Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1903, Page 12

THE OMAHA DAILY BE ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES More hardly theatrical season the beginning of the 10034 epoch at the Qmaha houses. First in importance, prob- ably, for it is & new theater and therefore entitied to the precedencé of & guest, was the opening of the Krug. Monday evening such an audience as would delight the heart of any manager assembled for the first performance at this theater, and was wel comed with just such modest formality as higs marked the entire course of the man- agement since coming to Omaha, It was Just enough to break the log, and that was all, and when the little spéecheés had been made, the curtain went up, and the Krug proceeded to “deliver the goods.” During the week “Bweet Clover” continued to draw such business as warrants the managers in believing that Omaha has been restored to auspicious ' circumstances could have attended the opening of @& its once proud distinction in the list of} “week stands.” At the Boyd, the new sea- #on began just where the old left off. Noth- itig aside from the new color in the lobby appoared to indicate thatithere had been & day's cessation in the activity of the hotse, Everything started without a hitch, and the patronage was such as to con- vince the business end of the conoern that empectation dldn’'t greatly. outrun reallza- tion. The scene in the lobby on Thursday evening was really inspiring; it certainly betokens prosperity to sée hundreds of well dressed men and women, alighting from cdrriages at the door of a theater, laugh- ing and chatting, intent on an evening of pleasure devold from business or house- hold cares, Hard times do not permit such gatherings, and when the theater is doing well it Is safe to predict that business gen- erally 1s good. Therefore, the opening of the theatiical season in Omaha this year 1e an omen of good, for it denotes that the people still have not only the means to lye well, but are inclined to take advantage of the opportunity afforded at the theaters. The date for the opening of the season at the Creighton-Orpheum has been definitely fized at Sunday, September 2. The exact make-up of the opening bill has not been determined yet, but Manager Relter says from what he knows of -the attractions under cohtract with the Orpheum Circuit company that the season will see some of the most attractive novelties ever offered Some of the headliners who will be here Quring the season are: Kauffman troupe, James J. Morton, Waterbury brothers and Tenney, Mary Hampton and company, Beli- man and Moore, Keogh and Ballard, Bloom aud Cooper, Wright Huntington and com- pany, Paxton's pictures, Frederick Bond arid company, Francesca, Reading and com- pany, Mabal McKinley, Rousley electric instrumentalists, Eretto troupe, the Zolas, Lilian Burkhart, James J. Corbett in mono- logue, Filson and Errol, John Kernell, Bar- rows and Laneaster, Hallen and Fuller, John and Bmma Ray, the Silvas, Mora Warner troupe and Wiltred Clark and com- pany. g It is worth while to ask ourselves why we go to the theater. Many of us, prob- ably, never stopped to think of this, merely accepting the habit as such, without under- taking to ascribe any reason therefor. Any one of a number of good reasons will suffice, and the copsideration of & few will in & measure account for the dtyersity of the entertainment oftered by F‘.m-m agers. In the first place, a groat sense of animal comfort and consequont satisfaction i derived from the surroundings at the theater. Light and warmth, and soothing music, and the indefinable sense of goclabil- ity that comes from the presence of & large number of fellow mortals, although one may be a perfect stranger to all, com- Dbine to conduce to a sense of luxuriousness not otherwise obtainable, and he 1s"either sordld or crabbed beyond expression who does nol yield to this ‘seductive Influence. It is quite likely that few wver put their sensations’ to analytical test, but even if they had they will not sesk to deprive themselves of the result because they have Qlscovered its origin. Man lsn't entirely beyond the Influence or aspirations of the 1l and, just “man cannot live by bread alone,’ just so he must have & little bread or its equivalent. And that ls why the sense of satisfaction the animal #u man's nature receives at the theater is of value to him. It is an evidence of his eontinued domestication. Whefiever he loses it he is retrograding, returning to- ward his primal state of savagery and s to | sense of his | be avoided or awakened to condition. To be sure, oné may find the conditions precedent to this state of phys- foal enjoyment elsewhero than at the theater, but most of us prefer to go to the theater after it, It may offend some to say that were this gross pleasure all the theatet affords, it stilt wero worth