THE OMAIIA SUNDAY DEE; JULY 15, 1906.
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
IN THE good old summer tim.
when tha summer resort booster
are telling us of the delights' of
mountain or lake or seashore, and
when from the adrertlslug pages
pm forth alluring plcturea of lusty young
en and women, tugging at oars or land
ing: huge denlsens of tha oool depths, set
ting forth in enticing language the conv
I'orte and conaolatlona of their vacation
-pots, we are reminded that the eeaeon of
activity at the theatera will begin tn a.
month, and that now la the time to get
ready. The producing managers are Just
now In more or leas of atew as to what
they will present net winter, end the de
tailed work of getting together men and
women and scenery for the new plays they
are to ofTer during the coming season.
Stars are spending their daya studying lines
ahd situations, and the lesser ones are
looking with more or less eagerness for
the call that bids them attend the opening
rehearsal. In all directions signs point to
the beginning of a busy season. The new
things that are promised for the winter
contemplate some productions that are gen
uinely ambitious, while the lesser ones en
tall an amount of worK that means a hustle
for the next month. For the "winter" sea
son at the theater will begin early la
August this year.
Many of the bIgNewYoTk successes of
last season are to be sent on the road dur
ing the fall. In order that the stars may
be back to the metropolis for engage
menta commencing early la the winter.
Thus, for example, Maude A dam a is to be
ten In the smaller cities In "Peter Pan."
t ie will be seen tn Omaha among other
places. Others are being given similar
lutlngs. New plays will be preeented In
Now Tork to occupy the time while these
bUl things are on tour. Many of the old
Utabllshed road successes will be laid aside
this season, and the stars will be" seen In
new things. And the new crop of musical
comedies has been almost as big as usual,
so that the activity In this regard will
not be less than usual. Promises made
this early are likely to fall short of ful
fillment, but plans all look to a busy sea
son, and the fact that preparations are
going ahead Indicates at least, sincerity on
the part of the managers.
. Some apprehension was felt by western
managers that the wiping out of Ban Fran
cisco theaters would have a bad effect on
the theaters west of the Mississippi, but
at present It does not appear likely that
this will be serious. Ban Franoisco will
be sorely missed until the theaters are
rebuilt, but Los Angeles, Portland and
Seattle are of such Importance as to attract
the eastern managers, and routes sre being
laid out for the Paolflo coast as usual.
Those companies that do not go to the
coast are arranging to awing as far weat
as Omaha, and the chances are that the
season will be much more successful than
the last. Advance announcements Indicate
that a good line of plays will be offered
to the Omaha folks, most of them being
new. Five theaters will be In operation. In
stead of four, and the seeker for amuse
ment ought to be well satisfied with the
opportunity for choice. The Bijou Is
already under way for the rest of ths sum
mer and winter; the Boyd, the Burwood
and the Krug will open In August, and
the Orpheum early In September, so that
In six weeks the Omaha folks will have
plenty of placee to go.
limner Amaaemeats.
The Royal Hawaiian band la coming to
the Auditorium for a week, beglnntng with
Monday, July 23, during which time two
concerts will be given each day. The pres.
ent tour of the band of the United States
is Its first, and la under the patronage of
the government of Hawaii and the leading
commercial bodies of the territory. Thle
organisation has been In existence since
1871, and la still under the direction of its
founder. Captain H. Berger. Its tour la
directed by J. C. Cohen, a business man of
Honolulu, who has taken the management
under hla care. The band waa heard at
the Portland exposition last summer and
made a decided furore there, so muoh In
terest In It being expressed by the visitors
that the manager determined to make the
trip on which the organisation Is now en
gaged. It Is a military band In every sense,
but also comprises a string orchestra, a
glee club, mandolin, guitar and banjo
cuhs, soloists, players of native Instru
ments and vocalists of charm and variety.
Prices for the engagement have been fixed
very low and books for the entire season,
containing ten tickets, on which tha pur
chaser will save something, are now on
sale at the Auditorium bos office and at a
number of stores throughout the buslnoss
part of town. These books will be on sale
till after Saturday, July 21
The new Bijou theater, on Nineteenth and
Hurney, haa apparently Jumped Into favor
with the very best class of Omaha theater
goers. The opening week was a big success.
Commencing with today's matinee. Bandy
and Wilson, In a singing and dancing nov
elty act; the two Racket ts. In a comedy
sketoh; McDermott, In his tramp specialty,
and the O'Kuras, Japanese Juggling, with
. a new series of Illustrated songs and mov
ing pictures, make up a strong vaudeville
program. The atock company will be one
of the features this week. The play la to
be a drama entitled. "Love and War." The
scene of action takes place in "Old Vir
ginia," Just outside Richmond, during the
exciting days of 1881. Several new faces
will be seen In the caste, and this romance
of the civil war la to have a most elab
orate production.
A big list of high class attractions will be
offered at Lake Manawa today. Including a
special musical program by NonJln's con
cert band. Mr. Charles Jones, formerly
with Bsllatedt'g band, will play a cornet
goto.
The Inst week at the roller coaster has
been one of unprecedented success, this big'
aerial railway appealing to all of Manawa'a
visitors. A bill of unusual merit will be
offered at the theater. Bonny Dee, the
ehild wonder, will be aeeo In all of her
new song and dance sketches. Mm. De
vere, the celebrated fortune teller, has ln
l stalled her parlor gypsy camp at Lake
Manawa for the remainder of the season.
