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THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 15, 1014.
Gossip
About Music
and tlie Musician
.short time ago Mr, Stranskv.
A
th director of thf jjew York
Philharmonic orr.,egtnit Bavo
to tho New Yor' pre xa In.
terview, In whl.tf x ho dUrussed
the lack Of nnnrnrUtlnt.
snawn oy .rpericana jr muJi This
brouEht reply from Mr, Jonn C. Freund,
tho editor of Musical .morica; tn which
he hot only defended tho American peo
pie. proving Tils po .Us by indisputable
facts, bvt In wht., he also dlscuistd
briotly the, sltuatl n of mus'e !n n..l
In tho other courreg. Ho remarks upon
our orchestras ,enR of tho finest and
elves as a cau 4 our ooDortunitv to oh-
tan, the best r layers for them no watter
wnat mcir nationality. Tho French ex
101 in oovvind, and tho Gorman In
brass. It Ir, doubtful If In Paris a French
conductor ;ould engage Germans for his
brass, or 'if jn Berlin, or Vienna, any
conductor would engage, or dare engage.
x-renennen f0r his woodwind chctn Mr.
Freund continues:
Now ,;or a few facts about the situation
l?i il '0DC- 1'Ct f" begin with France,
outs! 0 of Paris there is no music that
no nts to anything. The French Opera
Per rmanccs uro not up to our standard,
ou r repertoire In New York, In Chicago
f-'d In Boston is three to four times as
' rgc. Only recently the now director of
rtie French opera announced, "No more
Merman opera." Military music In
Franco Is far below our standard. 1 will
mdmtt there are u couple ot good military
bands, that of the' Uardu Hepubllcalnc
and that ot the Guides. Their brass band
Instruments, however, are inferior and,
as I -said, there Is not In all Franca a
symphonic orchestra such as our half u
uojtii, or wore.
To cmphusiio my argument let me tell
you tnat there hus lived in Paris for
years a M. Astruc, known everywhere
among-ortUts as a leading manager and
agent, lie had every possible opportun
1 IIo could command capital. A few
months ago, after, he says himself, ten
..ears' ot labor, he opened, on the cnamps
,t21ysecs, u. beautiful opera house. Here,
"with a magnificent company, he produced
.novelties, tho works of great composers,
ot Moussorgsky, of Dukas, fine Russian
.ballets Mid so forth. Attor lour months
lie closed his house. Such was tho appie
clution ot musical Paris lor his enter
prise. In his bitterness he has given to the
'world spcdinc facts with regard to mu
isical culture and taste in rails, lie
sayB among three millions and a halt of
Parisians tuero are not ten thousand who
will pay for a ticket to hear good mus.c.
There you have tho facta Horn Paris
uad from a Frenchman.
Now, contrast tnis with (something like
W.WX) people wno tried on a recent Sun
day -night to get Into Madison Mquaro
Garden to hear Mr. StransKy with nls
1'hllnarmohic ulid tho L.leueikranz and
;dlczak;' lhto the Mlppodromo to nur sev
eral good performers, and into the Metro
politan to hear Krelsler, tho violinist,
not to speak Of the concerts that were
given In the atternoon on that Sunday,
nor to mention a few thousand mora that
tried to squeeze Into the Century Opera
house.
What does M. Astruc say further? That
not. only are the residents ot Paris In
different to good music, but, the press Is
devoting its space td sensational' crimes,
to the music halls and vaudovillo shows.
And he goes so far as to describe the
day of the average Parisian, and he says
that they prefer the tango and a lato
dinner; after that bridge and the- movies
or a vaudeville show and supper.
Let Us taKe Italy, There are plenty
of opera houses, but few concerts, 'in the
en tiro country thero Is not a. single flrst
clasB symphonic orchestra. As tor the
. opera .season, it generally Is short not'
many weeks. It recently has been made
longer at the Seal a in Milan and at the
San Carlo In Naples,
v And the repertoire? What do you think
like our opera houses here? No. Mix
or seven operas', ut most olght or ten,
' and nearly all of the Ola Italian school.
