Tim OMAHA STKDAY BEE: MAT 10.
RRANDEIS THEATRE
CRAWFORD, PHILLEY & ZEHRUNG. Mgrs.
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1 VJlil'LxO I WEDNESDAY MATINEE
Gossip
About Music
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iHK NKAIl npproft.cn of the
Mendelssohn cholr concerts
and the return of the Chicago
Symphony orchestra, m well
bi the visit a short time after
thin of the Minneapolis or
chestra turns our mind and attention to
things orchestral nnd to a more serious
consideration' of that wonderful musical
Instrument the orchestra played upon by
the conductor, through the Inventive
Ktiilts of the composer, and by means of
the skill and musicianship of each of
the players which make up its many
component parts.
Af wc sit and listen to this concourso
of Instrumental sound, la It not won
derful to think of the many years or
development which have been made the
orchestra possible, ond of the many
changes which have not only come be
fore, but which arc even now In the
process of altering Its present oondl
t'ona' Italy, where so many of the arts have
beir cradled and fostered, also may
cialm the distinction of being the first
to develop the orchestra. At the close
of the sixteenth century. It was found In
the process of formation.. The Instru
rr ti.ta were of a rnonl primitive kind and
were not numerous, but the Idea of ac
companying the voice by Instruments
was there, the Id (-a of blending the tones
of the voice with the tone of musical
licentious of the human mind. The
names of several of the most Impor
tant musicians of their day arc asso
ciated with orchestral music, and many
have dono much for the furtherance of
orchestral development. Giovanni Bap
tist Lulll, known to most desultory stu
det Is of history as an opera composer,
did much for the progress of the or
chestra, and almost contemporaneously
might be mentioned Henry Purccll, In
England and Lulll'g successor, Jean
I'h lllppc IlameuU, who was not
orly ono of the most famous of the
earlier theorists, but who did moro for
the development of the orchestra than
any of hUi contemporaries or predecess
ors, Among othor things, he was the
first to employ In his compositions the
clarinet, tho new woodwind Instrument,
which was Invented In tho year NWO.
In Germany nothing purely orchestral
of any Importance) was accomplished be
fore the time of that groat musical genius
who has never been excelled to tho pres
ent day, Johann Sebattlon Uach, Ho it
was who created now forms, or as Fred
erick Block puts It, "a now tonal lan
guage, even a new tonal world." With
blm tho- Instrumental principle came Into
being and supplanted tho already deca
dent song forms of the Italian style,
l'hlllpp Emanuel Uach, like his father,
was a notable, worker In tho orchestral
field. The desire for good orchestras at
this time was keen and the many courts
supported orchestras wherever possible
Orchestral development tnado murkod
progress at about this time, and tho sym
phony was gradually evolved. Boon wo
como to the betoved "Papa" Haydn, who,
when an outcast In Vienna, managed by
doing odd music Jobs to hlro an attic,
and there, with tho aid of a broken
down harpsichord, he pored over tho
scores of Earl Phlllpp Kmnmiel Bach.
Contemporaneous with him came tho
youthful Mozart, from whom Haydn
learned many things orchestral. Haydn
was one of the first to establish com
plete wind band, which ho used some
times to support tho strings, sometimes,
in dialogues with them. With these two
men the classic form of the orchestra de
veloped. The number of Instrumental
parts was enlarged from eight to seven
teen, and the orchestra was composed
of tho string quartet, homes, oboes, bas
soons, trumpets, kettle drums and flnallv
clarinets, which with Jloxart nnd Haydn
gained a permanent place In the orches
tra. With Mozart the use of the trom
bones in opera score, although sparingly,
was tremendously effective. Many of
these symphonies are pluycd at the pres
ent day, and the Mozart compositions are
especially popular. Tho great reformer
of French opera, Cluck, also advanced
the orchestra, and It was not long after
this that there appeared In tho musical
world the great Deethoven, even yet
ranked as the greatest symphonlst of all
countries and all time. His mastery In
the handling of different Instruments, the
eloquence of his expression, and the glow
ing creative power with which his over
tures and symphonies abound, place him
today upon a piano whero he Is unsur
passed. He enlarged the number of In
struments, extended the strings, sepa
rating tho 'cellos from the basses, and
developed the wind band with especial
opportunities for contrast in tone color.
