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New-York tribune., 1919-10-14

Angels were the fun makers of the
company then, and Marion Manola and
Laura Joyce Bill helped to make the
music soundas it ought TO. Once at least
SINCE then It was in the list OF French
company and we are not quite sure that
a woful lot OF Italian musical mounte-
banks did not make mess OF it as
they did OF other operettas. It was
gagged to death at another theatre in
broadway when FRITZ Schetf and Louis
Harrison were in the company; but Mr..
Savage's respectful treatment of it in
season at the American Theatre de-
serves to be remembered because of
the number of singers in the company
who have since reached higher artistic
attitudes
These memories Of the past may not
be particularly significant, but thev
were called up by the talk in the lobby
OF the Park Theatre last night How
young the world is Hundreds in the
audience were listening to the operetta
Tor the tarst Iime. How keen must
nave been their enjoyment of the stir
ring march song in the first act tout
OF which Miss Cora Tracy and her
companions might have made more
than they did, the jolly Coopers' song
and the scintillant waltz-trio in the
second. Perhaps they. were more TO
be enviod than the veterans who knew
how delightful ali of Suppe's meas
ures are and who wished that larger
measure OF justice had been meted
out to them. That measure we would
have had had all the people concerned
been az admirable in voice, action and
diction as Morton Adkins.
Miss Ruth Miller sang sweetly and
prettily with q small voice, as Fla
meta. Mr.. Craig Campbell was
welded to the melting mood and
nursed his half-voice and falsetto till
there was no health in Boccaccio's STU
dent friend, while Frank Moulan. Will
lam Danforth and Bertram Peacock
gave little heed to the music and much
to striving for comicality. Mr.. Dan
forth did really succeed in being laugh
able at times. Kate Condon's stage
routine stood her in good stead.
The central figure was of course Mss
Tracy in the titular ole-ingratiatiag
TO the eye. ample and Agreeable as to
voice, though conventional in charac-
terization.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
Irwin Cobb Dramatization
Proves Mild Entertainment

The qualities which make a short
story above the average will not ineyi-
tably assure its success upon the
stage. Charles O'Brien Kennedv's
dramatization Of one of Irwin S. Cobb's
pest known stories which opened at
the Belmont Theatre last evening falls
short of dramatic requirements in sew
eral respects.
Many will remember The story OF
Peep O'Day, pauper, who suddenly in
herited fortune. and the efforts of q
village physician and crooked LAWYER
TO rob the old man and have him com
mltted to an insane aslum. In drama
tic form the story takes long to tell
The first act is wholly devoted to ex-
position OF character Learning to
know the wicked sheriff and judge
Priest. and the husband hunting Mrs
Hunter Is comparatively mild enter
talnment. The conspiracy to down
Peep O'Day is launched with no par
tlcular force, and the slender thread
Of action meanders on lazily to the end
OF the third act with Peep O'Day, OF
course, triumphant.
Peep as first cousin of "Lightnin'
Bill Jones, but without Lightnin's sense
of humor. Peep is plaintive, sentimen-
tai, an amateur philanthropist, followed
everywhere by crowd of hoodlums
his pals. Harry Beresford, an expert
cnced actor, makes much of the part
An equally efficient companion portrait
is William st. James's Judge Priest
Otherwise the acting of the company
did not excite individual attention.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14

demanding too much practically Of a
poet.
Mr.. Maseheld has used as his ma
terial the familiar Japanese legend of
the Ronin. 1t is story Of the revenge
Of the righteous against the oppressor,
and very eloquently indeed has the au-
thor maintained the thesis that in
Righteousness there is not only spir-
itual strength but definitely physical
stamina. Certainly his last act rings
like trumpet call to all, and for all
against evil when it was strong and
have finally dragged it down. Mr..
Masefield has put gesture and elo-
quence into the homely cry Of the op-
pressed, "We'll get 'cm yeti"
Plctorially tho play is always a de-
light. Lee Simonson has given the
piece gorgeous setting, and against
this background some brilliant acting
is chown, although the performance as a
whole is a little rough. Not infre-
quently more volume of sound is con-
ceived as a necessary attribute Of We
hemence. After all, many of the most
been expressed in, college yells, and
there were times last night when we
rather expected the stage mob to go
one step further along the road it was
travelling and to shout "Rah, rah, rah,
sis eboom bah, Ronin! Ronin! Ronin!'
The most interesting and effective
performance of the evening was thai
Of Rollo Peters, who played with
rare intensity and perfect control. 1t
seemed pity that he should die
In the first act, for no one else in
the cast so successfully realized the
spirit of the play. Henry Herbert.
h
evil one Of the play. His was also per
formance highly imaginative and deli
cate. There was also good work by
Boris Korlin. and although Henry Still
man delivered his lines in slovenly
fashion, he brought a curiously effect
i've air of dignity to the play in scenes
where it was most needed
We need not say that we recon-
mend 'The Faithful" to theatregoers.
IF 1T is not all good some of it is
great, and Of such there is never quite
enough to go around.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
Music

