TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SUNDAY,
14
ArRIL 17, 1004.
ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Annie Russells abort visit ss the rn I
. v.. t-tirirl wak '
bright spot In OmMha a rhe trtral w e k
but It was bright . n.n.gh to '
whole seven daya Just nsst. Something
that eludes drtinition mark this popular i
young wiimini rmirse on trie stage, ene ,
Isn't porseened of mnr beiuty than might
as Viola puis It. without a candle go
dark to bed," nor lias rhe a vclce that
draws people to her; yet her manner la
ao winsome, her ways so dainty, and her
whole presence so fraught with a sym
pathetic element thit reaches out to the
audience that denpltc her manifest de
ficiencies she has been and Is a wonderful
ucceas. I'robably her secret lies In Ve
ins natural; most of us will be content
without knowing that she la pleasing In
all she does, and not undertake to seek
out the springs that actuate her popular
ity. The play In which she came to us
last was not one thRt gave her the oppor
tunity she his In her present piece, and
while she was charming as the princess
In "A Royal Family." she didn't dlslrllute
the. fragrance of plrlhood as she did when
playing Peggy. So charmingly natural and
unaffected a girl has not been given us
In a long time, and the regret la found
la Mark Imbury'a sententious comment
that "nature will remedy that." Peggy
will grow old, yet across the stage f ro n
hsr we see the sweet face of Mrs. Gil
bert, reminding us that age, too, has Its
charms, and that tender memorlea may
conduce to peace more certainly than the
curious longings of bounding youth.
Miss Russell's play partakes very much
of her own nature; It U dainty, and clean,
and sweet, and has an elusive charm
about It that eaaily puta one at peace with
himself and the world about him; It Is a
good thing to remember. The plot Is sim
plicity Itself, the motive the most ordin
ary Imaginable, and the treatment
skillful and altogether out of ths ordinary
as to challenge the attention of the moat
blase. When one has tired of a round of
rich cookery, of menus that stretch mag
nificently between "grace and finger
bowls," It Is most satisfying to be unex
pectedly set down to a meal where good
old-fashioned viands are served without
any frills or flummery, and you not only
know the name but the composition of
everything that Is brought on. Thus It Is
with Madeline Lucette Ryleys' latest. She
has taken the material that more ambitious
authors would have built Into a creation
of deep Intrigue and wise homily, and has
made It Into a simple little story that runs
quietly along amid rustic settings, with no
effort at anything hut genuine fun. And
how well she accomplished It. Roger Em
bury might not be a type of the latter
days of the eighteenth century; tome of
his notions seem rather thoae of the clos
ing years of the nineteenth, for the doc
trine of heredity and natural selection
hadn't been expounded at the time when
Oeorge III. was trying to live up to his
mother's admonition, yet the anachronism
la easily forgiven. It Is not the least of
the merits of the piece that It so deli
cately satirizes some of the good people
who think they have solved the question
of controlling nature Mark Embury merely
got the answer that has been returned
untd every man who has ever asked It.
The "Parsifal" attendance on Monday
evening was an excellent answer to the
question orten asked, "Uoes Umana ap- (
predate art?" Mr. Damrosch's orchestra
has never played to a more attentive
or representative audience than was pres
ent at the Boyd theater on that evening,
and the applause that greeted the points,
whether by lecturer, conductor, soloist or
orchestra, was certainly Indicative of a
familiarity with what Is good. If not of
an understanding acquaintance with the
great work under discussion. Wagner Is
no longer a fad, and It might be to the
advantage of the Berlin enthusiasts, who
raised such a mighty howl of protest
when "Parsifal" was transplanted from
the holy hill to New York. If they would
tudy the people of the United States as
their politicians have. The argument that
capacity for appreciation of Wagner and
other great artists Is monopolised by Ger
mans, or French, or any other race. Is as
allly aa It Is threadbare. Art knows no
country, recognises no boundaries, and
pays tribute to no people. It is America's
present misfortune, but one we will try to
bear up under, to have the dollars. Some
day It may dawn on the carping foreigners
that possession of the dollar la not a cer
tain Indication of lack of brains.
To Mr. Paul Wllstach, who knows his
way about. The Bee Is Indebted for the
loilowlng conoernlng ths "StvollluK Plnv r
No contrast furnishes a more fruitful and
h i i "uurue consideration tliajt
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surrounding a great player ot our uvu g'eri"
eratlon and one of the first of hlb piuies
alonal line, the strollers so mercilessly
cored by Bcarron. Churchill and Hogarth
and between the means and method of
strolling then and now.
