TTIE OMAITA SUNDAY BEEi JULY 14, 1907.
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
iUCH Information aa dribble down
ward from high Olympus, on
which eminence sit th men who
direct the destiny of the theater
In Ajncrlc gives little hope for
nny notable literary undertaking In connec
tion with the stag during the coming ea
snn. Art 1 atlU to be regarded etrictly
from the standpoint of dollar and cent,
and the people will be given that which
they want, rather than that which they
need. Herein the manager exhibits his
worldly wisdom, and the ethical aspect of
' the matter la lost in the oonfuslon that
follows the suoceM of the more or lens mer
etricious drama, while the still, small voice
of protest Is drowned in the chink of the
money bag the manager takes to the bank
each morning following his nightly perform
ance. "Forljr-flv Minutes from Broadway '
without Fay Templeton to make It at all
palatable la to be sent out, and "The I-lon
and the Mouse" will be numerously per
formed for at least one more Reason; "The
Clansman" Is to be again enacted by at
l"st as many companies as were "out"
In the play last season, and similar Informa
tion Is easily obtainable. But of the really
snrlous drama little Is heard. It will not
be abanadoned, for It has Its derated cham
pions who are faithful always, but It must
need "pale Its Ineffectual light" under the
glare of the big "successes" that are
swseplng the country and have swept.
Is Its light Ineffectual? Hardly; though
It sblne with but the feeblest glimmer, It
Is still the light of everlasting truth, show
ing the way, even though dimly, to correct
Ideals and better morals. It would be sad
Indeed If the intellectual element of modern
society had reached the plane where It
could no longer be moved by a dramn '',
strength; It would bo equally sad If it h: J
attained such a decree of bliiestockinRisn.
that it roi:ld no longer be entertained b.v
nome of the matter that Is not worthy of
the name of literature, nnd yet offers In
Its way dlvertlsement. vBut, sadder then
either of these possible conditions, would
be a condition In which the intellectual lire
of the country hud sunk to that stnge where
the good In drama could no longer obtain
a hearing, and only the cheap and tawdry
would draw people to the theater. Kven
the most pesslmlstlo of the critics hardly
ventures to predict such an attitude of the
public mind.
Yet what Is to he" said of the- vogue
of what Is for want of a better term
called "molodram," and which Is merely
trash; sometimes worse than trash? It
Is true that no class of plays secures the
attention of more people In the course
of a season than the cheap thrillers that
nightly pack the theaters devoted to what
are politely called "popular priced" plays.
It Is against this sort of "drama" that the
voice of protest has been most urgently
raised. The drama of sin and of crime,
the exploitation of misdeeds of varying
degree and the apparent glorification of
conduct so reprehensible that If It were
actually practiced It would land its fol
lower in prison. Is the drama that gets
the widest hearing. Every form of vio
lence against person and property Is made
use of in these plays, and It does not
suffice to argue that In the end the per
petrator Is overtaken. The play invaria
bly showa the false step made by the
NOTES OF OPERA IX EUROPE
"Cavalleria Eusticana" Given in
New Dress.
CARL HUILEIAN MAKES A RECORD
Work of the Brothers Monleone Called
"access Leoncavallo's Aiew
Opera "till Another
Bayreuth.
It might seem as If there was already
enough "Cavalleria Rusticana" on the
operatic stage. Yet the brothers Monluone
of Genoa think otherwise.
Domenlco of that name, who Is now SO,
began life as an engineer, but later turned
his attention to musio. His brother Glo.
vanni, who Is a poet, prepared for him a
new operatlo version of Verga's play and
within a few weeks there was a new opera
on the subject.
It was submitted In the Sonxogno com
petition in which "Cabrera," by Dupont,
won the prlxe, and, not attracting attention,
the brothers Monleone took It to Amster
dam for performance. A town In Holland
was selected to avoid complications from
the copyright laws.
At the first performance both operas
founded on Verga's play were on the pro
gram. That of Mascagnl opened the even
lug. It met with Its usual success, but not
with more, it is said, than that awarded
the new work. Indeed, the latter was re
ceived with such enthusiasm that Verga
has notified the composer that he will not
Interfere with the production of the opera
in Italy. The new "Cavalleria" is soon to
be produced In Berlin.
Leoncavallo, on the other hand, has
taken an entirely new subject for his next
opera. It Is called "The Red Shirt" snd the
hero Is a follower of Garibaldi. The action
takes place In a small town of the Tren
tint during tha Austrian supremacy In
Italy.
One brother Is a friend of Austria and
the other a follower of Garibaldi. Both
love the same girl, who gives her heart to
the follower of Garibaldi.. Ths other
brother denounces his rival to the polloe.
Then he promises the girl to rescue him in
caee she married him. 8h promises any
thing on condition that her lover la freed.
The day of the trial comet. A shot Is
to Indicate that the so-called spy Is found
guilty and a flourish of trumpets that he
haa been released. The girl hears a shot
which is fired by mistake and when the
treacherous brother hastens to her to claim
his reward she staba him as th trumpet
sound to give th true verdict. Then her
friend enter Joyously to tell her that her
lover Is freed.
