Wichita eagle., 1889-01-31
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Some Of the Events in store for she wichita
Amusement Lovers,

Some Of the Events in store for she Wichita
Amusement Lovers.
For some time past Manager Crawford
of the Crawford Grand has been endeavor-
ing to touch the popular chord of the
Wichita theatre going populace, but with
vary and usually poor success, apparently,
judging by the size OF the audiences,
which have during the present season
greeted the attractions presented.
He has billed only the best talent in the
respective lines of the dramatic and must
cal art in which they are classified, but
that which was supposed would prove
great card in this city has as frequently
found to be the opposite, much to the sur
prise of all observers On the other hand,
some of which little was expected have
proven great cards If there is cause for
such vascillating fancies OF the public
mind, it cannot be explained by any one
in the business or out Of it.
Since the opening of the house referred
to, the line of attractions, has far exceeded
that presented for any similar time in the
history of the stage in Wichita, and those
billed for the near future will far excel in
general character and variety those pre-
sented during the first year of the house.
However, the house which on Tuesday
filled the spacious opera house
was almost revelation to
those who have. OF late, been
in attendance at the recently given must
cal treats of high order recently present
ed. There were, in this connection, two
things plainly visible to the observer of the
public pulse in theatrical matters. One
! was that the people of Wichita are begin
ming to display more OF tendency of late
to patronize attractions of accredited
merit, which tendency is not more due to
anything else than to an easier financial
feeling pervading all classes OF cur.
citizens Another is the well settled con-
clusion in public mind that they are not
going to be imposed upon with inferior at
fractions by the management of the house,
who, with such an amount of capital in
vested, can least of all afford, by such
course, to depreciate the money making
capacity of their property, not only for the
present but for all time to come. Scarcely
anything hurts city more than an &C
quired reputation as poor amusement
town, for the obvious reason that
every popular organization of recognized
ability, which is playing to good houses
able and an improper opinion OF the city
which proves an exception IN its business
and naturally concludes that the general
business prosperity Of that city is CORES
pondingly below the average of the pros
perity found in those with which it is con-
trasted These conclusions, if confined
strictly to the professional people interest
ed, directly would not amount a small
fraction of what they really do, when it is
once borne in mind that the opinions enter
tanned of a city by the press OF remote por-
tions of the country are moulded largely
by the expressions of these ''feelers of the
public pulse" who try the same at point
most susceptible to the throbbings of the
business of a city.
In order that the people of Wichita may
have no cause for complaint Manager
Crawford has already billed here for the
near future large number of the leading
organizations of the present season and is
negotiating for large number of others,
which, taken in connection with those
mentioned below, will constitute list of
attractions of which few cities of her size
in the country can boast.
The next one billed is for Friday and
Saturday nights of this week, February
and 2, when Effie Ellser. who made her
great hit il" Hazel Kirke"a few years ago,
will appear in Wichita for the first time
in Judge Not" play of the highest or
der and one in which Miss Ellsler and her
excellent company are all afforded
such opportunities as prompt many
of the leading critics of the
country to say that Judge Not"
is the greatest of all of that favorites sue
cesses. 1t had been expected that Chico
dora" the highly emotional drama would be
presented on Friday and Saturday nights.
the first and second instants, but a correc-
ton of the dates gives those nights to
Judge Not" and Theodore" will be
presented here in frst-class style on the
Monday and Tuesday nights of next week,
February, fourth and fifth. Judging from
the manner in which these companies have
both drawn in other cities farther east and
the way in which the best seats were taken
on last Tuesday night, those who desire to
procure good seats had better be at the
box Office window rather early.
Among those which will follow, are
Madame Janauschek, in one of her strong
est casts; "Siberia," grandly and dis
tinctively spectacular production and one
OF BARLEY Campbell's greatest successes;
Hudson and Buckleys Juvenile Opera
Company; Chas Hoyt's Postage Stamp"
one of his latest and best efforts; Eunice
Goodrich, who is a favorite here; Dan
Sully's Corner Grocery" which has no
superior; Little 'Lotta," who is
preparing to go abroad for some
time at the end OF this season;
Joe Emmett in his inimitable Fritz"
Davis and Muldoon's Specially Company,
as side splitting laughter creators; Fannie
Davenport, in one of her strongest char
acters. Sweet Sixteen" is an entirely
new, but very pleasing one ofthose billed
Many of the leading celebrities will in all
proba bility be secured, if the general
business OF the season indicates that they
will be justified in coming so far out OF
their regular circuits to play in single
city which is the only one in this section
that could possibly remunerate them for
coming
THE COURTS.
JUSTICE COURT.
Mary Palmer was yesterday arrested for
J;e.,-b;,o tho paaca of Narnie Eiarcher