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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
One Effect of Publicity

NY@vERY much wish" remarked
k8I n of the most eminent of
Sek1 New York theatrical man
IQ939l ayers one day last week, that
49, persons who know what sums
successful playwrights are now re-
ceiving for their work would take
some pains to keep this knowledge to
themselves" He Immediately ex-
planned that this wish was not based
on any idea that there was anything
improper in publishing such infor-
nation.
my complaint against printing that
sort of thing" he continued, "s that
IL makes such a lot of useless trouble
for us managers and inspires such en-
untold quantity of useless. futile labor
on the part of scores and scores of
well meaning but mistaken persons.
l read in one of our theatrical papers
a few weeks ago a little paragraph TO
the effect that Eugene Walter. author
Of The Easiest Way who was sleep
ing on a bench in Bryant park three
or four years ago because he hadn't
the price Of a bunk in a Bowery lodg-
ing house, was now receiving in royal
ties somewhere between $4,000 and
$4,000 a week. The paragraph stated
that Mr.. Walter had on our three or
foul companies in The Wolf and
foul or five in Paid in Full not to
mention the New York company now
playing The Easiest Way and that
the total of his royalties was made
up of receipts from these companies.
Now I am not in a position to say
whether Mr.. Walter is getting as
much as his or not. 1 certainly don't
~begrudge 1t to him If he is. But I wish
to heaven nobody would print things
about 1t for the following comprehen-
sive reasons: This paragraph has
been copied in other apers and period
icals about half a million times, 1 sup
pose. Away down in Podunk or out in
Medicine Bow Mrs. Bill Boggs, wife
of old Bill Boggs, who runs the cor
ner grocery store, reads about Mr..
Walters big winnings. 1t looks
awfully attractive to her, and moth
ing will do but she must write a
play. She has never tried to write a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

classic lines. But he is not immeasurably
distant from you. There are parts of the
Elijah which would stir the average
person to his very core. And you know
his wedding March" and his Spring
Song"
Bach was a great and a classic composer.
His music is heavy, lots of it. But, pray,
do not forget that much Of 1t is not
heavy. There are Bach chorales which
would appeal to the ordinary liker of music,
and which today are the standard of choral
composition. There are banks and gentle
hills in Bach, as well as mountain peaks.
Wagner was a great Master in music.
Some OF US think he was the great Gull
mination of all that had gone before.
Some do not think SOL
You might not enjoy the wondrous mys-
tic music drama of "Parsifal," but il is
safe to assert that almost any audience
would be able to get a great deal out of
the Good Friday music of the vernal
equinox. With a good graphic explanation
the overture to '-'Tannhauser' or the Vor-
spiel Cprelude) to 'Lohengrin' would be
eagerly listened 10 by the average audience
OF persons, If well played.
Beethoven was a great master in music.
Perhaps his greatest works would be be-
yond the public, that is, in their entirety.
But there are pages and pages Of Beetho-
ven which would be a delight to the ordi-
nary assembly of people who would like
to love music.
In conclusion. this man of affairs, who
was not too busy to talk to you through
this column today, made this remark
II, .rA.,. ...l.. g4a . -
Psychic bearing of music. Music, after all,
is OF the Soul. 1t should appeal more to the
soul, than it does. 1t appeals to the phys
zeal sense, and sets feet a-tingling, but
music should be more than an accompanl-
ment or incentive to the tripping of feet
In a fantastic dance.
1T appeals to the intellect and gives
much joy to those who study thai phase
Of it; but It should be more than that.
1T should not be allowed to be frozen
into mountain tops of cold intellectism; the
intellect should be subservient to the soul.
Music must appeal to the depths of the
human soul, and musicians who know the
way should come and help the ~strugglers
up the heights. They should point out the
beauties they have seen and encourage the
patient toll upwards.
~ Tvs ~ 5pbh " anu Ol 1T mountain
top and cry TO the people in the valley to
come up higher.
The people must be led upward from
where they are, not from where they ought
to be-"
The people Of this community can be
helped upward in their musical progress.
1t is true that we stand too often on the
heights and call to the people to come up
higher.
Can we not devise some way whereby we
can help them to see that there is a path
from the valley to the mountain top?
Can we not point out the simplicity and
beauty of True Art?
There is a golden opportunity here ana
people are going to embrace 1t.
In the last week two musicians have
spoken to this writer about suggestions Of
fered by the Physician" two weeks ago I'm
this column. They took the matter seri-
ously and some are even now planning for
a definite action on one or two points then
considered.
The light is breaking; It is not yet noon.
But IL will bel II will bel
THOMAS j.. KELLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14
LATE eossIr FRoM sTAGELAND

