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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
CAKE WALK CAPTURES KING
England's Ruler the Latest Devotee
of the Peculiar Divertis-

Copyright, 1903. by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Jan. 24.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram. liking Ed
ward is the latest victim Of the cake walk
craze. Whenever an American girl is
about to be introduced to him now the
first question is, 'San she cake walk?''
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend completely
captivated the king at Sandringham by a
graceful, agile performance of the cake
walk. She dances it on Partisan lines
with less arm and figure movement than
in the stage version.
Mrs. Townsend is the wife of the United
States minister to Belgium. AS was cabIed
to the World not long ago, she is the
American social success of the moment
here, and promises to become an important
parsonage in London society. She always
dresses beautifully, has good looks, is in
telligent, and, what counts for much more
Just now, plays bridge we'll.
After taking Homburg society by storm
she came here. made influential friends,
was invited to be one OF King Edwards
guests at house party at Sandringham,
and since then has been the bright par.
ticular star in the fashionable armament
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

The Board of Governors of the knights
of Ak-Sar- Ben has procured the signed
contracts for the principal support of the
May Festival" and 1t Is now positively
announced that the select choir of $50
voices will be supported by the Chicago
symphony orchestra of fifty-fve men, to-
gether with Genevieve Clark Wilson, So
prano; Sue Harrington Furbeck, contralto;
George Hamlin, tenor; Arthur Berrestord,
basso, and W. c. E. Soebeck pianist Two
other sOloists are yet to be contracted for.
The festival will run from May TO May
10. inclusive, and the Ak-Sar-Be den will
be fitted up in harmony with the occasion.
Owing to limited space. as we'll as ap.
preaching nearness TO the first public ap-
pearanoe of the May Festival choir tat one
of the Lenten musicales. under the aus
pices Of Omaha's leading society women)
IL has been decided to discontinue the
visitors nights" and in future the rehears-
ais will be strictly private, members only
being admitted with their individual es>
corts, and visitors, by special card, OBJ
tained from Secretary Marschner telephone
Black-19O1 or the conductor, telephone
F-S3O6.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

As the abstract and brief chronicles OF
their times" the actors are also called
upon TO illustrate to us our own manners
and customs. In this respect they enable
us Ito see Oursers as ithers see u.s." and
this. too. has an educational value. Re-
Election leads to the inal conclusion that
the art OF the actor is really OF value in
enabling the individual 10 form conclu-
slve opinions OF his own concerning points
on which his ideas might otherwise
have remained nebulous and unss tbs factory.
II the actors would only bear this thought
In mind and more diligently endeavor to
live up to the inspiration II should give.
the work Of uplifting the stage" would
be immeasurably advanced.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

1t was a disappointment to me not to
hear Mr.. Lewis Shaw last week, but as the
management of the concert sent neither
advance notices nor tickets to the musical
critic of The Bee. he did not hear of the
affair until it had been given.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Mr.. Cuscaden gave his second recital OF
the season under the auspices OF the
Woman's club on Tuesday night last at
the First Congregational church. Mr..
Cuscaden presented a very interesting pro-
gram OF violin music. being accompanied
in an artstically finished and scholarly
manner by Nine. Muentefering. Miss Anna
Bishop lent her glorious contralto voice to
the success of the occa sion.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
Chamnagne importation. in 1902

Champagne ImpOrtRtiOns In 1902
aggregated 360,70s cases. of which 1851
cases were G. II. Mumm G. Co.'S Extra Dry,
being over one-third Of the total. Quality
alone is responsible for this phenomenal
showing and the 1898 vintage now being
imported is unsurpassed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Cole and johnson, the we'll known coined
ians, who have experienced a stellar career
on the Legitimate" stage, are prominent
on the bill of the Orpheum this week, be-
ginning with the matinee today. AS coined
ians they have achieved much success, but
not more so than as musicians, and they are
composers of some OF the popular rag-time
melodies of the day. Clivette, the necro-
mancer, is a more versatile entertainer
than the majority Of his guild. Besides
illusions, he does a dif1cult juggling
stunt" and presents what is far more
rarely seen, a shadowgraphic exhibition
consisting of silhouttes cast on a screed
by rapid and clever manual manipulation
The Columbian trio, two OF whom are small
Juveniles. will present the musical fantasy
entitled THE Wax DOLL" Claire, the
youngest child of her age years. is said
to be a phenomenal performer on the
piano. James II. Cullen, the parodist and
story teller, is among those whose talents
are familiar to local patrons. An "oper-
eta" called "The Bell Boy and the Prima
Donna" will serve as the vehicle to intro
duce to us Purcell and Maynard. Dorothy
Walters, a stately and handsome young
woman, will be easily recalled from former
appearances. Her speciality is whistling
Entirely new moving pictures will be pro-
jected by the kinodrome.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Ossip Gabrilowitsch will give a recita
under management OF Charles Stephens
Still the pianists come
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
MUSIC AAO MUSICIANS

