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all are partaking of the relaxation that ac
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are LT rtlvlty. and people
form., but It certainly will not be serious.
Manager. f theater, long aso learned not
to undertake any .erlou. production at th.
lad.om9 holiday season. ,nd ,
is what I. wanted, and It getting .o that
ven a. moderate do.e of that will .ufflce.
It 1. hardly expected that of the mom-
u itock comnoTy whose bill Is
changed each week, and who Rive eleven
performance, of each bill, that they .hould
present any deep or elaborate .tudy of a
character In enacting the role assumed,
it I. thefors the more creditable to Harry
Long, director of the Woodward Stock
company at the Burwood, that he euc
oeeded to well with Napoleon In "Madame
San. Gene" during the week. He w. as
sisted to & greater Extent In hi. perform
ance by the fact that he ha. been a stu
dent of French history, especially during
tha Napoleonlo period, and that the char
acter of tha little emperor appeal, to him
with great force. Be that a. it may, Mr.
long achieved the real triumph of the
Week by hi. presentation of the picture of
Napoleon at home. In appearance it con
formed closely to the pictures that have
preserved the outward and visible evi
dences of Imperial greatness to us, while In
manner It must have been very el' so to
the original. The two closing acts of the
play are dominated by the personality of
Napoleon, and Mr. Long took the lead and
fairly held It all the way. His chances of
mood, his abrupt silence and equally abrupt
speeches, his uervouness and hi. rae,
were all parts of a compelling conoeptlon
of a vital character, and proved again what
ha. been frequently .aid, that Mr. Long
has histrionic power of great force and ca
pacity. Taken In conection with the worry
and work Incidental to preparing .0 elab
orate a production his assumption of the
character of Napoleon was a big undertak
- Ing and hi. performance a real triumph.
In the New Tork Bun of last Sunday
John Corbln discusses the William
Vaughan Moody play, "The Great Divide,"
which ha. Interested New Tork a. no
other drama of recent year, has done. Mr.
Corbln says: ,
It I. only In a recondite .ense that "The
Great LMvtde" can be called a mystery
play, but there 1. no tsoape from the mys
tery that hangs about Its audiences. After
a lukewarm reception on the occasion of
It. first production In Chicago it was
damned on the road as dull and rawly ob
frcene from Dan to Beersheba, including
Pittsburg, Washington and way stations.
It Is suld that Mr. Miller and MIhs Anglln
were thinking hard of Its successor when
they opened in their little playhouse on
Broadway. But the theatrical scribes of
this phlllstlne metropolis, who, when oc
casion prompts, are tot homines, pro
nounced it In one voice the rarest of all
works of art, a really great drama. In Its
own case the great divide is apparently
the North river. -
But there I. a no less marked divide
within this great divide. According to the
verdict, of its audience. It I. the most
praiseworthy play of the season, and also
the most to be condemned. Of every five
who see It, at a rough estimate, two share
the opinion of Pittsburg. And the carper,
here and on the road are by no means all
from the intellectual hinterland. Meantime
the Princess theater Is nightly crowded to
the verge of the fire laws. On a raw and
rainy Monday night, in the week before
Christmas, when theatrical paper is an
obsolete security, there was not more than
a single row of empty seats. Of applause
there was almost none-scarcely excuse
enough for a couple of perfunctory cur
tains. But while the action was In progress
the audience was tense with an excitement
such as only the most absorbing drama
can produce. This Is a mystery, the heart
Of which will not easily be plucked out.
The voice from the Hinterland puts the
easiest riddle. No sphinx could take out
honest life Insurance whose existence de
fended on keeping it a secret that the
high-mlndttd American public denies the
existence of such things as brutal drunken
ness and Intended rape on this pinkly
proper earth beneath yon sky of baby
Llue. There should be nothing In a play,
acordlng to the best beloved of hose dear
old managerial rules of thumb, to which a
lad can't take hi. sweetheart, a man his
Wife. Note the rare blend of thrift and
morality. Note also the assumption that
all sweethearts are Imbeciles and all wives
are prudes. Against a union of cunning
and sentimentality, ss Schiller neglected to
elm;, the gods themselves contend in vain.
