Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1902, Page 14

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1902. Amusements Thanksglving week afforded Omaha pvnplfl‘ & round of entertainment at the theatefs & little better than the ordinary holiday sort, but at that nothing wonderful. * King Dodo” was most effectively. given at the Boyd the first three nights of the week, despite the fact that Miss Cheridah Simp- son had such a cold she could mot appear on Tuesday, nor did she sing again during the . week, and the other fact that Mies McKinne sprained her ankle so severely on Sunday night that she was almost forced to present Angela on crutches. Ezra Kendall's engagement at the end of the week also proved popular. Mr. Keén- dall doesn’t pretend to be an actor; an entertainer is the height of his claim, but he makes good on that His play is merely a monologue expanded, with the | addition of enough characters, also more or less unique, to give the necessary coho- slon to the intermittent fire of puns and quips from the inimitable Ezra. Both these attractions were liberally patronized, as they deserved. At the Crelghton-Orpheum an excellent veudeville bill was well patronized, Nothing could have more effectually demonstrated the decadence of negro min- strolsy than the appearance of the Prim- rose & Dockstader company at the Boyd on Wednesday and Thursday. Twenty yeats ago those were names to conjure wit it is now a hopeful sign that the ap+ pearance of these once great luminaries in the world of entertainment was made notable by the fact that the people listencd to and watched them almost in silence. Many reasons exist for this. First, Georgo Primrose, the premier of graceful dancers, | 1s ho longer a young man (he recently cele brated his fiftieth birthday), and the supple jolnts and clastic sinews of his shapely limbs are rapidly going the way of his youth. He bas reduced the range of his pertormance, and supplements his acts by producing two boys, who can dance some, but fall far short of what Mr. Primrose claims for them, the distinction of belng the “best buck dancers in America.”” Lew Dockstader suffers in the same degree. He 18 growing old, and age has not brought with it to him the wisdom that should accompany knowledge. More potent than either of these is the fact that in every city of the United States where there is a | vaudeville house, and nearly every im- portant city now has at least one of these, | a better grade of what was once the back- | bone of minstrelsy is now given nightly at | lowér prices and by better performers than | can be obtained for a regularly ordain:d minstrel company. Singers, dancers, jug- glers, ncrobats, eketch teams, all have | gone into vaudeville, 'where they meithcr have to “double in brass” or ‘‘warm chairs” during a first part. Primrose and Dockstader are the last of the old kings of minstrelsy. Milt Barlow, “Billy West, | George Wilson, Luke Schoolcraft, George Coes, Ben Cotton, Manton Marble, all the great ‘blackface comedians have gone to joln- Billy Emerson on the brighter shore or have found peaceful retirement in some other vocation, while the lesser lights have gone after the easler money in the ‘“cons tinuous.” . It's surely to the tall and uncut for the minstrel company, despite | the faet that Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger talk of putting Lew Dockstader at the head of a company of 160 people with a $65,000 production next season ta reylve it possible the interest. Mr. Primrose will head an organization on -the ten-twent'- thirt® gircuit. Fiercer than over rages the debate be- tween the advocates of an expurgated stage and the defenders, or, rather, apol6gists for the drama which openly and frankly deals with matters that are gemerally discussed in camera. No oné seems to have suggested & mean between the two. On ome side we are told that the modern play is decldedly innocuous in comparison Wwith the strong meats on which our forefathers fed, the comedies of Wycherly and Congreve being cited as eminent examples of what