Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-05
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The Glee and Mandolin club of the Chi
cagO university, on It's fourth annual tour,
gave its first concert in this city at the
Creighton theater last evening in tbs pres
ence of very small audience, composed
largely of what are called Society people
Omaha in allowing on1 good thing after an
other to pass by unseen and unheard, is
losing much more than 1t realizes and is
teaching travelling companies no. - stop
here unless upon a guaranteed remuneration
The Chicago club gave one OF the best en-
tu?tainments of its kind to be heard any
where The mandolin orchestra contains
good players and is well drilled Their rem
dering of eel CaTitan" march, by Sousa.
was spirited and interesting. In THE Even
ing star" from Tannhauser, the work was
not so good This may be owing to the very
bad arrangement which they used In the
accompaniments their work was all that
could be desired, especially in Schubert's
"Sercnade" and in "Estudentina," a Span
ish selection quite appropriate to their in
struments.
The Glee club consists of eighteen young
men. Most of the voices are strong and mu-
steal, and they are wonderfully well drilled
in their ensemble work. Mr. Horace G.
Lozier deserves great credit for the unity
style { .Yre scion and accuracy of their sing
ing Their rendering of Or. jerks Vegeta-
BILE Compound" eXtravagant nonsense in
words, but very difficult in the rhythmic and
harmonic structure of it's music, and OF
annie Laurie" as arranged by Dudley
Buck, was sufficient to give them place in
the front rank of glee club singers in this
country.
MIR Davidson, the baritone soloist was
well received and sang with a good deal OF
taste
Mr. Hall, the tenor has a sweet voice. but
needs more spirit to make his singing
effective 1t was well for his style that he
selected schuberts "Serenade,' for 1t
showed his voice to good advantage
MIR. Sincere has one of the best voices in
the club, is musicianly, and sang well
enough to merit an enthusiastic reception.
AS one of the Cherry Sisters" he gave
good imitation OF a certain kind of femi-
nine eccentricites.
Mr.. Balm, the whistler, was interest
ing as whistlers usually are, and stuck
to the key much more than the average.
Taken all in all, the concert was all that
it purported to be, and was thoroughly en-
joyable. Much of the work was far above
the average and the many people whom the
weather kept at home will without doubt
avail themselves of the next opportunity
to hear this jolly band of entertainers.
At the conclusion of the concert at the
Creighton theater given by the University
of Chicago Glee and Mandolin club the
| members adjourned to the Millard hotel
and rendered a reception and ball to their
many friends in this city. Nearly hun
dred of the younger society folk of the city
were present and enjoyed several hours of
dancing in the large dining hall of the no.
tel The room was beautifully decorated
with flowers and ribbons embodying the
colors of the college and everything sup
piled to make the evening most enjoyable.
Refreshments were served in the cafe adj
joining the ball room.
This evening THE Players" a company
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ent of Omaha supporting Mr. Frank Lea
Short. will appear at the Creighton thea
ter, presenting Mile. Lott" and The Bells"
Besides the fact that these people are mem
b2rs of the society circles of Omaha, there
is also this consideration, that they are stu
dents of the Creighton Theater Dramatic
school and several Of them are people whose
talent has been recognized by critics and
who deserve honor at the hands of their
home friends.
A comedy Mile. Lott" dramatized from
French story by an Omaha author, Guy B.
Short, will be presented for the first time
on any stage. Miss Nina Mars shall will play
the title role, appearing in the character
of a music hall danseusa.
1.-THE Bells" will then be presented, Mr..
Short playing the part of Matthias, the bur
gomaster The entire company has been
chosen with special reference to making as
strong cast as possible and professional
performance may be expected.
several OlupT SluuenlS Vi lHe sClOOl WIN
are not included in the casts will give life
studies. These arc little sketches from real
life observed upon the streets, in the stores
or homes of Omaha.
The company includes Arabel NJ Kimball,
Nina Marshall Jessica Pond, Margaret
Scannell. Edward s. Thompson John Me
Keen, Carlos EkstrJm, Herbert BohannoL,
Frank Lehmer and others.
Clement cambridge will bring Alabama"
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matinees, commencing Sunday, January 10.
This Is welcome news for our theater-goers,
The scene, the Sentiment, the surroundings
of Alabama" are all of the south after the
war. The entire action is out of doors. The
play is poetic. refined, simple and full of
delicate tenderness. There are no blood and
thunder parts, but the story told is interest
ing. Mr.. Thomas is the first dramatic au-
thor to catch the dreamy fancy of the south
without doing violence to the natural sentl-
ment and humanity of that region. Ala
bama" has, it is said, all the quaint deli
cacy of pastoral, yet deals faithfully with
fact. its poetry being the simple expression
OF genuine character. Every sentiment eX-
pressed in the play is on an exalted plane, in
keeping with its brilliant literary character.
"Pudd'nhead wilson, which played two
engagements here last season and is remem-
bered as one of the most delightful plays
ever presented in Omaha, will be seen again
nights engagement next Thursday night,
The piece is too well known to require de
tailed description. 1t derives additional in
terest for Omaha theater-gosrs from the fact
that Frank Mayo, the author of the play and
creator % the title role. was on his way to
make his third appearance in the part in
this city when his death occurred. This
season the role is assumed by Theodore Ham
ilton, a veteran actor, who is said to have
made hit second only to that originally
scored by Mr.. Mayo With this exception
and one or two others the company which
will present "Pudd nhead Wilson" this week
is the same as that of last year.
Prof John Reynolds, who thoroughly de-
lighted and mystified the large audience at
Creighton hall last night. will continue for
the remainder OF the week. This entertain
mlnt, for such 1t is well called, amuses as
well as mystfies and there Is no doubt but
what great number of last evenings au-
ditors will be numbered among those who
will witness Prof. Reynolds performance
tonight.
Frederick Warde the tragedian, will play
a half weeks engagement at the Creighton,
beginning next Monday
A Joke on Senator HOar.