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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Musical Notes,

Mr.. q. M. Jones presented two of his
pupils, Miss Edna Taylor and Miss Helen
Taylor, in a piano recital last Wednesday
evening at his studios in Boyd theater.
Miss Carrie d. Rhyn will give a song
recital at Schneider q Mueller auditorium
on Wednesday evening, June "A. Miss Cor
inne Paulson will be her accompanist and
Mr.. Cuscaden will assist in violin numbers.
Miss Rhyn has just returned from study
in New York.
The inclement weather during the last
week kept away from Krug park many
people VINO, under more favorable condi-
lions, would have gone out to hear the
old original Slayton Jubilee singers. Those
who have attended their afternoon and
7, evening concerts during the last week
have been most highly entertained and are
livery liberal and emphatic in their COM
mendation of this really great musical
organization. A distinguished citizen,
Whose love for music is known to his most
Intimate friends, remarked on Thursday
leyening as he listened to G. II. Downs,
the bass singer and comedian, who re-
lsp)nded TO six encores, What a great
lgrand opera singer that man would be If
lhe was white" The criticism was true in
every particular and In every sense of the
words used. After singing the well known
lsouthern melody, "Old Black joe" he sang
Ian amusing Irish song, and the wonder OF
lie was to hear IL rendered SO acceptably
by a colored man. Immediately afterward,
lin high falsetto tones, he sang The Last
Rose of Summer. This organization sings
lchoruses, solos, followed by male quartets,
female Quartetsf and sextets in a most re-
lmarkable and highly pleasing and salts
factory manner. The old slave melodies and
lchoruses that they sing have been greeted
with storms Of applause from those who
have been so fortunate as to hear them,
Believing that there are many people In
lONaha who will avail themselves OF favor
liable weather TO attend these concerts, Man
ager Cole has extended the engagement OF
these Jubilee singers to and including
Tuesday evening.
Musical people OF Omaha will read with
pleasure that the MaennerchOr German
Singing society will give a series Of con
lceTts at krug park during the coming
summer Of the same high order as those
that were given last season. The frs
lconcert will take place on Tuesday even,
ng next and the program Is as follows;
lin deutscher Geist" ..... Edward Kremsei
Maennerchor. with Orchestra.
lSOprano Solo Selected
Miss Irene Van Noye.
l(a) Sontag ISIS simon brel
l(o) Gondellied .....f.........."......G. kellel
Maennerchor.
Peter LauX.
Lad F~ruchlingstrast ................Ca FIFTH
lib 20 shoene III '............... Carl GoetzI
!, Maennerchor.
Ferdinand Lehman.
/, "Sonntag auf der alus".. Thomas Koscha
MaenneTchor, with Orchestra.
The MaennerchOr selections, the concer
by the Slayton Jubilee singers. the vocal se
Elections by Mile. Paliansch, soprano sOloist
with the Finn band, together with the bant
concert program. make a four-fOld musica
/, ATTRACTION that should draw thousands o
lovers OF music TO kTug parkoon Tuesda!
next
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

