Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-20
CORNELL MUSICAL
CLUBS VERSATILE
Glss and Banjo Clubs Of College Are
Noted for Good Perfor-
mances.
HERE MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK
Four OF the Entertainers Are from
Omaha and Some Special Feat
ures Are 20 He staged by
visitors.

When the Cornell musical clubs enter
tain at the American theater, December
%, Omaha will have the pleasure OF hear
ing and seeing one Of the most versatile
musical organizations In the land. Tho
Christmas tour OF the Cornell clubs Is a
brief one, and but a few cities are in
cluded on the itinerary. 80 Omaha is in
deed fortunate that this city was Sc
lected.
The Giee club win sing rollicking col
lege ditties, and also win Indulge in Sc
lectiors from grand, Iight and comic
opera.
The Glee club is OF particularly high
standard this, year, according to advance
reports, and the members have been Sc
lected from 500 applicants.
HIandoIinists = Feature.
The Mandolin club is feature which
should please. Included in the Mandolin
CLUB It The Sleeping sextet," six mus-
clans who have made enviable reputR-
tions for themselves. The sextet includes
piano, violin, guitar, banjo. mandolin
and trap drums The selections they play.
are the latest popular pieces combined
into medleys
Another bright feature in the Cornell
FuuttCHl ClHUt II al VI ihO0CAh
society dancing. Robert A. Doyle of
Akron, o.. and Herbert A., Adair OF Port
land, Ind, are the terpsichorean experts.
OF Doyle the feminine member of the
team, Il is said that his impersonation is
very realistic, and that he and Adair per-
form (the gyrations OF the tango. the
rnaxixe, the fox trot and the She-step
with surprising agility.
-Four Are Omaha Boys.
OF particular local interest in the Cor
nell musical clubs is the prominence of
Omaha in theesixty members comprising
the clubs. -Four Omaha boys have earned
the distinction of appearing with that
organization.
They are ]. H Millard and II. z. Mil
lard, sons of Mrs. r. B. Millard. 123
North Thirty-nlnth street; II. H. Davis.
son of Dr. B. B. Davis, 15o2 South Thirty
second avenue; and ]. j. Hanighen, jr.,
son Of J., j. Hanighen, S27 South Thirty
seventh street.
HE Miliard and Davis are veterans
OF the clubs, having played in the Man
doiin club for three years. ]. II. Millard
and Hsnighen are both serving their
first year in the club. Millard plays the
mandolin and Hanighen sings second
tenor.
Extensive plans for the entertainment
of the visiting musicians are being made
by Omaha alumni Of Cornell. A lunch
con and a reception and tea will be given
in their honor at the University club, and
in the evening after the concert they
VIII be guests Of honor at bail to be
given at the Rome hotel.
Seats for the concert are selling rap
idly Many box parties and line parties
are to be given, and from advance res
,ervations 1T would indicate that seats
will be at premium on the night OF the
! concert.
Commsttee Keeping Busy.
The committee In charge of the ad-
! vance sale has been kept at wits ends
handling reservations and endeavoring
to please the wishes of applicants. The
most popular seats of all are the main
floor boxes and the orchestra seats OF
the middle rows, and had there been
moro Of this kind they could have been
sold several times over. Although the
advance sale Of seats bias been n prog
ress only four days, two-thirds Of the
house has slready been reserved.
The advance sale VIII continue until
Wednesday. December q. when the COM
mittee viii release the remaining seats
to the Beaton Drug company, who win
handle the public sale. and while there
are stin q large number Of choice seats
Z left II Is imperative that all those de-
string a choice Of good seats make their
reservation with Mr.. George B. Thummel
before the public sale opens.