Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-23
.ODEON IMPROVEMENTS
Marshalltown's Popular Play.
house Refitted Turnout for
Coming Season.
Good List Of Attractions Booked
by New Manasement...some
Of the Best.

house in which every one in MARSHALL
town takes pride, is Just about to be
pronounced "overhauled" by the Messrs
Busby, the new lessees of the theater
who took charge of the property on Aug.
l. work has been in progress for the
past Jew weeks in getting the house
ready for the opening and quite a trans
formation has been made. both in the
exterior and interior of the building
The outside has received new coats of
raint, the prevailing color being light
yellow, with solid black and natural
stone trimmings. The greatest change.
of course, has been in the interior, which
needed the most work In order that 1t
would be satisfactory to it's owners. A
new drop curtain is one of the principal
additions to the furnishings and it Is
very pretty, being light i'll color and
With just enough color in it to show off
we'll under the light effects. Twelve new
Kern incandescent gaslights have been
added to the side walls, each light being
thirty-two candle power. just twice the
power of the ordinary Side incandescent
electric burner. They We're purchased
ny tne 0lessTS. Duspy III NNeW 4oTh anu
they ~ proSe pat st wRfh hsg
will be added.
The entire house. from the top seat in
the gallery to the basement floor. where
most of the dressing rooms are located.
las been gone over varefully with soap
and water. Every chair in the house has
been cleaned as we'll as every inch of
floor space. New Dunlap red velvet car
pets have been placed on all the aisles
and stairways as we'll as in the lobby.
The old smoking room has been trans
formed into private office for Mana
ger Busby. 1t has been papered bright
red and also painted. The box office
has also been repapered and painted.
New shades have been added to all the
windows, and the front windows. here
tofore stained. will be equipped With
curtains. A check room for overcoats
and ladies' wraps has been placed at the
!, ONT that marked the entrance to what
was formerly the smoking room.
Manager Busby has secured very ex-
cellent line of attractions and for this
early in the season thinks he has been
especially fortunate. The preliminary
season will open next Thursday, for fire.
mems tournament week, when the Nell
son Sisters will begin three nights in
repertoire. The other more prominent
bookings for the season so far are King
Dodo" Opera Company; Mason Bros. In
..Rudolph and Adolph;" Herbert kelsey
and Effie Shannon; Janice Meredith"
way Down East" Lovers Lane;"
Hearne's Sag Harbor;" Whitney &
knowles Quo vadis;" Tim Murphy;
Thomas Jefferson, son of the immor-
tai Joe; Naughty Anthony The
Cowboy and the Lady" Nat Goodwin's
recent success. Are You Mason?" a
rollicking farce; Richard Golden in "Old
Jed Prouty;" Charles B. Hanford;
"Humpt Dumpty." spectacular: The
Village Parson;" 1.-The Devils Auction;;"
when We Were 81" 1.-The Convict's
Daughter;" "Pudd'nhead wilson, The
Man from Mexico;" lines Band; The
FLAMING Arrow. Midnight in China
town" WILDER Opera Company; In a
woman,s Power" For Hearth and
Home" Falk & Verona in repertoire:
Francisco, the magician; Dr. Herbert
Flint. the hypnotist; 1.-TWO Merry
Tramps;" ",coon Hollow THE Wiz
ard Of the Nile" Opera Company: "Ole
olson" 1.-TWO Married Mem" Hum
hug" Roland Reeds old play: IA Sc
| oret Warrant" Stetson's Uncle lorh ;.
CABIN" Carter's eleventh Hour
1 William Devere, of "a Black sheep
| fame; IA Run for Her Money; fo y,
Loves Sake" Hoyts "A Texas steer,
THE City Sports" burlesq.le; Haveris
| AIinstrels; AL Martins Uncle Tom
CABIN Irving French; "A Breezy
! Time" Gus Suns Minstrels; An Amer
lean Tramp" "a Stranger IN Strange
4 Land" Hoyt's IA Bunch OF Keys
william Owen; AT the Old cross
4 roads" IA Crazy Guys" "A Baggage
/ check" Josh spruceby: "a Ihor-
oughbred Tramp" Fred Felton's Nau-
deyllle; 1.-The High Rollers. burlesque'
and Hi Henry's Minstrels.