TTIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: RTINDAT, DECEMBER 27. 1C0.T
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ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Christ-ins haa paused. and the manarer 1
having heaved the proper alsh of relief,
ara now looking forward with some Hula
expectancy, mlngied with apprehension, to
the remainder ot the season. It has come
to be that the theatrical huslnesa doeen't
fairly get under headway until' after
Christmas, and thl year haa bean an un
Vsually bad ona In this reepecn In the
aat bualness haa teen the worst In many
Season, and In the west It hasn't been a
Teat d"al better. Omaha and Knnaee City
and a few other town In the Mleaourl
Valley have comprised a aort of oasis In
the general desert, but eren here the
patronage bestowed 6n the theater haa
not been up to the mark of the laat three
year. Hop animate the managerial
breast that the remaining week of the
season will sea a renewal of Interest In
the cauxe of the'dramn, and that the aeata
will again be occurred aa In daya of yore.
In orer that thle hope may not prove bar
ten, aome help la being given by the mem
agera themselves, who have decided that
for tha tlroa at leant the $1 lUr haa been
occulted by the II. BO star, and the high
price of aeata haa tumbled at moat of tha
fiMt-cJa! eaatern house Just B p cent
Thia la encouraging In a way, o far aa
the public la concerned. First. It Indicates
that tha haughty manager of the hlgh
prtced theater can be. Induced to conalder
the public. If the people will not come to
him. he will go to the people. Half a loaf
la better than no bread, even In the show
business. Omaha haa been more than for
tunate In thia reaped. Here prleee have
varied In degree aa to the merlta of tha
show, with a fixed atandard of 11 W, with
"popular" price of M per cent leaa. Once
In a blue moon aome attraction cornea to
nmttii which demands an Increase In
the tariff schedule, but not to a point
above what Is aaked everywhere In the
United Stale. Thua the local patrons of
tsii ha-a had little real occasion
t -rumble of managerial exacttona. In
deed, they hare been for the moat part
anared what has come to be an almost
Intolerable condition In the larger cities
of the country, that of having to buy
their aeata from speculators. Three yesrs
un Manager Burgesa adopted a auggea
tlon offered by The Bee and arranged ao
that his cetrona could eecure tneir ait
tings without the Inconvenience of standipg
in line on the day of opening a sale or
buying at an advance rate from a apecu
it la not to be inferred that . the
quality of 'the offerings will depreciate In
crouortion to the drop In price or aomin
inn That would be a calamity from
which the theater would hardly recover,
William II. Crane Is one of thoae rare
actors, who can make any old sort of a
piece seem good. It Is hardly worth while
to debate tha whys and whereforea of
this; the condition is sufficiently attracUve
to warrant letting alone. Mr. Crane has
given us such a Hat of good things that
memory balks at an effort to recall them
all. and bids, fair to go on for many years,
still giving us good things. Ha gets more
of his own Individuality Into his work than
a great many people imagine, for he Is
not the comedian of tha tale, who goes
about In private life, lugubrious and down
east, with a liver tnat doean't work and a
stomach in more or less perpetual revolt.
Ha rejoices with the Joy of a strong,
healthy man In the mere living and doing,
and gets aa much satisfaction out or
good story and hearty laugh off tha stage
as on It His humor haa the wholeeorna-
nasi of health and tha dry pungency of a
a-iaoned judgment, so that It Is moat de
lightful. And when those excellent Quali
ties are supported by Mr, Crane's broad
experience with stags mechanics, the re.
suit la almost beyond improvement One
of the audience on Friday night exclaimed
In his enthusiasm, "That man has more
stage pictures In his graep than any. man
on the. boards today." And reflection hardly
warranta disputing thia broad aasertion.
Master of all the craft of the atage and
with a consummate understanding of Its
art. he certainly outlines his pictures with
an Impressive distinctness, and yat with
such careful regard to the chiaroscuro
that the effect of aharpneaa la loat In the
breadth of the whole. t Thoae who are
fortunate enough to know Mr.' Crane off
the stage realise how fully his personality
enters into his public performances,' and
how fully 'he makes each character his
own.
