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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

ful application to her art. was now assured,
and since then, nine years age, she htF
contributed to the American stage a num-
Der Of Its most delightful portrayals Her
Rosalind In AS You Like IT, charmed
New York for 100 nights, q record for a
single Shakespearean production. Her
Sweet Kitty Bellairs' was one OF the big
successes Of the past decade. As Philippa
Drayton In The Sword Of the King" she
added another delightful oharact0< to her
notable gallery. Other plays In which
she has appeared are Joan OF the Shoals"
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" An Of a
Sudden Peggy" The Country Girl" and
The Christian Pilgrim" leading up to her
present success, sham" This play had
its first metropolitan hearing at wallack's
theater, New York. last February. and so
emphatic was II success, that 1t was with
drawn only when the excessive heat OF
middle June drove the actress and the
theater-goers 20 the country and seashore.
In Chicago the New York verdict Of the
play received the endorsement OF the critics,
and the audiences everywhere have voted
her Katherine Van Ripper In SHAM" the
most charming portrayal OF a comedy
character since her own Mistress Nell.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
Music and Musical Notes

vice had been Now. paste IT, was the
only thing that kept me from ignominious
flight.
When I reached the organ loft, Mr.. Buck
smiled and asked, Have you brought MY
Redeemer and My Lord?" I want you to
sing that!' Fortune was with me. / had
brought it and 1 sang it-better than 1
ever sang in my life. 1 could tell that, He
made me sing. I couldn't help myself. 1
had never dreamed Of anything so wonder
full as that accompaniment. And every
now and then l was conscious of a word OF
encouragement and timely advice. As 1
finished, he turned. his eyes moist, and
exclaimed, I nave heard it sung hundreds
of times, but no one has ever before
brought tears to my eyes. If 1 had the say,
the position would be yours
Fortunately for me the committee felt
that way, too.
Choir work under Dudley Bucks direc-
ton was no snap He demanded the best
Of his quartet and chorus. During service
or rehearsals everything was strictly bust
ness. and If a luckless soloist made a mis-
take with the hope that It would pass un-
detected, his comfort was short lived.
Nothing In the way OF a mistake, no mat
ter how slight, ever escaped notice.
We'll do 1 remember my first experience
In chanting. He used a pointing all his
own, and when / ventured to suggest that
l might mark 1t in a p~rayer-book, / was
told, No. You must keep It I'm your head.
Once there you will always nave it,
Mr.. Buck was always shy and retiring,
and nothing annoyed him more than to
have the stranger within the gates evince
the slightest interest in him and his organ.
At the close Of service he would say TO the
choir librarian. Fred. shut that door and
keep those tramps outv What a treat It
was to sit In the corner OF the gallery after
the occasional had been sung. and watch
his face as he played the great organ.
Every fibre was keyed to the highest pitch
and his eyes were mute expressions OF the
music he played. now sparkling. now sad.
His musical services were gems I'm concep-
ton. No one who has heard his Story
OF the Cross sung on Good Friday will
ever forget the solemnity OF It all. What
could have been more wonderful than to
hear his setting OF Crossing the Bar-ar-
ranged for his quartet and sung by them.
with Mr.. Buck himself at the keys?
Surely those who have attended the Watch
Night service at Holy Trinity VIII re-
call the awe that came with the lowering
OF the lights at the stroke OF twelve. the
beginning OF the ushering out OF the Old
Year. and the Joy of the blaze OF yellow
as the last stroke OF the hour was sounded
cOntinusd on Page Nins,)
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- N view OF the storm Of cold
skepticism that broke upon the
heads OF Cook and Peary when
- they announced I'm turn that
NQSWAoI they had found what men Of
49, many centuries had sought
IN vain. Nebraskans who take pride in their
large men and Institutions cannot but feel
n thrill Of exultation at the atmosphere Of
calm credulity that still surrounds DR..
Charles William Wallace, associate pro-
fessor OF English language and literature
at the University OF Nebraska, I'm his
avowed discovery of the site Of the Globe
theater in London. the playhouse in which
Shakespeare owned shares and acted. DR..
Wailace's declaration and proofs were
promptly received with the utmost interest
and credulity in England and America
when they were originally made known
and though a considerable period has
elapsed. they still are not being seriously
questioned. This. we say. must be the
source Of indispensable satisfaction 10 Ne
b~raskans. as we'll as Americans, generally.
OF course, we would scarcely offer DIR.
Wallace's discovery. though Il were proven
to be absolutely unquestlonable, as a feat
equal in Importance to the discovery Of the
North pole, yet in the world OF drama his
tory and literature II cannot but ommand
a whole-hearted interest and fill a very
large sphere of actual utility. DR.. and
Mrs. Wallace have returned to England.
They are determined TO make their work
so complete as to leave no room for doubt
and this, too, is to be a%pplauded. II is not
necessary TO bury ones self In the convlc-
tion that Or. Wallace has made no error,
to admire his work. There is one element
In his achievement, OF effort at achieve
ment, which must commend him to all
thoughtful and serious-mlnded folk whether
they accept as conclusive his discovery or
not and that is the prodiglous industry of
the man who undertook such a
task, a task OF delvlng into rec
ords musty with the age of centuries.
records that have defied the patience and
enterprise Of men Of every other age. The
Bee today presents an interesting article
on DR.. Wallace's discovery in which addi-
tional evidence Of its genuineness is set
forth. II shows with what frank consid-
Grafton the English press has accepted the
flnality of his work and the exalted value
It places upon it. Possibly it is as some
Of the hyper-critical suggest, too early to
give full title to the eminent doctors dis
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

