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TITE OMAHA DAILY DEE: -SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1003.
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ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Omaha patrons of he theater hail a I
varied assortment to make selection from
last week. At attractions being presented
at the Boyd, three at the Krui-, and the
regular excellent vaudeville at the Crelgh-ton-Orpheum.
Nona of the offerings was
of the first magnitude unless the Mary
Bhaw engagement be considered as such.
The Ibeen play hardly proved popular; the
same Is true of the Mlller-Angiln and
Warde-James engagements. No one ques
tion the ability of either of these, for each
has too well proven A right to be Doted
among the stars, but neither "IVArcy of the
Guards," "Alexander the Jreat" nor
"Ghosts" la worthy the pains bestowed
upon them. If any permanent recollection
attaches to the engagement It will be be
cause the actors are recalled and not the
plays. Joseph Hart and Carrie DeMar
were heartily welcomed early In the week
with their little bunch of fun, ' Poxy
Drandpa," and Clay Clement closed the busy
week with his customary tasteful offering
of "Th New Dominion." At the Krug
the customary thriller had the first halt of
the .week, and gave way to two nights of
capacity-testing welcome to Ward and
Yokes In their nonsense, served under the
title of "A ralr of rinks." On Saturday
night the "Ward and Vokes discard, "The
Head Walters," delighted another large
crowd with Joseph Kelly at the head of
the company. The bill at the Orpheum was
worthy of the patronage It received. This
house has well lived up to Its promise to
glvs only the best In the way of vaude
ville attractions. Omahans who have vis
ited the eastern houses of the class give
cheerful testimony to the statement that
the Orpheum la the peer of any.
OMAHA, Nov. .-to the Editor of The
Bee; In Saturday's Issue of The Hee there
was a criticism of the play "Iris" which
Is so different from what seems to me to
be the naturnl Interpretation of the subject
treated by the dramatist that I awk for
space to present the story as It appealed
to ma. After reading the first page and the
most Important news of The Bee, the
column "At the Flay Houses" Is always
eagerly sought. I like a good play, one that
reveals lire ss It is, even though it shows
how difficult It Is for man or woman
to be good In certain stations In soclotv.
yincle Tom's Cabin" was a horrible
pinurfl, out ii was a picture or actual
action. True, the author of "Iris ' did
ten a vista as cheerless as a look down
rroe.1 hole; ' but Mr. I'lnero was so ac-
aie In portraying certain phases of
al society thut when the unfortunate
Vfl was finally driven into the street.
wun sympatneue nearts iookso ne
th closed door and went over the
"ate form of another human - being
hypocritical and villainous con-
'nallty had deliberately hurled into
jtter.
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filer.
Is the story of a beautiful society
i' nose nusnand a will deprived her
a ib fortune unless she married a man
f ,k money. Bhe had been reared in the
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a number of devoted friends; and was
'wise enough to know -that she was utterly
tinprepxred for a life of poverty. There
were two suitors, one poor, the other rich.
Iris loved the poor man, but In a moment
, of weakness adhered to society's code and
promised to marry the rich suitor. A few
minutes later she regretted the step,
renounced the accepted suitor, pledging
herself to the man she loved, but whom she
could not wed.
Having defied conventional society, she
was ' Immediately made the target of
scandal. News came that the trustee had
absconded with her fortune. And Imme-
dlately after earning that she wss penni
less, that she was the economic equal of
her poor lover, she accepted the situation
nobly and announced her engagement to
him In the Tare of the repeated offer of
marriage from the rich man. ' By accepting
the millionaire. Iris could have retained
her position In society and would have been
"respectable." But she tried to remain
true to herself, choosing love with poverty
. Instead of riches without love.
. The accepteJ suitor went on a Journey,
and aa soon as he was gone the rich lover
came in the guie of friendship and left a
check book to he Used as Iris chose.- Bhe
resented the offer, but on learning that a
former serving girl was In distress and
being In the hal it of drawing checks in
her own name, without thinking what she
was doing, she wrote a check to save a
friend and thus fell Into the trap the re
jected suitor had set for her.
