TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTODER 24, 1009.
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Site of Shakespeare Theater Accepted in London
N view of the storm of cold
skepticism that troke upon the
hpe.de of Cook end Peary when
they announced In turn that
they had found what men of
many centuries had Bought
In vain. Nebrasksns who take pride In their
large men and Institutions cannot but feel
a thrill of exultation at the atmosphere of
calm credulity that Mill surrounds Dr.
Charles William Wallace, associate pro
fessor of Knglish language and literature
at the University of Nebraska, In his
avowed discovery of the site of the Olobe
theater In London, the playhouse In which
Fhakespeare owned shares and acted. Dr.
Wallace's declaration and proofs were
promptly received with the utmost Interest
and credulity In England and America
when they were originally made known
and though a considerable period has
elapsed, they still are not being seriously
questioned. This, we say. must be the
source of Inexpressible satisfaction to Ne
braskans, as well as Americans, generally.
Of course, we would scarcely offer Dr.
Wallace's discovery, though It were proven
to he absolutely unquestionable, as a feat
equal In Importance to the discovery of the
North pole, yet In the world of drama his
tory and literature It cannot but command
a whole-hearted Interest and fill a very
large sphere of actual utility. Dr. and
Mrs. Wallace have returned to England.
Tl:ey are determined to make their work
so complete as to loave no room for doubt
and this, too. Is to be applauded. It la not
necessary to bury one's self In the convic
tion that Dr. Wallace has made no error,
to admire his work. There Is one element
In his achievement, or effort at achieve
ment, which must commend him to all
thoughtful and serious-minded fo!lc whether
they accept as conclusive his discovery or
not and that Is the prodigious Industry of
the man who undertook such a
task, a tank of delving Into rec
ords musty with the age of centuries,
records that have defied the patience and
enterprise of men of every other age. The
Bee today presents an Interesting article
on Dr. Wallace's discovery In which addi
tional evidence of Ita genuineness Is set
forth. It shows with what frank consid
eration the English press has accepted the
finality of his work and the exalted value
It places upon It Possibly It la aa some
of the hyper-crltlcal suggest, too early to
give full title to the eminent doctor's dls- I
rovery. Be that as It may. It Is refreshing
to observe his utter Indifference to the
temper of the public with reference to his
work and In this vry fact lies one of
the strongest elements of consideration In
his behalf. If In the end he removes every
vestige of doubt and conclusively proves
that Fhakespeare's theater stood where he
saya It stood, certainly he will have per
formed a task that must place the lovers
of history, literature and dramatic art
under lasting obligations to him. It Is a
hazardous thing to embark In the dlscov
eiy buslneea these days. Of course. Dr.
Wallace waa busy with his mission long
before either Cook or Teary returned from
I Is frigid errand. But nevertheless this
courageous Nebraskan has ventured upon
a fitful sea and he should be accorded the
generous sympathy of the public through
out his voyage. If the brewer who Is
erecting a tablet commemorating a spot
on which time had settled as the location
of Shakespeare'a playhouse can cheerfully
relinquish his hero-worship enterprise and
Join the adulating hosts that are fawning
at the feet of Dr. Wallace in England,
certainly his neighbors In the United States
can withhold their criticism until he haa
at least completed his work.
Thus shouts the town crier through the
columns of the Dramatic News: "Henry
B. Harris Is going to award another ac
tress by making her a star. Hedwlg
lUlcher has signed a contract which prom
ises her name In big type, and she deserves
It." So Mr. Harris Is going to make a star
of this German woman who haa climbed
to the very apex of her art In her native
country, and who la now following In the
footsteps of Janauschek, Modjeska, Nazl
mova and other illustrious daughtera of
Europe, who have paid us the compliment
to come to our ahores, acquire our language
and our customs, for the purpose of giving
us the benefit of the wonderful light of
genius that burns In their souls. And
Henry B. Harris Is to make her a star.
