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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1903)
TITE O MA ITA DAILY BEE! SUNDAY. JUNE 7, 1003. 1W with Mr. Pick Ferris In the leading role. Is promised for sn early date, also Oramstark with both Mr. Ferris and Mif. Grace Hay ward In the cast. During the last of Jirue Miss Hayward will also appear here In the New York version of "Resurrection. ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES Amelia Bingham's Omaha date having bn mnr1W. it lr all off nntr tmvm fro the summer Kmk and the parka. An yet th parka have rfit been able to turn a J wheel on account of the weather, but they hfTpe to makff a start today. The pcrrtu 8'Mnmer Stock company hns- been doing record business and hns a I no mail a 1 clded Impression on the people because of Ita merit aa an organisation, ltd' micco has bwrt very gratifying to the itimm ment, and It will remain at the lloyd theater for an Indefinite time. StOtX CITY, la.. J'ire J To the Pm matlo Keillor of The Be: Will you kindly explain in your HundHy dramatic chronl -lo the, dlfferenco between the noting of he old school and the new? Thla haa bu wildered me for a long time; 1 read that such an actor I of the old school, bu I can't comprehend lla moaning aa tofihe method of acting employed. I do not think I am alone In not under-Standlng- this common matter, m thanking you beforehand Kr any Informntion you see fit to give, I am, your very aincerely, A READKU. Commonly, the phrasw aUnded to by "A Reader" la looiely used, and may be nald to cover a aeope of meaning entirely too broad to be covered within' tho limits of a hoit newspaper article. To give It an arbitrary meaning Is alio a rather difficult matter, for that Involvea the delicate task Of deciding Just where old leavew off and new begins, a iletennlnatlon not to be lightly undertaken In these times when change is mora- than ever the law, nnd change frequently ao sudden and so rad ical that the moat blaae is not Infrequently startled by the metamorphosis. Not to put too fine a point on the definition, It la within- the limits to say that an actor of the "old school" Is one whose methods are those of the day Juxt passed; for Just os fashions change In- other regnrda, an do fashion In acting change, and the actor is today, even as In Shakespeare's time, and possibly before that, "the abstract and brief chronicle of the time." His art la to hold the mirror up to nature, and In doing ao he must appeal natural on tho stage. To be natural on the stage, he must counterfeit nature, and In counterfeiting nature, ho must ba true to hla surround ings In every essential regard. In dress and speech. In manners and action, he is either a- faithful copy of the men nnd women around him, that Is, of the time he la representing, , or he-Ik no actor. And Just as ths men- and Women of one genera tion linger and lap over Into the next With out divesting themselves of the distinctive manners- and customs of tho passing, an.1 being apparently unable to take on" tint newer manners of the people around them, so some actors find themselves unable to adapt themselves to the change that comoW with time, and theaa earn for themselves tho distinction of belonging to- tho "old school' In this way the expression Is passed on from one generation to the other. Strictly speaking, actors are divided ac cording to the methods they employ Into two great classes, the claaalc and the ro mantic In the claaslo certain canons are observed with more or less fidelity, but the departures- are few. The classic aetor atudles first his part for the purpose of de termining the meaning of the author; nest he studies for expression. His presenta tion of the role may seem spontaneity it' self, but it is the result of the actor's do liberate planning. Characteristic of the clasalo actor are the statueaq.ua -pose, the graceful gesture and the magnificent ora torical effect. These belong essentially to the "old school." i GdWIn Booth, of blessed memory, was first to break from the tra ditions that had bound the clasalo sotor for centuries, and, to undertake to give ex pression to the beautiful poesy that under lists the written word In, Shakespeare's plays. His methods were- departures' not so Radical in detail as In result. ' On his in terpretation of the poet's thought hangs Booth's claim to undying fame as art- ae tor. The romantlo actor undertakes more to express the emotion, to portray the pas sion Involved, than to- convey a studied in terpretation of the knee. Hla method vary radically from the classte. ' II is hie great endeavor to portray Just such &- character aa he conceives the real man to have been, or as he might have been, had he existed. Very often his results are due directly to inspiration, a faculty on which the elasslo actor can not undertake to rely, for ob vious reasons. On the stage today we have far more types of the romantic than of the classic actor. Then there is a third school, recent of birth, but well recog nised, and which Is undoubtedly entitled to the distinction of "new." It