The opera will soon be sung In the little
theater attached to Leoncavallo's villa at
Brissago, on Lake Magglore. "Maya,"
which was completed last winter by Leon
cavallo, will be sung next winter at
Monte Carlo. It was written en the order
of Choudena.
Tito Rioordl Is making arrangements for
the opening of his opera season at Venice,
where the so-called Italian Bayreuth la to
be situated. Bayreuth ar growing oom
moo. Una Cavallerl. who la to be th
star of these performances, will be sup
ported by other typical Italian singers.
Slgnora Cavallerl, who recently made a
hot weather appearano In Massenet's
"Thais" at th Grand Opera In Paris, has
been studying under Jan de Reeske. She
ha already sung In Massenet' opera In
St. Pet ere burg and Bom.
Richard 6trausa has Just beea elooted t
th presidency of th General Musi asso
ciation of Germany la spit of th opposi
tion which was thought to exist against
hlra. Tli election took place at Dresden,
where the aoorsl festival was held. In
order t4 indue th composer te accept th
post It tu doil4 to reber th president
LSI
villain and his accomplices, and thus the
weak or evil-minded spectator is warned
against what might be hla undoing In
event of his undertaking to practice the
same craft. The way of the wrongdoer
Is always shown to be along the way of
ease and luxury, while the virtuous and
brave are made to suffer all the Inoon
venlenoee and miseries of poverty and
want. The harm done by thia class of
drama Is Incalculable.
It Is too much to expect that all will be
pleased with drama of the higher claas;
pare literature only appeals to those who
are mentally qualified to appreciate It.
But the drama may be clean and at the
same time interesting. This has been
proven by many of the greatest of suc
cesses. Comedies have been written in
which there was no taint of uggestrve
ness and dramas In which there was no
real crime. That this kind of a day Is
popular Is proven by the fact that not
one of them Is offered but It is well
patronised. Just why the managers
should go on catering to the lowest and
most vicious of tastes Is beyond under
standing. They do it, though, and for
their defense point to the throngs who
pack the theaters, saying: "These people
on 11 for it." The thriller, no 'matter
whether in form of cheap story paper or
Music and Musical Notes
11m benefit concert ror aianiey
Tpl Letovsky on July Z3 Is being very
I thoroughly agitated. Blnce last
week's information the place of
giving It has been changed from
h- freighton auditorium to the First Con
gregational church. Mr. Duffleld is work
ing very hard personally and expects to
make a large advance sale of tickets.
,Voung Letovsky will play a varied pro
gram, consisting of Beethoven, Chopin and
Uubensteln numbers and also a group of
his own compositions.
Once again Hans Albert has made his
way Into print. This time word comes
from Victor, Colo., that he Is being tried
as to the soundness of his mental equip
ment. It la pathetic to think of so much
talent, even genius, being smothered by an
absolutely undisciplined temperament. Here
In Omaha Mr. Albert Is better understood
than anywhere else and receives kinder
and more lenient treatment For that very
reason he cannot remain here. He has so
many schemes. New people will fall In
with his enthusiasms. He thinks he Is ac
complishing something. But he's not safe,
for they arrest him. I'll venture to say he
has no friends in Victor like Mr. and Mrs.
Oahm. They are far away now, and little
Hans is adrift. Where will he pull up?
He's had a life that reads like a romance.
So much right in his hand, and he has
squandered what would fitly furnish forth
two or three Interesting existences. With
all his exasperating eccentricities he pos.
Besses that "subtlest of all mystic things"
charm.
"And he that has It cannot pass
The secret on with gold or name;
It vanishes like dew on grass
Or heat that hovers over flame;
of all active business duties. The society is
Just now occupied with tha problem of bet
tering the condition of the orchestra play
ers in Qormany.
A Johann Strauss festival Is to be held
In Vienna in October to rats funds for a
monument to the composer. The new
opera house to be devoted to the perform
ance of Strauss' works will be opened
within two years. There Is talk of acquir
ing the famous Theater an der Wlen,
where many of the Strauss operas were
sung for the first time, and renovating it
instead of building a new house.
Charlotte Huhn, who used to be one of
the admired contraltos In the days of th
German regime at the Metropolitan, ha re
cently been appoaring as guest at various
German theaters.
A purely Norwegian opera was recently
produced in Chrisliania by native singers.
A youthful composer named Alpestrand Is
responsible for both the words and the
muslo. It was performed by local singers
and made a profound Impression.
How a German tenor may work Is shown
by the recent Itinerary pf Carl Burrian,
the little Bohemian who was at the Metro
politan last winter and la to be heard there
again. It ia said to be the record for a
tenor and Is as follows: April, Tannhauaer
In Nuremburg; May 1, Journey to Dresden;
May 2, Wertht-r in Dresden; May 8, Herodes
In Dresden; after the performance travels
to Dessau; May 4, dress rehearsal and per
formance of "La Damnation de Faust" in
Dessau; May , travels to Paris; May 6,
dress rehearsal of "Salome;" May I, Her
odes In Parts; May 9, travels to Brussels;
May 11 snd 13, Tristan In Brussels; May 14
and IS, travels to Dresden; May 16, Werther
In Dresden; May 18, Walter von Stolzlng
tn Dresden; May 21, "Boheme" in Dresden;
May 22, travels to Prague; May 22 and 23,
both Siegfrieds In Prague.
