Hy HENRIETTA M. REES. TdERE is something thrilling ubout the Metropolitan opera house. The groat silk curtain that hangs before the huge stage Is thrilling in its size, its grace and Its luster. It seems to promise lavish ness before it sweeps majestically aside to show it. Lavishness of stage setting, of costumes and of the vocal riches of (he world. After looking at its heavy sumptuous folds for a few preliminary moments, one is pre pared to look upon that which fol lows with an idealizing eye. The gor geous dull gold curtain has tricked the onlooker into the tight atmos phere But before the curtain is with drawn. tho audience itself conics hi for a share of the attention. There ore so many people In New- York, ami they are always everywhere. Every lime we attended the opera, the house seemed to be full, with the exception of the Golden Horseshoe, which only once held more people than empty seats. And just below It the rows of standees, who patiently shift from one foot to the other until the opera is ended. Five times to (ho Metropolitan In two weeks was a pretty good record, with fine concerts pulling away on tlie one hand and good plays on the other. We heard Jeriiza twice, in "Tosca" and as Klisabeth in "Tannhattser," imi wo were convinced of her being ;i sterling artist. Her voice has a lovely fvsh quality, witli sweetness a- well ns power. She knows how to use It, with excellent effect, and 'lie is a good actress as well as singer. tier blonde beauty is in striking contrast to tbs majority of he sing, rs at. the Metropolitan. ]I»r face is lovely hoth front view and rrofilc. and her wealth of flaxen hair, which falls to her knees, is an added beauty. She is tall, but not heavy. .She knows her roles well, and her work throughout in hoth operas was consistent and artistic. Scotti was the Sharpie of the ' Tosca " performance. He has made this role so much his own that one thinks of Scotti not at all. only Scarpia. We also heard Scotti de lightfully again in "Madame Butter fly,” as the American consul, and it was ‘..mothing of a surprise to sec him in American clothes, and as he" must really look. We were the guests of Mr. Max Smith, music critic of the New York American, at the "Butter fly" performance. The other singers were Thalia Sabanieva. a Greel^prima donna, with a light and flexible voice. She sings artistically, but had little personality. Neither did I’erini, as Suzuki, although she also sang ac ceptably. The beautiful tenor of Higll wns heard to advantage in the role of Pinkerton We heard '‘I,a Forz del Destino.' try Verdi. Wo would have known it was Verdi had we been led in Win'1 folded. The sanie happy flow of mel ody. the same impossible situations, lord and ladies, soldiers, monks, ' townspeople, a gypsy, love, misunder standings and death. We went principally to hear Jennne cordon, the young American girl, who has leaped so rapidly to fame. Her voice is one of those full, deep contralto voices that is a constant delight, and as the gypsy, a gay drum 'one with a chorus of towns people fell to liei share, which wop | her an encore. Peralta, as the so prano, has a pretty voice, hut she was inclined to gild ihe lily hy occasional forcing. An Italian man who, with ,1 few of his compatriots, stood dl rectlj behind the rail near us, ap plauded her almost too enthusinstlc ally. We wondered, were they of the claque? Both Salazar, the tenor, and Mardones, hnritone. of the same east with good sineers have been heard in Omaha with other companies. . The beauty of opera ,ar th< Metro politan is not only confined to the music. There is a wealth of art tit the wonderful settings for the scenes, which are like immense pictures in themselves, adding to the romantic spell and glamour of the production. The costumes have .a share in the pic ture, it seeming ns though even those of the immense chorus were designed for a certain definite place in the color scheme. We reacted keenly to the settings for each opera that we saw. although 1 must admit that the fireflies which flitted at twilight in Madame Butterfly's garden were so interesting they almost detracted from the exquisite duet. But there is nothing which the scenic art'st cannot do, no optical cf feet he cannot achieve, and he is at his best at the Metropolitan. The "Tannhauser” production brought Matzenauer as Venus, Carl Toucher, ns Tannhauser. and the big base, Paul Bender, who has made quite an unusual impression this year, as T-andymf Hermann. The entire production