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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

notably the one at the Puget sound navy
yard, and the new naval station at Pearl
Harbor, in the Hawaiian islands, are so
designed that they may be extended in
length, but some Of the experts maintain
that the length Of a dock Is by no means a
factor to be considered. A S0,0OO-ton bat
tleship which has been disabled In an en-
gagement would, Of course. go to the dock
with much greater draft than the normal,
and it might not be easy to patch up such
a ship and fit her out 80 as to enable her
to go over the sill Of the dock.
stiIl another feature which must be con-
sidered is the width Of the locks of the
Panama canal, which have been designed
for ITO feet on the advice OF the naval
general board. This board was consulted
by the engineers OF the canal when the
possibilities OF battieship Increase for some
time to come were taken into considera-
ton. Already there is a prospect of a
SO.OOO-ton battleship with its beam close to
100 feet. 1t is significant, the naval Off
GERS say, that the German government IL
now rebuilding the locks of the Kaiser
Wilhelm canal so az to widen them for
military purposes from 30 to 17 feet
In the matter of battery for the new
ships, no doubt is entertained by the naval
ordnance officers regarding the superiority
Of the 14-inch as compared with the is-inoh
gun. IT will throw a greater weight OF
metal In the form OF projeoties and will
have a cor~Fespondingly greater range, Thus
enabling atbattleship so armed to do dam
age to an enemy having only Finch guns,
and keep out Of range Of the latter. That
is the prime consideration, and II Is a
question which no one has decided whether
under these conditions ten 14-inch guns
would or would not be q more effective
battery than twelve 12-ineh guns.-Nsw
York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

SHOULD change its prescribed shape
EVER so slightly, a few turns of the
Tension Resonator rods will restore the
shape of the board to its pristine con-
dition and consequent proper and magni-
ficent tone.
In simpler words this marvellous device
REGULATES the STRAIN upon the
pianos sounding board.
A visual demonstration would prove stu
simpler-and we should be pleased to ac-
cord this demonstration at ANY time.
: The Mason & Hamlin piano has q 'thou-
sand and one other points of superiority
its a masterpiece Of cabinet making and
finish--it has an ABSOLUTELY correct
scale-and the action is adjusted to a
nicely NEVER before equaled.
1t is NOT a cheap piano-it HAS NOT
been Eghtened here and there to enable
an Observation-Disclosures parts and
actions have NOT been substituted to
bring down the cost.
The Mason & Hamlin is a majestic orea-
ton for those who are willing to nav a
reasonable price for ingenuity, expert
ence, mechanical perfection and tonsl SUI
periority.
WHIT THE MASON q UAnErrN sPU-
CIAL PAELoR OH THIRD rLooR.
Twill become known a. . mecca for
lovers OF music.
The A. Hospe Co. entertains such a high
regard for the Mason & HamIin piano
that It has equipped a special Mason &
Hamlin Parlor" upon the Third floor of
its establishment.
Here, apart from the din Of the street,
one lingers-admires-feels rested-is
entertained and drinks in the tonal beau
ties of the Mason & Hamlin,
Here, side by side, are the grands and the
uprights-pianos in any modern style and
finish in cases that appeal TO the eye.
You are welcome-doubly welcome-to
spend as much time as you wish in this
little mason & Hamlin' parlor.
And don't forget the 'Tension Reson-
ator."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