..?'.'!! "f.l1 tor"' of drama were presented
by the Itinerant mummers known us strol
lers, descendants of the troubadours, who
roved over Knglund singly and In groups
reciting verse, enacting dialogues ami lit
tle suenea from the dramatic poets
ie. 5n: mIT',H- bocl'" " " Amer
ica was sufficiently organized to take on
Play-going, the conditions werw crude In
deed, limited to the sea-coast cities, which
were small, restricted In resources ami ai.
preciatlon. Travel scarcely entered
Into American life until a decade
? r J!' cl89 ot thp Revolu
tion. There were then theatres in
Boston, New York . Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Annapolis, Savannah, Char
leston, Mobile umi New Orleans. Theso
were almost the only ones. Performances
were given at other fugitive points, but the
theatres were Improvised from bnrns or
the public rooms of Inns. Ultimas the actor
could Journey betwee"n points on boata he
found travel forbiddingly expensive. He
often emulated his patron. Proteue and
went afoot. The reminiscences of the
actors bristle with anecdotes of this primi
tive period. Curiously their repertoire was
Bhakspeare Sherluun snd other clanMcs
which In this hiy nml time are considered
either out of dale or too exacting In their
pictorial demands to Justify produci Ion A
hundred years g, thy were "produced"
In attics and barns to admiring, ieervri
Audiences.
The facilities for tnvel when the Amer
ican theuler slipped of lis swaddling
clothes were nil. Itaniel Webster In 1T"
rod from his home in centr.,1 New Hamp
shire to Phillips hxeter aca.lemv on horse
back, and In he went home from Bos
ton by sleigh, which be hired fir the trip
because "stages then no more ran Into the
tS,,.,rurmn'.Iii,;v."H'i"l"shlre ,han ,h'y rnn
The first third of the nineteenth err,,-,.
were "stage couch flsvs." Th- Krt e..i
I
upruru up rrnirai jvew J orK In lsiS Ru
th American tlioatcr was a long tlnv
t
growing to any prominent significance off
the all-water routea No other scenery
was ever used thsn was fo'ind In the stnc!,
of the theater. The sctors of enure
brought their own wsrdrobe and small
properties, but even this stock was "more
Blender thsn a feather."
Those were pioneer divi whlrh bred a
food hardy stock. The boata even ran In
reoilentlv and o- u-ce-t.iii schedules
Tours were rot Iwk.d sequentially then as
now. As compared with she inn.ni
let Issued for the R'.-he'-d NfunsHeld com
psny. or the Me rnnn'Pan np, ra company,
ganl-atlons fUrts on its "stroll" until it
reaches homo egeln. the vl'-lvs'tndrs of l-e
early olayers form a spectacular contrast
But they were a happ .co-luckv rlnts If
they bad lessi they cred !. rd the p ih.
lie rrt Its pnrt not educated up to the
lutrlctcy of a modern tour
A chance llluatretlon of th hardshln and
prln atlve form cf touring. Its uixertalntv
and its vlclltu'1es. Is f i:rd In I... -How's
"Dramatic Life ss I Found It " U se
eeptsd sn engeme- to r'v tn Montgom
ery, Ala.. In Dcmber. J8i7. "bemuse the
Black Wsrrlor river v not at that time
In good boating rondltlen snd there was
no boat thn st Tuscaloosa ready to depart
from Mobile, therefore 1 concluded to ao up
to Montaromery. where the chacces of get
ting to Mobile by the Alabama river were
rViuent. To accomplish th Journey ,
Were obliged to til re laud convevanrea.
euca. as a heavy ruad wagon, with two
hnrses.
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The first "complete scenic production to
move fiom city to city was projected much
earlier than might be supposed. Just be
fore the Mexican war a man named Chap
man bought an Ohio river steamer which
t he remooeled so that It had a stage and
auditorium. With his company and scen
ery and theater Itself aboard he for years
Journeyed up and down the Ohio. Missis
sippi snd Missouri rivers giving perform
ances In small settlements where fliey had
no play house. The Idea If still young for
In this faahlon "I'ncle Tom s Cabin" Is
still played "on" the upper Mississippi.