What more monumental exhibition of man
agerial effrontery could possibly be given
than this? This woman wm hailed with
glad acclaim In Germany as a leader In
her profession. She came to America some
thing more than a year ago, whither her
brother had preceded her, not unknown and
obscure, but at the disadvantage of not
knowing our language, and now that Miss
Relcher haa achieved such mastery of the
English language, or Ita American Idiom,
as will permit her to assume her rightful
position In the front rank on the American
stage the press agent of her bumptious
manager tells us that Mr. Henry B. Harris
Is going to make her a star. Some day a
New York penny-a-liner will Inform the
world that one or another of the managers
has achieved what was once proposed In
a meeting of the Salt Lake Chamber of
Commerce. A member of that august body
Introduced a resolution reciting what econ
omy would be achieved If the moon were
anchored directly over the city so that the
street lights might be dispensed with.
Another tribute paid to a manager by
his ever vigilant press agent was that
given to the Shuberts very recently, dur
ing the course of which the writer pointed
out that the Shuberts were very willing to
allow the new theater management to take
over Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe, hav
ing found this eminent pair of actors an
expensive proposition. This press agent did
rot go to the extent of suggesting that
the Shuberts had made stars of Mr. Soth
ern and Miss Marlowe, but his suggestion
of a proprietary Intel est on the part of the
Shuberta In this eminent couple was so
obvious that even the dullest reader could
not escape It. As a matter of fact, when
the Shuberta were first asserting their
Independent and undertook to raid the
syndicate they began by attacking Mr.
Frohman and secured the right to direct
the toura and affairs of Mr. Sothern and
Miss Marlowe by making a bargain which
proved disastrous to the Shuberts. The
published statements at the time were that
Mr. Frohman was paying Mr. Sothern
W.tOO a week and that the Shuberta took
him and Miss Marlowe on at the pay of
$2,750 each per week, or a total of $3,600.
Now atop for a moment and figure this
out. These actors never played oftener
than seven times a week; six evenings and
one matinee. This made the pay for the
two stars alone equal to very nearly $800 a
performance, and if the Shuberts played
their attractions In the theaters visited on
the 80 per cent plan basis. It meant that
It took $1,000 of receipts at each perform
ance to pay the salaries of the stars alone.
In other words, each theater visited must
sell 600 $2 seats before there would be any
thing left for the pay of the others In
I ;
the company, or to meet the necessary ex
penses outside of salaries. It will not take
anyone familiar with theatrical business
management very long to figure out Just
how unprofitable this venture ws, and It
may be easily understood that the hhuberts
were very willing to allow Mr. Sothern
and Miss Marlowe to go with the new
theater.
The matter is referred to here In connec
tion with the Harrts-Relcher question
merely to show tha attitude that the mana
ger haa assumed towards the public. There
was a day when the name of the star, or
the name of the play, attracted people to
the theater. Now It has come to be Mr.
So and So, In large type, presents Mlsa So
and So, In small type, In Such and Such a
play. In still smaller type by an author
whose name frequently requires a micro
scope to read It. Is It any wonder that
the affairs of the theater have fallen on
the days of the trivial and Inconsequential T
The drama In which Miss Relcher has
won the right to have her name placed on
the bills In large letters by Mr. Henry B.
Harris Is from the Russian, extremely
tense and violently wrenching on the emo
tions. "On the Eve" Is a story of under
ground forces struggling for freedom In
Russia, and Is Intended to show the devo
tion of the men and women engaged In this
work to the cause. Nihilism means to the
Individual, according to this play, every
thing, while the individual means to
nihilism nothing.
The part assigned Miss Relcher la that
of a young woman of noble family who
becomes Imbued with a thirst for reform
ing the government, and at the meetings
of the secret brotherhood at the home of a
printer, where the band assembles for the
purpose of laying plans In furthering the
propaganda, she meets a young man situ
ated like herself. At first their Intercourse
was that of two Intensely devoted person
alltlea, and all their conversation Is on
the work In which they are engaged. This
condition could not last, however, and
very soon the young man discloses his
passion for the girl. At first she tries to
convince him of the futility of love under
the conditions, but her heart, too, has
responded to the call of Its mate, and soon
she admits that she loves him aa ardently
and tenderly aa he does her.
