THE OMATIA' DAILY HEEt SUNDAY MAY 15, 1904.
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v "ABOUT PLAYS, FLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Thl week will see the close of the regu
lar reason at both the Boyd and Krag
theaters, and It la violating; no confidence
to aar tfcat the manarm of both theater
Will welcome the respite that net Bat
urday -will brlns; them. The season haa
been .one of the moat remarkable ever
known. In the beginning- a campaign of
unusual brilliance had been planned for
the'. Boyd, and the opening gave some
promise that the plana would be fulfilled,
but .while the aeaaon waa yet in the bud
came the slump in New York City, and
production after production waa pulled off,
companies were disbanded, and the first
crarti of the theatrical earthquake was
felt. Then came the Iroquois disaster,
and' the business waa done. January 1
found Manager Burgess booking list prac
ticably annihilated, and for alx weeks
nothing couid be done to better the situa
tion.' The latter part of "the season has
bee notified for the brief visits of some
, of '(Tie best actors on the stage, but the
season as a whole haa been very unsat
isfactory. Those attractions that did get
through to Omaha have .been very well
repaid In the way of patronage, and It is
the hope of Messrs. Woodward A Burgess
that the list for next season will not be
"sht to pieces" like the ast one.
Ai;Vthe Krug condition were somewhat
different from those that prevailed at the
Boyd. Opened for the purpose of explolt
tng"vthe "popular priced" attractions, lis
management found little dlfflcuty In se
curing companies with which to keep its
doora; .opened during the entire season. Its
llra- "dark" night coming almost at the
Closed.'. Messrs. Hudson 6 Judah purpose
runpfhg their house on the same plan next
season. It is expected that they will be
able tO offer a little better line of attrac
1 tlon. . as many of the "popular" plays
pot ton ;ln a more ambitious way will be
at their, disposal that they could not secure
for Omaha th's season. A new local man
agey will have charge of the theater,' Mr.
II. J. Qonden having resigned last week,
to tk effect at once, and returned to
newspaper work. It is not. likely that Bam
Benjamin will be in fhe box office elthe
and J ruoier haa it that an entire reorgan
isation of the working force will take
This afternoon Krug park opens to the
public,,, the first of, the outdoor resorts to
get into action for the season and next
Sunday' the Frris stock company begins its
annual. summer season at the Boyd.
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It Is,, with very little regret that we hark
back tpv the Scotch and the men who have
Introduced them to the outside world of to
day:, Jn many ways Dr. Barrle and Dr.
Watso have performed a real service for
their. 'tallow meiy not of. Scotland, but of
the world. The people who are directly
dealt with through ih-tori. told by -the
reverend gentlemen who found time to 1st
their .pens stray. from orthodox sermons fo
the more Inviting realms of fiction, did not
profit -by the publicity given Orelr private
lives. , They ask -ftritner assistance nor sym
pathy."tXrom the world.. The Independence
that ha characterized them from the 'days
whenfthe Uomsns built a great dyke across
the Island to separate the unconquered
from vtBe conquered bribes has lasted until
whom, "it is recorded that "fair play, he
earedf-na deW at-btfae,fVi wrfe ire. not
very Boot requires .the inspiration under
whlchTammas oslalwlng.at Ihejnpmeat
wrltteitfi of, nor Is It shown that the Bcot
Is In fyiywls averse to the source of the
Inaouefanc of toe laird j( 'Bhanter on that
particitlar Hallowe'en,' In uellglpn, In pol
itics. In all his walk through life, the Scot
has maintained this attitude of indifference
to the'" opinion of . others, so long as he
feels i the satisfaction of. having the ap
proval of hla own conscience. Bo the stories
of Thrums and Drumtochtia passed him
over ha'rmlesily; but to the world at large
they oarhe' almost as a revelation. A new
type Was Introduced, a people strange In
Its Isolation from' ttre things of the world,
l.aBA yet so keenly alive to and intimately
oosoqjauiq wun xne anrairs or the universe
outside- It own narraw range as . to be at
once a paradox and a delight.
