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Week Commencing
Sun. Mat., April 20
Today 2:30 Tonight 8:15
Les Troubadours
Toulousains
Renowned Vocalist.
Lew Bloom
Original Tramp Comedian.
Dooley and Fowey
Cornea I an VocallRU and Dancers.
Harmony Four
Musical Quartet.
Dancing Dawsons
Terpslcborean Wonders.
Loney Haskell
Such a Rascal.
Brothers Gloss
Oladlatortal Gymnasts.
Kinodrome
Showing Great Mexican Dull Fight In
presence of President Diaz and Cabinet
and scene from Omaha Transmlnolesto:;!
Exposition, Including President MrKlnley
visiting exposition and others.
Prices. 10c, 25c, 50c.
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. v Tonight.
Last Performance of
"The Climbers"
Bargain rrlces 25c, SOc, 75c, 11.00.
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THE YfcAR, WITH A RECORD OF
fC nnfl pleased people
UU.UUU IN FIVE WEEKS
Mr. Thomaa J. Kelly, Soprano. I
Mlas Nora McCabe, Contralto.
Mr. McCrqary. Tenor.
Mr. Stein, Basso.
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Masonic rituals and mualcales. Ani
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la a special Millard feature.
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Production will.posihvcly
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aufiide of Chicago :
Amusements
A. the end of the theatrical season of
1901-02 draws near enthusiasm seems to
be on the wane and there Is a noticeable
falling off In the attendance at the local
playhouse. It I. true that there waa little
last week to attract theater-goer, aside
from tho engagement of Amelia Bingham's
company In "The Climber.' at the Boyd the
latter half of the week, yet the patronage,
accorded this excellent attraction waa no
where near In keeping with Its merits as
an entertainment, all of which Is to sav
that other things are claiming the attention
of theater-goer, to such an extent that
only a etar or play of extraordinary repu
tation will take them to the theater. In
any great number.. Maude Adams, who
cornea the latter half of this week, will un
doubtedly play to audiences which will tet
the seating capacity of the theater at earh
performance. In fact, Manager Burgess an
nounces that he has already booked more
order, for seats for this engagement than
for any other attraction that has visited
Omaha this season. Richard Mansfield, with
his new plsy, "Beaucalre." will of course
turn hundreds away, but for the other com
ing attraction, there seems to be little In
store.
If the company which appeared here last
week under Amelia Bingham's direction In
The Climbers" Is a fair example of tho
dramatic organizations, women who step
into managerial barnees In the future may
be expected to put on the road, may many
more speedily follow the example of Miss
Bingham. Less than half a dozen such
well-balanced and uniformly excellent com
panies as this one have been seen here dur
ing the present season, and with the possi
ble exception of the two Frohman stock
companies, none better. So successful has
Miss Bingham been a. a manager that it 1.
announced she will put Bve companies on
the road next season, all of which will be
rehearsed In New York under her personal
direction before the opening of the season.
This woman entered the managerial field a
year ago, when she directed the business
affairs of the company, at the head of which
she appeared as a star. Recently she se
cured a new play, "The Modern Magda
lene, to appear in herself, and organized
another company to take "The Climbers"
on the road to play In territory which she
had been unable to cover. So careful was
she In selecting people for her road com
pany that wherever they have appeared
they have been almost, It not quite, a. well
received as the one with MIbs Bingham at
Its head, which originally produced the play
In New York. The reason Is quite apparent,
since there Is an air of polish and refine
ment about the Individual members of the
organization that mark, them a. being
above the average.
Speaking of Mis. Bingham's success as
a manager, her business representative,
Oeorge Blumentbal, said: "Mis. Bingham's
venture la something of an Innovation In
the dramatic line, yet there is really no
good reason why any woman with intelli
gence and money should not succeed a. a
director of theatrical organizations. They
do In other business and professional un
dertakings. As a matter of fact, there are
many reason, why women should excel
men a. play producers. For Instance, Mtsa
BIngbam has Introduced idea. In the stag
ing of 'The Climbers' that would never have
occurred to man. Men know so little
about the harmony of feminine costume,
coloring and less about the Interior ar
rangement of a home. A playwright will
write a clever play, but when It comes to
the details of. staging and costuming he
must call In a hair dozen assistants, al
ways Including a woman or two. Men un
derstand the tout ensemble of stagecraft.
