Kansas City daily journal., 1895-07-16
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

The second week of "a Midsummer
Nights Dream" at Fairmount park opened
auspiciously last night Tho attendance
was very large, including the employees ot
Emery, Bird. Thayer & Co, who were
given tickets yesterday by the firm. The
performance was good one. and was en-
! thusiastically received. The weather was
entirely favorable to the entertainment,
the opon-alr theater proving a refreshing g
! spot for those who found downtown" IN.
| comfortable. There are indications that
| the second week will he even more sue
| cessful than the first. Preparations are
| being made to follow the run OF "a Mid.
! summer Nights Dream" with a preton-
| uous production OF "As You Like It"
! There will be n Saturday matinee OF "The
/ Dream"
| Everything is IN readiness for the opening
| Of tho opera season at Washington mark
! this evening. The company will arrive
! this morning. and will rohearse the opera
| of "Bilcc Taylor" the opening hill, al
! though n rehearsal IS hardly necessary. in
| asmuch as this was the closing bill OF the
| very successful season OF the same com
/ pauy I'm Minneapolis There has been a
/ large sale of seats, especially for this even
/ iug, Those who remember the perform
| ances or "Pinafore" at Washington park
! last season by an amateur company can
! TESTIFY to the adequate facilities and com
! Portable surroundings provided by the man
! aRemcnt and with a strong professional
! company this season should bc even more
successful than that of a year ago, The
| opera will he comparatively new to the
! theatergoers Of this city, as it has not been
/ done In some years by any travelling COM
| pany. although It is ono OF the prettiest OF
| the comic opera repertory.
Manager charles .Frohman has purchased
| The Hayen of Content" which Mir John
Drew will probably produce next season.
MI cCe caS he heoS qbS urERase tights for reg
Pantomime. Rehearsal" IN which he form
Nj, Thorpe also has a one.act play by
selma Doiqro, entitled a! Tragedy RI.
these pieces next season
Frau Georgine Won Januschofsky, who IN
| IN New York. Messrs. Abbey and Grau
4ay9 s5Prso We ynes fe he TO ns a hs
Of German 9petr2s the coming seasSon son Nine
companies Recently she sang at the I'm
perral opga g. in doNn NennS sgGGgseabnF tbn Ma
engaged by Abbey and Grau.
A Now addition to AuFus,n Dslys forces
next season will be Senorita Maria Nilar-
spansh nS5n Someies a be Berkeley W Lyceum
New York were admired by both her coun-
den ar H. bs oG The HsUtS sTsgh o Fear qr
ing her recite signed with her contract
for three years.
Alexander Dumas. at 70 tclls the story Of
"La Dame Aux Camelias'-tclls how he.
youth Of 20, had romantic attachment for
Marie plessi woman who had been fam
GUS in her day in Paris but who was dy-
ing when he knew her, saws Munsey,s.
Il was only the love of poetic and NOR
bid boy, He hardly knew the woman by
mantle deal. and "i,t Yet he followed her to the
grave and wept tears. Had he known her
r9ha5S al hs bs saTS ySq would bsye hSye Ssdn
written. 1t was not the truth. the bitter
truth" as stendhsi called It. but simply
%ffrg vent vent BY .w na the he y9gng ssy sor.n
canitaL he gave their world name that
will last as long as the French, language
and wrote the clever satirical, "Demi-
4 marquise asked Dumas one night when
he was going to write a play devoted TO
- am writing one now" he returned
AND wher.s, have YOU studied them
Dumas has a beautifu home in Paris
His wife and daughters are artistic, clever,
daughter is his fayorite companion Who
can imagine that Dumas, the younger"
dark face under HE white hair He Still
writes three hours out OF every day and
upon women. with such tl,iss as "Tbc
Question Of divorce" The Women Who
KIN" The Women Who Steal and The
Husband Wife
Atchson Ka~ July 15.-(SpecIalN John
Scaton, owner o' the Atchison theater. is |
remodeling the same, at an expense Of
$4,000. l.. NJ, crawford, the amusement
manager In looking over the improvements
to-day, said Atohtson would have, when
the work is completed, as good theater
as there is to be found in amy town of 2ooo0
people,
Regarding the roming theatrical season,
Mr., Crawford sa,a HI. had booked more
ka thcaters during the past two weeks
than he was able 10 book before from the
close OF last season. The managers have
all heard OF the late rains and excellent
corn prospects ana know that a good corn
crop means prosperous times. He saws
they keep posted as closely on the coudl- |
tion Of the country as the average mer-
camille iobber