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TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY .'7r 7, 1911. F S Our newest Player Piano "Club" privilege-$ S is a startling one. Every member of "Club" No. 6, now S forming is privileged to USE or BORROW V n ftrtn ttt titi f? nnr 4 w ii if iifii iiri i i 19 m a - v w h i - .a. $JUUIW JROIIS I MUSIC .!!' ISM ;MV5IC -21 torn EW TORK has 1U operatlo Nl troubles. The MetntpoHtaa I did not clone with the $100,000 naiance mu some opnmuc op timists predicted. In a recent Issue of the Sun, Mr. Hender son nays "the Institution la sadly In need of a 'goat.' Judging from the recent proclamation In regard to the future price of orchestra stalls, the rich have been cast for that important role. Meanwhile the pa trona of the 13 part of the house will hope that next season they will not be forced to buy of speculators." The orchestra stalls are to rise In price from to to to. And of course that Is a hitch price. But after all, let us see one gets the opportunity of seeing a house radiantly arrayed In operatlo fashionable attire, giving' a desirable "atmosphere" as It were: then there Is an orchestra which is well worth hearing of Itself: then there la also an ensemble of several big singers, great singers, famous singers, or really good singers, a well-trained and well dressed chorus, and elaborate scenic and pictorial staging and presentation. And after all, yes, there Is a ballet which alone Is worth a good admission fee from those who enjoy that particular species of artis tic endeavor, and there Is the whole of a production for that $6 per nocturnal sit ting. Let us see, as we said before compare that with the prices we have to paV to hear one, just one of those song birds in a program of songs or scenes, or a com bination, and it looks (from where we sit) as though New York operatic lovers and listeners are really getting much the best of It, at their six-dollars per. What do you think? i Much has been wruten about the latest venture of Puccini this season, his CMrl of the Golden- West.' Much also has been written about Humperrtlnck's "Koenlgskln derr." But "Arlane et Barbe-Sleu" has not received so much general attention. And the name of Dukaa la not as familiar as that of either of the gentlemen already alluded to. Writing of this composer and his opera, the previously-quoted writer ays: "Arlane et Barbe-Bleu,' the last nov elty of the season, la in some respects more Interesting than either of the other two, but Its humanity Is too Indefinitely pub lished to take a firm hold on the public mind. Furthermore the musical method Is one which is distasteful to the great mass of opera lovers. Dukas confines his melodic interpretation wholly to the or chestra, while his voices wander vaguely in a recitative which lacks clearness -of character and directness of utterance. The work Is Interesting and Is artistic In con ception and structure, but It would be idle to SRfert that It Is a novelty of the first order." In regard to the sarn work, Mephlsto in Musical America, has the following to ay: The Metropolitan opera house's advance circular of the opera prints "MuhIo by Paul Dukas" In twelve-point, and "Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck" in ten-point type. "Libretto!" Ye gods! Maeterlinck re duced to ten-point and to the condition of being a librettist, under-the twelve-point grandeur of Paul Dukas! Oh, well, why get Into a rage? It does no good. One oi'ly wears oneself out and the old world hues on Jthe same. The circular says that "Mr. Dukas Is a man Who takes his art most seriously." I am glad somebody does. Also he Is duti ful and modest. He would not leave his professional duties at the Conservatoire to attend . the production, and efforts to persuade him to have his photograph taken for publication have been all In vain. Per haps he hod happened to look in the mirror Just before the request! We learn further that a distinguished French tTltio says of his "Arlane" "Dukas reaches the same end as Claude Debussy, but by a different route." Well, 1 am going to outdo Gibbon. I shall write a book on the decline and fall of French orliiylitm. When French critics become hy pet troubled to the point where they cannot tell the original from the real, something Is rotten in the state of Den mark. Vthloh proves that I am an Irishman. And while we are on the subject of Mr. Dukas and Maeterlinck and "Arlane" it may not seem amiss to reprint the story of Arlane and Bluebeard as sketched in the column of Mephlsto in Mustoal Amer fct: J From Mary Gar dan to Blue Beard is not a very long step, 'so we will take that next. At the time that you get this they will be producing "Arlane et Barbe-Bleu1' at the Metropolitan opera house. The opera company sends out