The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
ELKS' BIG SHOW
Will Open Monday Night at
Auditorium.
Excellent Array of Talent on
the Bill.
HARRY CORSON CLARKE
Well known Comedian Heads
the List.
Every Seat in the House at %
Cents.
HARRY CORSON CLARKE

Programme for the Elks' show all
this week at the Auditorium:
I. Lamont's trained dogs, monkeys
and cats.
,. Kelly and Adams Irish comedy.
3. Neff and Miller. bIackface come
dams, singers and takers.
T. Joseph Callahan. character
change sketch, People We Know"
.. Green and Barton, musical act.
6. Harry CorsOn Clarke and COM
pany in two sketches, "a House Di-
vided" and Strategy
Z. Miss AIaude Rockwell, the Cali
fornia nightingale
8. Kherns and Cole. German COM
3. Her. Burk and Macdonald. trick
house comedy.
1.-THE best vaudeville show ever
given in Topeka" That line and moth
ing else expresses just exactly the Elks'
benefit performances at the Audi
torium all this week.
Headlners! Look at them Nine
headliners=count EN-. ninel 1t is the
most gorgeous collection of dazzling,
glorious aggregation of top-notchers
ever in Topeka at one single time.
And that is a fact. It is seldom. or, I'm
fact. it is safe to say that never before
in the history of the city have there
been so many talented vaudeville per-
formers whose names have glistened
in electric light signs all over the coun-
try gathered under a Topeka/rooftree.
It Will not be a one night stand,
but a solid week of fun, mirth and
hurrah. Every night of this week
will the entire bill be put on at the
Auditorium. and on Thanksgiving AMI
Saturday afternoons. Promptly 1t
8:15 o'clock in the evening Will the
purple curtains, emblematic of the
Elks colors, swing aside In the af-
teTnoons the show will open at 2:30.
There may be additional matinees. It
is more than likely that the town will
simply demand them.
The price will be one that you can
not find elsewhere in the country. To
announce it is almost to paralyze the
man who has been paying the trust
about $50 every time he sat down
on an upholstered parquet seat in To-
peka. Every seat in the Auditorium
will be % cents. Every single one. A
single block will be reserved, the 500
seats down on the fat floor of the par
quet. These Will cost ten cents more.
But you cannot reserve them ahead of
time. You simply come and take your
chance. The ushers will sell you the
reserve seat ticket Everybody will
be treated alike and no favorites
played.
Then too. the patrons will get at
! tention, real gentlemanly attention
Fifteen members of the Topeka Elks
have been selected by Manager r. S.
Brigham to usher the audience to its
seats. Il picked many of them for
their good looks, and all for their we'll
known ability to make people feel at
home ." Here is the list: Arthur NJ.
Mills. George Brooks. DR.. A. T. Berry,
Reamer Billiard. Mike Murray, w H.
Ruff. Harold Copeland. E. H. john
son. Earl Graham. Charles Stewart,
Burg z. Zeis, ]. F. Baxter, Harry
| Nichols, Harry W. Donaldson, R. NJ.
/ Spivey.
The thousands that will attend the
| show this week Will not look UP at a
! bare platform at the Auditorium, but
into the best imitation stage that has
ever been devised in this city. made
according to the orders of W. w.
! Gillespie. who is gaining fame for his
[ skill. The stage viii represent the
interior of a room. It will be Sc feet
| long in the back and 56 in the front
/ The sides viii be 90 feet high. Over
/ the front will be built a proscenium
! arch Spot lights, border lights and
The curtain will be of the sliding kind,
such as they used back in the days of
| Shakespeare. The cOlors of the dra-
peries will be purple, the cOlors of the
Ells.
Calkins' orchestra of twelve pieces
| has been engaged to play at every
/ performance. They have been coach
/ ed especially on the music which the
I bli " III use anu some u y is ueCiueulS
of the hitting" kind. All of it prac-
7 tically is new. Such as is old has
variations and twists that will make
/ Topeka lovers of the funny sit up and
] take notice
! No passes are issued. The free lisi
has been entirely cut off. The children
of the Orphans home viii be the only
u ones specially favored. They will be
brought down in a body one after
noon and be given an opportunity to
see the show free Of charge.
n Much has been said about the head
I liners. but never too much can be
n said about such actors as Harry Cor.
II son Clarke and his company. and Joe
Eighth street going east as it leaves
the avenue That is just about this
II way Clarke stands in the vaudeville