The eleotrio studio and Japanese ball gam
it 111 continue to be big drawing cards. Tbe
bowling alleys, merry-go-round, shooting
gallery plato game, baby rack, penny aj
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cade and all other amusements will be In
readiness for today's anticipated thousands.
An open-air dramatic performance by
a professional company of known standing
Is a theatrical event that should be, and
will be, considered by Omaha amusement
seekers. Mr. Fanford Dodge and his road
company . presenting "Tngomar"' at Krug
park this week with all Its at fresco attrao
tiveness, a well known and popular play
transferred from the theatrical stage to
nature's own thester, with the green turf,
the whlfpertng trees and the canopied sky
and natural accessories, tar beyond the
limitations of art to reproduce. The en
gagement will open with a matinee today,
continuing every evening this week, with
weekday matinees on Wednesday and Fri
day. Mr. Dodge has played previous engage
ments in Omaha theaters and his ability as
a histrionic actor Is known and acknowl
edged. Mlas Mabel Von Volkenburg Is his
leading woman. Other members of the
company are: Norma Teager, Katherlne
Morse. Eugene Abbott, Klchard Carhardt,
W. Watson Oould, Adolph Magaarden,
Charles Reader and others. The costumes
are said to be hlstorlo and beautiful.
The performance will be given In the sec
tion of the grounds allotted to the bio
sphere and the srilmated pictures. The
motion pictures will not be discontinued,
but will be presented between tbe acts of
"Ingomar," and In addition other new mo
tion pictures will be shown.
Texana and Reynolds, fancy rifle shots
and lariat and rope throwers, will begin a
week's engagement at Krug park today.
New Tork limnui Theaters,'
NEW TORK. July 14. With the closing
of "Tbe Olrl of the Golden West." at the
Belaaco theater the present theatiioal
season has practically ended, as "The
Lion and thi Mouso," the other remaining
play of the last theatrical year will
doubtless run on Into next season. Al
though two other theaters still remain
open, they are both occupied by summer
attractions which were designed purely for
hot weather. The roof gardens are now
enjoying the height of their prosperity,
and will hare a large patronage for the
next month to come. Already a number
of August openings have been announced,
so it la thought the season will have an
early beginning.
The attractions that continue are "The
Don and the House," at tns Lyceum.
"The Social Whirl," at Uie Casino, and
"His Honor, the Mayor." at New York.
For the closing week of the Alh&mbra
Bummer Opera season a pretentious pro
duction of Gounod s "Faust" lias been the
attraction. In fact every effort was made
to render ' "Faust," the banner event of
the highly successful opera series st the
Alnambra both in regard to the excellence
of the personal, and spectacular beauty
of the scenic, costumio and electrical
environments. The largest chorus aver
held at the Alnambra have been singing
Gounod's immortal composition, while the
orchestra has been augmented to bring
out all the beauties of the score.
" Harlemltes have been afforded an op
portunity of witnessing a splendid revival
of Charles Dickens' celebrated story
"Oliver Twist' which has been running
at the West End theater this week. The
story of this Interesting play Is too well
known to require recapitulation. Daily
matinees have been meeting with such
enthusiasm that the management have de
cided to continue them.
Hammersteln's Root Garden commenced
Its sixth prosperous week with an ex
cellent bill headed by Arthur Prince, who
really justifies his claim to be the world's
greatest ventriloquist. Mr. Prince re
turned to this country having been specially
Some Passing
tT I hasn't a thing to do with music,
I hilt aran'l t Vi a Prvsna havlnv a
magnificent time? For ten years
I have been trailing around hear
ing Mr. Bryan speak whenever I had the
chance, rallying my democratic brother to
take me and leaving my republican hus
band snorting at home. Likewise I have
said: "I hope some day that man gets a
whack at the presidency," for all of which
I have, borne many Jeers. Now it looks as
If my enthusiasm had not been entirely
misplaced. Some of the people who have
laughed may have to eat their words of
contumely.
Mow well I remember that big populist
banquet at the Coliseum. One thousand
msn sat down to dosena of long wooden
tables, laden with that fearaome, thick,
white china that won't break If It Is
dropped on a brick terrace steaming coffee
and great slabs of ham, and sandwiches of
a thickness that hardly anybody but myself
had a big enough mouth to wedge them
In to get the first bite. For the first time
In my life I found out what the Lord built
my mouth for populist sandwiches! (They
were good, too.)
Mr. Tom Patterson of Denver spoke that
night also one "Cyclone BUI" Davis of
Texas, clad ln a frock c&at and an ultra
marine negligee shirt. They both rent tbe
heavens more or less. Then came Bryan.
Oh, the voice of the man tbe magnetism I
Those working men got up and fairly spilt
the roof. Differ with Bryan's views It you
like, but never , with his genius. He's
bound to win sometime. If I were Lyman
J. Gage I'd say "It is written In ths stars."
Being a humble person, we'll let It go at
"I feel It In my bones."
