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this concealed orchestra is ndescribable,
utterly and totally indescribable. You must
experience that before you know what
Music really is! Did you ever notice the
effect upon your spirit, of music suns
behind the scenes?" Has it not affected
you? Some day the church will awake to
the psychic power of music, where mu-
sicians are concealed. The performances
(horrid world begin at 4 in the afternoons;
there is an intermission of thirty-five min
utes between the first and second acts,
when the whole house empties itself and
the refreshment rooms, large and spacious,
are filled with elegantly-attired women ana
black-and-white Embarrassed men, who
munich "~broedchens" (breadlets) or little
rolls with ham, drinking herewith a glass
of Munich beer, or daintily bite biscuits or
fancy crackers, accompanied by delicate
glasses of champagne, or very small cups
of coffee. After the second act there is
an intermission of forty-five minutes, when
dinner is served at a fair price in a very
well-appointed restaurant in connection
with the theater (seats ordered in advance)
and cigars or cigarettes are enjoyed in a
very delectable garden enclosure, to which
the large refreshment rooms open by sew
eral doors and a spacious ~verandah. Be-
fore each act several trumpeters blow"
some of the principal motives of the
music-drama, each fanfare" as they call
them, being repeated three times in various
parts OF the building.
There is no applause except at the end
Of each act; no appearance of stars before
the curtain; no personal Interruptions or
Qualifications; all is perfect, as it should
be, dramati personae, people of the drama
not people OF the present hour; hence the
sense of fitness. No dead Tr!sban Of Sieg-
mund comes to the foot!ights TO receive
the plaudits OF the people. How absurd!y
we tolerate this inexcusable break in the
story even now. everywhere else. we give
The late Sir Henry Irving, the late Richard
Mansfield and others credit for aboiishing
this dramatic % barbarism, but Wagner
has been "A long time dead, and is it not
possible that the idea was borrowed from
him.?
Before closing this letter let me urge you
to get from the library the Music dramas
OF Richard Wagner by Lavibnae, and
read carefully the story of the Ring OF
the Nibelungs." II you only want a story,
Il will delight you; II you want TO study a
fascinating problem in psychology It will
hold you in thrall. If you want to grasp
a little of what music means begin now TO
study the work Uathcr than the works. of
Richard Wagner, but approach "a in spirit
aud in truth in love and sympathy and
you will be rewarded.
THOMAS j. KELLY.
r. 81 see by a recent copy of The Bee
that Mr.. Henderson of the New York Sun
smoke of Melba as the sensation Of the
opera season at Covent Garden, whereas
gave that honor TO Tetrazzini. | can
only say that when Tetrazzini sang We
had to "skirmish" for seats and then had
to pay 5 shillings more each than We mad
paid for exactly the same seats for Melb1
And that was true all through tho season
George AIDE used to say, when in doubt
ask the box office or words to that
effest. 4. J. X.
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]. KELLY.
Coming Events.

Augustus Pitou will present Chauncey OIL
colt at Boyd's theater Friday night, Sep
tember Is. in his new play Ragged Robin"
Mr.. Olcott Is credited with having made
one OF the greatest, II not the greatest,
success OF his entire career in this piece,
which Il in a way a departure from the
line Of dramas he has been appearing in
for some years, Ragged Robin" has a de
lightfully simple peasant love story for a
plot. II was written by Rita Johnson
Young. in collaboration with Rita Olcott,
and the authors have done some excellent
work In i~nfusing a thoroughly typical Celtic
atmosphere into the story. Some weird
bits Of Irish folk lore play an incidental,
though important part in the play, and II
can be said to he one II Tie few Irish
dramas Of late years that could not be
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thing, parson, but 1 riz with you and sot
with you, and saw the thing through the
best I knew how. All the same, if my
opinion is worth anything to you, the Lord
meant you for a hunter"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13

