THU UKK: OMAHA. SUNDAY. ULTUBKK 23, Wil.
MUSIC
By HENRIETTA M. It EES
WIIF.N the weekly copy oi the
Musical Courier came recent
ly, the front page greeted ut
with tht face of well loved friend
and former Omahan, Mr. Thomat
J Kelly. Mr. Kelly left Omaha
ftw yean ago after many yeara of
residence in thii city, and what waa
Omaha't lott waa Cincinnati's gain,
for in that city Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
wave ben member of the faculty of
the large conservatory there.
During the yean of Mr. Kelly't
life in Omaha he alwaya took a lead
ing part in musirsl affairs. At the
time of the Tranunisstppi Exposition
Mr. Kelly directed a Urge ctiorua in
connection with the concerta by
the Theodore Thorn aa orchestra.
He waa later in charge of all the
imiiic at the Exposition.
For many yeara Mr. Kelly played
organ and directed the choir in
prominent churchea here, later giving
up the organ to devote himself more
thoroughly to vocal muiic, in
which he and Mrs. Kelly were es
pecially interested. For many years
Mrs. Kelly held an enviable poit
tion as a aoprano in this city, and
their frequent lecture recital, and
folic aong recitals, or other joint re
citals were events full of musical im
portance. Dut perhaps the greatest of all
Mr. Kelly's achicvementa in Omaha
was the Mendelssohn choir. This
body of lingers Mr. Kelly organized
and directed for several years, dur
ing which time annual spring con
certa were given with the Chicago
Symphony orchestra, Frederick
Stock conductor. The Omaha Me
delssohn choir was fonuded upon
similar lines to that of the Mendel
ssohn choir of Toronto under Di
rector Vogt. Mr. Kelly's ideal o'
choral music were high, and the
ideals cf hit choir accordingly. For
the members it was a genuine course
in musical appreciation, and the im
petus of Mr. Kelly's work and en
thugiasm is still felt in many of the
musical activities of Omaha of the
present day. ; , i J
The Omaha Mendelssohn choir
was spoken of in glowing terms by
Mr. Stock and his men, and its repu
tation as a choral body spread far
beyond the limits of our city. - Ar
cher Gibson, the organist from New
York was present at one of the con
certs, and after it was ' over he
Bought, Mr. Kelly and after con
gratulating him said, "Why do you
bother to have the words printed on
the programs when your choir sing?'
so distinctly that one. can under
stand them?" ' - ' . . v ,
The . Omaha . Mendelssohn choir
had a succession ot musical triumphs
to its credit during the course of its
career. When Mr. Kelly left Omahi
for Chicago, the Mendelssohn choir
disbanded. But although the Omaha
Mendelssohn choir is no more,' Mr
Kelly has gone on to other, successes
in the. musical field, as the following
article from the Musical Courier will
testify.
Thomas James Kelly, whose por
trait appears on the front cover of
this week's Issue of the Musical
Courier, Is probably one of the most
actively industrious men In the mu
sical world of today. ,
In his Important 'position . as artist-teacher
In the voice department
of the Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music he is kept busy with a large
a clientele of students as it Is pos
sible for him to teach, and even
with the eo-operntlon of Mrs. Kelly
in his teaching he is obliged , this
season to have several assistants.
Mr. Kelly Is so well known through
the country by means of his numer
ous articles of interest to the singer
as well as by his many pupils scat
tered ;' everywhere, that mention of
his work as a voice teacher here is
unnecessary. He was one of the
first men In the last score of years
to write . and work, for a better
knowledge of English diction, and in
this line alone he has made a na
tional reputation. In addition to
this Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have mdae
hosts .of friends by their highly ar
tistic programs embracing the best
in song literature in Emrlish,
French, German and Italian. Their
programs have always' been highly
spoken of by press and public alike,
for their unusual and well-thought-out
construction; many a rare old
song has been brought to light and
many a new composer has been ex
ploited on these choice specimens of
the Art of Program making.', "
Recitals- of folk songs with a run
ning "causerle" were Introduced by
the Kellys In the days when singers
were Just beginning to see the great
value of this form of music litera
ture and expression. -.
