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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1902)
Gallery Gods and Their Guardians jo o ' Jo w o o W. II. WARREN, THE CH ESTEKFI ELI OP THE NEW HOYD. ' IITH tho row of dazzling footlights lAff I and its parallel row of scarcely r ,1 less dazzling buld crowns far be- ifi3hl low nlul and tho "hum sky very near above him, tho gullcry trtiA n ,..l I .. .. n. .... . - . " ei auiiii b i.eie, mis every Hlght to pasB Judgment upon all whom In- clinatl. I. and the theatrical trusts may bring before him. He Is an old li.stllut.on and he knows that his power is recognized He refrains from llgniliig ins cigarette Indoors and be ro- tlck.7 Ull,,Dll,,i?lu on''tal?!, .i.t i... h i . . C2n.ri.Mir." ? ..'T. bt7T,tl",y 'dVrlbun." S v tan ' I 1 I urt room ' ' ' ' in London and some other cities of the old world the patrons of the gal- ';'," "P b,, the ;heT d""r' ? . . . U ? 1tl0Ilk J" ,h0, ?tn' In and they bring lunches and liter- Hy Kvelyn Hrlggs I tie l.l win. (e 'omiuaneler al.lwln-.elgler l'ular lOxpc clitlnn.) (The naldwln-Zi'lgler Polar expedltiou be gins its northward march over tho ice In the early part of April. It Is the hope of Mr. ltaldwln. who Is in command, that they reach tho pole within the next four months. The follow ing article was prepared by him shortly after his flrt winter camp wus es tablished on Alger island and was scut bac k with the last word that has reached civil ization since his departure. It gives the lalrst news to be had of his expedition for sumo time to come, together with his plans for tho long winter night through which they have Just passed). Y 1IKU within 600 miles of the north I j I pole has little attraction for the 1 . . . . V. . Ill 1 I. . . . 4 mm innu who lines iiiu cuiiiiuii,. mci 4wJ pleasures and the warmth of a iiiiiiit, iii nut rnl uiu uvi geva these regions an a report, and, consequently we hhall not be disappointed with our sur roundings. 1 nm.t say that conditions have, not been so bad, thus far, a we expected to find them, though we hud to brave muny dangers and pas through several trying ex periences on our way up to and through the channels of the Kranx Josef group of islands. I remember reading the story ef Kune's expeditb ns, and the part which tells of his struggle through the long Arctic night Is most horrible. Ills equipment was of the poorest, most of his dogs died of bad food, every one of bis meu was dreadfully af flicted with the scurvy, snow blindness, frostbite and all sorts of kindred ills. "I fuel that we are fighting the buttle ot life at a disadvantage," ho wrote, "and that an Arctic day and an Arctic night age a man mere rapidly nnd harshly than a year anywhere else In this weary world." Now, of cour.', we shall not have any Kin h expert, nee to re late when we re turn to civilization. Indeed, I am afraid we shall feel that all the glory of extreme suttering belongs to previous explorers and that we Khali have very little to write about, un less we actually reach the pole. Fur the whele expedition, I wish to say that down to the present our experiences have not l ex n remarkable. Save for an occasional sickness and two or three slight accidents, every man has been In good condition. I was unfortunate enough to slip and fall one day while out hunting polar bear and wu confined to my cabin for a day or two. Otherwise, I have bad excellent health. We have r-tn abls to store away a large part of our provisions at different camps and our dogs have survived in a much larger proportion than was the fortune of auy amre with them to while away the long hours of waiting. The American god can not ipare that much time. Me knows that the gallery doors open at 7:1.1 ho ho Roes at 7:35. If he rocs a minute earlier he is the first one there, but within five minutes other deities have arrived ami become so numerous that the line behind him extends far around Into th' alley. When the door opens this line carries him Inward and up ward as wruld a wave and at the middles landing eif the half eloze'n flights of steps he buys his ticket by the same dexterous method that the postal clerk on a fast mail train collects a pouch at a country station where the cnglno only whistles the cross-' Ings. 7 hr ne of llcrv taenia. HeachlnK the summit, he thrusts his cardboard Into the waiting palm of the ticket taker and begins a descent on the elher side. The1 di'Scent takes him as far ns the front row of the gallery, or ns near the front row as he can get. He scramble's over other gods' legs without hesitation and without apology and when he is seated he buys peanuts, popcorn or chewiiiR gum and is ready for the show to bi'gln. If It preives operatic in its tendency he wearies and wishes he hadn't come. If It's a problem play he frowns at the blind Idiocy of the woman who didn't kneiw any tntter thiin tn irn wrnntr nnd condemns her on the spot. If It Is a melodrama he walls in breathless silence for heroic I'aullne to outwit the crafty villain who conspires for her papa's coin, and applauds voc iferously w1"'" "n" mi,kv Kod. Her lover, too. will get the enc ouraging hand If he prove manlv enough to wade through seas of blood and mountains eif Are for her, or for his aged irolher, or for his sister's honor, but If h" have not the courage for this, or If he be- tray 'Von by his laugh the faintest trace ef femininity, the gallery god promptly cata- 1......... 