1t is quite the thing nowadays to publish
Poems One Ought to Know" Verses One
Ought to Read" etc, and even the religious
press is up-to- date in that there is being
published list Of Hymns One Ought to
Memorize."
AS The Bee Is always to be found in the
vanguard of progress and up-to- -dateness,
IT has been thought that 1t would prove in
teresting, and perhaps amusing. to the
readers OF the musical column IL a published
translation 'of some foreign songs we're
reprinted each week, and so the first Of the
list appears today
Each will be strictly a published transla-
tion, and the name OF the firm publishing
II will be given as a guaranty OF good
faith. The musical critic of The Bee has
spent some time in accumulating these
Poems One Ought to Forget" and II will
surprise some readers to see what drlvel
can be published by houses of national re-
pute and edited by critics and editors OF
conceded prominence IL not eminence.
The first bona ide'' translation. then,
is that by C. G. w. to a German poem "Die
Uhr" (The Clock) music by Carl Loewe
published by Balmer & Weber Co., ST.
Louis.
I would call the readers attention TO the
harmonious rhymes as well as to the rela-
tive line-lengths in the scansion:
Where e'er go or wander
A clock have with me;
II never fails 10 tell me-
What time II is O. day.
Masters hand has form'd 1t
And wonderful are its works,
Tho at Its regular motion.
My foolish heart often repines.
on many days dark and gloomy
I'd rather II would have gone fast
And slower / often wished II,
When friends round the festive board sat.
In all my sorrows and pleasures
In storm and peaceful calm,
Whatever in life befell me,
In measured cadence IT licked.
1t struck at the grave of my Father
1t struck near the bier of my friend,
II struck on loves blushing morning,
1t struck on my bridal day.
It struck at the cradle of childhood
And oft yet strike 1t will,
When God in his merciful goodness
Vouchsafs me brighter days.
And when II sometimes ran slower.
And threaten'd its motion to cease,
The gracious Master always
Again its works repairs.
But should It stop altogether
Then useless would II be.
No other but he that form'd d II.
Can its shattered springs restore.
TO Him that made It | wonder,
And He dwells far from here,
Beyond earth's fartbest confines,
In dim Eternity.
Unto his hands I'd return II.
With grateful child-like prayer,
Not |, Lord, its destroyer,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Kocian, who is said to out -KubelilS
Kubelik, will play here this season
THOMAS ]. KELLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

The Woman's club is arranging for a
most interesting series Of lectures on
Wagner by a we'll known authority who
has achieved distinction both in America
and abroad. Final arrangements will be
made this week. Every musician should
assist the woman's club in this undertake
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

BY thus Illuminating history, the stage
becomes an important adjunct to the writ
ten record, for 1t gives a more substantial
notion of what the men and women who
made the history were like in their own
proper persons. Not only are the men and
women presented to US, but their sur
roundings and something OF the infu-
ences that actuated them. No matter
with what skill and fidelity the written
pages may present the facts, the effect is
lost II there is not something a little more
tangible than the printed word to appeal
to and aid the mind In its efforts to
clearly image the conditions that pertained
at the time. 1t is not alone with the
few individuals concerned in history that
the stage deals. Many Of the plays that
nave come down to us, and which are still
much enjoyed when presented, are those
which tighten up the darkness that sur
rounds the humber members of society
and give us some idea Of how the people
lived. For 1t has ever been the mission
OF the actor ito hold the mirror up to
nature" and, as Shakespeare further says
they are the abstract. and brief chronicles
OF the time; after your death you were
better have a bad epitaph than their i'll
report while you live.''
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