was well done, the sing ing splendid, and the stage effects truly remarkable. AA'e hadn’t heard Rosa Ponselle. but we went to the Sunday evening con cert and heard her there, with tpany other op: ratio stars, and Benno Moiselvltch as assisting atrlst. The Sunday evening concert is n glorified miscellaneous program, with tlie or chestra on the s age and various stars appearing in one aria. AVe liked Rosa Ponselle very much. She sang exquisitely, and we felt that she had excellent stage presence. Had cp ceires been allowed, she would have ! %: several. Benno Moiselvltch confirmed the impression lie made in his Omaha recital recently, by his fine work in a Tschaikowskv con certo. The orchestra of the Metropolitan, and the quiet, unobtrusive yet ali im- \ portant conductors, had a share in the thrill of satisfaction one gets j when it is all over, especially when the orchestra, and conductors are of such merit as this greatest of opera houses maintains. AA'e did not hear the German opera company at the Manhattan, although Mr. Smith assured us we had missed some interesting singing, especially among the men of the casts. AVe went to the Theater Guild pro duotion of “Peer Oynt.” and final!?/ attached the Grieg music to its or! g.nal association of ideas. The St. Olaf Lutheran choir will \ =i' Omaha April 13. The St. Oiaf • -Lcilr is unique among musical or ganizations devoted to choral singing During the crosscountry tour two seasons ago, it was a series of srnsa ins. City after city paid its tribute of applause and enthusiasm to Dr. F. Melius Christiansen and his . holr. H. K. Krehhlel in,the New York Tribune said "We shall enjoy no such choral treat till the chorus comes to us again.” Cither critics who are reserved to a degree write with the greatest enthusiasm of this wonderful unaccompanied singing. Those who heard the concert given by lhis organization in Omaha two veers ago do not need to he lold of , the treat that is in store. The con cert will be presented at the City auditorium Sunday afternoon April li NEW COAL PRICES Penn Anthracite Per Ton ^21== **er *on All Sizes Spadra Grate Per Ton Per Ton Over a 2-inch Screen Silver Creek Lump Per Ton 2= Per Ton A The Highest Grade Franklin County Coal Run Over a 2-inch Screen When Loading Cantine Lump Per Ton QQQ Per Ton The Very Best Central Illinois Coal Boyer uan ituran LUMBER V & II COAL CO. Reliable Coal Merchants 24th and Boyd Streets Phone KE nwood 3400 St. Olaf’s Lutheran Choir Soon Will Be Heard in Concert in Omaha at 3 o’clock. Tickets may be secured at the Auditorium or at any of the Lutheran churches in the city, It* v. R. l.Tvilden, 2708 Caldwell street, is the local chairman. The program which Paderewski will play in Omaha Tuesday night. March 20, is an unusually brilliant end interesting one and might bo called typical of his present-day appearances, containing as it docs his 1 well-beloved Appasaionata Sonata of Beethoven, one of the greatest of ail Schumann works, and other num bers by masters so indelibly identified With the career of th»* great pianist. The nroKram in full is as follows: Variation* Serieusea, opus 04 . Mendelssohn Fantasia, opus 17 . . .Schumann (Dunhaus fantastlsch massig durchaua .-n»MK)*< h langsam getragor,. > Sonatr. ypua &7 ... . Beethov*n i (Allegro nasal Anduiit. con moto Allegro !.1,1 non troppo Presto.) Nocturne, opus 37, No. 2: Mazurka H flat minor. Op. 24. No. * .Chopin Vais*. Opus 4.'. Scherao C sharp minor . . .Chopin Au bord d'une source; Etude de con cert F minor; Hungarian Rhap sody . . .;.Liszt On next Friday evening:. March 23, ihe Tuesday Musical club will pre sent Fritz KreUler, the world-famous vjoliniat, in recital at th* Auditorium' at 8:15 o’clock. Mr. Kreigler la/said I to have penetrated and mastered every technical secret of his instru ment, drawing from it a tone of manifold and lustrous beauty. The public *ale of seats will open Monday morning at the box office at the Au ditorium. Kreisler’s program will be: [Sonata, C Minor .Grieg i Allegro molto appassionato Allegretto espreaaiva alia romar.n. Allegro nnlmato. Concorto No. 1, O minor.Bruch Prclud#—All-gro modwraio. Adagio—Allegro enargb o. “Lotus I.ami" Cyril Scott "Caronado du Poljchinelk" Kreifler “Farewell to Cu.