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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1902)
12 THE OMAHA DAILY SUNDAY, AlMtlL. 0, 11MJZ. Amusements No other vreek of the preeent season hss been profitable at the local theater! ai the one Just psssed. At the Boyd William and Walker, with their company of colored entertainers, opened with four per formances, at each of which nearly. If not quite, every seat In the theater waa occu pied and at the Sunday night performance hundreds were turned away, unable to buy even standing room. The Dearborn Theater Opera company gave two performances of "The Explorers" and one of "The Burgo master" to good sired audience, while N. C. Ooodwln and Maxlne Elliott closed the week with two performance of "When We Were Twentf-One" and one of "An Amer ican Citizen," each of them to the capacity of the theater. The Orpheum, with one of the premier bills of the season, enjoyed excellent patronage. The Trocadero had a good burlesque and vaudeville bill and played to Its usual good business. "The excellent business the theaters have been doing during the last two weeks la the best Indication In the world to me that if the right kind of a theatrical dish la set before the Omaha people they will partake f it no- matter how high the price may be," aid Manager BurgesB of the Boyd. "There re managers who complain that Omaha is not the theatrical town that It formerly was, but they are mostly those who have mediocre attractions. Never a word of complaint Is heard from those who bring the best things here and I have concluded that the majority of the theater-goers want the best there is to be had In the way of dramatic offerings. Occasionally a favorite play of former years offered at popular prices, or cheap molodrama, will attract people enough to fill the theater, but such plays are the exception rather than the rule. We have a great many names on our eat reservation lists for all of the coming attractions and I find that there is a greater demand for seats for the attractions that demand $2 for their best aeats than for those which are offered at $1.60. Another rather peculiar thing Is that the highest priced seats are always sold first, For my part, I should like nothing better than to play only the very best attraction on the road, but they are not always to be had. It la only about every second year that such people as N.'C. Ooodwln, John Drew or Viola Allen come west and not always this often, so we must take what we can get nd fill In with such others aa are offered us. Not an attraction that ranks among the. first-class has come west during the last three years that has not played Omaha, o our theater-goers may reet assured that they are not being discriminated against In any way whatever. Personally, I think the line of attractions which we have offered this season has been the best Omaha has ever had and I believe the ma jority of fair-minded people agree with me. I cannot think of more than a dozen great stars or attractions that have not played here this season and this is only because they have either remained In New York permanently during the season or else be cause of the fact that their tour has not extended farther weet than Chicago. It was Impossible to get Mrs. Patrick Camp bell to come this far west, a her time In , this country wae very limited and her Itinerary included only the larger eastern cities. Charles Hawtry, the English actor, did not play outside of New York, neither did Mrs. Leslie Carter, so of course we did not get them, but next season they have 11 promised me time. We have something especially good tor each week of the bal ance of the season after the present one nd I believe before the curtain la rung down upon the final performance of the season that my patrons will be satisfied that 190102 has given them an opportunity of seeing better line of attractions than has been offered them before." 1 It Is doubtful If there were any of N. C. Goodwin's admirers who saw him during his engagement here laBt week, but what noted the wonderful Improvement In blB physical appearance and were at a loss to account for It. Mr. Ooodwln is 45 years old and looks ten years younger than that. "I have been undergoing a strict course of training for some time, which I Intend to continue indefinitely," says Mr. Goodwin. "I owe It to my atage manager. Bud Wood thorpe. He la fine athlete himself, and for long time tried to get me to follow his example, and take a daily course of training. At first I was rather Inclined to neer at the proposition, and looked upon the physical culture Idea as nothing more than one of the many fada of day, but waa Anally Induced by Mr. Woodthorpe to give It try. My first week at it waa torture nd I wanted to give It up, but I noticed that I waa losing much of my superfluous flesh, and that I left the theater after each performance feeling in better spirits and less fatigued than ever before since my younger days and this en couraged me to stick to it. Now I believe that I could stand