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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1903)
TITE OMAITA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 190,1. IS ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES ! Holy week irim't exactly a holy terror for tb loot managers of theaters, but It cam mighty near being ao. At the. Boyd the early dsys were taken by W. H. Crane with hla "David Harom" company, and the patronage waa surprisingly liberal, consid ering the season. For the reat of the week fh offerings were such ai would hardly rlraw large audiences at any season of the far. At the Crelghton-Orpheum the bill was good, but except on 8unday night the attendance waa light, though not leas than the management had looked for. As a rule managers regard "Holy week" aa one when little or nothing may be done at the theaters, and they are very seldom disap pointed. In fact, most companies are or ganised with the distinct understanding that salaries may be reduced or suspended entirely during the week at the option of the manager.. It Is merely a concession to the fact that during the week Just precede Ing Easter people do not ear to attend the theater. If quiet contemplation of the proneneas of mankind to err, and beauty of doing good so unobtrusively that the left hand shall not be cognizant of the right band's acttona; If It be pleasure to see the biter bitten, and to see the grasping over reach himself, and to see the fruition of a kindly act in a great deed of goodness, then the time spent at the Crane per formance waa well spent. "David Hanim" Isn't a "sermon" in the accepted theatrical aenae, but la only a simple story of people now In the world, with the element of good uppermost, and aa It cornea nearer to actual nature, with no stilted passagea, no flights of fancy, and no hysterical out bursts of either gratitude or remorse, so It comes nearer being a real sermon than any of the long list of similar playa now bidding for publle patronage. David Harum la only 'a man; he la not abnormal In any reapect, and doea Just what a full-blooded, healthy-minded man would do under elm liar circumstances. He got the better of Deacon Perklna In a horae-trade, but It waa tb deacon'a fault and not David's; but be more than offset thla by releasing the Widow Cullura from the avaricious , graap of Zeke Swlnney. Hla Intermeddling Lin the affairs of the lovers only served to itiow how much a man of affairs may take an Interest In affairs that are not his, and the assistance ha rendered Is only an evi dence that he was looking out for the main chance and was doing a good turn foe David at the aamo time. The moral to the play is as "plain aa way to parish church." Mr. Crane never gav a better perform ance .In Omaha than hit David Harum. ' When a friend congratulated him on the splendid characterization he had achieved, Mr. Crano said: "I Ilk thla part better than any I ever had. I do not know how aoon I ahall part with it, but when I do It will be with keen regret: The only ob jection to It Is the fact that tha rural drama ia overdone. There's such a boat of this kind of playa on the road, and the pec pie do not like them for a diet. It la not o bad out west, but In the east the Jam Is something remarkable. In .one of the one-night towns up In New Hampshire the boWl keeper told ma our company was the eighteenth playing a rural drama to atop at hla house within ten. months. That give you an Idea of how tha buslnesa la being overdone. I like the play because It Is auch a sim ple, quiet thing. .1 hava alwaya had some thing different, the play-writers Insisting on fitting me out with a fussy part, like The Senator, or 'Hit Wife'e rather, or something of that aort. Now thla la.ao quiet that many are really deceived by It. Do you know, I try to play the part ao aa not to arouse any enthusiasm among the au dience; not that I do not Ilka applause, for every actor likes that, but If I can keep them from applauding I feel that I have scored a triumph. Take that little apeech to my boy's picture In the third act; I worked six months on that one thing to get It Just right, to give the effect I wanted, and I believe I got It. I want to ahow that David Harum had a deep-lying vein of aentlment In hla heart, and at the aame time I didn't want to make him soft hearted or allow .the people to get the no tion that he waa going to allow hla feelings to Interfere with business. I believe I have forked harder to make the part what I 1 thought It ought .to be than I did on any ther I aver played, ana I certainly Ilka It better." Out ia front tha audience waa clamoring for tha star to coma .forth and make a speech, and tha stag