r fllR OMAHA SUNDAY KKK; .TAMTAUY 31, 1915. A1.r, Gossip About Music and Musicians r HENRIETTA RF.E. HE MKMBEHSlirP of ths T MendMssohn choir of Omaha Is now busy with Its annual work of securing pledges for tha coming series of concerts with tho Chlcairo SymDhony orchestra and ths quest-on on every hand Is "Hava you gijmrd the pledger H'V. 1 . ncre mb a very strong point of Inter 1 est In the matter this year, because the support of the Joint series of annual L concerts by these two orranisatlons will "jJseldo whether they will b continued. j job reason is this: Five years ago f the Mendelssohn choir entered into contract with the Chicago Symphony or chestra, which was then the Theodore Thomas orchestra, for a series of annual concerts to be held In the spring of each season at the Auditorium on a basis of popular subscription. This contract was to remain in force for five years, de- wntunt upon mo unanciai support se cured by the local organisation. That organisation did Its work well and last season (there was a .board of guaran tors), the choir and orchestra each lost money for the first time. It was found that some subscriptions had been cut down and financial support in some quarters was not forthcoming, owing to the fact that there was a board of guar antors to take up any deficit. In view of this the management decided not to , call on the guarantors at all and so each party In the partnership paid up his share of the loss and closed the UOOKS. This year the original scheme has been reverted to: the subscription Is to be popular and there will be no board of guarantors to fall back on, but, of course, generous subscriptions or donations to a cash guarantee fund will be highly ao centablc. There will be one feature this year which will prove attractive and that Is in re gard to the season ticket Previously this ticket has been Issued to cover one admission for the holder to each of the three concerts, so that in order to get advantage of the low subscription rate the holder had to attend each of the three concerts. This year the tickets will be in the nature of a coupon book, containing two evening coupons and one afternoon coupon. These will be inter changeable; the holder. can use two even ing tickets on one evening, and If he so elects ho can convert the matinee ticket into an evening one by paying SO cents additional, the matinee being l and the evening $1.50, for the regular admission price. The programs this year will be of a highly popular nature, consisting of the favorite numbers of tho last four seasons. So that the Mendelssohn choir Is justi fied In its aim to get out the entire music loving population of Omaha and vicinity and fill the Auditorium by subscription. If this proves to be successful immedi ate steps will be taken to try to seoure the partnership contract of the choir and orchestra for another period of five years. In any case, the Mendelssohn choir will continue its activity. The spring concerts this year, the last of the five-year series, will be In the Auditorium, April 26 and 27. A concert which Is arousing extraor dinary interest In musical as well as so cial circles', is the appearance of Miss Frances Nash, pianist, with the Min neapolis Symphony orchestra, at the Boyd theater on Friday evening, February 19. This is Miss Nash's first appearance since her return from Europe, and as she has always been deeply In earnest and has spent much time In serious study. much Is expected of this gifted young musician. Miss Nash's propensity for hard work quite disproves the old belief that only 'abject poverty and its accompanying bit ter struggles develop genius. She ap peared as soloist with the Berlin Phil harmonic society shortly before her re turn to America, and the testimonials of her success are strong proof of attain ment in her chosen art. When Miss Nash Played the E Minor Concerto (Chopin) with the Pbllharmonlo orchestra In Dresden she was recalled five times. Surely a flattering tribute to a strange young artist. Tho artistic gifts of Miss Nash are re garded as an Inheritance, for she comes of a family which has long been com posers for Its love, study and patronage of the arts. For the approaching concert the entire membership of the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, eighty-five players, will appear, under the direction of Mr. Emll Ober hoffer. Mme. Schumann-Heink'a business man ager, who was in the city on Monday with Alma Oluck and Efrera Zltnballst, told Miss Hopper the famous contralto would not be able to sing again for at least twelve months. Her doctor's state ment was also shown to substantiate the claim. This will of course cancel her Omaha contract for April IS. Frits Kreleler, violinist and hero of the European war. will be heard in recital at the Brandcis