Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
partment Of the woman's club. outside Of a
trifing temporary financial gain.

partmCnt Of the Woman club. outside o. a
t-ifing temporary financial gain.
The unusual sight Of a colored coadurtor
waving q baton over a white mans orchestra
vas recently afforded at a local theatcr. II
was a strange reversal OF the tale of oldeu
times, when the white man raised the lash
over his darker brethren, and made them
DO his Bidding. But now the Caucasian mu-
sicinns are brought to time by the master
hand OF one OF darker hue. and thus is the
oil "Cottun" field changed for the Baton"
field.
Seriously speaking. the appearance Of /
colored man conducting an orchestra Of mu-
ST .ans OF white skin. shows an interesting
study in development and progress.
The cry sill goes up for an auditorium.
and for enc which will include a place
wherein to give concerts. lectures and SINH
lar entertainments That the investment
could be made a paying one is past discus
sion. because Of the numerous attractions
playing at theaters. churches and other
places which would then be booked at the
auditorium. The project should be begun
at once and II would be a pleasure to re-
ceive suggestions or assistance Of any kind
from persons Interested in the musical side
OF the cause. There are numerous friends
OF the art in this locality who would will
ingly contribute. and in fact are anxious to
contribute. This does not refer to the pro-
fessional musicians-who are c~ulpably slow
and careless in the matter-but to those
whose tastes are refined enough and whose
pocketbooks are elastic enough to pay for
what their musical tastes dictate.
An enumeration of these ladieS and gen
tlemen who grace the city Of Omaha by
their residence therein, and who encourage
art by their financial smiles Of approval.
would be out of place in this column just
AT present. but more than a score of names
suggest themselves to the writer az b.
]typewrites these lines-mercly a reitera;ion
Of what has already been said many times in
this department in enthusiastic and earnest
appeal to the citizens of Omaha for an audi
torium. and not a cattle barn exclusively.
Omaha has cutgrown the need for such a
place as the old coliseum. II is too far
from the center for practical purposes. A
new auditorium should be Down town. 1t is
net the intention to limit the idea of an
auditorium to a music hall; far be it from
the intention Of the present advocate to do
I so. but there is enough musical capital here
to demand a share in the privileges Of such
a building And. furthermore. the scheme
for a musical interest in the same would
loosen many strings of many money bags.
The suggestion was made some time ago
that the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben might take
an active interest in this scheme and a plan
was suggested. but, although one or two of
the members Of the Board of Governors
spoke Of the article in gracious terms, moth
ing has ever come of the idea or any devel.
opment thereof.
. Tbrpttgh this Sana channel a suppression
was made to the Woman's club members,
more particularly to those aggressive spirits
who are not afraid 10 stand by the high
motives Of the organization, even at the
cost cs personal inconvenience, but nothing
tas been heard from that quarter.
On the other hand. many prominent bust
ness and professional gentlemen have offered
words of kindly encouragement and support
and have made it appear that there are some
people in Omaha who really want a first
class auditorium and who have stated that
they are anxious TO have it to the extent of
several interesting sums of money-some
twenty-five, some fifty and some a hundred
dollars.
or course one hundred dollars does not
build a hall, but the fact remains, thanks to
Arithmetic. that ten ono hundred dollars
make a thousand. With ten times that
amount a start is made and a sale Of fifteen
thousand buttons at one dollar apiece ought
not to be considered difficult of accomplish
ment.
Como over to Macedonia and help us. 4"
Who will come?
The French opera people at New Orleans.
who do things right. announce the produc-
ton OF Reyer's masterpiece, "Salammbo,'
with a cast including 200 persons. The
scenery has been imported from France. the
announcement says, and the production is
in five acts and eight tableaux-its first time
in the United States.
Master Harry Cockrell has been winning
laurels by the beauty of his treble voice ami
his sweet singing. His latest triumph is
in Norfolk, Va. THOMAS J. KELLY.
Lulu George Slim, vocal studio. Hill
side, cor. 1Sth and Dodge; Italian method.
Miss Boulter, piano studio, McCague bldg.