Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1903, Page 15

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY S Omabs people had a chance to see some- thing worth while at the theaters last week. Only ome weak spot was noticed, the opening bill at the Boyd. After “Piekings from Puck” bad pessed came the bright and tuneful “Princess Chic,” always a de- light, and along with the opera came the blizsard, so0 that the beauties of the plec were wasted on empty seats. It seems a ,pity that “Happy Hooligas,” for examph could have good weather, while the wors Storm of the winter fell upon the brightest ©f comic operas. Kyrie Bellew drew out the patronage he deserved plendid performances before large assem- blages of Omaba fashionebies. “San Toy" 8180 drew good houses, but fell somewhat short of receiving the enthusiastic welcome that Bas been given other musical come- dies during the season. The musie is pretty, | the @cenery and costumes are beautiful, but | the lines are deadly dull and the songs are Bot of the sort that are whistled hummed for days after being heard Creighton-Orpheum what was probably the best bill of the season drew large houses all week. The act of Leroy, Talma and Boseo is one of the most pleasing in the line of the magical and mystifying ever on, and made an immense hit locally. Otber and features of the bill also yroved very popu- | lar. After having listened to “Sultan of Sulu,” “Floroflora,” “Prince of Pilsen ' “Little Duchess™ and others of the bright park ling musical comedies that have moved in such a dazzling procession along the amuse- ment highway during the 1 wears, “San Toy” reminds cme very much the benders Bertie Van Alstyne and the “fellabs down at the club” ueed to go on. They would order up am apollin- aris Jemonade and light a ecigarette and #it and think and think and be perfectly devilish. In many ways “San Toy” is quite exhilarating as an sppolizaris lemonade Some of its humor fairly makes one squirm | with anxiety to get away. Our grandfath- ers maybe our great.grandfathers, used to sing “One little, two little,” and so on wp till they Bad enumeratsd “ten little Injun boys.” and here comes the pulasant snd subtle mandarin, Yen How, and sings “One MNttle, two little, three lfttle, four little, five little, six little wives,” with all the enthusiastic eclat of one who bas made a @iscovery. Why he stopped at six doesn’t sopear. Tenm or a dozen would have added that much more beauty to the stage picture, and wouldn't have prolonged the ong 3 great deal. And then Li, the real humor. 13t of the piece, is equipped with some ex- cruclatingly funny business; that is, it was very funny indeed whem first Invented. When Harriet Beecher Stowe had Topsy steal Miss Ophelia’s gloves and ribbon and get “caught with the goods” she added a quaint touch of humor to the pathos of her story; and that incident mever fails to get | A laugh when “Uncle Tom's Cabin™ Is pre- | sented on the stage. In this light it s a little bit surprising that when Tucker and | Poppy and Dudley “frisked” Li and discov- | ered a mumber of stolen articles of per- #onal adornment that no ome lsughed. Maybe it was because of the geperal ven- eration for old age: and it was Ifkely sym- pathy for innocence that induced the peo- Ple to refrain from cachinnation when Li so blandly admitted that he was,a “klepto- lunatic.” And in the same scene, when Li is giving expression to his desires for Eng- lish dress, he does not specify a hat: that would mever do. He distinctly orders a “billycock” hat: that ought to get a laugh, but it dida't. It probably wemt well in desr old Lunnon'. And, horrors! what a blunder “props” did make, for fnstead of providing Li with a “billycock” hat be gave him a “bowler.”” Took advantage of the pocr Chinese's ignorance of correct English form. you know, and shunted off on him a “dicer” of a type he didn’t way And these are only samples of the “good {hings™ with which “San Toygtairly giis- ens. Two topics Yor discussion’ and even de- bate, which “age cannot wither nor custom stale.” are the functien of the critic and the elevation of the stage. Just at present the debate—fer it !s no longer a discus- slon—{nvolves both these perennial sub- jects. and s growing In acerbity to the Peint where words will bardly suffice longer 10 express the ideas of the disputants. In- deed, one or two of them seem to have al- ready exbausted their ideas acd to have re- sorted to epithets in leu thereof. In times Past The Bee has tried to make its position clear on the matter of criticism, and Is £lad to state that it finds its attitude quite in line with that of some who are recog nized as leaders if not actual authorities ca matiers pertaining to the theater. By these 1t is held that the critic's office is & most important one, to the public and to the and gave two | At the | t two or three | the former. In a private letter to the amatic editor of The Bee, Mr. E H. Soth- 1 ern gives good expression to the attitude of the hobest actor