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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
VISITATION OF PROVIDENCE"
Absurdity of A~ttributing Evil TO
God Revealed to Those
Who Think.

Men speak Of the earthquake In Italy, by
which multitudes persisted. as "a visitation
Of Providence" If any calamity happens
1t is a visitation of Providence or the act
Of God" Men are very quick to attribute
evil to God, but to claim the credit Of that
which is good to themselves. If the coun-
try is prosperous 1t is the result Of the
tariff, the wisdom Of the lawmakers or the
energy and enterprise Of the people. We
never talk of prosperity as a Visitation of
Providence" But IL evil befall the land,
II there Is war, psstilence or famine or
death and destruction In casualties, then it
is a visitation of Providence"
Mr.. John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia
merchant, undertook to convince the Young
BILE earthquake in Italy was "a visitation
Of the Almighty for disregarding the law Of
Mount Sinai" Among those who died in
that dreadful calamity were thousands OF
infants, who did not know their right hands
from the left and had never heard of the
law of Sinai. Did God visit death upon
these for the sin or the others? And Jesus
answering said unto them, Suppose ye that
these Galileans were sinners above all the
Galileans because they suffered such things?
l tell you, nay " " " or those eighteen
upon whom the tower In Sloan fell and
slew them, think we that they were sinners
above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 1
tell you, nay That was a distinctly diff
ferent doctrine from that which Is taught
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

which Mr.. Savage has done through his
opera companies and their opera in Eng
lish. 1t is not yet perfect, but it is a
great stride onward.
But enough. Here is the communication
referred to-:
1T is to be regretted that not until the
very last day of their engagement in this
city did the Italian Grand opera company
introduce to Us works Of such purely
Italian character as 'Cayalleria Rusticana'
and L Pagliacci.'
1T certainly is wrong to waste the few,
the very few occasions for hearing grand
opera in this part of the country on
operas which have been heard here, time
and again. This would be excusable had
the company something new TO show us
in the way of stage management or novel
Interpretation of works, which would be
able 10 arouse new interest in operas
sung here many times before by more
famous, if higher priced companies. 1t
certainly Is to be deplored that q company
whose repertoire includes 'Othsllo,' La
Boheme,' and Fedora, Che latter written
by the modern Italian composer, UmberlO
Giordauo) should delight in repeating over
and over again such old familiar operas as
Faust and Lucia
Nowadays we are quite convinced of the
fact that the old Italian school OF opera,
as represented by DonniEstti. Bsliini ana
even by Verdi in the earlier period OF his
life meant an accomplishment Of the high
est merit for their time. But while the
present writer doubts very much whether
the importation OF foreign opera singers,
singing in a foreign tongu practically
not understood by the larger part of the
7 A. l. .-N.-na.-a T.
forts now being made here and there in
this country TO create a national American
operate art. yet he believes that the least
thing We can expect from musical organiza-
tions coming across is that they show us
the present standard of their own national
art; that is. to show us that since the days
Of old, when the old favorite operas of our
grandparents were written. Italy has pro-
duced equally great, II not greater must
clans, composers who know the secret of
keeping up with the progress OF their time,
which had created a new form of operate
art, that OF the musical drama.
1T was Verdi who realized the great ar
tistic revolution that had it's center in the
small, heretofore practically unknown,
Frankish city of Bayreuth, and who, I'M
der the influence of this newer, greater
form of musical art wrote his last works,
Aida, 'Othello' and Falstaff.' Since then
Italy has given the musical world Pietro
Masgni, the creator OF the 'Verismo,' il
has produced Leoncavallo and Giacomo
Puccini, to mention only the three names
most prominent In the brilliant row OF
great opera composers.
Should 1t not be the mission of visiting
Italian operate organizations TO make us
more acquainted with the works Of com
posers purely Italian in character and en-.
tirely modern in musical construction, in.
stead of again singing to us the dear old
ever fsvorts' Ssxtstts from Lucia ant
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