was considered good form once. Some of the amorous passages from Shakespeare, the screen. acene in “The School for Scandal,” and various similar incidents are cited by the folks who profess to see more good than harm fn the “dirt” drama and finally they tell us that the etage is for grown- ups and that they are entitled to have some color and flavor in the play that is set before them. Agalnst this comes the onslaught of those critics who can see no good reason for public discussion of what is_privately tabooed. The mere fact that certuin things do exist, even notor- fously 8o, is not to be accepted as reason for their being paraded in season and out of season. To select a courtesan for the central figure of a play and to revolve around her a series of scemes from her teverish, unnatural life, it is argued, does not contribute to the dignity of the stage nop, to its usefulness as a means of im- parting information or the inculcation of €004 manners. Neither does it impart any wholesome moral lesson if the same cour- tegan be used to give life to pictures por- trifylng the gloom and misery that follows in the wake of sln. Nor is the adulterous wife any more attractive than her less dis- creet sister. Elenora Duse has occasioned the latest recrudescence of the debate by hep presentation of the plays: of D'An- ..Zm. One of these, “'La Citta Mort,” re- lates with much prolixity and by equal digection the story of & brother who lusted after bis sister, and a husband enamored ofithe same young woman, and a blind wife who found 1 the sister's transcendent beauty justification for her lecherous spouse. The brother drowns the sister, who {8 ostensibly innocent, the blind wite loses her mind, and the two men discuss the toughness of their luck, though they don’t call it that. Another is D'Annun- xlo's version of the story of Francesca da Riminl. Most of us are familiar only with the Boker play based on that incident, and know of the Itallan play only by hearsay. We are told that In this modern version “much more dramatic effect” is given the ineldents of guilty love and bloody veng- eance on which the story turms. D'An- | nunsio splashes a gout of blood on each act, and the climax fairly drips with gore, modern mechanics making it possible for the wronged husband to throw at the feet of the wife who betrayed him the clotted head of her paramour, his brother. And both these apparent abominations are de- fended as being “art.’ In this conmection it 18 easy to believe that D'Annunzio made the incidents of his love affair with Duse the basis for an erotic novel. Editors and critics have joined in thelr assault on the plays, but greeted by the crowded theater, to which she, as the leading actress of the age, is entitled, and the people submit to the out- pouriug of attractively prepared flth be- cause it is presented in the name of “art.” On both sides of the controversy is much | heat and not a little calling of names. Uncompromising and as far apart as the poles, the parties to the @ispute seem unlikely to accomplish any good or to convince any but themselves of the justice lof their cause. It is not easy to believe that the morals of the public are so blunted that there is no longer & twinge or re- isentment roused by these plays. Nor is there any merit In the comparisons with what has been done. OtNer sulfjects for dramatic treatment are plenty, and other methods of treating this delicate topic have not entirely gone out of vogue, and while each appearance of Duse fs | d: the actor who seeks to portray solely the carnal side of human affection will have but empty weats before him. No art has ever made obscenity attractive, and the line between some modern plays and down- right obscenity is very marrow indeed. Coming Even Louis Morrison will present his famous characterization of Mephisto in “Faust” for the last time here tonight. His en- gegement opens at the Boyd this afternoon For over thirty years Mr. Morrison has been identified with the role of Mephisto. He has enacted it over 6,000 times during that period. His