Such a month would not be possible to a
tenor who was not In th first powers of
youth, but Is seems remarkable under any
circumstances In one who could not get
through a performance of "Lohengrin" at
the Metropolitan.
There will be extensive repair at th
Opera In Paris befor th new manaarer
take control. Some of the boxes will be re
moved to increase the aeating capacity and
the auditorium is to be oleaned at a cost of
fla.Ono. Most of the state' appropriation
will be spent on the roof, which needs re
pair to the extent of 40,0u. The theater,
which has long been neglected, will be
handed over to the new directors in perfect
condition.
Xavier Lrruux'a setting of "Le Chemi
neau," the drama of Jules Richepln, will be
ready for production at the Opera Comlque
next fall, Lucleene Breval Is to have the
leading role.
The grosa receipts for the first four
months of the year at the Opera amounted
to more than -T5.iu. The receipts for the
tnonlh of Apr a were Ul.wti more than during
any other month. It Is doubtful If such
performances could draw a corporal's guard
at the Metropolitan,
Antwerp Is soon to have a new opera
house Intended solely for the production of
opera In Flemish. At Rotterdam, where the
Inhabitants prefer good opera to national
opera, there is to be a season of opera in
German, for which IkiO.OuO haa ben sub
scribed. In the cast of "La Oloconda," which was
recently sung at Covent Garden In London
without making any great impression, the
singers were Mmmes. Emmy Destlnn, Kirk-by-Lunn
and MM. Basal, Sammarco and
Joumet. A recent attempt to revive
Nikolai's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
seems to prove that th opera doe not ap
peal to English speaking audiences. It was
tried here some years ago by the old Na
tional Opera company and made little pop
ular Bucre. It a as then given at the
Metropolitan with ihe best available singers
and had only on performance. In Eng
land It mot with aa lrttle popular auccea
with th Moody Maunar company aa It did
In Covsnt Garden,
cheap play. It Is cot eastly dislodged. A
long as there Is money In It, somebody
will offer it for sale.
But this is no reason why the general
educational mission of the drama should
be denied. lessons are taught at the
theater that cannot be given elsewhere.
Motives and passions are there Illuminated
by action, and impressions are gained
through them to Impart which in another
way Is Impossible. Haprrily, managers and
actors do exist who realise the responsi
bility laid upon them, and who appreciate
the opportunity they have to Instruct while
they amuse, and these take thamselve suf
ficiently serious to strive always to give
what Is good.
$ .
Henry Arthur Jones, on his return to
liondon from his prolonged Visit to Amer
ica, announces that the cause of the
drama, on this side at least. Is In a most
hopeful condition. The Interest the uni
versities are taking In the stage Is, to his
thinking, a moat encouraging sign, prom
ising improvement In both the ethical and
literary aspects of the drama Mr. Jones
recounts some of his personal axperlenoes
In support of his conclusions, and al
together breathes a most optlmlstlo and
buoyant spirit upon the theme. Mr. Jones
And you that seek It never find.
And you that have It never tell;
And all that strive to catch and bind
Can only startle and dispel."
And so there are some of us who will al
ways be fond of Mr. Albert, no matter
what he does or what- bitter, humiliating
nd oomes to him. At the worst it would
only be pleasant to shake him good and
hard. His Maker probably knows why he
made him and may very likely shake His
head dispassionately over his 111-dolngs.
I gota great ball of light when Mark
Twain with one of his lightening flashes
said: "A man may have no bad habits
and have worse."
Th longer I live the farther I ret away
from the Judging business. It's too com
plicated. This attitude, though, is a fearful
destroyer of conversation. In time I can
see myself being reduced to Susan's con
stant reply In "Penelope's Progress," "I
could na say, ma'am." Think of an after
noon spent without a deft shot or two at
your friends' or neighbors' methods and
doings. Untitled ground, Indeed!
That reminds me that I would prepare a
spoclal roasting spot for the people who go
about telling their friends and acquaint
ances the mean things they've heard about
them. It Is done more dossns of times
than anybody could Imagine. One musician
actually told me h wanted to hear the ad
verse things said of him. Fancy any one's
preparing their own pickling brine like
that! What there is to say should be said
face to face, not second hand. It may re
quire a little more courage. It's part of
your loyalty to yourself. Honest criticism
Is one thing; a general dealing out of detri
mental hot air Is another.
Sine 6aint-aaon' concert tour of this
VAUDEVILLE NOT ALL PROFIT
Salaries Overrated and the Expenses
Are Heavy.
ONE SINGER HAS TO PAY A CLAQUE
Cost of Putting On a Small Tlay
On Big Aot for "Which the
Theater Manager Pay
Nothing.
At this season of the year the stars talk
guyly of their chances to go Into vaude
ville One has an offer of $1,500 a week for
thirty weeks, another is coquetlng with an
agent that offers her (2,000, while a come
dian doesn't know whether or not heought
to abandon his position as a musical com
edy star and take $3,000 for the season. One
mature comedienne really bos gone over to
the two shows a day plan. She Is a comlo
star of position and Is said to be getting
$1,500 a week.
