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fllE OMATTA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, ArRIL 3. lflfli.
ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Holy wok wus
is. ml
Omaha With lh 1'nalnnlum nn.t i
Omaha theaters. With trie Lostonlans ana i
th Cohans at the lloyd md th Mny How-
rd compnny nt the Krug. some of the b'-st
thlngri that am to l hnd In the line of
musical entertainment were offered, find
duly patronised Hnd iipprerlitted by the.
public. The Bnstnulnns cre unfortunate
In one regard, Mr. Harnntun bring de
prived of hi privilege of f.icln; his Omaha
friends, something that he estnems a genu
lnr dKuitipointmrnt. U n rtnlniy w.i a
dlFnpiointtrirnt to the public; for, while
Mr. Katc.llff la ft young man of decided
ability, find gave tin; Larniuicc rolr, with
flnlah, he la not Barnnbee and does not
have the hold on the affertlons of the ' ou on a vaster canvas, with living, moving
people thnt has been won by that venerable ' humans. And the River 8oih: How
K ., i such a picture of myiury would hnve llred
cornedinn. The nw opera was not put on Wagner a lmnginntlcin to more tremendous
because of Mr. liarnnbw's lllneaa, nnothrr music milking" There are touchea of the
caua, for disappointment, maybe, and yet j n&noSTof VxVe'it'ie K
It Is doubtful If any new opera couid hnve yit the fogs of lull circle In misty wisps
given the complete satisfaction to the fine ' over the lugubrious stream, while we clls
,, . ,.. , . , u . j,j 1 cern the red tremor of lophet In the ctla-
audlenre present Wednesday night aa did , BIVng perspective.
"Robin Hood." This fine piece was aplen- Tell musical peraona of these wonder.
dldly sung; It would be a wretched com-
'
pany Indeed that couldn't make something
out of the IxKoven music and the Smith
libretto, and the Boatonlnna are always
well eoulnned musically, so that the riches i
cf the piece, both muelo and words, were I
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displayed In a most attractive manner.
"The Perenade" was also well given, and
the whole engagement wna a success In
very respect. The Cohans and the Howard
company represent a different type of
music, but one that Is, In Its way, fulfilling
a-mission as Important as that of the more
pretentious and less easily understood
offerings.
It Isn't often that the dramatic editor
trenches on the preservea of the mualcul
crltlo of The Dee, and this for two reasons;
first of which Is that the dramatic editor
la aware of the fact that his taHta in the
Illatter of music la decidedly primitive, and
his technical ability Is nothing at all. The
second reason la equally potent, but will not j
how be stated. However, with this under
standing, the following from the pen of
Mr. Jnmes Hunneker, the erudite and ex
perienced critic and reviewer of the New
York Bun, Is reproduced with tho endorse
ment given by the devout but Indolent
churchman to the prayer-book: "Lord,
tflem's my sentiments." Mr. Hunneker, in
tie course of an article on the general
topic, says:
There are two things on the contemporary
world of stage and music that make mo
Uneasy. one is the naive Ignorance of
mimical people In the matter of stage
decoration and management; the other is
the Ignorant naivete of theatergoers on
tho subject of music. Mind you, I like a
good Jig aa well as my neighbor. Light,
graceful music gives me aa much pleasure .
as the harmonies of Richard srallM
whose music Is hell froxen over. I adore In the line or "syndicate" or "trust-- metn
orfenbach. I believe Johann Ptrauaa' 0ds, for while the theaters will all be under
"Tledermaus" will outlive u wilderness of I rnntrni the firm eonh will
monkey nymphonles. And for the clever. '. the en'ra' control or the nrm. eaon will
Witty composers of comic opera, beginning ' be operated Independently, and the local
with the incomparable Arthur Sullivan, I j patrons will have all the advantages that
have the deepest sympathy. It la the .1 ....... nnn.iiiiM. n.,t th
rldiculoua parody of mualo now heard In would accrue from competition. But the
our theatera that fills me with wonder- I
nient. I recall Gua Kerker he will al
ways be "Gua" to hla admirers when he
write music that was dlctlnclly charming.
Reginald dn Koven I need not cite. "Robin
Hood" Is a classic In its genre. And there
are perhaps a half dosen other names
that may be associated honorably with Vic
tor Herbert, De Koven, Kerker, Julian Ed
wards and Henry Waller in the domain of
operetta. I had always expected some
thing from Arthur Weld after his Italian
fantasy, but he seems satisfied to con
duct others' music and very well he
achieves that undertaking.
Rut turn we. aa they say In old sermons,
turn we to the hideous stuff masquerading
as mualo In our so-culled mualcal come
dies. I congratulate my former musical
confreres on their absence from these
boiler shops and molnssea candy debauches.
