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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 23. 1917. 7 B J M U 5 I C By HENRIETTA M. REES. NEBRASKA charter of th XA I American Guild of Organ lTI ists is to be one of the in teresting leaiures ot musical life in the near future. Last season a number of Omaha organists met informally and decided to establish a state chapter of this worthwhile national organization, which would offer opportunities to promote efficiency in organ playing, interest in this king of instruments and meetings for the discussion of professional topics or for musical en joyment. The charter membership list contains the names of many of the leading organists not only of Omaha, but of other cities in the state and is: Mr. James H. Simms, Mr. Ben Stanley, Mr. Vernon C. Ben nett, Mr. Martin W. Bush, Mr. Ken neth Widenor, Mr. Henry W. Thorn, ton, Mrs. Carol Marhoff Pitts, Mrs. Louise Zabriskie, Miss Eloise West, Miss Moral Nea!. Miss Grace Sla baugh, Mr Albert Sand, Miss Hen rietta Rees, ot Omaha; Mr. J. Frank Frysinger, Dr. J. W. Mayhew and Mr. Willard Kimhatl of Lincoln and Mr. Karl Haasj of Seward. Further plans of the Nebraska chapter will s6on be announced. As those who are interested in music settle down more and more systematically to serious work as the Cooler weather advances, plan ning their own periods of practicing, of listening to others and of further advancement in whatever particular branch of the art they have chosen, doesn't it seem a pity that there are so many others who would really en joy knowing something about the lan guage of musical sound, and who might, but who dc not take a certain regular time out of their uneventful days and apply themselves to it? The fall is the ideal time to begin and even with only an hour a day, although more is desirable and a competent teacher, interesting progress may be made. The different channels of thought awakened by the study of music and the practice in some branch of it are really a relaxation to the mind. Just as the body needs physieal exercise of many kinds to keep it in condition, so also does the mind. Rest is change, and change of brain exer cise to an interest in music would do wonders for many a weary worker. A neat little pamphlet, "Along Broadway," sent us from Rouse's Edi son patlors, contains, besides other interesting items several short stories of national anthems. "Le Chant des Marseilles" Was written during the winter of 1792, by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a French captain of artillery, who was then stationed at Strassburg. He is one of those authors whom a sin arte work has made famous. The words and music, both by De Lisle, were written in a burst of patriotic excitement after a public dinner, and at the request of the mayor of Strassburg for the public ceremonies shortly to take place at Strassburg. "Dixie" did not have a sec- j tiopal meaning until it was adopted by tne nie ana arum corps ot me con federacy as a stirring march tune at the time of the beginning of the war. The tune of "America," which is iden tical with the English "God Save the King," and adopted as the national air of other countries, also received at tention from several of the great com posers. It was a great favorite with Weber, who introduced it into his cantata, "Camp and Siege," and into hit "Jubel" overture, and twice har monized it for four voices. With Beethoven it was equally a favorite. He wrote seven variations on it for the piano, arranged it for solo and chorus, with accompaniment of piano, yiolirt and 'cello, and introduced it in to his "Battle" symphony. Apropos of the latter, he wrote in his journal, "I m,uit show the English a little what a blessing they have in 'God Save the King.' " Musical journals announce that the Metropolitan Opera company will this year present "The Robin W6man," a ont-act opera by Charles Wakefield Cadman, continuing their plan of pre senting some work by an American composer each year. Another an nouncement is a proposed plan of affil iating all of America's musicians' clubs into one national organization, both to offer social advantages to the members of the various clubs" and to also ha.ve a direct dealing for the bet terment and uplift of the musical pro fession. The musicians' clubs through this means may also help the musician to take his proper place in the civic affairs of his community and nation. The idea originated between David Bispham, vice president of the Musi cians' Club of New York City, and Thomas Taylor Drill, president of the Musicians' Club of Los Angeles. Such a plan holdi many possibilities, and its development will be watched with considerable intcrct Other interesting news from the Metropolitan Opera company is as fol lows: Mr. Gattl layi itresi en the number of native slrigers vho have been added to the forces of the Metropolitan. Beildei Mm. Premstad, already mentioned, the loprano ll(t has been enlarged by the namei ot the Americana, Florence Eaton, May Peterson, Helen Handera, Marie Conde and Ruth Miller, Cecil Arden, an American messo-f iprano, and Thofriai Chalmers, an Amerla n baritone, will alio be heard In tmporta.