The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
CRAWFORD GRAND.

The much talked of event, the Carnival
of Authors" took place last night and
was greeted with a packed house. The
audience was more than pleased with the
entertainment and its marked success re-
fleets great credit on the enterprise and
talent of the Irving school. This signal
effort places the Irving school ahead Of all
the other schools in energy and original
ity. A handsome sum was realized which
goes into the library fund. and the Irving
library Will now be the most complete Of
any in the city.
The program was opened with grand
march conducted by Miss Eller. One hun
dred and fifty pupils were in 1t, represent
| ing that many authors and books. The de
sign was novel and well carried out. BY a
clever arrangement of the stage and lights
the ghosts of authors long since dead came
out from the shadows accompanied by their
favoriUe creations, and marched in curious
figures about the stage until the mind was
bewildered with the flood of recollections
suggested by the costumes and poses. John
Bunyan, Dante, Spencer, Bacon, Byron,
Dickens leading David COpperield, Pick
wick, Oliver Twist, and Little Nell: Thack-
cry in close communion with Becky Sharp
and Pendennis, Longfellow and Evange-
| line, Tennyson and Elaine, and hundred
others, all were there. The costumes and
| figures of the march were suggestive of
the great epochs in the lives Of all the
great poets and authors. They came as in
| a dream, and as they passed and repassed
| before the view the figures became more
complicated and everybody appeared in an
ta1
particular attention to Little Nell, and
! Shakespeare was endeavoring TO trade off
! his Falstaff for Pickwick. David Copper
/ field got between Solomon and the Queen
/ of Sheba, while the Siamese twins were
/ as widely separated as Dan and
/ Bersheba. The design of this march
was carefully thought out and SPLEEN
/ didly executed The changes We're
| so rapid that the most erudite would fail
/ to catch the entire significance of every
movement. In few moments the famil-
| lar figures all disappeared as silently and
majesticaliy as they came, and about the
| moment that the mind could group the
author and the creations and as they
really are the scene is over.
This was followed by whistling solo by
Miss Mary Hall, which met with an inn
perative encore The lady gracefully
responded, rendering several popular airs,
with variations, in a finished and pleasing
style. The third number was tableau by
/ the pupils, representing Pocahontas and
/ John Smith.
! The calisthenic drill. conducted by Miss
/ Ionic Chamberlain, was very interesting
and received generous applause.
{ vba fftb MN, Ia1. was Heat her
/ Bells, sung by Miss Rena Graham, with
/ guitar accompaniment and violin obligato
| by Mr. Robert Stevenson. The number
was particularly appreciated and received
a hearty applause.
/ Tableau Joan of Arc in martial costume
was very effective.
/ Bobby in the Tunnel, by Master Percy
! Turner dressed as a Cupid, was very clev-
/ erly rendered and caused much amuse-
ment.
/ This was followed by a second tableau Of
| Joan of Arc, representing another epoch of
her life
/ Mr. T. B. Garst then sang a solo which
was well received and he was compelled to
/ respond to an encore.
+ The tenth number came at last and
/ when the curtain rung up everyone was
/ waiting with the closest attention. Six
/ teen young ladies under the command of
/ Captain Jessie Clark filed on the stage
/ with a grace that only belongs TO the
/ gentler sex and with the precision of a
/ well drilled army. A number of difficult
and complicated manoeuvers were exc
cuted with beautiful precision and every
/ turn met with boisteroUs applause. The
+ fancy drill was n success and was pro-
nounced one Of the prettiest things ever
! seen on the stage The entertainment
/ closed with grand tableau representing
seven Of the greatest authors placed in a
constellation.