In addition to all this activity,
which would be enough to satisfy
the ordinary person . in professional
life, Mr. Kelly has found time to
produce what might be termed ' a
sensation by his appearances with
the Cincinnati Symphony orchasera
as interpreter, for the Toung Peo
ple's Concerts In the regular concert
season. The remarkably vital way
in which Mr. Kelly can get hold of
a large audience of children and
hold them .interested, and even entranced,-
in the music they are about
to listen to is little short ot marvel
ous, ' He has a characteristic way
of getting the youngsters to sing a
few notes, and then by clever ma
nipulation develop it through them
until tt becomes the principal
theme of a movement from-a' Bee
thoven symphony, or he will sit
down at a baby grand piano on the
stage and play a flve-flnger exercise
just as young beginners do, and then
gradually develop it Into the Largo
from Dvorak's "New World" sym
phony, which the children will then
sing with the assistance of the Eng
lish horn. He has developed a per
sonal contact between the children
and the men In the orchestra which
will bear much fruit in years to
come. .So successful -has this work
Former Omahan Gains
Fame in Cincinnati
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W i
Thomas J. Kelly.
been that every house is sold out
long before the concert, and last
season the adults were requested to
stay away: this brought about re
quests for a series of Young 1'eople's
concerts xor urownups. .
Mr. Kelly, has also lectured every
fortnight for .the very important
Woman City club, one of Clncln
natl's greatest organizations,-on the
subject of ."Symphonic Muslo Pro
grams," and this year the club has
asked Mr. Kelly to give a course
and choose- his own subjects. These
lectures have been ' regularly at
tended 1 by the most prominent
women In . Cincinnati. Mrs. f enton
Lawson is the president of the club.
Mr. Kelly has also written the
"program notes" for the symphony
concerts.
Anyone who has heard , Mr. - and
Mrs. Kelly's artistic recitals can have
no doubt of tho former's power of
interpretation, as that is one of- his
very strongest points, mis interpre
tations have always been noted by
critics, and as he is a constant. stu
dent of languages he has contributed
many valuable translations of for
eign texts to composers,' fellow
artists and magazines. . ,
It is safe to say that never have
a couple of musicians come to Cin
cinnati to take up their abode who
have made so large a circle of ad
miring friends or who have received
such tributes from the press and
public. Their song recitals and lec
ture recitals have been much in de
mand. ' .
Ttprtha Ba.nr. the directress of the
famous Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music, spoke to the writer recently
of the work of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
as teachers of singing in her great
institution in the highest terms . of
praise and satisfaction.
A Uter issue nt the same magazine
speaks of the work Mr. and Mrs.
Kelly did during July while summer
ing at the Harbor Beach club on
Lake Huron. . Every day they spent
working on material for lecture re
state - in wnirh manv nrominent
musical educators in the east arc
interested. During1 the summer Mr.
anrl Un . Tvollv WOT 0niPSt of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Ford on their love
ly ocean-going yacht Malta, ana in
deference to Mr. Ford's ancestry,
cravA an informal nmoram fit pen-
tine Irish folk-song on board.
It was '' a ,- scholarly and well-
planned lecture which Professor
Jacob Singer of the chair of musi
cal history at tne university 01 me-
kraelrn nrcntpri hfnr. the ; Fort
night Musical club and its friends
at the tfurgess-JMasn auaitonum
Tuesday afternoon. Professor
Singer spoke on. the "Development
of Americap : Music." ' He opened
the lecture with a resume ot the
hictiM-w; n( mueir itself tnuehinur
briefly upon the work of the early
Dutch masters, and the shifting of
the center of musical activity from
there to Italy, and then onward and
its general spread to the present day.
