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Omaha Saengerfest A. Group of QcrmanPikn Left to B.g!it-H. Harthun. Penison. la.; I'ulmml Joseph tdlboack. Dim Volnes; A. t I.trtse, HI. tux CUv; Alolf Petersen. Daven port; Unrv HelnJi. Muscatine; Man liemuth. floux Kalis'. Charles Wls. Hart S.igtoh, Neb.; Hans Schwart. BtiHevllle, XII. NIC of the impression left In the w ake of the Baehgerbund. whluii i'ni from tan states Into Omaha for a fest, la the ever Increasing prominence o( th sturdy German-American as a factor In the citizenship of thta country. The Gorman. In furl, readily Amerlcautaed noon after landing on (.'tilted States koII, becomes at once a power not to be lightly reckoned, He take lila place among men, not only In cominerolul life, but In muilo una tlie higher art. ITIn versatility Is a jnarvlhe may be a pork paoker or a t-tone contractor by day, but after the hour of toll are over be has the happy faculty of putting sordid business cares away, and to hear him itlng at night, even after u hard day's work, you would lie warranted In darning him as a professional In music. A Mother result folluwlng Saengerfest week la demonstration of the fact that Omaha appreciates the Saengerbund, and Is willing to pay for a Saengerfest. Witness In support thereof an Incontrovertible bit of proof. Hera it la: The net profits of the Omaha Saengerfest are reported to be 14,000 more than cleared In Milwaukee, the lit tle Oermany of the United State. Can any other city show stronger testimonial of Saengerfest endorsement? But the German-American did not come i Omaha to Mnc for mnnnv Whthr fii. to Omaha to King for money. Whether the ttaengerfest made 14,000 or lost 14,000, there would be future "Saengerftsts notwlthstand- ing. It I not a commercial proposition, and the boxofftc receipts are a mere rou- tin lnaldent. However, aimvt mnn i. o EE such an essential requisite in the life of cllln their convention during the Seen- German theory, and the lesson of the which he who observes the ordinary con any kind of an organisation, it Is a matter "'",'"t- ft the reason that tho saengerfest Is that song begets content- ventlonalltles of polite custom may mingle m ta the Ba(!neerfe,t lociinri ,ome of niong the old-timers. Then turn to the or gratification that the Omaha meeting resuiieu mo proiiutoiy, ana at tna same time speak well for Omaha's devotion to muslo a well a Omaha' regard for the Ger- mans as a people. oimuiisneous wixa tne eaengerouna came the German editor for a convention. Ne- braska has many German newspaper of extensive Influence and circulation, and the powe of tha German press 1 ever on the Increase. The Omaha meeting was not, a is generally supposed, limited to German editor in Nebraska. On the contrary, it was "western" in soope. thu taking in lowa and other adjoining states. T:Ww,"!Inbr,Te6.a0C"Pt'(, to"08 J. B. JVlndolph, Granl Island; John Watts, Jr Nebraska City; Joseph LagWeiter, vgiumoui, Jljmil ?. a n?I! ! tt ',I,ohIni.,i"r' A"burlli Cr. 8. Oerhardt, Lincoln ; John . Lebens, Dayenport. la.; Otto Paul. Denlson, la, Officers of the Western German Editorial Symposium of Current Gossip Concerningr Notable When "Tom Smnr" Wbb Written, - . n renunuoences 01 Juars main in tiarpers xor August, W. D. Howell tell of th time when Mr. Clemen wrote "Tom Sawyer" and brought the manu- script to him for criticism. "I am surprised to find from th biblio- graphical authorities that it was so late as t h 'n10 W th manu,or)Pt ot Tom sawyer, and asked me to read It, mm m intmu ana criuc, ana not as an editor, I hav an Impression that thl waa at Mrs. Clemens' instance In bl own uncertainty aDout printing it. She trusted me, I can say with a satisfaction few things now give me, to ba her husband's true and cordial adviser, and I was so. I believe I never failed him In this part, though In ea many of cur enterprises and project I wa falsa as water through my tempera mental love of backing out of any under taking. I believe this never ceased to as tonlsti him, and it ha. always astonished roe; It appears to me quite out of charac tr; though it is certain that an under taking, when I hav entered upon It, holds m rather than I It. But however this Immaterial matter may ba, I am glad to re i.iember that I thoroughly liked "Tom Sawyer" and said so with