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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

firm of Abbey, schoeffell & Grau she
assembled a very efficient company and
toured as star in a number OF the roles
in which she has been most successful.
adding to them Juliet, Parthenia, Rosa
lind, Julia in 1.-THE Hunchback," Pau
line in '"rhe Lady Of Lyons and the
Duchess in Oscar wilde's tragedy Of
The Duche of Padua." Of her earlier
roles she again was seen as Desdemona.
Ophelia, Beatrice and Lady Macbeth.
II does not take the learned scholar to
realize the vast versatility of that young
actress. these well known roles speak
for themselves.
1t is perhaps a bit of ingratitude to
seek the cause of Mrs. Haynes return
to the boards. 1t should be sufficient
that she does return. But II is generally
believed that Mr.. Haynes was more Sc
verely hurt by the late financial ship
wreck than 1t Is generally believed.
When Mrs. Haynes engagement with
Miss Aliens company was first an
nounced she was freely quoted as nav
ing said that she was returning to help
her husband. 1t may not be that she
will ever become to theatergoers of to-
day what Minna Gale was to those of
twenty years ago, but there are two
things of which there can be no doubt
one, that at the age of 40 the true artist
has by no means outlived her usefulness,
and, second, that there are so few art
lists of Mrs. Haynes training and cali
Der now to be found on the stage that
every addition to that limited number is
sure to be received with heartfelt graft
tude.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

day, with Wednesday matinee. The prestige
Of the play, owing 10 Its remarkable sue
cess in Paris, London and New York, is
sufficiently great to promise that the en-
gagement in this city will be a record
breaker. THE Thief" was played at the
Lyceum theater, New York. for nearly an
entire season. and moro than half a million
people attended the performance. The
play is by Henri Bernstein, and since the
death of Victorian Sardou, is conceded
the greatest OF French dramatists. The
plot Is direct, and the playwright has pro-
vided a wealth of emotion and situation in
the three acts, which has hardly ever been
equalled by the greatest master of stage
craft. The company is headed by Charles
Dalton, an accomplished English actor,
who is a star of some magnitude both in
England and America. Margaret Wycherly
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

writer, Is the re-entry upon the stage
OF h famous Minna Gale, remembered
as the principal female member of that
unparalleled organization that contained
the names of Booth, Barrett, Bangs and
Davenport, making with Miss Gale a
quintet of stars that no nation OF the
earth can hope to equal at the present
time. Miss Gale, now Mrs. Haynes,
has undertaken the part of the Princess
~Chiaramonte, in f. Marion Crawford's
new play, The White Sister," a part
that. ever though 1t is second to that
assigned to Viola Allen, the star of
the company, In Importance, is still one
that makes huge demands upon the
actress, and will require the display Of
all the skill and artistry the former
Miss Gale acquired from her best teach
ers. Mrs. Haynes, 1t will be remem-
bered, retired from the stage while still
In the flush of youth, having married
Archibald Haynes, the wealthy insur-
ance man. Recently, however, her hus-
bands affairs have not run smoothly,
and, at the age of 40, she returns to the
vocation of her youth after seventeen
years absence.
To the hopelessly young, Miss Gale.
or Mrs. Haynes, as you may choose to
call her, doubtlessly requires some in
PRODUCTION. The full Pledged theater-
goer of twenty years will still remem-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
ABOUT AUTHOR OF "THE THIEF,

Man with superstitions, as Well as
Powers of Character Analysts.
Henri Bernstein, now world-famed as the
author of THE Thief is an interesting
REPUTATION of the notion that our modern
humdrum existence is deplorably l%evelling
and destructive of the marked individual
types which are so plentiful and so divert
ing in more l~eisurely days.
Mr.. Bernstein, it seems. while scarcely
"a character" Immediately impresses even
"the man in the street. by his personality,
which is one of fine distinction. He is a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