,.,;sh Williams. barytone from
r.,;fornia, gave song recital last
sss' night at Aeolian Hall. In tn the open open
uavden's al Pensier st. Negli
ias,.t;s ias, he show,l an admirable sense
Q eesss.', &. classic Isl sty Of song, voice of
:, s,st ss' quality. whah might have been
a' armer texture. but Of q good deal
., !. saribility. In Handel's Come and
q a-,n It. and IN the delightful old
.s lI,s Of the time of James l, Have
v"n sgas Seen 8 White Lily Crow" his
,.s,e lvt and has feeling for the more
ns;e u.I;eate nuances of expression were
asrt wass pleasingly evident
DI Later. in group OF Scandinavian
mos and in French songs by GODDARD,
nns.rr Georges and Widor. he showed
p.s%n.thetic feeling for numbers of
s;dsly divergent spirit.
NJ Williams IS, N short, an artist
NJ an excellent musician, whose light
-. .o;ss is of naturally pleasing timbre.
His use of it, however, could be bet
..rsd s and the present throatiness Of
~ emission removed. He was warmly
sreeted by large audience.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
1.-The Little Whopper" Is
Whale of a Comedy

The Little Whooper" is whale of
o show. 1t opened at the Casino last
night with splash of wit, music and
glrls-all so sparkling that they cannot
soon fade IN memory or on Broadway.
Abraham Levy, the producer, is des-
timed to amass wealth through this
properly called musical comedy, and
little Miss NiVienne Segal is more than
likely to win place in stardom
Otto Harbach wrote a thin script of
deliciously clean farce, with all the
surprising and entangline situations of
the Partisan article, bur without the
smudge. 1t is perfectly safe to take
the subbiest of sub-debs, and yet that
ovcrworked friend Of reviewers, the
eternally tired business man." who
really gets tired through seeing so
many stupid shows, will only get tired
at this one through straining his glee
muscles.
But to Rudolf Frml and Bide Dudley
belong more credit, for the music is
delightful and will be whistled and
sung and played in restaurants and in
homes for many long day, and the
lyrics. for which the agile Mr.. Dudley
is responsible. are really the book. The
almost total absence of dialogue is a
Jy to the heart-almost as much of q
JOY as the unctuous acting of that rich
old player W. J. Ferguson
1t is rare to find prima donna who
can dance and sing and act satsfactor-
lily as can Miss Segal, but it is rare
still to find a chorus combing the en-
crgy, grace, beauty and voice Of the
bevy Of fappers with which she was
blessed last night. They we're trained
by Bert French but it must not be
forgotten that tircless Tony Heindl
whipped them and coaxed them during
every minute they were singing or
dancing. Indeed, he worked them so
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14

hard we feared they would lose either
Serve or smile before the final curtain,
but they didn't.
In The Little whopper" everyone
works hard and is happy, including the
:. Something must be said for the
very girl, who was second to Hiss
Segal in the cast. Miss Mildred Rich
ardson Is that word taboo in newspaper
ofhces. She just is very" and we've
simply got to say it. She is very young
very tall, very graceful, very pretty and
very sweet Now, censor, do your
worst!
-, What is the use talking of the story?
There's a lot of it, but it is all told in
song and dance and fol-de-rol, and
doesnt amount to a hill of beans
Stories don't belong in musical come
dies, anyway. The acting is sufficient
the staging, by Oscar Eagle, smooth
and the costumes bewildering and ar
tistic.
Yes, asked what "The Little Whop-
per" is, we say she's whale.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
A rt

