Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1902, Page 4

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I6th § \d A A Rl bt e et et e 1 4 Musical A sad but true story of the eftects of that malady which is 8o prevalent— whose victim was said to be “stage struck” ~was related In the local press last week, when a bright and promising young woman, hypnotized by the glamor of the stage (from the audience side of the foot- lights) left a happy home, joined a trav eling company and now—God pity her!-— | the picture of a newly made grave is the fllustration of the last chapter. Alas! how many young women have pur- sued, are pursuing and will pursue that absurd and impossible will o' the wisp of getting something for nothing. It is the same old worn story. The mis- take is not the desire to “go on the stage,’ but it is the reckless thought that the stage life Is easy, is rapturous, is the one delight in life and that “the life” is an ideal one, all flowers, all footlights and attentions and success. Be not decelved, my stage-struck sister; it is the hardest kind of work to be a successful player on the theatrical boards. You have talent? Yes. Do you know you have? Have you ever approached an honest manager and asked him If he con. sldered you a promising proposition, to the extent that in—say one year's time of hard work he would give you an en- gagement ? Have you not hosts of friends who tell you that you are simply a wonder and that all you need is an opportunity, that you are born to act, that you are a natural genius, that you need little “coaching” it any, and predict rosy triumphs for you? But have you one real friend who takes you to one side and whispers in your ear that “the stage” is not “the parlor at home,” that the “audience” is not made up of “your relatives” and that the “critics” are under no obligations, social or otherwise, to ‘‘your family?" Tell me have you a friend like this? It 0, heed him or her. He Is more inter- ested In you, yourself, than are the others. Ask the great singers, the great actors Yes, ask the good actors who are not really great and the good actresses who are not Nordicas or Sembrichs or Bern- hardts or Duses, but who are neverthe less identified with the high-class produc- tions. I will go further. popular amusement makers who have suc- ceeded In the business. Ask them, one and all, If the stage is an easy life. Ask them If there is a premium on the unequipped but pretty girl, on the untutored but handsome fellow. If you would be successful on the stage-— and surely you would not entertaln an opposite thought—ask those who have made lasting successes in their various lines what you will have to do in order to reach the point to which they have at- tained. Do not ask the spoiled success of this season or of last season. Take those who have weathered the storm of at least ten years. Where are the comic opera “prima don- pas,” 8o called, of five years ago, and where will those of today be in five years from now? The life of the stage does not always mean a bunch of “American Beauties”, at $15 the dozen, an adoring “dudelet,” a hot bird and a cold bottle. There {8 a serious side and it is a cold side! Look for it, too, when you con- sider the footlights. There are heartaches on the other side of the footlights which you don’t dream of, because they are concealed by a smiling face. The audience does not come to see frowns, my dear; it has pald for smiles and if it does mot get them it will not like it. . Let not this be construed into a jeremiad against the stage. Far from it. This is an appeal to those who think they bave something which, undeveioped, will never- theless bring success. It is an appeal to the ambitious but misguided girl who thinks that her future would be blisstul forever on the golden blaze of & glory be- hind the footlights. Meanwhile let us ponder on the joys of one-night stands! In my experience as a musical critie I have interviewed perhaps a few of those who have made successes and the interview has never been obtained in a grill room or a club, but in odd moments of an artiet's time when he or she could perchance work on a “makeup” or indulge in a few rem- iniscences In that sacred “entr'acte” period, when only & newspaper man is admitted and that, not because of his possibilities of future space work, but because of a