How far the stage is to be accepted as a
guide by the student Of history is not
easy TO define. 1t may be we'll to confne
the drama to the position of a mere as
sistant, or tlluminator, rather than to give
IL the prominence OF an actual mentor
So long as the drama does not transcend
known facts, 1t may safely be accepted.
Modern tendency has been to 20 beyond
reasonable bounds, and not a few of the
recent so-called historical plays are not
historical at all, save for the fact that the
authors have adopted the names of a
few historic personages, around which they
have erected fabrics of pure invention,
having the decency, or. II may be,
umidity. In most instances to make
the real persons merely incidental
TO the story they tell. Such plays are a
real detriment to the stage, for they are
easily detected in their faultN, and, having
been found faulty and condemned, the
shadow OF their condemnation too often
falls across the pathway Of the really
meritorious. and all suffer in some degree
through the sin OF a few. It has been
jestingly said that the readers of the his
torical' novels do not read history, and
this Is all the more reason why the novels
and plays which pretend to be based on
history should conform literally to his
torical facts. Unless they do they become
merely purveyors of misinformation. An
other reason is that future generation
will Judge the present by the literary
legacy 1t leaves. and 1t is improbable that
all the carelessly written books and plays
with which we have been inundated dur
Ing the last few years will vanish along
with their writer's and readers. II they
do not, how silly will we appear to pos
terity and what queer notions our de-
scendants will have Of our taste. Sum
cient unto the day" does not apply here.
for just as every man ought to live so
that his memory will be savory so every
generation ought to strive to leave a
record that future generations will not
laugh at. de mortuus nil nisi bonum'
is all right over the gate OF a grave yard.
but 1t isn't exactly applied in real life.
On the contrary, the reverse is more nearly
the rule.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

The law OF suggestion has but recently
been accorded proper recognition, and the
absolute knowledge which we have gained
OF its unfailing accuracy has led us to see
the necessity OF dropping the phrase 81 can
not out of our thought, when we come to
the pursuit OF any serious study, which de-
mands our attention. or which provokes
our interest in personal application thereto
When the musical student says "I can't"
he puts himself in the same class as the
plano, which can do little OF itself, even
with such mechanical assistance as modern
ingenuity has devised
The young woman who starts out on her
work with the words Il can't" is putting
herself on the same level with the violin
in the merchants glass-doOred showcase.
or the song sheet clad in its cold and un-
communicative wrapper on the music shelf
The man who proceeds to his work with
the text II can't is in the same class, ex-
actly. as the organ. with its mighty pipes,
its bellows. its motor, ete.-well built, but
non expressive.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

For this very reason no student Of litera-
ture or history, In or out Of school. should
ever miss seeing the production OF a classic
play. even II given by an inferior COM
pany. No set OF actors was ever so wholly
bad but that some OF its number might shed
little light on some point. and that little
light to the student is always worth the
EFFORT. The sumptuous revivals OF Shake
spearean and other classics that are from
time to time presented are entitled to
high place among the educational agencies.
While, perhaps, they cast no new light on
the general theme OF human motives, which
are much the same among all people and
at all times, they do show rs details OF
life among those people, Historic char
Reters are presented as they were, sur
rounded by all the environment OF their
time and station. as nearly as can be
Judged by those who have made deep study
and careful inquiry into the subject
Archaeologists have been followed closely
In their researches by the assiduous stage
director, who has from time to time re-
modelled scenery and costumes to conform
with the latest authentic discoveries, so.
that the modern stage pictures are In all
essential details as accurate as though
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
Coming Events.