The rich lover, being beaten by a penni
less youth, set about to get even with the
ravorea one, ana never pnuea until lie had
succeeded In driving all the friends of Iris
from her, but one.
Finally the lover returned from his long
Journey, listened to the pitiful story; heard
from her own Hps how she hfld been fol
lowed by the prefersed friend; how throunh
his d trips all of her friends ha1 b en driven
from her; how, when there was no place
left for her to go, the rich man had given
her a key to the flat, where she then was,
and had mode provisions for. her since.
And then she begged that he, the poor
lover, Whom she had loved all those years,
would' take her awsy and save her from
a life of shame, ssylmf thst it was for his
cake she had taken the first false step.
but conventionality again drove the two
lover apart. At the beginning - of the
story, a woman Is shown whose environ
ments had been such that she was too
wetk to face the world with the man she
loved. At the close was shown a man
whose environments had also been such
that ha was too weak to face the world
with the woman .ha loved. Turning his
back upon her he went away.
Then the rich lover, who had heard It
all, drove Iris Into the e'reet and he. too,
suffered Indeacrit'aMe agony because of the
conditions In which he found himself at
last. - -
The play "Iris" Is ss true to life aa tf It
were a rewp?per retnrt of Individuals by
the name of Iris. Trenwlth, Maldonado,
etc. The characters were all products of a
vlclou conventlona'lSTI that Is quite gen-e-allv
known to exist. And, contrary to the
genem! run of cheio, triet'r plavs. the
author does not cater to pub'lo sentiment
bv havinr evervtMnr "turn out well" In
the end. He was dealing with living typee
to be found smth In Europe and America
and told the truth to the very last line
of the play.
And the acting was good, even to the
cowardlv conduct of the hero. Iawrence
Trenwlth. who forsook Iris at the last,
even after being reminded that It was for
his eke nhe had takn the first filse step.
Buoh plays are wholesome. They onen
our eyes to proh'ems with which society
rr.usf. rrapple. The Uve owners rf th
mi'ta strenuously oblected to "Uncle Tom's
CsMn" beciuse It revealed the miserable
products of chattel slavery. Put their ob
jections were of no avail. And It seems to
nie that. Ine'end of finding fHult with the
cVumattst who portrays a lamentable con
dition In aociety. It would be better for
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Us to meet the lasue brsvely and remove
the causes for such plavs aa "Iris," and
thus make them lmpjs1l)le. Sincerely
yours, W. "E. CLARK.
Granting that Mr. Clark Is not merely
conventional In signing himself, and that
he has sincerely approached the problem
"Iris" presents, The Bee will undertake to
briefly consider the character from the
only standpoint charity will permit Pity
oftentimes outruns charity, aa In the case
of Goldsmith's village pastor; but this Is
a case In which lty has no part In the
final decision.- To begin with, Mr. Clark
complains that Iris was a victim of con
ventionality. Admitted. What la the con
vention of which he complains on her
behalf t It Is simply that a woman can
not do certain, things and retain her posi
tion In society. Who made this conven
tion? Society. It Is 'not a written law,
but It Is as Inexorable as any statute that
ever was Riven life by being published.
In considering the condition of Mrs. Bel
lamy, that actions of Mr. Msldonado and
Mr. Trenwlth can only be pleaded in ex
tenuation and not as exculpating the
woman. Mrs. Bellamy knew that she
could "not have all the things she wanted.