theater on Sunday after noon, March 14, under Miss Hopper's management. Miss Edith Martin will present Miss Louise Le Baron and Mr. Walter Wheat ley In Joint operatic recital at the Young Women'a Christian association audi torium Friday evening, with Dr. John May hew at the piano. Following Is the program: Duet, "The Passage Ulrd s Farewell" Mm I 'Baron and Mr. Wheatlev. Pong (a) "No Soguato'' Hotell Song-ib) "Nattlnata" Leoncavallo bong-(c) "esti la Ooubba" 11 Pag- liaccl) .......... Leoncavallo . , Mr. Wheatley. Aria (a) "Voce do Donna'' (La Glo- Ku.,icana)M..w...... Ummemma enusburg scene from "Tannhauser'' .................... WBgBW Aria-""Cho GellUa Manlua" (La B"lem") xi-iiV-; PiccM . Mr. Wheatley. Prison scene (Le Prophete) "O tol QUI M abandunnes" Meyerbeer Song (a) "Uly of My Heart", fong b) "Herenado" Kong (c) "A Burst of Melody" , , Mr. WheaUey. Song-(a) "Paysage" SOIIK ih 'tn lh tfBMM Gheel ...Strauss BUler Hahn ..Bantock . Bong-c) "Love la the Wlnd".MacFydeu Scene 1. act IV. "Alda" Verdi Miss l- taron and Mr. Wheatley. The Omaha Conservatory of Music and Art will present Edith L. Wagoner In piano recital at the conservatory audi torium. Metropolitan bulling, 23ul Har ney street, on Thursday afternoon, Febru- r r t,-'. : .-. -y a ill KP"i- i vi ( : i ": l kv, ( V. V - W' : W X . Ji P . ' 'fi-i Ai'ij I'! The Creighton Varsity Glee club, under the direction of Prof. Bock, will stage Its fifth annual concert at the Brandels theater February 9. The club, recruited OPERATIC STAR TO APPEAR IN CONCERT HERE. ary 4, at 4 o'clock. The program is as follows: Ramoau 'Saratande), (The Three Hands) MucDowell Prelude (From Suite Bcrgamasiiue) Moonlight Oardcns In the Rain Debussy Ttallade, Op. 10, No. 'I Caprice.. Bcahms Rhapsodie Op. 79. No. 2 Child's Song Were Wolf (Child's (in me) Liaponnow Aeolus GernHhelm Nocturne Urieg At the Hprlng (from Annees do Peler- Inage Liszt A Haunted House Of Htilamnnders ' Of Brer Rabbit (from Fireside Tales) Mac Do well Etude "Aeolian Harp" Etude "Butterfley" Etude Op. 10. No. 3 Etude "Niagara Falls" Chopin Maalcal Notes. Plymouth Congregational church will dedicate its new pipe organ February 2 with a recital by Mr. Ben Stanley, or ganist, assiHted by the Misses Madre West, violinist, and Elolso Went, organist, and Mr. Churlea Brown, baritone. The program Is made up of widely contrasted representative numbers for the organ, containing selections from Ouilniant, Beethoven and the celebrated largo by by Handel, and violin aal vocal numbers chosen with care and taste. Among other Interesting organ numbers will be a Nocturne by Mr. Stanley. A plund recital by pupils of AileiiKt it. Borglum will be given at the Schmoller &. Mueller auditorium. The program will he given by Misses Eleanor Lear, Elsie Dawson. Florence Peterson and Grace Baurio. At the Social Settlement concert which will be given In the near future, Mrs. Crofoot will play two groups of piano compositions, oris entirely from Chopin. Mrs. A. I. Root will sing a group of Schumann song and other numbers. Miss Helen Hommers will bo heard In well I'huiwn selections for the violin and Mies Harriet Meti will sing a group of Ameri can songs. Boyd theater will present Miss Hit set Silver between the acts next Tuesday evonlng. society night. She will sing, "Since You Went Awsy." by Johnson, snd KniniH Trentini's famous aria from the "Firefly," Uiannlna Mia. Tuesday night, February D, Mr. Itei.ry Cox and his vlolio choir of twenty members will Llay Hrahm's "Hungarlnn Dance." Mrs. na Ellsworth Dale will be heard In an aria from "I Paggllaccl," February 16. Alice' Virginia Davis will be assisted at her recital February 9 at the Young Women'a Christian association by Beulah Dale Turner, Soprano; Cecil w. Berry man, accoinpanlat. Ttcketa are on sale now at Hayden's music department. PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL ORGAN DEDICATED TUESDAY Plymouth Congregational church will have the formal opening of the new organ Tuesday evening at t o'clock, with Ben Stanley as organist, assisted by Miss Madge West, violinist; Miss Elolse West, organist, and Charles C. Brown, baritone. It Will Heller Barkat-b. Apply Sloan's Liniment to your back, pain gone almost Instantly. Don't rub, It peiirtrates. 20c. All druggists. Adver lr Songsters Who Are frdm all departments of the university, has been hard at work alnoe early In September In preparation for this ar pear ante. Great ' enthusiasm la ' displayed The (Continued from- Page Ten.) Reluctantly I followed and .we entered the place. "I want a room," asked Craig as we were accosted by the proprietor, comfort ably clad In' a loud, checked suit and striped .shirt sleeves. "I had one here once before forty-nine, I think."