Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-12
At THE THEATERS
LA SALLE.a.

~ Girl ut the Helm" Vas disclosed
for the first time In this city, Saturday
night Mt the La Sale Theater aud
scored an instantaneous hit. II was
voted by oil the critics as the most pre-.
tentiOus thing ever put on Mt "Chicn.
COS home Of successes" Robert b.
Smith il the author and Raymond Hub.
bel Is the composer Of this newest
musical show. The company ut the la
Sale this season Is the lypst ever seen
there, and that Ia going some. Head
cd, Of course, by those universal favor.
ties Florence HolbrOOk and Cecil Lean.
II includes among other well known
funmakers. Thomas Ricketts,, Lee
KOhlmar. Carolyn Lila and Norma Y.
Seymour. The show IL full Of pretty.
catchy music and witty dialogue. The
brOilers, more agile than ever, are
much In evidence.
GREAT NORTHERN.
There IL rush for seats Mt the
Great Northern Thcater, for the en-.
gagement Of the favoritc comcdlennc,
Helen Byron, which begins next Sun.
day afternoon, September 18th. Miss
Byron will be seen In thrce.act com.
edy with music, entitled MY Sweet.
heart" and our theater.goers IRE prom.
Used one Of the most artistic perform.
ances seen In this city In some time.
The play affords ample opportunity for
the display Of Miss ByrOn's versatility,
and number of song hits. written ca.
pecially for her by Alfred G. RObyn.
help to win the heart Of everyone In
the audience. The play was rehearscd
under the able stage direction Of A. a.
Roberts, and sumptuOus scenery and
costumes will be In evidence.
STUDEBAKER.
The Studebaker IL crowded as usual
with hundreds Of Chicagoans and hun.
dreds Of out-of-town guests who have
heard Of the wonderful popularity Of
''The Top O. TIL World" and It's sen.
satlonal engagement OH Michigan ave.
nue., and there seems to be no end to
| the enthusiasm which has character
lied the run Of this merry, tuneful
extravaganza. Well verscd critics say
that 1.-THE Top O. tn World" could re.
main In Chicago far into the winter
and, strange to say, the opening Of new
/ attractions and new theaters In Chi.
cagO has tended to increase the large
patronage at the Studebaker. The
Studebaker management announces
that on account Of the opening OF
FRITZ Scheff In her new comic opera
''rhe Pgima Donna" on October 9th
the engagement of 1.-THE Top O. Tn
World" will be limited to three months
and the last performance of thI'
melodi0us Offering will, therefore, IN
given OH October 4th.
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AUDITORIUM.
4 George NJ. Cohen's venture In min
J strelsy has taken Chicago by storm
The COhanesque style Of minstrelsy
with its rapid changes. Its quick tim
songs and a rush and go from start l.
finish, marks the dawn of ne,
minstrelsy which the host Of Cohan nd
mirers are approving by capacity audi
ences ut every performance. I'll
Cohan ana Hargis Minstrels enter upol
the second week ut the Big Chlcag
Auditorium Theater, and, as an aggrr
CATION Of entertainers, have proven
revelation even to the most bias
theateg-gOers. George "HOney boy
Evans, the star attraction, IL repeatin
the successes he attained In advance
vaudeville mt this playhouse, and hi
, humor Is productive Of irreslstibl
laughter. Among the one hundre
minstrel stars who compose this grea
, show are Eddie Leonard, Julian Ell
inge, George Thatcher, Matt Keefe an
Ernest Tenney.
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3 COLLEGE.
/, The dramatizatiOn Of Meredith Mel
OlsOn's famous novel, blouse Of
Thousand Candles" which was playe