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8 THE OMAHA DAItiYBKE; MONDAY, FEIUtUAHY 0. 1003. PULPIT VIEW OF POLITICS B.T. Hatch Sajt tha Righteous J3hauld Be Campaigners. CANDIDATES OUGHT TO GO ON RECORD Believes la HsTlnei Voers Informed Br fore They Cmmt Their Ballots CrltlrUfi CiotrnranUl Heads of American Cltlea. Taking at hla text thn worfli from the Epistle to the Epheslans, "For we are neighbors one of mother," Rpt. Frederick A. Hatch, at Plymouth Congregstlonal church, preached a sermon on tho duty of citizens and municipal government. Id which be said In part: "The cltlea are growing faster than the country, and thi tendency la nt con fined to the United States, but , Is world Wide. While the cities of Europe are growing faster than the country, the In habltanta of those cities ara natives, prin cipally, while our city population Is made up of an Increasing proportion of persons foreign - to this country, who understand little If anything of our method of gov ernment.1 "The government of our cltlea Is a won der to persona from other countries who visit us, and they shrug their shoulders when they aee a system which places at the head of our municipal governments not the best, but frequently the worst ele ments of our population. It Is different ren In Canada, aa I know' by experience, and It la the duty of the people of the United States to change this condition. Homeless Classes. ' "We have a large homeless class In our population, not only the homeless poor, who cannot own their homes, but homeless rich, who, owning houses, travel from one resort to another, one country to another, seeking pleasure and recreation, having no home life. It Is a question as to wfc'.ch of the two homeless classss Is the greater danger to the country. "In 1840 there was one Protestant church to each 2,000 of the population of the Country. ' In 1900 there was one Protestant church to each 4,206. . This either means that Protestantism la not keeping pace with tha country or that we are not using our opportunities as we did. It Is the Scan dinavian element In our Immigration which to a degree saves us from the effect of the large Immigration of the Latins, the Ma gyar and the Blar, people who are not able to understand and appreciate our Institu tions "The man whq sells hla vote Is not al ways the poor man. There Is a con solenceless trust In every city, a trust whose emissaries never forget It Is the brewerlea and the saloons. There Is a trust In vice. How many saloons In this city are there -which are not mortgaged to or owned by a brewery? This Is one body which keeps . alive Ha Interest! in politics from January to December. Corrupting- Influences. "But there Is one greater danger than all. A young mi n cornea from college and enters business life. He soon comes to a place where the Interests of his firm or corporation . would be advanced were aome city ordinance disregarded or repealed. Maybe the manager of the company em ploys him to secure this object by under handed methods. The man v. ho pays the bribe Is probably worso than the man who accepts It, but the moral fiber which Is degenerated by this meats Is worse for tha life of the city than the degeneration of moral fiber through vicious association, and the 'respectable' lawbreaker Is more dangerous than the one we call a crim inal. . "The . growth of high Ideals In a country must keep pace with Ita material develop ment or the country Is doomed, aa Roma and Greece testify. To save the city we must abandon childish partisanship. The opinion of . a man aa to the doctrine of ex pansion or tariff has no more to do with the administration of city government than hie opinion of the five points or Calviniam. If the virtuous will not work aa hard aa the vicious in city politics, they have no reason to complain If they are defeated. It la poor policy to see a man elected without protest and then criticise him for doing what he might have been expected to do. ' Wo must save the cities if we are to save tha nation, and candldatea for office In Omaha during the next two mojths must be placed on record aa to their In tention It elected, and we stould know what we ara voting for aa well aa who wo are voting for. Education should be found In party platforms and In the pulpit." HI L Li PREACHES OX OPPORTUNITY. Tolls His Conftrearedon of the Letter - of St. John. The congregation of the First Christian church, -not largo, not wealthy and tem porarily housed In a rather barren armory and dancing ball, with a crude atago for a 'choir loft and a plauk platform for a pulpit,, listened yesterday morning to a message of hope and a plea In exhortation from Ita pastor. Rev. Harry G. Hill, who found hla Inspiration In the singularly ap