manager waa Inform ing them that Mr. Crane would not make a curtain apeech. "I hava been criticised to soma extent for .my attitude In thla re gard," aald Mr. Crane, "but I think I am I right. It would not be fair to my perform rjice If I were to go before that audience 'to whom I have Introduced David Harum. and who ara lotereated In him, and Inter ject William H. Crane. It thera la any thing In my performance at all. It I la the fact that I successfully create and as sume tha character of an upstate .banker and horse trader, and to successfully main tain that character I feel that I must not let tha audlenee have a chance to com pare him with Crane tha comedian. Such a move -would destroy the artlatic effect ntlrely, or at least to a great extent, by removing the' trarrslon I have labored through two acta to create. In some lines It Is possible for the actor to go before the audience In his own proper person and not Interfere with hla performance but the conscientious character actor cannot do It." The perennial toplo of a national thea ter waa broached to Mr. Crane, and drew from him an expression to the effect that while such a theater might prove a good thing, the difficulties in Ha way were such aa to be for the present at least Insur mountable. "Where will It be located T" manage It? Jt haa been suggested that Mr. Belaaco Is the man to have It In charge. Can Mr. Belaaco, who la Just now very much engaged In managing hla own thea ter, and who ia Just reaping tha harvest of his enterprise, give over his own affairs to look after the management of a national theater? What la true of Mr. Belaaco ia equally true of others who have been named in connection with the enterprise." In a aomewhat Ironical tone the great comedian reviewed the argumenta that we have no great actora becauae we have no national theater, but cloaed his list of objections. Just as he was told the atage waa watting, by aaying: "You see I apeak of thla from the atandpolnt of a practical man. You must be practical if you want to aucceed on the atage." ( Com I a a; Events. This afternoon and evenlng'a offering at the Boyd la Hal Reld'a "Human Hearts," a melodrama of tha better aort. The story of the play deals with the life of Tom Logan, a blacksmith, who Is inveigled Into marriage with a so-called reformed adven turess. A short time after hla marriage a former male companion of the woman ap pears on the arene and renewa hla relatione Jrtth her and later forces her to run away Tlia him. To prevent any interference by ( je blacksmith the two plan a achame vhereby the blacksmith la arrested and rut iw iu. pwuiivmiarj tor a crime bi am ut commit. Tha acenea of the play axe laid In Arkansas. John Do Ormond enacta the role of the hero. The Hermao-Wirde company, in a reper tory of legitimate dramas, will be at the Boyd's Monday, Tuesda7, Wednesday mat inee and night. Monday night. "Othello;" Tuesday night, "The Lion's Mouth," and Wednesday night, "Macbeth." At the Wednesday matinee "Romeo and Ju liet" will be . given. Mr. Herman, who heada the company, waa last here aa the opposite to Frederick Warde In almost the earae line of plays he Is now giving. He hss been In the support of Mc Cullough. the younger Salvlnl, Keene, Mod Jeska and Warde and James. The Warde of the company la the eldest, aon of Frederick Warde. Every one of the playa mentioned will be given the promised scenic envir onment and costuming needed. Mr. Her man's company la made up of many people who were with the Frederick Warde com pany of laat season. Miss Anna Roberts Is his leading woman. "Bpud" Farlsh'a benefit occurs Friday. A very large program of acts has been arranged. The beat local and professional talent haa been aecured. Manager Carl Relter of the Orpbeum and Mr. Dunlop and several othera are to be on the bill. In point of excellence the bill will probably be the beat ever given at a benefit perform ance In this city. The sale of tlcketa is going along ,ln a most gratifying way. With the proceeds of the benefit "Bpud" will be sent to hla old homo in the south for special treatment. Next week at the Boyd three attractions ara scheduled. They are: Sunday, Mon day, Tuesday, "A Montana Outlaw;" Wednesday and Thursday, Tim Murphy, In "The Carpetbagger." and Friday and Satur day Mary Mannering In "The Btubbornees of Oeraldine." Sunday and Monday of the following week comes "A Missouri Girl" and the aeaaon closes Tuesday and Wednes day ,with Richard Mansfield in "Julius Caesar." Eight acts are embraced In the big vaude ville bill at the Orpheum for a week, commencing matinee today, and It should prove a laughing ahow. York and Adama will make their flrat vlait to the Orpheum and