Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-19
ANU SEMENTS.
CRAWFORD GRAND.

G.. +. Gardeners Dramatic company last
night closed their engagement at the
Crawford Grand with ''Moriarity, the Cor
poral" The disagreeable weather pre-
vented large attendance, but those who
We're present were pleasantly entertained
by very good presentation of this old
and popular play. Mr.. Fordham "a "Mori-
arityn and Miss Abbott as Annie Osborn"
We're especially deserving of commenda-
ton.
MARSHALL s MILITARY BAND
VIII arrive by special car from Topeka
Monday and appear in grand concert at
the Crawford Grand Monday evening.
The band is the acknowledged superior Of
all amateur bands in the west and are
given credit for even more They are en-
route to the state encampment of the
Grand Army at Winfield. and have been
induced to stop over in the city for one
grand concert.
BARNEY AND FAY.
The people of Wichita will doubtless
turn out in large numbers to welcome
Barrey and Fay at the Crawford Grand
Monday and Tuesday, February q and y,
in their latest laughing cyclone. NC
kenna's Filtration. THE play is not with
out some plot, and is chock full of pure
unadulterated fun.
LOTTA.
Lolita will appear at the Crawford Opera
house next week in her famous new play
Pawn Tickets. No. 2l0, which has been the
subject of a great deal of newspaper gos
sip during the past few months. The
management Of the popular little actress
will be limited to three performances and
begin on Friday evening with Pawn Ticket
No. 2l0 which will also be given at h p
matinee on Saturday-the first matinee
by the way, that will ever have been play
ed in the Crawford Grand. On Saturday
night, Lolita will he seen in her famous
speciality comedy of The Little Detective
in which she sustains no less than six
different characters.
The supporting company is said 10 be Of
unusual excellence. Amongst them are
Miss Lillian Richardson, the latest addi-
ton to the list of stage beauties-Miss
Augusta Raymond, Miss Lonestine Lloyd
and Messrs. George &. Boniface, Jr., J. w.
Hogae. T. Aug. Anderson and Cyril Scott.
The sale of seats for the Lolita engage
ments begins tomorrow.
FANNIE BLOOMFIELD n BosToS.
Editor of the Indicator. This young and
trlented pianist from your city made a
most successful debut AT the symphony
concert on Saturday. January p Miss
Bloomfield came 10 Boston unknown and
unheralded; still, her appearance placed
her at once as one of the leading artists Of
this country. Her reception was most cor
dial aud her diction Of Henselt's + Minor
Concerto brought fourth the most euthuzi-
astic. applause from the intelligent and
critical audience of the Hub. The fact is
that Miss Bloomfield is a born pianist.
Between her and her instrument there
seems to exist magnetic current which
instiEctively draws one 10 the other
When you see this frail little
body approach a grand piano, as "a
uigmy approaches a giant. your sympathy
at first leans towards the little fairy. but
that feeling i Of short duration. for as
those tiny hands strike the keyboard one
becomes convinced that the giant has
found its master
Miss Bloomfield displayed all the quail
ties Of a conscientious and finished artist
clear and brilliant technique, fine phras-
ing delicacv and fine coloriny. dash and
FIRE which could nOt IL expected from
such a delicate hand. still. a. j. not sur
prisinc. a, the true artist speaks from the
soul.-Cali1a Layallee ia the Chicago In
dictator.
At the Crawford Grand opera house
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