every- possible amplification. Very likely. I also made my suggestions for Its Improvement; I could not have been a real crltlo without that; and I hav no doubt they were gratefully accented, and I hope never acted upon. I went with him to the horse-car station in Harvard square, as my frequent wont was, and put htm aboard a car with hi MS. in his hand, stayed and reassured, to far aa I could, concerning It I do not know what lua misgivings were; perhaps they were his wife's mlsrlvlncs. for she wih.H Mm to ba known not only for the wild and boundlats humor that was in him, but for the bsauty and tenderness and 'natural pltey;' and she would not have had him Judged by a too close fidelity to the rude conditions of Tom Sawyer's life. This is the meaning that I read Into fact of his coming to ma with thoe doubts.' Xlck Owe the Dak Oae. Mr. Longworth has made himsellf on at tractive figure In national politics, says Leslie' Weekly. Barely 41 years old. a graduate of Harvard and the Cincinnati Law school, he Is well prepared for public Itiu. Ha la broad shouldered, well dressed, ruddy faced, an excellent boxer and looks like a man who can take car of himself. In fart, there I an old story which is told with much gusto In Cincinnati of how the Duke of Manchester took affront at the t.KT mm 1 BEJO asKoolatlon were elected as follows: Pre- Ident, Adolph Peterson. Davenport, la.; vloe pieeldunt, Val J. Peters, Omaha; sec- retary, Henry Helnse. Muscatine, la.; treasurer, August Hilmer, New Hampton, executive commutes is as iohows: Carl lhmann, Burlington, la.; J. B. Lubke, Hloux City, la.; Han Demuth, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Oustave Donald, Daven- v -:""'rlM em, nartington, nod. 11 WM th 'enr1 sens of the editor in convention that a mistake was made in aracuon, ,w imuni iuouir. Mnv of the editor ar singers, also, and tn6 "' over at the Auditorium oat Ned tnem in tnat direction, w)ille in accordance - in.jr anouia oy an runs ' the editorial schedule, have been at tha convention. 'Everybody wants to sing, and if there be na who cannot sing, he want to hear somebody else sing." That la the way one German editor expressed it when the con- vei'tion was at last called to order In the Paxton hotel after eeveral Ineffectual at- tempts at meeting. It was dooided that hereafter editorial convention would be held at a time when th editorial work Will not be OVerBhadOWed bV event Of trcngr OrtWinC DOWer. Notwithstanding the fact that the saen- gerfest had the effect of decreasing atten- tlon that was expected to be devoted to the editors' meeting, it was In the aggregate, a la Mm-' a rvnt KAnr u. .1, . v.1.1.1 - w .b b 111 w 111 iui table ot tne Wedding of Longworth's sister. Tb duke was reported as much incensed at this lack of respect for his high estate, According to th narration, he left the house and went a club, where he said some unnleaaant thlnaa about tlia Tinr. worth family and "Nick" in nartlonl.r A friend of Longworth. told him what th duk saying. "You go back," said "Nick"' "and tell him I am too busy with thl wedding celebration Just now to com to th club, but that when my sister and her husband get away I will come around nd punch Ms nose." The message was conveyed to the duke. Ills highness did not wait. Ho found business elsewhere and left Cincinnati a day or two later, with out revisiting the club. The Xew Itarrlmaa. There is a new Harriman who Is mak ing a crown for himself as a business klnir down Rt Urlnton Ueach. Long Island. He Is Orlando, the eldest brother of the lute E. H. Harriman. So great was the fame of the late rulor of American transporta tion in his day that it far overshadowed and almost entirely obscured the person allty of this brother. Orlando Harrunati has kept in the back ground all Ills life, reports tho Chicuao Record-Herald, lie has shunned notoriety and has preferred to Jog along In a quiet way aa a trader in real estate. In the big office building In 1'uik Row, where he haa deskroom tn a dark corner, hi name doej not appear upen the directory. Xe'ther Is there any trace of It on the ground bUhs of the entrance door to the suite. Orlando Hurrlman himself Is a thin, dark, tacllur.i mau of the height and build of his cele- bre brother. Indeed, he resembles to a mttrked degree the Edward Hari-lmau who used to figure largely in the world's news. Although very well-to-do, Orlando does not aeetn to have had the supurliiiniau knack of piling up millions which his brother poancssed. Yet down at Brighton B"tb- Orlando Harriman is nowf heapng up fortune in nickels, dimes, quarters and half dollars out of the amusement enter prises, which ha controls as the guiding spirit of the Brighton Heach Development company. He Is a showman and a master of shows, and It is estimated he will make WO.000 clear profit out of his enterprises this summer. 