undertakes to combine the methods of both classic and romantic, and give the best of both. Law rence Barrett, student and actor, was (he earliest exponent of this school, but he haa notable successors. Richard Mansfield, Ed ward Sothern and Otis Sklfther are fine types of the new school (hat has grown out of the effort to combine the romantlo and the classic. Just as the methods of the actor have grown from theatricallsm Into naturalism, and from naturalism into Idealism, and from idealism Into realism, uo the taste of the puhllo has advanced. The change In the style of (he actor Is but the reflection of the change In what is demanded by the public. A modern actor finds It all but Im possible to adapt the oratorical flourishes and lengthy periods of the playwright of the past to the requirements of today. Even some plays that are entitled to be classed as modern have fallen Into disuse for this reason. The great aim of the stage today is to present things Just aa they aro, not as they might be, and the actor alms to be above all things natural in every way, and especially So In his speech. Therefore, the stilted Speeches of the drama of the past, however well they were adapted to the requirements of that time, are out of the running; now. Imagine, If you will, Claude Melnntte delivering his dissertation on (he glories of hi palace on the shore of Lake Ciimo in a conversational tone. It is the wit ot a Wilde, the aphorisms of a Flnero. the epigrams of a llpe and the moralising of a Jones the public wants to day, and it Is that that marks another ot the points in which the ''old" differs from the "new." , A more arbitrary and probably equally warrantable explanation may be based on the change that has come over stage meth ods within a shorter time than a genera tion; a change so marked In some of Its aspects aa to be almost revolutionary. It la probably unfair, though, to catalogue all the actors who have been affected by it as belonging to the "oM school," for In some respects their methods are quite modern. This change has been chiefly within the lat)t decade, and is all in the direction of realism. Modern advances In mechanics have been adapted to the usee of the stage to the extent that the methods of production that pertained tin or a dosen years ago are as obsolete In the first-class theaters of today as would be the methods of the Globe ot the Ellaabethan period. It Is only natural that these changes should extend to the actor aa well as to ths other elements of th production, but not so great an extent. The "old school" of . stage management knew nothing of th mechanical effects on which the "moderns'' rely. Ambit tons managers may have dreamed of th ttm when such efforts could be produced, bat nowadays they are accepted as a Biatter of course. As fast gj avlence develops a discovery. If available or adaptable. It is turned to the uses of the themer, snd the public getw th benefit of It. Thus, for example. In New York and Pittsburg nest fall will be opened theaters In which there will be- Installed on the stage huge sounding boards connected by electric wires to properly adjusted receivers In the front of the house so that they will act aa resonators or megaphones, to Irterease the carrying effect of the" human voice and make the speeches on the stags distinctly audible In every part of audi toriums so vast that without the mechanical- assists nee the task of making the or dinary actor's voice fill the house would be beyond possibility. In one of these theaters the orchestra Is so located that between acts Its music will be carried by a telephonic arrangement Into a rathskeller connected with- the 'theater but separated by a heavy wall. By this means the peo ple who are taking their refreshments In the rathskeller will be as agreeably enter tained, and by the samo music, as those who remain quietly In their seats. In both these arrangements, the stage Is completely Insulated, and the mere turning of a switch connects or disconnects the electric cur rent. With" such innovations being adopted. It Is quite beyond" reason to undertake to exactly state what Is and what Is not "old school" In the matter of theatrical meth ods. "Tempora mutantur," etc. Manner, cus toms, speech, dress, methods, everything that might enter Into the srt of the actor, Is- subject to this Immutable law, and its dictum must be followed. The penalty is first to be classed as belonging to the "old school," and a little farther along to be referred to as a "back number." The only way In which this fate can be avoided Is to "keep tip with the procession." To do this one needs not abandon any Ideal, or change nny fixed plan, but one must be alive to all' the progress that is going on steadily ail the time; imperceptibly almost, but never by fits and starts. It Isn't necessary to b a leader to do this, nor to adopt changes until their advisability has beeSi established. It Is- necessary to be alive to the trend of thought and taste, and to keep fully In' touch with the spirit of the times. One can do this and still be conservative In all