Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-06

HTMfNI noying and irritating, would be
funny. It's the old story of sup
posed crudeness coming out of the west.
/ don't know any better way to illustrate
my point than to tell a story of DIR.
Duryea, that delightful scholar end gentle
man who sowed so generously In Omaha
during his residence here the fruits of his
well-stored mind. He had the misfortune,
however, when he first came to say I'M
tactful things at a public banquet. He
came full of zeal for the west and this par
ticular city. Events proved that he gave
almost over-lavishly of his energies and
gifts for the furtheranee of education and
culture. At this banquet he made a speech.
In It he, a newcomer and stranger, told
score of men, who had weathered the hard
ships of pioneer days here, who had
worked and sweat and fought their way to
the point of laying the foundation for a
great city, what they ought to have. AS
bad luck would have It, some of the things
had already been started with considerable
agony of mind The last straw was the
suggestion of a public library. where there
were at the moment a good many hundred
books sitting in a quiet little room down.
town, where those who wished could read
them. No offense in the world was meant.
IT was simply a clashing of atmospheres;
the rugged pioneer spirit reaching for what
It longed for and which in great part it
knew must remain for many years rosy
dream, and the spirit which was born and
brought up in the midst of beauty and
refinement and demanded the same condi-
lions in brand new town.
fasteners look upon the west as crude
Europeans think Americans hopelessly new
The worst Of It is we out here are crude.
The people OF the greatest charm. and edu-
cation in Omaha feel the lack of uplifting
influences A conservative, cultured city
can't be built in fifty years, and the one
who is at fault is the person who expects
g. The teachers who are working and Civ
ing their very life blood for the further
ance of art and the appreciation OF beauty
rise in just wrath at criticism, and most
OF all at untactful comment. though the
latter may be ever so kindly volunteered.
Personally I've arrived at the point where
! can at least smile when people from away
look at me in wide-eyed amazement. be-
cause we haven't this. that or the other
thing. SO often I've heard the remark.
mo, he's not coming back; there is moth
ing in Omaha for him" That's all right
Tor the people who can fit but there are
lot OF US who have our work cut out for
us here, and here we've got to do It. Maybe
we'd IKE TO nit, too. but we have to scare
up the grit and courage to stay. When
somebody comes along and says We have
straw in our hair we want 70 hit 'eml This
IL more Of hoinily than / started out to
write. Like Topsy # Just growed."
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Thursday evening. January TO- Mr.. Jean
DuHeld presents his pupil, MT stanislav
Letofsky. In piano recital at the Schmol-
Ter Mueller auditorium, Young Letofsky
Is extremely talented. The evening should
be interesting. Program
Sonata, op. b.. Ludwig van Beethoven
7.,ra AlIe II, Andantss sShsrz9e R9ndo
Etude In c, op 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
NN9fGtHFnS' maJor'''',i,
Fwo HumoFesques. .-... StanlslaY Letovsky
i Alouette '-...... ,.,....... Glinka-Bal "
Aus dem Carneval. ..,....,.... Edward Cries
The Matthews Piano company Is con
sidering the advisability OF bringing Rosen.
thai to Omaha. The famous artist plays In
LdRcoln. Tho expense would be for the
recital alone. Why don't music lovers waks
up and grasp at this opportunity Rosen-
thai has been having immense houses and
wonderful enthusiasm.
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Thursday evening Mr.. Max IAndow gave
an Informal recital at his studio in ths
Arlington block. He was assisted by Mrs
Brooks. soprano Of Chicago. Also on the
same evening Mrs. Palmquist, who Il
visiting her parents for the holiday sea
son gave a song recital az the Schneider
} 4 Mueller hall. Mrs Palmquist is a student
in Chicago.
Thursday afternoon was the regular pro
gram day Of the Musical department Of tn,