The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-18
MUSIC AND DRAMA,

MUSIC AND DRAMA.
BROOKS AND MACY ENTERTAIN.
Last night at the opera house the hu-
morists Brooks and Macy. when they
stepped out upon the stage found a large
audience awaiting them. They were both
ready to do themselves justice, and the
way they were received tells Of their sue
cess as entertainers
Mr.. Macy gave a humorous recital of
the doings in an ungraded country school
He was the only person upon the stage,
but he had an entire school there before
the audience One moment he was the
Schoo. master; the next one of the coun-
try boys, and one could almost see the
entire school right there before him. His
facial expression was perfect in the imi-
ration Of the different characters he por-
trayed. This fiexibility of countenance
is Maceys own. and his audience could
hardly contain themselves in any of the
numbers upon the program. Mr.. Macy
read as an encore one of Mr. Brooks
poems, which has won for him many
laurels, 'Old Ace" has been regarded by
the critics as showing the poet of the
highest order.
Mr.. Brooks had an entire barn yard
upon the stage al one time last night;
that is. SO far as sound goes. Every ami
NAL and fowl known to the farmer from
q guinea hen to a mule-these al came in
the recital Of one OF his own productions
called Farm Yard Melodies" AS clos
ing number Mr.. Brooks acclaimed Pick
ett's Charge" that fiery selection which
gives 2 picture of the wild ferocity of
unbendable purpose in the face of any
thing which might arise TO check their
advance, and it was given in the spirit
with which il was written. The audi
ence were held upon the highest pinnacle
of suspense. and every nerve and muscle |
was drawn TO high tension during the |
rendition of the exciting selection, and |
when it ended a storm Of applause broke |
forth. Time and again were both of them |
ancored, each time responding with an
other selection better, if possible, than
the one preceding it
At the close o. A Boyle, secretary of
The Lyceum association, announced that
they had secured Camille Urso, the great |
est lady violnist in the world, with her
great company, as an extra attraction
N the course, to be given March S. All
season ticket holders will be admitted for
Inc nominal sum Of so cents.
The association should be greatly en-
outraged in bringing to the city the very |
best attractions travelling.
Their entertainments this season have |
been Of the highest order, and our people /
evidently appreciate them, judging by |
The large attendance each evening.
ANDREWS OPERA co.
This evening the Crawford opera house |
wiI open for the initial performance of
the season Of opera by the Andrews OPP
era company. The large advance sale
assures a splendid house, which will give |
the artists a fitting welcome and inaugu-
rate the season most ausplciously. The
opera this evening will be THE Pirates
Of Penzance." 1t is, with the possible
exception of THE Mikado," Gilbert &
Sullivans greatest comic opera The
story is good. The situations follow each
other briskly and the dramatic action
never lags The music ranges from the
major generals brisk potter song to the
grand choral Hail Poetry There are
tender bits Of love song in solo ana
duet. The harmonies and melodies trav-
erse the distance between the simple and
catchy jingles of the lightest comedy to
heavier and more pretentious scoring
which borders upon grand opera.
Through it all runs the chaff and quaint
concerts of Gilberts own particular
brand Of humor. The fun broadens and
reaches a climax in the policeman's cho-
rus where comedy leads complete sway
and the audience disperses in a broad
smile which does not die away for days.
The Pirates" is a strong opera for the
first evening, when the company puts its
best foot forward and wins friends for
succeeding performances. The Pirates"
goes With dash and brilliancy. II is a
winner Reserve sale now in progress at
Moshacher's for this and succeeding
evenings. Martha" tomorrow evening.
''PinaforeH Saturday matinee. IRA
Diavolo" Saturday evening.
PROF DYCHE'S ADVENTURES.
Everybody knows Of Dycne as a hun
ter and as naturalist. He has brought |
down with his unerring rifle every kind
OF large North. American animal except |
the musk OK In the Arctic regions the |
seal. the caribou or wild reindeer. the |
polar bear. the huge walrus. and even |
thu narwhal fell victims TO his deadly |
aim. For three hours on one occasion
he fought for his life against an infu-
rated school of walruseS. In Alaska he
waent alone 200 miles into the interior,
where no white man had evr been, and
with three native Indians spent four
weeks climbing over treacherous mount
ain Lodges in search OF the tabled white
sheep, which the natives said they had
seen on the distant mountain peaks. De-
spite drilling rain every day and snow
and sleet every night. he kept on till he
found the sheep, and succeeded in kill
Ing seventeen Of them. These valuable
specimens had 10 be carried down the
mountains on the backs OF the hunters.