- URING several seasons Miss Fitch
~ has very successfully presented a
Shakespearean play in the open
- air at Hanscom park. The
charm Of the classic drama pre-
- scented amid the sylvan scenery
Of this beautiful park is beyond under
standing by those who have not experienced
IT, II Is peculiarly appropriate that the
poetry OF Shakespeare's charming come
dies should find expression in the bosky
dells he himself was so fond Of. He did
not omit an outdoor scene in his comedies,
and either In the garden or in the woods
he located some Of the choicest OF pictures
he drew of name and sentiments that
are as broad as the race and as old as
humanity. With a background OF trees
and hill and sward and a canopy Of sky
and a carpet OF grass, the setting for
Shakespeare is complete. That Miss Fitch
has brought her young players to that de-
gree Of proficiency where they can com
petently render the lines Of the drama and
express their meaning is to her credit.
while the taste she has shown In her Sc
lections and stage management is excellent.
This brings back the never ending de-
bate as to what scenery. II any, was used
by Shakespeare and his contemporaries in
the production Of plays. It has been ar
gued with force by some that the play was
presented on a bare stage; by others that
the stage manaRer of that day was not
above calling to his aid such subterfugcs
Of %artifice as would strengthen the situa-
lions developed by the action Of his drama.
It is not at ALI likely that this argument
will ever cease, nor is It worth while to
pursue Il very extensively through its in
Ierminable qualifications. The fact remains
that It was physically impossible that
Shakespeare, or Ben Jonson, OF any other
Of that wonderful galaxy OF luminous lit
erary genius should have the assistance
Of scenery as we understand II. Within the
memory OF young men advance has been
made In the matter Of stage management
hat was impossible during the Elizabethan
time. The gent Of electricity has been
called to the assistance of the stage d.
rector. and by the deft management Of
lights he has been able to simulate eff
Eects that could only be imagined by
Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The
beauty Of the Shakespeare drama has been
enhanced by the modern scenic artist and
stage manager. =
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Tonight THE Three OF Us" by Rachel
Crothers, which you have already hal in
the United States, succeeds TIE Mar iage
Of William Ashe" at Terry's. Fannie Watd
will, of course, play the part originally en-
acted by Charlotte Nielsen, and a thor
oughly American cast will support her.
The play has already been spoken of highly
by English critics who saw the Anne lean
production. Miss Ward has not decided
upon anything definite as a possible sue
cessor to "The Three of US but we, shall
probably see Polly of the Circus befor,
this American actress season at the Strand
house draws to a close.
A. w. Dingwall, who, of course controls
the Broadway theater, New York, and Nc.
Vickers' Chicago, has secured an option on
the American rights of the melodrama to
be produced at the Drury Lane theater this
fall. II is also possible that the same
manager will produce in the United States
The Sins of Society" which was the at
traction at Drury Lane last fall. Cecil
Raleigh, who is responsible for that play
and who is writing the new attraction for
the big London playhouse. is an cd friend
of Dingwall's. As a matter of fact the
latter was associated with the late Jacob
Lift wien he produced Sporting Life,''
which was a child Of the pen of Raleigh. in
the United States and acquired the rights
to the play when he took over the other
theatrical ventures Of his dead chief. l
understand that these, Drury Lane melo-
dramas will be produced in Chicago, as
Dingwall thinks the western metropolis is
a better field for this special brand of
play than Gotham.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21


Mrs. Mary Learned once wrote a little
booklet entitled, ITO the Girl Who Sings"
and which she sent into the world not so
much as a treatise or method, but as a
history of her own experiences in her own
study. The little book came to me some
years ago and II l am not mistaken, it
was carefully reviewed in this column.
1t has made it's temperance and is en-
joying a second lease of life.
Mrs. Learned writes very intimately of
her thoughts and ideas concerning the
great study of tone production, and it con-
tains many very good items of advice which
she has proven by experience.
1t would be a most excellent idea If
singers would take the time to sit down
and write their own ideas of the work they
are doing Mrs. Learned wrote to find out
in actual fact what she really thought,
She told me once that she learned a lot
from just putting her thoughts on paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21


The question Of scenery. itself. is ore
of passing interest. 1t is not known just
where the practice began. but 1t is known
hat at all times some effort has been
made to surround the enactment Of a play
with such representations as would suggest
to the mind the conditions urder which the
action transpires. The drama itself is in
a large measure an outgrowth of religious
ceremonial. The analogy between the mod
ern play and the early form Of pagan
worship is direct and easily traceable,
The Egyptian priests thoroughly under
stood the force of dramatic expression
and knew fun well how greatly dramatic
expression is properly enhanced by the use
of appropriate scenery. They we're pos
sessed to some extent of knowledge OF
moving pictures. or. at least, stereopticon
views, and did not hesitate, to make use
Of thi0 knowledge in order to impress the
superstitlous minds of their followers.
Probably the first moving picture shows
that were ever given were thus performed
IN the temples OF Osiris and Isis at Mem
phis and Theber, where the novttiate to
the priesthood, the scion Of the royal house
Of Pharaoh and others Of high rank. were
given the secrets OF the Egyptian religion
In Nineveh and Tyre. Babylon and Athens
Rome and Constantinople, the mysteries OF
religion were ensconced behind the art OF
the scene painter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