Mr. Crane's present play Is unworthy and
yet by force of his own effort he makes It
a success. He, has tha aaalatance of sev
eral very capable people, who follow their
leader In tha way of making the moat of
the little opportunity they find In tha parts
they have, and succeed In making the piece
acceptable. Mr. Rose has unquestioned
skill In the way of dramatisation, but it Is
doubtful If It was ever exercised on leaa
unworthy material than In the preaent In
stance., "The Spenders" has a general
theme of strength, ' contrasting the local
feeling of eaat and west as we know them
In the sectional divisions of .the United
States, but It la not cleverly worked out
While the central thought la pushed to tha
front at all times tha filling In has, been
done poorly. Efforts at character sketshlng
have produced merely caricatures, and
herein la found the main fault df both
book and play. It la a matter of. regret
that authors wilt perslat in offering lra
ptsnlbl people; when the real sort are ao
Interesting. Why should we be given tha
Vlnd of Billy' Brua Mr. Wilson and Mr.
' Rosa have put forward, when the genuine
article of Montana mining man la easier
to draw, easier to preaent, and would be
of infinitely more service in the novel and
the play, both as an eaaiatant to Peter
Bines and as a source of amusement for
the populaceT Following a rule of logic,
if the -authors have erred in drawing tha
one character. It la not unreasonable to
conclude that they hav erred In drawing
the others, and ths effect 'of tha whole
piece falls, because. Instead of getting
types, we are only given conceptions.
A general tendency seems to exlat at
present among writers of both books and
plays to rush their productions off with
out sufficient consideration. It may be
that this is merely a manifestation of
one aspect of the age In which we live.
Everything Is done with a rush in these
timee, and thinking too often follows do
ing. One cannot help wishing that tha
reverse could be tried for a while. It
isn't at all likely that the diurnal revolu
tion of the world would be retnrded
f the publication of the book or tha
production of the play were delayed
long enough to give the author, time to
look It over and reflect concerning some
of the attributes of the people baa
put forward. Children of the brain should
be reared with no leaa care and solicitude
than thoae of the body. Neglect In either
rase Is certain to produce Imperfection
In development and while the fault may
escape the attention of the fond parent
In either Instance, It Is sure to be the first
thing the Iconoclastic world notea, and
the adventure of a young Pennsylvania
mine superintendent who la taisety accused
of a murder. With the aid of hla loyal
friend, Tom Dalley, an ex-detective, ha
manages to establish hla Innocence and
place the ahackle upon the real murderer.
The hero's experiences Include a thrilling
leap far life, an underground pursuit snd
the rescue of his sweetheart from a bunt
ing building.
An elaborate production of the new comedy-drama,
"Mlsa Petticoats," Is promised
aa the attraction at tha Krug for two daya,
commencing with Sunday matinee. Kath
ryn Ostvrman, who la welt known to the
theater-going publlo of Omaha, will be
seen In the title role. "Miss Petticoats" la
a dramatisation of tha novel of the same
name, and the stage 'story la told In a
prologue and four acta, all of which are
beautifully mounted The company com
print Joseph Manning, Julian Noa, Aubrey
Beat tie, Frederio I Powers, Milton Daw
son, Charlea R. Burrows, Frank Laramie,
R. D. Tracy, Josephine Victor, Mary Keogh,
Agnes Worden and Mrs. Frank Lavarnle.
Although the plot of "Miss Petticoats" Is
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
aim tinted. It InVariahlv outwetchs all the
attractions the child may otherwise pos- , bit extravagant It Is said to be developed
with skill.
The Julea
Bess. Pure fiction is sumclent excuse ror
almost any departure from facta, but re
alism demanda the preservation of the
verities, and this can enly be dona by the
exercise of prudence and discrimination.
and Is not possible to books and playa
written "while you wait."
One other thought haa presented Itaelf
during the week and that Is the possibilities
of tha one-act play or playlet aa some of
the moderns prefer to call It Vaude
ville haa been Instrumental In making the
people familiar with thia feature of mod
ern drama, but It haa not yet received
the serious attention to which It la en
titled. Actora of ability who have gone
Into vaudeville hava done so for one of
two reasons; either they were attracted
ty the unusual salary or were to a large
extent forced In by untoward 'clrcum-
stancea. In only rare Instances haa me
actor gone over to the variety atage with
any aerloua intention' or remaining mere
and making that branch of dramatic en
deavor their life work. Now, that tha
stability of vaudeville haa been fixed, and
It haa come to be a recognised and estab
lished feature of the public amuaement
Industry, It Is being considered more serl
ously by actora of genuine ability. Ample
scope is afforded by the act of fifteen or
twenty minutes length, employing two or
three people for Its production, .In which
to exercise hlalrlonlo ability of tha highest.
and It is a mistake to think that among
the patrons of the vaudeville are ' not
thoae who fully appreciate that ability.