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fWafioa la gernira'f result, so the decision
iimust be predicated on . detail. By this
method a count rather In . favor of Barrle
,may be obtained, although thia, too, will
depend on personal predilection rather
than established fact. In Illustration: Wat
son Is always under, the spell of the creed
of which he la, an -expounder, one that In
sists on deaifng with earthly Affairs very
seriously. . He has Illuminated "the short
and 'simple, annals of the poor" In a man
ner tfhat haa given us. a direct Idea of the
life fiX the people in the rural districts,
rher life Is a-gober struggle from begin
ning -to end, and where, warm, symoathetlo
r)ieort beat true undr rough exteriors, and
this tfery hour). ;and the. sturdy Scotchman
still fails the lf (4vof Versonia "jiwjcpunt-
ability: that mltrkod'Tam o' Bhanter. of
pnera menasnip takes Its expression In
ijlme of trouble and adversity, and is leal
i through all trials. "Their homely Joys
Mid destiny obscure" are also set out for
I fan by Dr. Watson, while over It all spreads
' .the shelter of a faith that Is sublime, and
belief that Is an.. ever-present comfort
and a solace In all times of need, even
! though It may serve to temper exuberance
Ltn any outlj)jrt,of expression as to things
j.1 bat are ,9 earth, earthy. r t .
; Not;lee- reverent..,Jut more sunny.' Dr.
;, iarrie lets'us come' tn and mingle with-the
!wllr in the smaller inland towns, where
v ean meet the people In their homes and
t n their workshops; where town and coun
try aalx together in such Intimacy that one
lean hardly tell where the : boundary be
tweeen them J lea. The humor of Barrle
.:f lesa. saturnine, and more airy than Is
'that ot Watson and ia far more enjoyable
'for thtorm The good old spirit of
fresbytorfanlsm, Is .not diluted, but Its
Sharpness shades off into something' more
(early approaohlng harmony with other
faith. And It la a more genial and softer
spirit that pervade the Barrle Scotchman;
ke la- the stern and unyielding descendant
of those who held their meetings In the
pen air In defiance of the king's order and
the king's soldiers; but he has also the
avtng grace of a well defined sense of the
Value of the lighter thing of life and a keen
appreciation of what to him - appear ad
Vantage of the-moat desirable sort, even
(hough they look small and mean to the
larger world outside his little orbit. Barrle
haa set his dwellers In Thrums before us
Without apology for their manifest un
sophisticated ideas of life. Tet he has at
JTte.same time proved to us that they have
a "capacity for large things, and when w
are tempted Into a" smile at the seriousness
with which they treat trifles, we are al
most .at the' same time surprised Into ad
rJileation at the excellent management with
wf.rh the more serious problems of their
life are handled.
-;,Thoe.pf tis who have come to know our
Th,ums from Caddam Wood through Windy
ghbul, past poubledykea and through the
Qln;' who have met Dominie Ogllvy and
the Ker. Gavin Dlshart: who have-had our
bajrgagw ''handled by "Corp" Shiach, and
have listened to the wonderful tales of ad
venture told-by that premier of travelers
and patriarch 'of humortrts, Tammaa Hag-
ajartf who have noted Lens- Tammas Wan
auosd liiifreselvf figure-ea the we -to
open the door of the Auld Llcht church on
a 8unday morning, and who have wondered
with Waster Lunny as he stood In awe of
Elspeth' superior wisdom and established
ability to keep her own Counsel; who have
paused long enough to Indulge a passing
"crack" with Weary warld, and later longed
to get in one good, awlft kick where It
would do Mr. Thomas Bandys tha most
good; who reverently uncovered that day
when the minister (It was not Mr. Dishart)
laid the paper In the coffin In which the
worn and world-weary body of the "Painted
Lady" was laid to rest, and who later re
joiced with Grisel as shs grew to woman
hoodwe are the ones who know where to
turn In those chronicles of the old, old
town and find that which gives us most in
return for our efforts. And when we feel
that we really want to meet the Barrle
people we open "The Little Minister."
