The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-27
Music and Drama
Coming Attractions for
Wichita Amusement Lovers.
At the Crawford,

Few, if any colored organizations on the
the Black Patti TroubadorS which were
presented last night at the Crawford.
Every member OF the large company has
an excellent voice, especially Madame Sis
sieretta Jones, known as Black Patti"
who is unquestionably the best singer in
the race today. She possesses pure So
prano voice well trained and rich in quail
ity and in singing the "Mlserere'' from
III Trovatore'' and Lucia di Hammer
moor, won much praise and received
many encores for the manner in which
they were sung. The management havs
added many new features since their last
visit here which seem to make the per-
Torrance much more pleasing. The Dark
town Circus was a novelty and the ami
mails, which consisted of a monkey and
d big black bear, were first class imita
tons of the real thing. In the last act
scene OF the interior of theater, several
selections from grand and comic operas
in costumes We're presented including
Black Patti. Sarah Green, contralto; Ada
Robinson. alto; J. Z. Varies, tenor; Al
F. Watts, baritone; ]. P. Reed, bassC,
and chorus. was fine and received well
deserved applause. Mack Allen, slack wire
equilibrist is an artist in his line of work.
Robert Kelly, the original coon, was up
to date with his jokes and in singing coon
songs would be hard to equal. AS a
whole there was not a bad feature in the
performance and for all who like this
kind of entertainment this was certainly
treat.
Tonight, Lewis Morrison, in Faust"
The elaborate quality and massive char
acter of Lewis Morrison's new produc-
tor of Faust" in which he himself this
season appears as Mephisto. is attracting
CROWDED houses and unqualified praise on
his tour which commenced in New York,
embraces New Orleans in the south,
Montreal in the north and San Francisco
IN the west. So far the temperance
of this clever star has not onyl drawn
an unbroken series of crowded houses,
but has resulted in an universally ex-
and brilliant performance of Goethe's
weird conception of Satan. Lewis Nor
rison's five thousand performances of
Mephisto during the past twenty seasons
have made the names of Morrison and
Mephisto synonymous That his perform
ance stands prominently first is univers
ally conceded and the fact of the immense
financial returns. crowded houses and
warm applause he IS receiving nightly are
sufficiently attestation of the firm hold he
has on the public esteem and favor. Lewis
Morrison himself will positively appear in
the part OF Mephisto for the last time in
this city at the Crawford tonight
QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER
That famously popular New England
play. Quincy Adams Sawyer" which
will play at the Crawford on Thursday.
January 2s. has recently had not only the
astounding record of playing to the ban
ner business in the history OF the Stone
Opera House in Binghamtoa, but that
same week there was succession of four
nights and two matinees in four different
towns that the entire capacity Of the
theater WAS sold out several days before
The attraction arrived Three of these
nights were wild. wintry and snowy.
The same story of cordial approval
comes from every town or city where
Quincy Adams Sawyer Is presented.
One hears OF the enthusiast roy OF the
audiences while critics unite in saying
that the play is idylhc Certainly 1t &C.
cupies a place OF its own among the rural
dramas. There is TO deceived woman
no wandering boy no tramp TO reform.
and no mortgage "a be lifted off the farm
The stage is flied with typical New
England characters and the audience is
kept laughing nearly all the time by the
sayings and doings OF the people at
Masons Corner. One OF the foremos;
critics recently said Of Quincy Adams
Sawyer; "A more perfect Illusion could
Rot have been created by any players and
the audience was completely under the
control OF those on the stage. II the
chief aim OF the drama as critics ard
philosophers have asserted. Is to arluSe
and entertain by innocent means. then
Quincy Adams SAWYER accomplishes its
purpose as well as any Play that was
ever written
There is plenty Of pathoS OF the Kind
that strikes home. and the remarkable
success of the play is largely due 10 its
complete na,uralnoss There is nothing
done which might not occur in any New
England town. The cast and scenic
equipment are fully up TO the high stand
ard set by the play itself
There is probably no farce comedy on
the road that has lasted 50 long and
given such general satisfaction 20 the
fun-loving public. as that funny play
'Peck's Bad Boy" The piece is under
management Of l.. J. French. the veteran
Snowman. whose years Of experience in
catering 20 thester going public has no
doubt had a great deal TO do with the
fifteen years Of continued success OF the
piece This year he has had the piece
rewritten and brought up-to-date with
new scenery. new costumes. catchy music
graceful dancers, quaTtettes. Duets.
choruses. medledy. etc. The case this
year is stronger than ever. and contains
many old and rev favOrittS