Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

abled firemen. The cause is a worthy one
and there is no question as TO the result
All the firemen have tickets for sale.
At the Ninth Street opera house for one
week, commencing with n matinee to-
day, will be presented one of the best OF
American melodramas, Shadows OF
Great City"
Shadows is not new play-in fact, it
has been given upon the stage of one thea
ter many times-but it possesses the
merit of being always n welcome Wis
itor. 1t is good play; the chdr-
acters are well conceived; ClimaXeS consist
emily and strongly drawn; the story Is IN
teresting and well sustained; in brlet as
follows: Annie Standish, by marrying
against her fathers wishes, Is dlsinherlted
by him and dies in poverty. leaving q
child, whom the old man, repenting OF ms
harshness on his deathbed, has made MS
heiress. The property falls into the hands
of George Benson. Annie'S cousin, VINO was
largely responsible for her father COR
tinued displeasure Anxious to keep the
property he conspireS with n rascally
pawnbroker TO have the child made away
! with having first gotten rid of Annie 5
| only friend. on a false charge of theft.
| Curiously enough. the man to whom is en-
| trusted the destroying of the child is Il
| prison pal of Toms. whose aid he inYokes,
! thus enabling Tom to save the child, whom
! he. by the help of warm hearted Irish
woman, brings up TO womanhood. Ben
son, fearing to be forced into giving up the
fortune now desires to marry the young
| girl, and again has Tom placed in Jail,
whence he is released by. the efforts
of Nellie and Biddy and n just detective.
| The latter arrests the villain, and Tom.
who has grown TO love the little one he
| saved from the waters, is about to marry
her as the curtain falls.
The very general interest in the poetic
writings of the late Eugene Field makes
| the appearance of the poets daughter, Miss
\ Mary French Field, at the Auditorium next
| Tuesday evening. an event of more than
ordinary Importance, especially as MISS
guished pianist. Mr.. William II. Sherwood.
| Miss Field will read exclusively from her
| fathers works, and she has selected some
of the most popular of the pretty domestic
poems that made her father famous. 1t Is
| said that the young woman has not only
| aroused great interest in her reading tour.
| but that she has gratified that interest by
| Il surprising degree of talent for recitation
| and skill in characterization.
| Mr.. Sherwood, who has earned the repu-
Itatfon of being Americas greatest pianist,
has frequently appeared on the local con,
cert stage. He IS a wonderful master OF
the piano. and his appearance VIII MAKE
this occasion one of really great artistic
TO the musical part of the programme
Ella Backus-Behr and Mr.. Sherwood vii
play Liszt's symphonic poem, Les Pre-,
two songs. written. for words. by Eugene gene
Field, and the "Silve Dinora" aria IRON
Faust" The programme will be as fol
Waldstein's senate. opus SO BeethoveD
Mr. William H. Sherwood.
(a) Child and Mother" Cb) Jest Fore
Christmas" Cc) Sometime" Eugene
Field) Miss Mary French Field. -.
(a) Swing High. Swing Low" Gbl kiss
ing Time (words by Eugene Fieli), Mr.
CaC ''Moments Musicale" (MoszkowskD
Cb) Berceuse CChopin). (c) Etudc, opus 10
No. 5 (Chopin) Mr.. Sherwood.
(a) Little Boy Blue" (b) 'Casey's Table
d'Hote:" C0 Suppose" eugene Field
'.saive Dinora," from Faust" CGounod)
Vaise. ''Mephisto" Giszt). Mr.. Sherwood
(a) with Trumpet and Drum" Cb) See
in Things" Eugene Field) Miss Field.
Symphonic poem. Les Preludes" QisZb