After Ilcethoven. tho romantic stylo of
music apixared and tho names of Weber,
Schubert, Mendelssohn and Itobert Schu
mann are graven on the orchestral tablets.
Weber was the first to use the folk soul"
xneloCles In his dramatic and orchestral
compositions, and to employ the llt
motif, so successfully developed later by
Wagner. All of these men were par
ticularly happy in their wealth of melody
nnd effective tonal coloring. The name
of Hector Herlloi. In France, while
scarcely known outside of orchestral
music Is still reverenced In this field. To
him is ascribed the credit ot havlnp
created the modern orchestra. He was
the greatest progressionist of hit time,
end his Influence is still being felt His
feeling for orchestral color was so Intense
nod so original that It dominated all other
elements of his music. With him began
the class of itiubIc known as program
music, which tones are to paint without
spoken word, certain emotions or Im
pressions awakened by a poem, a paint
ing, natural scenery, a dramatic -situation
or the like. Richard Wagner was
the nest great composer to leave an In
delible Impress upon tho orchestra. It
was through the Wagner that the
standard of orchestra players was
raised to its present high standard, and
partly due to his influence that the rise
of the celebrated conductors has been
brought about His Is the most domlnat
ir influence of the present day in this
field, although other men who have done
n uch for the development of the or
chestra, and Us resources are Brahms,
Ccs&r Franck, Bizet. Verdi, Tschaikowskl,
Kir Edward Elgsx, and last but not least
Richard Strauss, who seems to hava
raised th orchestra of the present day to
the highest possible stage of technical
efficiency.
Homer Moore In the St. Louis Republic
is devoting considerable time and energy
to the cause of good music In tha
thurches. He maintains that the churches
must abide by and conform to the spirit
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C. Goodwin At the Brdntes
ILL! AM HODGE has added!
the weight of his Influence
and examplo to tho protest
against the drama of dirt. In
commenting on tho plays that
Worn lirodurel iliirlni? thn
son, deullng with llfo In its most un
savory phase, he says:
"I havo hoard tho sex druma defended
by tho argument that the more the peo
ple are acquainted with, the things and
conditions shonn the easier It will bo to
combat tlicso evils and finally to elim
inate them. Thero Is a time nnd a placo
for all things. ! think that pcoplo should
bo educated In regard to social condi
tions, but 1 aw firm In my belief that
they should not bo disgusted by tho man
ner of their education, In a play which
pictures disgusting social conditions, and
does not suggest a remedy for thorn, any
better than those conditions themselves?
I think not! W1iIq such plays have i
certain drawing power for n time. It Is a
drawing power that will not last. Not
only wilt It not last, but while It Is In ef
fect It Is successful merely at tho ex
pense ot the real entertainment of the
theater. Theater mnnagers spend year
In building up a clientele for their houses,
and, I think, risk tho results ot this work
for a few wcks' business when they In
stall one of theso plays. I do not think
they entertain those who witness them;
I know they do not uplift tho Btuge. After
a normal man or woman of today and
the bulk of tho theater-going publlo Is
made up of such has seen one of these
sordid dramas In a first-class playhouse,
he or she will not return to that play
house, or for that matter, visit any other
theater for soma time afterwards. At
least, I should not expect ttjem to. I feel
convinced these plays hurt not only the
theaters In which they ure acted, but the
theater bp an Institution."
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Direct friii Tenty-tMo Weeks' KnRnBemcnt in ChlcnRO Tho
Longest ami Mont Successful Hun of Any Piny Produced In tiio
Country This Season.
Prices Evening, Orchestra, $1.50, $2.00.
