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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-05-26

It is the aim of the man behind the
gun to make his mark.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-05-26

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
draws the pain and Inflammation from bee-stingl
and insect bites. Soothes and aliRys the awful
Itching OF mosquito bItos sc, $50 and SOC bottles.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

nunda." written in Italy more than sixty
wears ago by the poet, Gioyanni Ventura,
and was produced with much success In
its %dimunitlve form at both Turin and
Milan. The playlet shows abundant action
as can be seen:
"ROSMUNDA"
Tragedy in FIVE Acts by
Giovanni Ventura.
Persons OF the Play;
king Albion. Rosmunda. daughter OF
King Kunimond and wife OF Alpioh' rem
dens, a slave.
Albion giving Rosmunda the skqn Gi t y
father filled with ~-Drink| IL Is 'he
skull OF your father.
Rosmunda (hOrrified)@Ohl
Albion (commandingl-l WISH IL,
Rosmunda (drinksl-Woe unto YOU
Anton ,af,oct,o0at ely to Rosmunda)-
VIZ R~6Ssn SU be otherwise?
Aibion-What is past must De loIso''e"'
Rosmunda-pO not touch mel
Albion-YOu hate me
Rosmunda-ioyy can
Rosmunda examines closely a stlletto
'i Peridens comes and kneels before herr
Queen! yo
Perideng (astonished)-Oh. my God!
Rosmunda-Come with me CEmbraces
him) cru
From adjoining room, where KING AL
bion sleeps, snoring Is heard)
Rosmunda (hands the stilesto % Perldens)
-Go-kill him.!
Peridens (hesitatlng)-The king?
Rosmunda (~quickly)-The rival.
Peridens with determination and cour-
age)-He shall die.
11Goes determinedly to the sleeping apart
ACT v.
Albion with stifled voice off stage)-
Helpl
Perldens brushes into the room with the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

tIs1AJ young man trying to spend
81, 900, 600 in one year. in order to get $h-
600, OOOl With but a few weeks remaining
of the year, this young man, who Is named
Monty Brewster, finds himself almost
ready to give up the job, but a storm helps
him out, and 1t is this storm that offers
the opportunity to present a sensational
stage picture and makes the play one OF
the best of the season. OF course, the big
thing in the play and that which delights
and thrills the spectator more than my
thing else in it, is the work solely Of the
producer, Frederic Thompson. A special
moving stage to convey the picture Of the
steam yacht tossing in the throes Of a
storm on the Mediterranean is employed.
The motion Is vivid and heightened by the
manipulation OF the back scenery. The
clouds drifting past, the flashes of light
ming, the receding shore and the passing
light house, the roar of thunder the eN-
cited rushing about of the ships Officers
and passengers, combine in action and pic
ture that for realism has never been
eauaued. The illusion of actual movement
OF the yacht is perfect. The play will be
presented at the Boyd theater all this
week, with a Wednesday and Saturday
matinee, 1t opens tonight.
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Henry b. Harris production OF James
Forbes latest comedy success, THE Travel
ing Salesman will be seen at the Boyd
four days, beginning January 49, with u
Wednesday matinee.
The Prince of Tonight the latest o.
musical plays from the Princess Theatel
company. Chicago, where it ran for oven
200 nights. will be seen at Boyd's theateE
three days. on January p, 2S and ~, with
matinee saturday. The cast is headed' By
Henry Woodruff.
school Days" is the title of Gus Ed.
wards musical comedy that stair d Hav'
lin present for u weeks engagement at the
Krug theater starting sunday. The pro
ductioa is practically the same as ina
which TONED the country with great sue
cess last season and which has a long and
successful run at the Circle theater, New
York. school Days" is an entirely diff
ferent production from the ordinary hack
neyed musical comedy. The chorus is com
posed exclusively OF young girls, a few, 1
any, over Is years old. Gus Edwards ha'
done more than introduce a stageful o
young people with the delightful musica
numbers and dancing acts. He has sup
piled a story that mixes in well with tn
tuneful melodies, and the quick, cleVe
animated dancing. In fact, this choru
with their animation and vim cannot b
excelled. The musical numbers with whicl
the three acts abound are all Of a lvel'
order and there are many genuine hits
including a number OF original compost
lions by Herman Timberg which are beiH
; heard for the first time this season. Som
Of the song hits include THE Fightin
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Very much to the point were the words
Of Nine. Marazin of the Manhattan opera
house, in a Philadelphia interview re-
Gently; There are many American sing
ers in Europe. where they are in demand,
and 1 naturally expected to find many of
them here. This curious condition, 1 think,
is due to the fact that the governmental
authorities in the United States have not
sufficiently appreciated the economic and
conserving force OF music. Whatever in
fluence elevates and cultivates the indi-
vidual, must, in the end, elevate and Gull
tivate the state. Music, in my opinion, is
one of the greatest spiritual forces, IL not
the greatest, among men. Most of the
governments in Europe thoroughly realize
this fact. Public administrations in those
countries have undertaken to utilize this
force for it's economic and preventative ef-
feet in the national life. They have
founded various institutions with the view
Of encouraging the growth and develop
ment of musicians, . l think 1 have
noticed that music in your country is re-
garded more as an amusement than a seri-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
Not Yet the Greatest but a Conscientious and
Successful Actor Whosa Course is UptOards
- His Hamlet Sane and Satisfying in Detail

