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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1902)
"fT'lTE OMAHA PAILT BEEt STJKDAf, AUGUST 31, IDOL'. 1 Amusements Thla afternoon at the Boyd the curtain will go up on the Brit play of the regular winter theatrical season. An la the prac tice everywhere, the early offerings will be of too lighter variety, aa manager do not care to rink the expensive attraction until folk have recovered somewhat from the outdoor habit of the aummer time, and are willing to eeek their amusement Indoors. During the greater part of Sep tember, at least. It la reasonable to ex pect In Omaha weather of a aort that will scarcely Induce people to forsake band con certs and the like for the theater. But when the cool nlghta come the warmth and light of the theater are again grateful, and people will aeek the playbouae aa the place to spend the evenrag. Beginning with October and running through the win ter, Manager Burgess has arranged for a list of attractions that will compare even with those of last aeaaon, which was ad mittedly the most brilliant In Omaha's theatrical history. All of the really high grade companies that are planning to tour the country during the coming winter have Included Omaha in their route. Many of them will make Omaha the weatern limit of their journey. Within the last Ave year a change has come over the condi tions which govern in the theatrical world and Omaha haa been advanced from a posi tion many points below par to a premium as a "show" town. ' In every respect the local situation haa Improved and managers bow reckon on liberal patronage here tor everything meritorious. For this resson all the high class companies that tour at all are anxious to secure a date at Omaha. Manager Burgess la fully alive to these conditions, and as a result la able to promise the people of Omaha a aerlea of attractions for 1902-8 that "will make the seacon memorable for lta artistic bril liancy. During his short but very appropriate and Interesting speech at the opening of the new Willis Wood theater at Kansss C ty, -Mayor Reed aald: "Aa the library indi cate the degree of culture and refinement of the family, ao doea the theater indicate the degree of refinement of a city." It Is easy to admit that Mayor Reed's conclu sion la accurate, and it Is also essy to sup plement It with the suggestion that just ss a neighborhood Is refined and elevated by the presence of a family whose culture la above the level, so communltica will In measure at least be benefited by the ex istence in any of their number of a theater that la lifted In beauty above those that have existed. Wherever culture and re finement exist, an Influence for good abouuds. and the effect can no more be evaded than can a city which la set upon a bill be hidden. In this light, Omaha, and, for that matter, all western citlea are to be congratulated that Kansas City baa now such a handsome and perfectly appointed theater. Aa the lack of such a building at tho principal city of the middle west haa In times past been a handicap on lta neighbor ing cities, so in the future Its ex istence must be a help and an Inspiration. Omaha and Denver have probably Buffered more than any, for shila both havs fins theaters ths Sres4 way In Denver and the Boyd In Omaha many excellent companiea have declined to visit either for the reason that Kansaa City could not be Included. Thla excuse will no longer serve, tor Kansss City now has one of the prettiest thesters in the world, and thus by removing this embargo the exist- i ence of the Willis Wood theater In Kansas City will directly benefit at least two neighboring cities. TnMriantfil In fKa nntnlna a -a V. . . - w ..... vvuiug ui i u o tuvmhvr waa the outpouring of the beauty and the chivalry of Kansas City, to th utmost ca pacity of the auditorium, and these enjoyed an evening made memorable aa much by the unaffected felicitations which were Inter changed cn all hands as by the excellence of the performance. Not only did the Kansas City people congratulate each otheion th fact that they are to be permitted the pleas ure of assembling la the future at the Willis Wood theater, which will long stand as a measure for other theaters, but they show ered verbal and manual bouqueta on Colonel Willis Word, the enterprising and public spirited gentleman who has given his fellow townsmen this p'easure, on Mr. Louis Cur tlas, whose genius created it In Its perfec tion of artistic detail and luxury of ap pointment and equipment, and Anally on Measrs. Woodward V Burgess, under whose management It waa opened to th public and who for the next twenty years will have ' sontrol of the theater. No prouder nor hap pier quartet waa ever seen than these gen tlemen on the opening night, and each bad splendid cause to feel both pride and joy. Mr. Burgess had as much If not more reaaon for feeling good aa any of the resident Kan saa Cltyana. Seven years ago he went to the Missouri town and took hold of the old Warder Orand. Manager after manager had failed with th house, and th new venture wag laughed at by th wis ones and nothing Sent Free Jo Son. Fra Trial Pa.kag of this. New Dig eovsry Mailed to Every Man Bonding Nam and Address Quickly Restores Strength , and Vigor. Free trial packs- of a moat remark ets, remedy are being mailed to till who writ th Btete Medical Institute. They aured ao many man who