do the first "stunt" in Hebrew dialect dtaln;us that has been aeen there. They present character delineations of the sort made famous by Dave Warefield and Joe Welch. . The musical feature will be con tributed by Musical Dale, who waa well re ceived here on hla former visits. He elicits aweet tinkling harmony from a aet of allver bells. He is of an original turn of mind and ia credited aa the Inventor of the electrical chlme-rlnglng syatem uaed In Orace church. New York. Fisher and Carroll, after several years' absence, return to add their grimaces and fun making to the abundance of the facetioua, while Julia Ring, the charming comedienne, will be one of the Initial bidders for favor. "Bumpty Bump" will servo aa the vehicle for the well known acrobats, who, aa the title of their act would Imply, Intermix their daring and difficult feata of acrobatics with laugh provoking business. Kennedy and Rooney are a unique pair of humorists and "lively" dancera. Dave Nowlln, the mlmio. Is one of the moat veraatila artists In his line and ha imitates all klnda of birda and animals, as well as singing In voice ranging from contralto to bass. Entirely new and timely pictures will be projected by the klnodrome. Gtossl from ltsfUal, The A. M. Palmer benefit baa been post poned until next fall. Barnura A Balley'a circus is doing an Im mense buslnesa at the Madison Square garden In New York. Mr. Mansfield finished his Chicago en gagement laat week, putting on a number of his former successful plays. Kyrle Bellew is not scheduled for knight hood at the handa of King Edward, not withstanding the press agent'a report. Woodward 4t Burgess have arranged to revive their stock company at the Audito rium, Kansaa City, for the summer season. Delia Fox waa unable to appear at Phila delphia In "The Wedding Day." and Oraoa Cameron went on tor trio part, malting a decided hit. "The White Slave" waa 21 years old last night, and celebrated the event by closing ita aeaaon at Detroit. It will be put on the road ajraln next aeaaon. Max Freeman, who made a hit aa the Hebrew money loaner In "Cynthia." haa Jumped Into vaudeville, and will present a sketch called "A Policy Slip." A new theater la to be built at Dea Moines to cost In the neighborhood of 1200,000. C. F. Blount, late of Trenton, N. J., la at the head of the enterprise. Young Corbett will not ohlne from the stage before next aeason. For the sake of the stage lt'a a pity Tur'bul Turry didn't floor the Denver bruiser at San Francisco. Montgomery and Stone have organised a base ball team among the comedians of New York and will put a strong; team in the field. Tom Nawn la to play third base. Kyrle Bellews new play la to be called "Raffles," and la based on Hornung'a de lightful series of tales, "An Amateur Cracksman." The piece will have a atar detective part, also. Mr. Bothern haa not abandoned l in tention to enact tha role of Romeo, the plana for which h disclosed to The Bee They Are Just Dear Worth, the great and only Worth, the maker of faahiona whoa nam conjures up visions of frocks and frills, and milli ners' bills, of "creations" and "confec tions," for which the term "dress" Is totally Inadequate, Worth, the long time caterer to feminine frivolity, has opened a new department which cater exclusively to masculine vanity. Of course, the world at large knows that such an article Is non existent. But Worth, poor, deluded Worth, expect to make money on It. He believe not only in it -existence, but in ita com mercial value. He ha opened whisper It not in Oath! a men's corset department. He haa visions of foot ball and golf heroes' In animated discussion of tha fit of their stays. It haa com atralght from Paris and has only Just arrived, reports the Brooklyn Eagle. Three scions of swelldom were dis cussing it the other day In a very exclu sive men' outfitting ahop on Fifth avenue. One of them had a pair of 'em on and hla matea, after poking him Incredulously to make sure he was not Joking, were filled with envy and made an appointment for a private view. This fortunate wearer who had actually found aomethlng new under the sun assured them that the cot set waa growing In popularity In both Paris and London, and that not merely among the dandlea nad theatrical folk, but among athletes, military men and men of affairs. He described it aa a stiff broad belt of webbing, stiffened at the aldea with steel "bones" and worn under the waistcoat. He assured an intereated audlenc that athletea and soldiers found It particularly useful. "It preserves, you know, the elegant sllmness of the figure." Tbea fellow that go In for athletics get so coarse sod thick, and, er really, beefy, you know. And, er, the