The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-11
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
"WHAT Ais Us 9,'

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| Tonight at the Auditorium Mrs. Iease
| viii deliver her new lecture on the con
| ditions that confront the American peo-
pie. This is lecture that no one can
afford TO miss hearing The women OF
| Wichita SHOULD turn out as Mrs. Lease
| is the foremost woman of Kansas if not
| or the United States. The citizen inter
| ested in his cOuntry's welfare should
! come out and hear the causes and rem.
| edies OF the situation discussed by this
| eloquent and fearless woman. When a
| person is afflicted with a chronic diseas sc
OF long standing, the ailment in time
begins TO show local symptoms and too
many physicians diagnose the trouble
from a local standpoint and fear to use
the knife TO lay bare the real seat of
disease, but tonight in the capacity of
surgeon Mrs. Lease will endeavor to
probe to the very seat Of the trouble and
lay bare the real facts before the Ameri-
can people. The educator or the student
cannot afford to miss this lecture
Astounding as it does with historical in
cldent and Illustration and enabling the
nearer to more clearly perceive the
present by the reflected light of the past.
The scripture student of the earnest
Christian ought not to be absent az
the lecturer shows wherein the mode of
action Of our modern life differs from
the ethics of Christ and the ancient
Mosaic law. And finally no one who en-
joys a polished lecture delivered in a
pleasing, entertaining, thrilling man.
ner can afford to be absent No one
need entertain that fear so often ex-
pressed before going 10 a lecture that
they are afraid that thew will not get
enough
filled the largest halls in the country
and has always been distinctly heard.
when she spoke on the commons of
Boston TO crowd of $1,000 people the
Boston Globe said: Her tall form gave
her change TO send her powerful voice
10 the farthest rim of the crowd. She
spoke with a majestic force which en-
thralled the crowd" In speaking Of
this same marvellous quality of her
voice, James G. Clark, the poet of the
Rockies, said: Those who heard thar
wonderful voice will never forget it It
was at once the voice of spirit thrill
Ing the very soul; the music of a deem
toned bell; and the voice of a sibyl rous-
Ing the people TO justice"
tickets can be procured in advance
al Mossbacher's. Admission % cents.
SEASONS MUSICAL EVENT
Sousa and his celebrated band with
Miss Myrta French as soprano and Miss
Currle Duke as violinist. will appear q
the Auditorium on Thursday evening
since David Blakely prevailed upon Mr..
Sousa to resign his position in Washing
ION where he served the government as
Ieader or the Marine band. fortune and
increased fame have come 10 the disfin-
gulshed leader. His success and pon1,-
larlty are certainly as much due 10 his
musical positions as TO his other abili-
Ties. The whole country has been hum
ming, drumming and drumming the
Washington Post" Liberty Bell -
Directorate and Manhattan Reach"
marches for the last year. The ROYALTY
Sousa gets for these pieces Is enormous
amounting it is stated, 10 over S.. Ooo
a year. Besides this rather respect-
able income. there is a well deveIouad
salary for his services as conductor and
no small share Of the profits Of his con-
cert tour Al this has come within three
years. So much for getting in touch
with the great public
Sousa undoubtedly knows what the
average audience wants in music and
MS programs are constructed with ex-
1raordInary tact. The entire range Of
standard music Is in Souea's library
and his famous marches, without which
the Sousa concert would not be com
plete, VIII be given as only the march
king can give them.