A season of French opera bouffe opened
last week at the Shaftesbury theater, with
Offenbach's La File de Tambour-Major. -
An excellent company has been brought
over from Paris and although the opera is
not one of the composers best by any
means, it met with a good reception. This
week L Grande Duchesse" is being pre-
scented. The latter opera was revived al
the Savoy In English ten years ago, since
when Londoners have not heard the great
est of all the ninety odd efforts of the
famous composer Of the Second Empire.
Inevitably the English are comparing him
with Sir Arthur Sullivan, though the pro-
auctions of the two men are radically diff
ferent.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

just one more thought anent having the
right to ones own opinion. The right TO
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Miss Maude Adams recently made her
production OF Twelfth Night at Harvard
without the use of scenery, and yet her
stage was very effectively set by reason
Of the college society, under whose aus
pieces she appeared, having arranged to re-
produce as nearly as possible the condi-
lions under which the comedy was probably
'irst presented, young men in costumes
If the time representing the staggering
gallants and fair ladies of the Elizabethan
court, and the entire atmosphere was that
OF the closing days Of the seventeenth
century. SO, while Miss Adams is credited
with having effectively offered the fine
comedy without the aid Of scenery, she
was really supported by the most service
able Of scenery and enjoyed a stage set
ting that is out Of reach of even the
Frohmans. Whatever turn the debate may
next take matters little. 1t is reasonably
certain that producers will continue to
Noffer Shakespeare with all the assistance
that art and good taste can provide in the
way OF scenery ard stage settings. This
merely shows a proper appreciation of the
drama. In Shakespeare's time the cos.
tunes and furnishings of the stage were
coutemporaneous, just as the Pinero oil
Clyde Fitch play of today is produced. Il
is absolutely essential that we bark bach
to the costumes and manners Of the time
In order to properly present the drama
So, whether Shakespeare and his fellow
contemporaries appeared on bare boards
or In front of painted cloth has nothing tC
do with the question of today. In order
that a proper atmosphere may be had fol
the drama, appropriate scenery must b,
provided; otherwise 1t ceases to be a SEN
-
tiers. and becomes nothing more than {
dramatic reading.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

That dramatic expression, as an art,
found it's way slowly among the ruder, but
more vigorous. nations OF western Europe
is due to the fact that the general growth
Of the arts, OF literature. painting and
sculpture. was slow among these people,
but when It did come II was taken hold OF
with an understanding and an energy that
set It so far ahead OF what II had been
that there seems to be a gap between its
early manifestation In the east and its
later development in the west. Religion.
which has been used at different times to
repress, II not suppress, the drama, found
In the morality shows a ready agent for
the dissemination OF moral and doctrinal
truth. and In these plays crude scenery
was used as a background against which
TO project the thought OF the writer. The
step from The sacred to the profsne was q
short one and easily taken. and as the
mind OF mar ~'abroadened with the process
OF the suns so the development OF scenery
on the stage went forward steadily and
with a rapidity that has reached its culml
nation in the conditions of today. when rea
life is presented, with such verlsimilitud'
that the actors walk on Just as they appeal
ON our public streets or enter our homes
The only thing tina Is unreal on the stag
today rs the idealism that must prevail il
order TO make dramatic expression effec
tive. The scene painter and stage car
psnter have done their perfect work. Thel
can do no more, unless II be to keep them
selves abreast OF modern invention and sci
entlfie research in the application of light
and other accessories for stage use. Tn
faddlsts who were clamoFiRg for a recession
wasted their breath. They may produc'
plays without scenery for the benefit o
Ultra refined. but never for the ~pOpulace.
Miss Florence Gerald. who will be pleas
antly recalled as a member OF the frs
stock D at the Burwood theateI
has written q play. I'm the Public Eye
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
GENEE WANTS TO GET BACK