for the cost OF providing a success falls
upon the owners OF the company. This
cost may be very great, because a dozen
c-ompanies-if the play is a proved success
must sometimes be shifted nearly half
across the continent. On the other hand.
when a production is a failure II Is likely
to De a dead loss.
what the stars Get.
In New York. and in a few theaters else
where, the rule is an equal division Of the
box office receipts. The exceptions are In
the case Of a star, like the late Richard
Mansfield, or e. Il. Sothern, who are in a
position 20 terms because of an es-
tablished following which insures a very
large business-or with a costly musical
show, In the latter case the division Of re-
ceipts is arrange on a sliding scale, the
company having an advantage after the
theater begins to make a profit.
The expenses of the company vary
greatly. For Instance, 'The Climax" with
only foul people in the cast probably
doesn't cost 500 a week, all told, yet 1t is
a very big success, with half a dozen COM
panies playing II in the same theaters and
at the same prices as plays and musical
comedies that cost four times as much to
run. At the other extreme Is Ben Hur ="
which costs nearly $1,000 a week to run,
and Of which 5000 is for salaries.
In a former article / gave some idea Of
the cost Of productions, the dramatic range
being, as a rule, from 5000 to $4,000, while
a musical show costs from $751; 900 to $4,000.
The exceptions come in spectacular plays
like The Prince Of I~ndia"-that cost S110,-
900 and failed-and Ben Hur'-that orig
inally cost $4,000 to present, with a net
profit thus far Of more than $780, 900, and
that bids fair to emulate the brook In its
running. Occasionally the cost Of produc-
ton and the operating expenses are so
large hat a manager is swamped. I think
the Waltz Dream was one of the most
beautiful comic operas 1 ever saw-as It
was the most costly-but 1t didn't happen
to be a phenomenal success. 1t managed
only to pay expenses, with receipts that
would lave insured a large profit ordi-
narily. On the other hand, The Merry
Widow productions cost only about $40, 900,
and the operating expenses were smaller
than those OF almost any comic opera pro-
duced in New York In the last decade. Yet,
during the first nine months of its run in
the New Amsterdam theater in New York
1t took in more than $1,000 900.
With a production that requires ar initial
outlay Of from $4,000 to $4,000, and from
$500 to 5000 a week TO run, 1t is plain
that the show must draw large houses in
order to prove profitable Even with an in
come OF 5000 a week over operating ex-
penses, 1t takes many weeks to pay for the
production,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

Something NEw-even in the "over-
worked " piano worldl
L Here's the surprise.
After years Of ripened experience, the
A. Hospe Co, of 1913 Douglas street,
abruptly takes up another make" to
head it's already famous list of pianos.
And this newly found treasure-what ia
it called-where is it made-how long
has it been on the market-WHY is II SO
marvelous2
One question at a time please.
The make is the MASON & HAMLIN,
IL is the product OF a most sincere and
nationally known firm Of instrument
builders-THB MASON & HAMLIN CO.,
Of Boston, Mass.
And the firm had its origin in 1S54-a
period long enough to afford the 'know
how" isn't it?
Now then, for an explanation WHY, the
Mason & Hamlin is referred to as 9TH
stradivarius Among Piano Fortes." Now
then for conclusive proof that It's subtle.
responsive, dreamy, exquisite tone is
EXCLUSIVE
Every Mason a. Hamlin plano is equip
ped with a "GERTZ TENSION RESON-
ATOR"-a device as important to the
tone of q piano as the sounding post is to
a violin.
A sounding post in a violin is the little
post directly underneath the bridge-the
means of giving the resistance to the
strain of the strings-the means of pro-
longing or "~resonating'' the tone.
The principle has been aptly carried
out in the Mason 8 Hamlin piano by q.
W. Gertz' invention-the aforesaid mar
yelous Tension ResonatOr."
Age, usage. climatic conditions and q
half dozen other causes actually CHANGE
the shape of the ordinary pianos SOUND
ING BOARD-that is why a piano Cal
ways excepting a Mason & Hamlin piano.
does NOT grow sweetsr toned with age
as does a violin.
Here is where the "Tension Reson.
ator' gets In its fine work Even If 8
Mason q Hamlin sounding board WE'RE
to become affected by age-by usage-oI
by climatic conditions-even If II
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
BIG SHIPS AND BIG GUNS
Prospective Additions to the Amer
lean Navy and the Arma-
ment