an advance no tice of this work in which It Is called the Dukas-Maeterllnck opera. Why drag in Maeterlinck? Arlane, you know, is a woman of destiny the woman of Blue Beard's destiny, In fact. Five of his wives have already disappeared and the populace Is becoming aroused. This Is a way that the populace has, even to the extent of mixing in other people's business. While it is a habit that cannot be corrected, it can, nevertheless, some times be turned to account on the stage, or on occasions such as the French revo lution. Now Maeterlinck makes Blue Beard out to be not uuch a bad fellow. He has no bloodthirsty desires, no wish to leave be hind him a long record of murdered wlv I ,. He is merely looking for the ideal woman, and In his search meets with nothing but a aeries of disappointments. The women he has found up to the time of Arlane s appearance, while beautiful enough, have been weaklings and slaves, and have ac cepted his tyranny without so much as of feilng an amusing or intereatlng resistance. Therefore Blue Beard shuts them up in a dark cellar and tries again. Arlane knows most of what has hap pened, and guesses the rest, tine therefore walks Into blue Beard's palace with her eyes wide open. Hhe is not interested In the sliver keys which she may use to un lock all the treasures that ate at her dis posal. She is Interested only In the golden key, which she is forbidden to use. It leads her. of course, to the other wives cringing In the dark dungeon, of whom she would soon be one were she not a woman of destiny. She has already given Blue Beard a hock, for when he tells her that by using It Is Possible to Reduce Flesh Without Diet ing or Exercise It U not only possible but being done vary where. Kxerctse unless caret ully su perintended by a physician and expert Alhleiia Director, may easily do a deal of harm to the great overburdened flehy body. The untutored fat man and woman etarmlned to get thin are only too likely ti overstrain their fai encumbered rouse rles by their awkward, ill-advised gymnas tics, and so cause nerve aud muscle trou ble that may develop into something far wars Lbaa a little too much flesh. Saute wy wliu dieting. Starvation Is certainly effective If kept up long and faithfully nouta. but It la almost certain to Injure the nuirailv pox-Ma and so weaken the - LtaUaul constitutionally, while it Is abom inable torture, of course, especially to a good-natured, high-living fleshy man er wniuaa. Furtunately neither dieting nor exercis ing are required or desirable if one uses the right ramody for reducing fat, aud strange to say, the remedy la a simple, wholesome name mixture, toe Ingredients of which aie btainahle at any drug store for a few cents. . This mixture is as follows: S oa. Xlarmole, H ox. Fluid Abstract Cascara Aromalle. 3 4 ora. Peppermint Water, and the prvoer amount to take Is one teaspooo-f-.il s.'iui ms and at bedtime. This mix-ti- take tbe fac off rapidly but natur ally, jo that no wrinkle are formed and kana ts done I J the stamai h. as is so fi4 uantty the rase with "Patent" er KrM" advertised remedlea Adv. the golden key she has lost the happiness he planned for her. she replied that the happiness she desired "lives not in dark ness." Hhe must know all. Blue Beard tries to suppress her by force, but at this opportune moment the populace becomes around. Arlane faces the mob and says calmly that Blue Beard has done her no III, whereupon they refrain from Haying him. By this time Blue Beard be gins to become Interested In Arlane. Well. It's an Interesting play and sym bolistic enough for a pre-Raphaellte. or a Rosirrurian. Arlane, great, free and Ideal, tries to free the other five wives, but they refuse to be freed, preferring slavery, tyranny and protection to the great world outside. Arlane receives Blue Beard In the cantle when he Is brought back from disastrous fight with his enemies. The populace, aroused now for the last time, escort Blue Beard Into his castle, having him first properly gagged and bound, and expect the wives to order his death. Arlane merely frees him. and gor "far away where she is still awaited." The slave wives gather around Blue Beard, but his gase Is fixed on the vanishing Arlane. Today Is the birthday of Johannes Brahms. In Hamburg on May 7. 