soldiers find a corset a splendid sup port. They Insist It quit rests them. Such a preventive of fatigue, you know. Good as a cocktail, and don't leave any trace on a fellow' breath." A valiant effort haa been made to find out whether tha young Vaoderbtlts and Gould bars .bought theirs yet. hut only their during his Omaha vle-lt. but will give the piece a production next aon. Julia Varioe tins rfued nil offers for nn Australian tour and will ipend a month abroad, returning early to prepare for next season, when she will present Henry t mnnd s play, "Fools of Nature." Arthur Maltlnnd owns a collection of pho tograph of professional people numbering over .nno. Milan Russell heads the list of names Ir.cltnled. nn well In number of photographs, being shown In 246 poses. Orare Van Hturldlford Is to star nent sea eon. Her support haa not been selected jet, but she already has the choice of two pieces, tine is "The Hil Keather." by Victor Herbert, and the other an unnamed pi"ce. mm untlnlHiied, too, by Reginald De Koven. "The Holy City." a play based on the arrest, trial and execution of Jesus Christ, was given a trial at Poughkeepsle Inst week. It Is pronounced a success by the metropolitan critics. Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot are tne central figures. W. B. Hurst, a young BngMshman, la author, and Iva Merlyn a new star, is the Mary. Miss Adelaide F.ts-Allan will shortly make a starring tour In a new romantic c.imedy. "The Duchess of Devonshire," by Mrs. Charles A. Doremus, author of "The f'lrciia Ufrlur ' nlvil hv lh lata Rn'lm J Voke. Miss Fits-Allan was leading woman for Frank Mayo. Thomas W. Kee"e and also for Alexander Ealvlnl from the time he began his first starring tour un'tl death. Her last New York appearance vai with Mies Henrietta Crosman as th" duchess of Portsmouth in "Mistress Nell." Thousands have wondered why Virginia Harned, when she married E. H. Sothern, did not change her name on the bill boards aa well as on the marriage license. Last week Virginia explained. "It Is because, my dear friend," she told the last Inquirer, "I do not wish to be known aa a railroad. I have trouble enough now." "A railroad?" queried the friend. "Yes You see there are already the Kansaa Southern, the Can ada Southern, the Georgia Southern and the Texas Southern I don't think there Is any need of a Virginia Bothern, do you?" Louisville will be the first city to see "Mrs. WIkks of the Cabbage Patch" and "Lovey Mary" when these dramatizations of Mary Hegan'a popular stories are trans ferred to the stage. Manager Tyler has selected Louisville for the premier for two reasons: First, It Is the home of the au thor, and also of Mrs. Flexner, who la making the dramatizations: and. secondly, the "cabbage patch" Is a part of Louis, vllle, and on this account the play will have a triple local Interest. It Is thought that a week's engagement will be played In Louisville tarly In October preceding the more pretentious opening in New York. Miss Amelia Bingham pronounces as un true the report that like Bernhardt, Julia Arthur and Mary Shaw, she would essay the role of Hamlet. The actress-manager in her denial says: "Why should women attempt Shakespeare's heroes wherf there are no many of his heroines to enact? Per sonally I do not believe that the actor of today secured the training requisite for the successful Interpretation of 'Shakespeare. My training has In many respects beerf like unto the average actress. It has been some ten years in duration, and yet In that time my opportunities to participate In Shakespearean revivals have been few and far between." The effects of association with the Weber Flelds style In entertainment is plainly proved by the recurrent evidences of the wit of company members. Last week Peter Dalley, whose fun Is as broad as himself, and Fay Templeton, who trots close be hind the leaders, relieved themselves of two mental lrrltators. Miss Teiiipleton told of a man and a friend who was alwaya the picture of hard luck. "Say," he drawled, when telling the Weber-Fields aetress how dismal fate dogged hla reluctant footsteps, "the unlucklest beggar in the world Is named Me. Unlucky? I'm so unlucky that If r was Lazarus dead In the tomb, and the voice of the Lord cried. 