production is the best he ever had, he making it so because he wishes to retire from the role and the stage, leav- ing behind him a memory that will be last- ing. All of the scenery of the production was new at the outset of the season. Espo- clally pretty and effective scenes are: The | electric garden, the Brocken scene, Nurem- burg scene, the {lluminated cross, the elec- tric duel and the apotheosis. Probably no attraction on the road carries such com- plete stage electrical devices to ald in the making of the required effort in the weird scenes of this play. James Niell and his company of players will visit Omaha for the first time, open- ing at Boyd's Monday for a two nights engagement. Throughout the west and southwest the company is the favorite of theater-goers. Their popularity also ex- tends to the Orient, which they visited several times. The company will be seen here in two plays. On Monday night a dramatization of Stanley Weyman's ro- mantic novel “Under the Red Robe” will be given with Mr. Niell in the role of Gil de Berault, the swashbuckling adventurer, and on Tuesday night the last comedy suc- | cess, in which Sol Smith Russell was seen in “The Homorable John Grigsby” will be the offering. Mark Twain's quaint story of “Pudd'n- | head Wileon"” in its dramatic form is the Wednesday and Thursday offering at tho Boyd. The play has been seen in Omaha with the late Frank Mayo in the role of Pudd'nhead and with Theodore Hamilton in the title role. This time W. S. Gill, who understudied Mr. Mayo, will be seen in the part. Mr. Gill has been with the play since its initial presentation. The Selman brothers enact the roles of the twins. The role of Patsy, Pudd'nhead's sister, is in the hands of Miss Lola Swal- low and the part of Roxy is enacted by Miss Suzanne Halpren. The play is prom- ised with adequate scenic settings and cos- tumes in keeping with the period in which the scenes of the play are laid—1836. Gertrude Coghlan comes to the Boyd for three performances Friday night in a new vehicle for the display of her talents as a star. This will be her third visit to Omaha. Her first was as leading woman in the support of her talented father, the late Charles Coghlan, and the second as the star of “Vanity Fair.” On both visits she demonstrated that she possessed the Coghlan talent. This season she will be seen in an entirely different role from any she tas yet been seen in—that of the hoydenish Alice in the historical drama, “‘Alice of Old Vincennes.” It would appear from the tone of the press of the various cities she has visited that she has achieved some degree of succes The Orpheum bill for the week commenc- ing matinee today has on its roster a list of new namés outnumbering the old favor- ités who will appear amd the varlety ex- Aends to the range of the eigh{ acts. The Athos family of acrobats, eight in number, will make their first local appearance in the feats of daring and agility in which they have entertained with success the lov- ers of the athletic in both Europe and America. Eccentric comedy, singing and dancing, are the salient features of a “stunt” to be contributed by Misses Carver and Pollard. Kelly and Violette have been scen here on several occasions and always under pleasing circumstances. They ar called the “fashion plates of vaudeville. Miss Violette is a decided and handsome blonde, well equipped for the display of her beautiful costumes. Mr. Kelly's robust baritone makes a good fmpression. Berol and Berol style their “turn” “Art in a Rag Bag.” It consists of making with great rapidity a number of pictures of different designs from rags, apparently of just such odds and ends of chaotic makeup as are found in the housekeeper's receptacle for castoff material. Baby Lumad, the petite and popular juvenile, returns with some new songs and Imitations, with her dainty and graceful dancing. Club swinging and cornet playing principally constitute the of- tering of Alburtus and Miller. The kino- drome pictures will be entirely new. The students of Creighton university are now engaged in