True, there Is some good xuustc heard
.In Itomo, But, pray, who supports iff
1'hu Italians? Not on your lite. It Is
t- xhu Entllsli, tho ltuesian and tho Ameri
can colonies wno -support it. In Italy tho
military bands are far interior to ours,
it you do not think so, go there and hear
them. Then you won't wonder nt dousa's
triumphant tour through Kurope and
' thut all the bands in Europe play his
inarches.
In Italy you hear much music In tho
, street singers, violinists, . players yos,
'especially In the BOUth of Italy. Borne of
It, i wilt admit, Is tine, but more of it is
.it brain-racking, ear-splitting cacophony.
. Now, let us taKe Uermany, in wnoae
defense aif a musical ne plus ultra Mr.
Mransky is eloquent, aunough, as he
says, ho Is an Austrian. Tney nave many
orchestras, but they, aro not up to tho
fttandara of our own, lor the reason wo
have taken their best players.
it you hear a cood orchestral nerfor
inahce In "Berlin give tho credit to tho
conductor. - Berlin, It Is true, is a piano
center, but much of the piano claying
would not be tolerated in tnis country ut
b cents a" seat. As for opera in Germany,
ctfiicral avciacu ot operatic Derior-
mances .is far beiuw.ours, especially in
tno smaller towns. As 1 sold, they glvo
Wagner better here. Tho prices are
lower. . I will admit.
js for England, there aro many good
concerts at popular prices, but In opera
me repertoire is smau, new wonts
rarelv are produced, ami tho general
stanaard.of the perlormances Is by no
means ud to what wo havo in New York.
There is in England much splendid
church choir singing; there aro some fine
military barms, but the general run ot
- musical entertainment is ociow ours.
-. Now for Austria, tho, homo of my
father as It was ot Mr. Stransky a
Genial, muslc-lovlnsr Austria, where Mo.
r.i"t lived. What niv'u thev? A trrcat
deal of light opera which goes well with.
the Deer. A no general siunuaru is not
up to ours.
' Now. do not mistake me. I do not nfe
.tend toe one moment that music has as
yet become an appreciable part ot the
lite of tho people.- But I do say that
we aro already ahead of Kurope, and are
moving at, a pace that will astonish the
world.
Ana why should we not? Have re not
orawn irom tno oia wonu us uesi Drain,
as wen as its Drawn ana oioout
'The 1 young 'cbmposer. Erie ICorngold,
the' liJ-year-old genius whose sonata has
been played many times In both America
and Europe by leading rccltallsts, ban
recently written a new orchestral work.
a ' 'Slnfonletta," which lias been pro
ducea by Nlklsch in Berlin. This work
has not only been considered worthy ot
a place upon tho program ot one of tho
.principle orchestras ot the world, but
has also brought forth much favorable
comment from all tho reviews. Amaze
ment is expressed as to the knowledge
and use of orchestral colors which the
young composer has shown. In discuss
)ng his poaalblo future as a- geniuu an
exchange calls to mind that at thl
early -age neither Mozart or Schubert
had created an orchestral work to com
pare with the "Hlnfonletta" In scope,
character ana In maturity.
America lost one ot its most cele
brated male singers In the death of Put'
nam Grlswold, basso ot the Metropolt
tan Opera .company, on February 24,
Mr, Grlswold made his first American
operatic appearances wtth the Henry
W. Savage production ot "Parsifal.
He was for many years a member o
the Berlin Royal opera. At his funeral
the kaiser sent a representative from
the government embassy at Washington,
Mr. Savage was present and many other
notables. He had been twice decorated
by the kaiser and had sung with great
tsuecess In Covent Garden, where he had
ippeared after the Metropolitan season.
'The new opera, "Jullen," by Charpen
tier, which was given Its American pre
mlere at the Metropolitan opera houso
recently, with Mr. Caruso and Gersidlne
Farrar In the leading rolrs, was not
successful. The press eems to oree
that in spite of some parts of beauty
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NB of the pleasing bits of news
that came out of the cast dur
ing the week was that Mrs.