-hullai ".Londonderry Air (Transcribed by Krtlwl*-?. > Two nkelchea from Soh"hor«*ad/' Hill ky Korsakoff i. Clianxon Arab** Dapae Oriental (Transcribe.] by Kreislcr> carl Lam won, accompanist The Fortnightly Musicnl club is rapidly g> (ting its plana in shape for the Nebraska Composers' program, which the « lub will present *p the time of the State Music Teachers' as sociation. on the afternoon of April ; 3. Invitations have been issuer! to Carl Steckelberg, Howard Kirkpat rick. Thurlow I.leurance, Wilber' t'henowith. Hazel Ivinscella and Stu art Hoppin, composers of Lincoln; Jean Boyd. Fremont: Paul Ileuter, Seward; J. A. Parks, York, and Mrs. C. O. Carlson of Crete. Many of these out-of-town composers have already expressed a willingness to appearand many of them will bring singers or instrumentalists to Interpret their 1 compositions. Mrs. J. Ft. Cain, rhair man of the committee, is sparing no effort for the success of the concert. Thirty members of the Omaha Musicians’ association under the di rection of Harry Silverman, director of the Strand theater orchestra, will donate their services fqr a concert to I be given Wednesday morning, March j -I. at the Franklin school, in the in-| terest of the music memory contest, j because one little girl, the daughter , of Mr. Dow my of the percussion in- j struments became so interested In the I music memory contest that she could ' not ke

i follows. Violins—Ches'er Wilson, Ernest Nordlne. i sr . Harry Brsder, Alvin Poole, Mrs LI 1 - i l*an Faber. T P., Clark, Elmer Hutton. f,arl Lamp#, E. C:hrlatene*»n. Rangval Ol son. vi"las — Emil Hoffman, J. 8. Pugn*r,' M ill M*t»h**rington. Cello*—Franz Auer, M Garnet. Biases — Bonar Btevenren, George ?.foon Flutes—Pet *»r Christman. Carl Bolough Clarinets—Emil Krause. Jamei Hansen. Oboe—Hugo Nordlne Bassoon—tv'aMace Wheeler. Harp—-Mary Loom*. Trumpet*—A K. Htevensen. Harry Him m *»r. Horns—P. A H^rkie. John Taff Trombone**—Frank Henry. Jin»? Peter Jamison. Percussion—8 If. Downey. Th* following program will be played: “Pf.rnp and rir''umitin,-e". Elgar ’'WHliant Tell." overture.Rossini j “To a Wild Rose'". Ma^Dovei! ♦ String*. Harp and Woodwind) (Harplat, Mrs. Mary Loomis.) •'Amaryllla'* ... .. ...Ghyei "Cnflnlatied Symphony" .Schubert 1 " Ave Maria" Gounod i “Song of tho Volga Boatmen".Cady! “Waltzing Doll" . ^.Poldlrtoj Mis* McCune. supervisor of music. 1 wishes tho public to know that the i visit of the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra on April 25 Is in no way connected with the study or finals of the Music Memory contest. The or chestra I* booked at the Brandois by the Universal Concert Bureau, Inc., New York, Ralph 4 McFayden, man ager Neither the Board of Education nor Mr. McCrory, the assistant superin tendent, has any active part In the matter, but Miss McCune and Mr. McCrory have made It possible for the public school children to attend the matin*-* performance. Calvary Raptlst church will ded. cate Its new organ Thursday eveni;^, March 29- Hugo Goodwin, organist, now of Carleton college Minnesota, formerly of Chicago, will play the dedication program. The new organ la a thre«y-manual instrument, which is said to be equipped with many va rieties of stops. Tickets be oi> (Turn to P«c# N'fnr. f olomn Thr*+ ) ADVEBTISFWENT. ADVKKTISFVIFNT. Don't let child stay bilious, constipated MOTHER, MOVE CHILD’S BOWELS WITH “CHLIFORKM FIG SYRUP” Even Cross, Feverish, Sick Children Love its Taste and it Never Fails to Empty Little Bowels A teaspoonful of "California Fig Syrup" now will quickly start liver and bowel action and in a few hours you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving "California Fig Syrup" because it nev er fails to work the sour bile and constipation poison right out of the little stomach and bowels w y.hou’ cramping or overacting. Tell your druggist you want oniy the genuine "California Kig Syrup ' which has directions for babies and children cf ail ages printed on bottie. Mother, you muset say •'’California. Refuse any imitation 1 _ ————————— —■—■————————^—*———■^^mmmmmmmmmmam———mmmmmmmm—■ blend that has helped to keep coffee the traditional beverage o/many generations In the days of the Coffee House, coffee was a drink of the few. The Coffee Ho use was the meeting place of the intel lectual. The price of coffee prohibited it from being within the reach of all—a drink in the home. Coffee is the foundation of ever)) meal. It has become as essential as bread or butter. There is no econom)) in poor coffee. There is a foresight of real econom)) in buying the best. ..—— 1 ■ —... i An unusually delicious coffee that is ALWAYS of the same uniform quality— It never varies. Ne> Vfir sold in bulk DAXT0N AND GALLAGHER [0. ® ffcmsirj in Omaha