The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-16
Great Entertainment Next Tues.
day and Wednesday.
VictOr's Venetian Band Coming
With Four Concerts.
24O NIGHTS IN N. Y.
People of Topeka to Be Given
S1.OO Show for 10 Cents.
Schools Will Be Dismissed at
3 O'clock.

topeka will have rare musical event
next week with rare prices.
Vlctor's Venetian band which has
been playing for 240 consecutive nights
IN Hammerstein's great New York
theater at prices 75 cents to s1OO will
come to Topeka next Tuesday and
wednesday afternoon and night.
Under an exceptionally faycrably
contract twenty prominent citizens of
Topeka who have the matter in
charge have arranged to give this dol
lar entertainment for ten cents. in
ciud1ng reserved seats at Stansfield's s;
that is. for the first twenty-five hun
dred seats sold for each of the four
performances. After that number of
tickets are sold for each performance
the price will be advanced to 25
cents
Arrangements are well under way in
connection with the appearance of Sig
ror Calefaty Victor and his Venetian
oand at the Auditorium for both matt
Zee and evening performances on Tues
day and Wednesday, November % and
"a
On Tuesday afternoon the school
board will dismiss the children of the
city at O'Clock in order that they
may have the opportunity to attend
the matinee entertainment as the
members of the board consider it will
be a rare educational and unusual treat
for those of the younger generation.
which they should not be allowed to
miss. This performance will start at
$3.50 O'Clock.
Every indication points to a record
Ereaking attendance at the four con-
certs as it is not often that Topeka is so
rortunate as to secure an attraction
Which has been quite the sensation of
the larger cities in which i. has played.
In New York the band played 24O
nights at Hammerstein's theater, and
the following is what the New York
Telegram had to say in regard to the
success of the engagement:
Victor has captured New York
with his music. Only glance is nee
eSSary to convince an observer that
New York is now music-mad. Other
leaders have been well-known for
gle night what others have struggled
for for years.
From the time he raped his baton
on the music stand and began to lead,
the house was stilled. 1t appeared to
| the audience that the man had hyp-
| motto influence over his band.
When the selection was finished
| there was a crash of music that al
| most shook the roof; there were
| shrieks and cries of Bravo which
showed that he had thrilled his au-
dience.
''Since that first night Victor has
become a craze. Every night the
theater is crowded. The audience
marvels at the music, and wonders at
the remarkable gestures of the man
who is so completely wrapped in his
art and his labor that he never no.
tees that an audience is listening to
| or watching him.
Those who are backing the project
were able to secure exceptionally
favorable terms on account of the
fact that the band had no bookings
| in immediate prospect for the two
days on which it will appear in To-
peka..
This is the first tour of the band in
the west, and the musical events will
be most thoroughly enjoyed by the
lovers of good music in Topeka. Miss