B THE OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: KEPTKMBKR 13. 1f)(R 7 I'-'yz?- Extraordinary 4 .V v i' The sales of Smith Premier Typewriters for April, May and June 1908 showed an increase of 120 over the same period of 1907, in the Omaha Territory, thus showing the ever increasing popularity of the complete keyboard typewriter. SCHOOLS ARE WHERE TYPEWRITERS RECEIVE REAL PUNISHMENT Branch Offload LINCOLN UKS MOINES SIOUX CITY WATERLOO OTTUMWA L DARRIMAN, THE -MARVELOUS None Left in Railroad Field to Dis . ' pnte Monarch'! Sway. BIQ WOBK AWAITS HIS RETURN fcald to Control One-Half the nail road Mlleasjre ot the lotted States Characterlatlo I nlon Paellle laeldent. When Edward II. Harrlman return! to his desk In the Equitable building, Now York City, after Ills hunting and fishing vacation at Lake Klamath, Ore., Wall treet thinks that ho will have to prepare for the biggest work of his, life. First, it expects, he will have to take over the Rock Island. Sooner of later, too, "the street" believes, he will have to take charge of the New York Central and It considers that it in a question of time only when he will control the New Yolk. New Haven & Hart ford, and, consequently, all the New Eng land railroads. A few months ago he saved the Erie from disaster when J. Plerpout Morgan was ready to abandon the property. Just before he started west to hunt bears he went to the rescue of the Wheeling & Luke Brie. But for his assistance the road would have gone Into the hands of a re ceiver and the Wabash railroad mould have been dragged down, too. The Wab ash la a system of great Importance. Bank ruptcy for the Wabash the principal link In the Gould chnln would mean the up setting of the whole railroad fabric and something of a disturbance In financial affairs. To obtain control of one great railroad used to be the limit of the ambition of a transportation captain. Not so. however, with Harrlman. He thinks no more of taking over a trunk line than a big mer chant does of absorbing a small bram-ii ator. H seemingly Is irresistible. To day he has no serious rivalry In the rail road world. He la the domlneht figure In commercial life. Through the properties he controls he employs l.OiO.OOO men. Harrlmaalsed Heads. One-half of the railroad mileage of the Vnlted States has been Harrlmanlsed. and It seems as certain as anything of this sort can bo called certain that the next ten years will see the bulk of the remain ing half llarrimanlzed also. He person ifies tine .great force that is transforming the railroad situation in America. What Is startling In this connection is that there Is no other man In the country who meas ures up with Harrlman or can be consid ered as his successor or his rival. No other men loom big In comparison on the railroad map. As a matter of fact there never was a time when great rail road men were so scarce. But that may be explained as only a result of the evolu , tion In the transportation fields, flnanco taking the place of service or tralnirg :i the opera' lng branches. The railrcail presi dent today la only a hired hand, who gets hla orders from rite chairman of the bjard. Just as the conduct r gels his orders from the train dispatcher. Bo absolutely has llarrlnan come to dom Inula the railroad sltuatlin that It has be come an areeptd f-ffi In Wall street that If yo have Harrlman with you In your company you will have n trouble. Other wise there Is danger. Makit your poce with htm In the railroad world Is like milking your peace with Morgan used ti be In the financial circles. Ti e Idea of build ing a rallrocd line of any c)nsMisble length In any part cf the lniied States without his sanctini would be rank folly. No one in the barking business w.nild dare handle a bond issue on a new railroad proposition opposed by him. He could crush the life out of ary banking house .hat opposed blot and all the banker know The following schools in the Omaha Territory purchased five or more Smith Premiers during April, May and June 1908, thus showing the increased popularity and confidence in the com plete keyboard (key for each character without shifting): National Business Training School Sioux City, Iowa 50 Highland Park College Des Moines, Iowa 25 Waterloo Business College Waterloo, Iowa 25 Waterloo College Waterloo, Iowa 25 Grand Island Business & Normal College, Grand Island, Neb. 25 Fremont College ...Fremont, Neb. 25 Tobin College Fort Dodge, Iowa 10 Iowa Christian College .Oskaloosa, Iowa 5 Ellsworth College Iowa Falls, Iowa 5 Chariton Commercial College Chariton, Iowa 5 Over twenty-five schools NOT MENTIONED in list purchased Smith Premier Typewriters In orders of from one to five. Write