final preparations for their annual play which will oceur on Wednes- day, December 10. This year's play is “For the House of St. Quentin.” It is a drama- tization of Bertha Runkle's novel, “The Hel- met of Navarre,” by Prof. Daniel Johnson, formerly. of the Creighton university fa ulty, now professor of English literature at St. Louis university. The play is under the direction of Prof. Brockman, who is well versed in stage lore. The time of the play is 1593, and the sword play of the period is taught by Dr. Despicher, well known as an expert swordsman. With three lessons a week he has taught the young dramatists to handle the foll, rapler and broadsword with a readiness and ease that will surely produce an effect on the event- ful night. The cast is a large one, in cluding between thirty and forty students. Among the more prominent are: Danlel Hurley, as Etienne Comte de Mar; Willlam Schall, as Poul de Lorraine; Maurice Dug- gan, as Felix Bronx; Frank Montgomery, as duke of St. Quentin; George Martin, as Mayenne; Edward MecGovern, as Yerva Graniment; Jeseph Sullivan as Peyrot. The play is given for the benefit of the students’ library and from the Interest manifested in & mass meeting of students Friday aft- erncon the Creighton people expect to make the play a big succe Plays d Playe: Harry Langdon will soon become one of the guests at the Aetors' Fund home. Herbert Cawthorn 8o long successful in the title role of “The Burgomaster,” will be seen this season in “Blue Beard. Emillo de Marchl, the leading Itallan tenor of the Maurice'Grau Opera company, arrived in New York on Steilia last Thurs- ay. Mile. Ventura, daughter of a Roumanian actres has captivated the critics at the 'aris Conservatoire by her extraordinarily tragic acting. Herbert Sleath of Weedon Grossmith company, has secured Edgar Selwyn's play, “The Adoption of Archibald,” which he means to vresent at the Avenue theater, London. Among the members of the Maurice Grau Opera company who arrived here from Bu- Tope last week, were Mme. Kirby Lunn, the English contralto; Adolph Muhlmann, the basso, and Mme. Schumann-Heink. Henry W. Savage and George Ade re- turned from Burope last Thursday. While in London Mr. S8avage purchased a number of songs by prominent English composers that he will introduce in his coming pro- ductions. Wilson Bnes and wite, Gertrude Berkeley, who are well remembered in Omaha in nection with the Woodward Stock company, have leased from Woodward & Burgess the Century theater at Kansas City, and will there appears little ground for it, the bope exists that the time will come whea reopen it at once with a stock company. It will be known as the “Gertrude &oruloy Playhouse,” e et e e e e et 4 Musical Thanksgiving day being safely past and regular digestion being once more restored, it seems profitable to think a while on the blessings for which the readers of this column should be thankful. Well, to begin with, we have cause for gratitude that the mighty house of Ak-Sar- Ben (long may he reign!) has decreed that the legitimate in music shall prevail, that the young men and maidens of his realm will be encouraged in the pursuit of thelr musical studies, by the fact that he has sent his emissaries to the neighboring king- doms to borrow the chief singers and play- ers on stringed instruments, on harps and sackbuts, on trumpets and horns, on oboes and bassoons and flutes, cymbals and drums, to the end that all the people of his‘realm may have a feast of music every year in the merry May-time, for the refreshing of their spirits and for the development of the divine art in his kingdom, so that his loyal subjects may themselves become chief singers and players who shall go forth into the world and challenge admiration of the kingdom ruled over so graclously by the Ak-Sar-Ben dynasty. The thought of festivals have brought to my mind a book which Impresario Charles Stephens recently sent me. It is a Souve- nir program of a May festival (or rather a June festival) in 1896. It bears the head- ing: “Music for the People.” The programs included