regards; but the ultra-conservative Is likely to be ultimate!) eata'.oaued with the "old schooli" Another point of difference exists, and It Is not all unlikely that herein lies- the' real line of demarcation between the old and the new. Our theater. Hire our literature and our art In every essential regard was borrowed in the first place. Until long after the discovery of America the English speaking people had neither literature nor art of their own. Such feeble Imitations as Were extant were not of the sort to satisfy. Chaucer chines- almost solely for the fact that it Is to him that what is now called English literature traces its beginning; it IS. (hat fact alone tnat gives him any prominence. It was almost two cen turlea after Chaucer that the Elisabethafl writers burst on the- world" with their won derful effulgence; yet for many centuries prior to that the- arts and literature had been fostered and thrived among the people of the continent, and the English were looked upon as rude and uncultivated be cause they had not progressed in (hose es sentials of national culture. From the time of Elisabeth the era' of English letters and English art really dates. With the Restora tion cam another change In literature, and for more than two centuries agaMlt fhe Eag--lish drama, at least was modeled1 on the French, so far as 'tragedy ls concerned. As to comedy, the elegant writers of the Ad disonian school did not think It worth while to give that branch of the drama serious eonsi deration,, and ft Was allowed to slip into fhe easy prose we know so welt. It is worth while to note hi passing that it is the comedies- of this period that survive. The tragedies af a only looked ap- by the student. While the Georgian, epoch marks a distinct advance m the progress of English letters, it shows II (tie for the drama, and even in the: earlier days of the Victorian period". In which we find such great lights as Dickens, Thackeray, Bryon and Tennyson biasing forth, we get almost nothing for the drama. Lytton furnishes the best known of the plays of this period, "Lady of Lyons" and "Richelieu," although there are a number of others- acted with more or less) fre quency, such as "VirgVnius." "The Gladia tor," "Ingomar." and the Ilk. It Is doubt ful If either of these will survive. The Victorian epoch is noteworthy for' jone thing It brought to a termination, flaal and blessed, the domination of the formalism of the Restoration style and a return to the truly poetical and safTsfylngly natual style of Shakespeare. Shakespeare Is now nni versa lly reaognlced aa . the standard, and as soch must re main. Thla may sound dogmatic, trot the experience of more than three centuries warrants fhe expression. Within th last fifty years not more that two notable ef forts have been put forth by English writ ers In th way of dramatic poetry. Boker contributed hia beautiful "Francesca dl Rimml," and Phillips his "Vlyases." Other efforts hay been failures. The modern English writers have confined themselves to prose, and th accepted school to topics more of less ephemeral In thla nature. Our beet writers hav not undertaken anything that can be really looked upon as destined to live. Wilde, Plnero, Hope, Jones. Mar shall, Howard, Fitch, and all th Ilk may be looked up by students In a future time, and their plays may be referred to In sup port of soma of the Queer notions held by people of the later days of the nineteenth and the earlier of th twentieth oenturt, but no one will be rash enough to claim for them Immortality. That this Is true Is due solely to the faot that the theater reflect the dominant thought of the people, and as often aa that thought changes so doe th theater change. The actor Is called upon solely to give life to th character drawn for hlra by the writer, and thus to become for tit tins the embodiment of public sentiment. Under these conditions which have always existed. It ia quite be yond possibility to determine just whin to draw th mark between old and new other than that recognised that what la of yes terday Is old, and what la of today la nw. Cosalngr Events. The Ferris Stock company will convene their sixth week at th Boyd tonight with an elaborate scenic production of "Mont Crtato." The scenic artist has been busy on special scenery for this plsy for the past week, and theatergoers are promised a treat In thla bill. The costumes of the villagers,, peasants, etc.. In the first act ar very pretty, th peasant eostunt of Miss Pavcy in thla act being especially els borate, with a bead dresa bespangled with genuln garnets and pearls, Th dresses to be worn by alls Pavey in the fourth act of thla bill are also very hand some, one being a beautiful pink, satin brocade empire gown, covered with rar old lac ead apangles, and bought from Worth last summer when she waa on her vacation In Paris. A whit pan velvet coat. which ah wear In thla act la also very stunning. Mis Dolil Davis, as th hand- aom llttls French girl, will also wear number of drceses whleh will Beaks th lady theatergoers wish for a closer view For the last half ot this