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Top Row. Left to Right Kenneth Wldenor,' Accompanlat; Isonara Kerr, Edward Undelsnd and Krank Malm.
Rohan Hurtiee, Vernon Schleh, Charles Robel and Howard Char. Second Row Left In Rlght-Cleo Claiborne, Kenneth
Wallaca Mensle and Frederick Koenlg. ' Sluing. Loft to Rlght-rMwar Perkins, Assistant Manager; Lynn Ifackett. Vic
Wlllsrd BlabaucU, rreaident: s.. Kendall Hammond. Treaaurwr, and Max Bloc. Secretary.
MENDELSSOHN CHOIR PLANS
Farther Lifonnation Concerning the
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COLERIDGE-TAYLOR AM VERDI
Skrtiaj Data Prraoaalitr of Ike
Mm aad the Work, tkat Will
Br UKea y ( holr aad
Orraeatra,
The Mendelssohn choir concerts In
conjunction W'Hn the -Theodora Thomas
orchestra ,of Chicago received . the off I
clal endorsement . and support of the
Commercial ciub at Omaht at a regular
meeting tag i the. executive ' committee
soma ili ago and . the Commercial
elnb of. Omaha at a retular ' meet
Ins, of the executive committee soma
riam aim nn.t, t ('Ammarptil liih
f I members have -fdpntlr heeri acting on
the suggestion Implied in the resolution,
that the muacal project should be
1 1 1 "boosteX" In (he uau.il nay, far the sub
('scrlpllons uaa been, coming In steadily.
laud there will tV.a large number of
I reserved seats to be exchanged tomorrow
'I (Monday)' morulas at the bvl ulflce of
th Auditorium.
I J A vary determined attempt, is being
Jmado tu draw attentlonito the fact that
119 concerts are 10 vegin ai 'a;ie p. m.
harp and the matinee at : p. m.
harp. Last rear the, Isrjte audience was
o late arriving Uiat -the choir aqa
irchestra bad to ait almost half an
lour before bcginuin. It la the sincere
icfelra of the manag ment to have the
patrons of these concerts seated com
fortably and without tleiay, and If the
effort la mad to coma early the audience
a III be eaaly taken care or, and those
who desire to come lata wMI -be-obliged
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to wait until the conclusion of tha mu
steal number which is In progress.
Tiere Is much Interest In the presen-
itatlon of the dramatic scene from tha
jaong of Hiawatha, entitled "Hla-
waina s weaaing reaat, ina worqa rrom
Xaiifrfellow and tha music from the pen
of that original genius, '8. Colerldge-
fTaylor. It will be given on the second
sight. Tuesday, April 23.
Tha question Is often asked: "Where
U(i tale man get his Indlaq music Ideas?"
Tha answer Is said to be that he found
ihera out through Interpretors for tha
Indians In the Buffalo Bill Wild West
how when It was staying on exhibition
Jot a long lima In London.
Ha looks Ilka a full-Wooded negro, and
I here Is a bit of his biography, as (Ivan
In tha Washington Poet wheat his work
as as first produced In this country:
The fsther of Kainuel Coleridge-Taylor
eiama from Sierra Leone, on the west
acoast of Africa, to England to study
: medicine. Hera he married a white
woman of English parentage, and from
.this marriage was born, the child that
iwaa to become one of the greatest of
modern composers. The boy save early
ndlcatloa of great musical precocity
and at the of U he won a scholar
ship which entitled him to a four years'
course In the Royal College of Mamie in
London, and w hile here, under tlte tutel
age, of the famous Or. Stanford, he
pursued his studies In composition.''.
The Manxonl Requlm of Verdi. ' from
which there nil! be soma excerpts pre
sented on Iheopenlng night. Monday April
ftt. has created quite a bit of cortcslty and
' attention, this being iu first presenta
tion In Omaha: the name given to this
work by Verdi, the Mansonl." la the
name of tha famous Italian poet and
i jiovr list- from whose memorial it waa writ
L ten. Thla work Is' the most brilliant
- and dramatic setttnr of sacred words in
tha true Verdi style. While tha Ian-
guaca Is the language of the church, the '
jnastc is the music of tha dramatic ;
writer and rolorist. the laimortst Verdi. '
tha erdl of "A Ida" and "Otello." pec- i
haps, father than the Verdi of "Trova- j
tare" and -Rlgoletto." but Verdi through-'
out. except in the "Siwis." which is a
strict fugue for a double choir, written
in in lorm ot a strict old master art
harmony: yet so alive is the fugue that
there la no suggestion of the Bedacogue.
aad the members of the Mendelssohn
chotr enjoy the sinning of it perhaps bet
ter thaa anythirar they do.