propriate words which St. John waa di rected to write to the church In ancient Philadelphia: "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut It: for thou bast a little strength, and bast kept my word and hast not denied my name." The sermon waa one of the series which Rev. Mr. Hill Is bsslng on John's lettera to the aeven churches of Asia, and he aald: "Perhaps this church at Philadelphia waa small and perhaps this little flock bad to g6 to aome aand pit to worship. But not the message to It, 'I bave set before thee aa open door and no man can abut It.' It aeema to me the meaning must have been that there had been opened for it a great opportunity. And so It Is with us. Wa sometimes feel that we are a very email band to cope with the 230 saloons In this. city and with the thousands who are Indifferent to Christ. Yet bcreln God haa given us a great opportunity. He made SOUND AS A DOLLAR . That is the result of a course cf treatment with Scott's Emul sion. We have special refer ence to persons with weak lungs and sensitive throats. Scott's Emulsion does some things better than others. This is one of them. It has a pe culiar action on the throat and lungs which gives them strength and makes them tough. " ' That's how Scott's Emulsion drives out coughs, colds and bronchitis. It keeps them out, too.. ' WH easts yaws lit lit e try, II yes Hks. SCOXT ft BOWK, 1W Ms), Vtm York. possible the great convention of last year that we might become better known and better understood and He brought about the destruction of our old church that we might more actively work for the new, and In such work gather strength. Every night when I prsy for the success of our new church I pray that It may be not simply a comfortable home for us, but a place in which God shall be worshiped by all." BK;V TALKS OS fJAHHUOV Rev. Man. CesTs. of e. La Abolitionists. At Unity church Sunday morning Rev. Newton M. Mann gave the first of hla lec tures on the life of William Lloyd Oarrlaan. deallDg with the frly half of the aboli tionist's career, "A Period of Storm and Stress." He said In part: "When Wllberforce was sgltatldg against the slave trade in England, and before he had secured any legislation to his enns. Garrison was born in America, in New bury port. Conn. That was in 1805. Unlike the Englishmen, Garrison wns not born In affluence, but rather in poverty, and al most destitution. His father mas a sailor of unsteady habits, who deserted his wife when William Lloyd was 3 years of age. There were two other children. The fam ily struggled along and when he was 13 Garrison was apprenticed In -a newspaper office. "This marked the beginning of his career. It placed him In Just the fine he was meant for. He was extremely precocious, and before he was 20 had passed through all the stages of apprentice, compositor, foreman, to editorial writer. Then he started a weekly paper of his own and later moved to Boston, where Den Lundy, the first active abolitionist, was the Cause of turning Garrison's whole life to aboli tion. He, with Lundy, started the Lib erator. 'But at this time northern sentiment in this country was ail against abolition. Abolitionists were disunionlsts, Just as later the slaveholders were disunionlsts, after the northern sentiment had changed. As late as 1832, when Garrison returned from his vllt to England, he was wel comed on his native shores by the news papers as "a dangerous fanatic who haa been villlfylng his country abroad." Garrison soon came to believe that Amer ican Christianity was the main pillar of American slavery. This opinion resulted from two facts: No church of white people could be secured for meetings in the cause of abolition. ' The Bible society refused to sell the American Anti-Slavery society Bibles for tha Mse of the elavea. "It was In 1834, when Garrison waa still but 29 years of age, that he waa mobbed and thrown Into prison. There his friends, John G. Whtttler and A. Bronson Alcott, visited him, and his aplrit was shown by the manner In which he Jested about hla quarters being too cramped to allow him to ask them to remain over night." Behind the prison bars Rev. Mann left Garrison for the time, and he will continue with bis life from that point next Sunday. MAX Axn III ASPIRATIONS. Rev. Clsaell Finds a Teat ,ln the Psalms. Rev, Clyde Clay Clesell preached to a large congregation in the Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal church Sunday morn ing on the subject. "Longing for a Nobler Life." The pastor took his text from Psalms 81:11, "Lead me to tho Rock that la higher than I." The pastor first sought to show that all humanity had a longing and a desire for a better life. He sMd that the philosophy of the pessimist set forth that man was eternally