Julia Marlowe - Sothern has
not been operated upon for
appendicitis or for any other
reason, and that no foundation exists for
the story that she has permanently
eparated from her husband, E. H. sotn-
cm, ana intenueu applying ior uiuiW
"When Miss Marlowe was taken ill at
Los Angeles Beveral weeks ago she w.as
hurried east and has since been living at
tho Sothern home in New York. It Is
now reported on her own authority that
she 1b recovering rapidly from the ail
ment that cut short her tour of the west.
As for divorce, she affords ample proof
of the silliness of tho story by Showing
letters and telogTams that has passed
between her and her husband since thoy
parted on the Pacific coast. But the re
port served several of the sensational
papers as an excuse for making a display.
Omaha reveled In four performances of
Kismet" last week, a veritable "souse"
ot the most delicious sort ot artistic
revelry. If HaJJ the Beggar ever did live,
he must have been very much the sort
of man Otis Skinner paints him and,
must have had his movement in just tno
environment that has been provided by
Messrs. Knoblauch and Flske. such
stago pictures are all too rare in these
days when Ambitious managers .search
for weeks in order to discover tho "typo"
of boarding house or lodglnir house -whose
chamber most nearly accommodates It
self to tho "atmosphere" In which tlie
tawdry heroine Is to disport: or. if not
seeking for this, then for some exprjs-
slon of ultra-realism, as a steamer aecu
that actually rolls, or a railway station,
In and out of which the choo-choo cars
rutiln andibanc as the play goes on; or,
a thieves' kitchen, a, police captain's desk
room, the overloaded inner office ot 'a
successful lawyer, or some one of tho
manv settings that offend taste by tneir
very obviousness. "Kismet" has nothing
of this. Author and producer were but
lightly bound by precedent or canon and
could present such forms of artistry ns
not only appealed to the delighted senses,
but quickened and stimulated the Imagina
tion, and led the listener to tho tale easily
along the way it was desired he should
travel.
Hero was the artf stage-craft In Its
highest and best sense, a triumph for the
poetry and romance of the actor and the
author and the scene painter combined.
No camel here sullenly knelt, no dust
storm offended tho nostrils ot any, that
the desert might be made the more pal
pable. No hidden mechanism shrleKeu
and gasped In mimicry of howling blast.
no panorama unrolled that one might
get the sensation ot slerran heights, no
mixture of salt and sand was hurled to
simulate a driving bllzw-rd. All that
ancient Bagdad might or might not havu
been could not have aprpealed to those
who saw the play with more ot forceful
potency than did those pictures. As the
story Itself Is purest romance, so the
settings, and the combination lacked
nothing In realism because we had noth
ing against which to set it for comparl
son.
But wo have had other vagabonds
alongside which wo may meaaure HaJJ.
Mr. Skinner himself lias given us several
Who that saw him does not recall the
Harvester, or Colonel Brldeau, or the old
actor, four of the most delightful of Mr,
Skinner's creations and all leading up
to HaJJ? Jefferson's Rip, John T. Ray
mond's Colonel Mulberry Sellers, Sol
Smith Uuisell's Noah Vail. Milton Noble's
newspaper reporter Jn "The Phoenix,"
John Dillon's lawyer In "Our Candidate,
Frank Mayo's Davo Wilson In "Pudd'n-
head" how the list does grow when
once nn attempt Is made to catalogue the
winsome scalawags or wholrnome ne-er
do-wells who have lived upon the stage-
all aro classics in the annals, of the
theater and. Into this glorious company
Mr. pkinner has set HaJJ, a welcome and
worthy fellow.