In the very opening lines of the play she
owns to her solicitor and trustee that she
Is trying to choose between her luxurious
existence and marriage with a man that
will bring her only poverty. At the close
of the first act she has made the gambler's
choice and 'has undertaken to defy fate
for as long a time as possible, knowing
she has sacrificed her good name for her
personal comfort. Once again Is she given
an opportunity to choose, for ahe has a
second chance to escape the Inevitable out
come of her course If persisted In, and
again" doer she short the difficulties that
beset the honest path In life. When she
accepts the check book, or rather when
she writes the first check, It may have
been an Impulsive but honest action; but
when she put that check book Into her
handbag she knew what she was doing,
and was again gambling with fate. No
matter what her after struggles were, she
had signed away her tight to Lawrence
Trenwlth'a love, for she had deliberately
accepted Maldonado's favor. Trenwlth
might have later accepted her explanation
and have taken her to be his wife, but
conventional society haa an awfully ugly
name to call such a man, one even worse
than It applies to the woman.
And Iris knew all these things, and went
Into it with her eyes open. Bhe was not
an unsophisticated girl. Just entering on
the world; she was the "divinity" of a cir
cle In which much stress Is laid upon the
observance of the very rules for personal
conduct which ahaf chose not to observe.
She cannot even plead the time-worn, ex
cuse, of Ignorance. Sha'dld not face' the
condition that so many other women have
faced, the condition that turned a Katusha
Into a Maalova. Her fortune had been
swept away,'' but she was left with a rem
nant, however pitiful It seemed to her. was
sufficient to have provided her with at least
the necessaries of Ufa. Beven hundred and
fifty dollars a year Isn't a princely Income,
but many an English and many an Amer
ican family has been kept In comfort on
no more, and on this Mrs. Bellamy was
asked to live not longer than three years.
But she- was unable to do so, even wit If the
great reward of her lover's- return to look
forward to. Fully realising the end toward
which she was moving, she took her course,
and while she certainly deserved pity, she
could not expect condonation from aociety,
from her lover, or from the man to whom
she hat) proved doubly faithless. A terrible
price she paid for her self-indulgence, but
It Is the least that has ever been exacted
from any.
Why should this price be exacted from
the sinner? Because the existence of so
ciety depends on the enforcement of cer
tain, rules, laws made to govern certain
conditions. Nona of these promise any re
ward for their observance, but all provide
penalties for their Infraction. It la abso
lutely necessary that these laws be en
forced, strictly,' and with exactness. Ones
a very able Nebraska Jurist remarked that
It waa not the severity of the penalty that
made the law respected, but the certainty
of Its infliction. Penalties attaching to
written laws may be evaded, but once con
victed (and mere suspicion In case such aa
that of Iris la tantamount to conviction) of
an Infraction of an unwritten law, and the
penalty at once becomes operative. This
may be conventional, may bo cowardly,
may be weak, but It Is the crystallisation
of the experience of all society since the
dawn of. civilisation. Nay, ' even savage
tribes eaact the same penalty. And the
' weakness that leads society to condemn
the wrongdoer 1s as nothing to the weak-
, ness that leads the Individual to do wrong
j because it appear a easier than doing right.
Among all virile, strong peoples, among
very nation that ha set an Indelible stamp
on history, a barrier ha been erected be
tween th good woman and th bad worn in.
This doe not mean to tay that th division
haa always been exact, but It doe fit th
case of Iris, and Iris knew of that barrier,
, kaew when sh crossed It, and knew that,
one across It, she could never return.
Trenwlth was probably aa guilty aa aha at
, th outset, but It wa not weakness that
led him to turn hi back on her In th and.
She had ceased to be his idolised mistress
- and had become a mere wanton, and hi
love died In th revulsion that followed her
disclosure. This, too, may be conventional,
but It I a convention as old as humanity.
It may be based on a sentiment but It I a
entlment common to all mankind, and It
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a selfish one.
No fsult Is found with Mr. Finero for his
optimlstlo pursuit of a way by which his
heroine may eventually escape the natural
result of her folly and regain a place In so
ciety. He may portray a condition of
actual existence; but, thanks to convention,
It Is not a condition so general as to de
mand the treatment that fallowed the ex
posure of what Mr. Clark conceives to hava
been the actual conditions prevailing In the
south, of which "Uncle Tom'a Cab.n" pur
port to be a true picture. A healthy public
sentiment haa always prevailed In regard to
the social oonuKluns suggested by the
Plnero play, and that sentiment Is bised on
the strict observance of the seventh, com
mandment. This is known to- all, and If
any offend such must expect to pay the
penalty. That is all. Iris teaches nothing
new In this regard.
