THE OMAITA ILLrSTKATED BEE.
Dfratr 23. 1004.
Talk About Plays, Players and Playhouses
M
ERRY t1iriMm! And tlio mme (o
I you, sir, and many ot them.
What a day ChrlMniss Im.t corns
to be. to b imre. lKn't lr
dilfte.1 Jim! little Wt sway frim It orig
inal moor In. nd leome i trifle warped
In the drlftlnsT Maybe It lin; It would
be funny If It hadn't. fir slmost everything
eUe that has to do mlth liumnn life ami
activity tins taken on a now meaning and
a wider liorlsnn under modern conditions.
How thBt word 'modern" doe creep In I
It Is made to hear the aln and shnrtcom-
legenda ctunter around the custom, none given, and In the evening the bill will be
of which are diavuted and el'her of which ,-Olhello." Mr. Hanford will take the name
will jierve aa ample explanation. rati In both performances and Mlas 11 arte
Irofnah will piny Marltana at the matinee
So much for the origin of the custom of anJ Dr.drmomi In the evening In both
reiebrattnsj at thla reason or tne year, ana
for it attendant practiue of giving of glfta.
It la In the latter rather than In the for
mer that the abuae Ilea. And even that can
be home with In view of the further fact
that practice has asftociitted with the eeaaon
one of the great fundamentals of Chris
tianity. This has attached to the day a
mnat peculiar and reverential Interest, quite
Iiiks of a lot of people, nnd oil because It apart from nny other aspect, and gives It "Pmu"
la convenient for use yesterday, today and In the mind of the thoughtful an Import- mances.
forever. No doubt It Has been in tne - u iin" wuum imvv umcrwiw bi
mouth of man since first the animal stood talned. Modern life sweeps along too swiftly
up on his hind feet and Ix-san to tise artlc- 'or the continuance of festivals merely as
eiirn, ami n is ooiioireaa owing lo ine re
Unions clement of the occasion that Christ
mas has survived. It is certainly due to
this Influence that the occasion nfferts
mankind a It does. At Christmas time
men feel a charity and a benevolence they
nre not likely to exhibit at any other season
of the year, a warmth of feeling for their
fellows and a geniality that overflows the
barriers set up by sordid considerations and
them roles Mr. lianferd Is at home and has
won. golden prnlso during the present
season, while his leading" lady. Miss Drof
tiah, has made the parts her own. In the
company nre such capable players as Mr.
Frank Hennlg. who will have the part of
lugo, and Ml?s Hosple Hunter Itlght. who
takes the role of Kmllta In "Othello.-' Tha
is limited to the two perfor-
ulnte speech In lieu of modulated grunts.
That's one of the things that hasn't
changed. The modern Christmas Is Just as
much different from the original as man
of today Is different from man when he
first began to note the changing seasons
and give attention to the facts of nature
about him.
llown In their hearts most people nre sin
At the Knig theater for two rights and
two matinees, starting with a matinee
today, "A Hot Old Time" will be the at
traction. The production Is greater than
ever; there are catchy aungs In abundance,
sang by a chorus of twenty pretty show
girls. The company Is a large one, num
bering forty people, headed by William
McKoble, a comedian of more than ordi
nary ability, Joseph Weber, Harry Yost,
Victor Stone, Florence Hughes, Minnie Jar
beau and Habette Sheldon.
eerely glad that Christinas comes but once leads them a little nearer to the Ideal cxlst-
a year, even If its coming Is accompanied
by "good cheer." The development of the
spirit of Christmas has quite kept pace
with the modern life, until the oil vent of
the season Is no longer accompanied by
the expressions of "On earth peace, good
will to men" that used to be so much a
part of the event. Now this Isn't Intended
to Interfere in the least with the fullet
enjoyment of the gladwome holiday. The
fate of Old Scrooge Is too fresh In the mem
ory for that. Yet the rush and the turmoil
and the fussing and the stewing of the
last fortnight seem to have been worthy
of a much greater reward than Is likely
to come from the experiences of todny. This
because the day has degenerated from Its
original purport Into a festival of gifts, al
most exclusively, and the events that de
termined Its celebration orlslnally have
nearly been lost sight of. The church has
made an effort to retain the religious sig
nificance of the day, holding special serv
ices, and making It a time of Joyous cele
bration In honor of the nativity of the Par
lor of Man, and to some extent the at
mosphere of rejoicing has been extended
to Include mortals at. large. But the prac
tice that has grown out of the misplaced
philanthropy of some misguided lover of
children who flourished In a far-off day
has thriven to an extent that Is likely to
blot out as It now overshudows tho other
aspects of the occasion.