toward the critle thus | versy myself, because it | bt 1ps. 1 like a man who can |etand up against me, but d—n the beggar who goes away from the comtest and spits r coat as it hangs in the hall™” Mr. | Botbern has been more mauled and hauled by the ecritics during the present season | than any other man on the American stage ;b:f further along in the same letter he speaks of the man who has most merei- lessiy criticized him—-mark, criticized, not sbused—in terms of the highest regard | Untortunately, the office of critic has been | #0 generally prostituted under the malevo- lent ministration of the “modern” jour- nalist that it has come to be little more an a vehicle for the expression of per- sonal spite or the puffery that is pur- chased. Some of the most graceful writers on stage toples have fallen into this habit, to the end that they have pot only lost | their own influence, but have done a great | deal to destroy the influence of the homest writers who have striven to maintain the | traditions of the high calling. This is the regrettable nature of the situation, for it brings discredit not alone on the offend- ers, but the earnest and comscientious critic must also suffer, for the public is pot at 1o discriminate. As to the bonest actor, to the homest critic—the bighest reward that may come is the consclousness | of having dome right according to the light | that is within him. on The elevation of the stage Is also & per- ennial topic for debate, but, fortunately while the debaters are wrangling over | meens, the patural law of change is work- | ing out the salvation of the stage. Prog- | ress is the order of the day in matters 1 No one who is at all familiar with the topie will undertake to maintain that the stage bas mot advanced as rapidly in | morality ae 1t has in any other directior cuesed from the stage with a freedom that seems shocking to persons of delicate minds, but it must be admitted that the freedom of the stage is not one whit more prone to take advantage of its license in this direction than the average novel “with a purpose.” It may be that the difference spoken the words that we can read without a shudder. The spasmodic outbursts of protest against the moral tone of the stage nowadays generally come from well-mean- ing persons who lack practicality in this direction, no matter how sound they may be in others. One of these is thus discussed in the Philadelphia Press: | The latest proposal to “elevate the stage” | comes from a professor of Greek in the Northwestern university, who would have all plays censored before public production by & committee of “Tepresentative moral citisens.” There is only ome objection to this echeme. . It is impossible. There Is no au- thority competent to decide upon the con- stitution of a cymmittes of ~Tepresentative moral citizens:” if thers were it would be much simpler io have this authority censor the play, and be done with it. Censorship, not by public opinion but by autrorty, has been trled in England for more than 150 years. Nobody but the cen- sor himself and the lord chamberlain, who a is him. it as aught but a afmal, annoying and futile restriction upon dramatic art. It does mot limit the output of bed plave and it not useldom keeps go0d pla. ge. The ‘only way permanently to elevate the drama is to elevate the audiences who sup- the drama, and whose lives are re- in that drama. When has discovered how to do_ thia. we find that there is mothing the matter with the stage. Coming Events. This afterncon “Shore Acres,” James A. Herne's drama of homely life, wiil be opened at the Boyd for an engagement that includes tonight and Monday night. Mr. Herne's death “Shore Acres” has re- | mained under the control of Mrs. Herne and has not been allowed to deteriorate in any particular. The acting company contains all the old players, with ome or two ex- | ceptions, who have so long been identified with the play. Mr. James T. Galloway will again appear in the role of Nathaniel Berry {and Mr. Atkins Lawrence as Martin Berry, |the thick-headed brother. These two ac- i | and they bave retained all his bits of stage | business. This is equally true of Miss | Belle Theadore, who gives such a eapital | | rendition of Ma Berry: Mr. William M. | Burton, the Josiah Blake; Mr. Charles E. | Fisher, the Joel Gates, and Mr. James | Burrows, the captain of the Liddy Amn. Mr. Herbert Flansburgh, who has won such | a success as Dr. Warren, was 4 protege of | Mr. Herne's, and gives promise of becom- a noted character actor. The children |in “Shore Acres” are also a most attrac- theat-ical, the same as in other walks of | It may be that certain topics are still dis- | lies in the fact that we do not like to hear | Since | tors were long idemtified with Mr. Hernme | “The Critie and the Lady,” a new sketc dealing with an actress who objects to be- ing interviewed and a critic who adopts | {the ruse of being a pbojographer. Migo- | dette Kokin, with her pretty gowns, suc- | cesstully directs her efforts to singing