Borne of these camedlea thla winter have
added gray hairs to a akull far from thickly
thatched. If I lift but an eyebrow I am
suspected. Stranger managers whisper
tinder their breath as I pass: "Back to
Wagner." This means that If you can
enjov rlaaalc mualo you. are debarred from
the joys of a Strauss vulae. Never a greater
errorl Good mimic, whether aerlous or
-light. Is always good music. New, I con
tend that the truck put forth for our un
happy ears In current farce comedy la
bad music, badly conceived, badly written,
and, for the moat part, badly executed by
a bad orcheatra,
The first time I heard "Under the Bam
boo Tree" I was delighted. It la clever,
rhythmic music of an exotic coloring.
"Zansibar." as sung by Emma Carus and
her woollen-clad apes, was also appeal
ing. I believe, though I am not certain,
that colored men write this order of music
better than white. There was real stuff
In the score of the last Williams and
Walker BlK.w I've forgotten the name of
the piece, but I recall some of Its tunes
and the composer ie a man of African
descent. . "In Dahomey" that's the title
was conceived by Will Marlon Cook, a
former pupil of Dvorak. I'aul Laurence
Dunbar wrote the lyrlca. And there la
Harry Burleigh, who can shake African
melodies out of hla sleeve. Further I can
nThls0muslc, well planned, written with
Intelligence and conveying aome idea,
rhvthmle or melodlo. or both. I alwaya
enjoy. ' But I can't tolerate the slam
bnng noise we hear In such fareea aa
Glittering Gloria" Btid rlec of that hor
rid Ilk. As most theatergoers rtlna well,
the crashing of braaa and the drum
pounding In the orchestra and the Bhrlll.
peacock screams on the stage must net as
a gentle digestion aoother. The English
Is said to be an unmusical race. Is ths
American much better?
Mr. "Hunneker takes up the Wagner prop
osition, and after somo general comment on
the great composer and his methods, says:
Wagner conceived, but Wagner could not
execute his gorgeous l:naglnliga. He called
In celebrated palmers, iloiiiaiucrS, Machin
ist a. Brand was an Invaluable technical
oiiector as ihey call the tunctlon today
arid l'aul Jouownkl, who executed the
pictures for "Parsifal." was u mun of
ability. Hut how old-fastiio;ied, wholly in
adequato and commonplace are the Wgner
stage pictures In our period! At Munich,
where the scenery dtpolntnients and stage
maciunery niq umnu nrw, '-,
duced is far from Uludlng. A glare of cross 1
lighting crude coloring and an utter ab-
since of that aubtle something we call
"alnn'sphere" reveal a sad atule of affairs.
Reyreulh, being older and ilirgler, does not
o of, end the eye. tfmoky I suuuld call the
t-nttre scenic uinratus al Cosima's barn
uu the holy hill. .
What would Wagner not have reillxed
If he bad had sou-e great stag man igers.
nien f acli iu e. imagination and practical
tialiilng. like David B---lasc. and Julian
Milclieil! Now for my c nliilloii. .Not
at Hvrcuth. not ut Mimic. 1. iiot ut New
York do the stago picture even reinoiely
approach the dreams ill canvas, gauze and
lishis' liivcii'ed by Jult . . Mitchell In
"Babes In "IVyisnd." I purpuaeiy avoid
mentioning Kurupesn theal'-i j-lhi ir pro
uuctuii are i.ilaiiau In on.ptt. lou wild
ours Oil lilt our liun.ls in i.i.nl normr!
"What, Tarfllal' and i:abcs in Tcylund" "
Yes, 1 mean X i uy what i suy. uurae
remains, in no Ivukiirr r.iunc orama that
I hiive heard alii vU have 1 ever wlt
necHd such ex...i.silc n. ou i.n.lona of liKat
aa in the l'oppy 1 iIJ ai.U ice '1 ran-Jiivmn-
Uon In put on out nioet i.ypoei ii lial de
meanor! "The lKHKi ot u. ' iiie much
vuallittil garden aiene in ' 'ur-ifa!" looks
like a lot of ktper flowers. Ill uijliled. hid
Cua 111 juxtaposed lmii ulrJ fc.0111.fd w.tli
a singular acK i f p:asl.o ffect. Julian
Mitotic. I IS a fc'of'js In devising S'-enea--thiutrical,
oBemttc, ii you will hli h are
oiten wasted on Hie dramatic material he
has to decorate.
1 have reserved my trump card for the
lni. What piuoleiim ui ulu Wagner and
Beluaeo nl i.ac worked out together?
Wagner's poetic brata. Hulasco a poetic and
pr'ai ileal hand! We must not f.. get in it
oil the stage liefer.- Wngir r advent llierc
ii it-ted no stage iuturex coicparali.e t. hla
own. You will ay lb-it b- went to tie
pnnton-.lme fci liia Miifb Fire nplaide yei
Iow sublimated . Aim thai ..ri ..-ene of
"Kl-elnaut.l!" I ric iii. n n u.liui.i effort,
an k: ucle by J0I11 K I'aiue which appearod
in tho North Ali.ei'b an Review some ttmc
ttbout 1T4. Alui 1 roving to hU on aalis
faetion that Wanner wex not a, ureal niusl-'
cal composer, the veteran Harvard pro
fessor put bis t.nger on a salient plnre.