'Brother Laz arua, come forth!' I'd come fifth. That's how unlucky I am." Mr. Dalley camo sud denly upon Lillian Russell In the alley leading to the stage door. Just aa the beauteous one was passing he turned and shouted, "Say, what la the difference," said he, "between a man and a-hen?" "What la the difference?" asked Miss Rus sell, scenting the unexpected and unfurling her Jeweled fan. "A man." Bald Dalley, looking Innocently at the celling, "can lay an egg on a hot stove without burning hla feet." Oeora-e W. Lederer haa alven the chorua tlrls something to think about thla week y declaring open warfare on their custom or appearing in a snow as long aa it re mains in New York, and then promptly transferring their services to some other Broadway attraction. Lederer has, to a certain extent, been the patron saint of the Broadway chorus girl. He haa taught her how to dress and how to act, aa If she were really In good society. He has se lected his raw material with remarkable Judgment and has turned It Into a finished product, the like of which waa never seen before. All this he did for years without complaining, when, having made the chorus girl's fortune she airily turned her back linnn dim .nil t Mm D n tY t h. u v. i , ...... biiu . v. . . . ...... v B " WW v.. .w , road with a second-class batch. Now Led- ! erer haa risen in his wrath and declares that hereafter all chorua girla In his em ploy must sign a contract to stay with the show wherever It goes as long as it Is run ning. The one who breaks her contract will be put on a blacklist, and nevermore can be seen with a Lederer production. Several other managers have Joined with him in this declaration, and it begins to look aa If the chorus young lady will here after be forced to submit to discipline. Richard Mansfield concluded his extended return engagement last night In Chicago in "Julius Caesar." When he first gave the great production there in the autumn the tickets were sold for the entire en gagement three days after the first night. This same demonstration of popularity at tended the Mansfield runs in "Julius Cae sar" in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and St. Louts. Owing to these engagementa it waa not possible to arrange for a return season in Chicago until this spring. According to all reports the phe nomenal crowds which filled the Orand Opera house on Mansfield's earlier visit were duplicated when he brought "Julius Caesar" back. This Shakespearean revival holds all records to date in Chicago and the other cities visited. After last night's performance the Mansfield special of ten cera started for Louisville, where the great actor begins his spring tour tomorrow evening. His itinerary includes Kansas City. Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Mil waukee, Buffalo, Providence and Montreal. Mr. Mansfield haa consented to remain here two nights thla year. Hla datea are April 28 and 29, as heretofore in one night not valets know and they won't tell. Of course, th heavy webbing idea won't last long when som of our masculine lilies of th field begin to have their corsets made. They are aa dainty aa girls, these young men of millions, and It they are going to wear corsets at all, they will wear pretty ones, presumably of pink and blue and flowered sateens and embroidered aatlna, lace trimmed, of eourae, and rua with baby ribbons. Up to the hour of going to press it has been impossible to learn whether or not tha masculine corset Is of the straight front type or not. If so, think of the change that will be wrought In many a figure familiar on Broadway. And think of the muscles the valeta of New York are going to de velop In the efforts to encase some of Man hattan's too solid masculine flesh In It. One can almost hear on aaying to his purple faced master: "Now, sir, If you'll Just hold your breath for a minute, I think 1 can get thla hooked! Now, once more, sir! There!" Or, "Don't you think, sir, I could draw these laces Just a little tighter? Ah, well, of course, If you want to breathe ! But you'd get used to it after a bit." Then, again, fapey the astonishment If Senator Hanna were suddenly to appear la public with the figure of Senator Piatt! Or Grover Cleveland putting on tha aylph llke proportions of David Bennett Hill! The reason absolutely reels at the vision conjured up! At sny rate. It is one more solution of the always momentous question, "What ahall I give htm for Cbrlstmaa?" The young woman who haa been In the habit of giving "him" a pair of resplendent sus penders, tha work of her own fair fingers, ran givs him a lovely pair of embroidered corsets. Think of It! How sweet he would look in whit satin onea embroidered with forget-me-nots or pale pink ones with a wild rose or a sweet pea design or one In pale lavender embroidered with violets. There Is no end to the embroiderey possi bilities of one' best young man's corsets. College colors, the fsmily coat of arms, aecrtl society symbols, any Under, pulaat- half the people who wished to see him have been able to do so. ' Miss Ida Haverty, daughter of the late Colonel Jack Haverly. whose