attributes has succeeded very well in
thoroughly e~ffacing himself in his parts.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Edith Craig. daughter Of Ellen Terry,
has taken the place of Mary Rorke in the
cast Of Getting Married" Bernard Shaw's
play. at the Haymarket. and the circum-
stance brings to light an amusing Incl
dent. 1t appears that Shaw was at a loss
to decide upon an actress to take Miss
Rorke's place. Miss Craig had a flat next
to the modest one occupied by Shaw on
the historic Adelphi Terrace and returned
home late one night to find that she had
forgotten her keys. Careful not to dis
turb her neighbors she cautiously called
to her maid. The dramatist was burning
the midnight oil in his study. heard her
and pleasing voice and Immediately
decided to offer Miss Rorke's vacant part
to the young woman bepeath the window.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

several seasons Miss Fitch
has very successfully presented a
shakespearean play in the open
air at Hanscom park The
charm OF the classic drama pre-
eeufe1 amid the qvlvon ar.perv
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
/, Music and Musical Notes

be a case Of "to have and to hold" IL 1t
ones own opinion is u~ndisputed. 1t should
is merely ones notion. 1t should not be
given to or imposed upon other people.
An opinion formed because of careful
Weighing of the matter under considera-
ton is valuable and should be ventilated,
but an opinion without intelligent and
careful judgment is not at any time p
thing of value.
We must be careful when we say that
I'VE nave a right to our own opinions"
that we do not mean 1--WE have a right to
force our opinions on another"
And another thing we must see to, and
that is we should be sure that the opin-
ion Is our very own, made after due de-
liberation. and not the general opinion"
or impression of the unthinking multi
tude. Very often one finds people who
jealously stand up for their rights of
opinion, who really have no opinion of
their own. but who have accepted a popu-
lar opinion without giving it proper study
or thought.
We would all be better off and we would
accomplish more good in the furtherance
Of music If we should all study our opin-
ions before uttering them, and see IL they
are really truly opinions or merely echoes
Of other peoples opinions. .
This article has been written without
any special local reference whatever. and
1t is for those who care to think seriously
even in summertime. 1t has been on the
writer's mind for some time and it had
to find expression. Those who read il
and think it worthy Of consideration will
find much pleasure, he believes. IN pursu-
ing the thought much further in their
own way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Miss Florence Gerald. who viii be pleas
antly recalled as a member OF the first
stock company at the Burwood theater,
has written . play. I'm the Public Eye"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

He call Of the seagull is in the
air; the breath of summer,
though moist with weeping, is
sufficiently warm to entice one
away from the studio; pupils
are beginning TO seek other
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-22
Amusements
New Farce Comedy at Dreamland.

The Armin stock company will pre-. sent "Troubles of Married Man " tonight, farce comedy in three acts. This play is considered one of the best laugh producers on the American stage. It should prove big winner here. So far, every play presented by the Ar min company has been thoroughly en- ioyed by all who have seen them and 1t is safe to say that the company and plays are by far the best ever seen in Globe at popular prices. Every mem. Der of the company is rapidly becoming q favorite with out theatergoers and the audiences that greet these clever players are much larger than they have been since the opening week of the company's engagement. Tonight s play, "Troubles of Married Man, y vas written for laughing purposes only and all those who want to drive away the blues, should go to Dreamland to-
 night. Seats may be reserved at the Globe Commercial company, from II a.
 m. to p. m. and from to 7:30 p. m.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-22
AN ELECTION PRIMER
Pertinent Points About Oar Electms Machinery For New Votery and On
THE S0CIALlSTlC PARTIES.

Ar holding sociasc represented by national po ical paytys
 They represented by pare the Socialist and tho Socialist Labor.
 For what does the Socialist party stand3
 In its platform for 1904 the said: Socialism that all those things which the people depend shall the people be owned and administered that the tools of employment shall belong their and that all duction shall be for the direct of the producers that the making of goods for profit shall that shall all be workers together and that all opportunities shall be open and equal all men, The Socialist party stands for shorter working hours higher graduated income and inheritance public ownership of pub lie utilities complete education of children and their freedom from to and for advantage for the workers that b wrested from the capitalist and that relieve the suffering and strengthen the hands of labor"
 Who the first Socialist candidate for presidens
 Eugene " Debs Indiana who 1904 received 402 In 1900 Mr. Debs what called the Social Democratic ticket receiving S7,sl4
 When did the Socialist Labor party first national pocs
 In 1892 when Simon Wing nominated for president ing 64 The Socialist Labor party has grown appeca bly, In 1899 large majority of its members seeded uniting with the Social Democracy founded by Dbs and thus forming straight out Socialist party.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-22
ROOSEVELT BACKS UP.

