THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 30, 1910.
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( AMERICAS WIVES CUVASSED
Woman's Woi a Feature of the
English Election.
SOME OF THE RECENT WORKERS
In porta n( Part Taken by (he Kasjlliih
Woman In rollttea- Amerleaa '
Wives of Kngllaantea 4alck
to Adopt the Cnatora.
LONDON, Jan. 18. -One of the Interesting
futures of tlie recent political campaign
In Oreat Britain , was the part women
played In It. Not only were there om
80.0(0 suffragists and suffragettesttpeaklng
and working for their cause regardless of
all others, but there were thousands of
Other women who canvassed for votes from
door to door so as to aid husband, brother,
father or friend to gain a scat In Purlia
tnent. London was a social desert owing to the
absorption of women In politics. Shops.'
dressmakers' establishments and milliners'
howrooms were empty. The English
woman laid down her rolsof hostess and
housewife and took up that of public
speaker and canvasser. Instead of dis
pensing tea In her drawing roomnd chat
ting about the latest play, she tramped
from house to house to discuss with the
butcher and the baker f Irs. Hutclier'ond
Mrs. Baker the merits or eXlls of-free
trade, of land taxes, eto.
She supplied herself with figures and sta
tistics. 8he was prepared to meet any
question, and If a voter appeared to be
wavering In his views she would argue
with him a skilfully and convincingly as
the candidate himself.
Canvassing In England has Tieen reduced
to a science. There Is -a. certain . constitu
ency to be contested and perhaps three
men are running, a liberal, a conservative
and a labor candidate.' At the headquarters
of each party there are election agents who
take charge of the canvassers. They pro
vide every voluntary , worker for their
party with books containing the names and
addresses of all the residents In the nelgh
, borhood. Each canvasser has a certain
number of these residents apportioned to
her to visit.
If she finds that some of them are of her
own party she merely marks them as such
and Just chats with them about the prob
able outcome of the election, their own af
fair, etc. If they are of one of the oppos
ing parties she marks them according to
their, .convictions and does her best to
change their opinions, but It la when a
voter Is Indifferent or undecided that she
has her opportunity.
She marshals her1 statistics and state
her arguments. Sometimes she accom
plishes a great deal, sometimes she makes
little Impression. In any case she marks
dcwn that voter as possible, and, from
that time till the election takes place the!
puoBioiB one receive more attention uian
he ever had before. He receives calls
jfJl day and half the night. His home
v becomes a hunting ground of the various
political partlea As a matter of fact
ho generally enjoys this very much.
It is In' rujral districts that the woman
earvasser Is most useful because men
workers of this kind are scarce there.
The men may be anxious to help but have
only evenings at their disposal,' and can
vassing In these lonely parts must be done
In the daytime. The farmer must be seen
When he Is In his fields working, or better
till, testing at noonday or tealime.
The woman canvasser trudges through
the field In search of htm, and If she under
strnds Hodge and his little way and can
Interest him In her arguments she Is a
valuable asset to the local agents.
Perhaps nothing shows the adapta
bility of the American woman better than
the way she accepts this feature of Eng
lish 'life. In her own country she,'(akes
a small- and very rarely a personal Inter
est In the political situation. She marries
an Englishman who contests a constitu
ency and she is as willing and able to help
him as are the English wives of candi
dates who have been born and bred In
this atmosphere of political struggle.
In the recent canvass there were more
American political workers than ever
before. They laid aside all other Interests
and spent their time , visiting electors
or their wives, discussing political ques
tions with them and pointing out the
best way to vote making addresses and
appearing with tfielr husbands on the plat
forms at political meetings, always deeply
and Intelligently interested, always charm
ingly dressed and always a great factor
in the situation.
This year Waldorf Astor ran for Parlla-
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runt as conservative candidate for Plym
outh. Hb did not have much fi-mlnlne
help, for MrsA stor was too Inexperienced
to be ot much aid In -anvaslng ard Mrs.
Spenduf Clay (Miss Astor) was hard at
work among the Kentish voters for her
husband. Captain Ppendnr Clay, who was
conservative candidate for Tunbrldge Wells.