perhaps, better than women, but when It
comes to all of the sympathetic detail, of
staging a play I believe the woman is su
perior. I have been convinced of this only
after having been associated with Mies
Bingham long enough to have had an op
portunity of carefully studying her meth
ods. She i. her own stage director, and
while she is not with this company, a. you
know, and has not been with it since It left
New York, her idea, are carried out and
her Instruction, followed minutely. For
Instance, whenever the manager or stage
manager of the average theatrical company
sees something done by a member of his
company on the stage that he doe. not llko
the person is told of it the minute he
comes off of the stage. This often make,
a player nervou. or rattle, him, ao to
peak, and the result Is the rest of his per
formance that evening is more often made
worse rather than Improved. Miss Bingham
avoid, this by stationing her stage manager
on one side of the stage during a per
formance and bis assistant on the other.
During the progress of the play they make
note of anything done on the stage that
affect, the performance In other than
beneficial way. This Is done night after
night until the end of the week, Saturday
morning, when a rehearsal i. called and
the player told of their fault."
This Interview took nlace durinv th
Saturday morning rehearsal, which was
neia si me uoya toeater. Mr. Blumentbal
and his stage manager were conducting it
and as the notes were referred to. rh
player who has been guilty of a misdeed
was canea upon tor an explanation. Mr.
Blumenthal occupied a aeat well down In
front of the parquet, from which he
directed the rehearsal, somewhat after the
following manner: "Miss S , you have
been allowing your voice to rlaa tn im
high a pitch In this scene. Will you kindly
moauy it a inner Try it now. Too loud
and high yet; aoften It a bit. Ah, that's
better. Miss B , you let your voice drop
on that speech Ia.t night and thereby lost
your round of applause. Try it for me
now and hold It up. That'a good. Don't
forget to do it so hereafter. Mr. K ,
t nonce you nave neen wearing a pair of
evening trousers. with a frock coat In this
AMI IK
'fi.VIVQ twO Friday and
J LI NIGHTS Saturday
Saturday Matinee.
Cnaa. Frohman Prwaenta I
MAUDE
ADAMS
Pricca Matinee, ROe to
BEATS ON
Omaha Public School' Teachers
Lecture Course.
LIST CHANCE, UOHDAY, APRIL 21, BOYD'S.
LIQUID AIR
Reserved Beats SOc, 55c, 60c, 65c. Reserved seats Monday, at
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scene. Why do you do this? Your other,
were not pressed. This Is not a satisfac
tory excuse and If It occur, again you
will be fined for the offense. By the way.
Miss G , you lost two laughs that you
have been getting all season In this scene.
Csn you give me some good reason for It?
No, you cannot. Well, I will tell you;
you were not In the scene from the time
you came onto the atage. Your mind was
somewhere else than on your work. You
were speaking your line, mechanically.
Don't ever let this occur again under
penalty of your two weeks' notice," and
so on the reheasal went for nearly two
hours, each scene In all of the four differ
ent act. being taken up .eparately. The
players were not the only one. called upon
for explanations, but the property man, tho
electrician and all of the other attache,
came in for criticism on some one point
or other. After it was over, although some
harsh word had been spoken, Mr. Blumen
tbal called the company together and
thanked them for their attendance and at
tention, thereby showing that nothing but
the most pleasant harmony existed In the
organization.
"Behind the Lcenes during a performance
the utmost precision prevails from the time
the players are In their dressing rooms at
7:30 until the final curtain drops." con
tinued Mr. Blumenthal in his Interesting
conversation. "No one Is allowed to leave
his or her drenelng room until the act Is
called by the stage manager. No one 1.
allowed to have visitors In their dressing
rooms, neither Is anyone outside the mem
bers of the company and the attaches of
the stage allowed behind the scenes during
a performance. Of course, these are gen
eral rules followed In almost every well
regulated company, but I have never seen
them so rigidly enforced or generally re
spected as they are in Miss Bingham's com
panies. These things may seem trifling de
tails, but they all help to make an ensemble
that la as nearly perfect as It can be. and
therein lies the success of this remarkable
woman, whom I feel sure will win an en
viable position in the managerial world
before much more time passes."
