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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
REGARDING wEBERF1ELDs.
Began as a Song. and Dance Team
Twentv-fve Years Ago.

Weber and Fields began their stage ca
reer . years ago as song-and-dance"
team at IS a week each.
Acquired control of the Music baH in
New York seven years ago
Stars in their company have included De-
Wolf Hopper. Lillian Russell, David War
field Fay Templeton. William Collier,
Nesta Tilley, Charles Bigelow, John Kelly.
Henry E. Dixey, Peter F. DALEY and
others.
Have not had a failure in seven years
at the Music hall.
Contracted for new theater in Boston
November 4 1902
Purchased west End theater in New
York February 5. 1903.
VIII direct the starring ventures of VII
liam Collier and Charles Richman next
season.
While on tour special orchestra accom-
panies the combination. Theater band
never permitted even in the largest cities.
S S Pneumonia in The sickness Of
Gelatine' heaviest piece Of stage mechan-
ism ever made-weight four tons and a
half
Number Of people in the company 112--
including musicians. maids, Wallets ane
stage mechanics
joe Weber is the business head-LeH
Fields directs the stage.
Theory of success is to give the pubic
what ii Wants-no matter what the cost.
Lew Fields chief diversion-golf. Joe
Weber's favorite recreations-angling and
pirochle.
Both are married-0dr- Fields has seven
children-AIr Weber. none
Both own handsome residences in New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30

the magnetism of the stage. the some
thing that the stage manager who is IN
artist breathes into his production, and
no matter how beautiful the scene NAV
be If it hasn't that soul it won't attract;
it viii be worthless. Just like a beauti-
full woman. Maybe you will admire her
but if she hasn't got a soul, a heart, you
cannot possibly love her That's the
trouble with so many of the gorgeous,
costly productions you see on the stage
They lack something. Call 1t 'atmos-
phere, what you will it's something
that only the artist can breathe into it,"
i don't know exactly what the Amer
lean theater goers want but I know
they want something better than they
are getting, as rule The farces, the
burlesqueS. the extravagan are all
very well and there win always be need
Of them. but the public wants something
more than that. They are lust the en-
trees, the salad. the dessert, the hors
d'OeuVres- The piece de resistance is
left out of the feast entirely and the
public is beginning to demand it, A
confectiOner once told me that he al
ways instructed his clerks to eat all
the candy and tarts they wanted They
when they can have all they want
And that's just the way with the pub
lie It has had a surfeit Of frivolous,
feasting stage entertainments. It wants
something solid now-something to
reach the intellect.
AT any rate the great American plav
VIII never De written TIL men are willing
to risk all for arts sake You say the
public demands something better than it is
getting and will have it?'' was asked the
author of ''Du Barry" Where is it com
ing from2' "Candidly" replied Mr.. Be
lasco, Il don't know But it is surely COM
ing. What the people want they will have
The play producers must give it to them
There is no country IN the world where
the people pay as much to support the
theater as they do in America Why. think
J Of it. The box office gets s. seat and
the public often pays. counting the mid
clemens commission, as much 81 and
/ $ a seat They are beginning to know
that they don't get their moneys worth
People are better educated than they used
to be- Bocks-I mean the best books-are
cheap. Young people belong to literary
clubs They read. Their intellects are awak-
ening. Don't you suppose that they will
demand a better drama2 VIII the extrav-
aganza. the farce. continue to satisfy
them? They'll still want some shows Of
that kind for diversion. but they viii want
food for their intellects, too. And the man
ayers viii have to give it TO them. Where
/ are these better plays to come from2 It's
problem that must be solved, and that
SOON.
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sociates confirmed the story of the
betrothal Two seasons ago Miss III
ington played in Topeka with James K.
Hackett in THE Pride of Jennico.
Had not Mr. F'rohman been so con-
firmed a bachelor the attentions he
paid to the young actress would nave
aroused gossip He helped her to the
position she holds. and even tried
starring her when she was two years
on the stage and without q theatrical
reputatio The starring failed, but
this did not interrupt the friendship
Of the young woman and her manager.
Again he launched her in Z. H. Soth-
ems production of IF 1 Were King. ?.
She played Huguette, the vagabond
girl. with great spirit
Now the theatric world understands
why Mr. F'rohman insisted upon Nh.
Sothern playing in New York so long
the season just ending. When SOthern
opened in Hamlet" Miss Ellington was
the Player Queen Hamlet" did not
please and the company was sent trav~
cling. The separation was hard for the
manager. and he devised d means OF
bringing the Sothern company and, in
cldentally, Miss Ellington, back to New
York. He announced a revival of the
successful IF I Were King" In the re-
vival the Garden theater seldom was
full, but empty seats We're balanced by
Miss lliIngton's presence in the city.
No one suspected an enga cement.
Practical Dan Frohman was the last
man to be thought of in an affair OF
sentiment Every one conJectured he
merely felt interest in a promising ac-
tress Finally the company was sent
westward. Mr.. Frohman was due to
sail to Europe to buy dramatic wares.
He. departed a week ago Tuesday. and
is staying in the Hotel Walsingham, IN
Hyde Park, London.
Miss Ellington and her mother went
west, and Broadway forgot its own gos-
sip But on last Sunday night Mrs f.
Il. Sothern said unguardedly: 1t is
true Mr.. Frohman and Miss Ellington
are to be married when he returns from
Europe
The secret was out.
Mr. Fr0hman was born in Los Ange-
les in 1856 and was a ealboy in San
Francisco in a theater where the mana
ger was Al Hayman, brother of Aft
Hayman, now general manager for the
Frohmans. Coming to New York, Dam
iei became an advance agent and then
press representative of all Augustin Da-
ly's enterprises. His brother Charles
was rising just as rapidly. Finally
Daniel stepped into the Lyceum The
alter as a full-fedged manager. That
theater was his great pride. In it he
developed such players as Mary Man
nering. Georgia CaNvan. Elizabeth Ty-
rec and James K. Hackett.
Like Mr.. Frohman, the bride-tO-be is
a Californian. She came to New York
four years ago First she was a super
nunerary in THE Pride Of Jennico
Mr. Frohman's attention was directed
Immediately to he's When Filda Spong
took the role of Esmeralda on the read.
She was not a success. and returned
here to play Huguette. Whenever Miss
LOTUS has not played leads in tha
Sothern company Miss Ellington has
had that honor Her performance of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
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Not a Charity but Desire to do Something
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Her statement.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
SUMNER SES SION
-OF THE
University of Kansas