Once I got a fine look at Bryan. Com
ing down from Montana he boarded tho
train tn the night. When I arose in the
morning a large, piiestly-looklng gentle
man was draped over the opposite section,
snoring In a beautiful, resonant bass. The
porter came along and whispered: "Dat's
Mlstah Bry'n, Miss." I felt as If I ought
at least to get a feather duster and keep
off the flies. It Isn't often one has a
chance to ruminate on snoring presi
dential timber. Somehow you never think
of the famous ones of earth stooping to
such commonplace things as eating and
resting. Their proper place Is tho lime
light, with all the trappings, but they do
eat. At the next station, where we
alighted for breakfast, I had the extreme
felicity of passing Mr. Bryan the bacon.
It was entirely a case of "bacon that
passes In the morning." He did not sa
lute. He knew my family, but not me.
X couldn't Introduce myself to a bellboy
if my life depended on It muoh lese screw
up my courage to any such distinguished
muslo. So endeth, etc
The thought has penetrated that The
Bee la a republican Journal and that this
effusion may be dropped In the editorial
wastebasket. It la about time I got at
something jointly connected with what I
am auppoaed to da
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"Among all the angles of approaoh from
which Ibsea has been discussed In the flood
of printed comment following his death,
perhaps the most unexpected Is that of
Mr. Paul RJeaenfeld. Writing In the Allge
melne Muslk-Zeituog Mr. Riesanfeld dis
cusses ths musical Influence of Norway's
great dramatist. Ibsen, he states, 'stands
elosely connected with Wagner by his
strong Inclination toward an unperverted
Germanism, by his effective use of northern
legendary lore and by the national range
of his Ideas;' but 'differs from him in his
unorthodox treatment of social queatlons,
and In his ennobling and Individual views
of life In general.' But both these tenden
cies, the writer claims, 'bring him closely
In touch with the trend of modern German
tnusjc' To quote further:
" 'Ibsen goes hand In hand with Wagner
In discovering and shaping symbols. It is
lb poetf f Of JTaT-elata CJJ at tha areat.
engaged by Mr. TTammerateln owing to
the fact that he made a tremendous suc
cess st this house last season. Machnow,
the Russian giant, also commenced his
third week here this week snd Dronso
the mechanical talking head Is continuing
Ms hit. Lalla Belblnt (the bathing
beauty) remains and other big acts are
Rice and Prevoat. the alx musical Cuttys,
the Bpook Minstrels, Tom Hearne, "the
lasy juggler;" Collins and Hart in their
parody acrobatics; Ferreros and his won
derful dog, ths Camilla Trio and the
Sharp Ilrothers.
The many changes mads In "Mamselle
Champagne," on the Madison Square
Garden root during the past few days have
had a tendency to enliven this musical
bubble. The leading comedy role of
Feller Ppice, In which Mr. Harry Short
was seen during the first week of the
show's engagement on the roof, now Is
being played by Mr. John Kennedy. A
couple of new comedy parts havs been
written In and several musical numbers
added. The result has been more melody
and fun which Is about all the people
visiting an open air place like the Madison
Bquare Garden roof care for.
Collins and Hart, the burlesque strong
men, have been having the honor place on
Tony Paator'a program during the laat few
days. Although posesalng one of the most
laughable turns In vaudeville, the pair have
added new material which la sure to make
their act more entertaining than ever be
fore. Joe Harris, with his up-to-date paro
dies, is an extra attraction, and among
the other features were the two Pucks,
America's foremost Juvenile artists, who
never fail to score with clever songs and
dances.
Manhatan beach, with Ita great variety
of amusements, Is enjoying a most suc
cessful season. Never belore have such
crowds visited the popular seaside resort.
Oeorge Primrose, who Is remaining an
other week, is proving a popular attrac
tion with his big spectacular show. It is
a composite of elaborate figures backed up
by beautiful and costly scenic effects. The
songs and comedy features are new.
The Wesley-Walton vaudeville show for
the week of July 1 Includes Fred Walton
In his specialty, "The Toy Soldier;" Kay
Cox. James Thornton and May "Vohe's first
appearance since her return from England.
il. ii Rice is malting elaborate prepara
tions to revive "The, Girl from Paris,"
with as many aa possible of the original
cast.
A atrlklngly attractive feature of Pawnee
Bill's Wild West and Far Best exhibitions
at Brighton beach la the lnternatonal mili
tary and evolution exhibition. This novel
performance Includes detachments of war
riors, proficiently drilled, from every im
portant nation on earth. Another featura
of the performance is the riding of the
bucking horses. The impression that
horses are trained to buck is erroneous.
Bucking horses are "outlaws" or brainlons
horses, and they are rapidly disappearing
simply because all horses, or nearly all,
are domesticated now, and the wild horBes
have disappeared. Horses buck simply to
prevent being ridden, and their plan is gen
erally effective.
That Colonel Percy J. Mundy, the ani
mal showman at Luna Park, does not con
fine his efforts to any particular set of
trained animals was shown last week,
when he put several groups of performing
animals through their tricks. Frequent per
formances during the hot days of the last
week have been hard on some of the
'trainers, and to relieve them Colonel
Mundy took charge of two big Hon acts at
two shows, making the beasts move as
though they were being attacked by nn
army of trainers. When not busy with
some of the strange group of animals
Colonel Mundy is training a raw tiger Just
received from Bengal, to which he Is giv
ing his personal attention while it Is be
ing taught to perform.
