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Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

II S ''ANA 'iA' UNIV ~ AAN
% new Brandeis theater in the
kASE4N musical comedy. THE Fair
- Co-Ed." This is the play by
George AIDE and Gustav Luders in which
the youngest of American stars has been
appearing for almost two seasons. She
brings here practically the original New
York and Chicago cast, and a company that
numbers in all ninety persons.
George AIDE wrote "The Fair Co-Ed" for
the dramatic society Of his aIma mater
Purdue university. at Lafayette. Ind. When
presented by the undergraduates It proved
such a splendid entertainment that Charles
Dillingham;, Miss Janis manager. secured
the stage rights for his brilliant young star.
He engaged Gustav Luders, Of THE Prime
OF Pilsen" fame, to write the music. The
result was wonderful success when the
piece was produced at the studebaker
theater. Chicago. Then followed a stnl
more remarkable run at the Knicker-
booker theater, New York.
In the support Of the young star Is a
splendid company, including Edgar Hal
stead, sydney Jarvis, Arthur Stanford. II.
David Todd, Harry Depp, Harry Wood,
Gilbert Douglas, James Reaney, Lawrence
Beck, Inez Bauer. Marion Mills. Athea
Francis, Elsie Steele and Bena Hoffman.
The chorus, with its thirty-five college
boys is one OF the largest that ever has
visited Omaha And when they sing.
"Bula, Bula" and those other famous old
college songs in a serenade, many an old
grad. will live over again the happiest days
OF his hfe. Mr.. Luder's music ranks with
the best he has written. He has skilfully
woven college songs into his score, and
there Is a song description OF a foot ball
game that is in a class all by itself.
Long famous for her limitations" OF
noted actors and actresses, Miss Janis in
the last act OF The Fair COED" will SHOW.
how Miss ma Held might sing The
Cubanola Glide" how George NJ. Conan
might play Romeo how David Warfield
might sing The Yiddish Rag how Eddie
Foy might play Hamlet and how Mss
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Septimus Ajax Dix is just the opposite Of
the man we have been talking Of; ne was
absolutely last in his own mind, and didn't
figure at any point in his calculations, un-
less it was as one of the points represented
by the plus sign in "Pr'-an abstraction
carried to infinity. His marriage to Emmy
Oldrieve was the easiest way he saw to
remedy a situation that looked desperate;
he didn't think how 1t might end, he didn't
calculate on anything except that he could
lend a girl in trouble the use of his name
for a year or such a matter and then she
might be free to face the world again. OF
course, such generosity exists only in story
books; the whole situation is too wildly i'm
probable to be looked for outside of fiction.
And yet it is not impossible; men have done
fine things, a generous impulse springing
up and taking the name of action lmmedi-
ately, and we call them heroes and give
them Carnegie medals and votes of thanks.
A man leaps into the water and rescues a
girl from drowning, and afterwards marries
her, or, maybe he never sees her again,
but he saved her life. Another dashes into
a burning building and carries out a woman
who could not otherwise have escaped the
death that waited in the flames; on a sink
ing vessel the men stand back until the
women and children are safe within the
boats; on a street car a man will give his
seat to a woman, and vote himself a hero
medal because he did. In ways unnumbered
he will sacrifice himself for the woman
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
At the Omaha TheaterS

Elsie Janis in "The Fair Co-Ed' and Dorothy Morton in "The Widow
Jones" Divide the Week at the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Be the
Bill at the Boyd-Krug Will Have Two Meodramas-Strong vaude.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Man is still a selfish beast, and probably
will be, world without end. 1t was just this
quality of man that drove poor Hedda Cab
Ter to commit suicide, and then--irony of
fate!-tO have the men who sat in judgment
upon her attribute her strange conduct to
climacteric insanity, whereas it was the
only possible protest she could make
against the insufferable vanity of the men
who did not understand her, If a man,
when he Is wrought by a sense of wrong
that moves him TO desire the life of another,
or some other mode Of wreaking dire ven
geance, would go away for a few hours Of
contemplative analysis of the situation,
would give it due consideration from all it's
angles, and especially would consider the
rights Of others in the premises, he would
not very often furnish the newspapers with
material for sensational headlines. His van
ity and his selfishness will not permit him
to do this. Hedda Gabler is not alone In
her despair, nor is Emma Citing the only
one to voice that protest, but neither Of
these two women is likely to be greatly
needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
lie. comes to the Brandeis three days,
starting Thursday, April IA.

