Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-02
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

AT the Coates, on Monday night. the the
%atergoers of Kansas City will rave an OPP
p~ortunity Of Witnessing in B.. B. Valentines
"A Southern Romance" one Of the inter-
esting productions placed before the new
York public this season. 1t is out of the
ordinary run Of plays. inasmuch as 1t deals
with a simple love story in which 1t was
not necessary to resort to old conventions
stage business to hold the interest OIL the
audience. The beautiful flower gardens OF
Kentucky; the negro servants, VINO, by the
way, do not sing songs. vein OF coIneuy
between a New York heiress and a Ken,
go to make up one Of the prettiest plays
that have been seen in many years Al
theatergoers remember with pleasure the
great success of Alabama" "A Southern
Romance is said to be very much On that
order and cannot fail to please those VINO
are fond of refined entertainment.
1.-THE Widow Jones' will return to the
Grand next week with Flo Irwin in the title
part. Everybody knows Flo Irwin, and
ing in the role of the widow Jones will
not surprise her friends. Ada Lewis re-
tains her old part, that of Felicity Jones'
the derelict's daughter, a new creation
that of a new woman-in which she has
made as decided and favorable an impress
sion as she did in her tough girl. which first
brought her prominently before the pub
lie.
1.-THE Heart of Chicago" a melodrama, all
the scenes of which are laid In Chicago,
will be the next attraction at the Ninth
Street theater, where it was offered last
season. It has a strong plot and is well
G put 'egsth IS ver Sce sarenE, I realistic hea repr OF
sensations of the great Chicago fire. the
Masonic temple roof garden at night. a
panoramic view of the South side, shown
all the important streets and buildings be-
tween Madison and State streets, and from
the lake to the river, and an absolutely
new railroad scene are among the accesso-
ries employed.
Two strongly contrasted special features
will be given at the Auditorium next week.
beginning Sunday afternoon. One will be
Jennie and Arthur Dunn. in their very
successful little skit called The Actress
and the Bell Boy" which is said to give
he has ever had. The other will be the
Damn brothers in an acrobatic turn. These
men are said to be exceptionally clever per-
The Woodward company will be seen the
first half of the week in 1.-THE Private
Secretary" n the latter part in "uacle
comedy should attract favorable attention.
ten by his clever and versatile dramatist.
a aa III ,es p eesslna success rse =" e. " ss@Gss s Sc srsa!
Uncle Toms Cabin has not been well
played in recent years. although the pop
1 uldr1ty OF the story mas served 10 keep
the drama before the public in some form
| or other every season. The Woodward COM
pany should give an entertaining perform
| ance of the old play.
The last performance of 1.-THE Octoroon''
was given last night. This evening and
the remainder of the week the Woodward
company will present East Lynne in
some respects the most popular bill the
management has yet offered. This weeks
| special features-Press Eldridge, Mary
| Norman and Foy and Clark-are all max
ing hits.
The last three nights and at the Satur-
day matinee of next week Stuart Robson
will be seen at the Coates in 1.-The Hen
%rietta," The Comedy of Errors and She
Stops to Conquer" all revivals of plays in
which this eccentric comedian has met
with great success. Mr.. Clarence Holt, for
merly a member of the Kemper stock COM
pany. of this city. is in the support of Mr..
Robson this season.