This was Mrs. Cray's first experience of
the kind. Though In the beginning she
found It difficult, she quickly got Into the
spirit of It and seems to have made a
favorable Impression.
Lady Gilbert Parker (Mlxs Van Tine,
New York) Is as deeply Interested In her
husband's political work as she has always
been In his Jfterary career and sho was of
great assistance to him In his campaign.
Blr Gilbert was conservative candidate tot
Graveeend. and Lady Parker, who Is an ac
compllHhed horsewoman, drove all around
his constituency, calling upon electors and
trying to Interest them In Imperial politics.
Her gentle dignity of manner made a great
Impression upon the women, while her
knowledge of the .issues at stake won many
listeners among the men.
Lady Wliloughny De Eresby (Miss Ureese,
New York) Is another American who as
sisted a conservative husband. She can
vassed very vigorously In Lincolnshire,
where Kir Wllloughby was rumiing. As
president of the Conserva-Women's Sut
frage association she has had some expert,
ence In public Rpeaklnir and can make a
very good election address. Sh has a
quick, bright way of arguing with obstinate
voters or urging women to Influence their
men folks In the right direction, which she
assured them was the preservation of the
House of Lords and tariff reform. Lady
De Eresby says she very much enjoys the
work and does not In the least mind an
occasional rebuff from radical or socialistic
householders. 1
On the liberal side there were even more
American women canvassers. There was
first and foremost the popular. Mrs. Lulu
Haroourt (Miss Burns, New York) whose
husband was candidate for the Rossendale
division of Lancashire. Mrs. Harcourt's
energy and perseverance are unfailing, and
this season though she is In poor health
she worked hard to defeat the conservative
candidate.
She pressed numerous pretty feminine
friends into service and Rossendale was
dazzled every day by motor cars dashing
about filled with fashionably dressed
women who were anxious to discuss the
government policy, old age pensions, the
budget and the taxes with the housewife
or her husband If only they could get' a
hearing.
Sir Francis Channing, who was liberal
candidate for Wellingborough, was born
In America, but Is a naturalized English
man. He has an American wife, who was
formerly Elizabeth Bryant Bacon of Bos
ton. Sir Francis has represented his con
stituency seven years and Is very popular,'
so Lady Channng merely called on his
adherents and took an interest In their
welfare. She rarely talked politics with
them. Sir Francis la a believer In woman
suffrage, but Lady Channing, while not
an active antl-suffraglst, is quite uncon
vinced of woman's capacity to wield the
vote.
Lady Evans, who was Miss Blanche
Rule of Cincinnati, was an Invaluable aid
to her husband, Sir Samuel Evans, who
has represented Glamorganshire and was
running again. He Is In the unpleasant po
sition Of being the man who talked out
the first woman suffrage bill under the
present government, so all Lady' Evans'
tact and discretion were needed ty counter
act suffragette canvassing in her district.
Lafly Evans was well fitted for the tak.
Sihe has imperturbable good nature, a
sense of humor and a western breezlness
which makes lifer meet the stolid "I don't
hold with that" of the rustic British
voter with a Jolly laugh which disarms his
obstinacy.
Mrs. A. H. Scott Is another Anglo-Amerl-Ican
canvasser and political worker. As
Miss Katherlne Duncan of Kentucky she
knew only about as much about politics as
theVaverage southern woman, but life in
England with a husband In Parliament has
developed a dormant faculty and the resi
dents of Ashton under Lyme are well ac
quainted with Mrs. Scott's canvassing
methods and always enjoy her persuasive
visits to their cottages.
Mrs. R. C. Lehmann (Miss Alice Marie
Davis, New York) was very busy witl her
political work in-her husband's constit
uency, the Harborough division' of Lei
cester. , She never made public speeches,
but she canvassed diligently and she Is
an earnest believer In the efficacy of
women as political helpers.
