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THE OMAHA DAILY HET: SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1003.
ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Uit week wan on of placid uneventful
Ties In Omaha' amusement history. At
the Boyd the Ferris Bummer 8tock com
pany felt the heat to a considerable ex
tent, while the parks profited thereby to
a degree quite welcome to the managers,
who have been hoping for hot weather and
ralnletta evening! for many days. At Man
awa a sumrser stock company hai been
organised to occupy the pretty little the
ater In eonnectlon with that resort, and
play will be given there regularly for a
time at leant. Mis Ethel Tucker will uo
ceed Mlaa Marl Pavey a, the leading lady
of the Ferrla company at the Boyd.
Two opinions of dramatic critics, both
br men who know the breed. Bald the firet:
"There never wan, and probably never will
be. a dramatic critic without prejudice. "
Bald the other: "The trouble with the
dramatic critic la he has a hobby; he wants
to ride It, and he isn't happy when he
can't." And both of these good men cited
instance and named name In fupport of
their statement.
Neither of theae gentlemen I eiactly cor
rect, and yet each Is partly right. Preju
dice, according to Webster, meana to pre
judge, to reach a conclusion without ufn
olent examination. A hobby, according to
the same Indisputable authority, Is a sub
ject to which the Individual possessing It
In constantly recurring, dwelling upon It
en to the extent of boring other. It la
manifestly unfair to apply either of these
words In Its' strict sense to the great
army of conscientious men end women who
dally and weekly write of the drama and Ua
allied topics for the press of America. It
ts admitted without dispute that each of
them ha some opinions that amount al
most to prejudices, and that each I pos
sessed of Ideas that come within a few de
grees of being hobble. It would be Impos
sible for one to attain to a stat of mental
advancement ufnclent to fit for the calling
of a crltlo without ome opinion becoming
fixed and settled to the condition of a stand
ard, and these may for want of a better
word be called prejudices. In reality they
are merely likes and dislikes, based on con
clusions drawn from experience or observa
tion. And the constant reference to these
likes and dislikes might ultimately warrant
the accusation of being a hobby-rldor. Even
In this condition, and with the charge
proved, the usefulness of the critic la not
destroyed, If his prejudices be but bent in
the direction of the good and his hobby be
one tending toward the elevation of the
general standard.
The man with the hobby ha always
been a disturbing element In the world,
and In this, If In no other, regard he has
been a benefactor. He prevents stagna
tion. Ills Ideas may not be sound, but In
the pushing of them forward he attract
attention, and through this Investigation.
Thus. If he has not discovered the truth
himself, he Is often the means of leading
another to do so. Not a useful discovery
has come to bless mankind but may be
traoed to the man with a hobby, and hi
perltency In riding It." Nol a reform of
any eort has bettered the condition of hu
manity that was of Itself a spontaneous
growth. The genesis of each upward move
ment of the race lies In a hobby, ridden by
om one whose line of thought wa out
of the ordinary path, and who tenaciously
held to his conclusion until he started the
Investigation that brought beneficence In,
om form a Its result He may be a
nuisance and an unmitigated bore In this
generation, but to the next he Is n some
degree at toast a benefactor. . -:
The man with prejudice Is not so useful;
for he I likely to allow them to away
him In forming hi opinion, and thu he
Is disqualified for the expression of any
opinion that Is entitled to considers tlon.
But If hi alleged prejudice are merely
like and dislikes, snd are the result of
Judgment and experience, then they are en
titled to a hearing and should be allowed
full fore In the determination of the Value
f whatsoever the orltlo I called to pas
upon.
Th roloe of the critic I never heard
upholding the unworthy. He I never heard
decrying th good or the merltorlou. He
may be wrong In hi Judgment, but It 1
an error of the head and not the heart. It
ha been the unfortunate experience of
critics that frequently the verdict of time
ho been against them; but In this they
have merely proven their mortal mummy.
In every Instance the critic gauges the
production by what he conceives to be a
high standard, and measures It accordingly.
Hs act according to hi light and give
hi verdict a he sees it. If he should
happen to be wrong, then It Is the criti
cised who" I the gainer, for It shows that
the performance or the performer has al
ready attained tb a higher plane than the
crltlo has taken for a standard. This Is,
of oourse, meant In a broad sense. Critics,
so-called, there be who conceive that their
duty 1 to find fault, to pick to piece and
to point out flaw. These ore not true
crltlos, they are merely fault-finder, carp
er. on whom the beauty of the rainbow
would be lot If, through some error of
refraction, due to the differing density of
th mist through which the light I pro
Jected. om feature of the spectrum be not
distinctly marked. Such critic ar neither
a pleasure nor a profit. But the honest,
conscientious Individual, who goes to a play
for the purpose of determining If It ha
merit, 1 above these considerations., and
rather looks for something h may ln
cerely give commendation. If uch a on
discover a fault he I likely to tfolut
It out In a kindly way and suggest th
remedy. In doing this he ha reully per
formed an net of kindness, though It Is
very seldom so considered by the one to
whom It Is personally directed.
