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TIIE OMATTA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMHEK 22. i!0.1.
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ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
I.aat k at the Omaha theaters moved
slang with ft couple f Jogs In the monotony
of medlorrlty, Iho elevations tinted being
due to the rpearanre of the locktader
t minstrels at one end of the week and of
- J. II. etoddart end till company at the
other. Both. of these attraction were at
the Boyd. At,' the Krug the week was
notable for the appearance of Nnllle Mc
Henry, riot on account of her lilntfionlu
ability," either past or present, but because
. stie till, has the. courage to esay, the role
of a irlrl. But even she herself munt have
. smiled. 'wjien , she fead the account of a
... trifling accident, n which the enthusiastic
' report!1 told how the hero of the piece
earrle! the yotmg ai:trens off the stage."
.- Now It that had -been written thirty year
.1 ago It would not have been objected to.
; One wonders how much longer the public
will be asked to patronize "Jolly" Nellie
Mcllenry ns M'l.len. Several bright spots
' were t;otlced In the bill at the Orpheum.
' but tho hrighteat by far w the work
of MIm ftemlngton, who proved herself a
humorist worthy of entry In the claea
Y. Ad Dearca lias had so long to herself.
She-doesn't mind looking like a guy. In the
t, lesst, hut doesn't by any means depend
i' on fier ridiculous appearance for the suc-
cers of her "turn." lihe la bright and witty
';, and vigorous, and some day will be aeen
' hn aomethlng more nmbltioua than a ten-
mlnut cross-fire of conversation "In a
, vaudeville sketch.
"The Bonnie Brier Bush" Is of value. If
for no other reason than because It affords
: , an excellent Idea of how good a play may
r be made .without, the Introduction of either
a problem or a villain. The Bee haa taken
; occasion to present this same suggestion
't before, each time In connection with a play
' by a Scotch minister, onl-e on the occasion
of "The Professor's Love Story," and again
' after seeing "Quality Street."- To be sure,
.' some .people profeaa that they cannot enjoy
. an, Oyster unlfss It be dashed with tabasco;
. and 'then others cling to the old-fashioned
notion that Just a drop of lemon Juice la
' all the condiment needed to make the
', eystee palatable. In the one case, the only
thin the. eater tastes Is tabasco, but If
"' people will Insist on having tabasco, why,
there's plenty on the market. But the
U4-faahloned sort, who still enjoy the flavor
: . of the oyster, will stick to the little drop
; of lemon Juice that adds a plqunncy to tho
. Juice of the "blue point," wondering ajl the
, time at "the taate or absence of taste of
. him wha dashes his' oyster with the liquid
;fjre that comes concealed In the tiny cruet.
; I4 order to know Just how good an oyster
'r with only lemon Juice really Is, one must
t,ry the oyster with tabasco; and the ex
" fierlment la rarely so attractive that ta
basco Is adopted as a substitute for lemon
J)ilce. Tabasco leaves a mark on the mem
ory tliat only time can efface; lemon Juloe
to likely to be forgotten before the oyster
' Is' digested. But the next time one turns
: to oysters, lemon Juice will be asked for
lb preference to tabasco.
Barrle and Watson are no more likely
'a drive Pinero and hW like out of the
'rharket than Is lemon Juice likely to sup
plant tabasco. But such people as do recall
' cthe two Scotch ministers will do so because
of the genial pleasure afforded by them,
and not because they have seared a track
'across the memory. One of the correspond
'Vnts who recently wrote The Bee said he
considered Plnero's plays as great sermons,
.i-hlch they undoubtedly .are, , but they
'lara not greater sermons thaa those
J eached by John atfton and James Bar-
r, each of whom calls as loudly on man
klfed to forsake tbelr evil ways., as does
!jcthur Wing rinero. 'The difference.: la
"tjiat Pinero seasons his oysters for ns with
Waasco, and Watson and '.' Barrle, " mora
farciful but not less Intent on feeding us,
Sim lemon Juice.
