Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1903, Page 14

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SCNDAY, SEPT EMBER 27, 1903 ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES Even Moses gazed from Plsgah's heights the Promised Land below, 8o the Omaha people who patronize the thea- ters may look forward (o an end of their wanderings amid the wastes of “cheap | stuff” to the better things that go to| make up an enjoyable season. Each of | the local houses has had the customary | preparatory run of Indifferent shows, but | from now on good attractions will be more | numerous; even the grade of popular priced amusements showing a decided advance in | the books of the managers. The last, weck was relleved from absolute dullness only by the visit of “Princess Chic” at; the Krug and “The Storks” at the Boyd.| “Princess Chic” is of the sort that en- dures; ore s not likely to hear It too often. “The Storks” is only on its third | time round, and consequently has not en- | tirely worn out its welcome, although ft has lost much of its original sparkle | through familiarity. Yet this fs not al- | ways a disadvantage, as The Bee pointed out some weeks ago; people lke to meet | old friends, even In the joke and song line, and enjoy them all the more because they can see them coming. The Orpheum | began its season just whera it left off| last spring, to all appearances, and gave | n good bill to good houses during the en- | tire week. Soclety has taken up this| sort of thing for fair, and of a Monday | night the local swell set can easily be| tound after dinner, alding digestion by | laughing at the fun furnished by the vaudeville bill. Again do the managers mildly protest against the very bad habit of Omaha peo- ple coming late to the theater. A little| more attention to the clock on the evening | for which the checks call for the seats | would assist ecerybody, and particularly | those. consclentious . persons who go early jo they can be seated before the curtain goes up. It fsu't much of a hardship to jave dinner over by 6 or a little later, and as the curtain doesn’t rise until 8:15, except for’ some exfra long performance, 1t doesn't seem unreasonable to ask peo- ple to be In their seats by that time. But they won't do it in Omaha, and as a consequence this .own has a very bad finme amonk show people In this regard. For not only do the late comers disturb those who have been prompt, but they dis- concert the people on the stage, as any fisturbance, however slight, among the audience, has a jarring, If not more pro- nounced, effect om the actors. The local managers confess themselves helpless in the matter, but if the people would only make a little effort, they could add much not only to thelr own but to thelr neigh- bor's enjoyment of the play which both have pald money to see. One thing they should remember: The | person who goes to the theater in good | season usually does so because of interest in the play, and he expects that it will begin at the time advertised. He further expects that he will be permitted to see and listen without being annoyed by some one who has dallied along the way climb- ing over him to get to a seat for which the late-comer has pajd no more than the early. It is just barely possible that the person who comes late has only a languid interest In the show and doesn’t really care to see it open; that fact carries with it no right to disturb others who are not of that mood. And, while it may be fashionable to be late, It is good, manners to have some consideration for others, particularly in a place like the theater, where s much depends on the frame of mind of the individual. And it is post tvely | Aiscourteous to disturb people during the Rrogress of an act. The performance of “Ulysses” at the Garden theater in New York was not an | unmixed artistic success, apparontly, for Mr. Corbin of the New York Times thus reviews it in his Sunday column: The play selected to introduce Mr. Phil- Mps to American audiences was the weak- est of the three, both as drama and as Rostry, belng in'fact little more than a dghly’ successful clothes horse play, but no objection is urged against that. Scenery and costume are as legitimate a part of theatrical entertainment as great passions | and beautiful lines. The trouble was that | fuen plctorially and mechanically the per. | formance was ludicrously inadequate. What one saw was not the clothes, but the horse a very obvious horse on the management. In the prologue on Olympus Mr. Phillips has done what an author can to buffoon | the gods, but if the setting of the scene ' had been in any way adequate it wou'd stil | ve been possible to impress upon the | Imagination something