the while, The ascetic, acous- tomed to mortification of the fleshly to the elevation of the spiritual, may have over- looked the fact that long experience has proven to the satisfaction of the investi- gators at loast, that silk is as conduclve to refiection and profitable meditatign ay hatr- cloth; In tact, it might be maintained that silk 1s the more likely to bring about the frame of mind essential to revery If not reverential contemplation of lita's problems than the penitential garments wherein the early ruminators were wont to robe themaelves, for the very good reason that, in the case of a normal cuticle, not unacquainted with the delights of a batbtub, the halrcloth might mct as did the corn. Josh Billings | onge remarked that a good hardworking oorn was about the greatost blessing that could overtake a man, for, sald the genial phllosopher, It will make him forget all his other troubles. Brushing aside the pos- | aible objections of those who continually turn their eyes ipward, it isn't an inde- fensible proposition that the step from the physical to the psychical is not longer in fact that it is in orthography. Having es- tablished a connection, it may easily be determined in what manner the Intelleotual side of man's nature may be ministered unto th8 while his grosser senses are en- Joying the ttlllation of the theater's beneficent atmosphere. Just as the physical 1s lulled Into & state of quicscence, so the mental s stimulated to an unsual degree of activity. Emotions that have gone to sledp, have slumbered during days of busine: tvity, are now awakened and soon assert full sway over the Individual. Whatever form of entertalnment 18 on the stage stamps its impression temporarily on the mind, and for the moment dominates the existence of the moul In its receptive mood. Not infrequently these impressions aro last ing to a considerable degree. It is certainly tmpossible to put off as a garment the cur- rent of thought engendered under the condi- tions, and the reflex of the joyous laughter | or the sober consideration of other's rights and feelings thut begun at the theater is often carried Into the real business of life Hereln iles one of the strongest arge: menta for the purity of the stage. Effect of impressions recelved at the theater s beyond compute. Once a preacher likened the human mind to a plece of wax that ‘was constantly being stamped with aif- ferent impressions, not one of the impres- slons ever entirely effacing or obliterating its predecessor, and memory belng but the unfolding of this wax, returning the im- pressions to view, distorted, but still sum- clently well preserved = for identification. The simile s & Uttle awkward, maybe, but than those that marked | ae- | will serve to illustrate the tions are aroused at the theater which can not be reached by ordinary means and impressions there galned are likely to #ink deep, Through' the operation of this condition of the mind the stage derives its educational Influence. It is for this reason that whatever s presented on the stage should be of the sort that works for good. Happlly, this proposition has been established beyond dispute, so far as the American stago is concerned, and the few attempts that have been made to glorify the unworthy have ended in dlsmal failure Not that the stage has reached a point where Improvement s no longer possible, but It has reached a polnt where the abstract lesson conveyed is of positive value, albeit the moral is occasionally reached by indirection. The problem play has ita proper place, and even the abstrac- | tions of Maeterlinck may be winnowed out point | from the husks of prurience wherewith they are surrounded and turned into good food. Yet these strong meats are not rellshed by all, nor does any desire them for a con- tinuous diet. We are willing, now and then, to debate with ourselves the ““What's the use?’ proposed to us by Sudermann or Pinero; but in the main we would rather laugh at the nonsense of Ade or Pixley. And in this consideration may be found an answer to some of those petulant persons who ever and anon demand that the light and frivolous be banished from the stage, and that It give itself over in whole to its task of edification and elevation of public taste. It may be that the world would bo better off i all the light-minded and foolish persons were removed; but It would be awfully lonesome for those left after the hegira. Dven the soberest of us occasionally feels that a little relaxation wouldn't hurt, and not many people want to go to school all the time. They lfke to be taught of the things that are good for them to knpw, but they like to take the lossons well interspersed with thdngs that make little difference if they are soon for- gotten. Only it s so much easier to remember the nonsense than It Is the more serfous matter that is presented at the theater. But the