The temptation to dilate upon the play
and the player Is strong; perhaps It will
be enough to say that its charm Is not
alone In Its appeal to tho Imagination, Its
quickening of the Impulse to follow, on
the Invitation to come out of a work-a-
day world and revel for a while In the
realms of purest fancy, for It has an
Intensely human element as well. HaJJ
is far from being ethereal; he is simply
human, and conducts himself much as a
man whose philosophy had not alto.
gether refined his passions ml.Tht hav
done throughout all that day ot wonder
ful adventures. And this Mr. Bklnner
does not lose sight of. The quality of
his HaJJ will stand the test of human ex
perience at any time, and that Is why it
is great, and why It Is fit to go Into the
gallery along wtth the other Immortals,
Mr. Bklnner haa never done anything bet
ter.
Rachael Marshall's drama of the com
merce In gtri "The Traffic," will be
seen at the Brancels theater all this
week. "The Traffic" goes straight, with
out any delicate short cuts, to tho oausos,
tho methods, tho motives and results of
commercialized vice. Its fascination nnd
pointed truths disclose the Industrial
reasons that start so many girls on the
Toad to the brothol. Poverty, sickness
and dirt all caused by Insufficient pay
for honest work constltuto thb homo and
environment of many ignorant and Inno
cent girls, and they aro soon made
aware that there Is a way the way only
as they see It by which they can get a
share of tho world's one standarl treas
uremoney. Tho producers of "The Traf
fic" havo provldede a fine cast bf players,
Including Laura Hudson, wtio Is seen In
tho leading feralnne role.
"Within the LaWBaj-ard Vclller's absorbing-
new play of modern American
life, Is to be presented by the Amerlcnn
Play company at the Brandels theater for
one solid week, beginning March 2i. This
drama has for Its central character -a
young woman who is falsely accused and
wrongfully convicted of stealing from
her employer. She serves three years in
prison, comes out determined to "go
straight." Is betrayed time nnd time
again by the police and finally is forced
to abandon tho effort to honestly earn
a livelihood and llvo by her wlta. Sho
prospers by tho uso of many Ingenious
devices, outswlndles swindlers, conducts
blackmailing operation on perfectly
legal lines, fortirics herself against po
lice Interference by effective lawful de
fense and, In short, preys upon society
at will as a lawbreaker, but remains her- 1
self always "within tho law." At last
she revenges herself upon the man who
sent her unjustly to prison by luring .his
son Into marriage. And then, of course,
sho falls Jn lovo with him.
Just Imagine going to a musical bur
lesque house to see the offering and after
the entertainment provided is over sum
up the situation and agree that you have
witnessed a miulcal farco and aro satis
fied. That Is the comment . generally
heard after one has seen "Tho College
Olrlr," Abo Reynolds will again bo seen
nr tl'P father, while Dolly Morrlsey por
trays tho college widow; Morris Franklin,
a new comedian- to this circuit, assumes
the duol rolo of the Irish Janitor and
the bogus aunt Miss Cleo Iwls ap
pears as tho real French aunt, while
Katharine r.eyer appears as the dutiful
daughter; Harry Morrlsey and Jlmmle
Hunter work In unison with Walter John
son us tho college boys. Beatrice, the
rag-time violinist, who scored so heavily
last year, Is retained and she will un
doubtedly repeat her former success. The
efforts of twenty stunning jrlrls makes
the production perfect. The engagement
Is for the entire week, with dally matl-
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nee, at which special care is taken . for
the comfort ot tho women. There will
be souvenirs for everybody at tho Bt.
Patrick day matinee, Tuesday, March 17.
Seven llttlo Foysfwho are also th
seven llttlo Joys, so their father says,
ore to sharo with him the honor of tielng
Uie headline feature of this week's bill
at the Orphourn theater. Tho Eddie Foy
of musical comedy, the Eddlce Foy of
laughable eccentricity, the most Indi
vidual funmakor In his lino of work, will
havo to look sharp to keep his laurels.
