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By HENRIETTA M. REES.
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HIS is the National Week of
Song. It ha been recognized
by the government and the local
authorities, ftnd from February 22
to February 29, a great many musi
cal events will take place which
have been specially, -planned all
iver the country. Everybody is
invited to get into the game,
and to sing whenever and wherever
he can dunng the coming seven days.
If is important that those interested
in mnsiCvdo their share ko make
the National Week of Song, a suc
cess, iir order that the enjoyment
r.f good music may be stimulated
and eucouriged in tWose who have
not to atiy, extent taken time to real
ise its value. . . N .
Plans for Omaha's participation in
the event were formulated vat a
luncheim which was called by Mr.
H. E. Twitchell of the Community
Service league at the Flatiron ca.fe
M Thursday noon. Mrs. Hester
Cooncr of trfe Music column of the
World-Herald presided. at the mect-J
-in. Mr. Twitchell made a snori
talk and outlined the possibilities of
spreading musical pleasure and ben
efit through different activities dur
ing the week. Dr. Silby of St Ce
cili'as cathedral, Mr. Campbell of the
Y. M."C. A., Mr. A. M. -Borghim
and Mrs. Mabclle Crawford Welp
tou also made a few remarks. An
executive committee was appointed
consisting of Mr. Twitchell, Mr.
Campbell. Dr. Silby, Mr. Brill and
Mrs. J. Stanley Hill. Mrs- W. E.
;l,aff anil Mrs. Welnton. '
An additional .meeting was called r
tor rauirjay evening ai mc umaua
public libi aryN when other and more
'definite plans were formed for the
week, and a second luncheon will be
held on Monday, February 23, at
12:30 p. m at the Flatiron cafe, when
all interested in making the week a
success are urged ta be dissent
The mayor. has officially recog
nized the National Week of Song,
with a proclamation, and if, those
who know how to sing, and those
who like to" sing will co-operate,
the results are bound to be suc
cessful. The value of song was
-demonstrated during the war in. this
country and abroad. Seven songs
have been chosen by the executive
committee upon which special em
phasis will 'he placed. These are
(America," "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic," "The Star Spangled Ban-
ner,'v "Old Blacks Joe," "Home,
Sweet, Home," "Long, Long Trail"
and- 'How Firm a Foundation.
Churches will announce the National
Week of tong this morning and in
many, special musical services will
be given in recognition of it Sun
day evening, February 29.
The event of the week Nmusically
will be the appearance of Josef Hof
mann the celebrated pianist,' on
Monday evening, February-23, at the
Brandeis theater at 8:15 o'clock un
der the auspices of the Tuesday
' Musical, club. The program com
mittee, of which Mrs. S. S. Cald
well is chairman, announces a slight
change in Mr. Hofmann's program-
for Monday evening. Ihree, ot Mr.
Hofmann's own compositions will
be substituted for three numbers in
the last group of, six. .The program
was announced last week in the
musical eblumn of this paper. Fori
some years past Mr. Hofmann has
beeiVv playing the' compositions of a
mySterfouSf"Michel Dvorsky'jvhich
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name is rolish for Hofmann. A
short time ago Mc Hofmann admit
ted' fact which many of the keen
critics and musicians in the east had
already guessed, that be himself was
the mysrenous Mf. JJvorsky. He,
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explained that he put up" the' hoaxtfras 1een played in OmaUa before,
irtrder to obtain an impartial criti4b.ut s0 !nv years aKO'that it was
cism of his new compositions.; Of,
course, the public ajid press elt
mrfre or less sold, and from the
standpoint of a musical Writer one
hopes that if there was anything
coming td him in connection with
Ihem that he got all of it. But the
verdict of the Dvorsky composi-s
tions was so favorable that a search
was instigated for the composer, a
search -which naturally proved fruit
less', and because the composittons
pvere so good and Air. Hotmann
was s5 fiaive, everyone enjoyed the
f' )ke with him. M-r. Hofmann. is one
f .the greatest musicians, of the
present day. -
In the inner.recesscs of my heart
I have three' 'daces reserved for
three pianists, and of these one is.
Josef Hofmann. in "fact, 1 have
two special places and he holds one
of them. That was the decision I
made after hearing tliis great artist
in Lincoln last season.
