The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-14

| operas. There are several beautiful So
| los, concerted numbers of exceptional
merit and a great wealth Of comedy.
| Several of the numbers are so ambitious
| as 10 rank almost with grand opera. Fri
| day evening Flotow's most beautiful
| opera, Martha Will be put on. For
many years Martha has held its place
| on the operate stage as work Of the
| highest rank in the class of romantic OPP
era The aria and quartettes. as well as
| the choruses, are 50 well known that the
| pleasure OF hearing them artisticaliy rem
dered is greatly heightened by the ac-
| Guaintanoeship. TIE gem of the opera,
| the Last Rose Of Summer" appears
| and reappears with ever-increasing beau
| ty The Saturday evening opera is Fra
| Diavolo," standard opera which ma.
| long stood the test of popular Judgment.
| It is rich in all that goes to make a good
| opera anu offers more opportunity for
! the display of dramatic ability than any
| OF the preceding operas. The matinee
| opera will be the ever popular melodious
and immortal ''Pinafore." Everybody
| has seen ii times without number and
| wants TO see it again as many times
| more. 1t does not hold by its novelty
| but by its musical merit. The advance
reserve sale for the purchasers OF COM
| mutation books begins at O'Clock Mon
| day morning. The sale of books VIII
| continue only through that day or until
the limited number is exhausted. Thurs
day a. o'clock the general reserve sale
viii begin.
UNCLE TOM.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" never grows old.
There runs through it a vein of pathos
o-T,-
kiss of child it conquers by the very
| innocence CT its breath. In the charac-
tee OF E:a /. - UNIQUE. Who does nv-
cherish in memory some sweet, angelic
child, who seemed to touch this earth
only as a transient visitor. who passed
away with the dew of childhood's morn
ing, too good. too pure. for US? Was
there ever a child like Eva? Yes. but
her name is written upon gravestones.
This good old play is unique because il
is the only one that portrays that char
acter.
Tee scenery is excellent. In the river
scene one sees the floating cakes Of ice
slowly moving down stream. The plan
tation scene depicts a typical southern
home With its cottonfields. its mansion
and Its log cabins. The last scene in this
picturesque drama has perhaps taxed
the skilled painter and mechanic more
than any othCr spectacle that the stage
can boast I: is not flattery TO say that
the Beautiful Gates Ajar" as now de-
picted by the Cook Sisters company, is
one OF the most enhancing spectacles
ever witnessed IN this city.
The Cook Twin Sisters Uncle Toms
Cabin company will appear at the Craw
ford Grand on Tuesday night
BROOKS AND MACY.
The flumorists, Brooks and Macy. are
10 BE- al the Crawford Grand opera house
next Wednesday evening and it looks as
though they will be greeted by a good
sized audience. The American people
are great lovers OF hunor Bill Nye had
q national reputation as funny writer.
He drew crowds wherever he went yet
when he appeared before them ne did not |
seem half the humorist he was with the |
pencil. His forte was in writing, and by |
this means was he able 70 receive an in |
come of $4,000 per year.
Fred Emerson Brooks is a writer. but |
the fruit of his pencil is poetry. When |
he appears before an audience he is per-
fectly at ease ard the listener is regaled |
by constant and steady flow of wit and /
humor. which although it is dry wit il |
never becomes dry. Pure carbon will
not burn without some moisture and this
is true of the Wit of Mr.. Brooks. for with i
out the moisture of the merriment ne can
create, his dry wit would not burn and |
send its scintiliating sparks out and into
the thought Of his hearers. He has al
tanned wide reputation and is called |
the California poet-humorist The fol-
lowing is from the pen of a minister:
please accept from me the expression
II our hearty approval of your work
here. Commended on all sides; the tone
Of it particularly admired. no stopping
over, and thoroughly original. They are
all asking for repetition. Come again.
Henry Elliott Mott, D. D., Central
church, Buffalo,
OF Mr.. Macy as much can be said il
taken in his own line. He has pecu-
liar personality of his own. unlike any
other. and Of him the Manchester On. h
Daily Press says:
AS for Macy, he was the same old
Macy. and JUST as good as ever. He
was recalled every.ime ne appeared. and
then recalled sgain after responding to
he encore. Perhaps the funniest of his
repertoire was Christopher Columbus
but he was excellent in Dutch. Negro.
l.
ghtful all the time
LIVING PICTURES.
Among the attractions to be seen a the
young peoples entertainment on the 22d
INST, Will be the beautiful living pictures
If the meeting between George Wash
ngton and Martha Curtis. Also. The
Sprng time of Love- Then and Now"
Gossip of 1897 and 1895" etc. In all,
about ten pictures will be shown with an
orchestra OF string instruments 10 play
Jetyeer each.
ENDEAVOR CONCERT.
The Christian Endeavor OF the Re
iormed church will give a concert We'd
lesday evening. FEB. Il. 1897. a. the
,hurch. corner Of Lewis street and Tope-
la avenue. The following is the pro-
gram:
Recitation .I....... Miss Minnie Pedigo
;axaphone solo. Miss Beatrice Sanford
Vocal solo Myrtle V. McCarty
Clarinet solo. Master Auiery Sanford
'ornet solo $50. Master Clarence Powell
Pianist. ..........--.. Esther Randall
Recitation ........... Miss Mabel MilliSon
Violin SOLO. .Pansy Thomas
THE GRANDEST REMEDY
Mr.. f. B. Greeve. merchant Of Chill