for catalogue and information about our Free Employment Department SSmtth Premier Typewriter Co. M. O. 17th and Farnam Sis. It. Dotens and doiens of railroad projects of virtue and high promise, thJ would add materially to the development v of the courjtry, have been throttled by him with out the promoters ever knowing where the opposition came from. He thinks the coun try has enougli railroads. High Freight Rates. What he wants Is more business for his road. He believes In high freight rates, as high, in fact, as the traffic will bear. The rates on the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, his pet properties, are far higher than on any other trunk lines in the country; but then the Cnlon Pacific pays 10 per cent dividends and the Union Pacific stockholder, getting 10 per cent, can with reason point to the wonderful work of Harrlman, who took hold of the road when It was bankrupt and brought It up to its present marvelous prosperity, a prosperity all the more striking, viewed from th? fact that such standard roads as the Cn.tral and the New Haven have been retrograding steadily. HarrlmaVs genius as an economist was equal to the test of the recent period of Jc;re'son, and the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific were Htle to wvalher the storm without discomfort or danger. What an eye he has for economy in de tails la exemplified by his action soon after he took charge of the Union Pacific In the matter of watering locomotives. The first time he inspected the line ha stopped at a tank station. "What is the sise of that pipe?" he asked as the fls in an adjusted the pipe from the wat-r tank to the mouth of the locomotive tank. The fireman gave the diameter. Then Harrlman took out his watch and caiu latcd how long it took to water t tie loco motive. Lati r he called in the master meUiauic and the general ir.anaj. r. t&cououiles that Count. "It lakes so many minutes to fill a lo comotive tnuk with water," lie said. "The pipe is of such and such diameter. Is thctc any reason why the pipe shouldn't be Increased to such and such diameter?" . The master mechanic and the general manager said all the pipes on all the rail roads were of a standard sise. "Is there any reason?" roared Harrl man. He didn't have to finish the sentence. The men stammered tlieie was no physi cal reason except the nosilo on the tank, I lie pipes and the mouths of the tunks on the locomotives would have to be en larged. "Make the. change at once," sa.'d Harrl man. It saved several minutes each time a loconn live took water. Tlie Union Va c'fic has perhaps 1.5'W locomotives In serv ice. Tiiey take water perhaps three times a day. Nine mluutes a day additional service out of l.f iO locomotives and 1.5O0 train trews amounted to about $0U a year, as near as the auditor could figure out. It a few year he changed the Union Pacific from a poor railroad Into a good one and at the same time kept piling up profits. Ft-.rles by the hundreds are told of the remarkable things he did. He seemed to know more In a minute about a rallrcad than the men who had devoted their lives to It. His work on the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific made his fame secure. He has done great work with some ol the other propeities with which he lifts become identified and Wall street litia come to look upon him aa the doctor who can mire all railroad ills. Harrlman is a glutton for work and .he works very fast, but he will have his work cut out fur him when he returns. First. lie will lave to untangle tho mess In which' the Wheeling & Lake Krie is Involved and reorganise the eastern end of the Gould linej. This, added to the mountalnmis mass of stuff he has to attend to In the ordinary run of business and the proba bility tsat he may have to give acrlous at tention to the Heck Island at any time, precnges such a fall and winter for Harrl man as even will satisfy his ambition. Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier Smith Premier PLOWMAN, Manager 0maha9 Neb. JERSEY HAS ANOTHER WIZARD Ha Has Light Secrets Which Not Even the Government Can Share. ' The first wizard" we had In New Jersey was Leo Daft, builder of an electric car that drove all other electric cars Into in nocuous desuetude. The second wizard was Tom Edison, whose electric lights now illuminate the world. And now. Just as Ed ison is retiring from the commercial field of Invention, In which he has amassed a large fortune, looms wizard No. 3 a young ish man In Greenville, a deep-eyed Ger man of some 40 years, medium height, spare (as a wizard should be), plain, modest, silent and a master of detail. His name is Oscar Wlederhold. The world does