The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-11

ing fact regarding Williams is that he
was born in Bermuda He is an UNI
usually fair skinned negro, but Walker
is as black as the proverbia1 ace Of
spades.
Broadhurst & Currie's new musical
farce, Rudolph and Adolph" in which
Dan and Charles Mason are starring,
comes to the Crawford Tuesday. These
clever stars are surrounded by a most
excellent company headed by that very
bright and pretty comedienne, Lottie
Williams Santer. The other principal
members are Beatrice Mckenzie, Nellie
Maskell Estelle Gilbert, Iva Norlyn,
Low w. NeWcomb, Samuel Mirfield, Ed
die Russell, Harry James, Charlotte
Love and the Sisters Laurence whose
sensational dancing made a hit in New
York last winter.
There is nothing in the world like
laughter and moreover it is contagious.
THE man who cannot laugh" says
Carlyle, is not only fit for treaSons,
stratagems and spoils, but his whole life
is already a treason and a Stratagem-
The one thing commendable about this
new farce, Rudolph & Adolph,'' is that
it makes you laugh in spite of yourself
The fact that the attraction is uVder
the management of MeSSrS. BroadhurSt
& Currie gives assurance of a first class
production. A special feature will be
the musical numbers which are all new
and said to be very tuneful and catchy
Way Down East" will be at the
Crawford for two nights, Friday and
Saturday and Saturday matinee.
Way Down East was a great New
York success and was seen here for the
first time last season. 1t is a rural play,
the locale being New England with an
abundance of those unique types of
character which are supposed to exist
Whereabouts and nowhere else in this
broad land. These homely characters
ties are made to appeal strongly to eV-
cry one, and there is a happy combina-
of q wi ia
in the framing of a play that is treated
in an original manner preserving the
interest until the final curtain. 1t is to
be given with complete scenery, a spec
ial company, and mechanical effects
that will be shown for the first time
on any stage and a production as IA
nous as any given in New York, Chi
cago and Philadelphia.
A new and highly successful romantic
drama will be presented at the Craw-
ford Thursday under the title. "A Lions
Heart" by the playwrights, Arthur
Shirley and Benz. Landeck- 1t is a, sue
cess because its plot is well conceived
and in different form from all others.
Its characters are skillfully drawn and
the situations wonderfully effective. 1t
is magnificently staged, costumed and
played, three points that Mr.. HaSwin is
always careful about. The scene opens
in France. Pierre Ricardo, the hero, is
a lion tanner with a circus. His wife,
whom he idolizes, is with him, but is
induced by an adVenturer to elope, TAX
ing along her child. Ricardo swears
vengeance and hunts the villain, Dobre,
through Europe. Dobre deserts the Wo-
man and disappears. She dies and the
girl grows to womanhood and marrieS.
This much of the story is told in the
prologue, which prepares the way for
the most romantic and startling series
of events, which eliminate in the death
of the villain, a clearing up of myster-
les and the righting of wrongs both
past and present. The strain of the
more intense situations and complica-
lions is relieved by a newly married
couple who are having unlimited trou-
bles of their own, but which to others
appear very funny and laughable. A
number of the scenic effects are unique
as well as novel. The prologue takes
place in the dressing tent of a circus
and is an excellent illustration of what
stage craft can do in the way of realis@
tic stage pictures. Mr.. Haswin plays
the leading part.