of the splendor ard | flory of the powers that control the fate of he ‘wandering hero. All that was needed was a deep scene with the gathering of the | #ods far back and high up toward (he neb- ulous summit of Olympus. Instend of thix, Wwe were given a_shallow front scene with fodpuddy ey and e flat mountain perk painted on cloth that was punctured ahowink tho light behind: When the cuc- in was up a gaure drop was li‘ted, the edge of which was ragged.and tattemod, an1 the Olympians were in plain sight, gath- $t2d companionably around the footlights for all the world like a minstrel ehow. Ob- tion has been taken to the stntement t Zeiis wns the middle man and Hermes and Aphrodite. eracking jests at him. the men. Aphrodite a man? Of course A subseouent act the lady goddess Athene actually dons the body and garb of an Ithacan shepherd, and it fs ma'n- tained that if the goddess of the eternally éminine could have foreseen the ro's she ad fo play she would hava metamorohosed If into Mr. Bones. There would have WEAK KEN CURED WITHOUT STOMACH DRUGGING; FREE Home-Method In Possession Speclalist Does Won- ders For Men—Something Entirely New, SENT FREE TO ALL. There has been discovered by a well known Detroit specialist a simple, direct «nd quick home method for the cure of such conditions as sexusl weakness or lost man- hood, night losses, varicocele, shrunken or- gans, bladder trouble, diseases of the kid- neys and urinary organs, prematurity, etc., and so effective is it In its results on men, even as old as 8, that it should at once recommend itself 'to every (hinking man who suffers in this way. The cure, strange o say, is accomplished without the use of drugs, salves, olotments or anything of that kind. And yet it is no mechanacal de- wvice, but one of the truly great discoveries in materia medica that cures without taking anything into the stomach, and arouses a glow of warmth, energy and good feeling almost instantly in the oldest person. | the scene TUlyases alig] | sical value of the verse can be imagined. | 35,000 against Manager B. H. Brigham of been fitness in that, and the result woud not have been more fully to destroy the appeal to the imaginalion, the momentary beilef in the might of the Homeric deities, which is necessary to give dramati¢ value. 1o the scene, and in consequence the entire action One somehow falls to be impressed with the struggles of an epic hero whose fate I8 ordained by Mr. Zeus Johnsing. The other great spectacle, the adventures of Llysses In hell, was quite as bungiingly rendered. The aerial ballet of depa.ied spirits in nightgowns pendulated on obvious | wires or shot across by the footlights wita a bang as If from & cannon. thet of | not hell has wheeis, the machinery used to | represent the passage of Ulysses down the Styx in_the of Charon ,most ocer- tainiy has, and they squeaked 4nd rattied as torture after torture (to use the pres. clent epithet of the book) was infllcted upon the audience. All remaining po bllity of ilusion was destroyed by the fact that two wings representing massive roeks ' #lood_between the moving barge and the, audlence. The conclusion was Inevitable | that hell was a moving sidewalk. Durk ts from he barge on the hither shore of Styx, and then when | he returns to the depths of the stage he | crosses that dread river in front of the | barge and without varying his stride. No shadow of doubt was left that the Zeus who ordered this Hades was Mr. Zeus Johnsing. . The pronunciation and the reading of lines were in strict accord Johnsing’s name was_variously pronounced as 800z, Szoos and Zooce. With regard to the nameé of the particulnr goddess out of {he ma- chine there was a unanimity, in itsell fo be commended. though the result was not less painful. Evervbody pronounced it in | two syllables, thus: Aath-ny. One won. ders who told them all to do &0, and what was his authority. The effect on the mu- Had the lines been by Miiton himself th would have sounded as If uttered by typewriter. Al One of the recent events in the western half of the amusement world Is the action of Frank James, who has brought suit for the Gillis theater, Kansas City, and Man- | ager Frank Gozzolo and all the members of “The James Boys In Missouri’ company. He sots forth in his petiiion that he is a lawablding citizen of Montana, and that| in the play he is held up as a gambler, a | train robber and a fugitive from justice. The Bee has never prior to this found in | Frank James' career anything to commend; | but it he will pursue this action to an ulti- | mate conclusion and succeed In preventing the further production of that lblflluhl)’: bad melodrama, he will have in a measure | atoned for many past misdeeds by doing one