Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-12

get IHeQ, VINO nave DackacheS
and many cares, what a perfectly
kb4htI heavenly hour is the one in which
NkaNSAs~ you divest yourself Of depressing
clotnes and tuck yourself into a COOL clean
pedF Today's work is over; no more plans
for eight hours. no more questions 10 an
sWer just the blessed darkness and quiet
ness OF the night: utter relaxation. Life
practically stops-except for the man or
woman VINO worries. Our modern chart of
existence is fast teaching people to root
out this element Worry will kill a cat
thousand times 1t will cruelty an individ-
uftl. II does no earthly good but warps
ana TWISTS naturally cheerful dispositions
INTO forms Of ugllness. People who worry
lose their fine balance and see things In
olm' unlovely lights. A sense of respon-
sioliity is absolutely strong character. but
when that sense begins to tester and be-
come diseased It makes OF life a very
good imitation OF the other place.
we spend hundreds of dollars a year.
many OF US, trying TO cure our bodies, when
In nine times out Of ten the trouble Ia in
our mental view When 1 get mad or
bothered about things 1 never feel well
physically. No amount of dope" would
make me feel any bettersA Tho thing Is to
get back to pleasantness and evenness and
sooo emcient system. II is possible to live
serenely In the midst OF trying circum-
stances Tor I've seen people do IT, After
tney get through with the circumstances
tney aren't trying any more. The power
OF relaxation is a potent factor in good
WORK A man who Is screwed up to the
breaking point all the while can't see prob
lens sanely and in the end goes to pieces.
woman under pressure is worse still, be-
cause she blows nff'i In
ways Qm woman and I know
The solution is to get out from under the
mill stone by some nook or crook Get
rid Of the extras. Lord, how MANY
thinss' we have! If half our houses
burned up it would be a mercyl Rest
things and second-best things and Just or
binary things! How 1 reverence Thoreau
lot refusing the rug from his feminine
VISITOR because he would have to shake
IL every day. Work, real work is a grand
thihs' out taking care OF 999 things YOU
don't need is futile plfle." Like enough
the house with the Louis XVI furniture
in the palor won't have a decent egg
peater In the kitchen. Get rid of the ma
terial clutter, then get rid of your mental
clutter; pick out the big matters and let
the little tupenny ones go. Who cares IL
you haven't had your great-gra ndmother's
hepheWs niece to dinner since last Feb
ruaryF 10 the brush with her! The things
, that people allow to sit on them are in
comprehensive We bleed to get cooks To
cook US stuff that makes us sick. We
truss ourselves up In clothes that would
make pagan squirm; we live in houses
where the master dare not sit down with
out due thought; We stock our cellars ne
we cam with tizzy waters that point with
relentless fingers to middle and old age
OF guinness and eternal Instructions to the
tailor to 'let her out little" We WHOM
through the week and on Sundays drive TO
church in 5000 motor and put quarter
in the plate-Voila tout! Praise heaven.
I'm not a minister I don't in the least
wish TO be discourteous, for l have listened
to many a good talk which has helped me
much but my idea of church is one
which stands quiet and solitary, where no
one Speaks place of beauty, well and
lovingly kept, with lots of candles-a place
always open, where one can stop in pass
Ing and say prayer; a place where no
one Is barred-a pipe dream, you say; and
nonsenseG Well. maybe.
Mr.. 8. Kronberg and John Cort, who
were associated last year as managers Of
Mime. Calves tour, have contracted to take
Leoncavallo, the famous Italian composer
on an eight weeks tour in the United
States next winter. Leoncavallo who Is
best known here by his "Pagliaoci," has
never visited this country. With Leon
cavallO will come ten singers and the
siNty-tivo players in the orchestra OF La
Scala, Milan. Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci."
"Zaza," Roland Won Berlin" etc., will be
the program in each of the cities to be
visited Tba AFg
will be In Carnegie Music hall, New York.
october s. LeoncavaIlo will conduct his
own works.
Leoncavallo took his rise from a Som
zogno eoneourse about the time that Pietro
Mascagni became famous with his Cav
aleria Rusticana." AS between the two
men Leoncavallo is generally considered
to be the greater.
Only one performance will be given In
this city, in November next
That the leading cities OF the country
will not be dependent on Mr.. Conreld or
Mr.. Hammerstein for grand opera this
coming season is made evident by the
announcement Just issued by Mr.. Russell
OF the repertoire and list OF artists for his
San Carlo company. OF which Nine Lillian
Nordica is the bright particular star, and
Miss Alice Nielsen one OF the leading
prima donnas. and includes the best talent