not know him as yet, but It will soon. The other day I found Wlederhold In the basement of his factory working at a lathe. There were all kinds of lathes and drills and planes and presses and saws and other power machines surrounding him In this mechanical laboratory. "What are you do ing?" I ventured. "Oh, Just perfecting a universal attachment for all lights. Such an adjustment Is needed to standardize cluster burners, arc burners and all In verted gas mantles. We have to keep a lit tle ahead of the times, you know." Wlederhold manufactures lights for tho United States government according to secret processes that have been In his fam ily four or five generations. He does not dabble with electricity. "Leave that to Edison," he says. He has a little castlron cylinder which he charges with some oxy gen compound. This will produce a light of 1.C00 candle-power for forty-eight hours, and will be used on all government auto mobiles in time of war. His lights for th lighthouses along our roast are of such power that 1 might be called a natuie fnkcr to mention them. But not even the government is allowed to have the Wleder hold secrets. "Kverythlng in connection with our fam ily secret is locked In a aafe deposit vault In New York." said the Inventor. "I am the last surviving son. When I die the secret will descend to my oldest son, as It has descended to me. At present he Is In utter Ignorance of Its nature, because I vowed never to repeat It to anyone during j my life. U must descend to my heir. It In volves the dipping and nieacning oi man tles. We manufacture those of bleached and unbleached cotton, manipulate them in our own peculiar way, and dispose of them."-New York Press. RUhii'l Missed H Is Calling-. This story wjs told to tin- lal- Midi- p Potter hv Bishop Dudley of Kentucky of I. Is personal ex-pi rience: He waf on a rtunt'ng cxpeoltlon near !on:viilr. and happened to fall in with a l(H(il cportsnnm. whore unconcealed ad miration for the city man's marksmanship paved the way for further conversation. "What's your name?" the t o'tntryman finally Inquired. "Dudley," wns l lie teply. Alter some exchange cf incident aid ex perience the bUhop's Interlocutor hazarded: "Say, Dudley, wlut business d you fol low?" "I'm u preacher." "Oh, get out! What are you givifg me'" "But I am. 1 preach every Sunday." Where?" "In Louisville." "W e'd, I never: I never wo.Id ha' lhorghl It! You ain't stuck up (i bit like most of (the prr'nrheis down this way." I An Invitation t.l tieur tbl new tnnil up. ,usintanre preach was acco:nranhd by a seribb'.cd card, and the mxt Lord day saw ihe luslic in lit "Sindny best," ushered Inlo the I (shop's "n pew, whi le he listened Intently to b.dh sr-rvl e ar.l rmon. He was manifestly mui'd aft. i ward tu have the orator of ths ninrnine; c r,ie down lo gr.et hint as eord'allv and fi:itil!nrly as In tlie weods. H managed lo shammer hU thanks, and added: "1 am i, much of a judge of this kind of Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters Typewriters thing, parson, but I rl with you and sot with you, and saw the thing through the best I knew how. All tho same, if my opinion Is worth anything to you, the Iord meant you for a hunter." ABOUT PLATSAKD PLAYERS (Continued from Page Six.) souls call me an Iconoclast, but here, In this great work, "The Ring of the Nibel lngs," which I have studied for yeara and thought deeply and earnestly on, I have pursued the great master, Richard Wagner, and now 1 am constantly pursued by his great Influence. He has gotten a grip on me which Is lasting. I see his meaning, after years of faithful study, and I see In it the music which all men shall copy, but shall not attain, the philosophy which has found sucli glorious expression through such music that the "world" will be muny yeurs older before It shall grapp It. To hear Wagner Is one thing: to know him is an oiner. ne is no longer a cult; ne Is a Reformation with everything which that Impiiee. Any ono of tho composers could have written tho "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohen grin," or the "Song of the Evening Star' from Tannhaueaer, or even the "Prise Song" from the "Melsterslngers," but only one, the immortal, phenomenal, illustrious Richard v agner' could have written "The Ring of the Nibelungen." This great master has made me ashamed of myself. Oh, how foolish, how senseless, the little bickerings and troubles and factional flghtlets and silly, childish squabbles of m?thod, and musical criticisms and op!nli ns of this voice and that technique when you stand before the dazzling light of that great spirit: I Co not wish "for wings like a dove that I might fly away and