Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-18

The coming week, commencing with
matinee performance to-day, tho Grand
will again offer farce comedy as the at
traction, but instead of a skit of the
variety type will offer a more legiti-
mate farce in the visit of Brandon
Thomas well known and popular
comedy, "charley's Aunt This play
is not strange to local amusement lovers,
but it's previous visits have been confined
to the high priced houses. 1t has been
translated into five or six different tongues,
and in each language and country It has
met with splendid success. "Charley's
Aunt is neatly constructed skit and
while the action is rapid and the situations
broadly comical, yet the horse-play Is re-
duced to minimum.
The story Of the play Is amusing in the
extreme. There is something good in plen-
ty of wholesome fun, and "Charley's Aunt"
contains good deal of 1t that Is spontan-
eous. uproarious, clean and unforced. 1t
is a very simple thing which causes most
of II, simply a man masquerading in the
most deliciously droll and awkward man.
ner in woman's apparel. This is where
the fun comes in. The mirth-provoking
complications which arise from this mas
querading never flag for a minute. Char
ley's Aunt is promised on this occasion
to be in the hands of a. capable company,
the title roll being assigned to John DAILY
Murphy, an actor who is said to give the
part one of the best impersonations it has
ever had. Rose Hubbard as Kittie Verdum.
and Grace George as Amy Spettigue: Ethel
Blande as the real Donna Lucia and Mar
garet Mayo as Ella Delahay comprise a
quartet of pretty girls. The assisting cast
is promised to be of an excellent character.
This weeks bill at the Ninth Street
opera house will be "a Green Goods Man,"
which has played two previous engage
ments at this theater to profitable busi-
ness Like other farce comedies this one
takes on new trimmings each season, a
leading feature this year being the dancing
of Edwina, young artist who has made
herself widely known by her clever per-
formances. The specialties are introduced
in the second act, where the members of
the company represent stranded "show
troune" and each one tries to outdo his
predecessors in an impromptu entertain
ment. The company will this season go to
the coast where it has never played. The
engagement will open this afternoon.
Anent the coming of Buffalo Bll's Wild
West show at the circus grounds Monday
and Tuesday of this week, it is appropriate
here to mention the really artistic worth of
this famous production as expressed by no
less an authority than the distinguished
American artist, Frederic Remington.
He is certainly competent judge OF any
thing pertaining to this subject. A few
years ago. after his experiences in the
West and Southwest he visited Russia for
Harper's Weekly, but for some reason his
visit was curtailed in such an abrupt man
ner as to be the cause of diplomatic corre-
spondence between the governments Of the
United States and Russia Returning dis
appointed at thus losing an opportunity of
studying the famed horsemen of the cars
dominions he found his way to London
and discovered Buffalo Bill and his combi-
nSsion in possession of the city. In an
article to his journal he wrote as follows:
'The Tower. the parliament and West
minister Abbey are older institutions in
London than Buffalo Bill's show, but when
the New Zealander sits on the London
bridge and looks over his ancient manu-