Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-02
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BIZ HENRETTA N. RES.
TIT K HAVE a bright idea about
Wv concerts at the Auditorium.

TTT Z HAVE a bright idea about
Wv concerts at the Auditorium.
- Ihers<is always so much
trouble getting in, but our plan like
certain patent medicines, II diree-
tons are followed it will relieve the
congestion at once.
One enters a middle door and is
Immediately caught in cross cur
rents. There are people who enter
ed the south outside door who want
TO go TO the north entrance to the
balcony, OF people who entered the
north door who want to get to the
south entrance of the balcony.
There are people who entered the
middle door who want to go both
directions. and other people who al
ways have their eye upon the other
entrance downstairs than the one
which is on the same side of the. box
office that they are on But wouldn't
this all be elimAatedf If people de-
string to 60 to the balcony were to
enter the extreme north and south
doors of the building, and people
who wanted to go down stairs en-
Ter BY the middle ones? OF course.
I do not know what a person would
do who had to go to the box office
before he went TO the balcony, but
for that matter / do not know what
becomes of him now either.
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Tie following is a heading from
the latest issue of Musical America.
Great Auditoriums as Memorials
to our Soldier Dead-Syracuse first
city in east to take tip project adj
vocated by editor of Musical Amer
lea" The article goes on to say
that the plans are already under
way, and that the memorial will cost
over 100000"
The Musical Courier also tells an
aneedote about Detroit and the new
orchestra. Business is not COM
monty supposed to go to art: De-
troit therefore made art come to
business. Through the invitation OF
officers and directors of the Board
of Commerce, the new symphony
orchestra under Ossip Gabrilowitsch
appeared at noon before the board,
when nearly all of the members
were present and there they gave
short program and were cheered
to the echo" Since business is not
supposed to 90 to art, why couldn't
We make art come to business also,
and start by finishing the Municipal
auditorium and putting a fine NUM-
.ipal organ in it?
A great many of our friends and
fellow citizens have showed interest
in our recent editorial about art
and the Municipal auditorium. Mr..
Pen Fedora, a prominent Omaha
business man didn't call us up or
write us a note He talked to some
Of the leaders Of the Chamber OF
Commerce about it and put up a
strong personal tall: in favor of hav-
ing the Auditorium finished to sup
plement it, This is what counts, for
HE Chamber of Commerce has
weight and influence and more or
less civic pride as we'll. Anything
Il gets behind is bound to be success
ful and TO have an artistic municipal
auditorium would be as fine an adj
vertisement for Omaha as a conven-
ton city as anything else they could
have.
Captain c. E. Adams, chairman OF
the Roosevelt Memorial committee
has asked Harry Murrison, organ
izer for community singing OF the
War Camp Community service, to
assist in securing for this occasion a
choir to lead the audience in the
singing Of the familiar hymns and
songs. An invitation has been sent
ID the choirs and choruses OF the
ritv asking their hearty cooperation.
Henry Cox has promised co-opera-
ton and will provide the orchestra
Is plav accompaniment as well as
speciai numbers. Ben Stanley, d.
rector Of the Liberty Chorus, has
asked this organization to take part.
A quartet Of buglers will play AS
sembly'' at the opening of the meet
ing and TAPS" at the close. The
Y. M c. A. male quartet will be
feature.
This is Omaha's part of the ma
fional movement to honor this great
American on Sunday, February =.
Every choir, chorus, singer and mu-
stefan in the city is asked to coop
crate. Boy Scouts under their own
officers will usher.
Lucy Gates, American soprano,
and the Trio de Lutece will appear
ii Omaha under the auspices OF the
Tuesday Musical club Thursday
evening, February 6, at S:l5 o'clock,
al the Brandeis theater. Several
years ago, when abroad, Miss Mary
Munchoff attended a musical tea,
where prominent artists occasional
IL sang. and she heard Miss Gates
sing. AT the time she predicted that
Miss Gates had the quality Of voice
which belongs to great singer.
She heard her some years later and
was more than delighted. "She was
very Young and very ambitious,
said Miss Munchoff, when l first
met her, and also faithful to her
work. She was bound to succeed"
1t was a Mozart opera. and musical
people all know the crystalline
clearness and polished art it takes
to do Justice TO this composer.
Wherever Miss Gates has APP
reared she has awakened greatest
enthusiasm. The Trio de Lutece is
4 rather unsual combination of in
strnments, but each player is a we'll
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