had betvled lor l t R0BIKS0& M.D.CM. Medical Directs reera aaalnat th mental and chrsloa.1 suf ficing of lust manhood that las Institute aa seciped to distribute tree trial pacan- gos to ail weo write, it is a noma ire Insnt snd all man who euff.r with any form of uaiial waak ilmj renultlna- front youthful folly, premature loa ef atreagth and memory, weak bauk, varicocele, or emaciation ot part cava now cur umi Svlva at home. The remedy has a peculiarly grateful f fact of warmth and seems to act direct t. the daairad location giving strength and ttevelopmant just where It la need. It ?uree ail the 1.1 and trouble that com rona year f misuse of th natural func tion and naa been an absolute success la all ansae. A remuet to the 8 lata Modlcsi Institute. m Elektron Building, Ft. Wayne Ind., stntlng that you daslre an of their f raa trial package will fee complied with promptly. The Institute I dealroue of teaching that great class of msn who ar Unable to leave home to be treated and th fro sample will enable them t a aow easy It is to be cured of eesuaJ weak riaas when th prouer remedies are em- floyed. Th Institute mekae no rentrlc lone. Any man who write will be sent a free aampla, earefully settled in a plaJo package so that lta recipient need have ne lane of em harassment or publtolty. P aa A r ase rauaslaU tdWXllA Without duay. teelesa tletfetl Wataka, Aee. but defeat waa predicted. Out of the cam paign then begun In a period of depression and In tare of the most discouraging prece dents has grown the theater of which Kan Fa City Is so proud. Mr. Burgess' pluck snd Judgment haa Its triumph In the build ing or the Willis Wood. No wonder he felt good Mondsy night. Roman In deatgn throughout, th austere simplicity of the exterior of the building hsrdly prepares one for the warmth of th Interior. Passing a colonnade of Roman Doric columns, the visitor enters a lobby of white and gold, with celling arched and grclned In most effective msnner. Its bril liance Is somewhat startling, but the effect Is soon over, when the foyer Is attained and the first glimpses of the sumptuous auditorium are caught. On the first floor a row of loges extends around the eeated area. separated from the foyer by a colonnade of beautifully modeled caryatids, whose out-' stretched hands, uphold the draperies. On the second or salon floor the stalls are ar ranged In front of the chalra. This Is a dis tinctive festure of the theater, for back of the seats Is a large sslon. Intended for promenading and social Intercourse between acta. It la luxuriously furnished and dec orated, and. If the experience of the open ing night la a criterion, will certainly be a popular place with the patrons of the theater. On the third floor la the family circle the theater has no gallery fitted in keeping with the other parte of the house. In reneral the Interior decoration la ala baster white and a dull tone of lake. though the hangings are of green plush lined with pink silk. This may seem an Incongruous combination of colors, but It Is so worked out aa to be not only most har monious but highly effective. Roman arms and Roman eaglea form the basis of the designs, and the familiar "S. P. Q. R." with the fasces set many a man whose schoolboy Latin had not entirely vanished under the attrition of more assertive facta In the strenuous life of Kansas City to ex plaining to hla neighbor that the cabalistic deatgn had nothing whatever to do with local affalra. On the drop curtain Is a scene depicting the sacrificial procession of a victorious Roman to the temple of Juno. Lavish In all lta equipment for the con venience and comfort of playgoer and player alike, the Willis Wood theater well merits all that haa been said of It, and it may be vouched for as a fact that for once at least In praising a local Institu tion the Ksnsss City preea has not over stepped the limits of truth. Sober words can give no Idea of the place. It la aa great a provocative of extravangant utter ance aa champagne or atrong drink. Aa to the play, Omaha people will aee that later and may form their own opin ions. It Is a "problem" play, with the single advantage that It haa eliminated the personal equation by putting the problem Into the handa of a lot of Impossible peo ple. At nox time la the broad atralght pathway of the atory from inception to de nouement obscured by any aubtletlea of the wrlter'a craft, but the auditor finds much satisfaction in the Interpretation given the uiuewutbt lliVSS &Hd StV7 filtUft- tlona by th excellent actors who have th parte In hand. Miss Bingham is assisted by several ladlea and gentlemen who have earned their right to large type In the an nouncements, and their performance la one that will aurely be enjoyed by any who haa the good fortune to hear and aee them. One of the really noticeable changes In the thlnga offered at the theater for the amusement of the people is the gradual disappearance of the female form divine arrayed In the tightest of tights, the scantieat of skirts, or the most diaphanous of draperies. Instead, we are now asked to look upon fresh young things clothed aa modestly aa the must prim of boarding school misses. And th change la wel come one, too, for if it doesn't do any thing else it allows some room for specula tion, and that la more than th old cos turns did. Descanting on this topic, the press agent of the Herald Square theater aaya: An altogether new type or ctiorua gin has sprung up In New York In the last two Beacons. And, strange to say. she la part and parcel of the Casino,' which was lor so many years me jnecua di uk um style chorus girl. The new chorus girl Is a daintier, sweeter creature than the one of years gone by. The new type is perhaps seen to beat advantage In "A Chi nese Honeymoon," the current attraction at th famous New York home of comio opera and musical comedy. She la not a thing of brasen face, boldly staring eye snd columnar limbs which she la fond of showing to the public gase, aa were ao many in tns Dygone aaya 01 t-aaino iuc csaes. She la a winsome, girlish girl, firetty because she comes from the best amllles, dainty and aweet and modest be cause she cornea from a home of refinement and culture to enter on a career wrucn an nope win bring her fame and fortune. In the Other aays cnorus gins were rocrunau from the slums and the very poor classes whose home life betokens little of educa tion and refinement. The absence of tignte ana Disarre cos tumea and smut and suggestlveness from the lines of recent big musical comedy successes are responsible for the new chorus girl. A girl with voice, good looks and neat appearance la taken In preference to the sirl whose race ana rorm are la- mlllar becaus of frequent appearance la Ilroadwsy productions, rsrents or am bltioua girls know this very well and no longrr object strenuously to permitting them to appear on the atage. "Klorodora" had only one pair or tights and these appeared only for a few minutes toward th close of the play. In "A Chi nese Honeymoon" there ar no tights. Every player man or woman la beauti fully and decently clad and there are no lines to bring th blush of shame to any player or auditor. The reault Is that with a very witty book, catchy music, elegant costuming and accessories and a company of talented and popular principals. "A Chinese Honeymoon" haa found the great est favor of many years with all classes of theatergoers. That la one reaaon why such girls aa Margaret De Mills, Mlnola Nad a Hurst. Helen Latten, Mabel Taylor King, lta Kemph, Margaret De Bolman. Gertrude Wallace and other girls from among the bent families of New York and surround ing cities have joined the ranka of "A Chi nese Honeymoon." Miss De MUle waa the daughter of a clergyman. Miss Hurst's father was, hefor his death, a writer on the Philadelphia Frees. Miss Latten s father was a wealthy wholesale merchant. Miss D Bolmars relatives In France be long to th nobility. Miss Wallace's father died, leaving- a $300,000 estate In Philadel phia. Miss Kemph s father waa an officer in the Herman army. There are many other girls In the earn company whose parents were just as wealthy and promi nent. That Is the new type of chorus girl, and It is no wonder she la more popular on Broadway. 8 he la a quiet, modest, prettv girl, and th girl who Ilk tights ar distanced. Oosalngr Bvents. The Boyd theater will be opened1 for th regular season thla afternoon with th farce comedy success "Hello BUI." The piece will be seea for four performances, which Include th special Labor day matinee to morrow afternoon. Harry Corson Clark, th unctlous comedian, who will be remem bered as ths bogus parson la "What Hap pened to Jones" last season, will be sees la the title role. Mr. Clark haa surrounded himself with aa excellent company of play ers and th play la said to bs very hand somely mounted. "Hello Bill" waa written by Willis Maxwell Ooodhue, a newspaper man ot Nsw York, and has been before the publlo thre years, during which time It has been accorded more thaa the usual rua of success that farce comedies of Its kind sojoy. It Is said te be broadly frrclcaj and absurdly humorous. Bom critics hava glvsn It th credit of being on a par with aome of th plays of ths lata Charles Hoyt. Th company which supports Mr. Clark includes such people as Frank Glenn, 8. 8. Wlltale. Oldeoa Burto. Margaret Dale Owen, aUldx4 Claire and Marloa Kirby. The ssle of seats for the play was opened Thursday morning, and Judging from the demand for seata the company will do a record-breaking business. One of tho new features on th varied program at Krug park today will b a mov ing picture, In colors, of th famous fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood." It Is espe cially calculated for the entertainment ot womea and children, the latter of whom have attended In such large numbers during the summer that th management ha made It a policy to present at least one feature on the bill of free shows esch week that appeala strongly to the little ones. At 4S p. m. Profs. J. Waldorf Hall and How ard will make aa ascension on a single mon ster balloon, giving aa they sail upward a daring trapeie performance. The latter will cut away with hla parachute first, leaving the former to attempt an unusually high aa- censlon. Aa entirely new program of twelve numbers, ranging from popular to classic composition, will be rendered afternoon and evening by Huster'a band. Aubera' "Crown Diamonds," Suppe'a "L'ght Cavallerle" and Miserere from "II Trovatore," by Verdi, constitute three of the more pretentious numbers, while a selection from "King Dodo" and Dal by 'a fantasle on "My Old Kentucky Home" are among the well-known popular numbers. For a solo Huster will play a selected number. The "Passion Play" will continue every evening. In the after