and | dancing. The sensational novelty of the program will be Rawson and June, who pre- sent for the first time to our theater pa- | trons boomerang throwing. They not only are adepts with this primitive weapon of the bushman of the antipodes, but include in their specialties club juggling. spear | throwing and bow and arrow shooting. The | Melini trio, new-comers, constitute the mu- | sical feature, who are sald 10 be excellent | They are styled the Milanese minstrel | their act being given in the form of the | street singers. Julius M. Tannan has a | | monologue uniquely his own. He gives imi- tations of the curtain speeches of. cele brated actors. For the Tri-City Press club enmtertain ment to be given at Boyd's theater mext | Monday afternoon the mewspaper scribes in charge have secured an attractive pro- gram. The local features, which were the latest additions to the card, will rank &i- rectly with toe theatrical portions, as mu- sical talent of the highest professional character baw been obtained Mr. Robert Cuscaden, the Omaha violin- ist, who created such a favorable impres- | sion here recently upon his return from | years of study abroad, will give a triology of famous string selections. In a series of public recitals just ended Mr. Cuscaden bas established his repute as a violinist. Mr. Delmore Cheney, who was for eight years | the basso in the S:humann quartet, the most famous men’s four in America. will sing second on te program. His will be the selection “Let All Obey,” from Stephen Leach’s “Enchantress.” Mr. Cheney has but recently come to Omaba, and, by & peculiar coincidence, sang at the St. Louis | | Press club entertainment given in that city a short time ago. Frederick B. Pates. a temor, who ha | bad eight years' experience in grand opera | troupe will be fourth on the program. Mr. Pates is another newcomer, who has | Dever yet sung in public here. His is a Iyric tenor of much power. He will sing Balfe's famous Cavatina, “Come Into t3e Garden, Maud,” among the most notable tenor solo production of the author of the | “Bohemian Girl.” Carl Reiter, the manager of the Orpheum theater, while a local attraction, will give theatrical act. It is expected that his | monolegue will prove the big hit of the | | afternoon Two selections from legitimate vaude- ville will also grace the program. Mana | ger Reiter has chosen Mignonette Kokin, the dancer, and the Milani trio, Milanese minstrels, from the Orpheum of this week, as the stromgest attrac*ions for the press club program. Each act stands high in its lipe. With the rendition complete of the first frst act of “Shore Acres™ the program will close. The act occupies thirty-five minutes, | and brings upon the stage sixteen of the two dozen actors in the troupe. James Ao Herne's own company will give the®act, and it bas just secured mew scemery en- tire. The vart selected is the barnyard scene, famous the country over for its realism. Ossip Gebrillowitsch, the most brilllant | of the younger group of plano virtuosi, will | play at the Kountze Memorial church Tues- day evening, February 17. His reputation bes preceded him. The sale of reserved | seats will open at Mandelberg’'s jewelry store Thursday morning. Elks lodge No. 39 of his city is pre- paring to give an entertaigment followed by a masquerade ball at the Ak-Sar-Ben den that will eclipse anything In an amuse- ment way it has attempted since its or- ganization. It will be on the order of the ewell public functiens given at the Madison | Square Garden, New York. The den will | be practically rébuilt to accommodate the | function. The galleries will be carpeted | and reseated. Boxes will be arranged for exclusive parties. The lower fioor will be cleared for dancing, with the exception of a wide promenade that will encircle it. This promenade will be carpeted and lined with flowers and potted palms and plants. Re- tiring rooms for the ladies and emoking rooms for the men will be built. For danc- ing an orchestra of sixty men of the pick of the musicians of Omaba will be in at- tendance. On the dancing floor Do cne Will be allowed besides those holding invita- | tions. To serve as an incentive to elabo- | rateness and originality of costumes rich | and costly prizes will be offered. The Elk | funmakers will be the entertainers. They will be dressed to represent Happy Hooli- gan, Gloomy Gus, Foxy Grandpa and the other characters of the comic papers. A zovelly to be given will be a minuet and other old-time dances given by a quartet | of dancers garbed in the costumes of loug ago. When the solicitors call on you to buy tickets, buy for the sake of the cause | whieh wili | Thureday evening. Februarr 12. | sbare of the blame upon t | managers, want to receive publicity in | telephone to MUSIC AND MUSICIANS And bere cometh Breitkoff & Haertel Leipzig, with an English version by John Bernhoff to “Schoen Gretiein,” a song- eycle by Voa Fjelitz. This constitutes *'No Poems Ope Ought to Forget:” 1 A youth passed by the garden gate, With auburn