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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1922)
I ) THE BEE : OMAHA. SUNDAY. JUNE 4, 192. 0 n -MUSI CI By JEAN P. DUFFIELD. YOUTH FIX imprtftioni art the uiot lilting. Th Ulri Me hcr, the leason we lcaro, the hooks we r4d, lh tone we trig leave their Imprint more clearly in the early yeari than do those svhicli follow later, ami of tome the mark is made so deep that the finger of time can never entirely crate it. In particular our sonjjs remain in thif memory, for we king them not once hut many timet and the oft re . peatej burdrn become fatfiieil in our youthful minds with a grip that tletiei time, condition or varying for. tunri. The writer of these I inn, well re members receiving long ago the gift of a certain wonderful itory book; story book all filled with mar velous talcs, poetry and picture. And among these was a sour, words and melody with the notes printed on a tingle italT and the whole il lustrated with a picture of the robin whose deeds the poem celebrated and a small boy who. like Siegfried in the Wagnerian mtiic drama, must have tasted of the dragon' blood, for he had power to understand the meaning of the avian song. The present musical editor of The Bee remenibtrs being taught the little piece, words and simple tune, by his father, and now after many years they are as fresh and clear in his mind as on the day when first he learned them at his father's knee; not one word obliterated, nor one detail lackinor. How necessary it is, in consideration of these facts, that our young people should be taught the best things in music; music which is lofty in concep.t or em body some fine felicity of expres sion and is worthy of the per ' manency it thus inherits. And how gratifying it is to find that in some instances at least, this is exactly what is happening. Now we found this very condi tion obtaining at the Central High school last week, when the Glee clubs of the senior class united in their annual concert, under the di rection of Carol M. Pitts. Be reas sured, kind reader, you are not to be regaled with a report of the ex act amount of dynamic energy ex pended on the climax of Gounod's motet, "By Babylon's Wave." nor yet with precise measurements of the breath required fof the exquisite antiphonal opening of Nathaniel Dett's unaccompanied part-song, "Listen to the Lambs." You are not to be informed regarding mathematical accuracy of attack, nor do we bring any stop-watch , refer endum relative to the sounding of final consonants, though any or all of these subjects would readily stand critical investigation. More to the point is the fact that each song on the program had perfectly good and valid reason for being there, through some attribute of platntiveness, or humor, : or melodic, rhythmic or dramatic in terest; that each number was thor oughly learned and sung from memory: that there was not only technical correctness, but likewise due consideration of the emotional content of poetry and music. The boys were heard in separate num bers; likewise the girl,., and one, of the sopranos contributed two solo numbers in excellent vocal style and with understanding of their signifi cance. Now these young people have been enriched by these experiences. They have acquired access to a wealth which will always be avail able in the years to come. They have come into intimate touch with the workings of master minds to the great advantage of their own and they possess possibilities for psychological pleasures not dreamed Composer Has Part in School Forum Program of in the philosophy of their asso ciate. Theirs, too, the power to measure a composition or a per formance by their standards and ap praise its worth much more ac curately than they would have been able to do without this study and experience. We enjoyed this musical evening at our local high school and believe that the work being done there is effectively spreading the love and appreciation of good music. And we should like to see a larger percentage of the young people who .spend these impressionable years in such institutions avail themselves of the opportunities there offered and thus come in closer contact with the fascinating art of music. Musical Note. A number of Johanna Anderson's voice pupils sans in an Informal re cital Klveir at her studio last Thurs day evening. The following took part: Clarence Allyn, Melvin Ken nedy, Emford Swanson, 'Myrtle An derson, Beulah Brauner, Dorothea Llnsell, Kose McDermott arid Mabel Morrow. A second gipup will sing the last of June. This program will be given by Al bert Sand, asaisted by Miss Dorothy Stelnbaugh, soprano, Tuesday eve ning, June 6, at 8, in Kountze Me morial Lutheran church: Prelude from "Sonata No. III." C Minor uunmani "Menuet" , BeetflSTen Folk Sons Orfeg "Adoration" .'