The designers of naval vessels are await
ing with much interest the results of the
trial of the first 1t-inch gun, which is being
built at the Midvale Steel Works, near
Philadelphia, and will be tested at the
navAl proving grounds at Indian Head
early in January. BY that time the naval
officials will probably enc something Of
the intention of congress In regard to In
crease Of the a The recommended
ton Of Secretary Meyer will probably be
in favor of two ba~ttleships, since hat is
the advice given him by the Naval General
board and the Board OF Construction
The experts differ regarding the main
battery Of the great battleship 10 be de-
signed. A conservative view is in favor
OF duplicating the ships for which con-
tracts have just been made-that is, g.
900 tons displacement, with twelve 12-inch
gum The same size of ship could be built
to carry ten 14-inch guns, but 1t is a ques-
ton whether IL is not more advantageous
In a " engagement to have twelve r.
inch instead Of ten 14-inch The al
Tentative which is favored by some pro-
g~ressive officers is a S0,OOO-ton battleship,
such as has already been described in these
dispatches, carrying twelve 14-inch guns.
This would be the largest and most power
full battleship afloat or under design, SO
far as the naval officers know.
There are many questions, however,
which must be considered in this matter
Of design for the new battleships. 1t Is
not merely a question Of power. Ships
beyond a certain displacement bring into
the problem the size of existing or pro-
jected drydocks, and at present there is
no drydock under construction or in exist
ence which would take in the SO,OOO-ton
battleship, The drydocks now being built,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
Easy Fat Reduction

When buttermilk and gymnastics were
the only cures for Overfatness many
people preferred TO stay faI-dreadlng the
remedy worse than the disease.
Now these two grim lions on the road
to siimness have been overcome and the
loss OF 20 to 30 pounds has become a
very safe and pleasant affair. You can
eat and drink and be merry and lazy and
still lose 10 TO 16 ounces OF useless fat
daily. Folks with double chins and stout
abdomens can lose them In a month and
yet not strain, bother or deny themselves
much, eitheF-any druggist will fix you up
and there Is no waiting; results begin
when you do.
Take a teaspoonful after each meal and
at bedtime Of this simple, harmless mix
ture: a OF MarmOia, y OF. Fluid Extract
Cascara Aromatic, and Sh oz. Peppermint
Water, and you will strip off evenly, with
out ~wrinkling. all the useless fat that
now annoys ana Furnishes YOU
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

without a s-tar-managers can send three
or four companies out at one time. Harry
D.. Parker has grown rich with Under
Southern skies,' which was written by his
wife, and in which Grace George first
played IN New York without being able to
make expenses. That was when her hus-
band, Mr.. w. A. Brady, was establishing
her as a star. 1t cost him R25O,OOo before
she had a profitable season, but long ago
she made 1t up.-Hartley Davis in Every
body's Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
salaries of

A musical comedy or comic opera of the
first class averages a cast of about sew
enty-five people, while 1 suppose about
seventeen Is the average number for a
ramat company. A prima donna, who is
not a star, gets from 500 to $3.50 a week,
the principal comedian from $50 to $500 a
week, the tenor from SIS to $500, the bass
about the same. The minor characters
range from $40 to 500 a week, While show
girls get S25 and $50. and chorus people
from $15 to SIS, the average salary being
about SIS.
In q dramatic company, a leading man
Is paid from 800 to $3.50 a week. the latter
salary being the highest that John Mason,
the best straight actor o the American
stage, commanded before he became a star.
A leading woman gets from 500 to $3.50,
while character actors like w. ]. Ferguson
and Z. M. Holland receive as large salaries
as those who play leading roles. The sal
aries Of the dramauo c-ompany-these fig
ures apply to the first class ones, remem-
ber-grade Town to SIS a week. There still
exist organizations which pay a small sal
airy and all expenses-''ten or fifteen a
week and cakes" in the vernacular. Lest
you may imagine that players are very
highly paid, it is well to know that the av-
erage income OF all the actors in the United
States is $50 a year, that Is SO a week
for every week in the year.
In addition to the players, each company
must have a business manage who usually
travels in advance, IN executive with the
company, q stage image a carpenter.
an electrician and a property man In
more p%retentious productions the working
stage force has several assistants. These
high class mechanics get from $25 to $40 q
week.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
His sudden Inspiration

