Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10

near to their stopping and even now move
with difficulty, as the Scotchman jokes.
| few more scattered attractions, and the sum
mer will be upon us, with its immunity
| from all stage representations, except the
| roof gardens and continuous shows Ada
Rehan will be here this week. John Drew
later in the month, and "Pudd'nhead VIII
son." for the third time, early in June.
! These with the concert Of the Russian
pianist, Godowsky, are what the Creighton
has to offer. At Boyd's Peter Daley opens
the present week, to be followed by Rhea,
! NJ. B. Curtis in his old success, "Saml of
! Poson" and Primrose q West for a night.
| The engagement CT Eeanora Duse at the
| Creighton is cancelled, along with the entire
western tour Of that great actress who
sailed for Italy yesterday. Aside from the
attractions noted it is not likely that any
| thing of Importance in the professional way
will be offered, although certain amateur
performances will Hll open time.
| The amateurs we're out in force laet week,
the Creighton giving up three nights to
them. one ambitious event in particular
seems to have stirred an esteemed con
| temporary to unwonted deeds, and to nave
borne fruit in the shape OF a Leading
editorial which will doubtless supply what
ever is needed of that kind of encourage
ment."
The event of the week, however, was the
return of Clay Clement, in his pretty play,
''The New Dominion" This fine young
! artists anything more to be desired than
| to be a true artist and young would seem
| to have been discovered" at last by Omaha
| play-goers for his audiences grew in size
and enthusiasm in the most gratifying nah
ner. He will be warmly welcomed when he
| comes again next year, bringing The New
| Dominion" with him, and The Bells, ana
| possibly his dramatization of Gods Fool.
| Mr. Clement has reached that stage OF
fame from which one mounts to higher
eminence leaving lot OF things eataDle
and drinkable named after MIN. sunday
chefs Of greater or less renown nave SfrVeh
| to add 10 the attraCtiveness OF their melus
by serving up salads and pottages "a la
! Hobenstauffen:" and a Chicago bartender
has devised and constructed beverage out
of lemon peel sugar, WHISKY ana soua
water. which he calls Hohenstaufen punch
| This drink did not commend user 10 OInana , "a
| on demand being constrained thereto by
| their great personal admiration for Mr.. Gle
ment and by the generous honorarlum which
ALWAYS accompanies his order. lie was zeal
| ous in making it known to local conholsseurs,
many Of whom mistaking 1t IN na mlllnesS
for the lemonade which Illuminated the sun
dav school pioa:c of their boyhooa days
drank of the Hohenstauffen punch not Wlseiy
but too we'll Report calls 1t a genial IL an
| insidious, bracer; and if the pubic can ma
| out where it is made IL mish' pe ""i'n
| trying. ,. ,.,,
That a German nobleman. former stu,
dent at Heidelberg, and botanist, shoulu
pass the pleasant month OF May IN any
| CLINE where the Waldmeister grows without
renewing his youth in the joys of the Nal
| Rolle was hardly to be expected; and the
| Baron Franz Victor Won Hohens'auiten can
| not be charged with having neglected MS
| ounortunities in this regard during MS re-
cent all too short stay in Omaha. it is
safe to say that he prefers this delectab!e
| beverage of his beloved Rhine, lately ceie-
| brated in verse by the poet Sml'h, 10 the
| mint julep of Virginia. Wnether ne also
| "safed der foliage OF dot drink" is not ac-
| curately known but it has leaty sp!endor
| far more beautiful than that OF the julep.'
| Sliced oranges also are in II, ana pineapple
! and much ice, and stra"berrles; radlshes,
too sometimes, at later stage OF the fes-
! tivities when the bowl has been filled and
| erptied more than once. And II the noble
baron did not preserve AMI press any OF
| these souvenirs of the occasion, is is prob
| able that the tablets of his mind received
| an impress that will be more permanent
| than such perishable mementCes.
| In nothing that happened during Mr..
| Clements public appearances in Omaha was
l.bis steadfast adherence to the laws of his
| !el;cate art more forcibly shown than in
| his uncompromising refusal to allow MS
| scene to be ruined by the acceptance over
the footlehts of flowers which his admirers
undoubtedly appreciated the magnificent
| bunch of roses, tied with the German col
ors, for their own sake Unquestionably ne
| was grateful to his friends for their kind
| remembrance. But one has no hesitation
| in saying that he absolutely right in
| ignoring the gift at the time 1t was sent.
| Was he, forsooth who at that moment was
a German gentleman in Virginia, 10 be
| come in the twinkling of an eye an Ameri-
can gentleman in Omaha, come down and
receive flowers for the footlights as Clay
Clement bow TO the audience with hand
| on heart and change back, as Mansfield
does in "Jekyll and Hyde, TO Hohenstauiten
| again in full view of the house? Not
! he more praise to him for 1t; and yet
| how many actors, more famous far than he,
| would have done all this and worse in
| like circumstances!
| Creighton Music hall. Paxton & Burgess
new summer venture which is expected to
bloom into fully developed roof garden, as
and as the necessary carpentry can be ac-
| ccmplshed, opened last night. under crcum-
| stances calculated to rejoice the hearts of the
managers and to assure local amusement-lov
| ers of abundance of clean and bright enter
| tainment of the vaudeville kind during the
| heated term.
| An outdoor concert hall, providing a good
| and not too heavy kind of amusement, and
| so conducted as that refined ladies' and fas-
| tdous men can safely attend without subject
| ing themselves to a greater shock than that
| resulting from the smell of tobacco smoke
| and the sight of free consumption of malt
| liquids, is bound to be success as summer
| resort in Omaha; and such piEce the man
| ayers of this new enterprise propose to CON
| duct. AS begun last night, all things point
! to the accomplishment of their purpose.
very large and entirely orderly crowd was
present, including scores of men and women
whose names are seen frequently in the So
| ciety columns Of the Sunday papers. There
was great and continuous enthusiasm. and
| each "turn" was warmly and Hospitality re-
ceived. These are the signs of success and
| IL they continue, will insure against failure.
1t is hoped however, that the management
| will lose time in completing the open-ar
| arrangements overhead, for the ventilation Of
Creighton hall, though admirable of its kind,
| is not adapted TO the requirements of the
present undertaking.
The program last night, which will he
| continued through the coming week. con-
sisted Of two turns" each of the following
clever people: Gertrude Haynes, who plays
on different musical Instruments Olaf Peder-
sen, the accomplished flutist Of the Cregh-
ton theater orchestra. and Lutz, the excel
/ lent cornet player OF the same organiza-
| tion. in solos; Leroy and Clayton in COM
edy sketch; Emma Weston, a handsome