It may seem, a little incongruous to sand
wich a beautiful stags picture, with Its
attendant play on the deeper and more
subtle emotions of Ufa between the ap
pearances of mountebanks and clowns, but
reflection leads to the conclusion that It
lb not more outre than real life. A little
discrimination on the part of the manager
In placing the featurea of his bill will re
lieve the aharp contraat between the char
acter' of the "turns," and the general en
joyment of the patrtfhs will be enhanced
rather than lessened by the presence some
where on the program of a feature that
appeals to ' the Intelligence rather than
the mera risibilities of the audience. It
Is an encouraging algn that both the man
agera and a thoughtful element of tha
actora are giving this phase of the situ
ation aerloua consideration. . (
Qrnu Opera company will be
the attraction at the Krug theater starting
Thursday, December SI. This organisation
will present Thursday night and Friday
matinee, "The Wlsard of the Nile;" Friday
night and Saturday matinee, "El Capttan;"
Saturday night, "Isle of Champagne."
The costumes are all new, and the chorus
of pretty and shapely women la said to be
one of the beat Among the principals are
Anna Maria Tyler, Ethel Balch. Beeale
Falrbalrn," Lucca Schott, Lillian Lord, John
Henderson, William Herman West Albert
Wilder, George Lord, and the celebrated
tenor, Mr. Lyman Wheeler.
For ths week beginning matinee today,
the eight big features on the Orpheum bill
will, with one exception, be the offerings of
artists who -will make their Initial bow
here. The principle feature will be Valrie
Begere and company. In a new sketch en
titled "Jlmmle's Experiment" A skit
called "Before the Ball," will be contributed
by Stanley and Wilson, In which the aa
Kent work Is character delineation and Ira
Itatlons. The three Zolars, for Brat effect
locally, will ahow eensntlonal comedy ae
robatlca. Serra and Bella Roka cores also
in the athletlo class. They exemplify r
mnrai)ie pnynpcai development In a man
and a woman with cannon Taall Juggling
ana a variety of strength-testing feats.
Oliver T. Holden, the lyrlo .tenor, form'
erty with the Castle Bquare Opera com
pany, and Mlsa Winifred Florence, so
prano, who la a niece of the lata W. J,
Florence, will preaent "Fairy of Klllarney,"
an operetta relating a little story baaed on
the legend of the O'Sulllvan family and
made humorous with typical Irish wit Spe
cial scenery showing an old castle at the
Lakes of Klllarney and hlstorlna.it- r.
rect costumes Invest It appropriately In
tha way of mounting. Duffy, Bawtelle and
uurry win offer comedy sketch, while
vocal and Instrumental music will be furn
ished by the two Rose Both of these
artists have trained voices. One of them
is accomplished on the violin, the other
on the vlollncello. Entire new motion pic
tures win be protected by the klnodrome.
Beats are now on sale for the matinee and
avenlng performances New Tear's.
Oomlag Eve ate.
Mason 9c Mason, in the farce comedy,
"Rudolph and Adolph," will be aeen thia
afternoon and tonight at the Boyd. Since
their last Visit here the comedy haa been
brought up to date and much new business
added. A chorus of shapely and hand
some women Is one of the new features.
An entirely new scenic, dress and elaborate
costuming are other new features. The
company numbers fifty people.
Omaha' will have an opportunity this
week of seeing the much talked of "Peggy
From Paris," musical comedy from the
pen of Qeorge Ada. Tha engagement opens
Monday night and Includes a special mati
nee Tuesday and Tueeday night ' "Peggy
From Paris'1 la given the care In produc
tion which is so notable In all the Savage
pieces. That It la well handled can ba
aeen by the following names. George Rich
ards, Helen Byron, Ouelma Baker, Josle
Badler, Jacques Kruger, Helen Hale, Ar
thur Drogon, Paul Nicholson, John Park
and Owen Baker. The supporting company
numbers seventy-five people ' "Peggy From
Paris" la a satire on tha tendency of the
American publlo to worship foreign actora.
. "Mr. Jolly of Jpllet" appeara at Boyd's
Theater Wednesday afternoon and evening,
and much 'In the musio and comedy Una
la promised. Edwand Oarvle la featured
as a central attraction. Mlaa Mollle Thomp
son, the character soubrette, plays Mr. Jol
ly's slater and Introduces an original spe
cialty written for her; There are soma
twenty-three musical numbers.
Charlea B. Hanford will be aeen at tha
Boyd Thursday nlgkt In a big spectacular
revival of Richard III. Mr. Hanford's pro
duction is said to be most sumptuous, and
In point of "correc tneoa of scenery and cos
tumes Is said to have outdone many of his
most Illustrious, predecessors. Mr. Hanford
is using the Colly Clbber version of the
play. A strong supporting company Is
headed by : Maria Drofnab, . an actress of
great ability. .