Thompson ft Dundy's Luna Park con
tinues a great popular rendezvous at Coney
Island. "The Mountain Torrent," lia latest
diversion, has proved a tremendous finan
cial and artistic triumph. In novelty of
conception, beauty and construction and
exhilarating effect upon patrons It la alone
In Its class. "The Great Train Robbery"
has received a new consignment of cow
boys, Indians and bronchos and the spec
Comment on Musical Matters
est allegoiists, and for this reason a part
of his works lend themselves admirably to .
transfiguration Into the tone art,
" 'The fantastic the mythical, the mys
tical, the allegorical and the symbolical
And In no other art so faithful a helper as
In that of . music "Peer Gynt" through
Grieg's aulte of the sain name, "Das Fesh
auf Solhaug," through Mans PAltzner's In
cidental raueio and Stenhammar's 'opera,
have become permanent possessions In
musical literature. There are still others
of the Ibsen works which rightfully belong
to the tone world. And his poems, Ibsen's
two little known poemsl Where Is the
Hugo Wolf who will give the world a
"Norwegian Song Book"? The grandiose
double drama "Kaiser und Galileo," with
Its nobly dramatic development, ts only
waiting for a worthy composer. I should
like to hear It done by the creator of "Sa
lome." Welngartner, the poet composer of
"Sakuntala" and "Orestela," or other Ger
man musicians who have proven them
selves worthy of translating dramatic ma
terial Into the language of music, should
become the executors of Ibsen's testament.
" "Brand," the northern "Faust," offers
as rich a fluid for the tone poet as does
the German "Faust." But above all, the
Scandinavian composers must show more
elearly than heretofore that the work of
their great countryman has been to them
a direct musical inspiration. The signifi
cance of Ibsen for modern muslo Is not
Inconsiderable in so far that he has turned
the attention of all cultured people upon his
remote northern home; haa given his coun.
trymen Independence; revealed to them
thtlr artistic powers, and has thus been
the Indirect cause of the very marked ad
vancement tn the Danish, Swedish, Norwe
gian and Finnish tone art." Translation
made for the Literary Digest.
Are you Interested In the way minds are
built? An article In the Coamoa (Paris)
discusses the relation of genius to lunacy,
and whether all abnormal people ought to
be shut up. The following comment seems
to make a decision somewhat difficult:
As cerebral troubles do not always lead
to ami-social acts, we must respect per
sonal llbarty, for half-demented persons
may be very intelligent, may have talent,
even genius. Here axe some examples: Au
gust Comte was more than halt insane; he
was altogether so for a considerable time.
Balnt Simon proclaimed himself vicar
of God and scientific pope. I might
also cite Guy de Maupassant ; Villo
maln, who believed himself persecuted by
the Jesuits; Schumann, who attempted to
kill himself; Jean Jacques Rousseau, who
waa a hereditary neuropath, and
finally wrote to the Almighty "a very ten
der and familiar letter," which he placed
under the altar at Notre Dame ;
Tasso, who had hallucinations; Gerard de
Nerval, mystic, occullst, nomad and Bohe
mian .who led a live lobster by a blue rib
bon to ths Palais-Royal and ended
up by hanging himself In a low resort;
Frederick Nietzsche, who was several times
confined tn asylums and finally became an
Incurable lunatlo; Scnopenhaues, who was
a neuropath by heredity and presented a
series or oddities and eccentricities. 1 do
not speak of Flaubert, who was a hystero
epileptic of Hoffmann and Edgar Poe, who
war dipsomaniacs; of Watt. Moliere and
Voltaire, who were hypochondriacs; of Per
nardln de St, Pierre, who suffered from
hallucinations, and so on.
It may even be asked whether neuroses
are npt a special condition marking mental
superiority and constituting In some meas
ure the payment for It.
Neurosis lis certainly not a necessary
condition of superiority. It Is frequent in
numerous mediocre persons and Is wanting
tn many superior men. When the same
man Is at once neutrotlo and superior, he
is, as Grasaet aaya, neurotic In one sone of
his nervous system and superior in another.
This squib from the Courier will be of
unusual Interest to music lovers. Joachim
la of the old ruard. Indeed:
Joseph Joachim, the Nestor of modem
violinists, celebrsted his seventy-fifth
birthday on Thursday, Juns 2s, at
Bonn, where be happened to be assisting
at a music festival. Joachim haa been in
the public eye Just sixty-seven year.
Henri Wienlawski, In some respects the
greatest violinist of his day. Las been
dead twenty-six yeara, and yet Joachim
was playing the violin in public before
Wlenlawaki waa 1 years old. Wuxtemps,
anothrr great landmark in the rngrea of
modern violin playing, haa bn d,,
JwUJ5VV'iJtA and vt .viQ. 'QctdU"
tacular production progresses with renewed
thrill and realism.
Gossip from stageland.
Otis Turner, a well known comedian, Is
numbered among the people engaged for
the "College Widow'' company next season.
Harry Bulger In the "Man From Now"
continues to crowd the "Fremont theater,
Boston, and this merry melange of muslo
and frivolity has captured New England.
The stay of the "Man From Now' la In
definite. On Monday last Mr. Edward A. Braden
engaged Miss Irma 1 A Pierre for the part
of Aglale, maid to Judith, In "Barabbas."
Miss La Tlerre is young and pretty and
haa been asBoctated with the very best
organisations.
