Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1916, Page 5

N\ “Easterners Will Be Taken Over AD MEN READY FOR TOUR OF NEBRASKA State as Guests of Pub- lishers’ Bureau. TO ARRIVE IN OMAHA JUNE § Everything is in readiness for the “Seeing Nebraska” tour to be made this state in a special train by eminent eastern advertising experts during the week beginning Monday, June 5, under the auspices of the Ne- braska Publishers’ bureaun, which con- fifteen of the leading news- over There will be about thirty guests from New York City and Boston and Philadelphia. The party will leave New York on the New York Central's crack train at 5:30 p, m. Saturday, June 3, arriving in Chicago Sunday afternoon at 4 and starting for Omaha at 6 over the Northwestern, bringing the guests into Omaha Monday morn ing, June 5, at 7:20 o'clock. Norris A Huse, of Norfolk, secretary of the Ne braska Publishers’ bureau, will leave next Monday for New York City to escort the easterners back to Nebras- ka in behalf of the Nebraska publish- ers. The first day will be spent in Oma- ha. The party will be entertained at breakfast at the Fontenelle hotel and then will be taken in automobiles for a trip through the packing house dis- trict, the retail district and the whole sale region, besides visiting some of the big factories. Lunch will be had at the Field club and dinner in the evening at the Country club, after which the easterners will be given a touch of Nebraska spirit at the Ak Sar-Ben den performance, They will spend the night at the Fontenelle ho tel, First Stop at Fremont, On Tuesday morning after break- fast a special train consisting of three all-steel Pullman care, one of the Union Pacific De Luxe club cars and a baggage car with electric light equipment, will leave over the Union Pacific at 9 for Fremont, arriving at 10. Two hours will be devoted to seeing Fremont, and an hour for lunch at the Country club, The train will leave Fremont at 1 p. m for West Point, arriving at 2 p, m., and an hour there devoted to seeing Cuming county farms and West Point stores, The train will leave West Point at 3, ley B. Alexander, which contains the text to be spoken at the Pageant of Lincoln to be given in Lincoln June 5 and 6 has been printed. The pag eant celebrates the Omaha Indians and the city of Omaha today. The pageant is divided into two parts, First is “The Sacred Tree of the Omaha Tribe,” and the second “Coronado’s Vision.” Priests, aco Iytes, war leaders, eagle spirits, buf falo spirits, bear spirits, wolf spirits, warriors and tribesfolk form some of the dramatis personae in the first part, In the cecond are seen Coronado, Don Roderigo Maldonado, Captain Juan Jaramillo, Captain Diego Lo- pez, Friar Luis de Ubeda( Ysopete, an Indian guide, and Tatarrax, king WILLOW DANCERS IN THE PAGEANT OF LINCOLN, TRAINED BY CHARLOTTE WHEEDON, | “The Gate City,” a book by Hart-|trained dancers under the charge of | ican Bureau of Ethnology, Washing- | | Miss Whedon will here give what is | expected to be one of the most beau tiful dances presented in Nebraska In the interlude between the first and second parts of the pageant there will be a children's dance, The dance of the children last year was one of | the most taking features of Lincoln's | pageant, It is expected that the chil | dren’s dance this year, which is given special prominence in a place by itself, | will not fall short of that of last year | “The second part of the | “Coronado’s Vision,” represents the | great adventure of Coronado. At the I end of this part comes the vision, The | forest of the wilderness will divide, a great gate shining with the Rainbow | will appear, and through the gate will }lu» seen the illuminated sky-line of the | City of Omaha. As the vision is re pageant, | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 28, 1916. Pageant of Lincoln to Illustrate Legends of Omaha mHeTO BY SHOBMANER, | | ton, D. C, are to make a special trip | | to Lincoln for the purpose of being | present at the initial performance of "The Gate City,” Miss Flecher and | | Mr. La Flesche will be the guests | lof the Lincoln Commercial club [ while in the ecity The yare the joint suthors of “The Omaha Tribe,” one of the greatest monographs published by the govern ment burcau, It is in this work that the st for the first part of the pag eant, “The Sacred Tree of the Omaha | Tribe,” is published; as also are many | of the melodies which will appear as [themes in music written by Mr Eames. Several years ago Miss Fletcher called Mr, atexander's atten | tion to this beautiful legend, as suita | ble material for a finely