Owing to the very large member
ship bf the 'Tuesday' Musical club
and to the great demand for seats
on ' Monday night, arrangements-
have been made for a limited nutw
ber to be placed upon the stajje. ,
The visit of-the Minneapolis Sym
phony Ordhestra Thursday evenjng
of last week, brought great "mental
refreshment iiT a season when or
chestra concerts have been a minus
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A Screen Creation From the
' Hounded out nj the armj; by a crime ano he man committed -shipwrecked on a tropical
isle in the China seas with the fiancee of the man nho caused his disgrace caught in the terrible
tenactes of a giant octupus besieged on a jagged cliff b$ ferocidus pirates and finally, rohen 'all '
hope seemed losfc-RESCUED! These are:but a fei of the exciting things that happen to the .
great William Famum in this thrilling tale of love and adventure. You'll keenly enjoy every mof
ment of the play. A vigotous romance that jviil live forever in your memory. , ;
MOON MUSICAL PRELUDE.
THE 4 HARMONY BOYS
If- you like snappy, . up-to-the-minute quartette '
numbers you'll like "THE FOUR HARMONY
BOYS.", They introducesome of the popular
melodies jof the hour witn ajiarmony setting
that will make you forget, your troubles! Don't
miss this wonderful prelucle t's worth coming
miles to heaf! " Instrumental and vocal.
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NEW MOON
. Director Robt. Cuacadaa '
Edwin SUvens, .Organist
Y Ford Sisters Busy Dance Interpreters" t
FEW dancers have achieved the
prestige on the vaudeville stage
gained by the Ford Sisters, who
will be at the Orpheum this week in
their new dance treat They take
their work seriously and no etrort
is too great for them if if ,ids in
making their act more artistic.
"Dancing , develops the imagina
tion to" a greater extent than almost
any other art," said one of the sis
ters in a' recent interview. . -
"The painter or he sculptor can
describe his emotion . exactly
through the medium of his work.
Modern music has become almost as
accurate in describing everything
from nature sounds to the. most
complex emotion. ' The dancer his
only nimble toes and a supple body
to work with in depicting , a scene
or .an i emotion of the heart, and
consequently must put her own m-
quantity. It was an imposing array
of instruments which n tne eye,iwhile others the more fortunate
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aiter tne men naa men ""Tones,
wirti what' seemed like a regular
platoon of double basses flanking
the rear. The Minneapolis Syrrt--phony
orchestra, with its entire body
of, players present, proved tov be a
big, modern, orchestra of unlimited
resources. . ' .
Only a first-class orchestra and a
first-class director could bring to
success a program such as the one
presented .'Thursday evening, where
So much was new and unfamiliar.
But the interpretativ ability of Mr.
Oberhoffer, coupled with the excel
lent ensemble and responsiveness of
the v orchestra made it all so clear
and interesting that each number
was created with hearty enthusiasm.
NOne vtoitld like to ne&r the Rach
maninov Symphony again, in fact,
several times, for there is'a, great
deal one misses in the first hearing of
so large and profound a werk. In
fact, he "Symphonic Poem," by
llcrer, and the "Afternoon of a
Fayi," by Debussy, are two other
luinibers which would undoubtedly
appeal the more with greater famil
iarity. The "Afternoon of a Faun"
the regular concert-goes. The audi
ence would have welcomed other ex
tra numbers, besides the closing en
core,, which 6rought such a delight
ful solo from Mr. Guy Woodard. Mr.
Woodard has a new violin, of which
lie is justly proud, for its tone is of
exceptional beauty. His violin is a
Guarnerius, with a history like the
pedigree of a royal family'. The
visit of the Minneapolis orchestra
was 11 too short, and it is good
news that two concerts will be, given
in April. ' "' " N
Appoggiatures. v .
Miss Marie.. Mikova, daughter of
Mr. and'Mrs. Joe Mjk of this city,
and a former pupil of the Borglum
studios, wiH give a piano recital
Sunday afternoon, February 29,. in
the Princess theater in New York
City. Among her numbers is the
march frofti the "Ruins of Athens"
by Beethoven-Rubenstein, the-B-Flat
Sonata by Chopin, and 4he
Xliszt Polonaise in E-Major. Miss
Miko,va, has bees assistant to Wager
Swayne in New York' for a number
of seasons. Her recital is under the
management of the Music League of
America. . .
