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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

Leonard. Eccentric dancing and clown
character impersonations will be Of
fered by knight brothers and Miss
Sawteelle. The Misses Dagwell are
down for q cycle Of songs. James
b. Donavan and Rena Arnold have
a skit called Doing Well, Thank You"
Sam Kramer and Eugene Sheok will sub
NIT well developed physiques for admira-
tlon and illustrate what physical culture
can do Brand new kinodrome pictures and
selections by the Orpheum concert orches-
ira of fifteen musicians completes the pro-
gram.
Alice Lloyd will be at the Orpheum for
week, starting Sunday matinee March 20,
An effort will be made to make the Mon
day night Of Miss Lloyd's engagement the
most fashionable one Of the current season
at the Orpheum.
THE Hastings Show" will grace the
boards of the Gayety twice daily for six
days, commencing this afternoon. "Ameri-
cans in London" and "A Paris Model"
two happy musical conceits, and a galaxy
Of vaudeville stars who would share in
artistic and headline honors at any first
class variety theater are the offerings.
ever popular and clever merrymakers:
Harry Hastings and Viola Sheldon, Thomas
Coyne, Harvey and Curtis, the Clarion
four, Bohannon and Corey, the Pelots and
many others too numerous to mention.
Starting Monday, there will be a ladies'
dime matinee daily.
For its weekly visit to the Gayety next
Saturday afternoon and evening the nom
ular William Grew players have arranged
to present play in which the widely
known and admired Dick Ferris was ac-
customed to offer when in the mood to
give truly fine performance 1t is en-
titled way Out West" and is the per-
sonal property Of Mr.. Ferris with whom
Mr. Grew was associated for fifty-four
consecutive weeks. It may be Of interest
to know that Mr.. Grew has the refusal
OF ali of Mr. Ferris greatest successes
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

On this side the conditions are entirely
different. The American citizen, as a rule,
takes himself seriously enough. but he fails
TO accord to his neighbor the same privil-
ese. He Is iubued from earliest childhood
with the national aptitude for criticism, and
practices his habit from the time he first
begins to talk. BY the time he has reached
manhood he is fully able to deal with any
proposition that may present itself. The
people he works with come first; he knows
how to run the business much better than
the boss, and no one under him knows any
thing at all; the methods Of the city gov
ernment are always wrong, according to
this wiseacre, and he surely can manage
the schools better than the men who have
been chosen by the citizens and charged
with the duty of directing the educational
affairs Of the city. When It comes to the
broader affairs OF life, he Is infalhble; ma
tlonal questions OF policy are settled by
him so easily that one wonders any diff
Guilty is ever encountered in the manage
ment of the government. He constructs
tariffs, devises financial policies, arranges
wars and ends them, builds navies and
eaulps armies with an expediency that
would challenge the envlous admiration of
the Genii Of the Lamp. and all in all shows
himself to be such stupendous compen-
dlum OF encyclopedia knowledge that It is
no occasion for marvel that
still the wonder grew
That one small head could carry all he
knew"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

- Of Manana. cites to illuminate
ffJ sSH ono OF his points In their praise
a- that they deal gently with the
play actors especially In published criti-
eiams. This IN support Of the proposition
that our Mexican brethren are truly polite
ana considerate OF one another. Personal
experience confirms this statement. once
In the far-away days Of his youth, this de-
partment OF The Bee fingered BY the
Fountain" and, with others OF his ilk. sang
"Juhnita," la Messlla" and similar dit
ties 20 the 'lascivious pleaslngs Of a Lutte"
and that none OF them were shot is the
best possible evidence each Of the roy
sterers may recall in support Of the prop
osltion that the Mexican Is polite. lie Is
more than thst-he is patient and ex-
tremely tolerant: and this accounts for
many Of his apparent vagarles, not the
least notable IN the list being the quality
OF acting with which he IS outwardly CON
tent This, however, is not the point aimed
at here; the Mexican takes his play-actinE
as he does many other things, "seguro que
si," and let's II go at that. And those Of
him who are living realize that those Of
him who are dead are just as dead as any
Americana" whoever hustled through life
kicking AZ everything in sight, and espe-
cially vaunting his lofty superiority over
any and all others who may temporarily
infest the inhabitabls portions Of the globe
What will presently be shown is that the
Mexican is truly polite and perhaps ap-
preeiative, but lacking in the individual
Initiative that qualities his neighbor on
the hither side OF the Rio Grande 60 set
tie off-hand questions OF art customs and
manners taste and disposition that beyond
the River Of the North would call for
many cigaritos, some coffee, mayhap a
dash Of aguadiente, and finally a shruE Of
hne shoulders and noncommital "quien
-f&abe7"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
onnection With Music and Drama

