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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

given Il judicial review II was found to be
not unfit or IMMORAL in the least. And.
wonderful to relate, Immediately the pub
nc lost interest in Il. II Mrs. Warren and
Fanny lie Grand can get by the New York
courts, one wonders why a hullabaloo is
raised over salome. More especially when
It is admitted that prurience subsists
rather in what Is suggested that what Is
revealed. All the defense that has been
piled up in support Of the nude in art ought
to apply here to the salvation of salome
and the confusion Of the others.
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Incidentally. David Belasco doesn't seem
to take the matter so very seriously. The
only new play offered in New York at the
end Of the Lenten period was a German
comedy at the Irving Place. 1t is a sweet
little thing, OF the light and dainty order.
A noble countess has kept up a home for
Magdalenes, and has made quite a show Of
1t, but no Magdalenes have sought refuge
there. A still nobler high and well born
prince person, who is enamored OF the
countess, calmly ignoring her husband,
comes to inspect the home, and the count
ess, in order that he may have something
to inspect, induces two maidens who have
never gone astray to enter and assume the
character for the time only. Just ther
along comes a real one. and when his au.
gust highness arrives, behold the home has
three inmates His experienced eye leads
him readily to detect the fraud that two OF
the young women are practiclng on him
and they are incontinently ousted because
Of not being fully qualified to infest Q
home for he rescue Of those who have
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

There is another side to the proposition.
Many local professionals have sung and
played for US for nothing. This is all
wrong. or all the musical organizations
IN the city We are best able to pay for
what we hear. Musicians must live. They
have house rent to pay, food to buy; they
require clothes. and they certainly do not
get in to see a play or hear a concert for
nothing. How are they going to live and
have a little fun as they go along, II we
who are able to pay for their skill refuse
to? This isn't a problem just here in
Omaha. II reaches as far as music has an
influence. Read your Courier and see how
the battle RACES in London and New York.
Conditions are the same everywhere. There
are the same Obstacles to overcome. 1t is
folly to expect much but Encouragement.
but every good fight turns the tide a little.
Think Of Theodore Thomas, working and
giving his great brain and genius for seven
years in New York. and yet no money
forthcoming for his dream of a permanent
orchestrs. In the end he left, physically
defeated. but his work stood and had its
blossoming later in Chicago.
Right here is a good MAILER story, which
points a moral:
for the performance OF Beethoyeu'E
Ninth" symphony last night Tuesday,
at Carnegie hall. Mailer had five re,
hearsals. He thereupon demanded six ad,
dltional rehesrsals for the cellos and basse,
alone. When this request was made, tn.
manager OF the concert told Mailer that 4
was impossible on account of the expense
and, furthermore. they had just rehearseC
six times with the New York Symptom,
orchestra, Whereupon Mr., Mailer said
THAT is the very reason I van them L
rehesrse six times with me-"
Then behold Walter Damrosch; He har
already engaged Carnegie hall for ever!
Saturday afternoon next season. the hes
place in New York for orchestral con
certsl
The war Of standards is precisely tn
same in all places
What shall we do? Shall we trot alonI
comfortably In the old track. or shall W
march well up with the procession and d
a few things?
This season we have seven recitals-tw
artists r~ecitals. one open night and fou
programs-strictly within thu club. / ca
see a way TO fill our treasury. The troubl
has always been hat 9 few people did a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

fallen. But he realizes with equal facility
the genuineness Of the third, and she is
permitted to remain. Also to receive some
attention from his high and we'll born
augustness, which fact pleases the countess
to the extent that the young person, who
is not so tearfully ~repentant as she ought
to be, is made managing directress of the
home. And then the intrigue OF the count
ess and the prince continues, till the last
act, where the managing directress of the
home is found presenting to the authorities
the fact that the home is without inmates,
save herself, and asking for permission to
devote 1t to the uses Of 1.-The Oldest pro-
fession in the world" And this Is declared
to be 5martly written. and the young
woman who assumes the role of the
genuine Magdalene is said to be uncom-
monty clever. 1t developes that when the
New York managers who were impressed
with the quality of the play by reason OF
the laughter it occasioned, sought the mex,
day to secure rights for its adaptation to
American uses, they found that Mr..
Belasco had secured them the night be-
fore, the thrifty David having seized the
opportunity soon after the fall of the last
curtain. Mr.. Belasco ought to embellish
this wonderfully well. He has done some
thing of the kind before, but he has not
yet had quite the opportunity that is here
offered. Maybe New York has delayed the
censoring of the drama too long.
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A little nearer home we find poor Saloms
being named right out in meeting, so nc
mistake as to who is meant may pos.
sibly exist. TIL Iowa legislature enacted
a law forbidding indecent or immoral ex.
hibitions or plays and especially desig.
mated "Salome' as one against which the
anathema of the law is pronounced. Nc
attempt is made to draw the line between
the several sorts Of "Salome' that have
been offered. The Wilde drama and tn,
Straus opera are equally blscklisted, anc
the Olive Fremstadt. the Mary Garden
the Maude Allan. the Isadore Duncan
the Gertrude Hoffman, the Eva Tanguas
ana all the other grades and variants O.
the role are put down as things not L
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