good one. In passing it is worth while to mention that the wild west venture in which Cole Younger and Frank James were features during the summer proved a fallure, and suits and counter sults are now In progress in the courts of Missouri. This in itself is novel; the idea of Cole Younger and Frank James appealing to the law for redress is almost good enough to be copyrighted and dramatized. James says he wants no more show business: he is now 60 years old and the life s too fast for him. He will spend the rest of his days on the farm. Com Events. The fame of the Wallace book “‘Ben Hur” could have been safely relled upon to fill theaters and bring showers of gold to the box offices, without the extravagant expenditure made manifest through the gorgeous dressing of the play, and fts costly ‘equipment of many ingenious me- chanical devices, The great army of “extra” people might have been held in closer bonds, If not entirely dispensed with, and thus much money have been saved in costumings, scenic embellish- ments and other alds and adjuncts that give it present prominence as the richest and most comprehensive offering of the modern thcater. The many recent gigantic undertakings of this progressive firm make it apparent that an ambition to be con- sidered the first among the great producers of the day was the underlylng motive In this “Ben Hur" undemaking, and though there was, undoubtedly, the anticipation of large pecuniary profits, there was, as well, a sincere desire to enlist critical approval for their endeavors in the direction of the theatrical art. Is there not something more than mere love of money-getting ‘n that marvelous scene upon Olivet, the scene where the lepers—the mother and sister of Judah—are touched by the Nazarene and made clean? It Is exhibited as a vision, a dream of Judah's, this being the only feasible way of giving it with due solemnity and proper effect upon the stage. The hundreds of people crowded upon the scene make it really inspiring, the pathway of him who was coming from Bethpage being lined upon every side by a vast multitude, while the tall palm branches wave above their heads, marking the measures of their song of praise. Then comes that burst.of das zling lizht, the great shaft of purest white that signals the instant approach of the Master. The effect—though the BSavier himself is never seen— is prodigious. The very atmosphere seems laden with the holy essence and there is the hush of death upon the audience. It is not until the curtain descends, nolselessly, slowly in the now subdued and uncertain light that there is {in a Dressing Room," | Japaness web fTwo Flags,” even as much as a whisper of applause. ‘The single desire of money getting never creates such scenes as this, nor does com- merclalism in the theater encourage any- thing quite so hazardous in its attempt, or s0 exacting in Its embellishment. “Ben Hur” certainly points to some dignity of purpose and regard for art on the part of Mesers, Klaw & Erlanger. So-tremendous & production must be backed by a large amount of ambition, as well as a plethoric bank account, but it also involves the love of doing things as they should be done, ani that in the theater means that the under- taking must be made art's debtor in some very liberal degree, “Under Southern Skies,” the attraction which will appear at the Krug theater the first half of the week, beginning with the matinee today, was first presented. in New York City in November, 1300, and was immediately accepted by the critics and public of New York. 'Every plece of scenery used iIn the play is carried with the company. The cast is a large one, numbering twenty-three people, each of whom has been espectally selected for abllity and fitness for the role. Miss Minnte Victorson, who has played the part of the herolne over 300 times, will be seen here and other well known people who will ap- pear are Miss Ida Mulle, Sussanne M. Willis, Cecella Clay, Laura Oakman, Edne Larkin, Arline Marriner, Bertha North Burr Caruth, Murry Woods, Willard Perry, Cyril Raymond, Charles Aveling, L, B Hammond. _“Under Southern Skies" dealr with the soclal side of aristocratic soutliern people and the story woven about them fr one that could occur in mo other part of our country. A Hallowe'en celebration le one of the hitd of the play. Stage settings, representative of rugge’ The discovery can be relied upon to cure the worst and most long-standing cases, and it is especially urged that men who have been untble to find & cure before, as well as those who have not known a happy moment in years, write at once to Doctor H. C. Raynor, 829 Smith Bullding, Detroit, Michigan, and you will immediately re- of the discovery entirely as wi