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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1904)
DMnsbor IS, lt THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED 'BEE. 8 Creighton College Theatricals I I valued by tha faculty and n- ver sine. Crcighton university tai founded mors than quarter ef a century ago. This excellent Institution ku always attached high importance to benefUa derived by students from tralnln. In oratory and elocution, and acting has one hand In hand with thes. two Mudlm. For fourteen years a play has been pro duced annually In public, with great atten tion to detail, staging; and costuming. In variably the, productions have been at tended by as many appreciative persons an seating capacity permitted. Critics well qualified to Judge, have pralned highly the. smoothness, finish and Intelligence of tho presrntntlona "Dramatic exhibitions by students are of admirable training value," say the Jesuit fathers In charge of the school. "Not only do they furnish entertainments, but they give the participants a deeper Insight lntw the nature of dramatlo literature; they af ford practice In elocution. Interpretation, Impersonation and public speaking, and at the same, time make tho young gentlemen more versatile, polished and self-reliant In their Intercourse with men." It Is a characteristic trait of the Jesuits, the most practical of all religious orders, to estimate manners and address tangible and desirable assets In the subtile contest with the world for wskh their student are prepared. Hence the devotion to oratory, which has won flrst place for the university Ave consecutive years In the Nebraska in tercollegiate debate the time given over to elocution, and the retention of a special In structor In dramatics. There Is no lnten tlon to furnish the professional stage with talent and there Is no record that any rrelghton graduate Is earning his living that way, but, as Father W. P. Whalon, the present Instructor In dramatics, says: "Take a lad who Is afraid to hold h!s head up, much less try to talk. In a com pany of men. Put him on the stage, give Mm something to say and a week's In struction and he Is a different kind of a boy altogether. You will find that If he has anything at all to say he will know how to say It." Plan la Operation. Reasoning along these lines the univer sity teachers from President Dowllnfc down have taken pains to provide facilities for inoaincai study, rehearsal and exhibition. Even In the first of the main buildings constructed In 1878 a hall with a small stage waa arranged on the top floor. Until llol It sufficed to nurture the tilstronlo lm i pulse Into frequent -and definite expres- slon. In the latter year "university hall" wss built, giving the school a perfectly equipped little theater, second to none, perhaps, of any college In the country. It will seat nearly 1,000 persona and lacks nothing that such an establishment should have. Muny u town of 6.000 or more lu hubltants would be glud to have It for an opera house. So snug and suitable is the layhous that outside theatrical and tnusl tal organizations have used It frequently for plays nnd concerts. The theater is In a red brick building, constructed for the purpose and nothing else and Is as hand some on the exterior as on the Inslda. Iotures. oratorical contests and other en tertainments are held there besides the theatricals. Located close to the university buildings It Is a great factor in assuring the permanence of the dramaticln theschool. Blow Wark at Start. For the first fifteen years the progress of dramatic in the vnlverslty was slow, but the constant practice In oratory and elocution helped to lay the foundations for triumphs later on. The professors con tinually urged the students to Interest themselves la theatrical production; but It la said that talent seemed to be scarce. 8-enes and acta from Shakespeare and others of the olassio dramatists were studied, rehearsed and even played before audiences on oocaalon by the undergradu ates, but It was not until the early to that a complete play was attempted. In 1M'3 'Richelieu" was given with marked success, which was achieved again In 1SJ4 with "Elma," a tragedy set in ths Druid days In old England. So encouraged were the young actors on this occasion that the piece waa produced a second time at the 13oyd in the spring of the year. From this time on an annual play has been produced. Tenter of the Activity. In order to insure the annual exhibition the Dramatic Circle was organized In 199. It Is a self-perpetuating Institution, ths officers selecting the members for their ability and ambition, and holding over each spring until the succeeding fall, when new leaders are chosen. The officers, always, are the must prominent thesplans and It la for this reason, perhaps, that failure to prosecute their Work with teal is unknown. The Circle has an average membership of about sixty. With so many competition for honors In the annual play is certain and the character of the work enhanced by the efforts neceasary to secure a role. The Oreighton students have given the following plays: 18iH "The Critic." IKitf "Convdy df Krrors." l'..' "House of 6t. Uuentin." 