By maintaining for himself a high con
ception of excellence, and by undertaking
to bring vcry one else up to It, th critic
Is doing for all mankind a service equal
to that of the man with a hobby. He 1
-..i.(w mankind to think better, to see
better, to understand more clearly and thu
to approclate and approbate mor of th
real beauty of life. He realUes more
keenly, perhaps, than any one the fact
that bi standard la not the popular stand
ard. If H were, his usefulness would be
gone, for he could no longer leid or even
direct thought to a higher plane. He
knows that allowance must be made for t'.vi
testes and predilections of others; too oftei
th predilection tsklng tho. form of
crystallised prejudices, difficult to over
corn and Impossible to remove. He re
alises, too. that "It tske all kind of
people to mak a world." and that th
grade tlon of last ar th gridaltoni of
culture. Borne are tlfled with and take
delight In the gross aensitlons afforded by
th buffonery of a farce comedy (and even
tn thl there are degrees), while other
seek for th higher. U3 iq those who f.nd
their pleasure In the mental delights of a
classic. It would be unfair to the erltlo to
expect him to. and he would be untrue to
himself and hi cilltng If he should, praise
a Play of low degree merely because It
happen to prove popular with those who
are so constituted mentally that they ctn
njoy It. Ho may b perniltt! to com
mend the presentitlon as be ng good of It
kind, yet be cannot escape condemning the
kind', lor It to hi duty to give hi efforts
to tn elevation of the publlo taste. He
must work alwajra to tb and that people
will lu brought to require someth ng fceiter
to satisfy them. If he can do thla he 1
doing good In the world.
E. 11. Bothern, In one of his recent con
tribution to the magaslnes, Good House
keeping being the publication in this In
stance, made the following reference to the
national theater movement:
There Is a good deal of talk Just now
about a national theater. It would be a tine
thing to have, but a better thing would be
a more eievated public t flute, and It Is In
tended that the national t neater shall attain
this object. For my own p?rt, I am fond
of all kinds of plays, well done, and I shriek
wltn deiignt ai the very primitive forms of
humor. The clown poking the pantaloon
with a redhot Poker I love It. The Irish
man kicking his comrade so hard that he
turns a double eomerssult I hold my sides J
and roar, but once or twice a year will do
for thnt; my sense rebels at a steady diet
of redhot pokers and violent kicks, and
the strong meet of the drama I crave, and
when people know the keen delight to be
derived from the proper presentation of the
great plays, comic and tragic, they will
fladly give up the clown and the acrobatic
rlshman now and then. But an early ac
quaintance with the poets, a cultivated
taste for good plays and fine acting. In
fact the advantages of good education,
these are the things which, by creating a
demand, will make It necessary for actors
to play great plays.
Apropos of English a "aha la spoke," the
press agent provides this:
Lowrance D'Orsay has a keen apprecia
tion of the humor of his character In "The
Earl of Pawtucket." He tells the story of
an Englishman he met tn Wall street sev
eral yenrs ago In 1R!'2. In fact which Indi
cates that Augustus Thomas knew what he
was talking about when he eonceiven tne
earl of Cardlngton. The Englishman was a
regular haw-haw swell, Just as D'Orsny Is
on the stage, and you would know him for
a well-bred Britisher a block away It
was at the time of the Columbian celebra
tion. Flags were flying everywhere, hands
of music paraded with military organiza
tions, and there was a general nlr of fes
tivity nil over the city. The stranger and
D'Orsay hippe-ned to be waiting for an
elevator at an office building, when the for
mer asked:
"Aw, can you ew tell me what all this
blooming fuss Is about? These aw flags,
you know, and these beastly bands."
"Yes," answered D'Orsay. "It's the birth
day of s w Columbus."
"Columbus? What Columbus aw?"
"Why, the Columbus that dlscovawed
Arnerlcaw. you Know'"'
"Oh aw I see. But, I say. deah boy,
deesn't It stwlke you as rawthaw absurd
making all this fuss about a man that's
aw been dead 40u yeaha, don't you know?
We don't get excited ovah the aw blrth
dey of William the Conqueraw or Julius
Caesaw, you know."
"No." rejoined D'Orsay. "But you know
we Americans are rawthaw more excltahlo
than you English, don't you know."
"English?" said the stranger, quickly.
"How did you know I was aw English?"
"Aw by yaw accent."
'Deah me deah me. How strange. I
thawt I was quite Amewlcan in my speech.
But then, bo many Amewlcans get ovah to
London nowadays that many of them
speak the aw English language almost
perfectly a well a we do ourelve."
And then up went the elevator.
Coming Event.