Mrs. C. 8. Hjsnry (Miss Lewtaohn, New
York whose husband was a liberal candi
date for the Wellington division of Shrop
shire, haa not hitherto done very much
canvassing, but this campaign she Joined
her husband and worked as hard as any
on else to shake the conservative voter
In his conviction, to strengthen the liberal
In his and to win over the doubtful ones.
Mrs. Joel Seaverns was one of the most
successful of the American women In this
political campaign. She Is a systematic
and Intelligent canvasser and did very
good work In her husband's constituency.
Mr. Seaverns was born In the United
States, but became an English citizen
many years ago, and his wife, who was" a
Miss Brown of Portland, Me., has lived
In England for a very Ions time, but has
not lost her Americanism. She la a clever
political debater and spares neither time
nor trouble in trying to convince the elec
tors of their duties.
TRAINING FOR SPRING HATS
Flower Massed Headgear Trying to
the Face.
ROSES, TANSIES .AND AMELIAS
Lotions of t ra wherries narf (ireea
Salads fftrennons Arm Kmer-
rls Are Needed to Match '
the Complexion. r
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. "My. Easter hats
are hre from Paris and they Hre made of
flowers, ' said pretty woman smiling at
herself in the grass and nipping her al
ready pink cheeks with her finger tips,
Japanese fashion. "I read the other day
that one- of the smart hats of the season
would be trimmed wltn purple and yellow
pansios swathed In smoky gray tiille Well,
that accurately describes Mc color snhcnv
of one of mv best hats.
"You know that some sailors are more
trying than others, slid the flower tones
are particularly bad for the woman who
has been housed up all winter , and has
dored her complexion with cosmetics In
ttead of fresh air. In the spring, when
such a woman attempts to put on a flower
hat, she Is In trouble. s
"My benuty assistant warned mc a few
weeks ago that J must begin to -prepare
for spring. 'And especially for purple,' said
she. This spring we must get ready for
pansy, heliotrope and all the dark as well
as light purples. S. i
"The artist who advised the veiling of
pansles with smoky gray understood the
situation. Yet I think the beauty specialist
could give a bettor hint to womi.-n whose
skins are not quite ready for gray. The
hint would be, 'Don't.
"There Is a great dress specialist lr
Paris who will not allow a woman over SO
to wear gray. 'It makes you look too
ashen,' he says. And so he keeps his cus
tomer In special tints until such time as ho
can melt her complexion io that It harmon
ises or at least poes well with gray.
"There Is another dross artist, not a
dressmaker, mind you, but a color artist,
who will not let hl3 clients wear brown
after ). 'Brown,' ' he says, 'brings Into
relief every freckle In the skin and It
helps to bring out the sallow hues that
might otherwise escape unnoticed.'
"This spring I am getting ready to
wear purple. I am also preparing for a
hat of pink camellas, and If I can get In'
shape I ara going to have a hat of shaded'
pink roses. Now, you cannot Imagine a
more trying list of colors for a woman
who is past counting' her seasons out.
"Getting ready to wear violet, heliotrope
and pansy colors means taking buttermilk
baths. Nothing else will clear the skin as
well. '-The buttermilk should be at least a
day old to give It a sharp tang, which acts
as an electric shock to the skin, and It
should be slightly warmed to make the
skin soft.
"I take one pint of buttermilk and I et
It on the radiator for half an hour. While
It is warming I stir some powdered borax
Into it. Meanwhile I steam my face with
hot cloths applied over flannel pads. Then
I put on the buttermilk, rubbing It over
my face as though It were a salve. I ' let
It dry on, finally taking It off with a
cloudburst of hot water administered with
a" face hose.
"Women who are planning to wear the
shaded rose hats should take -care. A rose
hat upon the wrong head Is pathetic. My
beauty specialist told me that In the mat
ter of rose hats Jtas largely a question
of knowing how to make up. 'Never,' said
she, 'wear a rose hat after a sleepless
night or when you have a headache. There
should be no 'sacks under the eyes when
roses are so close to the face and the
checks should be almost as bright as the
roses.
"For' a sallow skin there Is one very
potent remedy and that is the strawberry.