Joseph Jefferson In his autobiography
gives a graphic account of early condi
tions. The compsny of which he waa a
member wished to go south from Nash
ville. 'The Cumberland river was so low
that no steamboat could navigate It. In
this dilemma there was but one course
left: the company must come together, buy
a bnrge, fit up a cabin, caboose and sleep
ing apartments. Thle waa done. Where
the money came from (o pay for the boat
and the lumber I cannot tell, but this
floating camp was put together, and we
all departed down the river In the queerest
looking craft that ever carried a legiti
mate stork company of the old school."
Travel In the south seems always to
have been In bad repute with actors. The
autobiographies are full of complaints.
Mrs. Winslow In her "Yesterdays With
Actors" writes of southern travel: "South
ern railway travel after the war had al
fVi the excitement of uncertainty. Ac
cident were frequent, but the speed was
. . . o tiie fyuuny constructed roads
that the mischief waa comparatively small.
1 remember a Journey of fourteen milee
that took eight hours. At each start the
speeed gradually slackened, the train came
to a stand still, engineer, stoker and brake
men fell to and picked np such wood as
was available by the roadHide to feed the
feeble engine, and presently It slowly
puffed forward only to wheeze and stagger
again to a halt. So it went on; the men
among the passengers finally Jumping oft
to help forage for fuel with the unfailing
cheerfulness and patience of Amerlcun
travelers. We gave out altogether an
eighth of a mile front our destination, and
but for the name of the thing might as
well have walked all the rnav.
These conditions kept the dramatic pro
fession In the stock company or resident
company period. The stage Iihs grown
with science, with invention and Us practi
cal application, and the touring condi
tions, the magnificent productions, the
Kreut organizations of people, and the
enormous geographic area covered Illus
trate how closely dramatic art has kept
and musical comedies rally from i5 to 100.
After the civil war touring companies be
came thick as the proverbial thieves. The
Journeys were not ambitious, however, end
the baggagre did not extend beyond a few
trunks. The first great trip was that of
the Union Square company. It performed
an unnrecedently daring feat In Jumping"
from New York to Chicago and piled mar
vel on marvel by carrying along all the
pictorial contributlve factors. It was the
first time "a complete production" hnd ever
been transferred from one city to another.
So new were the managers to the experi
ence that they used flat cars for the scen
ery and covered It with tarpaulins. It Is
thus that Henry Irving and other Eng
lish actors transport their productions at
home today. The "goods vans," aa they
call the closed cars, are too small to admit
scenery.
Today theatrloal travel seems to have
reached the maximum of possibility. No
trip seems too long to undertake, no pro
duction too vasty to be transported. When
Julia Marlowe or Maude Adams Journev
forth they are attended by a company of
forty or fifty people; Richard Mansfield
never has less than 100, the comic operas
upon the heeels of science. '
Her last couple of years on the stage
Modjeska always lived In a private car.
Pattl always has this convenient adjunct
of extended travel. Mansfield has had his
private car for years, and many other con
spicuous players hire a private car for
special periods of hard travel In their
tours, when regular schedules are not
convenient or efficient the time table Is
cast aside and a special train Is used. At
one time or another durlnar their tours
the opera companies. Marlowe. Belasco's
companies. Violet Allen. Maude Adams
and one or two others find It economy to
taae a special tram, and under present
passenger tariff conditions It Is said that
Mansfield finds It cheaper to carry a com
pany and production as big as his by spe
cial train than on regular schedules over
his entire tour.
Some of our adventure seeking players
hsve amused themselves touring between
adjacent points In an automobile. If Dan
iel Webster had been told how the Mans
field company travels his Incredulity might
be Imagined. Perhaps It would have been
greater than ours might be If we were
told that the perfection of Santos-Du-mont'a
and Langley's experiments will In
ten years find theatrical company's "spw
Ing the air" with special trains of flvlng
machines on their way from city to city.