Neither knows anything of the affairs
1 of the other outside of their secret meet
ing places, and she la yet sufficiently
strong to pledge him that nothing shall
ever happen to awerve her from perfect
feality to the organization. Very soon
after this, a hated member of the ruling
class Is doomed to death, and It falls to
the girl's lot to lure him to his destruc
tion. She Is to have him call at her hotel,
and, aa he leaves, she will give the algnal
to a member of the band, who will be con
cealed nearby, ready to throw a bomb
that will destroy tha thrower along with
Ms victim. The one to throw the bomb
ts chosen by secret lot, and the choice falls
on tha girl's lover. Ha la told to go to
her hotel where she will give him Instruc
tions as to where to place himself that
he may not miss tha signal and the vic
tim. He goea, and for the first time outside
of the secret nihilistic chamber does the
lover and the lady meet. The disclosure of
her Identity, under the circumstances. Is
a shock to both, and the girl, realizing that
she will be called upon to give the signal
that will destroy the man who Is dearer
to her than life, wildly bega him to with
draw from the enterprise. But he Is firm
and comforts her, reminding her of the
oath they swore to each otlier when first
they acknowledged their love, and urges
her to be as strong In tha trial as she waa
In Ita contemplation. Then he leaves her.
The doomed official pays his call, and as
he leavea the hotel, the girl stands In the
window and gives the signal. This la fol
lowed by the crash of an explosion. She
has made the ultimate sacrifice for the
cause.
tlon. Later she became a members of
I 'an lei Frohman'a Lyceum Theater corr
pany, appearing In "The Charity Hall,"
"Men and Women," ''The Idler" and other
de'ightful comedies. From there she pamed
under Charles Frohman's management.
Here the splendid foundation she had laid
became apparent, and when the leading
role in "Olorlana" was given her she fairly
captivated her audiences. As a leading
woman she returned to Pittsburg, where
she had started upon her stage career,
and headed a stock company for a season
with much success. From there she went
to Denver, at Elltch'a garden, where so
many of our prominent stars have at one
time or another played a season of stock.
It was here that Maurice Campbell, her
manager, received the manuscript of
"Mistress Nell," and Miss Crosman pre
sented the play for the first time. Ita
unusual possibilities were evident, and after
a few changes the play waa taken to New
York. It was presented at Wallack'a
theater, and every metropolitan critic
pronounced Miss Crosman the most charm
ing comedienne that had appeared on the
New York stage In years. Her stellar
position, earned by natural talent and faith
ful application to her art. was now assurrd.
and since then, nine years ago, he lues
contributed tu the American stage a num
ber of Its most dellghtrut portrayals. Her
Rosalind In "As You Like It." charmed
New York for 100 nlKhts, a record for a
single Shakespearean production. Iler
"Sweet Kitty Ilellairs" was one of the big
successes of the past decade. As rhlltpp
Drayton In "The Sword of tha King." she
added another delightful charact to her
notable gallery. Other plays in which
she haa appeared are "Joan of the Shoals,"
"Mary, Mary. Quite Contrary," "All of a
Sudden Peggy," "The Country Girl" and
'The Christian Pilgrim." leading up to her
present success, "Sham." This play had
Its first metropolitan hearing at Wallack'a
theater, New York, last February, and so
emphatlo waa It success, that It was with
drawn only when the excessive heat of
middle June drove the actress and the
theater-goers to the country and seashore.
In Chicago the New York verdict of the
play received the endorsement of the critics,
and the audiences everywhere have voted
her Katheiine Van Riper In "Sham," the
most charming portrayal of a comedy
character alnce her own Mistress Nell.
The translation from the Russian Into
English, if the comments of the eastern
papers, are correct, haa not been very
deftly done. The speeches are described as
being stilted, bombastio and theatric. It
may well be believed that this is so, for
In this day when It la the fashion among
Americans to effect little interest In the
deeper emotions, and to smile with patient
contempt at the devotion shown by the
Russians in their struggle for such liberty
aa they enjoy, the language necessary to
adequately express these sentiments would
sound a little peculiar to ears that have
been attuned to the light and airy flip
pancy of Clyde Fitch and George M. Cohen.
AMUSEMENTS.
AMUSEMENTS.
At the Omaha Theaters
Boyd Offers the Most Interesting List of Season So Far, with Mrs'.
Carter and Miss Crosman Burwood Has the Latest Shnbert Suc
cess in "Going: Some" Krug and Orpheum Have Fine Bills.
