Nebraska Newspapers

    "fT'lTE OMAHA PAILT BEEt STJKDAf, AUGUST 31, IDOL'.
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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.
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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
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Unable to leave home to be treated and
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riaas when th prouer remedies are em-
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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. ,
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