"Yes,'1 said a vaudeville manager to the
question, "they do get large salaries, al
though the figures are nothing like those
given out to the publtc Take the case of
an English girl who was here last winter
who was said to be getting $1,500 a week.
She got about half of that. But she had
expenses. She had a manager to see that
she got her money ell right, and then she
had to carry everywhere twenty-five heel
ers with her. Thin claque was not neces
sary to flatter her pride. It was needed to
keep her before the audience long enough.
She had to guarantee to give forty-five
minutes of the show twice a day before she
&ot that salary.
"Now there are mighty few women In a
muaio hall who would be Insistently ap
plauded by the audience long enough to
be on view for forty-five minutes. So she
had to have twenty-five wooden fisted
men to keep up the houp la for her. I will
tell you how to teat the applause in such
a caae. That woman, like a number of
others who must give a fixed amount of a
show, was applauded vociferously up until
her last song. She bad not three hands
after that, although a few minutes before
the audience could not get enough of her.
That showed that the rooters had done
their work. She had sung as much as was
necessary, did not want to be recalled again
and there was no applause at all.
What It Flgares Oat.
"Having this many men. at every per
formance cannot mean less than 15 a day,
which, seven times a week, amounts to
1175. Then there la the pay of a manager.
There Is also a percentage of 6 per cent
paid always to the booking agont. Some
times It Is much more, although five Is the
nominal figure. These expenses bring down
the high vaudeville salaries, although
there is no denying that the par 1 good.
But never believe the stories that $300 a
week Is paid to any variety actor, whoever
he is. Tou can count on the fingers of one
hand the so-called headllners who get more
than $1,000 a week, and they are usually
compelled to pay a company out of that.
If they hire two people they need alBO a
manager, and there is right away the
trawling expenses of four persona to be
paid.
"Take th case of the woman comedian
whe 1 going Into th muslo halls next
season. Sh began there, but there has
been some Interval since sh appeared In
the continuous. Well, sh says sh la to
reectv $1,2i0 a week. Mayb ah get $700.
Out of that her expenses will be at least
$la0 Bay that leaves her net $&0. That at
the end of thirty weeks will have amounted
to about fTT.OvO. Th risk Involved has
been much less than If sh had produced
a play and carried a large company every
where with her. In the end she will earn
Just about as much. There have been
years In her career as a star when she has
lost money - Instead of making It. She Is
at least sure of coining through with a
is, to be aura, an author himself, and
shines with more or less refulgence In
the light that comes from an uplifted
stage; yet he Is entitled to some credit tn
the matter for personal effort. He has
gone a long way In the direction of re
form In his own work, and, while the Joaes
play Is still a type, ft has lost a great
deal of Its early dreariness and has, with
out sacrificing In the least Its claims to
being literature, becomes almost human in
Its general aspect. But. seriously, the
thought Mr. Jones has embalmed In hie
Interview is one that' Is really good to
cherish that the drama Is actually tend
ing to a higher plane.
Omaha theater, except the Burwood. ar
In the hand of cleaners and decorators.
The Burwood I in process of transition
from W. J. Burgess to Messra Sullivan A
Consldlne, who expect to Install therein the
10-oent vaudeville next season. The trans
fer will not be completed until August 1.
After that time the future of the theater
may be spoken of more definitely than at
present. At the Boyd some extensive
change are being made. The box office
will be again meved to the west side of
the lobby, where it was for several years.
Manager Monaghan will have his office
country and the discovery that he is a
most charming observer and speaker many
are the occasions at which he has pro
aided. At Et, Cloud, lately, a monument to
Gounod was unveiled. Maurice Leblond.
president of the Saint Cloud Booiete Phll
harmonlque, paid a tribute to Gounod's
memory, reminding his hearers that the
great composer bad many times spent the
summer months at Saint Cloud. Balnt
Saens, at the conclusion of the ceremonies,
as th most eminent representative of
French music, made a most poetlo and ef
fective address. To quote in part:
Oh, time. In thy relentless flight, what
riches thou bearest away treasures that can
never be replaoedl And now Gounod's work
Is Judged In a consummate manner. What
a strange life his was! Like all creators,
his work was contested from the first, but
with persistence be sailed against wind and
tide; he was never to know the calm of
undisputed suooeaa, of undisturbed glory,
and It was am Id etorms rarely Interrupted
by calma that he was the chief of a school
and that he has become the most popular
musician in France. "Creator" did 1 sy?
He was one more than any other. Though
"Marguerite," "Juliette," "MJrellle" are
daughters of Goethe, Shakespeare and Mis
tral, they are likewise creations of the
musician, who has made them his own;
creations less complete. If you will, but
nearer to us, more accessible to the orowd.
lOngland alone fully understands th
Juliette of Shakespeare, Germany the
ftretchen of Goethe, Frovence the Mlrollle
of Mistral; for the great public of the whole
world Mtrellle, Marguerite and Juliette are
daughters of Gounod simpler than the
heroines of the poets, but animated with
that strenuous life, which Is the musical
life, they enter Into our existenoe.