A large part of the people who abominate
"The Great Divide" are those who have
been encouraged In the playhouse to be
Imbeciles, prude, and the natural pro
tector, of .uch. A theatrical reporter m'as
lately asked that dear familiar ques'lon,
"What Is the best play In town?" When
he answered according to his convictions
his interlocutor replied: "I don't like the
subject. In such matter. I follow William
Winter." It wa. useless to retort that M .
Winter himself in this cose has weathered
his seasonable discontent and found "The
Great Divide" of might.
The one thing the conventional playgoer
may be relied on to resent In the play
house Is new truth, and especially when
the truth Is a. all truth should be naked.
Another of the managerial saying is that
folks like those plays most which show
them themselves. But not their true selves.
What they delight in is themselves well
draped In beautiful garments and illumined
by the endearing aura of the limelight.
The history of the stage for 2,600 years Is
replete with example..
Sometimes the object, of popular aboml
rtations are grotesquely trivial. Kor dec
ades, almost centuries, no French play
wright dared to put a bed on the stage of
the Theater Franca is, even the most de
corous and conjugal four-poster. When
the innovation was madn it called forth a
storm of prudish protest. I.ess than a
decade ago a similar outcry was raised
here at 1vde Fitch's realistic bedroum
scene In "The Girl and the Judfie." Today
the difficulty Is to keep playerfolk from
putting In beds where they don't belong.
When Mr. Helasco writes a play with a
"great" scene centering in a rnittrens it is
a case to be chronicled. Mr. Pot hern and
Miss Marlowe represent the brWiitl cham
ber of Romeo and Juliet In unflinching de
tail, though nothing Is clearer to any stu
dent of K.llsiibethan stage management
thna that Shakespeare never contemplated
any such disillusioning actuality. And now
the bridal bed of Tinmen and Juliet has
made Its way Into grand opera.
If there Is nothing qulto as revolting to
the popular Idea of seemllnees as naked
new truth, there Is nothing as dear to It
when It has once become accustomed. In
this fsct no doubt lies a part of the apneal
of "The Great Ulvlde." for, though it Is
applauded timidly, or rot at all. it stirs the
audience deeply, and is provocative of pre
cisely the hind of discussion which mikes
their friends eager to see it. It Is only
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polish.
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nickel, etc., and, give the metal surface a shining
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after a preliminary shock and equrrm that
a touch of nature makes the whole world
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romtnar Events.
"In the rt!hpr carriage," the drama
tization of Miriam Mlchelson'8 novel of the
same name. Is one of the great hit. and
distinct .dramatic sensation, of the present
theatrical season. The play has created
more comment than any play produced In
recent years. Its presentation at the Boyd
theater on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday
evenings, with a special matinee on Tues
day, ha. aroused Interest among local
thenter-goers. The play differ, from the
book In many important respects. The
first act shows the home of the Ramsay.,
where the bishop brings Nance Olden, the
thief, under the Impression that she I. a
college student temporarily out of her
mind. Latimer meets the girl, and. though
he divines her true character, grows In
terested In her. In the second act, which
occurs In I.tlmer'e rooms, this Interest
has r:pened Into love. With Tom Dorgan,
her guide in dishonesty, Nance attempts to
rob her new-found friend. Latimer catches
them, and .end. Dorgan to prison In order
to fret Nance of hi. Influence. In the
third act he propose, marriage to Nance,
now turned vaudeville performer, and she
refuse, him because .he believes that she
till care, for Dorgan. One look at Dor
gan, when, having escaped from prison, he
confront, her, disposes of this Idea. Bhe
refuse, to go away with him. Dorgan, to
be revenged, tell. Latimer that Nance I.
not what .he should be. The fourth act
clear, up this matter and end. with th.
union of Latimer and Nance. Mis. Jessie
Busley, well known In many Important
plays, Interprets the role of Nnnce Olden,
and the many encomiums she has been
accorded by critics and public speak in
Kcnerous terms of the marvelous ability of
this rising actress.
