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14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1002. Amusements i Loot week ai msde notable In Omaha's thuopian annsls by (be appearance at ths Boyd of one who la very Bfarly In the front of the line cf American actors at present. Aside from Mr. Richard Mansfield, who la unquestionably the leader, Mr. Sothern ha few if any peers. Persistent, patient work has lifted Mr. Bothern far obove the level of American actors, and while he realises more fully, perhaps, than any of bis ad mirers that he has not yet attained per fection, hla ronstant and Intelligent effort is certain to bring hlra the reward of ad vancement, and In this alone th real actor Cnds ample compensation for his toll and endeavor. One of the principal beauties. Indeed, the most attractive of all hi quali ties, is the fact that he enacts the part of whatever character la assigned him. Thus, when we go to theater we aee Lord Arthur Cholmondeley, or Captain Uetterblalr Lyt ton, or Hamlet, or Francola Villon, and never see Sothern.- He has no mannerisms er mustaches that he makes his trademark; lie sinks hla Individuality in that of the character he la creating, and In effacing his personality he becomes the truly great art ist. Moreover, Mr. Sothern has a great respect for the verities, and realizes that harmony la most essential to successful production of a play. Hla stage manager baa hla work cut out for him all the time, and to the atage manager much of the beauty of a Sothern production Is undoubt edly due. Taking his cue from Mr. Mans field. Mr. Sothern this season sends ahead i experienced stage manager to train the supernumeraries who are needed in the ac tion of "If I Were King," and the result is easily noticed by the smooth and rapid movement of the performance. Last Thurs day afternoon Mr. Walker, who looks after this work for Mr. Sothern, spent several hours in training tho Omaha contingent for the part it was to take in the play. On Friday night the audience reaped the re ward. Thia is only an Incident of Mr. 8oth rn's care for his art. He haa won his em inent position by these painstaking methods and his admlrera are glad to concede him the praise that is his due. After the matinee was ended yeaterday and while he was being divested of his armor-plate and being reduced from the state of high ronatable of France to his posi tion as a cltiien of the United States, Mr. Bothern talked very entertainingly and very enthusiastically of the revival of the claasle in drama. "People do want it," he aid. "It is only a question of who shall present it. We have the actors, and it is my Arm belief that this will be acknowl edged. You must understand, though, that It is a most serious undertaking for an actor to essay a Shakespearean part after he has established bis name as an Inter preter of the romantic or the society drama. It is not only the money he puts Into the production, and that is by no means small Item, but It is bis reputa tion as well. For what haa be left if he falls? He must think of what he is and what ha is about to undertake, and what he will be If he falls. This is why so many good actors hesitate to make the plunge into the classic. I am glad you told me of Mr. Charles Frohman's an nounced intention to devote one theater to the revival of the classic drama. That means an excellent opportunity for some young actors.. You know, we have had no great Shakespearean actor in America aince the death of Booth, but that ia no reason why we ahould not have. And the time is ripe for it, too. Mr. Mansfield's effort In Julius Caesar has been a tremendous suc cess this year. If the actor only Is capa ble the public will give him Its support. It haa been my ambition since boyhood to play Hamlet. My production last season was not all that I wanted to make it. I did not try to give the people a new Ham let, nor will I. Too much of the best tra ditions of the stage, both of England and America, is inseparably connected with this great part to warrant anyone in undertak ing innovattona. I have studied the tra ditions as closely as I have studied the character and hope to win by keeping close to what has been proven aafe in the mat ter. About the end of December I expect to 'open at the Madison Square Garden theater In 'Hamlet,' and will play that part and that of Francois Vlll-m until the close of the season. I expect to put on a revival of 'Romeo and Juliet' next year. I think Romeo a good part for a male star and will try to make It so. Whatever the reason,, the most hopeful sign in the theat rical world is that the people are turning -to the