self; Mantell's the evolution OF this idea
to its modern form Of intelligent express
sion. tho sulting OF the action to the
word" and the speaking Of the speech
trippingly on the tongue no longer
mounting IT," as might the town-crier.
Other Hamlets might be compared with
that Of Mantell, mostly to his advantage.
but the case may rest on comparison with
his own. Those who saw him five years
ago and again on Tuesday night were as
tonished at the change. He is now immeas-
ureably ahead Of his earlier efforts.
OF Macbeth less may be said. Mr..
ManteIl has contented himself 50 far with
outlining the character of the man, with
out going deeply into its subtleties. He
will study 1t closer II he retains it In his
repertory and give a more satisfactory
performance in days TO come. Macbeth
is one of the greatest Of the Sh~akespearean
tragedies and deserves the very best the
actor can bring to II. The Mantell con-
ccption Is good, but not complete. In
king Lear the king was presented with
confidence and generally made impressive,
yet Is also lacked something of the quality
that deserves to be called great. 1t is a
much Shower role than either Hamlet or
Macbeth, and for this reason is more diff
ficult. The actor is prone to rely on the
natural sympathy that goes out to a
character i'm the predicament Lear Is
landed in, and comes to neglect the details
OF the characters development, depending
on the broader outlines TO carry him
through. This is IN some ways true OF
the Mantell Lear. But the difficulties OF
the role make it the more attractive. and
we may yet see an American Lear that
will be listed as among the really great
and authoritative creations.
.
One lingering regret forces itself on rec.
ognition in connection with this engage.
ment. II is too bad that Shakespeare and
the entire company of players and writers
OF his day could not have Witnessed these
performances, to see how much appro-
prlately artistic scenery and stage equip
ment lend to the force of the drama
Proper environment is so essential TO tn,
correct understanding of the drama thai
success without it is no longer possible
True, Mr.. Greet and his company mad,
msnful efforts to teach the people to TAX,
their Shakespeare straight, with no &C.
compartment of expensive stage dressings
but had only such success as comes to apS
novel departure from the conventions, with
nothing of permanency. In other way
we are supported in our conclusion tina
Shakespeare was appreciative of the bes
In art, and so it is fair to conclude tina
he would have appreciated proper stag,
settings for his dramas. This being tn,
case, he would have luxuriated in the fin,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

hlu. MtIIA~ ANbI oNNANt /
when Tn an American Citizen" and such
songs as "sunbonnet Sue and school
Days Herman Timberg is the star of
the production.
A bill Of artistic features and novelties
is Offered this week at the Orpheum
theater. The headline act, a playlet called
Jack the Giant Killer" is adapted from
the familiar fairy tale, and is made sem
setlonally realistic by the fact that the
giant is represented by George Anger, who
Is called the greatest actor in America
by virtue of his gigantic proportions, and
the hero, Jack. Is played by Ernest Brum-
mel, the smallest actor and singing come
dian in this country. These extremes are
assisted by a company OF able actors, all
Of whom are pigmies compared to the
colossal George Anger. The Carmen troupe
Of dancing wire athletes present a com-
bination of tricks in wire equilibrium and
straight acrobatics. Nonette. who was
formerly the special feature with THE
VasSar Girls" comes with a musical offer
ing In which she introduces violin playing
and singing. George Perry and Mss Lee
White are singers and comedians. The act
contributed by Williams and Tucker is a
slang classic orlled "Skinney's Finish"
Songs and Sayings" is the way James
r. Mcdonald describes his offering. The
Neautifully costumed and lighted skating
number of Reynolds and Donegan is a
'eal novelty In the way Of musical comedy
''rnces on roller skates. The kinedrome
irs n rev series OF motion pictures to
'ffer. The Orpheum concert orchestra Of
fifteen win furnish a musical program
at each entertainment
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Louis Robes Knickerbocker Extrava-
ANA company will be the attraction dur
Ing the coming six days at the Gayety,
starting this afternoon. The amusing
comedy. THE Girls OF Beautyburg," will
he presented, The opening skit is called
"The JOY Of Livirg," the scenes being laid
at West Baden Mineral Springs. The
playlet introduces the full strength Of the
company, WITH a half dozen comedians
and big chorus OF thirty well-drilled young
women. one Of the leading women Of the
company is Miss Lucy Harron, who has
won a high reputation in tight opera and
musical comedy. Miss leila DeMar enacts
the part Of a dashing French soubrette
who fascinates all the men at the health
resort and, of course. incurs the dis
pleasure OF all the women. Her role Is
that Of a Partisan music hall singer. She
viii be ably supported by Misses Virginia
and Bowen, Messrs. Wooley and Adams,
James Rowland and other clever people.
Starting Monday there will be a ladies'
dime matinee daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

