Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1892, Page 7

T 4 i . o 5 A NEBRASKA GIRL I GREECE Winifred Manatt Writes of a Wonderful Pionic and What Was Done Thereat. SUMMERING AMONG THE CYCLADES “From the Sprinkled Isles, Lily on Lily, Thnt O'erlace the Sen and Langh Their When the Lisps Greec Pride Light Wave AMONG THE UycLanes, August 1802, —[Cor- respondence of Tur Ber When 1 last wrote it was from Sparta, among the stern sometime 1 through and hardy Dorians, Perhaps will tell you of our retura arn pidaurus, Tiryns, Nauplia, otc, for the last part of t trip was {ar the brichtest Though I was much takeu with tue modern Spartans, yet my tastes aremoro Atheniau, 80 you mustn’t imagine me as having thrown in my lot with the descendants of Lycurgus, At present we are sojourning with the soft and dreamy louisns, which is quiteas it should be, for August is thetime for ialenecas aud pootry, fruitand flowers, Wo fled from fover-haunted Athens in July, for during the three hottest summer months cven her stanchest adorer is quite content to forego A slgntof the Acropolis, ana finds his soul satisfied with the rich treasurcs still walting to be uiscovered among the island A fairer piaco of exilo thau tais 1 doubt it we could find among “ihe isies of Greece,” and it is quite as romantic as it sounds We can ccho with all heart tho groat poct when he says, “eternal summer gilds thein yot," and we' are guite sure he could not have sojourned long among them, else ho ration to the Ath have limited hisadir Fortunately for us would scarcel B few verse enians have not yet discovered the beauties of their conutry, and we are not troubled with fasbionavle city folk. We had g.ite enough of thatat Phaleron, the fashionable Athenian resorty intowhich all Ataens emp- tes itself ath o'tlock, fora aainty sea dipaud, obief of all, the promenade to seo and bo see, tae women clad in airy ball gowns (of av least thoy lonk very much like it) and the ices and \heater striaging out the hours to 2 in the morning, Now this is not our idea or summer recreation. I detest the very word twatering vlace.” We are comparatively by ourselves hers, though there is quite & little clircle down from Aiheus, drawn bither from our good report of lust summer’s sojourn, und occa- sionally some fellow countryman s=cks us out, having been caught in Atheus st the Wrong seasc We take carethat he doesn't re. pent it and stays twico as louw as he intenaed to; for resources for wmusement are abundaut,and be he aclassicstudent or a mere curious secker after novelty be arimea and fascinated sud leaves not without pangs of regrot, By Jlize; Waterw There are two ways of reaching here. One 1s by boat from Pirazus to Svru, which they suy is a lovely ruey. Syra is the famous ireek scaport, and from steamers, thenco start for Kgypt, Constantineple and all the eastern ports, From Syra another little pecket tukes you to Audros ana our liitlo fishing bamlet. But we canie by train from Athens to Laurion, passiag over some of the loveliost parts of = Attica. Laurion was famous for its silver mines and the ancient shufts may still be seen. Themistocles used this treasure to ouild his fleet against the Persians. 11 you like you may take the cne rickety vehiclo of the town and arive over to Pt. Suntum, where stand the rums of the exquisite temple to Athene, now only @ few vroken columans, but of & staruing whiteness, for it is the only one of the Greek temples which has boen left un- tinged by sun or wind. And the view from this fair sbrine of the wise rodaess is sur- prisingly lovely, embracing on a clear day many of the Cyclades, Tuis white temple Was g beacon 10 mariners, warning them of the dangers around the' treucherous cape. Laurion itself is a dirty town, all coal soot, for there is wore coal than siiver found there uow. At noon we boarded tho jaunty lttle steamer bouud for Syra, but which left us about 10 o’clock at uight, in Butu harbor. It was a breezy, delightfully inspiriung day, and the dancing waves and deen blue heavens put us all in prime spirits; in fact. before we'd made Lialt the voyage we'd for- gotten all our fever (for most of us had risen from sickbeds 10 take the train), and our appetites threatened to be more than mamma had prepared for. Our first stopping place was at Karistos, a historic poit of Fubaea, its quaint houses, crownea by tho pic- turesaue ruins of a grand olu Venetian cas tle, set up on a hill behind. 1t was an en- chauting picture with the white sands of the long beach and the pretty ud ori- eutaily-garved fishermen foroground. On the highest town were celebrated tue nuptials of Zous and Hera, fnecording to old fable, and it would, indeed, be a not unlikely spot_for that great cvent Not u long distonce off, on this same 1sland, is Eretria,the scene of tho Amcrican school's b for a veak ubove tho late find, which created such o stir last year. In' truth this first of the Cycludes group scems very attractive, A Modern Ark Load. At Gavrion, the first port of Andros, we recoive o sirange snd uoisy crowd of fellow passengers. Strange 1o say, some of them have decided objections to joining us, aud ure bauled up on deck by dintol a balf dozen strong men’s united efforts, Aod not contentediwith driviog us off the deck to lock ourselves with fear and trembliug in the tiny cabin, these troudlesome vovagers set up such a squealiug and moaning and bleating ava bellowing aud cackling as to drive one well uigh mad. We were in bigh duageon that they should 101d up their so- culled passenger” boat with live stock, but there was nothiug 1o do but “grin und bear WL Aud us we looked through the windows AL the moviog muss of wooly backs and tne bulky form of & big 0X, it was quite a study in zoology Our first impressions of our summer home wero nov received till the next morning, as it seemed nges vefore our trunks coald be separated from the surging mass of animals, aud with us transferred into tho rowboat which pulied us to the snoce. A motle throng of natives, old and voung and of both BOXCS, RAVO US & 10ISY_Welcome and strained their necks to see tho forlorn looking, weary travelers, for you must know tuat tne