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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2?, 1908
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“UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND."
World’s Fair Official Program: The
engagement of Wheelock's Indian Band
Js one of the distinct musical hit* i>f the
exposition. Since their- opening concert
tho crowds have been growing lu'rfttfr'knd’
more demonstrative. They appear daily
In two concerts In the east band stlrid In
the plaza of St. Louis. This is the only
Indian band that Is engaged as a musi
cal attraction by the exposition com-
ny and this is the first time i
lent
i any Indian
has received such muslcal recogni
tlon. Following Sousa and Innes and
with Weil and Contemo as rivals, they
have proved the fact that they really
make music "pleasing to the public. 1
Wheelock, the director, wields the baton
• •• - that
with a musical understanding
once establishes his musicianship. The
instrumentation Is excellent, the instru
ments low pitched nnd pleasing, and the
artistic band of tho redWHP
Their, interpretation pf "Tannhauser."
"Trovatore. "Carmen." and other clas
sics Is original and full of fire. A Special
feature of their programs lias been their
original Suite."
the native
—. —educing th_ .....
dsnees and warwhoop. Is both pleasing
and musical to the ear. and interesting as
K study of genuine Indian music. A WHIP
her of soloists of merit are presented tn
the different programs and the continued
applause and many encores show
popular approval of the world's ran
crowds. The band is made up of gentle!
manly fellows, who show what civilisa
tion can do for the native American.
Following thf« engagement the band will
“— tho country. They play f*
napolis.
in the acason for another world'
if air’
The "United States Indian Band" will
give two performances on Thanksgiving
Day. Thursday. November 26, both matl-
on life. As compared with
the dramas of Shakespeare, with tho
Agamemnon of Aeschylus, and with
Dante's "Divine Coined'*" Goethe’s Fkust
is .peculiar In being the expression of the
civilization of our own time, Incarnating
the-spirit- which is dominant In Its life—
the resultant of the whole movement
which has gone on subsequent • to the
mid*'
and Ethel Gray.
AT THE LYRIC.
For this week Messrs. Bandy Brothers
have selected another excellent bill of
vaudeville for the patrons of the Lyric.
v Ralph Conners who Is a ventriloquist of
the best class and will entertain all with
good work.
Frank Voerg, who halls as the "German
bmffessor" in one of the best and most
novel musical acts that has ever been
ecu
linn
fact
law,
into
splr
ilddlo age.
Tho nineteenth century is distinctly
marked by the scientific spirit. Modern
“* _ brought within the range of
ence a vast accumulation of
have -been organised Into
irch 6f science has beon
9 far and has shed its light
t a range of facts that It
possible to assimilate them
to give them expression In
s modern world In its larger
is expressed In the work
He gives us not only the
liilosophy, but embodies It in
nip moce m expression. The philosophy
of Goethe, however, was not of the kind
that left the human element out of ac
count. He had mortal antipathy ta every
thing that savored of abstract metaphys
ics. His philosophy was one to which
he arrived through observation of and
reflection upon the experiences of human
ity. Ip no great work since the time
-of Plato cun be found so much life wis
dom as In Faust. In resting It or In wit
nessing its stage presentation we may be
not only responsive to the beauty of Its
ooetry. but can study It ns the expression
In art of the work of his age. Its su
preme value, however, lies In Its revela
tion nnd Interpretation of those problems
of human llfo which have universal sig
nificance.
gttoisr
In Ame
telephone.
The Florellos is one of the best comedy
sketches, will prove a good and funny
act. this act promising to Introduce many
new jokes and songs.
The pictures promised for this week
111 hold t r ~ 1 “ — M
make good.
will hold up tbs past record and will
—ake good.
The management wishes to make it
uerstood that they cater especially to
ladles and children to whom nothing will
be offered that could offend any one.
Special matinees will be run all this week
beginning at 2 o'clock, giving three reels
—* at 4 o'clock the vaude-
of pictures and i
vllle acts come <
two shows lasting
until 6 o’clock. From 6 to 7 o’clock pic
tures are run. when the vaudeville is
on continuously to 10:80. ,
FLASHES FROM THE FOOTLIGHTS.
Herr Julius Paulk, the European star
violinist, has arrived in Ne wYork. Hfs
first concert will he given in Carnegie
Hall within a month.
TREPANNINB BRINGS
THIS BOY’S SANITY
AFTER MONTHS OF COMA. MANIAC
IS CURED BY A DELICATE
( OPERATION.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21—When John Ma
honey, a 18-year-old youngster, who for
some time lay In the Swedish Hospital
tho very edge of death, his life given up
by the surgeons, many of whom examln
ed him. but all of whom shook thslr
heads, gets enough of his memory back
remember the horrors of his ordeal, he
will thank a surgeon attached to the
visiting staff of the institution for mak
ing one last desperate attempt to save
hie life.
