The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-05

Up at bingham bouncing" babies
continue to be born. Ever bounce
baby?
Mr.. Lott, of Olathe, sells just what
his name says. Also houses, and
sometimes farm lands
Good crops in Kansas may not be
such a Universal blessing after all.
Mort Albaugh thinks that two or three
bad crop years would make Geuda
Springs a great resort. At present,
Kansas people have SO much money
they insist on going TO Colorado, the
Pacific coast and Europe.
The Hfawatha Democrat admits that
the joke seems to be on that town. A
show company that was recently there
has two plays: one, 'sTen Nights in
Bar Room" for the good towns, and
the other, Jesse James" for the
tough. It played the former in Sene-
ca and the latter in Hiawatha.
A home talent aggregation played
at "Evangeline" up in Washington
the other night. and IN the course Of
his criticism, the dramatic editor Of the
Washington Register makes these
comm ents: The show was saved
from being q failure by Washington's
pretty girls and graceful young men,
Florence F'oote had the part of Evan
geline and she made a good one. She
looked mighty sweet from where we
sat and Gabriel was an idiot for not
staying Win heT- II SnOQlQ nave taken
more than the whole British army TO
have gotten young man away from
pretty girl like that and we have never
had a very good opinion of the Evan
geline in the book for chasing around
all over the country looking for an
idiot who didn't make a proper show
ing in staying with her or in hunting
her up. Mr. Vincent made an ideal
priest and let his children siobber over
him and kiss the dimpleg in his dainty
-
that sort of thing all his life. He kept
his hat on at the altar though and
didn't seem to us to appreciate the
sanctity of the place as he should. NJ
B. Walker made an excellent father
for a man having no more experience
in the death scene. It was so real that
Billy Green started to go for the
stretcher. Jim Lewis, as Basil the
blacksmith looked as though he want
ed to whip the whole British army
and we believe if they had let him
alone that he could have done 1t. His
gestures we're striking. several OF
them especially, and he allowed the
head of the heroine to rest on his man
" bosom with eagor ardor of a Knight
of the Garter. Claude Ayres made a
fine notary and was particularly good
In the drinking scene. His father
says he didn't get it from his side OF
the family John Waterman was a fine
looking lover ana prayed MS part pet
ter than the man IN the original. The
butterfly drill made a hit Some of the
best looking girls IN Washington par
ticipated and though couple of moth
millers worked in, there we're enough
of the butterfly variety to make an
extra good looking average. Anyway,
John AyT'es and Judy Evans went
home as soon ar it was over. Just as
though they had seen all that was
worth coming for. If women only
knew how we'll some Of them look
with their hair down we have an idea
that it would be adopted as a prevail
/ ing style at once. The orchestra was
worth the price of admission anyway,
so nobody is out except the actors and
the fellows who patronized the pro-
gramme with advertising. If there is
/ anyone in the cast whom we forgot to
mention it is because we have 1t in for
their folks"