Than as aa Interesting loodeat la coo-'
OT1AHA. ZfZGE JC&OOL GZEE CZITB
nectlon with tha "Requiem": which may
not be general ly known.
Part of this Requiem had been written
before for another Requiem and that for
no leas than tha distinguished - musical
personage .Rossini. When Rossini died,
Verdi, who was at the height ot.hla
musical activity, thought that It would
be a great thing to arrange a "composite1
Requiem for hla distinguished contempo
raryeach chosen musician to write each
ona part of the Mass; and so Verdi wrote
tha "Libera Me," and other portions were
written by other leading musicians,
Each ot these was counted worthy to be
a cowritef with Verdi at .that time:
sack did his best, but after It waa all
dona It was so absolutely Incongruous and
Inconsistent and unmatched that tha
scheme was abandoned. But Verdi kept
his "Libera Me" and wrote tha whole
Requiem afterwards, ss ststed, for the
anniversary ot th death of Count Man
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The Mendelssohn choir will have two
"extra" rehearsals between now and the
concerts and even thing Is being done to
present the best work that haa yet been
shown by this organisation. Tha splendid
sounding-board or acoustlcon will be
erected in the Auditorium during' the
coming week, end ever) thine will be In
order when the lights are turned on Mon
day evening. April . for the first of
the three concert which comprise the
series. There are still soma course tickets
fer sale and the advantage of pun hating
these at the low cost ot ti; admitting on
person to all the concerts, Is apparent.
The concerta will be Monday evening,
April X: Tuesday afternoon and Tues
day evenlnk'. April ZZ. And the place
tha Auditorium. The time 1:15 p. m. for
tha evening concerts and S: tor the
afternoon. ' ,
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.Women Are .
Doing in the World
ONDAT will be a big day with
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tha Omaha. Woman's club.
Th annual e'e.tlon of of
ficers and committees will be
held and also the election -of
delegatea and alternates to
the biennial convention of the General
Federation ' of Woman's clubs In San
Francisco June H to July i.
Th election Is shrouded :n mystery by
th nominating committee vnslstlng of
tha ten chairmen ot committees of the
club. . This committee met last Monday
and drear up m slat of candidates, two
for each office. . Bnt tha members refuse
to make th slate public until Monday
afternoon' at th club. -
Aa titer is buta one avowed candidate
In th field, Mrs. C. .W. Hares for the
presidency, a number of surprises will m
doubt be sprung and a lively time la an
ticipated. Th election ot delegate to tha Men-,
nisi will be of unuaual interest 'Since
the California women are making an en
thuslsstic effort. to make this years' con
vention a rousing success. Th Omaha
Woman's club Is entitled to four d Mi-
Kates Including - the incoming 'president)
who goes ex-officio. . '
The following have been appointed tell
ers for the election: . Mesdames .Charles
Rosewster. chairman; Cadet Taylor. H.
L. Beard. T. R.. Ward, a! D. Bradley.
Oeorge B. Darr. F. J. - Bins. Earl 8tan
field. J. LV Adams. 8. A. Collins, C. H.
Mullin, James T. Lee. Thomas Tracy, J.
.', Hammond, - P. J. Burnett, - H. P..
Jensen. ' ''-''"
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The household economics department of
the Omaha Woman's club will dose Its
season Wednesday with- an all-day meet
ing, including a program la th morning,
luncheon at soon to which the executive
officers and directory ot th club are in
vited and a social good time In the af
ternoon. -
At th morning session. C. C. -BeMen
will te:i the story of the development
ot a oepsftmeat store and Mrs. Earl .
Stantleld will give a review of the year's
work. .
The art department of the 'Omaha!
Woman's' club 'will cl it season of i
study of Dutch and Flemish art with a
stereoptlcon review of the course from
the e -licet to th latest painters. About
sixty slides of paintings will be shown
and the women who have led the sea
son's programs will gia the lectures.