as & scholarly essay on the ‘describing all the symptoms in de- lain and securely somled. —Con- nothing is imposaible in this cen- lous ach the cen- ti-toxin and X-rays, tury ements, u that ga us an doubtful you may be Ahd gt meworer aubtiul v may b b Cure, yot this may prove the very thing ou have 8o loi t. Let your re: B FURG. oot C. RAYNOR, Michigau. - nature, will be in the new play, “Queer of the highway,” which is biiled for th last half of the week at the Krug. On scene shows Echo Canyon with Cascads Falls by moonlight. Another, the hear' of a redwood grove. In the distance i« shown the old stage coach winding dow- the mountain side. The approach of th coach is shown, and shortly the real coact drawn by four horses and loaded wit* nassengers is driven over a bridge an” ‘nto this grove. where it Is held up b bandits in plain view of the audienrr Another striking scene is the camp of t- Sloux Indians. where a duel s foug' hetween an Indien wirl and the heroin: Act one shows a settlement In & stocka with it shotel, post station Act two shows the Interior of this stable. with the horses feeding in the stalls. Another scene is the interior of an old indfan hut on Lookout mountain, where Jees is tortured by Manatoba, who le after- wards burned to death by the cowboys. There Is plenty of reallsm and sensation in “Queen of the Highway stables, etc. For the week commencing matinee today the Orpheum will present cight numbers that are just as varfed and as widely known and reputed as those embraced in the excellent opening bill of last week. Halt the program will he presented by performers who have never been here, Haynes and Vidocq, comedians of the old minstrel school. Their colloquial ex- position 1s of the rapid fire order. Water- bury brothers and Tenny have been seen here several times. Bach of these performers is accomplished on several instruments, besldes which they will con- tribute an effort at fun-making, Mr. Tenny doing his “stunt” in black face. Buropean impértations have become fixtures of many of the vaudeville bills. This week the card from over the briny deep will be the Fleury trio, terpsichorean artists. “‘Scenes the sketch to be presented by the McWaters and Tyson company, is constructed especially to ex- ploft thelr music and comedy. Hodges and Launchmere, comedians, will offer a collection of absurdities to play upon the risibles, besides singing and dancing. An aerfal novelty will be presented by the Josselln trio, two women and one man. They have a combination trapeze and upon which they perform all kinds of daring and graceful feats Anneth Moore, the beautiful young soprano who was heard here two years ago, will be the vocal feature, while the concluding number will be a new serles of moving views projected by the Kinodrome. When Richard Carle appears at the Boyd tn “The Tenderfoot” on Sunday and Mon- day, October 4 and 5, theater-goers will have an opportunity of secing a young man who wrote the book and lyrics, staged the plece and is starring In it. H. L Heartz, who wrote the music for “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Miss Bimplicity “M492" and several other musical com- edles, wrote the music for “The Tender- foot,” Carle did all the rest. When Carle last appeared here in “The Storks,” the merry musical fantasy of which he is the author, he made the biggest 4ind of a hit, but according to the prevailng pinfon of the press and public nothing that he has ever attempted cquals his work in “The Tenderfoot.” The produc- tlon and company of seventy-five players 1s the original that was seen in Chicago during its memorable record run and in- cludes thelr famous “Dolly Girls,” cele- brated for thelr youth and beauty Go from Stageland. Jerome Sykes has found greater succ than “Foxy Quiller’ in “The Bf'lionaire. Maud Adams wi'l, it is announced, soon make her reappearance in a new play, name not given. Sarah Bernhardt will appear next season in a play by the Marques de Castellane called "“The Feast of Death.” That fine actor, Frank Worthing, 1s again leading man of Julla Marowe's company. He has a splendid role in the new play. It is positively announced that Miss Crosman will appear at the Belasco theat: during the season in “The Wife of Bath. 0. D. Woodward's production of “‘Under with Jane Kennark in the | role of Clgarette, is doing a nice business in the east. Arthur Forest is to star in Harrlett Ford and Mrs. De Mille's new play, ‘“Rem- brandt,” based on incldents in the life of that great Dutch painter. Viola Allen will open for her season in “Twelfth Night” at Trenton, N. J., No- vember 11. She will be supported by Per- clval Stevens and Zeffle Tilbury. Wil Cressy and Blanche Davne have a new sketch this