1t is a significant fact that in the former
interview quoted at the beginning of this
appreciation of Madame S"chumann-Heink
these words were used: "All my luck, all
my fortune, came to me here. l want to
be an American" And in the latter inter
view in Chicago the stlmable lady is in
terviewed as saying: Il am an American,
l make my money here, 1 have my home
here and l spend my money in my adopted
country" Was list los?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

the Star Spangled Banner has been
played with the loud pedal on, but is it
true?
The musical editor OF The Bee will yield
to no one, in his loyalty to the United
States, its laws, its people and it's flag.
But that famous saying, MY country,
may she always be right, but right or
wrong. my country" sometimes is twisted
to read, my country, may she always he
right, but right or wrong, l will say that
she's right
Now this kind of patriotism is not true
patriotism. And one does not have to be-
little or misrepresent other countries in
order to proclaim himself a patriot
especially in times of peace!
In this wonderful country everyone is
estimated according to his worth" So!
You who were working in that position
for, say twenty years. when the vacancy
above you occurred, why did the position
so the presidents nephew or to the
managers cousin" instead Of to you?
Why do we use the civil service idea in
our postoffice, and stop when it comes to
the postmaster?
why is it that we so often read that
American singers nave no chance in our
National Opera, because we Americans will
not accept them until they have been
abroad and had their good qualities dis
covered?"
Now again-'In Germany one must have
titles, riches, position to be anyone at all. .
DO you happen to know that one of the
leading bassos of the Royal opera house in
Berlin, Germany, is Mr.. Putnam Griswold,
an American In Germany
Did you happen to know that Mr.. Mac
Lehman, tenor, was allowed six months OF
his contract at fun pay, until he coul,
work up the German roles well enough t
sing in the same Royal Opera? In Ger
many
What titles. riches and position di,
Geraldine Farrar have, pray tell, when sh
went to Germany? Did she not frs
make good there, and is not Geraldln
Farrar a name to ~conjure with now at tn
great American opera center, New York
And in Germany.
When the musical editor Of The Bee frs
heard the Richard Strauss sensation
'salome" in Germany, the part Of Salon
was sung by Frances Rose, an American
In Germany.
When last year a number of Omaha pee
pie heard 'TRnnhauseT" at the Wayne
festival in Munich, they heard in the par
; Of Elizabeth, an American, Maud Fay.
, Germany.
5 Madame Schumann-Heink is a yer
recent number of the Musical Leader an
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
At the Omaha Theaters

"Brewster's Millions to Fill the Week at the Boyd, While "school
DAYS" Takes the Time at the Krug Orpheum Has a Strong
Vaudeville Bill and the Gayety Presents Its Usual Extravaganza
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Gus and educational Influence. In Euro
pean countries music is revered and loved
as a great and beautiful thing, 1t Will
come to be so regarded in the United states
in the future. because music is an influ-
ence which cannot be defeated any more
than the religious impulses and feeling
can be defeated"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

bI,odv stiletto IN handl-He Is dead
Rosmupda (snatches. the ~stiletto and hold
ing ii up 10 heaven, yells)-Now. you drink,
faIher-noW, you drink! =
(Curtain.)
Later the little play was enlarged BY
Ventura and made about ten times as
long. though without improving the essen
tlai dramatursic elements all embodied In
the original.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