bo at rest, building me a -nest In the wilderness," hut I wish for health, length of days, wisdom, enthu siasm, courage, support mid endurance to do my share wherever I am placeJ, how ever I am situated in bringing people, even the few. to a realization of what the greatest gift of tlod to men music really means. I want to quit playing with raper boats on the pool which the last tide has left In a rmall rock, and get out Into the full tide of the ocean of tho great Art. If, to be overwhelmed and inspired by a Man In this way, Is being a "faddist, " then, by all means, let me be a "faddist." Nothing else is worth while. Omaha offers Ju,t as good opportunity is many 'other plu-s for rerious work, und when I return lo Omaha, 1 shall tnuk! a gnat effort to do something for ds cudlt. And my inspiiutlon wl'l have been tho "Ring of the Nll)c:uiigen," by ltlchard Wagner, as presented In M.inich. As !j the Iheutsr Itself. It is a model and ideal Vlaie for greut productions. The "IMns-Rcgenien Theater" (I'rincc Reg. nt tlicaterl. is a magnificent structure exte:nally and Internally. lis broad ap proaches on the outsldo have a grand sweep and its surroundings are most harmonious. Inside you find a rising floor of seats, one floor, each seat a good one, and no posts or pillars to obstruct the view. Tho boxes are all In the rear, and the sides where vpper boxes usually are found, are given over to artistic leccsscs with uin llke ornaments; all around is a bas-relief i friese of figures gracefully displayed In various attitudes, above, tlie recesses; tho entiances ure all from the sides, several entrances on each side, where the lower boxes are ordinarily situated; each en trance U giiiitded by u uniformed usher, who direcis you to your seats, or rather lo the row in which your seats happen to be. Th decoration la !n Ihe most ex quisitely chast" balancing of grey and gold. with the ixoption cf ihe ceiling, which Is ilihly but quietly urtsy.d In colois; the orchestra Is entirely hidden from view, and the space for tiie players is very commo d'ous. The I'ghrs aie all extinguished sev eral seconds hciore tlie first note of the oiertiiro or prelude or "Vorjpirl" is sounded, and no disturbance through late entering Is even thought of. The eftect of 4 . 1 M V-,. W-fc'"-V,J Greed Ak-Sar-Ben &Je THE INDUCEMENTS are EXTKAOKMNAUY for three reasons, 'viz: FIRST Prices quoted are from 2o PER CENT to XI PEU CENT LESS than the prices asked for and easily obtained in former sales. SECOND The qualities are much, superior in every way than was given for pianos at the same price. THIRD The beauty and art in case design so far excels any former effort that corn comparisons are impossible. Pianos of all grades are here in abundance.beginniug at REAL GOOD QUALITY, MOD ERATELY PRICED, up to the VERY BEST of High Grade Standard Instruments Properly Priced Having the largest stock in the west, we are prepared to 6how pianos in any kind of wood cases, in all the late styles of designs. We positively guarantee everv piano we sell. AVe will save you from $100 to $223 on the price of a piano if purchased during this GREAT MONEY-SAVING AK-SAR-BEN SALE. A visit of inspection will convince the most skeptical that the above statements are true. Watch our piano advertising. If you are thinking of purchasing a piano we will interest you. Where the largest and best stock of standard pianos are at all times has his wants easily satinfled. this concealed orchestra is Indescribable, utterly and totally Indescribable. You must experience that before you know what Music really is! Did you ever notice the effect upon your spirit, of music sung "behind the scenes?" Has it not affected you? Some day the church will awake to the psychic power of music, where mu sicians are concealed. The performances (horrid word) begin at 4 In the afternoon; there Is an Intermission of thirty-five min utes between the first and second acts, when the whole house empties itself and the refreshment rooms, large and spacious, are filled with elegantly-attired women and black-and-white full-dressed men, who munch "broedchens" (breadlets) or little rolls with ham. drinking therewith a glass of Munich beer, or daintily bite biscuits or faricy crackers, accompanied by delicate glasses of champagne, or very small cups of coffee. After the second act there is an intermission of forty-five minutes, when dinner is served at a fair price in a very well-appointed restaurant In connection with the theater (seats ordered in advance) and cigars or cigarettes are enjoyed in a very delectable garden enclosure, to which the large refreshment rooms open by sev eral doors and a spacious verandah. Bo