locks encirc His nobie brow and with eres The morning bells were rin 1 My throbbing heart beats loud and fast And troubled thoughts come o'er me, The dew etill lingers on the grass, The youth is gone by: farewell, love! on as to whether the auburn locks” belong to the youth or to the gate? And is it mot possible that the morning bells were ringing with eyes ® bright?" Perish the thought. Bells ring with tongues. not eyes Other belles—but that'll do; it is no time to indulge in idle quip or useless jest Is there Dot a ques Miss Faonie Arnold w the assistance of local a evenings with Wagner at Un February 14, March 14, 23 Mr. Joseph Gahm wi of the series. A chorus, which has been working for some time i Wagnerian Btudes, will sing. Surely there is a “Wagner revival” on The Woman's club presen Epencer Crosby in Wagner on February 23 and 4. Wagner scheme—the first should ot be neglected. for both. 1l present, with a series of y church on ril 18 and May be the pianist Mrs. Willlam ecture-recitals Miss Arnold's one planned— There is room AMUSEMENTS, BOYD over, or would be admitted by ticket #igned by the full board in session. And that at the close of each rebearsal there | would be a special musical program re- served for them The festival cholr feels very grateful to the board for its prompt action in supply- |mg 1t with commodious quarters, the | chureh room, which has been used, being Bow 100 small for the membership. Members of the choir will find it advis- able to come earlier tham usual, on ac- count of the necessary delay in getting to the rehearsal room, the elevator being lim- ited in capacity The social part of the rehearsals will future, be held from 7:30 to § p. m. Visitors admitted only by ticket. America's Greatest Ho SHORE ed under the direc! in Mr. Richard Wherry, whose fine tenor voice was well known to Omaba people some ten years ago, is visiting in the city He has consented to sing the offertory eolo at the First Methodist Episcopal church this morning. He has selected the “Gates of Heaven" by Schnecker, to which the rector of music of that church has arranged @ choral “interlude” as it were. THOMAS J. KELLY. HAIL COLUMBIA! Company One of Its Big Stores NEW SCENERY 2 ME Tuesday and Wednesd The Young >resenting Nat The Cc;wboy With the Original Knicke: Our foretathers enjoyed life in their way and had many forms of amusement which we yet appreciate, but the opportunities which even the middle class can bave at smhll expense nowadeys would make our grandfathers and grandmothers think they hadn't 1ived at all if they could enjoy what we have.within our reach. Some wonder- There are several good a for this month, the first ance of actions booked g the appear- the Swedish Ladies’ Quintette take place at the Boyd on If one is to form any opinion from the press potices, this organization is a very good one, having done a great many of the bigger citles, | both here and in Europe, and receiving high encomiums. The next attraction is the recital by Ossp Gabrillowitsch. who, as you very plainly see, bas made a name for himself, and a big ome at that. Mr. Gabrillowitsch will play on Februsry 17, Tuesday night The planists tell me that this will be a rare treat. 1 have never heard him, but Bie reputation has not been assalled in any particular, so that an evening of the best at the piano can be locked forward to with pleasure The next musical offering will be the local production of Arthur Whiting's song- cycle, from the poem of Oliver Hereford, “Overheard in a Garden,” the musical pro- | duction being named “Floriapa’ This | will be at the St. Mary’s Avenue Congre- gational church. The appearance of Kocian, violiaist who, like Kubelik, comes from Bohemia, is at the Boyd on Febru- ary 22, Washington's birthdap. The ap- pearance will be & matinee, I belleve. Then on Saturday, the 5th. will eccur the first of the Lenten musicales, with Genevieve Clark Wilson of Chicago, the distinguished soprano, as the attraction. | | the young | And, en passant, let me remark that if | Omaha managers lose money occasionally on their ventures, they must accept & r own shoul- ders. Up to the day I have not received from the managements the elightest inti- mation that either Gabrilowitsch or Kocian is coming. 1 have learned it from per- | somal sources. This is true of slmoat all | sttractions playing in Omabs. Thee i3] not emough witention pald to the getting up of suitable advance notices. Look at | the theatrical busiess; eee what s busy | man the press man is. 1f my friends, the this column. they should supply me with | at least the meager information that a | star is about to shine forth in the local frmament. Out of purely personal courtesy and kindly feeling to the various managements The Bee has, in lts musical departmeht, endeavored to find out some- thifig about their attractions, which it was thought would be of interest to the people; but let the managers remember this, in case at some time they are ignored. 