Balnt-Saens ends with this fine short
peroration: "Oh, great masterl thou hast
shown the way to me and to my brother
musicians; thou hast guided and encouraged
us, when the way was dark and uncertain;
thou has overthrown all obstacles, we have
had but to walk courageously along the
road thou hast painfully traced. Thanks
be rendered to the and glory for ever!"
Herr Sergei Kussewitiky, th contrabass
certain profit from the continuous, what
ever her success may be. For that reason
sh 1 very glad to be sure of bar $550 per,
although she does talk of the $1,600 a week
that iuduced her to take the step.
"She is fortunate In not having to have
a sketch written and carry other actors
around with her. All sh needs is a piano."
Hons; Publisher Helps. Too.
"And about th song publishers?" asked
the reporter.
"She will make a good weekly profit out
of them," the agent answered, "although
she would have got Just as muoh In one
of her plays. The song publishers are of
course a great source of profit to the van
devill people and in a way to the man
ager as wall. Th average price they pay
to a singer la $25 a week for a song. Some
of the bigger people may get more, and
that Is a matter of private arrangement.
The man or woman who sings three songs,
however, gets $75 added to hla or her sal
ary, and that is not bad. But vaudeville
people with any desire to keep up In the
first rank must avoid the reputation that
comes to "song pluggers.' Once they get
to b known as that In the profession their
price goes down mightily. Then their ulti
mate fate will be to become known as mere
singers who are presented to the manager
by the publishing firm.
"Of course a woman In tha class of Vesta
Victoria, Vesta Tllley, Alice Lloyd and the
others are able to carry pretty bad songs
so long aa they have one or two good ones
to wind up and begin with. Most of the
singers do not hesitate to sing the work
of the firms that pay them even when they
are not flrBt rate. It happens that there
are at times really good songs to ba had
from these men, who also pay for them. As
a rule the songs that have to be paid for
are not of the kind that any singer would
olck out.
"The publisher do not always pay In
money. Suppose a girl wants to sing a
cowboy song. All sh doe is to tell that
to the publisher of a song of that kind
and he will give her a costuma right away
If she will sing hla song of that kind. That
plan turns out all right if his song
is a new one and not hackneyed. If, on the
other hand Is not going to make any Im
pression, whether she got her costume free
or not. fc .
Manager Are Alert.
"Manager are very prompt to find
out the acta that are fresh and kept up
to date. They would rather book one of
that kind than have a woman that they
knew got all her costumes paid for by the
publishing firm whose songs she sang.
They can get all they want of that kind
for nothing by apply to the publisher di
rectly. "Th extent to which they help out th
managers who take their acts Is amaxlng.
On one of the roof gardens there Is a sing
ing act which takes twenty performers.
It lasts more than half an hour and la
Indeed the most striking turn on the bill.
Wouldn't It surprise you to hear that the
manager gets It for nothing? Tet he doesn't
pay one cent for It. The most he had to
do was to supply the scenery possibly.
"He gets the act on such good terms
because It was put on by a song publisher
to boom his products. Only his songs are
sung, and that they are boomed to the
queen's taste nobody familar with the
business could deny. Those that are not
sung are mentioned, and the audience.
Ignorant of the significance of It all, think
th act 1 fine. It isn't bad, and th man
ager get it cheap."
It I about th actors who go from th
legitimate stage Into vaudeville tht th
reporter wanted to hear.
"Of course,'" the agent aald, "there Is
nothing like the demand for the legitimate
actor In vaudeville that there used to be
unless he happens to have a very good
vehicle. At one time merely the name of
a well known actor was enough. Manag
ers got stung too often by that sort of
thing, however, and now they all act as If
they came from Missouri. They have to be
shown. ,
Nat F.ar Start.
It make no difference who the actor Is,
b has to giv a dress rehearsal for the
back of the box office. The old smoking
room on the lower floor Is to go into com
mission again. It will he entirely charged,
though, as even the old plastering Is being
removed. It will be finished in Flemish
oak, with comfortahle furniture and ac
commodations for smokers, and a perfect
ventilating system Installed, so that It will
at all times be a place for com
fort. A new floor Is being laid
on the stage, and new electric ap
paratus Is being installed, so that when the
house Is reopened next month. It will be
equipped with the very latest of appliances.
At the Orpheum the decorators are chang
ing the aspect of the auditorium com
pletely. Everything In the shape of present
decoration Is being blotted out save Count
Crelghton's picture. A new drop curtain
will be installed, and when this pretty
theater opens in September It will be more
attractive than ever. The Krug la also
being retouched and refurbished ,and will
be In outward aspect, at least, as Rood as
new when It gives Its first performance
of the new season next month. Aa at
present arranged, the Krug win blow in
first, starting about the middle of the
month. Then the Burwood will follow, the
Boyd opening Its season about the last
of the month. The Orpheum will start
some time early In September as usual.
virtuoso, is creating the greatest sensation
In Europe. Everywhere he and his
strangely elected Instrument are hailed
with Interest and wild enthusiasm. The
music Journal are full of his successes.