stationed for a number OF years. AS a
child and young girl, Miss Crosman lived
in this city and was a great fsvorite with
the officers. Her first ambition to go on
the stage came about through her voice,
which, during her %girlhood, promised to
make Of her an operate star. But after
a few years spent in study she found that
she had made too great a demand of her
tender vocal cords, which resulted in a lit
tie break in her upper register, destroying
all hopes of an operate career.
1t was her uncle, Morrison Foster, brother
of Stephen Foster, who wrote "Way Down
Upon the Suwanee River and MY Old
Kentucky Home" who secured her a posi-
ton with a stock ompany in Plttsburg,
where she learned the rudiments of the
dramatic art, and where she was noticed
by BARLEY Campbell, then one Of the most
prominent playwrights and managers in the
country. He gave her a small part In his,
The White Slave" company, and the next
season she was playing the leading role
In this popular classic. She soon found her
to New York and became a member
Of the notable Madison Square company,
appearing in Young Mrs. Winthrop" and
other productions made by hat organiza-
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~ is herewith reproduced. II is
from the New York Evening Post and 1t
will doubtless be enjoyed by all church
singers here and in the other cities and
towns reached by The Bee:
THE anthems of Dudley Buck. COM
poser and organist, who died the other
day, are sung in thousands OF churches.
The height OF ambition Of every country
choir is to master, In its own crude way,
a selection by Dudley Buck, for some
festival service. No program for Christ
mas, Easter or Thanksgiving is complete
without a Buck number.
lone woman remembers how she used to
be impressed by rehearsal of He Shall
Come Down Like Rain How she envied
the soprano who sang the opening duet
with the tenor, and wondered IL the time
would come when she would be able 70
sing as well. The time did come; she
sang for Buck himself. After a long
journey by train I got to the parish house
of Holy Trinity in Brooklyn she said the
other day. I had come to try for his
quartet. The fact that 1 was to sing for
the man whose work 1 knew so well was
in itself enough to maxi me nervous.
But l don't want to hear you sing.
You are too young. You can't do the
work. he exclaimed.
" But I've come a long way 1 STAN
mered.
Wen, can you read? Wen see.'
Taking a sheet Of music paper from
his pocket. he jotted down a line Of
notes. 1t was do or die, and l did, scarcely
knowing what 1 sang. DO It again. he
ordered. And once more ploughed
through the most impossible intervals I
had ever seen. At the end l was re-
warded by Well. you can read; now l will
hear you sing. What have you broughtg
"''My Redeemer and Ny Lord" from
your Golden Legend / said.
Not that Not that. he cried. I have
heard 1t murdered too often. Something
else One stsnza only
II chose another. but my one stanEa was
allowed to lengthen into three. I was one
OF five lucky sopranos TO sing for his
music committee. A week later a tele-
cram said. Final hearing tonight at s
In the church
Il was the last of the five TO sing. As
I climbed the gallery stairs L was shaky,
Of course. Presence OF my brother, who
had brought me-, and whose parting ad-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