he. comes to the Brandeis three days,
starting Thursday, April a.
~"Strongheart," that splendid American
play by William DeMille, is to be the bill
at the Boyd this week, having been chosen
for the uses Of the Woodward Stock com
pany. This fine drama deals with the great
question Of interracial marriage, and shows
more plainly than words can tell the diff
culties that the matter may present. It's
hero, So-an-ga-ta-ha, is an Indian OF high
character, and worthy to be everything
but the husband Of the white girl he loves
and who loves him. He sees this in the end
himself, and goes back to his tribe, sorrow
full, leaving her to forget him among her
Dwn people, interviewer with the main
theme is the story OF a great foot ball
match that furnishes much excitement.
The college atmosphere is most appro-
pirate. Mr.. Morrison will have the role
Of So-an-go-to-ha, and Miss Gates will be
cast for the part OF Dorothy Nelson, the
girl he loves. Others in the company will
be well placed. Mr.. Campbell has provided
a splendid setting for the drama. which is
in four acts. II opens at a matinee today.
II Mime. Sembrich were one OF the familiar
type OF pTima donnas, OF which several
notable examples might be mentioned, "a
whom a concert tour appeals as a last re-
sort after a lCssening OF vocal gifts has
been followed by a loss OF prestige in the
metropolis, her proposed visit to this city
would not be a matter Of such just con-
Germ. But according TO every Trustworthy
authority she has never In her long career
sang more perfectly than at present Grace
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
Before and After the Concert

Some Further Consideration of the Matter of Responsibility for Pub
lie Announcements and the Opinions that Are Expressed by the Critic
After the Artist Has Clearly Shown His Ability by His Work.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

- ALKING with one OF the best
" known women in Omaha the
other day we came upon the
1900 subject Of star concerts, the
StlgEGN prima donna recital, and offer
- ings Of kindred nature. Now
this bright woman has more opportunity
perhaps than any one else to study the
progress and development Of the COM
munity in the higher planes Of literature
and music.
She made this remark in the course of
conversation: IF it were only possible for
us to pick up the morning paper and from
it's musical or m column tell Just
what one should go to and what one should
stay away FROM
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

has ragged around the main point. Until a
better understanding is had, and some diff
ferent adjustment Of the relations between
the man and the woman is reached, II Is
quite probable that the dual code will be
kept in full force. and the woman will be
called upon to pay.
one Of the many sides to the question
which is rarely given its due attention is
brought out very forcibly in The Test"
Tretman. the lover who lost Emma Citing,
learns the name Of the man who betrayed
her. "Tn kill him." he exclaims in
righteous wrath. He shall not cucumber
the earth!" All his anger seems t. direct
itself against the man who has wrought
this wreck of two lives, and nothing but
his death seems enough to pay the bill.
But the woman, who has paid, and is stlll
paying, asks If she is not to have a little
consideration; is It not time one or the
other of these men thought of her and not
of himself? The murder of the man who
was to blame would not right her wrongs,
would not give back to the other the years
Of life he had spent in prison, nor would It
in any way serve a good purpose; it could
only bring her to a place where she would
rave to tell her miserable story again, and
suffer still more. As her right, she de-
manded that the thought of vengeance be
abandoned. The futility of human venge
ance was never more perfectly illustrated.
1t is a realization Of Tolstoi's axiom, that
to oppose force by force Is but to multiply
violence. Not necessar ly nonresistance, but
to consider the two evils and choose the
lesser. But this Is all too seldom done; the
man, burning with his own rage, thinking
only of himself, rushes headlong to wreak
his vengeance on its object, and when 1t is
all over and he sees how the blow he aimed
at his victim has fallen on the innocent,
he begins to cry for their protection. His
af]terthought should have come first.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