Marian Garloux, whose character study of
the wealthy social aspirant. Miss Godesby.
was one of the most pleasing features of
the performance of "The Climbers," Is mak
ing preparations to head a company of her
cwn In a atarrlng venture during the season
of 1903-4. Miss Garloux is remembered bv
Omaha theater-goer, as having appeared in
leading parts here with Nat Goodwin. Wil
lie Coillfr In "The Man from Mexico" and
"Why Smith Left Home." She waa also
with De Wolfe Hopper for a time in comlo
opera and Is the poseessor of a splendid
voice a. well a. ability a. a legitimate
actress. So successful was she in comlo
opera that Mr. Hopper made every effort
to induce her to continue in that line of
work, but as her aspirations were higher
she abandoned It for the drama. In which
she had a broader field to display her ver
satility. She was ill for more thafi a year
and after her recovery left the stage to
take up the study of surgery, which she fol
lowed for some time. Finally overcome bv
her desire to become a famous actress ehe
returned to the stage again, entering Mis.
Bingham's company to play the part In
which she is at present gaining additional
fame and high tribute from the press
throughout the country. Miss Oarloux I.
possessed of a personality that together with
her ability can hardly fall to win success
for her and an enviable position in the
stellar ranks of the theatrical profession.
Coming Events.
At the Boyd this evenlnar Amelia Rlnr.
ham', excellent company will give another
penormance or Clyde Fltch'a successful
play. "The Ctlmber.." This Is one of the
best companies that ha. visited Omaha dur
lng the present season, and th nij i
Clyde Fitch', .trongeat. No more Interest
ing story" has ever been unfolded from the
etage than that told by this play, and no
play ever fell Into more competent bands.
At Boyd's theater on Friday and Sat
urday night, and Saturday matinee Maude
Adams will appear in J. M. Rnrria-a nai
comedy, "Quality Street," which haa re
ceived tne highest approval In every city
In which it haa been played. It la declared
a distinct and admirable ailrlitl nn in t)i.
dramatic literature of the day, a play cast
upon a high plane, as fraarant In Its !.
nes. and purity a. summer zephyrs wafted
mrougn nower-necked meadows, with It
poetry, aainty la its conceit and their ex
pression, full of sentiment that Is true and
genuine and spiced with the ntl wit
that never atlngs and a wholesome humor
mat never palls. It is a simple little
tory of a woman, heart which fluttered
first at what prove, love', false alarm, but
which in the end beats steadily in the
realization of lta half-frightened desire.
The soldier who goes thouchtlesntv tn
wars, leaving a bleeding heart behind, re
turn, to claim It In the end. It I. just
such love comedy at Barrie might have
been expected to write, filled with soft
shades, gentle in Its progress and happy
in Its ending. As a work of lta kind It la
without a blemish. The play Is in four act.
and the action take place In a quiet little
community In England about the time of
the Napoleonio war. It deal with the
fortunes of Phoebe Tbrossell and her sis
ter Susan, who live on Quality atreet. As
the heroine, Phoebe Tbrossell, Mis Adam
haa added to her a-sllerr of afar nlAtntu
a portraiture which haa all the daintiness
ana nner touches of art. "Phoebe of the
Ringlets," a she 1 called, 1 the winsome
creation of a poet' brain. She Is an in
tensely sympathetic creature, graciously
temimne, tender, nuoyant In fact, she pos
sesses those dellffhtful womanlv nnalltla
of which Mis Adam may truthfully be
aid to be the most gifted exponent on the
stage today. Mis Adam ha, as usual, a
ME.1TI.
la J. If. Barrte'a Union. Comedv.
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$2.00. Night, 50c to $2.00,
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large and splendid supporting company. In
the cast are: Sydney Brough, Joseph
Francoeur, Arthur Barry. William Lewer.
George Irving, Frederick Spencer, Fred
Santley, Mut Ida Waterman, Miss Msrlon
Abbott, Miss Helen Howell, Miss Sara
Perry, Mlas Sarah Converse. The produc
tion is a. most perfect one. and on of the
prettiest ever made under Mr. Charles
Frohman' direction.
But four more week remain of the cur
rent theatrical season- at the Boyd. The
theater close lta doors Sunday, May 18, so
far a traveling companies are concerned.
The Ferrla Stock company will occupy th
theater for the greater part of the summer
eason. Eight more companies will be
seen at the theater before Its close. They
are: Maude Adams In "Quality Street,"
Ferris Stock company for a week's engage
ment, John Drew in "The Second In Com
mand," Kathryn Kidder in "The Country
Girl," Blanche Walsh In "La Madeline"
and "Janice Meredith," Richard Mansfield
In "Beaucalre," "When Reuben Cornea to
Town" and May Irwin in "The Widow
Jones." Mtsa Irwin closes the house.