-t roles. John McCormack, the Irtah tenor, who baa not been locally active tn operatic olr olei ainc the dayi of Hammeriteln, la an. nonnoed to appear In eorae of the parti heretofore allotted to Enrico Ceruio. Hlpo llto Lasiro, wboi alnglng tenor rolei In Europe and South America has been sense, tlonally reported, will alto share honon with hli Italian rival, Mr. Caruio. The Dutch baritone, Josef Oroenen, and the Spanish bass-baritone, Joie War donee (formerly with the Boston company) have been signed. Though It has been reported often, not until now does Mr. Gattl officially acknowl edge the engagement ot Parrs Monteux and Roberto Moransonl as conductors. Rob ert Ordyneal, already known In this lty as an artlitlc stag director, will confine his activities for some months to come to ths productions at the Metropolitan. For the first time in two years Gersldjne Farrar hat a contract for ths full season of twenty-three weeks. Mr. Caruso will alio ainc here daring the entire period. Adolph Bolm. leading mime and daneer with ths Dlafhileff Russian ballet and more recently at ths bead of his own company, has been specially engaged as stage manager and ballet master for Rim sky KCfsakoffs fantaatlo 6psra-pantomlrae, "Le Coo, d'Or." The management Intended .presenting Puccini's latest work, "La Rondlne," but doubts If It will be able to do so during tbe coming Mason because of difficulties du to the war. The New York papers have been telling of the extraordinary success Of the Sin Carlo Grand Opera com pany upon its first visit to that city; of how the Forty-fourth Street theater is entirely sold 6ut night after night, and how on the opening evening of the company'! visit there some three thousand people were turned away, unable to secure tickets. The engage ment, originally planned for two weeks, and against the advisability of which all New York's wise ones coun seled, has now been extended to three weeks. The artists appearing and scoring successes are Marcella Craft, American prima donna, who will be brought to Omaha with the organ ization; Mary Kaestner, soprano; Luisa Dardee, soprano; Stella De Mette and Marta Melis, eontralto.s; Messrs. Manuel Salazar, Giuseppe Agostini and Girolama Ingar. tenors; Messrs. Angelo Antola. Joseph Royer (the French artist) baritones, and those two sterling bassos Signors Pietro DeBiasi and Natale Cervi. Signor Carlo Peroni is conductor. S Muilcal Nous. Mr. D. Kenneth Widenor left for New York City Wedneidsy evening, where he will pursue his muilcal studies at ths In itltuU of Muilcal Art. Mr. Widenor will .top on hli way to give an organ recital in the Flnt Methodiit ehurch at South Bend, Ind. At th Institute he will Study organ i.t. .--.,,- iwhlr. theory with GoettehlUi and piano, deciding upon hli teacher for this branch later. Mr. Widenor nas oeen or ganlst at ths Strand theater ttt ths last several monthi and has held various church ..... nA.(lnn. Ijt year he made his Omaha dehut In an organ recital at the First Baptlit church. For many yean ne hai been a pupil of Mr. J. H. Simrai. Ths J. A. Parks compang of York, Neb., v.. nnhlUhad a wall chosen collec tion of sacred music for mixed voices under the title of "Park' Standard unoruiei. This comprises many of the loveliest and most Important ehoral exeerpte from the great oratorios, many arranged for piano and organ aesompanlmsnk The edition Is published with Engllih and German texts. The arranorements are made by J. A. Parks and by Gerald Grey. Mr. Lynn Saekett, tenor, pupil of Walter n r.nhun. haa been encased for Lyceum work, beginning In October. Later he will go on ths Kietn circuit, ror numoer 01 years Mr. Saekett has been director 01 uwe Avenue Presbyterian choir and tenor lololit at Temple Israel. "Polly of the Circus" Is Coming to the Strand Today "Polly of the Circus," an elaborate screen presentation of Margaret Mayo's great drama of circus life, is to be released by the new (Jdldwyn Pictures corporation. Mae Marsh is the star of this immense photo-spee-tacle which will be shown at the Strand theater today, Monday, Tues day and Wednesday. "Polly of the Circus" tells the story of a little circus orphan (Mae Marsh), Filmland Favorite V , v , I VI Iff. -Jfc JS I s f o Ik VtTi ittta Dcar$ot. Virginia Pearson, who in real life is Mrs. Sheldon Lewis, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1888 and was educated there. She first appeared on the stage in stock, then