It Is a matter for deep regret that, so
long as authors feel that they must pre
pare their books for the. stage, no method
has been devised whereby the original at
mosphere may be preserved and adapted
for the purposes of the drama, even a the
book In. This, alas, ht been found Im
practicable. Occasionally a story ha been
much improved by being dramatised, and
la far more acceptable as a play than a
a story. "Pudd'nhead Wilson" is an ex
cellent example of this, and "Soldiers of
Fortune" may also be cited, but "The
Little Minister" la not one. So many lib
erties had to be taken In order to com
press it Into acting length that not only
Is Its literary value sadly marred,
but the real charm of the story
has been all but destroyed. The
arts and wiles of Babble are preserved, so
that a splendid role for a competent ac
tress has been provided, but the character
of Gavin Dishart haa suffered to a de
gree that all but destroys Its Identity. It
Is impossible In the play to give any Idea
of the consternation that seises the con
gregation on that Sunday morning when
the minister, after announcing hla text
as being In the eighth chapter of Erra,
suddenly changed, read a verse Of Genesis,
and then held forth extemporaneously for
more than two hours. What Dr. Dishart
might have said on any one of a number
of excellent text to be found In the eighth
chapter of Exra will go down to poster
ity along with the story about Grouse
In the tfunroom, a literary mystery. But
there is no doubt os to the line of tifought
pursued in the discourse based on that
verse that tells of how Eve ate the apple
and gave to her husband that he might
eat also. Nor are we left to speculate as
to the amasement of those who sat under
the little minister's preaching. "What will
our children's children think on't?" asked
Elspeth on the way home. What most of
us would like to know I what Lang Tam
mas really thought when he saw the min
ister tear the leaf from the Bible and
throw it Into the fire.
Much of the real charm of the story Is
destroyed 1 In the expedient that changes
Babble from the Egyptian foundling into
Lord Bintoul's daughter. It Is much more
comforting to think of Gavin Dishart as
the rival to the noble lord than to con
template him as the son-in-law of a peer.
And that dreadfully dramatic scene on the
bank of the Quharlty, when Gavin Dishart
risked his . life to save. Lord Rlntolil'. that
,Jhe might learn of Babble' whereabouts, ,1s
also lost, in all the realms of literature
there 1 nothing finer than this. The
sublime; faith that upheld the' rrian of God
in the face of death, while the man of the
world -roveld' in atiJeot fear, is. one of
the most convincing things In the whole
book. And the deliberation with which the
little minister called above the r6ar of the
rushing waters to the sorrowing men above
him his direction for the disposition of
his little property, and for hla funeral, not
forgetting to put In a check against the
probable claim of an Itinerant' book seller,
Is but a characteristic of the manner of
man with whom Barrle deals. Gavin
Dlehort felt his end was near, but con
scious only of bis high calling, he led hi
flock to the end, and over the noise of
the water his voice rose through the mist,
clear and steady and strong, delivering
his farewell sermon and lining out the
metric psalm for them to sing. Such pic
tures are not for the stage, more' a the
pity. It needs little aid from the Imagina
tion to see the scene as Barrle depicts It;
but. how tawdry and' unsatisfying would
It appear should an attempt be made to
reproduce It on the stage. Tet It Is on
of the central Incident of the book.
The little subetory of the love of Mr.
Ogllvy and Gavin's mother is another of
the necessarily omitted features, one that
Is sufficient for a play In ltsslf. Indeed,
come to think of it, the wonder I It has
not been seized upon for elaboration Into
a four-act dimma. Much less worthy and
lefs dramatlo themes have been success
fully exploited.
As to the comedy elements, th story Is
a living well-spring of the richest of
humor. -No attempt will be made here
to enumerate Its many smiles, but enough
have been transplanted to, the play to give
It . the essential piquancy. Along 'with Us
wealth of humojr, it ' abounds In pathos
of the mot subtle sort. '"You should have
heard 'me ' greet (cry) When my'mlther
dle'di say .little Mioah Dow to Babble,
when "the ' Egyptian sack to comfort her
by tha WelL There he offer her his rab
bit to. give Ovet the"nohantment"of the
minister. ,Rab Dow' dog Ilk attachment
to, the minister, and hi fanatical deter
mination to kill th Egyptian la pathetlo
to tha extreme, and the-visit -of th pr-
ceotor ' to - th home of the Dishart. to
discharge himself of b duty of telling th
mother of her son's disgrace.'' la uch a
mjnglinif of comedy and tragedy that the
reader hardly knows whether to ' laugh
br cryli. So, through, aA th tory run the
element of life, mingled a they r In
reality, and simply a it begin th story
Milt. . .