TO meet the demands of the superim-
tendents. Principals AMI Teachers Of
Kansas for Review and Advanced
Courses the University of Kansas an
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Lawrence. kas
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urate her Chicago engagement until
Tuesday night-he expects to visit the
Illinois theater frequently during Mrs.
Carriers tenancy. Not that the per
fornnance is not just what he desires,
but he expresses the opinion that his
occasional dropping in. unannounced.
of course viii have a tendency to
keen the players on edge" and make
them always put forth their best Efforts
During the acts OF -Du Barry NJ
Belasco talked entertainingly of his
ly successful. no matter how unusual
they may be- You know you car t
rake actors out of men or actresses
out OF women by swearing at them.
You've got to coax them. WOO them,
lust IS yoa would WOO woman Get
tlejr svrnDathies, get them to listen
with their eyes that's the great thing
People absorb more through their eyes
than any other way and as soon as you
can get an actor or actress to listen
ing with his eyes or her eyes why,
then you can do anything with them.
teach them anything And you must
treat your scene painters and your cos
toners and your property men and eV-
erybody else who helps make the pro
duction the same wav
Loci oUt 1sr the details Let the big
ece-~s t7lre care CT themselves The
little details are what count-what get
over the fOotlights and what make peo-
pie come the second and third time to
see the play. That's why I am SO par
ticular to have all my properties cor
rect. I don't try to have papier mache
limitations made try to get the real
thing It costs more, but it's worth It
That's what makes the atmosphere,
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Ycrok, but neither lives IN his own house.
Mr.. Weber's summer home is at the
Thousand Islands-Adr. Fields at Long
Branch.
Both are thirty-second degree Masons
and life members of the Elks.
Mr.. Weber is the thirteenth child of his
parents.
For the first part of 'sTfirly- Whirly'' Mr.
Weber dresses in eight minutes. Mr.
Fields with no more to do, requires half
hour.
Both are tactful-as witness their happy
family Of stars, and the arrangement Of
the many "ands' and capital letters in
their advertisements
MI. Fields is a Democrat-AIr. Weber a
Republican.
No jokes on political topics are permitted
in a Weber-Fields entertainment
The salary roll of the organization is S.
900 week. and ii has been said that two
consecutive failures would wipe il out Of
existence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
BELAsco, THE PLAYWRIGHT.
Unquestionably One of the Foremost
Dramatists of the Day.