T
HE attraction at the Boyd thea
ter for two nlghU, Sunday and
Monday, October 24-26, will be
H. H. Frazee'a production of
the latest and newest of the
La Salle theater popular suc
cesses, "A Girl at the Helm." The book
and lyrics were written by Robert B.
Smith and the music by Raymond Hubble,
who la also responsible for "A Knight for
a Day," "Fantana" and "The Midnight
Bona," now playing on Broadway in New
York. "Tho Ghost of a Rag Time," one
of the many song hits of "A Girl at tha
Helm," haa often received aa high as
fifteen encores during a single perform
ance, compelling the stage manager to
ring down the drop curtain to give the
vivacious dancers of the dainty .chorus a
chance to catch their breath In order to
proceed with the balance of the act. The
principals, headed by Billy Clifford and
an exceptional pretty chorus, are In keep
ing with tha rest of what Is said to be
one of the most pretentious musical com
edy productions which will b seen here
this season.
Mrs. Leslie Carter In a new play never
before presented here will be at the Boyd
theater next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights. Tha play which Mrs.
Carter will present Is "Vasta Heme," by
Edward Peple, author of "The Prince
Chap" and .other well known successes,
which waa given for the first time on
any stage at Milwaukee, Friday, Septem
ber 21 The story deals with present day
New York life and the characters are said
to be drawn with the atrength and clear
ness which has distinguished Mr. Peple' s
work since he made his first successful
bow aa a playwright In tha role of the
heroine, Mrs. Carter portrays a woman
very much of the world of today. Vaata
Hern la a New York woman who has
won both fame and fortune In her literary
work. Her stories are the sensation of
the day, and It la a matter of wonder how
a girl of her upbringing and environment
could have attained such a wonderful
knowledge of the workings of the human
heart as to enable her to create auch
literature. Aa a matter of fact, Vasta
Heme's writing Is dona under a mys
terious and pathetic Influence an Influ
ence which, uncontrolled, threatens to en
gulf her. Tha love Intereat In the drama
cornea from the fact that two men' love
Vaata, one selfishly, desiring to use her
marvelous genius for his own ends, the
other finely and generously and with an
Intense desire to help her. The battle
of souls between these two men and the
struggle In the heart of Vasta Heme,
when called to choose between them, fur
nishes dramatlo intereat of the keenest
emotional kind. The piece la In four acta;
the first and the last take place In the
library of Vasta Heme In New York. The
second act ahowa a villa on the Hudson
and the third takes place In Alexandria,
Egypt. The play la , produced under the
sole direction of Mis. Carter, who Is about
the only remaining actress-manager In
America. The list of well known players
Includes E. J. Radcllffe, John Glenden
nlng, Frank McCormack. Joseph Graybill,
Louis Mylls,' Florence Malone, Lillian Ca
hlli, W. H. bhay, Charles Hay no and Alice
Butler.
When Henrietta Crosman appeara at the
Boyd on Friday and Saturday evenings, and
Saturday matinee, October 29 and SO, she
will present for the first time In this city
an unusually aucceasful comedy, which has
bean pronounced the best play this charm
ing star baa appeared ln since her mem
orable "Mistress Nell." ' This play Is
Tham," a breezy comedy of modern life
In New York, from the pena of Ueraldlne
Bonner and Elmer Harris, and providing
Miss Crosman with a role worthy of her
Wonderful art Miss Crosman will come
here with the original company, Including
suuh people aa Charles Walcott, Edouard
Duiand, Paul Dickey, Albert Blown, Frank
Jamison, Jack Mahoney, Ida Waterman,
Marguerite St John, Inea Plummer. Emma
Butler, Gertrude Clemona, Augusta Scott
and others. Aa Katherlna Van Riper, the
central figure In "Sham, Miss Crosman
appeara as a young society woman whose
career, alnce girlhood, haa been engineered
by two ambitious aunts, whoa object Is to
marry their niece to a man with money.
In the meantime, Katherlne'a father dies,
leaving the girl an abundance of extrava
gant tames with very little income with
which to satisfy them. So Katherine be
Cuiosa a social "frailer." Sue furnishes
her apartments, obtains her clothes and
dinners and incurs debts all at the ex
pense of her friends and the shopkeepers.