"Qulncy Adams Sawyer," a dramatisation
of the novel of that title, will be the New
Tear's attraction at the Boyd. The play
will be opened at the special matinee New
Tear's day and will Include Friday night
and the regular matinee Saturday and Sat
urday night. The play la In four acta. The
first shows a country general store - and
postcftlce. Tha second the cross roads be
tween Eastborough and Mason's corners.
Act three takes you to tha Pettlngtl farm
yard. Tha laat act shows tha Interior of
the Pettlngtl homestead during a .?aod old
New England snow atorm. The play tells
of the experience of a Boston lawyer,
Qulncy Adam Sawyer, who goes to Hi-
aon'a Camera, Maaa, to regain hla health.
He la the target for tha darta of the village
gossips and tha victim of the' horse play of
the good natured country bumpkins. Many
realistic scene are shown, which will
doubtleaa be especially appealing to thoae
of ua who were country brad.
The melodrama, "Not Guilty," will be
tha attraction at tha Krug theater next
Tuesday and Wedneaday nights and
Wedneaday matinee The story, which la
dramatio In the extreme, la written around
Gesslp frosa Stagelaad.
Jt Is not surprising, but Henrietta Croe
'5. .'.'V"1.!" m ' vray" aa "Swee
m
Kitty Bellalra1
New YotH
Another of last season's iummmm
at the Belasco theater In
will
aoon reappear In Omaha when George Syd
ney cornea back with "Busy lasy" He'll
be at the Krug.
Harrison Grey Flske haa secured the
American righta to "Monna Vanna" and la
navmg a translation of the Maeterlinck
play made with m view to an early produc
tion. '
Chriatmaa saw the end of a mat tnr
number of the companies now touring the
maa vmui wunesaea an exodua,
aeverai troupes having spent their idle
Mine ara. -
Raymond Hitchcock haa made such' a hit
in xno i urine consul,- Ueorge Ad
latest tnat his "King Dodo" succeea haa
been forgotten In tha haste to praise his
mow pwtvnnincft
umaha people wHl not regret tha an
nouncement that Frank Moulan haa' not
left the cast of "The Sultan of Bulu," but
will be aeen In hla great part of KIRum
when the company cornea to the Soyd next
montn. . .
The first of the year will aee Some shift.
Ing around In New Tork, aome of the playa
now on uroaaway going on ma roaa ana
eoma now on tha road going on Broad'
way. Several of the big onea are headed
for the west and Omaha will get a chance
at mera laier in ue aeaaon.
Misa Ida Conauest Joined "The Slrl With
the Green Eyes" In Omaha laat Saturday
night end went through to San Francisco
where the company opens again on Hon
day. She will take the part ot Jinny Au
tin, Mra. Bloodgood having left the com
pany on account of her husband a illness.
Extra rehearsals were given 'Tne Sleepy
Klna" every day during its stay In Omaha.
New bualneaa la beina introduced and new
arrangementa or lac atag pictures adapted
In order mat ine .piece win oe ready
for ita presentation at tna Htuaeoaaer
Chicago during tha second week in Janu
ary. If thia lime is not secured, the com
pany will play at St Paul In two weeka
REJANE WORKS PERSISTENT.'
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Practleally All the Reereattes
Takes Is with Her
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PARIS. Deo. 26. New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Rejan Is not
only the moat charming of actreaaea, but an
Indefatigable worker. A record of her day
in the light of her splendid physical condl
tlon la a study In the recreation that comes
from change of work, for that la the only
recreation aha permits herself. Madam
an early rlaer. Nine o'clock finds her. at
tha Zouder gymnasium, where aha prac
tlcea for an hour or more. It put her mua-
clea Into good condition, she aaya, and
teaches her to breathe methodically. She
wears no coraet. until aha dreaaes for de
jeuner. Thia sha takes with her little son
Jacques, whom bis mother laughingly ac
cuses of being her most' dangerous rival In
cravats. Ha Invariably Insists that bis is
mora chio than here. This young gentle
man is a very enthusiaatle attendant upon
the Thursday matltiees at tha Comedie
Francala and peraecutea the ticket aeliar
with all aorta of Queatlona and ciitlclams
on past and future playa given at this his
toric house.
