The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-22
Music and Drama
Coming Attractions for
Wichita Amusement Lovers.



Miss Ellen n. Stone viii lecture tonight
at Toler Auditorium for the benefit OF the
( Wichita hospital Everyone has heard OF
her remarkable experience with the Bull
gSrian briga nds and the princely ransom
paid by the American people for her re-
lease. Miss Stone tells this experience in
a minute, interesting and graphic man
sner and a failure 10 hear her will be an
/ opportunity lost which viii be regretted.
She Iectured in Chicago last week, where
the admission was one dollar, and stand
| ing room was At a premium. The ladies'
| of the hospital board have secured this
lecture at 25c and SIC admission and
Wichitans certainly should appreciate the
1 efforts Of the ladies' All student tickets
are on sale al 25 cents.
Major J. 3. Pond. of New York, man
ager for Miss Stone. gives the following
/ introduction to Wichita people and the
press Of the country is very compliment
| tary TO Miss Stone as a lecturer and her
( story as one Of intense interest:
When Miss Ellen VI. Stone decided to
! devote her life TO missionary work, &C
Cepting the perils and rigors of distant
! lands among unchristianized races in
! Europe, there was lost TO literature a
| graceful and forcefuI writer and to the
platform an orator who would surely
] have taken rank with Mary A. LivermOreS
women whose voices have been lifted in
| the movements which have advanced civ
ilization. Possessed of a ready flow of
| transparent thought, a fertile brain.
awake and active, grasping the percep-
! ticns of the moving panorama of events,
and clothing them in simple. impressive
| language, the narrative of her capture
and captivity by the Macedonian bri-
gands, in the land in which she was
I Lob &c Of bo brill toll
! OF adventure ever told. And added to
this she possesses the perfect poise of
| manner of the great orator. and one of
( the most beautiful speaking voices ever
/ heard-a voice that commands attention
! the instant she begins her address, which
is appealing, convincing, and inspiring.
On any other subject she would have de-
! lighted an audience, but with this re-
cjtal so personal to her and TO the humid
| reds of thousands of Christian friends
who have followed her with their affec-
ton and their prayers, she displays that
true eloquence which aserts her genius.
At the Crawford.
THE Telephone Girl" Will ring up at
the Crawford on Friday. October "a and
cur lovers of musical comedy will have
an opportunity to verify the statement
that this is one of the very best of all
the New York Casino successes, and "a
thing of beauty and joy forever" The
Telephone Girl" was written by Hugh
Morton and Gustave Kirker. who are also
authors of The Belle of New York."
The Lady Slavey'' In Gay New York"
and numerous other Casino successes.
The music is bright and pretty, the dia-
lcuge eXcrutiatlngly funny and the
scenery and costumes elaborate and
handsome. The company comprises many
vel known favorites in musical comedy
whose names are sufficient guarantee OF
an evenings entertainment.
THE HOTTEST COON IN DIXIE
There is nothing of the problem play,
nor Of the historical swashDuckIe in The
Hottest Coon in Dixie" You will not find
either Oscar Wilde suggestiveness nor a
distorted panorama of powdered wigs,
knee breeches, steel buckles and exag-
gerated mounting of Thee Thou"
For My Countrys Sake Sweetheart
Nine Lady Faire' and all the other
fol-de-rols of the present two dollar
dramatized novel rage. The Hottest
Coon in Dixie is laughter pure, simple
and unadulterated. Its methods are of
the people and for the people. There is
comedy in plenty. dancing that makes
you Jingle. singing that sends the blood
pulsating. Wit, humor, fun and jokes
follow in such quick succession that care
flies out of the window and the tread
mill of daily toll takes on a roseate hue
that makes life a joy. The company is
big one. over thirty members contrib
ute their individual and collective share
of merriment. Its engagement here at
the Crawford next Saturday, October %,
is a sparkling feature OF the amusement
season.
Mr.. Tim Murphy appeared last night
in "Old Innocence" at the Crawford and
avs greeted by one OF the largest houses
that has been there this year. Mr.. Muir
ply as Jason Green in the comedy,
won the hearts OF all by his splendid por-
trayal of the character of the philan-
thropist in the play. OF a simple nature,
with a heart of the best and open to all
he is the victim of so many accidents
that he finally awakened to his state and
begins to suspect everyone from his wife
TO his shoemaker. His situations are
ludricous in the extreme. intermingled
with these are situations equally pathetic
so that the audience is kept in doubt
whittier TO alugh or cry.
Mr.. Murphy is ably supported by Miss
DOrthy Sherrod as his wife, and by Mr..
J. r. Armstrong, as his brother. Miss
Louise Whitfield as his daughter. did