name will forever be prominent In the history of min strelsy, la to make hrr debut on the vaude ville stage. She Is a very pretty and charm ing yoing woman, with a mezzo soprano voice of great power. Miss Haverly takes to the stage largely as a matter of neces sity. "Yet." she said the other dav, "It will re.nilv gratify my earliest ambition. When I waa a little bit of a girl 1 traveled all over the country with my father, and at 15 1 had firmly made up my mind to go on the stage. Father, however, vigorously op posed this, although he gave me the best teachers money could procure to cultivate my voice. Before he died he said one day: "Ida. If I leave you nothing else, you will always have the name of the Haverly Min strels to fall back on." As a matter of fact, when he died, more than a year and a half ago. his successor was tinder contract to pay my mother and myself 165 a week for the use of the name for five years. The payment waa stopped at the end of the first year, and we are now fighting the matter In the courta. In the meantime I found It necessary to do something for our riipport. and 1 found that vaudeville of fered the greatest attraction." As we are no longer agents for Staver high-grade buggies, we will close out our high priced city stork of this make at whole sale cost. If you need something good In the line of a Concord buggy, either with or without top, or a stylish Boulevard wagon, this Is the chance of a lifetime. Call at our repository, corner 6th and Pacific streets, one block from the east end of the Harney atreet car line. LININGER & METCALF CO. The Eastertide again comes to us with Its accompaniment of spring fancies, spring vestiture and budding hopes. All the rush ing Impulses of a new dawn come to one as he awakens from the sleep of winter, stretches himself and arises "in newness of life." For the year Is but a day! What changes since yesterday morning! That is, last Easter Sunday, when we awoke, yawned a time or two, shook our selves and started forth. At noon, July 4, we celebrated our glori ous Independence, with flag and fire, bunting and bdmb. In the afternoon. Thanksgiving day, we held a reception and had a family re union, and then at Christmas we began to feel drowsy again and went to sleep, sleep ing soundly through all the wee sma' hours of the New Year, and here we are up again, awakened by the songs of the, birds of spring and the shooting of the 'exuberant buds. Hooray I We are up! Another day hat begun! Let us arise and go forth In the might of hope and courage and faith, faith in God, In ourselves. In our friends, in humanity, in everybody. Yes, even In our enemies! The return of Eastertide auggeats the thought of music In Its relation to religion. What would the Easter celebration he were It not for the musicians? The church has begun to realize the necessRy of good music, and, having done so, the church will march on to greater conquests. Occa sionally one will meet with people In and out of the church who raise a loud, but Ineffective voice against the introduction or development of good music. As well might they raise objection to the planet or the return of spring. Music is the choice gift of God to man. Mualo ia said by some to be religion. I do not think It Is. But It certainly Is the direct means of expression for religion. Musicians whose lives are not all that they might be are no more an argument against music than clergymen who are un christian or inconsistent are an argument against religion. There la an Immortality about inspired music which unmusical people ridicule, deny and pooh-pooh, Juat aa a religious life is said to be a non existent Ideal thing, by those who have no experience thereof. Music will be sung today In hundreds of churches which waa written over 150 years ago. What mualo today will surpass Handel's grand old "Hallelujah Chorus" and "I Know That My Redeemer Llveth?" Will the theology of 150 years ago be preached today? Music will lift many a weary soul today up, up, on the wings of song, up to the secret places of the Most High, up to the glorious company of those who have gone before. . And as the winged seraphs chant from' aiale to chancel of heaven's own temple, methlnks that the waves of muslo will meet, and tor a moment It may be, .there will be the communion of soul with Ita Creator. Such Is the power of .music! In this materialistic ag let as be careful teat we forget this great gift, this blessing which is tb next to the sunshine! Oh! Imagine, If you can, the spring with no songbirds, nothing but twittering spar rows, no music anywhere! But, no! let us not Imagine that. Let us rather Imagine the world filled with beautiful music! What