Coming; Brents,
The attraction at the Boyd theater this
evening and Monday evening will be the
Rogera brothers In Klaw A. Erlanger'a
production of John J. McNally's latest
furce, "The Rogers Brothers in London,"
In which these Inimitable comedians have
scored the greatest success they have ever
made. This season Klaw & Erlanger have
given the Rogers brothers a more preten
tious production than ever before, with a
much larger and more Important support
ing company. Including a great aggregation
of xceptlonally pretty girls. The story Is
told' In three acts, the scenes of which
represent the deck of the North German
Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Wllhelm,
Trafalgar squure, In London, showing the
Nelson column and the great fountain in
the 'Slegel A Cooper department store In
New York City. The Rogers brothers, as
usual, play the characters of two stupid
Germans, who have a faculty for getting
themselves mixed up In a series of comic
complications. The company surrounding
the Rogers brothers this season includes
such favorites as Joseph Coyne, Lee Har
rison, Melville Ellis, Oeorge Austin Moore.
William J. Cale, James Cherry. Harry
Brown, Lillian Coleman, Carrie Reynolds,
Neva Aymar, Sue Stuart, Frances Tyson.
May B. Wood, Willlum Torpey and Arthur
Gibson.
Beginning on Tuesday evening, the Rose
Cecilia Shuy Grand Opera company opens
an engagement of five nights nnd two niat
lness ut the Rcyd theater. The repertory
for the engagement Is as follows: Tuesday
evening, "Carmen;" Wednesday natlnee,
"Hohejiiian Girl;" Wednesday evening, "II
Trovatore;" Thursday evening, "Faust;"
Friday evening (a double bl!l, "I Pngll
acci" and "Cavallerln Rustlcana;" Satur
day matinee, "Carmen;" Saturday evening,
"Bohemian OlrL" Miss Shay Is very well
remembered In Omaha for the engagement
she sang here two scaaona ago. Her com
pany has been completely reorganized, nnd
has been meeting with much success on Ha
tour. It has Just closed a very successful
engagement In Denver, where It was
warmly welcomed. In "Carman," the open
ing bill, John Fredericks will appear as
Don Jose and Francis Carrier as the torea
dor, Escamlllo. The chorus, said to be
large and competent. Is under the direction
of Slgnor Carlo Nicosia, who also con
ducts the orchestra, and a pleasing rendi
tion of Bizet's opera Is promised. '
More than two score of pretty "show
girls,' 'a lavish scenic and costume display,
a hest of really clever and well known fun-
makers snd Innumerable "catchy" srngs
and ensembles, sro the alluring features
i claimed for "The Good Old Summer Time
be
seen at the Krug theater the first four
nights of the coming week, commencing
Sunday matinee. George Evans, who hetds
the cist, Is known as the "Honey Boy"
from one end of the country to the other
He Is author of the songs. "In the Good
Old Summer Time," "Standing on the
Corner," "Didn't Mean No Harm," "I'll Ue
True to My Honey Boy." and other popular
melodies. As Tommy Todd, a Jockey, he
has a role that fits him like a glove, af
fording opportunities for bis peculiar com
rdy talents and sweet singing. Mr. Evans
Is supported by John Conroy, Charles Mc
Donald, John Kearney. Go IT Phillips, Karl
Stall. George Lord. Fred Hylanda, Har
lands Knight. Annie Marteil. rear! Rever,
h"rse. light wagon and saddle hnr
The Journey Occupied three days. lo
j largest companies play Mont,
eryf and then only because the distance
twftn Washington and New Orleans ma
Porothy I.a Mir, Varle Hylanda. Iella
Freeae, Esther Mark find other.
"Th! Oeorgla, Camp Meeting" ta th title
of the novel show that will appear at the
Krug Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights and Saturday matinee. The com
pany la composed of about thirty colored
comedians, singers and dancers anJ the en
tertainment Is one of fun and song. South
ern plnntatlon melodies are numerous on
the program.
"Marcel's Art Studies." a series of liv
ing pictures In baa reliefs and statusry
groups, Is the big "head line" card at the
Orpheum for the week, beginning matinee
today. Marcel Is a Parisian who has made
this form of art his vocation for years.
He has for models fourteen shapely young
women and a number of well formed men
who are said to have had experience lit
Paris studios. The subjects are reproduc
tions of famous palntlnrs. among those to
he shown here are: "The Oleaners," "Vlr
glnlus," "La Clgate," "The Abduction,"
"The Huntress," "Oedipus," "The Co
quette." "Apollo," "The Sailor's Return"
and "For the Flag." Another feature Just
as important, but of the funmaklng order,
will be Sager Mldgley and Gertie Carlisle
presenting .a sketch called "After School,"
which Is a continuation of their "Sammy
and Sarah" child series. Clara Ballerlnl,
a noted beauty of the Italian stage, does a
trapeze performance. Billy Link will con
tribute stories and parodies In black face
guise. The vocal feature will be Louise
Brehaney, a soprano who Is well known
on the concert stage. Singing and dancing
are the salient features of the turn of
Trask and Gladden, a male "faahlon plate
duo." Arthur Ballerlnl's troupe of trained
dogs will exemplify animal Intelligence and
furnish amusement In a varied assortment
of "stunts." The klnodrome pictures will
bo new.