Balcony, 75c, $1.00; Second Balcony, 5Cc.
Wednesday Matinee, Orchestra, $1.00, $1.50.
Balcony, 50c, 75c; Second Balcony, 25c.
Three lights. Rlay 14-15-16, Saturday Mat.
ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
America's Foremost Actor
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Stiiipoi'tcd by ."MnrKnret .Morclnnd In the Three-Act Karclnl Comedy,
Xow HcltiK PInycd by Sir Charles Hnvtrcy, KndlnR Its First
Year of Capacity liusiness at tho Apollo Theater. London.
Prices Evening 50c to $1.50 Matinee 2So-$1.00
EEK
Five Nights Boginnlng Sunday
May 17th Wednesday Matlnoe
RICHARD BENNETT Damaged Goods
Prices 50c to $2.00' Wednsstlay Matincs 50c to $1.50.
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Photo-Play Season Opens
Wook Boginnlng Sunday, May 10
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William Hoilgo will trlns the greatest
success ot his career to tho Urundels
theater for a four days' engagement com
mencing tonight, when ho will bo seen
In "The Itoad to Happiness," In which
he has just finished a twenty-two weeks'
run d the Garrlck and Princess thoater,
Chicago, the longest and most successful
encasement for any play produced this
aeason.
In his new play Mr. Ilodeo acta a
young country boy who makes a living
for himself and Invalid mother by doing
odd Jobs about the small town ha lives
In, while his nights he spends In tho
study of law' under the tutorship of un
old country judge. So well does the boy
progress In' his studios that ho la shown
atUhe end of tho play, just a year after
the first act, a successful young attorney
muoh of the same typo as Daniel Vorhees
rike In "The Man from Home."
Chief umong the characters in the play
Is a crabbed village storekeeper, who,
because ot his wealth and position seeks
to order to his own measure the affairs
ot not ohly his own family, but of the
othor vlllarers as well. He attempts, by
an unjust accusation, to belittle In tho eyes
ot his neighbors, and especially the vil
lage banker, his stepdaughter. His main
reason for so doing Is that he may bring
about a marriage for his daughter to the
banker, who Is really In love with tho
stepdaughter. Only one person In the
entire community dares to defy him, and
that Is the young law student.
All of the characters Introduced are
of the type familiar to all the seral-rural
communities ot our country. Supporting
Mr. Hodge are Misses Itcova Greenwood,
Gertrude Hltx, Marlon Dust. Mario Uaynes
and George U. Lund, Adln 13. Wilson,
Taylor Carroll, A. L. Evans and Howard
Morgan.
Mr. Nat C, Goodwin comes to the
Hrandels for three nights, commencing
Thursday, May 14, .In hla latest success,
"Never Fay Die." written by William H.
Post, an American author, while ho m-uj
touring in llurope, with the natural in
tentlon of a production In this country
when he returned home. Nat. Goodwin
always an actor possessing that fln
strain of unctuous comedy.
JZwnJr Fiimey-Allie fayclj
with a "high piano finish" that audiences
eo appreciate, long ago became the great
est comedian an the American stage.
"Never Say Dlo" tells a story In thrco
rollicking acts ot Dlonyslus Woodbury,
millionaire bachelor, ordained by tho
most eminent doctors to die In u brief
space of time; he forthwith Inveigles him
self Into a series of complications all
contingent on his approaching death, to
work out right. And to say the audience
enjoys the unraveling of tho tanglo Is to
put it mildly. Margaret Moreland, who
lias taken her place among tho beauties
of the stage, Is the leading woman and
the other important roles nio In the hands
(if Gladys Wilson, Charlotte Lambert,
Isador Marcll, Donnls CleiiRh, Stanley
Harrison, Wnlter Cluxton, I.uko Vroh
man, Dan Moylos and Master lildgood.
"Damaged Goods" comes to the Bran
dels theater Sunday, May 17, for five
dayat arid u Wednesday matinee, sup
ported ny the original New York cast.