' It was announced yesterday In Edward
A. Braden s New lurk offices that re
hearsals for Stanley Uurk's new comedy,
"The Man and the Angel," would begin on
Monday, August 6. The flnit performance
will take place a month later at the Ly
ceum theater, Bochestrr.
Charlotte Walker has signed contracts
with Edward A. Braden to play the prt
of Constance Plnckney in Louis Evan
Bhtpman's new comedy, "On Parole." Mr.
Braden states that "On Parole'1 Is a pl:iy
of the civil war period snd that It will
open the season at the National theater,
Washington, D. C, on September 17.
Blanche King la Just now experlenolng
what some florid scribes are wont to call
"the Irony of fate." Miss Ring, who In
troduced the popularized "In the Good Old
Bummer Time," the sung of sylvan shades
and blooming leisure, finds herself this
Bummer committed to sing eight shows a
week right through the summer In torrid
New Tork. Despite this activity the com.
medlenne contrives to play hookey from
town at the end of every week, from the
close of Saturday night's performance until
the succeeding Monday afternoon. She
spends her week-ends at Long Beach, At
lantic City and Asbury. Miss Ring's tour
In "Dolly Dollars," under Charles Dilling
ham's direction, will commence Septem
ber i.
David Montgomery Is expected back from
the other side about July 15. Rehearsals of
"The Red Mill," the new Victor Herbert
Henry Blossom extravaganza, for which
Montgomery and Stone have left "The
Wizard of Os," begin July 26. The open
ing performance of "The Red Mill" will be
&lven at Atlantic City Saturday evening,
eptember 1.
Lena Abarbanell, the charming canta
trlce who has created a sensation In Regi
nald de Koven's "Student King," has can
celled her engagement to go abroad this
summer and will spend her vacation at
Martha's Vineyard, Kangely lakes, In
Maine. Miss Abarbanell will resume the
role of Ilsa In the "Student King" when
the opera goes en tour next season.
R, W. MacFarland, the well known young
manager, now In charge of the contract
department of Henry W. Savage's enter
prises, Is busily engaged In perfecting a
photographic scheme for use In comic opera
productions. A studio has been erected In
the vast building owned by Mr. Savage
on West Twenty-elithth street and many
novel advertising features are promised
from Mr. MacFarlnnc" s Invention.
Richard Carle's long run of fifty-eight
consecutive weeks In "The Mayor of Toklo"
terminated on Saturday night at the Colon
ial theater, Boston. His next musical piece
has already been christened "The Hurdy
Gurdy Girl." Mr. Carlo has written the
book himself, as always, and the muslo Is
to be composed by II. L Hearts, who wrote
the score of "The Tenderroot." Carle cer
tainly has an enviable advantage In being
bo well equipped to interpret his own cre
ations. Sarah Bernhardt, once again In Europe,
Is reported to have expressed an enthusi
astic admiration for Americans. "There is
no parasite cIum Ir. America," she said.
"They constitute a veritable nation In the
best sense of the word. They are proud of
their schlevements and grateful to the land,
which, bo to speak, recreated them. In
spired them with ardor and opened to them
vistas of boundless hopes. It Is not aston
ishing that they should he inspired with
patriotic Are, which burns brighter no
where." It Is reported from Paris that Sarah
made his debut Vleuitemps was an un
known youth, struggling for brsad and
recognition. Pablo de Suraaate has a repu
tation second only to Joachim's. His head
Is already crowned with the snow of age,
he has been on the concert platform half
a century, and yet Joachim had played the
Beethoven and Mendelssohn concertos In
public with sensational success, had won
the plaudits, admiration and friendship of
Mendelssohn, Spohr and Liszt before Sara
sate was born. Richard Wagner revolu
tionized opera. He haa been dead twenty
three years, and yet when Joachim began
hla career Wagner was utterly unknown.
Joachim was a European celebrity long
before the name of Johannes Brahms hud
ever been mentioned in the musical world.
On May 27, 104, London celebrated the six
tieth anniversary of Joachim's first Im
portant appearance In the Kngllsh .capital,
which took place on May 27, 1844. It was
not his debut In London, however, for that
had been made at Drury Lane a month
earlier (April 28) at a concert arranged by
Moschelea. and on May 19 the little
Joachim he was then 13 years old had
hla second engagement, at a "monster con
cert," managed by Jules Benedict, at which
there also appeared Mendelssohn, Thal
berg, Slvorl, Oriel. Bhaw, Mario, Salvl. La
blache, Staudigl, Dulken and Parlsh-Al-vars.yThe
famoua letter which Mendelssohn
wroto to Leipslc after Joachim's Philhar
monic debut In London has become one of
the memorable documents of musical his
tory. The great violinist's first teacher
waa Serwaczynskl, and his next Instructor
was Ueorg Heilmesberger, who considered
the boy a "hopeless case, so far ss bowing
Is concerned." At this time the great Ernst
appeared In Vienna, and Joachim went to
hear him. He became wild with enthus
iasm, and would not rest until the fa
moua virtuoso hud heard him pluy. Ernst
at once recognized Joachim's genius and
advised him to study with his own teacher,
Joseph Bohm. Joachim haa always con
sidered Ernst the greatest violinist he ever
heard and he heard David, Ole Bull,
Vieuxtemps, Wlenlawaki. De Berlot, Laub,
Slvorl, etc. Joseph Joachim's seventy-lifth
birthday doubtless brought him bushels of
congratulatory telegrams, letters and
cablea, for as fur as the knowledge of
violin playing extends over this globe, so
wldo is his fame and the love that the
fiddlers bear hi"'.