.. It dramatisation has been deftly ,nd
tenderly done. Dr. Barrle must have felt
some hesitancy when he first placed the
book before th publlo for fear that hi
people would be misunderstood, and that
thoughtless laughter would great them In
many Instances, where th real fact are
such as deserve pity rather than ridi
cule. And It 1 apparent that much th
same consideration swayed him to a Urge
degree In preparing It for th stag. II
gave u a delightful book, and out of a
portion of It plenitude he ha mad for
u a beautiful play. In other times. The
Be haa pointed out that Dr. Barrle knows
enough to write a play of Interest, on
that amuses and instructs, and I at th
same time cleanly In Its every aspect. Of
such, la th "Little Minister," and the
only regret one haa In this connection
Is that there are not more writer of the
Barrle mind.
Cosnlaar Events.
This afternoon and evening at th Boyd
Billy Krsnds minstrel will be th at
traction, affording a revival of the bid time
black-face fun and merriment. Th com
pany I said to be a vecv strong one. fully
capable of giving an enjoyable minstrel
performance, and ha o; its roster a num
ber of specialty artists who tsk part In
the rlollo that folloma ths first part.
On Monday evening Mr. E. H. Bothern
come for bis annual vlf, this time
'
senting "Th Proud Prince," a play by
Justin Huntley McCarthy On the lt-fond of
Hubert of Sicily. Mr. McCarthy has seised
th theme which has served a number of
other writer, notably Longfellow, and has
woven it Into a most impreealve drama,
which Mr. Bothern is giving such artistlo
interpretation as to have won for himself
unstinted praise. Th ploy point a moral,
for It show how the good in man will
triumph over th evil when properly awak
ened. In the case of Robert of Sicily the
proud prince Is brought low by a miracle
and Is finally saved by hla love for a pure
woman and through his penitence Is re
stored to his kingly throne again. Mr.
Bothern Is supported by a specially se
lected company, and th production Is
mounted In a most lavish style, the scenery
being even more elaborate and tha electrlo
effects more startling than those of his last
great production, "If I Were King." Two
great transformation scenes, one in which
th king 1 reduced to the condition of tha
court fool, and the other where the fool is
changed again into the king, are among
the marvels of modern stagecraft. Another
great seen 1 the fight In the church,
where the fool uses the cross as a weapon
against the soldiers, who are urged on by
their commander to seize the heroine, and
find after the fight that he ha not
strength to budge the heavy cross he wields
so lightly during the affray. The engage
ment is for Monday and Tuesday evening
only.
Musical comedy, drama, ballet and French
vaudeville and historical tableaux are In
cluded tn th three acts of "Mam'selle Na
poleon," the Jean Richeyln play In which
Zlegfeld, Jr., will present Miss Anna Held
at the Boyd theater on Friday evening.
Saturday matinee and Saturday evening of
the present week. The play is the adapta
tion by Joseph W. Herbert of the eminent
French writer's work, and Gustav Luders,
composer of "The Burgomaster" and "The
Prince of Pilsen," provided the score. The
scene of the play la laid In France during
the most brilliant period of the Napoleonic
regime, the character assumed by Miss
Held being that of the emperor' favorite
actress. Mile. Mara The play is in three
act and five tableaux and has no fewer
than forty-four speaking or singing parts,
to say nothing of a chorus of over 100 per
sons. The first act shows the green room
of the Comedie Francalse in 1809, which
serves at the same time as a dressing
room for Mile. Mara The second act takes
place on the Lake Compelgne, Napoleon's
summer residence. The stage represents
an Island in the middle of the lake, In
moonlight, and with the chateau illumi
nated for an imperial fete In the back
ground. The third act, first scene, repre
sents the Interior of the Grand opera house,
fans, during a masked ball, with a dance
by the opera ballet. The second hows
the historical "return from Elba," with
the emperor and his staff on horseback at
the head of a battalion of Grenadier
Guards. The Zlegfeld chorus Is a strong
feature of an Anna Held production.