noon at 1:30 is the hour set for Eugene V. Debs to talk upon the labor problem. On next Tuesday night a number of sing ng so cieties will hold a sangerfest commemorat ing the battle of Sedan. A choir of fifty male voices selected from the Omaha .Or pheus, the Omaha Plattdeutcher Vereln and the South Side Mannerchor under the direc tion of Prof. Charles Pettersen and Mr. Elgmund Landsberg will render a repertoire of light numbers. In several of which Hue ter's entire band will accompany them. Plays and Players. Claude L. Goodwin haa joined Amelia Bingham's business staff. Oeorge C. Tvler will most likely take ; Madam Duse on an Australian tour after one iitiiBurB iivr Eca.uu in HUB iri'uiiuy. At last the play In which Joseph Dodson and Annie Irish are to star baa been lamwl. It will be called "The American Invasion. Sullivan, Harris ft Woods have engaged Gertrude Haynes and her Choir Celestial as a special feature of the "Fatal Wed ding for twelve weeka Richard Oolden revived "Jed PTOuty" the other night In Bangor, Me., and will keep the play for about two or three weeka be- iore going out in f oxy punier. James K. Hackett, who returned from abroad last Wednesday, has started to work to prepare his two "Crisis" cornea nles with the assistance, of Walter N. Law rence, Isidore Wltmark, composer of the muslo or f rank u. ferley s spectacular operatlo comedy. "The Chaperons." has written sev eral new songs which will be introduced In the piece the coming aeaaon. "The Sultan of Sulu" la aoon to take the road In all his Chicago magnificence, under direction or Henry w. savage, who man aged "King Dodo'' and "Prince of Pllstn." Omaha Is on the route of hla Maylaslan majesty Mrs. "Pat" Campbell la among the late arrivals from London. Up to date' she haa not broached the subject ot "Molina Glta" for an American production. She will play a tour of twenty weeka, and will put on iu new piaya. Alice K. lve Is busy at her country home on ner ivew .iigiaua play called A Bay State Spinster." Thomas "W. Broadhur.it tufa plana tor Harila Htrlnn-ha m If production will bo made in tho course of a montn or two. Maude Adama la hereafter to have the Empire theater aa her home for her pro- ductlons In New York. This means that Jchn Drew, the Km pi re Theater company ana miss Auams win nereaiter play regu larly at this house. Marguerite Sylva, who sang "Princess Chic" In Omaha last season. Is singing at ma neaa 01 im Dtroners mis season. Maud Lillian Berrl, who took Miss Bylva's place In "Princess Chic," is now leading inm ouiuin ox ouiu. The Acting club of Philadelphia Is going to take up the question ot building a 'small private theater at lta meeting to be held eariy in September. The plan la to build 100,000 house for the club'a own use, where its own piaya can have a production. Miss Elen Terry is again leading woman for Sir Henry Irving, and Mrs. Kendall has le joined her husband, leaving Beer boh m Tiee to rustle for a leading woman. Cecilia Loftus, who waa with Irving while Terry whb piayuig i no merry wives or wind ecr," has gone back to 13. H. Sothera. Frank C. Payne, who Is the business manager of "The Sultan of Sulu" company me present seaaon, la an old newspaper man. e wss on me aesk ot the Chicago News when George, Ade first cams on that newspaper, and now he Is advancing the uiicmii oi jnr. Aue a merry satire. Faversham haa returned from Knsrla nil Mr. Frohman has not determined what play he will present thla favorite In, owing to me uncertainty of the dramatization of ine itigni or way," on which Blr Gilbert Parker la engaged. If thla ia ready lu time sir. e averxnam win nreaant "Kuniv' Steele on the atage. Next month will see active preparation for the production .of Oeorge Ade' lateat work. "Peggy from Parle,'r which Henry W. Savage la to produce. Mr. Ade made such a bis aucceaa with hla "H.iit.r. .f ouiu mai mucn is expected from the new work. It la understood thst there is more me navor or tne lamoua "Fable In Slang" In thla work than there la In "Tha Suitun of Sulu." The latest engagement for the "Prince of rusen'- is Helen Bertram, who signed with Henry W. Savage for the part of th daahlng American widow. Miss Bertram haa just returned from Europe, where ahe went aiier ner iiiness. nne naa not ban singing ior a year, ner last engagement Deing wim jerry eyaea in "Foxy Uulller. Mlaa Bertram will ODen In her new nut ine H.yrie uenew company this season will Include: Kyrle Bellew, Eleanor Rob son, Ada Dwyer, Frank Lander, Oscar Eagle, Frederick Bock, C. av. Smlly, Her bert Fortler, Henry Stookbridge, Walter Hitchcock, Edward Powell, Arthur Norrta, Baldwin Search, Janet Ford, Caroline But terfield, Florence Lester, Oscar Brlggs Thomas Stsvens, Charles Crawford, Bar- ion num. ineooore Barrow, James C. ceeue, Laura ivnaiance. Among the biggest of the season's muslcsl onenngs will be ITanlt u. Ferley a el us ing comedians in "The Chaperons." Ths company will number about seventy-five people and the ecenlo equipment and prop erties will require two baggage cars for their transportation. It will make a com prehensive tour of the eastern and middle statea, out win .not go further weat than Omaha. Mr. Pel-ley is reserving th south ana tar weat ior another season. Miss Sorenson will studio September 8. reopen her vocal LA BOH AND 1NDISTHY. Negro roustabouts on the Ohio river are on atrlke, and white men have filled their placea, a