f TUB OMAHA SUNDAY UKK: FKBHUAltV 7, l!U. 3 Ii 1 ;MV51C Br IIF.MRIETTA M. REUS. 1IET lay that on can catch mora flies with honey than vinegar, yet ao eftonwa see wall meaning musical people ridiculing the taata of children and Others In tha art f ....i. T Tha small pianist knows rery wetl that ha rellsbes composition by fiplndier much mora than ha floes ona by Caerny or. worn, than all elae. Bach, but If ha ya ao ba Is laughed at Tha embryo organist la aura that as soon aa ha can Play tha notes ha win UM no other atop but tha vox human for everything; tha ypung violinist acorna the touch of senti ment caused by shaking- the finger on the string and would much rather play with vigorous up and down bow the lively nd spirited muttle that may com his way, especially If it Is not iq his lesson. Other aspire to nothing but ragtime. A well known piano teacher In our city waa asked short time ago if she wouid teach ragtime. "Because if you won't," the prospective pupil announced, "I shall go t Homebody els, for I do not oar to study any other kind of music. I do not want it and I do not like It." I do' not know If the teacher accepted the pupil or not. However, If a teacher were a Inclined, perhaps there would be a chance to oatch a fly with honey. If the benighted individual ehould atart hla Ktudy, take kindly and quickly to learning, he could be unconsciously developing a ens of rhythm, feeling for time value and learning a few truths about melody work. There are a few well written num bers la the rag class, but they would have to be cboaen with care. Then at the psychological moment muslo with a little more merit might be served, and before he knew It our poor fly's feet would bo tangled fact In a taste for better music. Do not understand and think that we are encouraging tke teaching of ragtime. It has it place Id the life of the people, but If one I going to study there are many other composition which could ba learned with practically the same effort whlgh are richer la musical protelds, car bohydrates and fata. Then when one ha built up a good musical constitution if ona tndulges oocaalonally In lobjter up pers It does him little harm. On tha other hand, there are many so-called teaching pieces which are a poor or even wore than tha popular rax, mawkishly senti mental, and after having spent a great deal of Urn Fletcherizlng them one ha gained no nourishment An Illustration of good muslo which la extremely simple In construction Is the folk song, a program of which will be heard In Omaha this week. Tbeae song last, not because they are of great musi cal complexity, but rather because they express the sentiment with the least Ef fort and are the life of the people. One may have good or bad taste In any kind of muslo. Next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'olock at the Boyd theater, Omaha people will have an opportunity- to step out of the 'custo mary garden of cultivated musical posies ta a little nook where tha daintiest musi cal wlldflowera grow, tha sweet wild rose, the hy woocind vlolst of muslo, or. In other words, they may hear a program of the folk songs, or song of the people, which will ba presented by the JTullnr sis ters, . Dorothy, Rosalind and Cynthia, of Sturminster Newton Dorset, England, under the auspices of the alumnae asso ciation of tha Sacred Heart Then three young ladles. In the costume of other day and aocompanled by a harp of an dent design, will turn back a page In history and for a little while transport us In fancy to the atmosphere of tha past, . when the spontaneous aonga, which are of the hearts and lives of people ef all time, meant much to them. t How. sadly is folk music neglected, in this day when our eager rush for tha largest, most showy and intricate compo sition causes us to paaa over tbeaa gems of pure sentiment or to put them upon our program in uch a way that nine time out of ten their fragraiioe if en tirely lost. The Fuller sister will pre sent a diversified program of carefully chosen folk songs from English. Scottish and Irlfih source with all posslblle atmos-' PherlQ-effect and charm, Bom of them may be familiar to the older people from the British Isle, but many In the audi- .. ence will be listening to them for the first time. It promise ta be a unique enter tainment full of Interest and enjoyment i. for the casual muslo lover as wall aa for tha mere serloua devotee of music, The program will open with the