for two sea sons as the vampire in Robert Hil liard's "A Fool There Was," and later followed MmeDorsietin Favorsham's original production of "The Hawk." Her first screen experience was with the Vitagraph company for a few months in 1910, then with the Fa mous Players company in "The Af termath," returning to the Vitagraph company in 1915 in "The Vital Ques tion. She then went to the Fox company, with which she has appear ed in a number of photoplays, chief among which is "The War Bride's Secret," "The Bitter Truth." "The Wrath Of Love," "Royal Romance." "Sister Against Sister" and will shortly be seen in her latest offering, "When False Tongues Speak." She is an adept at painting (pictures) and a graceful rider. She is five feet, seven and one-half inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, has dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. Address Fox Film Cor poration, 130 West Forty-sixth street, New York City. who has been raised by Toby, the clown (Charles Eldridge). Polly is hurt in an accident and has to remain behind while the show goes on. She is taken to the home of the minister, where her presence it the house is turned into scandal by the narrow minded village gossips. This leads to her going back to the circus, but the following spring the circus comes back to this little town, and through the intervention of a fight and a fire in tHe "Big Top," Polly and the minister find each other and happiness. The most amazing of all the scenes is the burning of the main tent dur ing the evening performance and the wild stampede of the audience. Novel Effect Accomplished by Elevating Camera Sixty Feet "Shooting" 'a scene in a motion pic ture from a camera stand sixty feet high was one of the thrills under- fone in making "When False ongues Speak," with Virginia Pear son starring. The novelty of this stunt was not in the heixht of the camera stand alone. It was the first time a bird's eye or aeroplane view was used in developiiiR the solution of a murder mystery. The problem was in showing the audience who was the murderer, and was to picture the movements of six persons who were in or about the room at the time the crime was committed. The only view which Could be devised to show all these persons in equal prominence was the bird's eye. A large library ajoining a garden was built Out doors. Over this "set" was built a bridge. Holes were bored through the floor and the lenses of three cameras directed on the scene. Open ings were also left for the director to shout instructions to the actors below. It was necessary to elevate the bridge up to sixty feet to give the camera wide enough range to include the entire set. The extravagant feature of the scheme was that after all the expense of erecting tie "set" and building the bridge hardly 200 feet of film was taken of the action in it. But it was a vital 200 feet, and explained the complicated action as could be done in no other way. "When False Tongues Speak" shows St the Sun theater, thursaay, rnaay ana aai urday. Story of the Big East Side Told in "The Angel Factory" Antonio Moreno, one Of the most nnnnliw m1 atari nn the screen, is to be shown at the Empress theater for the last half of the week in "The Angel Factory." The story deals with a little East Side girl whose father is a dr'ikard and whose mother is a slattern, and how she Vol..,; :"t "on tact with the superintendent of a set tlement house and develops into the kind of a woman it was intended that she should be. The picture works up to a bi( punch when the hero is ar rested for the murder of the leader of a gang of touphs who has attacked him. Thinking she killed him, the girl confesses, but in an original manner her innocence is proved. Then, after many thrills with suspense at fever heat the truth is learned, the young man is acquitted and happiness reigns. "The Angel Factory" has some beau tiful light effects and night photog raphy and is a feature with class and punch, too. Empress Garden to Add A Cafeteria Feature The Empress Garden, which has made such a success of the restau rant located under the Empress thea ter, with its music, entertainment and excellent cuisine, is coming to the front, and doing its bit to help Uncle Sam. On Monday, September 24, a cafeteria in connection with the res taurant will be opened to help con serve the food supply. Although it is not known by the majority of patrons of this beauty spot, there is a large unused space On the south end o the balcony that has been curtained off all summer. This space extends well under the street, and is an ideal spot lot a cafeteria. Dorothy Dalton Gives Us Another Dance Hall Angel Dorothy Dalton, last seen in "The Flame of the Yukon." will be the central figure of "Ten Of Diamonds." a Triangle play, which will be shown