representa tive pageant | tribe {ission l, Omaha, In 1878-79 he accom ied the Ponca ¢ Standing Car, on an eastern ton ot his trit Mr. La Flesche '] i terpreter. Brought 1nto notice by his fine work in th acit La with which he ha nce worked. In 1893 from the National university ool It is de 5 Mr. La Flesche who writes the charming reminiscence’ of the last performance of the Ceremony of the Sacred Pole. A dramatic inci to the Sacred Pole is the fact that three days after the story of the Pole had been given to Miss Fletcher, Joseph Fle the head chief of the Omaha tribe, was dent in respect La he, stricken with the iliness from which he died——a fact which sensibly | heightened the reverence with which the Pole was regarded by the Omaha It was from a sister of Mr Francis La Flesche, “Bright Eyes," (the late Mrs, Tibbles), that Mr Eames obtained his first introduction to Omaha music, incon- old the 1 without the General HIS LOBBY ACTION Mr, Blakslee took full rr‘spm\s‘ihfl» He Tells Senate Committee That ity for action ‘:K’H‘““!"'(";"‘Ifil‘"’l""‘gm y a o the effect that, ba Amendments Are Complete |, }is own experience with postal af- Surrender to Railroads. fairs of three years and the advice of experts in the department, he had ALSO CRIPPLE RURAL SERVICE reached the conclusion that the mendments were bad. With that in Washington, May 27.—Fourth As he said he telegraphed, tele- sistant Postmaster General Blakslee | Phor ed and wrote to everyone he 3 ould to defeat them, including post- told the senate postoffice committee | 500rg who he asked to communi- to its face today that he considered | cate with their patrons and represen- its amendments to the postal bill a|tatives in congress. His letter de- rrend he railroads, and al-| clared the senate committee had made BREEATIGAE D (e IRETORN a “complete surrender to the rail- though he drew the wrath of senators | . 4o » at the hearing upon him, he defended action in organizing a campaign against the amendments. The to investigate charges STRIKING LABORER BOUND OVER ON ASSAULT CHARGE John :wnmlw,iflr\rk;;\g laborer, as- saulted a workman on a job at For- ty-ninth and Dodge streets, and for so doing was bound over to the dis- trict court with bonds fixed at $1,000, | WHO SA|DiHIGH COéT OF LIVING? HERE'S SOME DROP his | committee met that Blakslee organized a Blakslee frankly told the com mittee he considered their amend ments bad, took up the hill in detail to prove his charge that they were a surrender to railroads and defiantly told the senators of his work for their defeat | Ihe amendments to which Blakslee lobby. referred concern the railway mail| L S oot pay, which is a long standing con The price of lted, 3 ,dw‘ troversy, and the rural delivery, He|guides has been reduced from $3.30 t0 told the senators they had by their 40 cents, according to word just g P he postotlice, amendments given the railroads what (out at the | - BERG SUITS ME Dress Up for Decoration Day In accordance with our usual cus- tom, this store will be closed at noon Decoration Day in honor of the Dead Soldiers of this Great 3 Republic. As decorators of American manhood and thousands of the best dressed men in arriving at Wisner at 3:30, where the | ©f Quivera, as well as Spanish cava- | 4 P 1 . £a : ie gro @ an attenda vealed, forth from the gate will pour| Miss Fletcher is doubtless the most . ) Yuase Commureial club will toke|Larh ovgro 8ad Indaa stendants,| SIS (o8 OO oore @1 the Hain | amviasas women GIRSLEIY o Asoer: town, we mention as respectful dress for biles to two typi- | €€, A ke i gy cal farms, at which pure blooded [ve.| The text is written in verse to|bow song which takes up the symbol perhaps in the world. Her ca i stock can be seen, In automobiles | €arry the spirit of the wvarious|ism of Omaha both as the Rainbow | reer in this work has been long and ue y the party will go to Pilger “.)m“"h; scenes. | City of the Gate and City of Rainbow | eminent, both in connection with the promise, The Rainbow dance here | Peabody museum of Cambridge and . | 18 expected to be of wonderful beauty, | the National bureau in Washington f‘ / . Fast color Blue serge sults the costumes of the dancers being in | She has held many important offices A AAARAAR AR AR ANAAY Specially Priced at $10, $12, $15, $18, $20 Indian Dances Abound. The dances are the important fea- tures of the pageant, Those in the very beginning show the dumb-play enactment o the great Indian| train there at 5 p. m. for the trip to f\miulk,' which will be reached at 6, and at Norfolk the first night will be spent. A picnic dinner will be served all the colors of