The attraction at tha Krua th rf ml
of th week, opening with the matinee
toaay, will be "Was She to Blame T" The
story Is that of an artist's daughter, Diana
Balfour, who lives with a maiden aunt and
accepts a proposal of marriage from her
guardian, Bruno Severn. Diana Is taken to
live with her husband and his sister, who
treat her most Inhumanly. The companion-
snip or her child Is even denied her and
she finally curses them and runs i-
llevlng that they have killed her babe. She
nears or aruno Severn a death, meets Lord
Kurston' and Am V t rw ... ,
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tip and accuses he of being his faithless
wife. But this does not alter Lord Kurs
ton's love for her. Severn expires In a fit
of apoplexy.' Her son Is restored to her
and all ends well. The cqmedy is supplied
by Elam Washington Paneake, Martha Ann
Hoptoo and Petlpan. ,v ;
Gossip from Staire'ind.
Frederick Warde and Kathren Kidder
are to be starred together next season by
Wngenhals & Kemper.
When "Pilgrim's Progress" is done over
into a play, the next thins to iook for will
be a farce-comedy on the spelling book.
Eugene Canfleld, another of the comedi
ans who gained fame and money through
the medium of the Hoyt plays. Is dead. He
was Grlmeiy In "A Bunch of Keys." Rats
In "A Tin Soldier" and had other parts In
the Hoytlnn list. -
Anna Held bought an open-faced Rocky
mountain canary one day last week in Col
orado. When' she starts down the boule
vard behind that critter she will certainly
get a paragraph in the Parisian papers. It
may be in the police court column, though.
Poor old Lilian Russell! It Is kind of hard
to be turned out of home at her time of life,
but the Casino couldn't last forever, and
she must go out with the reet. And at
thai there has not yet been a single fatal
ity Reported In the rush of managers to se
cure her services a a star.
Jo Weber and Lew Field own up that
they have dissolved, and will quit as soon
lis they have made an unceraln number of
' farewell" appearance at New York thea
ter. TheV furnished some mighty good
reading for New Yorkers In telling their
story for publication, but this far west It
looks as If they were getting lots of ad
vertialng. At any rate, the statement that
once thoy did not speak Off the stage to
each other for six months sounds like one
of their Jests. All the time they were oc
cupying the same dressing room, eating at
the same restaurant and all that sort of
thing, "for business reasons."
There Is a great deal being said and writ
ten nowadays about "Nervousness," and aa
I see many Indications of the close of th
season, in the arrival at this office of pro
gram of "Pupils' recitals," I have thought
that a word er two about, nervousness
might not b out of place.
How did I get rid of nervousness? Well,
that is a pertinent question and were you
to talk with many friends of mine they
would say that I have never overcome it.
True, In way. But I have arrived at the
place whor It doe not Interfere. It is not
a case of the stuttering person who ap
proached th Philadelphia policeman and
asked, "Wh-wh-where doe D-D-D-octor
B-B-B-Brown live, the m-ra-man that cu-cu-cures
stuttering?" the answer from the
aforesaid policeman being, "At the co-co-oorner
of the n-ne-next t-t-t-tret; he
cu-cu-eu-cured me." Not at all.
I don't suppose that anyone who really
feel his work and realizes his responsi
bility gets along without nervousness. I
have aeen many fine artist behind th
oene and they were not a placid aa they
appeared when at work upon the stag or
concert platform.
If, therefore, the few Idea which may
have helped m (and others) can be of any
service to those dear people who will make
th first bew In fear and trembling at a
pupils' recital this month or next, I will
feel repaid a thousand fold.
First of all, then, let us consider the
causa of the nervous malady which bother
us.