ANYTHING else If called by another name.
1t is racy of the soil and presents a vivid
picture of the Irish peasantry in their joys
and their sorrows.
The music is not the least important part
of the performance. Mr.. Olcott has com
posed a number of new songs for Ragged
Robin all of which are of the catchy
melodic order. In addition to these num-
bers there is a beautiful Incidental set
ting, composed by Frederick Knight Logan,
in which several Ossinaic airs will be heard
for the first time in this country. The
fairy music is particularly fine. Manager
Pitou has equipped his star with a splen-
did production, perhaps the finest that has
ever been seen in al Irish play. Electric
light effects, beautiful costumes and
scenery will enhance the charms OF the
story, which will be given life by a com
pany composed of such players as Florence
Lester. Mabel Bert, Lillian Claire, Alice
Farrell, Josie Claflin, Mark Price, Charles
F.. Mccarthy, Gerome Edwards, George
Brennan and a number of clever young
dancers and singers who are carried for
the fairy scene.
This season Mr.. James O'Neil will be
seen in the role of "Abbe Bonaparte' in
a play of Napoleonic times of the same
title. The scene is laid in a little Corsican
fishing village, where the venerable able
has devoted his life to the welfare Of his
little flock. Eighteen years previous to
the opening Of the sorry he had taken In an
| abandoned baby girl and had tenderly
raised the little one to joyous young
womanhood. At this period an unprincl-
pied countess appears and attempts to
take the young woman to Paris and
throug her Influence witt Napoleon the old
able is elevated to a bishopric. The scenes
where he spurns the high honors thrust
upon him and successfully resists the at
tempts to take the ~girl-whom he loves
with a fathers love-from him, is equal
in its intense heart interest and pathos to
his finest work in Virginius, in defense OF
his daughter. The play will probably prove
an agreeable surprise to his friends and ad-
mirers and he will be seen at the Boyd
theater for five performances starting Sun
day night, September 20.
.
Human Hearts Is announced at the
Krug for two days, starting with a mat
inee today, which appeals to every class OF
playgoers. II deals with a story that
teens the heart interest from beginning to
end. No play of its kind possesses a
| stronger plot or more sensational incidents.
The serious element Is mingled with com
cdy, forming a combination that never
fails to touch n responsive chord In the
hearts Of p~laygoers.
3
"'rhe End Of the trait" which is to he
produced by Willis +. Jackson AT tho krug
theater two days, beginning Tuesday night
is causing a great sensation and arouses
the strongest interest wherever II is played
The engagement OF Theodore Torch al
the Krug theater for three days, starting
next Thursday night, in The Lieutenant
and the Cowboy" may very properly bt
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13

'rhe End Of the trait" which Is to he
produced by Willis +. Jackson at tho krug
theater two days, beginning Tuesday night,
is causing a great sensation and arouses
the strongest interest wherever II is played.
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Many Land Deals

The past two weeks ha, been
period of considerable activity Ir
lard circles Iu the Llb18.a
country aud many deals have bror
consumatcd but the largest mum.
Der of deal, closed from ans ODD,
place. that We havc heard of b,
that OF people from TAYLOR Texas.
a list Of which appear below 70.
reported o. the paIIa, New, b.,
thr corro,p8nirut from TAYLOR
" I Brown $1,000 nrr.. VI d
Klattnhcoa LAO acres. John
KAucuh. II 500. Charlie, Ke.r
btU acres. Doc DaNl, 300 acres.
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An Offer 10 All

The semi Weekly Post toJanuafy
1910. fOr one Dollar ...
The Semi.Wees' Pest this week
makes A special Offer Of It's paper IRON
CIV until January 1910, fort
\ Inc poi Is the best ail-round sem b.
ueeElv paper published IN letaS, a. q
cverv per,on not ~ situate1 as To
OF a should b. ~ >crioef tot.
w. H. MONDAY : issue % : 'ss ne n, "
fresh from the wires y lih is.i n aiA,,
..,,@,,s and reading matter % Interest
20 al the family go. -
In is Thursdays issue u carrie, a
s,,srisl,arm department ~ two pages
rhieh is edited ~ sam VI biHon,state
,nsncctor Of nurseries which contain,
maiisr on vita interest % farmers ano
country people generally lhis de-
nsriment alsne Il worth many times
he Sut>cribtion prlce
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Bis Springs SIS 900 Church

The question of securing u new
church building came up lur ron
sdoratlon NJ a recent moctinp of
y Baptist church congregation
Many excellent talks were made hy
the pastor Rev Geo W Shcr
man, Rev j VI Rcyuold, and
members Of the church, Whr.
those present were requested Co
state what they were willing Do
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EATERS OF CLAY.
These Queer FoIs Are Found IN Nearly
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To Establish Mail Route.