ne sale OF household furnishings
WORKS OF art, orchestrations and scores
the property of the hate Oscar Ham
mersrein, will begin to-day at The
breadway Art Galleries. Handsome
chinese and Persian rugs are q feat
ure OF the collection. The jewelry in
Guides gold enamel cuff links, two
olsmonds and two sapphires. an Ori-
entail pearl stick pin, a sapphire scarf
pm, solitaire diamond ring. ring
OF seventeen diamonds set in platinum.
sapphire ring, twelve diamonds Sc,
IN platinum, 4 bar pin containing
siNty-hve blue white diamonds set r.
platinum, ring containing twelve
diamonds and FIVE sapphires set n
diamonds
reception suite 'n French silk
damask. bedroom suite of the Iouis
XVI period in ivory enamel, Cubnn
mahogany desk inlaid, Sheraton
style; bedroom suite of carved Cir
cassian walnut and Cuban mahogany
dining room suite are conspicuous
items OF furniture A collection o.
Royal Vienna and GOLD plate with
miniature paintings. real laccs, linens
and embroideries, Royal Sevres. Dres-
den, Royal Vienna and Limoges plates.
handsome bronze and Chinese orna~
ments are among other articles TO be
sold.
Mf. Hammerstein's grand opera
scores and orchestrations will be sold
on Saturday afternoon at O'Clock.
First editions of famous modern au-
thors will be sold to-day at the Wal
pole Galleries, beginning at 1880.
Among the authors represented are
Joseph Conrad, Joel Chandler Harris.
o. Henry, Lafcadio Hearn, Henry
James, Mark Twain, George AIDE.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Wilkie Collins.
w. f. Henley, Andrew Lang. Maurice
Maeterinck, Rudyard kipling and
Bret Harte. First editions of George
Moore's Esther Waters "Celibates.' '
The Untitled Field" Hail and Fare
we'll" and Evelyn Innes" are attractive
items of the collection.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
''Five O'Clock" Bacon Play
At Fulton Theatre

When last night, in a quiet interval
of "Lightn," Frank Bacon still in the
role of "Lightnin' Bill" slipped across
the alley that separates the Gaety
Theatre from the Fulton Theatre to
see how his new play, Five O'clock
was getting on, someone caught him
and brought him before the footlights.
The spontaneous cheers of welcome
that rang out are proof OF the sincere
affection in which the theatrc-going
public holds Frank Bacon. 1t would
be pleasant to say that in "Five
O'Clock" Frank Bacon has scored as
hard as with "Lingtnin.' But he has
only given half Of himself in 1.-THE
author half, and the suspicion arises
that that is the lesser half of him.
Nevertheless, Frank Bacon and Free.
man Tilden have built this play on q
bigger and more genuine idea than that
Of "Lightnin," A little boy of blue
blooded New England family has thr-
teen years before the play opens been
left to the guardianship Of much
older sister and brother, married and
childless. The brother and sister and
their respective spouses are cranks of
varying sorts and intensity. One is a
postage stamp fend; another collects
antique sugar bowls; another forctells
everything by the horoscope; another
is fascinated with his blood pressure.
/ Needless to say, in such an atmosphere
child is an odd and uncomfortable
thing to them. When he has broken
the sister n-law's most precious an
tique sugar bowl, brought stray cats
and boys into the house and shocked
them all in one way or another. they
decide that the boy is subnormal and
send him to a nice, expensive institu
ton for "borderand" cases. The play
opens when the boy has grown to man
hood and deals with his fight for free
dom from the sanatorium. He is aided
only by the blunt country doctor of the
district in which the sanatorium is To-
Gated, and by the daughter of the doc
tor to whose care he is committed.
The characteristic humor and
whimscality of Bacon cannot be con-
fined to plot and it ran over into
irrelevant scenes and odd characters
that were the brightest spots of the
play But whenever Bacon caught him
self in such q casual mood he seemed
to rap himself sternly on the
knuckles and to bring himself back
to the dre&ry job Of getting the young
man out of the sanatorium.
This was an especially hard job
because neither Bacon nor Tilden
seemed to have any great inventive
New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
William G.. kranOWitz
To Marry Miss Raphael

Announcement is made Of the en-
sagement of William c. .Kranowitz, OF
The Tribune staff, to Miss Helen S.
Raphael, daughter of Morris Raphael
of New Britain, Conn. Mr.. Kranowit2
is the son Of Mrs A. Kranowitz, of New
Britain. He attended the Columbia
School Of journalism.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Grand JURY WILL
Give RIOT PROBE
REPORT MONDAY
About lis indictments Re.
turned On II Charges Dur
ing the 80 Days Of
Investigation.