His field Is being Invaded by the small
nrmy of his flvo sons and two rtaunh
ters, who have Inherited their fathnr'3
gift of merry humor. Their act i one
of tho most telling successes of tho cir
cuit. In a skit described as "A Musical
Comedy Courtship," Jarry Paull and
Hazel Boyne will otrer diverting non
sense. Known in vaudeville as the beau
tiful girl with the beautiful voice. Kdna
Munsey Is to be another of tho feature
offerings this week. Tho Kuropin Jug
gler, Roberto, will demonstrate his abil
ity as an adroit Juggler of fragile ar
ticles. Ho will be assisted by the pleas
ing vocalist, Bon Vcrera. As a Ban Fran
cisco newsboy Nick Verger did not shout
his wares, but sang the names of the
papers and the startling news featuro of
the; day. He developed an unusual voice
that subsequently received cultivation
and has now won for him the tltlo of
the newsboy Caruso, Another went
scheduled for this week at the Orphourn
Is the combination of melody and mo
tion to be offered by tho Hoss Sisters
Their program Includes representative
dinces of various nations. Comedians on
stilts are Nelson and Nelson. The en
tertainment will be completed by tho
Hearst-Sellg pictorial review showing
world events by means ot a new matlon
v tmra . r r x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
JUxmsey
ptcturo service. It U a feature that hus
boon specially secured by tho Orphourn.
The heodllno act ut the Empress this
week will be Allen's Original Cowboy
minstrels, an net that was made tip In
Omaha and started In vaudevllla from
here. Tho four were originally known
ns the Dahlman quartet nnd nra the best
of Omaha's stage contributions. Miss
l.avuln A Co- America's foremost head
spinners and balancers, will present their
whirlwind ncrobntlo novelty, Conlin und
Ward, the musical duo, in a comedy sing
ing and talking act, with Flo Wilson,
"the girl wtth tho windmill hat," will
complete the vaudeville offerings for the
week. Those Keystone comedies that
have proven so popular with audiences,
will bo shown In connection with every
performance. A number of excellent
dramas of child life have been booked
for this month und begin with this week.
Four shows are given dally, beginning
at 2, 3:30, 7:45 and D p. in. Admission,
10 cents; reserved seats, 10 oents extra.
The performance Friday, March SO, at
the Krug theater will mark the first ap
pearance In this city of Jacob Sllbert, the
Yiddish-American actor, whoso woik In
Europe and America has met with such
pronounced success. "Sold to Shame,"
presented by tho Sllbert Yiddish com
pany, has. played ono year In London,
six monthH In New York, threo months
each In Boston. Philadelphia and othor
leading cities ot tho United States, and
Is now to Bppear In this city, with Mr.
Sllbert himself In tho leading role. In
addition to Mr. Sllbert's excellent per
formance, tho auditor will have a chance
to witness tho acting of Madame Lisa
Sllbert, also the all-star cast from New
York, nembers ot which aro, on tho
whole, a very well balanced cast, Lovers
of muslo will enjoy a great treat In tho
admirable scoro ot "Sold to Shamo."
mpfess Qatden
Today's Table d'Hote
Dinner, 50c
11 A. K. to 8 V. M.
WITH OHXOXZN, 00 0
Queen Olives
Consomme Brunolse or
Cream of Fresh Tomato
Fresh Halibut Steak With Bait
Pork or
Itoast Spring Chicken
Willi Dressing
Itoast Prime
Illbs of .Beef
au Jus
Puree or
Spinach
Cnndlnd
Hweet Potatoes
Combination Salad
Tuttlo Fruttl
Ice Cream nnd
Assorted Cakes
0 A. SI. to 11 A. U.
Complete a la Carte
and Short Order
Service.
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March 20
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FIKST TIMK IN OMAHA.
Tho Grunt Ylddlttlt Actor
JACOB S1LBERT
Aislstcd by
MME. LISA BiLHIJnT
And an All Star Ont from New York
In tlie World's Greatest I'lay
SOLD TO SHAME
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Harry Paull & Hizii Boyni Edu Munsiy
In , A Beautiful Girl
"A Musical Comedy Courtship. with a Beautiful Voice.
Roberto m yirvfir
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Assisted by Tno Newsboy Caruso.
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