Gossip from Mageland.
Jane Kennnrk will close her very success
ful season In "Under Two Flags" with a
week at the Auditorium, Kansas City, be
glm.ing tomoriow.
Lillian Burkhart, the vaudeville actress,
who was recently divorced from her actor
hut.hand. Charles Dickson, was married
nwain last week to Oeorge Goldsmith, a
wealthy merchant of Loa Angeles, Cal.
Miss Viola Allen's dates for Omaha were
changed during the week. She was to
have been here Frldny and Saturday even
ings, but will not come until May 2 and S,
when she will present "Twelfth Night"
at the Boyd.
The Elks made quite a field nlfrht of It
at the Orpheum on Thursday evening, when
they turned out In a body to greet Hal
Davl.i, a member of the local lodge. Mr.
Davis and Miss McCauley were both pre
sented with handsome bouquets and the
afialr was made pleasing from both sides
of the footlights.
Billy B. Van will be starred In a new
musical comedy next season which Is to
be called "A Country Clerk." Sullivan,
Harris and v ooda are to manage the tour.
Van will have a role siaillur to his familiar
Palaey Iol.var creation, appearing first
as a chore boy in a country groetiy and
later aa a lieak In u museum. Ueoige
Totten Smith and Ren ttnieids will pro
vide the libretto.
William Faversham'e next play will
likely be a dramatization of Hamlin tur
land s popular novel, "Hesper." The dra
matic version Is being made by dimming
Pollock, who Is also reported to be at
work on a play lor Grace Ueorge s use
next season. Mr. Pollock, tor a beginner,
la meetlim with much success, his first
effort, "The Pit," In Wilton Lackaye'a
hands, being one of the successes ul the
seuson.
Like her big brother George, Josephine
Cohan la to be a star next seaaon. tihe
will be seen In a sprightly comedy called
"The Leading Lady," and supported by a
big company under the management of her
husband. Fred Ntblo will book a tour to
all the principal cities where she Is a favor
ite. A featured member of the company
will be Mile. Marie Floubet, a Parisian
singer, who has attracted attention In
France for the past two or three seasons.
The all-star revival of "The Two Or
phans" teems to have struck a popular
chord In New York, and the chances are
that a tour of this big company will bring
the season to a successful close. Unlike
most of these all-star casts the one In "The
Two Orphans" seems to be working In
much better harmony than had been ex
pected, and so far the great cast and the
Impressive old play has lived through SS
years In filling the big New Amsterdam
theater nightly with audiences that are
as deeply interested in the pathetic unfold
ing of tne story aa was ever witnessed In
the glorious past. There Is little livelihood
of the west seeing any of this big revival,
but If It could be arranged It looks as If
a brief tour through the larger cities of
the central states would be a big Buccess.
When Richard Mansfield comes to Omaha
next week he will give Omaha people one
of the richest treats he has to ofter. He
will ue here on Friday und tialuruay even
ings, May t and 7, and will piay a matinee
on Saturday. On Friday evening he will
present his great tragedy, "ivan, the Ter
rible," in wincn he made so notable a tri
umph In New York; at the matinee on
Saturday he will give "Beau Brummell,"
one of the best tnlnga in his repertory,
and on baluraay evei.ing he will present
'Old Heidelberg," a comedy drama In
which he has scored heavily this season.
Oinuha, Is thus being treated belter than
any of the cities on the route. Mr. Mans
field Is moving across the country tnls
lime in ths moat Imposing caravan ever
fitted uilt for a theatrical unterprlav. His
special train contains eleven cars, und Ins
company includes luO people.
MAKING MUCH0VER H0WELLS
American Ueiua; Katertalued and Does
gome Talking; While In
Eiiavlaad,
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, April l.-(New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) "There is
no such a thing as a great American
novel a,nd never will be," declared William
Dean Howeile to the English journalist
who asked him about the talk In literary
circles of the coming great American novel.