more aerlous forms of drama, and in this the true actor finds much of en couragement." Omaha haa often acted aa "the dog" in the past, and will be again asked to witness the opening performance of new play. Thia time it Is a brief one, but not the less Important for that reason. At the Orpheum thia afternoon Miss Lillian Burkhart, who haa well won the title of the "daintiest comedienne In vaudeville,'; will give for the Drat time her new sketch, "In the Salt Cel lar." It has the stamp of the actress' own approval, which ought to go far to recom mend It to the people. During the week the press agent of the "Liberty Belies" took occasion to attract Attention to the chorus girls of his com pany by Inserting an advertisement in a local paper asking tor a squad of chaper ones to protect the fairies who wear pink paamas and dccollette nighties during the .first act. Out of thia grew a story that is now going the rounds of the newspaper in .which Omaha is getting the usual amount of lunpleasant advertising. Here Is how the Kansas City Star refers to the matter: Intimations constantly reach Kansas City about tha prevalence of hard times lit !Omaha. That these stories are neither malicious nor Idle seems to be only too well attested by the statement that the chorus girl of the "Liberty Belle" will certainly strike unless the manager takes proper precaution to protect them from the annoyance of masher In Omaha. 11 la polnltd out that the maidens who be- Always llio Samo Good Old ran bl) Is im Ths Pfida of Milwaukee Bend Postal Card for New Brochure which tells why DLATZ PEER IS RICHT DLATZ UALT-VIVINE (NON-INTOXICANT) TONIC FOR THE WEAK AU DrugglaU or Dlract VAJU tUTZ BREWING CO.. Milwaukee. OMAHA MHA5KU. iia Dl XOHU long to the chorus are highly respectable and that it la out of the question for them to appear In Omaha without chaperon. The "Liberty Helles" visited Kansas City quite recently and persons who saw and heard the performance will have no trouble in recalling the chorus girls, nor will there be snv deposition whatever to doubt their respectability. If age and sobriety of form and countenance may be accounted a aids In the practice of discretion. The young that Is, the women of the chorus, seemed to have been selected with a specific view to their Innocence of frivolity and super ficial attraction, and they were much ad mired here for their homely and sterling qualities. There was considerable won derment as to how the manager contrived to secure so many exemplars of decorum and Inconclnnlty, but the facts spoke for themselves. There Is probablv no place on earth out side of the Nebraska metropolis where the roid and fastidious vestals of the "Liberty Belle" would be beset by mashers, but, to Indulge In reiteration, times are hard in Omaha. It Is not likely that any of the girls In the company Is better off In point of good look than was the shepherdess, of whom Rosalind said, that "she has no more of beauty than might without a candU go dark to bed." , But that to neither her nor there. Lady Oodlva was not more safe 'n her ride than are the chorus girls get ting in and out from the Boyd, and the notoriety these fakirs bring to the city and its people la aa unpleasant as the method is in poor taste. One of the Chicago yellow papers, true to its natural Instinct, undertook to raise a controversy by getting the Chicago preachers to debate the propriety of Mrs. Flsks's play based on the story of Mary Magdalene. Aa might have been antici pated, the debate brought out a number of varying opinions, and no conclusion. Some of tbe ministers contended thst the play U a profanation of sacred things; others were of the opinion that too great liberty bad been taken with Holy Writ in preparing the story for tbe stage, and one, a Jewish rabbi, gave It as his opinion that the play was at least accurate so fsr as JewlBh history is concerned. In all the debate the ethical question was lost sight of. "Ia It proper to take characters from the Bible and give them life on the stage T" At first blush one would be inclined to give a negative answer to this question, for, no matter what one's religious belief, or It one have no religion whatever, the fountain bead of all Christian creed has come to be looked upon as something apart and not to be contaminated by undue familiarity. Very few approach the book with anything but a reverential spirit, even those who have discovered what a glorious storehouse of history, poetry, ro mance all that would go to make a great play It is. True, we have been given operas', or, to speak more strictly, orato rios, founded on the great book, and many poets have