1 asked the musical critic of an Omaba dally last week if be were troubled this way. He immediately cited an instance of very recent date where he wis obliged to the local management and ask personally for the tickets. Therein we differ. He is more amiable than I am. I Bave just received from a friend I Chicago the clipping from which the fol- | Jowing excerpt is taken about the work of | George Hamlin, artist, 1n the city of Boston. Those who know Mr. Hamiin will bear me | out in the statement that he is certainly a | prophet of the reckless snd subtle Richard Strauss, and that be has a gift of tmpart- | | | | was the unrivalled center of attraction | exercice in & foreign language has been | ful inventions have been made within the last few years. ome of the most important of which is the graphophome. The popu- [ of this machine has been gained be- | cause of the eatertainment and amusement | which jt affords. The improvement made oni these machines of late and the remarka. ble advancement in the procees of making, records has gone beyond the hope of the | most sanguime. The moulded record and | diec graphophones, manufactured under en- tirely new Columbia process, are some of | the latest improvements and théy are now perfected to the extent that the scratchy and muffied sound is done away with and instead the strains are mow smooth, clear and resomant, rendering both the vocal and instrumental music unexcelled w w w A recent special cable dispatch to the |\l w Seats on sale Monday, February 16. | New York World gave an account of the | J New Year's reception held by the queen of | England in the Royal palace, describing bow one of our American Talking Machines Another interesting and important use of | ylf the Graphophone is that of language teach- W ing floor, 15 Only the 1t ing. A Graphophone cylinder on which an w ot A . o Tickets o spectators’ gallery, $1.00, recorded by a teacher becomes, 80 to speak. b a living text book that talks to the pupil— a patient instructor that repeats words and sentences uncomplainingly as often as de- red. In this way the ear and tongue quickly acquire familiarity with foreigm words as they are spoken, the only re- | quirements being your spere moments with a set of German, French or Spanish| Records. The value of the graphophone as a me- preparing a program of entertaining u | chanical amanuensis and substitute for the stenographer cannot be overestimated. The absolute accuracy, the constant readiness | nd the economy ef the mechanical as com- | pared with the humsn amanuensis, have ! brought it into favor and use in the largest | business establishments. In fact, some of the large Chicago mercantile bouses have | in daily operation as high as seventy-five | graphophones in a single office for handling | their correspondence, which by the aid of | these wonderful machines reduces the ex- | pense fully 60 per cent. Bridgeport, Con., is a town rich in fac- tories, and among all its vast manufactur- | ing enterprises there is probably nope more Interesting than that of the American Graphophone company. This factory has s capacity at present of 600 machines and 40,000 records per day. This estimate, bow- ever, is based on a working day of ten hours, and the factory has to be kept in | operation overtime in order to supply the demand. All goods manufactured by the American Graphophone compsny arg controlied and | sold by the Columbia Phonograph eompaoy. | which has over twenty selling depots in the United States and has just opened a | branch in Omaha. They succeed the Witt- mann compeny ‘and have remodeled and equipped their store at Seventeenth and Farnam streets until it is one of the most attractive places in the city. This is the first exclusive talking machine store Omaha has ever had, and as the company has not spared expense to make it equal to any in the country Omahans are to be congratu- lated upon its advent. Mr. J. H. Wittmann will continue as manager, ably assisted by Goodwin's Great The Season’s Most Notable Social Event. HE ELKS’ ANNUAL Entertainment and Masquerade Ball At Ak-Sar-Ben Den Monday, February 23 Under the auspices of B. P. O. E. No. 23 of Omaha. reserved given for the most graceful and the best costu will eclipse anything they have given before, or anyone else has. Woodward & Burgess Managers. This Afternoon, Tonight, Monday Night. ome Play, James A. Herne's ACRES tion of Mrs. James A. Herne CHANICAL NOVELTIES Prices— Matinee. 25¢, 50c; Night. 