The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-18
Register

H. Yale. who each year manages to I'll
it so full of new life and matter that the
public have recognized the fact that they
are yearly being treated virtually TO a
brand new performance under an old title
The coming season and engagement viii
prove no different to. the past The dra-
matte cast, specialists. premiere dancers,
pantomimists, acrobats, coryphees, sec
ondos ballerianas, scenery, costumes and
effects are new, with but a few old faces
in the cast. In fact. Manager Yaies seems
TO have made a clean sweep in the 'Dev-
IFS Auction" this year and nfTers more
new features and faces than ever betH-e
Among the notable new memehsr are Ben
F. GrinneA. a most unctious comedian,
singer and nimb.e dancer. who viii make
his bow as Toby the transformed don
key. Miss Phyllis Allen, very clever i'm
personator of Boys parts. and who pos
sesses one of the most phenomenal con-
tralto voices ever given human being
has been engaged to appear as Carlos"
the handsome and dashing hero Of the
spectacle; while MSS Ella Gardiner,
pretty andd piquant Interpreter of lin
genue" parts will appear for the first time
as the prosecutor heroN.e Madeline.
Miss adgMe Torranse, a statuesque Eng
lsih beauty. whose performances Of Zero
the Snow Queen. III the cast Of the
Twelve Temptations of asst year, has
induced Manager Yale TO engage her for
the part Of "Chrystaline,'' the Fairy Pro-
tectress. A limited number of old favor
ties have been retained among whom are
Miss Wayne Mayo whose success as
Janet" the Milkmaid, the past season
was most pronounced and who is undoubt-
eddy one of the handsomest and cleverest
soubrette artistes before the public to-
day, has again been re-engaged 70 rthis
part, satisfactory bit of news to her
many admirers, no doubt; and beautiful
Mildred Holden who has in her several
years engagement with this attraction
played almost principa! part in its large
and varied cast, will for the first time ap-
pear as the wicked Count Fortune"
w H Lorslla, a standard favorite will
again essay the part of "Pere Andoche:"
while Eddie Snow, whose marvellous an
tics are well known TO all lovers of the
! acrobatic and pantomimic art, has been
engaged 10 PORTRAY the peculiarities of
Chaos the Little Devil.
Three new ballet advertisements, ar
ranged by Signor V. Romeo, maitre de
| ballet whose clever ideas and unique ter
psichorean arrangements had much to do
with the success of the great spectacle
formerly projected in Chicago during the
Worlds Fair. Signor Rommeo has ar
ranged for Manager Yale three divertise-
ments under tn etitles Of THE Festival
Fantastique" for the first act. 1.-The Feast
of the Mandarins" for the second act. and
70 rthe third act an absolute novelty in
| a diversement of local color entitled Les
Danse de Sousa." which depict in panto-
mime dance and typical costuming the sue
| cesses of the March Kink, Gel Captain, -
king Cotton" 'Unchain the Dogs of
War and the Stars and Stripes Forever
are some of the Sousa successes which
Signor Romeo have selected to illustrate,
and an absolute novelty can be looked for
in this new idea in dance. The Corps de
Ballet which outside of Manager Yale's
attractions is fast becoming a lost art in
this country has been augmented and
most carefully selected for this year and
| consists of large group of young, pretty,
graceful and clever coryphees, seconds
and ballerinas. headed by Concettina Chit
ten and Gise'da Basseggio. two uncom-
monty handsome pdemiere danseuse; and
as a special feature for the ladies and
children an engagement has been made
child dancer whose artistic gyrations are
simply phenomenal, and who will undoubt-
eddy create a sensation.