In Reginald De Koven and Charles
Klein's comic opera, "Rod Feather," which
comes to the Boyd theater on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, Miss Cheridah
Simpson, the prima donna, has been sur
rounded by a thoroughly adequate support
ing company of seventy people. Manager
Music and Musical Notes
MIT mitlrulr In a mttnlp.il WAV 1uat
w I now is rather meager, so far as
A I fnrnlvn attraction are concerned.
locally there are several plan, in
progress. The next meeting of tho
department of the Woman's club
will come on the afternoon of January 3,
with the following program, which reads
attractively:
Concerto Moxart
'l j Pianos Mr. Bigsmund Landsburg,
Mr. E. c Palton,
Souvenir de Moscou (airs itusscs)
V lenJuwskl
Miss Emily Cleve.
a. Until You Came John W. Metcalf
b. Violet Albort Mlldenberg
Mrs. C. C Cope.
Song Without Words Binding
Miss Gertrude Ernst.
Sunset Dudley Buck
Mrs. A. I. Root.
Robert Tol Que J'aJme Meyerbeer
Mr. Olaf Pederson.
Impromptu Shubert
Mr. E. D. Patton.
Miss Ingrld Pedersen, accompanist.
The people taking part are all profes
sionals. Miss Ernst Is one of the Instruo
tor. at the Chicago university. Mrs. Sbary
ha. charge of the recital and has evidently
spent much time and pain upon U make
up. ... ,
Mrs. Esther Pnlmqulst, who haa been
studying vocal and operetta art with Her
mann Devries and L. A, Phelps In Chi
cago, Is spending the holiday, with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Mullln, In this
city, and will give a song recital at
Schmoller & Mueller', auditorium next
Thursday evening, January 3. Bhe will be
assisted by Mis May Lovely, a pianist
well known in Omaha, and Mr. Vail. Mrs.
Puimquist, whose voice is dramatic so
prano, will sing the arta from Weber's
"Der Trelschutx." The program also In
cludes the Hu.be ner a from "Carmen,
Gounod's "Serenade," with flute obllgata;
Tostl's "Good Bye" and "Love In the
Spring Time" by ArdlttL Miss Lovely',
numbers are "Valse Styrlenne," by Wollen
haupt, and Wagner's "Song to the Bveaing
Star." Mrs. Palmqulst leaves the last of
the week for Chicago, where she will oon
tlnue her studies until next October, when
she will tour with a concert company.
On January 10 at the Bchmoller A Muel
ler hall Stanlslav Letof.ky, pupil of Mr.
Jean Duffield, will give a piano recital.
The next meeting of the Tuesday Morn
ing Musical club comes January 8, at tha
residence of Mrs. E. W. Nash. The gieat
Italian composers will be represented. Mrs.
Turner ha. charge of the program.
"The Holy City" was given successfully
In Bellevue December 30, under the di
rection of Miss Fawcett. Many people
went down from Omaha. A good audio,-oa
filled the Presbyterian church. Of the
soloists Mrs. Wllhelm, who sang the soprano
role particularly acquitted herself with
credit.
At the Presbyterian church In Omaha
lost Sunday night Mr. Elils and hi. choir
gave a large part of "Th Holy City."
The day before the Christmas musJo
services ut the St. Mary's Avenue Congre
gational church, Mrs. Kelly received word
that her brother had been killed In an ac
cident. Notwithstanding this cad news,
she went through her part In the Sunday
singing both morning and evening. Those
who knew her well noticed the set expres
sion of her face. Net till after her d'y's
work v.'as over did she tell even her choir
companions of her sorrow and lo-s. Mrs.
Kelly has the sympathy and affection of a
large circle of friends.
The following comment by W. J. Hender
son Is ulmost too full of good hard se:ise
to be popular. If singers took his adv C3
to heart there would be at, least a few
more first rate opera and concert per
formers. From time to time It may he convenient
and possibly printable to make some com
ment in this place on the new opera singers
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Gaites gave most careful consideration to
the vocal abilities of all whom he solected
for the organisation and prides himself
upon having s-cured one of the best sing
ing: companies that has been sent on tour
since the day. of the AJlce Nellson Opera
company. The wealth of the scenic and
costumlo production I. well known.