1!1 Rob Rny." i:)("A Celebrated Case." lss9 "The Helr-st-IHW." lvJ(-Rlp Van Winkle." W "Guy Munnering." lsrtt-The Critic." is "The Dumb Orphan." l-"FJma." lxp3-"Ro.e1.lle., lMfc-'UlclK-lleU." Without Women. Necessarily the feminine cnaracters are eliminated and the plays adapted so that only men and boys are called Into action This has been done very cleverly in each case and by substituting male roles for females little strength or Interest sacrificed. Care, of course, Is taken not to choose plays having the love motif, as obviously little could be dono with them. In 1903 "The House of St Quentin" wns mads by dramatizing Bertha Ilunkle's novel, "The liolmet of Navarre." Forty-five personalis tlea were given opportunity in this piece and It was one of the mopt pretentious as well as successful efforts of the Dramutlc circle. In all of the plays given to the public the costumes have been adequate and histori cally correct and the scenery and stago settings used have been all that waa called for by the text. In fact in every way the performances were complete and finished and afforded a pleasing evening's enter tainment. The proceeds received from the annual play have been devoted each year to the university library and a large and valuable collection of books made In this way. Tables of All Kinds In the Field of Electricity Electric Heating;. HE question Is often asked why electrlo heating Is not lit vogue In place of stoves and steam heat. It is hygienic, compact and under control with the touch of a but ton, ihe reason is explained by Electricity on the score of cost. To Illustrate: K triple expansion engine supplying power to the generators of a lighting and power plant has a net efficiency of about 14 or 15 per oent. This means that for every hun dred weight of coal consumed about six sevenths goes up the chimney In smoke. Or, to bo more accurate, the heat energy Is largely wasted through radiation and the familiar influences which pull down the general efficiency of a steam plant, When the remaining one-seventh emerges, after having passed through various channels of transformation. It appears as electricity. In this form It may be considered In con nection with the problem of electric bett ing. In a hoattng system which provides hot air or burns the coal In stoves, radiation of the heat la Just the thing desired, and If steam heating is employed here again ra diation of the heut into the room is all right. Ju thine cases there is, as heat, a much greater return for the coal burnt than If its energy had been passed through various devices which give us electricity In the end, which Is then again transformed into heat In the electrlo heater. Coal burnt directly in stoves to give heat yields about twice as much heat at least, for a given number of pounds, as when its energy undergoes a variety of change. which culminate In electrlo heat. The trouble is not with the heater, neither ran it be found in connection with the power, because, as already stated, the re turn In this case is 100 per cent. The dif ficulty Is with the coat of electricity. Sell ing electricity at so much an ampere hour or so much a horse-power hour means charging at least 4 cents for every four or five pounds of coal burnt. The heat ob tained by electrical means from this hand ful of coal is not sufficient to pay for Its use in this form. A hundred weight of coal burnt In a stove warms a room of moderate sise very well tn cold weather. Turned Into electrical energy, on hundred weight of coal yields about 15 horse-power hours. This cannot give the requisite heat, and cannot corn par in beat-giving capacity even with 100 per cent electric htators, from a financial standpoint, with the old-fashioned methods. The trouble is, as already stated, a dollar and centa on a It is entirely due to the heavy cost of electricity. Daylight and tUectrlc Waves. The wave theory Is about to have Its way, and in Its wide embrace may be found the territory once occupied by chem istry, optios, heat, speotrum analysts, eleo trlcity and magnetism. These great fields of theoretical and applied science have yielded rich returns to those patient In vestigators whose combined Influence has been the means of bringing the world to a recognition of the play and by-play of enormous forces, which, operating upon matter In an organised and unorganised tat, has built up, as it were, the universe around us. Extraordinary effects have been recently observed. Transmutations and transformations are not only familiar forms of, snergy but of matter. The announce ment of Marconi, as referred to by Flem ing In hla artlole on wireless telegraphy, that daylight prevented hira from reaching mar than TOO miles from Poldhu station with his