The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-19
He is Successfully ImpersOnated
by Arthur Dunn.
A LARGE AUDIENCE.
Many People See Production Of
ssThe Runaway Girl"
Popular Songs Rendered in
Pleasing Manner.

How to get an English Jockey from ms
native heath, with its race horses, pad
docks and ALL TO far off Corsica with ITS
fbrigands and Venice with its gondollers
might be difficult task under some
conditions but the transplantins OF
..Flipper." the jockey in a Runaway
Girl. . from England 10 the countries OF
lbrieands and canals has been accomp-
1Ished very easily. on the stage.
..Erlipper'' would be just as funny II
he had not been transplanted but stroll
ing bands of picturesquely clad nusi-
clans. savage looking brigands, mower
girls. peasants and sabot girls could not
lie furnished in Old England ana soA-
.5olie- coming up the Thames would De
as out of place as a Henley regatta on
The Wabash, Arthur Dunn, as the JocFN-
ey made the trip last nlghI Oh t4lI
stage at Crawford Opera House rum
England and arrived in Corsica. Where
the large audience and the rest OF lhe
company had been for some time De1ote
his arrival. He was lud1crously IuhIy-
.-Fupper," not over four feet SIX Win
ais handy legs. box coat, riding breecneS,
leggins and diamond Of about No; y
size with his shallow little DERBY nat
did not have to oVerwOrk himself at al
10 bring a laugh He Winked and the
audience Uttered. He DOTTED his hat and
they laughed. small whistle was
Blown in the wings to announce the de-
He remarked that the whistle had the
asthma" and the audience actually
..roared r Any other person IN tne
raSr could have said the same tnlns ana
there would not have been 4 ripple OF
laughter. but with "FIpper' IL was dir
1erent. James Powers was the original
jockey in the piece and he made 4 fepu-
farion for himself but how ne cOulQ
have been funnier than Arthur Dunn is
Z question that last nights audience can
not answer
Mr.. Dunn is aided and abetted in the
part of the fun maker by Clara Belle
Jerome as Alice his sweetheart, who
MAS responsible for the jockey going to
Corsica. TO act as a Cooks tourist guide
for a party of English people The pre-
dicament of a jockey explaining the
points of interest Of q half a dozen coun-
tries and speaking half dozen Ian
guages when he knew but one can be
imagined Miss Jerome and Mr.. Dunn
danced and sung together in a very
pleasing manner and their last turn as
two little pickaninnias, singing Of the
COLLINS in the moonlight was very effec-
John b Park, as Guy Stanley" the
11nglishman. to be married to Winnifred
affected by the male members of the
audience. but called just perfectly lovely
by the female portion But Ninnifred
Grey did not wish 10 marry man she
had never seen and ran away from school
with a Danu OF Alallan singers ana ran
right to Corsica, where Guy Stanley was
she old not Know MN and he did not
know her. She was disguised an Ital-
Ian and Guy refused 10 marry Wlnnifred
and fell in love with the Italian singer.
And then Flipper had his trouble in act
ing as chaper0ne for the loving couple.
in the end all turned out lovely. when it
was discovered that the Italian singer
was the girl Guy was expected to marry.
Celeste Wynn. as '-Winnifred Grey was
equal to the part and made a bewitching
Italian, but she could scarcely be called
pretty Some of the cleverest songs in
the piece fell to her and she sang them
we'll Probably the best singer in the cast
was Henri Leone, the leader Of the band
OF StrOlling musicians His rich, clear
baritone was decidedly pleasing.
one song in the piece has Travelled fas-
ter than the company That is Listen
10 the Band which has been sung by
half the travelling musical companies and
has been whiStled for a year Belle Tray
ers sings the popular air at the begin
ming OF the second act There are three
sneores for the song and all were used.
The scenery and costumes added largely
= the effectiveness CT the piece
Miriam Lawrence, who was the original
Carmencita- still sings the part and with
4 decidedly English accent. She was
plump and vivacious enough for anybody
even college professor to fall in love
with her
The audience was large and nearly
every one was delighted with the produc-
ton