steam. boat's arrival is the sensation of the weok, and when there are strangers aboard, actu. ally those fabled Americans, excitement reaches fever heat. So much fcr our journey hither, The wecks have flown and wo are surprisod to COUL @ MOntN OF ore siuce then. The day g0 1Ko the wind with this care-free, happy 0uLaoor life, and we aread the time when wo must go back to the artificial wear and t of the city—that is, 50 we say now, but after all ono likes to return to civilization, book and people when the autumn winds begin to blow. At present we are mon- hs of all we survey, and the Butuans would turn theméelves wrong side out for us. We bave, u short, taken the wild peasants by storm aud quite varied the course of their uuchanging, grinding millwheel soct of existence, We hay boomed their town for them and awakened 1o tiem o cousciousness of a great world be- youd, an Bldorado callod Amerikee. They appreciate ouly too well that we're rotling in millions and “think they may baul in the paper drachmas accordingly. But their cbeatiug amounts to & penny or two, and 1f they knew bow littlo it moiut to us they ueed not cross themselves with guilty con. sclences und burn an extra taper to the Virgin, View 1 am writing e rylike Villa, ou our beautiful, broad, marble balcouy which makes an 1aeal summer —study, beiag Ligh wocve the children’s world - round dozon of little Greeks and Americans are chattering on tho porch below, our buduing westorners prattl Ing away iu the language of Pericles us easily and unconsziously as in thoir own tongue-—whilo the broad, sweeping yiew off across the Ageun is oniy too distracting And 80ts 0nv AreRININE even ut this Lime ¢f the morning. OLf Poseadon SOews Lo be in a tantrum today, fairly foaming at tho n-outh. for the whitecaps blind sky aud wuter blottiug out the horizon line and making distance scem unlimited. Our spacious whitestone villa stands proualy aloof ang #bove he picturesoue clusier of low udobe cottages which rise ia terraces from the protty circclac buy and have a background of biown and gray billside, tiuy vizeyurds bere and there stowing spols of green, | | Opposite the hamlat 1s & queer shapad ponin- sula, Hke some animal with A& moustrous hesd and slender neck. \We cross this sandy neck to ses the divine sun so01s over faraway Athens and Eavosa, Just between us and the hamiet a fair garden forms delicate barrier from the madding crowd of gossiping fishwives, Hers the great rurple figs are bursting to be picked, whilo the grapevines, bending under their burden of luscious white and purple and pirk bunches, twino and interlace them- selves around the lemon and orangoe trees, Their fruits are now ereen aud tiny, but the Grecks value them 1aore so and gather them to preserve for their favorite sweets, The featnery olive, its leaves a siver gray-tone. Larmonizes well with the rich dark green of the stately crpress. ‘Thoir load of smail fine fruit must amount to millions on a tree. The fragrant pomegrauato blossoms are minglod with the ripe pale pink fruit, which having burst open gives a pecp at the pearly seeds inside, likea pretty maid's laughiog mouth, When wo first still unripe and camo Higs and grapes wero mulberries with cream weroe all the rage. The peasants lsughed us 10 scorn. They wrow wild (the mulberries) and the Greeks only value them for their juice, with whici they concoct 8 liquor called raku, which they serve tiny glasses to callers. 1t is feartally strong, ons sponful sufMiciog to upset un Americun, This was all very well, but wa woudered why we couldu’t tire & small boy for love or money to pick them for us. We soon learncd tie mystery, o our sorrow, whon our own inunocents av- rearcd 1o our startled eves after having climbed the moura trees, T'hev were dved a #orgeous blood crimson from hcaa to foot and benceforth those were their moura (mul berry) costumes, for it's a stain that can't be wipea out, ana will always o a reminder of blissful times perched up in moura trees, Trogressive Greeks. You wonder at our palatial quartors, for such they are, these big, high-ceilinged rooms and great manorial halls, with mosaic floors, toat have a breczo through them oven at the hottest time of aay, mpareda with the mud oors and scanty interiors of the vatives. Porhaps toere is no such palace on any other island; at least, it is extr aificit 1o fina good sccommodations in those out-ol-the-way places, whers as yet only an occasional archaologist comes, seek- nely ing after udventures, Now the (recks aro evory bitas enter- prising as we are, und considering their eager advantages a_hund redfold more so Our landlord is one of eight sons, u native of Batu, and with lots of push. Tnink you ho 2ahere to vegetato after reaching man’s estate! Not he. He struek out for Constantiuople, thas evading the rompulsor two years of army life in his own country. Having amassed what would be to Batuan winds an enormous fort.ne in the hotel busi- ness, he shows his love for patris by turning homeward and raising 1bis monument to Lis industry, ulso laying out a fine vegetablo garden stocked with all vood things, oven to ludian corn. His “Hotel d' Angleterre’ is kuown far and wide, and be telis stories by the bour of distingui: d travel , scholars aud princes and millionaires, witlr their yachts, who have put up with him Arnother brother was of studious vent, and all the neignbors united in_rasing the sum required Lo take him through the university course at Athens, where he did them ereat credit, and is now a prosperous, rustl lawyer in the city of Dericles. Healso comcs Lome with his family for his summer outing, and tho rustics look up to bim 83 a sort of god, with his Athentau toilat and his fine, ' ciassical Greek; and then tbey speak with great prids of s vrilliant stroke in capturing with his clever wiles a hizh class Atheniau woman, much traveled, who Lrought him a suug little dot of a hundred thousand or so. Ob! thoy're ciever ruscals, tuese modern Greeks, and haven't 1ost a bitof tho old tricky spirit, The oll man and his pood wife are suli living and ba:k in the enjoy- ment of their children’s good fortunes. One of them was tho “little