found therein Inspiration for some of .their sweetest songs. Yet the playwright and tbe actor have almost In variably excluded It from their sources of material. Only to the reverential feelings of the great mass of the people has this been due. In these latter days, when min isters themselves are subjecting tbe book to the most minute scrutiny, and learned doctors are debating over the origin of Its words and the meaning to be given them, others are coming to read the book for Us stories of men and women aa much aa for the goodly counsel it contains. And as many, In fact nearly all, of the men and women mentioned In the Bible were merely human In all their attributes. Is It reasona ble that they should be shielded by any especial or peculiar cloak of sanctity? Why may not the doings of those who are purely historical in their relations to the central figures and fundamental thought of the book be made the subject of discussion, even as are the hiatorlcal characters pre sented to us on other pages? Once more, can the cause of religion be In anywise Injured because the people are made fa miliar with the nature of the persons who are mentioned in the story? Hardly. Every minister who has preached since the first has used one or the other of the charactera to Illustrate hla point, to make clear the application of his text. And why should this privilege of Illustrating the Bible story be held as an exclusive pre rogative of the pulpit?' Book writers have invaded the preserves of the preacher, and shall play writers be denied, If they ap proach the topic In tbe proper spirit? And how can the motives that actuated the people with whom the story on which Christianity Is founded be better or more acceptably illuminated than by presentation at the hands of capable actors? Reflection leads to the conclusion that the Bible would suffer little If drawn on for more dramatic themes, and the stage would gain a great deal. And this, too, without necessarily m parting anything like a diBtlnct religious atmosphere to the stage, but merely giving tbe people a clearer Insight Into some of the surroundings and environment, the pur poses and motives of the actors of the great dramas that are so briefly outlined In tbe book. Blanche Walsh did not draw the un atlnted commendation of ths Chicago press witn ner new play, "The Daughter of Ham Hear." Rather, the play brought out an almost unanimous condemnation from tbe reviewers. This condition Is due. not to any shortcoming on tbe part of the great atar or her company, but rather to the apparent ability of Stanislaus Stange. who adapted the Flaubert story of "Salambo' to equal his work In the adaptation of "Quo Vadls." It is entirely against the literary and not the hlstrlonle production the critics array themselves. This being the case, there Is hope that ths play may be saved. Messrs. Wagenhals 4t Kemper expended a large sum of money, even aa large sums of money go in these pluto cratic times, to prepare this piece for a metropolitan production, and have too much at stake, aa well aa too great faith In the ability of their star, to allow the piece to fall because It Is weak In Its literary con struction. Go reason exists to hope thst Miss Walab may yet be fitted with a piece that Is worthy her unquestioned talent as an actreas. Mary Mannerlng haa found in tbe new Clyde Fitch play part that Is worth her while. She is a flesh and blood modern ' maiden, not an Idealized creation of a long past period, and Is animated by ths . impulses that move maidens of today. Ia "The Stubbornness of Qeraldlne" Mr. Fitch has shown more of bis Inventive faculty and has produced what New York critics ; unit to pronouncing good play. At all i events. It la, a clean play, with no prob los, aud uo defease of ' dirt." Miss Man Bering has been much praised for her crea tion of the part of Ceraldlne and Mr. Byron, who aupports bsr, shares with the star the applause of tbe press. foaslnsT Uveal. Harry B. Smith's new musical comedy "The Liberty Belles." will be the attrac tion at tbe Boyd tonight and tomorrow night. No matlnea performance will be given because of the company's Inability to reach Omaha from Denver In time. Tbe same company, including Harry Ollfoll, that , appeared in tbe comedy at the Madison Square theater. New York, Is promised here The plot, pink pajamas and all of "Tbe Liberty Belles" concern a revolt at a young woman's seminary by two love and atago struck young women. The two admit their sweethearts to the dormitory of tbe school and are expelled. They then opea a cook ing achool to earn a livelihood and in the end are happily married. The first act