tor Rosewatsr. editor Of The Bee. from
Nine Adelina Patti Cederstrom, the ia
nous singer reports herself as happily So
journing IN Rome, with the prospect OF
returning 20 her Welsh castle Craig-y-
Nos, for Easter.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

In one or the other aspects the American
reaches unanimity OF expression on any
point. and he is never wrong, and being
right, It is not TO be expected that he will
tolerate the wrong opinion held by another,
The error must be eradicated, and he
straightway sets about to do this work Of
mercy. How we'll he succeeds is proven
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
At the Omaha TheaterS

The the and olga NetherOe Divide the Week
at the Bands-Woodward Stock in when KnghthoOd Was in
Fower-Merry isle of Spice at the Krug-vaudevi at Or
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

That is IL. "The struggle for virtuosty. "
When will we, as a people, give up that
absurd idea in music? We will sometime,
let it be soon or late because the light is
already breaking in the east
AS has been noted in this column, Ameri-
cans are great people for having other
people do" their amusements for them.
Witness the game OF base ball. Profes-
sional players and professional leagues.
But now we see in the papers all manner
OF smaller teams scheduled to play against
each other: and the little chaps of the street
play on a vacant lot, the national game,
with all the professional flourishes and
graoes Parents do not say to children.
Don't you try to play base ball: you
have not the talent to become a great
National League man: you can never be-
come the Greatest Living Pitcher"
Perhaps you are interested in amateur
gardening: you never stop just because
you have not a thousand acres, but you
do what you can with the little patch OF
lawn at the back Of the house. 1t never
occurs to you that because you can not
take the prize at the State Flower Show
therefore you viii not grow some flowers
No, you plant your pansies. and your
sweet peas, and your vines. and you see
to your rose-bushes and your liles-of- the
valley. and you get heaps OF pleasure and
enjoyment and happiness, and delight
out OF you bit O. garden and more, your
sweet-peas go to the homes OF your friends
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

on the plane on which they are projected
II is unfair to either insist on a single
standard OF excellence. Credit for actual
effort should be given, even IL the concep-
ton does fall short Of a proper view On
this point a story told OF Sir Henry Irving
might be recounted. II is related that
once Sir Henry went down to Liverpool to
present one Of his great Shakespearean
productions and gave II with all the opulence
Of a London performance. To his astonish-
ment, the critic of one Of the Liverpool
papers slated 1t numerically, especially the
stars own contribution TO the performance
Sir Henry was somewhat piqued by the
review, and secured an interview with the
writer, who stoutly held out for his own
ideas. Finally, the critic, to clinch his ar
gumert, said; "Slr Henry, l know l am
right. l have studied that drama for the
last three months!" "Ah," said Irving,
then you must be right and / must be
wrong. l have only studied that drama for
thirty-nine years" SO 1t occasionally hap
pens that a player or an author will find
a cherished part or situation that has been
much studied and pondered over, disposed
OF off-hand by some writer who has merely
watched 1t once, and has given It only the
most casual thought. 1t is not a bad rule,
but one more honored In the breach than
the observance, to give the actor and the
author each credit with knowing what he
is talking about. Then, the question is, can
he convince others?
.
However, il will probably be some time
yet before the oldest color has faded and
the youngest critic has died" and till that
blessed day, when only the Master shall
praise us and only the Master shall
blame" the American School of Dramatic
Criticism will flourish as 1t has for some
time past And the stage people will have
to be content with the thought that as
many different views of their work as
there are writer's will find their way into
public print. 1t would be pleasant II we
could take our theater with that same de-
gree Of passive pollteness that marks the
attitude Of our Mexican neighbOr toward
his entertainers, but we cannot.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

Some Comparative Comment on Criticism of
the Drama as Practiced on Either Side of the
Mexican Contrasted Against the An Wisdom
of His Northern Brother - Word for Critics
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
make Your Own Music"