EQ9NSQk sure IN re-introducing, to the
- readers of this musical column,
the one WHIP for considerable time
ruled over its destlnies. The follow
Ing article from Mrs, Mary Learned, sope-
time musical critic of The Bee, will be
appreciated by all readers. Mrs. Learned
has recently been elected president Of the
Tuesday Morning Musical club and she has
something TO say which will be Of interest.
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Mr.. Kelly has very generously offered. me
his column today for the purpose OF setting
down a few Ideas which have had about
the Tuesday Morning Musical club.
Omaha is a city of 10000 people. Its BUSH
ness interests are tremendous. Prosperity
is written in every line OF its makeup.
The time is arriving when the aesthetic
standards OF the town should be keeping
pace with its material wealth. One OF the
ways TO help along the cause is for the
members OF the Tuesday club TO stand
together In the acceptance and maintenance
of high standards in enthusiasm for great
artists who visit Omaha and in financial
support OF great musical enterprises. There
should be a spirit in the club which goes
beyond listening with attention to our own
programs, We must broaden out. Take
more artistic responsibility, and II is a
question II the time hasn't come to enlarge
the club and put it on a basis with other
typical womsn's musical clubs in the coun.
try.
In order 10 do better and finer things W.
need more money. Our dues, even with IN,
Increase this year, are away below othel
clubs of The same foundation and aims. Il
we had more members and met In on,
accustomed place We should have more I,
do with, and a definlteness in our plan.
which is now impossible.
Some members say, well. you'n get /
50 big that no one will dare 10 sing o
play. II is N ordeal now" The answer 4
that Is, Are we going to grow. or are W,
going to stand sull?" Il doesn't seem as /
the screWing-up process was any harde
before 100 people than before 800. One ca.
do ones best and that is absolutely al
mo- the angels Of heaven sit In judgment
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

race track scene at Longchsmps on Grand
Prix day. The lawn of the race track is
filled with handsome men and beauteous
women, CARRIED In the extreme of fashion
and parading to show themselves 70 the
world at large. Another scene shows the
Pontfex Bridge club, where the London
world Of society plays for high stakes and
plans its social campaign of favor or ostra-
cism. still another of the scenes. and one
which made a veritable sensation tonight
was the dog breakfast at the Park Lane
mansion of the duchess Of Danebury. Here
some dozen or SO women bring their pet
dogs to be pampered and petted anew. A
golden table and specially made chairs OF
gilt are there. while the most expensive
fare is served to the dogs by their mis-
tiesses. who wait on them. Still another
is that Of the falls in the river. where Sir
Dorian makes a leap over the falls ana
into the boiling, surging mass Of water
below, and so escapes arrest for a sus-
pected burglary of which he 10 innocent
Sir Dorian is the deus ex mechine OF the
story. the evil genius being a certain social
adventurer known as Noel Ferrers. Fer
rers and Sir Dorian both love Lady Gwen
dolen Ashley. the fair sister OF Lady Mar
ian beaumont Ferrers, who is the adviser
Of Lady Marian, gets her into trouuie
through his desire to have her in his power
and so force Lady Gwendolen to marry
him. Lady Marian is a bridge whist player
and her stakes are heavy. She loses ana
loses and to recoup she borrows from q
morey lender; piunges on the favorite al
| Longchamps and again loses. Then comes
/ the step that leads to her ruin. She steals
a packet which would ruin her social
career; she almost commits murder ana
she induces her sister to accept Ferrers
rather than axe the consequences OF her
own foolish crimes. Blu Sir Dorin' atter
| almost incredible hardships, manages 10
clear Lady Marian and wedding bells are
dolen when the curtain falls.
ringing for his marriage with Lady Gwen
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