shows the dormitory with Its twenty-two orcupsnts slumbering peacefully, and later seated on tbe floor In their night clothes eating a supper spresd on the floor. Act two shows tbe Interior of the rooking school, with all hands cooking wonderful dishes from recipe books, and act three shows the lawn 4 a fashionable summer hotel in Florida. Augusta Olose, whose former business was to amuse New York's exclusive social set with "parlor" enter tainments. Is one of tbe company, as are the McCoy sisters, well known In the Hoyt farce comedies; Violet Palo, the Imper sonator of distinguished stars; Hairy Oil- foil, the mimic, and Harry Linton, formerly prominent In vaudeville. Others with the company are Catherine Carr, John Ollroy, Maude Napier, J. C. Marlowe, Katie Rooney and Mrs. MrEvoy. Lillsn Austen is the pink psjama girl. Thomas J. Smith, billed as on of the foremost character actors, will be seen In bis latest comedy drama, "The Game keeper," at the Boyd Tuesday night and Wednesday matinee and night. Mr. Smith Is making his first visit here In the play, although It Is three seasons old. He was last seen here In "The Ivy Leaf" some years ago. His new play Is by Con T.. Mur phy, th author of "Ivy Leaf." "The Forles' Well" and other successful Irish plays. Mr. Smith possesses an excellent singing voice. He will render during the play Norine, My Norlne," "Sweet Molly Bawn," 'A Daughter of Ireland" and "The City of Rest." , The east Includes Sadie Marlon, Gertrude Seldon, Del C. Selden, Clifford Smith and Baby Pattl. "Captain Jinks," Clyde Fitch's clever comedy, will be seen at the Boyd Friday night and Saturday matinee and night. The role of Madam Tretonl will be taken by Elizabeth Kennedy, a young woman with a splendid theatrical reputation. "Captain Jinks", presents a series of pictures of an interesting period in American social life of forty years ago. Many odd characters are introduced, and there is plenty of wit of the typical Fitch order. The theme of the play, that of the love of a young New Yorker for an operatic prima donna, Js treated whimsically, albeit sympathetically. The progress of tbe romance Is interspersed with a great number of diverting episodes after tbe true Fitch manner. Of tbe many recruit vaudeville has re ceived from the "legitimate," none have met with a more uniform success than Miss Lillian Burkhart, whose visits to the Or pheum are always occasions for special note, and the patrons of this bouse will be glad to know that this clever woman will be seen there all week, commencing with a matinee today. She will appear In her latest production, entitled "The Salt Cel lar." Rlccobona's "Good Night Horse" will be another prominent feature. This animal performs tricks of cunning and In telligence seemingly miraculous for a dumb animal. Appearing uniquely. In full drees he disrobes, blows out lights, tucks himself away in bed for a sleep and does many other clever things. Included in Rlcco bona's troupe are also a number of trained dogs. Crawford and Stanley will make their initial effort to please local lovers of fun as the tramp and tbe dude In a lively skit, while the musical comlques, O'Brien and Buckley, return with new ambition to enlarge their sphere of favor. Bryan and Nadlne are a team of acrobats who inter mix their "stunt" with comedy. Tbe Yankee Comedy Four, composed of Frank T. Armstrong, Arthur Earl, James Leahy and Tom Springer, promise something orig inal in their act. Armstrong gives an im personation of Bob Fltzalmmons showing a counterpart of the famous pugilist that Is said to be strikingly true. To the comedy contributions will be added that of Mitchell and Love, who are among the new comers. A collection of entirely new moving pic tures will be projected by th klnodrome. Play and Players. Captain Marshall, who wrote "The Royal Family." has Just completed another play entitled "The Unforeseen." By the first of next year Henry W. Sav age will have on his pay rolls more than 70U persons, all singers. "Quality Street." In which Maude Adams appeared In this country last season, has been a success In London. The company presenting- Willie Collier's play. "Would You for Five Millions?" cloned It season at Nashville, Tenn., last week. Mabel Dlxey. sister of Henry E. Dixey. has been engaged for an Important part in Edwin Milton Koyle's forthcoming produc tion of "Friends." A new play by Bjornson, "Paa Storhove," was performed for the first time at the National theater in Christlanla last Tuesday nignt, maKing a Dig mi. Sarah Bemhardt's season In Germany has been only partially successful, and the ne- Eotlntlona for the actress' appearance