twenty-round go with out even becoming fatigued and I know that I can walk ten miles or rido twenty on my bicycle without having It tire me more than short walk from the hotel to the theater, would have before I went Into training and as I find more enjoyment la the exercise esch day. It Is my Intention to continue It. I formerly looked upon golf game only tor cads and women, but lnce I have tried it I have changed my mind. I met Marshall field recently In Chicago, I have known him for years and be looks better today than I ever saw him, I asked him what did it and he answered 'golf.' He is an enthusiast and nover misses a day on the links. After that I tried It and. now whenever I am in city where there Is golf links I make an effort to. have game dally, otherwise I give over my pare time to walking and bicycle riding. I had oue of the most enjoyable workouts this morning that I have had since I started training. Tell you about It? Oh, I don't mind. I was up at 8 o'clock, drank couple of cups of warm water, after The kind tint's Rtoht BLATZ BEER MILWAUKEE enjoys a reputation before attained product of Its A perfect brew, natural, de never by kind, with lightful flavor. Different brands adapted to different tastes. Try case. You'll not regret It. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE (Non-Intoxicant) Tonic. Druggist or direct VAL BLATZ CHEWING COL Milwaukee. - OMAHA ItAJVH. lain Dlaa t Tel. 1MI, M half hour's work on the pully weights, set of which I always carry with me. I put on heavy underclothes, heavy sweater, an extra heavy coat and cap and at t o'clock, together with Mr. Woodthorpe and one of your local athletes, who accom panied us aa our guest and pilot, we started out Farnam street on Jaunt that covered about seven miles. I have nb. doubt that those who saw us took us for trio of prise fighters In training tor we certainly bore all the earmarks of such. We visited the poor farm, the Field club grounds and Hanscom park. The latter place Is an Ideal place for one to walk In for exercise, as there are plenty of hills to climb. On our homeward trip we ran all of the way and when I arrived at the hotel every stitch of clothing on me was wet with perspiration. After good rub down and plunge I felt like a new man and ate breakfast that would suffice for two day laborers. Early this afternoon we took an automobile spin out toward Florence and when I went on for the matinee I felt aa frisky as a spring lamb. If every one could go through a course of physical training the physicians would have to go out of business. Exercise Is the medicine for me. "What am I going to do next season? Well, of course, I shall have lew play, but Just who will be its author or what Its name or nature will be I can't aay. I have a number of different authors under consideration and I can't aay Just now which I shall choose. I believe the heart Interest play Is the popular one today. Pathos must be Intermingled with comedy to make It really enjoyable, as too much of either by Itself Is tiresome. Clyde Fitch Is Just now the fad, and it Is quite possible that I will have Fitch play. It Is a peculiar thing how an author of plays can work away for years without any success and then suddenly become so much of a fad that every actor or actress In the country must have one of his plays. Some years ago Mr. Fitch came to me and wanted to read play to me. It was "The Cowboy and the Lady." He told me that he had read it to both Charles and Daniel Froh man and several other well known man agers and that all of them had rejected It, but that he was sure that It waa play for me and would I not kindly let him read It to me. Naturally I was trifle put out to think that be bad come to me with it after everyone else had refused It and I refused to listen to It. For weeks he kept at me to listen to it and finally to be rid of him I had him read it. It struck my fancy and I purchased the rights to produce it. I felt sure that It was going to be a big suc cess and that Mr. Fitch's plays would be In demand, so I rpoke In advance for his next play. Aa I predicted, the piece was a big success and Fitch's services were much In demand. He wrote 'Nathan Hale' for me and It, too, was a success; then he became a regular fad. Do I think it remarkable for man to turn out so many playa In such short time aa Fitch has? I cer tainly would, but you must not think that Mr. Fitch is writing all of these plays now. He has his trunk full of old ones that be has written, submitted to managers and had refused. Now that Fitch plays bave become the fad he Is working over this trunkful of old ones and they are being grabbed up by managers and actors fast as be can fix them over. However, be Is clever fellow at that and entitled to much praise for his work." Coming Events. Dan Sully of "Corner Grocery" fame will be seen in bis pretty drama of homely life, "The Parish Priest," at the Boyd this after noon and tonight The play la not sectar ian, nor does It In any way deal with re ligion. It has no sermon In It, although It teaches