18S3, this great master was born and his music ts becoming more and more appreciated and understood. In Grove Dictionary' of Musi a and Musicians the celebrated musi cian and writer. Dr. Loul Ehlert, is quoted as follows concerning Brahms, and It Is well worth thinking about on this day: "Brahms does not stand before us like Mozart or Schubert, In whose eyes ws seem to look, whose hands we seem to press. Two atmospheres He between him and us. Twilight surrounds him; his heights melt in the distance; we are at once lured onward and repelled." But like a true mountain, the closer you get to It the bigger it gets. So with Johannes Brahms. And Dr. Ehlert de scribed him briefly and well. THOMAS J. KELLY. Ma ilea I Notes. the following program will he given by Miss Grace McBrlde (pupil of Mr. Henry Cox), assisted by Mlns Ruth McBrlde (soprsno) on Tuesday evening at the First Congregational church; I. Legende Scherso Tarantella Wlenlawskl II. (a) The Wind (b) I Know Spross A Birthday R. Huntington-Woodman III. Slavonic Dance In A Major Dvorak Spanish Dance In D Major Sarasate IV. Flegle Massenet Spring Song . Well Violin Obllgato. . V. Meditation Massenet Mazourka Zarzyckl Route of the Thomas Orchestra to Omaha Long Travel by Great Organization that Will Be Here for Concerts. Th Theodore Thomas orchestra went through Omaha Sunday afternoon by spe cial train enroute from Denver to Indian apolis, where they appear this afternoon and evening. From Indianapolis they go to Columbus, O.: thence to Buffalo, N. Y.; thence to Oberlln, O., ana then to Ann Arbor, these latter being commencement dates, and from Ann Arbor - jump to Omaha, where they will appear tn con Junction with the Mendelssohn choir in a series of three concerts. May IS and II. The Thomas organisation played to -Immense houses In Denver, the audiences being not only large, but enthusiastic. An eastern gentleman, well known in musical clrolea, who waa passing through Omaha, said that he never had heard the Thomas orchestra to auch good advantage, and that he was convinced, all his previous beliefs to the contrary notwithstanding, that the Theodore Thomas orchestra, un der its present conductor and with Its present personnel, is the unest orchestra in the world. Mr. Weasels, the orchestra manager, told The Bee reporter Sunday that Kansas City, taking Its cue from Omaha, (although Mr. Weasels did not ay that) had signed with the Thomas Orchestra for next season, and that Den ver would probably fall in line, too. It will be borne in mind that Omaha has lgned with the Thomas organisation for five consecutive years, or which would be nearer the truth, the Thomas orchestra and Mendelssohn choir of Omaha have a mutual contract under the provisions of which the two organizations will collab orate for five successive years on a profit- sharing basis the concerts to be given being the joint production of the two organizations. , This has been made pos sible by the splendid support already given by the people of Omaha to the first of the series which will occur Mty 16 and 1. s WILL OBSERVE MOTHERS' DAY White Carnations Dedicated to Honor Those .Who Rock Nation's Cradle. Mothers' day will be observed with a waving of many white carnations in Omaha. Mr. Henry T. Clarke, who each year donates a large number of the blossoms to - the Child Saving Institute and other charitable Institutes, this year will contribute 10.000 to be told on the streets Saturday for ths benefit of the Institute. Mrs. George Joslyn has contributed $23 to purchase flowers to be added to the 10,000. The directors of the Institute, as sisted by other society women, will have charge of the street sales. The city is to be districted and the sales managers will motor about the city to carry the flower and the 100 young women' who will sell the carnations. The Omaha Woman's club committee will have charge of, the districts north ft Farnam and the directors of the institute those south of Farnam. Amdng those who will furnish automo biles will be Mrs. Charles Harding, Mrs. W. B. Millard, Mrs. George A. Joslyn, Mrs. Warrep Blackwell, Mrs. Fred Melx, Mrs. Charles T. Kountxe, Mrs. F. P. Kirken dall. Mrs. N. B. Vpdike and a number of others. v The affair is in charge of Mrs. Charles Harding, asslctea by Miss Bell Ryan and Mrs. Warren Blackwell and the following representatives of the board of directors of the Child Saving Institute: Mrs. Charles T. Kountse. Mrs. W. B. Millard, Mrs. A. J. Love, Mrs. W. G. Templeton, Mrs. W. D. Glften, Mrs. George Squires and Mrs. N. B. Updike. Tha committee representing the Woman's club includes Mrs. C. W. Hayes, Mrs. J. C. Dahlman, Mra. F. R. Strelght. Mrs. J. Healy and Mra E. R. Hume. A commute who will assist Mrs. Hard ing will include Mrs. Harry Kelly, Mra. Bamuel Reea, Jr.; Mra. Fred Baird. Mrs. Thomas Braden, Mrs. Dexter Buell, Mrs. Slmron Jones. Mrs. Arthur Rogers, Mra Charles Pollard. Mra. Bonn. Mra. Nathan Post, Mrs. Alex Ftcke and lira. Al'ln Johnson. t Beethoven's Great Concerto T HE scheduled performance by Mr. Max Landow of Beethoven fifth great concerto for pianoforte and orchestra la conjunction with the Thomas orchestra at the coming Mendelssohn Choir Festival will give the patrons of these concerts a first and rare opportunity to hear this most wonderful of all piauo