Between the labor vote and the negro vote, President Roosevelt is to a cer. tain extent up in the air, so as to say, and before To gets through with the backing ard filing process, he will have 10 get someone to tell him whether be is afoot or horseback. It is hard telling just now what effect his backing on his Brow hsville stand will have on the eolored vote of the southern states. but some profess to believe that tho presi. dent will, get tho worst of the deal, which means that Taft will have to bear the brunt of it. Col. Tatterson says in the Louisville Couricr-Jour2al recently:
 Having split his party wide open, and having steered bis man Taft against stern party opposition the president apparently is moving heaven and earth for political advantage for himself and votes for the Taft faction. He has been playing on the labor string for dear life in recent weeks He now abandcns his Brownsville stand as a means of capturing the negro support. Down south, where the Republican strength is derived largely from the colored race, it has been demonstrated that the most vigorous brushes botwe cen the Taft ffction and the 'antis' will occrr. The opposition to the prcsi. dent s mari in fact, seems to be concon. trsting it's Sght for tho southern delega. tions. The president 8 percmptory dis charge of the Brownsville regiment has helped it to fight the presidents man. That the president himself should now sec ht to backtrack on the Brownsville auair IS not only a concession of his own weaknefs, but it is also an admis. sion that tAc opposition is making it hot for him hnd his candidate in a see ton which tounts. Not only, then, in his position inglorious surrender on the | part Of the president individually, but 1t is a triumph for Foraker, Fairbanks, ct al.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-22
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NOT DRINK ALONE

There is wonderful temperance ser. mon in the awful tragedy of Friday evening but a greater lesson for the authorities who tolerate laxness in the enforcement of the laws. The latter is moro to the point. It is a difficult matter to separate man from an ap- petite for liquor by legislation and thus far where such attempts have been made, they have proven ineffec. tive, so far as the appetite itself is concerned.
 However we have law which pro, vidcs for an asylum for insane persons and there are likewise laws to deter mine the state oI person s mind who is thought to be insane.
 Jerry Enright who was responsible for the horrible tragedy of Friday even ing had for the past six months been considered of unsound mind, by every one who knew nim. He had been heard to make threats against his wife and sister.in-law and had threatened to blow up their home with dynamite. In several saloons on the day of the trg- edy, he displayed a gun and declared that .'the end' was at hand.
 There is also law against carrying concealed weapons, several of them in fact.
 What an easy matter it would have been to prevent the consummation of a madman' s murderous desire, desire expressed in public and private for several months. Had the proper steps been taken, two innocent lives would have been saved and much grief and sorrow averted.
 What we need-not here in Globe aloue, but throughout the territory-is stricter enforcement of the laws against carrying weapons, and of the law which prevents insane persons from being at large.
 There are hundreds of men carrying guns in Globe today, but none is ever arrested unless he happens to get drunk and makes Hay of it.
 As to the other law, some of the authorities are never convinced of man 3 insanity until he commits a mur. dcrous crime
 Had Jerry EEright not wound up his own earthly affairs by sending a bul. let through his own head. he would un- doubtedly have been acquitted, if tried, on the ground of insanity and then probably committed to an asylum.
 Many crimes are laid to the door of alcohol, but in this ease. had the laws been enforced, the slayer would have harmed no one but himself.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-22

This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State Warden of Georgia, says of Kodol For Dyspepsia: "E. c. Dewitt & O., Chi. cago, Ill.--Dear Sirs--I have suffered more than twenty years from indiges' ton. About eighteen months ago I had grown so much worse that I could not digest crust of corn brean and could not retain anything on my stomach. I lost 25 pounds; in fact l made up my mind that l could not live but short time, when friend of mine recommend ed Kodol. l consented to try it to please him and was better in one day. now weigh more than l ever did in my life and am in better health than tor many years. Kodol did it. I keep a bottle constantly, and write this hop
 ing that humanity will be benefited. Yours very truly, Jake c. Moore, At lanta, Aug. 10, 1904" Sold by Han. na's Drug Store. 22s Broad street.