The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
{" FlOrOdora the First of Sea-
sons Musical Comedies.
Coming With IsadOre Rush as
Lady HoIyroOd
THE VILLAGE PARSON
Will Be Sunday Attraction at
the Crawford.
Other News from the Plays and
Players.

The first of the big musical comedies
20 come this way the present season is
''Florodora," the tuneful creation which
has always been a prime favorite since
its initial production in this country.
It will be given under the management
Of Fisher and Ryley and the cast which
they have organized for it's production
embraces such well known talent as r.
e. Graham Philip H. Ryley, Edith Yer
rington, Jos. Phillips, Harriet Merritt,
Thos. A. Herman, Lillian Spencer and
Isadore Rush. Miss Rush will play the
part of the blase widow, Lady Hollywood,
and her success in the past two seasons
is assurance that she will play 1t well.
It is only in the past three years that
Miss Rush has entered musical comedy,
but she seems so splendidly fitted for
this class of entertainment she has no
intention of relinquishing it ana. an.
other year is to be starred by Fisher
and Ryley IN a new play. "Florodofa'
comes next Saturday.
"Florodora" has proved the sensation
al success of the past two years in this
country and is now well along In the
third year of continuous presentation.
There is nothing in musical comedy to
compare with this tunefur creation of
owen Hall and Leslie Stuart. The two
acts are literally crowded with music of
CatchleSL klnQ imaginable, ana InSre IS
not a single number in the well filled
score that has not achieved widespread
success. The features are Tact"
- Meath the Shade of the ,Sheltering
Palm" Queen of the Philippines"
We're Both on the Stage The Mil
Honaire" and the renowned double sex
tette, Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" The
latter became the craze when 1t was
first heard in America and it's popular
ity thus far has not diminished in the
least.
"Spotless Town" is Leslie Morosco's
latest production. In "Spotless Town"
an effort is made to do something better
in musical farce comedy than has been
done before. The cast has been selected
for its special fitness for this piece and
the scenery is elaborate and mechani-
cally calculated to surprise and please,
1t is claimed.
In "Spotless Town" there should be
more fun than is usually found In mus
ical farce comedy. The theme alone is
funny. Imagine a man being fined ten
dollars for having spot on his neck
tie or on his dogs nose. Then imagine
two men coming in covered with mud
to buy the town and run 1t.
Somebody said years ago IF you can
them" Mr.. Morosco, therefore, must
have large proprietary right IN every
town in which 'Spotless Town" is
shown.
"The Village Parson," which had a
successful run in the east. and previ-
ously scored a hit in England, will be
presented at the New Crawford tomor-
row night.
The play is intensely dramatic in ac-
ton. and there are many thrilling eli
makes. The plot of the play is as fol-
lows: Felix Gordon, a lawyer, learns
that the wife of the Rev. Tod Cooley
has inherited a fortune of which she is
ignorant and he plots with a dissolute
brother of his. named Bud, to secure
possession of the inheritance. The law
yer falsely accuses Mrs. Cooley OF un-
due friendship for Bud. An old pal OF
Buds threatens to reveal the plot, and
Is killed by Bud. Gordon Identifies the
body as that of his brother and charges
the parson with the murder and he
Is compelled to fee to avoid arrest.
With the assistance of Andy the gen.
eral man of all work, around the par
sonage, the parson escapes from the
officers and is next heard of during the
Mardi-Gras in New Orleans seven
years later, after various vicissitudes
The wife is also in the Crescent City
with her little blind daughter, endeav-
orinR to exc out a scanty existence.
The husband and wife meet during the
progress of the carnival, and are OBJ
served by Gordon who recognizes the
parson, and points him out to the Of
ficers of the law as a fugitive from
justice. Further Identification is neces-
sary, however, but the wife refuses tc
acknowledge that she has ever seen