Christinas, like other feasts of the Chris
tian church, Is but the result of the graft
ing of a pagan festival onto a Christian
Idea. It la certain that Christ was born at
Bethlehem about this season of the year;
It la also certain that the practice of feast
ing at the time of the winter solstice Is
much older than the Christian religion, and
finally, Christmas was not celebrated as
such until more than 300 years after the
beginning of the Christian era. This mat
ter of history has nothing In particular to
ence. And that Is the best that can he
said about Christmas. If It did nothing
else. It would be a welcome feast for Just
that one day of relaxation from the selfish
care of dally existence, allowing a momen
tary manifestation of mail's inherent inter
est in his fellow men.
"After Midnight" opens in the clean,
healthy surroundings of country life in
the "tip-state" country of New York state,
Tho locale of the play la transferred to
New York City, where the two victims of
the villain's nefarious plot are finally res-' dured.
first exhibition here of skillful, agile and
difficult feats In acrobatics. They are
Europeans and were only recently brought
to this country. Another "stunt." where
brawn and muscle constitutes the claim
for attention, will be contributed by Reed
and 8haw, whose feats of strength and
daring are said to be very remarkable. A
potpourri of dance and music, by John and
Pcitha Uleeson and Fred Houlihan Is one
of the bright and lively kind of turns.
Among the Initial bidders that endeavor to
furnish food to the risible cornea Lynn
Welcher, a monologue comedian, who re
lates a aeries of funny experiences. The
noted Japanese Illusionists and top spin
ners, the Tanakas, perform a variety of
mysterloua tricks. Jugglery and balancing.
Jay Paige, tho clay modeler, has a per
formance of the rarely seen kind, remark
able for the rapidity with which he casts
faces of different types, while the klno
drome will show an entirely new assort
ment of moving pictures, Which, for the
most part, are comic.
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Some Actor Stories.
George Ade, who recently startled his
friends by remaining for a week In his
room In a New York hotel and submitting
to a starvation cure for Indigestion, Is
said to have written a one-act vaudeville
play which many actors are bidding for.
but whlctv he refuses to allow to be pro-
cued through the bravery of the good
brother and the criminals are all brought
to Justice. It Is doubtful If two more
unique scenes have ever been portrayed
on the stage than that of the "school for
crooks," where the boy Is secreted among
pickpockets and sneak thieves, and that of
the Geisha" In the "Red Mght district,"
where Emily Is Imprisoned among degraded
women. Another realistic scene Is that of
the Grand Central station In New York,
where the kidnaping takes place. "After
Midnight" comes to the Krug theater for
two nights and Wednesday matinee, start
ing Tuesday night, December 27.
"The UHIs of California" demonstrated
last season that Its simplicity of style and
pure and natural comedy, so entirely de-
It may be asked, "What has all this to
do with the theater?" and the answer is,
"Nothing." The people at the theater,
those who make it their business, have an
interest In Christmas Just the same us do
other mortals, with the difference that
they get little or no opportunity to indulge
In It. It Is a time when they, in common
with others who serve the public, are
driven at even higher pressure than or
dinarily, nnd they have learned to look
forward to the coming of the day with
something of dread on account of the udded
tasks it brings with It. That is all.
That usually accurate and careful writer,
Mr. Robert Burns Mantle, has allowed
himself to be misled, doubtless by the press void of buffoonery and horse play, suited
agent of an actor who aspires to succeed the public fancy. It enabled Mr. Frank
Joseph Jefferson In certain roles the grand Hscon to display his quaint personality
old actor hud made his own, nnd In the which Is going to place him among Amer
Inter Oceun on 8unday the following para- lea's greatest comedians. Mr. Bacon's sup
graph appeared: porting company Includes Mr. Wilfrid
Although Joseph Jefferson retired from Roger, a young and handsome leading man
active stage, work only this fall tho care- of much ability, and Bessie Stuart Bacon,
The prlnclpat character Is an old negro
from the south, now employed as the door
keeper In a New York gambling house.