George Primrose and his big minstrel
company will be the attraction at the Boyd
theater Friday and Saturday evenings and
a matinee on Saturday. On the roster
of talent supporting Mr. Primrose are tho
Gorman brothers, Emlle Bubers, James
Conner, and Eddie Horai, comedians; Kd
Chappell, Interlocutor; Clarence Maiks,
Charles Relnhart, David Irwin. Walter 8.
Brower, William Oakland, Edgar Allyn,
Frank Dunn and Richard Reld, vocalists.
There Is also an operatlo orchestra of
twenty musicians, under the conductorahlp
of Charles Prokop. Novel features and
new Ideas will bo a feature of this season's
program. In the first part will be sung
sonr.e of the favorite ballads of a genera
tion ago, such as "Nellie Wa. a Lady,"
"Hard Time. Come Again No More."
"Sweet Nellie Gray," and "Love Among
the Roses," after which minstrelsy of to
day will be given, with the entire company
In evening dress and black face, when all
the latest ballads and comic song will
be given. A laughing musical .ketch will
open the second part, to be followed by
Mr, Primrose and hi. "bunch" of cotton
blossom coon. In a melange of dances. '
Miss Constance Adam, fairly won her
way at the Burwood theater In her In
troductory role of Madame Sana-Gene. She
ha. shown that In addition to her quali
fications a. a comedienne she Is also en
dowed with a capacity for more serious
work. During the coming week she will
be given a chance to show In a different
way her talent as a comedy leader. In
the character of Mistress Wofflngton in
"Pretty Peggy" she will have the best
sort of a chance. Pretty Peggy Wofflng
ton has been made the heroine of many a
play, but of none more Interesting or amus
ing than this one. In It she has not only
her own romance to look after, but that
of a younger sister as well. The theater
who have been brought before us this
season. Some have come trailing long and
flaming European reputations behind them,
and others have come with focussed fame.
What is focussed fame? Well, it is (mj
earned in one place. Geraldine Farrar,
the young American soprano, for example,
enjoys a highly focussed fame. Bhe is cele
brated throughout Berlin. She is the dar
ling of the Kaiser Wllhelm's capital. On
the other hand, Eleanor Broadfoot that
was, Kleanoro de Clsneros that Is, has
moved by successive stages upon Madrid,
Rome, Milan, Vlenyia and London and has
been acclaimed In every one of them. Yet
despite her reception in these various and
varied centers of musical tuate she. did not
carry across the Atlantic one-tenth of the
reclame made for the youthful and com
paratively inexperienced Miss Farrar.
The explanation Is after all not difficult
to find. Miss Farrar made her success in
Berlin, where the standard of operatic sing
ing is extremely low. In Germany today
two qualities are demanded of opera sing
ers, namely, plenty of tonal power and
ability to exercise It from the beginning of
the opera till the end. In plain and inele
gant language, the acme of lyrlo art on the
German stage is lung power. Every one
sings as hard as possible from beginning
to end. There are occasional flashes of
planlsslml, but there is no middle ground.
A beautiful, smooth, sustained cantilena
In the medium voice over a subdued and
mellow accompaniment Is one of the rarest
things In Germany. It is almost never
heard. As for the finer .graces of vocal
art, their existence is not even suspected.
The German, learn nothing from Sembrich
and Boncl. '
But to return to the real point. Berlin
I. no place to determine the world standing
of an operatic artist. Singing of a most
crude and uncultured type. Is accepted there,
provided the voice be good and big. Now
imagine the sensations of these Jaded and
dulled Berlin audiences when Geraldine
Farrar, with her sinuous and svelte figure,
her splendid dark eyes, her rentiers and
temperamental action, her picturesque
poses and her frank delineation of passion,
appeared before them. Add to thew quali
ties her genuinely fresh and beautiful voice,
with its youthful vigor and Its reckh.sj
plenitude. Is there any wonder that Berlin
went Into ecstasies over her and thought
It had found an operatlo jewel of the
highest price?