. Borowakl "Com Uiit Him" From "Meaalah" ; Handel "Sheep and Lambs" Homer MIbh etelnbausta "Ohant d Bonheur" Lemara "Will O the Wlep" Nevln "Legend of the Desert" Stoughton "La Tabatlere a Mualque" Lladow The Loet Chord" (by requeat) ..Sullivan "To a Wild Roaa" ..' MacDowell "Deserted" MacDowell "Laaaie O' Mine" (by requeat) Walt 'A Spirit flower"' Campbell Tipton Mies Stslnbaush "Rameeeo II" STram -Bsyptan Htr' Stoughton No admission charged. A silver offering will be taken to defray ex penses. A piano recital will be given by pupils of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Berry man Monday evening, June 5, at the, Schmoller & Mueller auditorium. The public is4 cordially invited. The following will take part: Corinne Potter, Paul Havens, Frederick Dunn, Justin Wolf, Louise De Groodt, Adele Wilinsky, LaVerne Manley, Jacoblna Nelson, Edna Helnbaugh, Bess Sturrock, Grace ftihiili'rt fanoaia . . "Aratiiia" ... "IilifromptU Capi-H-n" "NaMiarh Ballade" . "Valaa de rnri" .... "Hameoii and I'rlllah" "liiiMroint'iu Hoot, Kaiharyn Jnd. Mary Wood.) land, fclale flak. Lois Jor(enn, I Klliaheth Clark. Florence May, Ada- Una Urador, Jean Laverty. Cora Uv erty. Kugrnla Halm, Lois Knar. Knther'n) ltnlman. A Ilea lilnal.urg. LU Jtnbinaon, Meter rUoshiirg, Vivian Wrenn. Curst Korman. I.vnn Khdlaa. Helen Fsneousl. It ill h Wilin sky, J'hyllls lhnir. Edna Carnal ana siargrt v in nor. On Thursday evening-, June . at (ha nurree-.aah auditorium. Mian DrLone will prent Ml Tlielmu Hkeen. The public Is cordially In vited to hear the following protrrem: Trn-ea Prfcuaay IMerne Pnenlta , . . Haalmatta Arr by Hnf . . ,8ohui kr itlnrreaut i'harelrlaqua) (a) "Will o- the Wlap" llalmana lb) "Muala Il.'" I'o.nitl (it "Ktud four la Slain Uaw he Turron ld "l.a h"uree"' abl ( " l a Ultaita HaaKlmatia If) tn dra Hypha ijoiWruld Conrerto "Choral et Variations" . ,Vli1r lOrrh'stral parta on the piano by 1 im rl.on. I Ma Luaiearton will give a recital at the Rrhmoller & Mueller audi torium Thursday evening, June s. She will be wwlstM by Mabel Kd warda Price, pupil of Lena Kiln worth Pale. Vernon C Bennett at the piano and her mstnr, Dorothy Lustgarten, pupil of Emily Clove. Ncttye 8. Witt will present 10 of her pupils In n piano recital at the Bchmoller A Mueller auditorium on Wednesday evening, June 7, at 8. On Tuesday afternoon, at Du chesne college, piano pupils of Mlxs Loretta DcLone were presented In recital program. Those taking part were the Mimes Dorothy McKnlcht, Klecta Hill. Murllla Sullivan. Grace King. Anna Erhart. Jeanette Mc- Kinney and Gloria Dwornk. School Forum Concert, Tli Omaha Krhnnl Knrllin hag fn,nnlAteH arrAnrenientfl for the concert to be given at the Brandels theater Thursdav evening. Juno 8, at 8:80. Among the outstanding fea tures of the program will be the se lections played by Stanley Jan Le tovsky, whose technique is said to remind one of a Godowsky or a Kriedmann. The Kountze Memorial quartet,' which Includes Myrtle Fran ces Wyntt, Harrlette Clark Helgren, Justin Helgren and Gus Swaneon, will sing. A number of box parties have been arranged: Dundee school, 2$; Bancroft, 10: Kellom, 19; Columbian, 10. The proceeds of the concert will help pay the expenses of eight delegates from the Omaha rAFnm (ha Katlnnnl Educational association convention In Boston in July. Tickets may be obtained at any school or from the committee In charge: Jessie Pierson Mitchell, Columbian; Catherine Carrlck, Mon mouth Park; Mabel Henrickson, Mil ler Park; Sarah Persson, West Side; Mrs. Otley Campbell, Franklin; Ber nlce McLeod, BenBon High; Gay nelle Faye, Dundee: Florence Rey nolds. Miller Park: Elizabeth Hutch ison, Dundee, chairman. Claire Adams Winning Honors Educational Research Into Films Commonwealth Fund of New York Appropriates $10,000 for Educators to Study Possibilities of Pictures in Schools Dr. Frank N. Freeman of University of Chicago Heads Investigating Committee. Dashing Hcbc Led Hoys Over Desert Her sweet personality and artistic repression in the big moments of photoplays have been the means of Miss Ctaire Adams climbing to star dom in the movies. As "Nan Bennett," who must sac rifice her love for the man who U torn between duty and love for her In "The Gray Dawn," at the Moon theater this week, the star adds popu larity to her fame. Pictures Are Not What They Used to Be, Says Veteran Dick Barthelmess Selects Beauty for New Role While Richard Barthelmess de clares that beauty is not the only requisite for a motion picture ac tress, he admits that it is .not a dis advantage. This is apparent in his selection of Pauline Oaron, the cele brated little beautv who is to be his leading lady in "Sonny," which fol lows The Seventh Day, in wnicn Mr. Barthelmess is being starred at the Strand theater this week. Miss Garon created the leading feminine part in George Hobart's play when it' was presented on Kroadway last winter. Her work in that role attracted so much attention that she has since appeared as lead ing lady in two photoplays. Ramon Samaniegos, promising young actor in Rex Ingram produc tions, will