In th first place, It seems to me that it
should not be considered si a disease. In
th sense of a malady, but simply what
you say, namely, a "dis-ease," or not-ease.
That 1 what practically annoy us.
If we were afllloted with a serious nerve
trouble or affection. It would be Impossible
for us to be at the recital at all.
Starting, then, with the Idea that ner
vousness I not a sickness, or "indisposition
proceeding from Impaired organic fu no
tions," but Is a temporary dis-ease, and
realising that th one who suffers is. after
the nervous period, sble to eat, sleep,
laugh, enjoy, live life to the fullest, we may
go on to consider what we can do to con
trol It.
Let us abolish th word nervousness J-I
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logeiiicr. vu,-"i
catalogue! It is oo olosely allied and too
often ued in connection wh c"""""
exhaustion, etc H 1 a. "nervou wreck.'
for example.- ...
Wten you are In that condition wnicn .
... th mihlic 'aDDearance, re-
member that you are just aVoued, kindled.
wide awake, tirrea to qijon. u
-f..iin trfsky." a It were. Did
you ever notice a fin horse pawing the
ground and snimng in air,
v. . . fnr th word "go." and when
the word waa given,. hav you not ofttlme
felt the thrill which emea o cuu
hn.rvi iii. entire system as he bor you
along on th wing of tha wind?
that ia the same thing exaouy a iuw
stage-fright which w ar talking about. '
We nuit get a hold on ourselves and not
let that run away with us. It U a fln
a vnnd performance. It la to
be rejoiced over, not despaired about; It I
a good friend, not a baa enemy; w
sure a little of It goe a long way.
Therefore we hould at one begin to try
to control and th first thing I thought.
w mii.t not think nervousness at all, un
der any circumstance. It rnuet b en-
. 1LI..1. Hthat
tlrely eltmlnatea. wnen we mum, "
..riiii" r th.t concert, we mut at th
same instant think of success. We will
alway t troubled aa long a w anow
fear to enter. No matter how much w
fear consciously or unconsciously, w must
ov T am confident of success." Do not
say, "I am not afraid," becaus you have
there put in a thought of fear, which even
the negative will not negative.
Do not wait until the day of the con
cert to get yourself In trim. From this
moment, every tlm you take up th pieo
you ar going to play or sing, ay It to
yourself over and over, and keep your
thought well on what you are saying:
Thl will be a fine uccs. I know It
welt, and X will play (or sing) tt wejl." .
Thl I certain; If you persevere and ar
patient you' can not possibly fall.
But you say, how can X say that, when
I feel th oppoalteT
That I often aaked and easily answered.
Ar you going to allow, your thought of
Incompetency to run you. to control you,
to diotata to your powerful mlndT , If so,
why do- you get out of th way of an
automobile, or a treet cart If you wer
being chased by a mad dog would you
top and y "well now, really, I would
like to be able to run like an athlete, I
would like to be able to make a good clean
200-yard dash," or would you Just "nat'rally
git up and gUT"
If you were to fall Into th water which
you know la forty feet deep, would you
say, "Well If I had ever learned to swim,
I think It would prov handy now," or
would you ay. "How cn I think I can
swim, when I feel that I cannot?" I think
me, no. I believe you would make a great
big trial at th gentle art of swimming.
Now, so with thl other matter. Get In
the habit of asserting your power to de
what It I meet, right, and your bounden
duty to do, and you will soon And that
th "dust of the earth" In you I power
less to Interfere with the "breath of Ood"
also In you.
And then, you win Hnd this simple exer
cise of very greet value If you do It regu
larly until tt become a habit:
Stand erect. Place your hand upon
your cheet lightly and e that the chest
Is fully expanded before you begin to
breathe. Then take In a breath very
deeply snd very quietly, and, as you do
so, count three or four slowly; then Just
reversing the sctlon, send It right out
sgaln, counting the same number of counts
a you did while taking It In. B sure
you do riot let the rhet fsll during the
process. lie patient and lk it etsiljr at
: Si?
MORRIS
$10.00 for $5.80
$10.00 polished golden oak
Chase leather Morns
chair, will
'-'5.80
go
Sample Chair Sale
Monday
MILLER, STEWART&BEATON
1315-17-19 Farnam Street.