Wagner Is the Kr.alest ln(e;in.r of stage
put urea, he wrote tliut ever lived. True.
' And hla dream pictures have been fully
Ini.'inreted from Itrst to Inat.
Figure to yourself "The Porting o' the
Gods" ard thca go to M the "Ring,"
"Puralfal." "Tanal.auer" or "Lohengrin."
Consider the Ourem-as of the slaae, tha
lai k of vlixllly In Ihe landscapes of these
oprua. They turn uut as Wagner would
luive turn tiiuin. buiH ni.ivi.iii, i y n.i
PTfe ' " t"B Composer B day, though
e 1)0(.r.My jnVent-,l ,.tw t in wood, Iron
Bnj tanas; Just an the pHanriHtp, iorc-
Iu.. diiinialic piano playing of I'rani I1kIs
was thi? genesis ol In inner day bteifiwny
urn nil piano.
In me Darling of the Uods" there are
m.-iting prtappcuvea, waters dlmph-d and
rui laie-anatiered by moon raa, a moon
an mellow as tne Eeptrmuer harvest planet.
And the Belaai-o dark scenes, the darkness
which Whistler proved to be full of light
irru1atlnna. modulation of bt.-iys In Brays
und never aheerly blin k. Magical, too. thnt j
scene 01 me spy, wnn me iranapoRiuuu
of light Inio :in orange ki . miver rin.ng
the background, purple shadows the fore
ground and the amiiing note of orange
tue lantern In the soys hand-hrre was
one of James Whistlers nocturnes, or
nrransemenia. or av inuhonles, ait
before
tell them that Melnseo find Mitcnell would
bo r.sliamed to put their names to a Hoy-
reuth program or to acknowledge thHt
rtinixy Urall Hull at our Metropolitan oper.i
house leu mem an mese minga ana you
would be met with an astonished stare.
r.roat mn4n covers a. multitude of siTenle
sin. Musical folk are not usually endowed
with eyes. Their brain Is lodged In their
ears. And tnis is aa it snouiu oe unless
the mualo druma of Wagner enters Into
the discussion. Then both eyes und ears
are demanded. IJke opera goers, In an In
verse manner, theater lovers are all eyes.
This, too. Is well unless musical plays are
on the carpet. And so the matter stands,
and so It will remain until a broader cul
ture supplants the one-aided eye and ear
training of the day. I have been Informed
that some people conaider Shakespeare In
ferior to Wagner, and that there exists
persona for whom music has no color or
meaning. For all such let us offer up a
silent, fervent prayer!
The people of Sioux City are to be con
gratulated on the entry Into their city of
the amusement firm of Woodward A Bur
gess. These gentlemen have Just secured a
long-term lease on the Grand theater at
Sioux City, and propose to manage It In
the future as they have their Omaha and
Kansas City houses, in a strictly first class
manner. It means much to Sioux City, for
It will be the means of taking to that city
many of the bigger attractions that now do
not include It In their routes. It means
much to Messrs. Woodward & Burgess, too.
for It makes them a still more Important
factor In the amusement world. With the
leading theaters at Omaha and Kansas
City under their control, they have been a
most Important firm In the west, and have
been rated so In the world of the drama,
and now that they have another theater
that is well adapted to the better grade
of dramatic and musical productions, they
are still more firmly entrenched. It is not
v. nnA that th mnv la a aten
to be understood that the move is a step
greet advantage now la that the realdent
managers can go to the owners of big
productions and offer still greater induee
ments to secure bookings. Three of the
most Important points In the central west
can not be lightly overlooked by the men
who send the attractions on the road, and
with the leading theaters In these three
cities under one management, the condi
tions become auch as enable the manage
ment not only to offer inducements, but
also to secure consideration. The Grand
theater at Sioux City was built during the
boom daya, and was opened to the public
early in October, 1888. It has passed
through various managerial vicissitudes.
A. B. Beall being the present lessee and
manager of tha house. The theater la badly
out of repair, but as soon aa the present
season closes, and control passes to Wood
ward & Burgess, work will begin on the
renovation of the theater, and when it is
opened for the new season next fall it will
be practically a new theater, furnished with
ail the modern equipment and appoint
ments of a Btrlctly first class house. Sioux
City is now in a new class, theatrically
speaking.
During the early part of the present sea
son The Bee commented on some of the
printed affronts to good taste that adorned
the bill boards, announcing the coming of
this, that or the other play or player.
It Is now with some pleasure that a few
notable examples of genuine artlstlo de
signs and execution are cited. Mrs. Flake
was heralded by posters that were uncom
monly well done, and Mary Mannerlng had
also that advantage, while the bills calling
attention to the approach of Fay Davis
are really works of art. A drawing by
Howard Chandler Christy isn't often used
to adotn the bill boards, but In this case
one of his best examples was the picture
used, while the text was aa simple and
modest as could be, the who'.e making a
most attractive combination. In this par
ticular alone the play and the company
should have been recommended to people
of taste and culture, with no other ex
planation aa to the merits of either. "When
Knighthood Was In Flower" also had aome
fine examples of the printer' art on ex
hlbitlon, and the Bostonlans have some
posters that are worthy a second look.