henceforth be knowji as Ramon Novarro. He is Spanish and by some regarded as a potential rival in personality charm to Ro dolph Valentino. Talmadge Week FOUR DATS ONLY DAILY 11 A. M. TO 11 P. M. Today, Tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday- Norma Talmadge Assisted By Eugene O'Brien In a Brilliant Revival of a Great Success "The Safety Curtain " THURSDAY FRIDAY-SATURDAY CONSTANCE TALMADGE HARRISON FORD AND WANDA HAWLEY In a Lively Parade of Lingerie and Laughter a n r c?ii. 0. L 99 A graphic illustration of progress in picture methods was given by Robert Cain, now playing a "heavy" role in George Melford's production of "Burning Sands." He made his first picture appearance in 1910. with King Baggot and Mary Pickford, in that order of importance, at that time. The 'script called for exterior scenes around Sing Swig prison, which is only a couple of hours' drive from New York City, where the company was working. The managers of the company debated long and seriously and decided that the expense of sending a company of three actors and staff to Sing Sing would be too great; so they crossed the river and took the scenes at the Hackejisack county jaill Last week Mr. Cain returned with the George Melford company from Oxnard, Cat., where as many as 400 people were encamped for two weeks, with 100 horses and camels and a complete military equipment, with everything necessary for com fort and sanitation. This prodigi ous undertaking was necessary to screen with the proper desert atmo sphere the production of "Burnvig Sands," in which Wanda Hawley and Milton Sills are featured. Stage Calls Her Betty Blythe, who plays the title role in Rex Beach's "Fair Lady," has been booked for appearance in person at motion picture theaters playing the film. Her dates now ex tend solidly to next July, and cover the eastern part of the country. Wesley Barry, diminutive star of Marshall Neilan productions, is now in the south on his personal appear ance tour through the principal cities of the nation. He will return to Hollywood in about two weeks. Chicago. Ten thousand dollars is to be spent in the next I J months in an effort to determine just what val ue. the motion picture has in the edu cation of children. It is claniide that the most extrav agant promises have been made by rnthii.'iasts for this means of impart ing information to young while de tractor have classed the tilms a practically va!ueles. Where the truth lies between these extremes, Dr. , Frank N. Freeman of the University 01 i nicago win enoravor to icarn. Dr. Freeman, professor of educa tional philosophy and connected with the school of education of the University of Chicago, has been granted $10,000 by the common wealth fund of New York, an endow ment formed for research work in various lines. Various sums are granted upon application, and after investigation discloses .the .worth of the object sought, and are for a period of one year. At the expira- 1 tion of that time a report must be m.vle one the results attained. "There seem to be two general problems presented for solution," said Dr. Freeman. "One is to determine what can best be taught by moving pictures and to devise means of en larging this field and the second is t find ways of improving the pic tures themselves. Pictures for Study. "Visual education, at present, is not systematized. The situation reminds of an enthusiastic friend who went to Mexico to take pictures. He shot everything in sight atid then when he got back it took a geographer to cut and paste and get an understandable story out of the films. "Motion pictures will not spread over the whole curriculum, but will be incorporated as a part of the school work. What is best to show is a matter for much study. Some subjects, of course, lend themselves very readily to the film, as the hatch ing of salmon and orange culture. Pictures of the various stages in these industries are, I think, readily understood by the children. 'Get ting vicarious experence,' cyie man called it. "Valuable results are obtained in the presentation of objects which the child never has seen. If, for in stance, the child never had seen a ship or a picture of one, a film of a vessel moving over the water would convey more meaning than oral in formation." Films Too Long. Experimental work now is going on in the University of Chicago, at the University of Illinois and in at least two cities where there are large school systems. Pictures are being taken, shown to the pupils and the results observed. One test is to determine whether it is possible by motion pictures to show the child the proper way to sit while writing, another will be on proper use of tools, the pictures beijig made in the school shops. IDue to the lack of precise infor mation on the film in the educa tional field," said Dr. Freeman, "films sometimes are much too long. Again, they are too short. How much 'film' a child can 'ab sorb' is a matter for experiment. There