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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1002.
Amusements
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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-
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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
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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
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Prof. O. M. Richie, tba elocutionist. All
students, ex-students and friend of the
college ar cordially Invited. Printed pro
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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
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looked after. The letter will be forwarded
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New York, were bound.
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