2S¢, 50c, 75¢, $1. ay Nights— Matince Wednesday Romantic Actor S. MILLER KENT Success and the Lady rbocker Theatre Production. Prices— Matinee, 25¢, 50c; Night, 2S¢, 50c, 75¢, §1. For 4 Performances, Starting Thursday, Feb. 19. WILLIAM GILLETTE ~ SHERLOCK HOLMES Admission to danc- invitations permitted on_ the floor. seats. will be Slks lodge on_this night 3 velties to be given 333333333333 cRElIGHMTOR Sunday Mat. Feb, 8 | TODAY 2:15— TONIGHT 8:15 The Orpheum Show Direction Martin Beck Vaudeville All Star Aggregation Mclntyre and Heath Presenting First Half of Week “On Guar The Latter Half “The Georgia Minstre Nat Wills The Happy Tramp. Nick Long and Idaline Gofton In “The Critic and the Lady.” Mignonette Kokin Rawson and June e Australian Boomerang Throwers. Melani Trio The Milanese Minstrels Julius M. Tannan The Famous Impersonator. actor aMke; but it is also contended that| sy, feature. Although they have to be | if mothing eise. fag the fruit of his study in such a way | Mr. G. L Smith, both of whom have many 4283 Long Coas, 32 1o 40 busi. the critic should be capable not only of | ed from time to time, ow to thelr forming & sound jrdgment, but of Fiving l::‘n-n?:m parts, Mrs. o By Bad te it Intelligent expression, and, MOTCOVEr. | , geq) of time and attention to their char- endowed with a sufficient appreciation of | Lo orizations and this results in keeping the dignity of his position to prevent bim | goirm ol VR BT T from ever stooping to mere abuse or to in- | Qulging i persovalities. Critics who come within the scope of these requirements are | Bot unwelcome ta the actor, even though the latter may mot alwaye find faver with §. Miller Kent, the young acter who ucceeded Nat Goodwin in the role of Teddy | | North in “The Cowboy and the Lady,” will | be seen at the Boyd thester Tuesday and | Wednesday nights and Wednesday matinee. | Mr. Kent presented the play i Omaba last season, when it was well received “Sherlock Holmes™ at Boyd's new theater for three nights and ope Saturday matives, | commencing Thursday, February 1, is al- | most enough of an anmouncement to test | the capacity of the theater to its utmost | at every performance. Mr. Gillette's sue- | | cess™at the Garrick theater, New York, | his tour of two years ago throughout the | largest cities of the east, his successful | engagement of eight months at Sir Heary | Irving’s Lyceum theater, Lomdon, are all | known to theater patrons, and his short engagement here on his to the Pacific cosst will give Omaba people an oppor- | | tunity to see the man and the play which | | have attracted so much attention every- | where. This engagement will be the first | and the last that Mr. Gillette will play bere lln this plece. Plans made two years ago | can Bo longer be postponed and Mr. Gil- | tette is under comtract to appear in some- thing else Dext year. He bas the same | company which sppeared with him in New | Yerk and London and all of the unique and | | scemic effects which bave done so much | toward waking “Sherlock Holmes” a suc- | cess. BARBER'S ITCH. FREE SAMPLE ! EGZEMA CAN BE GURES. Call at the below named stores and Teceive free sampie of ICK'8 EC ZEMA SURE. the ‘grest remedy tor Ec sema_ Pimples, Dasdruff Swin Eru and Piles. 15 cases of long standing. por Lify ihe blood by taking Remick's Pepein At the Orpheum, commencing with a mat- inee today, the Orpbeum Road Show, under Bicod Tonic. ECZEMA IN LONDON, ENGLAND. | ¢rection of Martin Eeck. general manager | | FROM LONDON, ENGLAND. | of the Orpheum Circult company, will play | et | tion has been shown in *he east > Gosslp of Stageland. Frapk Mordsunt, well known all over the country. is very sick at a sanitarfum | near Stanford, Conn. Cole Younger, being out of reach of the Minnesota courts. is to g0 on the stage. This is_another step toward the elevation so much talked about Laura Biggar is to be starred in a| arama bullt on the events of her life. Her co-conspirators ought to be so ‘presented as to recelve the justification the Jersey coirts denjed them. While the engagement of Robert Hilllard n “Jim Bludso” is spoken of as & success, the announcement is foliowed by the fur- | er information that Mr. Hilliard will re- rn to vaudeville next week Mary Shaw and Amelia Bingham are now accused of having designs on “Ham- Maybe one of these women will realize the much discussed characteriza- tion of the part in which so many ambi- | tious men have falled to please the critics M. R._Bimberg. execative head of the West End Amusement company, which controls the West End tneater in New York, has declared his independence of the “trust.” His complaint is that he was discriminated against in the matter of bookinzs. Robert Bell of Denver is energeticaily | pushing his plan for s sanitarium for actors suffering from_tuberculosis or other | pulmonary diseases. He has secured ample | backing for the project and expects to be able to take over a handsome bulldl at Maniiou. Colo., for the purposes of the home. Much interest in the proposi- and the outlook for its permanence is good. From & school girl to a prima donna in two months is literally the history of Vera Michelers. who #o charmed Omahans | early this week by the manner in which | she sang the title role in “Princess Chic. Michelens had been in the part but eight | weeks and before that time she had mever sppeared in a theatrical production. But | More important to the young siar thas | even this meteoric rise is her p t for | next season. as John Slocum. manager oll e Kirk La Ehelle attractions, confided | to & friend while here that he iIntended | arring