The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-03

fects OF which a car lead arc lrled,
include the Killarney Lakes BY neon
hight, the eagles crag. during which a
monster eagle carries of live child n
its talons, the revolving tower which by
clever device shows both the Interior
and exterior. The entire play viii be pre-
sented in a most sumptuous scent- env.r-
onment and an evenings pleasure an be
anti2ated.
That there is nothing new under the
sun is generally very applicable to the
theatrical business, but it has remained
for Mark E. swan, the clever author Of
Browns in Town" and why Smith
Left Home" TO strike a theme of abso-
lutte originality and write a melodrama-
that is so completely different from all
others as TO create a genuine sensation.
"A Many Of Mystery is heralded by
critics everywhere as the greatest melo-
dramatic production now on the stage. 1t
I is depicted by a company Of artists mead
ed by that product Of Frohman manage
ment, Forest Flood, whose clever work
with olga Nethersole. Lillian Burkhart
and the Frohman forces. places him in
the ranks Of leading men Of America. The
piece viii be given this afternoon matt
nee and night at the Crawford theatre.
HOYTs "a TEXAS STEER"
In satirizing the fads of everyday life
( Charles H. Hoyt has ever welded a keen
and humorous. but kindly, pen. and in
none of his productions is ne in more
delightful vein than in his satire OF poll
! tics. "a Texas Steer" which VIII be at
/ the Crawford theatre with new
/ "Bossy" soon. Politics being uppermost
I in the American mind at this time this
mirth-provoldng parody on the politicians
/ at Washington and their various and
and devious ways, will be received with
added interest by lovers Of the play. In
/ "a Texas Steer" from the tuneful en-
/ trance Of the plantation darHies as they
( come singing through the Texas chapa-
raj, to the final exit Of the committee
down the back stairs and out through
/ the alley, where they dump the garbage
I from the Arlington hotel kitchen in
/ Washington, D. c., one laughabie situa-
/ ton follows another, and each stroke of
/ wit becomes wittier, while the interest IN
/ the fortunes of Maverick Brander and his
/ family, never fingers nor flags for q mo-
ment The frailties of our system Of
/ politics are held up to view in a most
humorous manner, and love story.
pretty and dainty, is interviewer into the
plot Mr.. Hoyt has given, in the charac-
! ter Of Maverick Brander, a shrewd Texas
/ cattleman, . strong picture Of an honest
man unwilllngly plunged into national
politics, whose intentions are all good
at the start, but who finds the tide in
. Washington setting so overwhelmingly
/ towards personal aggrandizement that he
+ is unable to resist, and is soon taking as
a matter of course things that would
/ have shocked him before he entered poll
/ ties. His defense of his new condition
/ il so eloquent that it stands out pa
! thetic appeal for his hilarious fellow citi-
zens James r. Mccain plays the part
of Brander. "Bossy" Is portrayed by
petite and pretty Miss Florence Ross
/ land formerly with Augustin Days New
York company The minister from Da-
honey" is done by VIII II. Bray. who
created that laughable character in the
/ original production in New York Miss
Lizzie Kendall plays the part Of Bran
der's wife. George 7. Mech that Of
"Brassy BAH" and Gustave Neaville that
Of Major Yell" The original Texas
/ Steer Quartette vii he feature Of the
performance