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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1903)
la THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 31. 1901. ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS Nat Goodwin coming to Omaha remind j u that all th Mar who hare vialled ti alne lat fall have com with wretched weather. It In fortunate for Omaha' rep utation that all save Mrs. Campbell and Koclan had been here before and are aware that our climate does not conilst of cold and mow and rain. Still, It. In a little singular that the coming of an acknowl edged theatrical attraction should be at tended by apparently the worst the weather man run do. But the weather lia not dampened, th attendance nor chilled the enthusiasm at any of the performance, nor I It likely to. Omaha people are not of the aort that allow a little thing like a torm to keep them away from the theater when there I a good thing on. Mr. Goodwin preaent play la a curlou combination of weaknea and trength. It topic la hackneyed, and ao commonplace M to hardly occasion more than a second thought when the Incident are met In real life; but It la treuted In a way that I at time novel and even daring, and at tlmea 1 ao tenuous that It narrowly eacapea vapidity. It Is to be commended for on f It departures from the conventional method of treating the topic; It doea not moralize, nor scold, nor undertake to offer a defense for either party. It !mp!y ets forth the fact, much like a newspaper Item might do, and leta It go at that. Mis Ryley accepts the condition a uch, and doesn't weary the world with any theorlca One other striking departure la In the anti climax effect Is the way eftch of the four act Is ended. The playwright's canon calls for soma sort of a to-bc-contlnued-ln-our-next demonstration at the end of each act, In order to "get the curtain" ae the stage manager puts it. Many plays are so ar ranged that the entire company Is on the tag a the curtain goes down In order to form the "picture." In "The Altar of Friendship" two of the arts end with only one person on the stage and the other curtains go down on but two. William Gillette pioneered the way In thla respect, his "Sherlock Holmes" being aa novel In this aa In any other of Its numerous de parture from the conventional, but Mia Ryley haa well adapted the Idea, and shows how much of real strength lies In sim plicity. Another strong point, and one which narrowly escaped the audience I tha exit of Mary Perrln, the typewriter girl, who waa In a measure the causa of the mischief. She steps from the presence of the man who had been nearly wrecked by her perversity without a word, his klnd . nsa unrequited by even a look, and goea out Into the world silont. A volume could tell no more than that. The weakness of the play lie chiefly In the minor char acter. They are not strongly drawn, and Are In no way really essential to the action, sava In the mechanical effect they con. tribute by way of enabling what might be compressed Into two acta at the outalde to be drawn out Into four. Miss Ryley hasn't yet completely mastered the knack of sketching In hor background after ah haa outlined her principal figure. It will be a relief to see Nat Goodwin aa Nick Bottom. He la unquestionably a comedian of much ability, but he ha waited that ability on a long line of char acter that are unworthy serious attention from one of his capacity. For years he tins don one thing under many different name. hi plays being written to fit him just a hi clothe Were made. On character ha been the same a another, until on who la not imbued with perfect faith In Mr Ooodwln' ability la Justified In tha belief that he can do but tha one part. Hi Intention to turn hi attention to omethlng more serious than the work that ha held him for so long will be welcomed by hi mends. A the hero of the Shakespearean comedy he ought to attain to omethlng mora nearly hi helghth as an actor, and pave the way to a realisation of what his friend have a right to expect of him. There ar a number of good rolea for Goodwin In the clasaic. and It Is to be hoped that h will Incline towards them and leave his present line of work for other leas gifted than himself. It la unworthy of him. i "Skip" Dundy and hla partner are having th time of their lives at Luna park. Coney Island. Not only ha their venture proved a ucces so genuine aa to challenge even the admiration of the New Yorkers, who ar not easily atartled, but it has drawn the attention of the men who are charged With the enforcement of the law. On tha day the park opened TO.OJO people paid th'r way through the gates and on tha first Sunday 100,000 gave up thslv good money to get In. Since then the week day at