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In a play like "The Bonnie Brier Bush,"
I ft which so much depends on the effect of
details, one would think the stage manager
WPoHtld not overlook a' single point that
fnignt be noticed by a -fastidious person tn
the audience, for surely the play appoals
te the fastidious with more directness than
to any other class. But In the present pro
duction one or two little touches are omit
ted, and the omission appears so glaring
that the whole is really marred.' One of
those has to do with the clock that stands
In,.' the corner of Lachlan Campbell's
Hu-lien. It Is evening, and the clock,
stately and tall, stands in the corner,
. solemnly pointing to a quarter after 6.
The action of the play carries the scene
forward to at least half-after 8. but the
old clock still grimly denotes the earlier
hour. In act iv, where the scene reverts
to the kitchen again, the time being Sun
day morning, the old cloftk Is still present,
polniltig with fidelity to the same quarter
after . This may be all right for the
shepherds and farm hands, but later, when
the folks. from the castle begin to arrive,
e.ean hardly help thinking that they
, are up at an uncommonly early hour, even
'for Perthshire, for the old clock still show
1:18. The works of a 48 cent horologe might
attached to the; hands of that clock,
and some show of realism added to the
- arts in which It Is paraded by having it
; register a little time at least. And If
I.'achlan Campbell would only take a couple
' of collies with him on his expeditions after
' wdunded lambs, he would bring his shep-
' herd up much nearer the Ideal, not to speak
af the teal. Then again, Tarn mas Mitchell
makes his first appearance on the action
In company with an armful of wood. This
ha dumps by the fireplace. Three months
f later, When-summer has ripened ln(o au
,i tumn, and the leaves have begun to fall
r In the glen of the Tochty, Tammas Mitchell
f la ordered by Annie to build a fire on that
i auspicious Sunday . morning, and returns
jt from an expedition after kindling with
Dalpably the sums armful nf mnml ) r.
T ried In on the evening Flora was. driven
from home. It doesn't seem to be asking
v luo uiuiu tu ivMuii, iiiaw iu properly man
1 furnish two armfuls of wood, so as to
preserve In a measure the verities of the
' play. Then there la the matter of the fire.
g The kettle simmers on the hob, and the
Ingle biases finely; tea Is brewed and drank,
and the board la cleared, the company dls
' person, and the Campbell family prepares
to retire for the night, and still the fire
. biases merrily away, so patently a gas log
that it becomes obtrusive. Thqn the stugo
t, hand, who haa It in charge gets his cue,
,! and pltTJ Out It goea. Other lighting ef
r fects are managed with great skill; why
;i can't a little realism be addod to the Are
-' In- the grateT All these things are but
touches, but the success of the play da
peuda on the touches.
When next you wad of the butterfly life
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of the favorite of the stage, reflect that
there Is another side to the picture. Here
Is a glimpse of what the reverse side of the
tnedal looks like, taken from the Indian
apolis News:
Art la a hard master, nnd no art is a
harder master than the hlstrtmilc art. To
the successful Its rewards are great both In
the way of fame and fortune, but all too
often they are evanescent. The fame Is fnr
potten; the fortune vanishes. Itecklcss ex
penditure and unthrlft frequently murk the
handllne; of the fortune ns It comes the
old chbh of "tome easy, go easy"; nothing
Is laid aside for the Irutttalile rainy dny.
Then the tim" of disability comes through
s1kiics. through nge, through change of
the public taste and the rising of newer
stars, or what not, and the name that was
dully In men u mouths is no longer spoken,
the picture that every one recognized at a
glHnee pusses from memory and the nightly
recipient of applause and roses la forgotten.
The lust cho pier of Ilia story la all too
juently thus told :
"1,ONIxjN, Nov. IS.--Julia St. George,
known as the 'grandmother of the staxe,
whoe name was a household word fifty
years tigo. I dead at the Bt. 1'ancras work
house. She was SO years old. Bhe played
Prut line to Sir Henry lrvlnas Melnottu in
1W."