bappy In a limited life. The man has the less he mingles, the more superb bis happiness. "For this reason," the paator aald, "chil dren are more happy than men, because cf the limitations of their life and the restric tions. This, though, la contrary to the Bible, which holds that Christ came to earth that we might have life, and more abundance. "Man has aspirations," the pastor stated, "to be better; to aeek for a more hopeful efid contented feeling. When he ceases to have that longing, that desire, he Is lost." The lifting power of the aspirations for a better living were also touched upon by the pastor. He said that man's thoughts and Ideals had a reflex action and Influence upon himself, this fact being portrayed in the face of the miser, upon whose countenance Is written his life's history, and which is most noticeable to even a child. He also referred to the fact that some of the arti sans and others who had been called to the battlefield had developed into the greatest statesmen, through the desire for better manhood. He said that man should develop this power-making energy that hla life may become what be hopes to have it. CIllRCH BtRXS BOXDS TOXIGHT. Hanscom Park Methodists Commem orate Debt's Cancellation. This evening at 8 o'clock will occur an event Important In the history of' the Hanscom Park Methodist Episcopal church. Two mortgages, aggregating $8,600, will be consumed by the flames before an audience consisting of the members and attendants of that church. One of the two raortgsges which are to be destroyed is known as the Sumner mort gage, which was a debt upon the society for $6,000, and the other Is known as the McConnell estate mortgage, its obligation amounting to $2,600. It Is expected that the remaining $4,700 Indebtedness which bangs over the church will be met and canceled before next fall. During the past ten years the church haa paid $5,000 Interest on the mortgage held against Its property, a total of $13,000 that , has been raised by the Hanscom park people during that period. SHOULD ATTEMPT TO CXDERHTAXD. Rev. Coaler flays Misinterpretations Are Often Disastrous. Rev. J. W. Conley, pastor of the First Baptist church. Sunday morning took his text fraoi Matthow, 7: "Cast not your pearls before swine." After dwelling for some time upon the various Interpretation of the Holy Scriptures by the learned com inenlators, the preacher said: "We always should be careful not to mis understand the holy word of God. It Is fery eaay to misinterpret the word, and unless we be careful, those very things by which we hope to be saved will re the cuie of our ruin. God las committed unto us His holy ordinances. What are we doing wllh them? Are we using them in accordance with Gcd'l intention, or are we doing the opposite? "Soma preachers tell us only of the me-cy of God, but I tell you that God Is nit only merciful, but He is also Ju-t, and it is to Him we will have to render an account of our stewardship." OMAHA SUBURBS. Dundee. Mrs D. I- Johnson entertained her Sun day school class last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. StrifT ird has ben the guest for sev. ml weeks ot her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mason. Homer Bchearer Is considered to t out of ail danger now and will soon be himself again. ' Mrs. Kva Parrotts Sweeney entertained a number of Omaha, women at luncheon last Saturday. The Dundwt Woman's club met on Wed nesday with Mrs. Wedge, the life end works of Addison bslug tks subject under qUiMi ln NION PACIFIC PENSIONS Bale) and I egulatians to Govern the Paj ment of Same. WHAT SUPERANNUATED EMPLOYES GET One Per Cent of the Averaae Monthly alary for l.st Ten Years to Be Allowed for Kern Tear of Service, Since the announcement was made some weeks ago that the Colon Pacific directors had decided to adopt a pension system for superannuated employes much speculation bas been indulged among the men em ployed by the campany as to the exact terms under which the system would be inaugurated. Every Inquiry at local head quarters has met with a refusal to disclose1 anything more definite than the mere tact that a pension system hss been adopted. On other roads elaborate rules and regu lations for the government of the pension board have been adopted, and it .s pre sumed that such is the case with the V'nlon Pacific. All efforts to receive any Inkling aa to the nature of these rules have failed. In the last number of the Railway Age of Chicago Is published the rules and regula tions of the pension department of the Southern Pacific. As that road and the Union Pacific are both owned by the same company It is not at all unlikely that the pension boards of both systems will be governed practically the same. The South ern