After the luncheon mother and Bona take
a long drive behind tne mules with their
Jlagllng bells, aa well known, perhapa. In
Hyde park aa tha Bola de Boulogne. Then
Jacques Is set down at his school and Re
Jane returns to her rehearsal at 1 o'clock,
After hours of work and Instruction, to the
actors about her, very often Rejane goes to
her favorite dressmaker, Douoe, on the Rue
de la Palx. Hare she often stays until 1
o'clock, thea returns to drive with her
daughter Germain. After the performance
at the theater in the evening Rajane baa for
two or three hour In bed the new playa
which authors submit to her. -.It is the only
spare time she has, she says.
But sha looks forward to more lelaure
thia winter and la making plana for it She
will go to the Sorbonne with her daughter
Germalne one afternoon eaoh week to hear
a lecture by the distinguished Prof. Emlle
Faguet member of the French academy.
aa ui uierarure or tne eighteenth cen
tury. Then she will take aeata at the opera
for Wedueaday night and another at tha
Opera Comlque for Saturday nights. She
expecta to revive her famous "supper of
authors" each month, too, at which three
years ago she received such well-known au
thors as Aoatol. Franca, Donnay, Ueemant.
Capua, Vandarem, Clemenceeu, Til tan.
ciernara ao uollry.
The close of the year. -
Does It not seem to you that the last
few days of the year are fraught with
thoughts of sadneas more than any other
daya, or Is thia Just an Imagination of my
own?
The church seta aside certain daya In
the year and oalla them "ember days."
One of these daya falls In each of the four
seasons, but to ma the "ember daya" are
the laat daya of the year, especially after
Chriatmaa day.
Physical or mental diagnosticians might
connect this fact with the Chrlstmaa featlvl-
tlea and advlae ma to go and aee tha min
ister. 1 I
Others, who are feelers of pulaes and
students of the meteorological condltlona, aa
It were, as Indicated by tha tongue, might
advise me to call in the doctor.
I think It waa Sam Jonea who aatd that
Many people think they have religion
when they have nothing but liver complaint"
But that Is not the reason for my "amber
days."
Tours may be at one time and your dear-
eat friend's at another,, but mine are al
ways In tha poet-Christmas aeaaon.
Unlike the ember daya of tha church, the
ember daya of my life have nothing to do
with either faatlng or prayer. I dine Juaf
aa heartily and do not read an extra Collect
or say a Pater Noster more than once a
day.
These ember daya are full of reflection.
They are tinged with a softened light which
comes through tha glasa windows of mem
ory. "The daya of ember, remember, re
member" seems to ring through the air
and I look back upon all the events of the
year with careful thought and seek for
the lessons which have been set me to
learn. ...
And In these reflections I have picked up
many thoughts from others who, too, have
their ember days, and the thought may
help you. One from Sidney Lanier:, "The
poetry Is good poetry and the beautiful
never dlea, and the heart that needs It
will find It" Thia In a letter to his wife
when his work was not meeting with much
approval.
When we look back, you and I, we surely
see aome good deed that we have done that
not noticed soma actions misinter
preted, soma motives misunderstood and
we are Inclined In these ember days to re
flect upon these thlnga and to our sad
Introspection and retrospection comes the
sunlight of that meaaage of Lanier's, from
the unaeen world aa It were, "the heart that
needs It will find It" You never can tell
where your action will stop. When you
think a thought and express It to a friend
your thought has not arrived at Ita destina
tion. No, no;, It haa Just started on Its
Journey and you never can tell what good
or 111 It may do. But be assured that ir
your action waa right In your best Judg
mentIf It was sent from a high motive,
without any selfish or personal end In view
it will reach. "Tlie heart that needa It
win find It."
When we look back, we also see many
steps which we would retrace, and we stop
and think out a speculative theory aa to
what might hava happened had we done
otherwise. There we make an error.
Here la another good thought from
Henry Wood: "Sin la an educational ex
pertenee." He points out that sin la the
means of educating us, by corrective meas
ures, that every aln carries Ita own pen
alty, even In thia life, and that when we
see some one apparently happy and serene,
although Ma life may be all wrong. In our
Judgment, If such la the ease, the serenity
Is on the surface, and the lash la being
applied Just the same. ' '
After all. wa 'really learn better how to
do anything, by doing It wrong, than by
doing It right. .
Challenge that sentence, and then think
It over deeply, and apply It to the many
things you have learned .to do. .
Some one, did it wrong first
Therefore, let ua quit thinking over , the
'sinfulness of sin," the terrible fact, so
fiercely announced from the pulpit of
Mother Church, at times, that "the soul
that Innneth' it shall die." And let ua
look at the text In another way. The
"sinner" or student who persistently re
fuses to see the correction, refuses stub
bornly to admit the right having Been It,
shall not live, shall not enjoy the Joy of
living, shail not awaken to the real Joya
of life, ahall be blind to the beauty of
thlnga, ahall be deaf, to tha music of the
spheres, shall be ahut out of tha banquet.