ber in “The Fortune Teller.” This was not meant for publica‘ion, and the young woman berself does not vet know ' the plans for her further esaltation. Vera Michelena is but 18 years of age She | | T have used your Remick's Ecsema Cure | ils anoual engagement. With two excep- and Remicks Pepsin Bioed Tomic L - freatment of ‘s very Obetinate case of ec, | LIOB (b6 Dames ca its roster his seasce Sema. ‘afier having consuited the very best | A7® DeW, a0d hose two are Mclniyre snd In Omaha their faver is well es- of lans in this city without ‘sicccas. | Heath can T ARicred mith 1o | tablished, for they enjoy the personal ac- dreadful discase. | have been afficted with | Quaintance of & large circle, baving re- for nearly four | sided bere in the early 'Sts. As a vehicle o Biood " Tenic Mave becn the galy |07 (helr fus-ciaking black face delines- Temedies that I have been able to obtain | tons, they will present for the Sret half of any relief from. after using many other | the week & Sew shetch entitied “On Guard.™ P AMUEL BARNES M E, E B | For the latter haif of the week they will ¥ Woodstock. Rd. London. England is a San Francisco girl, the daighter of the once famous Italian tenor. Michelena, who mow conducts & conservatery in San Francisco. Last season Maude Lulian Berrl was singing the star part in the “Princess Chic This season Slocum started the company off with & Dew prima donna He got as far as San Prancisco and there Michelena was taken from her father's school and given the part. Her Italian ancestry seemed to make her ! that was desired with but litle stage training. She already bad the tempera- ment and study with her fatler had given her the true lyric Italian style of singing o effective in light opers. In San Fran- cisco, when she made her stage debut, Michelens was widely advertised as a niece of President Castro of Venesuela This proved a ¢ hit, wut Michelena the tale came indignant}; Beat Causing cadless trounte for the eh: Lerprising it who billed his ltalian mu‘.:m | | indeed a difference.) | o7 Benmitive musician | wishes others to share in his pieasure. He (bat Strauss becomes really intelligible to | an sudlence. (Now, please do pot say | that I wrote that a Strauss waltz could not be understood—that is the manner in which one is gemerally quoted. There fs the Strauss of the mpzy waltz and the Strauss of the mystic mist, and behold there ls But this is Dot evi- dence. To continue, the fact that George Hamiin—who is pow promisest enough to spell his Dame Georg—went 1o the some- | what reserved circles of Boston and re- ceived these lines from that llon of the tribe of Judab of criticism, Phillip Hale, is rejoicing bis best friends, and he bas many of these ) Mr. Hamlin Bas dev to the study of Stra songs. He has done ing thought of pecun the desire of startng llon among ladies, w p(-e"n" i"’rn)‘r-‘flzm uncommon intell r: he la & singer of unco elit- tvnr: he is that still rarer bird, a tenor with brains. The songs of Strauss appeal to him as they must to every broad-minded himself of late | the composer of without consum- ary ‘success, without fad and becoming & hout pontifical pre- n is .ot a musics He finds such beauty In these songs after he has made them to his own that he does not write polemical articles; he does not fnd fault with other composers of songs; he announces his recitals modestly. Se though he sald: “Here are songs which give me great pleasure. Some are nobly sensuous; some are full of sacred emotion: | some chant soncrously the joys of mature and the ecotacy of glowing lite: and one or two are witty and ironical. and if iron- ical, they are at the e time pathetic. | Listen to them all and see if you do not al with me. " hus he appears on the stage a sincere and enthusiastic interpreter of Richard Btrause. and since he s a true and skilied interpreter. mince he sings with the au- thority of knowledge =5 well as of com tion, his interpretation is at once accepted, and hie enthusiasm is contigious. Nor is it the least brilliant feather in the cap of Strauss that he has drawn unto him such disciples In this comnection | may state that Mr Hamlin bas been signed as one of the solo- ists at the May festival, prox. It is to be bopod that &t onme of the six comcerts of that occasion be may be beard in his spe- cial work The May festival choir will ia future meet in the large assembly room of the Board of Education on the 8fth floer of | makes his famous records | cators and basiness meén, who are bere dis- | siven over o papers by prominent edu- | friends who wish them success M. Wittmann stated to The Bee repre- sentative that it was his determination to give Omaha every possible metropolitan ad- | vantzge, besides maintaining an office here | where the consumer can positively find | everything and anything in talking ma- | chines or supplies at all times and with the | unexcelled facilities their office will | | 2airly rival the Chicago or New York offces. | They further intend in the very mear fu- ture to give the people of Omaha an op- | portunity of meeting the worid's most fa- | mous record making artist, Mr. Cal Stew- | art. Mr. Stewart's Uncle Josh records are | too well known to need further comment, | but they intend to have this star attraction | brought to Omabs for ome matinee and evening's entertainment where the public will be invited free to meet this prince of | entertainors and learn exactly how he | Furtber par- | ticulars will follow. TRAIN PUPILS FOR TRADE Schools Should Limit . to Use- | fol Artw-and Sciences, Say Speak- = Educators’ Convention. ANN ARBOR, Mich, Feb. €.