IN Motoring" a satire on autOmobiling.
This Is the original London company.
Donold Bowles and his company present
Guilty a one-act drama by Victor II.
Smalley. the author OF "Nervo." "The
Revolving Arch" latest gymnastic novelty
Of Keno, welch and Melrose. Is here thia.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

This weeks bill at the Orpheum theater
presents as a headline attraction Paul
spadoni in his latest novelty. "The Jug
gler's Return" He comes to his apart
ment at the wee small hour Of 4 a. m.
He proceeds to put things TO rights by
throwing at the ceiling a six-armed chan
delier, which hangs there and starts to
burn. In the same manner he hangs the
pictures by throwing them at the walls
Harry Tate's English company will be seen
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The writer Of this column can not answer
for the dramatic critic. but for himself
he Will try to say a word. (And speaking
of dramatic criticism, would that very
musician and music lover might read the
article on Critics. Public Artists and
. Newspapers" which appeared in the dram
attic column Of The Bee last Sunday. II
you missed IL, make a note Of 1t and secure
2 copy. 1t was written by a man who
T writes from experience and with authority.
To return. There is something in what
the person quoted had to say.
We should be able to form an opinion on
the coming events and we should be guided
by the newspapers. And yet we are not.
But It is not the fault of today's news
paper; it is the fault Of custom. For years
and years the critic or the supposedly COM
petent authority, never entered into the
question OF the drama or the music to be
presented, until after, mark you, after the
event. He was not an accessory before
the fact" And so the habit has grown
old established by this time, and it will be
hard to change.
The present system is practically this:
The manager claims certain virtues and
wonderful works for his star; the public
and the critic go to the performance: then
he is either agreed with or disagreed with
by public or critic. or both.
He practically announces through the
business office Of the paper at so much
per inch, that Signor Tenorino is the
greatest singer on earth. The Morning
Star and the Evening Sunset accept the
money through their business office. as a
business transaction pure and simple, and
they feel that they have no more right to
~ GNa.aa
they would have to challenge Fftcuff g
Co. when they say they make the finest
shirt on earth, or the Lordly Motor COM
pany because they announce in the same
way that they make the one great Amerl-
can car.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The spirit of fair play seems also to have
an influence: for the disposition is like
this'-"Don't say anything against it until
it Is over" Now that is really not fair
play, 1t is not fair play to the audience.
We ought to be able to forecast from our
examination Of the program and our knowl-
edge Of the participants whether the affair
Is worth two dollars or so Of the individ-
uars money.
But we cannot do so now. 1t is against
an old-established custom, and yet we feel
confident that it will some day be pos
sible.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Now and then WI hear complaint that
this topic Is old. too old for present in
teresting discussion. perhaps. But the
matter has not as yet been settled, and
until some final adjustment is secured, it
will be a continually pressing problem and
will receive much consideration. The one
prominent feature Of the debate is that the
most OF us are in the same fix with old
Omar, who says:
Myself when young did agerly frequent
Doctor and saint and heard great argument
About it and about, but evermore
Came out by that same door wherein 1
went.
We hear the argument, but pay too lit
tie attention to it's drift. and therefore
make no progress. Just now a peculiar
turn is being given to the old debate. The
social workers who come most into contact
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

musical play which is said TO be a mad
riot OF merry misrule In the island repub-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Bessie Mccoy might do the hypnotic dance
in "The Three Twins" Miss Janis engage
ment at the Brandies is for three night,
ending Tuesday.
Dorothy Morton is to be the attraction
in this city in j. J. McNally's musical
comedy, Widow Jones'" at the Brandeis
theater for four days, starting Wednesday
evening, April 6, with the regular Saturday
matinee.
Especial care has been exercised by the
management in surrounding Miss Dorothy
Morton with capable artists. Oscar Walsh,
a phenomenal tenor is a big feature Of the
musical comedy widow Jones'" and has
many song numbers. Walter Catlett. the
principal comedian. has a role in widow
Jones' which gives him a marked chance TO
portray a German nobleman OF eccentric
traits, Gene Leroy Is not only a clever
actress and a beautiful woman, but is a
skilled pianist and in her 'planologue" she
has a number that causes much comment
Others In the company are well known
for their ability. The handsomest show
girls to be found in the theatrical world
were engaged for Miss Morton's tour and
no expense has been spared to present the
noted prima-donna comedienne with every
requisite required,
d
1t is refreshing to record the success OF
a dramatic work which is sweet and clear
and pure, and requires no suggestion or i'm
proper illusion TO secure laughter Such
a piece is Miss Patsy. which will be Of
fered by Henry w. Savage at the Brandels
theater, four days, starting Sunday, April
10, by one Of the strongest casts Of fun
makers he has ever The com
pany is headed by Gertrude Quinlan, the
original slangy waitress OF The College
Widow" and includes five other members
OF the original cast OF that remarkable
comedy. The play is fresh from a run OF
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