No doubt all "those with sympathetic
hearts looked beyond the closed door and
wept over the prostrate form of another
human being;" but doea Mr. Clark under
take to say that the conventionality that
demands at least bodily purity Is "hypo
critical and vl.lainou," or ooes he maintain
that the convention that demands that on
must choose between right and wiong Is
hypocritical and villainous T" Would he
have society reotganlsed so that the wan
ton may run hla or her course of wanton
ness, and then, returning, ray, "1 am
aweary of my play and willing to be good,"
and b restored to all the privileges and
immunities that are now forfeited by such?
Let htm think a moment and picture to
himself what sort of society would result
from that condition. Ha might as well re
store the feast and rites of the Babylonish
goddess and have dona with It
Society has said to It offender that thy
must bring forth fruits meet for repent
ance. Restoration to Uvea of. usefulness
doe not follow immediately on the ac
knowledgment of the fault. Iris old not
think of Trenwlth that. night when Mai-
don ado drove her from his fiat; sh thought
of herself, Just a she had from the first.
What came to her in after years may be
conjectured only. In "Rssurrecilon" wa had
a picture of what might be and In '"The
Second Mrs. Tanquary" another. But
neither of these nor the extenuating cir
cumstances surrounding the cases of either
of these women, Is sufficient to causa to
clety to revoke or modify it decree con
cerning the status of both. The rule 1 the
embodiment of mankind's respect for what
la right, and anything that transcend or
transgresses It la wrong, and the wrong
doer must expect to be punished, and will
not escape If detected.
Constat; Events.
Clay Clement, who ha been pleasing hi
audiences at the Boyd since the opening of
hi engagement Friday night In "The New
Dominion," will close his engagement with
two - performances today matinee and
night.
"On the Bridge at Midnight" will be the
offering at the Boyd Tuesday and Wednes
day night and Wednesday matinee. George
Klimt and Alma Hearn head the cast. The
play 1 called by It author a comedy
drama, although in fact It Is a melodrama
with a number of comedy scenes. The ac
tion of the play takes place in Chicago, In a
district frequented by the Blum residents of
the West Bide. The main incident of the
piece, an attempted murder, occurs on the
Jackknlfe bridge which spans the river at
Harrison , street. , This .heavy piece . of
mechanism lifts Its giant arms to allow a
boat to pas and In ao doing frustrates the
evil design of the black mustached vllllan.
Th story of the piece deals with the ad
venture of a blind mother, who eek to
find her child, who haa been kidnaped.
Everything, of course, ends happily. . Miss
Alma Hearn plays the part of "Reddy." a
street waif, who afterward proves to b th
kidnaped child. Mr. Klimt will be seen as
a cultured . German, who befriends the
waif and become the hero of th many ad
venture tne viuian force on him.
"Th Little Princess," with Millie James
In th nam part, will be the offering on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
A matinee performance will be given on
Saturday. "The Little Princess" was writ
ten by France Hodgson Burnett, author
of "Llttl Lord Fauntleroy." Twelve Ju
venile artist assist Miss James. "The
Llttl Princess" tells of the life of Sara
Crewe, a pupil of Miss Mlnchin' chool In
London. Her father, Captain Paul Crewe
of the English army, being very wealthy,
ha left her at the school during his ser
vice In India, entrusting hla money to a
friend, Mr. Carl a ford. The ' latter Invests
his own and his friend' capital In a dia
mond mine, which prove a total loss.
