The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-31
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
VITASCOPE A SUCCESS.

known in their own enthusiastic vocif
erous way. A repetition of the acciden
of the evening before had been carefully
guarded against and every one of tht
eleven pictures was successfully shown
One Of the most wildly realistic pictures
shown was that of charge OF New
York mounted police, and some Of the
juveniles of the front seats were so inn
| pressed with the APPARENT reality or the
| spectacle that they started TO leave theII
| seats in alarm.
| The feature OF the matinee perform
ance outside of the vitascope pictures
was clarionet solo by Master Audrey
Sanford.
There were big houses at both matinee
| and evening performances. and taken as
| whole yesterdays vitascope exhibit
| lions will be remembered as among the
sensationally successful hits OF this
! season.
| THAT LITTLE SAVAGE"
Alfred Rayburn, believing in the per-
| fdy of his wife, Bertha, is separated
| from her, and living in seciusion at
Birds Island, On the coast of Florida,
with his only daughter. Stella, For sew
cral months he mas been forced 10 sue
cumb 10 a knowledge of a growing
blindness. Not wishing to cloud the
brightness of his daughters youth with
his own infirmity, he determines TO send
her to New York to live in the family OF
his old friend, Richard Selvyn. Stella,
who mas been brought up until the age
of IL as free as a bird, and without the
companionship of her own sex, save that
of Bobbinette, her nurse since infancy,
is unframed and unconventional, but
warm hearted and loving.
Her life at Richard SelVyn's IN New
York opens her eyes to new world; a
world of deceit, sham and unhappiness,
but it also brings to her the greatest
happiness-her mother, who appears in
the person of Madame Helga, the teach
er provided for her by Selvyn.
Subsequently, Alfred Rayburn comes
to New York in the forlorn hope Of the
success OF an operation on his eyes. He
meets with his wife Cas Madame Helga)
and is irresistably drawn to her. There
is an almost tragic denoument at the
restoration of his sight, and mis- recogni-
ton of his wife.
The comedy and human nature
touches throughout the play are sustain
ed by Selvyn as a hypochondriac, Bob
Dinette, the nurse, Mrs. Mckillop of
long line of Scottish ancestry, and Pow
ers, as the lover Of Roberta, the new
woman. The cast of characters are as
follows:
Alfred Rayburn ......... b. l.. keenan,
Richard Selvyn,
DR.. Fontaine .......... :. Amos McClain
Arthur Powers 90 ..."..Col. VIM. lines
Larry .. .. ..............Hal W. Mccoy
Bertha Rayburn .. Mrs. r. H Short
Roberta Selvyn ........
............ Mrs. Mabel Boyd Howe
Bobblnette .......... SADIE Cal1WeH
Mrs. McKillop ...... ....Dr. NJ. f. Toler
Stella Rayburn ...... ....Opal Street
ELLEN BEACH YAW.
During the three years that the adj
vance sale for the Crawford Grand mas
been made through Mosbacher'S there
has never been first day sale that COM
pares with that yesterday for the Tues
day evening concert by Ellen Beach
Yaw, and it is very probable that even
standing room will be at a premium at
the Crawford that evening. Miss Yaw's
appearance at Denver last week is said
to have been the greatest sensation of
the present musical season there. Fol |
lowing are extracts from a very exhaus- |
tive and very fiattering critique on the |
concert by the Denver Times:
'If any woman who can sing higher |
l1dli UelOW -. UT WHO CdH even
reach the D turn in the Shadow Song
from 'Dinorah,' will for the sake Of ex-
pertinent make heroic effort TO slide !
her voice just note or two higher she |
will find probably that the sound result |
ing is not much better than the squeak |
ing an amateur makes on the high notes |
Of violin. If any one who knows notes |
on the piano will strike the notes above |
high G sharply and separately he will |
find that real musical resonance ceases |
about at G.
But if anyone will go to hear Miss FL |
len Beach Yaw he will find that the hui /
man throat can reach not only above
high c, but above high G. and above the |
c above tina; with as consumamte ease,
with IS great a purity of sound as no |
pipe that ever left the air through it, as |
no instrument that invention has yet |
devised. Perhaps the nearest COMPARE
son that can be found for it is to say
that Miss Yaw's notes are as liquid and
clear in sound as the titulating of fine |
glass bells.
One could not help feeling as helistened
to Miss Yaw last evening that he was in
the presence of one of the most remark
able women in musocai history. Such |
an amazing voice and one that. withal
= so human ana WlnSOIle II Is the lOt Oh |
the people to hear only once in a gen.
Grafton. Our grand parents speak of
Jennie Lind. and our parents heard Patti
n their prime; Ellen Beach Yaw should
De the memory OF this generation.
SOUSA'S CONCERT.
Sousa'S grand concert band, the most |
pronounced musical success Of recent
-ears. will be here on Thursday evening. |
February l.. and its coming will be a
most interesting even to all who worship
Il music's shrine. The history of mill
airy bands shows no parallel to the !
avor which this organization has at
aimed. Such a result could be achieved
My by musical merit OF the highest or
Ter. intelligently and conscientiously pre-
.ented 10 the public. Mr.. Sousa long
lgo demonstrated that he is in every
way master band conductor. He made
he Marine band OF Washington famous
or its excellence. and followed this by
organizing. what has been repeatedly |
nd universally proclaimed the finest
oncert band ever heard in America. 1t
viii be the general desire Of this peer
ess organization when L comes 70 this
lily to see Sousa himself and 10 be
hrilled by his music. Re sure and keep
r.