most potent plea for the light and the frivolous on the stage is the fact that the average man has enough troubles In his dally life, and doesn't like to be bothered with the troubles of others in the evening. He isn't averse to a sermon now and then, and will doubtless give close attention when he s In the mood; but he would rather laugh and forges than to be sent home worrying over the answer to the question that has never yet been answered. It can all be summed up in a sentence. Men and women go to the theater chiefly for pleasure, and they are not always in the mood for serfous reflection In the evening. Like the good poet, they avold “the grand 6l master: “the bards sublime ‘Whose distant footsteps echo > Through the corridors of time. For, like strains of martial music Their mighty thoughts suggest Lite's endless toll and endeavor, And tonight I long for rest.”” The “humbler poet, whose songs gushed from the heart,” still has his innings, still is preferred to the men whose thoughts stir the world. Nowhere more than at the the- ater s this apparent; and It is probably well that it should be so. In older Europe, where the pace is not so swift, where hu- manity {8 not drivan at #0 furfous & gait during ‘bublness hours, it may be well to instst on plays whose stirring situstions and inspired’ passages arouse the soul and urge the mind from its eluggishness to action. But on this side the theater should and in @ large measure does afford a relief vent, A& sort ef safety valve, from which escapes much of the energy that finds itself pent up at the close of the business day. It {s really the relief.in this direction that brings that feeling of luxury which comes to the busy man when he cettles In his comfortable seat and awalts the rising of the curtain. The busy man may not know it, but his nights at the theater, If they do not add much to his general fund of knowledge, do con- tribute fn a large and direct way to the sum ot his days, Let those who pine for art and the higher realms of literature not despair. They are serving in their sphere; but they must also remember that Mercury was also & re- spected member of the Olymplan household, and that without him even the cause of the Muses might have languished. Art is all right, but a nation cannot exist by art alone; nor ean art. Business must have its proper place, and in a nation so devoted to business as ours it is ssking too much that the theater be given over to art altogether. Art Is gradually winning its way to a larger share of our national life, but 1t will doubt- be many years before it has replaced | the plquant foolery in the charm of which the wrinkles caused by business cares now disappear. And as people go to the theater for their pleasure, it would not only be un- kind, but extremely foolish to deprive them of what affords it. And that manager Is wise in his day and generation who recog: nizes this and is content to “give them what they want. Coming Eve: The company which Fisher and Ryley has sent out this season in “Florodora” {has been organized with a view to making | it the strongest that ever presented this | successtul musical comedy on the road. In membership it will go beyond the cen- |tury mark and in selecting the people the management has dulled the best talent from the three organizations which they sent through the country last season. The pro- duction i & new one and some idea of its | maguitude may be gatherod from the fact that two of the largest baggage cars are required for the accommodation of the scen- ery and baggage In transit. Fisher & Ryley engaged a first class orchestra in| New York city, and with the many other |attentions bestowed on the detafls of the | blg revival have reason to believe that the | tuneful gway which the play has maintained { | for the Wust three seasons will be contin- | |ued. The principal members of the com- ! | pany Include Isadore Rush, Robert B. Gra- | ham, Phillp H. Ryley, Greta Risley, Donald | Brine, Harriet Merrit, Joseph Phillips and Thomas A. Kiernan. There is to bé a chorus of sixty and in choosing the “‘pretty | | maidens” of the famous double sextette | | the managers have put forth a speclal ef- | fort to secure girls of the most attractive | type they could find. The scbre of “Floro- |dora" eontains such gems as “Tact,” | *“Neath the Shade of the Paims,” “Gallop- {ing," “I Want to be a Military Man,” | “Queen of the Philippines” and "“Tell Me, | Pretty Maid all worth listening to again. Engagement opens at the Boyd this | evening and continues untl after ‘Wednes- day, with a special Labor day matinee on Monday and the regular matinee on Wed- nesday. | | | Elmer Walter's production of Lawrence Russell's successful play, “A Millionaire Tramp," comes ta the Krug theater for the | first half of the week, opening with the Sunday matinee. There will be & special matinee Monday (Labor day) apd the usual matinee Wednesd: The first act of “A| Millionaire Tramp" shows a typical village depot with its trunks, moving trains, loaf- ers and other characteristic equipment; ti second is the Church of the Holy Cross, one of the handsomest church settings ever made; the third act shows the exterfor and also the lnterior of an opers house with { last Mond, ! the costume:s | Hansfield's behe the curtaln up and the performance in progress, a very unique and theilling effect the last act is the igterior of a country tavern with its grandfather's clock, ofd fashiored fireplace and quaint trappings The management of the Krug theater fs well ploased with the success of Its “bar galn day’' matinee, which will be continued throughout the season. The same price, % cents for the best seats, prevalls at all matinees, Including that on Sunday. For Sunday - afternoon the gallery will be opened with an admission price of 10 cents. “A Little Outcast” comes to the Krug theater next Thursday for the balance of the week. It Is a scenic melodrama, bullt along new and novel lines and is a decided departure from the usual stereotyped thriller. Miss Anne Blancke as “‘Bob” and Franklyn Roberts as Weston, the leading role, heal 4 strong and clever cast. A spe- clal featuré s the original newsboys' quin- tette which glves some excellent music. “Omaha's Polite Resort''—Krug park—is still bidding for its share of business and will continue to offer its many amusement features with all the special novelties until its final close, the latter part of the present month. The program today and week em- braces Huster's Concert band with Prof. A. H. Knoll, cornet virtuoso. This will be Prof. Knoll's last week In Omaba for this season. The Gelssler- Hirschhom Tyrolean troupe and Mun- kacey's paintings and the Passion Play and all the features will be offered as usual and a repetition of the sensational balloon stunt of shooting J. Waldorf Hall from a cannon In midair at 6 o'clock sharp to complete the program. A special Labor day celobration has been provided for in the form of a basket picnic and outing with all kinds of games and roundelays for tomorrow, September 7. The outing of the South Omaha BEmergency hospital which | was postponed from yesterday will be given | next Baturday, September 12. Many private family pienics are announced for the cur- rent week and several fraternal outings ar- ranged for. The street car service has of late been so greatly improved that little fear may be experienced for the patrons’ comfort. The new .cars were a valuable acquisition to the Walnut Hill line's pat- rons, Gosslp from Stageland. Charley Gore will very likely succeed Bill Langdon as stage manager at the Crelgh- ton-Orpheum. Walker Whiteside will open a number of new theaters this season with his new play, “We Are King." Clara Morris will soon become a resident of Colorado Springs. A handsome home has been purchased for her there. Tt Is pleasing to note the Improvement In posters shown by “Florodora.” The an- nouncements of this plece are decidedly artistic. Rose Coghlan will play the role of Pene. lope in “‘Ulysses” when Stephen Phillip’ greatest work s represented at the Garden theater. Tim Murphy and his company are busy fgheareing ““The Man from Missouri," and r. Murphy says that the new play is by far the best he has ever presented. Qertpude Coghlan has returned from Prince Edward Is'and, where she has been gpending her vacation, to begin prepara- tlons for her starring tour In “The Last of the Bolssacs. Edward Milton Royle has disposed of the Buropean rights to “My Wife's Husbands” to Charles %mhmlm. Wwho will present the comedy in nfihnd. It's good to see the Royles on a winner again. Carl Refter, local manager for the Or- pheym company, returned Friday after- noon from a busy summer in 8an Fran- clsco. He will be married on Wednesday evening to Miss Julla Lang of Omaha Mr. Carl Eckstrom, who made a big hit with Grace George In “Pretty Peggy' last season, has just closed a special summer engagement ‘at the Broadway theater in Denver, and is home for a few days' rest, returning to New York on Monday. Henry B. Harris has engaged Miss Helen Ware to support Robert kdeson in “'Sol- diers of Fortune.” Miss Ware first re- ceived prominence through her successful assumption of the role of Clgarette in "Under Two Flags" during the sudden il ness of Miss Blanche Bates, ¢ Madame Fanny' Janauschek denfes that eho is dying and that her possessions are to be sold. The latest announcement was made by @ saloon keeper, who say: Madame J hek is indebled to him in the sum of $1,000. He now proposes to re- sort to a civil suit to obtaln what he in- sists is his due. Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin, C. B. Dillingham's twin stars, are proving dgain their hold upon the favor of the S8an Fran- clsco public by crowding the Columbia theater at every performance. All records for attendance at this theater (and they were heid by Mr. Miller and Miss Anglin) were broken last week when ‘“The Devils Disciple” was produced. Maxine Elliott Goodwin, who is to give one of Clyde Fitch's comedies early this | fall, came back from Europe last’ week | sutfering from neuritls, superinduced by | yachting in rough waters on the Englis channel. When her husband made a fac tious attempt to discipline her she re- minded him_that her new play is called “Her Own Way,” whereupon Nathaniel subsided. 0. D. Woodward of Kansas Clty was up to attend the opening of the Boyd and went home well pleased with the prospects for his firm, Mr. Woodward had but recently returned from New York, where he was present at the opening in Brooklyn of “Under Two Fllfl," in dch he tarring Jane Kennark. He says the business was heavy and he iooks for a successful season with_the plece. Al Holbrook, who is rehearsing the Frank Danfels company in “The Jockey,” has ar- ranged & new chorus dance to accompany & song by Miss Louise Gunning, entitled YA Maiden's Heart," which he ' promises will be every bit as ‘effective as his form effort, the well known “Ribbon Chor that made the ‘Flirtation Song" in *T Strollers” and “The Wild Rose” one of the | prettiest stage numbers ever presented in comlc opera. Miss Alice Fischer, whose Initial starring tour In “Mrs. Jack"' was over forty weeks in duration, has been granted a continu- ance of her vacation, which she is spending at Siasconset. Miss' Fischer is to appear next season in & new farcical comedy by @ well-known American playwright. Mr. Harris on his return from Boston, where Mr. Edeson will be seen in a new comedy, “The Rector's Garden,’ will begin prepa- rations for the production of Miss Fischer's néw vehic! Fritsi_Scheft was approached by Director Mahler " of the Imperlal Opera house, Vienna, to stay abroad under flattering clroumstances if she could get released from her contract with C. B. Dillingham, but she has her heart set on appearing in America at the head of a great operatic organization, and in a letter to her man- ager sald: “I merely mentlon the fact of the Vienna offer so that you will know that there are others who appreciate your little ‘Fritzl.’ " “Little Frital’ has studied her English to such advantage that she | not only revels in its idioms, but can swing ! a lttle slang when it will sharpen the | point of her remarks. The death of Joseph Haworth is espe- clally to be regreited for mary regsons, but particularly because he seemed to be but | entering on the plenitude of his power as | an actor and was full of promise for the future. To the dramatic editor of The Bee he wrote last spring, after his success as Dmitri in “Resurrection” that he had al- most matured plans for the coming season which would glve him the opportunity of his life. He was looking forward with much anticipation to heading a splendid organization in a new play. His death was qulte unexpected. for his iliness was not considered serious, even by himself. Mr, Haworth was last seen in Omaha with “Corlanton” last season. Richard Mansfield returned to New York o begin the strenuous busi- ‘or his new productions. | the scenic studlos and | have been busy, at Mr. but last week rehears- als begun, and from now on till his open- ing night next month the Mansfield com- | pany will undergo the study and training | which will finally disclose itself in a pre- pared production. He announced that when he opened his season next momth with the dedication of the new Lyric the- ater in Forty-second street it would be ith an elaborate production of Meyer- Forster's comedy, “O'd Heldelbers.” Other productions will be made later. ness of prep: All summer Move to Stute Fair The Nebraska commission to the Louls- iasna Purchase exposition has ll‘mgl\llrfl)' transfer-ed 1ts headquarters from tl eity to Lincoln, with assistant Secretary H. G. Shedd In charge. The headquarters are \)nulh. .“:l.l :-htr 1ruund'l‘?nd"1nl (‘:n thfue there uni e ol of he fair when they will be l-umhr.hl the e aing, this eity, — e e —————— (| MUSIC AND MUSICIANS [— The desire to form a strong /musical or- ganigation in Omaha for the purpose of presenting the master works of the world's musical lbrary, by instrumentalists who are thoroughly capapble, is a laudable and worthy one. To accomplish this three things in par- ticular are necessary. First—A ‘“‘master conductor,” whose loy- alty to the highest standards of art, at all times, and In all places, Is beyond the possibility of dispute Second—Musiclans who are specialists on their Instrument not musiclans who ““double up,” after the manner of the ocean steamer band, which s a “band” on deck, and an “‘orchestr: in the salon. Third—A realization most positive of which of the two Is required, a symphony orches- tra, or a band, for, I