pig who siayed at bome.” He keeps the best stop in the vil- lage aud oven imports fresh bread and fruit from Syro. They can’t pin the rising gener- ation dov v long here, und fishing aud tramp- ing out the grapes atvintage tims become monotonous after a while, so they spread their wings and hie them to Athens or Syra, which arc usually only stepping-stones for Erglaud or France or America, The Fishing Fleet. But I didn’t finish deseribiug the picture we have continualiy before us to aelight our eyes. The Batu flect, three or four pretty vari-colored fishing smacks, lio idly at au- cbor, und when & strong wind sweeps down naught can be more graceful than their swaying forms. Their bright colors, red and blue rua vellow, contrast charmingly with the now greenish-gray sea and ihe Rgloaming whitewashed dwellings witn their red tiled roofs, and the bronze-colorea rocks that jut out n dark irregular musses from the land, A oicturesque fisherman in scarlet jacket and great baggy trousers seems to fit right lalo our scene as he throws out his net for a haul. Somo urchins are just rounding tho point 1n a little ola rowboat, with no doubt a supply of tadpoles for our dinner. for whales or even doiphins are scarce around here, i3ut though the fisn are dimnutive, if you take them by their hit- e tails a la Gree one makes a daiity mouth- ful. They deem the beads a delicacy sud iv's allin the way vou look at It, But, dear ine, this first tetier will be all a preface. 1 siwply started oat to introduco 10 you our fair isle, cxpecting to plungo at once into a tale of one vt auother of our de- lightful excursions by boat or on foot or donkeyback, for our adventures would fill volumes. [ 'must content myself this time, however, with giving you u little taste of what picoicking among” theso isies is, for we bave made it a tine art. We are in the huoiy of takinga guest or two for variety and practice in Greek. In fact they have latoly begun 1o follow us unbidden, divers of the small fry, aud we bave been obliged to stop this imposition by getting off as quietly as possible, which s pretty noisily at best, as itis no small trick to set the calvacads in motion, with all its parapnornalia of bathing apparatus, parasols, lunch, maps, books, wriling materials (thatare never used), ete,, otc. Lust night during this hullabaloo of propa ration Miltiades, the demarch’s so, bap- pencd up bringiugus a muskaslon as & sort of oxcuse, for he comes very often, consid- eriug that there aro girls 1n our' family, something never allowed nere. He tracos his uncestors back to the Pelasgians, and says his grandpapa built that wall over at Paiwonolis, where wo were the other aay, As 1t is 2,000 years old or so, I don't believe our sweilest British cousins could boast such a family tree. Heo is a senior this year at the University of Athens where he s pursuing the law course. He is very bright “na eulertainiog ana good company in this isolated spot: heguly lacks that broudness of view which distinguishes our nation, aod we are fast improviog him. We were amused the ather day to bear his conclusion s fho resuit of careful observation into our ways: 1t was Luat the women “rule tho roost’ i America, going on o say that he had uctually soon the American missiouary here carryiugy water from the spriog for his wife. Of o] unmanly proceedings! But of this later, O ou a Prince of Picule Donving our straw broadbrims, in which our cavalier informs us wo are “out of signt,” with our baskets tucked under our armsin true rustic fasblon, we ure soon on our way across the sunds, fairly siiding along wilh our wooden Greek sandals, which might almost be like that famous winged puir of Mercury's, so easy are they, You sce we believo thoroughly in doing as the lomans do when in 1tome. The only jar to the burmony of thescene was the suflly laced form of i bandboxy Athenlan oficer as ho strode alony abead of us, all booted and spurred ang clasbing his sword with great aips. But we laughed siyly at bim and thoughy ourseiyes wuch moro chic 1o be rigeed out suitably for the occasion 5 W stopped ot the halfway coruer, or ena of the loug boach, to rally our forces ana give time for those in tha rearto come on, and talked about the progress of my country women, how unbounded was their ambition, and I explained bow 1mpossible it was for & girl to “get ou’ in America witbout a good education, bhow ‘proud our wen wero of leir polished inteliectual wives and so on, Miltindes tninks thas ail very fiue but says foreign women are uaturally superior, and that such a course woulau't work with rook girls. Mis little sister Aspasia, a nart litile witeb, quick as chain lightuing, 15 9 or 10 yoars old, aud her mother thanks 1t 15 timo to'take ber'out of school where sho has goue 1o vears, deeming it high tims she beguo to embroider and cook, for she must begiu Lo fashion ber wedding troussean, that great event, ber marriage, being the be-all and end-all of her exisleuce. Ob, the pity ot it For sbe'd get every bit us tauch £ood from & college course as ber potted aud coddled brother. — Fresently the procession moves o and arouad the clifls, following the THE OMAHA DAILY BE} | shors to the scond beach, which is a perfect bayou, wnd our chotce picnic spot. 1 shail copy here from my notes taken ‘on the spot.” The bath tonight was too delicious for | words, for the waters aro uurufiisd and | sorone, and so mildly tepid. Biustering | Boreas, who is venting his fury on those rocks out beyond, cAnnot touch us in this loveiv little rounded cove, and $o we may blissfully 1ie and float and laugh at the | nungey billows which are 8o upar and yet so far, Demoter, our voungest hopeful, takes | © water fo that I should judge her | aucestors to have been polvwogs instead of | monkeys a la Darwin. Numoer Two has sbrouted o pair of fins, otherwise gourds, They are our latost fad in this line, aond make bathing a dream. For iudolent people who can't swim, and never will. they arcinvaluable. Just put your trust in kolokithia, as they call them ers, and yo shall never go to the bottom, Maultog In the “Trata.