a moral. Its comedy Is eald to be rich and Infectious. Last aeason the play was produced In Omaha for the first time. This season Mr. Sully haa a better produc tion and company. The production requlrea a ton of dcenery and stage accessories. The company number thirty-eight people, principal among whom are Ida Van Sicklen, Leola Moye, Helen Nelson, F. Stanton Heck, J. D. Griffin. Robert Bloylock, Cbrystle Mil ler and W. F. Kobman. Monday and Tuesday night "At Valley Force" will be riven at Bovd'a. The clay I deals with the revolutionary period at about j the time the continental army was In winter quarters at Valley Forge. It is patriotic In sentiment and deals with the love affairs of young woman, Virginia Preston, whose sweetheart. Captain Wllford Fairfax of the continental army, Is in Jeopardy of hla life because of his venturing Into the British lines to see her. He Is seen and recog nized by British officer, Major Henry Carleton, who Is also smitten with the charm of Mlse Preston. His adventures and final escape and the victory of the American arms are stirring feature of tb story told. Miss E. Clare Gale enact the role of Virginia Preston, B. A. Lamar that I of Captain Wllford Fairfax and William Monroe that of Major Henry Carleton. Oth ers In the cast are: W. A. Davenport, Thomas Haskett. James H. Lewis, i. Q. Dunham and Nana Bascom. For the first time since the days of the old Farnam street theater Andrew Mack, the Irish comedian with the sweet voice, will be seen at the Boyd for three perform" ancea, starting Friday night In hla latest ' Irish comedy drama, "Tom Moore." The I play Is dramatic picture of the career of j the Irish poet and balladlst It I a mod eat, natural drama, without the stereo ! typed villain and other commonplace char I arters. During the action of the play. Mr. Mack will sing some of Moore's ballads, among them, "Love's Young Dream," "Evelyn's Bower." "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me if All Those Enduring Charms." The first act is lo cated In Ireland. The second act - showj Tom In hU London lodgings. The third represents Carlton' house during a moat lmprrtant function. The last act brlnai us to Tom's garret, where, troken In splr.t, he has nought but Bessie's love to cheer him, wh-n by ctance he Is r-it'red to loyal favor, and, aa usual in all well censtructed books and plays, everybody la happy. Opening matinee today the bill at the Orpheum Includes mostly featurea that are new to local patrons and is varied, there being no two stunts that bear re semblance. The three Meers ars wlrs performers who promise something new. Betides a varied number ot phyalcal tea a fun-making will be added by one of the trio, who 1 a oomedlao. The Probyn sla ters, of whom there are four, are instru mental musicians, each being accomplished on one or more Instruments. They will present carefully aelected program of standard music. "The Lone Star." eom edlette, will be the vehicle for Hilda Thomas and company. Another new offer ing will be Wlncherman's tra'n'd bean, thia being the second act tf the k'nd to bj seen on a stsge since the advent of vaude ville into Omaha, Joe Flyna will con tribute a monologue, while' the brothers Host makes our acquaintance In an acro batic aet trade unique by being done on a large globe. The finishing number will be the projection of entirely new moving pictures by the klnodrome. "The Utopians" will be the current week' attractlca at the Trocadero. There are two burlesques, entitled "In Orand Utopia" an) "The Knetpp Cure," which are appropriately staged and Interspersed with clever spe cialties. In the latter, one acene portrays Carrie Nation and her band of followers In saloon-amashlng raid. The olio Includes May LeClare, serio-comic; Eddy, the hu man spider; Hill and Mills, "the twentieth century pair;" the Seyons, Irish comedy duo; Mlgnon Gilbert, songstress; Curtlse and Sldman, dialect comedians; the Mars dens, In "Mistaken Identity," and the Jones trio, acrobatic marvels. The engagement last the entire week, with dally matinee. Plays mnd flayers. Clyde Fitch will build a home on Long Island to cost 25,ono. Detroit Is to have a new summer theater With a seating rapacity or 3,0"i. Grace Van Btuddlfnrd haa been re engaged as prima donna for the Boston lans. It Is said that Ignace Paderewskl Is .it work on a new opera, the ecore of which la nearlng completion. Only three cities will see Mrs. Ieslle Cir ter In "Du Barry" next season, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. Helen Bertram, who Is studying music In Paris, was very successful In a recent portrayal of Mlml In "La Bohome." Arrangements have been completed for an Australian tour of Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Zaza" at the clqse of next season. A rumor Is extant thit Thomas Q. Bea brooke la to have a theater on Broadway next season, though details are not given. Ellen Terry will piny the role of Queen Katheiine at the forthcoming Shakenpeare anniversary performance at Stratford-on-Avon. David Belasco has secured contracts cov ering three years with a majority of the company supporting Mrs. Lexlie Carter In "Du Barry. The chances are that Charles Frohman will gain control of another Ixmdnrt theat'.