Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27
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Grand-Ail week. The Devils Auction"
Orpheum-An week. AdgIs and Her Lonl. and
Vaudeville.
Grnnd-Frday afternoon. symphony Orchestra
High School Auditorium-Tuesday night,
Mozart Symphony Club.
Academ of ~Muaic-Tuesday night, Valentine
Abt Mandolin Recital.
The Devils Auction" an old ~favorite,
will return to the Grand this week, OPEN
ing this afternoon. 1t has always been Gus
tomary to introduce throughout the per-
formance of Yale's "Devirs Auction" a
number OF special vaudeville features. In
the seasons production there will be no
deviation from this rule. In the Teskat
troupe of comic cyclers an absolute novelty
pantominic, "up-to-date-times" episode.
The Bicycle Craze" assisted by the very
Another unusual feature is that of the
Phantos brothers. the aerial grotesques.
Harry M; Brown. a comedian of very
clever methods, also appears in original
specialties. introducing a series Of singing
and dialect representations Of a most in
teresting nature. Miss Mayme Mayo. a
possess a very musical mezzo-soprano
voice. With the number Of exclusive fea-
lures offered in the ever-blooming spec
tacle. the gorgeous scenery. brilliant cos
tuning. intricate tricks. bright ballets.
pretty women. funny men, clever dancers.
male and female acrobats. gymnasts and
H. Yale's Devils Auction"
Cavern A@9nE Of ne e.s ss C f Heaass: vii !anss be Maize Maths
Vaults Of Benedictine''; The Gardens of
the Blue Dragon; THE Palace Of Roses"
eight distinct changes which for novelty of
conception. beauty In design is u%ndoubted-
~ the handsomest and grandest pictorial
illustration OF the realms Of fairyland ever
presented.
The feature Of this weeks performance
at the Orpheum will be Adgie, 1.-THE Cuban
Hon queen" and her three performing
lions. Gustav Walter is a persistent
caterer to the appetite for novelty on the
part OF the public, and he believes that he
has secured in Adgie the most sensational
novelty ever presented In the city.
Adgte is a dancing girl possessed of both
beauty and grace, and to see the frail little
creature controlling the ferocious looking
or by a look, is one of the rarest sights
furnished by modern vaudeville. The lions
are splendid creatures. answering to the
they usually obey their mistress with the
docility of trained dogs. 1t sometimes hap
pens that there is alarm created by an un-
looked for demonstration on the part Of
one OF the beasts; but Adgie preserves her
calm through it all and quiets and subdues
the animals by sheer courage and eye con-
from the big claws Of the iioness. victoria
who Is forest bred and still inclined to be
vicious. Adgie puts her head in the mouth
OF Prince as part OF her performance, and
while in Los Angeles she came near losing
It, for the lion, to her horror. began to con-
tract his jaws. and as she Jerked her head
rapidly away his teeth snapped right in
her ear with a lock Of hair between them.
The most thrilling part Of her performance
IS said to be the dancing of a Spanish boil
ero in the cage with. the lions.
Other strong features OF the new bill are:
Sherman and Morrisey, burlesaue trapeze
artists and eomedians; the De Filippes. in
vocalist and mimic; the Clerise Sisters. Eur
opean musical artists; the four Thompson
Winslows. Ffske university graduates: Con-
Gerome and Vandee, comedy acrobats; Joe
and Nellie Doner. the clever eccentric sketch
artists. in their original speciality. An Es-
capped Lunatic."
The sixth and last of the Symphony or
chestra concerts will be given at the Grand
opera house next Friday afternoon. The
programme will be entirely orchestral, but
there will be several features of such mag
nitude and novelty as to make the event
one of the most interesting of the season.
a close with a particularly brilliant finish.
The chief number will be the celebrated
T~schaikowsky symphony: This composer
is regarded by many as the very foremost
Of the Russian school. His work is strong
ly characteristic. As a rule It is more
emotional IMAM WOuIu De expected from Il
strict observance of the rules Of symphonic
writing. But for this very reason his music
has been more enthusiastically received by
the masses than 1t would otherwise have
been.
The "Pathetique" is a strong. appealing.
but unconventional composition. 1t is
characterized by great variety and many
striking transitions. The third movement
is described as a veritable tornado of tone
t RoMef def Mhtte 'r reveals sais the heV eompose rne p %ne
pose and gives the work its name. Is said
TO be beautifully contrasted with the pre-
ceding parts. Someone has described the
finale as "a great elegy on the death of
some mighty genius" and such 1t proved
to be. for it was the swan song of the com
poser. The work is complicated and CO.
lossal. but the orchestra Is very enthusiast
tic over IL. and its musicians have already
Demonstrate their right to undertake even
the most difficult music.
Tho ,Berlioz overture has never before
been played by a local orchestra. and this
kurs" music win be a very attractive feat
ure. as 1t will bring into hearing some OF
the most thrilling passages ever wrought
by the great German masters. The pro-
gramme will be as follows:
Overture. La Carneval Roman" CBeriioz).
symphony. "Pathetique." No. 6; adagio. allegro
noh troppo, andante. allegro vivo: allegro con grazio;
allegro motto ytvaee: adagio lementoso CTschaikow-
sky. first time here.
Ballet Music and Wedding March from "Fersme1'
Rubinsiein).
Ave Maria. arranged for orchestra by Mr.. John Behr
(Barh-Gounod).
THE Ride Of the walkurie" Wagner.
The Mozart Symphony Club Of New York,
one of the strongest and most popular con-
cert organizations before the public, will
be heard ut the High school auditorium
next Tuesday evening. substituting for the
General Gordon lecture announced on the
High school course. The personnel of the
club is as follows:
Mr.. Otto Lund, solo violin: Herr Theo
Hoch. violin; Mr.. Mario Blodeck, cello; Mr.
Richard Stoelzer, viola; assisted by Miss
Marie Louise Gumaer. prima donna; Mr..
Richard StoelZer. viola soloist
and Archi lutte: Herr Thee Hoch. cornet
virtuoso. Roman triumphal trumpet and
Alpine echo horn; Mr.. Mario Blodeck. Da
GAMBIA soloist.
The following programme, subject to
change, is announced:
serenade. allegro. menuetto and rondo tMozart).
Mozart symphony Club.
Violin solo. 'Yota Aasonesa'' Uon Nsche1). Mr..
Otto LunG.
Contralio song. ''Belraggio semlrams' Ross!nD.
Miss Marie Louise Gumaer.
Viola d'Amour solo ta) Romance tMilandrel. Lute
solo () Dame del Secolo XVI. tChilezottD. MIR.
Richard stoelser.
Cornet solo, "Fantasie, the Americana" (Hoch),
Herr Theo. Hoch.
ia Garubo ta) Serenade Badini (Marie GABRIEL.
cello solo () Fsntaisie tservais). Mr.. Mario Bio
deck.
Qua-ette Cl FsckeI,anz Meyerbeen. O) Neiodis
lRuhinstcinl. t) Pizziesio tGarotte) tGiiiep. Mozart
Symphony Club.
Alpine Echo Horn solo. "Aipen Idylis' tHoch,.
Herr Theo. Hoch.
ContraI;o song C) '-cavntina DOM, Cari,ea'' CMer
ssdante). Dbl 'to!d Love Letter ~tShcldon). Miss
Marie Louise Gumaer.
Duo. violin and cello. Invitation to the Dance
tweber,. Mrssn. Otto Lund and N. biodeck.
Roman Trumphal Trumpet. March and kaisers sa'