sight river men have not seen since long before the civil war. Indian fishermen at Neah Bay, near Tort Townaend, Wash., to the number of 10 struck against a reduction of 1 rents per tlsh, causing ths canneries to close. A Pa rials n cloth manufacturer ia reported to have Invented a method manufacturing perfumed cloth, the perfume being guar anteed to laai aa long as me tanric. Members of the United Mine Workers of America In Alabama are now contributing to striking miners In the anthracite ana Virginia fields more than IM.uuO per month. Mr, Chen, proprietor of the Tslng Tel firm of Kobe. Japan, has purchased a spin ning mill at Shanghai, in which 30,000 aplndlea are in operation and 1,600 opera tives are at work under five Japanese over see re. There are serious labor difficulties at Johannesburg. South Africa, and the at tempt of Influential English mining houes t remedy the scsrclty of labor by th In troduction Into the colony of C Illness is meeting with strong opposition. Never Tee Old te Insnre. Few persons who take out llf Insurance postpone that action so long as did aa old English sailor who recently applied for a policy. When h presented himself at th insurance office he was naturally asked his aga His reply was "Ninety-four." "Why. my good man, we cannot Insure you," said the agent of the company. 'Why notf de mended the applicant. "Why. you say you are M years of age." "What of thatf' th old maa cried. "Look at statistics and they will Ull you that fewer maa die at ti aaa at any ataar aga." Musical ON TUB LAKE. Aug. If. and by "a Lake." Aug. 2k. With the sun dancing on th wave and the vast expans of sun and sky meeting, as It were, all around the circumference, on cannot reallie that he I not on the ocean. We have been staying at the Hotel Del Prado, out on that beautiful boulevard which runs through ths old historic Midway of World's fair memory. The hotel Is full of south ern people. It is well managed and Is a regular summer resort hotel, not Ilk any of th down town ones. Th courtesies extended by Mr. McOaun who Is always to be seen, but Is not the proprietor are extended in such a way a to make one feel that th plscs la being kept open for bis special benefit. I strongly recommend. Omaha people In search of a quiet but comfortable place, absolutely first-class, to try It. Th rates ar exceedingly rea sonable by the week. (I paid full price. This is not a paid advertisement.) I overheard a conversation at a certain summer resort hotel last night no matter where the resort was, I do not wish to be come personal and that conversation waa too funny for even a comlo opera. She, party of the first part, was a full-blown furnace, driving hot air Into every room, even the attic, and he was not so slow on the "underfeed furnace" himself. She was driving tandem with her Imagination and he was a good second. She was begging him to come and see her when he was In Florida, as she knew everyone of Impor tance In the southern cities, while he, well, he was th confidential adviser of all the big ones from J. Plerpont Morgan to King Ak-Sar-Ben. But why dilate T Th Incident Impressed me so that I was com polled to break away from my usual habit of prose and Inflict a few verses on an un suspecting but forgiving public. It Is a long time now since I perpetrated any verse, and so I beg the Indulgence of tho readers and ask them to drop a tear with me. Of course all the small resort hotels have funny episodes and I may have more of them later. Here's ths "potry:" Oh! she was an heiress of high degree, And wss bored to death, you know. With servsnts and maids and soctetee, So she traveled Incognito. And he was a nobleman's youngest son. Who waa traveling for his health. And he languidly talked to the other one or tne ouraen or ample wealth. She was so glad to be free at last From society s gay levees. Of dinners and balls and receptions past, ui vie operas ana pin teas. He was so bored with his club and such: Ha waa sick of valets and Brooms. And bothered to death with ever so much. ine society man assumes. They lingered and loitered and chattered so Through the lenarth of the tedious dav: iu naa ennui rrom nis neaa to ma toe. Auu sno wss oni so Dian-zay. She hoped he would come to the aouth of ranee. When the summer had ceased to ha. Where they'd laugh and they'd aing and o gayiy uance. In her villa beside the sea. He muat Insist on' a winter cruise On his beautiful nrlvato vnrht Where they'd listen to music and ace th views, With never a lonesome thought. But alaat Flirtations must sometimes IOD, And the aummer be no more. I Bo ahe haa gone back to the- hair-dressing I . . shop. And he th department store. There waa an Interesting episode at the Edelweiss Garden one night last week The muslo Is furnished by members o; the Thomas orchestra, as usual. There are about thirty-five men under the leader ship of Mr. Albert Ulrlch. On the occasion In question Prince - Boris, the Russian, whose name Is so familiar to readers of the papers, was present with a party of about a doien. The orchestra played one number In the program In which was heard the Rnsslan National Hymn. Th party, which was seated on one of the balconies, Immediately stood to salute, and did the same when, later on In the evening, the "Star-Spangled Banner" was played. I am ashamed to have to report that the Rua slan party and your correspondent's party were ths