John lives at 843 Seventh street Sev
erul months ago he fell and fractured his
skulL His knee cap also was broken.
Ho was rushed In an unconscious condi
tion to the Swedish Hospital, where an
effort was made to restore him to con
sciousness. It was all without avail,
however,-for the boy had sustained
fracture Injuring tho parietal and frontal
lube* of tho bruin. For seven full weoks
he lay unconscious, expected to die at
any minute. - Finally Dr. William L.
during I^ent. resuming his tour April 13 Chapmen became interested and attempt-
in New York.
ed an operation.
Bone Is Raised.
The depressed portion of the bone ^
-1 of the sklir *
raised and all t
Manager 8U>nsy R. Bills has secured a
plot of ground on Broadway, New York,
on which he Is to build a theater, which
Is to be the homo of his star, Al% H. the pressure from the brain, believed to
(Metz) Wilson. It win be cnlled the Wll- * *“
son, and Is to cost 8280,000.
Jill known to -mK
leal and surgical science used to remove
Manager Henry Miller has another find.
tlon of the brain, for the boy became
conscious shortly after the operation, but
wus a raving manioc. It was figured that
In removing the pressure from certain of
the brain cells it had been placed on
others.
Again It was thought that John would
ely die, for his ravings were terrlfli
His screams and howls could be heard
could|
be done to stop them. He was i
his bed, so that he would be unaSle
to use any violence toward his nurses or
visitors. Ills father called almost dally
on his boy. whom he never expected to
seo again in his normal state. Now the
father is a permanent debtor of the
Swedish Hospital and the surgeon who
performed the final operation, which was
successful, for did not they return his
boy from the dead?
On the Very Brink.
The little victim of misfortune seemed
pretty dose to the end when for the last
time he was hurried Into the ether room
and later Into the operating room.-where
Dr. Chapman was prepared to mako the
final desperate attempt to save his life.
For hours the boy lay under the Influence
of. the ether, while great pleccs i of his
UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND
nee and night performance, at the Grand
Opera House.. -The following programs
•re to "be rendered:
Matinee.
1. Overture—"Joan of Arc." Verdi.
2. Motives from "The Spring Chicken,"
Carle.
3. Comet solo—Selected. Mr. BenJ.
Cornelius.
4. Musical scenes from Switzerland,
Godfrey.
6. Popular Melodies of the Day, Mills. .
Part If.
«. Beautiful Galntea, Hup 1
7. Violin solo—Selected,
Raymond
8. Medley of Southern «Alrs. (new).
9. Czardas Lost Love. Braham.
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10. Suite—"Aboriginal." Wheelock,
Program subject to change.
Night.
1. Overture—"Wm. Tell." Rossini.
2. Excerpts from "Tho Time, the Placo
and the Girl,” Howard.
3. Song for comet—Sclocted. Mr. John
llarvey.
4. Descriptive—Forge In the Forest,
MI cheat.
5. Angelas from “Scenes Pittoreaque,"
Massenet.
phone; Gauswortb. flute.
1 8. Songs from "Foreign Lands," Mos-
cowskl.
9. Descriptive—"Indian War," Wheel-
Program subject lo change.
/ -MORRISON'S FAUST."
Morrison's spectacular version
Goethe's sublime poem play will be the
attraction at the Grand opera house on
Saturday, November 28. It will be pre
vented locally by MIhs Rosabel Morrison
and a company of players of exceptional
merit. In the study of "Faust," we come
in contact with one of the three or four
great masterpieces In the world's Uteri*-
not alone $>r Its poetic beauty,
nnd interpretation of the deepest prob-
house soon tho most unique and popular part In "The Great Divide," In the south,
creation he has yet given to the stage,
his characterisation of Lord Dundreary.
* ‘ Interest to old and .new play-
thls performance Is attract-
_»—*•--> For ye—
“ Sothi
ML _
ing remarkable attention. _ _
theater goers have requested Mr,
to present this character. In which his
father, E. A. Sothom, until h!a death
twenty years ago, was looked upoti as
the great stellar attraction of this coun-
tty. dividing honors with Joseph Jeffer
son In Rip Van .Winkle. When the
"younger Sothern" did so last year, the
event became a lending one of tho dra
matic season and the rage of New-York.
In full reverence to the memory of his
father, the originator and writer of tho
role. Sothern presents the play with his
father's original text book and a replica
of the costumes that were seen with the
play fifty years ago. The event has be
come one of historic stage Interest, as
the character of Dundreary associated
As produced by B. H. Sothern, the play
charms audiences of today nnd. arouses
Incessant laughter, tho
at I. did
world laugh nt It. Th« mo,t jtetufeiquo !H,h play, ever'
the reputation of being one of tho most
deliciously droll nnd humorous imperson
ations seen on the stneo.