Ben Hendricks, considered the foremost
Swedish dialect comedian in the profession.
will be seen at the Boyd this afternoon for
an engagement that includes tomorrow
night in "ole Olson a Swedish comedy
that has been seen here every season for
several seasons past. In every particular.
with the exception of the scenery and some
OF the people, the comedy is the same as IL
has been in the past. The Swedish Ladies'
quartet is big feature with their Swedish
folk songs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Happy Hooligan" will be seen in the
nesh al Boyd's Tuesday night. He will be
accompanied by his brother. Gloomy Gus.
the policeman. and all the others. As in
the pictures, Happy will have the centcG
OF the stage and he is expected TO be just
as interesting as he has been shown in his
pictures. Ross Snow will enact the role
OF Happy HoOligan. He is said to be a
duplicate OF the well merning. but un-
fortunate tramp. The play is not simply a
tumble Of the incidents OF Hooligan's
career, but Is said to have a well defined
plot and story. Like all the musical shows
Of the season. the company carries q large
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

The moral Of all this is here: when you
say Il can't ever get this" you are a piece
Of manuscript; when you say Il can" you
are becoming a singer; when you say Il
know I can't ever do that" you are be-
coming a music rack; when you say Il
can-I will get it' you are becoming a
violinist, and so on.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

humbly represented to him to be impos-
sible; when he burst out. Comment ce
mot n est pas Francois" CHOW! that
word is not Frenchl'D
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

repeat these thoughts for the benefit
OF the student who sometimes thinks, II
failed yesterday. / cannot succeed
Be not afraid. fellow student. II you are
working earnestly and honestly, you are
digging out pay dirt" not sand, and you
will be sure to 'pan out well' Do not
be discouraged. Keep on doing things"
There are people in this world who will
want you, yes, who might even want you
now, II they knew you.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Put the words 81 can. l will" in positive
contradiction. to the negative 81 can't" and
zee the result Dwelt upon the suggestion
of potentiality. Of ability OF self-confi-
dence, and mark the difference.
He who says or thinks 81 can not" places
himself absolutely in the machine" class
(which 'ean not"), while he. whose mind is
constantly reinforced by the positive sug-
gestion II can" is in the way to classify
himself with the higher pOwers-with the
Deity. According TO your faith, be it unto
you"
In a book OF Napoleon Anecdotes" :"
edited by Mr.. W. II. ireland, / come across
the following which has happy bearing on
this article. II is this
ION another occasion. he was giving
some impracticable orders, which were
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
Unto his hands I'd return Il,
With grateful child-like prayer,
Not I, o Lord, its destroyer,
Its course was run, 1t stopped.

What a power there is In the words "I
cant" What would the world be today IL
this motto had not been blazoned on the
mental shields OF those who did things?"
was listening. week ago, to the conversa-
tion of a man whose silvered hair and clear
eye bore witness to the fruition of an in
telligent view Of successful life and in the
course of that talk he said: THE world
wants men who can do things: what is a
failure to such a man? 1t is simply an in
centive to do other things. He who never
fails. never does things. and. at any price.
I want the man who 'does things even II
at times he fails"
1t was refreshing to me to hear these
words from one who is a prince in COM
merce, an idol in his home, a grandfather
OF many grandchildren and a youth at
heart.
81 like the man who can do things"
Probably, in his retrospection, he saw
many men who had risen to heights of sue
cess, and who had incidentally failed, but
had used failures, disappointments and dis
couragements as stepping-stones to ulti-
mate victory. And l wished that every
young musician could have heard those
words as / heard them, flashing with the
fire of earnestness, from the brain of a
man who has succeeded. who is young at
60, and is in touch with the newest and
best application of the oldest thought.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

chorus Of pretty girls. The scenes are
laid In New York.
Sullivan and Mack. the two Irish come
dians who have been seen here in all the
prominent Irish farce-comedies Of the day
and in vaudeville will be seen in a new
comedy vehicle at the Boyd Wednesday
matinee and night. II is known as The
Irish Pawnbrokers" and according to the
advertising matter was written for laugh
Ing purposes only. Mazin Trumbull. the
singing and dancing comedienne, aids the
two comedians in their work. Miss Trum-
bull will be remembered with the Hoyt
farces In times past. Others with the COM
pany are Delmorc and Wilson. James
Ward Bobby Bryant. James ]. Conlan. w.
II. Spencer, Eddie Brown. Maggie Taylor
and the Bromley sisters
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25
HOTELS.