Tha beauty of art la not for such. They
see only Its drudgery. Now, aome one will
aay that tha great religious Bee haa con
tatned an article tn defense of Bin. Let
them say. ,
.We must work Tor the beautiful, tha
true, the good, tha noble In art, and we wfll
learn that by our mistakes, honestly owned
and frankly confessed, we are educated.
But, brethren, It does no good to brood
over It Own jp, . and quit.
Tea, In these ember daya, one. doea
rarely feel, at times, very sad when one
looks over the thlnga which one ought to
have done and tha things which1 one. ought
not to hava dona. But let ua take courage
Wa certainly cannot charge matters now,
and If w have seen the lesson, and will abide
by It, the effect la produced, and therefore
we do not r.eed to worry over the cause.
. Imagine a . student who haa' "learned
how" to do aomethtng sitting down and
brooding over the many bad ways lie dM
It at first.
count for the sometime unaccountable;
they explain much that waa strange; they
show me that a Great Teacher la keeping
school, and that "the rule" la one of
Love, and not Hate.
Mr. Slmma, organist and cholrmaatet of
AU Saints' church,' played with a good
deal of fire on Friday evening laat He
waa 'Impersonating an officer," to-wlt,
Santa Claua, when his Santa CI sua "vest
ments" took fire. Mr. Slmms ought to
have remembered not to play with fire.
We told htm that last year, when he had
he measles, but he evidently forgot It.
I cannot understand It. He played tn
public last .week and waa "not roasted"
by the erltlca of 'tha preaa, and perhapa
he waa dlasatlsfled and , wished to try' a
little roasting on himself. However, he
will be confined to the house now and will
be obliged to live on tender grain foods
and shredded stuff for a week or so.
The choir ot All Saints' church gave Mr.
Slmma a handsome gold watch and chain
for a Chrlftmaa present It waa saved
from the conflagration. Mr. Slmms was
burned about the neck and hand, thereby
injuring beard and technique to some ex
tent Fully insured. -
The National Conservatory of Music,
founded by Mrs! Jeannette M. Thurber In
IRKS, and chartered by the United States
government In 1891, haa received three new
scholarships to be awarded at the nine
teenth semi-annual entranoe examinations,
which will be held at 128 East Seventeenth
street. New Tork, on January 4. One of
them la for voice, ona for the piano and
the third for tha violin. They will be given
to Btudenta who have no meana, but whose
talent promises distinction as artists. One
of the most eminent singers ow before tha
public Lillian Blauvelt was a holder of
ona of these acholarshipa.
. THOMAS J.' KELLY.
Frew?k Crttte Doea Hot Like Claaa af
Performaacee Glvem at
' the Hoase.
(Copyright 1903. by Press Publishing Co,
PARIS, Dec. M. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Deandrlea,
who drew up the report on fine arte esti
mates presented to the Senate this week,
fearlessly criticises the National , theater
and reproaches the Opera for giving new
productions. "How long must wa wait"
he asks, "for Gluck's 'Armide' or Weber's
Der Freyachuta' and the fine operas of
Rameua, which- the Schola Can torn m has
recently revived? Why la It len to an
other theater to make a aucceea of "Don
Juanf Why Is there nothing of MosartT"
OASTS NATIONAL THEATER
He would like te see more Mnllere perform
ance at the Comedie Francalae, and
potnta to Berlin, where Mollere comedies
have been performed Sftt times In the last
year. He la equally severe on the Opera
Comlque and the Odeon.
E OICA Tl O ! A OTK s.
The largest university building In the
world In that of St. Petersburg, which has
a length ot l.OuO feet .
The government of Spain la to open
fourteen agricultural schools in various
parts of the peninsula.
There are to be no more "Sweet Sixteen"
girl school teachers in Kanmu. The mini
mum sko for .teachers has been raised from
1 to 18 years.
The average monthly pay for mala teach
era In the public schools Is S4S and of fe
male teachers M; lews than 2& per cent ot
the teachers are males.
Prof. -Edward Wheeler Scripture, the
fisychologlst, director of the psycholoRical
aboratory of Yale university, haa arrived
In Munich, with the object of conducting
experiments on the human voice by means
of the grnmaphone. The Carnegie institute
is furnishing the funds.