0n of them la a big dancing pavilion, which differs from all the rest down at Coney Island in that an ad.nlsslon fee Is charged and no Intoxicating liquors sold, The admission fee Is only a nickel, but that I quite enough to go a long aay towaid is a Happy Epoch 1 TYPICAL. SZREEIRCEWE. success, none the less, and one result of the convention was a determination for a closer co-operation of Uertnan newupaper interests throughout the west. So, with tho editors and the singers and tne laymen, wno are not directly Identified with either except through the bond that link all who are of tho Deutscher Father- land, last week may very properly be ctironicied tn history as Omaha's German week. "Wicked twonle have no sons-." Is the ment ana contentment is synonomous with nminimeaa na nappiness is tne goal oi llfo. If a man or woman or child is happy, that Settles it What else is there to be de- sired? And the Germans who congregated m umana last week Bore every outward evidence of supreme happiness. Their ruddy cheeks told of physical health, their smile-wreathed countenances bespoke lightness of heart and their elastlo Btep a they inarched song-laden from place to place, some advar.ced in years, some In the hey - dey of youth, impressed upon the minds of those who stood in review that the sturdlness of the German race has not been exaggerated In the estimates set forth by admlrere of the Teutons. On norlllv nlolna r. r,t h ,nr.rf..l rnm n nm.ha i-L.Int the fact that the program was largely made up of Omaha singers. Two or three stars were imported, but for the most part, it was a home talent affair. True to the 1 1 t ... - ... .u- ui 1 1 1 1 1 1 g ui L 11 Q iuiio ui I II a place lu mo Harriman standard of cleanness and respec- tablllty. A-a-additional charge Is made for those who wish to dance, and, all in all, it brings in quite a pretty penny in the way of revenue. .inut i,faiiiKi . k. .nM.n ,, ,... n i ni-rimn'. h.n h. h.nAii th. great railroad systems of America, so also Is the golden touch of Brother Orlando. No- where along th Atlantic coast haa there beeu a more euccessful amusement aeason Choice Samples From the Story Anticipated Widowhood. S8EMBLYMAN Andrew F. Mur- A ray said In Albany at the com mencement ot the meat boy cott: "There is even talk of their raising prices again. Well. If .r .uat they'll show us little knowl u'( tho American people's spirit as eduu William Hprague's wife had on business forma. "Bill Spragun kept a general store at Croydon Four Corners. One day he set off for York to buy a lot ot goods. Th goods were shipped Immediately, and, as BUI had lingered In York slKhtxenlng they reached Croydon Four Corners before him. "Tho goods, in an enormous packing esse, vx-ro driven to the general store by the local teamster. Mrs. prague cam out to see what had arrived, and with a shriek totfered and nearly fell. " Oh, what's the matter, ma'am? cried the hired girl. "Mrs. Sprague, her eyes blinded with tears, pointsd to the packing case, where tix)i ws stenciled In large, black letters; " 'Hill inside!' "Boston Traveler. Tritu Had a Kara Test. The fame of the late Charles A. Dana's mushroom caves at Garden City, L. I., had got abroad lu tha land, so much so that one day a big chap, wearing a long fi'ock com, long hair and a sombrero, Invaded the sane- turn of the great editor and started right lu by saying: "I'm Colonel Itickworjham cf TV 5. as, sah; some of my friends, sah, and myself, sah, ar very much Interested In mushrooms, sah; and seeing In the papers, aah. that you have made a scientific study of their propagation, sah, I hav called on you, sah. TllK nMAllA SUNDAY IJKE: Jll.Y it .TV democratic spirit of the German, lines of social distinction are not closely drawn in the saengerbund. The banker, for