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I T11K OMAHA SUNDAY BKK; XOVHMBEK 24, 9V2. U 1 MVSl kHB Omaha Muslk vereln con cort lakes placo at tho Bran dels tomorrow nlKht. MK Itocso, tho conductor, was th conductor of tho Northwest Saengerbund of a few senn in wnicn oil tho German sinfitajr so cieties of northwestern America took part. Tho excellent work of tlmt Im Jnenso chorus U still remembered. Tho program: (a) March (b) Overture. Itaymond"'.;. .'.'..'.'.'.'. Tlwmas , Theater Orchestra. jvarnuincr Knaupetimarsoh. nini-w. Th. Koschat auf 'Mixed Clinrtia ni.i.n ttt-t. i Soprano Solo- ' e,l"u UO "Ias Kraut Vergeasenhelt" lu) Mlttelaltcrlsche Vcnushymme"... io) 'Nur'wer di iinsucht"k'ennr!b"rt ';"'.'; Tsohalkowsky . I'OUlyp Janson-Wylle. in yiA,n O'lKato l Mr. Henry Cox. .Violin liuct (Twdlvo-old). "Qantllrno" 1 Bolsdeffro . Omaha Violin Choir ilt,. 'Mr.-Henry Cox. Director. Ds Stingers iturfe" (St'. 1'uul Festi val Song),., Kr. Abt Concordia Lathes' Chorus tontralto Solo. Aria trom Mlgnon. Dost Thou Know that hwect Laud Thomas Mrs. Hilda Alathey, Davenport, la. bix-Purt a Capella Choru. "Melne Muttersprache" lSngolsborgcr Mixed Chorus. Omaha Muslk-Vercln. .Waltz, "Fruhllngsklnd-r ' V:iliiteufl Theater Orchestra. Soprano Solo ) .Viunu" IJcach ,.$V,'R0,sl" . Ulsehotf (c) "ThiVCry of Hachel" Turner Salter Mrs. Iul3e Jnnsen-Wylle. SInIo Chorus with Harltono Solo. "In . elner Sturmnacht" Attenhofcr Cnlted Singers of Omaha. Mr. H. Hurklcy, Soloist. .V lolln Solo. Kantasle. "Zlgeuner- wclsen" Snroeutb Mr. H. Co. Mrs. Cox, Piano. Contralto Solo ta) "W'cnn wlr alt seln wenlen" ,ui .:;;;.,.; :.....A. v. riciitz (b) "Mlnnelled" J. nrahms (c) "Helmllcho Aufforderung". .R. Strauss Mrs. Hilda Mathey, Davenport, la. .waltz Idylle, "lebensfreudcn" ....,...' M. Wrlnzlerl Mixed Chorus, Omaha Muslk-Veroln. Mmo. A. Uorglum, piano uccorripanlst; fr. Tit. Itud. Iteesjo, concert director. On Tuesday'1 afternoon,' December 3, Miss Hopper will present tho second con cert of . her series, . at- the'v Bxandels heater.. This will bo a Joint recital by prUno Stelndol, solo 'cellist of the T.hpmas orchestra, assisted" by Max Lan dpw, planfsf, and' Mary ' Muhchhoff, so prano. Those who have been privileged to see', tho program for this concert consider if ono of tho most artistic that has over been offered In Omaha,, ,1 Bruno Stelndcl has so long been asso ciated with the Thoman orchestra that fqw of his ndmlrers know that Theodore Thomas took him from tho rhllharmbnlc orchestra In Berlin, and selected "him from among flfty-slx applicants. Pre vious to this tlmo Mr. Stelndel had en Joyed tho Instruction of tho best teach er's in Germany, so It is not strange that his numerous American press notices proclaim him a "'cellist without rival," and "musically a giant." This "will be tho first public appearance of the season for both Mr. Landow and Miss Munch hoff. Theso two artists aro so well known to and popular with Omaha audi ences that their nppcaranco with Mr. Stelndel In recital Is looked forward, to with much pleasuic. Itlchurd Strauss.', brand new opera. "Arladnu In Naxos," which was produced for tho flrsi time In tho new court theater in Stuttgart last month, Is generally .'ac ceded to be a decided success. It seems to be designed to be stunning and auda cious, and espccl&lly to exhibit Strauss' viltttosity, according to one of Its many reviewers. It contalnr a' comic opera and a tragic romance, played simul taneously and Incased In a 'setting' of broad character farce. It contains prob ably tho most difficult coloratura pdrt over written (and written by the avowed. dltclple of Hlchard Wagner), sotno of' the finest music-drama of .modern times and vor,y possibly quo of tho most significant experiments In libretto writing. It wasi an unqualified ovation for Strauss, The king and queen of Wurtemburg Aand others of tho nobility were present, as well as the directors of almost every op'era house In Germany. Tho composer fand performers were recalled many times. -What tho Journalistic world said after wards was both Interesting and amusing, irho French papers, Insofar as they are nt all thrilled that' a new work - by ktiauss Is being produced, aro chiefly concerned over tho