The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-05
BIG SALE FOR THE UAIPIRE.
Rush for Seats to See New Musical
Comedy.

There was a phenomenal advance sale.
of tickets to The Umpire" which comes
to the New Grand opera house tonight
At O'Clock this afternoon all the seats
on the first floor except those in the
last row had been sold. All the tickets
for balcony seats had also been sold
and but about a hundred remained on
the mezzanine floor together with three
or four box seats.
Fred Mace. who is playing in the title
role of the umpire is at the Throop hotel
looking fine and radiant He has not
gotten over being pleased at the recep-
ton given him by the Kansas City lodge
of Elks, of which he is life member.
A social session was held in his honor
last week and number of the stunts
from The Umpire were given. Mace
declares that he is on the water
wagon and has been for a year and
half.
1.-The next time I take drink" he
said, will be in Europe. l promised
myself that would quit; accumulate
a bank account and take trip abroad.
think III go next spring
Guelma Baker, we'll known in To-
peka on account of being the daughter
of George Baker, one of the general
agents of the Santa F'e railroad, is one
Of the cleverest of players in THE
Umpire
II Miss Baker puts more than ordi-
nary spirit into her soubrette part she
has good family reason for doing it.
She is a grandnice Of the late Colonel
Dan R. Anthony and Of his famous
sister, Susan B. Anthony AZ the END
of a long line of Anthonys she is am
bilious to make the family blood tell
upon the stage as we'll as in other fields
of endeavOr.
One might imagine that Susan B.
Anthony with her radical ideas, mig ut
have frowned upon the idea Of the
family being connected with the stage
But she didn't says Miss Baker.
"She was q splendid woman, 50 good
and kind. She believed in girls get
ting out and doing something. L sued
to see her often
Miss Bakers grandmother, Mrs.
Guelma Penn Anthony, was the Oldest
sister of a large family She was
named for the wife Of William Penn
and all of the Anthonys were QuakerS.
Miss Bakers father is George L. Baker,
travelling passenger agent for the "a nta
Fe railroad, with Headquarters IN chi
cago. Miss Baker was born in Roches-
ter. \. Y. and her parents moved TO
San Diego, Cal, when she was quite
4 Began to sing a little when I was
about ten years Old she said. My
parents encouraged me and sent me
east to study I sang FIRST. in New York
churches. About six yeaEs ago was
engaged ton play juvenile parts with
Nine Modieska The first se1S / ever
sang on the stagef was as Balthazer.
nage 70 Don Pesro.-in Much Ado
About Nothing.
Next season Miss Baker went with
..Florodora'' to play as Yaleda, the
maid. one night Fanny Johnson, who
was playing the prima donna role OF
Dolores became III and could not go on.
Trba ,nderstudy couldn't play it and
zfjss FeLer had to take her place. The
next day the papers praised her work
She played Dolores for eight weeks
when Miss johnson returned Then
Miss Baker took the ingenue part OF
Angela and remained With the company
until the close Of the Following season
The next two years she was with Henry
". Savage and created the part of I4u-
tie in Peggy From Paris.