Miss Alice Fawcctt has closed her
studio for the season and has gono eaat
for a summer's study.
The Royal Hawaiian band will begin a
week's engagement at the Auditorium On
July 23.
Miss Juliet McCune Is a member of a
house party at Des Moines beach.
Mr. Lee O. Krati will conduct his thir
teenth season of the School of Music at
Lake Madison Chautauqua, South Dakota,
June 10 to July IS.
MART LEARNED.
Kotea and Personals.
Olive Fremstad, the opera singer, was
married recently to Edson Sutphen, a busi
ness man. Tho ceremony took place in
Bait I.ake City and the couple now are
spending their honeymoon In Purls.
Manuel Garcia, the world s most famous
singing master and Inventor of the laryngo
scope, died July 1. He was In his li'-d
year, having been born March 17, 186. The
celebration of his livth birthday last year
was an event heralded all over the world.
Fannie Bloomfleld-Zelsler, the eminent
planlat, who la now In Europe, is reported
to be in splendid health. She will return
to thla country from her annual vacutlon
abroad In September, and Immediately after
begin a six months' tour under the direc
tion of Ernest L'rchs.
On Thursday, the 14th Inst., in Paris, the
monument to Benjamin Godard was un
veiled In the Square Lamortlne, a few steps
removed from the statue of the celebrated
poet. This monument takes the form of
a stons pedestal, surmounted by the bust
of the author of "Joaelyn," "Danto."
"Taaso" and "La Vivandit re." At the foot
of the pedestal Leonora d Eate la depicted
in bronze relief, pointing out to Tasso ths
bust of the composer. The whole bears the
simple Inscription, "To Benjamin Godard
(1MS-18S5)."
Paul von Janko, the well known Inventor
of the Janko keyhonrd, celebrated on June
t his fiftieth birthday. Janko Is one of
those personalities who cause great general
comment, but fall to carry out the early
promise of their carrs. In the early
when he sacrificed l.i fortune to promote
his invention, it looked as thoujrh hl in
genious but complicated keyboard might
supplant the ancient model. Unfortunately,
however, the invention has practically lost
whatever super flolal hold It had upon the
rublio. Janko Is a pupil of the Vienna
Conservatory, srd also of the Poylteehnie
school In that ntv. In Ins k, uni-.l
Const ami swljnr h lir nal ,
Am-
Bernhardt believes she hsa discovered an
other great literary genius, at she previ
ously discovered Rotand. His name Is
Rene Fraudet. snd he Is only II years of
age. The young author had the good for
tune to persuade Madame Bernhardt to
read one of Ms plays, entitled ' Nult Per
verse." The tragedienne I said to have
declared. Immediately after the reading,
which lasted until long pat midnight, that
she would stage the piece at her own the
ater In Paris. Fraudet. who estimates that
he has composed some t.0X verses of poetry,
has never" published a line; he has been
waiting for a theatrical success.
Next season James O'Neill will make an
elaborate production of a biblical play
dealing with the career of John the Bap
tist Mr. O'Neill's performance of the
Saviour In the passion Play at Ban Fran
cisco twenty-eight years ago was consid
ered marvelous by those who witnessed It,
and his Interpretation of the prophet of
the wilderness should be a fitting climax
to his long and successful theatrical career.
Henrv W. Savage has returned from Ber
lin to London on various enterprises con
nected with his many forthcoming produc
tions next season snd will probably return
to this country within a fortnight. He will
be accompanied by Walter Rothwsll, the
well known conductor, who has been spe
cially engaged to direct the performance
of Pucclnnl's "Madam Butterfly."
Frank C. Payne, business manager of
the "English Grand Opera" company, who
has been abroad In the Interests of Henry
W. Savage, sails from London the esrly
part of next week. Mr. Psyne Is ex
tremely enthusiastic In his praises con
cerning Elsa Synamosy, the new prima
donna, engaged tor Pucclnnl's "Madam
Butterfly." This artist, by the way, oomes
credited to Amerioa with the endorsement
of the composer, and If accounts are to be
credited will create veritable sensation In
the role. Mr. Payne also speaks highly
of the beauties of ' the score of "Madam
Butterfly," and declares a genuine treat
Is In store for muslo lovers. The reception
sccorded the opera In London at Covent
Gsrden has been most noteworthy.
New Tork managers of musical produc
tions report a singular dearth of chorus
flrls. TTie show girl, a different product
rora the -chorus girl, tn that pulchritude
rather than voice Ts her capital, is said to
be as numerous as ever. But of about 1,000
auxiliary singing girls engaged at about
this time every summer for the twenty odd
singing organizations that annually tour
the country, the managers say not a fourth
has so far applied for plaoes. In this con
nection the comic opera department of the
house of Charles Dillingham hss just
sprung a march on Its fellows by establish
ing chorus girl recruiting stations In Bos
ton. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton. Last we.k's harvest In the cities
named brought sixty-four voices to the
Dillingham musical productions, twenty
from Boston, sixteen from Philadelphia,
ten from Baltimore and the others of the
' total from Washington.