... "Fifty" I began to correct. , "Kennedy trod hard on my toes. "Yes, forty-nine," he repeated. Aha proprietor, called a stout negro por ter, waiter and bell-hop, all combined In one, who led us upstairs. ' ' "Fohty-hlne, sah." he pointed out, as Kennedy dropped a dime Into his ready palm. ' ... . . ; The negro left us, and as Craig started U enter. I objected. "But,1 Craig, It was fifty-nine, not forty-nine. This Is the wrong room.". ' 'I know It," he replied. "I had It writ ten In the book. But I want forty-elne fibwr -Just follow me,' WaTter." Nervously I followed hint into- the room. .'. .",... "Don't you understand?" he went on. "Room forty-nine Is probably Just the same 'as' fifty-nine, except perhaps the pictures and furniture, bnly it is on the floor below." He gazed about keenly. Then he took a few steps to the window and threw It open. As he stood there he took the parts of the rods he had been carrying and fitted them together until he had a pole some eight or ten feet long. At one end wag a curious arrangement that seemed to contain lenses and a mirror,. At the other end was an eye-piece, as nearly as I could maks out. "What Is that?" I asked as he com pleted his Work. "That? That Is sn instrument some- imng on the order of a mlnature subma-J nne periscope." Craig replied, stIU at work. I watchd him. fascinated at bis re sourcefulness. He stealtthy thrust tha mirror end of the periscope out of the window, and up toward the corresnonri- ing window upstairs. Then he gased eag erly through the eye-piece. "Walter-look!" he exclaimed to me. I did. There, sure enough, wss Mich ael, pacing up and down the room. He had already preceded us. In his scared snd stealthy manner he had entered the Raines law hotel, which announced "Fur nished Rooms ' for Gentlemen Only." There e had sought a room, fifty-nine, as he had said. As he came into the room, he had looked aboiut. overcome by the enormity of what he was about to do. He locked the door. StiU. he had not been able to avoid gazing about fearfully, as he was doing, now that we saw him. Nothing had happened. Tet he brushed his hand over his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. The air seemed to be stifling him and already he had gone to the window and thrown It open. Then he had gazed out as though there might be some pnknown peril In the very air. He had now drawn back from the window and was considering. He wa, actually trembling. Should he flee? He whistled softly to himself to keep his shaking fears under control. Then he started to pace and down the room in nervous Impatience and Irresolution. As I looked at him nervously walking to and fro, I could not help admitting that things looked ssfe enough and nil right to me. Kennedy folded the perl scope up and w left our room, mounting the remaining flight of stairs. In fifty-nine we could hear the mea iiured step of the footman. Craig knocked. The footsteps cessed. Then the door ipened slowly and I could see a cold blue automatic. "Look out!" I cried.' Michael In his fear had drawn a gun. "It's all right. Walter," he added to mi. The gun dropped back Into the foot man's pocket. We entered and Michael again locked the door. Not a word had been spoken by him so far. Next Michael moved to the center of the room and, as I realized later, brought himself in direct Una with tha open win dow, He seemed to be overcome with fear at his betrayal and stood there breathing heavily. "Prof. Kennedy," he began, "I have been so mistreuted that I have made up my mind to tell you all I know about thla Clutching" Suddenly he drew a shsrp breath and both bis hands clutched at his own breast, lis dldnot stagger and fall in the ordi nary luanner, but seemed to btnd at the . i ( " Members of the among the' students In pushing the con cert. Reserved seats will be placed on sale at- Beaton's drug store February 1, Exploits of Elaine knees and wnlat and literally crumple down, on his face 1 We ran to him. Craig turned him over gently on his back and examined him. He called. No answer, Michael was al most pulseless. ' . Quickly . Craig toro off his collar and bared his breast, for the man seemed to be struggling for breath. - As he did so, he drew from Michael's throat, a small, sharp-pointed dart. "What's that?"