The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-09-25
Everything is Ready for the
Opening Tonight.
patrons VIII Find the Theatre a
Most Beautiful Place When
They Assemble Tonight.
MANAGER READY FOR CROWD.

palms. and many colored lights. The
Kentucky Will be thrown open to
play-goers tonight at the forma'
opening of the regular season OF
1905-J 900. A happy surprise awaits
shose fortunate enough to secure
seats for the inaugural performance
Upon entering the lobby Mr.. Roberts
guests will be greeted by banks OF
palms and potted plants, and a. view
of the interior will disclose theatre
beautifully and srtlstically decorated
with everygreens, floral pieces, palms
and pretty electrical effects.
For more than three days Mana
ger Roberts and his staff of assist.
ants have laborcd to give the pretty
theatre gala appearance on its fifth
annual opening.
The orchestra. rail, boxes, logias
and proscenium arch are decorated
with festoons of evergreen, wreaths
and ropes of smilax. The box cano-
pies, arches and the foyer are pro-
fuse with chrysanthemums and wav-
ing clusters of Pampas grass. The
columns and pillars are draped with
trailing sprays of smilax and twigs
of pine and cedar.
Logan c. Boulware. window trim
mer for Wallerstein's assisted Mr.
Roberts in tastefully decorating the
theatre, and tonight the house will
merit the claim that II is the pref
tiest playhouse IN all Kentucky.
A lively demand is being made for
seats for the opening attraction which
is 1.-THE Rajah of Bhong." musical
nonsens.cality which for the past
twelve weeks has found favor with
patrons Of the Lasalle Theatre IL
Chicago. 1t comes to Paducah direct
from It's run in the Windy City es'
pecially for the opening attraction
OF the season at The Kentucky.
Its catchy songs, tuneful music
and pretty girls during the summer
set all Chicago talking and doubtless
after the shows has gone its music
will be. whistled and sung and play.
Vi anu Ato iOhto anu Nue III :
long remembered by those who wit
ness It. The cast is composed of six.
ty persons. The costuming. scenic
dress. and mechanical and electrical
equipment are said to be of surpass-
ing merit and the attraction altogeth-
er deserves more than ordinary con.
sideration.
The second attraction to play The
Kentucky will be John B. Wills and
The Wills Musical Comedy Company
in the hilarious comedy creations
1.-TWO Old Cronies,v "At Atlantic
City," and "Happy Mr.. Hooligan."
These will be presented Friday
and Saturday afternoon and Satur.
day night.
Mr.. Wills Is remembered chiefly
through these old comedy concep.
tfons in which he starred In conjun ;.
tion with the famous combination of
Wills, Henshaw and TenBroek.
He Is supported by large acting
company of capable comedians, sing
ers. dancers and acting people and
the attraction is augmented, by a
prize beauty chorus of twenty pretty
girls whose graceful dancing, sweet
singing and stunning costumes are
salient features of the attraction.
The scenic. mechanical, electrical
and acoustic properties are adequate
to high-class productions and the
engagem ent augers we'll for local
play patrons.
Following the Wills company are
many of high class and Manager
Roberts is to be congratulated upon
his success in securing better attrac.
tons than have ever before been seen
in Paducah.
The Kentucky deserves the sup.
port of Paducahans. Ii Is an insti
tuition for which home folks never
need apologize. 1t has the distinc.
ton of being the prettiest. the larg-
est, and the most expensive theatre
in the state of Kentucky. 1t far ex-
cells any theatre in Louisville and
there are few middle class cities in
the United States that can boast of
a theatre like The Kentucky.
The persons who have ventured
thousands ,of dollars in the enterprise
deserve consideration and the sup
port of local playgoers, II for civic
pride only. They have given Padu-
cab a pleasure palace of which they
may justly be proud. Klaw and
Erlanger the most prominent theat.
rical concern in the world act al
Eastern agents for the Kentucky. II
Is through their cooperation and
the worth of the magnificent theatre
that Manager Roberts has had such
unprecedented success i'm securing
the very largest of metropolitan
shows. Few of the smaller elite.