Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 4, 1903, Page 13

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY | try ant money has been spent tavishly by AMUSEMENT Mr. Savage in every conceivable way make ‘““The Prince of Pllsen” the finest comic opera on the road After a short | road tour it will be taken to New York City for a long run. ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES WOODWARD & BURGESS, Mgrs. ALL NEXT WEEK, OPENING MONDAY. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Y Buvn s Mats., Wed_an EIGHT PERFORMANCES. KLAW & ERLANGER'S ipendous Produetion of Gon, Law Wallgen® Again the new year has rolled around and finds us open-eyed, expectant, anticl Sarah Bernhardt has followed out her | Pative. What will it bring us? alleged sleeping in a coffin as & pieasant | As we look over the year that is past we bed to Its logical conclusion. 1t ia sald she [ have many things to be thankful for, and | b a monument erected to herself i Pt comerapy ment erected to herself 18 | oypecially is this true in the studiv line. | 8 Omaha is essentially a city of teachers Parts cemetery. | A woman's faith goes beyond all under- The studio business in Omaha is always | active One bright spot in the history of last Gonslp of Stage week theatrically w the visit of Miss Allce Fischer in “Mrs. Jack.” This new star with a new play did not recelve anything like the patronago she deserved in Omaba, but those who did go to the Boyd to hear her will carry for many days a pleasant recollection of a big, breezy woman, whose whelmed and ruined In the struggle to comprehend and domina’e the awful mys- |® ery of his Infiniie eavironment—is scarcely ever even remotely suggested. The poet has created and displayea a type of hum nature at Its _highest and best, over- whelmed with afiiction, blasted with grief, tainted with madness, and, alike by Innate tendency and external propulsion, made a total faflv the stage ordinarily present a8 a correlative of this image, & handsome standing. Not seeming to mind (he fact that D'Annunzio’s dramas falled to draw Madame Duse is having a couple more | We realize that it takes EXTRA- ORDINARY PRICE INDUCEMENTS| to secure trade just after the Holiday Season we have selected stock 10 special bar- Consequently from our lar; gains for Monday and Tuesday You will please notice that we give name, description, prices and terms of each instrument. We guarantee a genuine bargain in each and every case all are plain- ly marked— Bargain No. 1 1 full parlor size mahogany case irbe & Co. plano—used only a short time—in perfect condition— $li0 On terms of $5.00 down and $1.00 per week. Bargain No. 2 1 Crown piano—largest size— ebony finish, in nice order, will last for years yet— s128 On terms of $7.00 down and $5.00 per month. Bargain No. 3 1 Gilbert upright—walnut case— old style- $u8 On terms of $3.00 down and 75c per week. Bargain No. 4 1 Knabe-large size—ebony case —in perfect order—good as new— $283 On terms of $10.00 cash and $6.00 monthly payments, Bargain No. 5 1 Dobson—big size—black case— good value at- $136 On terms of $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. Bargain No. 6 1 E ett—l onk case ern style—as good as new bargain at si14 On terms of $8.00 cash and $1.50 per week. Bargain No. 7 1 Needbam—sample plano—walnut caso—an elegant plano in a beautitul case— On terms of $10.00 cash and $1.25 per week. Bargain No. 8 1 Jewett—figured walnut case—en- tirely new, but shop worn a most excellent value at— 5189 On terms of $6.00 cash and $1.00 per week. Bargain Ne. 9 1 Diamond square plano—pretty carved legs and lyre—a good practice plano— On terms of $5 00 cash and 50¢ p:r week. Bargain No. 10 Muelier square piano: handsome mod- a big medern vings and fine 359 n301$3.0) cash and $3.00 rer month. Re * ember these fpstrumer these prices and rms are offered for Monday and Tuesday only Quick aati secures -‘ chuice. | SGHVIOLLER - & MUELLER Maaufacturers, Who'esale and Retalt D glers. 1313 Faraam Street 6§02 Eroadway, Co. S1gD tone Bl usvally 18 accomplished. The essentia lqu‘hly of the character—iis soul of misery, acute perception of real her to make the very best of the delight- surrounded by a company of capable actors, | she, apparently, for all seemed | into the performance with a zest. And the play itselt is one of the brightest seasons. Miss Fischer has scored a de: her next visit ever be u next, more cordial | venture. event. Sunday to Omaha, if there should will find for her a much welcome than did her first Otherwise the week was without The usual thriller bad a big house night at the Boyd, and on New ners."” good old “‘Burgomaster,” failed to get an enthuslastic greeting he In fact, the musical comedy has vet written that cannot draw a big house Omaha. At the Creighton-Orpheum