only ones In the whole place (and there were about 1,000 present) to stand up for our own beloved national air. take off my hat to Mr. Boris, for he ahowed Chicago people an example. That could not occur In Omaha. Th Omaha people learned how to express their re spect for America and Its national music years ago. I saw Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cahn at the Edelweiss, and Mr. Harry Cockrell, for merly of Omaha, also Mr. Oodao. I have fallen from grace! I am playing ping-pong! Don't judge too harshly, may get over It. I wish I could alt under this willow tree, by thla small but beautiful lake, where no one knows mi and I know no one, and write muiio and prose forever. I am at a place where no matl can reach me and the world la almost shut out. THOMAS J. KELLY, NOVELS FOR THE MUSICAL Basks ta Pebllo Library Which Have Reosaaoes Bnllt aa the ' Mnse. With th musical festival on public In terest la mors or less centered upon things musical snd as this Is the season for aovels rather than biographies and the like, the following Hat of musical novels, all of which may be found In the publlo library, has been prepared for those who would post themselves. It Includes many old books and many new ones, but all will be found Instructive aa well as interesting. Allen "Flute and Violin" A 1F.0. Anderson "Improvisators" A 16R Anderson "Only a Fiddler" A 1W Barnard "The 8onrano A 4 4. Barnard "Tone Maatera" B 70 Bagby "Miss Traumerel" A 3X5 Bayly "Uoree-n A hM Becket "Song of the Comforter".... A 7743 Blundell "Duenna or a Genius " A K4 Bourdlllon "Nephele" A W) Chesney "Operatlo Tales'- u rsvf Crawford "Roman Singer" A 1X70 Crooby "Violin Obllgato A 18S1 Dawsen "Music of the Uods A 2014 Dudevant "Coneuelo" A 2210 Dudevant "Countess of Rudolstadf'A 1208 Da Maurler "Trilby" A 22UO Fleury "Faience Violin" A 2730 Foot "Fat of a Voice" A 27'.9 Fotherglll "First Violin" A 2770 Godfrey "Poor Human Nature" A 8490 Guerrer "Stories of the Wagner Opera" Q 728 Harland "Aa It Waa Whtten" A 4:"6 Hyne "Greatest Pianist" A 3!3 Janaen "Spellbound Fiddler" A 4117 Korolenko "Blind Musician" A 4377 Marshall "In tha Choir of West minster Abbsy" A 6092 Marnna ii -Master or the Musicians Handel" A B08S Rati "Mosart" ,A ai.75 Richards "Marie" B J726 Richards "Melody" B J724 Roberts "Fiddler of Lugua" ,...A 764 Pheppard "Counterparts" A 79 Fheppard "Charlea Aucheeter" A 7 Bheppard "Rumor Beethoven" ....A 7387 Bhorthouae "Teacher of the Vlolln"A 7377 Slenklewics "Yank tha Musician".. A 7i7 Bousa "Fifth String" A 7boO Van Dyke "Ruling Fasslon" A iwi Ttewea It Chicago Tribune: alealenllr. ' Wasn't K a terrifying experience, " asked his frieno, "when you lost your foothold and wenl sliding down ths mountain sldT" 'It was sxctting, but extremely Interest Ing,' said the college professor.. "I could not help noticing all the way down with what absolute accuracy I was following alosg th Una of least resistaaca." CHARITY REGGIVQ A IUSISES9. I Tvro Tunis Men Far Well Raisin - Fanes fer tastltatlons. Two of the most energetic and success ful young men of Ph ladelphla follow thf odd business of petitioning money for chari ties, reports the Record of that city. Tou, for Instance, are Interested In an orphan asylum that baa a deficit this year of $8,000. You go to the young men and tell them you want the money. 'Leave tie," they make answer, "all your literature your catalogues, reports, an nouncements everything you have ever published." And they master that literature and then they visit the asylum and Inspect It thor oughly. By this time they acquaint them selves with the character of the Institution In question, learning whether or not the benevolent rich would be likely to help It If Its case were laid before them. According to that likelihood, they set the price, saying they will "beg" for the place if they are given 10, to or 10 per cent of all the money tbey solicit. They make, It is estimated, $3,505 a year apiece. He Waited. Montreal Herald: "What were you doing at the time of your arrest? asked the magistrate of tha prisoner. I was watting." Waiting for whom?" "Just waiting." "What were you waiting for?" "To get my money." "Who from?" "The man I was waiting for." "What did he owe it to you for?" "For waiting." "I don't know what you mean. Explain younself." "I thought you knew I was a waiter In a restaurant." 'Oh!" gasped the magistrate. PlnaT Pons; Una Btrnek Omaha. "Guess that isn't so worse," said Fred A. Nash, 2nd, yesterday afternoon, as he helped Rosa Towle carry one of the first ping-pong tables Into the new parlor of pastime, on the ground floor of The Bee building. Then he wiped some green paint off his face and said: "Gee, fellows, we'll have to hustle. Twenty people bare stopped me In the last hour to know bow soon they could get busy. I tell you, the people want to play ping-pong, and It's my opin ion that we'll soon have to order half a doxen tables." Ths rooms on the Seventeenth street front of The Bee building are rapidly ap proaching the last of the work that has been In progress for a week past. The walls have beea prettily painted In light and dark green, harmonizing with the green-colored tables. The latter have been especially built for Tha Bee building par lors, and some of them have already been delivered. Stationary wash stands and hat and coat racks have been put in, and in candescent lights arranged for each