These are cited to show that the printers
are capable of doing good work In the
postal line as well aa In other ways.
Emancipation for the poor writer Is at
hand. He will no longer be poor, but will
fairly wallow In wealth and fnjny the
fruits, the usufruct and emoluments of his
genius and ability If the scheme of the
recently Incorporated Play Writers' Leigue
of New York, comes to aught. In brief. It
ts an Incorporattlon that proposes to pro
duce plays written by Its bondholders not
stockholders-and the bondholders are to
share In the profits. It is on a co-operative
basis, and offers tnt sale an Issue of Illri.fiO)
gold per cent bonds, with Interest guar
anteed. Iu an attractive prospectus It seta
fi rth Its, seheme, and what It experts to
do. Its stock Is all held by the orgtelrers,
whose names are not made ruh'i -. a'tho; g'i
the nemee of the officers are. Mr. (Jutzman
Borglum. formerly of Omaha, la v!ce presi
dent of the league. Whl'e the plan Is ve-y
attmctlve. It Is quite likely to go on the
rocks on which have been wrockfd all oihe
schemes for doing away with ths mlid e
man. Many plana for delivering goods di
rect from the producer to the consumer
hnve linen evolved In the pist. and Mill
the entrepreneur ts thriving as Is not the
producer nor the consumer. Co-operation
I still entitled to a place among the lrrl
dercrnt dreams.
Coming; Events.
This afternoon and evening at the Boyd
theater Mr. Paul Ollmore and a special
company will appear In "The Mummy and
the Humming Bird," a comedy of modern
London life. The r'ay. whlrh I by Iese
Henderson, ts one of the most S'-ccesiful
of Its kind. It iu produced (list three
seasons ago in lndon by Sir Charles
Wyndhxm. and was a great hit from the
start, last season Mr. John Drew pre
sented It during his New York cngsge-nent
and hU eastern tour, and this season Mr.
Ollmore has teen giving it with much suc
cess. The play will be presented her with
the entire scenic paraphernalia ured during
the New Y'ork production. The ergigement
is for three performances. Sunday after
noon and evening and Monday evening.
On Friday and Baturdiy evening and
Saturday matin William Faversham, sup
ported by Jull Opp and a competent com-
pany, will present at the Boyd theater the
comedy In whlrh they have been so suc
cessful, "Iord and Lady Algy," by K. C
Carton. It has been a number of years
since Mr. Faversham has been In Omsha.
hut he Is still well remembered here for
his former appearances In connection with
the Emrtre Theater stock company and
generally excellent character of the plays
presented. His charming wife Is a stranger
to us, but la well known by reputation.
She haa but recently returned to the stage
after a year In retirement, and has renewed
the triumphs of her earlier career. Miss
Opp La a New York girl who went to Lon
don several years ago. She seeurel her
first engagement nt that time, and by sheer
ability has rapidly advanced until she Is
today the most sought-after leading woman
on the atage.
Among the Interesting features of the
crmilng tour of Walter Dnmrnseh and th"
New Y'ork Symphony orchestra, which
comes to the Boyd theater for one night.
Monday. April 11, will be the appeorance
at the concerts of solo singers compara
tively new to "ihls section, but who have
come rapidly to the front of late in the
principal eastern cities, rossessing young,
fresh and well trained voices, and enter
ing Into the work with enthusiasm and full
of ambition, it will be ftund that Mr.
Damrcsch has selected from the hundreds
of vocalists who wished to go with him
on this tour, artists who will make their
mark here and fully Justify the conduc
tor's wisdom In ssslgnlng them the difficult
bnt Interesting "Parsifal" and other fes
tival work In which they are to appear.
Mme. Caroline Mlhr-Hardy, who will be
the principal soprano, singing the "Kun
dry" numbers, the solo parts at the fes
tivals, aa well as the part of the first
flower maiden In "Parsifal" excerpts, Is an
American by birth, having been born In
New Tork City. She returned Inst fall
from Europe, where she had several oper
atic offers, but preferred to re:urn to her
native land and fulfill concert e-igagements,
and this season has been greatly In de
mand. Mr. Dan F. Beddoe, the tenor of
the organisation, is a Welsh singer from
Pittsburg, who suddenly sprang Into promi
nence In New York because of his excellent
singing at the Berlioz Centenary concert
given at Carnegie hall last December. Mr.
Francis Archambault, the baritone or
basso cantante of the company, was born
at Assumption, near Montreal, P. Q., of
French-Canadian parentage. He made quite
a furore In New York on the occasion of
hla first public appearance, and has been
In great demand for concerts the last two
winters. Mr. Damrosch has taken him on
several short tours this winter and for
many of the Wagnerian concerts for which
his voice Is so well adapted.