Sing er' Apologle," the song of the play actor. Nottinghamshire.' Fortunate song of (ova. two from Irish folklore and on from Somerset will be fol lowed by three ong of unfortunate lov from Somerset and Scotland. Song of fgn and fncy from Somerset and Berk shire will complete the first part. Bong Nof histories, true and fabulous, songs .of home and country and the singer" far, well, "BrUham Town", from Devenhlr will complete tbl unusual treat A large audlenp Is already assured for the concert to be given by the Mlnna spoils Symphony orchestra, eight-five Player, with Emll Ooerhoffer, con ductor, and Miss France Nash, pianist, as soloist, . For this occasion, Friday evening, Feb ruary 19, tha Boyd theater ha beea scaled at popular prices, so no muslo lover need be deprived of the big lesion which visiting orchestras are always prepared to give. Tha Minns pell Symphony orchestra I unique in that It I tha only great American orchestra, which has grown to artlatie maturity under the conductor wbo formed It, and It atlll continues nn. der hi baton. In this organization. Mr. Oberhoffer bow the result of Just twelve year labor and tha unprecedented development of this orchestra to on of ta greatest ymphoolo bodlea la the world. Is largely du to js genius, tact and magnetic FcrsoneJIty. Following the apperane of the Mlnne apoll orchestra in Carnegie hall last winter, Henry Krehblel of the Tribune declared It to be "on of aur very best organisations." and 1U must "real re freshment" Henderson of the 6un found la Conductor Oberhoffer, 'a real tem perament and la tils method, "a sweep and virility which are decidedly com municative and which put a real vitality into tha playing f his men." ' Meltaer of the American went even further. He placed Mr. Oborhoffer or ganization next to tha Boston Symphony orchestra in artiatie perfection and waa "tempted to say that so orchestra had equalled" the aae from the middle west Because of tha great demand for ticket for tbta eoactrt, the ticket aale W 1 . Sv DIRECTOR OF MINNEAPOLIS ORCHESTRA. ImilOherhoief will be opened at the Boyd theater on Monday morning. ' . Evan WM!ams7"tn""celebratad "Welsh tenor, - will . be heard in a recital of sacred song in Omaha at the Brandoi theater on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. ruary 28. Mr, William will make six top in Nebraska on hi way east from tha Paclflo coast, whore he has been beard In many of the principal cities. From the east comes the news that th Metropolitan Opera company I no more to aubmit to the exaction of exhorbltant salaries upon the part of ingera with whom it may make contract. D!thc they will accept the more moderate con tracts offered by the management or some one else will be chosen. From Lo Angeles the leading Impresario states that music schools and club will not engage singer and player at such Inflated urn as have beea frequently demanded before. , The war In Europe which has sent so many artist to our shore I partly1 the causa tor this change In attitude toward the leading artist but according to X C. Freund of Musical Amerloa, the real cause Is that the general public I be coming more and more lover of music They have just so much money to spend upon concerts, and unless cheaper prloee prevail they will not attend frequently. "Tha solution of the problem in our Judg ment I cheaper prices, the artists moderating their demand a but having more engagements, with th result that they In th nd will make more money, the publlo will hear bettor music for leas money, and the managers will make enough to. pay expenses and even secure a profit." said Mr. Freund. Mmaloaf Nates. The Omaha Clef club held a dinner and business meeting Tuesday eevnlng, Feb ruary s, at the Loyal hotel. The ame officers ware re-elected find short talks were made by various member of the club. The officer are James H. Slmms. chairman; T. J Kelly A. M. Borglum, Bigmund Landeborg. Jean V. DuKleld. Mrs. Mabelle Crawford Welpton and Henry Cox. The club Is entering upon its second year with the same spirit of good fellowship and Interest which has marked it exlutence In the past Boyd theater will present Henry Cox. and his violin choir aa the special at traction for society night, Tuesday of this week. They will be heard In the Brahma Hungarian dances. Miss Haxel bilver, one of the clty'a ,moet popular y0"'1' 'n8re. ma, l,ch tremendous hit last week society night that the man agement has already