-r, which will run his total of English hold ings up to nine. The law to allow standing In New York theaters haa parsed both branches of the atate legislature and awaits the signature of Governor Odell. Elsie Leslie, according to report, haa been asked to consider an offer to play Ophelia In William aillette'a presentation of "Ham let" next season. Camllle D'Arvllle's return to the stage began last night In Detroit at the Wonder land and Temple theater, where she is the headllner for this week. Edna May Is to have the principal part In the new opera to be written by Islie Stuart and Paul M. Potter, which Charles Frohman will produce In October. Samuel J. Ryan and Maud Huth, recently Mr. Billy Clifford, were married in New York last Tuesday. Mr. Clifford sent con gratulations from Chicago by wire. Jan Kubelik sailed on Tuesday morning for London, where he will perform soon after his arrival. He will probably spend the greater part of next winter in America. Mre. William Faversham was granted a divorce In New York last Monday. Her suit was unopposed by her husband. Mrs. Faversham will receive $3,200 a year ali mony. A report comes from Chicago that Mrs. Ezra Kendall (Jennie Dunn) will rejoin her brother Arthur next season, presenting the sketch in which they were so popular some fifteen years ago. Oscar Hammersteln Is now going to build in New York what he claims wfll be the largest playhouse In the world. It will cover a ground space of 125x200 feet and will be called the Drury Lane. Musical The paper which left Omaha last Sunday containing pagea of church programs of Easter music were a strong proof of the statement so often made in this column, that Omaha Is beyond question the one dis tinct Important musical center In the west. Comparing the Omaha programs with those of the Chicago churches, a published in the Tribune, Omaha can raise her head high above the people round about ber, and can exalt her born of musical righteousness. To the student of music In the smaller town what an advantage does Omaha offer? It presents teachers, in all musical branches, whose reputation Is not Mmtted by the confines ot the Missouri river bridge. It presents no choral society with bi monthly concerts, It is true, but it does something Infinitely better from an educa tional standpoint, that la to say. It pre sent a few choral organizations which from Sunday to Sunday and twice each Sunday at that give excellent programs of the best to be found In the catalogues of high-class church music. Incidentally, It is by no means the fault of the musicians that there is no permanent choral society or orchestra. There have been both. They did not pay. But we are waiting for the day when eome of Omaha's leading society women will take the matter up. They are gradually coming to It. It Is only step from Ping Pong to Sing Song. Then we will bave concerts. The patrons of the theaters are satisfied with small or chestras, hence the lack of instrumental Impetus. Omaha also presents many of the leading musical attractions of the country and when the auditorium 1 built there will be more. And speaking of auditorium, do not laugh In the profane sleeve, foolish unbe liever; remember thou not the time when e'en every minstrel troupe did with quip and Jest provoke the Idle laugh and the hilarious "ha-ha" anent Omaha's future pa latial depot. And now, behold! we have two magnificent depots, and, I may add, so many people come In thereat that the magnani mous but poverty-stricken street car com pany can with difficulty provide even stand ing room on the street cars Hence the adage, "Stand up tor Omaha!" It la with pleasure and delight that I call to the attention of the Omaha people the brilliant signs of the times in music. Truly the progress ot the art has be n mo mentous, and of a surety, the apostles of the best have reason to be grateful for a sight of the increasing fruition of their labors. Omaha has shown something in the way of Easter music to be proud of; and not the least encouraging sign is the number of announcements in the state press of musical doings in the smaller towns. Many a foremost musician In those towns has bad bis or ber training largely, if not exclusively, in Omaha. Have the musicians realized the inspira tion that they should be to those tn the state? We are being watched, brethren, and woe unto him whose banner is not raised, and whose arm Is not bared to the conflict of art against artificiality, of the genuine against the gingerbread, of the true against the false. Are the business men of Omaha In Com mercial club assembled awake to the fact that there la a strong bond of musical fiber connecting the cities of the state with Omaha? Are they? This la no pink state ment. Investigate. In fostering infsnt industries shall music be ignored? I am told by local music dealer that the trade from the