parts of “The Messiah (Handel), Mendelssohn's “Hymn of Praise,” selec- tions from “Lohengrin,” “Alda,” “I Puri- tani” and “Zenobia,” and a miscellaneous matinee concert. Among the names of as- sisting artists, T find such big ones as these: Mme. Fursch-Madi, Agnes Hu ington, Charles Knarr, Willlam Broderick and 8. G. Pratt, conductor Then there was the “Lotus Glee Club” of male voices, consisting of L. M. Bartlett, Nat Brigham, Walter Wilkins and S. B. Reed. I imagine it will interest the “old- timers” as well as the singers of today to peruse the list of those who sang in the testival chorus, and so I append it here- with: SOPRANOS. Allen, Mrs. H. H. Josselyn, Miss H. Allen, Miss B. Kennedy, Miss Elia. Anderson, Miss J. Lutz, Miss Ida. Arnold, Miss Fannle. Livesey, Miss Agnes. Balbach, Mrs. C. we, Miss Kittle. Bancroft, Miss A, McCaffrey, Mrs. O. Balcombé, Miss M. McNamari. Miss M. Bishop, Miss C. L. Morrell, Mrs. J. Bouhter, Miss M. McDonald, Mrs. C. Boulter,” Miss G.. _ Needham, Miss Matt! Bomgardner, Miss M. Officer, Miss Julla. Breckenridge, Miss L. O'Connor, Miss Eila. Baldwin, Miss Jamie. Ostrom, Miss Lottle, Burton, Miss B, F. Parrotte, Mrs. M. Clark, Mrs. J. T. Palmer, Miss Matrl. Cotton, Mrs. J. W. Patrick, Miss Jennie. Curtis, Mrs. 8. 8.~ Pratt, Miss Grace. Cooke, Miss Lottie. Perine, Miss Grace. Cooke, ‘Miss Beckie. Raapke, Mrs. 8. Collins, Miss H. 1. Rustin, Miss Alice. Chamberlain, Miss L. Rector, Miss Mary. Darrell, Mrs. H. J. Roeder, Miss Clara. Dunham, Miss Ella. Smith, Miss Nel'ie. Dooley, Miss Nettie. Stevens, Miss Carrio. Dundy, Miss May. Shreve, Miss Mabe Dundy. Miss Lulu. Stewart, Mrs. A. T. Dayis, Miss Edith. Traynor, Mrs. L. M. Entricken, Mrs. T. A. Tilden, Mrs. Geo. Gibbs, Mrs. M. Vapor, Miss Annie. Gibson, Mrs. Mary. Wilson, Miss Lida. Gibson, Miss Ida L. Withnell, Miss Gray, Mrs. Fred W. _Blanche. Horton, Miss Addle. Wood, Mrs. A. P. Ives, Mrs. W. C. Whittoch, Miss L. Isaacs, Miss Lizzie. Young, Miss Annie J. Jester, Mrs. Estelle. ALTOS. Anderson, Mrs. J. W.May, Miss Jennie. Bushell, Miss Katte. 'Needham, Miss L. Briggs, Miss Mary E. Nash, Mrs. W. F. Breckenridge, iss Northrop, Mrs. J. Marth Ogs, Miss, Bearo, Miss E. Putnana, Mrs. M. M. Caldwell, Miss Alice. Crouch, ‘Mrs. J. Cobb, Mrs. B."F. Creemer, Mrs. Lulu. Clover, Mrs. Laura. Derby, Mrs. M. A. Edinger, Mrs. Katie. Finley, Mrs. Belle Flemington, Mrs. 1. Gilmore, ¢, ¥ Hollenbeéck. . Poters, Miss Lela Roeder, Miss Francis. Read, Miss Emma. e, Mrs. G. R. Miss Myrtie. Mrs. G. W, Bprick,’ Miss Annie. Bwitt, Miss Maggle. Swobe, Miss H. V. Joselyn, Mi: Stevens, Miss Melie. Johnston, Miss D. C. Vorhees, Miss J. Keene, Mrs. Vapor, Miss Netti Withnel, Miss Al Mary. Wilbur, Mrs. W. W Leonard, Miss Lizzie. Wilbur, Miss Grace. Loomis, Miss Fannie. Wilkins, Miss Alice. Miller, Miss Minnie, ‘Wheeler, Mrs, Nettle. McNaughter, Miss A. TENORS. Northrop, J. Ostrom, J. Pogue, F. o. Smith, J.' W, Spaulding, B. E. H. Stephens, ' Lucian. ¥ Stacey, 1. D. Finle A. flhh‘l(f!‘ C Friz R. Z. Stelling, F. 8. Gallagher, R.'D. Spoerrl, R.'J. Grube, B.' C, raynor, 1. N. Holmes, 0. C. Wilbur, 'W. Heybrook, L. Welsh,' W.' L. Merriam, 'J. H. Whitehorn, E, McCague, W. L. Wilkins, W. B. McCreary, John. BASSOS. Kennedy, H. L. Meyer, Adolph. Allen, Wing B. Bartlett, L. M Cramer,'G. W. A. P. Cramer, ole, Danlels, J. Fosbennes SR Allen, H. W. Burkley, H.'V. Blake, L. J. Becker, 1. ‘A, Burmeister, C. E. Burton. B.'F. Baumer, John. Breuster, ‘George. Pennell. T. J. Brownlee, E. C. Reed, 8. B, Chamberlain, Frank. b X Cooper, G. M. George D, Carothers, W. D. Reynolds, N. W. Eldredge, Baunders, W, O. Straltmann, G. E. Spooner, L. L. Stracey. C. B. Snow, H. W. Shepperd. Wallace. Vinton, H. Woodman, C. M. Olsen, O. M Omohondra, R. C. To revert to the Thanksgiving thought, we are also grateful that the walls of the Auditorium, though not very high, are nev- ertheless vallantly standing up for Omaha It is true that no consideration of the musical needs and demands of the people of Omaha has ever thrilled the bosoms of the directors, although & series of concerts was promoted