will som people do If by any Lovely Corsets for Men Now on the Market. Ing sentiment that seems to lit th case may be wrought thereon without fear that on 1 placing one' heart on hla sleeve (or daws to pick at It would be such aa In timate, confidential sort of a dlaclosur. Travelera returning from th other side ar bringing them over In every vessel. Customs house officers ara Ailed with m and amusement, because th gar young t blades returning from the other side are loath to declare "Six pair of Worth cor aeta" loath with the natural lothneaa to pay customs dutiea anyhow, and with the additional loathness of shy young things forced to discuss with a rude official so intimate and personal an affair as corsets. Ellsha Dyer and Harry Lehr. and similar heroes of a hundred teas, will of course have a large and varied assortment one to match each of their numeroua costumes, andvon for each of various occupatlona, one for golf, for Inatance, which allows free play for the arms and torso; on for dancing, quite a different one for graceful lounging; one for billiards which will not Interfere with a fellow' stretching him self half over the table, and one for driv ing and riding which will keep him grace fully erect on tha box or In th saddle. On can fancy th beau of a season hence snxiously consulting bis tailor about what particular make of corset will beat ahow th beautiea or hid th defects of his fig ure. On can fancy tb tailor in hi turn tearing hla hair and exclaiming reproach fully: '"But, I didn't make that coat over those stsys, sir. You can't expect a garment fitted over on pair of corsets to look equally well over another!" On th whole. It would seem aa if this new specialty of Worth's were going to add considerably to tb gayety of natlona. It certainly will to tha gayety of the men's haberdashers' windows, if they follow the example of the department stores and ex hibit beautiful lay figures with lovely curl iDg mustachea and sweet pink and whits complexions. Think of th damsels lined up before such a window feasting their ys on th ma.culin thus dlsplsysdl UUS!C AM MUSICIANS AMI .E V1F.ST. May Music Festival. The Finest Musical Combination Ever Given in the City. COLISEUM, OMAHA, MAY 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra SOLOISTS WITH' SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: GENEVIEVE CLARK WILSON. Soprano GEORGE HAMLIN. Tenor SUE HARRINGTON FURBECK, Contralto ARTHUR BERESFORD, Basso ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VOICES Thursday Evening, May 7 Friday Evening, May 8 Saturday Afternoon, May 9 Saturday Evening, May 9 Sunday Afternoon, May 10 Friday Evening, May 15 DUSS' NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA May 15th J. S. DUSS, - Conductor MME. LILLIAN N0RDICA and EDWARD DE RESZKE ...SOLOISTS... The Greatest Concert Organization Ever Sent on Tour Season Tickets on chance they find when they get there that mualo la the language of heaven, and ab solute silence reigns in hell! Purgatory being a place to purge away th evil ef fect of trashy coon songs, and driveling hymnodyl Let us all be musical anyway. In case The ridiculous but obviously malicious attempt of a local evening paper to place th Board of Ak-Sar-Ben Governors In an absurd position relative to music of th May Festival defeated itself by Its too evident attempt to persecute the musical director. An Imaginative reporter stated thai Mr. Kelly, director of the May Festival choir, had been dictated to by the Board of Gov ernor aa to who should and who should not be members. This Is absolutely untrue. I have known Mr. Kell slightly for some years and I am Inclined to think that In matter pertaining to discipline he haa well defined Ideaa which brook no Interference. Then the Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben consists of men of judgment, tact and ability and I know that they have never dictated, directed or hinted, officially or unofficially, collectively or Individually, on suggestion to Mr. Kelly about hla end of the May Festival. President Fry told m so, and ha said also that th board wa enthusiastically supporting Mr. Kelly and would do so to th end. He also told me that there bad been, h understood, a trifling difference of opinion In th chorus about a matter and that Mr. Kelly himself straightened it out inside of twenty minutes after the matter waa first brought up. Ak-Sar-Ben bad nothing to do with It. Littl children, that I th way some newspaper "stand up for Omaha." They abuse a man who baa given cheerfully of hla tlm and energy for eight' month to build up a musical festival for you, of which you need not ever be ashamed. Let us all thank th evening papert