When the plaudits of an enthusiastic au
dience greeted the entrance of Pauline was
it of the future that Julia Bt. Cieorge
thought 7 Not likely! It was or the pres
ent, the glorious, soul-sal lafylng present,
the loy of the moment, the personal tri
umph. Behind the veil of days to come
loomed no dark shadow ot the 8t. Fancra
workhouse; in the .wealth of youth and ex
ultation there was no thought of age nnd
poverty. Life was beautiful, life was full,
Ufo was life! And even If any vague
thought of the future Maat.ed through her
triumph-elated brain it concerned only
greater triumphs, greater achievements,
greater popularity. But the duys puescd
and the triumphs passed, and the popu
larity passed, and age came with Its chill
grasp crushing out the personal beauty,
personal magnotlsm, personal ways of art.
1'hu process may have been slow, but It Is
always sure. The burden became too heavy
to bear and at the same time meet the re
quirements of art. Then failure. Idleness,
poverty and. after many a bitter struggle,
the humiliation of public charity.
At last thai end, with a brief newspaper
note that makes gray-haired old fellows
Jog their memories and say, "Well, well,
who could have believed It!" That Is nil.
The brief revival of memory passes like a
breath, and the closing of the humble, and
probablv unmarked, grave obliterates It
forever. One more has lived and triumphed
nnd suffered and died. But art goes on as
It will forever, for of the ambitious, care
lesi of the future, there Is never a lack,
and the lesson of example la learned by
few.
Since its Incorporation under the laws of
Colorado a few years ago, the propoeei
Bell Sanatorium for Consumptive . Actors
and Actresses, to be located somewhere in
Colorado, as decided . by a committee of
competent physicians, haa been placed on
a substantial business basis and is now
In proper shape to go ahead with the
work along approved lines. The first tangi
ble result ot this new arrangement was
made manifest last week In Denver, when
lodge No. 17, Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, unanimously adopted the follow
ing resolutions after a careful Investiga
tion ot the present status of the case:
Whereas. Denver lodge. No. 17, Benev
olent Protective Order of Elks, in taking
a deep Interest In the affairs and success
of the Hell Sanatorium for Consumptive
Actors and Actresses,
And. as Mr. Kobert Bell. Its founder. Is
desirous of having members, of this order
represent this worthy Institution through
out the country, and thereby bring to It
the moral support it deserves, therefore,
Resolved, That each lodge of Elks be
requested to elect or appoint one of its
members to represent the Bell Sanatorium
In Its citv, who will take charge of Its
Interests therein, and that a copy of these
resolutions be Bent to every lodge of Elks
with the request that they take Immediate
action.
With the Elka as a body behind the pro
ject, there seems no doubt of its ultimate
Buocesa, for .as .workers when oneel Inter
ested the members of the antlered tribe
have no equals. Naturally, Mr. Bell and
the- members of the executive committee
feel highly elated over this turn in the
affairs of the proposed home. They now
feul certain that . the sanatorium will be
a substantial reality within a short time.
A number of the leading newspapers In
the larger cities are manifesting an Inter
est In the matter, and it is quite likely that
public subscription lists will be opened by
several of them, '
Coining Evcata.
"A Girl from Sweden" will arrive at the
Boyd this afternoon for her first visit to
Omaha. Her stay will Include tonight and
Monday night. The central figure of the
play is a young woman who la atf brave
ns the phlegmatic Ole and his prototypes.
She has the same acrobatic dialect and
overthrows her enemies as her male pre
decessors have done before her. The play
is a comedy drama and contains many spe
cialties. The action takes place in Mani
toba. The girl fresh from Sweden is
thrown among a lot of frontier people of
tho rougher sort, among whom an Indian,
an African, a Chinaman and an Irishman
figure conspicuously. Olga Lorraine, a native-borne
Swede, enacts the title' role, and
she Is said to be surrounded by a cast of
more than ordinary ability.
. On Tuesday night Robert Edeson will
make Ma first visit to Omaha aa a star.
He will present Richard hardlng Davis'
"Soldiers of Fortune," which was drama
tised by Augustus Thomas, author of "Arl
sona" and many other good things. The
play Will also be seen Wednesday night.