season, ““The New Depot,” which was presented at Keith's in New York for the first time last Monday. Raymond Hitchcock belleves in the adage, ‘Uneasy 'fes the head that wears a crown. ' He expects to be ever so much happler as “The Consul" than he was as “King Dodo.” | Maxine Elliott Is suffefing from nerves, | and has had to suspend rehearsals of “He. Own Way.” It Is announced that the open- ing performance wili be given Monday evening as planned. Kathering Schratt will play for forty nights in Vienna, during which she wiil impersonate Empress Marla Theresa, the ror's great-great-grandmother. = She will play at the Volks theater. Richard Mansfield has signed a contract with George H. Broadhurst and Justus Miles Forman ‘for the dramatization of Forman’s novel, “The Garden of Lies.” It will not be produced before next season. Esmond, the author of Julla Mar- new play, “Fools of Nature, ar- rived in this country last Saturday and is supervising the final reheareals of the play In New York. He will attend the opening performance in this city. A wedding that occurred in Omaha dur- ing the stay here of “The Prince of Pilsen" | has just come out. Mr. Fred W. Hansen was ‘quietly wedded to Miss Florence E. Bain on Thursday, September 17. Both are of the chorus, and both hail from Chicago. The estate of the late Stuart Robson, whose real name was Henry W. Stuart, has been appraised at $31,992 tne schedulé being filed by counsel for Mrs, Stuart, widow and administrator. The value of contracts for certain plays is not included, a% being undetermined. Counsel for Frau Cosima Wagner has sued Heinrich Conreid for $100.000 for al- ieged libel. based on a newspaper para- graph. This is another way of attempt- ing to collect a royalty on “Parsifal,” the | Bayreuth monopoly of which Conreld hus had_the temerity to break by producing it | in New York. Frank H. Young, who was in Omaha during the week in the Interests of ““Hen. Hur,” s & son of Wiiliam Young, who dramatized the Wallace novel. He says his father 18 at work on the produetion of a play from Onoto Watana's book, Jap- anese Nightingale,” which will' be given even a more ambi(ious setting then that of *Ben-Hur." The agreement among the local man- agers to cut out the window lithographs as a means of advertising may have af- fected the attendance some, but it hasn't been noticed adversely In the box office. By the way, it is about time for some popular actor to spring that hoary od propasttion about - abandoning the = bill- oards and going in for the newspapers aitogether. Francls Potter, teacher of mandolin and guitar, Ramge bullding. COQUELIN TURNS Has a F' te Give a Practical Dem- INVENTOR reproof Theater and Proposes onstration. (Copyright, 1903, Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Sept. blegram—Special Telegram.)—Coqu: about to embark upon a career as an in- ventor, At a dinner party this week he ex- plained that he had discovered a method of constructing a fireproof theater, and s bullding a small theater, with scenery and \ll other accessories, in which he will be tocked up with the architect, who is the co- nventor, and will have the bullding fired. Chis test, he clalms, should satisfy any steptic Dislike Amert Laws, OTTAWA, Sept. 26.—When the House of 2 mons was adjourned at midnight Mr ‘larke of Toronto complained that two of he British delegates of the receat con- ention of British chambers of commerce d been held up by United Btates im- sgration officlals at Newport, Vt. Min- ster Flelding replied that he did not ses vhat the Canadian government could do 1f \mericans passed laws that Canadians Jought unreasonable Crew of Fourteen Saved. LONDON, Sept, 2.—The steamer Warsaw s landed at Leith fourteen members of he crew of the Dutch steamer Sophie nnet, who, it was feared, had been rowned by the foundering of the steamer. ‘arsaw tried to tow Sophle Annet to oith, but the latter -ank. | et | would have refused to allow himrelf to he { with this young woman's artistic personal- | MUSIC AND MUSICIANS 1 want to preface this article, “apropos to nothing,” with a thought which oc- curred to me last night It s a good thought and it is not mine. 1 firmly be- lieve that it was sent to me for distribu- tion. Now, don't say “What has that got to do with music?' It has not perhaps, and then again, indirectly, perhaps it has. 1 was walking from Leavenworth to St. Mary's avenue on Twenty-seventh street last night and 1 noticed that the engine house of the fire company on that street had been undergoing some change. “Truck No. 4" is, 1 belleve, the usual designation of the company. “Hook and ladder” com- pany, in reality Now I had passed that place many times in the past few months and I had noticed that