Her ready wit auggests many subterfuges
through which she obtains credit every
where and keeps up appearances until the
day of reckoning la near at hand. Her
hand Is sought In marriage by the young
son of a wealthy, though unsophisticated,
western mine owner, and such a match
seems to point the only way out of her
embarrassing position. But Katherine loses
her heart to Tom Jaffray, a young mining
engineer with bright prospects and small
Income, and an unconcealed hatred of all
shams and Impostors. Jaffray la unaware
of the girl's real position In society, and
his scathing words open her eyes to the
humiliating side of the part she has been
playing. She resolves to put an end to her
career of sham and deceit and, by paying
all her debts, to accept his offer of mar
riage with a clean record and a clear con
science. In order to do this she determ
ines to sell her pearl necklace a family
heirloom presented by General Lafayette to
her great-grandmother. But even the pearls
prove to be Imitations of the real gems.
t
In addition to the regular display of mov
ing pictures that will hold forth at the
Burwood this afternoon and evening, there
will be shown for the first time In Omaha
a moving picture of the big parade given
by the Eaglea on Thursday, September 18,
during the week of the national convention.
The picture la 1,000 feet long and was taken
In front of the city hall and plainly shows
Mayor Dahlman and officials of the Eagles
watching the parade from the reviewing
atand. The entertainment will be con
tinuous from 1 to S and 7 to 11 p. m.
Going Some," which Is the Joint work of
Paul Armstrong and Rex Beach, will be
seen here for the first time out of New
York at the Burwood all next week, start
ing tomorrow evening under the manage
ment of the Shuberta. "Going Some" Is a
comedy laid along original ltnea, varying
widely from the door-slammlng farces
with which the stage has been almost
surfeited. It Is an out-door play with a
decided contrast between weak and strong
types, which can be understood when it is
known that all of the scenes occur on the
Flying Heart ranch. New Mexico and the
characters are easterners and cowboys.
J. Walllngford Speed, who always carries
his coach with htm, vlslta the Flying Heart
ranch, where he meets Helen' Blake, a
Smith college graduate. ' She Is Immedi
ately Impressed with the stories of. his
prowess and In order to further strengthen
his cause he noises around that he is
Yale'a champion 100-yard sprinter. His
trainer, In hla heart of hearts, knowa that
Speed la over-stepped the limit. The news
Is greeted with Joy by the cowboys, who
are looking for a awlft runner to win back
a trophy that they have lost In a race
between one of their men and the cook of
the Centipede ranch. Speed Is asked to
race against the cook and win back the
talking machine. He magnanimously ac
cepta. The Fresno Nightingale, who la the
vllllan of the piece and a claimant for the
hand of Helen Blake knowa that Speed
cannot run and that if he persists in carry
ing out the deception. It will be an easy
matter for the Nightingale to conquer the
girl. Speed, however, learns that Culver
Covington, the real champion of Yale, Is
expected at the ranch and he calculates
that he will plead Injury at the eleventh
hour. But Covington arrives on crutches.
lii.UKino the delight of the Nightingale, the
consternation of the trainer and the
awful fear of Speed for the cowboys
attach a penalty of death In case the race
la lost. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Corlnne will be swii at the Burwood In
the original production of tuneful Viennese
operetta "Mile. Mischief next Sunday for
four days under the management of Sam
8. and Lee Shubert The ever-popular
comedienne haa been surrounded by a large
company and chorus and the original
English pony ballet
"McFadden'a Flats," which has had
many imitators and which outlived many
so-called musical entertainments alnce It
was originally produced fourteen years
ago, comes to the Krug theater four days,
starting Sunday, October 21. In an entirely
new dress. There U not a dull moment
In the piece. The action la Incessant the
situations funny and side-splitting and the
musie and specialties of the sort to make
anyone "sit up and take notice,"
A L. Wilbur presents Cola and Johnson
this season In an entirely new production,
written, staged and produced by the clever
colored stars. "The Red Moon," a mu
sical comedy In three acts, furnishes a
unique contrast of characters between the
negro and the American Indian. The
humor and situations of the comedy are
drawn from the negro characters, while
the Indian element contributes to the plc
turesqueness of the story. The muslo ts
bright and charming and considered the
beet that the clever song wrltera have ever
done. The management has provided stage
settings of surpassing beauty, and the coa
tuntes are In texture, design and coloring
a veritable feast for tha eye. A company
of dashing, dancing dusky dames with a
cast composed of the greatest colored stars
Is promised when Cole and John.on appear
In "The Red Moon" at the Krug theater
three days, starting Thursday, October 28.
