The Topeka state journal., 1901-02-02
SOCIETY ON STAGE
Pretty Girls Make Their Bow
Before Footlights.
Please q Very Large Audience
at the Grand.
SPECIALTIES ARE GOOD
Young Women Assume Trying
Roles With Success.
s'Night in Bohemia is a Pleas
ing Novelty.
SPECIALTIES ARE GOOD

gaL1on presenting q Lyp4CdA n1SA~~~A
farce comedy; that - the story Of the
Ellrs' company. presenting "A Night In
Bohemia at the Grand last night
Society was there, on the stage and
in the pit, and the girls on the stage
never looked prettier than they did in
Bohemia The opening chorus mo Cake
Comes too High for Me- by the entire
company brought exclamations Of sur
prise from society in front The COM
pany was ranged across the front Of the
stage, the young ladies' in front They
did the song and the few steps or a
dance in a. manner that would secure
them engagements in any chorus. They
danced of the stage and back again for
the encore.
In fact the chorus Of young ladies'
deserves the credit for the success OF the
farce They were pretty, and what is
more they did songs and dances in
manner that tinged of professionalism
There was every character that IS de-
manded in farces-the tramp, Irish po-
nceman, negro servant and tough girl
from the Bowery, a member Of the Sal
walton army.
hemian farce but a collection of songs
and dances and speeches, but the audi
ence which saw the first performance
filed the opera house and applauded
every number. To be sure. some Of the
singers had frogs in their throats big
as a peck measure, and others forgot
some of their lines. but as there were
very few lines and plenty or scEgs II
made no difference. The show people"
acted like a real travelling organization
in several ways. For one, the curtain
went up on time; for another. there was
no delay between the acts, and 2 real
calcium light shed all kinds of lustre
on the stage.
The Irish policeman and the tramp
cracked jokes with each other IN true
farce comedy style, Tommy Jiggs" and
Dolly decided to go on the stage and
then Tommy asked Dolly, In true stage
style for a song and dance team, have
you forgotten that song and dance
taught you last week?" Dolly had not
forgotten it and to prove the fact and
give the audience a chance Tommy and
Dolly did the jig Then the tramp
some steps announced that Just to show
you that I'm all right" and did a song.
The collection of songs included all
the old favoriteS as well as the new eN-
erything from Lam-Lan-Lam to THE
Palms" Miss May Nye and Mr.: G. z.
Lamb a Dolly Mobiles" and Tommy
Jiggs" did the first speciality Dancing
With the Girl You Love- in very
pleasing manner Miss Nye looked pref
ty in her costume of white and danced
with Tommy just as if they had danced
three times around the globe.
will You Join the Army Of the Sweet
Salvation by Salvation Army laSsieS
was one of the hits of the piece. The
Salvation laSSleS were cOSTumed with
just the proper cloaks. bonnets and tam
bourines. They sang the song from
'.The Belle of New York" as If they, too
had sung it before the London dukes
and earls. Miss Nirgiline Mulvane as
the tough member Of the army from
the BOWery was good. Her toWsied
hair "tacl<y'' clothes, bonnet on askeW,
a tooth or two out, a pair of dilapitated
shoes and white stockings showing just
a little beneath a skirt shorter in front
than behind by enough to make small
train made up a costume that was typi-
cal and ridiculous Her explanation of
the aims of the army with the see
now and then was done as well as it
could be done.
Joe Morgan, as DUSTY Rhodes" the
tramp, rode in on his velocipede, hitched
it, called it his ''horseless carriage" fed
and groomed it. and sang "She was one
of those Working Girls" just like any
/ other tramp on the stage. His reference
/ to Mrs Nation as being one of those
Smashing, dashing, breaking sort Of
/ working girl, - brought a laugh. The story
of the horserace by Rhodes" with ac-
compartment of the horses feet, and the
riding of the jockey by Tommy .JiggS,'
4 amazement by ..Offcer Callihan," and
eagerness by Dolly was very well
done. Officer Callihan,'' who is really
Harry Bone, deputy United States dis
/ trict attorney for Kansas in private life,
/ was as funny as an Irish policeman can
/ be who is not Irish or who is not a po-
\ liceman. The speciality, '"There'u be
Murder here Tonight" by the four. was
encored.
/ manager of a defunct farce comedy
company, does a gold brick game and
secured 800 from Dolly" OF course a
child like Dolly" in real life would not
have $100 lying around loose, but in Bo-
hernia it is different Then Rhodes
! exchanged some of his supposed worth
less mining stock fer some Of .'Dolly'ss'
that was worth something. Then he
found that Dolly was the only daugh-
ter Of his old dramatic friend Jack
NObles. and he gave back the money
with those sentimental words, Here.
Dolly, can't take that money"
Miss Esther Chamberlain. singing
The -DOO-Doo-Doo Man." with a.
chorus OF eight children. received a
hearty encore. The singing was good,
I and the children especially cunning. The
finale to the first act. a medley OF songs
| by the company. was done in true farce
comedy-rag time style. The company
| formed a semi-circle and one after an
/ other the singers stepped to the front
/ for their songs. Master Charles Ney's
| song, I've got Money Locked UP in a
Vault" and his rag-time dance was well
done. He danced like a professional.
Mr.. Bone sang The Man in the Hoo-
Might Tell" and hopped around and
swung his club like the jolliest copper IN
town. Miss Jeanette Lord sang Il Loves
sang I Just Received a Telegram from
Baby" Miss Lillian Foster sang Hon
ey That Love so Well' in very coy
ana pleasing manner. Miss Kate ClOuSn n
sang Lam m-Lan-I4am,' and proved her-
self a delightful entertainer. Roland
Medlicott sang The Lucxiest Coon in
Town" and the first act closed with the
chorus "DarktOwn is Out Tonight
Tn the second act Mr.. George Main as
Edmund Keene'' delivered a sort OF or
alton about the Elks and accidentally
smashed the lamp on the table Frank
Crane sang The Palms." One OF the
best speciaities was done by tsThe Willie
Boys" Misses jeanette Lord Vilgiline
Mulvane. Gala Cuttell. and Katherine
CIough. They sang The Man That
Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" in d