The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-03-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA,

| Monday night, at the Crawford Grand,
| Weston's Comedians will commence a
weeks enga cement. The opening bill will
be Our Strategists," and to this per-
formance one lady will be admitted free
| with each 30-cent ticket reserved before
Z p. m. Monday. Sale Of seats open
Friday. at Mosbachers jewelry store.
We clip the following from the Arkan-
| sas City Traveller, under date Of January
| 20:
| "The opera house was filled last night
with a very large audience to witness
TIE performance by Weston's Comedians
| This company came 10 our city with
very little advertising. Their paper on
| the bill boards did not amount TO much
| and their other advertising matter was
equally as meagre. Their coming was
| not heralded with any great blow. The
| troup had never been heard OF before
| and no one knew anything about it.
| They came into the city yesterday in a
| special car and in the afternoon when
| tie band made its appearance upon the
streets and furnished some excellent mu-
SIC our people were surprised. Those
| who went TO the show did not expect
much Of a show, but they were surprised
and very agreeably So. The entertain
ment was good and the audience was
kept in a roar of laughter the entire eve
n:ng. Our Strategists,' a four-act COM
edy, Is very funny and abounds in
laugh provoking situations. II was pre-
sented very naturally, and the strong
and mirthful points brought out very
fOrcibly. The company is very evenly
balanced and each member assumed his
part exceedingly we'll The specially
work was good. Taken as a whole. the
entertainment merited the large patron
age accorded IL.
ROYAL HAND BELL RINGERS.
The highest honor which America can
accord 10 any artists was conferred to-
day on the quintette of English musi-
cal specialists who are now on their
fourth tour in the United States
Their round OF appearances, by COM
mand, before Her Majesty Queen Victo-
ria, the Car Of Russia, the King OF
Sweden, and Norway, the King of Den
mark, the King OF the Belgiums, and
others, was appropriately followed by
an invitation TO entertain the President
u AiAC SA4lOd DtdtGo o. NAlC SACSObiNc
mansion.
For this purpose a special Journey
from Philadelphia was arranged The
hour appointed was p. m, when the
splendid East room Of the White House
was suitably set out, and AT its longer
or eastern side, the Bell Table was pre-
pared.
The guests, who included the cream OF
metropolitan society, numbered about
one hundred. and sat in double cres-
Henr before the artists, who were cost
Cmed in the picturesque dress Of the peri
cd OF Edward ". A. D.. 1470. In the
center sat the president and Mrs. HarrI- |
son, while between them was perched |
little benjamin Mceke, the two and a.
half. year-old grandson OF the president. |
The program occupied a little over an |
hour, and at the conclusion the perform |
ers were presented to the president. Mr.. |
Miller having been presented by Captain /
Densmore introduced his colleagues with |
whom the president shook hands and ex-
pressed most kindly and emphatically |
the delight and interest which had been |
evoked. HE had never before heard !
such charming music as that given forth |
by the bslls-indeed the whole perform
a1ce was Of singular beauty and vari-
cty"