Little Notes end Anecdotes OF Plays
and Players.
Miss Lorna Elliott has resigned from the
Bijou Stock company IN Chicago. and VIII
40 into vaudeville, billed as Lorna Elliott
& Co" Sully Guard will assist her In an
act which has been booked for several
weeks at the Chicago vaudeville houses,
and for a season in The west, II wanted.
Mr.. Askin. of the producing firm OF singer
& Askin Is now negotiating with MISS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Townsend Walsh. the young lterateur,
who precedes Otis skinner on his tours and
IS himself a Harvard man, has issued a
Harvard book Of the theatrical profession.
He finds that John Corbin, rs. Is literary
adviser OF the New theater; Percy MaCkave,
~. is more or less necessary to Henry Mil
Ter in a Ike capacity, and John Daniel VIII
hams, 'O8. editor Of Charles Frohman's
press work. Others are Julian pltinge, '2,
q bright iuminary Of the Honey BOY Minis
trels, and Harry Woodruff. 90. who is a
Prince at the Princess in Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

preciated. Those who nave toiled up the
heights, have done SO at great cost; the
progress has been slow and painful; often
the way has been lonely; often the foot
prints have been placed on rough ground,
full many times the weary feet have been
bleeding, and the heart aching. Let those
who wish to understand follow in the foot
steps Of those who have gone before"
Shall we adopt that idea? 1t is glorious,
1t is exalted in a way. it sounds logical.
1t seems to be true, and yet-well, and yet,
somehow it seems selfish. What was all
this painful progress for? What was this
self-denying renunciatory process for? Was
the ultimate goal Satisfaction for Self?
Does not that narrow the idea of Music
to a Fine Art for the delectation of the
Artist and the Select Few? Does 1t?
On the other hand, let u. take the Path
of thought.
Let our friend speak: "You musicians
must know that to the average person who
would fain be a music lover, music is like
a foreign language. You who are constant
students thereof, can converse with ease
on the mountain tops, but here are a lot
of strangers in your country. who would
" huoW your language. Wnat are you
going to do to help them understand you?
Now, musicians are not any more selfish
than other people. And stll here is an
accusation which truly makes one sit up
and do some meditation.
Assuming the same Illustration. does it
not seem as though the point is we'll taken.
and that the people who are prominently
known in the concert and recital world,
are like foreigners giving lectures on the
Forms of Construction of the language.
essays on Prosody and Parsing, to people
who wish to understand the language and
be shown the beauties of the foreign realm.
Should music be a language which we try
to interpret and explain, n language by
which soul communicates with soul?
Should Music, in this sense, be an Art
which would be classified as a Useful Art,
for the people, rather than a Fine Art for
the few?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Of this prolific author and producer. There
will be the regular Saturday matinee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

married. reposes In a correspondent the
following wifely confidence; III a married
man is called a Benedict IS a married
woman called a Benedictine?' And he an
swers; Not always. my dear. Sometimes
a lemon haraugue."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