the rainbow. Suc-|in anthropological societies and has ceeding this will come a solo dance | worked extensively with Indians of the guests on th a ) ) c ! slitbe and the ,::,(]f”,v,’,’,,,‘,',i',f;; Sountry | ritual of the Calument, Stage pietures | by Miss Whedon, in a costume tissue | several tribes, She has been, how | will be devoted fo seeiny Norfofl | here will be made by the two priests | of gold appearing as the Genius of the | ever, most intimately associated with | Bisidvi Fats i Porto Ricans, Vens- | stores, At 9:30 the party will leaye |0f the Calumet, symbolizing the two | Rainbow. his will be the climax | the Omaha tribe, of which she is a 14 A § l in automobiles for Wayne, where |keepers of the famous tribal pipes of | of the pageant. It will be followed | member by adoption. soft and stiff tian Panamas. .. .. 1 2 the Omaha . tribe, by |by a processional chorus, chanting,| Francis La Flesche, who collabor accompanied lunch will be served on the court ! A sixteen acolytes, thus making an im house lawn. The automobiles will ated with Miss Fletcher on “The | song of wonderful melody, Spanish in Omaha Tribe,” and who is now work | form, as is all the music for Part 11 return to Norfolk at 2:30 for the rail- road trip to Columbus, which will be reached at 4:15, The Columbus Commercial club will entertain the guests at supper, apd in the evening Dr, George E. Condra will exhibit to the visitors his moving picture scenes of Nebraska, About a mileof film will be shown. The train will leave Columbus at 5 a, m, Thursday morning, reaching Grand Island in time for breakfast, After an automobile trip around Grand Island, the train will leave at 11 a. m. for Kearney, where lunch will be served and another automobile trip taken. At 3 p, m. the train leaves for Hastings, arriving at 4:40, where the party remains until 8 p. m., when the guests will be taken in automo biles to the McKelvie farm eighteen miles south of Hastings, where the night will be spent in tents, giving the visitors a taste of Nebraska farm life in the open. In the morning the east erners will wash their faces in the horse trough and breakfast will be scrved at the farm. Automobiles will then take them to Harvard, where the train will be waiting and the trip to Lincoln will be made. Here the state farm and a number of other in teresting places will be be visited dur ing the day, and the visitors will be given an opportunity to play a round of golf during the afternoon. At 4:50 that afternoon the private Pullman car chartered for this party will be attached to an east-bound Burlington train reaching Chicago at 9 a. m. Sat urday morning, just as the republican national convention is winding up. At 10:30 the car will be attached to the Pennsylvania railroad’s Manhattan limited and will reach New York Sun day morning, June 11, at 9:28 o'clock. Seventy in Party, On the trip over Nebraska therc will be about seventy in the party includ representatives of the vari ers comprising the Dr, Ce A university, hers' bureau pressive feature of one of the most impressive of all Indian rites. The costuming of the Indians for the pageant is to be conventional and symbalic rather than literal in spirit The second dance in the pageant will be symbolic of an Indian war ance to the accompanyment of a truly symphonic interpretation of the Indian spirit. Brilliant colors will pre dominate. Following this there will be a processional movement, the chorus | of lamenting women the whole being in nature and conception dramatic, The mythological portion of the first part of the pageant contains a number of dances. First will be the star chorus, in Nile green costumes, with stars and brilliant star wands, at night illuminated. Following this will come the dance of animal pow ers, There is to be a great scene, in which the Morning Star, clad all in as is the Indian conception, and star chorus, in their lustrous robes, will sing an ode, to which the Earth Spirit will give an interpreta of the pageant. | Word has been received in Lincoln | that Miss Alice C, Fletcher and Mr. Francis La Flesche, both of the Amer- ion of air. tion in the form of an esthetic dance | of Greco-Indian type. Miss Char- | lotte Wheedon will assume this role of the Earth Spirit. Her costume for this part will be in green and gold and corn yellow. [t is represented in a | conventionalized form in the posters of the pageant, which are now being displayed In the part following Miss Whe don's apperance comes the Thunder- | bird dance, one of the most spectacu- | lar features of the pageant. 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