must ask that question in another way.
not VIII it pay?' in money, but rs it
worth the money! We do not ask for
money returns from our school fund, but
we get returns which are incalculable
eve ask for returns from our street clean
ing fund and we don't seem to get much).
We do not ask for financial returns from
our Golf club, or our Tennis club, but we
get them in other ways.
And so, sooner or later, music will be
looked upon as an Art entirely and not as
a business. And 1t will be advertised in a
different way. At present the announce
ment of a manager is taken without COM
ment and the comment is made afterwards.
And that after-comment has nothing to
do with the business end Of the paper: but
in most cases it used to have. Everything
had to be praised to avoid the loss of a
subscriber.
No so The Bee. Every few weeks. there
is . demand for the instant dismissal of
the music critic, and threats of stopping
the paper, are as familiar as the ring of
the telephone, but the paper still lives and
flourishes, and it's critic of musical events
retains his head.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

full, pretty and sweetly feminine as she is
herself her voice is as pure and rich and
beautiful as II ito possessor were still in
her teens, while her use of it has grown
surer and more mellow with each years
experience. The queen Of the operatic and
lyric stage, Nine. Sembrich is without a
peer.
Writing of Mime. Sembrich and her re-
tirement from the operate field Mr.. w j..
Henderson, the brilliant critic of the New
York Sun, declared recently
It is to the credit Of the New York pub
lie that side by side with its fondness for
big tone and exaggerated methods Of de-
livery il has for some years cherished a
sincere affection for the exquisitely fin
ished methods of Nine. 6embrich. Her
departure Will leave the town poorer than
it was and her retirement from opera will
rob the operate stage Of the world OF one
of it's few examples of vocal beauty un
defiled. Tht natural quality of the voice
is rich, mellow and buoyant. II is quite
without that metallic hardness associated
with all brilliant voices, and while its nat
urGl fluidity arc its transparency of tint
have made It especially capable OF the
birdlike flights OF florid roles II has also
an abundance Of that rich warmth essen
tial to the expression Of the tenderer feel
ingS.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Ella NNN ANN9AAANAH haN NAN MNN
WAT at least Of which Il can tell
" without having TO explain any
80 thing. The six nights devoted
|S1lEGSI TO "Septimus' and The Test
49, were as we'll spent as any six
are ever likely 10 be at the theater. Two
more widely disslmilar plays are not likely
20 be seen In the same week. either. and
yet they had their points of similarity. In
each the main event was the betrayal OF
a girl and her subsequent desertion. In
each the hero was the man who stepped
in and gave himself to restore the life the
other man had all but wrecked. The hand
ling Of the material, which is as old as
time. was deftly done In each play. but
the divergence serves to show the pos
sibilities Of that charm" which is to
''sooth her melancholy"
When lovely woman stoops to folly
And finds too late that men betray.
Its variations are so many that to emu
merate them would be to recite the titles
OF about all the plays that have been
written and all the novels and the poems,
and much Of the philosophy and many of
the sermons. And with all these dis
QUESTIONS OF various sorts and conclusions
we persist in ignoring the one sermon on
the topic that appears to have pointed out
a logical way. This may easily be found
In the eight chapter of the gospel accord
ing TO st. John.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Miss Florence Gerald won her case
against Wagenhals g. Kemper and Eugene
Walter, whom she charged with infringing
on her rights in the production Of Paid in
Full" Miss Gerald claimed the idea as
hers, and based her claim on a oneract play
called Idols OF Clay The case has been
pending since 1907, and was settled out of
court, Miss Gerald getting several thousand
dollars. If all the authors Walter has Dor
rowed' from will secure similar settlements
quite a noticeable dent will be put into his
bank account. He is one of the most per-
sistent and impudent Of the whole lot when
it comes to appropriating other folks ideas.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The announcement of the production Of
"Chanticler" with Maud Adams in the
leading role has led several Of The Beef
otherwise careful conte mporaries into a sin
gular mistake. They have announced ttat
this is to be the second masculine role I'M
dertaken by Miss Adams, the other being
the son of Napoleon in "DAiglon." Won
der what they call the part she played in
Peter Pan" or the one she had in "Tht
TESTERS? In fact, Maud is no stranger to
trousers, and she looks mighty we'll In
them. But as a rooster, Growing that the
sun may rise-well, that's another matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