fore each act several trumpeters "blow" some of the principal "motives" of the music-drama, each "fanfare," as they call them, being repeated three times In various parts of the building. There Is no appluuse except at the end of each act; no appearance of sturs before the curtain; no personal interruptions or glorifications; all Is perfect, as It should be, dramatis personae, people of the drama, not people of the present hour; hence th; seiue of fitness. No dead Trishan of S!eg mund coiiicb tj the footlights lo receive the plaudits of the people. How absurdly we tolerate this Inexcusable "break" In the story even now. everywhere else We give ihe late fair Henry Irvinst, the late Richard Mansfield and others credit for abolishing this dramatic (!) barbarism, but Wagiur lias been u long time dead, and is it not possible that the Idea was borrowed from him? Before closing this letter let me urge you to get from the library the "Musio dramas of Richard Wagner." by Lavibnac. and resd carefully the story of tlie "Ring of the Nlbelungs." If you only want a story, It will delight you; If you want to study u fascinating problem in psychology it wiil hold you In thrall. If you want to grai.p a little of what music means begin now to Ktnilv the work (K.ther ihan the works) of Klcl.ard Warner, but approach K in "spirit i und in truth." in 'ove and sympathy audi you will be rewarded. THOMAS J. KKl.Lf. P. S. 1 se by a recent copy of The He-J that Mr. Henderson of tlie New York San spoke of Melha as the sensation cf Ihe opera season at I'ovent Garden, whereas I gave that honor to Tetrassini. I can only Kay that when Tetraizini sang we had to "skirmish" for seats and then had to pay 6 shillings more each than we iiad paid for exactly the same seats for Melba. And that was true all through tiie season. George Ade used to say. "When In doubt, ask th.i box office," or words to that effeot. T. J. K. Coming Kvrnts. Augustus Pitou will present Chauncey Ol cott at Itoyd's theuter Friday night, Sep tember H. In his new play "Ragged Robin." Mr. Olcott 1h credited with having made one of the greatest. If not the greatest, success of his entire career In this piece, which le in a way a departure from the line' of dramas he lias been appearing In for some years. "Ragged Robin" has a lt - llrl'tf ully simple peasant love story for a plot. It was written by Rita Julmson Vounu, In collaboration with ltlta Olcott, and the authors have done some excellent work In infusing a thoroughly typical Celtic atmosphere Into the Ktory. Home Weird bits nf Irish folk lore play an Incidental, though Important ran in tlie play, und It can b i-ald to lie ne i.f Ihe few lriali diamaa of late years that cuu'd uot be inducements! are being held out to the Piano Buyers of the West during Hayden Bros anything else if called by another name. It Is racy of the soil and presents a vivid picture of the Irish peasantry In their Joys and their sorrows. The music Is not the least Important part of the performance. Mr. Olcott has com posed a number of new songs for "Ragged Robin." all of which are of the catchy, melodic order. In addition to these num bers there Is a beautiful Incidental set ting, composed by Frederick Knight Logan, In which several Osslnalc airs will be heard for the first time in this country. The fairy music Is particularly- fine. Manager Pltou has equipped his star with a splen did production, perhaps the finest that has ever been seen In an Irish play. Electric light effects, beautiful costumes and scenery will enhance the charms of the story, which will be given life by a com pany composed of such players as Florence lister, Mabel Bert, LIlllAn , Claire, Alice Farrell, Josie Cluflln, Mark Price, Charles F. McCarthy, Gcrome Edwards, George Brennan and a number of clever young dancers and singers who are carried for the fairy scene. This season Mr. James O'Neill will be seen In the role of "Abbe Bonaparte" In a play of Napoleonic times of the same title. The scene Is laid In a little Corslcan fishing village, where the venerable abbe has devoted his life to the welfare of his llttlj flock. Eighteen years previous to the opening of the sory he had taken In an abundoned baby girl and had tenderly raised the little one to Joyous young womanhood. At this period an unprinci pled countess appears and attempts to take tho young woman to Paris and throug her Influence with Napoleon the old abbe is elevated to a bishopric. The scenes where he spurns tho high honors thrust upon him and successfully resists tlie at tempts to take the girl whom he loves with a father's lnve-from him, Is equal In its Intense heart Interest and pathos to his finest work In