background against which his living char
acters pictured his thought at the Boyd
last week. II was not the most massive
production ever seen at that theater;
neither Of the plays was put on with any
thing approaching the sumptuous settings
used by Mr.. Mansfield for Henry W. or
Julius Cesar or by Sir Henry Irving
for Merchant Of Venice" or Romeo and
Juliet" but withal the staging was ex-
cellently done. 1t has come of late that
so much attention is paid to the scenic
equipment of the classic drama that fire.
quently much mediocrity on the part of
the company is hidden beneath the rich
ness Of the settings, just as defects in
woodwork are often covered by putty and
varnish. This is not true of the Mantell
productions, for he has made a sincere eff
fort to provide capable and competent
actors for the. minor roles of the great
plays he is offering, at the same time
giving them beautiful mountings. This
evidence OF honesty of purpose on his part
Is not the smallest element in support of
his claim to eminence.
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Two we'll known exponents OF comic
opera brought new comic operas to Omaha
during the week, and thus formed a sort
Of salad or desert course after the more
substantial offerings Of the earlier days.
Both Miss Scheff and Mr.. Hopper person
ally pleased everyone who saw and heard
them, but it is doubtful II either "A mat
inee Idol" or "A Prima Donna will attain
great longevity. OF the two the Herbert
Blossom offering has far more merit, hut
II is in too quiet a vein for immortal pop
ularity. Particularly those people who ad-
mire the George M. Cohan brand of must
cal comedy are ready to enter a condemna-
ton OF "a Prima Donna No one ran a
Marathon race, there was not even any
real romping, and no opportunity TO laugh,
because some player was made to fall
down suddenly. MI. Blossoms comedy is
Of a rather quieter vein, productive of
more chuckles and smiles than outlaws.
1t is true on the other rand that the new
Blossom-Herbert production does not score
quite the mark Of mile. Modesto and
Miss Scheff is occasionally a little more
sedate than is necessary.
De Wolf Hopper's new offering Is not
wholly original in subject, but yet not alto
gether flat and stale. 1t dragged a little
when Mr.. Hopper was off the stage, fol
and several others of his company were
not. Marie Cahill in The Boys and
Betty" and The Merry Widow were moi
displaced In general affection by either
"A Matinee Idol or THE Prlma Donna,
and the former two bid fair to go through
the local season as the two brightes
memories of this kind of stage Offering FOL
! this Omaha year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
Shortest Play

Various automobiles contend over the
OF having produced the great
est play ever written, but there can be no
contention over the smallest play. II Is
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Concert-goer is interviewed as saying:
when you telk of Europe, you must re-
member that among the chief vocal teach
ers there today are the Americans" And
this is also true 'in Germany"
Does it look as though in Germany there
is less appreciation of talent than here?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
Patriotism and the Prima Donni

Adjustable Sentiments that Fit Various Sections of the Country,
All Aimed at Cultivation of Entente Cordiale and the Most Lib
eral Flow of Gross, but Necessary Dollars Into the Box Office Till.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
Musical Notes.

The following program will be sung by
DR.. Ludwig Wuellner at the Young
Women's Christian association auditorium
on Tuesday evening, January IL. AS, on
all such occasions, Or. Wuellner Will be as
sisted at the piano by Conrad V. Bias.
II. Schubert-DeF Wanderer, Du Liebst
Mich NIGHT, Der Doppelganger, Erlkonig
C1rlking)
f. Schubert-Die Taubenpost, Die Foreile,
Alinde, Eifersucht und Stolz, Das Lied
inn Grunen, Der Musensohn.
job Brahms-Auf Dem Kirchhofe, Verrat,
Hugo Wolf-Fussriese, Der Gartner.
r. Strauss-Das Lied des Stelnkloppers
r.. Schumann-Mit Myrthen und Rosenr
Der Soldat, Waldesgesprach, Die Beiden
Grenadiere.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

