Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 18, 1916, Page 5

L - b T Brief City News I Platinum Wedding Rings—Edholm, Fave Roet Print It—New Beacon Press. Ties Cleaned, 10¢, at Carey's. Web, 192 Electrio Reading Yamps for Xmas, §2.50 to $50. Burgess-Granden Company. Best Meal for the Money—Clalrem’nt Inn. Robt. 0. Druesedow Co., 860 Omaha Nat'l Bank. Listed and unlisted securities; bank stocks; several 7 per cent guaranteed gilt-edge investments. Effective December 15—Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway local train No. 36 will start from Council Bluffs instead of Omaha, leaving C. M. & St. P depot at Council Bluffs at 5:22 p. m, Dr. Holtman to Lecture—Dr. A. A. Holtman, prominent physician and surgeon of this city, will give a free lecture before the Theosophical so- ciety on the subject “Is There Life Beyond the Portals of Death?” Sun- day evening at 8 o’clock at Hall 701 Bee building. The Castle Hotel opens new ladies' dining room and banquet hall on Sun- day, December 17. Will serve a spe- cial $1 table de hote dinner, or should you not care for our regular dinner we will be pleased to serve you a la carte. Music by Prof. Desdunes col- ored orchestra. Builders’ Speclalty Co.—The Build- ers’ Specialty company, a con- cern which will buy and sell building and contractors' equipment, has filed articles of Incorporation with the county clerk. The capital is $25,000. Nelson Jean, James W. Burnie and F. E. Martin are the incorporators. Andirons for Christmas—Sunderiand's To Talk at University Club—J. E. Lathrop, a city planning expert of New York City, who is in charge of a city plan exhibit at the Douglas county court house, will be the guest of the University club Monday noon and will give a short after-luncheon talk on city planning with reference to the future possibilities of Omaha. Rev. J. F. Clark Talks—Rev. J. F. Clark of the First Congregational church will address the mass meeting at the Young Men's Christian associa- tion this afternoon at 4 o'clock. His subject will be “The Infidelity of Orthodoxy.” Bud Kearns, physical di- rector of the “Y,” will sing several s0los. Misses the Party —Verne Miller, a salesman, brother of Gus Miller, pro- bation officer, generally takes a bath and shaves just before retiring for the night. On Friday, however, he was billed to attend a party and he upset precedent by grooming himself when he returned home from work in the afternoon. Out of force of habit he flung himself upon a bed after a , tingling rub with a big Turkish towel. He missed the party, awaking just in time to go to work Saturday morning. Moral—have regular hours for bath- ing. Important Northwestern Temporary Changes Account Replacing Union Pa- cific Bridge—Effective Thursday, Dec. 14, the following eastbound trains will be discontinued from Omaha, leaving from Council Bluffs, Broadway station as follows: No. 32, Carroll local, lv. Co. Bluffs 7:25 a. m.; No. 216, Sioux City local, lv. Co. Bluffs 4:05 p. m.; No. 4, Carroll local, lv. Co. Bluffs 5:10 p. m.; Nos. 5 and 33, Car- roll locals, westbound, will stop at Council Bluffs on present schedule, not coming to Omaha. Albion locals Nos. 309 and 310 will run to and from Omaha only. No changes in limited and through trains. This arrangement effective until further notice. Audubon Members Equal to Occasion Upon “Liars’ Night" Members of the Audubon society told strange tales about birds at their “liars’ night” meeting at the Public library Saturday. Mrs. H. D. Neely told of ncver having seen a Canadian jay on Amer- ican soil, although she declared that she saw hundreds on islands border- ing this country. Solon R. Towne, president of the society, told a weird tale of getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning just to distinguish what kind of a bird made certain noises before his window. Miles Greenleaf said he tramped through Elmwood park ex- actly 136 times to add to his knowl- edge of the songsters. In proof of his* statement he pulled out a note- book in which he claimed to have re- corded his trips. Aside from swapping yarns, the or- ganization voted to purchase fifty colored bird slides drawn’ by Louis A. Fuerts of the National Geographical society, The slides will be displayed before different schools in order to increase interest in the birds. ; and zoology, steam and o t of the higher is marvelous work, el R B braska registered electricity, biography, | IMPORTANT Gaiiimscrtoftie | writion and edited by ing T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of at Hotel Astor geology, education, makingof books, it is neces- 1500 master minds, the BALLET RUSSE HAS CHARMS FOR OMAHA Big Audience S8its Patiently Through Cheerless Waits to Watch Wonderful Dancers. ART, MOTION, MUSIC MEET By HENRIETTA M. REES. Music lovers, dance lovers, lovers in general and patrons of nov- elty from pure curiosity turned out in fair numbers last evening at the single appearance of the celebrated Diaghileff Ballet Russe at the Audi- torium. Many had learned wisdom from previous ballets at the Auditorium and were found in the balcony, which was well filled in the side sections