is to he seen In The Goddess OF Reason;
The Herald SQUARE. where Kathryn hidder
is Appearing In "a Woman OF Impulse;
Maxine Elintt's. where C0rlotta NILSSON IS
PLAYING In This Woman and This Mani
the Majestic, where Three Twins arr
SIN To- be found, and the West End, where
the hill changes weekly. Relative 70 the
matter OF CanCelling arrangements Win inc
agencies, Mr.. Lee Shubert said; our pur-
pose I'm refusing to deal longer with the
Tyson company is to give tho public q
fair deal The hotel agencies expect TO got
certain blocks OF seats with the privilege
OF returning tho unsold tickets at $50
O'Clock IN the evening. Therefore, people
who come to the box office during the daN
are unable to bury seats which are at the
agencies, but which may be returned later
unsold. This Is an obvious injustice to
those who come TO the box office for ac-
commodations and for whom the rule OF
first come first served should strictly pre-
vail"
AT last Blanche Bates seems I'm a fair way
to realize an ambition to play Rosalind.
1T may be two years before ! get around
to it, David Belasco said last week, 'but
/ am going to present Blanche Bates IN
AS You Like It and Twelfth Night 1
am going to have a presentation OF Romeo
and Juliet with Frances starr as Juliet,
and / hope TO give the public a chance to
see David Warfield as Shylock la The
Merchant OF Venice
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

The announcement of the production of
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights
Dream with Mendelssohn's music at
Boyd's theater Friday evening, Saturday
afternoon and evening, March % and q.
under the auspices of the Association of
Collegiate Alumnae or Omaha, has inter-
ested many different kinds of people, more
so than almost any other theatrical af-
fair in recent years. Ben Greet has a spe-
cial following that is not of the theater;
"Everyman" and the woodland productions
gave him a strong hold on the interest of
the serious minded. Shakespeare and Ben
Greet together should suffice to draw a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

''The Lion and the Mouse built of such
excellent material and put together in such
admirable fashion by Charles Klein that it
bids fair to hold its place in popular favor
for several generations comes to Boyd's
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday March q,
% and %, with Tuesday matinee. Heading
the company is oliver Doud Byron as
John Burkett Ryder, the giant of finance,
who has no ambition aside from making
money and who to that end does not hest
tate to crush even his friends, his adver-
sary In the struggle that forms the basis
of the Klein play.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

What do you think about it?
Really, as this study of the relation Of the
people to music and Of music to the people,
opens up, it presents to the writer one
difficult problem after another, and not
the simplest one to answer is the one that
has been pressing itself to the front this
last week;
us music really an art which should be
developed with the idea OF being useful
i'm ministry? or. is music an art which
should be developed only for the devotees
OF a cult?'
IL seems to be a question.
Certainly. as this gentleman of whom
we are speaking. has said; VIVA is
there for the average person, in the aver
age best recital OF the average best
musician Your great singers sing great
programs Of great arias, from great operas;
your pianists play the greatest compositions
of the greatest and most difficult TO under
stand OF the great masters, and your great
viounists play the most elaborate and
most involved sonatas and oOncertos OF the
most ponderous composers; YOU orches-
tras play the most complex and most ex-
treme masterpieces by men who wrote
things which are only open to the trained
intellect of the advanced student Why.
even our brass bands have caught the cue,
and one hears heavy overture, after heavy
overture. and you don't know a thins about
what it means. or whether it means any
thing" e.
Musicians, There Is a thought, and IL
assumes the shape OF a very large and
pregnant thought.
What shall one think about it, Well,
about the first "think' is this: lis il
trueT' Must We admit that 1t is true?
1t looks as though the burden of proof
lies in favor OF the complainant. Our pro-
grams are heavy. moi for YOU, perhaps
possibly not for our neiEhbor, but Tor the
public. YeSD
Then. Il so. what as there for the aver
age person, who would like to love music
Now. tha leaves two roads open OF
which 10 allow our thoughts TO wander.
sha wo take. this path on which ",
hear the sentiment: Certainly that Is al
true-but music must be studied 10 be ap
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