booked her to ap pear again March 2. Ifi Alice Virginia Davis, assisted bv Mrs. Beulah Dale Turner soprano, and Cecil Uerryman. aocompanlet, win be heard In a plana recital at the Young Y omen Christian association auditorium Tuesday evening, February . The pro, gram will b opened by the Beethoven Kpnato In B flat Miss Davis will also play a group from the composition of Uiopln. a group containing numbers from .chumann and" a etojow ski. Korngeld, Debussy and Paderewski. and th Llur.i Polonaise. Mrs. Turner will lng an aria from I. Paggllaecl, and a group of modern onga. Th Concordia Ladle' Ringing society. Mi's. R. C. Strehlow, president, will cele brate their sixth anniversary on Sunday, February 14, at : o'c:ock at the German Muslo hall. tieventwnth and Cass streets. The annual concerts of the Concordia oeiety are eagerly looked forward to by all lovera of good music. The society have bean very fortunate in seeurtnw the services of Mr. O. W. token, vocal soloist accompanied by Mrs. Emcst Reese., violin, and Mrs. Zabriakle. piano. I he Concordia SlnRing society, under the direction of Theodore R. Reese, has made a wonderful record within the last six yf f rn!siog in 1 with a member ship of twelve, steadily increasing, until the membership to date number eighty here dosen or mora passive metn- Slgmund Landaberg I now occupying i. ?,c,?,M.J,ni rtlatlcally arranged su e 302 In the newly remodeled Lyrlo building, corner of Nineteenth of Farnara Streets. Henry Cog announce an Informal re cital of chamber music, ant violin and cello aolea to be riven In the reuital hall of the Omaha 6chool of Orchestral In struments st Seventeenth and Famam street oa Monday evening. February , at 1:1$ o'clock. Thoe taking part will be Mrs. T. J. Mahoney. Misses June Brown. Julia 8tenkka, Fylvla Brandea, Hasel Wilcox, GlHdya Mickel, Patti Atklsson, Messrs. Hetherinaton, Erickson. Clark, Widenor. fakes, Weinatein and Stirling. The musical given by the students of Mme. Baetena at her studio Thursday evening was deelded euccesa and most thoroughly anjoyed by the many guests, those taking part were: Mlsse Oertrud Allen, Wilma f-tern. Gladys Kaston, Made line Scott Kstell I rid us, Gertrude Chernlack, Rosclene Goldeoberg, Ittlea Robinson, Lena Berger. Ireae Lana, Min nie Friedman n ahd Mrs. Hasel Cook Yetser. assisted by Misa Marie Adler, vinlla solo; Master Joe Herman, violin olo; Vise Rhea Mebyman. reading, and Misa Bessl Adler, accompanist Ml Ida M. Morse gave a most interest ing pupils' piano recital Friday evening t tli Hchmoller It Mueller I'lano com Pny' auditorium. 13U Farnara street, to a large audianc of friends snd varents of the pupils. Those taking pert were: Mrs: Mae Me tiler, Mia R Barny. Mis Irene Mason. Mlti Let Ollluui, Kathryn Jeiiaen, Clara Tri-nn. Kern McCov. Fran ce Walker, Alice Peterson, Florenoa The Exploits of Elaine (Conntlnued from Page Eight) man, drawing a gun and hastily level ling It at Rusty. Don't." cautioned the lrt. "It would make too much noise. You'd better choke him!" The fellow grabbed for Rusty. Ruety waa too quick. He Jumped. Around th room they ran. Rusty raw the wide open window and hi chance. Out he went atra disappeared, leaving the man ourslna him A moment's argument followed, then they wrapped F.Ialne in the blankets alone, still bound and gagged, and car ried her out In the secret den the Clutching Hand wa watting, gaslng now and then at hi watch, and thrn at th wounded man be fore him' In a chnir hi first assistant sat, watching Dr. Martin. A knock at th door caused them to turn their heads. The crook1 opened it and in walked the other crooks who had carried off Elaine In the suit of armor. Elaine wa now almost conscious, ' as they est her down In a chair, and partly loosed her bonds and gag. Sh rased about, frightened. "Oh, help! help!" ahe screamed, a she caught lght of the now familiar mask of th Clutching Hand. "Call all you want here, young lady," he laughed unnaturally. "No one can hear. These walls are soundproof. F.Ialne shrank back. " "Now, doe," he Added harshly to Dr. Martin. "It waa she who shot hlm. llar blood must aav him." ,Dr. Martin recoiled at the thought of torturing the beautiful young girl before him. "Are you wllllng-to have your Wood transfused?" he parleyed. "No! no! no!" she cried in horror. 1 Dr. Martin turned to the desperate criminal. "J cannot do it." 