of Paris, re cently ot Vienna; Loachotlzky School. Studio; 9 Davldge Bile, 18th and FaBaa. mn Aa mi