week a big pro- dactten of "Dr. BUF' will b glvaa. This pkty la m comedy and ia brim full of fun and laughter, "The Maq From, Mexico,' . -m a - Until today the elements have prohibited the public an opportunity of passing Judg ment on Omaha's polite resort Krug Park. A program of stellar features will be of fered. Krug Park has long since estab lished a precedent for the strictest moral malntalnance and as the past Is a sufficient guarantee for Its future the people will find much to please. . Huster's Concert band will render miscellaneous concerts every sfternoon and evening during the season, with a coterie of artists and solo ists. ' The Gelssler-Hlrschurn Tyrolean troupe has been especially engaged to em hellish the musical portion of the program. Mtinkacsey'B pictures reproduced from the work of this noted Austrian artist's sublime Inspiration of the Book of Revelations, is a religious conception worthy of the closest attention and will undoubtedly prove a very Interesting pastime for all theological stu dents. Tho series comprise flfty-two llfe- slxe oil paintings upon 30,000 square feet of canvas and will be shown each evening under mechanical and light effects. The Passion Play has not been lost sight of but Manager Colo has Imported the original "Warwick" films for the animated present ment of this intense religious drama. The posing characters are taken from the peasants' who present the Oberammergau productions and are positively the only ones ever taken at this Bavarian tyro!. These films are the first and only ones ever brought to this country. The sen sational features are many and carefully arranged tc please the masses. J Waldorf Hall, the acknowledged premier of local aeronauts, will make his initial ascension during the afternoon, and the hundreds of novel features there to amuse and encourage the attendance. Special flve-mlnute car service has been arranged. Gossip from Msg-eland. Charles Hawtrev contributes to th Tun. number of the Fortnightly Review an article on "Theatrical Business In Amer ica." Bronson Howard, who im inlmiminir . Los Angeles. Cal., IS considerably improved In health and expects to summer at Col orado Springs. Carl Relter Is mannoinr foe 4h mmmM tho Dewey theater at Oakland, Cal. This house Is In the Pacific Coast Vaudeville company's circuit. Frances Hodgson Burnett has taken a three years' lease of a house on Madison avenue and will make New York her per manent resiaenoe. Wilson Barrett will produce his new plav, 'In the Middle of .Tune " at the Theater Royal, Mlddlehorough, England, at about uie time stated in the title. Saturday In Milwaukee, win sail on Wednesday for Bad Manhelm, Germany, where she will spend soma wee Its. Walter Jones will next season star fn a new comic opera, "Thy Sleepy King." by George V. Hobart and Giovanni Conterno, eaaer ot me r ourieentn uegiment nana. Jaronlav Koclan, coming from Enron solely for the purpose, returned to W. C. Clopton on Friday the Guarnerlus violin which he recently carried away without ine owners consent. Henry E. Dlxey has abandoned his inten tion of next season starring under Amelia Hingnam s management in "The Last of the Dandies," nnd wilt continue la his present play, "Facing the Music." Herbert Kelcey and Miss Effle Shannon. under the management of Daniel V. Ar thur, will open their second season In Sherlock Holmes In Chicago In Aua-ust. and during; their tour will visit the Pacific coast. . Sarah Traux. on the comntetfon of her engagement In "Held by the Enemy", at the Alvln theater. Pittsburg, will go te London to confer regarding the London production of. "Lady Godiva. In whjchj she last year starred. of the evil one and thrown . Into prison, where I would have been yet had ft not been lor the Hind services of an Anserloan missionary at Mandalay. whe assisted sne to escape. .Yes, knowledge of mafic works both ways sometimes." . Robert Hichens, the English novelist, has been commissioned by George Alexander to make an English version of Octave Mirabeau'a drama. "Les Affaires Sont les Affaires." The play will be produced by L Mr. aiexander at in ttc James theater, London. Blanche Walsh has forwarded to Charlet Burnham. treasurer of the Robert E. Bell fund for the establishment of a sanatorium for consumptive actors and actresses, a heck for of which HK was uenvea from the recent SDeclal matinee at the Victoria theater, the remainder being sub scribed by Miss Walsh's friends. Ktrke La Shells has signed contracts whereby for ten years LawTenea D'Oraay will appear under bis ILa rinsiie s man agement, during the first three in the comedy success, "The Earl of Pawtucket," now running at the Manhattan theater. Augustus Thomas is working on another play, in which Mr. D'Orsay will then ap pear. Mrs. Patrick Campbell sailed for Kngiana last week, carrying with ber a goodly sum as the result ol her season s wora. jrarrio ularlv nrosDerous was her tour to the Pa cific coast. Mrs. Campbell probably will not return to this country next season, bat will devote herself to London, with the poa stbiUty of a brief tour of the