The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10

1.-TWO Little Migrants Sunday.
Tier First False Step Monday.
ssAlong the Mohawk Wednesday.
''Resurrection'' Thursday.
ARIZONA Friday.
''The Vinegar Buyer Saturday.
One of the enjoyable performances of
the season will be at the New Craw-
ford tonight in the appearance of The
Lyman Twin Brothers, the twin comed-
fans, and company in their new elab-
crate musical farce AT the Races
This production surpasses all others
In which these young comedians have
yet appeared. The production has
scenery, pretty costumes, chorus,
music, clever dancing and display of
electrical effects.
1.-Two Little Migrants will be the
attraction at the New Crawford tonor-
row night. 1t is a drama of life in
Paris. Two Little Migrants tells the
story of a boy who has been given by
a revengeful father to a burglar LIE
Renard to be brought up as a thief.
After nine years the father. who has
doubted his WifeS fidelity, becomes
convinced of his error and, filed with
Temorse, offers u reward of 10000 francs
60 the burglar for the child, now called
Fan-Fan. In the meantime the boy has
disappeared Out, not 10 De QEpIlNeQ VI
che reward, the burglar substitutes his
nephew, Claude. Fan-Fan has proceed
ed TO Paris, where he enters the house
of his mother in search of food. He
meets the other little vagrant, Claude,
who is posing in his place, and eStab
fishes his identity. Learning that LIE
Renard has papers which will prove
the Innocence OF his mother, Fan-Fan
returns to Paris to the thieves den
There he finds his father, who has been
i yaY7-
Fan and his father manage to escape
from the thieves and. hotly pursued by
the scoundrels. cross the locks of the
Seine into which the villain LIE Renard,
is thrown by the opening of the locks
and drowned. The scenic effects of
Two Little Migrants" are elaborate
and the lock scene is a marvel of stage
craft.
''Her First False Step will be the
attraction at the New Crawford Mon
day night. The play is a realistic pic
ture Of rural country life amid the hills
of New Hampshire. Briefly sketehed,
the story is as follows: John Allen. a
sturdy New England farmer. has given
his consent to the marriage of his
daughter Edna to Jack Walters and at
the same time has asked her to forget
a former sweetheart Dan Matthews,
whose immoral aSions have caused
him to be dfsliked@hy all his friends.
Edna promises and her wedding is
ABOUT 10 take place when Dan Mat
thew suddenly appears and openly ac-
cuses Jack Walters Of crime Of which
he himself is guilty. BY false accusa-
tions he col1vinces Edna of the truth
of his assertions. and she, blinded by
disgrace and jealousy, elopes and
marries Matthews. John Allen disowns
his daughter and drives her from his
home The scene then shifts to New
York. where Edna has been deserted by
Matthews. and with her two children
IS struggling for a living amid the toll
ers of the tenements. In the last act
new and novel features have been in
troduced by the author. 1t shows the
interior of a large circus menagerie,
owned by Dan Matthews. Edna enters
with her little daughter, and as she
stands looking at the numerous ami
mails. Matthews grabs the child and
hurls it into the cage of lions. Edna
snatches a whip from one of the at
tendants and rushes into the cage. BY
a seemingly superhuman effort she
rescues her child and falls fainting into
the arms of her father. who, after
six years estrangement and search for
his daughter finds her at this critical
moment.
"Along the Mohawk in the old York
State country. through which the COM
merce of our nation passes, are laid the
scenes of the play of this name. to be
at the New Crawford Wednesday night.