The translation from the Russian into
English, il the Of the eastern
papers are correct, has not been very
deftly done. The speeches are described as
being stilted, bombastic and theatric. 1t
may well be believed that this is so, for
in this day when it Is the fashion among
Americans to effect little interest in the
deeper emotions, and to smile with patient
contempt at the devotion shown by the
Russians in their struggle for such liberty
as they enjoy, the language necessary to
adequately express these sentiments would
sound a little peculiar to ears that have
been attuned to the light and airy flip
pancy of Clyde Fitch and George M. Cohen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
At the Omaha TheaterS

Boyd Offers the Most Interesting List Of Season So Far, with Mrs.
Carter and Miss CrOsman-BurwOOd Has the Latest Shubert Sue
cess in "GOing sOme"-Krug and orpheum Have Fine Bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
Henrietta CroSman

Star Who Has Won the Position by Hard Work and Patient
Effort in the Pursuit of an Ideal that Has Always Been
High-Believes in a Clean Drama and Illustrates Her Belief
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

Of the other outside OF their secret meet
ing places. and she is yet sufficiently
strong to pledge him that nothing shall
ever happen to swerve her from perfect
feality to the organization. Very soon
after this, a hated member Of the ruling
class is doomed to death. and II falls to
the girls lot to lure him to his destruc-
ton. She is to have him call at her hotel,
and. as he leaves, she will give the signal
to a member Of the band, who will be con-
cealed nearby, ready to throw a bomb
that will destroy the thrower along with
his victim. The one to throw the bomb
is chosen by secret lot, and the choice falls
on the girls lover. He is told to go to
her hotel where she will give him instruc-
tions as to where to place himself that
he may not miss the signal and the vic
tim.
He goes, and for the first time outside
OF the secret nihilistic hambe does the
lover and the lady meet. The disclosure Of
her Identity, under the circumstances, is
a shock to both. and the girl. realizing that
she will be called upon to give the signal
that will destroy the man who is dearer
to her than life, wildly begs him to with
draw from the enterprise. But he is firm
and comforts her, reminding her Of the
oath they swore to each other when first
they acknowledged their love, and urges
her to be as strong in the trial as she was
in its contemplation. Then he leaves her.
The doomed official pays his call, and as
he leaves the hotel, the girl stands in the
window ana gives the signal. This is fol-
lowed by the crash of an explosion. She
has made the ultimate sacrifice for the
cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

Y THESE days when stars"
rise to their lofty positions over
night through some quaint pc
culiarity or fetching personality,
1t is a pleasure to contemplate
the record Of Henrietta Cros-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

man, a real actress, who has achieved her
present position on the stage only after
years OF apprenticeship-years Of hard
work, intelligent study and discerning ex-
ercise. Since reaching stardom, Miss Cros-
man has occasionally counter a play
that did not meet with public approval, but
no one has ever questioned her personal
skill, her charming piquancy n her earn
est intelligence. Miss Crosman has also
been always credited with the selection of
plays that are morally healthy, clean and
wholesome. Even last season, in New York,
when plays Of questionable morals seemed
to have the call in Gotham. Miss Cros-
man tempted fate by selecting Sham" for
her engagement at Wallack's, and proved
to the doubling ones that It was not neces-
sary to resort to sewer to win
success, even In Manhattan. Miss Cros-
man considers the stage seriously, as q
potent influence for good or evil, the
weight of which is felt by a greater num-
Der Of people than is reached by all the
pulpits in the land. She believes that while
the object of a play. to be successful, is
primarily to amuse, II must do so sanely,
healthfully and in a manner that will make
an audience feet better for having wit
messed 1t.
Henrietta Crosman's early life is closely
- g. -. A-.A
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