table. Mr. J. S. Phillips of Parker Bros', ping- pong factory, Connecticut, nas Deen id town several daya, helping the Omaha boys to start, and start right. He aays the game Is the great fad of all principal east ern citlea, and he predicts a great suc cess for it in timana. ine new 101a hotels, charge 75 cents an hour for ping- pong tables and rackets. The Bee building parlors will charge but BO cents, and will make a rate of 30 cents for thirty minutes. The Hollander house In Cleveland Is run ning twenty tables, and finds that It will have to get more. The opening la scheduled for Thursday evening of this week, though a few games may be played before that. Sousa'e band, through a graphophone, and Paderewskl, via a pianola, will furnish the muslo for the opening. RELIGIOUS. Rev. Anson Phelne Stokes of New York Froposes to make a tour of Switzerland on oot. Ho has always been noted aa an en thusiastic pedestrian, seldom using a car rlage. although he owna several . Rev. Daniel J. O'Sulllvan, a Catholic priest of St. Albana, Vt.. Is the regular democratic candidate for the legislature from that cltv. He was educated at Mon. treal and ordained to the priesthood in 187b. Rev W Hurdof of Belle Center. O.. trav eled 300 miles to aet home to vote at the Heal law election recently, ur tne aistance he went 148 miles by rail, seventeen miles bv carrlaa-a. 1 miles on a bicycle and seven miles afoot. He led the prayer meet' Ing Jollifying over tne result. Cardinal LedochowskL orefect of the propaganda, who died in Rome aeveral days ago. expressed tne wisn ioat nis neari should be cent to his native town of Gorki. In Poland, but that his remslns should be Interred in Rome. His wish haa been ranted, the heart being forwarded in crystal urn. The widow of the late Blshoo Henry B Whipple of Minnesota has had a chime of ten bells cast in Baltimore which are to be placed In the tower of the Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior at Faribault, Minn. Each bell bears a suitable Inscription and la aald to be of superior tone. One hundred, tunes can be played upon the chime. Rev. Maa Halpern, cantor of Beth Israel, the mother church of orthodox Judaism in Boston, is reported to have brought to light the true old Hebrew tunes, which for centuries have been for- sotten or kent In false forms. His un earthing of these tunes makes possible to the Jews a worship wmcn was in prac tice thousands or years ago. One of the vouna clergymen In Wllllman- tlc, Conn., suggests a match game of base ball In that city in September between the resident ministers and lawyers, nearly all of both professions being young men, the proceeds of the game to be given to re plenish the treasury of the local branch of the xoung Men s tnnnun association. The new archbishop of the Catholic dlo cesa of OlajsKOW. Scotland. Kev. Dr. M autre, baa been the mainstay or tne arcn- dloceae for several years, having been ap pointed auxiliary bishop to the late arch- blehoD in ISM. when Pr. Eyre became en feebled mrouan oia Bia ur. mittruiro is said to possess superior administrative ability. The lanrest prelate In all Christendom ia the Catholio bishop of Armldah. Australia. Hla name is L)r. rerregianni ana ne was the head of the Capuchlan monastery at Peck ham Rye when promoted to this dio cese twenty years ago. He la a man of enormous physical bulk and la said to welsh nearly 300 pounds. Once when offi ciating in his cathedral he was fired at by a lunatic, lie escaped uninjured, tne oui let najislna throuKh his vestments. Great expectatlona are entertained of the naldachino, or canopy over ine nign aitar, which Ij soon to be In place In the new Westminster cathedral In London, and ar chltecta have pronounced It the best thing about the building. It is to be supported , . .. .Uhi rw 1 1 . i n u nt nnvv Afrm unit nnvv nuage, fifteen feet In length, and the difficulty In finding these was so great that it waa feared the design must be given up. Tha marble merchants of London. Paris and Brussels could offer nothing larger than five feet or ao. Finally a Marseilles firm discovered what was wanted in aome African quarrlea and supplied (Mm at cost of I1.2uu a column. Down In Roanoke, Vs., tr.e Methodists snd Lutherans made an exchange unusual. if not unprecedented. In church history When they were at the height of their prosperity the Lutherans built a handsome stone house of worship, which cost them tttiftin un,l which seata 701) Dersons. Thev got a fine organ and everything of the best and costliest style, and in their enthusiasm expended more than they Intended and had to borrow liS.OuO. Then came a squabble about the pastor and the choir, the at tendance fell off and the congregation waa aadly divided, until, having loet its beet men, the society found it difficult to raise the money to pay the Interest on the debt In addition to the regular running expenses. In the meantime the Methodists had pros pered and needed a new and larger church. The Lutherans heard of It and offered to trade. The offer waa accepted. The Meth odists took the txo.OOO church off their hands, assumed the mortgage of Ils.UuO, paid them caah and gave them In exchange their old house of worship. Vslesss Again Active. MANAGUA NICARAGUA. Aug. 10. Ths volcano at Mesaya, Nicaragua, is sgaln ao- tivs. Hsavy detonations ars heard and the . uiuuuiaiu ia "k--'"-a "'a- 1 4ers and fragments of