may say-for the benefit of those who may not know, they are as different as day Is from night. It a band, then Omaha should pay for the services of a good well known bandmaster If an orchestra, then Omaha should pay for the services of a good well known or- chestral conductor, Dr. Baetens sends me the following com- munication: It 18 no exaggeration to say that most of the faflures in musical education are trace- able to two causes; incompetent instructors and the perniclous American hablt of one lesson” a week. As a rule the pupll taking one lesson a week makes about the same advancement In a year as the one taking two lessons will make in a term and in the course of four years it Is discouraging to find that one has accomplished only what might have been done in one. When lesson days come but once a_week, say on Thurs- day, pupils are too apt t6 negléct prac- ticing until the following Tuesday, but when there are two lessons to get there is no time to play nookey. And the pupil en- Joys the two lessons, after getting used to It,” because there is ‘more frequent change and the Interest is kept up. Imagine what slow progress u school boy or girl would make in arithmetic or reading who attended school but once a week! There is every reason, as a matter of economy of bot timo and money (and I might add, of en- ergy and patlence on the part of .both teacher and pupil), to banish from this soil the baneful, deadly, one lesson a week, and thus, in a large measure, give Amer- ican puplis an equal opportunity with those in Burope. “The advantages of European study” consist chiefly in this frequency of inspiration, as exhibited and radlated to the pupil by the genfus of the teacher. It was my Intention to note last week | the fact that it had been my privilege to meet a young gentleman from Kansas City, who sang for me some very interest- ing songs. His name was Mr. C. A. Lar- son, and the volce was a rich and virile baritone. He showed me amongst other things some songs by Carl Busch, the musical mentor and monarch of Kansas City. The songs, beautiful and excellent from the most musiclanly standpoint, served to in- tensify a desire which I had long been possessed of, to grasp the hand and look into the eye of a man who s & master in a western metropolis, Carl Busch of Kan- sas City. Mr. Larson visited some friends *in Omaha for several days, and was heard by a good many musical people. His work showed good sense, intelligence and tem- perament. Mr. Busch has dedicated some songs to him. I enjoyed his work, espe- clally in the prologue to Mr. Busch's fine work, “King Olaf Last week I had a call from Mr. Frank Newlean, a new teacher, who will sing in oconcert or recital work and teach the vocal aspirants who may come his way. Mr. Newlean 'is a bright, intelligent, honest musician, who sings a song well and plays an accompaniment well, and s a good, earnest worker. There 1s room for such teachers in Omaha, and I take pleasure in wishing Mr. Newjean success in his chose field. He is a high baritone. ' Another newcomer 18 Mr. Ben BStanley, who with his wife, also a professional mu- siclan, comes to us from the city of St Joseph, Mo. Mr. Stanley will be ready for business in a very few days. Mrs. Stanley will be the soprano soloist at the First Methodist church, Mr. Stanley be- ing the organist and musical director of the same church, as has already been noted in this column. I asked Mr. Stanley it he had anything to say, and he told me In & most woeful manner that he was primarily worried about securing a suit- able house in which to set up his house- hold goods. 1, of course, suggested an ad. in The Bee. 80 he will have his house at once. 1 understand that young Mr. Cooke, who has been playing in Mr. Stanley’s absence, shows a marked talent for the organ. Mr. E. D. Keck has returned from his long eastern vacation, Mra. Keck and Miss Joy returning also, Mr. Keck intends to brarich out some, and to this end he has rented some additional rooms in connec- tion with his regular studio. He begins his season’s work at Kountze Memorial church today. Miss Blanche Sorenson has returned from her sunimer outing in Colorado, and will resume her teaching at once. Mrs. Theresa Mergea has recovered from a long fllness and will resume her work this week. Mr. Harry A. Prior s another new stu- dio teacher this season, as I learn from a letter to me announcing that he has se- cured a studio. The Bee does not print studio addresses in this column. See the advertising man for that. The Bee cheerfully prints tle announcements such as above, but re- quests_ather detalls arranged at the busi- ness office. 