fact that tho llbref tist suppressed a great part of the jMollero comedy. That It was Irrelevant and unnecessary to tho plot has nothing to do with It it was taking liberties -with a classic that they could not get over, Tho Germans, on tho other hand, would have been much pleased If more had been cut but to put tragedy and burlesque In tho same act! That was too much. ' The leading Ahicrlcan musical Journals tspcak well of tho work, especially the orchestration, In which many Innova tions are Introduced. It was somewhat criticised for Its, length, as a long play precedes tho opera proper and beforo It appears In Berlin or Omaha It Is certain that some changes will bo made to shorten It. , Karl Goldmark'H"Cricket on tho Hearth" was given Nov&mber 7 in (Phila delphia in English. A reviewer from the Musical Courier attended, carefully avoid ing any opportunity to learn the"utory, and succeeded in understanding the plot from tho wordb which wero sung. A nreat many operas based upon Kng lish plays have been written by great composers. It Is a procpss much like the dyeing of silk. A perfectly good plot Is taken that" has shown good wear, and .this Is given a thorough German or Ital ian washing out. After this it Is dipped Into beautiful harmonic tints, and, lo, it emerges an opera. Often you cannot rec ognize; a piece of slk ttiat has been dyod. There' beems to be a different quality In the material Itself, and the same way with your original plot. From all reports tho "Cricket on the Hearth" went through this process very w.oll, and succeeded In orra Instance at least In getting back Its English luster, although psrhaps not lu the very some words that Dickens used In his original itory. Tltta Ruffo, th famous baritone, has been received with acclaim at his eastern appearances. NewspaptsrH ar alike In praising hi? work. He will bo heard In Chicago November 30 In "Illsoletto." Others in the cast will be Orvillo Harold, Allco Zepllll (whom Omahans heard in tho "Secret of Suzanne''), Margaret Keyea and GusUv Habenlean-Campaninl con ducting nave who Is rt-membered In Omaha by his concorU in previous years, was tho soloist last week with tho Thomas or chestra In Chicago. Mr. Ysayo has not visited America for eight years, and in tends to stay until June. In an inter view recently he said the trend of music m Kuropo was back to the classics He deolarcd that modern music had gone too far and that everywhero that he had played In liurope classical works were asked for-and Mozart, Invariably The Influence of music In times of na tional stress Is shown In the present war nf the Balkan states anil Turkey. History Is full of Incidents In which tho national music has roused the soldiers to their fullest powers and turned the tide of battle at a critical moment. It is said that the sticcess of tho Bul garian arms In tho war against Turkey has been largely attributed to the un spoiled character of tho native peasantry. King Kerdlnand's trtjops have been march ing Into' battle to tho. tuno and tramp of a national hymn, which has tho ppwor of stirring up a tremendous entfiuslcistn among them. It is a simple tune, one of tho sort which has helped to make a great deal of hlstpry slncoHhe world be gan. It was first sung lii'lSTS by tho Bul garian volunteers In tho Russian army In the war with Turkey. It has a warlike 'sentiment, one which calls up In one lurid Picture visions, of tho atrocities which turn simple men Into frantlo patriots. Tho first verse' Is translated thus In the New York, Tltbunc: ' Wild rolls Marltza. Red aro Its waters. Swollen with tho toars Of widows and their daughters. ' March, march, forward gallant warriors; One. two, three, and victory will bo ours. Of tho other allies', Montenegro's na tional air Is spoken ot fas rather stiff. Tho Servians aro an devoted to their na tional hymn as the French arq, to the "MartTclllaiBC." This la said to bo a fino bit of poetry and music and has a t.ouch of racial Idiom In It.