™ Tam perched up above in a littie gem of & cavo and across the bay tho seiting sun hos transformed our littlo hamlet, shedding a roseate light over the mouatdin behind it | and making 1t appear a white gem set in | gold. Away under me the swaller fry are | absorbed in' mussel huntiog, and happy the mussel that sticks tight for they kuow well the art of slippiug under tho merciiess knife Miltiades 1s likewise below, protendivg to fish foF crabs, but Keeping up a stoady strain of talk with Miss Artemis, whomn he doesn't dare apnroach, being in sufticient awe of the terrible female authoress. Our conversation usually takes u deeply classical turn and quite natural it scems herc, Hs likes to Probe me and sourd me and tuds I'm enough for him until he bogins spouting omel His pr 2 even hero 1 am fast catehing up. In airing his ancient Greek though is pard able, for he knows all the old authors by heart and can give you anything from Socra- tes to Pindar by the vard. Atthe other end of the beach pulling in the trata, which supplies the fish for the whole village. It is the most vic- turesque sight imaginable and probably has not cumnged in the least from the mode of fishiag 2,000 vears ago. A dozen or 30 of the brawny fishermen ave pulling on tho heavy rope aud onv sees the bobbing pieces of cork away out in the water suowing how long they must work; and one marvels at their patience, for 1t is something that can’t be hurried ‘I'he men ars mostly in island costume, ma folded vlue howespun trousers gathered a, the kuee, bright scarlet jackets with loose white sleeves, nud Greek caps, red with heavy blue tassels, infinitoly more gracoful and jaunty than the Turkish fez. lmagme these colors coutrasted with the deep blue of the sea and the sunset glow over the hills, aud the rythmical united movements of tho tishers, as they sway back toward the land, ana forward "again, almost as e boay So graceful is it that the Megara girls at (Sastertide, when they flock by hundreds from the valloys round to the great festival, dance the trata, which is an exact imitution of this majestic, slow and stately move- ment—four steps forward and two back Qf 1 remamber rightly) and accompanied by 4 wierd indescribable chanting which accords perfectly with the step. We Americans can hardly comprehend tho patience that keeps thom pulling for sometimes two hours, the coil of rope on the sands growing gradually highor until tinally tho net appears in sight and all eyos are fixed eagerly on the silvery wizeling mass of little prisoners, which ail told don’t amount to more than five or ten okes (27 pounds in an ok2). Sometimes there ars none at all,aud whon thoy ure very lucky they catch twenty okes or more. Fishing Not ady's Veil, ‘The net is a work of art in itsolf, made of tho finest corded sils. [ saw a brand new one that had never been used at a village up ihe mouutain. The meshes wore fine as the new veils the ladies wear now and the color tho nutnral gold of the silk. And, more, U saw the coccons and all thay aro Fine s My the various pro- cosses updergone in the making, mostly by hand of coursa here, for cach house makes its own silk. Of course the women do all this, o that they are really at the bottom of the fishing, und earn their dicner quite as much as their husbands, It seemed quito shameful to impractical me that this golden net must be blackened with pitch - before ever it begiu its work. Iu would make a fairy hammock. We thourht silk rather oxtravagant for such use, but they deem i3 the only really strong and dur- able material. Tuere is a cneerful buzz of tongues and rattle of pennies as the head- of hungry fam- liies gather in a circle around the net, und no little *'spatting’’ about who shall be 'first sorved. The law reguires an even distribu- tion of the spoils, and so they all turn home- ward satisfied with their pewtor plates full. Oae seidom sees any women here as it is thought unseomly of them to appear on the sands, T'beir duty is to cook the fish when the men folks bring them home, You may to sure we camo in for our share, the boys purchasing them while we watched at & re- spectable distance. Tuon what larks 1n gathering brush and siicks to make a bed of conl on the sand and have our good sizod fishes come out a rich brown! What an cdge it gave to tho appotites aiready sufti- ciently whetted by thejwalkjand bath! As we reclined on a broad, sloping rock iu true Greek symposium ' fashion, with perbaps much the same vill of fare as had tho an- cients, we ull agreed that never bada we relished the most lengthy table d’hote in Athens with hall the zestand whole-souled enjovment as this informal but truly clas banquet on the blue Escan’ stor Tue fish simply crumblea 1n our flogers, so tender were thoy and the black bread, with its own fine flavor, spread with snowy goat’s milk cueese (thesé prasants dou’t know what butter is). the uny black olives, these rather light Greei viauds helped out with our substantial po- tato salad and hard boiled , comploted and rounded out by figs, big, dewy, purple ones, aud honey-sweet preserves for wore daluty tastes, grapes of all kinds, pears and velvery peachies, aud Miltiades' melon to re- mind ‘us of home—everthing is excellent and goes off like hot cakes. Tne wonder is where Is found the capacity for it all, Stiil another curious fact is that the smaller the youngster the mora be or she can make away with, There are toasts in the pure, sweet Andrian wine to Hellas, the world's' leadcr and teacher i the olaen times, and to America, holdiug the same enviable position of acknowledged superiority in our own country. The inner man thus bountifuliy appeased, the crowmng and finishing touch to our afterncon's enjoyment is the dresmy rowing home across tbe bay in our roomy boat, guided by our Herculean boatinan, and witt Selenetostied over us her soft light and araw o long path of shimmering silver over the scarceily rippling waves, for the wind bad censed. Our young American violinist, fondling her beloved fiddle with giriish grace, and the handsome Greek flutist made o pretty pair as tbey sat in tho prow and vlayed charmingly together the Groek na- tional hyiwn, out own “America" ana many wierdly pussionate Greel folksongs, mostly