- I ejaculated, horror stricken. "A poisoned blow-gun dart, such as is used by tho South American Indians on the upper Orinoco," he said slowly. He examined It carefully. "What Is the poison?" I asked. Curarl," he replied simply." It acts on the respiratory muscles, paralyzing tbem, and causing asphyxiation." The dart seemed to have boon made of a quill with a very sharp point, hollow. and containing the deadly polson in the sharpened end. "Look out!" I cautioned, as he handled it. ' "Oh, that all right,"' answered casually. "If I don't scratch myself, I am safe enough. ' I could' swallow the stuff and It wouldn't hurt me unless I had an abrasion of the lips or some Internal out." Kennedy continued to examine the Cdrl until suddenly I heard a low exclamation of surprise from him. Inside the hollow quill was a thin sheet of tissue paper, tightly rolled. He drew It out and read: To know mc Is DEATH. Kennedy Take warning. Underneath was the Inevitable Clutch ing Hand sign. We Jumped to our feet. Kennedy rushed to the window and slammed It shut, while I seized the key from Mich ael's pocket, opened the door and called for help. A moment before, on the roof of a build ing, across the street, one might have seen a bent, skulking figure. Ill a laoe was copper colored and on his hesd was a thick thatch of matted hair. He Iboked like a South American Indian, In, a very dilapidated suit of cast-off Anierlcsn ! clothes. He had slipped out through a doorway leading to a flight of steps from the roof to the hallway of the tenement. His fatal dart sent on Its unerring mission with a precision born of long years in the South American jungle, ha concealed the deadly 1 blow-gun in his breast pocket with a cruel smile, and, like one of his native venomous serpents, wormed his way down the stairs again. I My outcry brought a veritable battalion 1 of aid. The hotel proprietor, the negro waiter and several others dashed upstairs, followed shortly by a portly policeman, puffing at the exertion. "What's the matter here?" he panted. "Te're all under arrest!" j Kennedy quietly pulled out his card case and laklijg the policeman aside showed It to him. i "We had an appointment to meet this' man In that Clutching Hand case, you ' know. He is Miss Dodge's footman," , Craig explained. Then he took the policeman Into his j confidence, showing him the dart and ex plaining shout tha poison. The officer ; stared blankly. , "I must get swsy, too," hurried on Craig. "Office!, I will leave you to take charge here. You can depend on me for : tbe Inquest." j The officer nodded- " I "Come on, Walter," whispered Craig, I eager to get away, then adding the one word. "Elaine:" j I followed( hastily, not slow to under- 1 stand his fesr for her. J Nor were Craig's fears groundless In spite of all that could be done for her, . Elalno was still In bed, much weaker now ( than before. While we had been gone, Dr. Hay ward. Aunt Josephine and Marie : were distracted.. I More than that, tho Clutching Hand had not neglected the opportunity, either. i Suddenly, Just before our return, a ' stons had come burling through the win-! dow, without warning of any kind, and had landed on Elaine's bed. Below, as we learned some time after wards, a car had drawn up hastily and the evil-faced crook whom the Clutching 1 Hand had used to lid himself of the in- I former, "Llmpy Red," hsd lesped i and i hastily hurled the stone through the win dow, ss quickly leaping back Into the car nd whisking away. Elaine had screamed. All had reached for the stono. But she had been the first to seize It and discover that around It was wrapped a jltce uf paver ou akitJi Creighton Glee The concert will be staged entirely by the students this year, as It Is thought this form of entertainment will prove was the ominous warning, signed as usual by the Hand: Michael Is dead. Tomorrow you.' . Then Kennedy, Stop before. It Is too late. Elaine had sunk back into her pillows, paler than ever from this second shock, while the others, as they 'read the note, were overcome by alarm and. despair at the suddenness of the thing, f It was Just then that Kenedy and I arrived and were admitted. "Oh, Mr. Kennedy," cried Elaine, hand ing him the note. Craig took It and read. "Miss Dodge," be said, as he .hrtd the note out to me, "you are suffering from srsenla poison- Ing-but I don't know yet how It Is being rl n.l.,1.1. 1 ' ftuNiiiiiainw. He gased about keenly. Meanwhile, I had taken -crumpled note from him and was reading It. Somehow. I had leaned against the wall! As I turned, Craig hap pened to glance at me. T. - ; - - -"For heaven's sake, Walter," I heard him exclaim. "What have you been up against?" He fairly leaped at me and I folt him him examining my shoulder where I had been loaning on the-wall.