- IhAnAEN0 N0lNEdoA NNNNtA
n 1new and old stagecraft is of
~ Iforded By the visit here OF
ABernstein's THE Thief" clos
&140Hon the heels of Romeo an
H<G0 Joliet" Mr.. Bernstein is by
universal consent unsurpassed mons
he men of today in dramatic technique
md Gs a master OF cumulative cllmactlc
Iffect has hardly a living equal. lie be-
longs to the school which turns its nose
mp very high at stage devices long util-
ICED. For this school the aside for
instance is most obnoxious and the over
heard plot Is thrown into the discard
dong with the impossible mistaken
IDENTITY.
OF course Bernstein and all his con-
temporaries are a long long way behind
Shakespeare in a dozen different re-
spects. None Of them imagines for a
minute, except perhaps Mr.. Bernard
Shaw, that he comes anywhere near the
bard of Avon in understanding human
nature in perception OF moral law or OF
dramatic values as such. But they have
discarded and have general support in
the action a number of stage mechanisms
worn out by long use. In the theatrical
limbo these will pretty generally remain.
for while a playwright who is hard
pressed may wish to bring them back. a
consciousness of their reception will re-
strain him. This is one of the reasons.
by the way, why the old-fashioned sort
OF melodrama is being SO steadily re-
jected. particularly in New York, for the
gallery now boots when the second
comedian overhears the villain and the
adventures plotting the heroine's death
by the buzz-saw route.
Mr. Greet during his visit here the
last week established himself more solidly
h ever before in the good graces Of
Omaha the~ater-goers. While the music
of the orchestra, considered by itself.
had something to do with this, there was
another effect. the putting auditors en-
rapport with the spirit and atmosphere
of the drama and this tended to a better
liking for the efforts of the players.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

AT THE PLAY HOUSES THIS WEEK
Bills to he Presented by the Local
Managers.
Charles Frohman's productions Of 9TH
Thief will be seen at the Boyd Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

had set about to establish the fashion Of
maroon clothes for men, or rather had
courageously made himself a disciple Of a
whose disappearance from the
boulevards of Paris grieved him.
Charles Frohman feels a warmth Of in
terest in Bernstein that Is only less cordial
than the attachment he feels for the great
est Of his English plsywrights, j. NJ.
Barrie. There is as little in common be-
tween the French and English ~playwrights
as men as there is between their manu-
scripts as plays. but In popularity extrava-
giant almost to the point OF ecestacy, Bern
sein is to the French what Barrie is to the
English thester-going public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

will play the leading female role. and her
appearance here will be welcomed after
so many OF her stage conquests. Edward
r. Mawson, a sterling actor, and Mrs.
Hillary Bell. Arthur Lawrence and Leonard
1de complete the cast, exeelled as a travel
ing organization.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

In answer to the second question as to
what he might consider the most important
work being done by the musicians as a
professional class, the Lawyer said: IT
have no hesitation In stating as my opinion
that as a professional class the work Of
musicians has been most important in Its
results TO the community, In raising the
standard OF church music. Much good
teaching has been done, but that touches
the individual, The work that Is oeing
done in church music touches the eommu-
nifty. Years ago the standard OF church
music. with one or two exceptions. was
the Gospel Hymn TodAy that is all
changed. The standard OF church music
in Omaha is very high and its elevation is
the result OF quiet, persevering work on
the part OF serious musicians who have
brought up the tastes Of the e~hureh-going
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

When Viola Allen comes 70 The BOYD
Friday evening for three performances she
will be seen here for the first time in a
new play which has aroused more com
ment among critics. theatergoers and litter
ateurs than any dramatic offering for many
and many a season. The play Is THE
White Sister, > a most unusual story, both
in plot and subplot, the work Of the
famous writer's, f. Marion Crawford and
Walter Hackett When The White Sister
was first produced the announcement was
made that 1t would be interesting to watch
the attitude Of the Catholic church with
regard to this play and conjecture was
krife among the laymen of every sect as
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