"David Harum," a dramatization of the
well-known and widely read book, will be
presented nt the Krug the first half of the
week, opening with the matinee today,
under the direction of Julius Cahn. Tha
production will be the same as that which
was given the comedy by Charles Froh
man, and the cast is promised to be of
uncommon strength. Westcott'a book was
dramatized by R. and M. W. Hitchcock
and they adhered very closely to the story.
They divided the play Into three acts and
located all of the scenes In Homevllle, New
York. Much of the charm of the book
lay In the cleverness with which the char
acters were drawn and in the atmosphere
surrounding tha scenes and the adapters
were careful to retain in the play all of
those things which made the book auch
interesting reading. Mr. Turner's portrayal
of Harum Is described as being exceedingly
artlttic.
Percy O. Williams' big scenic production,
"Deserted at the Altar," will be the play
at the Krug the last half of the week,
opening Thursday night. The play Is In
four acts and a dozen scenea and most of
the stage settings are on a most elaborate
scale. The first and last acts are laid in
the Adirondack mountains and the settings
here are said to be picturesque In the ex
treme. In the second and third acts the
light and shades of metropolitan life are
shown, on scene bc'ng of the North river,
with its Innumerable craft in motion raid
with the Illuminated skyscrapers of New
Tork in the background. Another scene Is
that of a church Interior, and In this a
full choir la introduced. The company
presenting "Deserted at the Altar" is one
of the largest melo-dramatio organizations
on the road, and Is headed by Pierce Kings
ley, the author of the piece.
The bill at the Orpheum for trie week
beginning matinee today promises to be
a bright and merry entertainment, for in
It there Is an abundance of comedy and
several acts that make a pleasing visual
showing. Thome and Carleton, styled the'
"American jesters," come at the head of
the list. They have played here a number
of times and established themselves as
favorltea with vaudeville's clientele. Thome
la a droll comedian and Mias Carleton a
dainty and pretty little actress, whose pres
ence serves to make her uniqueness stand
out. Galettl's monkeys will be another of
the principal cards. These little animals
do a varied lot of stunts. Including chlmo
ringing, racing their steeds and one little
simian especially wil) be easily recalled
by those who have seen them. He ts con
stantly looking for a scrap and climaxes
his antics when he doffs hi Jaoket for a
bout with a simian several times his own
size. Terpsichore is the specialty of the
Passports, a man and a woman who per
form a variety of fancy dances. Including
several of the whirlwind order. Barr and
Evans are a pair calling themselves char
acter comedy creators, who, as the billing
Implies, direct their efforts at the rlslbles.
Mlgnotte Knkln, the petite danseuse and
singer, who, It will be remembered, was
one of the luminaries composing the Or
pheum road show for the season of 1903-03,
will constitute a salient number. "Married
Life from the Inside," a comedy skit, will
be ths vehicle for Micholl and Iove.
Among those who will make their Initial
effort to Ingratiate themselves with the
local patrons are Brander and Wiley
colored entertainers, whose salient special
ties are flnrring und dancing. Entirely new
motion pictures will be produced by the
klnodrome.
the little farce, "Mr. nob," which has
occupied so many Lenten evenings for
aeversl of the social set, will be given at
irelghlon I Diversity hail Tuesday, April
i, for the benefit of th YiMtlng Nurse as-
owi ia (mil. t iiv rveni promises to be a
great success and it Is hoped will add a
substantial sum to a worthy charity. The
cast la aa follows:
Miss Becky Luke, a maiden lady, fond
of cats... Miss Marl Cuff man
Katherine, her niece
; ............Miss Louise McPhei'son
Marlon. (Mr. Bobi
Ml-is Elizabeth McCoiinell
Patty, a stage-struck maid
-.r v, Miss Eiti Matheson
Philip Royson, Miss Becky s nephew....
.. ; Mr. Will Coad
Mr. 'Brown, a lawyer a clerk
Mr. Jamea Woodard
Jenkins, Miss Becky's butler
Mr. Vernon Chase
Gossip from Stage land.
At the matinee next Thursday tome am
ateur acta wltl te put on after the regular
11111. aspirants aniniiioiia to appear are
re.iuestid to make application at the box
office.
Ixiudon O. Charlton, formerly of Omaha
but now of New York, was In the illy
during the engagement of the Hotorlinn
Mr. Charlton la ma managing director of
the Boalonlan corporation.
Henry Irving made a very warm farewell
address to his audlem in New York at
th close of his American season, saying
lu conclusion: "The wirh In my heart and
on my lips Ood bless America.
Hal Davis, who with Inez McCauly will
sppear at the Orpheum week of Anil' 10.
wrltaa from Boston to a f 1 lend that h wlli
lay off for the coming week, arriving In
Omaha next Tuesday. Davis 1 a member
of local lodge No. St of lb Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and has large
circle of acquaintances throughout the city
und expects a busy time reviving Old
friendships.