the lot adjoining the hook and ladder house had been beautified and adorned by the care and artistic taste and constant labors of some of those men who fight fire and ltke beauty. The title “Truck No. 4" was neatly and artistically displayed in letters wh'ch were Itving growths of richly-colored little plants and the green background of the green helped to make the spot a delight to look upon. In the background there was a rude but highly effective fountain with a cir- cular stone wall, making a sort of shallow well, like unto the fountaln which was the meeting place of the camels in the Streets of Cairo, when Akoyn held sway. What a royal bathery this made for the birds, hundreds of them, who could not get away during the summer, but had to stay home and work. The whole scene was brightened by a weaith of canna lillles, and other plants, and often as T passed that truck house I have tried to see if I could ascertain by looking at the faces of the good fellows of that house, which ones were tend ng this little garden of galety, this little bower of beauty, In the lot adjo'ning the bullding. Many times have I thought of stopping and asking questions and many times have I felt sure that the very next time I passed 1 would get Into a conversation with the fellows and tell them how geod they were to me, without knowing it, T wanted to tell them that I loved flowers and music and blue skies and birds far more than catechisms, and 1 di1 want someone to know that that lttle improvisel arden was giving great pleasure to me, too. And that was why last night I went home thoughtful, because when I saw that things were being changed, and the garden gone, I could not help stopping In front of the house, and surprised at the sudden change, I stammered to some of the hook and ladder boys as they stood in front of the place, “We'll miss your flowers now!" And ah! the rebuke that came at once to my heart! We'll miss your flowers now! And the answer was a monosyllable “Yes." It sounded like the clod on a coffin 11d. It implied things which condemned me, and T vowed there under the stars, that 1 would never again postpone the opportunity to_express an appreciation which 1 felt. When the flowers are gone, It does not cheer the gardener much to tell him that you miss them. Had you told him that you loved them when he was working dally nurturing them, you might have cheered his heart. Let us all think our good thoughts out loud, always, and keep the others to our- selves. Let us meditate on the story of the little garden of “Truck No, 4" which has noth- nig whatever to do with a music col- umn If the business men Who were organizing a fund recently for a symphony orchestra, were sincere in their object to provide a good musical organization in Omaha. why was the fund and the interest and the whole acheme dropped, because Mr. Bell- stedt found that he could not carry his point? Does it not look as though the efforts were not so much to further the mucical Interests of the city as thev were to pro- vide a comfortable thing for Mr. Bellstadt this season? If the fund is there. as Is purpo-ted. Is it not the duty of that committee of bu-l- ness men, of which Mr. Jay D. Fover i3 one, to look around for another conductor, who will not throw up the sponge hecruse one or two Instrumentalists oppoced him, There are others. If the local forces are to dictate the policy, and refuse to play, them alone. Others can be se-ursd The musical unfon is a big thing, but Omaha f« stiil biewer. T mention Mr. Foeter's nam~ because I have every confidence fn the man, and T know him to be strictlv streightforward In evervthing he does. Mr. Fos‘er f« the one man T look to, to develop this schama. Mr. Bellstedt fs. T am told, out of the fleld. If an effort is put forth to se-ure another man, it will succeed. It would ba the helght of follv to drop the s-heme now, just because Mr. Bellstedt is out of it. T am sure that If Mr. Bellstedt had thown the loyaity to the business men of Omaha that they have shown to hm, he billed at a beer park as a co-at'rast'on with & man who glorled In being nigh'ly shot out of a eannon, Mr. Bellstedt, for some reason, has cheapened himself, 'and ‘as a leader of the musical thought of Omaha (such as a symphony conductor ought to bLe) he s an absolute. fmpossibility. Through no fault of ours, but of his. His stand on ragtime concerts, as well a8 his continual and nffensive nressntation of the publications of one loesl house, to- rether with this last flagrant abuse of all honor, to the musical profession and to his supporters. these things, and these a'one. are responsible” for the refeciisn of Mr. Bellstedt as the head of the musical pro. || tession in Omaha. Musiclans are