tendance has averaged over S'J.OIO. ThU urely looks Ilka a winner. JJut now comes Polio Captain Knlpe, who 1 In charge Of th Coney Inland elation and hales Mr. Dundy Into court to mIijw taue why hli park ahouldn't be closed on Sunday under th New York amuaemout law. Dundy and Thompson Intend to 'nake a thorough test of the law. It Is a recullarly frame! tatut. aimed especially at theater and clreueei. Base ball can lo played on Sun day, blcycl and hor races held, and 'Wred" concert, but theatrical perform ance must be given vllliout scenery, and o on. I'p to date the rei romances at I.una park have not been abated In any dagrc. The owner me Just now enter talning a proposition to Install a similar plant near London for tue edlHction of th British public. Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger are not worry ing about next season. In addition to handling th booking for aouie '."SO theairs, cattered throughout the country ironi coast to coat-1, they make th following announcwuieiu concerning their own In- uinauai enterprises: "" tL?L- ,0o0(1wl1 begin his season aa Bottom In an elaborate production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream' at the Knickerbocker theater in New York, Octo- ber It. Th. r . . BVu7.nh?c English press as th moat elaborate ever een in that country In cunm-ciloii with a dramatic attraction, will open ihe reeon- .irucled New York theater early In s tern her. Nothing now remains of ine nous, cut the tour wulls, the plan for Its rebuilding and new dwcoraiion leaving "..a unci mi ut ine 01a btrue- tur. When th alterations ar completed thla will be on of the moat tinlvhcu and attractively decorated theaters In New York City. Th Koger Brothers, In John J. Mr Nally' latest vaudovlll farce, "The Roger Brother In I-ondon," will open the New Amsterdam theater September I Klaw A Krlaner will give thla attraction thulr usual very elaborate equipment of cenery and costumes and will surround the Rogers Brothers with a very large com pany of talented people. Mr. Forbes Kobrion and Miss Gertrude Elliott In "The Light that Failed." adut ted by George Fleming from Ru.ivard Kip ling's novel, will begin their American tour In Buffalo. September 21. coming to the Knickerbocker theater In November. "Mr. Blue Beard." the Drury Lne spec tacla. which, during th past .unit made the record run for attendance and receipts In tha history of the Knickerbocker theater, mill begin Its aeason at the Alvln theater In Pltuburg September XI. Th attraction will open ilia Iroquois theater In Chicago, which la now being buiit for Klaw r langer attractions. October 6 "Mother Ooose." the Drury Lano soecta rl of lust Chrlstmai, will follow th Itogvr Brother at tha New Amsterdam theater In December "Th Sleeping Beauty and the Beast." th Drury Lane extravaganza, which has already enjoyed tw? extraordinary success ful seasons In this country, will open I's third tour August H at Manhattan Beach, aftd after this engagement will be o-n In th large clue whir it ha nut yet been presented. The company presenting "Ben Hur," which originally produced thla great play AND PLAYHOUSES at the Mruadway theater four rau .i and which haa since been tourln the court try. will begin its fifth season In Grand Kaplds Mien., September 14. I'p to this time "Ben Hur'' has only been seen In thirty-one cities In the I nlted State.. The tour of this organization the coming sea son will Inc lude far western cltlea and the 1'aclflc coast. Jerome Bykes In 'The Billionaire," the most successful musical attraction ever presented In lnly'a theater In New York, will open Ms second season In this piece In New York September 21 and will then tour the larger clues throughout the country. Onoto Watanna's popular novel, "A Japanese Nightingale,'' which has been dramatized by William Young, will bo oresented as a dramatic spectacle at Daly theater In November. Dnn Daly, who Is now appearing at the Horald-S'iuare theater In George V. Ho barf and Edwin E. Rose's new American farce. "John Henry," will tour the princi pal cities In this comic play, which I founded on Incidents from Mr. Hobart's popular ' John Henry" books. Harry Bulger, the comedian who has played King Bardout In "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" during the last two seasons, will be presented as a star under Klaw Erlanger's management early In January. Twenty-five hundred people are now under contract In connection with these various enterprises and 600 more will be employed In the Klaw & Erlanger New York theater next season. Coining Events. Th Ferris Stock company, after two days' ahsjnce, caused by th Intrusion of the Goodwin company, return to the Boyd this afternoon to finish the summer sea son, started