THE OMAHA SUM DAY BEE: NOVEMBER 14, 1920.
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BY HENRIETTA M.REES.
TIIEjnusical season always seems
to he thoroughly open after the
Arst event ot the Tuesday Musi
cal club, which took place on Thurs
day evening of this week', when the
charming Anna Case Rave freely of
her rare art, to the delight of the
auditors who overflowed to the stage
at the Brandeis theater. In the
work of Anna Case there is a happy
blending of a beautiful voice and a
well-grounded art. and so skillfully
are the fine qualities of the one fit
ted and shaped into the requirements
of the other that there are no awk
ward edges apparent.
well-grounded art is a much
different thing from a well-grounded
.echnic, for the one is like the un
sheathed electric light globes which
mercilessly attract the eye, and
make you insensible to the creative
masterpiece they lay bare, rather
than illuminate, while the other is
the indirect lighting, which brings
aut the loveliest tints of expression
3f the musical scenes it is permitted
to irradiate. If all students of
" music would only work to employ
the indirect lighting in playing and
singing, there would be a great
many more successes than there are.
Anna Case has a well-grounded art,
and without this, the finest natural
voice in the world is not worthy of
ny especial attention.
The appeal of Souse and his
band to the public at large was
evidenced to such an extent in
Chicago, that the police reserves
were called out to handle the crowd
blocking the entrance to a sold-out
house in that city. In our owi city
the huge crowd which filled the Au
ditorium Wednesday ; evening, and
the interest among the school chil
dren who heard the afternoon con
cert were ample proof of his popu
larity. ,
People like Sousa because they
like his inspiring, nitfsical marches,
with their spirited melodies and fre
quent opportunity for the cornets
and trombones, with their vibrant
ringing tone and brilliancy. People
in the mass, like to be entertained,
and they will endure what little edu
cation ' they accidentally assimilate
if necessary to be entertained. But
they will not be entertained if they
suspect that a Certain amount of
musical education is the ultimate end
of it, for that is not the public's
idea of a pleasant evening. Yet it
is the unusual, and the unknown,
which brings a new ideal to take
home as well as the worth-while
points of the family which furnkih
,' entertainment. Sousa and his band
entertain, they play good light music,
and one or two numbers of really
serious classic standards, and wher
ever they go they find their eager and
welcoming public, and the secret of
it is because thsy play so well.
Marie Mikova, the talented young
Omahan who has so often been
praised in this column, received many
flattering press notices in connection
with her recent recital in Aeolian
Hall. New York. The critics speak
of "her swift and facile style," "a
crisp brilliance," "a command of
color and .nuance,, which is. finely
developed, and so is her technic."
"She is a player of charm and poetic
insight," says the New York Herald.
When first heard here her perform
ance showed a genuine pianistic gift,
and since that her style has gained
somewhat in maturity. "In her pro
gram," according to the Imerican,
"She reflected good taste, ambition
and individuality." These notices
were received from A. M. Borglum,
her former Omaha teacher!
j
Charles N. Drake in Vanity Fair
recently wrote a humorous "Guide
for Music Lovers" to be an "inval
unable aid for those who would be
.critics of music." It is delightfully
funny, not only because it so point
edly parodies the inevitable vocab
ulary of musical criticism, but be
cause it slyly pokes fun at the stere
otyped form of progran one has
come to expect in either song, violin.
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VRA C TJ. It Ton win nearly
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or piano recital. But on behalf of
the critics, one does not usually re
fer to a voice that is clear, limpid and
flutelike, as gorgeous. Otherwise,
well, there are- certainly points in
the article.
A tribute to Liszt was paid by
Husoni in a recent letter to an
esthete and critic in Berlin, accord
ing to the recent Musical Courier.
This writer had criticised a pianist
for playing Schubert "in the surier
romantic guise of Liszt, ("Wanderer
fantasy.") Busoni protested in no
uncertain terms as follows:
You overlook that with, this ges
ture you place yourcslf In the ranks
of those "crabs" the might have said
"lobsters") whom you oppose with
such courage and decisiveness in the
preceding column. I know Liszt's
weaknesses, but do not' overlook his
strength. Ia the last analysis we
are all descended from him Wagner
not excepted and must thank him
for the slighter thingr that we can do.
Cesar Franck, Richard Strauss,
Debussy, the Russian, all tout the
last (vorletzten . Russen) are all
branches of his tree. Therefore, one
should not celebrate Resplghl in one
sentence andreject Liszt In the next.