FluyauuA, Tex, Oct The
establishment ~ a daily rural mail
route from here 10 Post City is
nov assured, a. Postmaster L.
spcctor Carr was here yesterday
And 50 informed local Postmaster
RoleS. Mr.. Carr Will make the
recommendation At once. \ pas.
senger hack was started al Post
City this week, going and coming
via Fluyanna. The new brit
road between this place and Post
will soon bc finished. aud the disc
lance will be shortened
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"Suau- emotion. sass Darwin.
"Inttrrau,- tle steady flow of
nerve fal.g to the muscles This
prevent. tae proper working oi
those muscles which are used n
speaking. hence the stumbling and
indifference of the speech Ihe
voice stick, DOB thu throat 90 use
the word. 81 Nir1I lu some cases
spcec. IS for a short time impo--.-
De. o.. d, seen where a person is
SAID o. he -.ncceb.e-. with rage.
The h0ar-suo,. of the voice is due
partly to the laot chat passion
causes au otcmDuon of al the ore
raus. partly by the fact that Tor
generation. harsh and fierce sounds
have becn made u-. ol io tgrrIir
opponents boz Guarr0.- and Sd have
come to boz associated tnsunCtirely
Wit, anger posab.. tho fact also
has its influence that tac utterance
81 sound. such as Those referred %
Is in some way or tho other relief
% the feeliagf
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1908-10-09
FOR SALE OR TRADE

good dwelling house and severn.
lots conveuieu; 30 business portion
of the town OF seminole WI.
sel or trade for property IN Lub
hook For further Information
call At tbs office II
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
JUST ANOTHER AMERICAN
GIRL TRADED FOR A TITLE
Small Thing Nowadays When the Feminine Mind Is Like the Moth
Attracted by the Dangerous Flame.
BY IMOGENE MASON.

bw@ HE death Of the Due de Chamnes, who recently married Miss Theodore
Shonts, daughter of Millionaire Theodore P. Shonts, recalls the old
N subject of international matrimonial aIhances-or msa1iance All
the Paris newspapers say hat De Chaulnes, although only 30 years old, was
a hopeless drug fend, that he as in the habit of taking large quantities of
morphine and cocaine and that these drugs affected his heart. While alone in
their apartment with his bride late at night his heart collapsed I'M he died in
the arms Of the ambitious young American woman, who had traded her heart
her chastity and her parents fortunes for a drug hends a prohgate, who
owed every Continental Shyock-a mental moral and physical invalid,
whose only asset a a worthless title, descended from an ancient n rotten
aistocracy to a pIutocracy that had beer taught that it raj dshonorable to
work.
And this is only n of the almost countless simlar-and worse-instances OF
the foolish peddhng of pure, attractive charming American girls with fortunes
to the diseased and decayed, purse broken and ttle-rch nonentties of Europe
And the worst pnto of this continuous and progressive tragedy is that it is
usually he mother who urges the foolish marriage. She dreams Of being in
stalled in the gntteing circles of curt society. To her it is all grand, awe
inspiring and magnificent She does lot see the liter falsny Off an-the false
prdense, the intrigue, the bitterness. She never realizes that when a king is
in his bathtub and looks at himself he thinks: why, I I'M just the same
a other men; God has made me 10 different" Then he chuckles with the
thought: but I must not let the others know 1 am like them"
To this vain glorious mother a kin 6 is great. To those who know the
truth a king is only Is great as his dupes make him.
And thesen little weaknngs who la v beer marrying American fortunes
and incidentally attaching pretty a n innocent, but light headed girls, only
to discard them when the flow of gold ceases, are but miniature satellites
about that king who conceals his rel self
Why go into the list Of these we cked lives and disspated fortunes?
Every newspaper reader car recall a score in the last yer. They are to
dismal and pathetic to specialize each.
When pretty Consuelo Vanderbilt married the Duke of Marlborough she
ws h most charming, tenderest little bud o beauty that could be imagined
Today. her life wrecked she is pale, drawn, weak, sick and physically n
attractive. The same is true of Anna Gould and all the others.
My first advice 20 the American girl is to forget her schooLday dreams
of son time being a princess. II the vernacular, there is nothing n it
but woe.
and she is to be known as the Duchess de Chauhes! Theodore is luckier
than most of the foolish American ttle-seekng girls. She won't be both
cred any more by a worse than Useless husband, and she has the title she
bought.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
ARE YOU A GROANER? IF YOU
ARE, HERE IS GOOD ADVICE
Everyone Has Enough Woes Without Listening to Those Of Other,
and Few Possess an Unfailine Stock Of Sympathy.