This sale embraces Langslow Fowler
Company's complete sample line of chairs
bought at just
FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
The complete purchase will be placed on sale NO RE
SERVE. The selection is the largest aud most varied ever
shown in the city.
Prices Speak Volumes for Themselves
M0R.R.IS CH AIR.S
$12.00 weathered oak tap
estry cushions O O ft
Morris chair Q Q)
$18.60 mahogany
velour cush
ions, Morris
chair
$15.00 golden quartered
oa K. imported
8.95
$17.00 Antwerp oak ver-
velour cushions
ona velour
Morris chair.
cushions.
Morris chali
$16.50 golden quartered
oak. imported
935
velour cushions
$18.00 mahogany
Morris chair..
verona velour
cushions,
Morris chair
$16.fl6 golden quartered
oak, dull wax finish, up
holstered Chase leath
$19.00 mahogany
er, ladles' Mor- HOT
rls chair. .1 0.1
verona velour
cushions,
Morris chair.
at
MILLER, STEWART & BEATON
ODD CHAIRS
$20.00 for $11.60
$20.00 golden dull wax
leather seat and
t ana
11.60
back arm
chair,
at..
first and you will see a great gain.
Above all things, keep your heart on fire
at. I your head on tee. ,
A case of light shining "under a bushel"
has' recently come to my notice In the
person of Mrs. Joseph Gahm, whose harp
playing astonished me when I heard her
for the first time. Mrs. Gahm play with
great feeling, beautiful technique, and ring
ing, resonant tone. A few of her friends
have been urging, pleading, begging, that
the should show some besides her In
timate friends, what she can do, but to
no purpose, so far. However, methlnks,
that when the leaves begin to turn (not
tha music leaves), she will have to yield
to the constant pressure 0 those who
know her ability and genuine worth, and
that she will appear in copcert with her
husband.
Mr. Blgmund Landsberg sends m an an
nouncement of a students' recital which
will be given at Crelghton University au
ditorium on May 26. The program will
be greatly varied by the Introduction of
professional orchestral players, who will
assist In . the presentation of some of
the great composition.
Mr. Robert Cuscaden sends the next one,
with the data May 19, and the same place
a mentioned above. He . will also have
th assistance of a string orchestra, and
Mm. Muenteferlng will add to the oc
casion by her playing. .
Next come Miss Mackin, with an an
nouncement of a recital by her pupils, on
Monday, May 16th, and that will take
place at the Omaha Commercial college.
And from out of town come an In
teresting program of the work of the
pupil who study With Mis Beulah Greene
of Kearney, Neb. Th recital wa. given
May I at the Baptist church, and Miss
Margaret Graves, Mrs, Charles Gibbons
and Dr. Louis Bllon. . i.
One again th choir of he Emanuel
Lutheran (Swedish) church ha covered It
self with glory, and nothing but good
word can b said of thl splendid or
ganisation, Mr. John Helgren 1 a power
in his work and h Is a conductor by
th grace of Ood. It I born In him to
do these thing and he cannot help it
But he doe It with an enthusism which
la all-pervading and he create a musical
atmosphere around Nineteenth and Cass
street which will not die. For such man
In music I thank th great giver of every
good and perfect gift.
THOM48 J. KELLY.
Asaerleaa !, Jewelry.
NWW TORK. May 14. -Vigorous efforts
are being made by the police department,
says a world dispatch from Paris, France,
to unravel a mysterious robbery reported
by Mrs. Redolyn Gray, said to be a resi
dent of New Orleans. Dismomis and other
Jewelry, including a pearl necklace, valued
In all at $aoO,(WO, were taken, according to
Mrs. Gray, from her trunks somewhere
between Cherbourg, where she dlnembarked
from a steamer, and a Pari hotel.
AHt'lEME.M'l.
Base
DE.1VEK VS. OMAHA,
May t, 13, 14, IS,
VINTON STREET PARK.
GAME CALLED AT $: O'CLOCK.