During this time the play should be very
Interesting, as it shows how Insurrections
are fermented In the opera bouffe republics
of South and Central America. Mr. Edeson
haa bevn seen In this play three seasons.
It ran for 150 nights at the Savoy theater.
New York. It will be seen at the Boyd In
its original scenic dress and with almost
the same company that presented it In New
Tork and for the past two seasons on the
road. Among the people who support Mr.
Edeson are Dorothy Tennant, cousin of the
Dorothy Tennant who is the wife of Henry
M. Stanley, the African explorer, and Ellen
Burg.
Jacob Lltts' perennial comedy drama,
"In Old Kentucky." will be given at the
Boyd at. the special Thanksgiving matinee
and the evening performance. Few old
plays have been kept up to the standard or
excellence. "In Old Kentucky" has. This
season the pickaninny band has been In
creased to thirty, and besides doing their
musical stunt the youngsters enter Into all
the plantation pastimes and pleas
ures presented. Six thoroughbred
Kentucky horses are carried for
the realistic race scene. . Bessie Bar
rlscale will be seen In the role of Madge.
The balanoo of the cast is said to be In
exceptionally gcod hands, while the scenlo
environment Ja new and better than ever.
The White Slave" will be seen at ths
Boyd theater Friday and Saturday matinee
and nlht. This great play of Bartley
Campbell's genius has been rehabilitated by
his son. Robert Campbell, and for tha last
two seasons hss been doing a splendid busi
ness. . The play Is given with a very reallstlo
scenic drew and the company Is said to be
far above the average. Helena Collier, sis
ter of Wllllo Collier, and Kate Campbell,
also a' Collier, -arer members of 'the corn
pany. Many, notable artists have apperefl
In "The White Slave." among them being
Billy Bcanlan, Georgia Cay van and John
McCullough.
The Krug theater will have for an at
traction this afternoon and for four nights,
Including another matinee next Wednesday,
J. Wesley Rosenquest's production of
"Robert Emmet, the Days of 1WB," witn
Robert Conness In the title role. The prin
cipal episodes In the latter part of the life
of the young Irish leader furnish the ma
terial out of which the play has been con
structed. The proluc'lon Is of considerable
Interest, ns It Is the first play based on an
Irish historical theme that has been given
In many 'VenT. As In most plays of th!s
class an abundance of Irish wit and humor
Is Interspersed throughout the play. Robert
Conness, who has teen seen In leading
roles during the last few years, has been
assigned the' role of Robert Emmet and
Is said to give a splendid portrayal ot the
character. There are other strong names
In the cast: notably those of Owen Fawcett,
J. f. fculllvnn, Edward O'Connor, Fulton
Russell, Charles E. Bunnell, Edward J.
I, Saint, Angela Russell, Etta Baker Mar
tin, Helen Strickland, Nellie Robson and
Julia Tolland. Tho company carries a
wealth of scenery and stage effects with
which to Illustrate the story, -:
Manager Henri Gresnltt presents Miss
Eugenie Blair at the Krug theater in
"Zasa" and . "Magda." The former play
will be presented Thanksgiving matinee
and night and Friday night. The story of
"Zasa" Is well known, as Is also that of
Sudermann's celebrated play "Magda."
MIps Blair will be seen as Magda on Sat
urday matinee and night. Miss Blair is
well remembered in Omaha, having last
appeared here In "A Lady of Quality."