Following is a clipping- from Leipalo:
Chiefly using the G string Herr Kus
sewltsky drew from the in itself rumbling
and stiff, fumutmental instrument of
orchestra such daintily beautiful, soulful
and graceful sounds, such lively fingering,
octaves and other double chords and even
flageolet tones so esslly and sonorously,
that, with closed eyes, one could believe
oneself to be listening to a deep-sounding,
exceptionally tlmbroue and masterly played
vlollncello. Herr Kussewltsky first gave
a Handel concerto t ranseri hed by Kimande
for oontrabsss. then a modern one move
ment (the allegro Included an andante
serving as middle passage) contrabass con
creto of his own composing, which, with
Its rantilene allegro tneme, the andante
melody, a recitative passage and a charm
ing flageolet episode, was of much effec
tiveness, as well as a pretty Intermeisn by
(Jliere. an own dslnty valse miniature and a
rparkltiRly dashing Tarantella by Hottesml,
and met with unending, well-deserved ap
plause for his masterly conception.
It Is said that Davlrtf Blspham has bought
an estate next to the lands meant for
Madame Kordlca's Bayreuth schemes. H
will lend his artlsllo light to th plans.
I read with the utmost regret of th
death In New Rochell of Emily Wlnant,
the great contralto. She was one of the
soloists for two decades at St. Thomaa'
Episcopal church on Fifth avenue In New
York. For a year I heard her nearly every
Sunday morning. Her vole was of a
wonderful quality. You could hear a pin
drop while she was singing. Hsr solos In
th service form a shining spot In my re
membrances. What a pity we do not thank
people In black and white. Here all these
years I have treasured the sound of Emily
Wtnant's voice and never by any sign has
she known of my thankfulness to her. Now
she is gone! Who will take up the banner
for the telling of the good things?
Several people have Inquired about Ocean
managers. Last winter a young actor
whose regular pay Is $250 a week was for a
while out of employment and wanted to
go Into vaudeville. He got hold of a very
good little play that used to ba acted by
Eddie Sothern. It had also the advantage
of being written by a very popular
author, and the thing looked ilke Just th
medium for vaudeville. Well, ha decided
to put It on.
"X had to tell him that he would hav
to engage his people It took two beside
himself have a scene made which would
have cost him about $250 and then give a
dreas rehearsal all on the chance of hav
ing the play accepted. If not one of the
managers who saw It had cared for th
play th whole outlay would have been use
less and his money would have been lost.
Naturally he declined to do anything of the
kind and the play was never put on. Such
an outlay would have swamped the actor
in case nobody had taken the act.
"Then suppose the manager bad liked
It They would have haggled over It with
the agents, who would In turn have prom
ised to get the best booking for th actor
and explained all their difficulties In doing
anything of the kind until the fellow who
had put up all tha money and had done all
the work would have found himself start
ing out the first season with about 20 per
cent a week to pay to the managers who
had booked hi show for him. That would
hav been during th first year, too, when
his salary was highest. There Is always a
reduction during subsequent seasons If a
play Indeed lasts that long.
"The men' and women who make the big
money In vaudeville are some of the popu
lar teams that play year In and 5 ear out,
summer and winter, never losing a week
unless they happen to be crossing the
water, and nearly always using the some
act They don't change it a particle. I
could tell, you of a doxan teams that hav
not changed their act one lota in years.
One of them ia now on a local roof garden
and has been doing precisely the same
stunt for three seasons. The people laugh
at them now mor than aver. They don't
dar mak th least change. If they do
soma local manager In St Louis may say
to them: This Is not the act you'v been
giving. I wanted your regular act' Then
If they hav to explain they hav made
certain changes th manager has ths best
of them. Nowadays ths wise team never
changes an act so long as th public will
stand for It In om case that 1 a long
tima"
A Saperstltloas Coad actor.
There were six male passengers In a
Haddlngton-bound car recently, and yet
there wasn't one whole man In th collec
tion. In a front seat was a man with one
arm and next to him a negr with but one
eye. Directly across from them waa a one
legged peddler, who was starting out on
his dally rounds. On one of the side seat
was a well-dressed man wtth but on foot,
whll opposite him was an old Italian with
only on hand. In a rear seat of th car
sat a blind man. "This U a sad-looking
bunch," said th conductor, who wa some
what superstitious, "and I wish this ride
was over." Just then a man got on the
car, and th conductor breathed a sigh of
relief, as be said: "Here' on who isn't
partly missing.". He felt better until the
man handed over his fare. The conductor
received It with much misgiving, for three
finger were absent from th man' right
hand.
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Grove. It Is in New Jersey. It Is open
from July to September T. The auditorium
seats 10,000 people and Is said to be th
finest acoustically in the world. This year
thirteen special conoerts will be given with
famous soloaists. There Is a permanent
orchestra, a festival chorus of several hun
dred voices and a children's chorus of lon0.
For Information In detail should advise ad
dressing Mr. Tail Ksen Morgan, Ocean
Grove, N. J. He must certainly publish
abundant printed matter to give a fair con
ception of his season's work.