Crew dies broken-hearted, and Carisford
1 stricken with brain fever. Bara, who
ha hitherto had everything that her heart
could deslrs, 1 auddenly made a charity
pupil, treated with cruelty and neglect,
mad to sleep in 'a rat-lafeatd garret,
scantily clothed and starved. Carisford
recover from hi fever. Then he loams
that hla Investment have proven very
profitable. He know of Crew' daughter
and seeks to make restitution. By chance
he ha taken a residence next to the
school of Miss Minchln'. One day he sees
tne pitiful llttl Sara trussing by and hi
heart Is filled with sympathy. He direct
hi Lascar servants to go to her garret
whll she Is asleep, and they transform
It Into a place of beauty. Th child seeks
her lonely bed In th dismal garret. Ima
gines that h I warm and well fed, and
that sh Is loved and pitied, and falls
asleep. Then th room la changed by
whit robed Lascar into a veritable fairy
land. Bara wakes. Sh still, think sh
dream, and prays that If so sh may
dream always. Eventually llttl Sara
oomes to Carisford' house and he finds
out that sh to th child of hi friend.
At th Krug theater th first half of ths
wek, opening with th matlne today,
will be seen "Th Beauty Doctor," a
musical comedy by C. Herbert Kerr and
Howard M. Shelley, th former a young
composer and th latter a Philadelphia
newspaper man. It has been given an
laborat production by Fred K. Wright,
and will be seen her with th entire com
pany of sixty and th complete soenlo pro
ductlon. Th story of th piece deal with
th beauty culture fad, which 1 treated in
a broadly satirical vein Th muslo 1
aid to b bright and a dosen of the songs
are said to be bits. Th choruses and
finale hav a particularly dashing style,
and ar said to b ffeotlvely handled by
th big beauty chorus, which haa voice
a well a looks. Th show girls are
gowned In Worth creations of test and
gorgeousnea and there 1 a "pony ballet"
of twenty girl whos costume are of an
entirely new design.
"Th Peddler," which comes to th Krug
theater next Thursday, Friday and Satur
day,' I th vehicle which serve to intro
duce th Hbrw character delineator, Jot
Welch, as a star. Th plot of th piece
carries a story said to be full of hsart in
terest and pathos, yet with sufficient com
edy thrown la to keep th audience in a
happy frame of mind throughout Th
tory treat of th machination of aa
adventuress, who lure th son of a re
spectable Hebrew clothing dealer away
from his father and drags him down th
road to ruin. He denies hi father for this
woman, robs hi father's star and ruin
him. yet, despite It all, father love pre
vails, and the merchant save his son from
prison and death. Mr. Weloh, In th char
acter of Abraham Jaeobson, has been given
plenty of scop to show his bUtrlonlo
ability. II I) surround 4 with a big act
ing company, while hi managers, Sullivan,
Harris r Woods, have seen to It that all t
scenic settings, mechanical effects and ac
cessories are the beat.
Frederick Bond, who may be recalled as
a comedian with Frohman attractions,
and his own little company, presenting
"My Awful Dad," are scheduled In the
headline tosltlon of the new bill of eight
varied features that opens th week with
a matinee today at Orpheum. The 'un
making situations and lines emanate from
the actions of a hsppy-go-lucky old dad,
who becomes smitten with a rich and dash
ing young widow, and the attempts of a
strait-laced young son to keep the old
man in the path of conventional living
ahd quiet decorum. Mr. Bond' support
Include Arthur Buchanan, Georgia Ben
ton and Ethel Tasgln. Another feature
that la heralded with a little extra em
phasis Is Agnes Mahr. a pretty little toe
dancer who Is known as th "American
Tommy Atkins." The first horlsontal bar
performance to come this season will be
contributed br Mario and Oldo, two agile
and daring gymnasts.. "A Very Bad Boy."
a sketch With a mistaken Identity efcd a
decidedly eccentrl lead character, will
be th vehicle for Hal Godfrey and com
pany. Joe Newman will be th vocal fea
ture. H Is the author and composer of
over fifty '.humorous songs and will sing
some of these.. "A Bunch of Nonsense"
Is the description given of Wood and Ray's
"turn." John La Claire, the well-known
Juggler and funmaker, will be one of the
few on the program who have appeared
here In vaudeville. The klnodrom pictures
will illustrate "Uncle Tom' Cabin."