- Something on the paper had come off and had left a mark on my shoulder. Craig looked puz zled from me to the wall. "Arsenic!" he cried. He whipped out a pocket lens and looked at the paper. "This heavy, fuzzy paper Is fairly loaded with It, powdered," he reported. I looked too. The powdered arsenlo wna plainly dlscernlbe. "Yes, hero It Is" fee continued, standing absorbed In thought. "But why did It work so effectively?" fie snirred ss he had done before. So eXPL'DT.sf ULaDlTxlIl ..with.. THE eLUTGHIN.e'HArl'D' PRESENTED BY PAT HE EXCHANGE, Inc. See the Pictures at the Following Theatres ; Sesse Theatre mO Theatre SOUTH OMAHA 16th and OInnoy Every Wednesday Every Thursday Episode No. 5 Feb. 3 Episode No. 4 Feb. 4 ' : Favorite Theatre em Theatre 1716 Vfnton St. 1258 So. 13th St. Every Tuesday Episode Ko. 3 Today Jan. 31 Episode No. 5 Feb. 2 Best Projection in The City PARLOR Theatre monJ0?5EPaLHmlTRE 14th and Douglas ' ' Ep.sodcNo.1 Feb. 3 DIAMOWDTHEATRE By Special Arrangement Every Tuesday Episode Ko. 3 Feb. 2 LOTHROP THEATRE gSSJgh.B.hTffl; FOR BOOKINGS: lv,iW'LS lM- Via fa? w waSMMw OMAHA, - - - NEOnAOKAj Club more popular than the custom of featur ing a star, with' the club occupying the background. did t There . was still the faint smell of ghrllc. Kennedy paced the room. Sud denly, pausing by tho register, an Idead seemed to strike him. "Walter," he whispered," come down cellar with me:" "Oh! Be careful," cried Elaine, anxious for him. "I will." he called back. As he flashed . his pocket bull's-eye about, his gaze, fell on the electrlo meter. Ho paused before It. In spite of the fact that it was broad daylight, It was run ning. Ills face puckered. "They are using no current at present In tho house." he ruminated, "yet the meter Is running." Ho continued to examine the meter. Then ho began to follow the electric wires along. At .last he discovered a place where they had been tampered with and tapped by other wires. The work of the Clutching Hand!" he muttered. Eagerly he followed the wires to the furnace and around to tha back. There they led right into a little water tank. Kennedy yanked them out. As he did so he pulled something with them. ' "Two ' electrodes the villain placed there," lie exclaimed, holding them up triumphantly for me to see, T-yes," X replied, dubiously, "but wttat does It all mean?" "Why. don't you see? Under the In fluence of the electrlo current the water was decomposed and gave off oxygen and hydrognn. The free hydrogen passed up tha furnace and combining with tha arsenlo in the wall paper formed the deadly arsenlurettod -hyrogen." He cast the whole improvised elec trolysis apparatus on the floor and dashed up the cellar steps. "I've found It!" he cried, hurrying Into Elaine's room. "It's In this room a deadly gas araenluretted hydrogen." He tore open the windows. "(lave her moved," he shouted to Aunt Josephine. "Then have a vacuum cleaner go over every Inch of wall, carpet and upholstery." i Standing beside her, he breathlessly ex plained his discovery. "That wall paper has been loade l down With arsenic, prob ably Paris green or Pchwelnfurth green, which Is acetoarsetilte of copper. Every minute you are hre you are breathing arsrnluretted hydrogen. The Clutching HanJ has cleverly contrived to Introduce the nsacent gas Into tho room.. That acts on the crsenlo compounds In the well paper and haiiKliigs snd sets free the gas. I thought I knew the smell the moment got a whiff of It. You are slowly being poisoned by minute quantities of the dcailly gns. This Club hlng Hsnd Is a dlatiollrnl Renins. Think of It poisoned wall paper!" N' one said a word Kennedy reached down and took the two Clutching Hand moef.vjcs Elaine hd received. "I shall want to study these notes, more, too," he said, holding them up to the wall at i the head of tho bed as he flashed his pocket Ions at them. "You see, Elaine, I may be able ti get something from studying the Ink, the paper, the hand writing" ' Suddenly both leaped back, with a cry. Their faces had been several Inches apart. Something had whlized between them and literally Impaled the two notes on the wall. Down the street, on the roof of a car riage house, back of a neighbor's, might have been seen the uncouth figure of the shabby South American Indian crouching behind a chimney and gazing Intently at the Dodge house. As Craig had thrown open Elaine's win dow and turned to Elaine tho figure had crom hed closer to the chimney. Then with an uncanny determination he slowly rals- the Mow-gun to his lips. I Jumied forward, followed by Dr. Hay ward, Aunt Jcwephlne and Marie. Ken nedy had a peculiar look as he pulled out from the wall a blow-gun dart similar In every way to that which had killed Michael. "Craig!" gasped Elaine, reaching up and laying her soft white hand on his arm In undisguised fear for hlra, "you you must give up this chase for the Clutching Hsndl" "Olve up the chase for the Clutching I land V he repeated In surprise. "Never! Not until either he or I Is dead!" There was both fear and admiration mingled In her look, as he reached down and patted her dainty shoulder encour agingly. (Continued Next Sunday.) Not lesrMrsw, ; A certain Chicago business man hss hsd a great deal of trouble with his workmen, a number of whom have from time to time evinced a disposition "to soldier." On one occasion when this gentleman. 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