and supported as the first nucleus of an Auditorium fund. Yet we have to be thankful that 1§ we cannot have a “studio” building, we can have a “stud” building. If more ideas, suggestions and changes be adopted and reversed and revised and discarded private enterprise may bulld a real auditorium, studio and concert build- icg. and it may not be Omaha private ens terprise, either. Omaha needs such a building as Stelnway hall; Kimball hall, Fine Arts building, etc., etc., in Chicago, only on a smaller scale. Omaha must have it and will have it, for it is a paying investment. Think of it! No place to give a concert, not one adapted in any way to such a pur- pose. I know one Omaha man who has asked me about the possibility of remodel- ing a certain bullding In an excellent loca- | and bass. They have boen edited by Henry Krehblel, the eminent New York critie, which 1s the equivalent of saying that they | are superbly chosen and edited. The col- lections comprise the best of the ancient and modern classics and folk songs suited to each volce. It is the best contribution to music literature along jhis line that 1 have seen. I can heartily recommend the work to the thinking student. An’ interesting musicale was given las Wednesday night at the residence of Mri Jaynes. Mr. Joseph Gahm played\with his usual brilliancy, contributing the “left-handed” Leschetizki arrangement bf the ever-popu- lar “Lucia’ sextette (which though left- handed is really all right), a Gluck- Brahms gavotte, the Schumann ‘“Nacht- stuck” and a double number consisting of two of the pianist's own compositions. Mrs. Cudahy sang several solos, accom- panied by Mrs. Harry Whitmore; Miss McCune contributed one vocal number and Mrs. Mahoney a violin selection. Miss Hancock also assisted as accompanist. Miss Corinne Paulson has arranged the following program to be given at the Woman's club meeting Monday, December 1, at 4 p. m.: A quartet, “Oh, 'Tis a Dream,” by Hawley, sung by Mesdames Scannell, Urquhart, Cramer and Sheetz; vocal solos by Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Sheets and Mrs. Sunderland, a violin solo by Mr. Cuscaden, a reading by Miss Grace Conklin and an organ solo by Mr. Thickstun, or- ganist at First Congregational church. The Misses Boulter, Hancock, Carpenter and Weidensgll - will officiate s accompanists. The eastern musical press is saying many big things about young Hochmann, the latest pianistic success. He will play in Omaha December 19. THOMAS J. KELLY. B Ante Room Echoes S —————————————————————— The Scottish Rite will devote December to work in the degrees from the fourth to the fourteenth. Mount Moriah Lodge of Perfoction working in the fourth and fifth degrecs Monday evening, in the sixth, sev- enth, eighth, and ninth degrees December 8 and in the fourteenth degree December 18. St. John's lodge, Anclent Free and Ac- cepted Masons, will work in all degrees in December, entered apprentice, December 11; tellowcraft, December 18, and master Mason December 23. This latter date has been se- lected, as the regular meeting day falls upon islept in the car during the trip and kept a Christmas. Nebraska lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, is to celebrate the thirty-fourth anniver- sary of its organization Monday evening. A program has been prepared and all knights in this eity with their families have been invited to take part in the fes- tivities. At Table Rock last week the Odd Fel- lows' lodges and degrees elected officers as follows: Phoenix camp—C. P. G. W. Mead; senior warden, Frank Cochran; high priest, Bruce Woods; junior warden, Dr. W. H. Wilson: scribe, M. H. Marble; treas- urer, C. H. Norris. Subordinate lodge— Noble grand, Bruce Wopds; vice grand, John Hansen; secretary, M. H. Marble; treasurer, C. H. Norris. Rebekah degree— Noble grand, Mrs. Allie Fisher; vice grand, Mrs. Edith E. Woods; recording secretary, C. E. Scism; financial eecretary, Mrs. Lil- lie A. Wood; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Mead. Seymour camp, Woodmen of the World, will elect officers Tuesday