Jake Rosenthal held quite a reception at
the Krug on Thursday evening, when his
Omaha friends shook bis hand Bgaln after
an absence of niontha. Mr. Rosenthal 1
manager of the May Howard company, and
reports a very sucreaaful tour.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Woodward of Kansas
City spent several davs In Omaha during
the week. Mr. Woodward being busy in
connection with the negotiation of the leae
whereby Wocdward Hurgeee secure con
trol of the Grand opera house at Sioux
city.
Local lodge No. 19 of Elks paseed a reso
lution at their last weekly meeting to have
an Elks night at the Orpheum on Thursday,
April 14. In honor of Hal Davis, a member
of the lodge, who will be on the bill. The
members will secure seats In a body and
Intend to extend Mr. Pavls one of those
welcomes for which the wearers of the
antlers sre noted.
The all-star revival of "The Two Or
phans." under direction of A. M. I'a'mer,
which began Its run In New York lat Mon
day night, has been hailed as a great suc
cess by the New York papers Its opening
night was a magnificent demonstration.
The plsy was first produced In New York
thirty years ago under Mr. Palmer's direc
tion. Lyman B. Glover has resigned hla
position as manager for Richard Mansfield,
and la succeeded by Ben Stevens.
A letter received In Omaha during the
week announced that next season Nat
Goodwin would be In the Weberfteld fold.
Fay Temnleton Is going back to tho com
pany, and In other ways it Is to be made
stronger for next season. It is hard to
conceive that Mr. Goodwin will become a
member, however, for he has won too high
a atandlng as a star to need el'her the
training or the advertising, and his profits
have surely been as much as Weber & Field
can afford to pay him.
When the roof Is on the Auditorium a
?rcat boon of relief will be granted the
imaha people who go to the theaters, for
then the "joke" that has been sprung by
every performer who deals In "local gaps '
will be no longer serviceable. For yeera
Omaha has beon expected to laugh at all
manner of allusions to what Is really a
source of civic satisfaction and pride,
and, sorrow to say, there are enough
of the thoughtless In the community
to encourage the itinerant Joke vendor
In his pointless and witless Jests at n
latltutlon In which all the patriotic peo
ple of the city take pride. And. while on
this topic, it len t too much to say that
Omaha people generally nre getting weary
of the repetition of a number of other "local
gaps" that are still in the harness after
many years of service.
STATESMEN TO TOUR ARCTIC
Large Party of Officials Plan to Visit
Alaska, During the Coming
Rammer.
(Copyright by New York Hersld Co.. 1904.)
WASHINGTON, April 2. (New York Her
ald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
A large party of senators, representatives
and private individuals Interested In the
commercial progress of the great northwest
are arranging to take an extended trip
through Alaska, the Klondike and Nome
districts, rounding out the unique Journey
by spending the Fourth of July on the
bleak shores of northern Siberia.
It Is probable that this will be the largest
exclusively sightseeing t ggregatlrfn which
has ever Invaded Uncle Sam's territory. It
is understood the number who have already
signified their intention to go apprtxlmates
neurly 100. Specinl trains are to be char
tered for the transcontinental trip and spo
clal steamers and trains will conduct the
party from Seattle to Skagway, over the
world-famous White pasa. down the Yukon
to Dawson and the rest of the land of the
midnight sun.
The Idea of visiting Siberia on the Fourth
of July and disturbing that virgin atmos
phere with the din of American firecrack
ers and a chorus of "e plurlbus unum" Is
the happy thought of one Of the members
who believed some opportunity should be
given the statesmen and other officials cf
the government who contemplate the trip
to display their proverbial patriotism.
Through the oourtesy of Count Casein!
and the good office of the Russian embassy
in Washington the party has been given
assurances that each member will receive
a special passport permitting the landing
at East cape on the western' ahore of the
Bering sea.
The party will cover all of the ground
visited by the senate committee on terri
tories under Senator Dillingham last sum
mer, but in addition will Include much cf
Alaska which thnt former senatorial aggre
gation overlooked.
If the present arrangements are carried
out the party will start from St. Louis on
May 18, although ome of the members have
signified their intention to fall In line along
the route from St. Louis to Seattle. The
special train will go almost due west to
Denver, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake
City to San Francisco. While In Sacra
mento the members of the party will be
received by Governor Pardee. A week will
be spent In southern California, and the
start made from Seattle In the early part
of June. The party expects to return to
the states by August 1.
The itinerary has been arranged by Mr.
John P. Chon, acting postofflce Inspector
In charge at New Y'ork, who has made half
a dozen trips through the northern territory
and who has become known In that part of
the country as tho "father of the Alabkan
postal service "
MAY SHUT OFF SUPPLY OF ARMS
Considered an Fffectlve Way of Set
tling the Tronblo In San
Domingo,
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
WASHINGTON. April 1 (New York
Herald Service Special Telegram to Th
Bee.) One result of th Mayflower's trip
to 8an Domingo was to confirm the official
opinion that General Morales has sufficient
strength of cnaracter and resources to
maintain a stable government If only the
United States and other nations will pre
vent the Illicit supply ot arms and ammu
nition to the Insurgents. It Is probable
that an end may be made of the Domin
ican difficulties by the extension on the
part of the United States government of
full recognition to Morales as president of
San Domingo. !