at resden and Lei pale have been dropped. Ethel Barrymore ' goes to London as a star next spring unuer naries r ronman s management, presenting a new play from the pen of either Justin McCarthy or An thony Hope. A dramatisation of Bernardln St. Pierre's famoua love Idyll and tragedy, "Paul and Virginia," has been made by Kdward Klsner and win do presented after tne first 01 tne year by Klaw & Krlanger. No definite plans have been decided upon for Maude Adams and It Is Improbable that she will not play at all this season She will probably spend the winter at her country nome on Long island. A tiurlMnii on "Th Vttrnnl Pltv" hn been brought out In London under the title of "The Aroma of Cocaine." It Is founded more on the book than on the play, the latter having railed Jo please England. The Iloetonlana have decided upon their new opera, it is to oe called i he oueen of th Adriatic," and the subject Is to be a Venetian one. H. C Barnabee will a Doge of Venice, and W. II. McDonald an Italian oanait. The nsw piece which J. M. Barrle has written for H. B. Orlng and Irene Van brugh is entirely modern, the action taking place between 189ft and 1902. The story Is of life in May fair, but pot all th scene are laid In England. Samuel Johnson. Horace Walpole, Lord Chesterfield and many other notables of the period of George II figure In tbe drama which la to serv as this season's vehicle for Grace George. The title of the play has not yet been announced. Mrs. W. K. Clifford s play. "Madeline," In which Miss Henrietta Croaman won great distinction on a brief tour last coring, la to be tranHlated Into French by Henri Davray. editor of the Mercura de Frence, and will be produced In Paris. Julia Marlowe's new play, which she Is to present In New York early next month, is "The Cavalier." which was written by Paul Keater, the rising young dramatlat who provided Mtas Marlowe with that excellent stage vehicle, "When Knighthood Was in Flower," that be dramatised from the Major story. The talk of th San Francisco antipathy to th biggest of the eastern production Is again going the rounds. The latest man ager to declare that he will never send an other of hla productions to the roast me tropolis is George Lederer, who is quoted as saying that Frisco will not support any shows but the cheaper prluatd ones. The mortality among actors who "for merly acted with Forest. Booth and Jef ferson" continues to be great, aays the New York Tribune. Almost every recent theatri cal obituary makes plaintive allusions to the illustrious fact that the deceased one "mip- forted" either one or the other or all of hose renowned performers. There is a weather-beaten anecdote about the rural actor who strove to recall himself to th remembrance of Kemble or perhaps It was of Cooke by claiming to have acted with him. "When we played Klchard, sir." he aid. "I did the crowing; i was the 'early village cock.' " Tim Murphy tells a atory on a Chicago friend which the lakeside dweller aays isn't so; perhaps, who know, but li s good as the comedian thinks, and lie takes his chances on th rest. The Chicago man was in New York and wished to call up a friend In one of the Long Island suburbs. While th operator waa securing the connection be got his dime ready to drop into th slot. "Rtady." said the voice over the wire, "drop In (0 cents, please." There mu an apopletlo groan. ''Fifty cents! I'm no millionaire! Why. In Chicago I can call up Hade for tu cents." Xtio ismI Utile voire was still unruffled when the reply rarrm beck: "No doubt, but you know that s within the city limits." The southern theatrical circuit, which has been furnishing pplcmllrt bimtnes fur sev eral years past, h.-is dropped buck Into the old rut again. Several companies have closed their season In that territory and only tho very beet attractions make money. William Furst the composer of "The Isle of Champagne.'' "The Little Trooper" and "Fleur de Lis." who used to write all the Incidental music of the new attractions of fered by Charles Frohman. has left the em ploy of that manager and Joined the David Belasco forces. Music In looking over an exchange paper th other day I chanced to come across some lines which Impressed me so much thst It seems Impossible to write on any other subject Just now. How many musicians have felt, over and over, tbe Import of these words: Weary of myself and sick of asking What I am. and what I ought to be, On this vessel s prow I stand, which bears me Forward, forward o'er the starlit aea. And a look of passionate desire O'er the sea and to the stars I send, "Ye who from my childhood up have calmed me. Calm me, ah! Compose