Tonight the Ferris Stock company will
open In "Northern Lights," a play produced
In this city a few years ago, and which at
that time made a decided hit. It holds vhe
attention of the audience from the rise to
th fall of the curtain, and the story that
run throughout the play Is a beautiful one.
The play will be mounted in magnificent
manner, as It Is the Intention of the man
agement to give In this bill a scenic produc
tion that will long be remembered In
Omaha. Monday night will be Modern
Woodmen night at the Boyd and on that
night the Modern 'Woodmen will attend
the performance In force, and between the
first and second acts the drill team from
camp No. 129, the winning team at Indian
apolis, will give an exhibition drill on the
stage. For the last half of the week "Tho
Two Orphans" will be the bill, and will
continue to and Including next Sunday
night. On Monday night, July 13, Mr. Dick
Ferris will open here In "My Jim." As this
performance of "My Jim" will be the 100th
performance of the Ferris Stock company
this summer It' will be made souvenir night
and every patron that evening will reaelve
a very' pretty remembrance of the-com-pany.
' Gossip from Stag-eland.
A souvenir postcard from Adelaide Thurs.
ton announces her presence In London.
George Kearney I very III at his rooms,
uiTerirg from an attack of typhoid fever.
A newcomer In the east of "The Prince
of Pllsen" is Victor Morley, who takes the
part of Lord Somerset.
Last r.lght "The Prince of Pilsen" finished
Its seventeenth big week in New York and
to elxty-thlrd of its run.
"Peray from Paris" Is maklna- a bis: hit
In Boston Just now. It is as much Dralsed
a any of the Bavag productions.
Clarlna Jordan, author of Mildred HoU
land's successful play. "The Lily and the
Prince," dlod at her home la Mount Ver
non on Wedensday.
Ellen Terry has" decided to postpone th
starring tour she had Intended for America
next season. Sh will start on a tour of
the Lngllsh provinces In August,
K. H. Bothern' engagement with Charles
Fronman calls for a yenr In "The Proud
Prince'' before starting the Shakespearean
round in company with Ml Marlowe.
When Mr. Campbell come back to
America she will bring a new play. "Uypsy
Mary,", by Miss Constance Bmedley. Thla
is Miss gmedley's tlrst play of length, she
Deing uui iui year om. -
Fay Templeton with "The Runaways'' is
drawing capacity at the Casino in New
York, bhe is giving an imitation of Lillian
ttusseu singing ot "come Uown. My
Evening Star" that 1 the hit of the piece.
London theater are a busy at th begin
ning ot July as they were at the beginning
of January. If London success augur any-
thing for American we are to have some
pl ltctly lovely thriller o"er here in due
time.
May Waldron, who ts Mr. Stuart Rob
son in private life, is to return to the stage
whirn l.er huauana Induced her to leave.
Bhe gies loneliness as an excuse. Sin
may live to realise that her dead hus
band a judgment was good.
Sarah Bernhardt i playing the Sardou
plccta In London and jane Hading la giv
ing "The Second Mrs. Tanquerey" In
Kronen to the euincation or tne Hrltisner.
Amoiis: her tlrst audience were Mr. i'lnero.
who wiole the play, and Mrs. Campbell.
who created tne part. ,
Ned Wijburn has trained his band of
"jockeys' 10 a new stunt. He calls them
"uilnsCrel girls ' now, and they do a march
on the siage and then black up In full view
ut tne auuieme. After that they alng and
dance and crack Jokes, and incidentally
make the roof garden lutbltue luugn
heariny. ' -
I Blanche Walsh, In her recent address at
Carnegie nan, ew ion, Deiore me wom
an s auxiliary of th National Arts Theater
society, declared that such a theater could
succeed only it aolors threw ambition to
the winds and the present starring system
was abolished. She declared that the lat
ter had a very demoralising effect.
Messrs. Liebler & Co. have issued a
handsomely printed pamphlet containing
the many complimentary notices ana crlci
dimi of the Juliet of Eleanor Hbson It
must be very gratifying to star i.nd man
axer alike to be able to compile so ex
tensive a list of- notices counted In th
kindliest terms of criticism or glowing with
praisti lor tier performance.
Richard Golden, w ho will be seen 'in
"King Dodo ' next season ultder the direc
tion of Henry w. savage, is tne posse two r
of a new cat boat which he has christened
"King Dodo." Mr. Golden sjmmers at
Port Washington, L.. 1., ana is one ol the
leading mrmoers of the Mahaasett Bay
Yacht c'ub. He ha entered "King Dodo '
lor all the regettaa oi tin season.
Maclvn Arbuckls. who Is to play the lead
Ing rolo In Henry W. Savage's i roductlon
ot "Hie County Chairman, the spectacu
lar comedy-drama by George Ada. next
season, is regarded as th strongest golf
player at Wimhrop Centre, Maa. also one
of the heaviest. He Is rapidly reducing
his weight, however, and in a few weeks
experts to enter the lightweight class of
golf player,.