'Novels," Mr. Huwells went on, "I hope
will be plenty and I hope to write one my
self but no American novel Is possible. As
a people we are absolutely decentralized.
Our people can never fuse Into anything
that could be called a composite American
type."
Mr. Howells is staying at Clarldgea and
Is being much feted by English literary
people. Sunday evening Colonel Harvey
had a dinner party for him at which
Henry James. Clement Bcott. Oeorge I ..eve
sou, Gower and 'several others were pres
ent.
Mr. Howells Intends to stay In England
a year at least. Already he Is engaged In
getting at first hand material for a hook
on the Intellectual development of the New
Eng'and settlors.
Speaking of literary things In America,
Mr. Howells raid:
"There are some very bad signs, but In
spite of them, I see great reason for grati
fication. The most obvious thing with the
United Slutes Is the immense amount of
trashy fiction being manufactured. A glo
rification of the dime novel. Take the ordi
nary dime novel and sell It for a dollar and
a half and there you have the bulk of the
fiction read in America today. But what
la satisfactory Is that the success of the
bad novels does not Interfere with that of
the good ones.
"Chicago Is becoming the center of a
very active school of novelists. I think
very highly of Edith Wlatt, who has a
fine sense of style, but knows li erature too
well to be literary. Then there is Edith
Wharton end poor Frank Foreys. to the
mystical side of whose nature no one has
done Justice, and Brand Whltl ck who has
written the beet American political novel
that haa ever been done, 'The Thirteenth
District.' "
Mr. Howells also mentioned William Al
len White of Emporia, George Wesson of
Maine. Abraham Cuhn and Charles Egbert
Craddock.
Mr. Howells said in an Interview; "The
specific element which the literary world
most needs at the present time la a humor
ist, romanticism, realism. Realism and
seriousness have Innumerable strugglers.
good, bad and Indifferent, but there is left
to the English writing world today but one
great humorist Mark Twala."
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A few odd lots of fancy Chairs, suitable
for hall, bed room or desk, fancy panel
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Jardiniere Stands Sacrificed
Our entire line of Jardiniere Stands to be
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ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM
The department encampment of the Ne
braska Grand Army of the Republic will
be held In Kearney May 11, and the vet
erans are making bis preparation for the
event. There is likely to be a brisk con
test for department commander, although
but two candidates have developed thus
far. They are Rev. Harmon Bross of lin
tctoln, former department chaplain, and
Senior Vice Commander John Lett of York
county. The Lincoln Grand Army of the
Republic Is going to make a hard tight
for Chaplain Iirosa on the ground that at
the Plattsmouth encampment three years
ago and at Omaha two years ago It waa
agreed by the department candidate for
senior and Junior vice commander, that
they would not be candidate for th suc
cession to department commander or senior
vice commander. They were elected on this
ground. There Is no special objection to
the candidacy of Senior Vice Commander
Lett, but there seems to be a determina
tion to do away with the succession rule,
which has heretofore very nearly disrupted
the order in this state.
The approaching encampment at Kear
ney recalls the fact that th annual re
union of the Grand Army of the Republlo
of Nebraska is to be held at Omaha this
year. It was voted by the department en
campment held lit this city two year ago
that the reunion waa to be held here
this year. The official details for th i
reunion will be arranged at the com- I
wag cii.uiiifiiicM, at - - J -
detail of Omaha citizens Interested In the
reunion will go to Kearney to confer with
tho department officers. It should be
borne in mind that the department en
campment and the Grand Army of th Re
public reunion are two entirely separate
and distinct affairs. The former la merely
the official gathering of the department
for the election of olllcers, while th re
union 1 In all respects a reunion of all the
veterans of the state.
Th thirteenth annual convention of th
Ladle of th Grand Army of the Repub
lic, department of Ntbraska, will convene
at Odd1 Fellows' hall. Kearney, Wednes
day, May 11. Headquarters will be estab
lished at room 14, Midway hotel. Railroads
have made a rate of one fare, plu 60 cnts,
for the round trip, tickets to be sold May
10 to 18, Inclusive, gcod to r'urn until
May 15. This sume concession aa regard
rates to the encampment will prevail with
the Grand Army of the Republic ami the
Woman's Relief corps, which hold their
state meetings at the same lime and plac.
