The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25

Ameer" is no exception to the rule. The
production is magnificent The stage
settings and the costumes. as life
Khan would say, seem to be the linn
it, Some people never imagined that
the stage at Crawferd's could hold the
amount of splendor shown in the third
pany is the chorus. A handsomer bevy
OF chorus girls has never been seen IN
Topeka.
And Daniels is funny. Funny in just
the same way that he was in THE Wiz
ard of the Nile" and The Idols Eye"
When in the last act he dons a costume
that is the counterpart Of the court
fools it seems for a moment as if he
was about TO fall back upon the ludic-
rous situations made possible by a dou-
bic as was the case in his first success,
Little Puck"
The comic operas change but Daniels
goes on just the same, lifting his eye
broWs, using some simple little by-play
over and over as a laugh prOvOker, doing
those same little dance steps making
use of some one as a foil and singing
comic songs and always making a few
funny remarks not In the part that
brings the laugh to the members OF the
company and to himself as we'll. Dan
feis always seems to be having such q
jolly good time when he is going
through his lines. This year his foil is
William CoFliss as ''Crackasmile," the
court jester who tried time and again to
crack a Joke that would amuse the
ghanistan refused to laugh and remind
ed him when he tried to be funny that
he might return to his native heath and
that your ship sails Wednesday Then
the Jester tried for honors by reciting:
when a man is in love with turtle
dove,
His one wish is to mate her.
He says his love for her is greater,
But she says she has seen nutmeg
crater"
Then life Khan looked serious Re
member, Mcclure" said he, addressing
the jester your ship sails "Wednesday"
But Corliss made good his attempt at
fun, with the audience at least, when he
sang IN Old Ben Franklin's Day" the
wittiest topical song that has been heard
in Topeka for a long time. Miss Kopp's
Poster Girl song gave her about the
only chance to distinguish herself.
Kate TART. the eontralto Of the com
pany and Miss Helen Redmond and Miss
Norma Kopp have been principals with
the Daniels companies for several sea
sons and heretofore had much 10 do
with the success of the piece but in The
Amer their parts are noticeabi insig-
nificant. 1t is truly a Daniels piece.
It does looks little strange when Oy-
en- Westford, as the Lord Chamber
lain" and Daniels and the Jester do the
Continuous Performance song for the
court ladies'. the soldiers and attendants
TO indulge in a cake walk but probably
everything goes in CabuI. The PRINCIPALS
were called before the curtain after the
second act and Mr.. Daniels could quiet
the audience only by a curtain speech.
It was funnier than his part in the piece.
What he said nobody knows and what
he was talking about is a mystery bus
he used words as long as the laughs
they brought and he stopped just in
time, as he said, TO put on his beauti-
ful costume for the last act
SENSIBLE NEW RULE.
With the Daniels performance q new
rule went into effect at Crawford's op-
era house. The rule that no one viii be
seated after the rise OF the curtain for
the first act until the end OF the act
The rule was rigidly observed last
night and those who were seated before
the curtain went up were not annoyed
by those being seated who came late
One rule or custom was not observed by
all last night For several seasons il
has been at least the custom If not the
rule fer ladies to remove their hats The
management OF the house calls attention
on the programme to the fact that all
can see better If ladies will remove
their hats. As the house was crowded
It was difficult for those in poor seats
to secure a good view Of the stage and