His former master, a typical southern
colonel of tho old school. Is a broken
gamester, and therefore no longer welcome.
The boss gambler orders the negro to
throw the old man out If he cornea again.
He does come. The negro would as soon
think of ejecting an archangel as hi
former owner, who is shabby and hungry,
but still proud.
omo for another. Now, for this plain
little paper backed book 1 ask ilO," said
the dealer. "It in only an Illustrated
volume on modern French actresses. Nev
ertheless 10 Is Its price."
"Why is It so dear?" the patron asked.
"On account of the English in it," said
the dealer. "It was published In Paris
In English a Frenchman's English and It
Is the ludicrous Imperfections of this ex
tremely bad English that makes the book
costly. Hooks In extremely bad English,
you know, are always valuable to col
lectors." The dealer turned over the pages of the
book.
"Here Is what It says of Rcjane." he re
sumed. "It says she is 'a sentient spark
lingtwo suit grains on the bluebird's
wing."
"It says of Jane Hading: 'Her correct
beauty, as much as her right talent, which
the modern playing' and classic taste are
thrilling In, prove that some blood of Pho
cean emigrants from old and artful Ionta
is flowing In her veins.'
"It sat of Mile. Dudlay: , "This Is a
noble style actress, a golden column of the
repertory, a French's . comedy strength.
Her talent Is quite trials toward sincere
and high feelings. A Illy flowered outline,
a royal chair must suit her woman's and
artist's dignity. Mile. Dudlay lived in
acquaintance with poets and under Talma's
shield. , Her predllected author Is a writer
of ours decayed by no niountebankncss.
From him she fulled up the most
pathetic part she ever played." "
AMI SEME-ITS.
.MISKTIET:.
EiRUG THEATRE
PRICES: 15c, 25c, 58c, ?5e. Snfif Mitim, 10c, 25c, 50c.
TWO NIGHTS ui TWO MATINEES TfinAV
Starting with Matinee I vUM
SPECIAL MATINEE MONDAY
lOc Callery Open at 1:43 10c
Gossip from
Klaw & Erlanger
Stageland.
are preparing
to
produce another large extravacanca. "Tho
l'eurl and the Pumpkin," book and lyrics
by Paul West and music by John W. Ural
ton. Thomas Whltbread, who Is coming here
with Arthur lunn in "The Runawa," In
an Omaha hoy, formerly employed at
t udahy s, and has many friends in the city.
So the faithful black confesses to hav- Ha was lust seen here with "Fiorodora.
ful compiler of theatrical data on . Hos
ton paper calls attention to the fact that,
ao far as a lurge proportion of the Ameri
can public Is concerned, the veteran actor
hi-Tlas," Chicago uppeaVaVe In 1957 to be "e Krug theater for three nlghta
sure, and Boston saw nlin in 1Wv2, but 'd Saturday matinee, starting Thursday
whose work as "Poppy Hill," will be pleas
antly remembered by her admirers of last
season. "The Hills of California" will be
liroudway has not seen him in five years
It Is ten years since he has been west of
the Mississippi, and his acting is practi
cally an unanown quantity, except as tra
dition, to the themer-goers of tne Pacific
coast.
Instead of its being ten years since Mr.
Jefferson played west of the Mississippi
river. It Is barely twelve months, and
in the decade he has visited Omaha at
least three times. He played last season at
the Boyd theater In Omaha and the Willis
do with the observation of the day, and Is Wood In Kansas City, and was booked to
cited only to give a little clearer view of appear at both houses again this year
the perspective. The pagan feast had to when his falling health forced him to give purely for fun-making purposes. The Pros- cost of a particular volume. "Some boAs,
night, December 29.