Professor Singer says that the
future of music in America is excep
tionally bright, for. many of the big-
ct nersztnalitics in the field of
music' of the present day are coming
to our shores, not oniy to 1111 men
purses, but to gain the musical up
lift that is to be found in xlife in
this country, v Professor Singer dis
cussed music by centuries, speaking
upon American music ne spoice 01
manv nf the earlier comoosers like
Lowell Mason and others who won
recognition from their . contempor
aries. '
Speaking of MacDowell, rroiessor
Clnnnv ciiA that his was a command-
UlllgVI 0I. " ..... '
ing position in the historoy ; of
American music ne tonowea many
European standards, but he had a
r.a r( inHivirlnalitv which ex
pressed the . influence of -America
through it. tie also reiiecteo nis
Scotch ancestry in his work. ' One
nf the first tn use Indian- melodies
was Arthur Farwell, and these have
nAiiiLTon
40th and
Hamilton
Today and Monday
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; Beginning Sunday, November 6th
STRAND THEATER
now become popular with many
prrtent 'day composers. ,
According to Professor Singer,
negro melodies did not originate
with tht black man, but he was the
best exponent of them. Stephen
Foster and others of hia day wrote
many of the simple melodies which
were taken up and adapted by the
colored people. He spoke of the
work of H. T. Burleigh, the negro
composer, and of the important
place the negro spiritual has also
found as inspiration for American
composition.
Professor Singer spoke of Leo
Ornstein and Ernest Bloch ss the
two outstanding figures of the pres
ent day.
MunIchI Note.
Miss Adelyn Wtod has taken a
studio in the Darker block, room
102, where she will be Tuesdays and
Fridays, all day, and Saturdays un
til I: NT p. m. t
Mls nianche Borenson has re
sumed the teaching of voice and
public achool ninslo at her residence
studio, 3132 Harney street, and
room II, Arlington block.
Thurlow Lleurance of Lincoln,
known to many as the composer of
the Indian love song, "By the Waters
of Mlnnetonka," gave hia lecture on
Indian muslo before the convention
of Victor dealers held In - Omaha
Tuesday. . Mr. Lleurance was as
sisted by his wife, who sings many
of his songs based upon these In
dian melodies in costume, and Mr.
Oeorgo B. Tack, the flutist. Mr.
Lleurance collected many of his
melodies on phonograph rolls, dur
ing the years he lived among the
Indians, and many Interesting and
unusuul experiences . were re
counted.' The City Concert club is making
plans for a genuine music week for
Omuha November 20-27. Plana for
special musio on Thanksgiving will
btt made, A luncheon, of the City
Concert club and the music com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
011 Thursday, October 27.
.Ben Stanley announces the second
organ recital ' in Trinity cathedral
at 4:30 Sunday afternoon, to be
given by Miss Edna Sheets and Miss
Rita McVeigh, assisted by Mrs.
Steinberg, the contralto of the ca
thedral. Miss Sheets will play the
andante from the Fifth Symphony,
Beethoven, Prelude and - Fugue in
C Major; Mendelssohn Cantallna in
D, Matthews, and Easter March by
Merkel. Miss McVeigh will . play
Offertory In A Major Batiste, : and
Andante con moto Loiye.
Florence Basler Palmer an
nounces a second public recital
of the Free Universal Song class at
Mlckel's muslo rooms on Wednesday
evening at 7:80 o'clock. All those
interested. in the work are cordially
invited.
Chaplin's Fame World-Wide
Slapstick Comedian of the Bamboo Cane and Gun
Boat Shoes Knocks' 'Em Dead for Popularity
. From Igloo Land in Alaska to Tropic of
Cancer.
Sylvia Breamer in Lead.
Sylvia Breamer, the young Aus
tralian actress . who appears with
Will Rogers in twp of his pictures,
"Doubling for Romeo" and "A Poor
Relation," which - will soon be re
leased, plays opposite Cullen Landis
in another picture, "The Man With
Two Mothers."
Who it the world's most famoui
man?
No; that question doesn't appear
in the celebrated Edison question
naire. Answers would probably include
about 20 names, such as Lloyd
George, Woddrow WiUon, Edison,
Ford. Marconi, Pershing and Clem
enceau. An international questionnaire,
however, would place the name f
Charles Chaplin at the top of the
list.
This statement is not an idle
loast; it can be proved. For Char
lie's name is a household word in
sections of the globe where none
of the others has been heard of. In
fact, if the comedian were running
for any international office it's a
tile bet that he would win without
any difficulty.
Not only is he the best known
man, but he is also the most popular
one, reports show. A few instances
will serve- to dispel any doubt that
the reader might possess as to that
statement.
- Eskimos Like Him.
