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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1913)
THE OMATTA SUNDAY BKK: MAY Ifi, 1013. 5 A Nebraska Boy Wins Renown as Playwright in the East 'Within the confines of Boston there used to be A man who always went to Europe to have h'ls hair cut Ko barber In this country suited his taste. The man who clipped hs locks must reside In Paris or London sometimes the American went to London and at other times he sailed across tho channel and tried a polite barber on the Hue do La Palx or In some other street. . But the point of this preamble Is that when one cannot pet Just what he wants where ho Is, he would better go where he can get It. Bo. a few years ago, Frederick Ballard, a young man o fnl verslty Place, Neb., and a student at the University of Nebraska, reasoned that he needed the east to help hhn succeed. He had lined himself to write plays. In school, after he had taken his A. B. degree and was working for his master's sheepskin, he produced a comedy while taking a course In play writing under a Prof. George Ford. This comedy was about somo pickle manufacturer who had lots of monoy. What tho plot was, tho writer does not recall; that the play was a good effort. Is etlU a clear recollectloa "When young Mr. Ballard had dono with his work at the University of Nebraska he went to Chicago, and there studied siagecrait while assisting on the stage of the Chicago theater. He spent a year In that city, and, so he says, larncd very much about staging and building a play. Following his stay in Chicago, he wont to Boston and enrolled In Harvard uni versity, where he specialised in play writing. The cast soon saw the talent of the young Nebraskan and last fall ho was given recognition by John Craig, rfwner FREDERICK BALLARD, folk that he knows both by observation and sympathy. Their son has been long 17 1 HI .V I th I . TIiam Via Unm mil.. of the Castle Square theater, whose priia doro.1 th. m ,. ., he won for the best play produced in a j woman he loves. He believed her n good competition. This piece was Belleve Mo and honest woman, and she was not. The Xantlppe, and It was produced at the boy had .been tried and convicted. The Castle Square theater, enjoying a run father has como back from the trial and of several weeks during the last season, sits in broken, dreary talk with tho Air. uanard reels thut he never could mother. It traverses many things: how have gained success with a play like "Believe Me Xantlppe" had he stayed In Lincoln, Neb. He had to go east to get what he wanted. But Mr. Ballnrd was not done when he had made "Believe Me Xantlppe." Just recently ho has written anothur play and It has been accepted by David Belasco who will give It a New York showing early ncx"t fall. And now, still later, Mr. Ballard has written another play, and It Is also a success. It Is called "Good News" and was presented by ,t"ho Harvard .Dramatic club two weeks ago, scoring a big success. Of this Ht DitiV the dramatio critio of the Boston Tran script writes: One of the three plays (those presented by the Harvard Dramatio club) wns writ ten by Mr. Ballard. '11, who won the Craig prize with his ldnger farce. 'Be lleve Me Xantlppe,1 at the Castle Square this winter, and the shorter and earlier Piece seemed the finer fibred and more sensitively tempered. Mr. Ballard is con earned with two homely folk of a remote village In New York, a father and a mother old enough to hnve sent a' son .to the. clty-the simple, ruminative, , deeply, fcellng-and narrowly concentrated t v r the villagers shrunk away from the house as they learned the facts of the trial; how the boy's old sweetheart had been sent elsewhere; how tho boy had borne himself In the court with courage and not with cowardice, as the father re Iterates, sinco little but pride Is left to comfort him; how the future stretched blank and dark beforo them. As the talk proceeds It opens many vistas Into the lives of these folks. Short as the play Is, It Is a play of long, sharp back grounds. Before the talk Is done It Is as though the spectator had entered Into the lives and spirit of father, mother and even son. Unusual penetration and Imagination of a young playwright, a con siderable skill and an Imparting sympa thy havo opened these Utas and wrought these backgrounds. "From first to last thero Is utfusuat maturity In Mr. Ballard's play In the quality cf tho .ntcrmeszo, tho suggestion of the long backgrounds, tho drawing of' mo tnreaua Jnto tho shorter half hour of tho piece; In the penetration of charac ter, tho quiet power, the sensitive sympa thy and tho sustained key of thq whole. In spite of Its grlmness. it Is flne flbered, truthful, sfricero work, dono with exactand unobtrusive skill.'" REBOMHG B08K IS READY Companion to Tornado Booklet Just Published by The Bee. shows. eiWrkable RECOVERY .Plctrtren Tnlteu .on Dny of Storm