Pacific pension rules and regulations are: 1. The administration of the pension de partment shall be by a board ot ottlcers, to tie known as the board of pensions, whose office shall be In San Francisco. Much board ehall, until otherwise ordered, con sist of the following ottlcers of the com pany: Assistant to president, manager Pacific system, engineer maintenance of way, general superintendent motive power, aualtor, chief counsel, chief surgeon. I. The board of pensions ehall, subject to the approval of the president, have power to make and enforce rules and regulations for the efficient operation of the pension department; to determine the eligibility of employes to receive pension allowances: to tlx the amount of such allowances, and to prescribe the conditions under which such allowances may Inure. 3. The benefits of the pension system will apply only to those persons who have been required to give their entire time to South ern Pacific company or to that company and some other railroad company or com panies Jointly. In case or sucn Joint em- ployment the board of pensions shall de cide! the amount of the employe's monthly pay that snail be used in determining tne pension allowance. 4. (a) All officers and employes who have attained the age of 70 years shall be re tired. Such of them as have been twenty years in the service shall be pensioned. (b) Locomotive engineers and nremen. conductors, flagmen and brakemen, train baggagemen, yardmaeters, switenmen, bridge foremen, section foremen and road- masters, wno nave attained tne age ot vo years, may be retired. Such of them as have been twenty years In the service shall be pensioned when re tired. to Officers and employes between 61 and "0 years of age who have been twenty years in tne service ana wno nave become inca pacitated, may be retired and pensioned. in case an employe netween oi ana in years of age claims that he Is, or should his employing officer consider him inca pacitated for further service, he may make application or be recommended for retire ment, and the board of pensions shall de termine whetiier or not he shall be retired from the service. Physical examination will be made of em ployes recommended for retirement who are under 70 years of age, and a report thereof with the recommendation of the chief surgeon shall be transmitted to the board of pensions for consideration In de termining such cases. retirement shall be made enective from the first day of the calendar month follow ing that in which the person shall have at. talned the specified age, or from the first day of a calendar month to be determined by the board of pensions. e. Tne terms - service ana in me serv ice" will refer to employment uuon or in connection with any of the railways form- In ir the Southern Paclno company, ana tne service of any employe shall be considered as continuous from the date from which he has been continuously employed upon such railways, whether prior or subsequent to their acquisition by tne ooutnern racino company. 7. In computing service It shall be reck oned from the date since which the person has been continuously In the service, to the date when retired, eliminating In the final result any fractional part of a month. Leave or absence, suspension, aismissai followed by reinstatement within one year, or temporary lay-off on account of reduc tion or rorce, wnen unatienueo. oy oiner employment, la not to be considered as a break in the continuity of service. Persons who leave tne service tnereoy re linquish all claims to the benefits of pen sion allowances. 8. The pension allowances authorised are upon the following basis: For each year of service, an allowance of 1 per cent ot the average regular monthly pay receiveu xor me ien yeara preceding retirement. Thus. If an employe has been in the service or forty years and his aver age salary or wages for the last ten years was per monin. ms penmim miuwance would be 40 per cent of 175, or 130 per month. S. The sum of $100,000 Is hereby aet apart as a pension fund; in addition to which the company will in each year make a fur ther aimroorlatlon. if necessary, of an amount not to exceed 190.000 in payment of pension allowances ror sucn year. Whenever It shall be found that the basis of pension allowances shall create-demands in excess of interest on the 1 00,000 and an annual appropriation of fjo.ooo, and as often as sucn cotiuuion may arise, in tne ao sence of anv action by the board of direc tors increasing the yearly amount usable for pensions, a new basis ratably reducing the pension allowances may be established to bring the expenditures within the limit of the fund, and the decision of the board of directors in establishing such new basis shall be absolutely concljslve. Notice of any such change of rate shall be given before the beginning of the fiscal year in which the change shall become ef fective. 