This play, by Rugcue Drleux, concern
a young man who Is suffering from a
terrible blood taint. He Is warned by
his physician that to marry would be
n crime, but ho does not heed tho warn
ing, and in the second act, the sins of
tho father are visited upon the wife and
Innocent, baby. In the final act the
dramatist plends for a health certificate
with every marriage llcenso and for a
sane education of children In box hyglcno.
Mr, Dennett plays tho tole of George
Dupont, the victim, and In the leading
feminine role ot tho Girl, Miss Adrlonna
Morrison (Mrs. Dennett) continues to
glvo a performance which elicited enthu
siastic praise upon the ocoaslon ot the
first performance of "Damaged Goods"
in America, on March 11, 1313.
For Frunk Finney and "The ' Troca
deros," an organisation that has ever been
In the good graces of Omaha's admirers
of musical burlesque, has been reserved
the distinction ot terminating the regular
theatrical season at the popular Gayety
during the six days starting this after
noon. Seldom has as important an as
semblage ot well known burlesque play
ers been gathered together Into a single
organization as are in support ot Mr.
Finney
Frank Flhncy himself is well known In
this city and has made his annual visit
here for years always presenting a new
comedy. His principal co-stars are Flor
ence Mill's and fam J. Adams. Sam
Adams has always created a fun loving
Impression, while Miss Mllles has won
fame as a most pleasing prima donna.
Newcomers this season are Leslie Har
court and Lillian Kngllsh, while the old
favorites retained Include John V. Griffith
and George Drennan. In addition to this
list ot burlesque Btage favorites thero
are a number ot others almost equally
well known In the Qostonlan chorus of
Mr. Waldron'a touring company, ao that
en excellent burlesque performance la as
sured. Ladles' dime matinee dally. The
company wilt terminate Its engagement
next Friday evening, It being booked to
open Sunday matinee at the Gayety at
Detroit, Mich. Next week Sunday at 1
o'clock the Gayety will offer Its annual
display of motion photography. Man
ager Johnson has scourod the country for
the very best and now announces the
rlgnt-off-Uroadway brand of famous
portrayed feature films which will constitute
PROMINENT PLAYERS OF THE AMERICAN STAGE IN A
STIRRING ROMANCE OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST
Wm. Farnum
KaLttilyo Williams
SEEN IN THE
Powerful Photo-Drama
By REX BEACn
THE SPOILERS"
First showing of this, the most elaborate of photo-dramas. Nino Reels.
141,000 distinct photographs picturing tho Great Human Struggle
hi the Klondykc.
Omaha's first real big city picture show.
"Keep your ear close to tno ground," he
says.
To open the photo-drama season at tho,
Orpheum a ten-reel romance of energetic
action and vlrilo dramatic situations has,
been especially chosen. The feature is
the same as has been running ever since
lost March at the new Strand theater of
New York City, nnd with equal popularity
at the Studebalcer theater of Chicago.
The offering Is "Tho Spoilers," an ela
borate photo-drama visualised from the
novel of the same name by Rex Deach.
In the original film production the pic
ture ribbon. Including Ja.000 distinct
photographT, was over four miles in
length. It Is said to have been the long
est motion picture ever taken. Naturally
the drama had to be reduced to a length
suitable for an evening's performance,
but the drama, as now presented, is made
up ot 114,000 photographs. Never before
was there a silent drama of such ex
tensive icopo. The action sweeps from
Washington to the far-flung shores of
Alaska. The staging Includes hundreds
ot miles of the Pacific coast. Tho steam
ships were engaged for this service. Also
a halt hundred of vessels were leased to
give lite to the foreground or background
of tho water scones. As for the company
enacting tho romance, It Is headed by
tha dramatic star, William Farnum In
tho role of the hero. Another well known
actress, Kathlyn Williams, Is in the cast.
Hers Is the role ot tho heroine, Cherry
Malotte. Each day there will be a
matinee at 2 o'clock and each evening
there will be performance beginning at
t o'clock.