Th National Art Theater society. In Its
efforts toward founding a national theatur
In New lork City, lias already reached
the publication stage. It has Just issued
the first of a series of monthly bulletins,
a little four-page publication, containing
news of the society. One learns from this
issue, among other things, that Nikola
Trala. Charles Battell Luoinls. Rudolph
Keppler.a Irving iiacbeller and Mrs. tlla
Wheeler Wilcox are among the brother
hood of workers for the oause.
The Boston Stock excharge waived one
Of Its strictest rules last week snd extend -1
to four members of the chorus of "I'eggy
from Paris," the successful George Ade
musical comedy playing at the Tremont
theattr, the privileges of the Hoot. This
Is the first Instance on record where women
were permitted on the floor of the Slock
exchange In Boston during business hours.
The names of the "I'eggy from Paris"
girls so honored were: Kulalle Jensen,
i-Jdith uanlell. Brownie Hall and Mabel
Klce.
According to the latest London reports,
John Hare will not appear In a dramatisa
tion of "I'endennls" next sesaon, after all.
He has been signed by Charles Frohman
to appear In London, and probably In this
country as well. In a new and origin-il
comedy by J. M. Bnrrle. Mr. Barrie s pres
ent success. "The Admirable Crlchton,"
will be given here next winter with Wil
liam Gillette as the star. If Mr. Hare
comes also the author of "Sentlment:i
Tommy" will have done his share for th
eason.
Leon Epslnosa, who for eleven year was
connected with Henry Irving as ballet
master, and whose management of stage
groupings In "The Dead Heart" and
"Robespierre" were seen In this country,
died recently In London. He had been lor
fifty years before the public as dancer,
teacher and ballet master. He first tp
peared with Charles Kean and since that
time has lieen prominently connected with
several of the llrst playhouses of London
Covent Garden, the Alhambra, Her
Majesty's, St. James and others.
There I a manager for a music publish
ing house In New York who does not be
lieve In letting the good things slip through
his fingers, and who has thorough confi
dence besides in his ability to tell the
good things before they start to slip. The
other day a New YorK composer of some
fame rushed Into the office of the manager.
"1 have made a musical arrangement oi
TMcrnr Allnn Poe's 'Annabelle Lee.' " he de
clared, enthusiastically. "Will you look it
over? "It's Immense!" said the manager,
after running It over on the piano twice,
"It's Immense! Tell Poe to come in tomor
row and I'll give you both contracts."
Henrv W. Savage has announced that he
will nrodnre in Hentember a new comlo
opera by Henry Bloasom, Jr., with music
by Alfred G. Kooyn, enuuea i ne ianne
Consul." There had been some Idea of call
ing the opera "The Lieutenant Com
mander." but for obvious reasons this title
was dropped. The production will be made
upon a costly ana eiauorme scum.
Blossom established his reputation as an
author by his two famous works, "Check
ers" and "The Documents in Evidence."
Mr. Robyn Is one of the leading muslciuns
and composers of St. Louis. His best known
song Is "The Sweetest Story Ever Told."
Mr. A. L. Leverin-. manager for Mr.
Orrin Johnson, who enters upon his star
ring career next seaon in a dramatisation
of Miss Hallie Ermlnle Rives' novel.
"Hearts Courageous," has engaged miss
Maude Fealy tor Mr. Johnson's leading
lady, playing the part of nne Tlllotson.
fh hlafnHr VirirlhlM. belle Who filled SO
conspicuous a place In her day. Mr. John
son ana Mr. levering are or me opinum
that Miss Fealv comes nearer typifying
the heroine of Miss Rives' novel than any
other young woman on the American stage.
She has youth, Beauty and that Indomit
able spirit so characteristic of the maidens
of Virginia during the colonial period.
Mr. Johnsons tour Degins in cnicago oi
Powers' theater August 31.
There la a story current along the boule
vards of Paris relating to Sarah Bern
hardt' toast to Edmond Rostand during a
dinner party to his friends, following the
dramatist's reception by the Immortals of
the French academy. Sarah occupied the
seat of honor. At the height of the dinner,
when compliment and congratulations were
flying thick and fast, the actress rose Im
pressively and, holding aloft a globe brim
ming with wine, poured It upon her head,
exclaiming, "Thus do I pour libations after
the ancient custom to the divine poet.
The guests were duly impressed, as were
also the two sons cf M. Rostand, acej
respectively 6 and 8 years. Shortly after
they were observed In earnest conversa
tion In a quiet corner and were discovered
pouring libations of champagne and seltzer
upon their own heads with such enthusiasm
and ucoess that they had to be removed
from the room ana put to Dea.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
The subject of this morning's "Medita
tion" Is about the sixth of the series "Medi
tations Of tho Good Old Summertime." It
Is entitled "A - Meditation on the Third
Person, Singular."