10. When pension allowances shall be au thorized, pursuant to these regulations, they shall be paid monthly during the life of the beneficiary: Provided, however, that the company may withhold Its allowance In all cases of gross misconduct. 11. In payment of pension allowances a payroll showing the names of those to whom allowances have been made, and the amount of such allowances, shall be pre pared at the close of each month by the secretary of the board of pensions, certi fied to by him and approved by the chair man of the board, then forwarded to the auditor, who will, after verification and registry, send it through the usual chan nels for payment. 12. I. shull be the duty of every employ ing officer to report at once to the secre tary of the board of pensions all employes who in January, February and March, 19uS, shall have attained the ege of 70 yeara, and of i hone employee specified in rule 4. sec tion (b, who shall have attained the age of 65 ears; and thereafter, at lean thiee months in advance of the date of retire ment, all employes about to attain the requisite age lor conBiueraiion ror pension allow anee 13. The secretary of the board of pensions lust keep hlmeelf advised of the where - bouts of pensioned employes, and shall m n tw require satisfactory eviaence rum eacn or such employes, at least one? a year and oftener if necessary, showing that he Is en titled to the pension allowance. It shall iIsd be the duty of any official who may notice or receive any advice of gross mis conduct on the part of any pensioned em ploye to promptly notify the secretary of the b.iird ot pensions In relation thereto, who will report the circumstances to the board of pensions. 14. In order to preserve direct personal relations between the company and its re tired employes, and that they may con tinue to enjov the benefit of the pension intern, no assignment of pensions will be pormllted or rex-ognlsea. l.Y. 1 he acceptance of a pension allow ance ) . cot debar a retired employe from nifi''r.g In r.nv other business which Is not .r-jiii'lvlal to the interests of this company, iut he ccnnoi re-enter the service of the company. 16. No persoVi inexperienced In railway work over i yesra of age, and no experi enced person over 45 years of sge, shsll bertafter l tuken Into the service: Pro vided, however, that, In tha discretion of the sssktant to president, persons may temporarily be taken Into the service ir respective of site for a period not exceeding nix months, and that this period may be ex-tt-nde.t. if mcejKury, to complete the work for which said persons were originally era Dloved: Provided, also. that, with tha in. prt'val of the board of directors, persons may be employed Indefinitely. Irrsepectlva 4 a uniit. wbars ui ssrvioa Is b rsa - dered requires professional or other special qualifications. 11. Neither the action of the brisrd of directors In establishing a system of pen sions, nor any other action now or here after taken by them or by the board of pensions in the Inaucuratlon and operation of a pension department, shall be construed as giving to any officer, agent or employe of tlje company a right to be retained In its service or any right or claim to any pension allowance; and the company expressly er. serves Its right snd privilege to discharge at any time any officer, agent or employe when the Interest of the company, in Its judgment, may so require without liability for any claim for pension or other allow ance than salnry or-wages due and unpaid. If). These rules and regulations shall take effect on January 1, lpu. MANY FINE HOMES GO UP F.larht Xev Residences Rein Bnllt and Five Are "old In West Farnam Street. Since last fall $100,000 bas been ex pended by Omaha cltiiens In the construc tion of new residences In the West Far nam street district and $52,000 haa changed hands as the result ot residences In that vicinity . sold. This latter amount repre sents the exchange of five handsome build ings near Thirtieth and Farnam within the last three weeks. The $100,000 has been or Is being expended In the erection of eight commodious dwellings In that sec tion of the city. Within the last three weeks the elegant residence of A. B. Smith at Thirty-eighth and Howard streets was sold to General C. F. Manderson for $11,000. Arthur Rem ington of the firm of Remington eV Kessler recently bought the Dr. F. Austin house at Fortieth and Harney for $8,000. Thomas Kllpatrlck baa secured possession of the Garneau residence at Thirty-first and Chi cago atresia for a consideration ot $20,000. Charles O. McDonald, attorney, bas bought the