so auspiciously four week ago. The two plays selected for the week are: 'The Galley Slave" and "A Night of Frolic." The first named will be given the first half of the week, opening this after noon, and the latter the second half of the week, opening Thursday night. "The Galley Slave" Is a story of the heroic self- sacrifice of the hero for the woman he loves. He Is discovered calling on his sweetheart in her apartments and fearing to compromise her snatches up a quantity of Jewels, hides behind the furniture, and when dragged forth by the intruders pro claims himself a burglar, who has entsred the premlws unknown to Its occupant to loot them. Ha la dragged to Jail and on trial condemned to the galley for life. Later he escape and returns to his home town in time to confound his enemies, whom he learns, later, were responsible for the Intrusion Into his sweetheart's apartments and hi condemnation to the galley. He clear his name of the stigma of galley slave and burglar and everything ends happily. As Its title would indicate, "A Night of Frolic is a comedy on broad farcial lines. Gossip from Mag-eland. Frank J. Wllstach will manage Viola Allen next Season. Toby Claude Is seeking a divorce from her husband, Will Carleton, the tenor. Joseph Mlron, the basso, will be with Paula Edwards' company next season. Anna Held and her husband and Grace Van Studdlford have gone to Europe for the summer. Charles Burnham, who Is acting treasurer for the Actors' Sanltorium fund, says ha has received over JJ.OUO for the fund so far. Jane Kennark will open the regular sum mer season at Klitcli's Garden, Denver, today. Henrietta Crosman closed a very successful two-weeks engagement there lust night. Williams and Walker have made as great a hit In London as they did in this coun try with "In Dahomey." There Is no rea son why that combination shouldn't be a hit anywhere. Bringing the scarecrow to life once each nignt in "The w izard or o has had the effect that might have been anticipated, and now Fred Stone admits that he and Miss Dorothy Morton ar soon to be mar ried. May Irwin ha finally made up her mind to retire and haa turned over her plays to her sister. Flo Irwin Is arranging with a wen Known manager lor an extended tour next season in the play May made famous. A r T 1 1 1 1. -. . i ..u.-i...... i-1 - J I i in in ,111 Kiiiaiii ii n ills Ufimncu ins Ul- vorce from Blanche Walsh, Is to marry a cnorus girl in the Nancy Brown company with which he has been singing. Mias Walsh s Intention haa not yet, been an nouncea. Marciu von Dresser, tha statuesqua beauty who sang one season with the Bostonlans and who wouldn't allow her picture to be lUKon in ine costume oi Ainn-a-uaie, will be with the Metropolitan Opera company next season, having Juat made a contract with Herr Conreid. William Brady is now suspected of an ambition to establish his wife, Grace ueorge, ai ine neaa or a stocK company ana an ataniianment similar to that Au gustln Daly provided for Ada Rehan. Only two things stand in the way, Grace George Is not Ada Rehan, and Billy Urady Isn't AiiKustln Duly, not by a long chalk. Viola Allen' break with Lrfebler & Co. Is Just now being discussed as much ss anything else In the theatrical world. Eneh side has Its part I inns and neither Is willing to concede to the other anything as to responsibility for the success Miss Allen has attained and the money her managers have accumulated One thing alone is certain: MIns Allen will be under new management and Ucblcr & Co. will con tinue to do business at the old stand next season. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS There have been many Interesting article In the eastern pres ancnt May festivals and such In tha last few weeks, and the whola situation ha been ex haustively summed up by tho Springfield Republican, ono of the finest papers in the old Massachusetts state, and Incidentally one of the best In the country, in utterance editorial. But hark! A note of warning I sounded, and Omaha may a Well listen, whether w regard the alarm or not. Personally I think we should. For some of us who have been Interested In our May festival have suffered by the very same conditions whic h prevailed In the older and more con arrvatlv festivals. , Bomfi of .he local musicians have asked j Borne of the 1 me why it was ' .i. i ... f v that the first part of th not properly advertised, say- ,n t0 mm that Oietr friends, student, etc i unu iiui miunn ui tue rwiciii.' vi tout of It at all until It wa. well n.gh j ver. My answer 1 always the same, "1 had nothing to do with the advertising! r- . . ... . .. . . 