sympathetic interest in the artist's actual work. T would that every stage-struck girl, mat- fnee idolator and would-be ‘“‘actorine” could see five real rehearsals. Things might then be different. The legitimate stage, whether it be con- sidered lyrically jor dramatically, is an arena wherein the laborer must labor if he would win. There is no shirking or ignor- ing the fact. It is & powerful example of the gospel of hard, hard work. And woe be to the man, or the woman, who thinks to revolutionize the stage without years of incessant, perseverin cold-blooded study, pains and self-denial You cannot portray a real self If the lit- tle “self-ities” are predominant. The stage is no respecter of persons. If you don't believe this, ask the man at the box office. The “Visitors' night” last Monday at the rehearsal of the May Festival assoclation was such a success that in future the ad- mission will be by ticket only. More vi itors attended last Monday night than could be accommodated with seats and the management has been obliged to ‘“‘call a halt.”” Tickets to a limited number can be secured from members of the assoclation (who rehearse regularly) for the first re- hearsal in January, and after that time a small admission tee will be charged. Out-of-town visitors (of whom there were several last week) and professional mu- sicians will be admitted at any time upon application fo the secretary, Mr. Alfred Marschoer. “Hiawatha's Wedding Feast” will be temporarily shelved early in Janu- ary and the “Swan and Skylark,” by Gor- ing-Thomas, will be taken up. Among the visitors last week was Superintendent Clif- tord of Council Bluffs schools, who ex- pressed himeelf as highly pleased with the unusual choral resources. It has been sug- gested that one rehearsal night be open to the Omaha school teachers and probably such an arrangement can be made ere long. And we are to have a short season of grand opera in Omaha. Thursday and Fri- day nights of this week we will hear the tamiliar and always acceptable stains of Gounod's “Faust” and Bizet's “Carmea.” The company presenting these operas is, in itself, not so very well known locally. and yet there are a few names which lend lustre to the occasion aad which will lure the musical people forth, beyond a doubt. The company Shay Grand Opera company. sing io English. . Miss Rose Cecilia Shay ls not by any means unknown in operatic circles and she is the prima domna proper of the local \ is pamed the Gordon- They will Ask any of the | season. Helene Noldl has been heard here before and has justified her press comments. Of Mr. Archille Alberti, I bave spoken oft In this column, and his name alone is sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the production. Alberti is an artist in every point, and to hear him sing (even in concert) is an Inspiration. The other members of the company are said to be commensurately strong Welcome! grand opera—ecven If it is in English. Let us hope the translations will be as good as they can be. I am Inclined to believe they will But that is pot all ote the appearance of Mary Munchoff at Boyd's theater on December 23, Yes, 1 know, it is just before Christmas, but what a charming Christmas present this 8! To hear Munchoff, who has been praised at home and abroad, who sings beautifully, I am told, and who, after all her European successes, comes back to us, without Mile, or Frauleln or such, but just simple Mary Munchoff Without being in the least eacreligious, let me exclaim, “Hall, Mary," and let us all go and hear her of whom all Omaha should be proud. Mr. Simms will present a special mu- sical program tonight at All Saints’ church, beginning at 7:30, when the “Magnificat’ and “Nune Dimittis” of Wood will be sung, also three anthems by Harry Rowe Shelley. Mr. Simms will play two Interesting organ numbers from Guilmant and Salome. The appearance in Omaha of Arthur Hochman, the wonderful young planist, to whom I alluded last week in this column, is an assured fact. So Mr. Stephens in- forms me. A young musical friend of mine who heard him in Cincinnati, writes me the following interesting words concerning him As the young man to whom I allude is in no way Interested in the local presentation of the artist, 1 take the liberty of repro ducing his comment. He says “One thing sure, Hochman has more than made good everywhere. about him—but In a lively way—and he has every one ‘talking’ but privately and honestly I will say that the fellow is ‘honest’ and he is not ‘posing.’ He can play Bethoven, Schubert, Schumann, for you, all night. To properly ehow his scope he should play at least four entire recitals. But you will say ‘who wants to hear four programs?’ and of course, I must submit However, his quality of tone is something one seldom hears, and he does not seem to ‘try,’ for it—that is the beauty! Of course, on one hearing, it is hard to judge him, but I do so wish that you could hear him. I know he would delight you beyond measure. I have heard the great ones and I want you to hear this Hochman. If vou do not agree with me—you know!" This flattering and absolutely sincere tribute comes from a true and tried friend of the best in music and therefore I offer it to the readers of this column without knv hesitation whatever. The following letter has been sent to me, and I answer it, as follows: X “To settle a dispute, will you kindly answer the following in Sunday's paper: What determines an opera—'grand opera’— the quality of music, the number taking part in its production, or both of these features combined? Can grand opera be sung in Omaha theaters? Has grand opera ever been sung in Omaha theaters? If so, when and by whom? If not, why? Yours truly, E. W. N. As to the first question, I would refer you to The Sunday Bee of November 23, wherein the question of grand opera is somewhat exhaustively dealt with. The number of participants does not constitute grand opera —witness the hundreds of performers in the “Ben-Hur" or “Beauty and the Beast productions in the metropolitan centers. Grand opera can be, and has been sung in Omaha theaters, by the Tavary Opera com- pany, the Max Maretzek forces, the German operatic forces under Damrosch, at the Boyd, and the Damrosch-Ellis productions, with Zella De Lussan as the star, also at the Boyd; Pattl and her company at the Coliseum; Clementine De Vere and her company in the standard grand operas at the Creighton (in its earlier days), and Melba with her company, and Sembrich with hers, and heaven knows what else before the present scribe was living in Omaha— that is, previous to 1890. And now, how does the best stand, and where does the musical critic of The Bee come in? THOMAS J. KELLY. Sam'l Burns, Xmas bargains. soclety page. See adv. on Benefit for Old Soldiers. Phil Kearney post, Woman's Relief corps, and the Grand Army of the Republic will give an entertainment at the First Metho- dist church, South Omaha, Thursday at 8 p. m., proceeds for the benefit of the needy old soldlers, their widows and orphans. It will coneist of stereopticon views of the Spanish-American war, Parls exposition, and “The Brook,” by Will Stevens of the Omaha Male quartet. These fine scenes will be followed by a flag drill, given by twelve school children. The patriotic music will be turnished by Rev. Renwick's choir and oth- ers. Mrs. George Green will be the ac- companist. ‘THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How Useful it is Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most efcient disinfectant d purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impuri- ties always present In the stomach and in- testines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smok- ing and drinking or after eating onlons and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and improves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a npatural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs the injurious gases which col lect in the stomach and bowels; it disin- fects the mouth and throat from the po'son of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probabdly the best charcoal and the most for tke money ls Stuart's Ab- sorbent Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered willow charcoal and other barmless antiseptics in tablet form, or, rather, in the form of large, pleasant tast- ing lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. The dally use of these lozenges will soon tell in & much improved condition of ths general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it is, that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but, on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician, in sfeaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: "I advise Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to all patients suftering from gas in the stomach and bow- els, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also be- lieve the liver {s greatly benefited by the Adaily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at drug stores, and although ia some sense a patent preparation, yet I be- lieve 1 get more and better charcosl in Stuart’s Absorbent Losenges thas 1o any o the other charcoal tablets™ Critics disagreo | | escort; A. H price. Monday. ABOUT 250 WOMED guaranteed date garments and positively wort TAKE YOUR CHOICE MONDAY Great or Siberian marten, brook AL cciiivens REAL MARTEN CLUSTER prime skins, six tails— only «iiveves SABLE FOX where for $15.00— DOUBLE FOX SCARFS, i regular $25.00 values, for WOMEN ASTRAKHA Skinner satin lined, only WOMEN'S and workmanship pezfect, best lining, only ......... Women's! , Women’s Jackets and Furs have been reduced in price. Every woman's jacket Women's $10 and $12 Jackets, . Monday $7.50 'S JACKETS—Made of fine cheviots and Kkerseys in all shades, some 21-inch long, made with new slot seams, new back and new sleeves—others 27- inch box coats—made of the finest materials lined with $1 satin liniags, all this season’s new $10.00 and $12.00—all on one table— stylish furs, long husky tails, bella blend, two large tails, selected skins, 30 inches long, ELECTRIC SEAL selected skins, 22 inches long, box front, fit Dept. 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Come to this sale Women’s $15 and $16.75 Coats, Monday $10 18 positively the best lot of garments ever offered for the money—they are all made of the very finest ma- box, 3-4 length , all Skinner satin lined garments that we have sold at $13.50, $14.75 and all on one table—~TAK: MONDAY . nsivete st All our high grade novelties in 27-inch and 3-4 length Carlo coats, have been reduced from $5 to $10 garment. and 27-inch Monte Carlo $10 YOUR g WOMEN'S ASTRAKHAN JACKETS, made best selected sking, very 27.50 BEST NEAR SEAL JACKETS, 22 inches long, made and lined, as good as a $300 jacket, only.. $35 Ante Room Echoes ———————————————————— A short time ago an event of more than passing interest took place in Masonic cir- cles, when a conclave of the Ecclosiastical and Military Order of the Red Cross of Constantine was instituted in this city. This order is one of the highest and most ancient in the Masonic system, having its origin In the year 312, when the Em- peror Constantine, to commemorate the vision which appeared to him in the Heaven before the battle of Saxa Rubra and as a tribute to the Divine messengey Who proclaimed his coming victory, founded this illustrious order, after his triumpbant re- turn to Rome. The utmost care and conservation has always been observed in the forminz of new conclaves of this order and in the selection of its members, no attempt being made to popularize the degrees. Its an- clent customs and ceremonies have been preserved intact since its first formation and are today presented with the me elaborate detall which characterized its presentation in olden times. Through the favor of the Imperial council for the west- ern Masonic jurisdiction, & number of well known Masons of this city were in- vited to form the first conclave of the order in Nebraska. A dispeneation was in due time {ssued by Sir Willlam Frederick Kuhn, grand sovereign of the order, to about twenty Masons to form and open a conclave of the Red Croes of Constan- tine, under the name of Coeur de Leon Conclave M. D. Sir Kuhn, who is one of the prominent Masons of Missour!, being at the present time deputy grand master of the state. came here from Kansas City and personally in- stituted the mew conclave. After the in- itiatory ceremonies, a dinner in honor of the grand soverelgn was given at the Mil- lard hotel. Covers were lald for thirty knights and ladies. While no set toasts had been prepared, an excellent address was delivered by Sir Knight Kuhn, and short addresses by several of the members. A feature of the dinner vas a menu card of beautiful design. Dr. Kuhn was enthusi- astic over the reception sccorded him in this city and bespoke a bright future for the new conclave. At Geneva the following officers were elected by the subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows: Noble grand, B. B. Ogg: vice grand, Joseph McDonald; treasurer, W. E. Harrison; financial secretary, V. L, Aren- shield; recording secretary, F. M. Flory. The Rebekah degree at the same place elected Miss Bertha Trask noble grand; Miss 8. Marcella Flory, vice grand; Dr. J. W. Puckett, treasurer; S. B. Moffit, sec- retary; Mrs. Sarah E. Wileon, financial sec- retary. At Beatrice, oficers of Washington camp, Woodmen of the World, elected, were: D. W. Carre, consul commander; J. W, Sam- sel, advisor lieutenant; J. B. High, clerk; O. M. Lash, baoker; W. H. Hilbourn, Felch, W. L. Studley, J. E. Claussen, physicians; W. A. Arpke, watchman; W. A, Leigh, sentry; W. E Leohart, J. T. Greeowood, D. B. Penrod, managnre. At the same place Beatrice lodge, United Workmen, elected: Thomas Round trip rates: Rock Istand System Irvine, past master workman; 0. K. Reedy, master workman; Lars Hanson, foreman; William F. Spencer, overseer; A. W. King, recorder; J. A. McCullum, financler; A. H. Felch, receiver; P. J. Broulard, guld Emanuel Bell, inside watch; Charles Treadwell, outside watch; J, W. Ashen- telter, trustee; A. H. Felch, medical ex- aminer. The Royal Neighbors of Marri- etta camp elected Mrs. Emma Savage, or cle; Mrs. George Springer, vice oracle; Mi Nellle Smith, recorder; Miss Nora Arnold, receiver; Mrs. Helen Thomas, marshal; Mrs. Anna Miller, assistant marshal; Miss Lulu Brown, inner sentinel; Miss Ella Dale, outer sentinel; Mrs. Anns Miller, Andrew Sper- ry, managers; Drs. Love, Studley and Fall, physicians; Mrs. Ella Dale, chancellor; Mrs, Treadwell, delegate to state camp. Dudley ! castle, Royal Highlanders, elected: Paul Springer, P. L P.; Robert Smith, L P.; Mrs. Emma Savage, C. C.; J. F. Harkin W. E.; Roy Headley, P. C.; O. L. Savage, warder; Sam Carnaban, sentry. o At Creighton the Knights of Pythi elected officers as follows: Frank R. Huf- smith, chancellor commander; W. A. War- ner, vice commander; E. H. Warrington, prelate; F. C. Hamilton, master of ex- Orin Bruce, master of finane Henderson, keeper of records and Amos Sweet, master at arms; W. U, aley; master of work; H. L. McCoy, inner A. Meserve, outer guard; W. C. Caley, trustee. Omaba tent, Knights of the Maccabees, elected officers Thursday as follows: Com- mander, C. L. Smith; lleutenant com- mander, H. A. Whipple; record keeper, G. A. Ostrom; finance keeper, H. C. Hartry; chaplain, I P. Patchen; sergeant, F. E. Grange; master-at-arms, N, C. Anderson; firet wmaster of guard, R. J. Shaoke; second 3z XMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY RATES, To points within a distance of 200 miles from selling station. Selling Dates, Dec. 24-25-31, Jan. | FINAL RETURN LIMIT, JANUARY 2. P One fare to points west and one and one-third fare to points east of Missouri river. Ticket Offices: 1323 Farnam St. & Union Station OMAHA. master of guard, H. Schoenfeld; sen g B try, J. 8. Keysor; picket, R. J. Dohse; musiclan, H Heyman; captain of degree team, H. C. Hartry; trustee, H. F, Boon. e At Ashland the United Workmen clected Master workman, 8. 8. Sanders: foreman J. E. Whipple overseer, Jam: w. S(ru. ton; recorder, N. L. Whistler; flucncier, W. A. Fowler; recelver, G, A. Derle b “l‘llde watch, Ward Gllbert; outside Watch, J. A Reece; trustee, J. A. Derleth. Omaha lodge, Royal Achates, Monday elected: President, J. W, Watson; past president, J. W. Carr; vice presid Worley; secretary, F. C, Craj chaplain, Mrs. Lillian ¥, Da kin; marshal, Lucilie Owens; assis rml:r Birminghsw; guard, H. C. sentinel, Mrs. Mary M. Syas; trus- W. G. Dakin, H. A. Morrison, Mrs Caroline Cowleson; musician, Mrs. Helen 8. Stewart; captain, H. A. Wilson. Clan Gordon No. 63, Order of Scottish Clans, held regular meeting at Continental bullding Tuesday evening. There was a good attendance and Willlam Kennedy be- came & clansman. Nomination of officers for 1908 then proceeded, and under the head of good of the order, Clansman William Kennedy made one of his racy speech which at once made everybody happy and in 8004 bumor. R. G. Watson sang a song and D. Burdick spoke. As & finish Willlam Ken- nedy recited Burns' well known pocm, Death and Dr. Hornbrook." A splendid musical and literary program was presented at thelr open meeting last Thursday by Mayflower garden of the Gard- eners, assisted by Gellenbeck's band. Danc- ing and refreshments added to the pleasures of the evening.