0~M1A a SNIACo VI NA0NS "a y
f ing secured from representative
- men with regard to several
questions affecting the musical growth and
development of Omaha.
Two interviews have been printed. one
from a physician, and the other from the
manager of a large business institution.
These views from outside points were most
interesting and entirely different in form
and character.
Today the readers of this column may
he interested in what a w~ell-known lawyer
thinks about the situation.
Asked as to What are the principal
reasons why so few professional men,
laboring men and bushes men are inter-
ested in the musical development OF
Omaha" the Lawyer replied in part; TN
my opinion, the chief reason why a great
many people do not take an interest in the
development OF music in Omaha is that
they do not regard It as practical; there
is no money in it. to use the current
phrase. This is a commercial age. The
dollar talks and talks loud. Music can
not possibly be eommercialized, without
you degrade It; and hence the lack Of in
terest In its growth and development"
This reminds the writer that Just the
other day he was talking along this very
line with a well known insurance man
whose recreation outside of office hours
and business duties takes the form OF
musical enjoyment, rather than a game OF
golf or chip-stacking. He said that but a
few days before a man asked him why he
sans when there was nothing in II" for
him. He was not converting his voice into
money. therefore he was getting nothing
out Of It," Verify. one is led to believe
tina in a few years. or months. people
will not play golf except Tor $40 a side
for aught the writer knows, there mas
even now be money ION the green"
To another business mEn the writer said
a few weeks ago: why don't you let vi
a little now on the subjeet OF money max
ing, you have lots Of II, WHY not get back
a little way into musical activity, and gel
some enjoyment out OF your higher selfg'
And his reply was; "Oh, / don't care fol
money; II isn't that| have enough. But
I'm in the game, and l have got TO play
What Is the game? Is 1t anything higher
than beating the other fellow to it?" On
wonders.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

EVENT of sufficient lmpor-
lance to attract widespread
attention, even though 1t is
subsidiary to the appearance
OF a popular present-day star
In a new play by an eminent
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

weeks ago the music de-
partment of The Bee, 1t may
be remembered, announced that
a series OF interviews was be-
ing secured from representative
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

STRIKING contrast between
new and old stagecraft is af-
.forded By the visit here OF
.Bernstein's The Thief" clos
on the heels Of Romeo an
Joliet" Mr.. Bernstein is by
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

school Days" the one-aet musical
comedy, the very name Of which evokes
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

For holy week. the closing week OF the
Lenten season. the Burwood company will
present THE Sign of the Cross"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Personal and General.

The firm of Scott & Walker, real estate and insurance, has dissolved partnership, the interest of MT. Walker being pur- chased by R. T. Mcleod, a former part ner in the firm. Their offices will be on Nineteenth street between Avenues F and G.
 Joseph Lower left this morning for Pittsburg, his former home to spend his vacation. He will be absent two weeks
 Miss Lida Riley of Birmingham is the guest of Mrs. J, " Brigman on Ave- nue H and Twentieth street.
 Herbert Owens, who has been located in Bethlehem, Pa, for the past 12 months, has returned to Ensley.
 Dr. J, T. Kent, who has been attend ing a postgraduate course in New York and Boston, returned to Ensley this morn- ing.
 Miss Anna Belle Mcdonald, who has been visiting relatives in Chattanooga, returned home yesterday.
 Mrs Stella White is quite i'll at her home on Avenue D and Twentieth street.
 Mir. J. s. Keith and daughter. Miss Rearl Keith, will leave tonight for AL good, Tenn.
 Chester Branch of Louisville, Ky.> ia visiting his uncle, Henry Wertelle, on Avenue F and Twentieth street
 Mrs. B. F. North has been called to Cedartown, Ga, on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. A. M, Dunn.
 Jofh Morrison, who has been confined to his room since last Saturday on &C., count of sickness, is much improved and will be at his office Friday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
CUBA SETS ASIDE
 MONEY FOR DEBTS

Havana. July 1.-The strained situation resulting from the adjournment of Con- gress last night without passing the bud get and the issuance of the presidential decree, putting into effect Governor Ma goon's budget of 190S-O9, was relieved to- night by the action of the house which, at an extraordinary session, convoked by Senor Ferrara, the chairman. after coll sultation with the president, agreed to pass the budget as amended by the Senate.
 The amendments consisted of cutting out an item of $s4sSO5 for the payment Of lands at Vedado, on which batteries were erected under Spanish rule, and S5S, $40 for the establishment of a corps of police in connection with the depart ment of justice.
 The budget thus reduced amounts to SSS. 41S,302. This received the approval of the president and the decree issued to- day was cancelled.
 President Gomez's energetic action in promptly dealing with the question of the budget after the failure of the senate and house to agree is generally com mended
 Congress will meet again tomorrow and will hold few more sessions for the purpose of passing sundry bills, which have been amended by the sen ate These include the national lottery bill and the bill to legalize cock fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
DAYS HAPPENINGS
 ' IN WASHINGTON