As it Is, the arirval of every vessel with
ammunition in Its cargo marks the revival
of the revolutionary movement, which
seems quite purposeless.
As It Is, tho arrival of every vessel with
some Intimation to the shipping Interests
doing business with San Domingo on that
subject, having satisfied itself that nearly
j all the arms and ammunition Imported Into
San Domingo cam from the United Stat,
There may be further action on that mat
ter before long, all with a view to terml
ttatlng the present deplorable condition in
San Domingo without direct intervention
by tho United States.
DEWEY SAYS CUBA PROSPERS
Admiral Snrprlaed at Condition Pre
vailing; la n Island
Repnbllr.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
WASHINGTON, April t (New York
Herald Service Special Telegram to Tho
Bee.) Admiral Dewey, frtsh from th
naval maneuvers In Went Indian waters
and a visit to Cuba, said he was greatly
surprised to find Cuba, in such a prosperous
condition. Th sugar and tobacco ciops
are large and tha rural guards a sup
pressing lawlessness. The country and the
people arq orderly.
In Havana, aa elsewhere, conditions ar
excellent. Admiral Dewey think th rity
Is much cleaner than many American
cities. He said b wa greatly pleased
with th naval maneuvers.
Marconi stock advancing. Buy now.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
A pretty theater, well lighted, and com
fortably ventilated by easy-going but ef
flcarloua fans, an audience well dresaed,
most of It In evening nttlie, a stage prop
erly set, snd SchiPuann-HoInk, the groat
contralto, for the central figure of th
scene, and you have what I saw on Monday
evening last. In Lincoln.
The audience was large, in fact It al
most filled the house, and the only seats
vacant were down In the very front rows.
The students had evidently chosen the bet
ter vantage ground of a distance In order
to get the perspective, or the atmosphere,
or the effect, whatsoever you msy wish to
call it. The boxes were filled with people
who evidently were accustomed to sit In
boxes. Enthusiasm reigned supreme, snd
ths period usually given to the putting on
of coats and 'wraps by Omaha audiences
was given, by the audience of which I
ppeak, to the applauding cf the artist's
work, and giving to her a most profound
and cordial welcome, or rather valediction,
with which Mme. Schumann-Helnk was so
evidently pleased that she came back and
bowed again and again, and brought her
accompanist several times, and finally sang
another song, several minutes after th
concert was over. In Lincoln.
Mme. Schumann-Helnk can do more to
a song of Schubert, or Brahms, or Schu
mann than any one I have ever heard. You
should know the song or hnve the muslo
before you. In order to see the many
ihcdes of feeling, the tone values, the
nuances which she use. Hear her. ye
students of singing, when you ever hnve an
opportunity. Sell your clothes, anything to
hear this woman slug. But watch the
work, with your score, -for you will be
thrilled at the mathematical as well as
emotional tone handling - of the woman.
And she gave a great recital of great
things and was accompanied splendidly by
Miss Josephine Hnrtmann, who Is a
planlste, Indeed, of the true genus. This
was last Monday night. In Lincoln.
There is a "Matinee Muslcale" organiza
tion which brings great artists every
season, and which fills the house. It does
this now, and It has done It for lo, these
many years. But that, too, is In Lincoln.
I had almost thought I was writing about
Omaha. Well, who knowsT Maybe, next
season I will be writing this about Omaha.
I understand that there wa much dis
cussion at the Tuesday muslcale last week.
Of course I, being a mere male person, am
utterly Ineligible for membership; and were
I eligible, I would be voted against by sev
eral "dark-hued spheres," a term which I
prefer to the ordinary "black ball." How
ever, the election was held, and there was
talk about the possibility of forming or
amalgamating or doing something with re
gard to a strong woman's organization, or,
to be more accurate, a woman's strong
organization.
Why should any union of existing or
ganizations take place? Let us have an
other, en entirely new and independent
one, so large that It can attract members
from the other existing organization, and
In that way each can stay In her own
club, and yet bo a member of a general
one. For example, (I am not up In club
rules and things) the matter appeal to
me like this: You can have a few of your
Intimate friends to luncheon, you can give
a reception, or you can be a matron of
honor at the Ak-sar-ben Ball. Do I
make myself plain? The luncheon Idea
represents to me the Tuesday morning
muslcale; the reception suggests the Wo
men's club, musical department: and tha
Ak-sar-ben ball means to me a general,
big. great organization of the hundreds of
music-loving, musical, music-making or
musically-Inclined women who are living
In Omaha and who are doing nothing with
their music, because? they know not why.
PI nee first urging this matter of womanly
organization In matter musical for Omaha
have had letters from musical women
horn I have never met, and each on of
them hints at the fact that lnce they have
lived here they have lost their musical sur
roundings, and so forth, and consequently
have never pushed themselves forward.
Let me give one interesting little fact.
When the May festival choir was organized
last year do you know where fully one-third
of the membership came from? From peo
ple who had never before sung In an Omaha
chorus, but who had sung In choruses In
other cities.