4 Mrs. Tlmm. J. Kelly prano sololst at the St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church this season. The fu!l vested cholr, most of whose members have been singing under Mr. Kelly’s baton for years, will begin its work today. Bpe- clally interesting music will be presented at the morning service and at the vesper service at & o'clock THOMAS will be the so- 3. KELLY Miss Boulter, plano, McCague bullding. R OPENING OF THE STATE FAIR Railroads Make Arrangements Handle Crowds and Exhibitors Start Out First Day. The movement of pec le to the Nebraska State fair at Lincoln has begun with the opening of the fair, the major portion of the persons taking-advantage of the rates being exhibitors. The rallroads have made special preparations to handle the crowds by running special trains on different days The Missouri Pacific, Northwestern and B. & M. have arranged to run special trains (hrough their territory and the B. & M will install a special stub service to the grounds during the period of the fair. Mortality Statistics. The following births and deaths have been reported to the Board of. Health: Birtha—Otto Selegren, 3108 Cass, boy; Ar- thur Whitworth, 3349 Harney, boy: Richard ‘Westgate, 4624 Charles. boy; Albert Fenner, 0 Hamiiton, boy; Willlam Plckard, 436} fatayece, gil: B R. Davenport, 480 uth Fortieth, 'gir) Deaths—Baby = Harsoh, 3560 Pucific. § months; Mrs. Bmma C. Grau, Thirty-fourth street and Meredith avenue, 8. rvin ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM Scotla Pleasure club will hold a basket piénic tomorrow afternoon at Deer Park All friends are cordially invited. (Quolts are barred at this meeting) Clan Gordon, No Clans, held its regular meeting last Tues day evening. Ona new members was in troduced and the delegate to the royal clan convention submitted a report of the con- vention which was full of Interest. It was declded to arrange for the appropriate cele bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the order at some date, vet to be fixed in November. The program contemplates a soclal and musfcal function Order of Scottish George A. Custer Corps No Rellef Corps, will high five soclal at day evening. 82, Woman's entertain friends at a Red Men's hall Tues- Tvy Rebekah Lodge No. 33, Independent Order of Odd Fellows will take possession of its new home at Seventeenth and Doug- las streets during the coming week, Mem- bers are requested as far as convenient to take refreshments. The first meeting will be held Wednesday evening. The meetings be held hereafter the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, Omaba Counctl No. 415, Knights and Ladies of Security at its meeting last Wednesday evening elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: President, H. F. Fischer; first vice president, Mrs. M. Carr; second vice president, Miss Mary Wickham; prelate, H. E. Huberman; corresponding secretary, James Austin; financlal secre- tary, Frank Rosewater; treasurer, Philip Gothelmer; conductor, Miss Belle Leeder; guard, Miss E. Van Osman; trustees, Mrs. Eleanor Huberman, Frank Rosewater and H. M. Pollock. Last Thursday evéning Omaha Tent No. 75 of the Knights of the Macabees held its regular weekly review, with the largest number of sir knights present for several weeks. It was declded to put forth every offort possible to raise the membetship to one thousand in the next thirty days. Sir Knight Ostrom is In charge of the cam- palgn and has arranged a list of prizes for the members which will be announced at next review. After the business of the tent had been closed, the ladles of Hollister Hive No. 21 were announced and came into the hall in full force and rendered this literary and musical program: Address—Lady Burr. Song—Lady Plerson. Recitation—Miss Maude Butler. Song—Miss Irene Lidell. Instrumental solo—Miss Grace Shaffer. Song—Lady Withnell. Address—Lady Commander Prichard. After the program the ladies served fce cream and cake and the remaining part of the evening was spent In dancing. Omaha lodge No. 1, Royal Achates, has inaugurated its season of entertainments for the fall and winter, beginfing with last Tuesday evening the feature of which was a vocal solo by Miss O'Connor. A very attractive program has been arranged for Tuesday evening by Dr. Hayes Gsanther, as follows: Contralto solo,” “Dear “Hedrt,” by Miss Peayl Teetzel; Miss Mas Barnum, dtcom- panist. Baritone solo, “For All Eternity,” by Arthur Gross; Miss Bergha Saxman, companist. ¥ Vooal duet by- the Misses: Christine terson and Cecll Eett Recitation by Miss Margaret Linders, Plano solo, polonaise from Chopin, Miss Bertha Saxman. Following the program the evening will be glven over to an Informal session.of dancing. Mr, ac- Pe- by At the meeting of Beech camp No. 1434, Modern Woodmen of America, last Friday evening, one application was recelved and two applications were balloted upon. B. & M. camp No. held a largely attended meeting last Friday night. All business of importance was transacted as early as possible and the remainder of the evening devoted to a good time:generally. Frult, clgars, speeches, singing