Albert E. Greene, a practicing engineer,
the son of the lata denn of the engineering
department of the Unlversity of Miohigan
has been appointed assistant' profe-wqr of
civil engineering, to take charge of the
work formerly done by hla father.
Published figures of the enrollment of
students in some of the most celebrated
universities and , colleges In the United
States give Harvard a total of MIS. Colum
bia, 4,f&7. the University of Chicago t.14,
Cornell 8,438, Tale 1,990 and Princeton only
Frank O. Wren haa been elected Walker
professor of mathematics In Tufts college.
He la the youngest member of the faculty
at the college, although he haa been an
Instructor there for the past ten years,
having received his first appointment at
the age of 20.
Glen Harrison, aged 13, la teaching a
country school in the Osark mountstna near
Gainesville, Mo., and probably la the young
est pedagogue In the country, lie has
twenty-nine pupila, aeverai of them bigger
than he, but lie haa whipped one or two
of them and Is now treated with the respect
due an educator.
In Germany there are twenty-two uni
versities; in France, under recent legisla
tion, fifteen; In Italy, twenty-one. It is
difficult to give the number In the-United
States, because It Is clear, from tha tables
given In the report of the oommlasionera of
education that some colleges are more Im
portant than aome unlversltlea and both
arive the dearee of Ph. D. But of unlversl
tlea In title we have 134. Among these there
irores-
niora
than 164,
Alpheus D. Dubois, for fifty-three years
principal of a public school In New York
city, died the other day, after-leading the
life of a recluse for many years. It was
then learned that he waa worth about 8G00.
ft. The petition for probate of will sete
forth that a widow, Julia Dubois, survives
him, and there la this strange clauae In
the will: "I give and bequeath to my
daughter, Ivy Blanche, married, name and
residence unknown, $W,000." No reference
whatever Is made in the will to the widow.
Two alsters living in New Tork are made
residuary legatees, but they refuse to give
any information regarding v tha old man'a
romance.
Wbe yesrve tites el
the rest, thoaj try
" the vary best
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Rye
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yj eat, drag stor
H)vt Ores) ef
Whiskey
Prfactto et age,
Krltv of flavor, are
winning qoalltl
a. ninacnv co.
SAMBAS CITT, MO.
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6 VOICE t
I TEACHER t
1 1802 FARNAM STREET., A
J are forty-six with more than fifty pr
) aora and Instructor and thirteen with
Tablo Do Iloto Dinner
, AT TUB
Calumet Coffee House
AHVBEXElfTS.
AWTBEMEXTS.
WOODWARD & BURGESS. Mgra.
' THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ASOM and LIASON in
RUDOLPH and ADOLPH
MilliMMailbMOIIii. Nleht. ae. 0e snd JSC.'
Llenday, Tuesday, Special Matinee Tuesday ,
First time) in Omaha, direct from Walllek'a Theater, Nw York,
Henry Savage offers Geo. Ades' Musical Comedy Success
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THE BEST OF ALL MUSICAL COMEDIES 75 PEOPLE.
WEDNESDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT
Breadharst Carrl Presents EDWARD QARV1B la the Big riuslcal Crady
' JOLLY W JSIIT
latifh for everybody. Amazing richness of costume. A chorus of
. dazzling beauty. A wealth of wit and merriment.
Barrels Mstlo Any seat Mc. Nlftit 2Sa, (Oe and 71c.
THURSDAY NIGHT ONLY
, The Distinguished American Actor
Charles B. hanford
: '-RICHARD III"
A Company of Exceptional Herit Headed by MARIS DROFNAH.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UATIKEE AtiO'lUGHT
SPECIAL MATINEE HEW YEARS DAY
Big Scenic Production in Ilay Form of
' "The Best New England Story Ever' Written"
In
Another thought "Keep your eye on the
goal." We are all told vary often that we
must be sura to look straight ahead, never
look back, snd ao forth, .
But, after all. It la not a bad Idea, to look
back once In a while and aee how. much
ground we hav traveled. Tha s;oal posts
seems, at times, so very far ahead. But
there are not many travelers who have
failed because they have at Intervals turned
to sea how far they hava come. A friend
of mine who has shot the festive and wary
blrda which w enjoy dlreetlns;, under tha
title of game, telle me that If you are too
anxious about ths sight, your. shot Is liable
to hit tha wide, wide world Instead of the
object at which you aimed.
And ao the coal posts may get blurred
by too constant watchlrur. J W look
back, these ember days, and sea If wa
hava not mad soma prosreaa upward and
award.