me to th end." That thirst for repose which we all con sciously or unconsciously possess how deep it Is! Some may have the distinct consciousness of knowing what they lack and desire, while others "worship they know not what" in other words long for that Indefinable something which they seo In others but do not recognize by its name "repose" the calm, unporturbed mental condition, which is the one great mark of distinction in the artistic offerings of a great artist. We who study along those lines recognize the fact that the "poise" of the actor, of the artist, is the reason for bis wonderful power to calm to quiet, to compose an audience. Others feel th Influence, but may not know the cause. Think of repose, on one hand, and of the names of Mansfield, Paderewskl, D'Albert, Ysaye, Theodore Thomas, Jean de Reszke, Sembrlch, Bernhardt, on tbe other. What musician or student, who thinks deeply. Is not working to that same point! There is a great waste of time, and much misdirected effort and energy if this is not the goal. That there are students and artists who are faithfully working with diligence to that point w.e do know. That there are many who like tbe vulgar blusterlngs of tbe noisy singer, the spec tacular pianist, the eccentric actor or vio linist, we also know and are sorry for. But let the former take courage. It is for them these words, which I quote, were written: "Yet once more," I cried, "ye stars, ye waters, On my heart your mi-hty charm renew! Still let me as I gaxe upon you, ' eel aiy soul Decerning vast, llKe you." From the Intense, clear, star-sown vault of heaven. Over the lit sea's unquiet way. Through the rustling night-air, came the answer, "Would Ye be as these are? Live aa they. But you say, there are so many things to annoy and worry us; there are so many people who are not sympathetic, we are so misunderstood. We speak, and our voices fall on listless ears. We sing the truth and the world turns deaf. We stretch out our bands and there are none to grasp them. We send forth a call and there is a silence. Yes, 'tis true, discouraged one, 'tis true. The still small voice Is seemingly not heard, but truth Is in It and. It is reach ing some ono. The "silence," that you feel. In response to your efforts, may be the silence of appreciation, may It not? Does not the theater audience clap Its hands and shout Its "bravos" at that which la not art while the veriest genie of art are apparently passed by but not entirely unappreciated. And then note the lesson of the stars and the waters, which shine and roll, re gardless of the silence and of the lack of sympathy: UnafTrighted by the silence round them, UndtBtracted by the sights they ee. These, demand not, that the things about them, Yield Them love, amusement, sympathy. And with Joy. the atars perform their shin ing And tho sea its long, moon-silvered roll, For self-poised they live, nor pine with noting. All the fever of some differing soul. Can the musician attain to that? you say. The answer Is easy. If he realtzea the necessity, realizes that It Is the only way, his real self will assert Itself, his very soul will shine forth and he will be self-poised, that Is, soul-poised. And that reminds me how very care lessly we use the word "self;" one mo ment we speak of a person's "real self" In tbe sense of bis best part and th next moment we call him "selfish" in th sens of a bad quality. Suppose every singer could sing from bis real self and every player could put his other self away where would ba the nervousness, tbe timidity, tbe failure of today ? We are growing and we ar coming closer and closer to the well-poised flower of art. We can learn a lesson from the stars and the sea and by Infinite patience, renewed ambition Immediately following failures and ' a refusal to admit the thought of despair or ven discourage ment, we must eventually succeed. Oh, air-born voice! Long alnc severely clear. . . A cry like thine In mine own heart I hear; "Resolve to be thyself and know that he Who finds Himself loses his misery." These words which have been the sub ject of thought in thia column are from the pen of Mattbew Arnold, the English poet and scholar. I understand that the committee in charge of the Lenten musicales ia negoti- ating with very distinguished artists for some of tbe programs, while all will be most Interesting. The society women who are devoting their tlm to the promotion of these musicales have one or two pleasant musl cal surprises in store which tbey will bring to the light of public announcement just as soon as the sesson tickets have all been sold. Tbe subscription list is still open to all and will be tor only a limited time. American people hear much of Henschel as a aioglng teacher. Of Henschel a" musician, there ia no doubt. Of Henschel aa teacher of oratorio, there Is chance for discussion, of Henschel as a vole teacher well, an editorial In the Concert-Goer hits the nail on tbe bead: I have already quarrelled with my brother reviewers who talk about the remarkable things that Mr. (ieorg Henschel contrives to do wltn a Dad voice, ana expressed my conviction that In reality that Uiatlngjlahed musician does bad things with a very good v?'