Now what ha. happened? Miss Farrar
has returned to her native land, carrying
upon her fair shoulders the burden of this
enormous Berlin success. She has essayed
to live up to it in the Metropolitan opera
house. Of course she had no conoeptlon
of the nature of her undertaking. In
Berlin she was surely told always that
In America no one knew anything about
art In any of Its forme, and that when she
came here she would be a revelation to
the Ignorant and benighted Yankees.
Miss Farrar walked upon the stage of tha
Metropolitan Opera house, where youth,
beauty, fresh and glorious voices and the
highest lyrlo art of the world were no
strangers, and she created a sensation
by what? By some questionable stage
business in "Romeo et Juliette." Every
one admired her beauty. Every one was
delighted with her fresh young vclce.
Every one saw in her a splendid dramatio
temperament and the posiblllty of a not
able future. But only a few easily In
fluenced people accepted the verdict of
Berlin and acclaimed her as a great, artist.
Since the first night there has been little
enthusiasm about her. Probably In her
opinion, which will be backed by her
"friends," this means that the Americans
do not know a good singer when they hear
one. These poor, foolish Americans, who
adored Orlsl and Jenny Llnd, who wor.
shlped Pattl, who loved Gerster, who lav
ished their praises on Lehmann, who have
poured adulation at the feet of Sembrich
and Nordlca. these foolish Americans do
not know anything about singing.
Prophesy is no part of criticism, but In
the case of Geraldine Farrar the Indica
tions are too plain to he mistaken. She
stands in New York at this Instant at th'
parting of the ways. It Is open to her to
take one of two paths. She may either stay
here and study such treat sliif-'ers us come
under her observation, learn how to place
her upper tones and how to sltue In a re
tlned. reposeful, nnlshd style, and l-oome
one of the greatest lyric artists the world
ever saw, or she may break her ontriM'f
with Mr. Conrled, return to Herlln nnit
scream out a narrow German career In ton
rears.
If she continues to sing as she does now
she will tear all the velvet off her voice In
that tim and will have left only a dead,
wooden, unmusical tone. She has not the
physique of a Lehman. She Is not a
Schumiinn-Heink. She must use her voice
with perfect art or she will blot out its
beauty. In Berlin that will make no differ
ence to her. provided she can keen Its power.
As Ions as she can scream she will do
well enough for Berlin. But ttie doors of
1m Hculu, Cnvent Garden and the Metro
politan Opt ra house will be closed to her.
A happy New Year and many of them!
MART LKARVED.
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THE OMAHA SUNDAY I1EE: DECEMBER 30, lpon.
comes In for Its shore of the action, and
a number of lord, and women are Intro
duced, as well a. the young sprigs about
town of the day. Miss lsadore Martin will
get a fine chance as the sister of Peggy
Wofflngton, and the others In the company
will have plenty of chance. Th stage
settings permit of considerable display, ond
this Director Long has provided for with
his usual good taste. "Pretty Peggy" will
be played first at a matinee on Sunday,
and on each evening during the week, with
other matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. The regular holiday arrange
ments will be made for New Year's after
noon. Hal Reld'. melodrama, "Custer. Last
Fight," will be the attraction at the Krug
theater for two nights commencing matinee
today. The company number, forty people.
Thl. Include, a band of full-blooded In
dian, with their war pordes. The cowboys,
horses, dogs and wolves used In the pro
duction have lieen loaned by "Pawnee
Bill "(Colonel Gordon W. Lillle.) One of the
greatest scene, ever placed before the pub
llo I. the climax to th. play "Custer's Last
Stand" against the Indians on the Little
Big Horn. Thl. 1. a falthrul atage picture
of that gallant though foolhardy attempt
to crush the redmen In which the brave
general and his command lost their lives.
Every child knows the story of the brave
Custer.
The attraction at fhe Krug theater for
two night, and two matinee, starting New
Year', matinee will be that rollicking musi
cal comedy, "Everybody Works But
Father." There Is a large and well dressed
chorus and an evenly balanced cast and the
scenic and electrical effects are said to
bo the best that can be obtained. The
music Is that catchy kind and all of the
numerous specialties are good. There, will
be the usual matinee on Wednesday.