' -
Another thine about watchlns; tha goal
too much la that wa may ba ao Intent upon
that that wa are missing opportunities by
not aeelng tha, suffering ones by tha way,
who need an arm to lean upon, or cup
of cold water to rafreeh them, or a wvrtf
of cheer. In tha honeat, aariK-t walk n
tha goal. ,
Not thosa who ar always asking an
alma; thay are beggars and they "sit" 'Ly
tha roadside, cursing," aa a rula, thoas vho
go by In tha upward march to tha realms
of art.
But tha timid onea, who need boosting,
who ar not wis tn 'their own eonoeita,
who seed aome on to tell thftot that their
fforta are not tn vain. And whan wa help
In any way "on of tboaa llttl ones"' wa
are, shortening tha way to tha goal posts;
wa are booating our aouls In tha direction
of tha enchanted mountains.
I am thankful for tha ember daya, for
thay teach m things to avoid: thay giva
ma lessons: they show ma good things to
ulUvatai thay solve myatsrtas; thay ao.
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all modern davlcas for giv
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halrdreaalnir. manicuring; and,
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Telephone S07S.
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Week Commencing
Son, Mat, Dec, 27
Today 2:15. Tonight 8:15
Modern
Vaudeville
... i
Valerie Bergcrc & Co
. HT.. iTY. wri . .-! -. sat
Stanley & Wilson
Ir "Bafors thaBalL" .'
3Zolarsx3
Sensational Acrobatlo Comedians.,
Serra & Bella Rosa
Juggling Cannon Balla and Other' Hercules 1
Holden & Florence
Presenting "Ths Fairy of Klllarney,M ' ,
Duffy, Sawtelle & Duffy
in a ;omeay Dneicu. ,
The Two Roses
Presenting a Dainty Musical Offering.
Klnodrome
New Motion Pictures. .
PRICES 10c, 26o and 60c -' .
Special New Year's Matinee.
We teach people how to Bowl
AT
Gate City Bowling Alleys
C D. BRIDENBECkTt, Prapr.
Tel. 2376 1312 Farnam St
Direct from the Academy of Music, New Yorlt& Boston Theater, Boston
where it crowded these lr theaters to capacity nightly.
WESTERN BOWLING
ALLEYS
Everything new and up-to-dats,
Special attention to private parties,'
TEli L263S, ' 1C10 HOWARD STREET.
OMAHA'S
MOST POPULAR
THEATER.
Best -JCl Choice 'TrfS, Good CblZ
Sent....U Seat..
R
1-3
Sett
THIS SUNDAY
M ATI! KB AMD NIGHT. -.
ALSO MOSDAY NIGHT.
Special Eagags-est t ths Brllllamt
Actress.
CCathyrn
sterman
Baeeessfal i'oi e4y
f tats Year,
Im tha Moat
. , Iva.m
1 'Petti
t J coats.
UKAl tlKHXY MOt NTED.
. SI PKMBI.V KIIPPKU.
A SPI.KNUID COMPANY.
HANDSOMELY UOWNKD.
"Throughout the play Miss Oatcrman la
charming. Tha character of tha heroine.
Agatha Reiner, aa sha deplete It, will
charm men and luaplrs w omen. "Boston
Uwraid.
XUESDAY AfJD
: WEDNESDAY
Oaly Mat Ine Wa
DEC. 29 and 30.
T Comedy Dra little Triumph,
L?we.lmr. .'I -"rl-:. ...... -
Positively tha
Krer ta i
Biggest Frasaetlsa
t Faalar prtewa.
A SUPERB COMPANY OP TWENTY
ONS3 ACT1NQ PKOPI.K.
All chsaca with tha view f attla
t-elr respaeilv ' parts ta ths play
BEST CAST THAT EVER APPEARED
AT rOPlLAH FMICKS
mim ipia aiory si arysay Ufa. A
hleadiagr ( raatle aiaapllclty
BIG SHOWS
At Papular Prices
BRING SUCCESS
Matltiees ( sfT
Best Seat....25C
A New Year's Treat
Three Starting n ni tLa,,.ln
Nights ThUUUiO II-
JULES GRAU'S
Comic Opera Co.
PRESENTING THREE WONDERS-.
PRODUCTIONS,
Tharaaay Night Friday Matlne
II'
Friday
II
The Wizard of
lie N o.
Night Saturday Matla.
LL Uiir 1 1 nil
Satarday Night '
"Islo of Champagne"
A GREAT CAST.
' Pretty Chora at Shaw Girls,
a Carload of Seaasry,
Sunday Matinee, January 3, George Sidney In "Busy IzzyT