- Tho editor of' "Pdnsrs of Eastern Europe" remarks: "Servian ongs-arc very- melodious and many have tho peculiarity of ending on a note above tho key note, which Is especially promi nent In'' the national , song, 'Rise, Scrv- inns!' " , . , Roumanla Iuib for centuries left Its music "In tho hands of -wandering gypsies, I and some fifty years ago. when It needed I a MttoHat hymn, resorted to a prize com I ietttttm. In tho successful composition i the influence, of- "Upd save the king'' Is j obvious. 1 Although the folk-song literature of modern Greece Is predominantly oriental. una 1.- mil inm (H uiv imucmai tfivs it the iwtrlotie air "Son of atrceo, Arise!" whtoh remind one of the sentiments of Byron. Jlnnlonl .otr. Tho Mendelssohn choir at the spring concerts w Ith the Theodore Thomas or chestra, plan to give the difficult "Ubera Me." from Verdi's "Requiem," hikI the meat closing chorus from the Melsterslngers, by Richard Wagner. These numbers will be given to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of these two celebrated vomposors, which takes place this coming yea. Wagner was born May a, ISIS, and Verdi, October f. ISIS. Mr. Francis Potter announces a recital by one of tho foremost mandolin players of the day William Place, Jr. which will take place some tlmo In December, Particulars of this event will be made known later. Mr. Cecil W. Herryinnn announces a piano recital to be given at the First Baptist church Thursday evening, De cember 5. Mr, Mach. violinist, will play a group and a sonata for violin and piano, with Mr. Berryman and written by Mrr Berryman. Mme. Brlgham wilt Play .the accompaniments. , Paul .1. Mueller, a former Omaha boy, now In Shfldan, Wyomlrlg, gave a violin recital In that city at th5 Grand theater Thursday -evening. Among the numbers on the program the' De Blnot concorto and' the.' Legende, by Wlenlawskl, aro mentioned as especially well donp. These numbers atp. difficult, and give the player a fine opportunity to dlsplny Is technical, skill and nrtlstio ability. A Pnle. Head Coach Howe told at the Vale training table a foot ball story. "Tho English," he began, "are crazier over fpot ball than we are. Why. thor will sometimes be nearly 109,000 English at a single' foot ball game. "Two" I'.uglishmen 01 tho lower class wero drinking 'four-alo' In a 'pub' ono aft ernoon. " 'Whnt's the matter -with 'ee, Bess?' bald the first woman. "'Ah'm puzzled. said the second ' " 'Wiat about. Bess?' " 'Well, yb see, my Gorge's on the foot ball team, an' when the team wins he treats- me to fried fish an' tho movie, but when It loses, he gles me a beatln' up." i' 'Well. Bess, I know all about that. But what's phzzlln thee? Tha,t'n what I asked.' , ... " 'Well, yo see, today s match ended In a draw.' " Jinaha People Have Thrilling Auto Experiences (Continued from Page One.i street and was unconscious for a half day. That threw a scare Into Mr. Hynes, oven worse than the scare he had the time the motorcycle cop chased him In Council Bluffs. Tough old race he gavo tho Iowa copper that night, hut he reached the Douglas street Virldgti Just a little ahead of the copper, and of course at the Iowa state line the Council Bluffs cop's Jurisdiction ended and ho had to "throw up the sponge." But to return to the Incident nt Seven teenth and Harney. "That threw a scare Into me that I didn't get over for a couple of day." says Mr. .Hynes. "for 1 thought the fellow had been killed. 1 was driving west on Harney, Just passing the corner of the new court house. There was n high board fence around the court house at that time. Just as I rot to the comer, the follow on tho motorcycle . shot out. from behind the fence. He was on the wrong side of the street and going at a good hlokory. There was nothing to It There was no time for cither of us to do anything. It was Just 'smash,' and he hit the front fender of my machine. It wat 'smash' again, and he hit tho hind fender. Then he circled around In tho air nwhllo and finally landed on tha pavement a good many feet away Senders he 3Ioie- "He was a collector and had $21 In silver In his pockets. When ho mado the turns In the air ho scattered that silver all over tho square. It looked llko a sil ver shower, or like a freo silver car nival. "We picked the fellow lip and hauled him to tho hospital. He was unconscious for half a day. He came out of It all right at last. But It gave me the biggest scare I ever had, for I had 110 doubt hu was killed; and