The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-09
The ad1ieta Daily Eagle griaay 7orue @cober 9. 1896

pointments are things that claim Mr..
Mansield's most careful consideration.
These effects in all cases are patterned
as nearly as possible after the originals.
| that the best sort OF information can
supply.
| The Garrick Theater Stock company
OF New York VIII support Mr.. Mans
| field during this engagement This or
ganizatiou includes Miss Beatrice Cam
eron CMrs. Mansfeld), Miss Blanche
| Weaver, Miss Alice Pierce, Mr. Henry
Jewett, Mr.. Francis Kingdom, Mr.. Ben
johnson and others
Seats are IN daily progress at Mos
| bacher's jewelry store, and already a
| large number Of sittings have been en-
gagged for both evenings.
AMERICAN DRAMATIC COMPANY.
The American Dramatic company
opened a weeks engagement in this
city at the opera house last night, in e
blaze Of glory, in the celebrated spec
tacular production entitled, Sea OF
Ice Each member Of the company il
talented and gave general satisfaction.
The company carries its own scenery,
all OF which has a bright, new and
fresh appearance, producing effects
that are pleasing. The spectacular
scene in last nights play, where the
frozen ice fields of the Arctic seas were
depicted In such a realistic manner,
the audience were held spell bound
from the beginning to the end. It was
a grand scene. The entir play was
rendered in good style. and the fire.
quent applause was evidence that the
audience was satisfied. Some of the
specialties were new and pleasing.
Tonight, Life for Life" comedy
drama. viii be rendered-Pittsbu
Daily Headlight, Sept Is. Auditorium
all next week Any seat in the house
for 10 cents
STARTLING TELEGRAM
In his rapid and incessant travels
about the country Mr.. Edward Baxter
Perry often meets with the most annoy
ing vicissitudes and complications in
regard % his pianos, although he he's
sometimes had as many as eleven on
the road at once The grand which he
expects TO use on a given night is fire.
quently stuckin a snow drift fifty miles
down the road, or side-tracked IN a
freight car and not heard Of for
week, or dumped in depot because
too large to go into the express car,
while Mr.. Perry speeds on HIS way in
plle happy CeiuSlon InaI MS instrument
Is aboard. More seldom his piano is
smashed in a railroad accident, or
dropped by movers and dislocated in
ternally. or starts on an Independent
tour Of its own in an opposite direc-
ton. One Of his Grands last season
was separated from its legs for a period
or several weeks, the box containing
the body of its instrument having right
ly gone TO Atlanta and the box Of legs
having taken the wrong train. A fort
night later Mrs. Perry received the fol-
lowing telegram in Boston: Mrs.
Perr-Legs have just arrived Bod
went last week to Cincinnati. Where
shall we send the legs?" Mr.. Perry's
family were 50 alarmed by this mes
sage and outsiders so amused when the
facts were known, that the incident got
into all the Boston papers, which had
a great deal of sport over this unfortu-
nate division Of the pianist Mr.. Perry
Is to play at Music Hall, Sedgwfck
Building, Saturday evening. October 10,
and it is to be hoped both he and his
piano will arrive entire.
Miss Eudora Woods, a pupil of talent
JuOHar Rarili will tho