In the icebound igloos of the Es
kimos, who are not interested in the
political activities of the great Lloyd
George, the name of Charles Chap
lin is magic. The achievements of
Edison, the electrical wizard, are i
myth to the bushmcn of Australia
and the natives of Zanzibar, but the
world's champion funny man is 4
real living being to them.
As an illustration of how wide
spread is the popularity of Chaplin,
Robert Brunston, noted producer of
Los Angeles, says: -
"When a Chaplin picture is shown
at Nome, Alaska, the news soon
spreads among the Eskimos, and the
fathers and mothers, with their chil
dren and papooses, come into town
(rom all over the ice.
"They cheerfully pay the admis
sion price, but for some unknown
superstitious reason they refuse to
enter the theater. .They insist on
standing af the theater entrance to
watch the performance. :
And Spain.
"Neither children nor parents ever
crack a smile during the showing of
the film, but view it with solemn
visages. They do their laughing and
grinning after the film is finished,
upending about 10 minutes laughing
l eartily and slapping each other on
the back after everyone else has fin
ished his merriment.
"The Eskimo children do not care
lo see anyone but Chaplin. They only
tut in an appearance when Chaplin
ricture is shown,"
More evidence of Charlie's pop
ularity comes from far-off Spam
with the news that no bull fight there
is complete without an imitator of
Charlie,
Down in the South Sea Itlamtt
group of natives who for centuries
have been worshiping the sun, the
moon ami various other gods of theii
own making, have adopted a new
uoi. j 1 is mapim.
And ask the half billion . Inhabi.
tants of China who thev like but
The answer will be Chanlin. for
whenever he appears In the cinema
tncaters over there it is an assurance
that the houses will be oacked in
definitely. Chaplin's impersonator!
are legion, tncy enhance all colon
and creeds ana not the least spec
tabular of them is a full-blooded Au
stralian aborigine who dons baggy
trousers and battered derby and oer-
forms for the benefit of the shearers
in Bourke, a far-flung outpost of
New South Wales, Australia. His
reward for an evening's entertain
ment is a twist of tobacco and an
occasional six-pence.
It took Chaplin just 22 weeks to
make "The Idle Class." on which he
expended more time and effort than
are required to make three feature
productions of dramatic character
He in seen in a dual role that of
? tramp and a dud. In many of
he scenes he plays it "straight"
with the exception of his mustache.
Can Always Find Work.
Bob Vignola, at present directing
Marion Davies, who at one time was
Pauline Frederick's ' director, says
Miss Frederick is the finest barbecue
chef he ever met Miss Frederick
cooked dinner for Mr. Vignola and
Miss Davies recently at her ranch
m Beverly Hills. She cooked every,
thing over a pit fire out of doors-
steaks, candied sweet potatoes, corn,
beans and coffee, and early in the
morning made some layer cakes and
ice cream.
Looks Like Robinson Cruso.
Eugene Palette, who played one
of the three musketeers in the
Douglas Fairbanks production, has
a rough going part in Pauline Fred
erick's production "Judith of Blue
Lake Ranch, now being filmed in
California. After signing his con
tract, the director said, "Don't shave
until the picture is finished which
is why the well known actor has
been going about looking like a
bandit.
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BACKGROUNDS. THE ACTING, THE '
HUMOR-DLCND5 fNTV AS
'PWCfiVL AND PED'BLOODED
PRODUCED .
Special Comedy Feature,
The National Joy Pup and
DADY PEGGY
2Vz yean old and a star, in
Painting Career
Helps Director
In Movie Studio
Training as an illustrator, creator
of pastellrd beauty and decorative ef
fects is one of the Liggett boosts
motion picture director can have in
undertaking his work, according to
Pnirhyn Stanlawt, whose beautiful
covers and illustrations have adorned
Metropolitan, Saturday Evening I'oit
and other leading publications and
who has rrrently completed the pro
duction of "The Law and the Wom
an," starring lictty Compon,
Decaue of his artistic training, Mr.
Stanlaws was unable to give the
screen many new and novid effects
in "At the end of the world," hit lat
picture, , which stamped I'enrhyn
Manlawt at one of the real director
ial discoveries of the pstt few years.
