The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-23
ADJUSTMENTS
crowds See GRACE HAYWARD.

! pany opened a six days engagement at
/ the Grand on yesterday afternoon and
last evening. She was given an en-
thusiastic welcome by Topekans with
i whom she has always been a prime
favorite. They literally packed the
theater at both the opening perform
pleased with what Miss Hayward and
/ her company had to offer And surely
! the entertainment furnished by the
company is easily worth the money
| and then some.
1.-The Western Girl was the play for
! the opening bill. 1t was presented in
an adequate fashion. Miss Hayward's
abilities as an actress of all sorts OF
much at home as a girl bartender in
the wild and woolly west" as she is
as Camille or in some other equally
emotional role. And what more could
one expect of any human being. She
is surrounded this season by a well
balanced company of generally capa-
! BILE actors, including Harry Temple,
Henry w. Roweu, Edward F. Silvers.
Will M. Carall. Robert Jones. Martin
De We're, Otto Wheeler. Grace LIE
Mont. Vera De We're. Rena Lewis.
Jessie Eagan. James Harris and Ed
F. North.
| Between the acts of each show sew
eral of the members of the company
put on specialties of a vaudeville char
acter. These are in the hands of De
/ We're and De We're; Will M. Carroll,
Edward F. Silvers; D. silvers and
Eagan NIFTY De We're sings Illus
| trated songs. Some good moving pic
lures are shown and Miss Matte Hari
Burgess, the musical director, pre-
sides at the piano.
Miss Hayward's repertoire of plays
for the engagement here contains sew
eral Of a high class, the bill for
tonight being 1.-THE Confessions of
Wife," for Tuesday, "Thelma:" for
"Wednesday. sherlock Holiness" for
Thursday, Camille" and for Friday,
| I'm a Womans Power"
At every performance a card with a
number on it is given to each patron
at the door and on Friday evening
there will be drawing and the holder
of the lucky number, who must be in
| the house when the drawing occurs
will be presented with a diamond ring.
Stock at the Aurora.
After having been closed for over
| two weeks, the Aurora theater opened
up yesterday afternoon in the building
formerly occupied by the old Novelty
at S12 Kansas avenue. A stock COM
pany. is providing the bill for the
| opening week; The new theater has
! been remodeled at considerable ex-
pense. The new stage is one of the
| most expensive and prettiest in the
city. The entire interior of the build
ing is tastefully decorated and the
| general appearance of the PLAYHOUSE is
such as ought to popularize it with the
theatergoing public. The bill for the
first four days Of the week is "The
/ Dutch Detective" play in three acts.
which is well staged and played by the
company. This company is compose
OF Gus Rapier, w. L. Kirk. George
Searcy. Jessalee Rapier, Beulah Tay-
Tor and Grace Berry, and each one of
them is a capable actor.
Special vaudeville and musical at
fractions are fnterspersed between the
acts; Copeland and Coy do pleasing
singing and dancing stunt Miss
Elizabeth Gray sings "O1d Uncle Sam
with illustrations Henry r. Schuldt,
the manager of the theater, demon
strates his ability as saxophone SOLO
ist with the selection, Loves Old
Sweet Song" Several sets of moving
pictures are also shown. That the
new theater is to become popu1ar fs
shown by the fact that the two per-
formances yesterday were greeted with
capacity houses.
Al G. Fields on Saturday.
1.-THE Night Before Christmas" is
scenic sensation that AL G. Field
has arranged for the benefit of young
and old. 1t depicts scenes and Incl
dents in the celebration of the worlds
universal holiday season and deals
with the witching hours that mark
the time of the night before Christ
mas. The pantomimists skaters, ami
NAL fmpersonators, the waits, the
choristers, comedians and dancers
who appear in this production are
artists selected for their especial fit
] ness for extravaganza The Al O.
Field Greater Mfnstrels will appear al
4 the Grand Saturday matinee and
night with prices from 25c to $1o0
and matinee prices at 25c and so cts
A Knight For Day.
At the Grand next Sunday might
w ha fa
Chicago. "a Knight for a Day. which
9 is being produced under the manage
ment of Mr. H. H. Frazee. This piece
is deservedly very popular, its Ions
8 run In Chicago at the Whitney Opera
j house and at Wallack's theater, New
q York, where 1t still attracts larg,
q crowds nightly. having established it
reputation as musical comedy O
& unusual merit. The leading coined,
q roles are in the hands of Eddie Red
way and Elsie Herbert, and those rea
81 funmakers are enhancing their al
ready enviable regulations in thei
s. Interpretation. Other members of tn
cast are: Thos. Cameron, Rober
o'Connor. Harry Mack. Jas. MacCor
mack Gertrude Hutchinson, Elsi
Baird and Grace De Mar.
q This attraction plays the WIFI
n Wood Thursday, Friday and Saturda-
8 of this week at $3.50 prices Mana
81 ger Crawford announces a 81 seal
a will be charged here.
At the Novelty.
q Tom Almond, who. with Edith Al
8 mond, has an act On the bill for thf
week at the Novelty, presents some
81 thing for vaudeville turn that is en-
t1rely new to these parts, and that @
itself Is something out of the ordinary
to say the least. For during the tire
81 years. that vaudeville has had such
a rather tremendous vogue in this city
has seemed that everything extant 1
this line Of entertainment had bee
81 presented here. Almond not only dance
ii on roller skates but he also dances
81 rousing clog dance on ice skates, whic
81 would seem to be something of an i'm