evening. The election of Alpha camp will take place Thursday. Banner lodge, No. 11, Fraternal Union of America, gave a ple soclal Thursday evening, and the head of the degree team is planning a mask ball for Thursday. Elec- tion of officers will take place December 11. The annual memorial services of Omaha lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of | Elks, will be held one week from today | at Boyd's theater, at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. | Sulllvan of Creston (la.) lodge will be the | principal speaker. The Niobrara Line Completed, The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Va ley raillroad has completed its Niobrara line. Trains dally except Sunday between Omaha and Bonesteel, South Dakota. Leave Omaha 7:30 a. m. Leave Bonesteel, eastbound, 1:35 & m. due Omaha 10:25 a m The opening of this line enaoles people to reach the eastern border of the Rose- bud reservation. Watch next congress and see what is done about opening this reesrvation to AS tail price, and we desire Piano Prices Must =« Will Advance BONIFIED AND CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE we submit extracts from a few of the many factory letters now on file in our office. As we have always contented ourselves with a small margain over factory cost we must of necessity advance our re. TO GIVE FAIR WARNING that after our present stock is gold we in common with all legitimate dealers will be compelled to advance prices. What we desire to impress on your mind is the advantage of buying now while you can save from 10 to 20 per cenc, New York, Oct Messrs. Schmoller & Mueller, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen—We beg to address you on a subject which has in all proba- bility occupled the minds of most dealers and manufacturers of planos of late. The demands of all workmen in piano factories are of to recent date to require comment. Suffice it to say that as a result of these demands and the subsequent concessfons, our Cost of labor has very materially' incre In consequence thereof we find selves compelled to advance our whole- sale prices to take effect Jan. 1, 1903 We advise you thus early in or to glve yo sportunity of sen 5 % as you see fit. We 50 recetved and wiil avors to ship them in prices goes into yours INWAY & SONS. %, 1902, will advanc Chicago, Nos Messrs. Schmoller & Mueller, Omaba, Neb ntlemen—We must respecttully call attention to the fact that owning to the Increased cost of material used in construction of pianos, also the in- creased wages to the employes at our factory, we must inform you that on and after January 1st, prices will be advanced about 20 per cont—this s only the extra additional cost which we are obliged to pay for material and labor, which, of course, you will not object to. Thanking you for past and awaiting the pleasure of your further favors, we remain, very truly yours, 3 SONS, Piano Mfg. Co, 1902, diction of planos we Vose pianos. are forced to cember .1, Yours truly, Boston, Nov. 11, Messrs. Schmoller & Mueller, Omaha, Neb Gentlemen .— Owlng to the increaso of cost in the pro- advance the price The advance to apply to all shipments on and after De- VOSE & SON 1902, | Owing to the sary for u All or prices. possibly be filled at present prices, of PIANO CO. Messrs, Schmoller & Muller, increased continued advanc e in materi to ma ke 'S _at pre All order & before January 1 but such must be subject to the adv ston, Nov. Omaha, Neb, cst of manufacturing due tc nd labor, It becomes ne n advance in our prices nt on record will be filled at present elved after cember 1st, that can will also be charged on account of such NCe Yours truly, SON PIANO COMPANY, 22, 1902, later deliv SME OUR LINE. 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ROASTED TO DEATH IN CAR Filled with Horses, Hogs and Chick- ens and Burns in a Moving Train. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 20.—(Speclal.)