Walter C. Kelly, the "Virginia Judge,"
Just back from the London music halls,
heads the bill at the Orpheum this week.
The realtstlo humor of his work aa he
presents a day'a doings In a southern court
house, la Incomparably the best thing of
Its kind ever offered at the Orpheum the
ater. Assisted by Lewis Wood and Jo
seph Yanner, Miss Margaret Moffat will
present her one-act play, "Awake at the
Switch." It Is a comedy act of unusual
quality. Cyclists and acrobats are the
Walthour trio, one of the most astonish
ing acts of Its class. In their farce, "You
Can't Get None," Gordon and Marx, the
German dialect comedians, will be a laugh
able feature of the bill. Masters of the
xylophone are the musical Johnsons, made
up of James, Albert and Miss Florence
Johnson. A novelty will be the arrow
shooting of the McGradys. This Is dono
In conjunction with an equlllbrlal act. One
feature of their work Is to pierce and break
clay pigeons that are thrown Into the air.
John Burch, who Is to offer the conclud
ing number of the bill, haa a Jugging act.
The klnodrome will project the latest of
motion pictures and the Orpheum concert
orchestra of fifteen musicians will play
high-class selections before the opening of
each performance.
Henrietta Crosman
Star Who Has Won the Position by Hard Work and Patient
Effort in the Pursuit of an Ideal that Has Always Been
High Believes in a Clean Drama and Illustrates Her Belief
N THESE days when "stars"
rise to their lofty positions over
night through some quaint pe
culiarity or fetching personality.
It is a pleasure to contemplate
the record of Henrietta Cros
man, a real actress, who has achieved her
present position on the stage only after
years of apprenticeship years of hard
work. Intelligent study and discerning ex
ercise. Since reaching stardom, Miss Cros
man has occasionally encountered a play
that did not meet with public approval, but
no one has ever queatloned her personal
skill, her charming piquancy and her earn
est Intelligence. Miss Crosman has also
been always credited with the selection of
plays that are morally healthy, clean and
wholesome. Even last season. In New York,
when plays of questionable morals seemed
to have the call in Gotham, Miss Cros
man tempted fate by selecting "Sham" for
her engagement at Wallack's, and proved
to the doubting ones that It' was not neces
sary to resort to "sewer dramas" to win
success, even in Manhattan. Mlsa Cros
man considers the stage seriously, aa a
potent Influence for good or evil, the
weight of which is felt by a greater num
ber of people than la reached by all the
pulpits In the land. She beltevea that while
the object of a play, to be successful. Is
primarily to amuse. It must do so sanely,
healthfully and In a manner that will make
an audience feet better for having wit
nessed It
Henrietta Crosman's early life is closely
associated with Omaha, for it was here
that her father. Major George H. Crosman,
an officer In the United States army, waa
Music and Musical Notes
T Is not often that a long news
paper clipping gets Into this
column, but the following has
such a personal note and is so
interesting' at this time, that it
la herewith reproduced. It Is
from the New York Evening Post and It
will doubtless be enjoyed by all church
singers here and lh the other cities and
towns reached by The Bee:
"The anthems of Dudley Buck, com
poser and organist, who died the other
day, are sung In thousands of churches.
The height of ambition of every country
choir is to master, in Its own crude way,
a 'selection' by Dudley Buck, for some
festival service. No program for Christ
mas, Easter or Thanksgiving is complete
without a Buck number.
"One woman remembers how ahe used to
be Impressed by rehearsal of 'He Shall
Come Down Like Rain.' How ahe envied
the soprano who sang the opening duet
with the tenor, and wondered if the time
would come when she would be able to
sing as well. The time did come; she
sang for Buck himself. 'After a long
journey by train I got to tho parish house
of Holy Trinity in Brooklyn,' she said the
other day. 'I hod come to try for his
quartet. The fact that I was to sing for
the man whose work I knew so well waa
in Itself enough to make me nervous.