The character of Lord Dundreary first
appeared In 1858. Joseph Jefferson was
In the east with tho elder Sothern and
It was produced tinder tho direction of
TiOura Kerne, then America’s foremost
actress-manager. Mr. Sothern re-wroto
Ills part, nnd it became the sen-ationnl
comedy success of both America nnd
England, and Sothern. through the mu-
ce«s of his role, produced the plav for
twenty-five years. It was also presented
In Paris with Henry Irving In tho east
After tho death of the older Sothern In
1881. the plav remained dormant until Inst
veer, when Mr. Sothern presented It. The
following are members of Mr. Sothern’s
ennirnnv: Sldnev Maher. William Har
ris. T\ j. Kellv. Milano Tllden. John Tay
lor. Malcolm Bradiev Rowland nuekstono,
Albert 8. Iiowion, Helena Head. Virginia
beautiful youhg woman and a clever
actress.
Comedian Al. H. (Metz) Wilson Is mak
ing his annual tour of the large south!
ern cities, where he Is appearing in his
new play, "When Old New York Was
Dutch," to overflowing audiences. Mr.
Wilson Is u popular favorite in that secg
tion of the country and always does r
fine business. • This new play, which wad
written for him by his manager. Mr. Bid]
produc
tion; the scenery and costumes he?ng ex
tremely handsome and costly. Mr. WII-
i songs are as usual a featuro of the
Chauncey Olcott, In “Ragged Robin,"
such a large business In the western
cities tnat Manager Augustus Pltou has
postponed. his New York engagement to
April 12, when this comedtanMHHi
In that city will ire one of the best and
aiifcMafiBMfiMili Irish plays ever written.
success-
ful season he has ever known. In every
city the receipts are very much larger
than they were last year.
One of the best.successes of the pres
ent season in New York has been scored
by Mtsa n Grace Van Studdlford In “The
Golden Butterfly." now. running to capa
city audiences at the Broadway theater.
The opera Is the most tuneful that has
iH-en made known In New York in years,
and the authors. DeKoven and Smith,
have written a work that Is a return to
the style of "Robin Ifood." As the
scene la laid In Budapest Mr. DeKoven
has given the music a Hungarian turn.
KT h l' r lJ!L a ."»**» J» n # entitled "Do
Not Forget Mo" which is sung by Miss
Van Slmldlford delightfully. Its haunt
ing refrain runs like a melodious under
current throughout, the music sometimes
geratlon to say that both the opera and
... - .. ...
skull were raised and his brain'matter
cgposed to the eyes of the operating sur-
K con and tho internes and nurses asalst-
ig. It was a little twist here and the
raising of a certain portion of tho skull
there that made the success of the oper
ation.
But Dr. Chapman could not know
whether hlH operation had bean success
ful until John should <
ether. There Is a sort of delirium which
out of the
tn which
as been
manifests Itself when anyono has been
under the influence for • long time, and
It was necessary to wait tmUl this da-
llrlum had passed before the true results
of the operation could be seen. 'When
John Mahoney came out of his ether
queer-looking place, and when questioned
said he did not remember anythlhg of
the accident nor of anything which had
Miss Van Studdlford have made thf hit
of the season.
Comedian Al. H. (Mets) Wilson tells
this good story: "A young Englishman
with a title and a healthy appetite went
few days at a monastery in
By chance he arrived oi
twgfatll:
Friday, when the
„ sms
frugal. He had little tb eat that dg;
to bed hungry. During the night.
Is their custom, one of tho fathers
went to tho cells with a benediction. ’The
hltSToT *
Lord be with ;
said In Latin! ivhen he oame tt
of the vlsitcw’s cell he knocked and ssld.
'who** there?' cried
I’m much obliged,' said his lordship, get
ting out of bed. ’Please put It down out
side.' "
Chauncey Olcott tells this story:
"A traveler, finding that he had a
coople of hours III Dublin, called a cab
nnd told the driver to drive him around
for two hours. After a while the driver
began to whip up his horse, and they
narrowly escaped several collisions.
"'What’s the matterP demanded the
passenger. 'Why are you driving
recklessly? I'm In no hurry.*
" *Ah, g’wan wld yes! D’ye think thot
I’m going to put In me whole day drlv-
ln* yo around for two hour*? Oltapl* f*
Rosabel Morrison, who la starring In
"Faust," tells this story: f
"A young msn mid to his wife:
" ‘Ellen, If you are good at guessing,
hero Is a conundrum for you. If tho
devil should lose his tail where would he
go to get another one?'
"After noinn tlmo spent In guessing
sho gsvo It up.
" 'Well,* sold he, 'where they retail
spirits.*
"Eager to get It off, she hastened to a
lady friend with:
f'*Oh, Marian. I have such a nice
conundrum. Joe told me of it. I Jtnow
can't guess It. If the devil should
another one!
. “Her friend Marian having given it up,
she said:
"•Where they sell liquor by the
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Thar# are three undertakers’
different parts of the city whir a
railed forth both humorous com men
vigorous rrolert. The first is
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