concertos In its complete scoring. The original manuscript of the work was completed in 1809 and published Just 100 years ago (1811). It bears the dedicatory inscription, "To His Imperial Highness, the Archduke Rudolph," and la hence called and popularly known aa ,"The Emperor Concerto." , The work makes unusually high demands on. the Intellectual powers of the performer. Its richly involved orchestral background challenges the player to an uninterrupted competitive discourse in a tremendously effective argument with a voluminous body of Instruments. Let the reader follow the subsequent analysis of this titanic work, kindly prepared by Mr. 8. Landsberg, with a view of gaining a nearly comprehensive insight into the formal struc ture and melodic contents of the composition. Three short cadences open the way for the first very marked and im periously domineering theme given out by the orchestra (a) Its evolution leads straightway into a second subject of a most tender and dreamy charac ter, (b) Th!s orchestral introductory section contains about all the material A. Mtr . . - needed by Beethoven'a master mind for the grandiose upbuilding of the entire nrsi movement. The following Adagio in B major, though not a strictly de veloped movement, immediately captivates the listener hv its riAvnnt on soothingly appealing melody as expressed In the following hymnlike stanza: tc; rirsi vionns, muted seconds; violas, cell!, basses pizzicato, supported later by woodwinds. The piano then pours forth a moBt serene strain of twenty eitsht mtasures, beginning (d) a beautiful answer to the first, only to fall in line wfth the principal theme. The evenly-continued tone nlav flnnliv nrn. duces an intensely refulgent yet peaceful lmprenslon, affecting the listener like the silver tadiance of the moon in a fragrant summer night; there is no direct ending to this part, only a abort modulation from B to B fiat major, and e find ourselves briefly prepared for the last part, the rondo. Here serious ness and facetiousness alternate. We listen to the rhythmically romping principal tneme (e), proudly it soars, ascending and descending with noble C . isv4 mJm H tarn .... - . i i - i i r .1. elegance, whenever In evidence; correspondingly we notice a subsequent epi sode (P, then a second and a third richly melodious mntif rhi tk tion of the orchestra to the very brilliantly treated solo part in this movement .3 im oi continuous collaboration, the concerted action of both factors pro- duclng an unusually animated and multi-colored tone nir-turo nf i--ii- ---..wwa, ,ivt.l a a. J 1U effect. Toward the final windun TWthYivon tnonrto on nfA.in. 11. .... luicicomift nine eyi- ode, wMch bears a streak 6f u i-ruoi uiumenui, originality by letting the kettledrum be the sole accompanying medium in the t ... persistent tapping of a single tone (E flatl to the seventeen measures. The soloist now has the last worri i wnu... .-.i victoriously ascending runs brings the majestic work to a fitting close. SHRINERS TO HOLD A FROLIC Tangier Temple Will Hold Session et the Faithful on Twenty-Sixth of May. The Shrlners of Tangier Temple will hold a ceremonial session at sundown. May 36. A business session will be held at i;30 p. m., for the election of candidates. The cere monial will begin at 7:S0 in the evening. The Shrlners are preparing to send a delegation to the national gathering in Rochester, N. Y., July 11 to 14. In a dainty brochure announcing the lnl. tlatlon of May 2 are Inscribed verses of graceful Arabic rythm, written by Nathan Bernstein, a member of the frollcksome order and an instructor In the Omaha High school. The Key to the Situation Bee Want Ads. REV. ALEXANDER C0RKEY WRITES ANOTHER BOOK Comes to Omaha to Arrange (or Its Publication tn the Fall of This Year. Rev. Alexander Corkcy of Wayne, Neb., the author of The Victory of Allan Rut ledge, was in Omaha Friday making final arrangements with Henry F. 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Don't ask how we make it, for that Is our secret. The recipe is priceless. But enjoy it enjoy it to the full. It's hearty and cheap and delicious. Every time that you serve it you'll be glad that we make it. And, however much you serve, there will never be any left over. Tell your grocer now before you forget it to send the first supply. Then note how often you serve it dish you never had before. Van Camp Packing Company Indianapolis, Ind. It't Dinner nd It't Ready AUTAL!ENN Van Camp's Spaghetti kalian StyU Al Ererr Crsosry Reasy rastij 10 end l$c per can Aiy During one year from date of joining "club" "3 new rolls each day" as explained below. -1 t..l " MFDt'f .tOTf rT. I will Y. . A n . llir.ll. lliat jryum Till! HOT fl , - 0 rolls a year. 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