Fortunately the first strawberries come
Just in time for the first rose hat. It is
as though there were a special Interven
tion of Providence In this respect.
"The day before I am to don my youth
ful Im't I buy a pint of fresh strawberries
and put them on to steep 4n a quart of
water. In time I get a basin of sweet
smelling pinky fluid. Into which I plunge
my face. If my skin Is very sallow 1
make a soapsuds, using a special kind of
soap that from well with my skin and a
complexion brush. You would be surprised
at the change In my faro. It Is necessary
at the same time to blench the neck and
throat a little with this same liquid. The
process may be expensive, but It pays In
the long run and I keep It up all the straw
berry season.
"itut then there are the forget-m-nol
hats. It Isn't all roses, you know, In the
spring. For the forget-me-not complexion
I know nothing that equals the cucum
ber, lettuce nnd celery bleach. It sounds
like a salad, as indeed It Is.
"I steep all these together and I add
some lemon juice to the lotion. ,lt makes
a very acid bleach, which 1 follow with a
cream of shrep'H' fat. Ily this treatment
I can wear blue or palo green, and I have
been known to look well in bright red,
the tomato color which turns us a 1 as j
brown as berries.
"1 wish that face bleaching were the
only thing necrsasry for the perfecting of
the complexion for the spring hat, but it
is only on of several processes. One of
the others is tho tempering of the skin. It
is a miittt-r of temperature, t am begin
ning to sit in a cool room. When I read
I have the thermometer at 68. When 1
sew, since sewing is a form of exercise,
I let the thermometer drop down to C6. But
w-fien I am working, Bay, at the household
tasks, I let It get much cooler. I some
times open the window until the room Is
down to the ' English temperature, which
Is along in the fifties.
"By keeping the climate of the house
low you temper the skin, and when you
go out into the air your face doesn't suffer.
Most women are afraid of-catchlng cold
In a cool room. But you don't catch colds
that way. They come from hot rooms and
indigestion.
"Of course the state "bf the skin depends
upon your food and particularly your
drink. In the winter you need sugars and
sweet drinks to keep you warm and rosy,
but In the spring you need green things
and hot drinks without sugar.
"The English woman, again, has the ad
vantage over other women In the matter
of an out door complexion. That is because
she learned to like tea in her childhood
and she takes it weak and hot. ' She has a
little lump of sugar In It and perhaps a
dash of lemon. She takes it half a dozen
times a day.
"Tea" makes the American woman ner-j
vous, but that is because she hasn't
learned to like it- If she will put half a
teaspoon of tea into ' a hot' pot and will
pour almost a quart of boiling water upon
it she will have a pot of tea for the whole
family. It Is served for the complexion's
sake at 11 o'clock in the morning at at 8
o'clock In the afternoon and again at bed
time. "You can't have a good skin In the spring,
so the trainers say, unless you exercise
your muscles. There arc contain exercises,
that make for n Easter complexion and
a spring hat. One of these is the rising
sun exercise.
"You set your alarm clock for B a. m.
At the first ring you rise and take five
minutes of violent arm exercise standing!
in front of ar ope-n- window. Following
this there Is a hot bath and - then five
minutes more of swift .arm exercise. You
now return to bed and wait for the break
fast tray. The breakfast tray habit makes
for a fine skin. . v-
"You must bleach the skin until it Is
pink.
"You must treat "It to keep the wrinkles
and freckles, from getting Into it at the
first breeze.
"You must Jacclimato It by degrees so
that the spring air will not spoil the tone.
"You must diet for roses and lilies if
you want to see them bloom in your face.
"And you must study out your own color
scheme If yomare going to work out your
salvation in the choosing of your flower
hat for spring." ,
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Grand Opera and Omaha
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Coming of the Lambardi Company and Some Thoughts as to the "Com
mercial" Aspects of Music Why Foreign Artists Furnish Americans
with Music, While the Native Bora Go Abroad for '.Recognition.