principal Ger man cities. She has a strong desir to ap pear in Germany. She has practically made up ner mma o reisrn 10 mis country iu season after next. The features of her visit will be a lavish Shakespearean production and a strong new play by an English author. imoTif the celebrities who sailed for Eu- ki Juno 1 waa the noDUlar little atar. Adelaide Thurston. She selected the Ameri can liner Belgeland on which to cross. Miss Thurston s mission arroaa is siuay in Paris of various accomplishments which will help her in her professional career and especially in her next starring tour. She will take lessons In vole culture, fencing and dramatic reading. Jacob P. Adler. the Hebrew character actor, who Is a great favorite at the Thalia theater, in rew x or H city, wnere plays are given in Yiddish, haa been engaged by Managers Weber. Rush and Hrennon for a spring tour in "The Merchant of Venice." Mr. Adler s snyroc; is saia ia oe . novel interpretation of the role. He will be sup ported by an English-speaking company, and will appear In New York, Philadelphia Boston, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati for brief ngagemenis. Mildred Holland, who Is at present in Ruuii. will return to New York about Au gust 16. Miss Holland upon her arrival will go at once to Pittsburgh, N. Y.. where she will open ner season in ine uiy ana mi Prince." In which she scored so decisively last season, on the evening of September f. About Christines time the actress will cre ate the role ot Catherine II. perhaps better known aa Catherine the Great of Russia. In Theodore Kremefs new play. "The Tri umph of an Kmpreaa. i nis new piay is Mr. Kramer's greatest effort. He has given years of study to it snd upon Its success will depend his future as a dramatist of th higher class. "Th Triumph of an Err press'' is in no sense a melodrama, but on th contrary Is a serious effort. The author makes no claim to historical accuracy, but takes Incidents from th higher and better life of the great empress during in aariy veura of her relsn and weaves them to- 5 ether into an interesting and coherent rama. Manager Edward C. Whit will make an elaborate and costly production ot th new play. Five massive sets of scenery will be required ana tne coaiumea wui cost IIS. 000. 1 ne prospects lor ine luniicuouni luur us Adolina PatU read like a tals from the Arabian Nlghta. Not so very many years ago Robert Grau, who Is to manage tne Psttl tour, drifted into a southwestern town with an opera company, one opera and S3 cents. II played there a week and left with $1.9 0 In his pocketbook, and since then his career has seen many ups and downs. One of Paul's absolute demands before fulfilling her contract with him Is that he shall receive a lump sura of $.").() In advance as her share of the receipts. She Is to be paid 16 Odd for each concert and an additional fkl per cent of all the money taken In over and above 17.600. As matters now stand contracts have been signed for thirty-seven cities, e:tch guaranteeing Mr. Grau th sum of UO.bti. This means that In each on of the places Pattl's profit will be W.fcw and hla own $.XX. In addition to this the contracts with th Stein way people for the xclusiv uk of their piano, the program privilege and the sale of photo graphs will net a sum sufficient to pay all expenses except th diva's shar. and yet not nor than six weeks ago Grau was ex ceedingly anxious to have some Broadway manager take the bigger part of his con tract off hi hands. Magician Kellar waa aakad en day not long ago if his knowlrdg of maglo ever stood him in good stead in tlm of trouble. "I iun one occasion particularly." he re piwd. "Ji did, 44 tiou iitbcr U wikv4 AMI SEMEVT. AWlUKMBXTg, AMI gEFHT8. " AMI'BIWTS. WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME" hos come. OUTING. Bring your lunch and the children and Covalt's Band of 35 A MUSICAL TREAT UA.TIIING U DATING FISHING All Kinds of Amusement Features NO Charge af the Gate. Rouni Trip Fare 25o Cars Leave Every Ten Minutes Just ths opposMs way. V wers traveling from Cape Town, Africa,' to the Klmberiy diamond fields. It Is the custom there when meat is needed to aelss a sheep, kill and dress it, and deposit upon the iratepost of the Boer wso owned it the sum of 30 shillings. This ws did, but the Dutch burgher didn't see the money, although he witnessed what ho thought was the theft of a sheep. I was almost Immedlutely seised and bound with, a rops- Before they had more than finished tying jne I was out of the rope nnd threw the writhing coll Into their faces. It takes a good deal to astonish a thick-headed liner, so these men simply surrounded me snd my party and took, us before their head man, who, they said, wouid tie me so tlRhtly that I would never gee away. To make a lone story short, he tied me with many yards of soft, pliable rope, and tucked the last end snugly out or signt. instantly 1 was out ot tne rooe and threw it away upon the low roof of ths burgher's house. They fled from ma In terror, declaring that ftie devil was In their midst. They refused to take the money