~ F you nus be a worker, do lot get the groaning habit It is a fatally
easy m to acquire and desperately hard to shake.
h So many workers are groaners,t too If you are in business, you know
them well. Perhaps ne girl at the desk next to yours makes you life miser-
able with her wines. Nothing suits her She is always oveT-worked and
underpad. Her hours are brutal n Ter employers grinding tasknasters
She does not care to whom she does her complaining; n II with
patience to listen is IN recipient FOR Ter woes. Sometimes she tells o in
confidence; quite often she groan openly an reckessy with no thought
of all -bearers
be unconsciousy; the latter is certainly without Ter knowledge.
There is 10 one of whom we so quickly tire al the groaner. Most of us
have enough woes of our own; we do lot want to re burdened with hose of
people The girl who is merry nght-hearted, h axes trouble sml-
ingly and who turns a brave face to the world is a welcome companionj the
girl who whnes, wen when there is cause, is soon Stunned m voteda bore.
Few of us have a nunhIng stock of sympathy. Such as we have We want
to give freely, not Oh demand. We reserve u pity for the sadness of "he
soul behind a smne:' to the groane is usually melted nut irritation at being
made a dump for Ter woes.
oppressed, yet are surprised when people take them at their word.
Don't be groaners girls There will be things o do not like about your
"job" Keep them to yourself.
If your work. seems heavy, the time you wastes grooming owe it could
work on a system by which it MAJ be Ightened. If they are vexatious, they
were never yet ased by hasmng and rehasnng them to companions who
are no interested; perhaps lot even trustworthy.
Above ALL do lot take everyone in to confidence owe the state of your
full
The more quickly you make u your minds to take our buIness life a 1t
comes making thu best alike OF its pleasures and discomforts, thu more
quickly will it's frets decrease and its profits increase. Don't De groaners IN
less % would become a nuisance to others and a burden to yourself
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
A HUDSON M pAssAIc lanai ON PAPER.

1t is much eader to incorporate a company for a big engineering work
than to finance it, The Secretary of States office at Trenton is the morgue
fol hundreds IF corporate enterprises that might pathetcany ask; what
Vas I begun fol, to be so quickly done for?" The Passaic n Hudson
Canal Company has an ambitious enterprise IN paper. 1t Is a 2o feet wide
ANAL to connect the waterso of the Hudson and Passaic across Bergen County
ia give increased harborage to New York; Bay, furnish waterway transpor-
tstion. n incidentally, to flood the Passaic with Hudson's salt water
when the Hudson lis At high tide and the Passatc is in a receptive state. 1t
lis possible that such a scheme would prove emunerative to the projectors at
somef ture dy nut it looks prema tur now. 1t happens hat this project
has SON bearing On w enterprises in which Newark is interested On
is the trunk sewer.a and the other the plan of a ship canal and municipal
docks The idea that the canal across Bergen cn do the work OF carryng
off the Passaic sewage by flushing the river may suit the belief OF those
h haye been opposed to a trunk sewer, but it won't g o down with
bdv else and it may as we'll be dismissed. The primary object, namely
dockag mi Transportation, serves to justify the judgment which conceived
TN pmn of development of a munci pal waterfront for Newark is part of
New York harbor 1t shows that private capitalists have their w n the
great natural advantages OF this sde of the harbor, are seeking to get
nossession Of them If Newark develops Ter opportunities or the meadows
mi by the scheme of Hudson and Passaic canal across Bergen County will
remain where it is nw o n paper.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
SHINTUISM.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star: 4
What is the religion most generally
practised in Japan and what are its
general principles? w. N. X.
[Shintuism is the prevailing religion.
Its characteristics are the absence of an
ethical and doctrinal code, of idol wor-
ship, of priestcraft and of any teach
ings concerning a future state. 1t,
breaches prominently purity of heart
and general temperance. The principal
divinity is the s~un-goddess Amaterasu,
whose descendant and vice-regent on
the earth is the Mikado, who is there
fore regarded as a demigod. The Jap
anese temples are singularly devoid of
ecclesiastical paraphernalia. A metal
mirror generally stands on the altar as
a symbol of purity. The spirit of the
enshrined deity is supposed to be in a
case, which is exposed to view only on
the day of the deity's annual festival.
The worship consists merely in washing
the face in a font, striking a bell,
throwing a few coins in the money box
and praying for a few seconds in
silence. In addition to the chief deity,
there are many canonized heroes and
benefactors who are worshiped.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
THE NEW WEAPON AT SEA dIRT.