This Is true. Of the women in this town
who have temporarily practically "dropped"
their muilc you have no Idea as to the
number there may be.
A large general organization would at
tract these women and an afternoon session
would bring them out to meetings.
I have also had programs and prospect
uses from other clubs, and there seems to
hav been an Impetus given to other places
than Omaha by the women of those places
rather than by the men. Away from dis
tant Sacramento comes a book about the
club women there, and I shall try to give
ketch of It one day In this column and
let the women see what Is being done there.
I hear that on woman In Omaha has
taken th matter of bringing artists her
next season, and from th depth of my
heart I wish her success. She has her
work cut out, and my best wishes go with
any undertaking promoted and fostered by
women In the name of art.
Th German singing society, Maenner-
chor, will give a concert on April 10 under
the direction of Charles Petersen. An In
teresting program will bo given. Mrs. Wag
ner Thomas, soprano; Mr. Paulson, violin
ist, and Mr. Laux, bass, will assist, to
gether with an orchestra.
Mr. Thomas J. Pennell, formerly of
Omaha, and now of Walla, Walla, sends
to Th Bee two programs of the Whitman
College Conservatory of Music, with which
he is connected. He sppears In the dual
role of baritone and "cellist. Mr. Tom Pen
nell Is another of those musical lights
whom one dislikes very much to allude to
a "formerly" of Omaha.
Would that they were all here!
Think back and let us send them all.
wherever they may ba, hearty Easter greet
ings. Msy the waves of our friendship and
remembrance repch them this beautiful
season. Her are a few of thetn: Taber.
Y'oung. J. E. Butler, Marshall, Hans Albert,
Herbert Butler, Adelmann. Martin Cahn
and Mrs. Cahn, Mrs. Starr (Lillian Terry i.
Homer Moore, Oscar Garel.sen, Frances
Moeller. Pennell, Derrick, Wherry. Torrens
(and Mrs. T.). Sutorius. ntcknrll Young,
snd so on. not forgetting eccentric Slgnor
Fusco nd claiming aa one of "ours" the
great master. Max Maretzek. now pasaed
on.
Thought of these people bring to mind
many memories of bygone days In Omaha,
and th present writer harks back and
realizes the stern fact that he himself lias
been engaged In mualc In Omaha since ths
winter of 1M19. almost fifteen years. Many
have come and gon nd yet. when I look
around at- the profession, I rejoice to see
th larg number of good musicians, true
snd diligent, who find Omaha a good place
to Ilv In.
Th F1rt Congregational church was well
filled last Monday evening for the recital
given by th pupils of Mils Luella Allen,
violinist, and Mlssch. elocutionist.
.. nXijUiB J. KELLY
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PROTECTING THE YOUNG GIRLS
Organised Effort to Check Human
Vampires at the Exposi
tion Cltr.
(Copyright by Now York Herald Co., 1904.)
NEW YORK, April J.-(New York Herald
Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
Plans for th protection of young- women
lured to ths coming exposition In St. Ixuls
are under th consideration of the Inter
national board of the Women's and Tounf
Women's Christian association In the
Young Women's Christian association
building, Brooklyn.
Report which hav com from different
part of the country In the last fw months
lndlcatad that an organized effort Is being
made to Induce young women to go to the
exposition and .that many of the victims
are being deceived by the promise of hon
est employment.
The International board plan to proteot
these girls through Its department of
travelers' aid. Successful work of this kind
was dune at th Chicago and Buffalo ex
positions by th local associations of those
cities. The International board Intends
now to mak th work Irs especial duty.
It will employ a many agents at th rail
road stations In St. Ixuls as may b
necessary to see that no girl not accom
panied by a relative or friend 1 misdi
rected when reaching th city. This work
will be done In connection with the Chris
tian association of St. Ixula, which hits
had travelers' aid agents at th stations In
that city for many years.
A home will be opened for stranded girls
and legal advlco provided In canes of de
ception and other moans of protection em
ployed. CAMPHOR PRICES GO UPWARD
Mnpply Runiilai Low and Celluloid
Manalac-turer May II Forced
to Saayend.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 194 ) j
NEW YORK, April 2 -(Nw York Herald '
Service Special Telegram to Th Bee.)
European celluloid manufacturers and
r.ther consumer of camphor are making
unusual efforts to get supplies In this
country.
From th fact that a manufacturer wbo
notified the refiner some time ago that
If camphor went above 43 cnts he would
find a substitute la now paying 93 rents,
th camphor dealers agree that there 1
absolutely no substltuta.
H. J. Brackr of H. J. Bracker & Bros.,
with warehouses In William street, gives
June 1 as the date when tenners of ram
i hor will go out of buslneaa uiileej addi
tional suppllea come, and h tK-lieves that
celluloid manufacturers and t'ome others
usir.g camphor will be obllgf-d to suspend
operation on that date unleaa unexpected
relief from the present altuatlon la ob
tained. Th Japanaso embargo on ram
plior was laid at th beginning of th war.
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