smaller cities 1 an important item ot their busi ness. The teachers tell me the same thing. Is May or June festival association outside the realm of the Commercial club? Or, like the Auditorium organization, is the musical side unworthy of thorough discussion. Omsha la altuated, as no city In the coun try Is situated, for an annual musical con vention, ssy a Choir coavention. Musicians will be found who will arrange all the musical part ot such an assemblage; are there no business men who will think over the advantagee to be gained by bar ing 600 Intelligent young people here for a few day, every year? Borne dsy, some time, some men will tat this matter up and will maka great success ot such scheme. That must logi cally occur. When It doe occur, people will say, "why was this not done long go?" Now is the time? Why not now? A concert was given at All Saints' church last Tuesday night in honor of Mr. Myron Smith, who left here last year with beau tiful contralto voice, given to her by a beneflclent Creator, and returned with a supposed mezzo-soprano, given her presum ably by London teacher. Mrs. Smith baa a musical temperament and style and poetlo genius, however, which neither teacher nor Custom-house can take from her. Mrs. O. W. Johnson and Mlsa Helen Hoagland, preceded Mrs. Smith In the "pushing up" process of the voice, and with Indifferent success. question Is It disgrace to be Con tralto? I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Lovell Dunn play violin obligato to a solo by the ever-popular musician with her voice of pure Contralto, Mrs. Allen P. Ely, Friday night, and I confess I was astonished at the beautiful, rich and sonorous tone this young artist brings forth. He has the musician's temperament to his finger tips and hie obligato playing, a might rare accomplishment, showed sympathy, ac curacy and velvety finish. In a recent mention of the Cecllian quartet of women's voices I Inadvertently omitted to mention the name of the ac companist. Miss Josephine Thatcher, who is one of the best we bave got in this neck o' the woods. I trust that Miss Thatcher will accept my belated compliment. Miss Mae Naudain has returned to Omaha, direct from the studio of Mr. Charles W. Clark, the eminent baritone of Chicago, who will soon leave for Paris to spend a couple of years there. Miss Naudain has worked faithfully during her stay in Chi cago, but her singing Is the best evidence of that. She uses her voice well and the voice Itself is of excellent quality. Before she went away the musical critic ot The Bee commented in this paper upon one or two faults in ber singing. These she has almost entirely eradicated, and she Is honest enough to thank the writer for his criticism. ' Of all the promising young pianists there Is none more deserving of praise or of being brought to the light of public discrimina tion than Mies Joy Keck, whose talent is equalled only by her modesty. She is an Indefatigable worker and she will win great success. This paragraph goes to show that one ought to do his or ber best at all times, whether the world Is looking or whether one Is all alone In the dark. I have never heard Miss Keck play in public or even in a private muslcale, but, passing, I have beard her practice and have often stopped to listen. ' Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly has decided not to renew her contract with All Saints' church at last year's price, consequently she will not be heard there any more. The reason for her resignation is purely bus iness one. The relations bave always been of the most pleasant nature. Mrs. Kelly will devote herself more to concert and festival work, a field which haa been open to her for some time. I regret very much that I wa unable to attend the "grand scenic production of the idyllic Oriental operatta" written by my distinguished little friend and composer librettist, Miss Carmellta Chase. I should like to have seen and beard the all-star cast at the "Garret theater," even at the tremendous price mentioned on the ticket "1 cent." Miss Chase must not think that because I did not go I didn't care a cent. I should like to have gone, but, la and alack! it was holy week. However, to par odlze John Gilpin: "Whene'er she next doth write abroad, may I be there to see." THOMAS J. KELLY. Ante Room Echoes At the meeting of Mount Calvary com mandery. Knights Templar, Friday even ing, the following officer were elected: W. L. Rltter, eminent commander; M. J. Kennard. generalissimo; John E. Simpson, captain general; W. H. Butts, senior war den; C. G. Pearce, Junior warden; George E. Powell, prelate; E. K. Long, recorder, and William Robertson, treasurer. The meeting was well attended and the con tests were Interesting. All preparations are complete for the meeting of the grand commandery which will assemble In Omaha Thursday. Ther will be more than 100 representatives ot local commanderlea present and the en tertainment to be given the visitors by Mount Calvary commandery will be both Interesting and Instructive. Following Is the calendar for St. John's lodge. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, for the month of April: April 10 Work In the entered apprentice degree. Meeting at 7:30 p. m. April 17 Work In the entered apprentice and fellow craft degree. Meeting at 7:30 p. m. April 24 Work in master mason degree. Meeting at 5:30, with a dinner at 6:30. Af ter the work is done Judge Rcscoe Found of Llnooln will deliver an address upon "The Transplantation of Freemasonry to Amtrica." This paper is said to ba one of the best in the historical series of St. John's lodge and visiting Masons are in vited to be present at Its delivery. May 1 Annual election ot officers. Polls open at 7:30 o'clock and every member la requested to deposit bis ballot. There 1 report that there will be school ot Masonic Instruction held In Omaha this sprang by the state custodian. Such a school would be for the benefit of members ot all of the lodges and would probably continue several daya. Omaha lodge No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held an Interesting session last week. Following work In the third degree a banquet was spread, at which a large number was present. Canton Ezra Millard Is making prepara tions to attend the meeting of the sov ereign grand lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which will be held at Dcs Moines in September, snd to ralss funds for the equipment and maintenance of a team will give an entertainment on Aprl 26. the natal day of the order In the United States. Committees are at work on program, which will be announced later. Arrangements are almost perfected for a canton ot the partlarcba militant to be organized at Tekamah and ons at Fair bury. The matter la In the hands of state officers and the charters will be closed in a few days. The degree team of Mondamln lodza. No. 111. Fraternal Union of America, will put on the degree work for Council B uffs lodge. No. 7, Tuesday evening at It hall, 136 Broadway, and Supreme Presi dent Roose will install the officers. Clan Gordon, No. 63. Order of Scottish Clans, held Its regular meeting Tuesday evening, and thcugh only two were ua for Initiation a very good night was spent. Clansman J. T. Falconer from Canada arrived that evening and proved himself a pipr of co mean quality, and as he in tend to make hi borne in Omaha, the clan will be a gainer. Other clansm.n contributed with song and story, Including the two newly Initiated. The clan will give a free smoker for the benefit of Scots men and aons of Scotsmen Tuesday, April 15, in its hall In the Continental building. Marie Swanson, Harpist, 829 S. IStb St. OUT OF THK OKIMN ART. England owns 7,930 of the 14,077 steamers belongina to the twelve leading nations of Europo and America. England's supply of King Edward corona tion souvenir buttons will be manufactured this country. Miss Miry Ann Mills of Canada, who Is now in her 114th year, is wild to be the oldest living Methodist. She Is of Irish descent. For sending a congratulatory telegram to the kaiser on his birthday several ser geants of a Prussian infantry regiment were placed under arrest for five days. During the year 1901 nearly 500.000 cases of champagne were Imported Into the United States. It will be remembered as an extra dry year. Owen D. McGovern, a Brooklyn truck man, has fallen heir to tl0,0i0 from his uncle, Father McOovern, the oldest priest in the archdiocese of Hudson, N. Y. lie says he will continue his trucking busi ness. Joseph J. Mclntyre of Brooklyn ha In vented a destructive war rocket. It is fired by dynamite and the bomb scatters steel bullets among the enemy and Is calculated to dislodge any opposing forces who are In concealment. Patrolman John M. Pennlman, who has served on the Boston police force for fifty four years, has been retired at his own re quest and will hereafter receive a pension of $600 a year. He was the oldest officer In point of service In the city. His age Is 78 years. The late Count Falkenhayn'a effects were recently sold, among which was the pen which waa used at Paris on September 26, 1X15, by the Emperor Francis, the Czar Alexander I and King Frederick William 111 of Prussia, In appending their signa tures to the treaty of the Holy Alliance. His royal highness. Prince Mlrhl, grand son of the present mikado of Japan, Is the youngest heir presumptive to a great throne among all the royal personages in the world. He Is 8 months old, has a dozen nurses and English and French governesses will be secured as soon aa he is able to talk. Frank Patterson of Port Chester, N. Y., fell from the top of a flagpole on the tup of a hotel at White Plains, dropped off the tower down to the roof and caught himself at the eaves, sixty feet above the pave ment. His only hurt was a bruised arm, but he says he has had all the flagpole business he needs. The little duke of Letnster, now 15 years of age, who Is premier duke, marquis and earl of Ireland, with a rent roll of $270,000 a year, has been sent on a long sea voyage to Australia and back for his health. His mother was one