T
HE visit of the Lambardi Grand
Opera company to Omaha for a
short season at Boyd theater Is
attracting much attention. Since
the Savage productions of grand
opera have been displaced by
the Savage k'Merry Widow" and other pro
ductions of similar nature, towne like
Omaha have suffered for the lack: of grand
opera. v
The last time we had a company here
there was some excitement and an extra
scene which was not. on the program.
There was a financial screw loosa some
where, and the "waits" between the acts
became very long, as though the next scene
would be a most elaborate one. And the
tired listeners sat and wondered. This
continued untif 13. o'clock midnight, which
was the beginning of the Sabbath day, and,
therefore, an Illegal time to1 serve a docu
ment. The audience, that time, got home,
as Harry Laudor would say, "on Satur-
-
day night, about 1 o'clock Sunday morn
ing." . , .
But thla Is another matter.
The Lambardi Grand Opera company Is
spoken of very highly by Mr. Woodward
of Boyd theater, who says thaL.he has had
to take out two rowa of seats In order to
make room for the orchestra. The com
pany la said to be a very strong one, and
Omaha will doubtless respond, In Its usual
enthuslastio manner, to the announcement
that a veritable season ofgrand opera will
really be In existence. The offerings are
billed "as follows: Thursday night, Feb
ruary S, "La .--Boheme;" Friday night,
"Faust;" Saturday matinee, "Lucia,", and
Saturday night, "II Trovatore."
, K very welcome foot-Jiote appears on the
prospectus which reads as follows: "Posi
tively no one seated during the acts." This
Is a very commendable position to take,
and It is to be hoped that the manage
ment will have the courage to carry It out.
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FLASHLIGHT PHOTO MADS AT THE DANCE GIVEN BY THE ROD ANDjUN CLVB MEMBERS.
Miller,
Stewart iv Beaton,
413-1G-17 South lCtiTi Street
Sale of Sample and Odd
Pieces of Furniture
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-r Tomorrow is the last day of our GREAT
nijjf JANUARY CLEARING SALE. Wc have
gathered together a large assortment of sample and
odd pieces of furniture which we offer, for clear
ance onv this final day of our clearance sale at
prices far below the cost of r
production. We are taking a
loss on nearly every article,
but our opjecX is to close out
the entire lot.
"We quote prices of onlv a
few of the many articles
which are offered at these
greatly reduced prices.
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$17.50 Golden Oak China Cabinet, swell ends,
straight glass doors, like lllua., sale price $10
$17 Solid Mahogany Rocker Sale price 11.00
$18.50 Solid Mahogany Chair Sale price $11.00
$80 Mahogany Dressing Table Sale price $50.00
$30.00 Mahogany Storage Chiffonier Sale
Pr,ce $18.00
$46.00 Curley Birch Dresser Sale price $23.00
$43 Curley Birch Chiffonier Sale price $21.50
$25.50 Natural Mahoganv Dresser Sale
Prlce 17.50
$31.00 Golden Oak Dreswer Sale price $17.00
$28.00 GoIdenOak Chiffonier Sale price $16.00
$27.00 Hall Seat, golden oak Sale price $10.50
1 $18.
50 Mahogany Library Table, very nice article.
d substantially made Sale price $11.00
$7.25 Hall Tree, golden oak Sale price ..$5.00
$31.00 Bookcase, golden oak Sale price $20.00
$50 Mahogany China Cablnt Sale price $30.00
$60.00 Mahogany Buffett Sale price ..$4o!o0
$61 Mahogany China Cabinet Sale price $38.00
$47 Mahogany China Cabinet SaHfprice $30.00
$75.00Mahogany Buffett Sale price ....$45.00
$49.00 Mahogany Side Table Sale price $3500
$3 2.00 Early English China Cabinet Sale
Priro $15.00
$85 Fumed Oak China Cabinet Sale price $15.00
There are many other China Cabinets, which
we are offering at one-half price.
Special Values in Room Size Rugs
Sale starts tomorrow morning and continues the entire week, of until the stock is
disposed of. The saving which must accrue in purchasing during this sale makes it ex
pedient to anticipate your future wants at this time. Selections made now will be held
for future delivery if desired. We quote only a few of the many good values offered.