By an arrangement made last week be
tween Klaw & Erlanger and Lulu Glaser
she will star next season In a new play
by George M. Cohan, aa has already been
announced. At the same time a contract
was signed which binds the prima donna
to the firm for four years. Her original
contract was for one more season only.
The Cohan production will be made at
the Liberty theater, where the following
rear Mlsa Glaser will be seen tn a reper
olre of plays. In which she will be given
every opportunity to show her versatil
ity. She will, it is said, havs ths most
extensive repertoire of any actress In re
cent years, for nearly a score of promi
nent writers have been engaged to pro
vide her with vehicles. The armors in
clude Edward E. , Kidder. Pauk- Potter.
Harry B Bmlth, John J. McNally and
George V. Hobart. Miss Glaser will be sur
rounded by the best company that can be
procured. Many players have already been
retained and others will fall Into the man
agerial dragnet within the next few weeks.
The productions will be elaborate. After
her run at the Liberty theater Miss Glaer
will fill long engagements at Boston, Chi
cago and Philadelphia.
Now that criticism has arisen over the
commemorative Washington tablet which Is
to be located on tho new Astor thester at
Broadway and Forty-fifth atreets, the pro
jectors of the plan have decided to make
a statement. Managers Wagenhals &
Kemper, both enthusiastic students of the
city's history, welcomed the Information
which came to them in February last from
a well known writsr tnat the Astor
theater stands on one of the most hlstorlo
spots on Manhattan Island. It was the
meeting of two roads when General George
Washington and General Israel Putnam
met September 15. 1778, and saved the
American forces from falling into the
hands of the British. Since the announce
ment that a tablet was to be placed on the
theater to mark the site, more than 100
letters of protest have come from histor
ical societies and private Individuals, claim
ing that the looatlon Is not correct. To
combat these, 146 letters have been received
to say that the site has been properly
located and thanking the Astor theater
managers for their patriotism. To settle
the disputed point, an exhaustive search
has been made, and the fact established to
unprejudiced minds that the spot has been
properly located. The' chief proof Is the
commissioners' map of 1807 on which the
old roads appear, togethar with the desig
nation of proposed streets, showing that
the Junction of the two roads was exactly
where the theater stands. Backed by this
strong evidence the projectors will place
the tablet. It Is now being cast and will be
uuvellud In August. It reads i
On This Spot
General George Washington
Conferred With
General Israel Putnam
September 16, 1776,
And Effected the Passage of
The American Army
From li.a City.
Moale at the Parka.
Huster's band will play as usual at River
view Sunday afternoon. Program:
March Our Boys In Blue Vlrlch
Medley Zigzag Operatic Mlssud
Southern Reverie Bendlx
Value Viola Blanke
Spring Awakening Bach
Overture La Pirate Luscomb
Fantasia My Old Kentucky Home..LanKoy
Valse Wedding of the Winds Hull
a. Spring Bong Mendelsohn
b. Intermezzo Salome I.oralne
March Nlebelungen Wagner
This Is Green's program for Sunday at
Hanacom park:
PART I.
March The Steel King St. Clair
lola Intermezzo Johnson
Double Quartet Mendelssohn
For He Shall Give His Angela.
Medley March John Dough Sloane
From "The Gingerbread Man."
PART II.
March Bemper Fldells Sousa
Overture Poet and Peasant buppe
Waltz Babes In Toyland Herbert
Selection from the Musical Comedy
"Little Johnny Jones Cohan
PART III. t
Everybody Works but Father Lehman
Czardas' Last Lovs (Hungarian
C Theme 1 .Braham
Sunbeam and Shadows. "A Tone
Poem" ..
. ..Ketser
,. i, nt tha Vnrth and South
(Grand American Fantasia).... Bendlx
I
iHliKSIEITI.
Baraey sad t k Us. Pa es BeaaUt 111
Week Beginning Sunday, July IS
TODAY at 2:30, TONIGHT at 8:15
Concert in Summer Garden at 7:45
Star Vaudeville
THE OKL'RAS
Wonderful Japaneee Jugglers
BANDY AND WILSON
61ngers and Dancers
IIARKY VAN X)HMEN
The Funny Comedian
The Novelty Sketch Artists
2 HACK KITS 2
Introducing "Ths Steeple on the Hill"
rAlLlftK COLKTNKY
Tbe Girl Who Sings the Songs
Bljtgi Stock Company in the Great
Comedv Drama
LOVK AND WAH
BIJOU MOTION PHTl'ItES '
Steadiest and Clearest Moving pictures
Ker Shown In the West.
PRICES 10c, 20c, 80c
Wed. and Bat. Matinees, 10c, 20c.
AMI EMKT.
CIRCUS DAY
'AND THE CORGEOUS eMnPsflfcl a
SPECTACLE
aa F I rB
lh.ll
WI.WT 1 fa. - rJ"-"K
s.. ' -4 auu . t bb-v-v riiit.'vi : i -j r rr' t wrr x ,ti . & m-w ,11 ai
l '
BIOOEST MENAGERIE ON EARTH
W0 Cages40 EIcphantsFam!ly of Full-drown Q!raftC3. '
the: worud'o oreateqt zoo;
Big, New Feature. Six-fold Circus
375 ARE.NIC ARTISTS-50 CLOWNS60 AERIAUSTd-
SO ACROBATS30 FAMOUS RIDERS.