Comfort and Pleasure Exists in Understanding and Enjoyment Of
Art Rather Than in the Struggle for acknowledgements
Professional PeOplBiSpham Takes Liberties with His Audience
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

This marvel OF human wisdom surely
knows as much about the play as the man
who wrote 1t, as much as the director who
staged it and certainly as much as the
actor who undertakes to give it life. So
when he goes to the theater, as a rule is
he not expected TO show his profundity Of
natural and acquired knowledge by exhibit
ing his disapprobation Of all that goes on {?
Ssrely; and the foolish person who sits
dlongslds him and pretends to get some
pleasure out of the proceedings Is to be
commlserated for having such execrable
taste. or. when the condition is reversed,
and the omnisclent American citizen finds
a play that meets his approval. he cannot
abide the Grass, insensible ignorance OF the
unfortunate in the next seat who sees none
of the subtle points that are being sent
home with such marvellous directness and
Irresistible force.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

FRIEND sent some time ago to
this department of The Bee, an
article which appeared in the
magazine THE World Today"
in January. The article was by
a friend Of the musical editor of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

own make" serves as a ministry OF COM
fort and enjoyment: you will seldom find
yourself in a group Of friends where no
one plays or sings; far oftener you win
find that everyone can do something
either with the voice or with some instru-
ment. Last summer at a certain summer
resort some Of us we're looking through
Brahms SOMEHOW these are not easy
to sing and play at the same time-and
relief came through one OF the gentlemen
present a barrister-at-law, who rnodestly
sat down at the plano and played the
most difficult accomplishments with no
trouble But that is unusual. 1t is not
unusual. however, to find that nearly
everyone has cultivated his '1ittle patch"
of musical soil.
Some people are asking why Mr.. Bisp-
ham was so jocular with his audience the
other night. After singing the Loeffler
songs, which he thoroughly explained be-
fore he sang, he remarked after the ap-
plause which had greeted them, You like
them: l did not think you would" And
later when he prefaced a song Of the
music-hall Irish type (not a real irish
song at all, by the way) by saying that
It would appeal Ito the meanest intel
leet." Perhaps that is what Omaha re-
ceives for allowing distinguished high
priced artists to deliver old familiar songs
of a simple nature which local amateurs
sing exceeding well and repeat numbers
which have been given by them before
while the many great things OF the song
literature so unheard
.
In personal letter received by Mr.. Vic
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13


Alexander Nevsky Monastery
- when It was brought there for
burial from Tashkert. where she died OF
smallpox. She had become a national figure
in Russia, although little more than 30
years old at the time OF her tragic death
She had been warned that II would be
dangerous for her to bring her actors
across 70 the old capital OF Syr- -Darya.
The Russian colony. there was anxious 10
see her. however, and the actress refused
to disapp0lnt her compatrlots. She fell a
victim TO the smallpox epidemic, and her
body was carried back 20 St. Petersburg
for any honor that the citizens might be
able to show her.
The originality OF the actress was shown
By the only opportunity she gave Ameri-
cars 70 make her acquaintance After
Aha Nazlmova had been successful here n
English the much greater original decided
that she would try her fortunes here Nine
Konnisarzhevsky did not realize that during
Nazimova's first season here. while she
played IN her own language. the Russian
actress had been a failure, and she brought
her company OF some sixty actors from her
theater In the Russian capital 20 Days IN
New York. OF course q oonS'1any Of Rus
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

HERE'S a lot O. brothers knock
in abaht as people don't know
on, eh what" This striking
sentence spoken by the Drain
man In the second act Of The
Servant in the House" furnishes
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

&TY thousand loyal Russians
followed the body OF Vera
edorov Komisarzhevsky
from the Moscow station TO the
Alexander Nevsky monastery
when Il was hroupht tb.ra for
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

TRAVELLER Just returned from
Mexico, full OF admiration for
the folks who inhabit the Land
Of Manana. cites TO illuminate
ono Of his points in their praise
that theY heaI rnnilv With The
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