The leader ot the department, Mrs. Wl
H. Hancock, will preside.
The literature department of the Omaha
Woman's club will hold Its last meetlnx
of the season Wednesday morning. Offi
cers will be elected, the course ot stiny.
for next season plsnned and a review at
this rear's work given. ,
' A number of Omaha women will speak
at the ninth, annual session of the third
district ot the Nebraska Federation of
Women a clubs In Teksmsh, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm will talk on
"Health-Medical Inspection (Hi - Public
Schools, Wednesday morning. Wednes
day afternoon Mrs. F. H. Cole will give
a talk on the' "Report of the IState
Scholarship Fund." and Miss Anne Sophia
Grumman, registrar snd Instructor In his
tory st Brownell Hell, will spesk on
"The School House as a Social and
Civic Center."
Th lecture of Edward J. Ward at the
Metropolitan building Friday evening.
April , promises to be an sffslr of
much city Interest. Mr. Ward, whose ad
dress will be on "Civic Centers," Is In
charge of civic center extension work
for the University ot Wisconsin.
All of the fifty-two organlsstlons af
filiated with the Astocistrd Charities
have been Invited to attend, as have
also the improvement clubs. Board of
Education and teachers. CommerAal
club. Real Estate exchange, I'nlvercity
club, mayor and city council, the
churches. Labor league. Young Men's
Christian - aasoclstlon.' Young Women's
Christian assoclstlon. Toung Men's He
brew, association, editors of the local
papers , Knights of Columbus, women's
clubs of Omaha, South Omaha, Benson
and Dundee. .
Th lecture It complimentary and given
under th auspices of the University of
Omaha and the Omaha Woman's club
with tha club civics committee ot which
Mrs. Albeit Edholm Is acting chairman,'
In charge.
The announcement thai u rhm
Carpenter of New Turk haa been put
forward by the Sorosls club aa a candi
date for the office of president of the
General Federation of Women's clubs
hss an element . of Interest for Omaha
women, sine ah Is a sister of Rtv. 'Fred
erick T. Rouse of this city.
Mrs. Carpenter' haa been nmMi r
Sorosls, the mother of women's clubs;
piesraent ot tn New York Federation
f Women clubs, nrealdvnt th. sr..
tionsl Society of New England and Is
nw a member of th General Federation
board. I
It Is known thst Mrs. If I. w..r. r
Wslthill. Keb.. a popular club woman of
th state and a member nt ti n. .
Federation board, la being spoken of as
a canaiaat lor an executive office at
th biennial election. . - -
Th Dundee Woman'a eluh evil hAia- I..
annual election of officers Wednesday
afternoon at the home ot Mrs. W. B.
Howard.! 'Th nominating commute,
consisting of Mrs. John O. Yelser, chair
man; Mrs. J. w. Msrshell and Mrs. J. a. j
Perry, have prepared a slsta of officers.
sirs. r. B. -Haver will . rennrt n
topics. ,
' At th last open "meeting of the year I
of the South Omaha Century' Literary
elub th household economics depart- !
mni win nave the following program:
Menus
-On Whst Principal should They
B Planned" Mrs. J. E. Bednar
"Invalid Cookry....Mrs. C. C. Howe
"Vegetable Diet Against Meat nut
' Mrs. E. A. Rm-m. i
Discussion ,
"Our Standard Menus" .... The Club
John. Gieenleaf Whittier'a lll ' .na
writings will be the tubleet of .i.m..
the Benson W. man's elub Thursday after
noon at to Bom of Mrs. Cl aries Tracy.
jsra. r. k. King will be the leader, jfrs.
A. L. Curler trill have a .,. -
"Ufa and Character of WbKtler, "aat i
Third Row, Left to Rlicht-AII'n elliie,
Craig. Ilex llotiltun. Waldo Rlitlllngion,
l-resldcnt: Waller U. Urahain. Ulrector;
MRS. AITE1L HEADS THE MU
SIGMA CLUB.
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MRS. C. W. AXTEI.L.
Mrs. C. W. Axlell is lha new nresldenl
of Mu Sigma,' the oldest study club of
women Iu Omaha. Mu Sigma Is Just
entering Its twentieth year and, In Its
twentieth president Is continuing its line
of able leaders. ' ' '"'.-,
Mrs. Axtell waa a member of th pro
gram committee which planned tha ex
cellent outline of study which lha club
haa followed thla season. She is a promi
nent member of the Omaha Story Tell
er's league and la In constant demand
aa a atory teller. Next Tueadi.y evening
she will tell a story at th annual ban
quet of th congregation ot th Unity
church.