often at varlance aver musical matters, but not so in this ecase. And musicians are asking two questiona “Did the men who subscribed the money alleged to have been raised intend to sup- port Mr. Bellstedt, and Mr. Bellstedt alone?” Or, “Did the men who subscribed the money alleged to have been subscribed in- tend to support a musical enterprise for the musical growth of Omaha?" That is the point. Those questions are waiting an answer. Before 1 leave this matter, let me say that Mr. Bellstedt is a splendid musiclan, a most excellent player of the cornet, In fact professionals upon that instrument Rhave told me that Mr. Belletedt's technique was simply perfection. Again, Mr. Belletedt s a splendid band- master and one of the most agreeable men to work with that it has ever been my lot to meet As an arranger of musical scores for band, from orchestra scores of great dif- fleulty, or from ordinary plano scores, T consider Mr. Bellstedt & wonder. T am sorry that he has done as he has done in regard to his loyalty and devotion to the higher path of duty. He catured to the popular ragtime crowd {of each month at St ity, her positive musicianship and her read- ing faculty, as well as the beautiful tones she evokes from her beautiful harp, which 1 believe Is one of the very finest in ex- Istence. ‘ Miss Swanson should be heard a great | deal more, and she would be a welcome addition to society musicales, concerts, etc. She has booked some nice engagements for the coming season, including a recital at Red Oak and several song recitals In | Omaha, at which she will play obligatos | and aleo accompaniments | Mary's Avenue Con- gregational church will be in the nature of a musical review of the month's work, ar- ranged with a speclal view to accommo- date regular church supporters who desire to hear the repetition of favorite numbers, instrumental and vocal solos, anthems or hymns. The cholrmaster, Mr. Kelly, an- nounces that this will be one of the res- ular services of the church elaborated mu- sically and not a speclal concert or any- thing along that line, to attract the spas- modie church-goer. Beginning today (he last vesper that he will give some selec The Messiah” as a Christmas attraction. Mr. Keck has a large choilr rehcarsing therefor at the present time. 1 wish him success, and am glad that he has assumed this arduous work. HOMAS J. KELLY. OUT OF THE ORDINARY, At a _shooting match at Vaudos, Switzer- land, September 11, lightning struck the stand and ran along the signil wires. it | teen competitors, tive marsers and £corers were seve njur or br of ali of them w the so-called lLighining phoioxrophs of y trees. Al the injured are /ecovering. Dr. K. D. Hawiey of Columbus, Ind., | claims that by the use of X- he has becn able to restore to its natural color hair | that has become gray. Ahe reporied uils- covery was accluental and was made while | treating cancer. i, Hawiley, wio is an elueily phycican, calms to Lave res.ored | the color of his own haic by (his process. | Denuis K. Creeuon, a casident o Bast! Orange, N, J., who owns houses, land ond other properiy valueu ai nearly § Works every day as a_motorman on front platiorm of an_ Orange trolley earning a salary of $i.%) a ds taken this method for the his_health. ‘Wouid you lfke to be divorced?' question Mrs. veily Made t Stockton, | Cal., was asked by her husband recentiy. | She ‘answered in the afirmative and he ot a decree. Now Mrs Mauerios comes fito | court and asks that the decree be nulliied, claiming that she did not know the meaning of_the word ““aivorce The most valuable knife in the world is to be scen In the coleccton of a fainuus urm of cutiers in Sheffleld. It Is large enough to fit In the pocket of none but a g.ant, and it contalns seventy-five b.ades, which close up like those of an ord.nary Knife. Bach of the larger blades is eaburately cugiaved, | and among the subjecis of these sirange | pictures are views of Shefield coliege, the city of York, Windsor castic, Arundel cas- tle and_a score of other famous scenes. The hafts are of mother-of-pearl, carved with great skill. On one side the artist has depicted a stag hunt and on the other a boar hunt. th was the Miss Boulter, plano, McCague bullding. 450% Snirt Watst, 32 to 40 b 4493 Five Gored Bkiri, 22 to 32 waish A Fashionable Shirt Waist Gown—8hirt Walst 401 Five Gored Skirt 493.