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There is some talk of a production In Kng
tish of Strauss' ' Halome," to be done by
8vse next season. That manager said to
a Musical IVnrler representative: ' Nothing
has bnen settled one way or the other. The
matter has been taken up by me, but Is
not yet Iwynnd the discussion point." The
pro.lert looks good on paper, both In an
artistic and financial way, and If put
through undoubtedly would result In a
duplication of Savage's remarkable "Par
sifal" success.
-
Mrs. Mllly Ryan has closed her season
snd lesves shortly for the east for her vaca
tion, visiting with Trofessor Wsrsd's family
In the Thousand Islands end with Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Pulltaer In Mount Pleasant,
N. Y. Mrs. Ryan's pupils presented her
with a handsome leather chair, at an It
formal gathering at her studio. A srsnrl
opera study club has been organised with
a membership of forty, which will do actlv
work next season.
4
IiOudsn Charlton haa this year necked the
strongest list of attractions which he has
ever had. On his managerial list are Mar
cello, Sombrlch, Johanna Gadaki, Walter
Pamrosch and his orchestra, Eleanors de
Cisneros, who made such a hit with the
Manhattan Opera company last winter and
this spring at Covert Garden; Mary
Hessent do Mess, David Blspham, Harold
Bauer, Cecelia Winter, contralto, a now
discovery; Charles W. Clark, who returns
home from Europe covered with fame and
glory; Ellison Van Hoose, Rudolf Gans,
who has come to his own In Europe slnoe
his sppeaiance In Omaha In the concert
promoter series, and five or six other sr
tlsts only a little less well known. The
Flouxaley quartet will make Its first tour
of this country under Mr. Csrlton's man
agement. It ranks with ths best chamber
music organisations of the world.
At the foot of all this I would like to ssy
there Is nothing sweeter In all tha realm
of music than a cardinal's whistle. Yester
day I saw this bird flaming In the top of a
tree. Before, I had suspected his presence.
Now I hsve the satisfaction of being sure
he is here. MARY LEARNED.
SNEEZE CRACKS BACKBONE
rVeesarkahl Aocldent Follow a
Istiple, Everyday Sort of a
K renew.
Miss Maude Warmlngton of Los Angeles
sneeced her backbone out of Joint. The
doctors said "she disarticulated th lumbar
vertebrae" by th vtolenc of her sneeze,
and heard the Joints pop out of position.
It was Just a simple, everyday sort of
sneexe that did the damage, a sneexe that
should have been mildly enjoyable, but It
has kept Miss Warmlngton In a stats of
excessive pain for three days, and has made
her very much afraid of Indulging again
In what has proved suoh an expensive lux
ury. As the tltrtlatlon of th aneece reached
Ha emphatic degree. Miss Warmlngton
AMERICAN SINGERS IN ITALY
Fate of the Girl Who Seeks to Make
Her Debut There,
MUST PAY TO BE HEARD
Teacher Feel She 1 m Natural
Prey for Them ana Prices
Take J amp Accord
ingly. MILAN, June 20. The big steamship are
landing their annual load of American
women coming to Italy for a finish In vole
culture since the Italian professors, it be
ing their dull season, lay out special In
ducements to those who matriculate now.
A port of these aspirants are choir singers,
coming across on their vacation, hoping
at tha same time to freshen up their
voices by foreign study and to coach them
selves In lines of which they feel In need.
A majority, however, of these new ar
rivals ar young girls who have left their
native country to study for an Indefinite
period tn Europe. They have studied In
their own homes, of course, but they
must get a finishing touch abroad, and that
touch Is all that bars the way of their
becoming great artists. At least so they
have been told.
Italian professors seen to be under the
Impression that foreigners, and above all
Americana, are their natural spoil. Though
a native may have her tuition at a nominal
price, an American Is oharged generally a
double or triple fee for her training. Wlicn
th student haa struggled through two or
three years' hard work and ia ready to
enter a career she learns that making a
debut is not so easy a matter as she had
calculated. Not to lose his American
pupils an Italian maestro usually has
several Impresario friends to whom he In
troduces the young woman, who he de
clare 1 ready to make her appearance.
According to the means of the candidate
she must pay for her debut which means
that the "imp" must have anything from
$10 up, and she must pay all her railway
expense and hotel bills. It Is a well known
fact that foreigners never make their de
buts except In the smaller theaters and In
tswns of no importance musically or other
wise. Ther are numbers of obscur Im
presarios roaming about Milan, seemingly
waiting to mak money out of "opera and
Americans." as they are titled. However,
th aspirant to fama and fortun must
mak an appearance somewhere no matter
where.
If she secures a second engagement, the
American must either pay for it or sing for
nothing. She is compelled to sign a con
tract with an Impresario who doe not
appear to feel under the slightest obligation
to stand to his part If he falls to carry
out his contract the foreigner does not like
to have recourse to law, for. In the first
place, ahe will in all probability lose the
suit and have to pay expenses of the court,
or If she should win would become known
among the Impresarios, who, as a body,
would refuse to have any business In future
with such a dangerous character.
lALBt spring an American girl who had
already sung In several small theaters
with success signed a contract to appear
In a small town about six hours from
Milan. At the appointed time her mother
and she arrived and rehearsals began.