The state convention of th Woman'
Relief corps, department of Nebraska, will
be held at Kearney May 11. 1904. Th In
dlcatlon are for one of the largest and
most harmonious conventions ever held by
this organization in the state.
Alpha Grove No. i. Woodmen Circle,
meets on the second and fourth Saturday
evenings of each month In Myrtle hall.
Fifteenth and Douglas streets. Th first
meeting In their new home was held April
. The grove Is In a prosperous condl
t'on, the lust report to the supreme grove
showing no suspensions and an Increase
In membership. Ten application for mem
bership were presented at the last meet
ing. On the occasion of the next meeting,
Saturday, the evening will be devoted to
dancii.g and cards. All members are
urgently Invited to be present.
Th Sons and Daughters of Protection.
Omaha ramp. No. Hi. will give a grand
ball Monday evening. April IS. at Tri
angle ball. Twenty-second and Cuming
Streets.
Referring to the exercise last Tuecday
evening at Myrtle hall In connection with
the state convention of the Ladles of th
Maccsbraa, th member of Hul'Uter hive.
1315-17-19 FABHAH ST. Qracry af)fj
Record
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Rope Portieres
$2.50 for 75c, $5 for $1.50
MONDAY
We have taken onr travellnsjmen
complete sample line of ROI'IC POIt
TIKHKS, ironds that we) wholesale nt
from 91.RO to fA.oo urr pair, which
we will plure on sale Monday In two
lots seventy-live cents and s dollar
and n half.
$l.r0, $2.(10 and 12.50
Rope rortlerea
for
$3.50. $4.00 and $5.00
Kope Toi-tleres
for
MONDAY
SEE OUR LINE OF
ORIENTAL RUGS
Open Saturday Evinings
AMUSEMENTS.
0
NIGHTS:
I5C, 25c,
50c, 75c.
KRUG TC1MEE3
Another $1.50 Show at 25c, 50c and 75c
4 NIGHTS AND SUNDAY and
WEDNESDAY MATINEE....
BEGINNING MATINEE TODAY
THE SHEA AMUSEMENT CO. presents
GEORGE V EVANS
And 50 ot"er, mostly tunning ahow flrU.
In the big musical comedy,
THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME.
3 Rights and Saturday Halln8e-SKArlXgT!;uA'DAV
....GIDEON'S....
GEORGIA GAMP MEETING GO.
30Peop!e-30-Headcd by Desdunes & Harris
A deluge of delightful diversions Something doing all the time. Abso
lutely free from an objectionable word or action. Presenting the most
talented singers, dancers, vaudevUIUts and refined fun makers.
Revival of the Old-Time Songs and Melodies of tne Cottonfields.
niMV CTDCCT DID I RE .nil COCC CnN
UAILI Oinun inunuk auu iihb vwnvbiuv NlKht Fl
BOYD'S w.?.S',", T0,omSnaJ,uv P..O..T
Klaw & Erlanger Present the
ROGERS BROTHERS IN LONDON
IIO-UPSTERTAIMER5-HO
Prices, SOc, 75c, tl.00. 60. 12.00. NO FREE LIST.
Fiv Nights. Commencing Tuesday Eve. -Mat. WednssJay and Saturday
ROSE CECILIA SHAY
a."rd ENGLISH fiRAND OPERA COMPANY
BKPKRTOnV.
Tuesday Night and Saturday Matlnee-CARMEN.
Wednesday Matinee and Baturday Night BOHEMIAN UIKU.
Wednesday Night-IU TROVATORE.
Thursday Nlght-P AUST. , ,
Friday Night. Grand Double Blll-rPa;llccl aod Cavallerla Rustlcana.
Augumentod Orchestra. Perfect Productions
THE ONLY GRAND OPERA OF THE SEASON.
PRICES S6c, 60c 75c, 11.00. tl.pO-BPpCIAL, BAKC1AIN MATINEES 2Sc, 80c.
No. 21. and Gata City hive labored for
weeks In preparation for the exercises
mentioned. The exhibition drill was Wad
by the mlstress-at-arms and the sergeant
of the Holllster hive and was assisted by
Gate City guards. No. The Gate City
guards also assisted in the Initiatory work.
The banner bearers' work received par
tlcular commendation on the part of the
supreme officers and was a Jut tribute
for their many wevks of untlrln fforia
In perfecting their part of the work. Hol
llster hive. No. n. received the state prize
for securing the largest membership for
the Initiation class.
