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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2?, 1908 a t J “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. ». £g 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. 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