and music | were the essential features all of which were immensely enjoyed. The entertain- ment committee had things so arranged that there was no lull in the proceedings. The sextette from the Foresters' of camp No. 120, sang one of their catchy songs, and then came the regular monthly com- petitive drill by the Foresters of B. & M. camp, and -after a spirited contest, of which Captains Martens of No. 120 and Horton of Maple were judges, the medal was awarded to Nelghbor Magney of Maple camp. The drill team from Maple camp, the prize winners at Indlanapolls, was present and.gave an exhibition drill which was greatly appreclated. Eighty-four members were present at the meeting of Maple camp No. $5, Mod- ern Woodmen of America, last Thursday evening. The board of managers an- nounced that it has secured Chambers' hull at Seventeenth and Douglas streets, for the meeting of the camp hereafter. The Foresters are requested to meet there Wednesday evening in uniform, by order of Captain Horton. Board of Manager A. King was elected last Thursday for the unexpired term. Neighbor King then pre- sented his resignation as board of manager which was accepted. Nelghbor W. Dor- rance was elected to the vacanoy, Golden Rod camp No. 33, Royal Nelgh- bors of America, enjoyed a largely 'at- tended and pleasant time last Thursday evening at Its regular meeting. After the formal business was concluded ice cream and cake were served, and that being ap- propriately disposed of a pleasant dance follawed, the affair continuing to a late hour. All members of Pansy camp No. 10, Royal Nelghbors of America, are asked to re- member that the regular meeting nights will hereafter be the first and third Wednesdays. of the month. Meeting place at Beventeenth and Douglas streets, The soctal committee has arranged to serye lunch at our next meeting. The Foresters of Maple camp have been Invited to be present at the meeting, also the drill team which will attend in uniform, Two applications were recelved at the meeting of Fern camp No. 316, Royal Neighbors of America last Friday evening. The camp is arranging for an ice cream soclal at Nelghbor Belknap's the evening of September 10. Every lady is requested to bring & cake Nothing Like & Frost at Plerre. PIERRE, S. D. Sept. 5.—(Special Tele- gram.)—While the Weather burenu holsted a frost signal yesterday there was no sign of frost in this section last night, the min- fmum temperature recorded being 53, while the sky was overcast with clouds all night. e The Regent Baths 205 Ramge Bidg. Op. Orpheum Theater Telephone 2079, Turkish Baths for ladies. Expert at- tendants. Halr Dressing, Manlcuring and Massage. Aunnex for geatlemen. NIGHTS 15¢, 25¢, S0¢ & 78¢ 4 Nights and 3 Matinees Starting Sunday Matinee Septo 6 EXTRA NATINE LABOR DAY....... The Crowning Sensation of the season Eimer Walters, Latest Scenic Seasation Millionaire Tramp The greatest dramatic hit of recent years. . .. To Be Seen — The Great Church Scene. The Old Hotel. The Country Opera House, The Village Depot. To Be Heard—The Choir of the Church of the Holy Cross. The Song of the Christmas Revelers. Nothing Like It Ever Presented. Something so very different, Popular Matinees Sunday, Labor Day and Wednesday Best Seats 26 Cents Reserved without extra charge. Sunday Matinee— Gallery 10 Cents Tonight, Mon- day, Tuesday, WEDNESDAY John C. Fisher and Thos. R Greata Risley. J. NN ISADORE RUSH as THE FAMOUS SEXTETTE. Prices --28c, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 Best Seats 25 cents Sept. l0v 3 Nights and Saturday Matinee. GEO. E. GILL’S Production of A Little Outcast * By HAL. REID & LAWRENCE RUSSELL Telephone 500. Beginning Thursday Night Scenically and Dramatically the Consplcuous Success o/ the Season. Little Anne Blancke As ““BOB” Supported by FRANKLYN ROBERTS and the best acting Company ever seen In Melodrama B o Scenes Al carricd by this Company. Acts of s stpiking, Acta of 4 | ¥ startling Realism 2 Tons of Electrical Appliances i AND COLOR COMBINE TO OF ABUNDANT LI MAKE THIS THE BEST PLAY NEW YORK LIFE EVER PRODUCED. SPECIAL FEATURE. The Original Newsboys' Quintet BOYD’S Wednesday, Monday Labor Day and CHORUS OF SEVENTY, Woodward % Mgrs. & Burgess MATINEES W. Ryley Present Their Number One New York Company in FLORODORA THE GREAT CAST INCLUDES Graham, Philip H. Ryley, Harriett Merritt, Donald Brine. Phillips and LADY HOLYROOD RPRETTS SPECIAL ORCHESTRA. Matinee -25c, 50c, 75c¢, $1.00. LOOK! October points within Grand Electrical AK-SA Mr. Kelly's Studio 3 will be RE-OPENED for active work on SEPTEMBER 1 Students will kindly register August 8lst. VOICE CULTURE on E. M. 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If you like the song send us 30c, if not, return it. Time is short, write quick. It may mean & fortune to vou. Sole agents for i and Nebraska. Address IVES MUSIC CO., 8t Louls, Mo.