crotika, whilo thera was no want of yojoes o make sweetest harmony. The opposits shore was reached all too s00n, for the sentimental young people would have fioated Lhus with song and laughter in- deflnitely. But that was deferrod until an- other time, for the smaller members wero |- eady wranped in soft stumber, and Hercules standing iu tho water, tossed us in turn off Outo the dry sand, even 0 the tall cousul, like so mauy babies. And thus bappily ended our picaie, which 1 doubt 1f Newport or Saratoga could outrival in unique variety and novelty, with all their facilities, WINIFRED A, MaxATr. —— OCTOBER'S BUILDING RECORD, reat Increase in Valae of Improvements Over Last Year. Superintendent Tilly of the city building deparument feels ratber proud of the build- iug record mude during the month of October, aud in making bis footings, he finds that during that month Lo issued 136 permits, aggregating #3560, Durigg the corre. spondiug moutt of 1591 the permits numbered enty-four and aggrogated $140,065, or 5 less than during the same mouth of this your. Tue following permits were issuea by the superintendent of buildings yesterday ; The Owuha Brewing sssoclation. five- story and went brick and stone brewery, Sherwun avenue and Clurk stroct 150,000 Jobn J. Giasshofl, one-story frame eot- tage.Forty-fourth and Jackson streets 1,000 | A. Wiison, one-story frame cot- - 139 North'Nineteenth stroot 1,000 Buker, one-story frame cottuze, 20 Fowler avenue 1,000 Williaw - Boughton, oue story frame dwelling tioth street Three winor permits ., Toual.... YT Omaha's Festival of ¥ usio Has Been Very Well Provédéd For. DIRECTOR ~ MARETZEK INTERVIEWED I raging Words fro Tmpressario the Well K endthg the Enterprise Congratalating Miss Clary gram for the Ofdning Night, own mu Mr. Max Marotzek, an improssario who has vlayed an important part in the operatic stage of America, arrived in the city yester day to conduct the opera festival of this week and is registered at the Mercer, Mr Maretzek claims the honor of bringing out Adetina Patt when she was a child of § years, He has guided the fortunes of maoy other famous singers in his time and for a third of acentury was one of the leading operatic managers of the world. He avan- doned that precarious calling some years 20 to fouud a school of music 1n Now York and now, ho explains, ho is makiog more than he did from opera with many thousand dollars invested. In discussing the comiug festival Mr. Marotzek said: “1 can but believe that tho people of Omaha will get more for their money than thoy expect. We have secured a company of excellent artists and are prepsred to give productions of undoubted morit from an ar- tistic standpoint. We were fortunate onough to be able to engage principals and chorus who hiad been singing in opera all summer, 50 that the Owaha performances will bo neithor oxperiments nor rehearsals, Che memters of our company sang for three months in the Hewrich Opera company, which plaved an all summor en- kagoment 1o Philadolphia, aud itis worthy noting that they gavo excellent satisfaction in that metropolitan city, a center ol musical culture, Some ‘T show the quality of our soloists it 1s only necessary to point to their work in the past. The tenor roles will be interpreted by Mr. Payne Clarke, a tenor robusto who was a member of Carl Rosa's company_1n Lon- don. Ha is yery popular in New York ana Pailadelpnia and was tho original Turrido 1n tho Awerican production of ‘Cavaliora Rusticana,” itself an honor to e coveted. He 1s undoubtedly as good a tenor as any Sing- ing in English oper in America, and that surely should satisfy Omann, “Madame Selma Kuert Kronold, a soprano of fine dramatic powers, will sing tae roles of Lenore in *Trovatore’ and Marguerite in ‘Faust.’ She created the part of Santuzza in the Auwerican proauction of Maseagni's successful opera, and she is a grsat favorite in New York, whose musical people certainly have a discriminating taste. Miss Tennant Clary of this city will make her debut as Lucia, and that, 1 feel sure, will be au event of wuch interest to the citizens of this won- derful city “The contralto roles, will fall to Mrs. Morso Loe, an_artist who won reputation in the National Opera tompany and one who has many friends 1n the most critical conters bt the Solo Talent. of the east. The basso will be Si nor Bologna, who has subported Patti and Campaniol and been a member of many of the best opera companies, both in [taly and this countrv. "The baritone will be D. Corasta, a Russian artist who was a reigning favorite in St. Petersburg, and who has also sung in the Italian Grand Opera company. Mr. Joseph Witt, formerly with the IZmma Juch Opera company, wili be the stage manager. 1 have no disposition to make boastful promises, but from these few points it will be seen that the company is made up of artists of repute, siugers who have won their spurs ip ~circles where the standards are exacting. *Of course Omaha _people are oo sensinle to expect a chorus of eighity or 100 persons brougut from New York for wsingle week, but I can say that there: will be a fair sized chorus of wood aud well ‘trained voices. A ne selof costumes was seourod in New ork, and that feature will not be slighted. Operas on the Program, “The program is to present ‘Trovatore’ on Monday aud Tuesday evenings, ‘Faust’ Wednesday and Thursday and “Lucia di Lammermoor’ F'riday. At the Saturday mat- inec it is proposed to give un act from each of the three operas. Tho work for Satur- oay night has not been seleoted, but 1t is thought 1t would be well to wait till these operas havo beeu given Aud then repeat that one which has pleased the public the best. “I cannot refrain from complimenting the encrgy and the courage of Miss Clary in this undertaking, and sie most ussuroaly de- serves tue hearty support of the people of Omaba, In saring this I am not actuated by seifish motives, My mo is fully emploved by my school in New York and its brauch at New Haven. 