example, may stand and sing alongside of his butcher, or the society woman from Quality Hill may mingle voice with her dressmaker, Evidently the theory of the saengerbund management Is that if song is potent for good among the rich. It Is equally good lor tne poor. Tnererore, the saengerrost is ..everybody's est a big, whole-souled coin- mingling of free-hearted. Jovial spirits. In io nis nrt. .on,, no mawer wneuier w imviunai uiuulvi a v-iom grocery store. Truly the saengerfest is ono Place where "the people rule." Among the local artists who received uu- limited praise ror their clever work, Mrs. Wugner-Thomas was prominent. Mrs. Thomas has devoted much time to vocal study in European centers, and all Omaha is proud of the manner in which aho ac- qulted herself at the recent festival of music. Others of whom the same may be said In like full measure, are Miss Mary Munchhoff, Miss Myrtle Moses, Mrs. Doulse Jensen-Wylle, and Mrs. Lehmann-Uoot. So great a success was the saengerfest and so highly pleased are the men who ,nunc..rf It that tho nmrnntca. fnn.l will ..roKohlv r.f.in.t Thl a mttor vet to be determined, but ther Is considerable sentiment, It Is said, In favor of thut propo- si'.lon. In the official directory of the men who -1 . . .1 . u 1 irn 1 Biiutv ntciiura una 1 1' itaiuuinii controls. At his bathhouse alone-the Brighton baths ho took in $11,000 Saturday and Sunday, July and 10. Orlando Harriman has his offices in this bath building, and Into his coffers there mi.ht ut,-m nt mnii or.li. r.v .hnw ml ni.ri. n hi. nnriv with the exception of a few very small affairs turns in Its takings every hour or so to this new magnate's cashiers. When the last seeker after cool enjoyment has to ask how you tell mushrooms from toad- stools, sah?" Mr. Dana glared at his visitor, and snorted: "I don't tell them. If I told them anything they wouldn't understand me. They are Inanimate things, sah, as you say In Texas." "You don't quite follow me, nail. What I want to know Is how to distinguish Ibe-'of tween a toadstool and a mushroom 1?" V "Well, why didn't you say so, then? If I eat a toadstool, It kills me, but if I eat a mushroom, it don't. Good day, sah." Los Angeles Times. I- , A Iteflrrtlon. James Wilson, the secretury of agricul ture, said In Waslilngtun, upropos of the cook book Issued by his department: "The women wilt appreciate this book. As for the men" Mr. Wilson smiled and resumed: "In a bookshop the other day 1 said to a salesman: 'I suppose you sell a lot of cook books here?' " 'Thousands, air, thousands,' he replied. " 'Women appreciate a good cook book, eh?' said I. " 'Oh, it Isn't the women that buy them,' said tho salesman. 'It's their husDands.' " Washington fcHar. Srt loa Error ut (H ertalklua. Private John Allen of Mississippi tells of a speech on wool made by Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana some time ago and sent out extensively by the senator. After a time the senator concluded not to send out any more copies of that speech. "Hemlnds me," said Private John, "of the case of a negro I knew down In Mississippi who was to b tried for murder and who YJU in Germ an- American History j . . . f a R ' - . V the n)ost wWe,y knowu names ,n 0lnaha appear. The officers were as follows: sons of these pioneers, as well as score President, R. C. Strehlow; vice president, of others who came to Omaha lu more re J. J. Hess; second vice president, Emll cent years, high on the ladder of sucoess Brandels; secretary, Val J. Peters; treas- ureP) V. II. Bucholz; musical director, Th. Rud' Reese.' The directory working In 'con- junction with the aforementioned officers wa8 composed of the following: A'. Wehr- ntr, Fritz Freltag, P. Gcttzehmann, I,eo Hoffman, Peter Laux, Dr. It. S. Lucke, Dr. e. Binning. August J. Eggersa, II. Fischer, Dr. F. Sedlacek, Rev. U. Slnne. Theodore Slnhold, Fred Lehmann, John Latenser, Peter Melchlor, W. F. Stockor, G. A. Kchod- sack and Robert Rosensweig. German brawn and German brain have kUnl Inl,,,r .rr.n. I., n,. Ing of Omaha as a city and Nebraska as a state. Note how Interwoven Into the prog- ress of Omaha are the names of Brandeis, Kountze, Andreesen, Metz, Krug and dozens of others that might be enumerated People in Various Parts ..i..,.. . .. , ,, ... . nigui oimuuu jidi iiiimii euuiu uimuov hoi 1 a national bank If he wished to do so with the heaps of bills and silver that he has received In the previous twenty-four hours, $ chief Joatlpe Fuller', simple Habits, m.. T...,..i...i i.,.nj .n.. .v,. ji.t... hi,. 