average vaudeville bill was well patron- ized all week n Christmas week was signalized by them the latest Clyde Girl with the Green Eyes, premier in New York. plece the critics are at variance, as usual. Mr. Hunneker of the Sun, who is quite out- spoken in his Sunday column, says of it: “The Girl with the Green Eyes" is a title that “G only knows,” as Cordella sald in Mr. rigan’s play, the new Clyde Fitch comedy Fitch affair, exalted character. pantomime, like the delicious LT Prodigue,”’ it might be more effective than it' was last Christmas eveming Perhaps tried before a less partial jury yerdict may not be 8o favorable. Certainly, there was much laughter at jokes so old as to masquerade as new. It would seem that everything about the nudity of Apollo_ Belvedere had been collected Mr. Fitch and spllled throughout the second act lectured the the Mark Twain order. it simply lacks vertebra, On the other hand, the ec.itic of The guide that As for the story, the follows does not stand or fall by it alone. pects something from every every line. He has placed atmosphere with that deft, breezy of his pl ing_with ‘the same subject. view is individual, his epigrams teristic. He seems to skim alon, surface of affairs but, which he deals charac- the as the world wit rather than shallowness of insight. One thing is true: he will only subside. Another of the uew Christmas plays is the one in which Mr. James O'Nefll will be seen in Omaha later in the season. It is a problem play based on & problem book, the main facts of Hall Caine’s “Manx- man” being done into a serles of scenes and situations. in literature than the guilty love of Kate afid Philip, than their deception of Peter, or anything mory pathetic than Peter's efforts to pro- tect Kate's good name after he has more viots not of it. All this s brought out freely and forcibly in the play. Mr. O'Nelll takes the role of Peter Gilllam, and won a triumph in the first performance of the plece, which was at Norfolk, Va., on Chris mas evening. | Other new plays brought out on Christ- mas day were Kathryn Kidder's “An Eye for An Eye,” for which Syracuse was “‘the dog,” and which went very well, and Heary Davis play, “The Taming of Helen,” which was tried on the people of Rochester. It, too, is highly praised. concentrated the knowledge gained at the midways, beginning in Omaha and ending at Buffalo, in an amusement enterprise at Coney Island that is making evon the New things, hold their breath for amazement. With W, A. Thompson, who was Frank Dunnivant's partner in the “Darkness and Dawn' ehow at she Transmississippl, Mr. twenty-two acres In the “heart of Coney Island,” and has erected Luna park. Here all the essential features of a complete exposition midway have been installed, and a number of decided noveltics added. A lagoon or camal runs through the center of the park, and around it are grouped the various amusement enterprises, thirty-four in number, all up-to-date and described in glowing terms fn the prospectus the features of the place 1 a creche, where bables will be cared for free of charge while the mothers take in the sights. Ten cents admits to the park, which Is to be opened on May 2, and once in a visitor will never want to go out, if the attractions come anywhere near being equal to the promise. Mr. Sothern opened on Tuesday evening in “Hamlet" at the Garden theater in New critics have agreed on, that “Hamlet” has never yet been successfully presented. When here Mr. Sothern admitted the diffi- culties that lie in the way of a satisfactory performance of the play, the complexities of the nature of Hamlet being such that them all adequate interpretation. I dis- cussing the performance Mr. William Win- | ter writes in the New York Tribune: To say that Hamlet cannot be precisely defined is to speak within the I'mit of trutn A beautiful, exalted soul, shrined in a physical image of perfect’ grace, and in- | vested with circumstances of lofty station and of romantic and awful char- acter, deiclent in the attribute of will, overladen with distracting thought, and | overwhelmed not only by | sonal experience, but by an a of the shocks and suffering; of " earthiy environment, Hamlet remains, and forever must remain. the inexplicable type of all | that 1s strange and dark in the spiritual As a mystery Shakespeare treated him, and his mystery is his greatest His ravaged strength and bloom victuresque posi- while play, aestiny of man charm. of early manhood and his tion combine with this allurement, the eloquent linguage of a_stately | togetner with preternatural | complete the g'amour. that actors sho of Denmark, place, accessories. 