after it had been pointed out to them, and there whs no lack of free mut ton after that. The other occasion I re ferred to was at the court of Ava. the pal- ac e4 the king e-f Burmsh. I gave an en tertainment UDon royal invitation, and when I had finished was declared a deputy MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Now that ths season is over and the ser ious work of the year has been accom pllsfcedy th feeling comes over on that a period of rest and relaxation would be ths thing - to prepare us tor ths next season's work. And perhaps it would be a good thing t dtvwrt our minds from Jb consideration of related lclys. tone-vaJutos, E-strlng Har monics, and all those other things which nil our minds ami ksep us studying all win tar, and turn our. thoughts to a few contem plations in lighter vein which may help us, one and all, to enjoy the summer better, and to feel the thrills of good will and well-wishing to our fellow man, remember ing the words of the old twelfth century Persian poet. Saadl: . TMstress not with thy troubles other souls, . ,, 1 . 1. It. ..... 1. all. Mince imui imi ni"wB" "( . , With kind and tender heart and helpful hand. Gain strength by lifting those who fall." And s, here beglnneth the first of a series of "Meditations, . of the Good Old Bummer Time," and these meditations will appear weekly until such time as the read ers can no longer endure them, and the man who owns the mysterious blue pencil gets busy. Meditation No. t "On the art of keeping the corners of the mouth turned up." I know that a parson will smile when he or she reads this very unorthodox text for a meditation. And that Is the design. Or like the Irish guide to the tourist who was admiring the beautiful church, and said, "Does not that beat the devIlT" "Yes." was ths quick reply, "that's the Intintlon." When you feel that the world is at cross purposes with you. that your friends are distant, and that you, generally speaking, havs gone Into the trust business yourself, and established a "corner" on the misery of the world. Just go away off Into a cor ner of your own thoughts, and alt down quietly, take three deep breaths, loosen up, and then turn up the corners of your mouth! Perhane the we pie whom you like are saying mean, unklkd things about you, per haps they are accusing you or nings you never were, guilty ot, pernaps may misun- A-miand vou entirely and misinterpret every action. Then Is ths time of all times for you to Just remember that such things n&nnot harm you. unless you admit them Into your Inmost thoughts; that Jealousy and envy and maltee are falsities and hence must devour tnemseives or virw. Think sood thoughts about all, and be sure oh be sure, to keep the corners of your mouth turned up! Are you discouraged sbout a pupil, or are you dissatisfied with the way In which your thought-seeds are being chokedT It the corners of the mouth be kept well turned up, and especially when yu are with the pupil, and you will soon see a big result. Do not forget it. Keep them up! But, you say, the shams, oh, the shams, of ths day! Oh, the Ignorance of so msny people, and oh, the Indiscretion and dis honesty, and false representations of some teachers! What do you caret lt them be so. They will have to answer for that themselves. The question will be Inexor able: "The good souls nocked like homing doves and bade hlra clear the path. And i'eter twirled ttae Jangling keys In weariness and wrath, "Te have read, ye have heard, ye have thought," he aald, "and the tale Is yet to run, ... By the worth of the body that once ye had, give answer what ha' ye doner' 8o you Just remember those words of Kipling, or those of the old Persian: "Ood will not seek thy race. Nor will He ask thy birth; Alne He will demand of thee, "What hast thou, dune on earth?" Think of these things, and be sure to keep the corners of the mouth turned up, as that is conducive to right thinking. And then, when you have gotten rid of the pomps and vanities, the strut snd show of this world,, when. you see how foolish we all were, to take ourselves and every one else so seriously, wLen you come to that tlipe.wheq we that what we thought was real., was ths unreal, and what wa thought hard, was easy, then veil fan look THE BALLOON GOES UP DAILY Refreshments of ill Kinds Elegant Service and Viands. All Amusements Free the Man right in the eye,-when he "stops you at the portal, and when he says to you, "What have you done?" and you reply, "Well, I don't know that I have done much, I hare been so busy keeping the corners of my mouth turned up." Right there Is where tho Man-at-the-rortal will say, "Walk right In, this is where you belong, we have heard about you, and we have been waiting for you, and we all.are Just awfully glad you have come." And the band con cert will begin. The pupils of the Omaha College of Mu sic, F. II. Wright, director, will hold the first annual students', recital at Unity church on Thursday evening of this week. The pianoforte pupils of Mrs. Wright will hold a recital on Monday evening (to morrow) at Omaha Commercial hall,, Sev