$16.00
price
$22.00
price
$19.00
price
$18.00
price
$26.00
price
$16.00
price
"$16.00
price
$25.00
price
$20.00
price
$21.00
Brussels
Brussels
Rug, 8-3x8-3 Sale
Brussels Rug, 83xl0-6 Sale
Rug, 8-3x8-3 Sale
Rug, 8-8x11-6 Sale
Rug,- 10-6x12 Sale
Rug, 8x10-6 Sale
Brussels
Brussels
Brussels
$0.75
$13.75
$10.00
$10.00
$15.00
$10.50
t- i m t j r- i
-$11.00
Brussels Rug, 10-6x11-3 Sale
$13.00
Brussels Rug, 8x10-6 Sale
S11.00
Brussels Rug, 8-3x10-6 Sale
Price $10.50
$16.00 Brussels Rug, 8x10-6 Sale
Pp,cV $10.50
$19.00-Brussels Rug, 8-3x113 Sale
price
$20.00
price
$26.00
price
$24.00
price
$16.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 6x7-6 Sale
Brussels
Brussels
Brussels
Rug,
, Rug,
Rug,
8-3x11-6 Sale
10-6x12 Sale
10-6x12 Sale
nrice
$15.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-2x8-3 Sale
$11.50
$11.50
$15.00
$15.00
$10.50
$9.50
$19.50 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-3x8-3 Bale
Price $10.75
18 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-3x8-3, sal price $10.00
$19 Wilton Velvet Rug. 8-3x8-3, sale price $10.00
$29.00 Wilton VelveyRuV, 10-6x12-9 Sole X
Price . . : .... $17.00
$29.00 Wilton Velvet RiR, 10-6x12-9 Sale
Price . .--$18.00
$29.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x12 Sale
price $18.00
$27.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x10-6 Sale .
Price , $16.50
$20.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 7-6x8-9 Sale
Price ...r- $10.00
$16.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-3x8-3 Sale
Price --$10.00
$15.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 6-7x7-9 Sale
Price $0.25
$22.60 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-3x12 Sale
price '. . $14 00
$31.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x11-6 Sale '
price 110 00
$21.50 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-3x11-9 Sale '
price ....... -i $13 50
$23.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-3x10-6 Sale '
Price $12.00
$28.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x12-9 Sale
price $18 "50
$32.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x11-9 Sale
price $20 21
$22.60 Wilton Velvet Rug, 8-9x12-6 Sale
price OO
$330 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x12-9 Sale
pfice, $18.25
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The management will have the hearty en
dorsement and complete support of the
local army of the followers or music In this
community if the statement Is strictly .ad
hered to.
Omaha Is u good field" for operatlo music.
There Is no reason to doubt the truth of
this statement In view of paat audiences.
If the "goods" are "delivered," the Omaha
people are usually found to be ready and
willing to pay, or, as the commercial slang
puts it, they are willing to "come across."
At least, in the field of grand opera.
The grand opera aentlment Is growing
apace in this country, and cities are vlelng
with one another in regard to maintaining
and supporting their own "opera."
It would be unsafe to predict that in
twenty years every city of over 100,000 peo
ple will not have Its own operatlo stock
company. In fact, It would not be rash
for a prophet to affirm that In twenty
years' time every city of over 100.000 popu-1
lation will havo its own "stock opera
company and "stock" orchestra.
While ,the writer does not believe that
"we" are the most musical people on
earth, yet he believes, with good show of
reason for hla belief, that we are going to
be, some day, a very discriminating mu
sical people. s
And this' he believes for various reasons.
One reason is thU "we" are very sensible
people and that we do not feed on "taffy"
or on the too thin coating ., "patronlca
tlon," which visiting artists, etc., seem to
feel that we desire and expect The Amer
ican people are susceptible. It Is true, but
they, are also sincere; they are "gullible"
perhaps, at times, but they are guileless;
they are self-complacent, if you will, now
and then, but, thank heaven, they are not
self-centered, although they are charged
with this crime, without any warrant. '
But let the -American people awake to
the fact that their susceptibility is reck
oned upon and- worked," and they are
ready to change the attitude and to be
come, very suspicious. . Let them be treated
aa though they were "gullible" and ere
long they will show that they are anything
but that; let them be treated as self
complacent and they will soon show that
they are rather self-reliant
Americans are as a rule firm believers
in "protection;" and Americans are begin
ning to ask why It is that American sing
ers must needs go to Europe to procure a
reputation sufficient to make It possible
for them to be aoceptabU to Americana.