Les Troubadour Toulouslans, a com
pany of French vocalists from the Folles
Bergeres. Paris, will head the new and
varied program that open at the Orpheum
matinee today. They are the latest musical
feature Imported by the Orpheum Circuit
company and have played In the Orpheum
theaters at New Orleans, San Francisco,
Kansas City and Lo Angeles, a success In
each. After an absence, of several year an
old favorite, Lew Bloom, returns, this time
In monologue. Dooley and Fowey will be
seen here for the first time In a stunt In
which comedy, vocallsm and dancing will
constitute the entertainment. Another
musical feature will be the Harmony Four,
who may be Identified by their railway sta
tion skit tn which they last appeared here.
They will sing new popular airs and con
tribute to the fun-making with unique
comedy. The terpBlchorean feature of the
program will be provided by the dancing
Dawsons, of whom there are three, a man.
woman and a child. Loney Haskal, the
young monologutst, will have some new
quips, while the Gloss brothers are gladia
torial gymnasts who give a series of classic
pose. The moving picture will attract
more than ordinary Interest, being scenes at
the Tranemlsslsslppl Exposition by F. A.
Rlnehart, the photographer. Among the
views are "The Indian Parade," "Indian
Sham Battle," "Indian Dance," "Live Sav
ing at Omaha" this picture shows a crew
of the United State marine life saving
corps giving an exhibition in the lagoon,
and the fifth picture shows President Mc-
Klnley visiting the exposition.
At the Trocadero this week, commencing
with the matinee today, Manager Rosen
thal presents the Madison Square cycle
whirl and the City Club burlesquers, the
former having been retained on account of
the Immense success which has attended
thla attraction the last week. Instead of
two cyclists, another will be added, which
will make the riding more sensational and
dangerous, especially when the three rid
ers enter into the pursuit race, finishing
with the three rider going at a breakneck
speed, the top and lower ones racing in
opposite direction to the central one. The
City Club burlesquers contribute their share
to the evening entertainment, producing
two new burlesques entitled, "From Broad
way to Pekln," and "The Sousa Girls," In
cluding a good chorus of excellent voices
and capable comedians. In the olio are
Marion Delmore Chansonette. Evan and
Devoe, musical entertainers; Blxby and
Chapman, comical blunderers: Leslie and
Allen, away from the other; the Empire
quartet, and Jeanette Dupree, the girl
with the aweet voice. The Cycle whirl and
City Club burlesquers remain the entire
week, with dally matinee. - On Friday
evening there will be another amateur
night.
Plays and Player.
Chauncey Olcott has decided to spend
his summer vacation in Europe.
May Irwin is making her farewell tour
of America In "The Widow Jones." .
John Oliver Hobbe has written a new
comedy entitled "The Klute of Pan."
Frances Burkhardt, at one time prima
donna of Frank Daniels' company, recently
died in Boston.
Thomas Seabrooke has signed a contract
with Benjamin Harris to play his old part
in "The Rounders." 1
Walter E. Perkins will soon produce a
dramatization of Mary E. Wllkfns' novel,
"Jerome, a Poor Man.
A report cornea from New York that Olga
Nethersole la to produce "Sapho" at the
Adelphl theater in London.
Reports from Cape Town, South Africa,
say that Nance O'Nell has met with great
success there In "La Tosca" and "Camllle."
A drama that may soon be produced I.
built upon Incidents In the life of Caroline
of Brunswick, wife of George IV of Eng
land. The new theater being erected by the
Lambs' club in New York will be the
permanent home in that city of Henrietta
Crosman.
Mrs. Richard Mansfield sailed for Europe
last week, in company with Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Palmer. Mr. Mansfield will go abroad
at the end of his seaaon.
Bronson Howard Is now able to be out of
doors a few hours each day, although his
condition still causes anxiety. He is shortly
to go to Palermo from Nice.
Gilbert Parker haa sold the American
rights of "The Right of Way" to Charlea
Frohman. The latter Intends to star Wil
liam Faversham in the piece.
Anna Held has practically decided to play
a summer engagement In Chicago, and In
September to sail for Paris. She will prob
ably remain abroad all of next seaaon.