-. Now I rind it necessary to differ with those critics including the usually Infalli ble Mr. Krehblel who pass tha ame phrase along to Mr. Henschel's daughter. I fear contradiction from no vote analyst when I say .that Miss Henschel. notwithstanding the uauai unpleasant quality of her tones, is endowed with a voice of truly beautiful timbre. Anyone who listened carefully to her alnslns at Mendelssohn hall last Mori day will agree that at rare Intervals she emitted a ton ot great beauty usually on the vowel sound "oo." And it I th best tone that tell th tru qjality of a vote, always. A skillful vole mm to WE VAfJT A DEALER III EVERY TOWN Oiicolcr & Uilson BALL-BEARING SEWING MACHINES We buy for cash and will sell you for cash, or $5.00 down and 75c per wtek. Second-hand sewing machines for $1.00 to 110.00. Free sewing school every Thursday. We rent machines of any make for 7."o per week, or $2.00 per month. We sell needle and attachments for and repair any machine manufactured. Bicycles Cheap to Close Out Our Immense stock. NEBRASKA CYCLE CO - 'Phone I6B3. GEO. E. IYIICKEL, Manager, Cor. 15th and Harney Sts, 334 Broadway, Council Bluffs. 512 N. 24th St.. So. Omaha. 'Phone B6I8 teacher could take the best tone In Miss Henschel's voice as a model, and bring every other tone In her scale to the sum quality. Mr. Henscnei s voice sounds ugiy oecause he uses ugly formations of the vowels In pronouncing for singing. miss wenscnei s voice soi' nils ugly for precisely the same reason. And, If I have any ear for vocal tone qualities, both are rarely good voices. The study of tone color tor vowel color; It la the same thing) Is evidently a phase of vocal expression which has never Inter ested Mr. Henschel. It Is not the Henschel voice tnat is Daa; It Is the Henschel method. Mr. Cuscaden's concert on Wednesday evening last was a brilliant success music ally. Among the out of town auditors I noticed Mr. Steckelberg, the violinist. THOMAS J. KELLY. Ante Room Echoes The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Tan gier temple will bold ceremonial session at their temple Thursday evening. In honor of the Imperial potentate, Henry C Akin. The special proclamation has been issued and a special dispensation has been se. cured for the work. The proclamation Is Issued In one ot the neatest pamphlets which has ever been Issued by the temple, the Illustrations being particularly appro priate. The proclamation says: , A sneclal sesnlon of Tangier temple will be held on Yam 1 owwal Ramadan, 22, A. II. 1313, lp the Kngllsh language-. Thursday, November 30. 11)02, at 3 o'clock In the after noon at Maaonlc temple In memory of Ab-doo'l-Wahob, born In Najd, Arabia, 1691. died 1787, A. I. 12110, A. II . The ceremonial aeaslou will be held at 7:30 o'clock sharp In the evening. "Here's where we shine. Moosaylamah'l - Kaizab - Laylatoo - Qudr (Night of Power), In which all animals and veirotMhlm how humbly before Almighty Allah, the creator. There will be nnnembled within our wall Al-Moonanoon ttne Hypo crites), who secretly deny the faith. Pray for them and send them forth, reformed." It Is announced that there will bo espe cial feature at the session under the supervision of the "Terrible Turk," and who has Imported well trained torturers to the number of ten, who will devota their time to the novices. There will be special music, to be supplied by "Arabic songsters,", and the occasion will be mado memorable in the annals ot Tangier. They aay that Carleton, who Is officially the alchemist of the temple, designed and executed the Illustrations for the special proclamation. These Illustrations are ap propriate and show the faces of several of the officers. Including the imperial po tentate, which makes the proclamation a fitting aouvenlr for the occasion. But the designer took liberties with a couple ot his fellow officers which were not discov ered until too late to have tbe correction made. In fact. It 1 possible that one ot them has not discovered that he ha been ptctorlally recorded. Where the signatures of Potentate Thomas and Secretary