To make merry and happy entertainment
for Christmas the Orpheum presents a bill
of more than ordinary excellence. The en
gagement opens with a matinee today and
Ine hi do a speclul matinee Monday. The
particular feature of extra Interest will be
John T. Kelly, formerly comedian of Weber
and Fields' New York Music hall stars, and
a i-elected company, presenting a come
dlette entitled "Senator McPhee." The
sketch has no serious phases, being made
Ing long ago stolen from him a $5 coin
which he never did and Insists on making
restitution. The colonel reluctantly and
condescendingly accepts the supposed con
science money and departs. Then the boss
gambler comes In and asks If the Intruder
has gone. "Yes. yes, sah," says the negro;
"he obstruded hlsself an' I throw'd him
out."
When Sir Charles Wyndham first played
David Garrlck In London Harry Hamil
ton, a playwright, perpetrater a bon mot
that caught the fancy of the town.
One afternoon, during the run of the
piece, Wyndham wag sitting In the corridor
of the Garrlck club, under Oarrlck's por
trait. In the Garrlck chair, which Is one of
the ctub's treasures, when Hamilton en
tered, lie gaaed upon Wyndham, then
upon the portrait of Garrlck, end then
Upon Wyndham again.
"Charles," he said, finally, "do you know
that you are growing more like Garrlck
every day?"
"Do you think so?" returned the actor
with gratification. "Very glad, I'm sure."
"Yes, Indeed," proceeded Hamilton,
thoughtfully, "and less like him every
night."
The book store man was explaining the
do with a celebration that came at the
close of one year and the beginning of an
other. Without any fine sentimental attri
butes, the heathen 'of those days before the
dawn of civilisation had learned the natural
divisions of the year, and were sufficiently
human to be willing to celebrate the com
pletion of one task before assuming the
burden of another. It so fell out that they
could fittingly observe the closing of one
year of toll and the beginning of another
by merely continuing the feast from day
to day. Coming as It did at the dead of
winter, the time could hardly have been
more profitably spent, and the hours wasted
In wassail were not seriously missed from
the business occupation of any of the rev
ellers. 'A better understanding of
the astronomical phenomena involved did
not exert any deterrent effect on the obser
vation of the feast; If anything, it must
have enhanced It, for we find among the
Romans, after they had advanced suffic
iently In civilisation and learning to im
prove on the calendars that1 had been
handed down to them from peoples gone
before, that Saturnalia begun before and
ended after Yuletlde. Even after the
Christian significance hud been added to the
Christina occasion the fenst was conveni
ently prolonged until after Epiphany or
Twelfth night, running the "merry-making
up to the tith of January.
It was this that moved Scott In his refer
ence to the gaiety of the event to write:
A Christmas gambol oft would cheer '
A poor man's heart through half the year.
Yea, verily, and no wonder. If you start
over his plans. This correction Is made
merely in the interest of the truth of his
tory. ComlngKventi,
Edna Wallace Hopper will come forward
at the Boyd theater on Sunday night for
an engagement of three nights, a special
Christmas matinee to be given on Monday,
In a position of leadership, having been
elevated to the rank of starhood. Mlt
Hopper's present tour is under the direction
of Frank McKee and he will present her In
per troupe, six in number, will give their he said, "are valuable for one reason,
Music and Musical Notes
Golden text: People say "It pleased." or the tawdry man-made substitue.
JIhI'? W.E? ".,.!!!n And I have been told by an art-,
Schumann.
connols-
At the Christmas day matinee Klaw
Erlanger will open the New Yolk theater
on Broadway as a popular price house, the
scale of admission running trom io cents to
II. This Is the first of the low-priced housed
on "the gieat white way."
Otis Skinner, who Is making a great suc
cess with "The Harvester," u translation
of Jean Richepln s "L Cnemlneau," has
purchased the dramatic rights for "The
Castaway" and will play the part of Ixjril
Byron, who figures so prominently In that
book.
The Dramatic News has Just come to
hand in Its holiday form, and a real Jolly
number it Is. It is in line with the general
Improvement. Editor Bottleheim has been
making in his paper during tho last year,
all tending to tiring the News to a high
standard of excellence as a theatrical jour
nal. Carl Relter Is doomed to spend another
week in St. Joe, but If the stories that
come up the river are founded on fact, Carl
la not having a dull time down there, not
by a Jugfuli. He has been successful in
stirring up the animals to the extent that
the good old graveyard Is busier uiong some
lines than it has been since the bunuuy
morning "Charley Howard" cashed in.