1.., ..,,1 i,.o. i...n.-t nin.h and i.umi.kln i.ie best appealed to his ap- petite. It was Bald In Washington that the Fuller Saturday night dinner was baked beans and nothing else, and this story is Teller's Pack had promised the prosecuting attorney to plead guilty "The time rune for the trial. The prose- cutlng attur-iu,' had nu witnesses. He thought none cas necessary. While thu other btislnes? of the court was being cleared up a '.j'al lawyer sat down by the negro and (Jsed: 'Do you waul to get out this?' " 'Yassir. j asslr, reckon I does.' " 'Have you got It?' " 'No. sah, but I kin git It.' "So the negro raised the 15 and gave it to the lawyer, who told hlm to say nothing, but when the judge asked Mm to plead, t plead not guilty instead of guilty. "The negro was arraigned, lie pleaded not guilty. " 'Look here, you black scoundrel:' yellel the prosecuting attorney; 'what do you mean by that plea? Didn't you promise tin a dozen times you would plead guilty?' " 'Yassir, I done promised that.' replied the negro, 'but I reckon I done ovet talked myself ' "Saturday Evening Post. Takea at Ills Word. The doctor was telling how he came to lose one of his best-paying patients. The man waa a hypochondriac, who was always Imagining that something terrible waa abeut to happen to him. and the doc tor, who was a great Jollier, was kept busy living to reason him out of his morbid condition. "You have worried yourself until yon are bordering on a nervous collapse," said the doctor to hlm one day. "You shouldn't think about your symptoms all the time, hut lust attend to your affulrs as If there was nothing the matter with you." 1 "All right doctor," replied the patient, Til do aa you say. You needn't come to see me any more "Philadelphia Ledger. AT 3i J 4 Denver r : A 1-iJtV -f, i4 1 7 2 J. 9 ,atter day genertttlon and you wIIV flni the in mercantile pursuits, In the arts and the profesMons. Go out Into the state and you will find that German Industry has done much to bring Nebraska into front rank as an agri- cultural domain, and throughout the clUes aj towns of Nebraska you will find German names on bank windows and other places cr business strength. Omaha and Nebraska have a large percentage of German popula- tlon, a fact which Is the signal for rejoicing among all progressive Nebraskans, regard- less of nationality. The late Count Crelgh- nn iUhmh nnt nf rkrmin hlnnrl. WSJI an admirer of the German race and was so strong in his friendship for Omaha Germans end German institutions in Omaha, that his death was mourned by German-Americans almost as much as though he had been .1 . v.. .11.41 . .. .,,1 ti,A mail 111 iiiv uuiiuuifi i" - departed for home on a Sunday or a holiday told: "One evening the chief Justice, pos- slbly forgetting that it was Saturday, asked a distinguished English Jurist home to din- ner with him. When the beans came on the Kni?llxhman uromutlv declined them. Mrs. Fuller showed some embarrassment, where- upon tho Englishman amiably said: 'Kever mind. I'll make It up In the next course.' IBut good Lord!' exclaimed the chief Jus- tlce, 'there Isn't any other course," and there wasn't." In adu.uon to being a very small eater the chief Justice was a moderate smoker of modestly priced cigars. He was said to smoke the sume kind of cigars, as far as they were obtainable, that he smoked when he was struggling hard to establish a living law business In Chicago In the old days. He said he was attached to these cheap cigars by ties of sentiment and tender rec ollection, and that nothing else would taste . so pood to hlin. When Aator gold Realty. "One of the most stringent real estate rules of the Aslor family Is 'never sell.' nnd only one sale is recorded in the entire life of old John Jucob Astor," said Nile V. Watklns, a real estate broker of New York, "in 1K10 Astor tore down his house in Broadway, cleared the whole block from Yesey to Barclay street, and built the huge gray Qulncy granite hotel which held forth not many years ago uu the Astor house, t.einn one of the first notable landmarks !n New York, and also one of the bt--st pay ing piece of property. "A few days after it wua finished the old gentleman and his eldest son, William, were walking through City Hall park, where the postofflre now stands, and stopped a moment to admire the building the finest hotel in America at that time. " 'Pop, that's a mighty fine building.' ald Willlum. 