The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
CORINNE is COMING.
She Will Appear in can American
Beauty Thanksgiving Afternoon
and Night

Corinne and her company in the opera
! AN American Beauty have been secured
by Manager Crawford for a matinee ana
evening performance at the Crawford
theater in this city on Thursday of next
week. hanksgiNlng- II was announced
several days ago that Corinne was COM
ing to Topeka en- route east from
the Pacific coast, and last night the date
oI her appearance mere was IlXed Cor
inne has made herself a popular faVOrite
III tHe opera I!c WoIlu oS Hel cleN q ii.'97,
and large audiences viii greet her ~ An
American Beauty on Thanksgiving.
There viii be no advance in prices in the
evening, the regular prlceS-Sl; t9 % ana
. Cents-prevailin and at the matinee
the prices viii be 70. 80 and p cents for
first second and third floors respectively.
In An American Beauty Corinne takes
the part OF DeautffuI young Wiuo~ % a.
Newport. the belle OF the famous resort
with whom many fall in love There she
IS seen py a circus mtnatGSF, wlo 'T5e5 T57, 20
secure her as his len IhouSand DoIlar
| Beauty, and with whom she goes to
Monte Carlo. The opera is the work OF
thors of In Gay New York, The Whirl
of the Town" and THE Belle of New
York"
The great desire of Mr.. W. S. Hart the
Young actor who appeared at the Craw-
! ford theater last night. and the object he
is striving for, is to step INTO the
place on the American stage left vacant
bV the death of Alexander Salvini. The
conviction that in a few years he would
be able to fiji this vacancy was response
bic more than anything else for his start
The endeavor to fill Salvini's place is
an ambitious undertaking. but the young
man for whom so great an artlSl as AIile
Mod jeska predicted a brilliant future may
be able to do it. Hart is yet a young
man. but so years of age, and he has
every reason 10 believe that name
awaits him the American stage. WITH
his ability actor he combines a me
stage appearance. which in itself is an es-
sential in the legitimate drama.
Mr.. Hart appeared before an audience
much smaller than his work deserved in
The Man in the Iron Mask at the Craw-
ford theater last night In the widely
different roles of CASTOR d 'OrVllIe. the
young lover, Louis XIV, King OF France,
and The Man in the Iron Mask, MI Hart
displayed to advantage his ability as an
emotional actor Some day, probably
Topeka theatergOers Will appreciate the
young actors worth and give him the re-
ception he deserves.
Mr.. Hart is supported by fair COM
pany. but one which would stand improve
ment.
Tonight "The Bells" the romantic
drama by Leopold Swim, which Henry
Mr.. Hart The time of the play is 1893,
and in it Mr.. Hart takes the part of an
Old man
In innovation in beautiful and compli-
Gated stage maneuVers is the March of
one of the leading features of Al G.
Fields minstrels- This brilliant specta-
Gle is the handiwOrk of Dan Quinlan. who
has found leisure in the midst of his du-
ties as assistant manager, stage director
and interlOcutor, to evolve one OF the
most intricate but finished and pleasing
marches ever seen the minstrel stage
Twenty young men take part, cOStuTned
warrior, their maneuvers taking place in
a realistic representation of the now de-
parted gIOries of Rome's famous Coli
scum. The Field organization this year