The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-12
At THE Grand

AT THE GRAND.
Bowery Burlesquers Monday and
Tuesday.
Reuben in New York" Friday and
Saturday
Leslie stuart. who wrote the music
OF 'Florodora," which is at the New
Crawford tonight, is a good example
OF what youthful persistency when
coupled with genuine ability can &C
complish. As boy in England young
Stuart showed that he was possessed
OF a decided talent for music. but his
father. who was a first class cabinet
maker. had decided that the boy
would be better of as he grew 10 If
only he learned a trade and according
" aDprenticed him TO cabinet maker.
The bow tried II for awhile and very
soon disappointed his parents by COM
ing home and saying he would not do
manual labor that ne was going to
write music. Very little Importance was
attached TO this until after many weeks
of humping on the old family piano
the youngster evolved a song which he
took 10 a music hall manager and had
1t accepted.
Encourag ed by his first experience he
kept on and very soon had others on
the market, the royalties from which
made him a comfortable sum for Dock-
ct money Then he secured a position
as organist in one Of the large London
orchestra OF sixty pieces which attract
ed much attention. When Owen Hall
wrote the book Of ''ElOrOdora' he met
Stuart one day and asked him to SUD-
ply the music. How well he succeeded
the whole world knows. for Tell Me,
Pretty Maiden" The Shade of the
Palms" and many other Of the gems of
the play have been hummed. whistled
and played all over the country. Mr.
Stuart scored another success when he
wrote the music for THE Silver Slip
per" which John c. Fisher will pre-
sent in this city the present season.
n Dc II.
edy and il has been produced on a gor-
Eeous scale
There are 100 people in the organiza-
ton and for other principals the man
ayers secured Isadore Rush Philip H
Ryley. Harriet Merritt. Jos. Phillips
A Herman. Lillian Spencer and N-ini-
ned Young The sextette, one of the
most talked of features in the "FIoro-
dora score, viii be sung by six par
ticularly handsome girls and with a
chorus OF 20 and a special orchestra
there IS reason to expect a capital per-
Torrance of the favorite piece tonight
Human Hearts" will come to the
New Crawford tomorrow night. Each
of its leading characters combines
enough definite traits to equip a whole
community or people. Yet its intricate.
ramirying interests are pieced and
doyetailed together with extraordinary
technical skill. They are all plausible
ana they work out logically in the end.
On the To-Con.T is an Offering which
the "Bowery Burlesquers'' will present
al the Grand opera house for two nights
beginning with next Monday night. on
the Hu-Con," a burlesQue in three acts.
shows in humorous way the hardships
OF those, who fascinated with the mug
get idea. try their luck in the gold fields
Of the Klondyke. Their experiences be-
fore reaching the promised land is pic
tured Enthusiastically and originally
The music, scenery and gowns are called
gorgeous Bickel and Watson, Edward
Lee Wrothe. Bennett and Rich, Warsaw
Bros. La Belle Veola. Lizzie Freligh.
Jeanette lie Beau and Nettie Nelson
are the principal entertainers.
The large Grace Hayward company
VIII be al the New Crawford all next
week beginning Monday night and
placing a different play on view each
night Dick Ferris, the manager of this
enterprise. is well known as the pro-
5ector Of similar organizations He has.
in addition 10 the Grace Hayward COM
pany. Ferris Comedians and the per-
manent stock company at the Lyceum
theater in Minneapolis. His organiza-