May Irwin, who Is one of the richest
women In the acting buslneaa, recently
wrote a magazine article with the head
ing: "A Stage Career Not Profitable."
David Belasco is to sail for Europe next
month, and. It la reported, he will meet
a noted foreign playwright with a view
to a new stupendous production for next
year.
It la aald that New York society Is now
amusing Itself at its own homes with the
antics of small, aelect and specially en
gaged ballets made up of professional
dancers.
Mr. Patrick Campbell'a tour of thla
country will probably net her a cool t0,OX).
Many of the crltlca have not been kind to
her, but the financial harvest Is drawing
ner nacK to tne united Biaies next season.
Chicago is to have two new theaters in
about another year. Both of them are to
be syndicate houses, one of them to be
located on Randolph street. Just east of
Dearborn, and to cost $xx),ii0. while the
present management of the Dearborn Is to
construct another theater near the present
site of that playhouse.
Bertha Crelghton will make a starring
tour next season under the management of
Jellies & Co. The name of the play in
which she will appear haa not yet been
made public. Mlas Crelghton waa for some
time the leading woman of the Woodward
stock company and played wun tnem dur
lng their Omaha engagement.
If the Londoners fall to take to "Ben
Hur" tthe report say the piece was hissed
and the critics scored it badly) there will
be a small fortune lost on tne undertaking.
Of all Pieces selected for the English stave.
the dramatisation of Oeneral Wallace's
masterpiece looked to have the best chance
for aucceoa. Hut there la no gueaalng the
uinaoD piay pawons.
The custom of. adopting atage name
eenis to be leas commonly followed now
than it used to be. A writer in a Brooklyn
paper point out that In the olden dava
not one In a hundred stage performers
appeared before the public, under his own
name. Of the three "Ulllys" of minstrelsy
whose deaths were recorded recently, Billy
K.meraon, uiiiy nice ana uiiiy eat, Kmer
son real name waa William Hedmnnri
KW-e's William Pearl and West's John Mur-
pny.
Dead If a a la Idrntlaed.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. ADrll IS Mr. T. a
Cox of Abilene, Tax., haa arrived In the
city and further Identified the man killed
by Officer Pink Taylor Wednesday morn
ing as her son. Orland Camlllo Hanks the
alleged train robber. On the biuiv i tt..
dead man waa found between 1X and tuoO
In bajik bills of the National Bank of
Montana, which had been Identified aa
money taken from the Great Northern ex
press train at W agner, Mont.. July 1, iji
Marie Bwanaon, Harpist, 12) 8. 18th St
Muslcnl
I suppose that everyone who has given
a concert or made a public address had to
grapple with the problem of the babies
God blee them.
We all have an Inherent love for chil
dren, or we ought to have, for there is
scarcely man or womaa alive today who,
at some time or other In his life, ha. not
been a child. (This, of course, does not
apply to those who were born In Boston).
Well, I write today In defense of bable.
It it were not for babies there would be
a dismal prospect for humanity. Babies
are the hope of the race.
But, to the. problem. What shall we do
with regard to the babies who are brought
to church, to concert room, to lecture hall.
and, who, innocently enough, start a strain
of plteouo walling, at the Inopportune
moment, and In a key which is not ger
mane to that of the composition being sung
or played.
It Is true that babies must have mothers.
and mothers must not be deprived of the
pleasure to be obtained from hearing a
good lecture or a good musical service In
church, or a good concert. But what of
the grown up babies, who have come to
hear the same feast of reason or flow of
soul? And what of the persons who are
ministering to the general enjoyment, who
are, necessarily, trained up to a high
tension, and who have their hand, full, if
they do themselves Justice, even with a
quiet, attentive and undisturbed audience?
The dear babies I sometimes wonder If
King Herod was a musician or a lecturer
and If a platform experience urged him to
Issue bis famous decree about killing the
dear children. If so he should not have
done so, he should have ordered the par
ents to be deported. Then there would
have been no one to take the chldren to
the concert or the lecture and the- little
one. would have been able to go to their
cradles and get to the land of dreams. Nod
Island. Shadowtown, Sandmanvllle, or
some of those famous resorts to which chil
dren are so partial, and which they doubt
less enjoy more than any concert.
But there comes the old worn-out argu
ment, "Shall the poor hard working
mother be compelled to take the blessed
babe out of tho auditorium and be unable
to hear what she came to hear? Toor
thing, it may be her one Joy In life, etc.,
etc." This Is, of course, a hard argument
to answer, because one's sympathies are
undoubtedly with the mother and the baby.