waves, while at night the dark ness enabled him to send bis impulses 1,100 miles, opens up a line of Inquiry that as yet has remained without adequate explana tion. What are the Influences of ths waves of daylight upon the larger waves litted by a wireless telegraphlo trans mitter? Were other Influences operating ring the daytime which out down the rlr effectiveness of the waves from 2,100 to 700 miles; or can this difference only be at tributed to the duylight? These are In teresting questions and they bring us face to face with startling possibilities. One of these possibilities is the existence in the sunlight of a perfect storm of electrons. These, perhaps, are the antagonistic in fluences which destroy the Hertzian waves. Shot out from the sun and traveling 82, 000,000 miles with terrific velocity, they are shielded by the earth, the Bunlighl neutralizing the waves. At night the waves eventually make their presence felt by falling on the other side with its accom paniment of electrons. This, at present, Is the most advanced and the most rational explanation. But the question of how this reaction takes place, and of what these charged solar corpuscles consist, may re main unanswered for many days. It Is in this respect that science becomes power less for want of exact knowledge, and for that reason auch hypothesis as we now have muat be changed in the course of time to conform to the facts of every new discovery. Third Rail Danger.-. The controversy respecting the danger of third-rail, electrlo traction systems con tinues to wage with unabated vigor In the column of the English press, both news papers and technical, writes our London correspondent. The same may be said of the press in this country, as scarcely a day goes by but what one or more articles appear In the doily papers condemning the thlrd-rull as it now exists on the elevated roads of Ureater New York. The third-rail from which current is taken to operate the cars in the new underground road is covered by a hood. This protects the track inspectors and laborers. On the elevated roads no similar precautions have been taken to protect the employes, nor the lives of passengers who are occasion ally obliged, through a break down, to get out und walk to the nearest station. The lives of firemen are also frequently placed in Jeopardy by this exposed rail. A corre spondent In London states that Prof. Bil vanus P. Thompson objects to the third rail, and even goes so far as to advocate the adaption of single-phase alternating current railways with overhead wires, espe cially In the open country. In spite of all that is being said In England and this country against the "deadly third-rail" there would seem to be no good reason why It should actually be condemned, says Electricity, provided proper precautions are taken in connection with its use. As we have frequently stated in these columns. It would be a comparatively slmpls matter, and one not involving an enormous expense, for the elevated roads In New Tork City to protect the live roil with a hood, in much the same way that the underground rail la now guarded. Whether such an arrange ment could be made to work satisfactorily In the open country In winter on a road like the New York Central remains to be seen, but It oould certainly be mad to operate on the elevated roads of Greater New Tork and would be the means of saving lives, which through carelessness or accident would otherwise be lost. ' Easy to Thaw Oat Pipes. Th freezing up of a water pip has lost many of Its terrors. A badly frozen pip used to ,roean two or mors plumbers, th digging up of pipes, th building of fire around th pipes, and all sort of other trouble. During th cold weather of last winter numerous water pipe froze, but many of th old Ills were don away with by means of a simple device, depending on th heat generated by passing an electric current along a conductor. A wlr was connected to th faucet of tht frozen pipe, another connection made to a neighboring hydrant or the water pipe of a nearby house and a current sent through th circuit Sine th iron pip was a bet. rarlor Tables in Mahog any, Curly Rirch, Bird's Eye Maple and Golden Oak, ran ping in price from 845 to SI. 25 Library Tables in Mahog. any, Golden Oak, WeatU ered Oak and Mission Fummed Oak, ranging in price from $95 to SO, 25 Dressing Tables in Solid Mahogany, Curly Birch, Na tural Mahogany, Golden Oak and Bird's Eye Maple, rang ing in price from $68.75 to SI2 Smoking Tables in all woods, ranging in price from $10 to $4.75 Table Nests, of four, all different sizes, Mahogany, set-$3.50 Folding Card Tables, ranging in price from $4 to $1.50 TABOURETS Taborets, in Mahogany, Golden Oak and Weathered Oak, ranging in price from $12,50 to $1.85 COSTUMERS . Oostumers in solid Mahog any, Brass Oxydized Cop per and Golden Oak, ranging in price from $15.75 to $1.75 music RACKS Large assortment of Bam boo Music Backs, ranging in price from $1.90 to $1.10 COUCHES Couches in Genuine Leather, Chase Leather and Velour, ranging in price from $90 to $9.75 1315-17-19 FARM AM STREET. PRACTICAL XRiAS GIFTS Everyone, both rich and poor, are planning how to surprise and gladden the hearts of their loved ones on Christmas Day. We Will Show You How In selecting your presents one of the most necessary things is to give something which will be appreciated. To do this it is essential to decid: on something practical and useful. Do not throw your money, away on an article not useful or something which will b! thrown aside after a week's use, BUY THINGS FOR THE HOME. They make the most practical gifts. COME TO US, our prices will help you out of this difficulty. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL XMAS. Attend Our Morris Chair and Rocker Sale. DESKS & WRITING TABLES House I)e8ks mid Writing Tnl)le. In mahogany and golden oak, rniiKing In price from $80.00 to 11 in 6.00 CABINETS Large selection of Music Cabinets, In mahogany nnd golden onk, ranging In price from J?:t4.2." to. Large assonnent of Medicine Cabi nets, in white enamel oak and mahogany, ranging In price from $14.ur to 6.50 ne Cabi oak and 1,75 CELLERETS Don't fail to Bee our large assort ment of Cellerets. in weathered oak, ranging in price from $30.00 to. 9.25 SHAVING STANDS We have a large stock of Shaving Stands which will pay you to see In golden oak, nickel and black, ranging In price from $17.50 to 8.00 MIRRORS Mirrors and Hall Glasses, colonial, In mahogany and golden oak- large assortment ranging In price from SUS.OO to . HALL CLOCKS Hall Clocks, In mahogany, golden oak and Antwerp oak--a large stock to select from ranging In price from $ 500 to urui wun. 2.50 31.00 SOFA PILLOW SALE 22 and 24 inches, silk cov ered, double ruffle, eofa pillows, all colors', worth $4.00 to clone S2.50 22 inch Oriental embroid ered sofa pillows, worth $5.00 while they last S3.50 22 inch Japanese satin em broidered sofa pillows, embroidered in silk aud gold, worth $7.50 sale price S5.00 Uncovered Sofa Pillows Mixed Down 18x18 inches 40c 20x20 inches 50c 22x22 inches.....60c 24x24 inches 75c Pure Down 18x18 inches 70c 20x20 inches.... 1.00 22x22 inches.... 1.35 24x24 inches...2.00 SPECIAL SALE OF RUGS Largo assortment of Takio Rugs, 30x60 in., former price $3.00, this) week g QQ Large stock of Serabeod Rugs, 86x72 in., former pric I rtfl $5.00, this week only f UU Large stock of Serabend Rugs, 30x60 in., former priceQ Cfl H OD, this week only s-iUU Large stock of Sarabend Rugs, 3x9 ft., former price $10.00, this week "f Cfl only I UU Utopia Rugs, large assortment to seleut from, 30x60 in., former price 16.00, A 11 f this week only tiUU Royal Wilton Rugs, large as sortment to select from, size 36x63 in., former price $7.00, this week C flfl only UiUU Royal Wiltou Rugs, all new patterns to select from, 27x54 in., former . price Q Cfl $5.00, this week only OiUU Smyrna Rugs, all the new coloring and designs, 30x60 in., former price $3.00 QC this week only liUW Best Smyrna Rugs, large as sortment to eeleot from, 30x60 in., former price $3.25 A QC this week only ...... CJJ pfi SPECIAL SALE OF ORIENTAL RUCS Chairs mi Rockers Turkish Rockers Best hand buffed leather, Harrington springs, ran ging in price C0Q from $70 to.. uZO Morris Chairs In natural mahogany, golden oak, weathered oak and mahogany, ranging in price from $30 Parlor Rockers In solid mahogany, golden oak and mahogany, ran ging in price from t 7r 148 to Zil J Hall Chairs In golden oak and early English oak, ranging in price from $43.50 i TFT to Mu Fancy Parlor Chairs In solid mahogany and mahogany finish, ranging in price from J "7C $45 to H-l I U Children's Rockers In all woods, ranging In price from $5 I OR to ,Z0 Mission Chairs ind Rockers Ranging in price from 2.75 Desk Chairs In mahogany, curly birch, golden oak aud bird's eye maple, ranging in Q RR price from $16. 50 to Zi UU Reading Lamps In various styles and designs, s. On. assortment to salert from, II l)C ranging In pric. from 50 II. ZD to Also the latent thins; In lamp shades. Japollca silk with braes deposit, thru Hizt-, an extensive a swart- OCR ment to select from, runtfinc n.jll l nn CWKA rt W 111 V -J IIUIII .1. W u. 1 ' . I 10 ter conductor than the earth the current passed along the pipe, heating It thereby. A service pipe seventy-five fet long could be heated to 145 degrees Fahrenheit by the passage ot a ourrent of 275 amperes with about eighteen volts. Care was necessary to avoid too powerful currents, which would oerheat the pipes and injure them. The current was supplied from the service wires of electrlo companies by storage bat teries carried about from place to place, and In some cases by dynamos driven by small engines carried about on wagons. Digging down to the pipes Is unnecessary, except In cases where a building is so Iso lated that hydrants or other pipe connec tions to the mains are not available. Even when digging must be resorted to no build ing of fires or other tedious processes are necessary. Holiday Low Rales. To accommodate no:;duy travelers the Union Pacific has placed In effect a rate of one fare plus 50 cents for tho round trip. Dates of sale December 21, 23, 26, 31 and January 1 and 2, with final return limit January 4. Inquire of City Ticket Office, 13:4 Far nam street. 