Have you ever thought of the evils caused
by that third person, singular? Dorft you
know that It Is the cause of many of our
troubles? Take the music teacher for ox-
ample. Would It not be easy to remain on
the best of terms with the rival teacher, to
admire many things In his or her work. If
it were not for that third person, singular.
"I am" and "thou art" and "you are" and
so forth, are Very easy weapons to fight
with,' but It Is when the third porson
singular Is Invoked then the trouble begins.
Would that we could eliminate it from
the language, for a while.
. r :
It la the language of the poltroon, .th
anarchist, the coward, the low-browed. A
person will say "He Is no good, he Knows
nothing, he cannot teach," "She cannot
ninv " "He cannot sing." who has not the
manhood, for a moment, to say "You .can
not teach," "You cannot play, etc.
A man will say "I saw him playing
poker," as a fellow said to me a few weeks
ago about a man who I know never handled
a chip In his life, but do you think for a
moment he would have the backbone, to
walk up to that man and say "I saw YOU
playing poker."
rtn von sucrose that that snoak who says
to his friend, or to himself, "I did that to
ret even' with him." will own up to.tne
mn himself that he did It to "get even?"
Not upon your platlnotyp. Oh! iw he
will say that he regrets that sucn a tning
was nosslblo. or he Is very much cha
grined to have It appear that h wa trying
to Injure you. or he really Knew nothing
about It until it was too lata.
This much along general lines. Now aa
to th pupil. Let u abolish the use of the
third person singular. "It won't work."
Do not say, referring to the tongue. "It
won't get down," or to the throat, "It won't
looen," or to the wrist, "It will cramp up
o," or to the hand, "It get tlff In spite
of me."
Just put that In the first person and
realise the truth of doing It that way, and
you will find that "you" stiffen the hand,
the throat, the wrist, the tongue, etc.. by
a thought perhaps unconscious, or sub
conscious, but you do It, and you alone. I
Thl will teach you to learn the proper
way of conquering all obstacles.
"It has nothing to do with It. "You"
have everything. Beware of that third
person singular.
On one occasion, when I was privileged to
study with a very tine teacher, I made the
remark to him: "Is It not Strang that it
goe all wrong today?" and the reply, made
twelve year ago, come to me today aa
clear a ever: "It I Inanimate; you are
th animator: the fault, therefore, la In
you." Just as soon as I realized this, and
I confess It took me some time, I found
the natural perversity of that hateful
"third person singular." I say that It took
a long time. And why? Because I was too
stupid, and too stubborn, snd too con
celted to think that I wa to blame, and
that I could not ahlft the blame somewhere
else.
With the student of music, In whatever
line, please remember thla fact, and think
on It: "It" never does anything. It Is al
ways "you" that ar making "It" do some
thing wrong.
"But," say one, "I am trying my best to
get It right." Ah. yes! how often have I
heard that. But It Is that subtle subcon
scious thought which Is defeating you. Do
you not remember ' what that eminent
scholsr and thinker Paul once sld: "The
good that I would I do not; the evil that I
would not, that I Jo." And he tells us
that he had a continual warfare. He real
ised that the third person singular would
not excuse him: he was a "seer:" h4 wa
wise; he wa clns to truth.
H did not say: "The good that I would.
I do not, but that evil that I would not it
does Itself." No, no; he ncanowleclged t'nat
the evil that was bring done, that the faults
which annoyed him, wer In him, and that
the third person singular wss not in any
way to blame.
And It was this Paul who after
ward wrote: "The time of my departure Is
at hand. 1 have fought a good fight; I
have finished my course; l have kept the
faith."
And he saw that It would be many, many
years before people would come to this
truth, th truth that the fault was In our
selves and not In any Inanimate "It," for
he said; "For the tlm will come when
they will not endure the sound doctrine;
but, having Itching ears, will heap to them
selve teachers after their own lusts, and
will turn away their ears from the truth
and turn aside unto fables."
And many years luter the famous phil
osopher, poet, master of character delinea
tion, Shakespeare, put Into the mouth of
one of hi character these words: "The
fault, dear Brutus, lie not In our stars, but
In ourselves, that we are underlings."
Shakespeare knew that the third person
singular was a mere subterfuge,
Suppose It were possible that one could
not use the third person singular! Wouldn't
It be a nice thing all around? We would
then be obliged to go to a man and say,
"I like you," "I think you are doing good
work," instead of Baying to some one else,
"He is doing well," or "I like his playing."
We all err. In not doing that, and I who
Write, am very conscious that I myself am
a transgressor, but perhaps not so bad aa
I used to be, and with the hope of being
better In the future.
Let us nil abolish the third person sin
gular, as far as possible, both in approval
and disapproval.
The "third person singular" is the ap
proved style for an epitaph; the "second
person singular" beats It all hollow. In
this lite.