"Lost In New York'' comes to the Krug
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It
Is a mirror of high and low life In a great
city, told In such a manner a. to bring out
all the pathetic as well as bright sides of
human llfo. It is not grewsome at any
time, and yet . It la perfectly true to the
subject It purposes to illustrate. There 1.
not a situation that is not taken from ac
tual life, and they are not only original,
but at the same time so Intense as to win
the ardent commendation of playgoers.
The lines of the drama are simple and
bright and are beautifully rhetorical. The
scenery Is very striking In appearance.
For today, matinee and night, and for
the ensuing week another excellent holiday
bill Is promised at the Orpneum. it will be
tho New Year attraction at a special mat
inee on Tuesday besides the evening. The
six Gllnserettls, billed as the most mar-
velous of all acrobats, head the IK, hence
something especially good In the line of
sensation acrobatics should be forthcoming
from them. Frederic Hawley and company
will present their latest success, a one-act
melodrama entitled "The Bandit," about
the best vehicle Mr. Hawley has found In
the condensed drama. Augusta Glose with
her "spoken songs" mado a "hit" here two
years ago. She Is a pretty and charming
girl. MlSBes Alice Hanson and Gussle Nel
son have also come before and met favor.
Their specialties are comedy, singing and
dancing, In the latter of which they excel.
Muddox and Melvln will help alqng the
fun-making In a skit called "The Messen
ger Boy and the Actress." Max Million
will' appeal seriously to the music lover.
The young violin virtuoso, who Is a pupil
of Joachim, 1. reported decidedly clever.
Chris Smith and the two Johnson. In a
musical comedy skit called-- Astorbift's
Home," and the new klnodrome pictures
complete a two-hour entertainment calcu
lated to make the week a pleasant one.
Gossip from Stogeland.
On February 28 next "Brown of Harvard"
will have been played continuously for one
solid year, not having closed for a single
night during the summer.
Gillette's play built On the Doyle 'de
tective stories, "Sherlock Holmes," is
scheduled for an early production by the
Forepaugh Stock company.
Martin Harvey, tho English nctor, is
preparing an elaborate revival of Shakes,
peare's "Richard III." to be given In Lon
don within the next fortnight.
Paula Edwurdes will be the principal
figure In the new musical comedv, "The
Princes Beggar," which is to follow the
"Blue Moon" at the Casino in New York.
Raymond Hitchcock, who has been star
ring this season In Richard Harding Davis'
'comedy, "The Galloper," has expressed his
intention of returning to light opera next
season.
Virginia Horned is writing a classic so
ciety drama, which she contemplates pro
ducing next full. One of the characters
Is supposed to represent a well-known Cin
cinnati "exclusive."
Robert Gunthony, the playwright and au
thor of "A Message from Mars." has Just
come to tills country for a visit of several
months. He Ih engaged on a new play
which he expects to tlni."h while here.
Florence Roberts will present the English
version of the Spanish playwright Ani'el
Guinera's new play, "Maria Rosa," at Se
attle, Wash., on next Saturday. The play
has never been done in English before.
Burr Mcintosh has Just completed the
libretto of a new farce comic opera, en
titled, "The Photographer." to which A.
Baldwin Sloane has written the muslo.
An early production of the piece is being
arranged for.
"Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" is
to be produced In London next spring, it
has been calculated that this play hus been
one of the blgxest money makers I.iebler
& Co. have ever put out. It has already
netted them $J.O,0uO.
Frances Starr, who Is playing Jtianlta at
the Belaco theater, New York, In Belasco's
exquisite production of "The Hose of the
Rancho," inaile her fust app -aliiuce Willi
u small summer stock compuny, ut Albany,
N. Y., in June, ljul,
The present tour of Olga Nethersole In
America will cover iW.Onu miles. It is the
Intention of the actress to preserve her
diary and later publish her Impressions In
book form under the title, "Twenty-six
Thousand Miles on Wheels."
Robert Browning's play, "Cnlombe's
Birthday." was given a natinee perform
ance In New York last week at the Hud
son theater, with Grace KUlstnn In tli
role. It is pronounced to be one of Brown
ing's most satisfactory dramas.