rock. . AMV9EMEMT9. T8DW ROUND TRIP 25c AS USUAL TWO CONCERTS BY COVALT'S BAND Begins at 2.30 this afternoon Ends at 10:30 tonight Fill your baskets and plcnlo at Manawa any day during September. CourtlandBeach TODAY THE BIGGEST AND BEST. DON'T MISS IT! LARGE LIST OF FREE shows, both afternoon and evening. TOMORROW, Labor Day The biggest plcnlo yet Under the au spices ot the Omaha Central tabor Union, Tomorrow Picnic 4S Omaha Labor Organisations will hold their annual plcnlo tomorrow at Courtland Beach. Fill your baskets and go early In the day. Prominent labor speakers will make ad dress. Speaking at S oclock. MUSICAL ROYAL ITALIAN BAND FESTIVAL CAVALLERE EM1LIO R1VELA, Director. vietv.ftva Mualntt na Twenty Soloists. EVERT AFTERNOON and EVENING i.Vi O ClOC. " AT AUDITORIUM PAVILION, Fifteenth and Capitol Ave. n-.ni dmimion Kc. Reserved seats. lOo extra. Matinee, tCo. BOYD'S! wwffloi5S:n og-d enp m a i r RE STARTING THIS AFTERNOON Soscisl Usiines Labor Day Goodhue and Kellogg Present Marry Corson Clarke in the Jolly Comedy Success, "HELLO, BILL" Prices, 25c, 50c, 7 5c Mat. 2 Sc. 60o West's Minstrels Sept. 7 -8, UORAIID'S DaL will reopen Adult., Tsetday, Sept. 2,1 p.m. Tlckats soc4 for 11 lessons: Ulls M. gantlasaa M. two dollar laaa U you join m ma opvomi 0iiu, rir.nd oDanlns ksMmblr Waanaaday, 6plamtxr la hlldran'a ilul lismi gatardar, Oct. 4th: baflnnari IS a. n:., advance s p. u. larma iu waaia. jo lauans 310 00. Baaaoa, thro tsrms. 120. Circulars ant at your raquaal. ... Cralf htoa kail has baas enlargad snd renovate throughout DOOHinaa ara aow acvapiaa ajwaya opaa, HtBO ScnoOl Claw, ajnw nail, uaguia aaiuraay, Octobar 41b. I a at. Bassos 110 or 11 monthly. Mr. Kelly's Studio Season Opens Sept 8th Students entered Sept. 5-6 BRASS BAND PW uaad by Ui S'aataat artlaM F tuaOal aWsua. 4j0 fljuatrallyafc ataUMI fnti It Il aa Baud Moala A batraattaas fa nataor Sand. Bsrialaa la laaWa- awuta uat ndasad la sries. LYON H SALT. H . St., Chlaase. BASE BALL VINTON STREET PARK. Dcs Moines vs. Omaha ill. SI, Seat. 1-3. Rnndav same called at 16 D. m. Monday two games, lU:M a. m.. I:f B. m. BBS raEE BAY " llL- LfltSE AMt'SF.MEXTS. All New and Crcaler Thaa Ever This Year, RUG BROSJ CIRCUS A MODERN SaTS" BIB SHOW Presenting all tha Latest European, Orient tal and American Arenlc Sensations on a acale of Magnificent Completeness never before attempted, and Dwarfing all other Exhibitions into Insignificance by Its Overs whelming Magnitude. Hundreds of Sensational NewFiatuns John O'Brien's Latest and Greatest Suoceaay The Equine Ballet Militant A Beaatlfal, Orlalnal Creation, 40 FAMOUS FUN-MAKING CLOWNS J leeaj More than Half of All the Rlephnati America Trained in aa Aet Never See tntll Thla Year. 50 FAMOUS MUSICIANS SO "apt. Webb'a Fantona Jngallnn- Seals 60 ABrljliStS,Btro,luo,n the World-Fam-V ous high-wire Oymnasts. fllg HallOWSf Trlfl( And the Greatest of all European Aerlallsts THE DUW8ARS AM) THE BANYABOSj 60 ACROBATS In one MaanlfioentK Congress,, 4 Heeded by the Great Nelson Fasatlj 30 GREAT RIDERS &2? pany of Famous Horsemen sad Horsewoman Kver organised. 12 Menace Riders &VnoUoMl- ROYAL ROMAN HIPPODROME Biggest Menagerie on Earth, Including tha Only Giraffe Known to Exist And SO Bis; ail Little Btennants. ONDAY HORNING, SEPT. 15, At 10 o'clock, the Longest. Richest, Most Resplendent Free Street Parade ever seers In Omaha. Usual route over the princi pal down-town streets, wm t Miua 11, Two Complete Performances Afternoon at a p. in. Night at S n. an. Doors open 1 hour earlier. General Admlsnlon 60c. c. Children under li lumbered seats and) at Kuhn A Co. 'a rears 26c. Reserved nur dmlHslons show day Drug Store, corner 15th and Douglas streets. Unlike other shows, prices at downtown office are exactly the same as charged a reaulnr ticket wagons on show grounds. ' OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPT. 19 Exhibition Granatin, UOta and real. Omahn's Poll. TODAY Omaha's Polite Rammer Reeort. J REFINED HIGH CLASS ATTK ACTIONS EXTRA AT 8:30 P. M. Eugene V. Debs Will talk on the .tabor Problem, Workmen and friends of United. LaboB should attend and hear their Champion. ' A New Production. ft Red Riding Hood; Beautifully Depicting tha Famous ! , Fairy Tale. . J Double Balloon Ascension j At 6:45 p. m. br Prof. J. W. Hall and HJ Hall, America's Noted Aeronauts. Husters Concert Band Entirely New' Program. PASSION PLAY Telling the Story of the Life of Christ And many othsr Fine FREE SHOWS. SPECIAL Tuesday light, Sept. 2 Sangerfest Commemorating Tho BATTLE OF SEDAU CO mala voices selected from OmahaJ Orpheus, Omaha Plattsdeulcher Venn and' South 81de Mannerchor. Direction of Prof. Chas. Petersen and Slgmund Lands-' berg. ' Admission to Park lOo. Children Free. oc4iowOeitasagsjtt-n A COLD BOTTLE like champagne la the way they de , ' scribe "King's Select." It Is an e J qulslte and delightful table beverage 1 at A Hnnipniuil fna laAlaa' H.lul.. s T" i! tion. Tou should order a caas, for no wsll appointed household can af ford to do without this matchless product. 'Phone us It's so trouble. FRED KRUG BREWING CO. 1007 Jackson St. 'Phons 420 1 ,sjt(i,teta HOTEL. The MILURDl8"i"'-',u I llll lillWLnill0mUltl Lending Hotel; sri AL,TaTlHEf i LUNCHEON, 'lwfy Li. NTS, 12:90 to I B, m. SUNDAY :) p. m. JJlNNER, Tfto. Steadily Increasing business baa aseniil i ' tatsd an enlargement of the cafe, doubling-' lu former tavatUy. , 1 i IA I l ' a