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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1922)
TIIK SUNDAY BKL: OMAHA. OCTOBER 2!. 1022. 11-C r) M'U SIC Iy llh.NRIKTTA M. Mb. THE death of Mm. l.'hm-U.- T. KountM ram a a grt hK-k to her many friend tn Omaha. Her loa will h Wt keenly in th mu- icl circle of tha city, where hir cheery presence, her lntret and en thulam have lent a atrong eurour- K'lnent many time when encour agement wa greatly needed. Mr. Kountze hail been comic-ted with tha actlvlfie of tha Tuesday Musical club from tha tlma II win a amall cluh, meeting at private home, until It hna grown to it pre, cut Immense membership. Hhe served lit many office, among them president of tha awiiity, and held an Important place aa chairman of varlnu commit tee. Her homo was alwnya open to mimical affolra mil at her musical tea, those who were Interested In miislo would congregate and find much pleasure and stimulation n tho merry esrhango of idea. Probably no unman In Omaha ha I'ni her name unci auppnrt mure often n a patrnne to tha Innumerable, re cital, concert, opera performance and other musical event which have been heard hero. Nor wan It merely name and support, but there were few mualcal eventa of any Importance where Mra. Kountze did not attend in permn. The big musical event the coming Jtar will probably be crowded, and a larger attendant will coma to many of the amaller affair, through the ateady, but gradual Increase In Inter eat In mu c. Hut there will be muny who attend who will ml Mra. Kountze and her gracious greeting In spits. of the well filled bulla. It la to women like Mra. Kountze that musln and art owe a great deal, und to whom the ateady Increase In In tereat In theae finer arta und the de velopment of a aolld foundation be neath them la largely due. tera of tli; I'nIU-d Htjttee. Her pro- gram: evio for ViilnnclQ flri Mov. man! ut Tonrtrto in Tho Tuesday Mualcal club will open It eann with tieraldlne Farrar at the Auditorium Frldiiy evening, No vember 3, at 8:15 o'clock. Thia I tho beginning of another Interesting srile of concert under tho auspice of thl well-established rlun, nnd also the early part of an nil-season con cert tour for Mis Furnir. In A re cent Interview Mies Fnrrar made Home Importunt comment upon the training of a glil who would go Into grand opera. She think that by the time a young woman I 18 ahe should have begun her serious work, for by that time her mualcal bent will have riecliirrd Itself, nnd ahe will know something about the range nnd pons bllltle of her voice, Mia Fnrrar began when ahe wti 12, and there I at least one fiimoua prima donna who did not do any serious work until ahe waa 30, ao there Is no hard and taut rule about this. Oood tone production depend upon good heulth, according to Ml Fnrrar. and an Important rule for all la never to practice to the point of fatigue. Ml Farrar thinks that the girl .with the avernge voice, backed by moderate Income and moderate am bition, ran not do better tfcan to study In one of the large musical cen- A Minur Goliennarn Mr. .Valine. Ari "Itolwrt l IMaMa", . , .May'i b Mr. Wnl.lon. la I ShimM Ha I'pbrtl4 Wahnp M Hark How ami Vrani " I in pa t n- svbubarl nil Th. rhamnut Traa Schumann (I Tur t'heeka Krthma Mim t-'arrar. la) rhanann da la Toutalnt. . Miaa'it't . . . . faiill.i Toall . . . . .Ooitaid .('hanilna'la Jaml.i Ilahn Itamhtri (!! Cor O ) I'onna. Vorral Mffir. iftt Kinlarqu4-viua ... Mr. Weldnn. I la) ata.lrlfal (hi la I'apiltnn ( l SI Maa .ra (4) Aim Moi Mlaa F'arrar. . Hnlo tr Vlolntliallo: l) A Son of In. lis Hlmaky knriaxnrr ) llunrauan Ithapanlia. . . . ti, I'oi; r Mr. Malkin. f. (a) 8imia My Mmhar Tamht M - Dvorak Kalr Treia Orlfa If) Hn Utauly Dualla Rai'limanlnnff oi I th nwilrup , . , , () Haranada Mlaa Karrar, . (a) Th. ra (b) I'aaamc ny 1r Vt'alitMii. Claurta Clutihnir, Aciampanlat Itui'lnat.in . .11. Xlrauaa . .Maeriiwll l'urcall Many new atura hnvo been engaged for the Metropolitan Opera compuny by Mr, OntlbCasaazzu, who haa re cently returned from Kurope. Among the twenty-one new addi tion to the roater are seven new Ger man singers, six new American sing er or North American, according to the New York Time. Individual ar tists have also been engaged from Hweden, Ituosla, Armenia, ttreece, Italy and Knglnnd. Relnforcementa of the stage management and bullet come likewise from Austria and Czechslo vakla and the end 1 not yet, contin ue the Times. The list Include Ma rie Jerltza, who made such a sensa tion in New York last yeur, and Challnpln, the famous Husslryi basso. Queena Mario, who ha beenieard In Omaha with the Fan Carlo company, la one of the American engaged. Bd ward Johnson, leading tenor of the