The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-14

The troubles of a theatrical manager
in professional life are nothing COM
pared with the manager of an anna
teur show. The manager of the wash
burn Dramatic club, which will present
The Professors Love Story at the
Grand Friday night, was the most pop
ular man in college when he assumed
this thankless task. Today he is worn
and haggard, in appearance and man
ners reminding one of the homeless cur
which ShrinkS from everyone expecting
q blow. For the manager, With the
professor of oratory at WaShburn, as :
signed the caste for the play. The lat
ter is a new man at Washburn and
knew very little about the members
of the dramatic club, in fact had never
seen them. Now in the Professors
Love Story there is a situation where
the leading lady faints and the leading
man carries her off the stage. But at
the first rehearsal 1t was found that
the management in selecting the caste
had made a fatal mistake; they had
chosen a bantam for the role OF
leading man and heavyweight to play
the heroine. The latter was about 40
pounds to the good on the hero and
there was nothing doing in the faint
ing scene. So the caste had to be re-
arranged in accordance with the weight
of the principals. Then the manager
got his because in the Encouragement
of the caste the members of the hand
holders union we're separated and
could no longer play opposite their
''steadieS.'' And to clap the climax
one of the young actorines refused to
go to the evening rehearsals because
the management wouldn't allow her
steady Ga town chap to attend the re-
hearsals and he had no place to spend
the time until she was ready to go
home. The manager finally made ar
rangements for the Steady to spend
the evenings at his frat house which
has now become headquarters for
new Walters Union-the chaps who
wait around to take the actorines home
from rehearsal.
When a widow who has always re-
tanned her husbands first name be-
gins to insist upon being known by her
own first name that's a sign she's
thinking of a second husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. C1evenger will en-
terrain the Count and Countess Magr1
(Mrs. Tom Thumb) and Baron Magri
at dinner tonight. Denver, from
came to Topeka, made great fuss
over these interesting little people and
they were much feted during their visit
and entertained at the best houses.
The Countess was taken into the Or
der of the Eastern Star as an honor
airy member. She is also a member
of the Daughters of the Revolution.
You may say what you please about
keeping Lent" said a sinner today.
Il notice the pillars of the church are
as weak as any of us when they are
really tempted. Did you notice Mrs. |
CampbelPs audience at the Grand
Thursday night? From boxes to pea
nut gallery the church people predomi- !
mated. After looking around the house |
shouldn't have been surprised to see
Father Hayden, the Bishop or Dean
Kaye" ~
An interesting event of next. week
will be Mr.. George M. Stones annual
exhibition of his paintings at his studio |
in the Crawford building Thursday |
Friday and Saturday afternoons. The
exhibition will include a number of
paintings from sketches made by Mr.. |
Stone in Europe last summer.
Miss Viva Brown will sing Carl
Reeds Abide With Me at the First
Baptist church tomorrow.
Mr.. Paul Walker will give a dinner
at the Topeka club Thursday night for
Miss Louise Kelly of Springfield. Ohio,
guest of Mr.. Armin Fassler and Mrs
Guilford Dudley II;
You're so smart! How do you pro-
nounce "monologist %
The Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka
and Emporia Owls will have reunion
in Emporia June 8, A and 5.
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Emporia Gazette: The members of
the younger dancing set are asking
each other: "Have you learned the
barn dance YETI" Frank Lostutter
picked it up in Lawrence, George Rut-
ter imported it from Topeka, and Ed
Riggs learned it while in school in
Massachus etts. The other fellows have
been compelled to sit around and
Nzrof 1h nd fnxx- xyfoft |
dancing it with some of the town girls,
who always know how to dance every
thing. 1t looked so good to them that
they determined to learn 1t, and every