I Gossip from Staareland1.
Robert Edeson, who I soon to be seen In
Omaha, 1 making a great hit on the road
In "Soldiers of Fortune."
MIDI James, who will be here this week
In her successful play, "The Little Prin
cess," I the daughter of Louis James.
- When K. H. Sothern goes on tour in two
weeks he carries the entire producttjn of
"The Proud Prince," which New York la
now viewing, and the same supporting or
ganisation, enormous In numbers and In
C.uding Miss Cecilia Loftus, Rowland Buck
stone, Mary Hall, L. Rogers Lytion,
William Harris, John Flndlay and many
others, Mr. Sothern carries an ches ra
of his own, Including a harpist, with which
he augments the regular theater orchmtr.t,
and his production Include a choir of sing
ing voices and a ballet.
Manager Burgess of the Boyd and Man
ager Dillingham of "Th Little Princess"
company have issued invitations to the en
tire corps of tea. hers of the city ichool to
attend the opening performance Thursday
at Boyd's of "The' Little Princess," in
which Millie James, th tilminutlv ingenue.
Is starring this teason. Over 400 invitations
were sent out. ine printea caraa win ds
exchanged for reserved seats on presenta
tion at the box office. On Battirday a spe
cial matinee for school chl dren will be
f riven. "The Little Princess" engagement
ncludea Friday and Saturday n'ehts and
Saturday matlne. "The Little Princess" is
a play that la especially appealing to chil
dren. It cast employs twelv Juvenile
artists.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
In this column last Sunday there . ap
peared a letter which offered much food
for thought, and therefor It wa Impossi
ble to Include In one short column all that
one rnlgh learn from developing and study
ing out all the points contained In said
letter.
Ordinarily on must perforce consign to
the stern doom of the waste paper basket
much of th epistolary eloquence expended
upon musical and dramatic critics, but
when a letter like th on to which I refer
come to one' notice it make one think
If much can be learned Indirectly by taking
the text of th letter and making It th
spirit of one' text. r .
To resumme, then, let us look at th
matter from th critic' standpoint, aa last
week we looked at It entirely from that of
th correspondent. ,
First of all, w must be careful, ' very
careful, to read clearly and accurately Just
exactly what critic say. The present writer
ha Buffered much contumely, much abuse
(very well meant, and therefore harmless
to the writer) through being misquoted,
and through having people read Into the
lines a meaning which waa entirely foreign
to th matter and a conclusion which was
not In any way germane to the case In
point.
I fear that my correspondent haa erred
In this particular, and I know that ahe will
be glad to have this fact called to her at
tention, for th letter wa a very honest
on.
Sh Bays: "I thought Louis Ounnmg,
with D Wolf Hopper, had a beautiful
voice, but I did not see her receive much
notice, whll Anna Held, who, I think, Is
a poor singer, received a coupl f
columns."
Now, In th first place, my correspondent
should remember that Anna Held Is not
considered a a singer. Sh 1 Just Anna
Held. She does not draw the full house
because of her vole, but because she Is
Anna Held; sh 1 an Individuality; there
Is no other. Bhe may have Imitators, but
they are Just a conspicuously Imitator
aa are the many imitation of that four-dollar-th-packag
beverage, . which Anna
Held tell ua "taate Ilk nee-eedle."
Friend of min who hav th necessary
wealth to Indulge in the Imported "grape"
have told me of this difference.
Whereas, Louise Gunning was merely an
Incident of the De Wolf Hopper combina
tion, which wa a very strong ons. and in
cluded such old-tim favorite and honored
one a Laura Joyce Bell, Dlgby Bell,
Harry Norman, Grant Stewart and J. K.
Adam. Most of th singing wa given to
th men, and this Is what Th Be said
about Miss Gunning:
"Louise Ounning looks like school girl,
but her oontrlbutlon to the success of th
performance I mainly through her voice,
which, while not strong, 1 remarkably
pure and sweet In tone; th solo 'Speak
Low and ih 'Rainbow,' ung by Mis
Gunning, were also well received."