'The duece you can't." A cold steel revolver pressed down on Dr. Martin's stomach. In the other hand the master crook held his watch. ."You have Just one minute jo make up your mind. I Dr. Martin shrank back. The revolver followed. The pressure of a fly's foot meant eternity for him. "I I'll try!" The other crooks next carried Elaine, struggling, and threw her down beside the wounded man. Together they ar ranged another eouch beside him. Dr. Martin, still covered by the gun, bent over the two, the hardened criminal and the delicate, beautiful girl. Clutch ing Hand glared fiendishly, Insanely. From his bsg ho took a little piece of something that shone like silver. It was in the form of a minute, hollow cylinder, with two groove on It a cvllndsr ma, tlnv that It would scarcely have slipped over me point or a pencil. A cannula," he explained, aa h n- pared. to make an Incision In Blaina'a arm and in tin arm of tha wounrfaii rogu. He cuffed It over the severed artery o cleverly that the Inner lining Of th vein and artery, the endothelium, aa it Is called, were la complete contact with each other. Clutching Hand watched aacerfv though h had found soma new, sclen- tuto engine or death In the little hollow cylinder. A. moment and the blood that w.. perhaps, ta save, th life of tha wounded felon, was coursing Into hla veins from Elaine,' A moment later. Dr.. Martin lnnkiA at the Clutching Hand and nodded, "Well, u s working!" At Elaine's head, CTutohtng Hand, him self, was administering just enough ether to keep her under and Drevant a. .inmi. that would wreck all. The wounded man had not been anaesthetised and seemed feebly conscious of what was being don to ava him. i' All wer now bending over th two. Dr. Martin bent closest over Elaine. He looked at her anxiously, felt, her pulse, watched her breathing, then pureed up hla Up. "This is dangerous." he ventured, gas lng askance at the grim Clutching Hand. "Can't help It." cam back laconically, and relentlessly. The doctor shuddered. The man was a Yeritabla vampire. Outside th deserted house. Kennedy and I were looking helplessly about Suddenly Keanerdy dashed back and reappeared a minute later wth a couple of piece of armor. He held them down to Ruty and th dog nlffed at them. But Rusty stood still. Kennedy pointed ta th ground. Nothing doing. In leading us where ... .wu WW poiore. nasty bad reached the end of canine ability. Everything wa could an m.v. .... understand that w wanted him to follow a rau was unavailing . Ha simply could not da t Kennedy coaxed and scolded. Ruety merely sat up on hi hind leg and begged with those Irresistible brown eyes "You can't make a bloodhound out of a collie," despaired Craig, looking about again helplessly. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a poiica whlt. h blw three sharp blasts. Weuld it bring helpt ..Whl?' w were ,Mwr. th con tinued abaeno of Dr. Martin from noma had alarmed his family, and had set In motion another train of Wha ho did not return, and could not - kvhm sv ino piace to which he was supposed to have gone, several police. mV" !M ummcned to Ms house, and they had coma, finally, with real bloodhounds from a auburbaa station. Tber wer tb tracks of his car, That Jones, Helen Levtnaon, Punic KsJitnn and Farnem street Miss Sohwsrt, 52 formerly in the Boyd Th-ater building. Mr. George Compton, one T the leading tenors nt lm.Hr-. will v. .... tha," the opera to be presented before ins umaua woman dun on Wednesday afternoon. NEW ROUND TRIP COAST RATE IN EFFECT MONDAY With tb Paclflo coast MPcs1tlol rate of Stt. for tha round trip becoming ef fective Monday, the Union Paclflo ha lined up for a haavy business ta the coast on that date. Tbe Lo Angela Limited on thst date will be run, west In two no tions, three car being taken on here. Th 4 round trip rata will continue in effect over Tueaday and Indication are on that day th travel to the coast will ba o.ual to that of Monday. the police themselves could follow, while two men ceme along holding in leash th pack, leaders of which wer "8rch l!ht" and "Bob." It had not been long bcfoia the party came across the deserted runabout be side the road. There they had (topped for a moment It was just then that they heard Ken nedy's call, and one of them had beea j detailed to answer.lt. ' , i "Well, what do you want?" asked the officer, eyeing Kennedy auspiciously,- j h stood there with the armor. "What's jthem Pieces of tin hey T" Kennedy quickly flashed hi own spe cial badge. "I want to trail a