Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

<& She received the sum Of twelve
hundred pieces of silver, each representing
the purchasing power OF one hundred cents,
on the occasion of her recent visit here.
And yet the Madame says. I'm San Franz
cisco, Los Angeles, Denver, st. Paul and
the large cities of the Pacific coast the
audiences are critical, discriminating and
appreciative Omaha is not mentioned H.
this class.
The distinguished contralto land mezzc.
soprano combined) has a very patriotic
press representative who sometimes seems
to color the facts somewhat unduly, If one
is to believe the papers.
For example, in a local paper the fol-
lowing notice appeared in advance of the
concert:
Nine. Schumann-Heink who will be
heard here is an American
citizen, although born in Lieben, near
Prague, Bohemia. When asked a short
time ago why she preferred America to
Austria and Germany, she replied: All my
luck, all my fortune, came to me here. l
want to be an American, but, most of all,
j want my children to be Americans. In
this wonderful country everyone is estI-
mated according to his worth, for here
work is respected, no matter of what sort
~ To- III many OuC HuHl nave lllleS,
riches, position, to be anyone at all. Here
! shake hands with everybody: all are my
friends. South, east, west. ~north-every-
where l find such good friends. The
southern people are the lovellest know
off, (This was evidently a southern in.
terview. In Omaha. Madame loved the
west best of all. In Chicago she said: I
love Chicago. l owe it so much, My love
and gratitude go to it's people."O
The distinguished Madame hit-quite un.
consciously-the nail right square on ths
head when she said: Here, work Il
respected, no matter of what sort it isl
That is the trouble, We have not tn,
European standard, and work is re-
spected, no matter of what sort it is Thi
is the principal standard" co nowadays
He did the best he could" Therefore no
a voice must be raised in conslderat,
criticism. As a very bright and interestin,
young disciple Of music said to the writer
once upon a time, III the people are salts
fled, what's the difference?"
omaha has heard work here. orchestral
choral and vocal, which would make angel
weep and musicians grleve, and this sam
work, through dlligent exploitation, ha
been greeted by large and "undiscrimina
z ting audiences; and Omaha has seen Hem
, Marteau, the vlollnlst. now head OF tn
| Royal Hochschule Of Berlin, and Gadowsk
the pianist, each play TO a small an
, discriminating audience Of less than TWEEN
$ ty-five souls. But that is nothing.
The work is respected, no natter O
what sort II is
5 There was a time when even Schumann
Heink herself sang a great program :
Omaha. and did not find Is necessary /
remove a good old song like Mrs. Beach
{ "Ah Love, But a Day" words by Brown
ing) and sing instead Nevin's Rosary,
{ (Which has been parodied and re-parodIed
not did she deem Il wise to present such
y ditty as His Lullaby" which is regularl
e advertised In a leading music journal q
I wide circulation as Being sung everywheI
It by Nine. Schumann-Heiuk and can be oil
i tanned at the Bond Shop
incidentally, why must Ethelbert Nevi
. be misrepresented so continually by HI
Rosary" The man wrote far bette
things than that.
In G~ermany'-says the article quoted
: zone must have titles, riches. position
be anyone at all" This is quoted in col
q trast to the other statement; In N
10 wonderful country everyone Is estimate
according 60 his worth"
This makes very interesting reading aftl