The show In which Mis Gunning figured
got ITS agate lines In Th Bee, and Mis
Held' show got only 166, and that la far
from "a couple of column."
I intended also to mention last week
that there 1 not a Sunday In th year,
more especially during th season from
September 1 to July 1, when people can
not go to church In Omaha and have
enough good muslo to last through th
whole week. I notice In every Saturday's
evening edition of The Bee a number of
choice program, not on or two, but sev
eral, which th musicians who are engaged
In th churches present for th enjoyment
a well aa th uplifting of th people.
There 1 no admission fee charged, and
th collection I a voluntary one. Th
services do not last long, and from th
class of musician who are engaged In the
leading churches, and th standing of
those musicians In th community, I can
safely assert, without fear of contradic
tion, that th musician give to their Sun
day programs much time and much study
and care, for which their salary doe not
begin to remunerate them.
They are working for a great art They
are In love with it.
Tour presence will cheer them, your word
of appreciation of their work, th fact
that they may have helped ralss your
thought from th worries and crosses, and
burden of thl life, for an hour, the
things, I say, will gladden th hearts
of th musician In th churches and will
make them more keen than ever to develop
their opportunities. .
Would It not be a good Idea to start, say
today, on a weekly visit to any on of
these churches?
i Her U a thought which I like, and I
at 3 f
o , Mrs. P. Mach of 1?21 South 15th street, says:
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in a short time, but instead I grew worse and finally got
so bad I could not do my
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t until he procured Doan's
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This Afternoon Tonight
CLAY CLEMENT
In His Idyllic 8outhern Comedy
"The R3ew Dominion"
PRICES, MAT. 26c, Mc. NIGHT 25c. 60c, Too, 00
Tuesday-Wednesday Nights- Wednesday
The Scenic Comedy Drama
ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT
Four acta maj-nlflceotly staged with the moat
elaborate, artistic and stupendous settlor; of the year
The Jack Knife Bridge Scene Is the Acme of Stagecraft
GEORGE KLIMT AND ALMA HEARN
An entirely new and novel production depicting a vivid story of th
1 mysteries of Chicago, with pathos and unreslstabl comedy blended into a
hcrmonlous pot pourrL
PRICES Darrein Hattaee, Amy Seat ZSo. Night, 23c, AOc, TBc.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday itu'rday
8 LLIE
;n Chas. B, Dillingham's Production of
"The Little Princess',
By Mrs.' France Hodgson Burnett. Original Production and Cast.
3 Months In New YorkAll Summer In Chicago
PRICE Mat., 2Sc, Me, TBe, f l.OO.
St:
RIGHTS
15c, 25c, 50s
and 75c
KRUG
STARTING .
MATINEE TODAY
4 Night and Saaday and Wedaesday
Matinees.
MUSICAL, HIT OF TUB YEAR.
FRED E. WRIGHT'S
Spectacular Production.
The Beatily
Musical Extravaganza by C. Herbert
Kerr and Howard Shelley.
BIO BEAUTY CHORUS.
SUPERB BCENIO BETTINGS.
VONDERFCL ELECTRICAL, EFFECTS,
CZn ORIGINAL CAST Cfl
mJJm AND CHORUS " JJ
HEAR THE LATEST SONG HITS
"Th Lobster and the Mermaid."
"Loved One. Bo Hweet and Tender."
"Where Was MosesT"
"A Llttl. Bit of Jolly," Etc.
SEE THE
Spectacular Dances
Roiirh Riders' Serenade and Dene.
Tit Sensational Culture Prill.
want you to read It over many time, and
see If you do not Ilk It also.
It is printed on th outside cover of
Oliver Dltson Co.'s very Interesting maga
tln for November, entitled, "Choir and
Choral Magailne:"
'The music of tha sphere I not in the
spheres, but In th heart of man not above
us, and without us,, but near about us
and within us."