7 The ' the fe"tlva: waa Wy ' Ignored; the concert artists, especially Genevieve Clark Wilson and George Him- Un, wer Insulted by being advertised In a bunch as th 'Chicago Quartette," Think of It! Everything was don to m phaals th Duss-Nordlca-D Reazk com bination, which was large enough and well enough advertised by Mr. Johnstone of New York to tak care of Itself, and thla at th expense of th local and of th festival." The existence of a May festival Is Jut- j fled only by the general promotion It afford to th musical Impulse of tha city. But. enough; let an older and better man peak on this subject. Thus spake th Republican: Th manager of the music festival feel encouraged by the results of their first effort, and they have reason. They have given the nubile rood music, and at the very first trial, with no experience and none of the momentum which a olidly-estb-liahed festival gain, thev have so in tret.1 the nubile that the Iocs tn the guarantor will not be large. A hand some profit. Indeed, could have been made If th management had chosen to lower the musical standard or to concentrate their money on one noted singer, a ha often been aucceufully done at the earlUr ft tivals. Whether, on tho other hand, ther would have been a profit if th-opposite pulley of all-round extravagance had been followed, no one ran say. A festival run on thos lines I a gambling venture. It la quite true that the most money has been brought In by thoa festivals which ex hibited th most celebrated and costly nosers ine lew people wnose reputation I so great a to transcend th limit of th 1 music world and be familiar to the pub lic at large, as ws the cas with Jenny ' Llnd, and Is now th case with I'attl. A 1 program with the name of Mme. JSordlca, Mme. Karnes, Mme. Mella or Mme. Celve on it attracts even the unmuslcul, whereas ' even the more prominent concert and ora torio singers are little known outalde of musical circles. Now to a foreign-born but Intensely loyal American, naturalized, and as my friend say, civilized, living In the west, where the main chance" I often spoken of it does seem pathetic that such a stats of affair a that mentioned In the last paragraph 1 prevalent. We have been told that the reason American singers are not employed to sing opera to Amerlrnns is that the American can not be taught to sing the language like the native born French slnifi-rs for French opera, Itnllan for Italian, and German for the German works. Very well, we have given In. there, and wo have ac cepted year after year foreigner after foreigner, and have eald nothing. Then we have thrown at us the fact that Nordlra la an American singer, and Is singing grand opera, ao there! Well, Mme. Nordlca sang at a recent festival In the clly of Omaha, at a popular May festival, and without for a moment disparaging Notdlca's brilliant name or her work, Is It not a strange fact that at a May festival, for, of, and by the people, that this American queen of song did not sing once . during the whole program a single line of the laniiii;;e. which we ordinary people called American use! Well, to resume we have a!so been gra cious to the foreign element in the music teaching field, as our great schools are full of foreign teachers, and also in the recital field. Now, in the name of the Declaration of Independence, and without any fireworks or Jingoism, I ask this question: "Are the oratorio and concert artists of America to be driven out of the field?" The big artists will not learn the festival works; they will only appear in groups of songs, arias or selections from operas. Is choral music In America to die? Is America going crazy on the foreign Idea, so that even her annual festivals must be stunted In growth, and snubbed, and have all their winter's work tossed flip pantly aside to make room for a foreign grand opera linger, who is as much at home on the concert stage as Is the proverbial fish on the proverbial real estate. Continuing, the Springfield Republican Bays: This Is the argument, and it haa no little weight, In tavor of the star system. If it could be continued Indefinitely it might be very plausibly reasoned that even seem ingly extravagant sums spent for a single soloist can be Justified by the Increased receipts and the increased popularity of the festivals. - But the fact of the case Is that the star system cannot be kept up indefi nitely, and in tha course of a few years it breaks down by Its own weight. The radi cal defect in it is that It appeals not to love for music, but to curiosity, and when curi osity takes the form of dusinng to see and hear a certain high-priced artist It is both unfruitful and easily sated. Suppose the malingers begin moderately, with a soprano costing perhaps 11,000 a night, one of the petted darlings of the New York grand opera. Her name figures large In the ad vertisements, and