and from which view of the stage was not hampered by the footlight ar- rangements. The lower floor also held a goodly crowd, which gave the most flattering attention and a great amount of active appreciation to the three beautiful ballets presented. Much has been heard of the won- ders of this ballet from other cities, of the remarkable dancing, the panto- mime drama and the unexcelled stars who made up the cast. Much has been written previous to the performance of the remarkable scenic effects and costumes of the modern decorative artists, Leon Bakst and Andrc Benois, and others who have designed the un- usual settings of the ballets. Waits Were Prolonged. In none of these things were those present disappointed. Only at rare in- tervals is one permitted the oppor- tunity of seeing such excellent and highly developed forms of the art of the dance. With the Russians this be- comes the vehicle not only of fancy steps and various moods or incidents, but of the most intense dramatic ex- pression, and joins and vastly ad- vances the art of pantomime. It was really only at rare intervals last eve- ning that the opportunity was given of seeing such dancing, for the waits |- between the three ballets were appall- ing. The second wait, by correct time, was exactly thirty-seven minutes. In the meantime, during the entire period of these deadening waits, where was the symphony orchestra of fifty under the direction of M. Pierre Monteux, which lent such able support to the different ballets? 1t is customary in all theatrical per- formances to enliven the intermis- sions with music, and even the small ballet which appeared here early in the season was more fair to the au- dience than the Diaghileff organiza- tion in this respect, the orchestra presenting a regular printed program of numbers and adding several extra ones, besides. The Chicago Opera company or- chestra under Campanini added two extra numbers between the third and fourth acts of an opera also. It would not have been necessary to have played entirely through these waits; a twenty-minute program dur- ing each would have sufficed. , Ballets Arranged by ‘Fokine. The scenes and dance of the ballets were all arranged by Michael Fokine, and the music was from the best of musical composers. The three ballets were of the widest possible extremes of life, character and types, and the scenery and costumes, the music, and the motions of the dance were as widely differentiated. The first was pantomime ballet in one act, “Carna- val,” set to the music of Robert Schumann, orchestrated by Rimsky Korsakoff, and Liadow Tscherepnine -621 residents of Ne- art | especial mention. THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, ent numbers of his dance music and preludes following one another to make up the complete ballet. The scenery for this was the work of An- dre Benoist, and was most effective in its feathery green bushes, the summer house and the lake behind, all in Galzounow. An air of mystery was lent by the solid deep blue back- ground, of the walls of a room, with an upper third of old-fashioned con- ventional pattern. Different scenes from a carnival were most carefully depicted with costumes of the early cighteenth century and all the romance that time gives to the part. All of the principals were most ed at the sides. The costumes for this were all of dainty fluffy white, and the ceptable in their roles, Mlle. Lydiaballet were present throughout, in pokova was a most altraclivefgraccful postures and clever grouping, Colombine, Mlle. Lydia Sokolova was|or adding their share to the dance. a fascinating “Papillion.” The Pier-| Ensemble numbers opened and closed rot of Mr, Adolf Bohm and the Arle- | this one-act “reveric.” Waslaw Nijin- quin of Micolas Zverew also deserve [ sky made his only appearance in this number, dancing in the ensemble num- bers, proving his great skill and artis- til ion in a solo mazurka and he second ballet, “Les S’['pl“;!ifi'n OU have had a good year. DECEMBER 18, moonlight, with the mansions suggest- | 1916. in a most effective valse with Mlie. Lopokova. Revalles a Revelation. In the last, “Cleopatra,” a chorco- graphic drama in one act, with music by Arensky, the great dramatic force o? the ballet was manifested. Here also the great Leon Bakst was strik- ingly present in the big broad lines of the Egyptian temple scenery, the bril- liant red coloring and the striking cos- tumes of all the dancers. Flora Revalles portrayed the character of Cleopatre forcefully, more through re- straint of acting than = expres Adolf Bohm was intensely dram and realistic, as the youth who is dazzled by the queen for a day, and Mlle. Sokolova convincingly portrayed | Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Tahor, to whom he had just been wedded. The dancing and impersona- tions and the entire interpretation of | this ballet’ was suggestive of Egypt,| and barbarism, and the music was of | a dramatic character and with great awrcpinf climaxes which made it powerfully effective for this ballet. Grand Opera for Chicago; Half Million Pledged ness. 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