It cost Minneapolis $125,000 per
year to maintain its orchestra. This
annual guarantee is subscribed by
the people of Minneapolis. Some
Famous ! Novel by Louis Tracy
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ORCHESTRA FJ
THE - OMAHA SUNDAY BEE :"" FEBRUARY 22, 1920..
teHigence into her performance in
order to tonvey her meaning to the
public . . , .
, "Hence, a good dancer must be a
Close student of nature. She can
not draw on her imagination for
the details which go toshow a pub
lic "exactly what is parsing in the
dancer's mind. In a ' descriptive
number such as our Greek dance,
much more concentration of mind is
necessary than in ordinary fancy
dancing. '
"Not only muit all 4he steps' and
the details be remembered and exe
cuted in time, bjit the dancer must
keep her mind on the story she is
trying to tell, through the medium
of thedance, and her facile expres
sions, which is one of the greatest
aids in acquainting the public with
the passing picture, must jrary as
that does."
of the otherorchestras of the coun
try are maintained upon this basis
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ones, bave an endowment fund. 'An
endowment f uqd of $3,000,000 would
maintain an excellent orchestra up
on. its interest, according to some of
those who know. Be nif e if Omaha
could have something, of the sort,
wouldn't It? ' v "
The Chicago Opera company, is
thrilling New Vork by the exceM
lence of v its operatic productions.
The Masked Ball" was recently
played there, and Bonci was given
a ; tremendous ovation. Omahans
who heard the great tenor in Omaha
with the company in the same play
realize the pleasure New York ex
perienced. Ellen Beach Yaw
Omaha March 8. -
will sing in
It is said that in Minneapolis
every concert by the orchestra
brings crowded houses, This means
two to four jtimes a week. People
who live in Minneapolis say that
this city sappoxts music' more like
a European city -than most other
American Cities do.
Musicv teachers and publishers
might adopt the slogan, "Say it with
music." Then the teacher might add
the p'rice of lessons, or the pub
lisher the price of the latest Jove
songs per copy.
Musical Notes. .
Mr. Ben Stanley will inaugurate
series of six organ recitals, in Trinity
Cathedral this afternoon at 4:M in
connection with Vespers, and a short
sermon will be delivered by the dean
of the cathedral. These recitals will
continue on , Sundays during Lent
and last 40 minutes. Mr. Stanley
will have " the assistance bf the
cathedral .choir.
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Thn Oinnha. Philharmonic orches
tra, of which Frank Mach, 'violinist,"
is conductor, will give its nrst an
nual concert in Max. Ther members
are Mrs. Angelsberg, Mildred Blissai
Esther Brown, Margaret Cogau,
Bertha EngelhafdV Zolla Ellis, Ma
thilda Faier, Gladys Furness, Fannie
Fish, Meryl Frledel. Sarah Fish, Net
tie Goettsche, Mabel Hinzle, Gretch
en Hart, Rhea Hardtmeyer, Jessie
Knierim, Mrs. Eva Kerriharjl, Flor
ence Lewis, Jennie "Leibowitz, Rose
Lazarus, Helen Mathews, Goldid
Pred, Leona Perils, Thelma Peterson,
Clara Schneider, - Marie Salisbury,
Mrs. J. O. Salisbury. Marie Stlsch,
Muriel Thomas, Ida Turner, Elvira
Johnsen. Ella Wright, Anna Zalko
vitch, Elmer Allen, Edwin Androvic,
Dah Bezman, , Joseph T. Bohac,
A rrY, tn T4q1av TTrt rrv Ttnlln T.nn Con-
nell, Walter Dubersky, Abe Fried- j
manv N. Fennel, Le Roy Francis,
Maxwell Guttman, Charles L. Gowe,
COMEDY
"Laose Lions
and ; ' K
Fast Lovers"
Six wild lions and
teti dainty, be
witching chorus v
girls." Of course
it put the show
on the blink! But
then and there
the "shimmy' or- '
iginated, - You'll
roar with'laugh-'
4ter while , the
lionr roar with
anger! ,
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Joe Herman, John Haegen.Thlllp
Krasne, Rudolph - Klrchner, - Paul
Kislcki, John-Kislckl, Clem- Klslckl.