Crick more appear there are tba figures of a Thomas cat rampant and a roper recum bent. There is an orchestra leader In Omaha trembling In his boots It ha wears them, and one whose nerves will not resume their accustomed steadiness until after this ceremonial session has been finished. He led an orchestra some time ago when the Shrlners were making merry, and as the result of tbe flow of spirits or the flow ot Zera-Zem, he, with his entire corps ot musicians, were bodily carried off by spe cial policemen and only released after prayers and promises. It was the real thing for a while that night, and even now he looks upon his experience with dread, as the affair "got into the papers" tha next morning. Contrary to his bet ter Judgment he has again promised to provide music for the banquet and now he wonder what light will be thrown upon him before the dawn of Friday morning. There are others probably forty others who ar also wondering how much more they will know before the rising of tbe sun a week from today. They are not sup posed to know anything when the sun rises Friday or Saturday morning. These forty are the men who are to pass over the burning sands and wrestle with the' tor turers, for one of the largest classes In the history of the temple will be initiated at the coming session. Mount Calvary commandery. Knights Templar, worked in the Red Cross degree Friday eveniug. . twelve candidates being advanced. The work began In the after noon and supper was served at the hall at 6:30. St. John's lodge Is making arrangements for its annual Thanksgiving celebration. A banquet will follow in the mssier mason degree The program will be Issued next week. The persons interested In organizing the new Omaha branch of the Young Men' In stitute will meet at the school hall ot the Holy Family church, Monday evening. There ar about fifty members now on the charter roll. A l'"re oaeerl. Will be rendered at th Omaha Commer cial College hall. 17th and Douglas str,eeta, Friday evening, November 21, beginning at g o'clock, by the O. C. C. Orchestra of sixteen membeis. Prof. Htelnhauser, Omaha's popular composer and teacher, director, assisted by popular soloists, and WESTERN HEADQUARTERS FOR PSlKESflPS And VICTOR TALKING MACHINES and Phonograph Records m.m AMI BOYD'S TONIGHT MONDAY NIGHT A DELIGHTFUL, DAINTY NOVELTY Combining Beauty, Life, Light, Color. Klaw & Erfanger's TROUBADOURS and Harry Cilfoil In Harry B. Smith's Successful Musical Comedy THE LIBERTY BELLES. Introducing 80 of the Handkomeat Yonnar Women un the American Ktaae. A GHRAT CAST AO PI.AVKItS. From the Mndlson Square Theatre, " ' a- . PRICES, 25c TO $1,50. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS MATINEE SATURDAY As Presented 200 Nights at the Oarrlck Theater, CLYDE FITCH'S nOST ORIGINAL COriEUY, CAPTAIN NKS WITH ELIZABETH KENNEDY And a Harmoniously Selected Company, Including THEODORE BABCOCK PRICES. 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. NIGHT, 25c, 50s, 75c $1.00, $150 Air. Kelly's Studio is now RE-OPENED Davidge Block, 18th and Farnam Mme, Muentefcring Piano Instruction Rooms 513 14 Karbach Block. I.KITIRK roil IIKVKKIT OP NEW V. W. C. A UllLUISIG, by J. L. HARBOUR of Youth's Companion Staff, on BLESSED BE HUMOR Monday Nltfht, Not ember IT. . Under auspices of Woman's Club at First Congregational Church, 19th and Davenport. Tickets, iuo. Prof. O. M. Richie, tba elocutionist. All students, ex-students and friend of the college ar cordially Invited. Printed pro grams and tickets for scats to bo bad at tbe college oflic. M'hool Is i'ruiitrl l oud acted. BAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 15 The Chamber of Comment of this city has Huiiolnled a committee to draft a letter addressed to the secretary of the treasury at Washing ton, and president of the New York Society for the I'reventlon of Cruelty to Children, that In the opinion of the rWm Diego Chamber of Commerce the achool at Point Iinia Is proiwrly con ducted and the children well cared for ami looked after. The letter will be forwarded at once. This I the school to which th eleven Cuban children, recently held In New York, were bound. Moody Huntm Dark. BKAl'FORT, 8. C, Nov. U.-Wlillam H Moody, sicretary of the navy, who ha been lnHpectlng the Kroumls of tha Culled Htaie nav'ul riatlon here, left this morning. Sec retsry Moody accompanied by to navsl officers, enjoyed a du k nuni on adjacent Inlands. . Th new kind of Oeneral Arthur cigars ar now J. For Cash or $5.00 Down and SI.50 per Week 1 --r-? . , -UVr-r M 'Phone 4363 SK.MKM S. WOODWARD AND BURGESS. IAN AQER5. 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