at the Huse theater today and Mon day. Again she is the danc hall girl, with a sense of moral equity. She is transplanted from the fetid "joint" to a home on Fifth Avenue, where she is fashioned into a "lady." She believes her benefactor is in love with her. When he arranges her marriage with another she rebels, and reels before the wedding guests with a well-feigned semblance of drunk enness. Thus the false reputation is blown aside, and she is again the com mon woman. But to the man who has watched lier regeneration, there appear the finer traits that, without veneer of culture, are yet the at tributes of the true lady, and he sud denly realizes his folly in trying to make her a weapon of revenge against the man he hates. ''Grin and Bear It" Is Rawlinson's Rule of Life Herbert Rawlinson, starred in the coming Bluebird. "Flirting With Death," with Brownie Vernon, which shows at the Hipp theater today and Monday, is a confirmed optimist and proud of it. He declares that he is "too iproud to gloom." He had an opportunity recently to test his creed when he was confined to the hospital for several weeks with an injured leg. hurt in the staging Luella Allen's Violin School OFFEm Orchestra Practice, Pupils' Recitals, Ensemble Playing, Public Programs. 24 Arlington Block. Tel. Doug. 2008. Jean P. Duffield TEACHER OF MUSIC Roorhi 8 and 9, Baldrlt BMg . 20th and Farnam Stt. Chambers' School OF t ANCINfl, .v MOTH .OASTII. MOHtta Aselt. itfnend. Ties., asst. Ji. S I. si. Afult. keelnssrs, Than., Sll. 27, I s. m. Hlh iohool, rt.. ol J, S s. . CMtsrait's SHI cim l., Seat, . I . m. Chllsrss iiie. S t., sit. n, io a. si. leiMr citu, Sspl. M, 1040 a, D.-Clrwlsrs. VStndie. Deal. 1171. fla., wilist Hi V. i IS si of a realistic struggle for a picture. , "YOu ought to have heard the jokes about my 'tin leg,' " he went on. "If I had allowed myseL to despair, 1 be lieve I should have been there yet. They told me that I couldn't work -for months, but I was back again at the old stand in nine weeks. I think my mental attitude had 1 lot to do with it. 'Grin and bear it' is a rnott invented by some one who knew what he was talking about." Stock Yatds Company Sets New Price for Hay The Union Stock Yards companj of Omaha has issued the followinf statement: - "On and after September 22, 1917 the following ha and straw rates will apply at the Union Stock Yards company ot Omaha to all traders and speculators and will apply On inter state shipments of live stock: Prairie hay, $30 per ton: alfalfa. $35 per ton, and straw, $15 pei ton. LUELLA ANDERSON Pupil of Oskar Back. Bruasels VIOLIN STUDIO 518 McCetue Bldf, ISth and Dodge For hours and information In retard to lessons call at studio or phone Harney OTIS. LORETTA DE LONE Harpist Concert, Orchestra and Instruction Harps Rented to Pupils 308 Lyric Bldg. D. 8704. MISS BELLA ROBINSON Pupil of LetchetUky Vienna ' TEACHER OF PIANO AND HARMONY Room 10, Baldiig Block 10th and Farnaaa Streets. Ree. Phone. Wei. MIT--PupUV Recital. Vlll.lilllllllilfll!lllllllllllllllllllllllll!ll!lllli .palmer! a R S b ii. b i . m tup Church and Caassrt Positions. C R STUDIO I 1807 FARNAM ST. it umaaa, nso. S Vales Hearings Free. Doug. 834. ? iiniiii!iniiiiiiiimiiiniiliii!It!liti!liiiiiniiiiiiiiiT If JAMES EDWARD CARNAL Bachelor of Musis VOICE CULTURE AND HARMONY Studio, 51J-S13 MeCsgue Bldg. Phone Doug. 4804 Residence, Harney 6343. i Borglam Piano School 2661 DOUGLAS STREET August M. Borglum, Madame Borglum (Pupile of Wager Swayne) . SolfegO'Schvarts Method, Paris , HarmonyPublic Performance. - ittiii!tllilMliiliiiiliiniiiininitii!i!liiniilNiu 'ini!ii! MARTIN W. BUSH PIANIST 11-13 Baldrlgs Block. Twentieth and Farnam Streets. Phone Hamev 863. Instructor at Academy of the Sacred Heart. -v 'it Hn!llll(lllll!ll!!lMl I mm Hi jstiafflonmiini lillllliilllBIWIIllIIIIIIIili rnmtsTnrotitTnwnini iihi nrn iriftnttritiTnttirrnj nnnrrnrrTfi mrnnnrBimn n n i im MIIIIMtllfflll i 1 111 i IIIIUKillMIIIIWIIIUIUiaiHIUUIIII itmrmnnnntimninmmtnmiititttiiiwiiiiimnrtmunntmraimiminii!in THE MANAGEMENT OF p nn - J LnJ rn ri rs LMJ T MM rn UJ ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF THE FINEST BSSllslttlaliiltlSSSSgsaBsS u LZ 1 IN THE WEST UNDER THE EMPRESS THEATER ED Monday, A Tempting Display of Foods Will Be Kept on Hand at All Times Between 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. AT ; PRICES WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL ' NOTE: We have mde a big success of our Restaurant since the first of May and the"same delicious food and courteous treatment will be a part of this new ventura Understand that this in no way interferes with the Restaurant and Entertainment features of the Empress Garden, but is simply an addition on our East and South Balconies. 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