At Me aSc
class musical comedy type. Considerable
Instrumental music Is Introduced. Signor
Plersantl has been cast to the part of
the Italian musician. Carlle Lowe and
Harry Lyons, a singing nnd dancing
team, play tho leads and a deal of mel
ody is delivered thereby. Frank Poison
supplies a fund of comedy and elaborate
scenic effects are Introduced throughout.
Tho Vestoff trio, society dancers, will be
a secondary feature on the program.
Their work consists of correct demon
strations ot tho new and popular dances,
George Iloaner, with hla Interpretations
of the "Dope Phlend" and tho "Old Sol
dier," will complete the vaudeville offer
ing. During the summer months a spe
cial showing will be made of both edi
tions of tho Hearst-Sellg News Weekly,
along with the regular program ot photoplays.
On account ot the universal approval
that was accorded to "The Rah Rah
Roys" two weeks ago, the management
of the Kmpress has succeeded In book
ing Menlo Moo res' 19U production for an
appearance this week. This year's pro
duction Is called ' A Girl Aboard, " and
Ilka all of Mooni' acts, la of the hlch
2XS&X.O MOOSE'S
"A GIRL
ABOARD"
Spectacular Musical Offer
ing In Two Parts.
THREE OTHER ACTS & PICTURES
4 Vaudeville Shows Daily flAA
2. 3:30. 7:30 & 9 P. M. Iu5
"OMASA'S PDB OSHTSB"
4rariLf LJttf Dally Mat., 16-25-500
Ssf63BTp,ar Evngs- 16-35-50-750
THE rXXTAX SHOW THIS SEASON.
vssk the trocaderos
The Blsarre, Seml-Orlsntal Travesty,
"The Legend of the Ring." 8am I.
Adams, Florence Mills and SOMK cast,
Engagement Closes Friday Night.
Madias' Dime Mat. Week Says,
Sunday and All Summer: Famous Fea
ture Mlms.
EVERY DM-41atinec, 2 P. M.; Night, 3 O'clock
MENDELSSOHN CHOIR
OF OMAHA
THOMAS J. KELLY, Conductor
In Association with tho
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FREDERICK STOCK, Conductor
and FAMOUS SOLOISTS
THE AUDITORIU
MONDAY, May 18th8:15 P. M. Sharp.
TUESDAY, May 19th 2:30 P. M. Sharp.
TUESDAY, May 19th-8:15 P. M. Sharp.
PlllCKH: Season Tickets $4.00. $3.00, $2.00, admitting
holder to all three concerts, may be purchased NOW at Hospe's
or Hayden's and should be exchanged AT ONCE3 at the Auditor
ium box office for regular seats. SIiikIo Admission Tickets
$2.00, $1.50, 75c, on sale at the Auditorium box office beginning
Thursday, May 14th.
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!Kk: MONDAY, MAY 11
CIRCUS GROUNDS, 21st and Paul
Auspices Omaha Nest, Order of Owls
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American Theatre Doug, 5091
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Osnusn Tfctattr Co., Chicago, Frsssnts
DIE GESCHIEDENE FRAU
Comtdy In 3 Acta toy A. Paul.
Prtoss 76c, 50c, 85c Box Boats, Sl.OO.
Bsst Sal Sunday. Uay 10th. AU Say.
MISS MARTHA GRYN
Vocal Teacher
Snnunsr Tsrm Bsjrins May 1.
BtsldsncB Studio 3569 St. Mary's At.
ffhons Xd 4300.
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DR. EVS. E. RIEMER
Of St. Joseph, Mo., will give two lectures illustrated by
motion pictures, as a "Grand Finale" to the Photo.
Drama of Creation.
Subjects: 3 P. M., Pastor Russell's Teachings Ex
amined. 8 P. M.: Christ's Second Coming. How? Why?
When?
All are cordially invited. Seats free. No collection.
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