1bad no thought of coming to Omana, but Miss Clary would not take no for an an- swer, an L receive mer:ly cnough 1o reim- burse me for the loss 1 sustain in leavior my work at home. I fiua thut she kas mado her arrangements like a veteran in the businoss, and she has done a wonderful work in pr paring the way for this festival. Many of the great cities of the ecountry contribute thousanas for sporting contests which bene- fit no one, and it1s to the lasung credit of Omata that it has so generously supported an euterpriso which has a civilizing in- fluence, aud which will greatly stimulate the thousands in her own midst Who are pursu- ing & noblo art.” neouragement from Mrs, Leslie-Wilde, Mrs. Frank Loslie has written Miss Clary the following very kind and complimontary letter under date of New York, November “Lam i receipt of your invitation to be present at the opera festival to be given in Omaba during this moutn, and greatly re- grot that my business eogagements will pr vent my being with you ou this auspicious occasion. Lam teartily in sympathy with vour great movement toestablish logitimate opera intho west, to make it popular and to thus cultivate the public taste, “America bas given to the world some of its greatest singers, and itistime that a nhome stage should be estabiished for sucy in the great west. Tbe fact that that eminent maestro, Max Maretzok, is the or, anizer and director of your enterprise 1s a guaranty for the avility of your artists, and no one' more speedily recogiizes, or more hizhly appre- clates, @ good thing when Le gots it than the westerner, and so I congratulate you in ad- vance on the success of vour undertakin The sale of reserved seuts has been very large and Miss Clury is 5ow assured tnat her venture, in which sho kus so assiauousty bored for the last five mbuths, will be a suc coss financially, whilo“sHe sincerely trusts that the patrons of the festival will decide the performances successes from an artistic standpoiut, 1 Trovatere, the pregram for Following is Monday night: BOYD'S NBW THEATER, e (audience piease stand Ing remarks on dehalf of Omuha by Mayor Bomis,: Readink of letters of rgiret from prominent peope. Orchestra the city of TROYATORE." ST OPERA— Manrico s lata Mr. Payue Clarke Count ai Lina i M."D. Corosto OrauYo ...t 40N Kighor Bolo o Ruiz. 20 Bl L SLinor Modanes! Leonora Muic,Noling Koert Ik ronoid Chlef of Gypsles. v o Alexunder Graus Azucenn A . “ Muie, Morrls L Inez . Y Mrs. Gulse Opera bogins promptly at 8:15. Carrinzes alled wt 10:3), Carr % in waltinz form on Beventeenth street, ieave 0pera Louse east on Hurney 1o Sixteents OFERAS FOIL TRE WEEK Monduy and Tuesday, “Trovatore.” Wod- nesday and Thursday, "Faust.” Friday wnd Saturday, “Lucia." I the Mayor's Box. Mayor Bemis who has invited the mayors sud editors of & number of Nebrasks and Iowa towns to occupy bis boxes ut the theater during the week, has reccived re plies from a number of the parties invited #nd has maae the following assiznments for the weelk : Mavors W. D. Lawreace of §Counell Blufls and John Walters of South Omaha will oc- Cupy tue mayor's box on Mounuay eveniug Mayors Heury D. Boyden of Grand Islaud sud A. H. Woeir of Lincoln will enjoy Vatore” from the sume coign of van.age Tuesday evening and listen Lo ihe election returus belween the acts, Wednesoay evening the wmeyor aod presi- dent of the city counell of Plattsmouth will occupy the box, Mayor Phillirs of Beatrice will be the euest of Mayor Bemis Thursday night, and Mayor Culp of West Point will enjoy the same privilege Friday nicht. Mayor Bemis has been requested by the management of the opora to eatertain the members of the press of the state, and invi tations have been sent to the editors of the leading duily papers in the state, The fra ternity and their ladies will occupy a box in the uoper tiar, whers Private Secretary Mil lar, an old newspaper man, will do the hon ors. Up to last night lotters of accoptance had been recoived from the editors of the i're mont Tribune. Lincoin News, Nevraska City Press ana Grand Island Independent. Frank Lan e's Benefit, H The testimonial benefit that has been ten dered to the woll known wsctor, Mr. Frank Lane, promises to contain some features that will be more than fnteresting, from the fact that they will bo performea by some ot Omaba's best known citizons, Mres, J. 1 Cook will sing some of her selaotions, and Miss Nettie Gant, from Indianapolis, a sister of Dr. Gant, will recito some new Rl pieces, Hans Albert, who is recognized by all musicians aud lovers of music as ono of the greatest violin virtuosos of the nine- teenth century, will play two of his choicest nd origi goms. Jules Lumbard and Captain Joln Kinzie will sing, Little Baby Florence will make her first appoarance on any stage, Dr. - Ramacciotti will_sing and recite some Dutch selections. The @ Baujo quartot, which is lea of tne banjo, George I at Symphony LY thit master Gellenbock, will en tertain., Revel ¢ 0 will sin his mar- | velous bass solos. The groat minstrel first part comprises singing by such well known artists as William A | Wallaco, W. O. Saunders, Tom Biddi- son, while the end men wili ve Sp " Farrish, iarey Burkley, Gig Edwards and an unknown; and last but least, M I"rank Lano himself will appear in a monologuo cn tortainment entitled, *1dle Thouchts of an Idle Fellow.” The eutire performance will conclude with ‘a burlesque on Alexander Dumas’ masterpieco, “Camille,” with Lano as Camille, Farrish as Armand, Washburao as Prudence and Burkiey as Da Varville, n addition to this list of popular artists Mr. David Barrie, the popular racoatenr and eneral favoriie, has kindly volunteered his valuable services, At the conclusion of thoe entertainmant the entire audience will bo pnotozraphed from the stage by F'rank A. Rinehart, SAGEE LAMS LOSES HIS CASE, 1s Streator ana Hawkins Guilty of Assault. Pirtsurro, Pa., Nov. 5.