Alexander McKie, J. W. Maack, Fred
Miner, Ed Forlarty, Lawrence
Proulx, Sam Rosenblatt, Harry Rob
inson, Henry Roaenstein, jQsJnern,
Orlando Smith, Joseph Solfronk, Jo
seph Skola, John Svejda, Bryson
Wilbur, Fred "Weeks, Arthur Zit
barth.v . y . ' ,
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Thtr following note has been re
ceives: "During: the short interview
of Miss lioretta DeLone with. . her
former orchestral leader, Mr.'.Emil
Oberhoffer, on Wednesday evening,
the - ever-Rracious conductor of S&e
Minneapolis SymphoAy orchestra re
marked ' with intense enthusiasm,
that he always appreciatea exceed
ingly the quality of Omaha musical
audiences. When Miss DeLone con
gratulated him on being the only
great symphony eonductor, who di
rects without the musical score, Me.
Oberhoffer replied with telling con
viction, "It is not so difficult when
we make the music a part of our
so Ml." It afforded Mtsa-DeLone great
pleasure to. renev her acquaintance
with many of the musicions who be
longed to the personnel jf the or.
chestra uring thesix years of herfing what looks like the whole
pleasant engagemenrw;ith tMa mU;
sical organization." : ' ' '
Edith Louise Wagoner will pre
sent her child-pupil, Ruth Hartrlck,
in an individual recital on Sunday
afternoon, at 4 o'clock at her resi
dence studio. The recital is of un-J
usual Interest owing to tne iact tnai
the pianist is only 7 years of age a
real-prodigy, xne program win in
clude a sonatine by Kuhlau, Gavotte
- by Gossec, , Moonlight Serenade by
Crosby. Rosamonde by Schubert,
Little Tin Dancing Man by Huerter,
Skylark by Tschalkowsky, and a
duet witn Mrs wagoiww.. , -
There will be a musical program
at Hanscom JPark M. E. church to
night Special njjmoers Dy tne fol
lowing: Mesdames Carl crisman
and C. E. ennstensen. Misses En-
gelke and Woodbrldge, Messrs. U. C.
Hansen, u. T. weigren ana. feier
Fisher, and Mrs. Grace Burger, vio:
linlst.
The regular ' monthly piano re
cital will-be given by pupils of Miss
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BUCHAREST IS v
DESPAIR CENTER
OF ALL EUROPE
ProfiteersFfaunt Wealth on
Boulevards While Poor Petf-v
, pre Starve to Death on
Back Streets.. .
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By a Mpvclsl tCorroiwadrat of Interna
tlonal New $prvln and London Dully
, Exprau.
Bucharest tfie capital of Rou
mania one imagines' the . porters
shouting it v out as one draws
into some statel station. What one
does see as the .train crawls in
12 hours late on aSunda morn-
country population of Roumania sit
ting on the trucks, on the roofs of
carriages, climbing on the engines of
outgoing local trains, and all of them
mirrus boots, shoes, socks or stock
ings. N , , . .ij , .
"They Vlon' want boots," explained
Helen. Mack in in her dtudlo on Sun
day ftfternoon, February 22. Ik ordefl
to stimulate interest in The works of
American composers, , compositions
for the piano by Nevin,' Carrie Jacob
Bonds, John Philip- Sousa and Ros
setter Cole will be played by Ruth
Romstedt, Mildred Sweet, Ruth Sanv
ford, ' Ottille Kinder and , Wilffid
Flemirigj, .
A musical" jrograii' was given by
pupils of Mrs. Geil White McMonies
February 14. Hostess, Mrs. H. ' R.
Lloyd. Those taking part were:
Gladys Patterson, Adelaide Mc
Alonies, Marela' Stanton, Gladys Pat-
Ltereon, Ellen Cameron, Tiucile Lloyd,
Lois Hori Mary Adelaide McMonies,
Marian Bancroft, Charlotte Troxell,
Helen Hartman, Gladys McCann. "'
.Direction.
