THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1916
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Omaha Nat'l Bank. Listed and unlisted
securities; bank stocks; Beveral 1 per
cent guaranteed gilt-edge investments.
' Effective December 15 Chicago.
Milwaukee ft St. Paul railway local
train No. 36 will start from Council
Bluffs instead of Omaha, leaving C.
M. & 8t P depot at Council Bluffs
at 5:23 p. m.
Dr. HoHman to Lecture Dr. A. A.
Holtman, prominent physician and
surgeon of this city, will give a free
lecture before the Theosophical so
ciety on the subject "Is There Life
Beyond the Portals of Death?" Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock at Hall 701
Boe building. "
The Castle Hotel opens new ladles'
dining room and banquet hall on Sun
day, December 17. Will serve a spe
cial 1 table de hote dinner, or should
you not care for our regular dinner
we will be pleased to serve you a la
carte. Music by Prof. Desdunes col
ored orchestra.
Builders' Specialty Co. The Build
ers' Specialty company, a con
cern which will buy and sell building
and contractors' equipment, has filed
articles of Incorporation with the
county clerk. The capital is $26,000.
Nelson Jean, James W. Burnle and
F. E. Martin are the incorporators.
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To Talk at University Club J. E.
Lathrop, a city planning expert of
New York City, who is in charge of
a city plan exhibit at the Douglas
county court house, will be the guest
of the University club Monday noon
and will give a short after-luncheon
talk on city planning with reference
to the future possibilities of Omaha.
Rev. J. F. Clark Talks Rev. J. F.
Clark of the First Congregational
church will address the mass meeting
at the Young Men's Christian associa
tion this afternoon at 4 o'clock. His
subject will be "The Infidelity of
Orthodoxy.' Bud Kearns, physical di
rector of the "Y," will sing Several
solos.
Misses the Party Verne Miller, a
salesman, brother of Gus Miller, pro
bation officer, generally takes a bath
and shaves just before retiring for
the night On Friday, however, he
was billed to attend a party and he
upset precedent by grooming himself
when he returned home from work
in the afternoon. Out of force of habit
he flung himself upon a bed after a
, tingling rub with a big Turkish towel.
He missed the party, awaking just in
time to go to work Saturday morning.
Moral have regular hours for bath
ing. Important Northwestern Temporary
Changes Account Replacing Union Pa
cific Bridge Effective Thursday, Dec.
14, the following eastbound trains
will be discontinued from Omaha,
leaving from Council Bluffs, Broadway
station as follows: No. 32, Carroll
local, lv. Co. Bluffs 7:25 a. m.; No. 216,
Sioux City local, lv. Co. Bluffs 4:05
p. m.; No. 4, Carroll local, lv. Co.
Bluffs 5:10 p. m.; Nos. 5 and 33, Car
roll locals, westbound, will stop at
Council Bluffs on present schedule, not
coming to Omaha. Albion locals Nos.
309 and 310 will run to and from
Omaha only. No changes in limited
and through trains. This arrangement
effective until further notice.
'Audubon Members
Equal to Occasion
Upon "LiarsrNight"
Members of the Audubon society
told strange tales about birds at their
"liars' night" meeting at the Public
library Saturday.
Mrs. H. D. Neely told of never
having seen a Canadian jay on Amer
ican soil, although she declared that
she- saw hundreds on islands border
ing this country. Solon R. Towne,
president of the society, told a weird
tale of getting up at 4 o'clock in the
morning just to distinguish what kind
of a bird made certain noises before
his window. Miles Greenleaf said he
tramped through Elmwood park ex
actly 136 times to add to his knowl
edge o the songsters. In proof of
his statement he pulled but a note
book in which he claimed to have re
corded his trips.
Aside from swapping yarns, the or
ganization voted to purchase fifty
colored bird slides drawn' by Louis A.
Fuerts of the National Geographical
society, The slides will be displayed
before different schools in order to
increase interest in the birds.
Flans were also discussed for bring
ing T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of
the National Audubon society, here
early this spring to deliver a lecture
on birds. Pearson is considered a na
tional authority on the feathered
tribe.
Indication Dae to Conatlpatloo.
- Take a dose of Dr. King's New Life Pills
tonisht. See how much better you feel in
tbe morning, 26c. All druggists. Adv.
HYMENEAL
Langer-Brooks.
West Point, Xeb., Dec. 17. (Spe
cial.) A telegram was received yes
terday announcing the marriage at
Everet, Wash., of Roland G. Langer,
formerly of this city, to Miss Flor
ence E. Brooks of Portland, Ore. Mr.
Langer is the son of Mrs. A. Langer
of this place and a brother of Captain
Jerome F. Langer of the Twenty
third New York infantry, now on the
border. He is engaged in the bank
ing business at Seattle, Wash., where
the newly married pair will make
their home.
Found a Quick Cure for Croup.
When a child has croup no time
should be lost, and the remedy that
will give the quickest relief and is
pleasant and safe to take is the most
desirable. Mrs. S. Cartwright, Col
lingsville, 111., says: Whey my child
was small he was subject to crouD.
I found that Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Rave the quickest relief and!
that he never objected to taking it." j
BALLET RUSSE HAS
CHARMS JOR OMAHA
Big Audience Sits Patiently
Through Cheerless Waits to
Watch Wonderful Dancers.
AST, MOTION, MUSIC MEET
By HENRIETTA M. REES.