is played so we'll that 1t Is almost per-
feet, should not miss seeing The Family
when IT comes to the Boyd.
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The new Orpheum theater in San Fran
cisco, erected at a cost of over $1,000
600 on the site Of the one destroyed by
fire, will be opened tomorrow, April 10,
three years to the day after the demoi-
ishment of the former house. 1t is one
of the most complete and best-equippcd
theaters in the country and no expense
has been spared TO make It complete in
every detail. IN stage has the finest
switchboard of any thester in the west
and everywhere electricity and hydraulic
pressure is made to simplify the work.
The auditorium is decorated in a scheme
of old rose and ivory which gives it an
air of refinement.
Brooks & Dingwall made a ten strike
Wednesday night at McVicker's theater,
Chicago, with their production of the
Drury Lane melodrama, The SIM OF So
ciety," a play satirizing the foibles OF the
social world and pointing a salutary les
son on the evils of gambling. The tri-
umphs of the night were many, the great
est applause going to the great scene CT
the wreck of a troop ship, which goes
NONA NAeA @NV = va hC SkOiC
Is the climax of the m interest of
the story. The hero, Sir Dorian March,
is about to be shackled as a thief and
murderer, the wireless telegraph having
tracked him to the ranks OF the troop
ship in midocean, but Just at the moment
Of his arrest the vessel goes on the rocks
and the terrible confusion and horror of
the wreck begins. Women and children
are saved in the lifeboats. but the set
Ting Of the big hulk makes II impossible
for the soldiers to escape and they stand
at attention" and sing the national an
them as the final plunge brings death
with the bursting of the ships boilers
The sea rushes In and closes on the wreck
and the triumph of scenic artist, pro-
dueers and players was complete.
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Among the other scenes--there are four
teen altogether, and all OF them big and full
Of beauty-the most enthralling are tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18
TO THE OMAHA THEATERs

Attractions of Real Interest Prom
ised for the Week.
"a Stubborn Cinderella" will be the at
traction at the Boyd tonight Monday anu
Tuesday, with a special Tuesday matinee
Messrs. Adams, Hough and HOwaro'
authors Of those big successes, the Time
the Place and the Girl" The Girl Ques-
tion," Honey Moon Trail" are RESPONSE
BILE for the book and music OF "A STUBBORN
Cinderella and the show itself was pro-
duced by Mort H. Singer at the opening
OF the beautiful Princess theater In Cm-
caRo a year ago. "a Stubborn Cincerella
is quite different from the regular oroer
OF musical plays from Chicago. the char-
acters being on a much higher social plane
No slang artist and no "broilers' are seen
in this piece, but a beautiful chorus OF
handsomely gowned show girls add at
Effectiveness to the several scenes. A bunch
of jolly college chaps and a pretty girl
from Scotland furnish the story, while
numerous songs that are distinctive HIS
made the show go with a dash and swing
from the very start. Homer B. Mason
! heads the cast and Is supported by a most
capable company, including Grace Edmund
and Marguerite Keeler. The striking song
numbers of the show are when You First
Kiss the Last Girl You Love-" Love Me
Just Because III They'd Only Let Poor
Adams Rib Alone I'm in Love with
All the Girls l Know whats the Use"
and many others help to make the show
the big success 1t Is.
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One OF the most extensive productions
that Charles B. Hanford has made in
years is that of ''The winters Tale" which
will be presented at Boyd's theater on
Friday, April 30. Mr.. Hanford has a par
ticular affection for THE Winters Tale
for in the role of Leontes, some years ago
he achieved one of the signal triumphs OF
his career. At that time Louis James had
the deliciously comic part Of Autolycus
Zone which he especially enjoyed playing,
and Katheryn Kidder that of Hermione
In the present cast Mr.. Hanford will at.
ford an opportunity OF observing his versa.
tility by assuming not only the sympa.
thetic and ~declamatory role Of Leontes
but also by interpreting the broad and
pervasive humor OF Autolycus. At tn,
matinee Saturday THE Merchant Of
Venice will be Mr.. Hanford's play. anC
at night THE Tanning of the Shrew."
Henry Miller's latest success, 9Th,
Family" now running at Powers theater
Chicago, will be presented In Omaha a
Boyd's theater for four nights and
matinee, starting Sunday. April Is, by tn
same company that scored so heavily II
Chicago. After a brief tour of the north
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18
Fable of the Doldubs