former home of Captain Lawrence near k Dodge on Thirty-eighth avenue for $7,300. The A. L. Reed bouse at- Thirty-sixth and Harney has passed Into the hands of Byron Smith of the firm of Williams & Smith for the aum of $6,000. The builders of new houses are: Robert Howe, manager for the Armour Packing company, In the West Farnam street dis trict, at a cost ot $25,000; Fred A. Nash, Thirty-third and Farnam. $20,000; C. W. Partridge, Thlrty-aecond, between Farnam and Dodge, $6,000; E. F. Riley of Riley Bros., on West Farnam street, $12,000; T. J. Mahoney, Thirty-seventh, near Farnam, $16,000; Dr. Robert S. Anglln, Thirty-ninth and Dodge, $S,000. . TALKS OF LABOR' REWARD Gilbert M. Hitchcock Addresses Sun day Meeting; of the Philosophy ' , leal Society. Congressman-elect Gilbert M. Hitchcock addressed the Omaha Philosophical society Sunday ' afternoon on- the topic, "The Laborer la Worthy of His Hire." Hla dis- cussiod waa not, aa the theme might Indi cate, confined to the wage question, the speaker stating that the meaning of this phrase when originally used waa much broader. The thought advanced waa that any rain or woman engaged In an occupation should enjoy the fair fruits of that labor. "In tbta country," said Mr. Hitchcock, "the tendency la to make thta Impossible, be cause there bas been permitted such an enormous accumulation of wealth In the bands of a few people. Wealth thus ac cumulated In excess of reason and right Is necessarily : taken away from others. Tf this was regulated by law, not only would the laboring classes fare better both aa to boura and wages,' 'Hut 'so would the trades men, the merchant!' and the clerks aa well. The condltldn df 'lit "would be eased and that-'of none would be deteriorated." HOSPITAL OPENS THIS WEEK Presbyterians Perfect Plans for Con- ducting- Better Institution o Than, Before. The Presbyterian 'hospital. Twenty-sixth and Marcy streets, after standing idle since last September, will be reopened this week aa the outcome ot a legal contest, under a new management.1 Dr. Esther A. Ryerson will be manager and bouse physician and will have a ataff of eighteen nurses. Be side doing regular hospital work the Insti tution will conduct a nurses' training school, with a tiro- years' course. Dr. Ry;r son Is "credited with a high reputation for successful hospital work and under her rpeclal direction the hospital, with all new furnishings and equipment. Is expected to achieve splendid results. The Institution, aa before, will be under the management of the Presbyterian gen eral assembly, which haa secured a five year lease on -the property. ; Pneamonta. ' Tbis'la one, of the moat dangeroua and often fatal diseases. It alwaya results from a cold or from an attack of the grip. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cures these diseases and counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. It la made especially for these and similar ailments and can al waya be depended upon. Announcements of the Theaters. Tickets may be had at Beaton ft Mc Ginn's and Myer Dillon's drug stores for the Elks' entertainment and masque rade to be given at the Ak-Sar-Ben den Monday, - February 23. Admission to the dancing floor will only bo given on Invita tion. It Is the purpose of the Elks to make this affair the equal of any aoclal event ever held In Omaha. For the maskers who ahow tba most original costumes and for those , who eclipse their fellows as to grace of movements costly prizes will be given. In the minuet, to be danced by twelve couples, aome of the most promi nent people In the city will take part. i The appearance of Joaephlns Florence, only daughter of the late W. J. Florence, affeotlonaiely remembered as "Billy" (snd In hla time the most popular comedian on the atage), at the Boyd Tuesday and Wednesday In support of S. Miller Ksnt in "The Cowboy and the Lady." will no doubt create considerable interest among the J nobles of the ancient Arabic order of this , . . t ,hir,.nn years a so Billv Ju,t thirty-one " Florence and Dr. Walter M. Fleming, who were both active thirty-third degree Ma aons, brought the order to this country, and on June 16, 1871. they conferred the order upon eleven nobles In New York City, and tha first temple, ."Mecca," was started. Today there are many temples, with a membership of over 100,000 through out America. To become a member one must have received the thirty-second de gree in Masonry. Ara Simply Perfect. Dr. King's New Life Pilla ara prompt, safe, gentle and always satisfy or no pay. Best for stomach and liver. 