10y conversation last week WITH a
9FS.N Y man who manages a great insti-
VIZ tuition the subject under discus
%saks~asA sion was the attitude of the
HGssT89b musical profession to the public.
S1aS5ssay This man is one who deals with
men, one who is possessed OF executive
ability which is continually drawn upon
through the necessity for quick action: a
man who is a trained thinker, and who,
while not a close student of the greater
things in music, Is a lover of music, as he
is OF literature and of the drama.
AS the musical department of The Bee is
trying to Get a Ire on the musical world
and on the musical profession. drawn from
an OUTSIDE Point. a few pertinent questions
were asked. One was this: Wherein do
we fail in getting the great public inter-
ested in the development of music in
Omaha?"
The man answered BY an Illustration. He
told of an arduous climb which he and
some friends made in ascending a noun
tain. Two of the party were athletes and
the others were not, Through much eXer-
tion and through much patient helping of
the others the entire party finally reached
the dizzy height, largely because of the
power of endurance possessed by one man
in the party.
Then the gentleman left the application
to be thought out, There are various ways
OF interpreting the parable.
one thought was given clearly and dis
tinctly by the speaker, and that thought
was along this line: Musicians live on the
heights so much that it ~dlscourages those
who might wish to climb. They present the
very highest peaks OF their art, and those
alone: and when the inexpert public sees
the difference between where they are eX-
peeted to be and where they know they
really are. the distance is discouraging. and
frequently the dear pconle turn back with NJ
sigh of dependency "a desist from the
perilous climb
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14


OF the new plays ~ the year, none has
engendered more discussion and won more
cordial approval than THE House OF Bond
age in which Florence Roberts and a re-
markable supporting cast will appear
at the Boyd for three nights and a Satur-
day matinee. beginning Thursday. March
IS. THE House of Bondage is by Seymour
Obermer, who seems to have won, both as
a dramatic ltterateur and craftsman. ex-
ceptional honors through this work. Miss
Roberts p~ortrays the wife Of an English
peer, the latter a brilliant parliamentarian,
but rather a neglected. consort. Philan-
thropic pursuits throw the wife frequently
I'm the company of n great surgeon. a man
who. in the kindlier qalitles of heart and
hand, is a happy contrast to the peer.
The husband is stricken with a vital brain
trouble, and the surgeon is called upon to
operate on him. The dramatic force of this
situation adroitly worked out can readily
be appreciated. Tho wife, OF course, figures
principally in the climax. There are other
characters OF practically co-importance,
and these are acted by such artists as
Arthur Forrest, Thurlow Bergen, Hallet
Bosworth, Harry Gibbs, Ann Warrington
and Mary Bertrand.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

gardens Of the parsonage and tho last
transpires IN the court room at WATERFORD.
Mr.. Figman will be supported by a thor
ughly capable company including Messrs
Ernest c. warde. Sydney Price, Frank j..
Kirke, Hugh Dillman, Stanley Wood. Her
bert Charles, Harry Lavian, Ernest Mack,
Ray Raceford. Jack Perry, Fred Allen
and Lolita Robertson. Lillian Rhodes
Wheeler, Agnes Everett and Myrtle Tame
hill.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Lincoln ]. Carriers play. TOO Proud TO
Beg" will be the attraction at the Krug
theater for three days. starting Thursday
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

The suffragette play, Votes for Women"
will be given in Wallack's theater, New
York, next week. Mary Shaw will play the
principal part. TIL play has been popular
In London, and because Of the interest In
this country in that movement. it is ex-
pected to excite attention. one of the fea-
lures In II Is a mob scene, I'm which 200 or
more persons are employed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

Mrs. Penelope Smith. dramatic critic OF
Columbus Dispateh. wha was r~snAntlv
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

upon another accidental success in a play
called 1.-THE Master Hand with which he
says he has startled the south. THE Mas
ter Hand is by Carol Fleming and was
first produced IN Boston more than a year
ago. II was withdrawn after a short run
and was on the shelf until Mr., Goodwin
took II down.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

There appears 70 be some doubt regard
ing Mrs. Brown Potter's retirement from
the stage. Last week she issued this state
ment: Mrs. Brown-Potter Is in good
health. She has much work ahead OF her
in England. She does not desire to make
any other statement about her affairs.
as she does not consider them of public
interest" To which her manager, william
Morris, added: 81 have a contract for eight
weeks with Mrs. Potter. She has apneared
for three weeks and / have no doubt she
Will complete the other five weeks when
ever 1 call on her"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

y conversation last week with d
man who manages a great insti-
tuition the subject under discus
sion was the attitude of the
musical profession to the public.
This man is one who deals with
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