New Nest and feed Dollie and Dottle
and Work ever so hard until One Day
a Lawgatitis Bird came along and Sang
to her. Yappy was beginning to Lax
the Generous. Fin L~awgatitis when
Suddenly after being gone 30 Long that
Dollie n Dottie didn't even Remem-
Der him, old Dfppy Doldub came back.
Yappy didn't Like it a Bit and told him
so, but Dippy was Hungry, so she gave
him Some Worms and put him to Work.
When she saw he grew to like the little
Doldubs she treated him Better. h
made Dippy Sorry for Everything and
he Started to Fly Away again, so Yappy
could be Happy with the Lawgatitis
bird, but Yappy Discovered she Loved
Dippy n Took him back Again.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18
LATE GOSSIP FROM sTAGELAND

LA - ~
Personal Chat About Actor Folks and
Their Plans.
Charles Frohman has bought Henri Ba-
taille's newest play, THE Scandal" now
running at the Renaissance in Paris. The
American manager paid the playwright:
5000 advance royalty. thereby establishing
q record for French dramatists. Thirty
Thousand dollars is a fortune to the average
French playwright, and yet ii is said that
Bataille is far from satisfied with his latest
bargain, for, although the American the
atrical syndicate has bought every play
which he has written, beginning with THE
Res direction only the Tolstoi dramatiZa-
ton has been produced The syndicate
evidently prefers TO hold these plays, await
ing a suitable opportunity, rather than let
them fall into the hands of rivals.
Denying that he has made any arrange
ments to open the New theater in New
York with a series of S1akespearean pro
auctions, z. H. sothern announces that he
is working on his repertoire for next season
which, amcng other thirgs, is TO include
elaborate productions Of Macbeth" and
King Lear"
Hereafter when Emma JAMIE plays a
role opposite a canine actor she will clothe
herself in armor. She neglected TO take
this p~recaution at a matiree the other day
| and in consequence Zip Zip, the yellow dog
In Miss Innocence has retired from the
cast. Yip-Yip used to make his appearances
in LADbaye scene ne was CaiIieu III ~
Miss Janvier and placed in a chair, where
he had been coached TO remain until Miss
JanVier sat upon him. OF course. II was
only In make believe that she sat on him
at least it was prior to the matinee N
question. On that occasion she did sink
hIrther into the chair than she had in
tended and Ylp-Yip retaliated.
Harrison Grey Fiske will present theater-
Roers with a new play, The Bridge, by
The play will be given a short road tour
10 finish this season and get into thorough
shape for next season; when Ra II WI Pos open Rb 5o
in pail n Full" viii Tlay the leading
part. Mr.. Hughes Is known as the author
Alexander the Great
Cha,les Dillingham; will produce 'The
Candy Shop" an elsbo stely staged mu-
steal play. at the GsIGTieH tae n9 GFenoiIiss,
Y. Hobart. as author, and join L. Golden
as composer-lihrettist, VIII divide the roy
alties. The production Is d. designed for the
New York summer season. and a lengthy
cast OF well known people has been en-
gage. Prominent among It's members will
Be william RICK and Maude fulton who
haze s ? Pr en- ILsior' Mrs. Annie TYesmaTs
Lou S 3 Dresser, Florence Morrison and e.
mu-G Law enCe.
Florence Bates terminated her long rur
Of $50 performances In The Fightins
Hope" at the Belasco theater, New York
recently. For the coming week Mr.. belasc6
will present Miss Bates in a few Of tbs
prime pal eastern cities.
After several years OF separation Ezra
Kendall and Liebler g. Co. have decided z
Join forces once more. Beginning next fal
lths nonular American comedian VIII aRaiE
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18


General Manager Beck has provided a
program for Orpheum patrons this week.
every number of which has met with a
cordial reception In ether cities. 1.-THE
Naked Truth" is a one-act comic opera, in
which. George Leslie, a we'll known come
dian, has the role of a fortune hunting
Scotch tar. Several capable people assist
Mr.. Leslie and there is a chorus of eight
fair maidens. Sewell Collins, a New York
artist, has written a little play OF the
race track and the studio, entitled, Thirty
Dollars" 1t will be presented by Frank
Nelson and company. Max Wits Sing
ing Colleens' will Offer a repertoire of
songs from the old and new world" in
Guiding such favorites as 1.-The Glow
Worm Castles in the Air. Come Back
to Erin" The Sisters De Fay, banjo play
ers. nave but recently returned from an
extended London engagement. Jeanette
Adler will appear in songs and dances
Gray and Graham will present THE Musi-
cal Bell Boy and the Military Maid" q
combination of music and fooling. In the
act Of THE Three Bohemians'' will be
given songs by a trio OF. wandering sing.
ers, who add 80 picturesque a touch to the
life Of the old world cities. Thu kinodrome
pictures promise to be Of more than com
mon interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

