The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-23
Paul Gilmore to Return to Ro-
mantle Drama.
Will Be in DOubIet and Hose
Next Season.
HAS TOURED KANSAS.
Playing Drew's Success "Mum-
my and the Humming Bird
Mrs. Gilmore, Nonprofessional,
Travels With Her Husband.

Paul Gilmore, one of the new school
Of actors. made his usual tour of Kan
eas. which terminated last week at
Lawrence. He did not appear in To-
peka. though it is the first time he has
ever missed this city on his western
tours.
Mr.. Gilmore's vehicle this year is
1.-THE Mummy and the Humming Bird, -
which was first put on by John Drew.
Last year he was seen in Topeka in
1.-THE Tyranny of Tears" another orig
inal Drew production.
Mr.. Gilmore is one of the most clever
of the younger generation of stars. He
learned in THE Three Musketeers''
and Under the Red Robe the neees-
sity for keeping his enthusiasm we'll
within bounds. and he is entirely free
from the fault which Is noticeable with
many young actors-that of overacting
his part.
There is less comedy in THE Mummy
and the Humming Bird" than in THE
Tyranny of Tears but there is
enough to keep the audience in good
humor, and Mr. Gilmore has never had
such ELUSIVE press notices as he has
had since he took it as his vehicle.
But no matter how well this talented
young man may fit into the part of
LORD 1ulnIey, his a0TnlTefS ana
friends will be glad to hear that he is
going back to the romantic drama. 1t
is in doub' IT and hose. amid the cIasa
of swords and in an atmosphere of
chivalry that such a star as Mr.. Gill
more shines with the most brilliance.
Never was a man better adapted to
portray events in the days when men
fought for the favor of Womans
eyes. Therefore it is not strange that
Mr.. Gilmore should have said during
r. IN.
of the State Journal: mo matter what
am doing I always long for the ro-
mantle drama and the old days when
/ played D'Artagnan, and I am glad
that with the opening of next season
my fondeSt hopes are to be realized
for I am to appear in one of the most
elaborate plays of this class ever pro-
duced. It has never been given except
in a few of the larger cities, and it is
just such play as 1 feel that l am best
adapted to. There will be elaborate
scenery and a cast of sixty people, and
l certainly look forward with a great
deal of pleasure to its production. 1
certainly hope that I shall be able to
bring it to Topeka"
Mr.. Gilmore is an ideal matinee idol
and many are the notes that he receives
from young lady admirers These are
always turned over to his charming lit
Tie Wire who enjoys them a great deal
more than her gallant husband. Mrs.
Gilmore is a nonprofessional. She was
a young miss, fresh from a New York
boarding school when she was married
to Mr.. Gilmore three years ago and
since then she has always accompanied
him on his tours and may ever be found
during the performances in his dressing
room where she eagerly waits for the
commentator of the audience. II never
expect to be seen on the stage" said
Mrs. Gilmore. Il am quite content with
my position and do not hunger for the
applause of the people except for Mr..
Gilmore In fact, I believe that I should
be frightened to death if 1 We're to face
an audience never miss a perform
anee and can repeat every word of
The Mummy and the Humming Bird ,
but hope that it will never be neces-
sary for me to fill a part in it or any
other play
Mr.. Gilmore is in hearty accord with
the sentiments of the wife IT believe +"
said he, that the husband should be
the bread-winner and I am not sur
prised at the unhappy termination of
nearly all marriages when both parties
are on the STAGE
Mrs. Gilmore is often compelled to
witness a love scene in which her bus-
band Is participant but she has ar
rived at the stage where she can look
on ;complacently while he holds another
woman in his arms and whispers words
or love into her ear, for well she knows
that 1t is only in the play and that
when the curtain falls he is again the
most devoted Of husbands.
Ine star of Mr.. Gilmore is surely in