the public Hocks greedily to see and hear the tumous prima donna with whose fame and personality the Sun day newspapers have made them so fa miliar. She sings a couple of snatches from her favorite operas, and the audience Is worked up to a tremendous pitch of excite ment People All every chair and standing room is at a premium. The bill are paid, and th festival is a success. So far, well and good; but next year? If the $1,000 soprano be re-engaged will stand ing room again be at a premium? Every manager who has had experience enough to gauge the fickleness of public taste knows better than that. At tS0l she might be profitable, but not at $l,0tK, because there are so many people who ar now able to aay that thy have heard her, and do not care to spend $1.1)0 or $2 to hear her again. For that matter, some one was heard to say she was a student of music at that as a reason tor not going to the last con cert by the Boston symphony orchestra, "Oh I heard them when thev were here before." That was seven years ago, to be sure, but it would sumce apparently ror a lifetime. So long as the motive appealed to Is curiosity and the vanity which makes people desire to be able to say they have seen this or that attraction, novelty la an Ind sDensablo requirement. So tha mana eera under the star system must by no means engage the favorite of last year, who was amilauded for ten minutes to the skies as though her welcome could never grow coin, nut tney must on no account eet a less famous singer, or people would say, "The festival isn't quite aa good ns It waa last year, is It .' ' me result or rnis premium on stars, and new stars at that, la to send up their price. If the poor things can only shine once in a given pro vlnclul town, tnev are quite manned in put ting on the screws. A new star must be had, and the supply is limited, so the price the second year, let us say, Is $l.i00. The furore la greater than before, and again the billa are paid. But It Is a disastrous tri umph. The third year the managers have to work harder than ever and If no spe cially famous and transcendent soprano Is to be had, tney are oniigea to neap on at traction on another. Hence the "all-star' festival. It la a triumphant affair, the hall Is crowded and enthusiasm runs to fever heiaht. Hut the managers pull long faces The scales have been overweighted at last, and the balance tODoles to the wrong side. The expenditure has been too great for the returns. When in sheer clenueratlon the managers have been driven to invest $2,750 a sum which should pay for two first rate concerts In two songs by a famous prima donna, aa happened hare in the case or uuive, u is eviu"m mufc ine wnuie t,va tern la readv to tODiile. But when the end of the tether ha bean reached, when the top note of the scale has been atruck, when the tiny galaxy of stars of the first magnitude has been ex haustedwhat course I left? The public ha been spoiled for ordinary perform ance. Attention ha been distracted from the solid work of the festival, the orstorlo performances and the symphonies, and in The popular estimate the occasion Is gauged bv tha most celebrated names on the bills. When the star fever ha raged for a term una mmo ,i it. ntural end. a ne rlofl or that unfortunate connmon wnicn politicians call "general apathy" sets in Then comes the crucial time, and many I enod festival ha foundered lust at that point. The people have been trained to look for excitement, for an orgy of personal display, for diamond and gorgeous Parla gowns ano gleaming snouicierB miu ri ttirous smile irTid bouquets as l.lg aa flow er lied, for the hysterical furore of count loss recalls and the delicious artfully pro longed excitement a to whether the diva will sing the encore which the Impatient accomimnUt behind the scenes is already dog's-carlng for the piano rack. Without tl-se thirds n festival conies to seem dull Indeed, and It take year to get over the demoralising effect. These ar weighty words, and they are as true a the ring of the minted gold. They are words for us all to conalder, and I am very thankful that they were uttered by uch a eonervative and old reliable paper a th Republican of Springfield, Mass. Had the musical critic of Th Bee dared to writ the above he would hav been ac cused of everything, under the general imbecile word "knocking." which 1 the usual epithet In the mouth of those genial on of leisure, who do nothing toward those who endeavor lo build up th heat Interests of any community In any direc tion whatsoever. Now, let u hear the conclusion of the whole matter. The Springfield paper con clude thus: Tha manager of th Springfield festival association ar to be congratulated on hav ing taken a sturdy stand for dicnlty and