The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-02
MUSIC AND DRAM A.

Haverly'S Ministries appeared at the
Crawford Grand last night and enter
tanned a fair sized audience for several
hours with one of the best minstrel
shows that has ever been seen in Wich-
tia. Jack Haverly's Ministries is proba-
bly, the oldest combinati ton of the kind,
having been on the road for over thirty
five years. Billy Rice and Burt Shep-
ard, the two well known black face
comedians, did some very funny work
and the songs and jokes introduced in
the first part were OF a high order. The
entire performance was first class and
closed with the roaring burlesque 1.-The
Bankers Daughter" The company will
play in Arkansas City, and are headed
for Texas.
MRS. LEASES LECTURE.
"Christ or Caesar is the theme upon
which Mrs. Lease will lecture at the
auditorium on the evening Of January
Sth. This is lecture which Mrs. Lease
has burt recently prepared, and this will
be the first time of its delivery. Moth
ing new can be said of Mrs. Lease. The
press OF the country have devoted SO
much space to Mrs. Lease il the last
half dozen years that her name has
become known in every reading portion
Of the globe. Seven or eight years ago
before Mrs. Lease had entered the po-
1ftlcal field, She delivered a literary adj
dress at this place upon which occa-
sion the Eagle said: No platform
speaker has ever visited this city with
so rare, SO delightfully."- descriptive, so
touching in pathos, so patriotic and
poetical as that given by Mrs. NJ. E.
Lease" That the Eagles judgment
was correct as to the powers of this re-
marlcaible woman has long ago been
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She carries her audience before the
foodtide Of her sincerity as the current
carries the leaf She is able to clothe
her Thought in language as clear and
sparkling as a cut gem. Her magnetism
and popularity as a speaker are unique
and wonderful"
The Review of Reviews published
simultaneously in New York and Lon
don, some time go published a por-
trait of Mrs. Lease and gave an ac-
count of her life and career as a speak
er. Among other things, it said: IF
any man would know the manner of the
woman reformer who halls from the
broad plains Of Temperance and hui
manty-loving Kansas let him read
Mrs. Leases speech at Washington II
the reader is not thrilled by the throb-
bling eloQuence and rhetorical beauty,
address, he may never hope to be NOV
ed by noble speech"
Mrs Lease has donated her services
and the proceeds Of the lecture will go
for benevolent purposes.
HENDRTCK HUDSON OPERA.
The Kimball Opera Comique COM
pany, headed by the peerless prima
dona, Danseuse, Corinne. and sixey
vocalists. comedians. dancers and oper-
attic artistc. appear at the Crawford
Grand Saturday night.
The production of "Hendrick Hudson,
Jr.," as presented by this notable COM |
pany, has proved by it's four months
run in Chicago, one hundred nights in
New York and eight weeks in Boston, |
to be the most conspicuous and a.ttrac- |
tive of the nineteenth century novel /
ties and financial successes. 1t is con- |
ceded by musical critics that Corinne |
is the finest lady mandolin soloist in |
the world. She is an accomplished |
musician, and has made the mandolin |
a study. 1t has taken years of practice /
under teachers, both home and foreign, |
to attain her present title. Her profess |
sional career has been remarkable and |
particularly interesting. She is one of |
the few artists that can charm an au- |
dience without apparent effort. Her |
entire being seems TO be a rollicking (
compound of nerves, energy and mag |
netism- She is bubbling over with |
mirth, and inspires the play with the /
spirit OF her own personality.
1t is unnecessary TO judge her by /
Others. She is true to her own genius |
and powers. and her representations /
not only bear the stamp of superiority, |
but they have successfully met the pol
ished criticisms of able pens. Corinne's |
MON players embrace the name |
of many well-known artists. namely: |
Ben Mack, Frank Hayden, Otto Craft, /
the Nicols Sisters, Mabel and Lulu Lii
liam KNOTT, Fanny Da Costa, Georgia |
Rush and a chorus numbering thirty
six voices. The scenery is said TO be
of the most elaborate description. The /
Everglades Of Florida. the Egyptian
palaces, the Santa Maria, the Midway /
Plaisance. the Falls of Niagara, the
real steam launch, and the fountain Of
youth. being especially grand. Sale Of
seats opens this morning. There Will
be no matinee.
TRILBY' AT THE COATES
It is a rare occurrence in the field OF
art when an Illustrator or a dramatist
so interprets the production OF a favor
tie writer as not to create an erYptv. I'M
satisfied response in his public. Moth
Ing is more Disappointing than 10 have
ones conception Of a grand work in
suited by the strained readings OF A |
feebler artist. Correspondingly great
e-. by contrast. is the satisfaction. |
when the illustrator or playwrite proves
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