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a Rqunianian . friend who had Just
been crying up, the advanced civiliia
tion oi Roumania."
Neither, I think, do- they want
education, certainly they don't get
if any more tHan stockings. Never
have I seen such atate of backward
poverty as exists in Roumania today.
It came with all the. greater shock
of being plunged from civilized
society mto barbarism, because on
cur journey up frortf TriesJe we had
passed thrqugh, the Banaf, a great
district "once south Hungary, now
to be divided between" the Serbians
and the Roumanians.,
' German JPeople Work. ' '
There we saw rich crops almost
eight feet high, modern town's, with
electric lights and tramways, and an
educated, hard-working people.
Tell it not in Gth, but they, were
Austrian-Germans planted there as
part of the old idea pf the Austrian
empire)-of puting a ring fence of
German colonists round rebel Hun
gary, 'ell, Kwould rather have
lived in 1 the,' Banat under the old
regime than in. Roumania under the
reign of the new world. Even the
arrival at'the big hotel shewed that
we had passed to the orieril. '
'Have yaiKfoom?" I asked the
porter. "Oh, yes sir," he replied.
"Then I want seme." v ,
'J Yes, sir, but you will not 'getfhem
unless you give me. pound." .
v Confiscate All Baggage.. .
" Of course our luggage, registered
through from Paris via Trieste and
Serbia, had not arrived, nor vould it
arrive, for it had been detained 'in
Serbia. For reason I applied to the
Serbian Legation in Bucharest.
"Yofr' luggage? Yes, it has been
confiscated by the Serbian govern
ment;' , 1 7 .
"But why?" .' 1 '
'You were traveling to Jfcuraama;
it is an act of reprisal against the
Rumanian government." - 1
"But what have I, a Britisher, gpt
to do with a quarrel between Serbia
and Rumania?". I . .
"Well, it is an act bf reprisal. YeUr
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A. H.Blaatc
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"ways rail
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talk, his prospects vould
always :ord.froni soineone
else.r-
, But that was
f 'cutest girlie in,"the world'ofc
'c itotinkerirLg vith his heart
land wound himvup'tirfat
j i n.en aiour-T lusmag maa
aer toujChedL'tKeDririA
of Andy ire
MA skoo sleep on this
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luggage he is confiscated," ansp it
remains to this dav. No Balkan
state has the faintest conceptibn of
ordinary mihlic morality, anthtont
may as well realize this facC,rji
as last." ; ; - '. ' ! V '
Rumania" has increased from
princioalitv of ftOOO.000 oeopftTto $.
knigdom of 18,000,000. It is lilea th
frog that inflated itself, "and B liv
ing on' that inflation 'until it bursts,
as it, must do unless it putromi
kind of solid work and organiza
tion into its huge halloon. Qjf this
last development there is not the
slightest sign. Never have JKieen
such abject misery cheek by jowl
with such flaunting of bubble wealth
as exists in Bucharest. .l,.' ...
1 In the back streets people ati dy
ing of sheer cold and starvation, but
take a turn into the local piccadily
oj Regent street and you willae a
long i procession of gaudily-dressed
profiteers, speculators, politicians
and their wives, pacing up and down
in an endless "and aimless parade,
showing off- the money they have
got on their backs. And it-is all
inflation all talk about the," great
Rumania" 'with minerals it ha con
quered, "and doe"not know how to
utilize, and with not a bit of' gen
uine enterprise and work toack
all this talk and thjs .vast issue of
p.aper inoiity. . , - '$
Kerjrshaw Valley of Sweets j
K Will Be Opened March 15
George Pctros, proprietor of the
Henshw hotel, announces the open
ing March 15 of fhe "Hnshaw VaU
ley f S,v,ects," a $30,000 cohfec.
tionaxy -piTrlor which is being fitted
up at 1509 Farnam street, justjeast
ol the hotel.The new parlorsvwili
cover 3,000 square feet, he says, and
will include several novel features,
a women's tea room and private din
ing -rooms. ,The walls will be hand
painted and' the floojrs carpeted ith
rugs.' The main parlor will accom
modate 200 people and will be fur
nished in mahogany. A $5,000 marl
ble fountain is being installed. -'
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