1.1 i... i ...itt i. uPKinn nun n.i ,iuiik ei mi w in nave none e.f him. 1 the play Is tragic', he wants It tragic! froMI ,.H, to wir UI, Hmil,.hwly hus , , eve ry t h rt y-sev. n second, to keep him properly in tou.h. If It is Irish comedy, he doesn't care whether there l any plot "J al'r "V.'L0 nKkg I" f"Ht ,"'slm'88' ',,,,n,y r"' h,Hkl,r8 an(l trexm.'rs that bag ail 0:"r " " far"e he ,U,nan1,, -hat a soubre.te with black hose and frisky heels ho t, n Qe on and a8t ono Zy vUe l'n I he "niece sn.hT tha" b Zy ing , m thing abmit hN u the r 1' r his 1 5 Vn. 1 , 1 back yards o, Indianapolis, e'very .- " ,,t- f it is burlesque, ho will applaud ! KOoJ . 80lmim.8 wh(,n lt , , ... - Last Words from Baldwin Before the Long Arctic previous expedition. We have lost very few of tho original pack of 427. The chief reason for all these good re ports Is simple enough. We are equipped with the very best supplies possible to soeuro enough to last us twice as long as we expect we shall need them. Indeed, everything was done before we left civiliza tion to iniike our stay in the Arctic not a bit more ellsagreeublo than a winter in Ia binder. Krom the time of our arrival ut t'apj Flora and the meeting with our supply ship, th,- Frlthjif, we have been busy mak ing a suitable base f Hiippll.s at Camp Zelg ir on Alger Island and in establishing another temporary camp farther up the channel. Ily degrees we shall make prog ress ni rthward until the hardening of thn Ice pans and the coming of the long night shall cnnii el us to establish a final winter catrp. This we hope will lis well beyond "ef e-w-eeew t K. I Omar Hortun. Veva Gates. George CHILDREN WHO "CAKE J I . v L. C ST. C'Vll. OALLEIH WATCHMEN '"'"'y vulvar. If It is a production by lo- a I talent ne will laugh every time; imy- boely makes a "crack" at people he knows; ""u " 11 " ,relure. ne "1,,sl '' ,MKB 1,18 n"1 aDU BneaK Il,r ne """r- How He Ifanilles Viiiielct Hie. At the vaudeville theater it Is the situ- ttyi f,,r vaudeville in only homeopathic lnsi s of the legitimate, bum-hed like th' bottles in a traveler's medic ine case. The acrobatic young woman in flaming liuhtj and the man who used tn be I'ntii's i.in,r .. . . . . . are all tlie same te him -ail he asks is that tu.y ,0 their respective "stunts'' well, and not to be teio loug about it. Tll,,BC vllo havt, Ul.Nor g()BrtM, io lfae ,of . pinnacle of the gallery gods have but vague conception of the appearance of tho place. Its acoustics are good, at least In Hoyd s "r "h "Phcuni, but the rear scat is at least a b.lf-block from the performers. Tho b,a's '"""il1 '' al""""- 9 " steps under a farm house, but they are broaU al:l lomrurtaljle. on them the god T- r":'!,",e r I' Ch08C8' Pr" Ye'r'th h'Tn T 'ar,B; f?W I" tTm STlU rl? . - . ... , " i. j ui uuamuK lulu lua gal.cy la footb 1 formation, be Omaha Alpine climbers have the reputation of lng more Aeeorou, and the only cal, for only call for the Klst parallel. The labor of mov ing forward Is very difficult. Supplies have to be taken hi're and there and stored at convenient stages. Our very large equip ment has Increased our present troubles, a thought which Is not so unpleasant when we think of the future that these supplies will make pleasant and agreeable. Our 'I'hrillliiif lOxpei l-ii-e. Our most thrilling experience in moving our stores and dogs occurred just before the Frithjof departed. We were making our first Arctic camp on Alger island, hid already successfully landed four beats ef dogs and hud returned to the America for the fifth and sixth loads. In uddition to the dogs gi tug u-liore ihl. time several add .t tonal members of the party took their places tn the boats. We hud no sooner cast off the lines from the steamer when I noticed that the tide had set In and was running very rapidly In the X Kay Cloodhue. Charles Connor. Connor. Frtd Young. Emma Goodhue. Saville Butler. Belle Horton. Ada Patterson. Alfretta King. Doq Catchadall. WALKED" FOR BENEFIT OF SUPERIOR (Neb ) PUBLIC SCHOOLS. w BAILEY. ANI) TICKET SELLERS AT THE CREI a policeman this winter was necessitated by a stockman from Wahoo, who was over- burdeiied with the juice of Joyousncss and grew too enthusiastic over a soloist to wait for her to finish the song. The management eif the Orpheum has taken tho precaution, however, to place upon the walls this offer: "Five dollars reward for reporting to the e like anyone who hisses or mars an act .luring performance." Also there is the inf rmation that "Whistling and stamping '' feet are strictly prohibited. Rut if the II i t . . . v. a . .. ..... . . - ""'' gou is 10 oe lorcver criucisea ror whi" lu " M . ""'s' n'"" have s:,me praise for what he doesn't do. as the head below furnish an almost Irresistable and '"lls,ant temptation to drop things over the "'"-strade. ' -k I.ieV. Sunday mhts are