Producing pictures is not unlike
creating an illustration, the noted
artist points out,
"In working on an illustration the
artist hat to visualize the completed
drawing, pose his models as if they
were statues and depend on what
might I called 'still life' though it It
difficult to keep a life model very
still," tays Mr. StanUwt, "while in
pictures the director vkualires the
finished work 'in the tame manner,
but instead of creating the action by
lines, he directs the action of the live
models along the lines that brings
about the tame result of hit brain
picture
Models Interested.
"The handling of light effects in
motion pictures is a great improve
ment over the lighting of an artist's
ttudio but the basic principles are the
tame. I find the 'models' of the film
ttudio much more interested in their
work than the models of the artist's
studio and much more interesting.
In making a drawing the artirt has to
pose his model iust so and then use
his imagination for numerous expres
sions and lightings. In the film stu
dio he can explain the action desired
Impretalon of a Film
Star
S preads luntliiue.
H ates heroics.
I-nducrs inspiration.
R adiates roguithnctt,
L-ikrt litrrature,
F.-lutive elf.
Y-outhful yearning.
M-odrst maiden.
A-rdcnt ariitt,
S-ure tuccrs.
Outclasses others.
N aive and nice.
and rely on the playcrt to provide the
desired exprea'iont and to arsnge hit
lights that he does not have to man
ufacture anything that it not vUiblc
in the effect.
"I find my art training a wonder
ful help to me in my motion picture
rf forts," continued Mr. Unlaws,
"and 1 work on a photoplay like any
artist would on a series of continuous
illustrations visualizing each scene
complete before it it lrgjn, and, at
an illustrator duet after reading a
story to be illustrated, carry in my
mind all of the action leading up to
tort of a climax group and then work
out the details that make the carry
ing out of the action as visualized,
successfully."
Novel "Favorite Sport
Motion nicture ttart and directors
all have their own copyrighted ini
door and outdoor sports. Many like
boxing snd yachting not to mention
base ball, wrestling, tennis and golf.
But it remained for Thomas li.
Walsh to spring an entirely new one.
Tom's favorite outdoor sport is kan
garoo hunting on the plains of his
native Australia and he indulges in
is whenever he goes home. Next
to hunting the festive kangaroo,
however, Tom liket picture making
and his recent independent produc
tion, "Shams of Society," it being
hailed by critics as a dramatic triumph.
Decorative Art
Titles Require
Delicate Skill
rrriurini the decorative titles il
the most difficult bit of art work
tchirvrd in the making of a motion
picture, according to Paul Ir-be, art
decorator for Cecil 11, DeMilli, who
recently completed the titles for
"Fool's I'aradike," which his jut
been finithrd.
"We always endeavor to link the
drawing of the title with the written
subject matter. Hut the number of
wordt have to be considered alio.
And, of course, an artist always takes
pride in drawing where the omipnti
lion is excellent, where the varmut
elements are arranged, to get the
test effect. And with title each
individual one presents a different
problem."
Titles of Cecil B. DcMitle pictures
have alwayt been a matter of com
mendation. epccia!lj since responsi
bility for their fashioning was given
Paul Iribe. Iribe for yeara wat one
01 the fashion nutatori 01 fans ana
is internationally renowned for suc
cesses in the field of decoration,
jewel designing and allied arts.'
"Fool's Paradise" is said to allow
rxceptional scope to the imagination,
for it is an extremely colorful tale,
carrying its beholders from ttie Mexi
can border to Siam in a bewildering
sequence of eye-filling, unusual and
beautiful scenes.
"Love Me, Love My Dog.
Doris May is somewhat different
from many of the stars of the screen
in at least one way. Practically
every star owns some sort of a dog
with a pedigree, but the merry little
star who is such an unqualified hit
in her first starring production, "The
Foolish Age," has had four dons
each one a mongrel from the city
pound. She simply can't get used
to the better class of dogdom whilst,
tramp dogs just naturally appeal to
her.
CtlAtlfll MA1A "The Man From Lost River" will also be the
OpGCIal N Ol6MMatttraction at the Muse Theater today (only).
This change made on account of holding: over "Mother O' Mine" at the Sun.
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