—When court con- vened this morning the jury in the fams case: came in and asked leave to submit | in writing & question which they did not wish to sk openly. After reading it Judge Porter told the jury the subject of tae ivquiry was wholly imma. terial. Auy other action betweon tho parties could not enter into the case. 7The Jjudge continued us foliows ““As to the instructions giren you to find the defendants not guity in nssault and bat- tory, 1 propose vou shall obey the court, You, of course, may ignore the instractions, You are the judgos of fact and law; not law as vou think 1t should be, but what it "is, We bave told ' vou what the suvreme courtof the United States says the law is. If any man on this jury thinks ho knows more than thesupreme court of the | United States of courso ho will stick to his owr opinion. It is a shame, however, that a man with such profound knowledge should | waste his time in a jury box," The court thon warned the jury agast the danger of being guided by feclings of prejudice and the jury retired, returning shortly afierwards ‘witn a verdict of not guilty The trite saying, no one can toll whata jury will do, has boea fully vorified in this case. - Not a lawyer who heard the charge 1o | the jury believed they would find any trouble in arriving at a speedy resnlt. Iiven the at. torneys for the prosecution, attor the chargo, | had 1o hopé of a conviction, and or.o of them said that they would now Bave to dapend on the suit for damages fora vindication of their client. This suit will bo broughv soon in the United States courts. Tams, the proso- cuter, 1¢ a resident of West Virginia, Tn that court’ suits for $10,000 damages will be brought, and the case will, no doubt, go to tue supreme court of the United Stutes. Botn believe tho question should bo fully sattled. —_———— Sy Edwards is Dend. W. F. Edwards, a newspaper man well known all over the west, died recently in Los Angeles, Cal. “Billy"” was one of the old timers in Omaha, He was a “jour” | printer on the Omaha Republican when St. A. D. Balcombe managed tne estabhishment, over twenty vears ago, aud was one of the toriginal thirteen” priuters who started the Omaua uvion, immediately after the printers strike of 1574, Later he became city editor of tne Republican. There was scarcely a position, from the press room to the editorial desk, which Edwards was not competent to fill. ~ He was a genuine all-rounder. His deatn revives memories of carly duys among the old guard, of whom bus few are left. e Vizzera and the Chicago Police, Detective Vizzera of the Metropolitan nolice, says there is an error in tbe state- ment that the Cbicago authorities denied bim assistance in his efforts to secure Mousso, who robbed Lieutonant Marquart, On tho contrary, the detective says the Chicago poiice force did all possible to assist him in securing his man aud getting him away. und Not e S Marriage Licenses, The following marriage liconsos woro sued by County Judge Eller yesterday Nawe und address. ASamual J. Chambers, Omaha TAVIs Post. Omaha S Willlam Gloe, Omaha. i Lucy Fel, Omaha, is- — Any Man Can Vote for Whom Hiawaria, Kan, Nov. | of Tur Ber THE SUspay Mo Pleases, ~To the Editor To decide a bet please state in Ber if an elector on any presi- FAVORITES, OLD AND NEW n the Doings of Actors aud 'Actresses Other Side of the Pond. PLAYS WHICH Drawing Cards In London -Success of Amer Toan Actors and Singors on the Englis! ki ts Agatn la eatth, Good Lospox, Nov Lago's opern Tho collapse of Sig. At the new Olympio theater boen received with general ro grot, as Sig. deserved woll of the people. He it was who cut down the prices of adwission and made it possible to produce ason operas adequately rendered aond staged at moderato prices. In sddition to lowering the prices of admission, Sig. Lago intro- duced to Loudon many first-class sinzers, in cluding the Ravologio sisters, and produced “Cavallorin Rusticana” in Tondon. After doing all this his only reward has been to soc his singers tompted awav from him by bigher salaries, and his repertory imitated by his vowerful rival, Sir Augustus iiaeris, manager of the Covent Garden unua other theaters. Since the opening of the season there has boen a bitter rivalry between Sig. Lugo and Sir Augustus Harns, which vesulted in neither bouse being filled regu- larly, and neither giving quitoa tirst-class performance. The Globo ures that Sir Aug! contont himself with his un doubted mononoly of thoe real opera seasons and leave the supply of the theaper autamn season to Sig. Lago. stus A Weok of W ner, Sir Augustus Harris prosented \WVagnor's “Tristan und Isolde’ through the week. The work had been in rehearsal for some time, but the company was rather a week oue, and the overa fuiled to attract the crowdea houses that are seen during the regular season. The only efMicient parts were thoso of Bispham, an American singer who appeared as Kur- wenal, and Abramoff, a Russian woo sang as King Marke. Both made decided successes. Bispham is improving on the eood impression he formerly mado here. The great theatricals at nt are at the pre Prince of Wales and the Court theaters. At the former *'In Town,” by Adrian Ross and George Leader, with Arthur Roberts and Miss Florence St. Jotin, is doing a ood bus). ness, while the Court tiicater is doing equaily as well with “The Guardsman.’ Iu fact both houses ave full every night, and the ad- vance booking of seats is large. “The Private Secretary” has been with- drawn from the stage of the Comedy theater 1 make room for a revival of Siduey Grundy’s “Arabian Nights."” Tue latter will soon bo followed by Broakticld’s *Divore- 100,” with the scene transforred to the Savoy hotel in Loudon. Mr. Charles Haw- trey and Mjss Lottie Venne will have the chief parts 1o this adaptation. It is said tnatin the courso of the season Mr. Treo intends to produce lbsen's drama, “An Euemy of the People,” and will apoear bimself 1n the character of Dr. Stockman, It is in this play, waich has been translated by Mr. Archer, that the famous dictum, sup- vosed to represent Ibsen's own view of Isben, is putinto the mouth of Stockman, *The strongest man on earth is he who stands most alone.”” Winter Comic Opera, Miss Marie Haiton, an American actre: who some little time ago appeared at the Lyric m tho title role of *‘La Cigale,” has, in conjunction with Mr. Harry Monkhouse, secured a vear's lease, to begin in January next, of tte Snaftesbury, with the option of renewing another two montbs, They will produce a nesw comic opers by Mr. H. Emm with music by Mr. Jakobowsky. Uuder the pseudouym of “Mr. Emm" the name of the