enteenth and Douglas. All Saints' -holr will give a concert at Council Bluffs on June 15 for the benefit of the Woman's Christian Association hos pital. Loretta Dellone haa declined the offer of the position of organist and choir director at Bt. John's church. A children's piano recital given Saturday morning by pupils of Miss Bertha Dickin son HIU at her studio, 2809 Poppleton av enue, was a very enjoyable affair. A very pretty program was given, of a youthful character suitable to the ages of the performers, who rendered their num bers with much kill,,. precision end mu sical taste, showing excellent training and preparation. - - i Miss Hill also gave a short alk on "Mu sl: Study. outlining "In' a general ; way some of the principals of ' her mode 'of teaching. THOMAS J. KELLY. ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM The action of the Masonic grsnd iodge of Nebraska In permanently locating the grand lodge at Omaha last week settles a matter which has caused considerable dis cussion ever since the first grand lodge meeting was held 'in this city. The grand lodge haa been practically located at Omaha for many years, but there was al ways a chance that one of the sessions would decide to hold the next meeting . at another place, or would temporarily at least move the office of ths secretary. While It was published that the grand lodge located the headquarters permanently In this city, It did little more than declare the result of the referendum vote which waa taken last year by the lodges of the state. Omaha was ahead of all competitors in the vote and the location of the grand lodge per manently In this city Is the expression of the will of the majority , of the brotherhood of the state. The permanent location of the grand lodge here will have one good result, at least, upon Omaha. Masonry, In that It will cause ths construction of a new and modern lodge building in this city and sooner probably than If the grand lodge had not chosen this as permanent headquarters. Ths ques tion ot a new lodge bulding haa been dis cussed tor some time. There can be no doubt of Ita desirability nor of the ability of Omaha Masons to build what is wanted. The present site Is much mora valuable than it waa when It was first secured by the temple craft and In the opinion of many of the members of the order Is not so well suited for a lodge room as some place not so close to the street oars, and yet close snough for easy travel. The new organ which la to be placed In the large hall at Masonic temple is in the city and within the next thirty days will be put In place. The organ Is one of the finest of its class and when In place will add much to the beauty of the various kinds of work In which it will have place. Thursday evening there will be Joint In stallation of ths Blue lodgos of the city, with Oeorge W. IJnlnger aa grand master and C. K. Coutant as grand marshal. O Ulcers-elect who will be installed are as fol lows: Covert lodge No. 11 Frank W. Boyer, worthy master: Allen 8. Komano, senior warden; Paul A. Froellch. junior warden: K. B. Parker, treasurer; IS. K. lxing, sec retary. Capital Incise No. I W. A. DeBord, worthy master; H. V. Cole, senior warden; M. M. Robertson, Junior warden; John ham ford, secretary; W. T. Robinson, treas urer. Nebraska Lodge No. 1 George A. Day, worthy master; K. A. Nnrlhrup, senior warden; A. W. Jefferls, Junior warden; W. C. McLean, secretary; T. C. Livingstone, treasurer. St. John'a Lodge No. 2i William T. Bourke, worthy master; Albert P. Johnvm, senior warden; C. A. Tracy, Junior warden; C. K- Herring, secretary; K. U. McUilton, treasurer Ths delegates and others who will attend the meeting of ths head camp ot the Mod ern Woodmen at Indlanapollj, June 16, are making preparations for the trip. Omaha ramp No. 120 will send its team ot for esters and Beach camp will send fifteen members, whose duty It will be to look out for the interests of the camps generally and of Beach camp lu particular. The del egation probably will leave Sunday, al though some of the members may start a tew days earlier. . Bo far as the election ot head consul 1 concerned, the friend of A. THE TWO IDEAL PLACES TO SPEND A SUNDAY spend a pleasant day. n Mm Nordin s Superb Or chestra, 16 Pieces Afternoon and Night PROFESSOR MURPHY The Daring Aeronaut In nil n Dnllnnn Unnnn UC1IIUUII liaUUD iDMl REFRESHMENTS OF ALL KINDS Every Imaginable Amusement Device. Boating, Bathing, Fishing Sherman Avenue Cars Direct fo Gates. Fare 5c. OMAHA'S POLITE RESORT KRUG PARK NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON WITH Huster's Band and Munkascy's Pictures ...AND MAJESTIC PROGRAM The Discriminating Publio R. Talbot claim that It Is all over but the shouting and that the Nebraska man will win hands down. It will take 236 votes to elect the head consul and ths campaign manager of Mr. Talbot claims 350 votes at this time. ' For the first time In the history of the order' there will be contesting -delegations before the head camp, and the contest will come from Kansas,. .the homed Ji 6. John son, who Is really the only