The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-10
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

fer was made for $500. On one OF the
lots is a one-story brick building
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
At the Crawford.
while is the value of a smile, and that
is what you get in ''Pickings From
( Puck, which will appear at the Craw-
ford opera house tonight. 1t Is a glad,
mad whirl of color, with its many voices
Of the chorus, and it is a pleasant thing
to think that there is a house full of glad
smiles within the reach of even the glum-
NEST of US. The farce goes with vim
/ and bounce. and the lines are like game
( OF verbal ping-pong. so deft are they in
their hits
Mr.. Willard Simms. who is the star has
serious countenance that no cosmetics
could give him. Most funny men are NOT
funny 10 all people. but all people feel
that Mr.. Simms was cut out for a funny
man from his birth. He cuts a wide swath
and those who admired his antics when
he was chief comedian with the Lillian
Russell Opera company. win help to crowd
the theatre during the run of this tune
full comedy
The women with their airy graces. and
their gorgeous costumes. assure us that
life has its joys. The combination of
song and dance with the pretty scenic
effects will prove TO be a revelation,
and the new ping pong dance will be the
talk of the town.
THE GATETY GIRL.
The Boston Bijou Opera company made
another hit with Wichita theater-goers
last night with their rendition of the
Gaiety Girl. This is a comic opera in two
acts that had such a long run in New
York, and this was the first time it had
ever been given west of Kansas City
and the people who attended the Crawford
last night were more than pleased with il.
The company is large and every member
Is singer of no mean ability. and they
are exceedingly well drilled. Not hitch
could be noticed in any part of the play
The play is one of those jolly. rollicling
musical comedies that has plenty of snap
and go, and lots Of good music, pretty
songs. pretty movements and pretty girls
This closes the engagement Of the com
pany here this year but they viii GER
tainly be accorded a hearty welcome If
they come this way again.
At the Toler.
Eva Tanguay. whose hit as the girl
detective in Frank L. Perley's "Chaper- |
ons" company, has been of the most
pronounced type. has been re-engaged
for the second season of that very sue
cessful musical farce which viii be seen
here this season at The Toler audtori- /
UNI.
SOUSA.
Bands. foreign and domestic. come and I
go. creating their little ripples of atten-
ton and interest among music-lovers. /
but somehow the prestige and popular /
ity Of the Sousa band and of John Philip /
Sousa, both as composer and conductor. !
show no signs Of dimunition There is /
something genuine and honest about the /
Sousa concert that seems TO appeal to 1
the public with singular potency. and I
coupled with the magnetism Of the man
aSer himself. and the wonderful dash Of I
his music. form a combination that is
irresistible. Candor compels the admis-
sion that Sousa deserves well Of the
public. for he has fathomed their mu-
steal preferences and he gives them OF
his best without stint and with a gra-
cious charm all his own. Owing to his
European tour next winter Sousa gives
a rapid trans-continental concert trip at
his home this fan and will be heard at
the Auditorium on November s.
LYCEUM COURSE.
On Monday morning. September 4. the
sale Of season tickets commences at $50
at the box Office Of The Toier auditori-
cm for the winter lyceum course. Tho
course consists Of ten numbers Of the
very best talent procurable in the field
Of lecture. musicale art, dramatic read
ngs, etc. 10 be had. No expense has
been spared 70 procure for the course
The very best that money could buy The
Bruno steindaI company are noted rnu-
sicians the world over Cor Bob Taylor
IS one of the most charming entertainers
m the American platform today. The
Nabelle Crawford Concert company con }
iists Of Miss Crawford. coutralto: Mr.
Earl Blair. pianist: Mss Florence Cham
7erla.u. vioiinist: with 1ir. Chas sind
niger tenor An evening spent with thc5
vii fully repay you. The next number
viz be Arthur Hickman pianist who
reated such a sensation IN New Yorl,
ast fan. great many claiming him 10
- even better than Joseph Holman
t-- -4E-NA lilt--iAit4 70 At444E De A.4t
speering String Quartette. famous as the {
est IN the United States. following with
ciector Clifford. soprano. n Shakespeare
sn costume recital Then W have shs
worlds famous divine. Pew Francis Gle
nent Kelly "a his lecture q the Tankea /
volunteer. Next viii be Jacob A. Rils. O. z
Sew York with his illustrated lecture Of &
How the Other Half Lives This viii 7
= followed by our own Katharine Eg- {
Ieston tJunkeruani the Portia ~ The s
iiatform. II recitaIs and the closing asirn- Z
er. NJ. NoatsrIle Flowers one % the
aost Interesting men or the platform = s
he day. = Ben Hurr. a Tale Il Christ r
Every seat IN The house win more than 4
kelly - sold. and the house packed &c q
he dome.
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