—Shirt walst dresses appear (o gain In favor with each opening season. This one is designed tor Indoor wear throughout the autumn months and is made of mohalr in military blue stitched with black and held by carved gold buttons. At the neek is an ornamental collar with a tie of white taffeta. The walst can be made lined or unlined as preferred and is suited to all the scason's materials and to the 0dd walst s well as to the gown. The back is plain, but the fronts are lald fn tucks at the center and agaln at the shoulders that are ar- ranged to glve a double box plaited effect. The sleeves are large and full below the elbows and tucked above In harmony with the waist and to give the snug effect demanded by present styles. The skirt is cut in five gores and i3 lald In inverted plaits at the back The quantity of material required for the medium size 18 for walst 44 yards 2, 4 yards %, 8% yards 82 or 2 yards 4 inches wide; for skirt 6% yards 27, 3% yards # or 8% yards 02 Inches wide, when material has figure or nap, 3 yards 4 or 23, yards 52 inches wide, when material has neither figure nor nap. The walst pattern 401 Is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 3, 38 and #-inch bust measure. The skirt pattern 493 ls cut In sizes for a 2%, %8, 20 and 32-inch walst measure. For the accommodation of The Bee readers tnese patterns, which usually retail at from 2% to € cents, will be furnished at & nominal price, 10 cents, which covers wll expense. In order to get a pattern enclose 10 cents, give number and name of pattern. Miss Julla Officer, plano. Ramge Bldg JANE ADDAMS Of Hull House, will lecture on Ideals of Peace, at the First Congre Church. Monday, Oct. 5th, § p, m % cents. BLANCHE SORENSON, VOICE CULTURE, STUDIO; 550 RATGE BLOCK. and now he sees what it has done for him. But the musical scheme should go on T had the pleasure of hearing Miss Marie Swanson, the harpist, play last week at & private recital. 1 was immensdly struek | " Frank Oscar Newlan, Baritone Teacher of Tone Production and Art of Singing. Studio, 509-510 Karbach Block | INIBHTS — AMUSEMENTS, MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Last Season’'s GREAT SUCCESS «.KLAW & ERLANCER’S... Stupendous Production of Gen. Wallace's Dramatized by Wm. Young. Music by Edgar Stiliman Kelley. PRICES, 50c, 75¢, $1.00. $1.50 and $2.00, Excursion rates on all railroads for ‘‘Ben-Hur"' patrons. Mauil orders NOW ON SAL! BRY 2d_by remittance fille PERFORMANCE in order received. SEATS Sunday and Monday Nights, OCT. 4 and 5. The Brightest Star of Them All --RICHARD CARLE.. And Original Company of 7§, Including GRACE CAINERON PERFORMANCES IN CHICAGO. 192 — AN—— ‘ARIZONA® SET TO MUSIC™ e TENDERFOOT One Glorious Vivid Splash of Sparkiing American Wit and Song. PRICES—25¢ 50c 75c $1.00 $1,50 (5¢, 25¢, 50¢ and 75¢ KRUG THEATER Seat Sale Thursday, Oct. | MATINEES Best Seats 25 Gents, TELEPHONE 500 _Start‘ng Sunday Matinee, September 27 4 NIGHTS AND SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY MATINEES FIRST TIME HERE OF THE GREAT SUCCESS UNDER WRITTEN BY LOTTIE BLAIR PARKER Author of “‘WAY DOWN EAST SOUTHERN *A PLAY THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER," The Most Original, Unhackneyed and Diverting Play of Southern Life Ever Written. Three Months of Unqualified Success at the Theater Republic (now the Belasco Theater), New York. 'A REMARKABLE CAST, INCLUDI Miss Susanne M. Willis Bertha North Arline Marriner Laura Oakman 1da Mull Mindle Victorson Cecellia Clay Mi Mis Mr Mr. Mr. Kate H Budd Ca win B. ardr Edna Larki ruth Loring rling Avi Mr. Willard Mr. Mlll’l’l;‘{ ‘Woods Mr. Ceell Raymond Mr. Lynn B. Hammond Mr. J. A. Macurdy Mr. J. B. Glick Perry n Production Massive and Complete in Every Detail. Startin THURSDAY wicut, OC'{. 1. MATINEE SATURDAY JAS. H. WALLICK AMUSE- MENT COMPANY’S Big Scenic Production A Picturesque Drama of Western Life in Four Acts an ! Seven:Scenes. 52 ACTING PEOPLE 2 DENS OF FEROCIOUS WOLVES 5 EDUCATED HORSES “DUKE, THE BANDIT DOG" URRIGHTON Telephone 1531, | | | | ! | i Week Commencing SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 Today, 2:15 | 0@0+0+0+0+0+*0+0+0+0+0+0+0 Thomas J. Kelly, VOICE TEACHER 1802 FARNAM STREET. 0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0 Tonight, 8:15 ! Modern Vaudeville. Haines & Vidocq Fibs, Squibs, Song and Story Waterbury Bros. and Tenny Fleury Trio European Dancers. Josselin Trio Novelty Aerlelists. Hodges & Launch- mere The Nightingales Annette Moore Soprano I!Jno_fimma. , Boe, WESTERN BOWLING ALLEYS Everything new and up-to-date. Special attention to private parties. TEL Turkish tendants. and Massage. 2628, 1510 HOWARD STREET. aths 205 Ramge Bidg. Op. Orpheum Theater Telophone 2079. Baths for ladies. Expert at- Hair Dressing, Manlcuring Aunnex for gentlemen. AUGUST MOTHE - BORGLUM, Piano Teacher. LESCHETIZKY METHOD Studio, Davidge BI'k, 1802 Farnam. to m dress Ives Music Go., NEW MUSIC. Write for free list new, prett ular song muslc—not sold in siofes—fres Buess 000 cash prizes. Greatest offer ever Answer quick, time 8t. Louis, Ma / | &