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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1916)
6 M 4 Coronado's Hysterical Bull and the Boys Who Made Him Be Good THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1, 1918, mm T PELL to the lot of tome tent of thousands of per sons from divers parts of . the western hemisphere, principally, however, from the commonwealth of Ne braska, to be entertained during the course of the summer and fall, by the musical travesty known as "Coron ado'i Hysterical Bull" in the vast and echoing halls of King Ak-Sar-Ben's den, Twentieth and Burdette streets. Every year tens of thousands are entertained here by some phantasma gorical production by the home talen wonders, who come scampering ou of die various occupations of lift every Monday evening during the season, just to entertain Nebraska's population, and let them know that an Omahan will work without pay at any time for the entertainment, enlightenment, edification and gen eral , merriment of Nebraska people. Set 282 men, boosters every mother's offspring of them, appeared at this den Monday evenings for a period of nearly four months and staged this 'magnncent production, half his torical phantasmagoria, half blood curdling initiation, just to give Ne braskans and other visitors to Omaha something pleasant to think about for month or two. The vehicle pn which their work wasUiung was "Coronado's Hysteri- Bull." Of course, the hull didn't play-as big a part as did Coronado. The -plot, props and effects were de signed by Gus Renze. The lyrics were, emitted by Miles Greenleaf. George F, West was responsible for the ritual with which thevisitors were all Sworn in as loyal knights of the realm, Prof. Sigmund Landsburg, concocted the music and Oscar Lieben was the architect of costumes. Ben F. Thomas was grand mufti this '.year. There must always be a grand mufti in every Ak-Sar-Ben show, and the grander the man chosen, the grander the mufti F. W. Pitch was the scribe who trailed along with the mufti to see that none of his august words were lost to posterity. Bert C. Miner snd William Wappich took turns in the part of the prophet, for what ia a court of a mufti without a prophet or in oracle? Oscar Lieben, J. R. Cain" jr, and William Wappich, were interchangeable in the part of the seer, with Lieben and Wappich taking the part most of the time during the season. . No sooner had the thousands of visitors been duly rolled in. the stu pendous barrel, marched through the concentrated cyclone on the second story; of the den, hammered through plate glass windows, and bumoed on nst steel screens, than the bugler announced the comma- of the errand mufti, Every head in the vaat hall . ni miuniiv narun inn visirnra inn local -members alike stood at attention.-, The mufti with hit retinue of attaches appeared, preceded by bug lers, banner bearers, and in a gen eral flourishing burst of magnifi cence. , Whea they marched to the great stage: at the north end of the hall, the mufti took his position back of small altar, bade the multitude be seated, and then and there made them all loyal knights of Ak-Sar-Ben;; Here the aeer, usually Oscar Lieb en, came slowly upon the scene, an aged and bent figure, leaning hit tot tering form upon a ataff. In hit hand he carried a crystal globe as big 'as a man'a head. He tottered over to a little table, placed the globe upon: it, whereupon it instantly be- At tne leer gazed into the crystal depths of the globe, he began to see again the great drama of the progress of Nebraska from a treeless desert upoir which the red eye of the tun ern day of agricultural plenty, a mil lion and a half of people, and a high degree of civilization, educational and general culture. All these things he reviewed in a dramatic speech as he stared wild-eyed into the brio-lit red 4 crysiau as h nis eye wat sweeping X the ages, hit oratory slashed through r vhe centuries, and hrrtno-ht th li.t. . -: . . t cre ijvwn 10 inc moaern aaie, me Dirtn of Ak-Sar-Ben as a booster organiza tion and its twenty-two yean of prog ress ' Again this feeble patriarch's mind suffered a lapse, and he seemed to bear again the bells of the royal court of the fabled King Tartarrax, the mythical king toward which the Indian- guide in centuries gone by, led Coronado and his band of Spanish cavaliers. Even as the old aeer vanishes from the foreground the bells of the fabled court chimed, the curtain wat with drawn, and there was this fabled court itself lying before the gaze, p lit rushed Jack Alvord, taking the part of the fabled King Tartarrax. Charley Gardner played the part early in the aeason, and his big musical voice was much applauded. Then he had to drop out for a time, and Chief Henry Dunn took the part as well as he could for a time, but since he had the Operation a year ago, he has not been: especially enthusiastic for these laborous stage stunts. lack Alvord was then decided upon, and Jack made goo a. Mot so huge in stature as Dunn or Gardner, his voire neverth. leas !tarried well, and h marl a rv editable king of the fabled tribe of red men. SoJm rushed King Tartarrax roar ing about the jangling of the "infernal bells, for he was growing tired of them; Likewise he was tired of gold fish,, for he had fed on them until he longed for something more sub stantial, aay a nice fat fried spring dog.. So he sang: "Oh. .fileaae lake my money, Wen's- aomeona take mjr dough, St, ate. Tot t oat sold flab On a silver dish. When I'd rather have sour rum." Ever the squaws and braves joined him in the chorus, and such a clever bevy of squaws they were in buckskin dresses with delicate fringe. F. H. Hanson waa the fattest squaw in the lot "Before Hanson joined this par ticular aggregation, it was necessary 1 rotund fl&rure. but dim Hanson Waa - " -. . .' 