Americans are beginning to ask why it la
that the American operatlo stage must be
supplied by the singers identified with the
foreign "market" (to put It In a brutally
commercial fanh!on), while the American
"market" Is furnishing singers for the for
eign stages and furnishing, people of such
a high grade that they seem to be In de
mand in the most musical "markets" of
the aforesaid foreign countries.
Americans, we repeat are beglnlng to
auk these questions, and when Americans
begin to ask questions, then-look out!
The American man Is first and foremost
a business man. And it does not seem quite
right to him that Americans should have to
seek a foreign market, while the home
market is put to the great expense of Im
porting foreigners for Its own market! It
Is very strange. Is It not?)
Those who have charge of the matter of
engaging artists for the home market in
opera, are foreigners. And so our own
people, in the market, (to put It in a brut
ally commercial fashion, as stated above,)
are obliged to seek a foreign market,! and
a most heartily welcoming market, at that,
for the sale of their work, for their "out
put" as It were.
Now, as we said above', the- American
man is essentially a business man. And
sooner or later, It must appeal to him, that
It Is not good business for us to export a
certain commodity, which we need, and
to Import at 'a very high price, the same
commodity for our own use.
If these commodities went "exporting"
and could find no market, the matter would
be different, but the facts prove that the
"export" trade finds a ready market on
the other side of the Atlantic. Thing of It!
Then why not retain our home-grown
product, and see to It, that we do not
Import high priced "goods" to supply our
"market" while we are sending our beBt
"goods" to supply a foreign "market."
This is "putting it In a brutally commer
cial fashion," as before stated.
And the American people, In some place,
are dincusHlng this very question right now,
and the result will be apparent In the
future, so that it is not rah prophecy to
predict that in twenty years, every city
of over 100.000 will have Its own operatic
stock company and Its bwn orchestra.
Haa America "tken a back' seat," as
the saying goes, in other matters 7 It Is
thought not No more will It do so In this
matter. The awakening has already come.
It Is bursting out In several places. That
It will be general, there can be no doubt
A!l one has to do la to "wait" When
Americans see something desirable they
usually manage to get it, and sometimes T
escape Import duties at the same time.
It may take a few years, but they usually
succeed In the long run. j
America Is asking questions about this '
operatic business, and asking them in such
a serious way, that an answer is bound to
come. False answers are sure to be given,
but the American is shrewd, and, he will
get the right answer in due time, and
when he does, he wlU act accordingly.
I he operatlo question was never so much .
In the public mind aa JuMt now; the mimi
cal papers are full of It and it wUl be
Interesting to watch developments.
The constantly increasing Interest It
singing, and trained ainglng at that, ti
something which is going to wield a pow
erful Influence on the musical America of
the future, and it is moHt hopeful sign. '
THOMAS J. KELLY.
M osteal Notes.
Mr. Max Landow, the distinguished
pianist, will play a recital of pianoforte
music in Ho ton on February g. This la'
noteworthy.
The next program of the Tuesday Morn
Ing Mun!cal club will .be gtvn at All
Saints church, Twenty-sixth tureet and
Iew.;y avenue, February 1, at 10:) o'clock
Mr. J. H. Hlmms will give an organ recital
asslat.d by Mrs. Mabelle Crawford We'o
ton, contralto.
Mr. Oeurge Hamlin, the. well known
tenor, will appenr In recital at the Young
' "'Jen i Christian association auditorium
on Thursday evening, February 10. Mr
Hamlin's reputation rents on a record of'
fine achievement and his popularity with
the muHk-al people of Omaha has long been
established.
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