All at once the after dinner speaker
found his ideas deserving him.
He had not used up half his time, but
he could think OF nothing more 90 say.
MY friends" he said, II presumS-erS
Suddenly q half formed idea occurred to
him.
He grasped It as a drowning man Erasps
at a straw.
II scarcely need mention to this intsIli-
gent company" he, said. the name OF the
real discoverer OF the North pole. AS YOU
all know, IL is"
Then the storm broke loose and h sat
down.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

the handling of baggage and scenery, with
various incidentals, amount to $500 a week
more, so that the total expense, apart from
Mr.. sothern's salary, Is $500 a week.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
side Ralke-Offs.

The theater has a source Of income In
addition 20 the sale Of tickets. A politician
might call IL honest graft-the sale of priv
ileges. Theaters like the Empire, Knioker-
booker, Hudson and New Amsterdam not
only get their programs free, but the pub
fishers pay about 5000 a year for the priv
ilege OF providing them, making their
profit out of the advertising pages. other
first class theaters receive as little as s., 900
a year. Slot devices, which yield opera
glasses, or candy, TO your dime are worth
from $50 to $40 a week 10 the theateT, on
the basis Of an equal division between 1t
and the owners.
Then there is the rakeoff on the tickets
furnished to the agencies which are usually
established in hotels. In the bic cities,
from fifty TO $50 OF the best orchestra seats
for each performance are sent out on
Monday for the ensuing week. These are
sold to patrons at an advance OF 30 cents
on the regular price, the theater getting
half. The seats which nave not been sold
are returned half an hour before the per-
Torrance begins. This doesn't include the
tickets that fall into the hands of the side
walk spectators. who always have a plen-
tiful supply when a production is popular.
Maybe this has some relation with the ex-
ceeding prosperity OF the treasurers OF
theaters.
Despite the heavy, fixed expenses OF the
theater that often exceed, by far, those
OF the company that plays In Il, this end
Of the business Is the more profitable. II
an attraction proves to be something
quite different, the failure can be closed;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

A reliable medicine for Group and ons
that should always be kept at hand for
immediate use is Chamberlain Cough
remedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
Travel ana Royalties.

Transportation charges, apart from the
baggage, average about IS a week for
each person during a season OF thirty-five
weeks. II only one-week stands are played
this drops to IS; II there are many one
night stands 1t jumps to about S2 a week
The handling OF baggage and scenery be-
tween the theater and the station is a very
considerable item, especially in one-night
stands.
Royalties to authors Of plays form a very
considerable item in the WI lie cost Of the
theaters. The business rule nowadays is
to fix royalties on a sliding scales per
cent on the first $4,000; 7 and IN per cent
on the next $1,000, and 10 per cent on re-
ceipts amounting to 5000 or over, for the
week. In New York a company must play
TO between 5000 and 1900 q week in order
to make money for the theater, and the
author gets his percentage on every dollar
that comes in the box office.
Expensive Companies.
The most expensive company. apart from
the big spectacular productions, is that of
a star playing In repertoire. like e. H.
Sothern and the late Richard Mansfield,
For Mr.. Sothern's company about $50, 600 is
the initial outlay each season-for a new
production and for refurnishing the old
ones. Costumes wear out fast and prop
critics 80 to pieces very quickly with the
constant use and hard handling. Then
scenery must be reprinted at intervals
His company includes fifty players, three
stage managers, three musicians and a
working crew Of carpenters, electricians
property men and fifteen handlers. Also
there are the two executives. The salary
list totals $1,000 a week. Mr.. Sothern has
fifteen personal trunks, while the Other
players nave a total Of s~eventy-five. In
addition there are twenty-five genera.
wardrobe trunks, forty crates and fifty
boxes for properties and electrical effects
1t requires eight baggage cars, sixty feet
long, to transport the scenery and bag
gage, and these bring the transportation
charges up 10 1900 a week. Advertising
including the additional newspaper display
and the printed matter paper, as all sheets
are called, amounts to $500 more and Just
about equals the royalties paid to authors
OF course Shakespeare isn't included in thi;
benefit, and Mr.. Sothern saves a little
there. Repairs, wages Of supernumerarie'
hired in each city, cost of rehearsals and
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-12-15
A DEMOCRATIC KING