Chicago Opera who sang for ten year with groat success In Italy and who created the widest Interest In Chica go, will bo beard with the Metro politan. Another Is Edmund Hurke, baritone, formerly in opera at Convent Carden and The Hague. Edmund ISiiikn was heard in Omaha some year ago In company with Madam Melba. K. Kobert Hehinlts!, widely known, lioth In Europe and America as a pioneer In introducing new music to the public, with a group of three other musicians, gave an extremely inter esting all-American program at the Koole Normnle de Muslijiia In I'arls of works by the young contemporary American composers. Among the piano works he chose were: Pt.ce pour piano Leo flow.rby IVujc atuilpa de rythme lia.ma Taylor Pr.luda fa. dlnae niajeur Marlon llau.r Mlraff. Alexandre Htetnert I.' Aeroplane P.ll Hlre.t (extralt do la auile N.w Yorkatae) . . . . , . . . .Km.raon Whtthnrna Hongs, violin and cello work by other American composers were also given. Mr. Schmita I a great believer that all composer who are worthy of pub- Baby Peggy Popular Abroad t t'jaBU'JUL .U.JU '. imuKcmmmm'mimMm mm 'i-iuf j A . . VV " ajsasaajt V"' """ VJ ' i " .,."' V X tr x : i Where ml ii a ut thia cir ami what they are doing The iuiniler of open I air auditorium In Ahu i h an. and 1 where tliey are, Oivlie.tias, thoralj siH-ieliea, operatic enterpriMc und the . mualcnl plsns of ll lee everywhere, all of theft) muke frKl for not on but I netenl rviiituRM of 111u.l1 il reading. IMttli I.. Wuiior.er, tlie (i,ln cone- , spondeiit of the tiiuKiiznii', has an In- 1 terestlng artlclo upon the muU'ul plan In our city. I A aacr'd t om ert w ill I ghen by I the North Hide Christian church choir, tills eeulng at 8 u'rlm-k, tin der the direction of .Mrs. J. Hlanb-y Hill. Among tho numbers will be an anthem by Nelllw Hhorthlll IlrdhaHr, an Omaha composer. Wardrobe Man Has Ileal Grief Property Man Who Chooses Character Costumes Spurns Good Clothes Would Hunt From L. A. to Timbuctoo for Odd Features in Dress. Flaahen from Filmland The Friend of Music announce that owing to the death of Mrs. C T. Kountze, the recital which wa to have been given last WcdncsdiiV by Mi. 1.. F. CrofiHit, was postponed and will be h"ld on Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the residence of Mr. 1, W, Nah, 3&08 Hurt street, Pola Negri Liken Short Skirts and American Men Most people In the motion picture buslnes like new clothe, and tar neer appear In picture In gown they have fortm-ily worn, but there I one man In th" movie who purns good clothe, yet would give his oul almost for old ganiienr. Ha I the character wardrobe man the man who ha t) outllt all the extraa who appear ns atmosphere. Kverylhlng from a bow He to a suit of armor can be found In the char gjter wardrobe room. Koy Diem, who hn charge of the huge character Vaiirdrobe department at the I'ara- S " I'ola Negri, newly arrived In Hol lywood, haa condensed her belief Into a brief credo, "for the benefit of ad miring America." Here it Is: Ulio admire American men and short skirts. Matrimony ha no place In her plan, Hhe ha a "crush" on Gloria Swan son and Viola Panu, lihe think Charlie Chaplin I sim ply wonderful. hhe never expect to let her hair grw long. Kerosene will remove rut from scissor. mount West Coast studio, bus more than in.nnn article of wearing ap parel in the large Mockroom. Jut let a director say that he Aant Nix boy dressed In tin soldier suits, and In n half hour six tin sol diers walk out on "set'' ready to be (.holographed, on a moment' notice the department can outllt 1 53 Hnlva lion Army liissl'-s, HI Turkish women, any number of pennant. Hgyptlan soldier, policemen, rpnvin and so ciety women, to say nothing of cow boy, nurses, soldier of every nation ality and humanity of every country under the sun. The stock of nothing and article In the wardrobe room ia an accumulation of year. The char acter wardrobe man I a miserly fel low, who never let loose of anything, for ho knows that It may room In handy some time. There I one suit of armor, out of the 72 in the, de partment, that i 70 per cent ellvcr, and wa worn several year ago by Ctraldlnc. Farrar In "Joan the Woman." The armor hasn't been used since, but there'll come a time some day. That' the way the ward robe man feel. In the' wardrobe department there I not only covering for the body, but alo for the face. There are 112 dif ferent kinds of moustache and M d flerent kind of beard. With thl outlay there I never any trouble In transforming clean ahaven men Into the greatest group of "reds" Imag inable. I'ollcenien are always iued In the movies, and in order to supply the d' tnaud for poljce clubs the wardrolw 1I1 partmcTtt has a stock of 44 on hand. The