with recaicitrant husbanda.. II amounted,
as far as concerned the man, 30 a TO be
returned on d~isapproval" matrimonial sys-
tenn. Tho woman could continue 70 expert
ment until she was sure she had found a
mate to her complete liking before enter
ing on a binding contract.
There is no civil marriage for orthodox
Russians. and divorce for them is still
a question exclusively for the church
courts. Separated households are con-
sequently very frequent. The custody Of the
children in these cases is a problem for
which the congress failed to find a new
solution.
n most formidable stumbling block
for the feminists was encountered in the
political section Of congress. The leader Of
the women socialists maintained that there
was no woman question in the doctrines
of socialism. Her friends were united on
the subject, as they placed the two sexes
on complete equality.
This line of argument did not commend
Itself to the m~oderates in the congress-. in
Guiding several women Of standing in Rus
sian society, who wished to %confine the dis
cussions to the moral and physical better
being Of their sex, but they were not able
to resist a resolution in favor of universal
secret suffrage for men and women alike.
Work and Wages.
In the section for women's work and
wages the congress voted for an eight hour
day and specifically for an order making
1t illegal to employ women at manual labor
for a month before and a month after the
birth OF a child. Moreover 1t asked that
women should not be employed in mines
or at occupations injurious to them.
At the moment of closing the congress
an advanced spirit felt that a thrill was
wanting for a fitting feminist denouement.
She called aloud for the abolition Of cap
ttal punishment.
Her unrehearsed effort brought the in
evitable police official to his feet with an
order to close the meeting. as II had no
right to censure the existing order" Al
the business of the congress was over the
incident had no sequel and partook Of the
nature of a suffragette's parting shot at a
magistrate. Respect for the existing order"
abroad was insured by prohibiting the dis
cussion of a resolution approving English
suffragette tactics on the ground that 1t
expressed censure of the government of a
friendly power.
There were 40 banners, but the eighty
year-old mother of the movement, Madam
Fflosofova, received a large collection OF
original poems in her honor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
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the pagans looked on in security and en-
Joyment. Does Mr., Wanamaker believe that
all these things happened to those devoted
people because they had disregarded the
aw Of Sinai? There comes a time when
Gods patience is exhausted" says Mr..
Wanamaker. Who is he to put limitations
upon Gods patience when we are told that
His mercy is everlasting? The truth Is that
the occurrence of such calamities as that
which has befallen Italy is a mystery. No
human mind can fathom the purposes Of
the inscrutable Providence-no finite mind
can measure or comprehend the infinite.
When these things come upon mankind
there il nothing TO do but to accept them
with submission and in the belief that all
things work together for good.-Baltimore
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

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law CT Mount Sinai? In the early days of
Christianity thousands upon thousands Of
devoted Christians were tortured and had
trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,
were stoned and sawn asunder or were
thrown to the lions and torn to pieces while
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

We are getting worse instead of better
along this line. Because why? Well just
because our own people now go abroad
and come back to use with the poison OF
enimity against the English language
tesaue to hear Americans after a few years
COR months) abroad, come back and find
that they cannot express themselves in
English. and cannot possibly sing in their
own language CThe reason, of course, is
simple-namely that such people cannot
speak" their own language. much less
sing it,
And worse still, are American composers
are NOW writing music for foreign words,
oblivious TO the beauties OF English litera-
ture which could be found in the libraries
of their respective cities.
OF course one must take the trouble 10
look for gems, they are not usually TO be
found in the lO-cent magazines.
Last season. from one of our leading
publishing houses in this country, The Bee
received a number Of songs written by
American composers OF the present day.
and found most OF the songs written TO
German or French text.
Now this is nothing against the German
or French text, but in all decency, why
did not these composers get the help OF
some iterature-Ioving friends, or English
literature teachers. so that they might be
directed to the writer's who wrote songs
which are themselves verttable poems OF
music, waiting for harmonious settings2
We must however, In hope OF better
things. rejoice In the magnificent work
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

by Mr.. Wanamaker. OF the twelve Apostles
only one died "A natural death, and he died
after a life which was a living death. All
rest were done to death In the most
manner. Was tina a visitation Of the
Almighty because they had ~disregsrded the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

one OF the musical event OF interest in
the near future Is the recital to be given
by Mr. W. II, Noidlinger, the celebrated
American composer, under the auspices Of
the music department OF the Women's
CLUB, at the First Congregational church.
about February IS. II will be a lecture
recital, the title being An Evening With
w. II Neidlinger, Some Ideas, Some Ideals
and Some Songs" MI. Neidlinger's songs
are in the repertoire OF nearly every singer,
and a large audience will undoubtedly be
present to hear the composer on his first
appearance here.
The musical department Of the Women
club will meet Thursday afternoon at 2l5
O'Clock, sharp, when a program entitled
The Dance" will be given under the direc-
ton Of Miss Blanche Sorenson. Mrs Ed
ward johnson will read a paper. Dance
Music from the Early Ages to the Present
Time, and a ladies, quartet composed Of
Mrs. g. w. Nobel, Miss Blanche Sorenson.
Miss Ruth GausOh and Miss Harriet Becker
will sing a "Minuet" by Patty Stair. Mr..
Wallace Lyman, yiolinist, Will play the
Brak~uls-Jvackim Hungarian Dances and
"Anitra's Dance Greg, and Miss Hazel
Smith will sing the waltz, 'Se Saran Rose"
Ardite. Kroszkowskis waltzes and Spanish
dances and the Ballet music from 'Fera-
mors,' by Rubenstein, for two pianos will
be played by Mrs. Edith l.. Wagner, Miss
Eloise Wood, and Miss Marion Ward and
Mrs, J. b. Langley, and the following
group Of ancient dances will be played by
Mrs. Wagner: "Minuet," Scarlotti; Cor
%rente," Frescobaldi; "Minuet," Grazzioli,
and Jig Handel.
Since Mr.. Cuscaden's departure for Berlin.
the Robert Cuscaden School orchestra has
continued weekly rehearsals under the
direction Of Miss Emily Cleve. A recital
with Miss Essie Aarons and Master Donald
Smith as %soloists, will be given Wednes-
day evening, January 2, at the Schneider
q Mueller auditorium. 1913 Farnam street.
Addison Mould, bass. pupil Of Fred g.
Ellis. Admission is free and the public Il
cordially invited
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