I know of one persrfn who' believes o
firmly In this second person Idea that sh
sent a beautiful picture and a comforting
note to a certain musician some time ago
In appreciation of certain work, and It
has been treasured far more than If she
had waited to put a 1300 bunch of Ameri
can Beauties upon a casket.
Let us be thankful for the Fourth of
July, and also for the 6th, which may be
a reminder to us that we can be "Inde
pendent" of the "third person singular."
' In reply to "Faithful Reader." I wish tn
Bay that The Bee did aa her friend would
have wished. .
In reply to another, The Bee has long
since abandoned the idea of trying to run
a musical department to suit "musician
In the business." Its department Is run
for general readers, and the evidences of
approval of The Bee's course, especially
from out-of-town readers, have been most
encouraging. The concert referred to was
fully noticed in two separate Issues of Th
Bee.
Mr. Lee G. Kratz has gone on his vaca
tion. He will first engage In Chautauqua
work, as usual, for he Is a wall known
success In this line of work and he is al
ways In demand. Mr. Kratz gave a very
Interesting pupils' recital before he left, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gratton.
Mr. Krats will now catch those fifteen
pound fish! Oh, my!
Mr. Keck has toft the city aocomDanied
by his daughter.
Blair is again to the front with a verv
exhilarating account of a fine concert given
there by Mr. Johnson and his concert band
of young Instrumentalists. Mr. Johnson Is
always doing something good In BlaJr, and
his work is being strenuously appreciated.
He Is an earnest Worker nnd a constant
Btudent. "'" -5 '' "
lir.' Simms of All Saints' has decided to
remain at home this summer and eat
"Force." Hence he will be known next
season aa "Sunny , Slmms," the wonderful
"boy organist," having recently recovered
from tin attack of the measles. Honest
fact!
- The Masons have Just Installed a 116,000
organ! And It was Installed all at once!
Think of It! It did not have to go by "de
grees." And yet It was opened by
"Wright" of 1a L. C. M. degrees.
Mrs. Millie Ryan ha closed her studio
and has gone east on a- vacation trip.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM
Today the pilgrims of Tangier temple who
accompanied the imperial train from Omaha
as escort to the imperial potentate of the
Noble of the Mystic Shrine are stopping at
the oasis of Detroit, and they will attend
church this morning, after which they will
take a trip down the Detroit river to th
lake.
Yesterday they spent many hours at the
oasis of Chicago, where they celebrated the
natal day of the republlo with appropriate
ceremonies, many of which would give the
usually burning sands of he desert an
Arctic temperature by comparison, for th
nobles of the temple which I located In
the windy oasis had prepared beforehand a
reception warranted to make quiver the
flesh of the most attentive of the Shiiner.
The Chicago reception was the first of the
greetings which met the Imperial potentate
and his company and tomorrow the last
will be held at Buffalo before the train
arrives at its destination.
Omaha is to shin In more way than one
at the meeting of the imperial council and
already the chief decorator of the temple
has arrived on the seen and 1 decorating
with the color th faithful of the desert
love so well the public buildings and hotels
of cosmopolitan Saratoga Springs. The chief
artist of the council Is Carleton. whose
original designs setting forth the assembling
of the devotees of the temple of Tangier
have made the temple noted throughout
the country. Mr. Carleton left Omaha on
the special train, but the pace was too hot
for lils more delicate tint and he left th
train at Chicago and proceeded by tho
shortest route to Saratoga Springs, where
tomorrow he will open the campaign of
color. It is the Intention of Tr.ngler
temple and It principal artist to show th
nobles of the east what can be done In the
way of novel Ideas by a western man when
he tackles the thoughts of th Far East
as Illustrated by the Shrine,
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The new organ of the Masonic Temple
Craft Is now officially ready for anything
that may com along. It was formally
dedicated Thursday night by Bishop Wil
liams of the Protestant Episcopal church,
assisted by organists of the city, The re
port of this dedication has been published
and the organ demonstrsted Its worth on
that occasion. Th elf-plaing feature
was not shown, however, and this will in a
great measure be one of th chief features
of th work of the instrument, a It will be
used In Initiatory work where the presence
of an organist could not be permitted. It
has been suggested that th craft glv an
other open engagement of the organ with
the self-playing attachment as th principal
feature of the entertainment.
The next Imperial potentate of the Noble
of th Mystic Shrine will In all probability
be George Green of Texas. He la now th
deputy Imperial potentate and has com up
from the other offices In regular rotation.
There will be a scramble for the position
of oriental guide, as that Is the position
which leads to the highest honors. It Is
anybody's place at the present time, as
there Is no rotation In office strictly recog
nized below that of the first elective offloe.
While th majority of the lodges of the
city r getting ready to suspend active
work for the summer, the fall campnlgn
looks exceedingly fine, as there are mor
prospective members of all of tho various
lodges In the city than ever before.