Th following article appeared in the very
Interesting column signed A. Non in th
Chicago Musical Leader and Concert-Goer.
I hav submitted th list to Miss Edith
Tobltt, who ha charge at th publlo II
brary, and sh advlsea m that many of
th book are on th library shelves and
that sh will Immediately try to secure th
others. By tha way, hav you looked at
th musical department of th Omaha Pub
llo library? If you hav not, do so tomor
row. It will surprise you. Her 1 th
article:
"Her 1 a list of readable
musical novels novels about musi
cian a list th Ilk of which,
so far a I know, has never been complied
heretofore: Th First Violin,' by Jessie
FotheryiU; 'Evelyn Innes,' by George
Moore; 'Melomanlacs,' by James Huneker)
A Bman Blnger,' by Marlon' Crawford;
Th Dominant Seventh,' by Kate Elisabeth
Clark; 'A Singer's Heart,' by Farquhar;
Th Spellbound Fiddler,' by Jansen; 'A
BoulU-e Singer,' by Lee; "Only a Fiddler,'
by liana Andersen; Th Soprano,' by Bar-
Doctor
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AMIBEMENT".
Woodward & Burges
Night, 23c, KOc, 7Bc, f l.OO, S1.50. U
THEATER
MATINEES -Bist
Seats
25 Cants.
STARTING
Thursday, Nov. 12th
"On Touch of Na
ture Make th
W hoi World Kin."
SULLIVAN.
HARRIS & WOODS
Fresent
AmerKa't Leading
Prtrayer at
Hebrew Character.
c
Id New Four-Act Comedy Drama
THE PEDDLER,
Th Great Been In Chinatown.
The Great Disoossess Scene.
See
Tha Great Cooper Union Hoene,
The Children of th Uhetto.
TUB 1LLLER.
Produced By a Strong Acting Com'
pany, Wealth of Scenic Splen
dor anil the Beat In
Mechanical
Effect.
THE HIT OF THE SEASON
Th new and popular dance, "Honey
moon,", danced ami taught at Morand's
Wednesday assemblies. Is easy learned and
th most, graceful danr introduced In
years. Join the new adult clans for begin
ners nest TuevUay or Friday V r. m. and
Sav S from th regular price. Tel. 1041.
SINGING
Opera-OratorJo-Concert
FREDERICK B. PATES, Tenor.
Italian Method Taaht.
atadlo, 015 Karnack Bleek, Omaha.
nard; 'A Daughter of Music,' by Col more;
Th Blind Musician,' by Korolenko; Th
Russian Violinist,' by Durand; 'As It Wa
Written,' by Harland; 'Consuelo,' by Georg
Sand; 'Charles Aucheater,' by Elisabeth
Sheppard; 'A Matter of Temperament,' by
Edward I. Stevenson; 'A Teacher of th Vio
lin,' by J. H. Shorthouae; Mis Traumerel,'
by A. M. Bagby; Th Improvisator,' by
Hans Andersen; 'Beethoven' and 'Mosart,'
by H. Rau; 'Musical Tale.' by Ells Palko;
'A Minor Chord.' by Joseph M. Chappie;
'Yanko th Musician and Other Stories,' by
llinryk Sierklewlci; Trilby,' by Georg du
Maurler." THOMAS J. KELLY.
Mis Cahlll, vlullu. Saturday, fc W. O.
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Today 2:15 Tonight 8:15
Frederick Bond & Co,,
Presenting "My Awful Dad.''
Aenes Mahr
Th Amerloaa Tommy Atkins.
Mario & Aldo
Expert Horlsontal Bar Performer.
Hal Godfrey 8r Go.,
In "A Very Bad Boy.",
Toe Newman-
' Humorous Vocalist." '
Wood & Ray
Tn "A Bunch of Nonsense."
John LeClair
Premier Juggler.
KINODROME
Illustrating "Unci Tom'a Cabin."
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