sobriety. They have not sought the glamor of great name, nor 'oaiie their whole edifice rest upon the personal popularity of a single soloist. They have worked hard to give first-rate concert, and hav left their work to stand on its merits. A vital Ihsue is at stake. Can a choral and or chestral festival be sustained a a local musical Institution, and for the sake of th music? If It can. the future Is secure, for the pleasure of music 1 Inexhaustible and the more the public I made familiar with the great work, th more attraction will they have. But If people are merely educed Into buying ticket for the ak of worshiping a star, nothing of solid valu Is achieved, and the festival must continue to rest on an unstable foundation. Th iar svstem has been thoroughly tested, not only here, but In other small cities, and lia result ha been the same every where. It ha th fatal defect that it lay the stress In th wrong place, and relegate the music to the second place. t alncerely hope that every member of the May festival choir will see this, and will feel encouraged thereby, especially those who, upon asking certain friend If they would be at uch a concert, received th reply, "Oh, no! we are going to wait for the Nordlca concert." I may state also that I hope that Mr. August Mothe-Borglum will see this, aa he wrote, talked and plead continually for th patronage of th flrt concert of th recent local festival. This year th experiment ha been on fair, even severe conditions. Competent and artistic singers were provided, but not as a rule singers In whom the public hap pened to be specially Interested. Miss Shan nah Cummlng, Miss Anita Rio, Miss Ada Crossley, Mme. Isnbelle Pouton, George Hamlin, Andreas Dlppel, Emlllo de Go gorsa. Frederick Martin, Rafael Joseffy it Is a sound list. Any one of these musi cians would be In place at any festival In America say Worcester or Cincinnati, a type of the best east and west. Please note that Oeore Tfsmlln name Is In this list. (He of the "Chicago quar tet." oh my!) Most of the Omaha teacher give pupils' recitals In the form of atudlo events, re curring regularly or Irregularly throughout the season. But Mr. Landsberg ha well defined Ideas of his own on the eubject, and he gives an annual recital at some promi nent auditorium, to which he Invites the musical rubllc. And that is why Unity church was crowded beyond its capacity last Wednesday night when the following pupils did valiant work for their musl clanly teacher: MIsse Alma Buck, Anna Prelsmann. Monica Laur, Beulah Davis, Ethel Ballman. Mr. Slabaugh and the young duetlsts, Helen Pearce and John Scovllle. Mr. Cuscaden varied the planlstlc endeavor by a violin boIo, interestingly played a usual, and a quartet consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Dale, Miss Lehmann and Mr. Felgar, sang a couple of numbers, with very poor tone balance and voices which did not blend in the least. Miss Buck did some very artistic work, ; a did also Miss Ballman, whose temporary lapse of memory In presenting a very diffi cult opus of Moszkowski must not in the least discourage her, as till was a recital for the showing forth of musical ability. you know, not memory, and Miss Ball man, I hope, will continue on her artistic way, with the assurance of positive results. Mr. Slabaugh hns all the marks of an artist. Her work wa full of repose, style and cleverness. She Is a developing mu sician. Miss Monica Laur wa very at tractive by reason of her decided talent The other students were thoroughly pre pared and may feel proud of their work. A piano recital will be given by the pupils of Miss Helen Mackln at her resi dence, 822 North Forty-second street, on Saturday, June 8. at 1:30 p. m. Miss Mackln hereby Invites the musical people who are Interested. Last Sunday the concert of the Orpheus Singing society was a decided success, a Is usual with Mr. Charles Petersen' events. Mr. Wagner-Thoma and Mr. Robert Cuscaden assisted. The hundreds of friends who hav been secured through many years of usefulness by Dr. Baetens, and also by hi wife, Mme. Baetens, In her shorter career, as sembled at Germanla hall last Thursday evening to hear the annual recital by th pupil of the two teacher mentioned. So many pupil took part that Individual com ment would be misleading, owing to tha various stages of the work shown. Those assisting In the program were: MIsse Jeanne Miller, Edith Miller, Julia Grlffen, Marl Meyen, Ollv Hammond, ' Irene Haye. Annie HlrMiberg, Irene McKnlght, Regina Baetens. Hulda Goo; Lillian Brok meyer. Maude Mueller," Mrs. Porter Gar rett, Oerrlt Fort and Edmund Besslere; Misses Mabel Haney. Mildred Butler, Elfle Green, Verna Hayes. Lucy Miller, Essie Aarons. Mildred Kelner. Morris Bllsh, Joe Dreybus and Joe Meyer. The accompanl -ments were played by Miss Corlnna Paul son. Miss Grace Hancock, Miss Maude Mueller, Mrs. Garrett and Dr. and Mme. Baetens. THOMAS J. KELLY. ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM The second Sunday In June will be ob served as Floral day by the member of the society of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the city, and extensive prep arations are being made for Its celebra tlon. The principal address will be dellv ered by Congressman E. J. Burkett of Lincoln. The memorial services of the Degree of Honor will be observed at the temple next Sunday at 8 o'clock In the evening. Th members of this lodge will hold an enter tainment Saturday afternoon at the temple. The Gardener will hold festival at Four teenth and Dodge streets Tuesday evening, when the members and friends will as semble at a box and social dance. Monday evening Gate City hive, Ladle of th Maccabees, will give a dance at the Continental block. The sixth annual encampment of the Union Veterans' Union, Dlvlston of Ne braska, will be held on Friday, June A, at 2 p. ni., In the Continental block. All delegates elected, aa well a all members of the division stuff, are expected to be present, a not only the election of officer will be held, but other business of Im portance to the union will be transacted. In the evening of the same day there will bo a Joint meeting of all the regiments of the division In Woodmen hall, where a rampfira wll be held. A program I being arranged and It Is the Intention of the officer of tha division to have a rousing time. The speaker of the day will b Com rade Lee 8. Estelle. department com mander of the Grand Army of tlTe Re public. Other addresses will be arranged. I as well a Impromptu talk by th member of th organliutlon. Th campfir will be open lo member of the Grand Army. and th division commander would like very much to have a large attendance, a the object of th Union Veteran' Union will be fully explained by the speakers. CHARGED WITH GRAVE CRIME Two First Lieutenants ot the Army lader Coart-Martlal at Vas coaver, Washington. VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 30. -Th trial by court-mrtlal of Flrt Lieutenant Knud on of the Seventh Infantry and Flret Lieu tenant Bushman of the Seventeenth in fantry, which Is In progrea at Vancouver, I attracting considerable Interest on ac count of th nature of tha charge In each case. Lieutenant Knudson 1 charged with falsifying post exchange account, th wrongful disposition of government atore and the embezzlement of government fund while acting quartermaster commissary nd post exchange officer at Nome, Alaska, during the years lil-0J. Lieutenant Bushman I charged with em bezzling government money, the suppres sion of official mall, disobedience of order and desertion whll (tatloned at Fort Law ton, Wash. JAYUAW KERS IN DRESS SUITS Description of Governor Bailey' Dinner lo President 'Boosfvelt FEELINGS OF KANSANS IN COOD CLOTHES Kd Hone' Story of th Mean, th Decorations, th Garb of tha Guests and the Jok of the President. Ed How In th Atchison Glob describe Governor Bailey dinner to President Roosevelt a follows: I attended th dinner giver by Governor Bailey In Topeka to President Roosevelt. Possibly reader of th Globe will be in terested in knowing how the bachelor gov ernor entertains. The governor' resldenc la probably th handsomest home In Kansa. It was built by a man named Bennett, a breeder of Percheron horses, at a cost of ItO.OOO. But th woolly legged Percheron horse were too slow for Kanas; they reminded people of oxen, and Bennett wa compelled to sell his fine house. Th state bought It fo $15,000. Governor Stanley wa the first gov ernor to occupy It. The last legislature made an appropriation for fixing It up, and th Improvement were completed only a few day befor th president visit. Every room of the mansion Is finished 11 a different hardwood; It I said that th li brary wa finished In walnut by workmen from the Pullman (hop in Pullman, 111. The floral decoration wer extensive, but In excellent taste. There wa trailing green stuff everywhere, and vines growing over the mantel from pot on the tiling be'.ow. In the library there wa the handsomest display of American beauty rose we haw ever seen. Ther were flowers In every room, but, a far as we were able to Judge, tho taste displayed wa excellent not too much of anything. Not Hitch. The dinner wa served In courses, and there wa not a single hitch. It wa prob ably the moit uccesful social function ever given in Kansa. Ther were three Tuxedo in the party. They wer worn by Mr. Root, Mr. Whlto and Judge Hook. Tho other guests wore the usual swallowtail coatB. There were five black