The Woodmen of the World ar to occupy
the public eye prominently during the clos
Ing days of July, and a street fair nnd
carnival designed by members of Alpha and
Omaha-Seymour camps, assisted by mem
bers of other camps, will be the occasion
for the prominence. The committee hnvlng
the matter In charge has secured the vacant
ground at Fifteenth snd Capitol avenu.
nd from July 27 to August 1 will hold high
carnival on the grounds where th musical
festivals have held the crowds. There will
b a number of free attractions and the
usual carnival shows. The grounds will be
open for the first time Monday night, July
17, and will be In full operation Tuesday.
Wednesday will b devoted principally to
the Woodmen- of Omaha, There will be
competitive and exhibition drills by the
uniform rank, showing for the first time In
public the new uniform. Friday will be de
voted to visiting Woodmen, and this day
excursions will be run from all points In
Nebraska and Iowa within 160 miles of the
city. There will be more drills and contest
open to visitors, the carnival closing Satur
day. Omaha lodge, No. 1, Royal Achates, will
Install officers Tuesday night. Supreme
President I. G. Barlght acting as Installing
officer. Tho evening' program will con
clude with a dance. Wednesday night
Logan Valley lodge at Oakland Initiated
candidate with the degree staff of Perry
lodgo of Tekamah doing the work, as
sisted by the officers of Royal Oak lodg,
No. 200 of Omaha. A banquet followed the
initiation. ' . ,
The degree team of Omaha tent, Knights
of the Maccabees visited Auburn Saturday
and Initiated thirty-three candidates. The
annual picnic of the society In eastern Ne
braska will be held at Arlington, July 22.
FAMILY DIES WITH OAK TREE
Peculiar Superstition of the Late
Ruling; Family of
Serviaw - -
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
VIENNA, July 4. (New York World Ca
b!egram Special Telegram.) Among the
superstitions of the ' extinct Obrenovitch
family Is related: Outside the ehurch of
Takowa stood a magnificent oak, under
which, on Palm Sunday, In 1813, Mllosch
Obrenovitch unfurled the Servian flag to
summon the momkas, or warriors of the
neighboring valleys, with whom he fought
against the Turks. Tradition say that an
old beggar woman, with now-whlte hair,
sat on the stone steps of the church and
wished Mllosch luck, adding that the fam
ily would be prosperous as long as It could
dine near that oak. After the battle of
Sllvtnca the oak, which had been named
"The Tree of Freedom," was struck by
lightning and threatened to decay. King
Milan watched It with alarm, and at last
decided to have it cut down. But he had
two crowns and a small table carved from
th wood where It was still sound. He al
ways carried thl table with him, and when
he was alone loved to dine from It.
When he lay dead tn the Yohonnesgass
in Vienna It stood in his bedroom. HI
valet lighted a' pilgrim candle to placs
beside hi bed,' a so-called fladschl candle.
But - tho king's adjutant - told him to get
the Takowa oak table and put the candl
on that. In doing so the valet stumbled
against an Iron safe and broke tho table.
No one In King Milan's household had
the heart to move a hand against fate
and have it repaired, so they burned the
piece.
NO HARM MEANT TO EMPEROR
Alleged Assault CJnly Antic of
Harmlessly , Demented
Man.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
YIENNA, July 4. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The scene In
Marla-Hllfer street, which was exagger
ated Into an attempt upon Emperor Fran
el Joseph' life, was the most harmless
affair In the world. A madman, anxious
to speak to the emperor, because he
thought that the best way to get a pass
and passport to China, hearing that the
emperor was driving past the restaurant
In which he sat drinking a glass of beer,
rushed after the carriage, emitting Inar
ticulate sounds and swinging his stick.
What he said probably was, "Stop, I
hav something to say." Certainly noth
ing nearer to high treason. The stick, high
up In 'the air, was his way of gesticula
ting, and If It cume down on the leather
protecting the back wheel no harm was
done, and certainly none Intended.
If people had not been full to the brim
with stories from Belgrade nobody would
have thought of doing more than putting
the poor madman out of harm's way. But
he was thrashed and pounded with fists
until his race was unrecognizable and his
clothe were covered with mud and dust.
The incident was a welcome pretext for
excitement, and all th newspapers made
the most of It. The next day telegrams,
with press comments, came from all the
Eurofean capitals, exclaiming In pathetic
language that fate for once was not blind,
when It miraculously protected the snowy
hairs on the venerable head of the aged
emperor. -
The emperor's hair, by the way, Is not
white, but gray, and he holds himself so
erect that to see him walking gives one
the Impression that he Is little over 50.