—The fr Session today of the comvention of edv | | cussing higher commercial education, was cators. Prof. W. A. Scott of the University of Wisconsin declared that detailed com- mercial courses must be introduced into colieges. | Chessman A. Herrick, principal of the Central High school of Philadelphia, said there was Do inducement mowadays for young men to go through high schools in view of the lack of studies in the curricu- | lum. | Woman's Long Coat with Capes, 4283— Pertorated for Three-Quarter Length— Long coats are much in vogue and are both protective and comfortable. This stylish example includes the becoming and fashion- able capes and becomes suited to traveling, general use, driving or bad weather wear, as it is made of one material or another. The original from which the drawing was made is of dark gray cravenette with collar of velvet and handsome smoked pearl but- tons, but cloths of various sorts, taffet nd checked louisine silks are equally ap- propriate The edges are finished with double rows of machine stitching in black silk The cost i with loose fittin double-breasted fronts and backs which the figure stylishly and are joined by means of under-arm gores. The under- arm seams are left open for a few inches above the lower edge to allow greater freedom and 2t esch fromt is Inserted a pocket underpeath s lap. The sleeves are two-scamed and are finished with roll- over cuffs. Over the shoulders are ar- ranged triple es that are cut without fullpess. The neck is finished with a regu- lation collar and lapels that turn back over the edges of the capes The quantity of material required for the medium size is yards 44 inches wide or § yards i2 iInches wide The pattern 4253 is cut in sizes for a 34, 36, T and 40-inch bust measure For readers at from « nominal price, 10 cents, which covers all expense. In order to get s pattern emclose cents, give number and name of pattern wanted and bust messure the szccommodation of The hese patterns, which usually retall Prot. E. D. Joves of the University of [ SHIPS ARE SOON TO DEPART Michigan declared that business men were | eeded as special lecturers in commercial courses, and said “We must bring the students to tHe busi- ness men by means of summer schools lo- cated in Industrial ceaters. where actual con*; may be bad with industrial condi- tions. Prot. R. H. Thurston of Cornell spoke 1o- the city hall. The rebearsals will be on Monday nights. rs before This the board kindly granted at some in- convenience, in order to show their inter- est and encouragement. Member Stuben- dorf sad, in bis natve way: “How can we ®et & quorum with such good music golag on right close™ So be was given a pledge that all members of the board would be night an “To What Extest and in What Way Should Students of Commerce Study | Sclence ™ He said The constant endeavor of school boards to crowd the whole pantelogy of & liberal education Into a common school system can never succeed. In general, where the pupll is to go directly into business the technical sclence of the curriculum should be mathe- matics. the sciences of Physics, and partic- ularly chemistry. Crews for ¥ king Activ age of tiesh Const of Hos FAN PRANCISCO, Peb. T—Active preparations ere being made for the early departure of the flagship New York and the cruisérs Boston, Marblebead and Ranger for the coast of Honduras. Stores for all the ships will be placed aboard today. Admiral Glass has received orders fixing time to sail, and it is possible that they will be detained here until the arrival of written orders. There is a probaility, however, «hat orders will be veceived here by wire, in which case the four vessels may st away tomorrow or Monday morning. \ Bee | to 50 cents, will be furnished at | Preparations | Kinodrome New Moving Scenes KOUNTZE MENORIAL CHURCH 08SIP GABHI[L[IWIT.SCHV —the most | eminent today planist touring this | country Reserved seats sale opens Thursday, February 12th, at Mandelberg's jewelry store. Prices S0c, Tic and $1.00. | | TRI-CITY PRESS CLUB ENTERTAINMENT BOYD’S TIEA'!"ER. FEB. 9TH SHORE ACRES and ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE Reserved Seats $1.00. Mr. Kelly . 1 TEACHER OF || Singing, Tone Production Interpretation Davidge Block, 18th and Farnam | EDEVANS, Te, F-2566. WESTERN BOWLING ALLEYS. Everything new and up-to-date. Special attention to private parties BENGELE & GIBES, Props., Tel, L3626 1519 Howard, OMAHA.