is a grievous lark of system, too, in the nutter of captions. I liaxe seen films that were more than 60 per cent captions. Is this the hct length, or should thrv be much shorter, or should there be no captions at all, :vid surh niatier left to oral exposition after the manner of the illustrated lecture? "I am of the opinion that the film is not so far superior to other meth ods as to be substituted in a whole sale way, but that it has its definite field and is excellently adapted to certain things seems beyond doubt" Chic Mary Thurman to Give Up Movies for Vaudeville TUB nrsij r haiipv SANATORIUM Lincoln, Neb. This institution Is the only one ;in the rentrul west with separata buildings situated in their ow.i grounds, yet entirely ditinrt, and rendering it possible to rlnssify eases. The one building being fit ted for and devoted to the treat ment of noncontagious and notimen tal diseases, no others being admit ted; the other Hest Cottage beinir designed for and dt-voted to thu exclusive treatment of select mental rases requiring for a time watchful care and special nursing. No heights are too clizy for a Mack Sennett bathing beauty to climb. Miss Mary Thurman, who began her motion picture career as a member of the famous bevy who mind the injunction "not to go near the water," has proved this bv an nouncing she will enter vaudrville. Not that Mary intends to forsake the silver sheet. Far from it. She is at present leading lady for Rich ard Barthelmess in "The Bond Boy," his latest starring vehicle. But in between times she is rehearsing a one-act skit which will be produced by the Keith interests. Besides her bathing beauty fame, Miss Thurman has a notable mo tion picture career, some of her tri umphs having been with William S. Hart ui "Sand," and a number of Allan Dwan productions, including "In the Heart of a Fool." "The Sin of Martha Quecd" and "The Scoffer.'' Bee Want Ads Are Best Business Boosters. Tundering hoofs and alkali! A beautiful girl! All that was Bcbe Daniels leading a sang of cowboys through a musty desert in southwestern Arizona dur ing the filming of "North of the Rio Grande," which is at the Strand thea ter this week. And they say Bebe was some equine master! The itory is adventuresome and thrilling, 'tis said. Surprising the most sceptical, Phyllis Haver, the beautiful and talented comedienne of the Mark Bennett forces, in her firj.t real if fi! t to entertain from the speaking M.ii;e, created a decided hit in a lit tle playlet written by W'illard Mack for Hen Turpin, Kathryn McGuirc and herself and put on at a Los An p:eles theater. HIPPODROME CAFE 1816 -DOUGLAS -1816 SPECIAL TABLE D'HOTE SUNDAY DINNER 75c "BEST IN TOWN" Hamilton Theater Hf . Hamlltoa Suaday, Monday, Tuesday JACKIE COOGAN to "MY BOY" BatMnug Sand Point Beach Completely Remodeled and Improved "Tasty" Refreshments Take Carter Lake Cars Bus Service Telephone Webster 6414 4 1 LUKEVIEW PARK "Spreading Joy to Thousands" A SCORE OR MORE ATTRACTIONS JACK RABBIT COASTER OLD MILL ROLLER RINK FERRIS WHEEL BOWLING BOATING CARRY-US-ALL AND THE LARGEST UNOBSTRUCTED DANCE PALACE IN TWO STATES Today 3 to 5:30 DANCING ! Tonight 8 to 11:45 LEONARD JACOBS ORCHESTRA One Night Only, Thuriday, June 8th Hawaiian Dancing Carnival Special Favors for the Ladies QCP The Uteit Hawaiian Dances. MbL Omaha's Best Known Artists. No Amuaament Enterpriae Can Offer You Mere Fun for Your Money Thaa Omaha's Favorite Playground A.H.Blank ok dtncitt$ flam of Paris TO JLX a Mar. v m m 1 IT i rpr incoaoroKOSion as11arleuin:i5r of thsWhres Mahlon Hamilton, It as???? Ay ITP1F f Sraancd mm Hany Brader xmc he STrtphoPlapers Barney CMara Irish Baritone JiiKusKJbhTison Pemier Organist Before the Baces Hotel Fontenelle After the Races Hotel Fontenelle From Tia Juana, Havana and Louisville to Omaha and Hotel Fontenelle Today The special Sun day program at Tho Fontenelle Includes a Sunday luncheon (ample enough for a sub stantial dinner), erved in the Main Restaurant from 12 to 2:30 at $1.50 per cover; a won derful Sunday evening dinner erved in the Main Restaurant from 6 to S at two dollars per cover, and a much patronized special Sunday dinner served in the pop ular Indian Room from noon to 8:30 p. m. at $1.50 per cover. M"OW and for the next two weeks those who follow the fortunes of the turf either for profit or for pleasure will come from near and far to wit ness the great Ak-Sar-Ben Running Races, and, incidentally, to stop at The Fontenelle. Before and after the races, they will be found taking luncheon or dinner in the popular Fontenelle Restaurants or chatting the lan guage of the turf in the spacious Fontenelle lobbies. Here is the ideal headquarters of those who love the "sport of kings." Have you heard Gus Edwards and his SEVEN SMOOTH SYNCOPATORS 9 Entertaining for luncheon and din ner in the Main Kestaurant and each evening on the Mezzanine Floor. Hotel FToktenelle 350 Rooms 350 Baths $3 to $5 a Day j rair or our oiocRings