Aa a atudent and a lover of nature.
Mrs. Aatell started a nature aludy class
of school girls In tha west part of th
town and haa encouraged its work In
th study of flowers, birds and trees
for several years. Mrs. Axtell Is also an
active member of the Society of Fin
Atta
in addition to her own accomplish
ments, Mrs. Axtell Inherits th accumu
lated dignity of years which goes. with
th presidential toga of Mu Sigma. The
Greekiame of th club. Mlkral Schol-
astiisi, means utile Marnea, which
la entirely too modest a title.
For the club has accomplished much
In th way of solid study. After studying
tha history of th oriental countries and
of Greece,' Rome. Germany, France and
England, giving aeveral tears apiece to
each course, th club took up this" season
the study of English literature. -
Th Elizabethan .period was studied and
will be followed next season, under the
leadership of Mrs. Axtell, by the next
period.
.Th club's first president was Mrs
Charles . Van Tuyl now of . M nnes polls,
elected ' at ' th Initial meeting twenty
year ago at th horns of Mrs. G. C.
Thompson. Mrs. Thompson wss the next
president and she wss followed by Mrs,
A. B. Homers' The other presidents hsve
been Mrs. H. D. Neely. Mrs. M. M. Van
Horn. Mrs.-C.' H. Balllet. Mrs, A. l
Pstrlok; Mrs. Wllllsm Alderron. now of
sn Dlesjo;'Mrs..C.. C. Beldrn snl tisa
May Riale.
Of the forty-four members, three were
carter members: Mrs. Thompson. Mrs.
Somers and Mrs. Neely.
other members ot the club eyill give
reviews of Whlttier's nsture noema anti.
slavery poems, religious poems and poems
of New England life and legend.
Activity stories will be told at the meet
irut of the Story Tellers' leie-u Thiirfav
afternoon at the public library. Mrs. C.
L. Ransom, leader of the meeting, will
give a talk on Mother Goose. Miss
Emma Rostcky will tell "The Marvelous
Adventure of Pinnocchlo"; Mrs. Agnes
M. Harrison, the story of Mercury and
lira G. I). Ric a miscellaneous atory.
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NOTICE 25 Discount 4n All Our Women's Hand
some and Exclusive Models
For on week only you ran bay any lult In our slor that (old from $83.00 to 973.00 at a bona
count youraoir. ,
Remetnber, In this nora every garmant la marked In plain figure so you ran figure the dli
fide rexluitlon of 28 from onr regular all-arasoa price".
New Baker Electriq Extension Brougham
The roomiest and most elaborate eleetric vehicle built. Designed in the Colonial
style, with body low hung. Sumptuous appointments. i
There are two new f ive-passeuger models the Brougham and the Extension
Brougham, the latter with all seats facing forward. In the designing and building of
these two ears the Colonial type has reached its highest point of luxurious development.
Wheel base is 107 inches. 42 cell battery. 36-inch wheels.
Low hung body. Chassis epedally' designed to carry size body.
electric gab age company, Thc Bakcr Molor-Vchiclc Company
Omaha Distributors, m..-,.. a,.u.4, Ohio .
- N. W. Cor. 40th and Famani StS. OUnt anal Largest Manmfaetmnn tfBtetrie Vthicln '
Home circulation brings advertising returns j
The Bee reaches twice as many homes as any other Omaha paper. "
You can cover Omaha with only one paper j
Don't Fall to Attend Our
After -Easter Sale
Women's
Suits
Stirtiag Monday and coBtinaiog all week
Over o" Women's High Class Tailor-Mado
Suits that hold at fJO.OO, $23.1)0 and fciO.OO, on sale
Monday nt s
10 and ..'15'
Owing to tlw unusual weather conditions this
li'ris we find ourselves with a great many Wo
men's N'ew Spring Suits still on haud.
These suits must lie sold without regard to
their eost.
Consequently for one week you will be of
fered your ehoiee of 500 beautifully tailored suits,
made from the finest new materials iu the very
latest models of this season and which were admit
tedly the best values in Omaha at $20.00, $23.00
and $30.00. :
W linve divided them up in two lots.
Commencing Monday
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prices will prevail after Saturday, s. '
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Cloak Department Third
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$20.00 Suits.
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$25.00 Suits.
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