A "Faust symphony," a "Saint
Elizabeth," a "Chrlstus" these
things no ypuncer man has sue4
ceedad In dolus: "Les Joux d'eaux"
remains ever toiljy the model of all
musical fountains which have flown
away since that time.
Personally I ddn't see what Liszt
has spoiled In Schubert's "Wander
er" fantasy; on the ' other hand I
have been obliged to recognize how
helpfully Liszt brUtees over several
'stretches" of the original. No piano
player will hurt himself by agreeing
with Lisst, unless, of course, he
prove himself superior to him as
pianist and musician. Such a piano
player I have not met thus far: I
myself am fully cognizant of the
distance which separates me from
that great one. For which reason
I ask you kindly pardon this effusion
of Yours in sincere respect.
, F. BUSONL
Guy Woodward, the concert mas
ter of the" Minneapolis Symphony
orchestra, humorously remarked that
"a music critic is usually sore at
professional musicians for giving
toncerts to earn their living, because
that makes it possible for the critic
himself to make his living." But
this attitude of mind is not entirely
confined to the class he designates.
I have met clerks in stores who con
sider it a personal affront if you ex
pect them to wait upon you, railroad
exployes in ticket offices who seemed
to resent your wresting the desired
information from them," and even
concert givers who are inclined to
assume that their audience, which
has paid to hear them has nd taste,
(maybe for that reason). As for the
attitude of the critic toward the pro
fessional artist, it is only equalled,
if not surpassed-by the attitude of
the artist toward the professional
critic. I find that all artists and
musicians 'have more or less pe
culiar i6Vas and so do other musical
writers. . '
Musical Notes. -Maude
Graham Bell announces a
fifth prize memory contest comprising
ten piano recitals, beglnnlg Novem
ber 5, 1920, and ending February 4,
1921. The entire class will be divided
Into three groups: Pupils 7 to 12
years of age, puptls of 12 to 16 years
of age, and pupils 16 years and older.
One prize will be given the (pupil in
each group who Is able to play the
greatest numbers of pages from
memory in the 16 recitals as above
mentioned.1 Further Information
may ie obtained fey addressing
Maude1 Graham Bell at her studio,
14 Stutsman street, Council. Bluffs.
The annual fall issue of Musical
America appeared at the office last
week, and ampn? Interesting articles
is a page devoted to Omaha and
Omaha musical activities written by
Miss Blanche Sorenson, . .
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The train fails to stop at a wayside station where Tom Mix's sweet
heart wishes to board it. Tom can't stand for that, so ho hies himself
on horse, alongside the speeding monster, ropes the engineer and the
train stops. Then gentleman-like, the cowboy assists his lady-love aboard.
All this ia "The Texan," playing at the Mood theater this week.
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to be some fun.. 7 :
Extra Added Feature AH This Week -Miss
Marion Evelyn Cox I - Miss Doris Proudf it
CONTRALTO I VIOLINISTE ,
Will give recitals daily and have given their consent that Mr.
Thomas A. Edison's recent laboratory re-creation of their voices,
be heard. f
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What Docs Motion
Picture Industry
Mean to This City?
Did you know Omaha was one ot
the big film distributing centers of
the United States? That the Gate
City ranks seventh in the importance
of the film map ol our great com
monwealth? It is true. There arc
14 film exchanges in Omaha, most
of them being representative
branches of large national film dis
tributing corporations.
Tlie Omaha film industry has a
payroll of over $25,000 a week. More
than $1,000,000 each year. From
Omaha film exchanges more than
800 surrounding cities and towns
arc supplied daily with motion pic
tures. So important is Omaha as
a distributing, center that the ex
press companies maintain a separate
film department. Special express
wagons collect and deliver films at
the various exchanges.
Fiim exchanges might well adopt
as their slogan: "We never -sleep,"
for it is veritably true. All. alight
service is maintained by. most ex
changes in order that films ordered
by theaters in surrounding . towns
may get to their shows on time. It
i$ not unusual for films to arrive at
a(i exchange at 2 a. m. (returned
from some theater after having
been used) and then shipped out for
another theater on a 4 a. m. train.
Nor is the film alone the bulk of
the exchange's service. Advertising
matter on -every picture consisting
of slides, billboard lithograph papejr,
newspaper, cuts and mats, !atilh"
(not the Kentucky moonshine vari
ety, but photographs of production
scenes), etc., are considered just as
important as the. film itself.