She has been warmly welcomed wherever
she has appeared this isason in both
"Zaaa" and "Magda,"
First on the roster of new features that
will open the week with a matinee today
at the Orpheum comes Rousby's big elec
trical spectacle, "In Paris." It Illustrates
life at the French capital during the ex
position . of 1900, In four tableaux. The
flrstf these shows "La Purt Monumental,"
the main entrance to the exhibition; the
second, scenes In a thunder storm at mid
night and "Le Village 8ulsse;' the third,
electrical experiments In "Festival Hall,"
and the fourth, night - festivals on "La
Champs Mara," In front of the Palace
of Electricity. One view described as par
ticularly impressive and beautiful will be
the "Alpengluken," or Alpine glow, which
is a reproduction of a sunset tn the lofty
Alps, showing the red glow on the snowy
peaks as It fades and reappears several
times. The devices used to achieve the
effects constitute the biggest, most intri
cate and novel production to come to the
Orpheum In several seasons. Among the
initial bidders for local favor will be the
three Crane brothers in their laughable
burlesque on minstrelsy called "The Mud
town Minstrels." McCart's dogs and mon
keys are the first animal actors Ho appear
here this season. They will show the
possibilities of their training In various
little "stunts" of the musical, acrobatic,
pugilist In and other kinds. Eccentric black
face comedy will form tho contribution of
Mclntyre and Primrose. Mclntyre is a
son of James Mclntyre of Mclntyre and
Heath. George Austin, billed as "King
of the Wire," performs on a slack wire.
"A Meal Under Difficulties" will serve for
the effort of Antrim and Peters to in
gratiate themselves. Loreda and Blake
will do a mixed comedy and acrobatlq
turn,', while the motion pictures projected
by the klnodrome will be entirely, new.
For the first time since 1900 James Whit
comb Riley Is making a reading tour this
fall, and the announcement that he Is to
appear in Omaha December 8, for a reading
of his own poems will be most welcome.
Only once since his famous tour with Bill
Nye, when he appeared before an audience
that packed the old Orand, has Mr. Riley
visited Omaha and the fact that he gave
up iiie platform nve ur six hus o ieuua
additional Interest to his coming. Except
Ing his brelf tour of Illinois, In 1900, he has
not appeared since for more than an occa
sional reading, his time being devoted to
his books and work at home. His trip this
fall, which began in Indianapolis In Sep
tember and concludes at Kansas City Dec
ember 11, will Include but four readings a
week and Is made that he may keep in
touch with the publio mind and public
opinion. His Itinerary , Includes Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and
Kansas, and a few Of the larger cities east,
the trip having been arranged by his pri
vate secretary, John M. Dickey, who ac
companies htm. That Riley has lost nona
of his old-time popularity is attested in the
Immense audiences that have greeted htm
at every appearance, standing room having
been sold with but few exceptions. One of
the chief incidents of the present tour was
his visit, October 29, to Anderson, Ind., bis
former home, that having been hi first
public appearance there since he has at
tained his recognized success. Thirty years
ago Mr. Riley was a sign painter at An
derson, and it was there he wrote his first
verses and prose that brought him to pub
lio notice. It was at Anderson also I hat
he published "Leonalnle," and that he first
received a salary that would admit of his
devoting himself to literary work. That
he received aa ovation goes without saying.
It was a reception fraught with sincere
love of the man and pride of his accom
plishment. His reading In Omaha will be
given at the First Methodist church and
the program Includes many of his most
popular poems.
Gaastp front gtagelaad.
Adelaide Thurston has bought a home
cn Long Ialnnd and will cull it Primrose
Marmlon. after the play In which she haa
ttmiiu such a success.
Nat Goodwin Is making ' as great an
artistic and more of a financial success
with "A - Midsummer NIsM'a lrem' in
boston than he did In New York.
Hermann Sudermann, who is to make a
tour of the woi id, expects to arrive at San
Francisco In May. He will lecture on the
drama and the arts. If his health permits.
Kyrle Bolluw has set on foot a project
to give a benefit performance for Mine.
Fanny Januuschek. It la proving very
Ropular with the leading actors now in
York.
Forbes Robinson scored heavily in his
production of "The Light that Failed" In
New York. His Dick HtMar la much
praised as being very near a realization of
that Kipling hero.
Referring to "The Worst Woman In Lon
don," Just oQereJ In New York, the Dra
matlo Mtrror says that if she is the worst
they can turn out, London is tame in
comparison with Gotham.
When Miss Crosman goes to Washington
on her present tour h will appear in a
syndicate liwuse. Just what the Independ
ent Hooking agency will have to say to
this has not even been suggested yet.