'Phone 314. RELIGIOUS NOTES. It is stated that Commander Booth Tucker expects to train his six children fur leadership in the Salvation Arm. The Bible class over which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., presides now number over liw members and Is constantly growing. A mania for religious revivals pervades Wuleu. Often the revivals last ail night And th. nAinla frnm th.m in th..!. . u suiting hymns. ' I Rev. Robert Collyer of New Tork a few days ago celebrated the eighty-first anni versary of his birth. He is still hale and hearty. Mr. Collyer was born in Kelgh ley, England. Uisbop Brent of Manila Is credited with this remark: "The Mothodists raise tho peupl. out of th. mud, the liapUsis wash them, the CongregaUonallsls Iron them and the Episcopalian starch Lhera." Father Ambrose Art us, recently ap pointed delegate from Rome to the Philip pines, wa. burn In Kgypt, educated In Kris land, founded a Benedictine house at Malta, and is an apostle of peace. Dr. Walderstrom, the representative of nearly l,6uo churches In Sweden, tuts trav eled from Montreal to Vancouver, down th. western coast, overland to Chicago, to visit mission churches la all the Important centers and encourage their more than 6o,ouci member Dr. Walderstrom will re turn to Sweden In a few days. Rev. F. E. Clark and Treasurer Shaw of th. Christian Kndeavor have, within a few weeks, visited twenty-two cities in twelve states to interest Christian Endeavor rs in foreign missions. Seven thousand dollars of the (lU.uuo to help the missionaries carry out their Christian Endeavor Work was raised as th. result of their efforts The last of the great pillars has been placed In th. spe. of the Cathedral of SI John th. Devln. of New York. A gift of tUO.uuO toward th. com pletion of th. cathedral ha. been an nounced, while another gift of 2uu.0OO 1. ottered on condition that four other gift, of the same amount be contributed, making in all a sum sufficient to complete the choir. Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead of Pittsburg, th. leading Episcopalian divln. of western Pennsylvania, make, public a statement upholding bishop Potter's Subway tavern and appealing to capital la Pittsburg to do something similar to reach workingniBn who want to drink and who will drink. Bay. th. blahop: "I certainly think that if Pittsburg capatallsts would unite in the establishment of drinking places where there would be no treating, no temptation to get drunk. It might be a step In th. light direction. This I. a fr. Country and caiiuwl fore, tuea Into religion." What Shall I Give? We hcvve a. Jreatt variety of useful arti cles that make ideal Christmas presents The vest pocket Electric Light, makes a very practical present. No danger from tire, no dirt, emoke nor odor if you Bee one f n( you will buy price KMJ We can pell you a very nice cam era for $1.00 f iIho have better ig oues if you want them. CASH OR CREDIT. Gold Eye Glasses Gold Why not make some rtlatne or friend happy by giving them a pair of Gold Spectacles or Eye Glasses? Come in now and buy the glase, and after Christmas we will fit the eyes correctly and change the lenses free of charge. A few more practical presents: Opera Glasses, Invalid Chairs, Fountain Pens, Barometers, Steroscopes, Reading Glasses Thermometers, Manicure Cases, Drawing Instruments Magic Lanterns, Tick-Tack Nursery Clock Compasses, Etc A big line of goods that make suitable presents to phyticlani and nurset The (1. J. Pen'old & Company 1408 Faroam St., Omaha, Neb. llHNMHMMt Geo. ft Anglin & Co. 1614 Farnam St. "Books in Sets" Some Fine Sets for Xmas Gifts: Roosevelt.. ..$1,100 00 Roosevelt. $220.00 Roosevelt $120j D ckens $480.00 Dickms. $320 00 Dickens $168.00 Dickrns $84.00 Dickens. . 5 60. 00 Tolosti $44.00 Eugene Field. ..$18 00 J. W. Ri.ey....$ 18.00 Byron.. $32.00 Shakespeare .... $24.00 Kipling ..$42.00 Stevenson $52.00 Many Other Sets Too Numerous To Mention. OPEN EVENINGS ALL WEEK. ts ET O t o o ts o n 3 o 3 tr A Call Will Be Appreciated. J Christmas Candies- Importers of DIAMONDS 147 Rogtrt ittt. Goods. Western Distributors Reichenberg-Siti.th Co. Wholesale Jewelers (Laxt.t is tb. Wat.) Diamonds. Watches, Jewelry, Etc. Chocolates Bon Bons Taffies Caramels Nixed Candies Our candies are manufactured in our own establishment under our personal supervision from the best ingredients money can buy and are guaranteed to be absolutely pure. An endless variety of boxes, baskots,eto. Mail orders given prompt attention. "IF IT COMES FROM DY BALL'S IT'S PURE." Dyball's Palace of Sweets The Only Exclusive Candy Store In Omaha 1518 Douglas St. 406 S. 15th St. 317 S. 14th SU PHONE 141. i B