The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
AT THE THEATERS.

One of the real good shows to be
seen at the Grand this season is The
Flower of the Ranch which will be
presented there tonight by the Askln-
Singer company, with Joseph Z.
Howard and Mabel Barrison in the
leading roles. 1t is a novel show, too,
for it is a melodrama with a musical
setting.
A good idea of the merits of the
piece and of the cleverness of the
from criticism of the show which
was printed in the Detroit News on
september ?. This follows:
She's still just the cutest little girl
proved it yesterday. when we saw her
again, this time at the Lyceum Tiny.
vivacious. charming, giggling, pout-
ing, laughing, smiling. clever Mabel
Barrison. looking like some little hui
man buttercup. plays the part of a
rose-''The Rose of the Ranch"
Its a melodrama, one of the west
with plenty of guns and cowboys ana
sheriff and Mexican greaser, besides
the schooima'am and her friends
mind you of those used in 1.-The
Squaw Man" Several of the cIimaxes
are bit thrilling, but all well worked
out.
the result of Joseph E. Towards
work. He wrote both book and
music He's the same chap who wrote
The Umpire. Isle of Bong Bong"
Land of Nod. THE Time the Place
and the Girl" and THE Girl CUES
ton
Howard is in the cast-as co-star
to Miss harrison. He need not be
ashamed of his vehicle. He has ex-
ecuted something prone to catch non
ular favor He has touched on the
sentimental and human interest
strings with such lines as. There
wouldn't be any crooks in the world
II We would only meet the right
plenty of the airy, fairy, Eighty stuff
ike All L want is enough to keen
body. soul and automobile together
me songs are all well put on. some
new and novel business introduced
and it brought special applause to
Just Say You Care Worried TN
the Days of 49, The Girl Behind the
counter and Lo Lo.' Keep them in
mIhd. Tor YOU hear them on the
streets this week and then for few
more. e"
The cast is good. the chorus. from
ooth the masculine and feminine side.
Is fairly good to look upon, the cos
tunes are fetchy and especially mo-
ticeable during the three acts are
FRANCES Cossar, AL Denier. with a
new comedy part that took unusually
well. and Edward Hume
For the most part the attraction is
V.
would describe as "a pretty thing. a
VERIFY p-r-r-r-e-e-t-y thing"
When the Huntings. who were seen
at the Grand last night called the We
hicle for their endeavors The Fool
House" thev certainly rightly named
me piece The chances are they select
Ell the name The Fool House first and
then built such a play as it is around
it. Surely there never was a piece put
on the stage that was filled with quite
so much ridiculous tom-foolery as is
this one Some of it is exceedingly
clever but most of it is not mediocre
and here and there a bit OF real coarse
ness crops out
AS medium for the display of the
Hun1ngs well known abilities as
dancers. eccentric. acrobatic and other
wise, the play is all right and when the
Huntings had the boards last night for
the performance of their specialties no
better entertainment could be desired of
that particular kind.
The HUntings made a great reputa-
ton for themselves in vaudeville and
have only recently branched out in