The part assigned Miss Reicher is that
Of a young woman OF noble family who
becomes imbued with a thirst for reform
ing the government, and at the meetings
of the secret brotherhood at the home Of a
printer. where the band assemblies for the
purpose Of laying plans in furthering the
propaganda, she meets a young man stu
ated like herself. At first their intercourse
was that of two intensely devoted person.
%alities, and all their conversation is on
the work in which they are engaged. This
condition could not last, however, and
very soon the young man discloses his
passion for the girl. At first she tries to
convince him of the futility Of love under
the conditions, but her heart, too, has
responded to the call OF its mate, and soon
she admits that she loves him as ardently
and tenderly as he does her.
Neither knows anything Of the affairs
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covery. Be that as It may. Il is refreshing
to observe his utter Indifference to the
temper OF the public with reference to his
work and in this very fact lies one OF
the strongest elements Of consideration In
his behalf. II I'm the end he removes every
vestige of doubt and conclusively proves
that Shakespeare's theater stood where he
says Il stood, certainly he will have per-
formed a task that must place the lovers
OF history, literature and dramatic art
under lasting obligations to him. II Is a
hazardous thing to embark In the discov-
cry business these days. OF course, DR..
Wallace was busy with his mission long
before either Cook or Peary returned from
lis frigid errand. But nevertheless this
courageous Nebraskan has ventured upon
a fitful sea and he should be accorded the
generous sympathy of the public through
out his voyage. II the brewer who is
erecting a tablet commemorating a spot
on which time had settled as the location
Of shakespeare's playhouse can cheerfully
relinquish his hero-worship enterprise and
Join the adulating hosts that are fawning
at the feet of DR.. Wallace in England,
certainly his n~eighbors in the United States
can withhold their criticism until he has
at least completed his work.
o
Thus shouts the town crier through the
columns Of the Dramatic News: Henry
B. Harris is going to award another &C
tress by making her a star. Hedwig
Reicher has signed a contract which prom
Uses her name in big type, and she deserves
it." So Mr.. Harris Is going to make a star
Of this German woman who has climbed
to the very apex Of her art in her native
country, and who is now following In the
footsteps of Janauschek, Modjeska, Nazl-
nova and other illustrious daughters of
Europe, who have paid us the compliment
to come to our shores, acquire our language
and our customs, for the purpose Of giving
us the benefit Of the wonderful light of
genius that burns in their souls. And
Henry B. Harris is to make her a star.
What more monumental exhibition of man
agerial effrontery could possibly be given
than this7 This woman was hailed with
glad acclaim in Germany as a leader in
her profession. She came to America some
thing more than a year ago, whittier her
brother had preceded her. not unknown and
obscure, but at the disadvantage of not
knowing our language. and now that Miss
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
Site of Shakespeare Theater Accepted in London