tie and twelve white ones. Three guests wore tied tlee, the others seemed to wear dlckle. The president wore a black tie, which he had apparently tied himself. In the shirt front small gold button predominated, with a few pearl one. (Both kinds three for a quar ter.) Th atandlng and turndown collar were about an even break. One man, Mr. Loomls, had a stripe down his pantaloons (We confess that we did not notice these details; we got them from Old Bill White.) There were four colored waiters. Tha first course was a fruit salad; fruit mixed with cube of toasted bread floating around In It; then escalloped fish, served on half shells, with brown bread sandwiches; then sweetbread on tont; then squabs, with green peas, with white bread sandwiches; then spring chicken, with pew potatoes and asparagus tip. Somewhere during the dinner a hot biscuit, small and delicate, appeared on each plate. Then there was coffee In regular cups, with cream and sugar -offered; then frozen egg nogg; then shrimp salad. (The president Inquired here: "Governor Bailey, did these shrimps come from Kan sas r th governor having said that th bill of fare wa made up largely of Kan sas products. You know how a preacher's Joke goes; well. It's nothing to a presi dent's Joke; we all roared.) Then earn brick Ice cream, with straw berries and little balls of eocoanut. Then cake and black coffee. There were stuffed ollvea on the table and radishes In cut glass dlshe. The chandelier above the dining table, a fine one, was beautifully decorated with trailing greens. These greens also ap peared In the center of the table In a design. The dining room easily accom modated the seventeen guests. The room In a high one, with a hardwood celling. Talked Easily and Naturally. During th dinner, which lasted about an hour and forty minute, th guests talked easily and naturally with those nearest them. Frequently the president addressed some one opposite him and told a story, and how we all laughed at the point! Still, some of the stories were good. I shall save them for private use and say hereafter, "tha president told me an Interesting anecdote at Topeka," etc. The president did me the honor to address me when he referred to Eugene Ware, whom he complimented highly. The president's favorite swear word Is "By George!" He also ay "bully" fre quently. Mr. Root talked generally on two occasions, and we laughed nearly aa much at his Joke a we did at those of the president, as he la the most Important member of the cabinet and may be com pelled to handle our war with Russia. I don't ay It because I wa Invited to his dinner, but Governor Bailey starts out s though he will become the most popular governor th state has ever had. He I popular In Topeka, and looks as well In a plug hat as any of the president' party. H bachelor dinner wa a success, but ha confessed to me that he had a great deal of assistance from "the neighbors." A Topeka woman who la a professional caterer (wo have forgotten her name) had charge of the dinner, and bossed things In the kitchen. No wines war served, al though the prohibitionists may complain because of a slight dash of rum In the eggnogg. Of course ther wa a fine display of cut glass, and silver, mainly forks, few spoons. Mr. Loomls, who sat on my right, became tangled somewhere, and was short a fork at the close. Dave Mulvane, on my left, had an extra one, being thrifty, bo I quietly sneaked the extra one, and passed It over to Mr. Loomls, who com pleted th dinner without disaster, I watched the president when a new course was served, as though it were a pleasure to admire so great a man, but In reality I was observing whether he used a fork or a spoon. Ma a ne usea a spoon where a fork was culled for by Edward Bok, the other guests, aa loyal subjects, would have ..... of course followed hi example and risked Mr. Bok's rage. To a man who puts on a dress suit, only once In several year, a function Is a task It's a smart woman who can get me ready under an hour. But th Topeka men attend so many that they don't mind them. When there la a corner stone laying at 5 and dinner at T they change to full dress so quickly that I suspect they use an ap paratu Ilk the firemen have at engine house for throwing harness on the fir horse. Frank P. MacLennan made a quick change that could have been accom plished in no other way. Former Pre.. Censor Killed. JOHANNESBURG, May 30-Captaln Sir Edward Henry Hulse, who wa press cen sor durlns; the last South African war, was found shot dead In hi residence today Hls-hrat Waterfall la tb World. While mlnlnir In MckIco William P. Dun ham of Denver visited what is considered th hfirhest waterfall In tha world. 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