'I wish mine.' to gracious It was " 'fo,' anhwered the father. 'Well, Hill, giv me 1 and you can have It.' "Out came the dollar a big silver dollar. that Is cherished by the family to this day a 'he dollar of our daddies and within an hour tne oeea 01 ine propenj out and recorded. rnis was oiu w. Astor s only sale of real estate in bis life." Gompers on the Tlpitlaa KvH. As an enthusiast tn the cause of organ- Ized labor. Samuel Gompers Is even more opposed to the lipping evil than tho aver- axe cltixen. In Ills recently published "Labor in Kurope and America." he tells a story about tipping on ahlpboard which ap- 11 s a ; v. w one of them. By way of tribute to Count Crelghton's memory, Uie official publication of the Saengerbund recently contained a portrait of hlin along with editorial men tion in which his deep regard for Omaha Germans was commented upon. While German loyalty to the Fatherland is never diminished, no matter how long the German may remain away from, tha kaiser's domain, yet there la aomethlne'Tta the nature of the German that enables turn to retain that loyalty as a sacred memory and at the same time to serve the United States, his adopted country, with unswerv ing allegiance. More than one name of Teutonic origin was written into official rosters cn the side of the union during tha civil war, and again when war with Spain came up' Oerman-A merlrans were found in plenty along the firing line. So, by way of concluding analysis, there comes the deduction that the German American citizen, the exponent of song, is a good citizen. of the World mruulv Kiuresses his own views on th r - subject. a jamnjw .v 1 . cent trip. Mr. uompers little speech to a steward: Here the mmi- mum tip for you. I am obliged by custom to give you something, but I'll not make it enough to help Induce the steamship com- pany to still further reduce your paltry pay. Hut I pledge you that the day you go on Btrlke for better pay ana no tips 1 u en $25 to help you win." Mr. Gompers adds that "it would be well worth that sum to every American passenger to rid himself of the tipping nuisance on his steamship voyages." When the Kaiser Takes a Nip. Not only what the German emperor drink but how he drinks It Is tho subject of an article In tho Strassburg Post, and at Htrassburg they ought to know, for th em peror occasionally takes an "Khrentrunk" in public when ho is staying at that queer, brand new looking palace of his which stands In a sun-baked square near the uni versity at Strassburg, or when he paases through on his way to the magnificent old Koulgshurg crowning the highest of the Alsatian hills. William II. nays the Post, agreeing Willi Prince Bulow's famous mot in the Reich statf. I" no Philistine In his manner of drinking, for whether he drains a golden cup on the banks of the Rhine or a Roomer in a Bremen cave or a Hungarian crystal Leaker at a hunting box he acquits himself equally well and drinks with frankly boylsu tnjoynienl. But though he Is no apostle of tiital abstinence he Is a convinced adopt of model atlon who never cured for mucb alrohol and haa of late years taken less and ever less. Aa evei y caller at a German house luioas. some sort of mure or leas alcoholic drink Is offered as a matter of course and at any hour of the day. The Post says that at th ruipmor'e Potsdam residence, the New palace. straberry liquor and cider are al- way offered, and the emperor, whose fav- t,r,te beverages these are, often urge his visitors to partake of thorn. A cuc-umbe. nr,UOr Is another specialty , Potsdam. Heie lb recipe: "reel anu slice me cuoumoei, sprinkle sugsr over It and let It stand 00 ice for an hour. Pour a light red wine over, strain and serve." The emperor never takea wine without mineral water, which he aloe even to French champagne or lierman aeki, am' it is I lilt fact, tha Post declares, which enables him at public banquet to drink dosen of healths and come out unharmed. At night before retiring lie ditaks a iaige g'asn of orangeade. t f .