if he had struck tho pave ment as hard as he struck tho fenders of my machine, tho hospital could have done him no good." - - ' If there had been Icebergs afloat 0:1 the high seas of Omaha, Frank Haskell would havo struck them and sunk his machine tho first tlmo he took out his little runabout, which was tho first auto mobile ho over owned. As It was, the high seas of the metropolis contained no more majestic obstacle for a gasollno cruiser to bump into on that damp foggy morning than a lamp post. Haskell 1 j found this, however, and struck -R amid- ship. Mr. Haskell nmv bo exctwed Nr taking tho machine out on slieh a ttafV foUny morning on one ground alone, and that Is that he had lust got It the night before, so that nil night It floated alxivp his head In his dresiuH us a pair of red boots used to circle mound hl subconscious, ness about Christmas time when he watr a stripling Fur Is lll'IIM', Bright and early he cranked th ma chine. Jumped Into tho soat. took the steering wheel and chugged out of thr shed Into the great, unknown, foggy ocean of Omaha. The streets were very slippery. The car skidded a little, natu rally. That added zest to the first drive. He gripped tho steering wheel until the seasoned wood all but yielded sap. Once fairly on tho brood street, sailing was nice and he opened her Up a little. Soon ho saw a lamp post ahead. It seemVd he was going towaid It. It was on a corner. "The darn thing looked as big ns a light house In tho Atlantic," says Has kell. " steered to the left to clear the thing. I misjudged the distance, as ,t follow always will In :i heavy fog. He sides. T was new at the wheel. There was my foot to haudlo on tho brake, thero was a lever or two to haudln ht tho same time, and there was the steer ing wheel to handle, too. nnd the posf was coming nearer. "Well, I didn't get em all h.uulled lu time, and 1 hit tho post amtdshlp. 1 knocked off a fonder, smashed up several minor parts of the machine, had lo haul It back to tho barn for repairs, and tho next day tho gas company sent me bill for I2.W for tho post, claiming I hnd smashed that, too." Since then Haskell has become a some what better driver, and, benefiting by his first exporlenco In n wreck, he says ho has driven since that time without any mishaps. When Rome Miller started driving n car, ten years ugo, he had an experience that caused hint to give nwoy his ma chine tho next morning after making the first drive, and to return to his flno span of horses and carriage. It took him quite a Tyhlli? to become reconciled to auto mobiles again. Everything was tho mat ter with automoblllng In his opinion after that drive to Missouri Valley and back, and' he was sure fino horses nnd a flno carriage were good enough for him. Ho drovo his spanking team for a number of years, but at lust something called him back to automobiles. It must havo licen tho "Call of tho Wild," for ho Is wild about them now. Ho owns threo differ ent machines Hi the present time, nfhl has done away with Ills flue horses. "1 had to come to It aUn." Mr. Miller explains now. "I got so tired of having tho other fellow kleir the- dn.t In my fae. even though I had good horses, that I Just had to buy ears again." "Wo undertook to drive to Missouri Valley nnd back tho first day wo took the machine nut," says Mr. Miller. "It got dark on us coming buck. H grew fearfully cold. Automobile lights did not amount to muoh In those days anil ours would not work. I put my .son nt the wheel and 1 acted us the 'lookout.' I loaned forward, watched tho mad. strain ing iiiv eyes all the lime. I directed the driver by calling out. 'To tho right.