Virginlus, In defense of his daughter. The play will probably prove an agreeable surprise to his friends nnd ad mirers and he will be seen at the Boyd theater for five performances starting Bun- day night. September 20. "Human Hearts" Is announced at the Krug for two days, starting with a mat Inee tcduy, which appeals to every class of rlavKoers. It deals with a story that teems the heart Interest from beginning to end. No play of Its kind possesses a stronger plot or more sensational incidents. The serious element is mingled with com edy, forming a combination that never fails to touch a responsive chord In the hearts of playgoers. The End of the 'trail," which Is in be produced by W illis 1". Jackson nt the Krug theater two days, beginning Tuesday night. Is causing u, great sensation nnd arouses tho strongi st Interest wherever It Is played. The engagement of Theodore Lorch at the Krug theater for three duys, starting next Thursday night, in "The Lieutenant snd the Cowboy" may very properly be mother's shapeliness. All of this can be avoided by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this liniment prepares the body for the strain upon it, and preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother' Friend makes the danger of child-birth less, and carries her safely through this critical period. Thousands grate fully tell of the benefit and relief derived from the use' ftft!iiremeHv Bold b druggists mump sill wot bout. Book milled free to til eioee-.uit mottavs. J iLM iKAlr ItLD fctbULATUH CO. Atlanta. Ca. to be found were the money eaver regarded as one ol the events of the sea son. "The Lieutenant and the Cowboy" deals with the adventures of an American, army officer on tho western plains and in troduces a large number of characters. In the first act, which sliows a lonely moun tain trail, one almost scents the -sago brush and alkali. .In strong contrast are the scenes shown In the second act, where the transfer Is made to the military post known aa Fort Garland, Colo., to which the hero has drifted In his efforts to se cure a position as bronco buster of the, fort. The Burwood company present "Romeo and Juliet" for tlie entire weeh starting this afternoon. Several members of the , company have gained prominence In former ' productions, Mr. Connor played "Mercutlo" to the "Romeo" of Otis Skinner. Miss Elliott has the physique, personal charm and temperament for an Ideal "Juliet" ami Mr. Grew has every requisite for tlie love lorn "Romeo." Great pains have been taken to reproduce the various scenes, par ticularly the famous balcony and also tha tomb of the Capulets. For this purpose en gravings of the Maude Adams production of "Romeo and Juliet" were secured and every detail has been followed most dili gently. The costuming will be on an elabo rate scale and of the period. Stage Direc tor Bacon is Immensely pleased with his cast and assures a most finished perform ance. Aside from the matinee this after noon there will be matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Burwood management has started contest among art students, the object being a design In any three harmonising colors suitable for the outside cover of tha Burwood progium. As an Induceiu' nt, a season ticket la offered for the design that shall hn accepted. All design must be at the theater by October 13. st which time they will he displayed in the lobby. A committee of art critics will paws Judg ment and choose the most artistic one. Tho contest is open to all. The principal feTturo of the bill at tn Orpheum this week will bo a troupe of performing baboons, trained by Herr Orals. Tha animals accomplish various feats upon the slack wire and upon the trapeio. The second number will he a farce entitled, "Motoring," In which Harry Tate's English comedians furnish tlie fun. Henry Hortou, latn star of "Eben Holden." comes with n pastoral comedy entitled, "Cue Is I.em's Dilemma." He is assisted by Miss Louise Hardenbui'gh. A young girl known til "L,i Petite Mlgnon. who has gained consideralilw reputation u u mimic will sing nnd give Imitations of Anna Held and other Celt b ritles of the i omlc opera stage. The Sis ters Klrksmith ate all versatile musicians. !-o Carrillo, well known for his Chlncsu stories and his imitations of barnyard fowl, comes with a monologue. The bill Is com pleted by George and Mas Edgerton, light ning aerial gymnasts. The Kinndrome will present a series uf pictures entitled "Tlis Rights of a Knight In the Fourteenth Cen tury." Every woman covets a shape ly figure, and many of them deplore the loss of their girl ish forms after marriage. The bearing of children is often destructive to the mm Terrain