of the most beautiful women In Great Britain. She died of con aumptlon seven years ago. To those who are somew hat skeptical as to the existence of man-eating sharks the results of investigations made by Judge T. C. Defrles In Nantucket, Mass., and printed by the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, may be of Interest. He has Interviewed old whalers and other mariners of that town and found several who said they had been eye-witnesses of fatal encounters of men with these sea monsters. They gave dates localities, ships and names of victims. COKNl'BIALITIES. A wealthy New York girl Is going to marry a comedian because she thinks he i eo'"nny- It is a good thing to have the laugh first. Of fourteen young men and women who sang In the Zlon German Evangelical Luth eran church on the Hudson County boule bard in Greenville, N. J., less than a year ago, the sixth couple were married last week and the seventh couple are engaged. mMi'JlfDo?ky,1 wh0 R few months ago mHlef Mi- MuIeBkv. "ho kept a boarding mf,t. i!Ller,ne.y V1,y- waB arrested on hlS wife s complain last week for being dis orderly. He said his stepson, Edward Mulesky, had kicked him out of the house The young women who have formed the Angel Man" club of Caldwell. N. Y.. might almost aa well get themselves Into a nunnery. If any daring youth wishes m,.UIaUPrH0neif ,n.e. "?el club women he must pledge himself before the club "not to use tobaco or Intoxicants In any form, not to dance, play cards, billiards, pool or any game of chance; not to stay out at nights later than 10 o'clock, and to at tend religious services at least once each Sunday. The girls say,they will marry no man who refuses to thus pledge himself. Caldwell will no doubt develop an excel lent crop of old maids. The great social event of the season In Aroostook county, Maine, took place the last week of March when a double wed ding ceremony was performed by a woman, MI8' ,JW' Sprague of 8nrague's Mill, who holds a commission from the gov ernor as a justice of the peace and Is au thorized to solemnize marriages. Mrs. Sprague Is known In the neighborhood where she lives as a smart woman, and when Freeman Bolster and Charles Crabb got ready to marry Miss Annie Crabb and Miss Ida Clark, respectively, they decided to give Mrs. Sprague the Job, Just to en courage her and Incidentally to add some novelty to the occasion. "Double weddln' and by a woman at that," was the an nouncement that flew over the countryside There had been Issued 201 Invitations, and each waa responded to by two or more person. AMUSEMENTS. Omaha Public School Teachers' Lecture Course. EXTRA NUMBER. ..LIQUID AIR.. Lecture With Demonstration and New Experiments. BOYD'S THEATER, APRIL 21, 1902 TICKETS, 50 CENTS. Tickets may be had any day of any Omaha public school teacher or at 508 City Hall; or at Myers-Dillon's, Megeath's, Sherman & McConnell's, Chase's or Barkalow's. Seats may be reserved at 508 City Hall on and after April 14, for cash or in exchange for tickets previously bought as above. Waco's Trocadero Matinee Toilay, lOc and SOe. Entire Week, Including Saturday Evening. "The Utopian Burlesquers" THE NEW ERA SHOW Presenting two lesques, entitled, of the brightest bur- aaaasBMSBBM "IX GRAND UTOPIA," NEXT FRIDAY AMATLII NIGHT nd "TUB K MO I IT ClItE," The Most gorgeously staged production of the age. OLIO Mae I.eelare, Dashing Berlo-Comlc. The Human Spider. Bill and Hills The xh Century Fair. Tb Srjru, IrtHh Comedy Duo. Mlanun Gilbert. Songstress. Cartla mm mdntnn, Dialect Comedians. CARRIENATION And Her Little Hatchet On a saloon smashing raid. EVENING PUCES 10 20 GOc SMOKE IP YOU LIKE A reaiieuo scene. Next 8unday Matinee and week, first time In Omaha. THK MADISON SQL' A K K CYCLE WHIRL A $7W attraction. Posi tively the greatest novelty. Lti of grav itation Ovneo. WOMANKIND THE KEYNOTE Affairs of the Heart Dominate Social Life of Parisians. SUIT FOR SON'S DIVORCE STIRS SENSATION Jealonsy Over Amerirsa Girl Prove to Be the Ileal C'anse for Rnaslan Army Tragedy. (Copyright. 1902, by Press publishing Co.) PARIS, April 5. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Ths suit brought by Prince Amadee de Brogllo to annul the marriage ot his ton, young Trince Robert de Ilrogllo, Is the sensation of the social world. Prince Robert, who la only 21 years of age, fell blindly In love some months ago with Barouees Deslandes. She was divorced and about 30 year old, but he determined to marry her at any cost, and did finally In spite of the violent ob jection of his powerful family, clandes tinely and without bonus, In London. The elder De Brogllo's contention Is that there virtually was no marriage, since It was without consent, without publication and has not been entered on the French civil registers. Maltre Laborl, of Dreyfus fame, w!U de fend the young prince. He argues that the marriage in London was legal from the re ligious standpoint, and that an annulling by I court would only delay the' civil cere mony. He quotes letters the prince wrote about his affection for the