nnd Six Weeks Litter Give Details ' of the Reconstruction Work. . "Wrecked In a. ' Night; Rebuilt In a Day," Is the. title, of a book which Tho Bee has Just published to Bhow how rap idly Omaha liaf rebuilt itself since the groat -Easter tornado. This newest book is a companion to the one which this paper Js?ued .immediately after tho tor. nado. showing tho vast destruction which was wrought In the city. It has thirty two pages, and, side by side, are views In the tornado zone, showing places as they appeared the morning following tho storm and as they looked six- weeks later. Tho photographs are clear and sharp and measure 4Vi by Jli Inches. They give de tails and are Interesting because they show what the great spirit of Omaha has accomplished in such a short tlnio. More than 600 buildings wore wrecked In the storm, now two-thirds of this number are under construction, and many of them have been totally replaced. Nine-tenths of the homes which were more or less damaged. haVe- been completely repaired. The work of recdristructioh In this city has been so remarkable that it has won the praise of all tho country. No city lias ever shown such energy in rising from a great disaster. SfiuliiiK llook to Prlruiln. The new Bee booklet will be on sale at The Bee business office, Seventeenth and Farnam streets, Monday morning. It is priced at 10 cents, and will bo sent by moll for 12 cents. The advance orders for tills, book -have been large, and hun dreds of persons havo declared their In tention of sending copies to friends who received the first Bee book in order that the country may know how-fast Qmaha hni recovoredv from the heavy blow of Easter. DAILYJEWS DENIED NEW TRIAL OF ESTELLE CASF Judge Hollenbcck of Fremont has de cided against tho Omaha Dally News in Its application for a new trial of the libel suit recently won by Judge Lee S. Estelle. Judge Estello was granted a verdict for Jtrs.OOO against tho newspaper and Its attorneys filed application for another trial. ' Frightful I'll Ins in the stomach, torpid liver, lame back and weak' kidneys uro soon relieved by Electric Bitters. Guaranteed. COc. For sule by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement. formula has had the largest sale of any MEDICINE IN THE WORLD Insist on Your Drujr- ist for This JOHN A. SAVANSON, Pres. WM. L. HOLZMAN. Trcns. ia CHOICE OP THE HOUSE Your Choice of Any Trimmed Hat in the House OHOIOE OF THE HOUSE 5 CHOICE OP THE HOUSE NO PHONE ODERS. NO MAIL ORDERS Sto.o Opens at 7:30 A. M. Sale Starts 9 A. M. 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May U Is what Julv 4 Is to the man who was born be neath the Stars and Stripes of the United Rates. It Is a holiday that ho loves and one tliat ho observes from birth to death. It Is tho birthday anniversary of Vic toria Alexandria, who, born In 1819, reigned for more than fifty years queen of English possessions. Prior to the death of Queen Victoria, the day was designated an the queen's birthday arid observed as such. In Ens land and In all English possessions It was observed. Men and women ceased their labors, factories, mines and work shops closed their doors and business vas practically suspended. In whatever J lands British had cast their lot, they followed the old custom and to show thefr honor, love and respect for the queen, made the occasion n hollduy, On the death of .Queen Victoria and to show their respect to tho king. th name of the holiday wai changed, but not the date of holding the celebration. It was given tho name. Empire day and as such, will probably always be known. Oinulin British to Unite. In Omaha the men who were former subjects of the British crown have seen fit to begin tho observance of the holi day tho evening of May 23. They do this, they say, that the following day may ' bo given over entirely to recrea tion and celebrating, not In a 'loud and undignified, , but In a quiet manner, be fitting gentlemen. The celebration, or u least the main feature will occur at the Faxton hotel, beginning at 6:50 o'clock In tho evening, and will be under the auspices of tho Omaha Canadian club, an organization with a membership of some 260. At that hour a. reception will bo lield, it being followed by a banquet In the main din ing room, which will be elaborately dec orated and hung with American und English flags. During the banquet a selected mudcal program will be ren dered and Immediately after tho close, there will be .a number of speeches, Kobert Cowell, presiding as toastmaster. At one time there was some thought of Inviting tin orator from out of the city, but the club members recognizing the v her of promotions, Mr. Cleveland became scmethlng of a sailor beneath, the BrJU lsh flag, making two voyages to India, and subsequently coming to Omaha and engaging, 'n business In what he con- alders the i est city In the world. Slo.iited l'Plloe Duty. Though not given to .talking of hl own exploits, Mr, Cleveland can tell 'In stances of his dwn experiences that are hair raising 'and most Intensely Interest ing. And while-thero Were inUny dangers unending, he looks back to tho five years spent In the saddle as a mounted officer of tho Canadian government, a tho most pleasant of his life. Immediately after his enlistment In 1884, he was sent to the front, but he did not have to go fur to reach tho line separating civiliza tion from the Tl'derness, for twenty-ntna 2 ??.A.K22ipp2ci the principal speaker, with Matthew A, Hull, John Dale und Victor White to re spond to toasts. Among the many former subjects of Great Britain, all of whom are now hon ored and respected citizens of Omaha, theio are several who have seen service In the army and navy of England; have been students and teachers In the uni versities of the mother country; have practiced In the courts of England and Canada and have been graduated from the medical and dental colleges, receiv ing many honors before coming here. Cleveland Wanted to Mee Life. Of all the English-American citizens In Omaha, there is no man who has had a wider experience than W. 0. Cleve land, head of the Cleveland Drug com pany, and there Is no man In the city, whose life story. If written, would be more thrilling than his. years ago tho plow had not commenced to tlcklo the fertllo soli of the western half of the English possessions on th ' western hemisphere. Dr. A. II. Htpplo, a denUst with offlcet In The B?o building, was born near Et Catherine, Ont., and wns a farmer boy. He attended the Toronto Dental collegt 'and was graduated therefrom In 1ES9. Ha opened offices In Stratford and practiced there until 1802, when ho came to Omaha 'and has since been a resident of this city. He Is donn of tho Crelghton Dental col lege, having hr4d this position since 1000, Born tn the town of Diamond, Canada, Dr. W. II. Walker came to Uie United States at the age of 15 years. Later ha studied medicine, nnd a number of years ago located In , Omaha, where he has since resided, M. A. Hall, nttorney nnd British vie consul, was born In Toronto In 1SG3 and . from there, In 18&", came direct to Omuha, having studied law In tho universities at tho dominion. He has been practicing his profession here ever slnco hjs arrival, and Is now a member of the law firm of Montgomery, Halt & Young. White's lilfn of Activity. Victor White of the Havens-White Coal company, was born In Paddlngton, one of the suburbs of London, but has been A resident of the United Btates since 1S&, and a resident of Omaha since WA. After receiving his education In his homo town he concluded ho wanted to bo a sailor. For six years he sailed tho seas, visiting almost every port of the Atlantlo and Pacific, as well as touching Mediter ranean cities frequently during the two years that he was )n tha service of thq Portugese and Spanish Steamship com pany. For somo years after this hs sailed out of Canadian ports and thun went to Chicago, where for two years he was with a lumber firm. Then he followed the road as a salesman for seven years, after which he came to Lin coln and opened a lumber yard for C N Diets, remaining there until he moved to Omaha. W. J. Colvln, Jart Port Hope, Canada, In 1832 and came to Omaha and has since engaged In' the railroad business, belntf local agent of the Dairy Shippers' Des patch, tho dairy department of the Erlo railroad. Dr. K, S. Anglln. born In Kingston, Canada, was educated In that city and, graduated from the medical department of Queen university In 1882. After his graduation he came to Nebraska and en gaged in general practice. Later ho studied two years In Europe and return ing to Omaha, engaged In special work. He was president of thi. umaha-Canadtau club from 1902 to 1012. John J. Boucher, attorney, was born tn Ottawa and with his parents' came to thn United States In 1872. and to pmaha In 1891. He studied law In tha University of Nebraska and since graduation, has practiced his profession tn this city. Cannlit In (he Act and arrested by Dr. King's New Llfo Pills, bilious headache quits and liver, stomach and bowels act right. Only 23c. For sale by Beaton Drue Co. Advertisement. the call of the wilds and cutting the home ties and bidding adieu to the scenes of .his childhood, he sailed for Canada. Landing In one of tie cities of eastern Canada, he quickly discovered that that was not "out west." Like many who had nevei1 been there, he Inquired the location of (his land of enchant ment and was told that It was hundreds of miles away, far beyond the palo of , aristocratic civilization. There he con-1 eluded to journey. He turned his face westward and In the fall of 1884 went to neglna, where be concluded he would join the Canadian mounted police. He at once enlisted as a private at a princely salary of W cents per day and found. 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