AO thi World's Beat and Oreattst Acts and ths Greatest Show ef Trained Bones, Elepaaatt, end!
Woodr-workin Performing Animals Ever Seen, Conttltutiaf I
THC DIOOE8T ARCNIO SHOW IIM .THK WORUD,
Startling, New and Sensational Features ,
HERR FUSS' TERRIFIC MID-AIR
THP A.TOl!NniNfl CLAPkTtNIAN.V
THE ERNESTO 5ISTERS THE DR03. De KOCK-' 1
THE WEBB-ROMALLO TROUPE THE PEERLESS MO WATTS
THE JUOOLINO NORMANS THE ONRI TR0UPQ
New Arenlc Features Seen for the First Time in America.
r DIQQE5ST SHOW EVER OROANIZCO
85 Railroad
33,700,000.'
Capital Invested.
1 a.'.'.a
1 iWSU5rtiW.
Col 5s-cett Tktst
admits to AIL
AVfcW2fVrrV Mate to AIL wn, Uffrta VF
Admission tickets and numbered reserved seat will be on sale how day
at the Myern-Dillon Drug Store at exactly the same price charged In the rrfTtt
lar ticket wagons on the show grounds.
Hamwa
TODAY
Admission to
Park Free
NORDIN'S CONCERT BAND
Velvet Roller Coaster
Row Boats - Launches
BALLOON ASCKXSIOX, VAUDEVILLE THEATER, MERRY-GO-ROUND,
HOWLING ALLEYS, BHOOTING GALLERY, PKMAX AR
CADE, JAPANESE HALL GAME, ELECTRIC STUDIO, HAI1Y
RACK AND A GREAT
A til' ''niM.flns'nai m lll'i III
THE AUDITORIUM
Monday, July 23rd to Saturday, July 28th
The Coolest Place In Omaha.
The World Famous
Royal
iawaiiae
FROM HONOLULU
By Permission of the Government of Hawaii
SIXTY MUSICIANS AND SINGERS
Book tickets for thla concert season, which are now selling rapidly, are
on sale at Manager Oman's office in tho Auditorium; also at Myers-Dillon's,
Sherman & McConnell's, Beatou Drug Co., O. D. Klpllnger's cigar Store.
Bennett's and Thoiniison-Belden's.
These booklets contain t"n tickets, good for reserved seats without
-xtra charge, and the booklets are sold for $3.00 and $4.00, depending on
location desired.
The reserved seat sale will begin July 19. Prices will range from $5o to
75c, with general admission at 26c.
KRUG PARK
FOR ONE WEEK
mar evenms sa
Sjo., Wea. and Friday
Matlueet. 0p ilng....
All Tresoo Opsa Air rsrformanoss, of ths Komaatlo Olasslo Drama
INGOMAR
MB. liHrOSO BOSOD and his rod dramatic company. Baaatifol Cos
tumes. Maturs's Bocnsry. Katlasss at 4iOO p. m., Evsttlags at Siao.
Mansgsr Cols lnrttss all rislt- IT
lag Elks to tas l ark Today
THE ROY Al- CANADIAN BAINO
Will play a SFECIal. rBOOalM, Including BEICXAJaOT'S OafAXA XLK
MABCsC, and tns Buffalo Faa-Aim nu Elk Marosu
aECIAX, rOB OHB WEEK. OFEWIiO TODAY, I ABCT BITI.B IXOTS
THXANA Al MRYNOLDS
I. A HI AT AND KOFI TKBOWIVQ
WECVEBDAT, JT7LV 18 th AnnttU Bsnsfit Outing of ths WIBB
atEMOAlAL HOSPITAL.
I'SIDAY, JULY 80 East Grand Bsnsfit Concsrt by ths OUAJLA ktllg.
BEBCHOB.
Wsck of JULY 83 ILATTOB JTTBI
TABLE D'HOTE DINNER
SUNDAY J
Bhe CALUMET
AMI RHfcSTS.
OMAHA
WEDNESDAY
JULY 25
WORLDS"
GREATEST)
SHOWS a
Of II II III"1 l
- rHEr1
AMUSEMENT FEATUR
FEATURE
EVER DEVISED.'
1100 CMARACTERSBALLKT OF
300 DAN CINQ CIRLS
CHORUS OF 200
Vlgg9S$ Stag and
Most Ltaborott
Sctntry EVtr Vstd.
CYCLE - SOMERSAULT.
Rurona'a Marvelous ActtikWAnaVn.1
Cars 1280 People-650 Horses
.OO "lie 97,400.00
ited. I Dally Expense
Every Morning at 10 o'clock la Erery City Visited
Most Magnificent, Diggest Street Parade Ever Seen.
QiiMrts, tnetf U
,A-4 yttn, Ball-erics.
4raMAk
TODAY
VARIETY OF AMUSEMENTS.
J. M. GILLAft, Manager
OMAHA'S
Polite Pesort
Sunday, July 15
I 1 C m sntartalMd
mittss of Omasa X,odg s.
LEE BIKQEBB.
2C
laid
TABLE D'HOTE DINNER
Sunday 1 1:30 a. m. to 8 p. n.
40c and SOc
At tho CHESAPEAKE
Ml? HWS.rgtfHt,