1 uspire to but sald fore. in there are 'insuperable obstacles proach ths subject. It is, indeed, readi = | poseitle for an experienced trapping of woe and to walk tlonally through the part of Hamiet, spe: ing the words smoathly and tative melancholy. and thi~ is Yha humor enables | tully funny situations the author of her | play has provided for her; and this woman, who took as much Interest in the play as to enter satirical comedies seen in Omaha for many clded success in her venture as a star, and Year's day Adelaide Thurston delighted two | very large audiences with her ““Cozy Cor- | To wind up the week we had the which has never to be | an the production of a number of new plays, among | “The which had its Concerning this has a_ pantomimic ring. ‘“‘God Har- | is no masterplece, nor is the miming of an Perhape played In pire ant than a well-dined Christmas audience the the by promiscuously Cook excurslonists was of Telegraph, who had, very likely, dined more satisfactorily than Mr. Hunneker, writes as Here is Fitch's dramatic summit, but he He ex- scene and the Fitchic stamp upon each step, permeated the whole and cynical personality which differentiates o\ ays from those of other men deal- His point of not noted for depth, ths manner has the merit of truth of reflect!on It this latest marks the beginning of the end of the reign of Clyde Fitch, the suffer'~g puolic will sigh a sigh of reliet and agree to forgive him it 1t there Is anything franker or anything more despicable than suspected the truth, the present writer Miller's production of the Richard Harding Your old friend, Scip Dundy, has finally Yorkers, who think they ure used to big Dundy bas secured congol of a tract of One of i York and again emphasized what so many | no one man may reascnebly hope to give goclal a terrible per- mulation 1t is not wonderfui play the prince this | ¢ in | the way of most of them when they ap- y actor of re- | epectable talent to dreas in the customary conven- ving a mors or less plcturesque embodiment of medi- young man, in black velvet ‘clothes, well groomed and looking as If just libérated from a bandbox, with no more sense of the terrible facts of life and death, moral re- sponsibllity and spiritual destiny feather has of the breeze by whi blown Naturally, Mr. Sothern's “Hamlet” does not meet Mr. Winter's entire approbation; ct, it finds little grace In the eyes the veteran critic and analyst. That other critics cqually in earnest, though, mayhap, not so eloquent as the dean of the gulld, are well impresséd by the pres- entation Mr. Sothern offers, is made plain | by the comments in the other papers. One of these writers, who himself is not un- known to fame “‘on Broadway,” Mr. Frank- Iyn Fyles, writes Mr. Sothern in two vears, { Into “many revelation has bettered but particulars of what is less a than a repetition. 1t Is ex | tremely demonstrative, much of the time { noisy, “and all_the time inclined to emo- | tonai excess. For those reasons the sol'lo- quies are the least satisfactory portions But nearly all the faults of elocution have been eradicated, the strong volce has be- come modulatory, the intelligence is thor- oughly pervasive'and the dramatic feeling 18 under effectual control. The merit now rises highest in the encounters with the ghost, where the agitation comes of amaze- ment, horror and vengeful resolution, and alls "lowest in the scenes with Ophelia, where the actor's purpose of evincing pas- sionate love seems to exceed that of the author. At varfous peints Mr. Sothern's desire to elucldate and illustrate Shakes- peare has led him into perversions of the text—not In forcing the words Into ques- tionable meanings so much as In accom- panying action calculated to increase the eloquence at the cost of stmplicity. But Mr. Sothern’s expedents for graphic vivid- ness are o very numerous, so considerably original, and generally so efficacious, that his work deserves to be accepted in its en- tirety by Shakespearean scholars as well as by people who are impressed more read- ily by its graphic activity. his “Hamlet" Coming Events. Tomorrow evening we are to witness the first local presentation of “Ben Hur,” which Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger will present at the Boyd theater all this week, with mati- nees Wednesday and Saturday. The cus- tomary Sunday performance is omitted. The ale 4% seats for the entire eight perform- ances is sald to be unusually large, but still this theater is a large one and many de- sirable seats remain for each performance. The curtain rises at § o'clock promptly, and no one will be seated during the action of the prelude. This Is to avoid marring the effect. There is no overture, but a dark- ened theater, and after a few bars of music, the curtain rises on the prelude, revealing the wise men following the Star of Beth- lehem across the desert on camels. There is no spoken word, but the story is told with dramatic effect in pantomime, accom- panied