baroness as proof ot the young man's profound feelings. Proof of Ills Affection. In letter to the Count d'Haussonvllle, his uncle, the young prince, who had de- i serted the army temporarily in order to gain his parents' consent to his union, wrote: "If you declda not to consent to ray marriage you will render me unhappy 11 my life. I shall not return to France, and I shall roam about the world, carrying always my Incurable grief, like a soul tn torture. What do you wish, then? My death or my desertion? Since I must speak plainly, be convinced, dear uncle, that it would be veritable despair for me to stain thus the glorious name that my ancestors have bequeathed me, and to abandon my country, but nothing will make me alter my decision. I prefer to abandon all rather than forever separate from ber." Explorer's Romantic Weddlna;. A few days ago at the town hall of Pol. tiers Jean Eugene Jules Robushon, the ex plorer, contracted marriage replete with romance. He Bet out from Fontenoy-Ie-Comte In 1893 and Journeyed over the majority of the South American states on foot and without any resource- except fishing, and. hunting. Mr. Robushon fell 111 in the Madre de . Dlos and would certainly have died had it not been for the devoted care of a pretty Indian girl 15 years old. After his restora I tion she asked to share his future adven tures. He consented and became eo at I tached to his little companion, Maria Magarlte Hortensia Guamirl, that he j brought ber to France with bim. Here 'they were married. They will return to South America in a year. Cans of Russian Tragedy. The reel cause of the Russian army trag edy at Kieff, In which Captain Sofronoff of j the general staff deliberately walked Into a uitsBsrouiu auu buol iieuienam uroassy I dead In the presence of dozen fellow offi cers. Is better known here than It Is in Russia. The rivalry of Sofronoff and Grodsky for the affection ot Miss Waltman, an Amer ican, waa the talk of Paris six months ago. They fought a duel in the Bois de Boulogne and Grodsky was severely wounded. The girl nursed him until he recovered, thereby causing goBsip, which Increased when she unexpectedly ran away to Russia with Sofronoff, probably marrying him on the way. Grodsky, however, obtained a transfer to the same regiment at Kieff and the tragedy gives color to the rumors that he renewed bis attentions to his former sweetheart. She ba arrived here and Is stopping with friends under her maiden name. Sofronoff is now In Jail, but as both he and his Amer ican wife are personal favorites of the czar. It is likely the captain will soon be set at liberty. Air. Kelly's Studio Is now reopened for the sea son of 1902. Students received. Tone production. Art singing. STLDIOi 1802 Farnam, Davidge B lock. Miss Blanche Sorenson VOICE 202 Boyd Theatre. Tuesdays-Krldaya. HERBERT II. ELLIOTT Teaeher of Mandolin, Gnltar A Banjo. 112 Rarace Blk., 16th and Harney Streets. Studio hours. 10 a. m. to t p. m., except Tuesdays and Fridays. Telephone B2d48. Oee Want Ads Produce Results AMI SKMEJITS, BOYD'S THIS AFTERNOONTONIGHT Mr. DANIEL SULLY Presenting the New York, Boston anf Chicago success, THE PARISH PRIEST An American Drama of Marvelous Strength rricet Matinee, 25c, 50c; night, 25c to $1.00. MONDAY-TUESDAY NIGHTS Bl'HLER & MANN'S Immense Produc tion of WILLIAM L ROBERTS' Picturesque Colonial Drama, A F;LAY OF INTENSE INTEREST A STUPENDOUS SCENIC PRO DUCTION A CAST OF UNEQUALLED EX CELLENCE Prices 25c, 50c, 75c Seats on sale. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS SATURDAY MATINEE AMERICA'S FAVORITE, In bis great Herald Square Theatre Success. "Tom Moore" By Theo. Burt Sayre; Management Rich A Harris. Supported by the same perfect company as during his immense New York run. HEAR MACK SING MOORE'S FAMED BALLADS- Prices Matinee, 25c to 75c; night. 25c to $1 00. Seats on Bale Tuea. day. NOTICE No arats will he reserved Ir telephone or otherwise for the Monde Adams, Illanehe Walnh, Mans. Held or May Imln engagements an. less the pi lees of seats neennipnny the order for reservation. ...BOYD'S... BURTON HOLMES Magnificently Illustrated Lectures Including; Snrerb Moving Plotorra. April I t ST. PKTERSBl RG. April IB SIBERIA. Tickets for sale at Barkalow Bros., Chase's, Sherman & McConnell's and My ers & Dillon. Tickets may be exchanged for reserved seats on and after April 10 at Boyd's. GHRIQHTOW Telephone 1531. Week Commencing Sun. lM.f April 6 Today 2:30 Tonight 8:15 The Three fcleers Comedy Wire I'erforraers. Probyn Sisters Instrumentalists. Hilda Ihomas & Co. In "The Lone Star." Wincherman's Trained Bears Joe Flynn Monologue Comedlsn. Brothers Host In Their Great Globe Novelty, , f , Kinodrome New Views from Llf Prices, 10c, 25c, 50c. THE MILLARD I 9th rrt Driirlii OMAHA, MH, Refurnlnhed throughout. Cuisine and service flrst-class. Many Omaha people go to The Mll:ard for fcunday i:30 dinner American plan, 1'1M and up; European. 11 (JO and up ptr duy. J K MAKKKI, BON. Props. . C. 11. VnVW, Man,ig,r. A. 11. Liavvuport, Principal Cleric AODHEU PACK T7Z a f