" 'But I don't want to hear you sing.
You are too young. You can't do the
work.' he exclaimed.
" 'But I've come a long way,' I stam
mered. " "Well, can you read? We'll Bee.'
"Taking a sheet of music paper from
his pocket, he Jotted down a line of
notes. It waa do or die, and I did. scarcely
knowing what I sang. 'Do It again,' he
ordered. And once more I ploughed
through the most Impossible Intervals I
had ever seen. At the end I was re
warded by 'Well, you can read; now I will
hear you sing. What have you brought T
" ' "My Redeemer and My Lord," from
your "Golden Legend," ' I skid.
" 'Not that Not thaf he cried. 'I have
heard It murdered too often. Something
else. One stanza only.'
"I chose another, but my one stanza waa
allowed to lengthen Into three. I waa one
of five litrky sopranoa to sing for his
muslo committee. A week later a' tele
tram aald, 'Final hearing tonight at S
In the church.'
"I waa the last of the five to alng. Aa
I climbed the gallery stairs 1 waa ahaky,
of course. Presence of my brother, who
had brought toe, and whose parting ad
vice had been 'Now, paste it!' was the
only thing that kept me from ignominious
flight
"When I reached the organ loft, Mr. Buck
smiled and asked, 'Have you brought "My
Redeemer and My Lord?" I want you to
sing that!' Fortune waa with me. I had
brought It and I sang It better than I
ever aang In my life. I could tell that. He
made me alng. I couldn't help myself. I
had never dreamed of anything so wonder
ful aa that accompaniment And every
now and then I waa conscious of a word of
encouragement and timely advice. Aa I
finished, he turned, his eyes moist, and
exclaimed, 'I have heard it sung hundreds
of times, but no one haa ever before
brought teara to my eyes. If I had the aay,
the position would be yours.'
"Fortunately for me the committee felt
that way, too.
"Choir work under Dudley Buck's direc
tion waa no 'snap.' He demanded the best
of his quartet and chorus. During service
or rehearsals everything waa strictly busi
ness, and if a luckless soloist made a mis
take with the hope that It would pass un
detected, his comfort waa short lived.
Nothing in the way of a mistake, no mat
ter how slight, ever escaped notice.
"Well do I remember my first experience
In chanting. He used a pointing all his
own, and when I ventured to auggest tbat
I might mark it In a prayer-book, I was
told, 'No. You must keep It In your head.
Once there you will alwaya have It.'
"Mr. Buck waa alwaya shy and retiring,
and nothing annoyed him more than to
have 'the atranger within the gates' evince
the slightest Interest In him and bis organ.
At the close of service he would say to the
choir librarian, 'Fred, shut that door and
keep those tramps out!' What a treat It
waa to alt In the corner of the gallery after
the recessional had been sung, and watch
his face as he played tha great organ.
Every fibre waa keyed to the highest pitch
and his eyes were mute expressions of the
muslo he played, now sparkling, now sad.
His musical services were gems In concep
tion. No one who has heard his 'Story
of the Cross' sung on Oood Friday will
ever forget the solemnity of It all. What
could have been more wonderful than to
hear hla setting of "Crossing the Bar ar
ranged for hla quartet and aung by them,
with Mr. 'Buck himself at the keys?
Surely those who have attended the Watch
Night service at Holy Trinity will re
call the awe that came with the lowering
of the lights at the atroke of twelve, the
beginning of the ushering out of tha Old
Year, and the Joy of the blaze of yellow
aa tha last stroke of the hour waa sounded
(Continued on Page Nine.)
stationed for a number of years. As a
child and young girl, Miss Crosman lived
In this city and was a great favorite with
the officers. Her first ambition to go on
the stage came about through her voice,
which, during her ' girlhood, promised to
make of her an operatic star. But after
a few years spent in study she found that
she had made too great a demand of her
tender vocal co'rds, which resulted in a lit
tle break In her upper register, destroying
all hopes of an operatic career.
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