by appropriate music. Tableau fol- lows tableau In quick succession throughout the plece, giving all the chief incidents of the story, with which everyone is familiar. The musical setting for this play was com- posed by Edgar Stillman Kelley, protessor of music in Yale college. It is both or~ chestral and choral; for the latter, passages were selected from the prophecies of Isalah concerning the coming of the Me where Christ is referred to as the to lighten the darkness of the people.” The music of the first act consists chiefly of allusions to the themes in the prelude, which are assoclated with the prophecy, the beauties of Jerusalem, and the promise of the delight of the world, according to the demands of the dialogue. The music in the second act has a movement which suggests the rowing of the galley slaves, the swash of the sea and the moaning of the wind through the umseen cordage. In the third act the music is more elaborate. In the composition for the scenes, Mr. Kelley has made a special study of the anclent music of Greece. He has also introduced certain harmonic progressions which have for some centurfes been prohibited by European theorists, but which the latest investigators of ancient Greek music have proved to their satisfaction were undoubtedly used by the Greeks. In the music in the first tableau In the fourth act, the dower of Sheik Ilde- rim, the old Arablan scale is employed, and the wild lift of the Arab is suggested. The fith act music opens with a march sug- gesting the power and dignity of Rome. Then follows music suggesting the speeding of the horses in the chariot race and the downfall of Messala, and revenge, ending with a triumphant march for the visitor. In the sixth act the music is very impres sive. The theme from the prelude, “The City of Jerusalem,” s heard as the curtain rises, and the themes are introduced at propriate times. The particular theme fs his is Jesus of Nazareth.” In the scene In the Vale of Hunnom, there is a move- ment suggesting the misery of the lepers, broken when Amrah speaks of the coming of the Messiah, when is heard the grand theme of the chorus, “Hozannah,” intro- duced by the orchestr The bill that opens a week with a mat- inee at the Orpheum today is diversified, and besides presenting some favorites who are already established, includes several bidders from whom something new may be anticipated. Prominent among the offer- ings Is the Barrews-Lancaster company, who made & very good impression here lost season in “Tactics.” They have a new sketch this season entitled “A Jolly Jollter,” by Edmund Day, who has been { very successtul in writing for vaudeville. Hill and Silviany have never appeared here, but it is sald they do one of the best “stunts” on bicycles in vaudeville One especlal feat they perform is the riding of a unicycle down a flight of stairs by | Mr. Hill, supporting Miss Silviany on his shoulders. Les Dumonds, known as the | Parisian strect singers, besides their yoeal talents, entertain with instrume ntal musie. Mile. Rialto's anced in beauty with elaborate color and l"[hl effects. The Cole De, Losse duo come also with the brand of newness. while the topical jester, George W. Moore, will direct his efforts In a monologue to laugh provoking. The kinodrome pictures will be entirely mew. Commencing Thursday next, and continuing each week hereafter, the widweek matinees will be glven Thursdays Instead of Wednesdays “The Prince of Pilsen” makes its entree into local theatjical circles at the Boyd Tuesday and \Weinesday of mext week The new plece s the latest work of | Pixley and Luders, the authors of “King Dodo,” and Henry W. Savage, the foremost producer of comic operas in America today, !s its sponsor. It is full of pretty music and meny of the songs are already being whistled in many parts of the United States. A chorus of more than sixty stunning girls is required to meke (wenty changes of costumes during ch performance, 8o everything on the stage is lively all the time. Mr. Savage, as in has a competent it. Among the princi- pals are Dorothy Morton, Amnle Lichter Jeanette Begeard, Lilllan Coleman, Frank, Arthur Donaldson and John Ran- some. The environment of the new plece 1| from a scenic and costume point of view its grandeur of desolation, ils siguiticancs | '8 $Ure 0 prove & sensation. for it has betn as 8 lmage of fuite man, over. | desigued by the leading artists of the coun- A than a | ich it 1s | there {& no need to go | spectacular dances are en- | on | The Sultan of Sulu” and “King Dodo," | Zella | pleces written by that weird playwright Richard Mansfield has become tangled up In a controversy over the correct way to epell Shakespeare. As the fmmortal Wil- liam signed his name no less than eight different ways, it s golng to be a littl difficult