The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-05
At the Crawford.
SEASONS MOST INTERESTING At
TRACTION.

At the Crawford.
SEASONS MOST INTERESTING AT
TRACTION.
Manager MartIing of the Crawford the
alter has many good bookings Tor this
season, but none likely to command more
interest and pleasure than the production
of Her Lord and Master" which viii
be presented by Miss Helen Gia1t'y and
an admira bic company of players soon.
Miss GRAVITY has scored genuine artis-
tic success in this latest and greatest
play Of MISS Morton Miss Grantiy is a
young woman of marked individuality,
rare physical beauty ami appreciative Of
the best in character portrayal. Her IN
personal ton of Indiana Saltwater IN Her
Lord and Master is declared 10 lie che
of the most charming bits OF work Thai
| the stage has seen in som" time. she
will be supported here by company CT
great merit. and with the advantage CT
| an elaborate and costly production of
/ Miss Morton's play. in tact The same
/ that caused such universally favorable
/ comment upon its run If $50 nights at
/ the Manhattan theater, New York, last
season.
! Charles Il. Yale and Sidney R Ellis
The Evil Eye, which appears at the
Crawford on Friday and Saturday and
Saturday matinee, is not new title TO
the patrons of play-houses, but all of the
features contained in this famous panto-
mimic specially is. Richard T Brown,
the king of entertainers, is one of the
newest, and other new ones are Josie
Sisson, the Phasey Troupe of sixteen
young and pretty maidens. the Trouba-
dour Four and those two great little
people, the Kennard brothers as Mid and
Nod. Then here is an old new one, Arm
strong famous electric ballet, aug
mented and increased TO 5000 lights.
There are many others, but '-newness''
being our motto we do not wish to make
our other surprises stale by mentioning
them.
The love stories on the stage must be
deftly handled, both by author and ac-
tors. In Nevada" the author, Mr.. Fred
Darcy, has provided one of the daintest
and tenderest scenes which Miss Elsa
Ryan and her leading man enact with a
deiicacy and spontaneity which does the
observer good in this age OF suppression
of emotion. Miss Ryan is but 20 years of
age, and perhaps youth has something TO
do with her enthusiastic rendition of the
dIrticult task set her. Miss Ryan viii be
at the Crawford Monday. November TO-
"THELMA"
"Thelma, which will be presented by
Alden Benedicts excellent company at
the crawford tonight, is romantic drama
taken from Marie Coreii S story. The
first second and fourth acts take place
in Norway, the third in London. The
scenic features are out of the ordinary
eni the play follows the book closely
enough TO satisfy the readers Of the Cor
ELI story. After marrying Thelma. Err
rington takes her to his London home.
where Lady Winseigh proceeds to de-
stroy her faith in her husband. 1t takes
a good deal Of persistence on her lady
ships part and she has to stand the dis
approving Kisses of the audience she fin
ally succeeds in driving Thelma back to
Norway by means of a letter Errington
had written to a burlesque actress. Lady
Winsleigh's efforts are entirely in behalf
OF her own affection for Errington and
are altogether wasted Errington is inno-
cent Of anything like indebtedness to
lnGlfl3. Dll appearance dlt = %e4Ai4Hl aiAiii
and the designing woman readily makes
them appear to convict him. Errington
follows Ihelma to Norway and the last
act is the most spectacular Of the Iour.
1t shows the Alien F'jord and the Rain
bow bridge in midwinter. The snow ava
lanche is another well handled effect in
the last act, which is the most interest
ing OF them all.
"Thelra" is said to be a play Of heart
interest, enlivened by plenty OF true.
wholesome comedy and d drama well
worthy of the attention Of the most crit
ical. The scenery is claimed 10 be beau /
tiful and many very elegant costumes are /
worn. Inc cast is said TO be the best that |
has ever appeared under Mr.. Benedicts
management
The comedy drama seen at the Craw- !
ford last night WIS a show that gave !
the actors chance 70 90 a ..stle heavy |
work along with the comedy part. /
2. nere is a murder and a love scene mixed ]
in along az the first act that aEords the /
villain an opportunity 70 display his 1
powers. The heavy part was slightly I
overdone. but he finally cooled down and /
die. some good work later on Mr. Sam
Golden as the Jewish peddler. Moses Levi. /
was very good. His natural Jewish caste /
Of features assist greatly in the repre-
sentatiou Of the part
The audience was wen pleased with The /
play. as was shown BY the applause given 1
The exciting parts The-e was not a dun 4
moment il the show Although some of i
the situations were 50 overdoue that the
true value was spoiled. The audience took !,
them all II good part and enjoyed them
NJ. Patrick shea. The servant vss good
he did some good dancing along through
the play that took well
The election returns were read from the
stage between acts