At the end of the short play, "Gringoire,"
which Laurence Irving, his wife, Mabel
Hackney, and three other persons gave for
the first time in Boston recently, young
Mr.. Irving held the stage for a speech of
some length, He explained his good purpose
of bringing into American vaudeville such
worthy effort for dramatic art as has been
the constant aim of his father. His refer
ence to Henry Irving brought out hearty
and long continued applause.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

his enemies will be glad To
know that David Belasco Is
not responsible for a remark
put into his mouth by n para
graph that floatcd to the sur
face during the week. Mr..
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-14

There is a play now running in New
York which is teaching a great lesson. This
Is Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's great
play The Dawn OF Tomorrow" played by
from the pulpit as great a lesson as that
play teaches" said the Rev. Charles F.
Aked in the Fifth Avenue Baptist church,
New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-20
FAvORS HIGHWAY BUT
NEEDS BOARDS. AID
Council Asks for Recommendations as
to Road Through "Shoe-
string" Strip to San
Pedro

The board Of public works was asked
by the council yesterday to recommend
a method of constructing good perma-
nent highways between Los Angeles
and San Pedro through the "shoe-
string" strip.
A similar request was received from
San Pedro a few months ago and re-
ferred to the highway commission. The
latter yesterday reported to the council
tory running through any portion OF
the city of Los Angeles, and could not
comply with the request.
Yesterday communication was re-
ceived from the Municipal Waterways
association in which the council was
asked to provide some good street to
San Pedro. 1t pointed out that the
citizens of San Pedro were much en-
couraged when the council, a few
months ago, adopted a resolution de-
claring it would improve the water
front in San Pedro harbor as soon as
such water front came within the ju-
risdiction of the city.
The Municipal Waterways association
believes the road which San Pedro asks
for, to connect with Pacific avenue in
the harbor city, would be one of the
most potent arguments for annexation,
and holds that if Los Angeles would
take the initial steps in that direction
as an evidence of good faith, San Pedro
soon would be a portion of Los Ange-
les.
Practically the entire council is in
favor of the annexation proceedings,
and the only obstacle to building the
road, if there is any will be the cost.
II a plan can be found Whereby property
owners and city can join hands. in all
proba bility. the road will be built.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-20
COSMOS CLUB TAKES UP
CITY GARBAGE PROBLEM
Presents Resolution to Board of Pub
lie Works Respecting Collection
and VIII Ask for Extra
Appropriation

When the question of garbage collec-
tion comes before the council again the
civic committee of the Cosmos club, a
woman's organization, will have some
thing to say.
A resolution has been presented by
the club to the board of works, urging
that garbage be collected from the real
of residences.
1t is signed by Mines. J. G. MacLean
w. o. Toliver, Charles Santbury and
John Hess, who will take the matter
before the council and endeavor tc
have an extra appropriation sufficient
to cover the extra cost of collecting
garbage.
The whole matter was moved a steI
forward yesterday, being referred to the
committee of the whole in connection
with the board of public works and -tr
the city attorney to frame specifica-
tions.
Three features will be included ir
these pecifications-hog feeding, the
reduction process and incineration. The
council had set yesterday morning as
the time for hearing proposals as tc
the best method of disposing of gar.
bage. Just one communication was re-
ceived, and this suggested the reduc-
tion process.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-20
POLICE COMMISSION WILL
HOLD SESSIONS MONDAYS
Altered Date of Councils Meetings
Renders Change Necessary
VIII Become Effective
Next Month

The police commission yesterday
adopted resolution changing the day
of meeting from Tuesday to Monday
The change will be effective the first
Monday in February.
This change is desirable because the
meeting day of the council has beer
altered from Monday to Tuesday. The
council is in session most of Tuesdas y
afternoon while the police commission
is also sitting, and this makes it diff
cult for those who are compelled, by
the nature of their work, to attend
both meetings.
1t is also convenient for the police
commission. Sometimes the commits
sion wishes to present matters to the
council for immediate action, as Was
the case yesterday when it recon-
mended that positions be created for
eighty-five additional patrolmen. This
recommendation was sent to the coun-
Gil yesterday, but too late for action.