other, candidate for the plaee. The contest will be brought by E. E. Murphy of. Atchison, who clalma that Mr. Johnson secured the delegation by high-handed means which will not be. ap proved by the members of the camp, . It is an open secret that while Mr. Tal bot has the unanimous support of the Ne braska delegation for the office of head consul that support Is not so warm as It would be did the candidate take another position on the question of the readjust ment of the rates for Insurance, which will be the leading question before the head camp. The majority of the members of the order are opposed to the plan recom mended by the committee which was created at the St. Paul convention, and a large number of the members In Nebraska desire no action taken which does not per mit a vote of all of the members of the society before It becomes effective.' On this subject the manager of the Talbot campaign says: 'The referendum was In dorsed by Nebraska and one or two other state camps, but when the members come to realize that the adoption of a referen dum means the continuation of the discus sion and agitation until another head camp they generally agree that the coming head camp ought to definitely settle the question." Clan Gordon No. S, Order of Scottish Clans, held a meeting Tuesday evening In Continental block and an unusually good number were present. It was arranged to hoM the annual picnic when rain goes off. Two members Just out from hospital were present with addresses of thanks tn all concerned. Watson and Frams, the trans atlantic song artists, were there In good form. Ruth Rebeksh lodge No. 1. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, elected the following officers tot the ensuing term: Miss Rose Hansen, N. O.;. Miss .Anna Nelson, V. 01.; Miss Carrie L. Hamlin, secretary, and Miss Mary K. Btuht, treasurer. Omaha tent No. 75 of the Knights of the Maccabees met In regular weekly review on Thursday evening, with fully 100 mem bers in attendance, the largest number present at any meeting this year. After the regular business of the tent had been transacted the . entertainment committee made a report In the nature of refresh ments. The report of the committee w&s adopted and the . tent adjourned and met committees from the various hives to com plete arrangements for the Maccabee Me morial day, to be held on Sunday, June .4. GETS AN ESTATE TOO LATE Aged Wimii Dies ooa After Be r.mlsf Heir te Wortaae. OAKLAND. Cal., June Kmll Stein was today appointed administrator for the es tate of his grandmother, Leah Bteln, who left property interests aggregating nearly 1300,000. The principal asset of the estate Is an Interest in the estate of a son, Samuel Stein, a wealthy New York merchant, who died without making a will. Mrs. Bteln died on March 26 last, shortly after shs had been notified of her Inheri tance. She was abcait 80 years of age, and bad been living on the streets by selling papers and matches. Transport Bherldau Arrives, SAN FRANCISCO. June 6. The I'nlted States transport SherirVin arrived here today from 'Manila via Nagasaki. It left the Utter point on May 21 and was not expertttd until Monday. It brings 633 men of the 8ond infantry. Wi men of the Twenty-fifth battery of field artillery and ill men of tte First cavalry. The vesatsl U under cooimapd of Captain Pierce, for merly marine superintendent of the trans port service. Imiei Fries Bros, and Lady Barrel Jumpers, Acrobats Afternoon and Evening. ONLY SWITCHBACK ...... RAILWAY I IN THE WEST A . . . OF POLITE FEATURES Solicited to Pass Judgment BOYD'S FERRI8 STOCK CO This Afternoon "A NICJHT OP FKOLIC" Tonight and until Wed. "MONTE CKI8TO." SIXTH f-TWili'iiill'il BIG WEEK. Thurs. night and bal. week DR. BILL" Prices. Mat., 10c any seat; night, 10c. 15c. 26c. . , AMI 8KMENTS. BASE BALL Vinton Street Grounds. 'Denver vs. Omaha Jane B-7-S. Games called at 8:45 p. m. Mr. Kelly .... TEACHER OP Singing. . Tone Production Interpretation DaTidge Block, 18th and Farnam WESTERN BOWLING ALLEYS Everything new and up-to-date. Special attention to private parties, BEXfiELK A STAPKNHOIIST, Tel. L262U. 1610 Howard. OMAHA. HOTEL. "V-A-.si-air BUJf . ' ui Chicago Beach Hotel 5 1 t Blvd. &. Lake SKora, Chicago. For s "city trip' or s "summer outing" has sll the advantsg.s of s lecluded rnort.yet th. Illinois C.ntral express takes yon to th. heart of ths city in 10 minutes. Th. f ina.t Summer H.tel en the Great Lakes, for families, tran sient snd tourUts. St on. aad pressed brick. 4i0 outsid. rooms. Golf, Tennis, Boating, Bathing and Fishing. 1 Beat tor saaasome Rrw DJsstrates Baoklst insk. American farmers th. sraairsi in the world. Th farmer who aiudirs la th. man who ralaea th. bisaest crop sad th. beat (tuck. TWEMT!ETHCEMTURy FARMER is fraat popularix.r of ectonnnc airtcullura.pre aantin. each week Ih. result of ih. work ot th. brainiest practical uieu In .vary branch of furuf lri( and Mock raiaing. Mtmii weekly, f'.t. per year .WrlM far Fra. fteaels Case as. Seeklat. THE TWfc.n I IE! H CEN'Tl'kV FAkUhlt. Feiaaui at., omaea. Nab. tenia SaaM. sri real llaUe.