the big nigh,- in the gall, rv. wit h Saturday nights a lagging sec- ' Tin' .; i Mm 1 apart of it is dusky, but,, include some clerks and others who cannot afford habltU,,, "t,pn"'c -t the downstair, Pr'Ce8' Wh 8ra l-'t critics by theatrical folk. And they nrf rr I ca in n ruanonim a net nivan ot "-n't. on ee s too. No player In drama or comedy that he or she can afford to Ignore the gallery, though the receipts from that opposite direction to which we were trying to go, while tho wind had risen and wai ruffling the water in a threatening manner. We began to be carried away frcm the ship and the t-hore and I immediately gave the order to return to the America. All hands labored hard at the eais, but to no effect. Reabz iig cur pisiticn, we made known our danger by the blowing of th- boat nv a in's wliis le and making o her signals of distress. A light boat put out from the America, but the two men in it were of little help in stopping the drift of two heavily loaded whaleb at. In a thort tlm all three boats were being driven rapidly away. There were no mi re available boa's on the America and nearly all the rest of the expedition members were on shore. Two boats from Frithjof, our supply ship, were at the time discharging loads of walrus meat at the selected camp, and, In response to our repeated signals 1 1 ) '.IITON El'UENE UROWN. ORI'HEUM THEATER. quarter will not represent at the prevail- ing prices of 10 and 25 cents more than 5 or 10 per cent of the gross earnings of the house. Clara Morris, who is off the stage now and. therefore, can afford to tell just what she believes, has said: "After the play, the actor turns most anxiously to the press, but while the play Is on he fear? most the Inexorable gallery." Tm. ,al);i(lty of tne ,t()V(1 Ka,,,,ry , giveI1 too nn.i .i,,.f ..t .t, n,i, o,,n Tile prit.e f seats never changes except on rart, occasions such ns the visit of Irvins or iternhardt, ' when they were jacked-up to ji. Tm. privileges cf the place do not lm.iu,ie smoking, but when no women are fri.t(j up lhrre ,,y t.lrL.llmstau,. ,he god may reraove ni)t OIlly hls ,lat anii coat uut his collar and any other uncomfortable garment that wouldn't be so conspicuous in "s absence as to occasion disturbance mong those occupying neighboring ,ec ". of his "divan," roost," or "perch." the, are commonly referred to. At a banquet that followed the "Lambs' Gambol" in Chicago, not long ago. a prominent actor is reported to have pro- . .... i . 1. 1 mip. . i. , v house!" Perhaps It's as high as our prayers for success ever tco and Derhans it's as hleh ns thev need to." Night of distress, one of these boats came to our rescue. All four boats fastened to gether then attempted to stem the tide, but it did not take more than a moment or two to convince us that the combined ef forts of all at the oars were powerless. There were now twenty men and more than a hundred dogs adrift at the mercy of the waves. We signaled again and again, hoping to bring the one remaining whale boat to aid us. We could see that its men unloaded their eargi of walrus nr a' as rap idly as possible, but, Instead of com ng to ward us, they pulled toward the Frithjof. For a moment we could not understand the situation. Presently the curling smoke from the funnel of the supply ship made it clear. Watchful Captain KJeldsen was on the bridge and as he passed to and fro it could be seen that he had his eyes on us, and. although the anchors of both our steamers were deep In sand, we knew that the ' Frithjof would come to us as soon as the men from the returning boat could weigh its anchor. As for the America no help was to be expected from It, as there were not enough men on board to raise its anchor. Aiiileius Momenta. I could not help glancing frequently toward the one remaining boat, as from im position in the stern of the last heavily laden whaleboat I observed the strokes of the oars as the sturdy Norwegians pulled toward the Frithjof. Hut soon the men on the steamer were seen rapidly bending at the windlass as they hove the anchor. The Frithjof, too, swung to and fro, as evi dently It endeavored to assist the men to raise the heavy weight from the sand be neath the angry waters. At last its stately masts and the crows' nest changed places with the objects on the shore and we knew that the Frithjof would soon be i.nder way. Fortunately no accident deterred it. It swung around to one side of us and got rope-s to our line of boats Just in time to save us from being carried Into the waves, which would surely have caused serious if not fatal consequences to some of us. Even yet euir danger was not over, for, although the Frithjof was under slow speed, such was the strengih of wind and tide against us that lt seemed for a moment that our small craft would fairly be Jerked to pieces. The last boat In the line, In which I sat. caught a heavy wave on one side and was thrown so violently about that we felt that nothing could save us from capsizing. We were the cracker of a long whip. The lines were of strong material, how ever, and did not give way. The dogs, like (Continued on Eighth Page.)