As communities grow older there comes
a recognition OF the fact that WA Il
pay?' is not the one important question.
When this is asked 1t generally means,
"Whl we get our money back2' WIN il
be a good AIDE?
But soon II becomes evident that we
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

.SS ELSIE JANIS will make her
first appearance in Omaha to-
night, when she comes to the
new Brandeis theater in the
musical comedy. THE Fair
CO-El." This Is thn Man. H..
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Al C. Field, the last OF the o.d guard of
minstrels' Will appear Sunday and Monday
next at the Krug theater. Next year Mr..
Field viii celebrate the twenty-ffth ami
versary OF his connection with his pres
ent company, and plans are already under
way to produce the greatest galaxy OF min
istrel performers in the worlds history.
Al G. Field will himself appear with tho
company in Omaha when he will produce
a new sketch entitled The Head Waiter"
Sixty-five performers are with this sea
sons show.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

But when the concert comes off. then
the real side OF the paper goes to work.
Crhe business office is supposed to be the
real side, but II the paper were all adver-
tisements there would be no paper. 1t is
inevitable, but subsidiary; it is necessary.
vitality necessary, but not paramount.
Wen, the editorial side now comes in
that side Of the paper has no inches of
space to sell; but the critic goes to the
recital and SiEnor Tenorino sings, and the
critic says ne sang well or he sang badly.
according to the performance, and with
OUT the bias Of the box office business
side But DONE get the idea that the bus
mess office is just a money-grabbing
proposition and that it does not care "A
straw whether the managers claim is
right so long as the s~o-much-per-inch
comes in, I'm coin OF the realm. Nay. YER
lily, you cannot insert an advertisement Ia
appear in the musical or dramatic column
after the concert or the performance
You never saw an advertisement in the
paper that "signor Tenorino was the great.
est living singer last night"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

"Ishmael." a mastery dramatization by
Grace Hayward Of Mrs. F.. ID. r. N. South
wOrth's novel Of the same name. a story
Of an American bows rise from the depths
of poverty, humiliation, despair and a
cloud on his parentage, to the highest
rung in the ladder of fame, will be the at
traction for four days at the Krug theater
commencing Sunday matinee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Bessie Mccoy might do the hypnotic dance
"The Three Twins" Miss Janis engage
ment at the Brandies is for three night,
ending Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

Continued on Page Flys.J
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

The attraction at the Krug for three days
starting Thursday, "A Royal Slave" is one
Of the most elaborate melodramatic produc-
lions on the road, Though 1t is a melo-
drama OF the sensational sort there is not
a shot fired during the entire play. and
it is possessed of real literary and dramatic
merit of a high order.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

But what are we going to do about it?
Something will be lone some day.
The business side of life is not so SUI
preme as Il used TO be. Notice the differ
ent attitudes OF employers to employees.
annual pienios and base ball teams, and
bowling teams and lunch rooms, and a
greater demand for neatness and polite
ness and the gradual betterment OF condi-
lions; did you know that in Chicago some
OF the large business houses have choral
societies which meet and rehearse regu-
larry and give concerts which are very
surprising? And these rehearsals are held
right in the buildings.