Washington, July 1.-Income and cor poration tax questions were discussed today in the Senate. Among those who spoke were Senator Root of New York. who advocated the corporation and op- posed the income tax; Senator Borah of Idaho, who took opposite sides with Mir. Root; and Senator Owen and Senator Clapp who favored the income tax.
 But for the objections of one senator Mir Bull1eley of Connecticut, next Tues day would have been fixed as the date for a vote by the Senate on the income tax amendment to the tariff bill.
 Orville Wright made three successful flights in his new aeroplane at Fort Myer late this afternoon remaining in the air about 22 minutes all told.
 Fo4. the fiscal year ended yesterday government disbursements exceeded gov ernment receipts by $S9,S11 ,156, according to the treasury statement
 Rear Admiral Potter became chief of the bureau of navigation, succeeding Ad- miral Pillsbury retired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
REPORTS MADE ID
 ENSLEY COUNCIL Dr. FonviIIe Calls Attention to
 Sanitary Situation BARACA CLASS MEETING Interesting Programme Has Been Ar ranged for Tonight-Personal
 and General News of the
 Steel City.
BARACA CLASS MEETING

Ensley, July 1.-(Special 1.-The city council met tonight in regular session with President P. J. Rogers in the chair. The aldermen present were c. F. Lind, E. J. Owens J. W. Brigman, M H. Me Dowell, J. M. Martin, R. T. Mcleod, l.. A. Daniels, W. D. Craig, ". H. Zuber. Adam Pow, J. W. Stacey, N B. Stack; absent, G. ". Byrum and F. D. Fuller.
 The reports of the several city officials were received and referred to the proper committees. The report of the city phy- sician Dr. W. D. Fonville, was quite lengthy, and while reporting the general health of the city good, Dr. Fonville of- fered number of suggestions to the council relative to the sanitary condition of the city The report of the police com mittee, to whom was referred the charges against Night Captain Haies accused of assaulting J. M Gates, caused consider able discussion. The report recommend ed that Captain Hales be suspended for 70 days without pay, he having plead guilty to the charge The council con- cured in the report of the committee and he was declared suspended.
 Mayor D. F. Sugg made verbal report concerning the construction of the storm and sanitary sewers. This work will be commenced as soon as the details are ar ranged by the city engineer.
 The resignation of Joseph Martin as member of the board of education was accepted with much regret. The regular monthly bills and pay roll were ap- proved and ordered paid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Charge of Killing Father.

New Orleans, July 1.-Alexander Bu- ras, aged IT years, was arrested today at his home near Pointe a la Hache on the Mississippi river, 40 miles south of New Orleans. on the charge of murder Ing his father, Emil Buras. The youth shot his father while the family were seated at the breakfast table, according to news received here tonight. Neighbors assert that frequent 9uarrels had occur red between father and son and that the latter was heard to declare few days ago that he would kill the old man. The son, however, declares that the shooting was accidental and his mother made a similar declaration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
A Preachers Wages.

Norman Duncan writes in the July Har- Edmund Higgins, who ministers to the men in the lumber camps and leads 8 life of unselfish devotion.
 One asks why does Higgins do these things? The answer is simple: Because he loves his neighbor as himsell-beeause he actually does, without self-seeking or any pious pretence. One asks what does he get out of 1t? I do not know what Higgins gets. I was ashamed to discover. If you were to ask him he would say, innocently, that onde when he preached at Camp seven of the Green River Works the boys fell in love with the singing. Jesus Lover of My Soul'' was the hymn that engaged them. They sang it again and again; and when they got up in the morning they said, Say, Pilot, let's sing her once morer They sang it once more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Died in Dread of the Fourth.