Rife practise at Sea Grt next summer will be had with the regular army
service rifle. the new model Springfield, which replaces the "Krag" which was
issued t. he National Guard after the wal with Spain. The new weapon is
being distributed among the National Guard commands 1t is a short
a a carbine is about w pounds lighter than the Krag and Is a handler and
more effective weapon IN ell respects. The increased length OF the bayonet
compensates for the shortness of the stock. In range shooting the new service
rifle will be better liked, and when IA marksmen get used to the change it
is believed they will be enabled to make improved scores. The National
Guard will nov be armed like the regulars. The organization has been made
to conform to the regular organization, and there remains only the difference
between he citizen soldier and the professional soldier o be lost sight Of in
time Of war;. In the next emergency of the kind it won't be necessary for the
general government to organize volunteer regiments from tn National Guard
The regiments will be already organized, completely equipped and we'll dis
cipined inc ready to march.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
WHERE THoMPsoNs PROJECT COMES IN.

A railroad from Camden to Atlantic City to compete with the Pennsyl-
vania and Reading railroads is seriously talked OF by Atlantic City capitalists
and hotel men in retaliation for the large increase in fares and communication
rates b the w railroad companies A railroad val projected some years
ao by William J. Thompson, of Gloucester, and it is saido options on property
are held for a right of way from Gloucester City to Pleasantvre, five miles
from Atlantic City. Some time ago the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads
bought up meadow property near Atlantic City to shut III III Thompson road
which may, however. get entrance to the city by way of Chelsea or by leasing
the Suburban Traction Company, O. bankrupt This has its W right of
way Therei is n doubt that the increased railroad fares will do damage to-
Atlantic City interests, and it is credtable to the enterprise and energy of its
capitalists that they should contemplate capitaizing a railroad of their to-
make the city independent Of its present railroad masters But at the same
time it is much aser to project a rarroad in New Jersey than to buhd one
M nut IT in operaton.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01

The results of the Republican primary elections for delegates to the State
an district conventions showed that the New Idea has lost the strength it
exhibited in previous primaries. The party organization easily carried the
elections M had full control o.. the two district conventions Secretary Taft
vas Endorsed, without instruction to the delegates, but that has ne special
significance. except that the State delegation will also be uninsruced. The
nrewling sentiment in this end of the State is undoubtedly for Taft tut
the majority sentiment in the State will be more clearly developed a Trenton
on the We of the convention next Tuesday. 1t is somewhat remarkable that
with the thousands of New York commuters in Essex, Hudson, Passaia Nor
ris>a and JJnionc counties, there should be n % exhibition IF the Hughes sentiment.
Governor Hughes is well liked personally in New Jersey. too and he ought
to have at east honorable mention"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-01
GETTING THE CONNECTION.

A little girl vas apt to take a long
time to say her prayers. Her mother
was puzzled, as she knew hal the
which the child had been taught
to say was short. At last she inquired:
why does it take you so long to get
through your prayer" The little girl
answered seriously, Because it often
takes SO long to call God up. 1 say
'Hello!' and somebody answers 'Hello!'
And l say Is hat God?' and he says,
No, it is Satan Then i say, Go
away, Satan; I don't want you, L want
God And after a while God comes.
Then I can say my prayer, but some
times it takes a long while to get him!"
Milwaukee Wisconsin.