Ulllan temple. No. 1. Rathbone Bl.tera.
will give a card and dancing party In
Myrtle hall. Fifteenth and IJouglas streets.
Monday evening. April a. RefreshminU
will be served and a very plessant even
ing la promised.
Omaha council. No. . Royal League,
haa taken the lodge room In the Bee build
ing, and will hold Its first meeting Thjrs
day evening next. W. C. Potts, collector,
having been transferred by his company
to Lincoln, haa aecesaltated a change In
Breaking
&1
75c
1.50
ONLY
17-19
Carpet Company
AKOSBMEltTS.
MATINEES
Best Seats
25 Cents.
PCBTNoon - Principul Business streets.
ront of the Theatre,
officers of the council. The following com
prise the new officials: Frank R. Btralght
of Masterman A Co., collector; C. E.
Stallard of the Illinois Central, scribe, end
Alfred Thomas, treasurer.
Triangle lodge. No. M. Knights of Pythias,
will work In the first rank on neat Thursday
evening. All affiliating lodges In the city
and sojourning knights have been Invited
to be present and assist In the work.
Gate City hive, No. . I-adles of Macca
bees, will give a May ball In Washington
hall. May 12. All hlv-s and lents of Omaha.
South Omaha snd Council BlufTs are cor
dially Invited to attend.
The liveliest sort of Interest is being
taken In the approaching drill contest be
tween the champion drill team of Modern
Woodmen of America. No. 120, and the
champion drill team of Ancient Order of
fnlted Workmen. No. 17. which will take
place Tuesday evening, April 2. In Crelgh
tnn hall. Fifteenth and Harney Btroeu.
Both teams already have won the highest
laurels ss the champions of their rela
tive orders and the contest will be worth
Sales
FaTOWDAY
Our Comploto Wholesalo Stock
of room Bize Rugs will be sold Monday at
manufacturer's prices. 9x12 Wilton Velvet
and best quality Axminster Rugs ut
$19.75. Best quality 8-3x10-6 Wilton Vel
vet and Axminster liugs, regular f27.50
and $30.00 rugs, on salo Monday at
U a 'Each
MONDAY
Hall Seats Sacrificed
Four-foot solid quartered oak hand pol
ished Hall Heat or Settee, A fl C
worth nearly double only. . . ."fctl
Hall Treo
Solid Oak Hall Tree, brass coat hooks,
French bevel plate mirror, with umbrella
stand, worth nearly double, Q "TK
only Oi I U
India Stools the $1 50 kind QC
for UwU
FARM
ST.
iMl'SEMEVrS.
TELKPHOJVB 1831.
Week Commencing
Sun. Mat, April 17
Today 2: 1 5. Tonight 8: 1 5.
Modern
Vaudeville
Marcels Art Studies
and Bas Reliefs
The Most Artistic nnd Beautiful of Living
Pictures.
Sager Midgley
& Gertie Carlisle
Presenting "After School."
Clara Ballerini
Charming Trapese Artist.
Billy Link
Konologlst.
Louise Brehaney
Operatic Vocalist. '
Trask & Gladden
The Malo Faahlon Plates of Vp-ToDate
Vaudeville.
Ballerini's Dogs
Marvels of Canine Intelligence.
Kinodrome
In New and Time Ufe Motion Views.
PRICES. 10:, 23c, 50;. ,
THe SCIENCE AND ART
OP SINGING -- -
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Special Breathing
K
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V
STUUIO-DAVIDGE BLK..
1802 TARNAM STKEET
Table D'Hote Dinner and
Roast Caponfor Supper
at THE CALUMET Today
WESTERN BOWLING
ALLEYS
Everything new and up-to-date.
Special attention to private parties.
TEL. L22. IfilO HOWARD STREET.
going miles to see. Kep the dale In
mtnd and do not make any oilier engv
ment for that evening.
Trat-her Hecrlves r atal lajeries.
BI.OOMINOTON. III.. April K- Albert
White, well known central MlimU elucator .
and principal of the piil.lle hools at i
OIioll. rx'.tved a skull frai-tuiv hriI othr
Injuries which sre pronoun' ed futal by
aulkii g off a Chicago Ac Alton truin near
r,u lioinn In G'lien. presumably while
asleep. He was brought to a uouplt la
itluuiiili.gtun.
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