Blanche Walsh will hardly be seen here
this faeon In her newest Tolstoi play.
"The Kreutzer Sonata," as It is announced '
that her managers, Messrs. Wngenhuls 6c i
Kemper, intend that she shall open in New 1
York early in January in a new Clyde
Fitch play. 'Ihls is a comedy and is said
to give Miss Walsh the chance ehe mm
longed for, a piece with a "huppy ending." i
Joseph C. Smith, who is the harlequin in '
the Klaw & Erlanger production ot
"Humpty Dumpty." la making a tremen
dous hit In New York. His activity la the
theme of much conversation. For examuiu.
in tho first act he does a "solo" dance, and
in doing it he assumes postures and makes
Jumps to the number of ninety-two in forty
five seconds. That's going some.
Mrs. Flake's hit in "Ieuh Kleschna" has
brought to the front the fact that its au
thor, C. M. S. Mcbellun, is an American,
as is ulso the author of "Mrs. Onrrlngu's
jNecKiuce, wnicn bit cnuric wynunam is
THAT
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THE GREATEST EXPONENT
OF PHYSICAL, CULTURE.
MLLE. ANI,
2 Nights and Wednesday Matinee
Starting Tuesday Nijjht .....
Dec. 27
SPENCER & ABORN'S
Mammoth Production of
on a
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A Story of Oreat City After Midnight.
nAGNIFICENT SCENERY. METROPOLITAN CAST.
3
Nijhts and Saturday Matinee
Starting Thursday Night
Mr,
Dec. 29
Frank Roger
Presents
....MR. FRANK BACON....
In the Rural Classic
The H
SEE
ills of California
The California Farm
Newspaper Row San Francisco
Marine View of the Bay
The Cliff House San Franslsco
NEXT SUNDAY MASON & MASON in FRITZ AND SNITZ
two plays. The main bill Is an English Henry
Thou art tho Angel of the pool that sleeps.
Whits peace and joy He hidden in its deeps.
waning- my toucn to mane tne waters roll
ling murmurs round the weary soul.
In heap
comedy In three acts called "A Country
Mouse," by Arthur Law. Tho curtain
raiser Is a one-act piece, "The March
of Time," by Cosmo Gordon Lenox.
"A Country Mouse" was originally pro
duced ut Charles Frohman's Prince of
Wales theater, London, where It met with
much success; It was afterward moved to
the Criterion and between these two thea
ters succeeded in scoring a run ot over two
years in the English metropolis. Miss Hop
per plays the role of Angela Mulr, a shy
and demure young mips; In "A Couutry
Van Dyke on Music'
o
NCK again the day has come
uround when the Christian world
commemorates that great first
song which the Angels of Faith,
of Hope and of Joy sang to
the shepherds who wero silently
watching the sheep under their
care. That song of peace and good
soul- thHt It mHkea a man mart if vnn ,11m ew lorn. Jiuurn m-liry
8i.ui mat it makes a man mad if ou dis- (,,...1.,, wriL the intti-r i e. itnth r,
pronounced successes, "Leah Kleschna''
being pronounced especially strong and
worthy of classification with the plays of
Budermuun und Ibsen from a psychological
view.
The Christmas number of the Dramatic
Mirror Is Just what the reader of that ex
cellent journal have come to look for once
a year ut least. This is not to convey the
Idea thnt the Mirror is ever anything but
bright, for such is not true. It Is the lewd
lug Journal for the theatrical profession
and its weekly issues are always full of
interesting, meaty matter for those who
ure interested in the stage In any of Its
various activities. Moreover, the Mirror is
always fair and dignified In lis treatment
of all subjects. But the holiday number is
excellent beyond these elements of merit.
It I'.rescnts much unusual matter, carefully
cover that one of hU supposed original
paintings is a fraud, and you tell him so.
A good many funny paragraphs have
been written from time to time, about
strange weird statements which have
emanated from the big Chicago university
ott there on the Midway Plalsance of
World's fair memory.
