Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-12
Half of Seasons Booking Com
pleted, Number Showing
Numerous Treats
SEASON. OPENS ON AUGUST 81
"The Three of U.s." High Glass ORA
matte Production, Selected as Initia
Attraction-Many Stars to Appear
Musical Shows, MinstreIs, and Melo'
dramas.
dramas.

Marshalltown amusement lovers
will not be without something to oc-
cupy their attention during the the
atrical season, which will open on the
last day Of this month, Saturday, Au-
gust 81. Manager Busby has COM
pleted the earlier bookings, which
represent about one-half of the at
fractions that will appear during the
season. Included in those already
booked are numerous high class
dramas and musical productions, many
of which will be real treats to the the
alter goer.
Several prominent stars are to be
seen at the Odeon theatre
during the season, and others will be
booked before Busby Bros New York
office closes in October.
While the season does not open I'M
til the 31st, the house will be opened
for a smaller attraction some time
during the month. The playhouse is
now in process of being thoroughly
cleaned and renovated, and is UNDER
going the usual minor repairs made
necessary from one season to another.
Fine Opening Attraction.
Busby Bros. have selected The
Three Of U.s. as the bill for the open
patrons will not be disappointed in
their judgment of an attraction. The
Three Of Us" is a high-class dramatic
production, similar to The Lion and
the Mouse" and "The Man of the
Hour" 1t. ran at the Garrick. Chi
cago, from June until the middle Of
July, and has never been seen outside
the big cities.
Some of the Stars.
Among the stars who will be seen
here during the season, as known in
the first half of the bookings, are as
follows: Virginia Harmed, in new
production, not yet announced; Marie
Cahill in new piece; Louis James in
either the Two Dromies in "The Com
edy of Errors or "Falstaff" in The
Merry Wives of Windsor" Tim"
Murphy, in new play; Mildred Hol-
land. seen here in both "The Power
Behind the Throne" and "The Lilly and
the Prince" Herbert Kelsey and Eff
fie Shannon, who were last seen here
on Thanksgiving night, 1901, in Her
Lord and Master" Adelaide Thurston,
here last year in ''She Girl From Out
Yonder;" the Jefferson Brothers, Will
lam and Joseph, seen here several
Times in 1.-THE Rivals" "AP' Wilson,
the we'll known German comedian, also
seen here; Charles B. Hanford, who
has been here several times in Shakes
pearean drama; Alberta Gallatin,
Francis McMillen, violinist, who was
here last season; Maude Fealey, and
w. J. Patton, in when We We're
Friends"
Other Bookings.
Among the musical shows that have
already been booked are "The Blue
Moon" 'erhe Chorus Lady THE Roy
al Chef" THE College Widow The
Belle of JAPAN Peggy From Paris"
Little Johnnie jones'" "The Cat and
the Mouse" Painting the Town" 'The
Gingerbread Man. 1.-The District Lead
err" MY Dixie Girl 'The Yankee Re-
gent" "The Show Girl" THE College
Boy" "The Isle of Spice" and BUS
ter Brown
Dramatic productions of the higher
class will be seen, and among them
are included George Broadhurst's THE
Man of the Hour" which has been
running for over a year at the Savoy,
New York; "Brewster's Millions"
which has been running all summer at
the Colonial, Chicago; The Heir to the
Hurrah," "strongheart," 1.-The Virgin
ian,'' 1.-The Lion and the Mouse" and
AT Yale"
Lovers of minstrelsy will not be
without something to their liking, four
already having been booked. They are
Mahara's colored MINISTRIES, George
Primroses Ministries, William H.
Vests and eli" Henry.
Among the melodramas and miscel-
laneous bookings are included mo
Mother to Guide Her." "The Tramp and
the Lady" Kerry Cow "The Royal
Slave" The Cow Puncher," "Ole Oh
son." "The Choir Singer" Stetson's
"Uncle Toms Cabin" las Told in the
Hills" Lyman H. Howes moving pic
lures, 1.-The Girl over There" Are
You Crazy?" Swallowed by Three"
THE Sins of New York." "A Million
aire Tramp" "Uncle Josh Spruceby,"
1.-The Girl OF the Stampede" "Too
Proud to Beg" "The Moonshiner's
Daughter" THE Heart of Chicago"
THE Old Sexton" "Nettie, the Wait"
THE Dead Witness" Big Hearted
Jim THE Shoplifter," "Sidetracked,"
East Lynne" '"Don'te Tell My Wife,"
The Hidden Hand Are You Ma
SOM" Paths vaudeville, why Girls
Leave Home" Our New Minister"
Eugene Moore in Monte Cristo" THE
Slow Poke" What Women Will Do"
Flora DeVoss company, Human
Hearts," The Lyman Twins" New
York Day by Day." "An Aristocratic
Tramp" and Frank E. Long company.
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