Mrs. Carter has revived "Zaza" at the
Blaaco theater In New York, and Manager
Grlaeltl, who has Eugenlv Blair on the
road In the piece, la prosecuting a suit to
obtain an Injunction against the Carter
performance.
Frltil echeff is "it" now; her opera,
"Uutelte," was given Its trial In Waahin
ton, beginning on Monday night, aud the
vocabulary of superlatives haa been ex
hausted on It. The piece cpua la New
York on Mtaday night.
Anna Held la scoring again in "Mile
Napoleon." She may not look- like the
little i 'or si can, but Ue haa the "way wis'
her, and Philadelphia critics say she has
disclosed even new attractions and unsus
pected ability as an actrmu.
They are faUtrg already. Here Is a list
of the latent tu cl: "Great Temptations."
November S; "The Road to 'Fi 1. o," No
vember 2s: "At Duty's CalL" November ;
"The Lights of Horoa, November ZL
Others U.st had air dy closed ur: "Be
yond Pardon," November it; "The Prlile
af Nrwapuiar Hew," Nofam ber 14. Henry
E. Dlxey closed his tour In "Facing the
Music' at Wilmington, N. C, Novem
ber .
Grnee Vsn Studdlford hss made a hit
In "The Fed Feather,'" the new Kleln
Bmlth opera which Flo Xelgfeld hss put on
this seajion. The product Ion In New York
Is said to be the most gorgeous ever seen
and the chorus to be beyond Imagination.
Omaha admirers of Miss Vera Mlehelena,
who are not few In number, will be glad
to know that she has continued her suoi ees
In "Princess Chic." The Cincinnati En
quirer last Bundnv praised her voice very
highly. She is singing In St. Louis this
week.
"Hen-Hur" Is now winning his race
nightly In San Francisco, and is rpatlng
the financial triumph which has made that
event of almost as much prolll to M.'fsrs.
Klaw & Erlanger as was the original af
fair at Antioch to llderim, Bimonliies, Sun
ballat Co.
CongreSHman Oroavenor was very much
upset when the billnoards In his home town,
Athens, ().. blossomed out with the an
nouncement of the coming of ' Why Wonvn
Sin." He objected to the name and tried
to get the mayor to siop ths show, but
didn't succeed.
Julia Marlowe's temporary retirement
from the stage has set a lot of talk g ing
about her net being able to secure a proper
vehicle. All are agreed, however, that the
arrangement that brings her and Mr.
Hot hern together next season In a reper
tory of Shakespearean plays will offer her
the opportunity she now fo sad.y lacks.
"An Amateur Cracksman" has made a
greiit tear In New York. Kyrle Bel! -w Is
even more popular aa A. J. Raffles than h
was as Sleur de Marsac, and mat la saying
a good deal. It may be that New Yorkers
can appreciate the fine points of burglary
better than the courtliness and romance
of sixteenth century France.
EfRe Shannon, who Is assisting Herbert
Kelcey In th? d ssolvlng pictures in "Sher
lock Holmes" this season, adopted an In
dian boy while at Seattle recently and pro
poses to rtls and educate him. If he s a
g-enutne siwasn ' Effle will realise that
when ono goes hunting for trouble one gen
erally nuns ii, ana mat some aavertising
cornea mgn.
MU31C AND MUSICIANS
Generally speaking, I am not much of u
believer In that species of theology which
begins Its every precept with the words
"Thou shalt not." I am not much given
to admiration of that species of education
which begins with a "Don't."
Having been thoroughly instructed along
that line, years ago, by many relatives In
the way of religious and very proper lady.
aunts and grandaunts I have learned to
shun the paragraph which begins with any
thing In the shape or tense of a "Don't"
But there are exceptions to all rules and
so I present to tho readers of Ths Bee who
are Interested along musical lines the fol
lowing maxims as laid down by Frederick
Stevenson In the current month's issue of
the Musical Record and Review, and I
take the liberty of expanding thereupon
because I have read the whole article (for
which I have not room here) with a great
deal of Interest, and It has caused me many
hours of pleasant studying while developing
each of the thoughts of Mr. Stevenson with
bpeclal relation to my own experiences.