Once upon a Time. living In a Wobly
Nest In an Old Tree, was a Family of
Strange Birds called Doldubs. First
there were only Dippy Doldub and his
mate Yappy Doldub. Then two little
Baby Birds, Dollie Doldub and Dottie
Doldub. were born. The Old Nest was
crowded and tho little birds needed a
Lot Of Things, but Dippy Doldub was a
sort of Yellow bird and one day he
Flew Away and left Yappy to look after
the Whole Family. Things went hard
with Yappy because she had to Build a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

Haswel in Foreign Exchange" a play
by that prolific pair Of p~laywrights, Booth
Harrington and Harry Leon Wilson.
who is Americas most beautiful actress?
On the authority Of Mr., Nathaniel c..
Goodwin land he ought TO know, we an
swer: Miss Edna Goodrich, FOR mus ana
so is the former "FloTodora' seXtettiste
billed on the New Orleans sign boards.
To be more exact, the bills announce the
appearance Of Americas greatest coined
ian, Mr.. Nat c. Goodwin, ana most beau
tiful actress. Miss Edna Goodrich
Miss Billie Burke has stolen by stealth
into the ranks Of play writer's. Among the
twenty-three dramatic compositions reg
istered at the bureau of copyrights in
Washington the week before last Is one
called "Western Nature Studies and the
author Is Billie Burke. And she did II
without the knowledge or consent OF her
not the only reorcseE alive Of the stage
I'M the published list OF would-be play
wriRhts. Lester Lonergan Is credited with
Two efflsions. "A stormy Hour" and ''The
Vital Question" and Frederick Truesdell
hopes to collect royalties on What Is Love
For?"
1.-The Wizard OF or is 10 have q Landau
season. Hurtg and Seamon have securei
the privilege Of making the venture and In.
tend 70 try the British public some time
during the coming snnnaAE
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

appear under the direction Of his old man
ayers. II s initial vehicle under the new
version of THE Vinegar Buyer" which
was the work OF. Herbert Hall ,Winslow.
With this play Mr.. kendall will start q
tour that will take him across the CONT
nent to the Pacific coast and back again.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

long engagement at the Garrick theater,
Months Msw fq RI has reG SIn Hsd " Fer p5 nts9i5ly, to six *
will proceed to acquire an English accent
preparatory to his invasion Of London in
the same farce. At the Garrlck he will
be followed by the Clyde Fitch comedy,
The Happy Marriage" in which the lead
ing role Is taken by Miss Doris Keane, an
Evanston girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

1t is a pleasure to reflect that the
scientific booking agency in New York
cannot afflict us with another Traitor"
or "Clansman' this season. The end Is
so near at hand that only the good things
can have a show, and these. are coming
in sufficient number to fill the time that
will stretch between now and the opening
Of the summer stock season. 1t is not
the practice Of this department to com
mend In advance a coming attraction, but
this rule Is now to be broken in favor
of THE Family" This Henry Miller
production will be offered at the Boyd
shortly, and it is suggested that all who
like a simple story, told in a dramatic
way, in which the interest is sustained
to the drop Of the final curtain, and which
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18
Musical Notes.

Mr.. Martin Bush. assisted by Mr.. Ellis,
will give an organ recital next Sunday,
April Is, at First Congregational church at
4;SO p. m. This will be the last recital OF
the season.
An interesting music test was given Sat
urday afternoon by the pupils who have
completed the elementary course No. 1 for
children In the Eta Ellis system OF illus
trated music.
After a long silence. Mr.. Joseph Calm
will be heard again In Omaha on a piano
recital. Mr.. Calm Will play a program OF
very interesting modern things which he
has been ~accumulating during his absence
in Europe. The recital will be given at
First Congregational church under the
auspices OF the school Teachers Annuity
and Aid Association of Omaha The date
will be May 6.
Christine Brooks. an Omaha girl. has just
returned 10 America after q successful
European concert season and study under
the great Won Muehlin OF Berlin. and Miss
Hopper Is arranging for an Omaha recits
the first week in May. The many friends
OF Mrs. Brooks are looking forward to II
| with the keenest anticipation