for any one at this late da | cide which one of the elght styles ing he preferred It i really pleasing fo west to note that blase lowed cultured Boston in giving hilarious and unstinted endorsement to the antics and melody of “The Sultan of Sulu Kiram's cocktall song touched a responeive chord In the Knickerbocker bosom, just as the schoolma'am chorus caught on at the Hub, Dorothy Morton is to resume her role of Mrs. Crocker, with “The Prince of Pilsen company at Omaha. Helen Bertram, who has been doing this role since Miss Morton left the company, will o to the new Sav- age company, to create a part in “Peggy from Paris. ' Miss Morton will sing tor the first time under the new engagement at Omaha Beatrice Terry, the little niece of Ellen Terry, played a childish part In “Sara Crewe” In London recently with “‘remark- able self-possession and grace,” and justi- fled the expectation that the traditions of this remarkable family of actors will be maintained a new generation. Her voice Is sald to be clear and resonant, and she fa said to have brought tears to the eyes of many spectators by simple touches of pathcs. One of the pathetic_circumstances that came to light in New York City on Christ. mas eve was that Pauline Markham, once the queen of stage beauties, is now earn- ing scant subsistence by scrubbing floc in a Harlem flat bullding. This Is the oman whose arms were once described as he lost arms of Venus” and to whom Whittier indited an autograpn letter de- | claring her to be “a pearl among pebbles. She I8 old now and lost her beauty, but she retains some measure of pride for he conceals her identity behind a fic titious name, The young man ¥nown as “Kid" Broad, who on occasions punches the head of other young men for a share in the purse, recently attended a performance of Mans- fleld’s “Julius Caesar” in New York. He bought an admission ticket, and after he had entered he could not get near enough the.rall to see the stage, so dense was the crowd. He hopped upon tiptoe three or four times; he dodged about from point to point, trylng in vain to find a loophole where he could peep. He gave it up finally and went back to the manager of th house. but dis show is a money wrote it?" Posalbiy tne most beautiful Mexico is the Teatro Juarez, juato. It cost 600,000 and will seat about 8,000 people, but has never been opened. The reason of this is: The president of the republic, General Porfirlo Diaz, visited the city about five years ago, and during his reception they stoned him. He took an oath that he would never return, and they, thinking he did not mean it, fnvited him to visit them to formally open the new place of amusement, and he hae pertisten ly declined to do so. Consequently its ucors remain closed, for (o open _it under less august auspices the management cannot bring itself. According to Francls Wilson, one of his nelghbors at New Rochelle has a perfectly lovely little boy, who never gets any one into trouble and 'who had rather go to Sun- day school than stay at home. The other day the little boy was playing in the road, and when he came in for his supper he de- clared to his mother that he had at last seen a man who was much better than his fathcr. “How is (hat?’ asked the mother. Well, you see,” replied the little fello “he was a-goin’ by, an’ his horse got baiky. He whipped it an' he slapped it, but it wouldn't go no more. But he didn’t get mad about it. He just set back an' told that horse all about God an' the—the bad place.” The death of Nate Salsbury removed from the fleld of theatricals and the circus busi- ness a man who, in his qulet way, left his stamp on 4 _good many noveltles.' Of late years Mr. Salsbury's career was devoied entirely to the managerial end of the busi- ness, and having a half interest with Colonel W. F. Cody in the Buffalo Bill show for years, hie has accumulated a for- tune. Though he turned to the circus busiriess and found it a lucrative one, his earllest assoclations were with the stage. Before taking up Buffalo Bill's business Balsbury's - Troubadors were famous all over the country. Salsbury himself wasa comedian of no small ability, and his work was always a feature of these ofg shows particularly in his “Greenroom Fun,” wh.ch was -a_novel taing. 