The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-24
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
OUARTFT CONCERT.

I o"ED QOAh1E1 NONtEhls
The grand concert by the above com.
pany, which Is to be given in the Young
! Peoples Society of Christian EndeavoI
lecture course at the First Presbyterian
| church, on Saturday evening Lext, Dec
| 80. promises to be one of the musical
events of the season.
The Baltimore md American of March
IS, 1893, says of them:
The Garland orchestra gave its third
concert at the Academy of Music last
| night to an audience that filled the spa
| cious main auditorium to OVERLOOKING.
The entire program was Of the popular or
der, and, rs each number was rendered,
| the interest seemed to increase until the
applause was so hearty and the demonstra-
ton such as is rarely bestowed on a visit
ing attraction. The Swedish Male Quar-
tet did capital work, aud stamped them
selves as artists.
Miss Josie Barden, the dramatic and
humorous reciter, who is with the COM
pany, is very highly endorsed by the press.
The Daily Record Union of Sacramento,
, Cal, says of her:
Miss Barden is an accomplished reciter.
We do not recall a reader of her sex who
SO quickly won her audience. In an In
slant. after her first appearance, her per-
sonal magnetlsm-for lack OF a better
term-was felt, and every listener was her
grace personified. She reads from the
heart. She apparently feels her subject,
and the auditor does not entertain tor a
moment The thought that she is acting.
Remember this attraction Is the sub
stitute given for the Mendellsohn Quin-
tette club, which cancelled its csntract,
and is an equally good musical organize
ton. Single adm ssion - cents.
"The Fast Mail" which appears at the
Crawford Grand next Monday evening, is
said TO be the most successful railroad and
scenic melodrama on the road this season.
Mr.. l.. j. Carter, the author and manager,
has contrived to weave into a consistent
story nearly all the good points of the SEN
sational drama which tradition has handed
down, adding thereto the most Ingenious
mechanical effects of the day. Observing
the drawing qualities of a tank of real"
water, fire engine with 'reaP' horses,
and fight between ''reaP' pugilists, Nj.
Carter has determined to combine into a
single piec. as many similar attractions
as could well be crowded together. 1t
must not be Inferred that Mr.. Carter has
appropriated" anything. He has merely
been close observer of cause and effect,
and then devised original situations and
mechanical novelties along the lines which
lead to success. The climax of each
act is strong enough to sustain
whole play. yet SO well graded a the
features Of the piece that one views with
increasing interest through the five acts,
h.,, ,,,l, ,r,;t
Grandfather's Clock in the first act; the
Mississippi river steamer. its engine room
showing a practical furnace, and the eX-
plosion with complete change of scene
behind a curtain of rising smoke" behind
which is seen the wreck, as the curtain
falls on the second act; the ''life-sizo"
freight train, with its realistic engine and
sixteen box-cars, with their familiar letter
ing, followed, at the close of the third act,
by The Fast Mall" the dago dive of the
fourth act, and the thrilling incidents and
hair-breadth escapes which take place
there; and then the 'full front view of
Niagara Falls, as seen from the center Of
suspension bridge" upon which the final
curtain descends. The dialogue is said to
be bright and clean, and the company well
trained, making the piece 20 with vim.
LEXINGTON, Mo.
To George y. Bowen. Manager of Opera House.
Wichita, Kan.
Fast MaiP' played to the largest and
most satisfactory audience here for year.
Their scenery and scenic effects were the
finest ever upon our stage. Every mem
Der is an artist. You cannot recommend
them too highly. Hope You will give them
a big house. They deserve it.
f. A LUDING,