Isabel Irvine is to be starred by Uebler
& Co. She Is to go out on the road in
"Susan In Hearch of a Husband," re
cently played by EleHnor Rohson In New
York. It is a comedy by Jeromo K. Jorome.
Mips Irving was a member of the original
Cast.
It Is being arranged to give several per
formances of 1 l.iupt munn'tf "Hunmie" dur
ing It'!it in New York. Tim play is re
garded as particularly appropriate fur that
sea Mm of the year, and a scries of special
morning performances will also be given
for children.
Eleanor Rnlison, according to present
! hum, will again stay In New York dur
.ng the whole of next season, appearing
in a number of new plays ut the Liberty,
,'ollowlng the plan she lias bt-cn pursuing
this season. A new play by Rostand, the
Trench poet, will be given an early pro
duction by her.
Grace George has closed her successful
engagement in New York in "Clothes."
:md has begun her tour of the principal
cities. I'pon her return to the nmtropulis
eurly in April she Intends to uppear in a
special production of Ibsen's "The Lady
From the trea" and as Cypiiwine In
Sirdou's "Dlvorcons."
Mme. Rejar.e, the French actress, has
opened her own theater In Paris. It is lo
cated on the Rue blanche on the site of
the former Nouveau theater. Her open
ing play was "La Savelll," a play In seven
scenes by Max Maurey. The house was
thronged with nutable perso ns and tiie ac
tres wa given tt mrdial reception,
i-a Savelil" Is rather an ensemble of
striking scenes than a play. The action
is somewhat uncertain. La Savelil is a
street singer, whom Pr.lnce Carpanla seeks
out and inarrte. She Is revengeful axaitut
the empire, and the prince conspires for
her sake to draw the emperor into a trap
at bis own house, where he is assaulted by
a member of the Carbonari, but escapes.
M. Aulolne, the new director of tb
Od eon In Paris, has created a furor In the
French capital with his revival of Shakes
ponre's "Julius Cnwar," which has Just
been unfolded to the admirers of the K.n
gllsh dramatist in that city. The opening
date was six weeks after the one originally
set. M. Antolne has given the play a
stenla Investiture which has made stag"
managers wonder, and It is now freely
stated that he Is the logical candidate for
the direction of the Comedle Francalse, the
foremost position that can come to any
theatrical manager In France. One of the
greatest successes achieved In this triumph
was scored by Kduard Alexander de Mark,
whom American audiences will remember
as the leading man with Sarah Bernhardt
during her tour of this country laM yenr.
M. de Marx played Marc Antony. In the
famous forum scene a mob of 4o0 was em
ployed with overwhelming effect. All Parts
ha bron set talking shout the production,
and the vogue of Sha.kepeare In the French
capital has been established.
Widensall in St. Retersburo;
(Continued from Page One.)
lecture, to the membership on the same,
that would In time take the place of the
present manner of work and be rightly
classed with true association work In all
other lands.
I met In thl. building Baron Paul
Nicolay, a graduate of St, Petersburg uni
versity, who is Intensely Interested in as
sociation Christian work for the student. In
thl. university. 1 had a personal interview
, with him alone in the Light House building
and afterward, by appointment, and with
other university student, in my room at
the hotel. It was most gratifying to meet
such a representative of such a university
ardently desirous to do a safe, yet vigorous
evangelical work in the name of Jesus
Christ among the university students.
In company with Mr. Gaylord I mut with
some of the representative men connected
with his work In St. Petersburg; among the
rest was a noted Instructor, Gone-ial Peter
Sideroff, at the head of one of the first
government schools in St. Petersburg. He
is a very good man, so Mr. Gaylord tells
me, Intensely interested in his work of
education and very helpful to Mr. Gaylord
In1 his work for young men.- He received
us very cordially and gave to us much of
his valuable time. He read many of my
letters from other countries and expressed
his hearty appreciation f them.
I met with the secretaries of the Evangel
ical association and through an Interpreter,
a young banker, spoke to them of tho as--soclatlon
work, Its far-stretching Influence
and especially of tho Importance of the
secretary's work in all association effort.