The special grand jury which be.
gan on October s the investigation
of the riot. FIRE and lynching which
occurred at the court house the night
of September %, completed taking
testimony Friday afternoon and is
now preparing a report to be sub
mitted to Presiding Judge Redick
Monday.
About lis indictments were re-
turned by the grand jury during 80
days of work OF many OF these
indictments several persons are
named Among the indictments re-
turned by the grand jury in con-
nection with the riot are the fol
lowing:
Unlawful assemblage and rioting
So; first degree murder, 2; arson, ?;
conspiracy to commit murder, 10;
assault and battery, 3; carrying con-
,cealed weapons, 4; assault with in
tent to murder, ;; assault with intent
to infict great bodily injury, a;
conspiracy to break and enter
stores to steal guns and ammuni-
ton, IA; breaking and entering, lG;
receiving stolen property, 9.
George Davis, a peddler. whom
Mayor Smith declares he has posi-
lively identified as one of the men
who assaulted him during the riot,
is the most indicted man. He was
indicted on four charges, conspir.
acy to CONT murder. assault to
murder, assault to do great bodily
injury and unlawful assemblage and
rioting.
Claude Nethaway, charged with de-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
CLOTURE HURR|ES
DEBATE ON PEACE
PACT IN SENATE
In Five Hours Legislators
Adopt Ten More Reserya-
tions and Set Stage
For Decision.

Washington, Nov. 15.-At last
clamping down the lid on its peace
treaty debate. the senate substituted
action for discussion today with a
vigor that quickly advanced the rat
hcation fight into its final stages.
Working under cloture for the
first time in history, the senate
adopted in FIVE hours 10 more of the
reservations written by the foreign
relations committee, and with only
Two committee proposals remaining
set the parliamentary stage for 4 de-
cision or a deadlock on the treaty
early next week.
Republican and democratic leaders
worked together to invoke cloture,
plling up a majority which fa- ex-
ccedcd the two thirds necessary iof
adoption. In the count of 70 to Is.
the two parties contributed about
evenly.
G. o. P. Takes Charge.
The roll call over, however, and
cloture a fact, the republican man
ayers took complete charge and
swept everything before them. Res
ervation after reservation went
through Just as it came from the
committee until the democrats ap-
parently abandoned hope of making
notifications and resigned them
selves to a passive resistance.
Majorities ranging from II to %,
marked adoption of the 10 reserva-
tons. They related to domestic
questions, the Monroe doctrine, man
dates, Shaptung, international COM
missions, expenses of the league of
nations, ornaments, the economic
boycott and alien property rights.
In every case except one the re-
publicans voted solidly for the COM
mittee proposals. They were joined
on every roll call by from four to
nine democrats. In all an even dozen
senators of the administration party
broke away during the day to vote
for reservations. The sole defec-
ton from the republican ranks was
on the Shantung reservation, Sena
tor McCumber of North Dakota
swinging over 10 the oppoSitioH.
Compromise Later.
Not the least significant of the
days developments, in the view of
senator's looking forward to a COM
pick parliamentary snarl before final
action on the treaty is reached, was
ruling by Vice President Marshall,
just preceding the cloture vote. He
held that should the administration
senator's vote down ratification with
reservations, as they intend to do,
they will have an opportunity later
10 get action on a compromise rati-
fcation resolution.
To that decision the republican
leaders took exception, serving no
lice that when the issue developed
they would appeal to the senate it.
self to settle the question. A plain
majority can overrule the presiding
officer and the republicans assert
they still will hold the whip hand
to preclude second vote on rati-
fcation. They told their democratic
colleagues that if they voted against
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Martha W. ChristianCy New
Head of Omaha School Forum

Martha w. Christiancy of the Ma.
son school was elected president OF
the Omaha School forum by ref.
erendum vote conducted during the
past week. The other officers elected
we're: Mary +. Austin, Bancroft
school, vice president; ]. A. Savage
city hall, recording secretary; Elsie
N. Smith, Vinton school. CORE
spending secretary; Joseph G. Mas
tiers. Central High school, treasurer
Edward d. Gepson, Saratoga, ant
Benjamin A. Polzin, High School o
Commerce, sergeants at arms; An
geline Bracken, Dundee; Fran
Eaton. Howard Kennedy, Anna Mil
roy, Farnam; Margaret O'Toole
Comenius; Ruth Pollock, Webster
members at large board OF directors
rhe new officers will be installed
at a regular meeting of the forum a
the Central High school mex
Wednesday. They will hold oftict
for one year. The total vote cas-
was $50, the largest ever recorded a
an election Of the organizaticS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Prominent Mason Dies
At Home; SO Years Old