1t was in this plece tnat Nellle McHenry, Eddie Girard and a score of others who have become widely known since scored their first hits. “Green- room Fun,” by the way, was a novelty in that it was one of the first pleces to give the audience a glimpse of behind the scenes life, only in this instance it was travestied ‘for laughing purposes. It was in the midst of this success that Salsbury first became interested in Buffalo Biil. At that timo Colonel Cody was appearing in theaters, and the bullet-plerced walls of the People's theater in the rear of that house today are mute reminders of his old show. Salsbury concelved the idea of cla- borating the show, and making it the big thing that it has since developed. Of course, at the outset, things were not done on such a big scale, but from time to time the show was increased, and with Its prog- ress Salsbury became estranged from the theatrical business almost cntirely. An- other of his ideas was the taking of the Buffalo Bill show to England. He had traveled a good deal in Europe, and took advantage of the queer notions the Eng- lishmen had concerning America, with the result that many lgnorant of this country accepted the show as a reflection of Amer- ican life. The cnormous success of the European {rip demohstrated how thor- oughly he had sized the situation up in ad- vance. Mr. Salsbury was of a qulet, re tiring disposition, especially for a circus man, but he had wonderful executive ability, and as much credit nas always been given him for the great nccess of the Buffalo Bill show as to any other thing connected with that show, not excepting Colonel Cody himself. As'a result of his remarkable foresight and good manage- ment of a good thing after he got it Sals- bury died a very wealthy man COURTS TO SETTLE QUESTION Confiict Between Church Factions in Phillppines Must Be Judicially Adjusted. t spell- we of the woolly New York has foi- getter! Who theater in MANILA, Jan. olicitor General Areneta in a written opinion sustains Gov- ernor Taft’s contention that he is not in a position to intervene regarding the posses- sion of Roman Catholic property seized by independent Catholics and that the courts must settle the subject The adherents of the independent Catholic church have selzed several churches and convents and in some instances native par- ish priests have seceded, continuing in pos- session of the churckes, and have defled the new pastors appointed by the Roman Catho- lic authorities. i Archbishop Guidi, the papal delegate, has formally requested authority to dispossess the independent Catholics and restore the Roman Catholics, and to use the constabu- lary in so doing if necessary But the governor has declined to do so, holding that such action is beyond the powers of the executive. He also advised | an appeal to the courts and cabled the facts to Secretary Root, who sustained him. At- torney General Wilfley concurs in Solicitor | General Arencta’s opinion, which Governor | Tait will forward to Archbishop Guidi It is expected that the latter will insti- tute proceedings to oust the independent Catholies, who claim that much of the church property belongs to the people. It is not thought that the incident will affect the friar lands negotiations proceeding be- tween Governor Taft and Archbishop Guidi Crown Prince May Visit United States. BERLIN, Jan. 3.—Emperor Willlam is sending Crown Prince Frederick William to Russia as an educational experience. He probably will be present at the magnificent | New Year's function of the Russian court January 10. The crown prince bas visited England and Austria, and it is not improb- able that be may visit the United States in | 1904 to de- | “Hully gee!” sald he; “hully gee, | in Guana- | in their singers and players to the teachers here for studio work, and, be it sald, these enthusiastic young people from out of town are a delight to the teacher because of the | carnestness with which they apply them selves to the work, ,realizing, apparently, that their lessons cost so much more than | those of the city pupil, who is not obliged | to take a train fAifty or sixty miles, but can step on a street car at Ms or her own doar and be at the studio in a few minutes. | And here is where the gain comes in, t0o, |in a business way. How many students { coming into Omaha will receive their tui- |tion and go back home without visiting | some of the stores? | I venture to say not one. In many cases | 1t 18 a time for “shopping™ between trains { which is profitable indeed for the Omaha merchants, some of whom are probably { blind at times to the real object of their study, and to the reality of music, the art. | Puplls do not come into town to study so- | called “popular’ music. | | And now comes the merchant at Belturbet and complains because his customers “‘shop™ in Omaha, and it would seem rather hard that he should be neglected and that his own deserved patronage should be withheld from him and extended to the man in | Omaha who has no interest in Belturbet and who cares nothing for that smaller { place | But alas! and alack! There is another town called Ballinasloe, and it is | than Belturbet, and the Ballinasloe girls go to Belturbet to study and “shop” ut Belturbet, just as in the preceding instance, neglecting, as it were, their local teacher and tradesmen, and doubtless there are in | the 