author i5 but thinly veiied, It is Mr. Monk- house bumself who furnishes the libretto of the work. It was the intention of Mr. Monk- house to play the chief part in this work, but as he is under ecgarement to Mr. Horace Edmund it 15 not known whether he can do 80 Or not. Mr. Lawrence Irving, son of Mr. Henry Irving, is collaborating’ with Mr. Seymour Hicks on & new drama for his father. Mr. Clement Scott, the well known critio, will not commence bis tour untii_afier the production of *King Lear" by Mr. flenry Irving at tne iyceum theater. The date fixed for the prcauction is November 5 Mr. Scott attended the first night of Neely's vlay produced by Mr. [rving, and be does not intend to miss the coming opportunity of again seeing the great actor in a new part, Mr. Scott intends to visit Egypr, Indin, Coing, Japan avd America. Hi$ tour will occupy a year ana he intends to bo present in Chicago during the Columbian exposition. He will write Ietters descrintive of the pluces 0o visits and the sicals ho sces, and is expeoted that his descriptions of the World's fair will pretty ncarly cover every- thing to be seen taer Mr, Paderswski has recovered from his recent attack of illuess but he is still too weak to play in public. It is believed that ho will give no more public performances until ne goes to America, A Successor to T nyson, 'he Society of Authors, founded by Walter Besant, has elected George Merodith prosi- dont to succeed the late Lord Tennyson. Mr. ana Mrs. Kendall’s nlays ure not proy ing a success 1w Kogland. *“The Senator's Wife" met with an iudifiercnt reception. Mre, Kendall has seldom been seen av less advantage than in tho play. Miss Eibel Sharp, ex-scholar of the Royal College of Music, who appcared as pianist at the Crystal palace Saturduy gconcorts last season, ias ief1 for Vienna, having received o ant from the coungil of the collego to en- able berto visit tho principal continental ciues in order to extend her arustic experi ences, The Athenieum says: “Messrs, Longman aro preparing a new edition of S’ Bawin Arnold’s Liznt of the World,” which will be illustrated, through the kindness of the owy dential ticket boobliged to vote for the candi- | ers of the conyright, with roproductions of date on the Licket on which ho is elected in | 6ome of the most 1mportant Works of Mr. tho electoral college, N. Savtspeny, | Holman Hunt.! AMUSKHMISNTS F’RRNRM ST THE{RTER POPULAR ON:= SOLID WEEK C MATINER The Funr “0UR IRISH PRICES. OMMENCING WITH - "TODAY. BETTER THAN EVER, est and Best of All Musical Comedies, VISITORS The Comedy that has made all Ameriea lnugh, A LAUGH The Greatest Company of € IN F smedinns In existe AV ERY nee, LINK. headed by the populur Irish Comedian SAM. J, RYAN : and Amerlca’s cutative Soubrette, ‘:L Repre LITTLE JOM ......PRETTY GIRLS, .DELIGHTFUL SONGS, Election returns will be read from th AND A GREAT CAST.......... ottie Gilson” SPARKLING MUSIC; ORIGINAL SPECIALTIES: ELABORATE COSTUME?. Matinee Wednesday. —— Saturday Matinee. hc stage Tuesday Evening, Nov. ATTRACT THE PUBLIC { AMUSEMENTS. BOYD'S 1\ THREE TIMES, COMMENCING, wiey | Sunday, Nov. 13, OMAHAS ONLY BIG FAVO Vietorions Always Hlustrated by GUS HEEGE, Aud Litt & Day Snperh Company 'y of Players, including the far«fames 1 Lumbermen's Quarfet{e, The Breaking of the Log Jam! ONE WEEK FROM THIS VERY R UCH TARTLING [ 7ue Lumber Camp in Win- CENERY: 3 TiME TONIGHT, Sunday Evening, November 6 That Charming Comedy 17237247 Uliv iteal Railway Station. [THE GOLONEL]| This Evening, At80'Clock. Usual Prices. BOYD'S THEATRE. COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1. A WEEK OF GRAND OPERA. MaxMaretzek Aud His Comp vy of Briliunt Artists, MyeE KALRT FRONOLD, Soprano, C. C. TENNANT CLARY, Soprano, My MORSE-LEE, Cont to, Mr. PAYNE CLARKE AROSTO, Biritone, Mt BOLOGNA, Bass Mr. JOS. WII, s gl MAX MARETZEK, Muste, MRJOS, WILT, Stage Manager, MONDAY (M TULSDAY, Illil\‘fllfll’e- JEDNESDAY | THURSD AY, | ast. RIDAY (o e SATURDAY, | Licia, Prico of Tickots nliory b L sale, S Teuor, 1 Divector, performances now ¢ [e=] Q B\ = i Better Than Baseball. ANSON—Say, Kelly, 1t's getting too cold to play ball, and I tell you right now, this is my last grame this season, al- though Idon’t know what I shall do all this winter for amusement, KELLY—You don’t? Well, let megive you a tip. As much ns I enjoy playing bull, 1 have found somothing that suits me better. 1 go to WON DERLAND and BIJOU THEATER, where 1 get all exercise I want laughing at the comedians they introduce 10 us every week, Take my advice, old man, and spend twenty cents, get a reserved seat, aud have a good time at ONDERLAND And Bijou Theatre Corner 5th St and Capltol Avenue, Omana, Neb, Week Commencing Monday, November 7. Continuous Perfornance from 1 p.a, to 11 p, The Sensation of the Season—A Mon- ster Bil of Pentures Such a Show has NEV . BEFORE BEEN SEGN, Henley’s Comedy Co. In the Beautiful Four-Act Melo- Drams, the NobleOutcast Elanorately Costamed, Superbly Staged, Appropriate Secniry A Decided duccess Wherever Froduced, Our Specialty Galaxy. Europe ind Amerion Bion loctic i i Col Sensas tionu Second Week of the Colel rated Violet Mascotte, Europe's Grontest Serpentine Dancer, 1 Holmes and Waldron, Refined Musleal Artists, “Bugoif,”’ The Performing and Wrestling Bear/ MASSAOSADA, Phenoue Jupaneso Equilibrist, MEMPHIS STUDENT: A Quartette of Swcet-Voiced Child Buuny South SIGNOR ERNT, Tne Wonderfui One-Legged Gyuinast and Sknter, CHILDREN'S 8 IAY MATINER Every Suturday Ohildren recelve uduission and reservod soals for ONE DIME, LAIAES' SOUVENIR DAY, ery Friday ludies recoive o beautiful and useful souvenir. General Admission 2[] Including Reserved Seals fl NO HIGHER. 4 MOUNT VERNON PURE VIRGINIA RYE I beg to call the uttention of the pubs lic to the above popular brand of pure rye whisky and respectfully ask a come parison with uny other brand of pure en of the rye offered in this market. It is far superior to any other whisky and I guarsutce its absolute excellence in wvor 43 well as writy andits whole- some effects, The public is lovited to | call and ry it Henry 1iller, € M. 16eh S, family wine aud liquor Louse. Esmond hotel block. g’