David Belasco, the author of "Du
Barry and unquestionably among the
foremost dramatists as well as stage di-
rectOrs of the period, was in Chicago
during the week, inspecting Mrs. Leslie
Carriers presentation of "Du Barry at
the Illinois theater. Notwithstanding
the fact that Mr.. Belasco was on hand
when Mrs. Carter began her local en-
gagement and would not 20 K" the
work of the company until after he had
held a rehearsal that lasted until four
o'clock Tuesday morning-it viii be re-
called that Mrs. Carter did not inaug-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
ZEE ozAR Loves an. AoTREss.
Mathilda Tichinska, Dancer at In
perial Theater, Captured the Ruler.

giveness of heaven and secure an heir
to the throne. the car has given up
the actress Mathilda Tichinska, who
has enslaved him for ten years. He
has. however, as final mark of favor
presented her with $4,000 000, a wealth
of diamonds. and a life membership in
the Vienna opera ballet. Their four
sons will be taken care Of by the car
mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30
DANIEL FRoHmAN TO MARRY
Miss Margaret Ellington, of California,
Is the Bride to Be.

Daniel Frohman and Miss Margaret
Ellington are engaged to be married.
This announcement staggered Broad
way. for IN the twenty-five years F'roh-
man has been prominent in theaters
his name never has been so linked with
that of any actress in his cornpar7-as
Mr. Frohman has sailed for England
and Miss Ellington is playing in Dea-
yer with e. H. Sothern in If I We're
King" but the managers business as
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Booth Harrington has written a four-act
play Of the Napo1eonic period. 1t is en-
titled THE Man on Horseback
sam Bernard has signed contract for a
term Of years with Charles Frohman. He
is to appear in both England and this
country as star
The variety team Lamar and Gabriel
have been engaged by Broadhurst and
Cnrrie for the company to support Nat
willis next season.
Frank Daniels, who was thrown from
week, was so badly hurt that he was out
of the cast of Miss Simplicity for Il
week.
Brandon lyman. the irish actor and play
this season in his own play, Robert En-
met is writing a new play in which he
may star this fall
Laurence Irving. the younger son Of Sir
Henry Irving, has married Mabel Hack
ney. an actress. About year ago his en-
gagement TO Ethel barrymore was an
nounced. bat the match was broken off.
Olga Nethersole has once more run eoun-
ter to the London critics She appeared as
the principal ia The GOrdian Knot last
Tuesday night and her Interpretation Of
the role was so bold as to create a sensa-
Iion
II suitable play can be secured Ross
and Fenton viii be among the stars next
season. under the management of George
farce or musical comedy is wanted.
For want Of something better De Wolf
Hopper, according to present arrangements
Mr.. Hoppers season closed in Brooklyn
last Saturday and has been very satisfac-
tory.
The Montauk theater Brooklyn which
was built by the late Col. ". +. Sim only
a few years ago on the most modern plans.
Will shortly be torn down the last per-
formance being given ia the place last Sat
urday night.
Joseph c. Niiron. The vel known baritone
who was seen here this last season with
THE Princess Chic" mas been engaged for
a prominent role in '.Winsome Winnie"
the musical comedy in which Paula Ed
Warde VIII be starred next season.
Richard Golden. who was here last sea-
son in Foxy CUTLER has made an az
rangement with Manager Ben Harris UNI
der which the actor is to play a SUNNI
season in vaudeville, employing as bis We
hicle a condensed version Of "Old Jed
Prouty.H
Anna Held starts upon her annual pill
grimage to Europe next week. She viii be
accompanied by her husband, Florence
Ziegfeld. and Grace Won Studdiford who
viii next season be the prima donna OF the
Zicefeld Opera company.
Grace Gordon. who has been one of New
Yorks show girls for the past two seasons.
has quit the stage for good and viii
shortly be married to George b Moore.
head Of the Jewelry firm Of Geo. 3. Moore
& Co. Chicago
ssYas. sub" said the facetious ken
lucky colonel every male child IN
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Name and Address.

After years Of patient study and delv-
fng into the dusty records of the past as
well as following modern experiments in
the realms of medical science DR.. James
w. Kidd, 1853 Bates building Fort
Wayne. Indiana. makes the startling
announcement that he has surely dis
covered the elixir Of life. That he is able
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30

Katherine in IF I Were King" has
been pronounced superior to that Of
Miss Lotus.
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sYas. sub" said the facetious Ken
lucky colonel. EVERY male child in
Ouah country is bohn with a watah-
proof coat, sub"
"What2"
ION his stomach. sub, on his stOm-
ach. '-P Philadelphia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-30

Booth Harrington has written four-act.
play of the Napoleonic period. 1t IS en-
titled The Man on Horseback