Accommodation Breakfast Card
Tpble D'Hote Dinner
SUNDAY at the
CALUMET
Ball!
CHAIRS
$11.50 for $6.85
f 11.50 golden quartered
oak, dull wax finish
ladies' Mor
ris chairs,
at
6.85
finish,
iSj.&0 Golden onk polished
1 Ah 1 hr un. m m
10.00
holstcred. IS fill
noisicreu. 1
Morris chair
$28.00 Golden oak polished
1 y UHa vrr-
,10.25
. verona ve
17.40
lour cushions
Morris chair'
$29.00 mahonany tlnlsh,
tapestry
cushions, Q ns
spring Mor- I ri t
iw rocker,
$31.60 Golden oak dull
wax ilnlxh, Spanish
leather bag
20 75
Morris chair. v "
finish
10.75
finish
1125
$17.50 for $9.95
$1 7. 50 golden oak, wax fin
ish Spanish leather
cushion
.335
corner.
' chairv at '
. AMl EMETS.
BBSS
BO VA Ffc 9 Ci LAST WEEK OP
t-F REGULAR SEASON
THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT
The BILLY KERSAND'S MINSTRELS
PRICES 256( 8O0. 700. BAR CAIN MATINEE ANY SEAT 2 80. -
Two Nights Monday and Tuesday
OTHER
Management Daniel Frohman-IN THE MIRACLE PLAY
The Proud Prince
PRICES-SOo, 7 Bo, SI.OO, SI.BO,
iA-VSMfclSSUSK0
EZ1 E6FpLf?-JPRHSRV
IN HER OREATEST MUSICAL COMBDY .SUCCESS
MAM'SELLE NAPOLEON
Adapted by Joseph W. Herbert, mueio by Oustav Luders,
composer of "Prince of Pilsen,' "King Dodo," etc.
100 PEOPLE, including the handaomest and best dressed
chorus on any stage. NO FRKiE LIST.
Kro
OPE R3
D
MISTER and his Unexcelled Band in
Attendance Afternoon and Evening.
KRUG
THEATRE
18c, 25c, 50c, 75c.
Beginning
MATINEE TODAY,
Four Nights and Two Matinees,
Jed Carlton presents the Beautiful Pastoral
Comedy-Drama In (our acts
WAS SHE TO
BLAME?
niss Emma Jean Carlton
as Diana, the Artist's Daughter.
Ruperb Past. The Beet of All Rural Plays
and Emphatio Comedy-Drama Suocess.
mmm
ODD CHAIRS
$6.00 for $3.60
$ 6 00 Weathered T t f
. Chair, J,0)
$8.50 for $5.00
$8.50 mahonany ilnlsh r flA
chair, inlaid back, ).UU
$8.50 for $5.10
$.fi0 "Veathored Oak, p in
. low back don chair, J III
$10.50 for $6.25
$10 SQ Weathered Oak, f m
Spanish leather seat f
Hi m chair M mtJ
$10.50 for $6.25
$10.50 Weathered Onk. ip
Spanish leather scat n u
and back chair t
$11.50 for $685
$11 SO Weathered oak ftp
Spanish leather chair, 0,0 J
$13.00 for $7.75
$l.t.0rt Weathered onk 7 m
Dutch arm chair
$13.50 for $8.15
$13.50 Golden cak polished Q p
!h."!?. O.Ia)
$13.75 for $8.25
$13.75 Antwerp oak O 1 P
lm.??:. o.Zd
$14.50 for $8.65
$14.60 Weathered oak Q m m
carved buck arm chair, Q O J
$15.50 for $9.25
$15.60 Golden oak, polished n fp
ltm..?.
AMUSEMENTS.
S2.00.
NO FREE LIST.
Friday, May 20
rm
6EAT BALI3
will open TUBS
DAY Eve., $2.00,
$1.60, $L 750, 26o.
Matinee $1.60, $1,
75c, 50c, too.
ark
AY!!!
Mr. Kelly's
Vocal Studio
WILL DE CLOSED
' WEDNESDAYS
FROM NOW ON.
1802 Farnam St.
N
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