Reicher has achieved such mastery OF the
English language, or its American idiom,
as will permit her to assume her rightful
position in the front rank on the American
stage the press sgent Of her bumptious
manager tells us that Mr.. Henry B. Harris
is going to make her a star. Some day a
New York penny-a-liner will inform the
world that one or another Of the managers
has achieved what was once proposed In
a meeting OF the Salt Lake Chamber Of
Commerce. A member Of that august body
introduced a resolution recitlng what econ
omy would be achieved II the moon were
anchored directly over the city so that the
street lights might be dispensed with.
Another tribute paid to a manager by
his ever vigilant press agent was that
given to the Shuberts very recently, dur
ing the course Of which the writer pointed
out that the Shuberts were very willing to
allow the new theater management to take
over Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe, hav-
ing found this eminent pair of actors an
expensive proposition. This press agent did
rot go to the extent of suggesting that
the Shuberts had made stars Of Mr.. Soth-
ern and Miss Marlowe. but his suggestion
OF a proprietary intel est on the part OF the
Shuberts in this eminent couple was so
obvious that even the dullest reader could
not escape IT. AS a matter Of fact, when
the Shuberts we're first asserting their
independent and undertook to raid the
syndicate they began by attacking Mr..
Frohman and secured the right to direct
the tours and affairs of Mr.. Sothern and
Miss Marlowe by making a bargain which
proved disastrous to the Shuberts. The
published statements at the time were that
Mr.. Frohman was paying Mr.. Sothern
1850 a week and hat the Shuberts took
him and Miss Marlowe on at the pay of
81, $50 each per week. or a total OF $500.
Now stop for a moment and figure this
out. These actors never played oftener
than seven times a week; six evenings and
one matinee. This made the pay for the
two stars alone equal to very nearly $500 a
performance, and IL the Shuberts played
their attractions in the theaters visited on
the 50 per cent plan basis, 1t meant that
it took $1,000 Of receipts at each perform
ance to pay the salaries of the stars alone.
In other words, each theater visited must
sell 800 81 seats before there would be any
thing left for the pay of the others in
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the company, or to meet the necessary ex-
penses outside OF salaries. II will not take
anyone familiar with theatrical business
management very long to figure out just
how Improbable this venture was, and II
may be easily understood tina the shuberts
were very willing TO allow Mr.. Sothern
and Miss Marlowe to go with the new
theater.
The matter is referred to here in connec-
ton with the Harris-R eicher question
merely to show the attitude that the mama
ger has assumed towards the public. There
was a day when the name OF the star. or
the name OF the play. attracted people to
the theater. Now It has come to be Mr..
So and So, in large type. presents Miss So
and So, In small type, in Such and Such a
play. in stu smaller type by a. author
whose name frequently requires a micro
scope to read It. Is II any wonder that
the affairs OF the theater have fallen on
the days Of the trivial and lnconseduential7
The drama In which Miss Reicher has
won the right to have her name placed on
the bills In large letters by Mr.. Henry B.
Harris is from the Russian, extremely
tense and violently wrenching on the emo
tons. ION the Eve is a story of under
ground forces struggling for freedom in
Russia, and is intended to show the devo-
ton of the men and women engaged in this
work to the cause, Nihilism means to the
individual, according to this play, every
thing, while the individual means to
nihilism nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

: is not often that a long news
paper clipping gets into this
column, but the following has
such a personal note and is so
interesting at this time, that it
is herewith reproduced. 1t is
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

Henrietta Crosman's early life is closely
associated with Omaha, for 1t was here
that her father. Major George H. Crosman,
an officer in the United States army, was
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

A L Wilbur presents Cole and Johnson
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

' view Of the storm Of cold
skepticism that broke upon the
heads OF Cook and Peary when
they announced In turn that
they had found what men Of
many cnnIurlna had sought
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

Corinne will be SEA- at the Burwood I'm
the original production Of tuneful Viennese
operetta Mile. Mischief next Sunday for
four days under the management OF Sam
S. and Lee Shubert. The ever-popuIar
comedienne has been surrounded by a large
company and chorus and the original
English pony ballet.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

"McFadden's Flats" which has had
many imitators and which outlived many
s~o-oalled musical entertainments since II
was originally produced fourteen years
ago. comes to the Krug theater four days.
starting Sunday, October "A. In an entirely
new dress. There Is not a duh moment
the piece, The action is incessant, the
situations funny and side-splitting and the
music and specialties OF the sort 10 make
anyone "sit up and take notice"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-04
EAST RUPERT

Mrs. Phelps is still quite i'll.
Merritt Chapman and wife called
at Earl Hills last Saturday.
Madonna Danforth is stopping with
her grandmother for a few weeks.
Clark Harwood and daughter Amy
took a trip to Granville last week.
Henry Lucia and Mrs. Emerson
took trip to Granville last Saturday.
Mrs. Vail and her son Edwin have
returned to their home in West Ru-
pert.
Mrs. Maude Perkins and her daugh-
ter visited friends in Rupert last
week,
John Dennison of Rupert is stop
ping for day or two with his sister,
Mrs. Charles Perkins,
NJ. H. Roberts and mother Of South
Walingford spent day with John
Roberts family recently.
Earl Hill had the misfortune to frac-
ture a bone in his leg and sprain his
ankle recently. DR.. Liddle attends
him.
Mrs. John Frost of New Boston was
in town for a day or two calling upon
friends on her way to Bennington to
see her father, Irving Hurd who is
quite i'll at the Soldiers Home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Rogers of He
bron ~ Y, spent a day last week with
b. Ladds family on their way to Dor
set to visit relatives. Mr.. Rogers was
taken quite III and was obliged to re-
turn to his home Saturday.