The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-12
FILLED The BILL.
"Captain Jinks" Seen in Topeka
for First Time.
May Anderson il One of Prin-
cipal Parts.
WAS GIVEN AN OVATION
Given Several Curtain Calls
With Star.
Play Is Considered Clyde Fitch's
Best Comedy.


May Anderson Trestrail, daughter of
Major 7. ]. Anderson of Topeka, was
seen for the first time in Topeka as an
actress last night She has the next 70
road comapny playing CIyoe Fitch
play, Captain links"
Many old friends of the young woman
were in the audience last night and they
were greatly pleased with the showing
made by Miss Anderson and she shared
the honors with the star, being called
before the curtain after the second act
Miss Anderson has an easy naturalness
On the stage that clearly marks her as
an actress of more than ordinary ability.
Those who whistled the, rollieking tune
of Captain Jinks of the Horse Ma
rines." when it was popular thirty years
ago, probably never expected that the
famous captain of the song would ever
find his way to a place behind the foot
lights But despite the absence of ex-
pectations this jovial captain of the
song is stage reality. Clyde Fitch took
the title of the song for the name of
play and wove around it an interesting
story, the story of the love affair OF
Captain Robert Carrollton Jinks'' and
Nine Tretoni" 1t is considered his
best comedy. N
Elizabeth Kennedy was the Mime.
Tretoni' and Theodore Babcocks was the
Captain links" in the production of the
fantastic comedy Captain links of the
Horse Marines a the Crawford last
night. The play was in competent
hands, and despite few rough places In
the plot, the company made much out Of
the three acts, so much in fact that the
audience was pleased and Miss Ken
needy was awarded five curtain calls
after the second act.
Captain links" to abbreviate the
name of the play. is the story of What
is supposed to have taken place in the
early seventies Just before the election
which decided the result of the political
/
Grant for the presidency The heroine
is Mime. Tretoni' and the hero Rob
ert Jinks." Nine. Tretoni' returns to
America after an absence of IS years
or so to make her debut as a grand
opera singer in the MaDleson forces at
the Academy of Music. She has already
set London to singing her praises before
she sails for America. Robert links, =
a dapper, harumscarum young man of
the period, with two companions of the
same ilk march to the dock armed with
hououets to meet her and to welcome
her as they would any other woman as
celebrated in the same line Robert
links" wagers ST. 600 with one of his
companions that he will start a bead
over-heelS Irritation with her, but as
soon as he sees her he falls in love and
wishes to call off the bet. The bettor.
however, refuses to allow the bettee to
annul the wager, SO Jinks pays the
ST. 900 with an 7. o. U" The cOurtShip
between the leader of the horse marines
and the famous singer hurries along at
a rapid gait and the lover proposes and
is accepted the afternoon before Mime
Tretonfs" debut. Then the friend who
held the -. o. u" being jealous of
links" and wishing to spoil the match,
gave the bit of paper worth 81 900 to
Professor Belliarti," the prima DONNA S
foster father and told him that the
wager was that links" would marry
Mime. Tretoni." This brought about a
temporary separation. not of weeks or
days, but Of Il few hours. and then all
was made right and they lived happy
ever afterward-
Clyde Fitch has certainly made a very
pleasing though simple play with a