The Bee, towit, Mr.. Lester Bartlett Jones
director Of music at the University Of
Chicago
Mr.. Jones pleads for self-made music
and says that "all men stiIl do their own
eating and sleeping. Most men do their
own thinking and counting, but the num-
Der of those who can entertain themselves
is limited" Mr.. Jones says, and says truly
that,-"So long as music is considered solely
as an art, and virtuosity the only worthy
goal, so long will average ability be un-
derestimated and neglected. If the Eng
lish language were looked upon only as the
basis Of art, then the teachers of read
ing in the grades would refuse to teach
the pupils who lacked the artistic tempera-
ment OF an actor. The teachers Of English
composition would give all their attention
to tho future Macaulays Shakespeares
and Brownings. Only in music as an art
are such absurd notions tolerated. And
1t is the self-sppointed guardians of the art,
the public performers and teachers of per-
formers. who are at fault All music teach
ers know that every person possesses a lit
tie ability to make music, but they have
virtually denied its existence in the strug-
gle for vrtuosity."
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

In the "Old country" music "of your
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

Joan A. Young, one of the clevrest fell
lows on the American stage, in his success
Money and tho Girl" will be the attrac-
ton at the Brsndeis theater on March 20
for four days. A matinee will be given on
Wednesday. The seat sale will open at the
theRter on Thursday morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

Percy Hammond OF the Chicago Tribune
is responsible for this:
They say that during one OF the New
theater's performances OF The School for
Scandal Miss Grace George. who played
Lady Teazle. and Miss Rose CoEhlan,
who appeared as Mrs. Candour, were pass
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13

In a personal letter received by Mr.. Vic
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-08
POETIC BACKGROUND.
Aged Woman's Suggestion in Regard to
Poe Statue.

At last the park department III the
Bronx has solved the problem of har-
monizing with it's surroundings the
bronze bust of Edgar Allan Poe which
the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences
erected in the little Poe park at Ford
ham.
Opposite the little white cottage where
Poe lived with his Virginia from 1914
TO 1S49, and which is marked with a
picture of the Raven on the front of
the house, and Il sign Private Prop
erty," on the stump of the famous cher
ry tree, was a plot of vacant land that
the lovers of Poe succeeded in getting
the city to make into park Then
ensued years of waiting for the city to
buy the cottage and make it a historical
mecca. 1t was owned by a FOrdham
man who would not sell for what the
city was willing to pay.
On January 10 of last year the Bronx
Society of Arts and Sciences put up the
bust by Edmund 7. Quinn on wooden
base. This has been changed to Il white
marble base, which left the statue lone
| ly and bare in the tiny park. The park
| department studied for q long time how
( to take off the bare effect. Thousands
o. pilgrims to this cottage at Fordham
wrote suggestions. One day when the
commissioner was up there an old lady
| from Connecticut happened along ana
remarked that the statue looked Il little
/ lonely there, staring across at the little
house of the poet.
/ ut ought to have Il background said
! the commissioner.
Yes, and a grove of pine trees would
be the very best; the dark green would
| set off the colors of the marble and
/ bronze" said the old lady, enthusias-
! tically.
| Her suggestion was taken and now
/ fourteen half mature pine trees stand in
circle making a beautiful background,
which in time will be one of the finest
/ settings for statue in all Greatvr New
/ York.-New York World.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-08
the three years back rent what

the three years back rent what e
owed'
''You did eh?'
Twelve years &C military discipline
had made Pritchard's temper thing of
order and obedience But he had to hold
himself we'll in hand, nevertheless.
And what happened them"
oh he went packing off to London,
taking his missus with him. And e amt
showed once ere since"
The scrunch of gravel on the pathway
outside drew both mems eye toward the
window. Mary Deering was walking
along the path, leading the child by the
hand In the half light of the dying day
she made lovely picture. Pritchard's
heart went out to her with all the love
which ten years absence had heaped up.
''There she goes" exclaimed the irate
landlord, "as proud and 'aughty as ever.
She never even looks this way wen she
passed.
when did she return?" Pritchard
asked
Return? She amt never been away"
The former sergeant spun round on
his heel.
"Then what the deuce do you mean
by telling me that she had gone, with
this unfortunate wretch you turned out
of this house, to London?"
81 don't know about unfortunate
wretch" the man commented surlily;
but | never said Mary went to London.
1t was her sister Agnes!"
And that kiddie?"
rs Agnes child. They-they left i'm
behind"
Crash
Frank, with one leap, had reached the
window, thrown it up, and swung him
self through il.
Ere, wot the dickens." the astound-
ed innkeeper commenced.
Mary Deering heard the sharp pad
| pad of running feet behind her, and
turned. The sight of Pritchard rushing
toward them made the boy shrek out
in terror. The former sergeant dropped
into walk at once.
| Mary Mary. don't you know me %
he cried, stretching out his arms.
There was moment of breathless 81.
lence. then Ronnie suddenly found him
| self a derelict.
| 'Oh, Frank Frank! Is it really you
my darling?" the woman's passionate
| voice whispered.
Mummy, mummy" walled Ronne
again, calling to the only mother he had
| ever known. But this time Prtchard
only smiled at the sound of the name
| London Answers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-08
NUTRITIOUS RICE.
1t Should Be Used as Freely as in the
Orient