1ittle hamlet of Ballynahinch or Vil- | lageburg some young people who travel weekly into the next town, this same Bal- linasloe, to learn, and to buy things. Strange, isn't it, after all? But human nature {s natural and human, and the ten- dency 18 always to seek the advantages of the greater town, even If the population is only five hundred or one thousand more. And 80 Villageburg goes to Ballinasloe, and | Ballinasloe to Belturbet, and Belturbet to | Omaha, and Omaha to Chicago, and Chicago ito New York, and New York to Paris, and, of course, you know Parls is ‘“the limit.” | Let not the country town have a “‘grouch” because the city gets some of its retail busi- | ness, for it In turn is getting it from the | next in size. And it is not necessary for | Omaha to complain because her people may run over to Chicago for a pair of gloves It is a case of “pass it on,’” and if the friends In the adjacent towns think it unfair | that their townspeople come to Omaha, let them also remember that there are many | pupils fram Omaha in eastern schools. | No city can control all the business of all its people. Let us in this new year be con- | tent to ‘“‘pass it on” in every way. If 1 hear a good word about a musician | this year, a musician who is honestly, ear- zestly working for the good of the cause, it { shall be my endeavor to “pass it on.” If T | hear anything mean or unkind about a triend I will “pass it up.” I hate those genial friends who (merely | acquaintances as they are) come to you as | your friend, with a lay like this: “I am one of those people who belleve in telling a man to his face what he,” etc., etc. To such friends I say: “Pass it on,” if you wish, if you must, but for goodmess sake, don’t bother me with it. Don’t tell me the mean things people say about me. If they are untrue, how can they affect one, and If they are true, one knows them already. I would banish to a land of forgetfulness and put to poppy-sleep all those kind per- sons who always “stood up for you" and who just couldn’t help telling ypu “what | a mean remark the other one made about | you, and I just sald you didn’t deserve it, so | 1 aiat I want all the mean things, to be sald be- hind my back. Let us all start off the New Year with the thought of passing along good words, kindly actions and generous thoughts. That does not mean gush nor sickening flattery. I ahall try to be truth- ful and kind, not untruthful and sycophan- tie. 1 do mot like to read a criticism full of fulsome gush, which was written by a person who verbally expressed an opposite opinion. Let us have truth and pass that on! Mr. Oscar Garelssen has left Omaha and will take up his abode in the east. No mat ter what may have been Mr. Gareissen reasons for going, and he has not made them public, Omaha loses & good musician. As a voice teacher 1 knew nothing of Mr. Gareis- sen, but as an interpreter, a singer, an ac- companist, he challenges my admiration. 1 wish Oscar Rudolph Garelssen success in his new sphere, and I am reminded that when the May Festival assoclation was be- ing organized, and other musical persons were advocating the organization of a rival to that of Ak-Sar-Ben, Mr. Garelssen was oue of the first to come forward in a letter pledging personal support The Tuesday morning musicale will have { 1ts next program on January 6 at the home of Mrs. Herman Kountze. Miss Paulson | will have charge of the program, Chaminade being the composer. Mrs, Sheetz, Mrs. Sun- | derland and Miss Bishop will sing and Miss | Hawley, Miss Paulson and Mrs. Crofoot will | play The Oberlin College Glee club will give ! one of its unique concerts on Monday (to- | morrow) night at the First Congregational church Miss Corinne Paulson gave a puplls’ re- cital last Wednesday afternoon in her studio in the McCague building. Let me once more remind teachers that they must not expect mention of thelr pu- pils’ recitals in this column without writ- ten notification This celumn is for the general public, not for anyone or two musicians, but the de- partment has not a force large enough to ‘ll'll‘l out musical news-gatherers. If you have done anything good, “pass it on." THOMAS J. KELLY. Protection for N In order to obtain better protection for the nation's wealth the Treasury depart- ment has decided to add to its massive vaults and complicated locks a novel elec- tric burglar alarm. While the government is endeavoring to guard the nation's wealth it is very important that we should deavor to protect our health from the in- roads of disease. Then Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is needed. It will strengthen the stomach, purify the blood and cure ln- digestion, dyspepsia, constipation, bilous- ness and malaria. Try it today en- Chambers'School of Dancing,17th & Doug- las. Classes forming for Jan. Tel. F. 1775 smaller | The towns adjacent to Omaha n--n-l‘ \ | | | Dramatized by Wm. Young | Prices, 50c, Thc, A good seat for every day at 9 o'clock every performance, Gallery sea and 2 p. m. at matin:2s, StarolB shan, punctually atthys after the act is ove and patrons houssas my | SEASONABLE FASHIONS Small, Medium, large Woman's Work Apron, 4324—Every bousewife, every artist and every other woman whose occupation means danger of soll to her gowns, feels the need of a protective apron. 