following list of article to be found In the character wardrobe de purtment will give some Idea of the problem of dr Involved In cinema making: Armv Inslgnln, 3r.1; lace slock col lars. KM, belts of all descriptions, 3ml' sandals, 3 r.O pair; assorted aanhes, 307' assorted men' collar, 8ti; white c( tton gloves, 'juO pairs; bandana handkerchiefs, $1; baby shoes, 21 pair: rhlldrhn'a dressc, 131; as sorted women' hat, 367; unbonnets, 4!'; cavalry, fencing hint Iloman swords, f).'i; cotton undershirts, 16H; peasant blouses, 140; sull of armor, 1": Chinese sandals, ti pairs: black Colonial shoes, 60 pairs: chamois Turkish shoes, 35 pairs; house slip pers, 27 pairs. A eerie of 4J one reel picture ' ni.i'bi in I'alestine will le distributed by the American ltelrsaing corisirji. thm under the general Idle, "The Voice of the Land," Hvrry place mentioned tit the liible the locution of which I known today bus been photo, graphed In prlzuiit colors, It I ld, th undertaking having been carried through by the ticogiuphic Film com pany of Cincinnati. In ron luuction with the fourth an nual children' tiook week, a motion picture lxok week will m conducted, or fostered at least, by the Nsllonsl Committee for Ili-tPf Film, which hs Issued a list of picture bned on well known sl'-nes for and about ( till ill en, The week I that of Novciiiterf I IJ. Plan have been made to lay nul Mink Hciinett 32 acre of studlu property, a ecinn to m devoted fx cliisively to recreation nd exerclM for Ih player "between" picture. Prominent In the ptati a tnlnlntui golf course. Marshall Nejlan bellee that th future star of the screi n will conil from the American universities. IU Is so thoroughly convinced of thl that ha plans soon to visit various, college throughout tha country fof poible screen talent. Dry silver polish will brighten the braaa bed. All Garments S.nl Us ta Da Dr4 r Cleaned Ars lnaur.4 Aselnat Firs, Thalt net Buiilary Wall la Our Poaaaaaien DREMIER BROTHER Man's two and thres-piaca J CA lulls cteanad nrf praaaad . . . . 'v 2217 Farnam .Hlra.l Talaphnn.al Omaha, AT lanllc 0MS South Side, MA rkat 0O0 Uaby Peggy, youngest acreon star in tho world at 3 year, tell Will Hay, high muck-a muck of the mov ies, about her new fairy tale arle. Peggy I standing in front of the witch' candy house dressed at Circle!, the part she wa playing when Mr. Hay dropped In for a call. Julius Hern, who produce her pic tures, has Just returned on the Ho meric from a threo month' tay in I'uropc, and ha ometh!ng to ay about the comedy ltuatlon there. "I am Impressed the the fnct," he remarks, "that while the Europein Idea of farce would never take In thl country, yet our American com eilles appeal to their sense of humor. 1 refer particularly to Baby Peggy, whose release play to big housea not only In Knglnnd but In France nnd fiermany, where she ha received notice worthy of a dramatic star. They have r.ever seen the humorous possibilities of child thut age depicted In family aceoe of ordinary life, aa well a in fairy and folk tale. lie nttrnlion should be given ,11 public hearing and to this end he haa been Indefatigable in presenting each sea son In his American concert a. group of new wurka. It la largely through this feature of h.'s activity that much of the modern French piano literature has been miuln known to tho Ameri can public. Iut by no means has Mr. fichmltr confined himself to ac quainting that public with only French muHlc. HI programs huvo al ways been extremely catholic and Huh slan, SpnnlKli, lOnglish and American composer as well us other have found a place at hi recitals. Ueforo Mr. Schmltz came to America three years ago he was known in Uurope a one who brought much of the music of Germany, Austria, Englund and other countries into France. Mildred K. Johnson, who is an af flicted .teacher of the Sherwood School of Music, Chicago, gavea pianoforte Monday evening. Miss Johnson Is al so 11 graduate of tho t'tilverslty School of Music ut Lincoln. Among her number was Scherzo, dedicated to Sidney Sllber, her former teacher, and Cracovolenno funlastlque, by Puderewskl. Her program Included other modern pluno novelties. Music Note. I.oulso Shaddock Zubrlskle, I1'. A. (1. o., sub-dean of the Nebraska chap ter, American Guild of Organists, will play the first of a series of organ, re cital at tho First Presbyterian church, Sunday afternoon, November 5, at 4 o'clock. She will bo assisted by Mrs. Verne Miller, contralto, The annual fall Issue of Musical America I at hand. A usual, there Is ao much of Interest in the new from everywhere It is hard to choose any oart aa of special Importance. 1 ,. ,. I) - JKl America's. 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