They seemed highly pleased with all I had
to say. The man who Is now General Sec
retary, Mr. Waldeniar Kranel, is a very
spiritual man. Having means of his own
he gives his time and services almost
gratuitously to the association work.
On Wednesday, September 19, the last
evening I spent In St. Petersburg, I attended
a meeting of the representatives of the St.
Petersburg Y'oung Men's Christian associ
ation appointed to meet me, a fine body of
Christian men. Among them was Pastor
Herru Flndelsen, member for Russia of
the World's committee Young Men's Chris
tian association and chairman of the Rus
sian National Association committee, as
well as president of the local association.
He Is a most efficient and devoted Christian
man. The meeting gave ,-me a most
attentive hearing to all I had to ray and
asked a number of Important questions.
This association Is purely evangelical, made
up mostly of Germans, Lutherans and re
formed, at a ratio of one reformer to eight
Lutherans, but all under the greater de
signation evangelical.
' This evangelical association Is on the
right basis and can be made to do a safe
and great work In St. . Petersburg and
Russia. It 1. constituted of representa
tives .of the only real reliable body of
evangelical Christians In that city that Is
large and permanent enough to Inaugurate
and maintain a true association work.
But like all others, It needs outside en
couragement and help at first from the
countries where the association work Is
ptronj. Rut while It should receive en
couragement and nsslstance from all coun
tries where the nssoclatlon is well devel
oped, It should especially receive the more
Immediate help of the German associations,
or at least through German representatives,
who would understand the present working
constltutncy more than any others and as
a matter of course could more intelligently
and wisely direct them In the purpose and
methods of true association effort. Be
sides, the Russian young men are for va
rious reasons not as capable at present
a. the German young men to maintain
true Y'oung M"n's Christian association
work In St. Petersburg.
I was Intensely interested In all the asso
ciation work I saw In St. Petersburg,
Russia, and would have been glad to have
spent a much longer time In that city to
help Inaugurate a far-reaching association
work for Its young men and eventually
for the young men of the entire Russian
empire.
The field for Y'oung Men's Christian asso
elation work In Russia is large and In
viting. The npparent difficulties must not
be allowed to prevent the Inauguration of
the best and truest work. True assocla
tlon work will win In Russia as In other
lands, if rightly started and lightly main
tained, while every other work, however
promising at first, will eventually fall be
cause It cannot and will not have tha help
of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
ROBERT WF.TDEN8ALL.
Paris, France, Dec. 10, 19.
Timber for Wine Casks
"The growing scarcity of timber suitable
fcr tho manufacture of staves Is a problem
that confronts two continents and In which
all the wine drinking world, and therefore
the civilized world. Is concerned," said I. B.
Goldman, a etave grower and shipper of
Hope,, Ark.
"Timber best suited for manufacture into
staves comes from Arkansas and small por
tions of Louisiana. Texas, Alabama and
Tennessee. The timber has bi-en cut In
large amounts every years to meet the
growing demand. Prices have advanced, of
course, but the demand still advances, for
no other wood can take the place of that
produced 111 our section.
"Most of the staves are shipped to Bar
celona, Spain, where they are used in the
manufacture of wine casks. Bo:h Euro
peans and Americans have tried to invent
something to take the place of the stive,
but so far without success. Glass and
earthen casks have been tried, but wine
does not ukc the same in these receptacles
and it has quite a different flavor." Wash
ington Pest.
A Decline in 'Frisco
With hope in his heart the man faced
the woman ut the door.
"Are you the person who advertised the
loss of a fjo.uta' pearl necklace?" he asked.
"Yes, yes," tho lady eagerly cried. "Have
you found it?"
"Here It is, ma'am." And ha handed her
tho Jewels.
"Thank you so much," said the lady.
"Heie is to for your trouble."
The man's face fell.
"Five dollars!" he hoarsely growled
"You are disappointed," said the lady.
"Well. I'll tell you what I'll do. If you
will give me (5 you can keep the necklace."
Then the unfortunate man realized that
tho pearl, were pste. Cleveland, Plain
Dealer.
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