The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-26
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.
At the Crawford theater tonight Sam T.
Jacks burlesquers will hold the boards

At the Crawford theater tonight sam T.
Jacks burlesquers wifi hold the boards.
Simplicity. truth and purity are the
three essential features that have made
the stage successes of the past few years.
and upon those three qualities is based
the success of Too Rich to Marry which
is the Crawford theAter Thanksgiving at
traction matinee and night The play is
what is known a picture comedy, fun
of plenty of good. clean humor. that
brings the genuine. wholesome laugh.
Lincoln ]. Carter the owner of many
successes. Down Mobile The Fast
Mail" THE Heart of Chicago" Two
Little Waits and many others has writ
ten a new one 1.-The Eleventh Hour
alter Saturday matinee and night. Noven-
Der %. THE Eleventh Hour has far out
rivsled any of his former successes 1t is
a play that requires good acting and it is
promised that with this attraction a
more than competent company will be
presented. The play was first produced
at Carriers own theater in Chicago, The
Criterion
Few plays have been produced in recent
years which have scored such substan-
tiaI success as William A. Brady pas
toral drama, Way Down East which
comes to the Crawford theater next Mon
day. December l. written by Lottie Blair
EdTkeF ana etaDOTdIG0 pN Joseph NITlS-
mer; it was produced six years ago and
has since invariably played to the ca
pacity of the theaters in the different
cities where it has been presented. Care
full attention has been paid to the cast
and a complete scenic production is car
ried Numbers will be given out at Z
o'clock Friday morning.
The Mahara Ministries and operatic
stars this season have hit upon a new
~ And r-1fa
old time performance they present mirth,
melody and music of newer and more
attractive kind; in fact it is said the elab-
crate programme "a Ia musicale is one
of the best things ever introduced in any
bill of the kind. The comedians are many
and from a school of huuor where only
the best enanate from, while the dancing
octette and numerous other clever chaps
who have a hand in the un-making are
a decidedly worthy up-to-date lot. Ma
haras Ministries come to the Crawford
theater Wednesday. December g. Prices
10. 70. 80 and 50 cents.
All the world loves a lover. The people
in the world also love to hear the lovers
quarrel. At the pink teas. the ball. the
opera, in the corner grocery the kindly
gossip of. did you hear about Abner
Jenkins and Lizzie Fitz falling out2 oh,
yes. had terrible quarrel, don't know
what it was about. but Miss Remington
will know I'm sure: yes. I'm going over
to see her. Goodbye. and SO it goes In
the comedy drama Midnight in China
town. Mary and Joe. two lovers, indulge
in one of those lovers Quarrels. and the
fire is famed by one of those neddIers.
who delight in mixing up in other peo-
pies affairs. The lovers first meeting
after the quarrel is one of the pretty in
cidents in the play as it occurs one year
afterward in the gloomy cell of prison,
from whence Joe escapes with the faithful
assistance of his sweetheart The play
will be seen Thanksgiving afternoon and
evening at the Grand opera house.