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The quantity of material required for the medium size Is 414 vards 27 Inches wide, or 4% yards 36 inches wide The pattern 4324 is cut in three small medium and large SEA CAPTAIN IS SUSPENDED He Loses H ce on u Charge of Violating the Neutrality Laws. sizes, NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The Herald says that under charges based on a violation of the neutrality laws and with the alleged responsibility of having glven information to the blockading force, which led to the apture of the Venezuelan guuboat Miranda at Maracaibo ou December 20. Captain Terrill of the steamehip Zulla of the Red D line has been suspendsd from dut It is alleged that Captain Terrill had ar- ranged with the officers of a German war ship blockading Maracaibo that If when passing out of the harbor during the day- time the Zulla displayed its ensign twiee it was understood this would be a signal to the ships blockading the port that a Venezuelan gunboat was inside. Should Zulla pass out after sundown it was agreed that the stern light was to be dropped twice. Zulla remained at Maracalbo from De- cember 17 until December 20, when it steamed out, refiching the blockade line shortly after sundown. The German gunboat Panther was about abreast of Zulia when Captain Terrill, it is alleged, called his second officer, John Crasso, and instructed him to order the ship porter to lower the stern light twice. Captain Terrill declares the assertion that he signaled the German war ship is false. Hindoo Savant Arrives, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3-—Swami Tri- gunatiata, 4 distinguished Hindoo savant, has arrived hel direct from the Rama Krishma monastcry In Caleutta, Indla. to make a pligrimage around the world that will occupy from three to five years' time. He will remain in Ban Frarcisco for son.e weeks, teaching the philosophy of the Vedanta to the cult In this city, and then resume his journs HOTELS. Tha MILLAR SPECIAL LUNCHEON, FIFTY C! 230 to 2 p. m. 3 p. m. DINNER, -— o — Steadily increasing business has necessl tated an enlargement of this cafe, doub its former capacity " HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. THE PARK HOTEL G CLASS Finest Cafes West of New York. $0,00 in Recent Improvements. Open Jan. ird to May 15th. Under New Management (5th and Douslas Sts OMAHA., NEB. | Omana's Ledding Hotel | Music performance. SPZCIAL -The curtaln will rise pron by Bdgar S01man | y $1.00, §1.50, §2 oMo open every Hox Ofce for ts on sale at ly at 8 p. m, every evening on th: baautiful open'ng tableaux “‘The in their seats seatad until a Hton scymsts wil Frse llst positivly suspended Woodward & Burgess, Managers. BOYD’S | PAY and WEDNF JANUARY 13-14 Wednesdny DAY NIGHTS Matinee, Henry W. Savage Presents the THE Newest Musical Comedy PRINCE PILSEN By Pixley and Luders, Authors of “KING DODO." 5 Months in Boston, 3 Months in € 60 in the Chol engo. 100 in the Ca A Galaxy o .. meously Gowned Gir A Radiant Keglment of Real 8 PRICES: — Ke—$1.00, $1.00, Matinee—$1.0 e, e 2 e, CRRIGHTON Telepnone 1541, Week Commencing Sunday Mat, Jan, 4 TODAY 2:(5— TONIGHT 8:15 HIGH CLASS VAUDEVICLLE Barrows, Lancaster Co ¥ nting “A Jolly Jollfer.” Hill and Silviany European Sensational Cyclists. Les Dumonds The Parlsian Street Singers. Mile Rialta Spectacular Terpsichorean Artiste. Geo. W. Moore The ‘Topical Jester TheCole De Losse Duo Kinodrome w Lite Motion Plctyres Prices, 10c, 25¢, 50c. OTICE-THURSDAY WEDNESDAY WILL WEEK MATINEE DAY INSTEAD OF BE OUR MID- HEREAFTER. Gen, William Booth founder of the Salvation Army, will lecture in THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH (20th and Davenport Sts.) WEDNESDAY, JAN 7, AT 8 P. M. Subject: “The Lessons of My Life." ADMISSION 25 CENTS, Tickets can be obtalned at the Army headquarters, 403 Bee the Y. M. C. A. Salvation bullding, and Mr. Kelly .... TEACHER OF Singing, Tone Production Interpretation Davidge Block, 18th and Farnam In Cherry Blossom Time China. A I exc sive party leaves carly early in Jane next October. Address in March, returning Round the world party LEON ¥. COLLVER, 35 Foylston St., Boston J. R. Hayes, C. A. Brant, Lessees. B E E ] ko l PERFIELD WEBER, STORY & CLARK, LUDWIO SILLER AND CECILIANS® sy Terms, Big Values, Least Expense |