25c. For sale by Kuhn sV Co. DIED. KNOX Henry Maasengale. aged 24, beloved husband of I. aura McNalr Knox and son of John B. and L,ura sn. anox, oniuro evening, February 7. Funeral services from hla late residence, kib iioihoma vnu. at i o'clock Mon day, February . Remains will be taken to Ml I i il f,ir Hnrtl fcKALA Juseoh. aun of John Bkala, 1&J Third street, assd I years I mouth. Sun- JL nay, ieoruaxjr s AT THE PLAYHOUSES "shore Acres' at the Boyd. James A. Heme's American plav of Phore Acres,'' with many of the original company In the following csst: Nathaniel Berry, keeper of the Perry llghlhouxe. James T. Oailoway Martin Merry, keeper of the Herry light house Atklni Lawrence Joel Gates, grass widower Charles E. Fisher Joslnh Flake, poetmastrr and store keeper William D. Burton Sam Warren, a young physician Bert Flansburg Captain "Ben" Hutchlns, skipper of the "lylddy Ann" James Burrows Dr. Leonard H. P. Whlttemore Squire Andrews R. 8. Wilson Tim Hays Thomas t'only Young Nate Berry Allen Crolius Vteve Unily William Bergen "Boh" Berry Master James T. Oailoway Malldrlver Burt Jackson Ann Berry, Martin's wife. ..Belle Theodore Helen Berry. Martin's daughter Mabel Wright I-lddy Ann Nye Gertrude Poherty Mrs. Andrews Mattle St. John Mrs. Leonard Kstelle Bryen Perley, Mrs. Berry's hired girl Sndle Cullen Millie Berry Alice Bryen "Mandy" Oates Vivian Bryen It's hardly accurate to call "Shore Acres" a pastoral play, nor would It be fair to do ao, for that would confound the pretty piece with a number of productions' that are sailing under that designation, In whose company a self-respecting play would blush to be seen. Nor la It accurate to call It an American borne play, as the bill does; for the average American home Isn't quite like that of the Berrys. Just about enough Martin Berrys can be found by the cen sus taker to make the rest of us glad. that no more of him exist, and If there were more Vncle Nata fooling around the kitchen and bossing the cooking the woman's ward of the insane hospital would have to be made bigger. But such people do exist. In fact, every character of the piece la taken from life, and the pictures are true as photo graphs. Mr. Heme drew with broad strokes, but with the fidelity of a minia ture painter, and he had no need to cari cature anyone, for the bumor of his figures arises spontaneously from their likeness to nature. The story of "Shore Acres" Is too well known to need' repetition or analysis In Omaha. Suffice It to say that the turkey was carved, and the light waa trimmed In Berry lighthouse, and the Lyddy Ann sailed safely by the reef to the Intense satisfaction of two big audlencea at the Boyd yesterday. Not a feature of the play has been slighted since tha death of Mr. Heme. It Is given yet with the same painstaking care he bestowed upon it. and Is still in a class by itself In the list of the American dramas that depend on "heart Interest." Many of the prevent cast have been Iden tified with "Shore Acres" since Its first presentation: Mr. James T. Galloway makes a well-nigh perfect Uncle Nat, the aoft-hearted old "hen hussy" who finally asserts tils manhood and brings hla pig headed brother to his senses. Atklna Law rence gives an excellent presentation of the character of the selfish, obstinate man who Is willing to sacrifice the happiness of everybody around him to bave his own way, and who "didn't know no thin' and didn't want his daughter taught anything he didn't know." Bert Flansburg Is manly as Sam Warren and Mabel Wright does very well aa the warm-hearted, high spirited Helen Berry. Belle Theodore Is a motherly Mrs. Berry, and the rest of the cast la well suited In the parts. The en gagement closea with this eventng'a per formance. Vaudeville at the Crelsrhton-Orpheum. Two very large audlencea attended the matinee and evening performances at the Creighton-Orpheum yesterday, the bill for the week being the Orpheum Road show.' This company haa been specially selected by Mr. Martin Beck, the general manager of the drpheum circuit, for pre aentatlon of vaudeville features In cltlea wbertt there la no theater devoted to that sort ot entertainment. Naturally It Is made up of excellent acta, for the reputation of the Orpheum circuit depends to a large extent on Ita road show, at least In citiea where the company controla no house. The present bill Is a very creditable one, being sufficiently diversified, to please all and containing nothing but what Is mer itorious. Mclntyre and Heath are with the company. They need neither Introduction or commendation locally, for they are de servedly popular in Omaha. Nat M. Willis comes under this bead, too. He la aa funny and aa original aa ever, and haa a lot of Hew "Junk" in his act, some of his "wheezes,"' as be calls the joker be springs, both funny enough to make a mourner laugh. Hla songs are new and good, r.awson and June offer the novelty of the bill. They are boomerang