Rice. too, we might well bring more
into the foreground, use once daily, if
not three times a day, as do the orient
ais. Boiled rice for breakfast is tempt
ing, wholesome dish and might well be
employed oftener than now common in
American households. and though rice
is more expensive than it formerly was,
yet pound goes good ways, | ask no
better luncheon than Il cup of fragrant
tea, a platter of rice that has been
cooked quickly in quantity of water,
Chinese fashion, and that is served with
brown sugar of right shade and sweet
ness. At such a luncheon, sufficient.
wholesome. tasty" | can be quite SUI
perior to the butter man, milkman and
butcher.
And for dinner. rice as Il vegetable Is
more and more making its way with US.
rice and curry, good in temperate as well
as tropic land. As a dessert rice need
not be that mushy dish so often present
ed and taken only because nothing better
offers, a gluey mass without form and
void. Various delicious rice desserts may
be concocted, none better than com
bination of rice and banched almonds
boiled and finished by meringue and Il
browning in the oven.
OF beans little need be said to Amer
lean readers, but there might be suggest
ed more use of macaroni-a rich dish of
udCdEOll diu cheese IS meal III ltSpH.
Also. suggestion might be made concern
ing more frequent use of soup; rice, bar
ley. pea, bean and other soups of this
sort are nutritious.
Some green stuff daily we must have,
and daily fruit we cannot Danish from
our bills of fare. They are needed both
for digestion and appetite Fortunately,
this year celery has been unusually good
and, save at holiday time, not imposSihly
costly and the faithful healthful onion
we may have always with u.s. But ap-
pies, even the spotty and generally in
ferior ones, this winter have been worth
their weight i'll gold: not exactly the
golden apple of Paris, but seemingly way
| out of reach to the perplexed housewife.
, Oranges, on the contrary, have been far
" cheap. The best bananas are those
little off color, good ones for slicing to he
had at 10 cents a dozen. and the food
value of the banana is high.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-08
AT THE BRIDGE WHIST CLUB.

! played on at bridge at midnight,
Though my bank account ran low,
And warning voice within me
Said I'd better quit and 60
moments calm reflection
Might have saved me from such fate,
But the lust Of bridge had gripped me,
And, alas, it was too late
And even the cards before me
Seemed Turing me on to play,
And the currency, cleaning and going,
Seemed TO lift and bear me away.
And l bid when l should have bridged II
And bridged when | might have bid;
And only the god of the foolish
Knows the mad, sad thing / did.
And ever the play went wilder.
And the cards still wilder went.
And the widest Of any
For l risked my last red cent
How often, oh. how often.
In the good old days long past,
l had played on at bridge at midnight,
And raked in the pile at last.
How often, oh, how often,
| prayed in a tense aside,
/ might bear away in my pocket
That pile so deep and wide
But the game was dead against me;
I'd lost my luck at the play,
And the debts there laid upon me
Seemed greater than | could pay.
With my coin all fallen from me,
/ left in the cold gray dawn
Deep cursing the bridge at midnight,
And wondering what | could pawn.
Judges Library.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-08
Young Rogers a War Student.

Desnite the responsibilities suddenly
thrust upon him by his fathers death.
vonng III. II. Rogers. son of the late
Standard Oil millionaire, finds time to
keep up his interest in things military.
and will go abroad TO study. army meth
DDS in Germany and Great Britain. Mr..
Rogers - a lieutenant in the Twenty
second regiment. New York He was
originally in the Twelfth regiment. but
re@igned following the disturbances
caused by the trial Of Col George r.
over. Young Rogers is also on Gen.
George Moore Smiths staff, and was
one az the leading candidates for the
6eutenant-colonelCy Of the SiNty-ninth.
when that post was vacant last year.