- 'To tho left,' etc. making If a tegular 'hay foot, straw foot' affair. When we were about frozen stiff In our seats, our giiso lino run out and tho machine died down. There we. sat In the dark In the middle of the' night, nhd that night frightfully cold. Well. I walked over two miles to some little town, 1 think It was Honey Creek. I roused the population out of bed, bought out their supply of Rnsollno and legged It back to tho machine. "We got Into Omaha about3 o'clock In the morning. .' "Tho next morning I gave my miichlno to my son, Ray, ami lcKan driving my horses again." At the Theaters (Continued from I'agc Te'iH cago American of October 24 last, during the phenomenal week's business' dono by Mr. Welch nt the beautiful Columbia tlicaer on Clurk atreot, thut city. Said Mr. Lnlt: Ben Welch this, week shows ns at', tho Columbia how a burlesque! show mav bo really spicy, broadly funny, always lu tho distinct spirit of burlesque hnd yet clean "nnd wholesome. Welch, himself, n ft Yiddish cnmcdlan as kosher ns'geflllto flsh-a humorist, not n clownt Homo of tho shndingn of his' character work aro left In tho extreme. TIn nccoqt Is deli cately true, his carriage am) mannerisms arc founded on a healthy, appreciation of o.harnctqr Impersonation, nnO, If ho really wrote tho quips, an ,tho urogram says, lie is a wit of no tiny consequence. It should bo unnecessary to sliUe that tilts Is tho iuuiio Bon Welch who has ap peared many times In Omnha ns a vuudo Ullo headllner, but who, llko many other farseelug artists, has forsaken vaudeville for the wldor field offered by tho fur renohlng Columbia Amusement company, whoso superb attractions nro seen In Omaha only t the Gayoty, Starting Monday thero will bo n ladles' dlmo nat lneo dally with tho exception of Thanks giving, on which afternoon there . n graml holiday nmtlnee. All burlesque and tnutu cum. - 1 dltlons suemlngly have been o-t 10 1 1 four winds lu Henry 1". ftlxon's Big I, view Himpany. which Is, to hold I boards -at the K.rug theater for the w coinmeijeing with the usual Siimhiv t heo today. The vehicle used. Is UK' In 'Politics.'' and Frankle Heath p nnincid by the press and capable t it hs a star of magnitude, heads th -gnnlzatlon. Miss Heath will be sd. tho role of "Gloilanii," a stranded n . of a comle tipem. The dances, mw 1 numbers and specialties have b, . ,4 vised by Mr. Dixon, under who' Minnl direction the production U 1 senteil. Conspicuous among the folks Is llnrry Van, the mldgi t i d illan. Plenty of tuneful numbers fi"l 1 the lot of Miss Heath, who render t' In her finished and ndiolt sUlc. Twoit shapely and exceptionally pretty .ou women form a slnglnp and dancing chor seldom mustered lu one organization, I .a Ing been culled from tho ranks of in .. cal comedy and vuudovllto- In the , of original song material thfrc seom t ,bo nothing lacking. Specialties and r. Views of popular Hroudwuy plojs, pn ' nnd' present, are given, and the fun ' can-led at a breukneek pace from st.i t to finish. f ji Another bully good program of lit ' vaudeville niul :iiCtures lias ben c ranged for showing at tho Ann-noun ltr 1 podromo on Douglas streot nt Elghtcent for the wook starting with today's tvn life. The bill will be headed b' t Four Loyellos. lady and gentle nt acrobats, whose gyrations are boti 1 the ground nnd tho lofty vurlcU nr said to be quite tho most graceful n d akllltuj possible for humans to accom plish. Mario Hlrdltckn, 11 gruduato t tho Berlin Conservatory of Music will sing at every perforni.-UH As "Tho Singer nnd the - Gepnn Brown and Foster will muko good wo of tho time allotted them. A novelty wji be offered In the personage of that re. I western boy, "Cuba" Crutchfleld, recog nized na tho world's champion larlu thrower. It was Crutchfleld who n. pearcd for one night only nt tho Hippo, dromo about ten days ago for the puriHii of demonstrating his bkuI to Colonel Wil liam F Cody (Buffalo Bill.) Diver slon will bo given tho entertainment by tho gymnastic dancing qf Gordon mid Perry, On Thanksgiving day (for whh l seats aro now on salo) thero will bo four performances, the samo. as on Saturday tt and Sundays, if ii rir'UfiP v SHE saw BRAND H s s TORE : Make This Remarkable Offer for Monday Any Woman's Imported Gown, Wrap or Suit in Our Entire Stock at Exactly One-Half Its Former Price This is our semi-annual offer. Hundreds of Omaha's most discriminating women nwait it ovoTy season. It means that you can select any garment from the most brilliant western assemblage of ' imported apparel and pay us just one-half the prices thai have been-asked, all season. 'The variety is larger than over before. This sale starts Monday morning. Brandeis Assemblage of Fur Coats and Fur Sets Has Now Reached Its Most Brilliant ' ? 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