The latest is from the fertile and over
worked brain of Prof. Robert W. Millikan,
who la quoted In the public press as hav
ing said In a recent lecture that one's
predilection for harmonious measures of
music is Ruinous and nothing more. Saith
Mouse," whose adventures In London so- din of the strife of nations and the clumor-
clety are the theme of the dramatist. In ou M-wlll of men fighting against their
Mia Hopper's support are Edgar Norton, brother men.
Geoffrey C. Stein. Paul MeAll'ster. Paul But after the tumult of the moment has
will has been ringing all through the uges
and has been the proud theme of writers
nnrl nrula nnH mtiulrluna 11 nil nrtlatii find
orators. It has seemed at times to be al- "'",' e ot ino creamery name, prepared, una iw illustrations are artistic
saun re. aim in puiper tame. ii urefiint'H me
enuine t nriHtmas spirit, too. snowing tnat
TBI Mil ii m JlWr'1-1-"-J ""IIK
BOYD'S XfiEi
Mgrs
THREE NICHT5, BEGINNING TONIGHT
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MATINEE MONDAY
Frank McKee Presents
E0NJ WALLACE HOPPER
And a Carefully Selected Company, In the
A COUNTRY HOUSE
-r A COUNTRY HOUSE
preceeded by the Curtain Kaiser, Entitled: THE MARCH OF TIME
Bvsnlngsstailf By COSMO GORDON LENOX Mstlne. 2J0
TWO NIGHTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
ARTHUR DUNN
la the Oreat 5am S. Shubert's $75,090 Musical Extravanganza
THE
7 Jlontha at tho Famous Casino Theater,
flost Jtagnlficent Production ot the Age.
most overwhelmed by the clangor asd the
Suzunne Westfurd and
Isabel Delmont,
others.
$
Messrs. Shubert, Nixon & Zimmerman's
musical extravaganza, "The Runawuys,"
with Arthur Dunn us the star, comes to the
Boyd on Thursday and Friday. Every
on a toot of the dimensions of a "gambol" promise Is made that "The Kumways" will
of those good old times on or about the 22d be prevented on the same maglnflcent scalu
of December and keep It up until the tith us It was for over six months at the New
of January, It Is not at oil improbable that York Casino. The story of "The Kuna-
lts memeory will linger with you till tho ways was written by Addison Burkhardt.
Fourth ot July at least. Just when and while the music Is by a young composer,
where the gift-giving or Santa Cluus fea- Raymond Hubbell. for whom brilliant
You are too indolent to appreciate
the beauties of discords; the jur
rlng chords which cause shudders to
chase themselves down the back of the
mUKically Inclined are really the hlghext
Urt hilt flla n.mnMn.i ....I . 1 ....
Everton, Herbert Budd, Kathryne Browne, subsided the th.eme was ung out more and predated, by many who believe themselves
moiu sweeny, more ana more resonantly, iu ue Hriisuc.
10 which there is the following Interest
and today as never before even though
wars have not yet ceased the song which allusion mudo in the Bait Lake Evening
Inspired the Bhepherds to go to Bethlehem -Telegram
Is reverberating through the world, those
same strains, "Peace! Good will."
Music, as we know It, muy be suid to
have its birth in the far off manger. The
wonderful story, ever old and ever new.
still Inspires us, and we bring gifts, and we
sing songs of Joy, and forgive people, and
are more generous In every way at the
ture entered Is not more certain than are a
number of other dates of even greater Im
portance. It really doesn't matter a great
deal. One can easily Imagine that the paguti
papa took some Interest In his small prog.
n v Mirrln II v tliniuft whn nra Inn vnn
to enter with ths elders of the tribe Into 118 RandM- Blanche Wayne und the Althsu
future U predicted. In the cost supporting
Mr. Dunn, the popular star, are pluyera of
punerlor merit, including Charles Dox, Clar
ence Harvey, William Meehan,. Thomas
Whltbread and Misses Ermlnie Eurle, Sal-
The jarring chords nre really the highest
art. 'I he hat lias gone forth. A ban the
symphony! Vive la boiler snop! Lt us
avoiu tne poui-sooming ulrs 01 Verdi or
Bchuoerl, uiiii get us to an institute of
suw-liiiug, wnereln the only genuine brand
ot harmony uotn dwell, lmi us (ollow in
adoration after the wagon loaded with steel
rails, as it rends the atmosphere into
ugonlzed atoms, and let us give ear unto
. 'I ... L I... ....... 1L. . ..in..