1 . r r and -E. L. Livingston had a particu lar! clever atep in the dance that went with this chorus. M. H. Vance. ii Will Fox. H. V. Smith 3nH H,r,v Benford were not averse to introduc ... tng eome of the modern tango and :; hesitation into the Indian squaw Meyer, A. E. McLarnan, P. Romenek and Clint Miller could be depended upon to keep the tquaw dance in per fect unison. Jack Alvord and M. C Brown now come atorming in over the bank of the river in the costume of Lewis and Clark. They are on their way to the northweat coast, exploring the vast reaches of the Louisiana purchase. They are thirsty and are shown to Tartarrax'a bar. Another shout goes up and Peter Sarpy is sighted in the distance, .lowly approaching in his prairie jchooner drawn by a decrepit mule. Harry Johnston played the part well, and looked every inch the hardy old trader who braved the wilds in the early days to trade with the Indians and early travelers and pioneers. The historical crank again consulted his book to see if Peter might be ad mitted to the gathering. "Probably some old bootlegger," exclaimed King Tartarrax, "but let him in." , So Peter Sarpy drove his mule be hind the scenes, leaped off the wagon, snatched out an American flag, hauled doVn Coronado's Spanish colors, and hoisted the Stars and Stripes amid the appJause of Indians, Chinese servants, and the multitude of candidates and visitors. - 1 Alex Reed and Harry Goetz were the two efficient white wings of Quivera, and always created a laugh, especially when they became dis gruntled, dumped their cart in the middle of the street, and turned out, a real live candidate. Coronado, Peter Sarpy, Logan Fon tenelle, Tartarrax, and Lewis and Clark having all congregated together at the court of Tartarrax, a feast was spread and some of the visitors at the Den were invited to eat A monstrous bird flew to the table, snatched np the table 'cloth, dishes and all, and soared away, before their astonished eyes. Other candidates were forced to wash themselves before eating ,and were terated to a mysterious ducking be fore they even got their fingers wet I. A. Stalmaster, at Boot Leggo, the waiter, made a very efficient servant about the tables, and Kenneth Hatch, aa Lumbago, another waiter, was equally nimble. T. B. Dysart, as The Turk, Coronado's advance agent, ably personified this notable character in Coronado's expedition. Cleopatra had no better, abler, and sturdier boatmen to row her perfumed barge down the mystic Nile than Ed Shavlik, F. A. Waldman, I. Finken stein, M. L. Hamann, K. H. Jones, and T. H. McNamara, who were the boat men rowing and piloting the famous barge of Cremo down the Muddy Mis souri to the court of Tartarrax. When the dinners of the visitors proved failures for various reasons, a chuck wagon was sighted in the dis tance, drawn by a magnificent team of oxen. The wagon was loaded with visitors, often as many as thirty .sturdy sons of Nebraska were piled into' the wagon. The Indians under Chief Afraid of Firewater, who in real life ia John Hogan, made a rush at the wagon, and aurrounded it Eight sturdy bravea danced about the wagon. They were Louie Storz, Carl L. Abbott, M. ). Gibson, E. A. Arriens, Dr. L. A. Dermody, J. E. Archibald, W. H. Metcalfe and Bert Tanner. The driver of the chuck wagon, Bert Fox, was overpowered. The driver of the ox team, E. L. Potter, was hog-tied, and the candidates were pulled roughly from the wagon. They were seated on the driveway and treated to a most hair-raising shock, while the Indians wailed weird songs Baker Ice Machine Co. 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They galloped to the side of the roasting individual, cut the thongs, stamped out the fire, made camp for the even ing, and then resolved themselves into a quartet, while one of their number, Lee Kennard, twirled the rope in all the devious and graceful writhings that would make Irwin Brothers' best ropert look up and no tice. Charles Taylor, Dr. Gladstone Der by, Harry Watts and John J. Hoffman constituted the cowboy quartet and the rescue party. While the twilight was glowing iit the western hills of a beautiful scene arranged at the den, these fellows always made a ten- i strike with their clever little song, 4f ana.au - i ISIDOR ZIEGLER Attorney-at-Law 407 Ware Block "Only a cowboy, only a cowboy, laid in a cold, cold grave." Just prior' to this Indian escapade the "Zeppelin" plunged into the den, carrying always one of the visitors in a most unthinkable flight The "Zeppelin" was manned by Victor Roos, Otto Ramer and James Fisher. 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