Then in the motion picture theater
end of the industry in Omaha cqmes
phases of its importance. 1 - Con
siderably more than $1,000,000 is in
vested in theater properties, build
ings and equipment in the Omaha
downtown district. The World
Realty company, an Omaha firm of
which S. H. Goldberg is president,
owns and operates three of the
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Run at the h rae-nt requests
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il One month at I "X 1 I I request is made
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"No Fear, Gloria Is Just
In Midst of Rehearsal"
Rags and tatters play their part In
Gloria Swanson's latest starring ve
hicle, "Something to Think About,"
playing at the Strand theater this
week. As the daughter of a village
blacksmith, her role is ojiite viva
ciors." When her father choses a
life mate for her, she fears him and
elopes -with another following a quar
rel with her v "dad."
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downtown motion picture theaters,
the Sun, (the Moon and the Muse
theaters, (While the A. H. Blank en
terprises operate the Strand and the
Riatto theaters.
The Sun, Rialto, Strand and Mo6n
theaters represent the last word in
up-to-date theater appointment .and
equipment Nothing that will add
to the comfort and deHght of pa
trons has been omitted in these
houses. Good.t clear pictures; care
ful, courteous service; model heat
ing and ventilation, and good music
are but ji few' of the ' assets that
make these theaters rank with the
finest in the country.
Herbert Standing, the veteran ac
tor who was badly injured in an
automobile accident in Los Angeles,
was forced to retire for several
months, is again out of active serv
ice owing to a nervous breakdown.
Strong Cast to
Play in Coming
Barriscale Film
The next production in which Bes
sie Karriscale will be starred has
been made under the working title of
"The Living Child." This was made
from the story of that name by Mary
Lerner.
Seldom, if ever, has, there been
assembled for ope single production,
a cast which equals for strength that
selected by Mr. Frothinghani for
"The Living Child." Included in it
one finds such players as Walter
McGrail, who has "appeared in a
number of Seiznick and National
productions; Ethel Grey Terry, fa
mous beauty of the screen; Eugenia
Bessercr, one of scrcendom's favor
ite delineators of aristocratic types;
Pat O'M alley, who was seen as the
energetic young reporter in Mar
shall NeilanV'Go and Get It." Win
ter Hall, a player of distinction who
appeared in "The Forbidden -Woman,"
as well as in many Paramount
productions; Joseph J. Dowling, fea
tured in many Benjamin B. Hamp
ton productions, and to whom was
entrusted the central role of "The
Kentucky Colonel," a receht Hod
kinson release; Lvdia Knott, one of
the ablest character women on the
screen, and Irene Yeager, a child
actress of extraordinary charm and
appeal. ,
In every way has Director J. L.
Frothinghani given Miss Barrtscale
a background worthy of her own
art and ability. v v
His Hair Clipped. -
Stuart Holmes, most popular bad
man of the screen, has sacrificed his
wavy auburn hair in the interest of
Metro's "The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse." Director Rex Ingram
decided that Holmes could portray
the cruel military man best with the
aid of closely cropped hair. So the
Clippers were ordered and Stuart,
master of all the artful tricks of the
professional villain, for once was at
a loss for a defense. .. He just sub
mitted to the ordeal..
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Outdoor Play Is
Tonic to Nerves
Of Screen Stars
Consider the film actress, wba
neither toils nor spins. According
to Claire Adams, beautiful MHr,
many another sort of toiler has
t:isks at which she can sit longer
without tiring. Miss. Adams has just
finished a strcnuoVis role in "The
Killer." For a "rest" cure, she is
golfing every morning, playing ten
uis every afternoon, and ridiin; an
hour or more three days a week.
"That is the' way for anyone who
has been und?r a severe emotional or
nervous strain to rest," says Miss
Adams. "A week of this and tln-n
I can loaf for the next week or Itf
dtys until the next picture is ready.
One should never try to rest after
severe mental or nervous fatigue
without first tiring one's self physi
cally. Complete mental rest can be
obtained only through physical ex
ercise." "I learned that while a 'nurse in
Grace hospital, Detroit, and in the
Red Cross. The principle was ap
plied with great success in the Eng
ish hospitals during the wur, arid
it should be used by private persons
when taking vacations after ex
treme mental fatigue. My work in
'The Killer' meant hours and davs
at the high, emotional pitch of its
various big scenes, and it was a se
vere drain on my nervous system.
As I must enter the uext uicture
strong and fresh and wish to enjoy
my vacation between, I am making
the first week a strenuous one,"
Not So Bad
One of the musicians on Harry
Carey's set at Universal City waS
compelled to absent himself on ac
count of ilfness and sent a substitute
in his place. The man's pfaying was.
decidedly acetic. For two days the
company bore the discord bravely.
On the third day Director Va! Paul
remarked that the violinist seemed to
be improving. "It's either that," re
plied Harry Carey, "or we're get-
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