blessed Christmas tide than at any other InCVo" The bad: but wnen' we "SJxnl
time, ine Christmas spirit is in tne air, mugic ol tne violin or catch the sou
and the bells are ringing what the angels rneuaures ot the slumber song a mother
.n i" " . . i., . - croons to her babe, let us arise and wend
" " a speeay way to tne timber of great al
ths general orgio that accompanied the
clos4ng days of the year, nnd that he rould
xhtbtt this paternal feeling best by. giving
the child soma little token, no matter what,
for they had their toys lit those days, too.
Any number of pretty and ingenious
sisters.
On Suturday Mr. Charles H. Hanford and
his strong supporting company will be at
the Boyd for two performances. At the
matinee "Don Caesar de Baian" will be
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land of Judea.
And music Is filling the earth today with
Its mission its Joyful uplifting mission to
bind up the broken-hearted, to bring peace
and happiness to those who love It and who
do not even understand It.
What can compare with music?
What a powerful comforter, and what an
Invincible charm against the feelings of sad
ness, of grief and of despair!
Music, the gift of the God of Love, and
the great alleviator of pain and suffering!
How can we speak of thee, as though
thou wert, In sooth, a mere plaything?
How can we dare to breathe thee Into our
Inmost being without the thought of thy
mystery, thy profound mystery, which
when we think of It astonishes us more
and mors?
Where dost thou come from?
Where "art thou going to?
How shall ws greet thee? By the fervent
worship, as It were, of thy subtle and ro-
flnlug essence? Or by the wonderful power cr M, n,nli alld hla ODlnon. hft i- h.n,nv
which thou dost breathe into us, and by to note has been tho oplnioa ot aU of Uie
which thou dost make us strong and noble jea(jinK local pianists.
and fearless, to our own very amazement? Mr Qanl hu iaur,la and honors
Art thou the voice of Ood breathing to ths , abundance, and he Is the epitome of
souls of men? And dost thou ezpect men moAeKty, ,le w, ... thl oeol.alou
10 give 101 in mat miuiiu ttsuin ii Vinci
forms, such as peace snd good-will to others?
tltuue, or fulling that, seek the seclusion
that the underbrush arants. Brina on vour
dlscorus. We can't ail live in Chicago, and
harken to tho rumblo of the cable-car. the
trenzled clung of ttie trolley, und the all
pervading shriek of the "L" car, us it
whoops the loop, but we can ponder over
what Prof. Mlliikan lias told us, get u.
phonograph Irom Chicago, ana rent a
coyote.
tet us have discord, if we have to Join
tlie democratic party to gel it.
The euthuHlusm of the muny supporters
of the Omaha Concert Promoters about
the playing of Mr. Rudolph Gunz, the
brilliant pianist, who appeared at the first
concert of the season, has caused the
directors to yield to the demand for his
return in solo recital, and therefore he
will appear for one recital at the First
Baptist church on Thursday evening, Jun
uary 12, prox.
Readers of The Bee will remember thut
the musical critic of the paper, who writes
these lines, wrote In terms of enthusiastic
praise of the Intensely Interesting work
iditor Fiske. in his zeal aaalnst the vn
dicute." hus not been wurued in liis per
sonal estlmute of what is right and good.
AMUSEMENTS
There never Is a real good without Its
counterfeit. . People do not make Imitations
of oyster shells, but of oyster pearls.
People do not mako imitations of lead and
zinc, but of gold snd silver. People do not
make counterfeits of pebbles, and glass, snd
from Beethoven, 32 VarlaUons In C-mlnor,
and Rondo a Caprlcclo, Op. 129; from
Chopin, Ballade In G-minor, Impromptu In
F sharp, major, and Scherzo, in B-minor;
from Schuniunn, Etudes Symphoniques, snd
from Uszt, "Chapel of William Tell."
"Ou Luke Walenstadt," "At the Spring,"
"Storm," all being scenes from "Pilgrimage
In Switzerland," and "Sonata dl Petrarca"
cinders, but of diamonds snd rubles snd E- nd Ponalse in E.
sapphires and all manner of precious stones. .