After giving a number of "Nevers" con
cerning the teaching of scales, keys, modes,
etc., he gives us this:
"Never teach a fact through its llkeners
or vrUlkeiiess to something else. All brain
action should be direct not frittered In nn
Inane hunt for semblances."
This opens up a field of thought which
will, I am sure, be very enjoyable for pupils
and students. The statement is open to dis
cussion, and much good will accrue to the
student or. teacher who will develop argu
ments In his own mind, pro and con. I
could write a column of discussion upon
auch a text very easily and (hen have said
only one. hundredth part of what might be
said, cited or conjectured upon tha theme. I
leave It to the. thoughtful care of tha
reader. .
"Never think of that which you Should
not do but always of that which you
should do. Nerve power has enormous 'in
fluence over tho thing thought of. Think
of evil to be conquered and the evil will
fight like fury. Think only of the good to
be achieved and the battle is already half
won."
Mr. Stevenson her shows a familiarity
with the laws of suggestion. There ia no
doubt whatever that much more can be ac-
tTT2p!iShvd t?y heSlthy ontlml-m tbn
by a morbid pessimism.
, How often one meets with students who
seem to think that It is a sin for them to
claim their heritage and to believe in them
selves to ths extent that they may be able
to reach their Ideal.
By thinking of the evil to be conquered,
as Mr. Stevenson points out, ' will only
serve to make mora realistic the said evil.
Henry Wood, In his beautiful book, "Tho
Symphony of Life," brings out plainly the
thought when ha draws our attention to
the word of scripture which reads: "But I
say unto you that ye resist not evil." Re
sist not!
Overcome evil, not with opposition, but
with good. Fill the thought so full of good
that there is not any room for evil. We
cannot do that, you say 7 Well, we can
to a degree at any rata to begin with, and
It la astonishing how capacity will increase.
Let us th.nk only thoughts that are help
ful. And when we do so we will find that
tha law of "Ideal suggestion" is doing much
of our work.
We grow toward the habit of thought
which we must frequently hold. This It
tho law. And that Is final.
"Never forget that practice tnukea per
fectin that which is practiced. It we
practice a bad thing we will perfect our
selves In its badness assuredly. If we
practice a good thing we will perfect our
selves In its goodness maybe."
This statement follows closely the Idea
laid down in the preceding paragraph.
We have grown into such a use of the
word "habit" that when we speak ot
"habits" we unconsciously associate It
with "bad habits."
Character la tha sum of a man's habits,
good or bad.
Habit Is simply tha repetition of a single
act.
An act is tha outward physical expression
of a thought.
Thoughts are of two kinds, conscious and
unconscious.
. Let ui think over these last four sen
tences together. And we will find that the
thought is at the bottom of the trouble.
Therefore change the thought.
And following that to Its conclusion, we
notice this: No one will consciously say
"I will work this out, but I know I will
not succeed." Therefore, it is not the con
scious thought that we need fear. It is the
unconscious one, or as tha psychologists
say, the "sub-conscious" one.
Let ua train the unconscious thought
habit.
We are all given the power to direct our
own thoughts. "Not I!" auys one. Yes,
you! Give it a trial.
Is there somothing which has troubled
you In your work, then turn tho search
Unght of investigating truth upon your
self and sea what tha thought is, then
change It to one of suggestion that that
trouble is going to leave you. Is nothing
to be afraid of, Is bound to yield to your
constantly and persistently repeated state
ment, that the light way Is the easy way,
and that you can get It right, by the
"habit" of thinking It right
Mold oa tight to the latter thought, and
see what it will da. Try it, honestly.
Don't argu about or contradict It, or
Say, I do not sea bow that can be. Of
courae you do not neither did anyone rlue
who ever tried It It it a out of "walking
by faith, and not by sight" and Just as
soon as you have learned to walk by faith,
the sight comes, '
Good haUia ara ths result of good
thoughts; bad habits are the result of bad
thoughts. This is the law. And it Ii- su
prune.