The king of Sweden recently, ac-
cording to press reports, laid aside his
kingly dignity and worked as IL steve
dore for IL full day. He wanted to get
in touch with the actual condition of
his people.
Laid aside his kinsly dignity" we
said perhaps, but he put on the dig
nifty of honest labor, productive labor,
labor that contributes toward furnish.
ing the necessities of human life, and
the blisterS which were formed on his
hands were Il mark of honor far great
er than any of the decorations he wears
fastened upon the breast of his Sunday
suit.
What Il contrast with conditions in
this country
In Sweden royalty-the Amounted
and appointed of God-seelis to get in
touch with the common people as Ha-
rom al Rathschid, by being among
them. In America a President chosen
among S0,OOO,O0O people of this dem
ocracy, tries to get next to the people
by swinging around the circuit in u
private car attached to Il private train,
and guarded every minute by secret
service men and heralded by a CORDS
of newspaper writer's.
Oh, for the days of the real old dem
ocracy Baker City Dem crat.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-12-15
Western Pacific Eaving Trouble

The officials of the Western Pacific
railroad have struck problem in the
rOadbed construction of their line on
the salt fields, near the Utah Nevada
line, which bids fair to Outrival the
problems that the Southern Pacific en-
countered on its cutoff across the Great
Salt Lake, says the Ogden Standard
q. The problem that the Western Pa
citic officials are now trying to solve
is whether they will have to dig through
the heavy salt deposit I'd find IL solid
foundation, upon which they can fill
in gravel and strengthen the roadbed
or whether they will find the bottom
less pit of Lake Bonneville. The road
bed of this line, for seven miles near the
State line, is built upon old beds of salt
deposited by the prehistoric lake. The
deposits of salt were found to be of such
depth, at the time of the building of
the road, that the engineers considered
them strong enough to support the en-
bankmcnt and track Since the line
has been completed and trains operated
over it, the heavy rains have worked
into the salt and dissolved the founda-
ton on which the tracks rest. making
travel by rail impossible.
Trains over the line are running OH
Il slow. schedule and no effort is being
made to run on time Last Thursday
a freight train on the line was held at
the station of Wendover until Satur.
day before it could come through to
Salt Lake City. +. E. Schlaegter, the
local sheepman, who had taken several
cars of sheep to winter range west of
the lake, was delayed at Wendover two
days waiting for the rebuilding Of the
seven miles of salt road.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-12-15

be successful in every way and the
claim is made and proven by certified
reports that net profits from ton of
sagebrush ex 'eded $1,000. A move.
ment has now been placed on foot to
establish one Of these plants in, this city
and thereby dispose Of the sagebrush of
this valley and the surrounding
country. If the demonstrating plant
which will probably be erected, here,
proves success two things will h G
accomplished the lands of this valley
will he cleared Of all sagebrush without
cost to owners and the stockholders in
the company will receive good rate of
interest i'm dividends on the money
invested. Mt only this, but Il new
industry will nave sprung up in our
midst and mnny men will of necessity
be employed il the plant. 1t is safe to
say that there is enough sagebrusb in
the Immediate vicinity of this city to
keep the pEtntrunninS for decade and
with the prGii that is guaranteed on
every ton of the material worked the
proposition W i prove. big thing for
investors A any. rate the matter is
now being taken up and unless some
thing unforeseen happens Il demonstrat-
ing plant will rs built in this city at an
early date and The people will be given
a chance to sea what can be done be-
fore they will oa asked to support the
new industry. Carson Appeal.