girl," he exclaimed hurriedly. "Can I find a blood hound about here?" "A hound? Why, w hav a pack over ther." "Bring them quick," ordered Craig. The policeman, who waa an Intelligent fellow, saw at one that as Kennedy said, th two trail crossed. He shouted and ' In a few second th ether, with the rack, came. A brief parley resulted In our Joining foreea Kennedy held the armor down to the dog. "Searchlight" gave a low whine, then, followed by ."Bob" and th other a wa off, all with note clo to th ground. W followed. Th armor wa, after all, th mlest link. Through th wood and field th dogs led us. Would we be in time to rescue Elaine? e e In th mysterious haunt of tha Clutch ing Hand, all wer atlll standing around Elaln and th wounded Pitt Slim. Just then a cry from on of tha group tartld th rest On of them, tea haraV ened than th Clutching Hand, had turned away from tha eight had gone to th window, and had ben attracted by some thing outside. "Look I" he cried. From th abaolut stillness of death, there waa now wild excitement among the crook. "Police! police!" they shouted to each other as thoy fled by a doorway to &, secret passage. Clutching Hand turned to his first as sistant ' "Ton go, too," ha ordered. The dogs had led us to a strange look ing house, and were now baying and leap ing up against th door. We did not stop to knock, but began to break through, for Inside w could hear faintly acjund of xaltement and cries of "Police! police!" The door yielded and w rushed Into a long hallway. Up tha passage wa want until we came to another door. An Instant and wa wr all against it. It waa stout but it shook before ua Tha panels began to yield. ....' On th other ld of that door from u, th master crook stood for a moment Dr. Martin hesitated, not knowing 'quit what to do, Just then th wounded Pitts Slim lifted his' hand feebly. H seemed vaguely to understand that th gama was up. H touched th Clutching Hand. , "Tou did your .best, chief," he mur mured thickly. "Beat It. If you can. I'm a goner, anyway." Clutching Hand hesitated by tha wounded crook. Thl was th loyalty of gangland, worthy a better cause. Ha could not bring himself to desert his psX Ha was nndeclded, still. But there was th door bulging and a panel bursting. v He moved over to a panel In' the wall and pushed a spring. It slid open and he stepped through. Then It closed-not a second too soon. Back In hi private room h aulckly stepped to a curtained Iron door. Pushing back the curtains he went through It and disappeared, th curtains falling back. At th and of th passagtway, ha topped, In a sort of grotto or cava As be cam out, ha looked hack. All was stlU. No on was about He wa safe here, at least! Off earn tha mask and h turned down th road, a fw rods distant beyond some bushes, aa little concerned about tha wild happenings any ether pas. er-uy might hav been. e e At the very moment when w burst In, Dr. Martin, seeing his chance, atopped th blood transfusion, working frantically vo stay in now or blood. Kennedy sprang to Elaine's side, hor rified by the blood that had spatter i over everything. With a mighty effort he checked a blow that be had aimed at Dr. Martin, aa U flashed over him that th surgeon, now free again, was dolna? hla heat ta av tha terribly Imperilled llf of Elaln. T..., . . . I . , . . I vut wtew in pwiioe purai tnrougn th i secret panel and rushed on, leaving us j alone, with tb unconscious, scarcely I breathing Elaine. From tho sounds w could tell that they ! had come to tha nrivata room nf tha, Clutching Hand. It waa ampty and they wer nonplussed. "Not a window," called ana "What are those curtains?" They pulled them back, disclosing aa Iron door. They tried It. but It waa bolted on the other side. Blow had no ffect They had to glv it up for th Instant A policeman now stood beside Elaln. and th wounded burglar, who was mut tering deliriously to himself. Ha was pretty far gone, as tha polio, man knelt down and tried to get a state, ment out of him. , "Who was that man who toft you last tug Clutching Hand?" Not a word cam from th crook. Th policeman repeated hla question. With his last strength h looked dis dainfully at th offloer pad and peaoiL DaBsnar Bailed Sanatorium This Institution U the only one la the central wes itfc separate buildings situated la their owa ample grounds, yet entirely dis tinct, and rendering it possible to classify cases. 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