The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-19


Southwest TO southeFly winds.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Saturday and Sunday; southerly winds.
Sunday fair.
MUSIC AND DIANA.
Hoyts "A MIX White Flag is proba-
bly, the strongest in point Of satire Of al
plays. Every element which goes 70
make up the dramatic and pictOrial fab
rication of a successful play is well rep
resented in tins cynical and musical com
edy Satire and specialues jostIe each
other in the undsrcurrent Of well de-
veloped plot While the shafts tinged
with Hoyt's irony mainly directed against
the militia, yet however, q few vagraut
arrows are reserved for, and strike home
with unerring accuracy, the little weak
nesses of widows, undertakers, conTac-
tors and others who are characterized in
the play The management claim TO have
drawn into the cast with generous hand.
the cleverest players adaptable 70 the
roles they impersonate and it is said
that each and every one acquit them
selves with commendable credit The
RansOme Guards a swell military organ
/ izauon. consisting of all officers, except
one lonely private appear upon the stage
/ in snowy gittering uniforms and in
/ keeping with their costuraing is that Of
/ the balance Of the large company re-
quired for this spectacular production Il
/ is said to be a fresh, bright, rollicldng
crowd, and the terpsichorean and musical
| diversions are claimed to be Of a popular
! and delightful nature.
/ In the cast is the famous three Fan
! chOnetd Sisters and that favorite young
: comedian, Little Chip. whose reputation
/ was made in protesque character work,
/ comedy songs and Unique dances John
s Marble, "The Undertaken" was a
member Of the original company. and
has played that character in $50 per
formances "A Milk White Flag" comes
to the Crawford theatre this afternoon
matinee and tonight
The appearance at the Crawford thea
ire on Tuesday. January p, of Howard
Could and a strong company in the
dramatization Of Anthony Hopes latest
success, Rupert of Hentzau. will be
one Of the dramatic events Of the season. /
In Rupert of Hentzau" the same char
acters appear as in 4'The Prisoner of
Zenda" and the story is carried on from
the point where it ended in the earlier
romance The sequel IS said to possess /
even more Incidents Of a dramatic ma
ture than its predecessor. and TO have an
ending as unique as it is effective with
all these the charm of romance that sur
rounded the earlier story is not lost, but
is said to be retained in even more effec- /
tive form. Mr.. Gould's charac cterizstion Z
of the dashing Rassendyl Is said to be
even more vigorous than his work In che /
earlier play, where he achieved his fame +.
as a romantic actcr The entire produc- I
tion is that used in the initial presenta- (
ton at the Lyceum theatre, New York
Lewis MorTison's complete production F.
Of Faust" has Long ago become one Of /
the leading and most interesting of the /
best class Of theatrical offerings. This
season it Is said to surpass in merit and
care of presentation even the most sue
cessful Efforts made during its seventeen [
years Of prosperity and popularity. It
viii be soon presented I'm this city 10 an
entirely new garb and VIII undoubtedly
be greeted with the same interest 1t has
always met with on its prior visits.
Shenandoah" with the oompleta
Broadway theatre production and its
great battle scene. Is greater success
than ever before under the management
of Jec3h Lift. The patriotic spirit is IL
anything stronger than ever iu the
hearts of the taeatre-Eoers. and ASIDE
from the human interest which is in the
play. the big spectacular battle scene at
the end cf the third act Is very attrac-
tive The depletion of the battle of
Cedar Creek as shown IN Mr. fLtts ra-
vival o1 this plav is one AZ NE emphatic
tr.Uunhs OF sta recraft 1T requires ne
services Of 80 nen and % horses TO give
it the verisn,i .tuie that is necessary.
ana evaryth ug must go on ike clock
w7rk. A single hitch would SPOT every
thing The company carry zsuty-dvs
artii e--na. Mostly az IRE Tr5 art.I-
'e-r e. S. A. under the command cf
Sergeant James Warren All ~ these
uan have seen active service either II
Cuba 1r the Phi ipf1ues ana ir IS they
who lazd rhe fighting The company e
reported t3 be one ~ The best that has
ever been seen Ia the p.ay 'shenz-
5rah" VIII be III. attraction 81 tho
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