Akron, Ohio, July 1.-Gustave Thiese a civil war veteran, who some time ago predicted his death would occur between July and 6. died today as direct de- suit the physician believes, of his dread of the coming Fourth of July celebra- tion Some time ago Thiese wrote let ter to the Akron Woman's Christian Temperance union begging that body to use every means to secure a sane Fourth. q know I cannot live through another Fourth" he wrote, If there is so much noise and life Is in danger It will be impossible for me to stand it." His ap- peal led to an appeal for 3 sane Fourth in Akron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
SERIOUS STORM ON
 COAST OF TEXAS Some Prominent People Have Lost Their Lives IS FLOODED One Town Is Total Wreck and All Buildings Twisted or Washed From Their Foundations
 By the Storm.
IS FLOODED

Brownsville, Tex, July 1.-The storm, which swept the coast adjacent to this section yesterday, did considerable dam age to property in various places ana several lives are reported lost. At Point Isabel several fishing boats were capslzed and two Mexican fishermen who were on one of the boats are missing ana believed to have been drowned In the boats cabin The round house of the RIO Grande railway at Isabel was blown down and the depot badly wrecked. Many small houses were blown down.
 It rained in torrents all day and 1t was impossible to see a distance of 30 feet. The people were panic c-stricken and 70 or 30 families took refuge in the large hotel of the railroad company during the day. A number of prominent St. Louis and Chicago people are among the summer visitors. The summer visitors at Tarpon Reach. on the lower end of Padre Island, were obliged to leave the club house on account of the rising water and sought safety on the quarantine station. No lives were lost and all were brought to Point Isabel from the island this morn ing Many fishing boats were capsized and one gasoline launch is missing.
 The life saving station on Brazos Island was nearly undermined by the water and where it formerly stood on the main land is now small island with 70 feet of water several feet deep between 1t and the mainland. Capt. Wallace Reed of the life saving crew was lifted from the porch of the station 15 feet in the air and fell into the water, but was holding life line, by which he was saved.
 Harlingen, 2S> miles from here, was
 totally wrecked by the heaviest wind and rainstorm In its history, It lasted sev- eral hours and laid low many buildings newly erected and did much damage | otherwise, many business houses and res- | idences were badly twisted and wrecked | beyond recognition. The country west of | the railroad Is one vast sheet of water. l The extent of damage to crops is not | known but many farms were inundated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
ADMIRAL AND THE BEY.
Diplomatic Story In Which a Lien and
 Pair of Pistols Figure.

From the Tid-Bits.
 A show of force Is often the best kind of diplomacy. A writer in a Paris news paper tells a story of the French Ad- miral Dupetit-Thousars who had been intrusted with the mission of exacting reparation from an African bey who had insulted a French consul. As Dupetit- Thousars' demands were supported by the forceful argument of loaded cannon, the bey Acknowledged that he had been nasty. and proffered profuse apologies. He even invited the admiral to his table, and had a sumptuouo repast prepared for his guest The consul warned the admiral to be on his gaurd.
 ''rhe bey is inclined to be malicious,' said he, and when he strokes his beard and smiles you may be sure that he is coneoetlng mischief"
 We shall see' was Dupetit-Thousars' reply.
 He reached the bey's palace in good time Profuse compliments and salu- tions were exchanged. All at once the admirals foot met some soft, hairy sub stance lying on the carpet under the table, he bent down and saw a huge lion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
DIRECTORS:

in the bunk-house at dawn-and the boss was much too amazed to interrupt They sang 1t again. All outn cried the boss: and the boys went slowly off to labor in the woods singing, Let me to Thy bosom fly and Oh, receive my soul at last dfverging here and there axes and saws over shoulder, some to the deeper forest. some making out upon the frozen lake, some pursuing the white roads-all pass ing into the snow and green and great trees and silence of the unde-.--- forest which the Pilot loves-all singing as they went Other refuge have l none; hangs my helpless soul on Thee'-until the voices were like sweet and soft-coming echoes from the wilderness.
 Poor Higgins put his face to the bunk house door and wept.
 :" I tell you, boys he told us on the road from Six to Four, 1t was pay for what ve tried to do for the boys
 'Later-when the Sky Pilot sat with his stockinged feet extended to red fire in the superintendent's log cabin on that bitterly cold night-he betrayed himself to the uttermost. Do you know, boys said he addressing us, the talk having been of the wide world and travel therein, T believe you fellows would spend a dol lar for a dinner and never think twice about it.
 We laughed.
 "1f l spent more than 25 cents, said he accusngly I'd have Indigestion
 Again we laughed.
 S'And if I spent 50 cents for a hotel bed.' said he, with a grin, I'd have the nightmare.
 That is exactly what Higgins gets out of it.