I heard a minister once say In a sermon,
"Don't disturb the child. He does not
bother me." This was a grand stand play.
If he had had anything to eay that waa
worth saying, or that he had thought out,
it would have disturbed him, and it is more
than likely that the same self-sacrificing
gentleman would have roundly scolded his
own boy at homo if he had called to an
other boy across the lawn, outside the study
windows. And then on the occasion al
luded to, it certainly did disturb the con
gregation. While my sympathies are with the chlM
and mother every time, I must say moat
emphatically, that the audience should not
be disturbed for the sake of the one,
neither should he who ha. prepared at
great trouble an offering of muBical or
oratorical worth, be compelled to Jeopardize
his line of thought, hi. presentation of the
music, or his reputation, which would re
ceive no gentleness at the hands of the
audience, If he failed to do hi. best, neither
would the audience take Into consideration
that the artist or the speaker had been
annoyed by circumstance, over which be
had no control.
One forget lometimee that the person In
the seat immediately In front of or behind
the singing infant, is also a tired, woru-out
mother, seeking the inspiration of music or
eloquence, who waa compelled to leave her
Infant at home in charge of a devoted hus
band who wanted to go with his wife.
The people who go to bear concerts do
not want to be disturbed, aa i easily seen
by the fact that In most well-regulated
theater the sign which reads "Children in
arms, not admitted," Is very plainly visible.
When the church Is gracious enough not
to put any euch restriction upon its at
tendants, the attendants should show
enough reciprocal courtesy to take a seat
near an exit, in order that the child could
be removed. Doe the child enjoy the
music? If so, why does It cry? If not,
why give it pain? Is It not cruel, parents,
Is It not inhuman? Why make the child
suffer? Is it fair? Can it defend Itself?
Why be selfish? Why make it atay? Why
not take It out?
Then, of course, there is the fond and
Idiotic parent who says: "I have paid for
my seat" Just a though he had pur
chased the right of annoying the audience
and Inflicting the cute deeds of hi progeny
upon an audience which had assembled for
another purpose. The dear youngster does
not know that It I not the kindergarten; It
sees the straight row of seats and the
lights. It hears the music, and it I all like
a great fairy tale to It dear little inno
cent and happy heart, but what do you
think of the parent, who alt with a sim
pering and allly smile which say aa plainly
a word could express it, "I'm its papa,
I am! What do you think of me?" (The
Beo Is a highly respectable paper so It will
not say what it thinks). I love children,
and I may modestly say that I know a few
(under 2 year of age after that they be
come discriminating), who like me, but
when I go to a concert I love the children
Just the same, although my mind will re
call Inevitably the old motto, "Absence
make the heart grow fonder."
At St. Phllomena' cathedral this even
ing concert will be given by the choir of
the church, assisted by J. H. Slmms, or
ganist. The choir will sing In addition to
the other number on the program, pub
lished in. yesterday evening's Bee, the
great chorus from Haydn' "Creation,"
"The Heaven Are Telling."
The attendance at the First Methodist
Episcopal church last Sunday evening,
which filled the largest church in Omaha
to the standing room limit, was a most
gratifying acceptance of the presentation
of the "Historical Cycle of Composers."
Tonight will be English Composers, and
Mr. McCreary will do a good share of the
solo work. Miss Caldwell, soprano, and
Mrs. Martha Miller Kelly, contralto, will
sing with Mr. McCreary the duet from
Stalner' "Daughter of Jalrus," entitled
"Love Divine."
The advanced pupils of Miss Boulter gar
a recital at her piano atudio yesterday
afternoon.
Mr. Keck' pupils had a recital yester
day evening at, hi studio In th Davldge
block.
Arrangement are being made for secur
ing the famous 'cellist. Bruno Stelndel, for
concert In May. Mr. Stelndel will b
remembered as the bright particular star
of the Thomaa orchestra, at the exposition
in 1898, when Omaha people gave him th
same endorsement that he ha bad In
Europe and th rest of America.
Mia Mary Munchoff will return from
Europe next month, and will visit her
parental home. Will she be honored with
out a Frohman management? It la fer
vently to be hoped so. Omaha becomes
forgetful sometime, but she doe not mean
It. She to a very busy metropolis.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
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