J, H. Boonstra, 6S years old, died
Saturday at his home, 1904 South
Twentieth street. He CAME to Omaha
30 years ago and for number Of
years was proprietor of the Bee Hive
Cleaning works. He was employed
as bookkeeper for the Orchard
Wilhelm company at the time of his
death. He was a member of St.
Johns Masonic lodge, was a SD de-
gree Mason and K, E. c. H. He is
survived by his widow, one daughter,
Helen, of Omaha, and four sons.
Carl and Oscar of Omaha, John of
Dcs Moines and Richard of Clay
Center, Neb. The Masons will have
charge OF the funeral services at the
Masonic temple Monday at 2 p. m.
Interment will be in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
The Bees Free Shoe
Fund

Il have five little children and
none Of them have Shoes" a woman
told us by telephone today. Cant
you do something for us? My hus-
band died last spring. l don't know
how we will get through the win
ter"
The five little ones all have warm
shoes now, bought by The Bees
fund after careful investigation Of
the case.
There are so many other cases
just like this one that the demand
tor money for this fund is enor-
nous from the deserving very poor
in Omaha. Most of them are widows
struggling against adversely.
Will you help them? SEND
YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO
THE SHOE FUND, CARE OF
THE BEE.
Previously acknowledged. ...,..... $1s5 90
c. p. johnson. Mead. Neb.. ....... S. 90
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Cocfz'alf Of DZz>S Galozey~
By eJ. LaucIe NaWace

The Portrait of Mrs. Maloney,"
by J. Laurie Wallace, commanded
attention from all art lovers
gathered to witness the opening
night of the Omaha Art Gild's ex-
hibition at the Omaha Public library.
The combination of virility and
subtlety in the handling of this spe-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

livering inflammatory addresses tt
the mob at the court house and in
dicted on charge OF conspiracy to
commit murder is among those who
secured release on bond. More than
half OF the indicted persons are still
in Jail.
About a dozen, charged with un-
lawful assemblage and riotirg
and were sentenced to from so to 90
days in Jail, the later sentence being
the maximum. One indicted boy.
Louis Weinberg, has died. He was
released from Jail on bond last Sat
urday and died last Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
OMAHA ART GUILD
EXHIBIT OPENS AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Display Of n Painting.
Shows Many of Rare
Merit.

The sixth annual exhibition of the
Omaha Art guild opened last nigh,
at the public library with II paint
ings on display, many of rare merit.
Practically all the paintings were
done by Omaha artists and a large
majority of them showed the touch
Of skilled hand and an artistic con-
science.
Portraits by J. Laurie Wallace
attracted much favorable comment
by the art lovers of the city. His
Joyous Youth" and portrait of Wal
lace Lyman were of particular merit.
Both showed a keen observation of
details seldom equalled, even by the
Older masters.
But Mr.. Wallace is versatile and
his Swimming Hole" Joyous pic
ture of happy youth and nature in
its gayest mood, held the attention
OF many.
A series of landscape views by
George Barker, jr, fairly trans
planted one to open spaces, where
the harmony of color runs riot. Mr..
Barker was particularly fortunate in
catching good lights and his sketch
ing points must have been excep-
tionally we'll chosen.
The Picture Book" painted by
Doane Powell, is an interesting in
terror view, exceptionally we'll done.
The plain interior decorations of the
room and natural position of the
girl figure forms combination OF
pleasing simplicity. The colors are
fresh and invigorating
Susan" child portrait by Cor
della Johnson, is !ifelike to the ex-
IRENE. The bright figure of a little
girl, with background of dark tap
estry of interesting design, forms a
pleasing contrast seldom equaled.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16

Chicago and other cities created
great interest. His is one of the best
pictures in the show.
"A Boy and His Dog" by John
La Fargo, is unique. Only a few
easel pictures were ever done by
this mural painter who decorated
the capitol in St. Paul and many
other buildings. and also designed
many stained glass windows, notab-
ly those in the Church of the Ascen-
sion on Fifth avenue, New York.
This is said to be the only one of his
pictures available for exhibition or
sale. 1t has peculiarly decorative
qualities and charm Of color.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-16
Army Orders.

Washington. Nov. 1s.-tspec.al Tele-
grant, - First Lieut. Egbert Dewayn
Brown. air service, IL transferred from
hospital at Camp Dodge to Whlpple bar
racks. Arizona, for further observation
and treatment.
Lieut.. Col James w. Everington, in
fantry, is relieved from his present duty
and will proceed to Camp Dodge.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence f. Partridge ord
| nance department. is relieved from duty
at Camp Dodge and viii repair to this
| city