The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

Last night at the Grand opera house
the Carter-Reynolds company produced
"A Gypsy's Romance" in a creditable
manner before a fair sized audience.
The specialties were changed from those
given the night before. and pleased
equally as we'll The engagement will
close tonight with the performance OF
The Girl from Frisco" which is said
to be one of the company's strongest
plays New specialties will be seen.
At the New Crawford theater tonight
Wood & Ward and their company will
try eto make the election winners hap
pier and assuage the grief of the defeat
ed with their musical tramp play, Two
Merry Tramps." Specialties of novei
kind and many songs predominant
throughout the perfornaance. The pecu-
liar thing about this tramp play is that
Chesterfieldan manners They set the
pace for politeness and good form. The
prices will be rs, IS and so cents.
The fall tour of John Philip Sousa and
his great band calls attention to the re-
naarkable record of achievements of this
organization, the glorified ideal of the
military band,' as the London Globe
says, since its organization ten years
ago. With six transeontinental trips and
two European tours to its credit, the
Sousa band has given no less than 1000
concerts in the United States, Canada
Holland and Germany, in 600 different
cities The travel this has necessitated
IS equal to about ten times the circum-
ference of the earth. The British tour
of the band was a remarkable success
sion of ovations to the American con-
ductor and composer during the entire
three months of its duration. SouSa
will be heard here in concert at the Au-
ditoiium, Friday night, and there is a
lusty demand for seats. which are sell
ing fast at Rowley & Shows at %, so
and rs cents and 81
Holden Bros meIodrana, 1.-The Den
yer Express" receives its second pre-
sentation in Topeka at the New Craw-
ford Friday night. The company Hol-
den Bros have engaged for the pre-
sentation of this play, which is report
ed to be one of the best constructed and
amusing melodramas since the palmy
days when the Silver King made a
fortune for its owner, is carefully Sc
lected. The seat sale is now open.
There are those who prefer old ac-
quaintances and those who desire to
meet new faces To those who have
been looking forward to the appearance
of something new, the coming OF
Weary Willie Walker to the New
Crawford Saturday win be welcome. fc-
it promises to be a play built on entire
ly new lines and wholly different from
any farce comedy that has heretofore
been presented The sale opens tomor-
row for the night performance with %
So and so cent prices. Children VIII be
admitted to the matinee for Is cents
and others for 25 cents.
Joe Kane. who won success in the
character of the polite lunatic" in the
big New York Casino success, The
Belle of New York" will be seen in this
city with THE Telephone Girl another
Casino success, on Monday night at the
Grand opera house, Kane will be seen
in the character of Hans Nix" the role
made famous by Louis Mann.
1.-THE Diamond King with Edwin
/ Southers in the leading role, is Monday
nights offering at the New Crawford.
The new CLYDE Fitch comedy. Cap
tain links of the Horse Marines has
proved as popular as the tune for which
it was named 30 years ago. Captain
links of the Horse Marines" had I'M
Eprecedented run of 200 nights at the
/ GaTrick Thea ter, New York. being the
focus of attention of all the theater-
goers of the Metropolis. 1t is comedy
which contains both satire and s-Tmoa-
thy and as far as the brilliancy of its
dialogue is concerned. it is much strong
er than any of Mr. Fitch's previous eff
forts. 1t is the only play by Mr. Fitch
which has been published in regular
book form and is being sold in the book
stores as an example of genuine dra-
matte literature. The advance sale for
Tuesday nights performance at the
New Crawford starts Saturday morn
in-
In Chas H vale and Sidney r. Ell
| lis THE Evil Eve which comes to the
Grand on Wednesday night. Armstrong
| sublime electric ballet will be feature
BY a recent discovery which are called
ssaccumula tors" the lights have been in
creased to over 5000 in number-nnyriads
of glittering stars condensed in beauti-
full confusion.