Music lovers, dance lovers, art
lovers in general and patrons of nov
elty from pure curiosity turned out
in fair numbers last evening at the
single appearance of the celebrated
Diaghileff Ballet Russe at the Audi
torium. Many had learned wisdom from
previous ballets at the Auditorium
and were found in the balcony, which
was well filled in the side sections
and from which view of the stage was
not hampered by the footlight ar
rangements. The lower floor also held
a goodly crowd, which gave the most
flattering attention and a great
amount of active appreciation to the
three beautiful ballets presented.
Much has been heard of the won
ders of this ballet from other cities, of
the remarkable dancing, the panto
mime drama and the unexcelled stars
who made up the cast. Much has been
written previous to the performance
of the remarkable scenic effects and
costumes of the modem decorative
artists, Leon Bakst and Andre Benois,
and others who have designed the un
usual settings of the ballets.
Waits Were Prolonged.
In none of these things were those
present disappointed. Only at rare in
tervals is one permitted the oppor
tunity of seeing such excellent and
highly developed forms of the art of
the dance. With the Russians this be
comes the vehicle not only of fancy
steps and various moods or incidents,
but of the most intense dramatic ex
pression, and joins and " vastly ad
vances the art of pantomime. It was
really only at rare intervals last eve
ning that the opportunity was given
of seeing such dancing, for the waits
between the three ballets were appall
ing. The second wait, by correct time,
was exactly thirty-seven minutes. In
the meantime, during the entire period
of these deadening waits, where was
the symphony orchestra of fifty under
the direction of M. Pierre Monteux,
which lent such able support to the
different ballets?
It is customary in all theatrical per
formances to enliven the intermis
sions with music, and even the small
ballet which appeared here early in
the season was more fair to the au
dience than the Diaghileff organiza
tion in this respect, the orchestra
presenting a regular printed program
of numbers and adding several extra
ones, besides.
The Chicago Opera company or
chestra under Campanini added two
extra numbers between the third and
fourth acts of an opera also. It
would not have been necessary ' to
have played entirely through these
waits; a twenty-minute program dur
ing each would have sufficed. ,
Ballets Arranged by Fokine.
The scenes and dance of the ballets
were all arranged by Michael Fokine,
and the music was from the best of
musical composers. The three ballets
were of the widest possible extremes
of life, character and types, and the
scenery and costumes, the music, and
the motions of the dance were as
widely differentiated. The first was a
pantomime ballet in one act, "Carna
val," set to the music of Robert
Schumann, orchestrated by Rimsky
Korsakoff, and Liadow Tscherepnine
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Obituary Notices.
GEORGE H. POWNELL, president
of the Institute of Bankers, died sud
denly In London yesterday -at the ace
of 07. He was a member of the
American Dollar Securities committee
and had a large part in all the finan
cial adjustments between the entente
allies and the United States.
MRS. MARY BRANNOCK, aged 48,
wife of James Brannock, 2501 Leav
enworth street, died yesterday after
noon' at her home, following a brief
illness. The funeral will bo held
Monday afternoon at the residence
und burial will be in Forest Lawn
cemetery. Besides her husband, she
- is survived by her mother, one
daughter, one brother and three
sisters.
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Galzounow. An air of mystery was
lent by the solid deep blue back
ground, of the walla of room, with
an upper third of old-fashioned con
ventional pattern. Different icenes
from a carnival were most carefully
depicted with costume) of the early
eighteenth century and all the
romance that time gives to the part.
All of the principals were most ac
ceptable in their roles. Mile. Lydia
Lopokova was a most attractive
Colombine, Mile. Lydia Sokolova was
a fascinating "Papillion.n The Pier
rot of Mr. Adolf Bohm and the Arle
quin of Micolas Zverew also deserve
especial mention.
The second ballet, "Les Sylphides,"
was set to the music of Chopin, differ
ent numbers of his dance music and
preludes following one another to
make up the complete ballet. The
scenery for this was the work of An
dre Benoist, and was most effective in
its feathery green bushes, the summer
house and the lake behind, all in
moonlight, with the mansions suggest
ed at the sides. The costumes for this
were all of dainty fluffy white, and the
ballet were present throughout, in
graceful postures and clever grouping,
or adding their share to the dance.
Ensemble numbers opened and closed
this one-act "reverie. Waslaw Nijin
sky made his only appearance in this
number, dancing in the ensemble num
bers, proving his great skill and artis
tic expression in a solo mazurka and
in a most effective valse with Mile.
Lopokova.
Revalles a Revelation.
In the last, "Cleopatra," a choreo
graphic drama in one act, with music
by Arensky, the great dramatic force
of the ballet was manifested. Here
also the great Leon Bakst was strik
ingly present in the big broad lines of
the Egyptian temple scenery, the bril
liant red coloring and the striking cos
tumes of all the dancers. Flora
Revalles portrayed the character of
Cleopatre forcefully, more through re
straint of acting than ' expression.
Adolf Bohm was intensely dramatic,
and realistic, as the youth who is
dazzled by the queen for a day, and
Mile. Sokolova convincingly portrayed
Tahor, to whom he had just been
w edded. The dancing and impersona
tions and the entire interpretation of
this ballet' was suggestive of ligypt,
and barbarism, and the music was of
a dramatic character and with great
sweeping climaxes which made it
powerfully effective for this ballet.
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Chicago. Dec. 16. Half a million
dollars to insure grand opera to Chi
cago for the next five years has been
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and in addition no good thoughts are
instilled in its very being, God's pur
pose on earth is not being fulfilled."
The sermon was oh the naming of
John the Baptist and its meaning to
the world.
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