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convulsed for a moment by the effort, and,
as she ker-ker-achewed, she heard a sharp,'
snap about her parson, and the next m
stant wai overwhelmed with pain and real
ised that something serious bad happened
to her spinal column.
fthe became prostrated at one and eotiVI
hardly summon help. Aid was sent for to
the California hospital, and a physician,
after a hasty examination, saw the trouble,
and by a painful but not serious proewss
replaced the rebellious vertebrae. Tha
young woman la now said to be all right,
but was advised to avoid catching
more Influentas.
Medical men generally say that this It
the first Instance of sneese producing
sunh a serious result. Dislocation of tha
vsrtebrae are not at all common In medi
cal practice, occurring only occasionally
from violent causes.
AS
fE OF COLOity
NOTE
Th Offlo Roy Oets m Hew Rattstst
as a omedlaa as
Theorist.
In the sombre fabric of th business,
world who is It strikes th pleasing not
of oolor the stenographer? Nope I It la
the office boy. He Is the unoonsckms
comedian of the mercantile scenario. Thai
humorous Journals are filled with his do
inns., and he figures prominently In thai
obituary oolumn of th morning papers.
ruing papers,
chant die but I
ets, it Is dl f
Rarely does a successful merchant
what, among other life secret
closed that he commenced work a sxt
office boy, and It is a fact that th rank
of the millionaires are recruited more oftns
from the humble bench In the outer office
than f om the halls of learning tliia last
a euphemism for colleges.
The writer at various times has attempted
to extract that's the word from the offlca
boys he has encountered a confession of
their secret ambitions, with such response
lis "Aw, cut It out!" or "Wot yer tryln
ter do kid we?" One young man In th
executive ofilees of a railroad was more
communicative.
"I useter tlnk I'd like ter be an engineer,'
he said; "den I fought I'd like ter be a
brakoman; but now I'm gettin' so gosh)
Maine laxy dut I guess I'll be a station
agent."
It seems to the writer that the majority;
of ofllce boys feel keenly the responsibili
ties of their exalted destinies, and resent
accordingly any attempt to put them on
record in a fashion that might mar tha
biography of a captnln of Industry.
f all absolute misnomers, by the way,
"Captain of Industry" is the worst. In thej
dally life of the person so called. Industry,
save In the smoking of large Imported
cigars, plays no part. I5vn his coupon
are cut by the office boy, who, after aft,
first snd last. Is the real captain of Indus
try. In dignity, when the ofllce boy cares to
assumij it, he surpasses the carriage caller
In front of a dry goods store, and th cook
herself Is no more difficult to fire.
"I've quit," said the only hard-worklnsi
member of a newspaper staff the copy,
boy to another of that ilk.
"Whoftor?" he was asked.
"Now de old man insulted me," h re
plied. "Wot did he do?"
"Now he ees to me ten minutes ago h.
sea D' cashier will give yer yer time' h
sex 'an' you gtt d" h out er dls.' An so
I gets mad an' quits, seel" Success Maga
Bine. The first part of the salary was not paid
at the time stipulated, and after waiting
of the impresario, and upon asking for tA
amount was informed that he would pJ!r
her nothing, that the production had :4L.
been the suooess he had thought a', ,
that sh could stand the loss better thou
ha
However, he added that he would sea
that sh would have good criticisms In the
artistic review of Milan notice that would
be most useful to her career. If she re
turned to Milan, he declared, the agent
would conclude that ahe had met a failure,
which would do her no end of harm. Th
unfortunat singer realized that what ha
said was true and so decided to remain
and give her service for nothing.
During her four years' career In Italy
this singer has had eight engagements,
which signifies about the same number of
months occupation, but as at no time had
she half paid her expenses she returned
to America In May, hoping to be able to
make a concert tour of the fashionable
summer resorts and then return te Italy
and continue her career.
A certain maestro in Milan on gettl
lng J
her I
$160 from an English woman said that her
daughter after a year' coaching would
mak a debut on the operatic stage. When
the occasion preset. U 4 Itself the young
artist hade her Initial appearance, but not
as a singer. Dressed as a page, she walked
serosa th stage and handed a letter to
the prima donna.
Two year ago an American singer paid
$W for a debut Arriving at the designated
town, she was horror stricken to find that
the village of 8,000 souls did not boast of a
theater. There was no rehearsal and Whan
th curtain went up in the little hall th
young debutante was welcomed by an
audience whose applause easily drowned
the first chords of the orchestra, composed
of piano and organ. At the doss of tha
performance the mayor ootiie forward and
thanked the prima donna, presenting her
with a bouquet of artificial flowers a lent-
lng souvenir of the occasion.
AMISKMK.Vlg.
BENEFIT RECITAL
FOR
STANISLAV LETOVSKY
First Congregational Church,
l9tli and Davenport btu.
Tuesday, July 2307. Tickets $1.00 ,
On eale at Hospe'e, Hayderg,
Schmoller & Mueller.
BASE BALL-
VINTON ST. PARK
OMAHA vs. DEHVERr
July 12, 13, 14, 14
FRIDAY. JULY 12. LADIES' OAT
Sunday, July 14, 2 Games, hi Ci!l:. 2Jf
GAMES CALLED 3:45 P. M.
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