OOK readers and theatergoers
alike are familiar with George
Barr McCutcheon's fantastic
tale of frenzied finance, "Brews-
ter's Millions Imagine a
young man trying to spend
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Madame Marazln has sent the arrow to
the mark. Too few of our musicians and
teachers regard it as q serious and edu-
cational influence" The uppermost ques-
ton in the musicians thought should not
be "How's business?" Or How many pu-
pills have you got?"
1t is a serious affair and an uplifting
Influence, not a mere shop matter, nor
an amusement. Let us reflect.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Any one may supply the reasons for
Hamlet wishing to be, thought mad, in
course Of his pursuit Of the murderer of
his father. SO Mr.. Mantcll has apparently
discarded any doubt as to the sanity OF the
young man, and plays him as one dis
tracted by grief, but always master of his
own emotions and fully aware Of the I'M
port of his words ard actions, Nothing
could be palmer than this, and in 1t re-
sides the distinctive feature Of Mr., Man
tells Characterization. Not being mentally
unbalanced, and being normally healthy in
body as well, It would III become Hamlet
II he did not put on some semblanoe Of
chetrfulness when he met with such
friends as Horatio and the leading player.
Even his welcome of Rosencranz ana
Guilderstcrn was hearty enough and sin
cere, also, and he made no alteration ir his
attitude toward them even after he had
compelled the admission thai they had
come to spy on him In the interest OF the
king. In mono of his course did he show
the cunning of a disordered mind. nor even
the craft OF a dishonest one. His plans
were those Of a reasoning, morally acute
Individual. and he seems sane at all times,
So Mr.. Mantell's Hamlet is neither insane
nor melancholy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

SCHUMANN : HEINK
can certainly not complain of
the condition of the musical
market in Omaha, as the writer
has been reliably informed that
she recelXed the gum of fmnlva
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Ample warrant for this Interpretation
may be found, not only in the text OF the
drama, but in comments upon it, and in
adopting this Idea and making 1t the dom
inant note of his presentment Of the part,
Mr.. Mantell has shown himself to be
abreast Of the thought OF the times. In
many other ways he has withdrawn from
the traditional, and assumed a more ra-
tional idea of the part. One Of these Is
his forswearing OF any attempt at oratory
Five years ago. he delivered many OF tn,
lines, including the "soliloquy.' in the most
approved OF oratorical fashion. thereby
giving much offense, as well as outraginl
his own advice to the player. 1t was sale
In briefly reviewing his performance OF
Tuesday night, that he resembled in many
ways Edwin Booth more than any other
Booth being admittedly the greatest OF
American Hamlets. and by some alleged I,
be the greatest OF ali. But in this one par
ticular no outdid Booth. IL was one o.
Booths faults that he would fall into tn,
oratorical style of expression at Times, ant
while the fashion was then acceptable, be
cause II was set by the highest OF author
ity, Il Is now n custom more honored in tn
breech than the Observance Taste ma
altered as Intelligence has advanced, an,
as the duty Of the stage is still TO hold
as Iwere, the mirror up to nature" s
the actor must comfort himself at all time
much as would a man under like condI
lions. This has brought about the undoin
OF oratory pm the stage, and no offense
now more quickly marked down against a
actor than preaching For the mos
part Mr.. MRntell has freed himself entlrel
from this. IL was In the quieter. NOR
studious passages that ne most resemble
Booth; some very marked elements 9
similarity between them are here note,
IL Is beyond the power OF man TO full
establish this, as only memory may b
called upon 10 serve In support OF whs
Booth did. but those who recall him be!
will agree that he was a studious Hamle
thoughtful and earnest, yet with the ia
tide Of health pressing ever for freedom
so that he did not always show as beiu
Weighted down with the aspect Of melal
choly and the outward and visible CIV
dences Of a great grief. in the strong,
and more powerfully dramatic passag,
the dlvergenre in methods simply mari
the separation Of the two schools OF actiI
represented. Booths was a survival OF q
traditions that had come down In dire
line from the days OF shapespeare hin
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

The recital by the famous Dr., Wuellner
is the center to which all things move
and to which all attention is summoned
Just now. Tuesday evening. The beautl-
full new Auditorium of the Young Women's
Christian association. This is an oppor-
tunity which comes seldom. Tickets are
on sale. A word to the wise is sufficient.
THOMAS ]. KELLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

Kid "Merry-Go-Round," little Tattle, y
when I'm an American Citizen" and such
songs as "Sunbonnet Sue and school
Days Herman Timberg is the star Of
the production.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

In Germany'-says the article quoted
'one must have titles, riches. position to
be anyone at all" This Is quoted in con-
trast to the other statement; In this
wonderful country everyone Is estimated
according to his worth"
This makes very interesting reading after
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16
Robert ManteD in a Round of Classic Parts

len Robert Mantel was at the
Boyd five years ago, he gave
much occasion for adverse crit
icism, some OF which was ex-
pressed In this department Of
The Bee. For this reason, IL
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

incidentally, why must Ethelbert Nevin
be misrepresented so continually by his
Rosary" The man wrote far better
things than that.