steadily increasing business has necessi'
lated an enlargement OF this cafe, doubling
ITS former capacity.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25


One OF the functions of the stage that does
not always get full credit for its influence
IS the educational. Too much stress is laid
on the effort TO distract to amuse, and not
enough on the effort to edify To be sure,
during recent discussions, the claim has
been put forward with more OF less in
sistonce, notably in defense of certain plays
that are least defensible. that their mis-
sion Is one Of education and enlightenment:
that they are merely the reflection OF deep
thought and research along psychological
lines. and really embody in their ques-
tionable situations and illustrations the
true motif of such phases Of human life
as they pretend to deal with. Occasionally
their allegory is too deep for the appre-
henslon of the ordinary mind, and even
where the meaning is clear. its application
Emounts to no more than a repetition OF
certain thou shalt nots" with which nearly
all of us have been familiar since child
:ood. Concerning the observance OF these
mandatory restrictions on personal con-
;uct. or rather the observance OF rules OF
conduct formed in consonance Herewith,
he present writing has nothing to do. II
= a lamentable fact, and one which may
Sc noted in passing. that no preaching or
xhortation has so far been potent to in
a well-defned propensity to settle these
matters for himself and the primrose
Yath" is as we'll beaten now as at any
lime in history. II is the purely edu-
cational function OF the stage, that feature
OF the actors art which reveals to us
customs and manners of peoples dealt with
In the play, that is under consideration Just
now. 1t may be doubted that these pic
lures will satisfy the iconoclast, for II is
not at all unlikely that in many respects
they lack essentials OF accuracy. That this
is true need not necessarily detraet from
their value, for at the best the pictures we
form OF things past, even a little time, are
those Of imagination and. indeed OF those
present with which we have not come per-
sonally into contact. So IL VIC are assisted
even little by the stage picture we gain
much in being able to form a concrete no.
tion of what the actual scene approached,
at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

AS the conversation proceeded along the
line Of success, a gentleman who was pres
ent made the statement, Yes, the man
who never fails, never blunders. never
makes a mistake, is the man who is earn
ing 75 cents or 81 a day digging dirt"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

Kate Claxton, considered the greatest Of
the emotional actresses of her time, will
present The Two Orphans" at the Boyd
Thursday afternoon and night for the
S,5O0th time in her career. Miss Claxton
intends making this her last tour and as
she wants her farewell to be lasting in the
memory of her admirers she is making
this tour equal to any she has ever made
In point of excellence OF production aud
ccenic environment. Prominent in her
company are Sarah Maddern, Marion d.
Clifton, Florence Robinson, Mary Stewart
Cone, Kate Aubrey, ]. Lester wallack.
Rogers Lytton. Arthur Berthelet, George
Becks and Harry St. Maur. Miss Claxton
was the original Louise" OF the original
production, which also contained Stuart
Robson, Mckee Rankin and Rose Eytinge
in that famous cast.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

II the inanlmate life is thus closely OBJ
served and presented on the stage, what of
the animate? The fundamental passions
Of mankind have undergone little real
change since the beginning. In some Of
their manifestations there may be a varia-
tion, but as to the basic qualities it is easy
to believe there Is none. Knowledge de-
rived from observation leads inevitably to
this conclusion. We have humanity OF all
grades, from the highest type Of enlight.
ened races down through the several grada,
tions to the savages who are barely removed
from the lower animals Among these latter
hatred, covetousness. selishness, vainglori-
BUSINESS. greed, pronigacy. all the bad traits
OF fallen race, are exhibited in much the
same degree while the better exist in
rudimentary form only, II al all. Civiliza.
tion and enlightenment have to a certain
extent engrafted on man some Of the nobler
attributes Of perfect nature, but in the
main these are like manners. only veneer
and not ingrained. 1t may be cynical to
say so, but one doesn't need to dig very
deep to find the primeval man, even among
the most enlightened. when the genuine
animal nature is touched. II this premise
is correct, II is not difncult to present on
the stage the men and women Of any time
for authentic records so far as they exist
easily supply the information needed as to
the details OF manners and customs. ana
where history fails US invention can easily
supply the deficiency by working backward
from what is known.