And music Is counterfeit. Yes. ws do Anent the great rage over ths book,
hear man-mads counterfeits snd base "Ths Simple Life," by Pastor Charles
Imitations of the sweet soul of music. Wagner, the Church Muslo Review an-
And this difference doth arise in this nounces to us that it Is being sold on the
human family. The roan who is buying streets of New York In this alluring ways
gluns "gems" for diamonds, snd is told so The Simple Ufa," by the suthor of "Par
by a diamond expert, thanks ths experts
ud buys the diamond. He is glad to as
certain the difference between the false and
the true, and he will never bs so obstinate
aa to say "Ah! but this (the false) pleases
me."
But with music it is ths other way. If
a man Is told that such and such music is
counterfeit, he will none of It: he condemns
the informant, the expert; says. "But It
pleases we," and deliberately tonus If
si ful
Was Frau Coalma about to say something?
May your Chrlatmustlde be as bright as
the berries on the holly, and If you should
shed tears because of the absence of some
loved 1 lies, may rainbows of hope appear
as you look through your teurs toward the
lustre ut the Bethlehem star.
THOMAS t. JLLT.
PIIQ.XE 404.
Our Big Xmas Show
Week Commencing
Sunday Matinee, Dec. 25
MODERN VAUDEVILLE
The Principal Coniedlun of Wober i
Fields New York Music Hull Stura
Tohn T. Kelly & Co.
In His OrlRinul and Very Funny One Act
Comic Play, "SENATOK MuPilKIi.'-
Prosper Troupe
Europe's Greatest Acrobats.
Reed & Shaw
Muscular Marvels.
John & Bertha Gleeson
and Fred Houlihan
Potpourri of Dunce and Music,
Lynn Welcher
Monologue Comedian.
The Tanakas
and
RUNAWAYS
Over 75 Players. First Tour ?L Famous Casino Girls.
SATURDAY, DEC. 31st, Matinee and Might
Engagement of the Distinguished Actor
horles I. Elanfortl
Accompanied By MISS MARIE CROFNAH
Id Elaborate Production of Two Superb Play.
Don Caesar Do Bazan Matinee. - Othello Night.
Famous Japanese Illusionists
Bplnners.
Top
Jay Paige
Clay Modeler.
The Kinodrome
Latest and Most Exclusive Motion Picture.
Prices 10c. 25c. 50c
EXTRA CHRISTMAS MATINEE MON.
IAT, UKCUMUER 2.
Yale Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs . . .
Boyd's Theater, Wednesday Even
in;, December 28.
Tickets on sale st Boyd's Theater at reg
ular bcH'Ctrlce rates.
A GRAND BALL.
will be given by
Omaha Hebrew Canp No. 4944, M. W. A.
at Metropolitan Club
Christmas. Sunday Evt., Dec. 2ft.
t guud time aud good uiubIc
Three Nights, Beginning Sunday, January 1st
Holiday riatlnees Sunday and Monday
THE DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH ACTOR CHARLES IIAWTREY
A MESSAGE FROM MARS
Tn the World
Famous Comedy
Over 1,200 Times In
London and New York.
Wotik-uoy
THIS NEW DANCE
CHEIOHTOM HALL.
XMAS AND NEW YEAR
Sl DAY AXU MOKDAY
Matinee, 2 It. iu. Assembly,
8 1.
ADMISSION, XRc.
Table d'Hote Dinner
AT THE
Calumet Coffee House
ON SUNDAY
Will Be Like Taking a Trip Back Home.
I. liS J. KELLfY
Artistic Singing,
Interpretation,
Correct Breathing.
Studio In the Davldge Building,
18th and Far nam Streets.
Mr. Kelley I'ses the Sieger Piano.
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Across tho Continent
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If you contemplate a trip to California, with iU
lovely seaside resorta, 6range groves, beautiful
gardens, and quaint old Missions, the only way to
reach these magical scenes without suffering any
of the inconveniences of Winter travel ia over the
Union Pacific
The fast trains of this line, via Omaha, reaching
San Francisco sixteen hour, ahead of all compet
itors. Inquire of
City Tiokt Offlce, 1324 l'uniaiii St.
Thoue 310.