Kansas City journal., 1898-01-16
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evening with his tales Of the POLAR seas; It
was upon his first appearance in London
that the Times estimated his immense
Chicago papers placed his three Auditorium
audiences at 14010 persons. while over TO-
900 people are said to have welcomed him to
Minneapolis, where there are many Scandi-
navians.
That one who has attracted such atten-
ton will be received with the greatest IN
terest in Kansas City there Is no doubt.
explorer has never tagged since his reap
rearance in the inhabited world IN AUGUST,
1896. What the world owes to Dr. Nansen
Is comprehended when it is stated that Tor
230 years previous to 1893 the combined ei-
forts of all Arctic exploration mad succeed
ed in penetrating only $50 miles nearer the
pole. while he. in three years. placed the nag
of Norway 200 miles beyond the previous
mark. The last $50 miles of this Journey
were traversed in the remarkable time OF
six weeks by Nansen and his companion OF
this perilous dash over the ice, Hjalmar Jo-
THE Arctic Viking" as this man of six
feet two inches in height has been called.
comes rightly by his love or dlscoEerS.
He is a direct descendant OF the OLD morse :,
sea rovers and his name. Fridtjof which Is
not a common one in Norway, means V1k,
ing" Hans Nansen, 800 years ago expioreo
the Northern seas under commission from
the cZar and spent winter there. wrlung
handbook for Northern navigators upon
his return that remained authority Tor 2VO
years. The Nansen of our day is a some
what revised edition of the early Vikings.
being eminent for his learning. as well as
for his voyages into uneXplored seas. he
Is curator of the museum OF co1nparauNe
anatomy at Christiania university and. at
the age of 81, is the most renowned OF all
Arctic explorers.
DIR. Nansen's lecture is thrilling story
of the three years voyage of himself and
his twelve companions in the ship FRAN,
which left Norway July "a, 1893. The the
ory of the voyage, which was to lloat past
the pole in the ice after sailing as far as
possible. the bold setting out of Johansen
and himself by sledge when II was found
the foe was carrying the expedition too
wearisome return over the ice to Franz
Josef land. the winter spent in a little
shelter there. sleeping twenty hours out
of every. twenty-four, and living upon blub-
ber, and the rescue by the Jackson par
ty, are all handled by DR.. Nansen in such
a quiet and modest manner that they be-
recital by the stereopticon. which shows
scenes from photographs made by the ex-
plorer.
A musical event of this week that should
attract much attention among certain
classes of musical people, is the recital to
be given at the Academy of Music to-mor-
row evening by Mr.. Alfred Farland. prob
ably the most celebrated banjoist living.
Mr.. Farland was heard in this city about
two years ago and astonished his audience
with feats of banjo playing that were not
believed possible. He has dignited this
much-abused instrument as no other per-
former has, and while there may still be
some doubt as to the propriety of playing
the masters compositions on the banjo.
there Is an artistic sincerity about this
player that does much to make his own
arguments convincing. The programme for
the Kansas City concert will be as follows:
Selection from ''Rigoletto' Verdi. Kansas City
Mandolin orchestra.
Sonata for piano and banjo tBeethoven).
Wiegenlied' Grade sons) (iauser)
Gypsy Rondo (Haydn.
Variation on my Old Kentucky Home" Tariand,.
Hungarian dance. No. (Brahms).
Serenade (schubert).
Allegro vivace from the overture to william
Tell'' Rossini). Alfred A: Farland.
Overture to Tampa" CHerold). Kansas City Man.
dolin orchestra
'.TaranteIle "copper".
la Paloma'' (Yradier).
"Minuet rAntique'' tPaderewski).
Selection from I'll Trovatore' (VerdD.
Variations ''Auld Lang Syne' (Farland).
Nocturne, op. 9. No. Chopin.
Allegro motto vivace from concerto op. q (Aen-
delssohn). Alfred A. Farland.
The next public recital Of the Euterpe
Club will be given at Lyceum hall next
Thursday afternoon. The programme, in
charge of Mrs. w. r. Hogsett. is as fol-
lows:
.L'Addo' (NicholaD. Miss Elizabeth Parkinson
Caprice Hongroise" (Dunkler,. Mr.. Ralph NJ Dun.
bar.
fs) Evening STAR Cwagner): Oh Loves Jewels
(Dennee) Mr.. George olmi.
''Rhapsodis Hongrose' Gszo. Mrs. W. T. John.
10 Ia sognar' (Devilla). Miss Elizabeth Parkin.
son.
''smple Aven'' CThorne,. Mr. Ralph Dunbar.
(a) kissing Time. tEatonl; (bI Beloved Awake
(DeIioven), Mr.. Dudley W. Eaton.
Accompanies. Mrs. Jennie E. Shultz. Mrs. W. R.
Hogsett.