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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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