—A box car blazing fiercely, filled with horses, hogs and chickens, was hauled from the west end of the Grand Island bridge to Ninth street and Doniphan avenue, & dis- tance of one mile, as part of a Rock Island treight train yesterday. All the animals were suffocated except a horse, which was shot shortly after its re- moval from the car. The car was also oc- cupled by J. F. Black, who was shipping his goods from Montrose, Kan., to Eldon, Ia. He It was this lan- His loss is lantern hanging in the car. tern that started the blaze. $6,000. tion, for such a purpose. Others are look- ing over the ground. Let us be thankful for thaf And then let us be thankful for the fact that we do not have to dress like fourteenth century mail-clad warriors to “play” foot bali! Let us be thankful that we can kick without such encumbrances! Then, of course, we must all be thankful that we are readers of The Bee. It was announced at the last rehearsal of the May Festival association that Ros- sinl's “Stabat Mater” had been added to the list of works to be produced at the May Festival. It is to be given Sunday afternoon with four eminent soloists, full orchestra and cholr of 150. The Ak-Sar-Ben committee, in charge of the business side of the festival, consists of Messrs. Edgar Allen, Mel Uhl and Luther Kountse. The Bee has received fresh from the press of the Jobn Church company of Ofn- four volumes entitled “Famous one each for sopranmo, alto, temor wan | Har |« non. BOTH PLAY PRICES—25¢, 50c, 75¢c and $1.00. MONDAY—TUESDAY. MR. JAMES NEILL And the Famous Nelll Company (seventh consecutive season). The Great Romantic Drama ‘““UNDER THE RED ROBE” Sol Smith Russell's Last and Best Comedy. JOHN CRICSBY” JLABORATELY FURNISHED, A NOTABLE EVE) L5 WEDNESDAY MATINEE, NIGHT AND THURSDAY Shipman Bros. Present America’s Greatest Comedy-Drama, “Pudd’nhead Wilson” Mark Twain's original Tale of Thumbistry. A superb scenic revival, W. 8. CILL as Pudd’nhead Prices —Matinee, 25c, 50c; Night, 25c. 50c, 75c $1.00, Seats on sale. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT. GERTRUDE Sound vislon never calls for effort. If you are alwa; trylog to see through a blurring mist, or if your eyes ever give you paia or discomfort—you are stralaing them, and glasses are needed Neglect of nature’s warnings will ou serious eye allments. Don't risk your sight. Come to us with ‘.'.::lll ;ymmun ‘We'll tell you what Toubic is and give you the glasses Sty T P e § The H. J, Penfold Co. Leadivg Opticlan, Farnam St. COGHLAN In Edward E. Rose's Dramatization of Maurice Thompson's Charm- ing Romance, ALICE OF OLD VINGENNE By arrangement with the Bowen-Merrill Ca The original ma sive scenie production, exactly as presented at the Garden Theater, New York, for one hundred nights. PRICES—Matinee, Art Exhibition.... Mrs. Oreta M. McKay and Mrs. M. J. Matthews announce thelr 1 Art Exhibition and Sale. 1840 North 19th street, An To be held at Thursday, Priday and Saturday, 4, 5and 6, 10 A M. to 10 P. M and friends are cordially invited. Yourselt ; Night, 2¢, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1 HOTELS. CREIGHTON Telepnone 1531, Week Commencing Sunday Mat, Nov, 30, Today 2:30—Tonight 8:15 The World Renowned Athos Family Carver and Polla#d Originaliti, Pecullarities tricities, Mark Sullivan “I Want to Put Yes Wise to Wan Ting." Kelley and Violette The Fashion Plates of Vaudeville, Berol and Berol Art in the Rag Bag. Baby Lund Everybody's Favorite. Alburtus and Millar Novelty Artists. Kinodrome Prices, 10c, 25c, 50c. and Bccen- Mr. Kelly .... TEACHER OF Singing, Tone Production Interpretation Davidge Block, 18th and Farnam The MILLARD December | OMAHA, NEB. Omaba's Le: SPECIAL P TURES ! LUNCHEON, FIFTY CENTS, 12: to 2 p_m. L SUNDAY, 6:0 p. m. "DINNER, ife. Steadily increasing business has necessiy tated an enlargement of this cafe, doubling its former capacity. 18tk ond Douglus Sta, Qing Hotel. Mme, Muefxtefering Piano Instruction Rooms 513-14 Karbach Block. , MAHA COLLKGE OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS (Incorporated.) VOICE, PIANO, PIFE ORGAN String Instruments and Art. Terms and Prospectus, ¥. H. WRIGHT, Ra College 'Phone, 110L Bldg. Res. 'Phone, A-2468