The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-06
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

Tomorrow afternoon and evening at
the New Crawford theater the big com
edy farce, Are You a Mason = Will
have its first performance in this city.
There is nothing mysterious about the
quality of this comedy. 1t is a whole
some, hilarious rollicking play, whose
fun and humor is always apparent and
enjoyable. The comedy has found
special favor with the women theater
goers. While what they learn about
Masonry from the play is perhaps not
just what many of them would like tc
know, yet what they do learn enter
tains them highly and puts them in a
good humor. The fun is evolved from
the complications which follow the pre-
tense of two husbands who have sue
ceeded in making their wives believe
they have followed their requests to
join two Masonic lodges.
In THE Convict's Daughter to be
at the New Crawford Sunday night
from the rise of the curtain the expec-
tation and suspense of the audience iE
kept at high pitch by a constant sue
cessiOn of thrilling situations. The play
is entirely free from situations which
cannot be recOnciled to human consist
ency, and in comparison it ranks far
above plays of a like nature. A liberal
amount of comedy is interspersed to
keep up the interest. Strong situations
and thrilling climaxes, together with
startling mechanical and electrical eff
fects, help TO make perfect produc-
ton. The secret of the popularity and
financial strength of the play is its in
trinsic worth as an amusement enter
prise.
Lovers of sensational melodrama
look forward to the production of THE
King of Detectives" So much has al
ready been said of this famous play
that the public at large is thoroughly
familiar with it's theme. James Pearce
i The King of Detectives" gained a
/ reputation recently through his connec-
I ton IN the capture of the late motor
] ious Oregon outlaw, Harry Tracey. The
actual events of the case which Pearce
succeeded in unravelling have been
woven into a story and viii be por4
/ trayed at the New Crawford Monday
night.
Stage Manager Joseph slaytor who
4 directs the fortunes of the "Gordons"
and the other persons concerned in
Jacob Lifts big production. The Su
/ burban-' which is to be seen at the
Grand Tuesday night, has lost his voice
+ ana ms temper, too, since the season
began In his efforts to make the super
numeraries do their full duty in the
matter of shouting during the race.
/ scene which brings the play to its ell
max The two hundred men and wo-
4 men engaged in this wonderful scene.
seem to consider it their bounden duty
I to save their voices as much Is possible
ana Il IS only when Mr.. SiaytOr is near
lidL lHey make any noise Whatever, but
as ne gers ABOUT among the mob IN
pretty lively fashion they do not have
much opportunity to shirk. To look at
them straining every muscle and get
ting red in the face from the effort one
would think they were shouting for all
they are worth and with full accom-
paniment Of vocal power, but if they are
approached it viii be found in many
cases that the shouting is a bit of well
worked nantomine and is a sham and
a mockery. They are not making a
sound Mr.. Slaytor says that two or
three months of looking after thu
shouts IN that race scene will use
him uo so that he Will have to go into
a hospital for repairs. THE Suburban
has been the success Of the year in Chi
cago, where it broke all records for bust
ness for fifteen weeks. The sale starts
at o'clock tomorrow at Flad's, nnR
bers being given at T.