throwers, apear Jugglers and marksmen with bow and arrow. Much amusement waa afforded those In a safe place yesterday by watch ing the others duck when the heavy boom erang waa hurled out over the audience. Aa a matter of fact, no one la In danger, for the boomerang fellows Its fixed law end returns to the thrower every time. Nick Long and Idalene Cotton have a sketch that gets the laugh, and Julius M. Tannen gives Imitations of well known actora responding to curtain calls In a' way ao clever that be had to bow aeveral calls himself. Mignette Kokln Ir a grace, ful dancer and sings well, and the Melat trio furnishes some high class music, both vocal and Instrumental. They are labeled comedy singers, but as their songs are In Italian altogether, It la doubtful If many who attended yesterday knew they were comic, except aa the singers themselves laughed. Mclntyre and Heath will put on their famous "Georgia Minstrels" tor the last half of the week. Held on Suspicion. Charles Kaufman was arrested yesterday venlns bv Detective Fisk and charged with being drunk and a suspicious charac ter. Kaufman is saia xo nave oen at one time a minister if the gospel. He goes about to the houes of the wealthy Ger mans In the city where he happens to be and asks for alms, saying that he Is a preacher without a charge. If a contribu tion Is refused he berates the hard-hearted householder. Yesterday evening he entered the house of Detective Fisk at 1700 Jackson streets and refused to leave the premises when ordered to. I nis leau to nis arresi. LOCAL BREVITIES. Henry Knox. 26 yea.1 old, son of John S Knox died at his home in this city at 10:30 Saturday night. He had been an Invalid for three years. Tonight at Metropolitan nail the .Ne braska Llf fnderwrlters' association will give Its annual banquet to the wives and daughters of the memlierB. As usual Ihe program of literary and musical selections which will follow the dinner has been made up of contributions of persons In the so ciety and the occasion promises to be one of the most pleasant of th snnual "ladles' nights" given by the organisation. May Qocke was msrrled Saturday night to Thomas Windward by Justice Altetadt. Windward la the teamster residing at Seventeenth and Nicholas whom John Gocke accused of undue intimacy with hU daughter May and thereby caused the girl to prefer agalnxt him (the father) a charge of Incest. X nuer this charge the parent Gocke is still In Jail and the girl was held as prosecuting witness until she secured ball Saturday to permit ot her being mar ried. laxative promo Qui Cures a CoU In On Day, Crpba uinine Days onavary kn. 25c The value is TF TT T own Pride Soap III imiiiiii si I JUm ni " ri .MewOrlea La, WHAT MARDI GRAS IS, (Continued from Yesterday's Issue.) No. 11. At Its conclusion msaka and costumes dlsarpear and ths general dancing bsslns. Sucb. In roufh outline. Is ths New Orlsans Mardl Oraa. Of Its many features 'of sparkling warmth and beauty, however, due consideration must also bs siren to the fact that it takes place in s aeml-troplral clime at a aeaaon of the yaar that Is its sprlns-tlme. Hence, to ths unique festivities are added the charms of s balmy air, the fragrance of roaoa, the notes ot the song bird and the cheering Influence of a bright, sunlit sky. They say It never ralna in New Orleans on a Mardl Oraa dsy, which, possibly, may be accounted for by the clause In the proclamation of Rex "His Majesty has further most graciously ordained that the beat of weather shall prevail." $29.50 Long limit and stopovers allowed. Copy of Mardl Gras booklet at H02 Farnam St., or write, W. H. BRILL, Dlst. Pass. Agt Illinois Central Railroad, Omaha, Neb. 9 COLONIST RATES WEST J. 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THIS WE GUAR ANTEE WILL, HI' IT Just like our prices do on patent medicines, drugs, rubber goods, surgical Instruments, perfumes, toilet articles, family lliiuors, sundries, etc. II IVruna (with stamp) 6!o II iio Rertina (without stamp) 6oo I mi Pierce's Remedies tia 1 UU Pntne's Celery Compound J4o We Invite comparison with so called revised lists, catalogues, eta, . ail or wmcn are n.-an ones. WV- Poszont Face Powder tl.oii Imperial Hair Regenerator . So .11 .20 . JOo . 250 . 24o ffic Oravea Toti powder t-ounre bottle Lotus Cream 8.c Castoria (the genuine) i' c Doan's Kidney Pills How silly It Is to claim higher prices than these are to be lower! Compare 'em! Wo II on riexine i-ins 75o 13.50 Marvel Whirling Spray Syringe. ..43.0 SCIIAEFEIl'S 3ap!V?RB OPEN ALWAYS. Tsro Phones T4T and T8T. t. W. Cer. HUn Chleege Bis. Prug Co.. Onahe I m sM K -C NCrtVK ontrviyesTs Bl 5 FA Serouanf.acireeuiUutat)ua, 1 KVtJ O til fln.su..uuoud. drains. 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