The hallelujahs at his "miraculous" preser
vation stopped when the truth was known,
but his younger daughter, Marie Valerie,
and her husband, Frans Salvatnr, with four
of their seven children, undertook a formal
pilgrimage to their special saint In Klos
ternenburg to thank him for what they be
lieved to be solely du to his interces
sion. DEAD, BUT STILL LIVING
Dreyfus Kplsode Has Proven
t'ndolBS; of General a
Gallifct.
be
(Copyright, 1903. by Press Publishing Co l
PARIS, July 4 fNew York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) Paris Is laugh
ing at the reply General de Oalllfet made
to an Italian newspaper man who asked
him what the French politicians think of
the coming visit of the king of Italy.
"I regret, air." th ex-mlnlter of war
said "that I am not able to answer your
question. I am dead end burled, and con
sequently unable to appreciate either home
or foreign politics." General Galllfet was
made mlnlste. i.f war In the exciting times
of the second court-martial of Dreyfus,
and gained the enmity of a large class of
his fellow-countrymen by recommending
after th trial that Dreyfu be pardoned.
That Ill-feeling wa Intensified by bs
course toward Peroulede and others, .who3j
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GREAT WELCOME FOR LOUBET
Traditional Hatred of Centuries Ap
pear to Have Bees Wiped
Out.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, July . (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) President
Loubet of France Is to arrive In London
on Monday and remain until Thursday. He
will be welcomed with a cordiality that
will be remarkable when one recalls the
hereditary enmity of the two nations for
these hundreds of years. The people are
preparing for him what Is spoken of on
every side as an "Immense" reception. The
street decorations will not be very striking,
for last year made ' Londoners , sick of
decorating. But every class of the com
munity seems determined to manifest grati
fication nt the renewal of good relation
with France. The International hatred of
Germany accounts In some degree for the
warmth of the greeting which will be given
to the head of the French nation.
King Edward sent word to his friends
that he expects them to sustain him in
Showing courtesies to the French guests, so
those guests have been deluged with Invita
tions, not one-tenth of which could they
accept Even In th musle hall steps are
being' taken to commemorate the visit of
the French president, and a "Loubet week"
Is arranged. ,. At the i Alhambra a gold
medalist of the French Academy , of Musle
has been engaged to sing the "Marseillaise"
every evening. The hospitality of the
Alhambra. will be offered to the officers of
the French - fire brigade, who will he In
congress here at th time. In their uni
form they will add a picturesque touch of
color to the grand circle.
Fourteen of the leading member of th
French secret service, with a number of
Scotland Yard men, have been scojrlng tho
French quarter of London for the last fort
night, locating dangerous anarchists and
setting watch upon them. The French
anarchists are believed to be' well disposed
enough. The only fear Is that some Italian
desperado, many of whom haunt the an
archist clubs here, may attempt to da some
mischief.
PECULIAR CASE OF MURDER
Mast Tried tn Berlin for Killing
Woman to Pot an End to
Her Suffering-.
(Copyright, 190S, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, July 4. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) A remarka
ble murder trial ha Just ended here.
Hugo Noecker, a young married man and
his sweetheart went into a wood with the
Intention of poisoning themselves, their
affection for one another having been dis
covered by the man's wife. But the poison
had been exposed to the air for some
time and failed to act. The next morning
after taking poison without effect Noecker
bought a revolver at the girl's request and
returned to th wood.
The girl snatched th pistol from his
hand and fired a bullet Into her temple.
Th shot did not kill her outright, and
she lay writhing and groaning in agony.
"I did not know what to do," Noecker ex
plained afteimard. "It was a horrible
sight. Buddenly It. came Into my mind
that the only humane thing to do would
be to end the poor girl's suffering. Bo
I placed the revolver to her head and
fired again. Her struggle then ceased.
Bhe was dead."
Then Noecker fired a bullet at himself,
but without fatal reBulta and eventually
he was arrested and put on trial. The
court took a merciful vie of the case and
he was sentenced to Imprisonment for
only one year.
PENALTY FOR VISITING PARIS
Frenchman Who Had Been Banished
Sent to Prison for
Returning.
i
(Copyright. 1903. by Press Publishing Co )
PARIS, July 4. (New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) Viscount De
Breuil was sentenced this week to four
months In prison for disregarding the
court's order, forbidding him to come to
Paris. The evidence showed that DeBreull
was In the French capital negotiating a
Turkish loan and he wore the decoration
of tho Grand Cordon, awarded to him by
th ultan for services rendered.
FREEDOM FOR S0NG BIRDS
Iarlk Police Release Five Hundred
of Them front Cap
tivity. (Copyright. 190S, by Press Publishing Co )
PARIS. July 4. (New York World Cable,
gram Special Telegram.) In compliance
with the game laws for the protection of
wild birds, the police commissioner released
on Sunday on the Qualx des Fleurs MM
bu'lnnches and thrushes which had been
brought in from the country (Virlng Satur
day night. A great crowd cheered the
flight of the feathered songsters.
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