The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-08
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


That merry melange of mirth and mu-
sic. "Finnigan's Ball" viii be seen at the
Crawford Grand. matinee and evening.
Sept. T. This is the eighth year Of Fin
nigan's Ball. but like all other farce
comedies. IL possesses that advantage
which can be found in no other style OF
dramatic performance. the advantage Of
being changed from year 20 year new
specialties introduced. new comicalities
aGaed In fact, even the plot itself has
been changed about and still passes as
The Bali" So il happens that those
who have seen this famous farce before
need not hesitate 10 see il again. thinking
that they are TO see the same old piece
on the contrary. has been entirely
rewritten this year. and the author II
the original piece would not find a line
Of his work The entire plot OF the
story has been changed and nothing re-
mains OF the old production except the
til. The new piece is fresh. bright. fun
OF the latest witticisms. and newest mu-
sic. and goes with a swing and dash that
promises 70 make its eighth edition the
most successful of any that has seen.
The Southern Stock company open p
five nights engagement at the popular
Crawford theater on Monday night. pre-
senting Doris" To this performance Ia
dies are admitted free under the usual
conditions. Seats are on sale az Howe
jeweiry store. The following Is from the
Gainesville fTexas) Hesperian- The
Southern stock company presented Doris
last night 10 a large audience and was
deserving Of the applause so literally
given them The company IS strong
one Doris IS a play made famous bl-
Egie Elsler II has been seen here sew
eral times. but X was never more salts
factcrjIv presented than 10 was last night
with Miss Wilson IN the leading role The
speCialties are good and 81 a higE class.
S6illfully organized confusion - the
big secret OF the battle in farce writing.
only il is essential that the cmbrogiio
should contain an original idea The sit
nations may hc cid but the circumstance
which lead cd To chem must be new
There Is no doubt Mr. Broadh1rst has ac-
complished all this, for he has skill de-
Cidedly peculiar 20 the French ~ ceFei-
oping a farcial iiea without letting y
down midway But he scores over the
French writer in one great particular
his farces are an fEn and not breath =
iruuropriery. in The wrong Mr- wright
he has developed a story th1r j. exceeding
Isl funny with q sweet loV7 interest and
unfaHins provocation go laughter
The musical attraction - the winter.
from the artists point os view. is ar
uourcei ~ Manager 1artliug - The
Crawford thea1fr. as Inuss and his Hanl.
with q fun c1rs of grand cPera singers
ard s-uad - musical c.acss-nttils.
II costume. Eith electro elrllei, autlis
tn esirgers in fne g1oun WIZ D. headed
hr Hiss Frances BorIle1- The America
prsn,a do-a sho T4s the sensation ~
Ia eseason in Ilon1ou- seno-t Adele
BorghL the Italian who Dlldea trene1-
dous impression az over Europe rs Car
men. in hsr American debgt- LerlI. the
tenor So we'll aa3 f1vdratlF Ero91, Al
hertz she uucn talked ~ baritone and
as mans more. The attraction s. n1w
playing az the Pan-Auae-ic-l exposition
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