You who reap less than you SOW YOU
who fall short of your full possibilities.
You who use arrows where grape-shot
is needed, then wonder why others sue
coed better than you.
You who seek ability-here is some
thing you should know.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

the sad old story of Faust and Marguerite,
which really is nothing more than a Ger
man dish served in a French, altogether
too French manner?
THE opinion of the present writer on
this subject certainly prevails among
singers themselves, for they seemed TO
feel quite at home in their parts in
'Cavalleria Rusticana' and I Pagliacci.'
They needed no artificial makeup to look
like what 10 known as the typical Italian
peasant. Perhaps for this reason they dis
played far more temperament and true
Italian fire and gave a performance which
excelled anything they have ever done here
before. And 1t was a great JOY, indeed,
to see the attitude of the Omaha people
who at this performance completely filled
the Boyd and In their enthusiastic recep-
tion of the two works showed that they
certainly were up to a more modern form
Of opera than was given them by the com
pany the two previous nights"
Yes, the correspondent awakens mem
cries of certain paragraphs printed in this
column just last year. along these ways
of thought. The singers do, as a rule, like
to sing the more modern things, and it is
doubtless the old story Of money" over
again.
Al oiANlSAlN ~ OiCo Sdlu Alldl the
root of all evii' was the love OF money"
Not money, mind you, but just the love"
OF it.
And so the operate manager, loving
money more than music, and studying the
boX-offioe sheet, rather than the stage,
simply presents the opera which, in his
opinion, will draw the most money. And
then sometimes announces that lat the
request Of the music-loving people this
more profitable" work will be presented.
o.
The only people who really promote
musical progress are the people who want
probably challenge this. But, in the main,
1t will be found true.
The people who want the dear old melo-
dies are good, too; their place in the
scheme is to hold a balance, so that the
greatest of the old masterpieces will not
be forgotten. But, it must be remembered
these old melodies were one time new"
and people of conservative tastes doubtless
disliked them as modern, and wished for
the other good old melodies which their
grandfathers used to enjoy.
And the new" things of today, will be
the old things of the next decade, so
that nothing is really entirely old or en-
tirely new, The thing to be desired is the
capacity to hear. 1t is the hearing ear
that must be cultivated II we would enjoy
music.
A wise man once said: The ear of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
One-Man Power

Under the Old Way, such problems
were left to one mans solution. Most
agents do that today.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

II an American sings in a foreign country
he must only sing the language OF that
country, but sing 1t is well as q native,
or else he will receive seant courtesy.
other countries are very Jealous of their
language and resent any bad pronuncia-
lions by Eng~lish-speaking singers.
But we, who boast Of our independence,
who brag of our supremacy, who talk very
largely about our patriotism, will pay good
money to hear people sing whole perfor-
mances in foreign tongues which only a
few of US know.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

wise use their ears and heer, Let us not
be as those who having ears, hear not. -
That leads to atrophy. And 'atrophy' is
a polite word for wasting away" ''slow
cancellation" Beware of tuberculosis of the
gift Of hearing" T. j. X.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
We Pay One Ad-Writer
$1,000 Per Week

The head of our Copy Department re-
ceives a salary of $1,000 per week. He
divides his time between New York and
Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

CORRESPONDENT CtP. B.")
sends the following communica-
ton to the music department OF
The Bee, regarding the opera
season which closed hero in
long-drawn-out intermissions last
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

Saturday night. The letter contains much
that is worthy OF reflection and It would be
well if more people felt some senti-
ments about operate matters. and aired
them in the press.
The music supervisor Of The Bee has
often written along the same line, but has
despaired OF seeing in the near future, a
demand for the use of our own language
in singing. We can not go to dine without
either knowing the French language, or
running the risk of getting something We
do not want, rather than display our lack
of French knowledge to the waiter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

A wise man once said: THE ear Of the
wise seeketh knowledge" It is a strange
saying when one looks at It first, II is
not: THE ear OF the wise heareth," nor
is 1t the mind Of the wise seeketh." But,
"the ear Of the wise seeketh knowledge"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Musical Notes.

Musical Notes.
The program OF the song recital to be
given by Nine. Corinne Rider-Kelsey at the
First Baptist church on Tuesday evening
follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

which Mr.. Savage has done through his
opera companies and their opera in Eng
lish. 1t is not yet perfect, but it is a
great stride onward.