Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
+ MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

The engagement of Nat c. Goodwin at
the Auditorium will open this evening with
IAN American Citizen" new comedy by
Madeline Lucette-R Ryley, which has recantly
been produced by Ar. Goodwin with great
success The new play will be repeated
Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow night Mr.
Goodwin will be seen in his great success,
"A Gnded Fool" and Saturday night he
will appear for the hrst time here as Bob
Acres in The Rivals
Della Fox and her opera company VIII De
seen al the Auditorium all Of Christmas
week. in the little prima donRa,s great
successes. THE Little Trooper and "tIeur
de Lis the latter being the bill for Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings ana
Christmas tFridayD matinee, ana the Lot
ner being announced for THURSDAY. ri
dav and Saturday nights and SATURDAY
matinee Both operas have been seen here
and will be remembered as particularly
well suited 10 this favOrite little singer ana
her company. Among the people VINO are
associated with Miss Fox this season are
Harry McDonough, Hugh Chilvers, ,Char4es
J. CErnphelI Frank Blair, Charles DUNCAN,
Al Holbrook, Trixie Friganza, tlorine
Murray and other well known comic opera
singers.
From all accounts there could scarcely
De a greater GOllLLeSA " LIZ N7-A-o~1 -
ductions of the hour than the operate
comedy designated 1.-The Lady Slavey,
which Klaw and Erlanger bring TO the
Coates opera house, Thursday evening, De-
cember a. for three nights, with matinees
on Christmas and Saturday. The keynote
of this musical offering which has an
Americauized book and melodious score
by Gustav Kerker. is Eirls-pienty OF girls:
Dark girls and fair girls. little girls ana
big girls stately brunettes, naughty brun-
!.
said These are combined with comedians
and condolences. like Dan Daly, marie
DressIer, Charles Dandy. Annie Buckley,
Richard Carle, La Petite AdaIaloe anu
Charlie Kirke. 1.-The Lady Slavey' Is SAID
10 have few IL any. dull moments, ana IL
GOES with a snap and a jingle. The sale
will open next Monday morning
1.be Christmas week attraction at the
Ninth Street opera house will be the well
known Howard Athenaeum company The
organization is in its fifteenth season, and
This wear includes the following speciality
peopIs,: Ben r. Harvey, illustrator OF rag
time" music on the piano, real novelty;
Sam and Kitty Morton, expert dancers;
Groyiuf and Murray, sensational acrooatlc
dancs-s and gymnasts; Mollie Thompson,
we'll known musical artist and vocalist;
Eddie O'Dell, a very funny irish ACROBAT;
Morton and Mack. the piper and dancer;
Dolpir and Susie Levine in their novel en-
and Lee. sensational gymnasts; Kaye and
Henry, Americas comedy duo, in Capital
vs. Labor" and the twentieth century mar
vel, the motographe, the perfection of an
imated photography.
Nell Burgess phenomenal success, 1.-THE
New County Fair" which is the Christmas
attraction at the Grand opera house. is
said to be better this year than ever. I'm
der the immediate supervision of Mr.. Bur-
CESS himself, new scenery has been paint
ed. new effects prepared and almost an
entire new company engaged. The play
itself has been carefully revised and
strengthened wherever deemed essential.
There will be a double quartette which has
never appeared in the play. and specialties
of lively and interesting nature intro
duced 20 keep the fun going throughout.
1.-The New County Fair" is the greatest
American drama that has ever been writ
ten. Everyone knows dear old Aunt Alb
by, the irrepressible Taggs, the honest
Otis. the beautiful thoroughbred horse,
Cold Molasses and the wonderful race
scene. All these will be seen again this
year, and also the mechanical contrivance
that shows the splendid animals straining
every nerve over three-quarters of a mile
racecourse until Cold MolaSses wins by
neck.