"Never trust a teacher who does not cull
on your Intellect to govern your work at
all times. The master w ho does not see to
It that every practical move is under the
absolute control of the intellect actuated
by conscious concentration is laying up
troubles that may prove ineradicable. Avoid
him as you would avoid the plague."
This Is splendid advice. Music cannot be
studied by practice. It needs study, too.
The day of training tha fingers by plac
ing coppers cn the back ot the hunds Is
past. The day of training the hands by the
medium of the brain la here. O h.'.ppy dayl
What Is tho matter with ths average pro
gram of today T It Is a ronsa ot glittering
musical generalities; , there Is nothing
studied out at to th manner In which tho
musical nourishment Is administered. A
woman will spend hours and hours In plan
ning tho presentation of a five-course din
ner and will watch eagerly for tho mini
testation of pleasure or of criticism on the
part of the guest, perchance. Everything
that she can do will be done to mske the
dinner a success. But alas! and alas! and
alflsalaratas! Look at the musical dinners
which are being given to the public guests
(st their expense, too), dinners of fifteen
courses, badly arranged,, half-cooked,
pastry served with fish and consomme with
roquefort. nothing hot, everything cither
as lukewarm a charity or as cold as a
miser's heart.
Let uo have Intellect governing our pub
lic work as well as our private work at all
times.
Every number on a program of public
presentation of musical achievement should
have a reason for being there.
I have not half exhausted Mr. Steven
son's suggestion, nor my own thoughts In
connection therewith, and so will try to
rresent some more of them next week In
this column Because you and I will always
reap a great dei! of good from the pursuit
of such excellent material as has been laid
down by Mr. Stevenson. I do not for a
moment pretend to think that I have begun
to extract all that Mr. Stevenson has Im
plied. But I have simply tried to present
a program for your further development.
I have said little. You can develop much.
Parting, here is a thought of hts to work
by:
"Never forget that the end and aim of all
muslo Is beauty beauty In pure simplicity,
beauty In sympathy, beauty in Its highest
and noblest development, but always
beauty."
For the two-hundred and twenty-first
time no church programs are printed In
this Column. All such communications must
be sent to the city editor by Friday of each
week. There Is a special column for such
matter tn the Saturday Evening Bee, under
the head "Topics for a Day of Rest."
THOMAS J. KELLY.
ORATORY BREEDS NO DISEASE
Learned "French Doctor So Declares
After Testis Air la French
Chamber.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Nov. a. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The minds of
the members' of the Chamber of Deputies
ara much relieved. At any rate, . thetr
health is not endangered while they are
making laws. Dr. Belleres, official physician
to tha deputies, haa Just finished elaborate
experiments on the air in tha chamber dur
ing a session. The learned Belleres did
not concern himself with the air when it Is
quiescent; ha took of It for his tests only
when tha members were hurling compli
ments and arguments at tha ministers and
at each other. Perhaps ths doctor thought
bacilli gather to admire tha wit and sagac
ity of the deputies. (
In his report on hts investigation entitled
"Researches for Microbes in Suspension in
the Air In the Chamber of Deputies," Dr.
Belleres declares positively that there ara
so Aangere'.'t germs - In this ui, even
during the most exciting debates. So hence
forth the deputies can breathe with free
dom and orato with Impunity within the
bounds of the rules of the chamber. In
reproving disorder, the president need not
fear to swallow a bacillus of tuberculosis,
and no microbe of diphtheria will kindly si
lence the loudest socialistic members.
Nevertheless ihe chamber is to be better
ventilated.
AMrSEMEKTH.
TELEPHONE 1S31.
WEEK COlMENClNa
SUNDAY MATINEE, NOV. 22,
TODAY 2:15 TOKISHT 8:15
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Three Crane Brothers
In "Mudtown Minstrel."
McCart's-
Dogs and Monkeys.
Mclntyre & Primrose
Eccentrto Black Face Comedians.
Geo. Austin
King of tha Wire.
Antrim and Peters
In A Meal Under Difficulties'. "
Loreda and Blake
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