The advanced pupil of Mr. August Moth Borglum will giv a recital at his studio In th Davldg block on Wednesday evening. Miss Norma Harney, Mis Pearl Riley and Mr. John S. Heath will appear In solo work and Mr. and Mrs. Borglum will giv a onata (two pianos), Mrs. Borglum assist ing further by giving a coople of solo. Th program for Mr. Cuscaden' third recital on Tuesday evening, April 14, Kountie Memorial church, will be aa fol lows: "Sonata," In B flat (Landsberg); "Allemanda" and "Perpetual Motion" (Rles), two Etudes by Paganlnl, "Nor wegian Legend" (Roy Smith) and the "Butterfly" (Hubay). Those are Mr. Cua caden'a numbers. Mrs. Hypes of Council Bluffs will sing a group of songs and an aria from Tschalkowsky's "Maid of Orleans." Mr. Landsberg at th piano. Friday will be "Omaha Composers' " day at the Woman' club musical department. Dr. Baetena, Joaeph Gabm, Slgmund Lands berg, Dalay Hlgglna, Mrs. Day, Mrs. Whit, more, Mrs. Llghton and Mrs. H. D. Andrews will be tb composer to be beard on that occasion. Tuesday. April 21, Mr. Carl F. Bteekel berg, the well known and highly popular violinist, will give his last concert (for a long time) in this city. He will sail for Europ early In June, where he will study som year. Mr. Bteckelberg baa been very generous In bis work hereabouts and I be. spesk for him a splendid "send-off." THOMAS J. KELLY. IMMENSE COAL TRACT FOUND Twenty Hew Vela la Coal Raglan bat Never Before Knawn Eslat. WILKESBARRE. Pa., April 11 An Im mense tract of coal baa lust been d sov red la Hanover township, south of this AMt SEMF.JT. . AK-SAR-BEN . . . MAY FESTIVAL CHOIR THOMAS J. KELLY. Director Reserved Season Tickets Sale at II. J. Penf old's, 1408 Farnam St. BOYD'S Last The Gtlrrlng, Consistent Melo-Drama I HUMAN A Tale of Life In th Price Matinee, 25c, 60c; night. 25c, f0c. Monday, Twesday, Wednesday Matinee and Math. The HERMAN-WARDE CO. In a repertoire of legitimate dramas Monday night, "OTHELLO " Tuesday "TH LION'S MOUTH;" Wednesday Matinee. "ROMEO AND JULIET;"' Wednesday night, "MACBETH." ' Prices Matinee, 25c, 50c; night, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. BOYD'S ONBNIQ HT ONLY Saturday Night, April 18 Bohemia' Two Great Soloists KOCIAN Th Eminent Violin Virtuoso, and BOGEA OUMIROFF Th Foremost Baritone Singer. Price, tte, 60e, 75e. 11.00, fi.BO. Seat on ssle Wednesday, April IB. Mr. Kelly .... TEACHER OP Singing, Tone Production Interpretation Darldffa Block, 18th nnd Farnam TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 14. Third Recital of Mr. Robert Cuscaden, assisted by Mrs. Lincoln R. Hype of Council Bluff. Mr. Slgmund Landnbtrg, at Kountie Memorial Church Tickets 50c, at Hayden's and Hospe. Kountz Memorial Church Farewell Recital Tuesday eve- April 21. CARL FREDERICK Steckelberg, Assisted by Miss Marie Hernor, pmno, and Henry Bteckelberg, cellist. Tickets faoc and !6c at Hoape's Music Dept. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Best Acrlealtaral Weekly. city, on lsnd owned by th Delaware, Lack awanna It Western and the Lehigh A Wilkesbarr Coal company. Eight new veins have been dlecovered, which were never before found In tb up per coal fields, while underneath them are the twelve velna now worked In other parts of the upper region. These twenty veins aggregate 150 feet of coal, th loweat being 2.100 feet. It ia estimated that there are 800.000,000 ton of coal in tha tract. The discovery Is by far the moat valuable ever made In the anthracite region since Its general development. A Ml' 8 KM EXTS. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VOICES Season Ticket $3.50 for Six Concerts. Will Not Be Sold After April 15 B-XES. CONTAINING SIX SEATS. $50.00 3 Weeks ) This Afternoon y , Tonight. Regular Season HEARTS Picturesque Arkansaa Hill. 75e. ONIIaHTON Telephone 1531. Week Commencing Sunday Matinee April 12. Today 2:15 Tonight 8:15 High Class Vaudeville. Yorkc and Adams Famoua Hebrew Comedlane. Musical Dale Campanologist. Fisher and Carroll Eccentrio Comedlana. Julia Ring Soubrette. Rice and Walters In "Bumfity Bump." Kennedy and Rooney Trlchoran Marvel. Dave Nowlin Mimic. Kiriodrome New Moving Scene. PRICES-10 cents, 25 cents and 60 cent. There is no worn out linen or antique time blackened silver. The table service is new and attractive at the LOBBY CAFE 21 8. 17th St., Be Bldg. Prompt and courteous Bervice in an ideal place for a cozy lunch. Planked White Ftoh for two II fn It.ll.n Spaghetti. Parniesln " " Cheese WESTERN BOWLING ALLEYS. Everything new and up-to-date. Special attention to private parties. BENOELE A OIBBS, Props., Tel. L262. 1610 Howard. OMAHA. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Oaly On Delias m Yea. I
