The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-17
ADJUSTMENTS
Novelty.


see is the one that s. R. Wells, the
J manager of the Novelty, has secured
! for his house this week There is not
! a single act on 1t which did not get
volumes of applause from the large
| audiences that visited this pretty
playhouse yesterday afternoon and
| last night. So it is readily seen that
| the show is an excellent one for it is
| pretty hard work to put on a vaude-
| vile show of any size when one or
more acts do not fall fat with the
audiences. But this weeks show at
the Novelty has not a single act of
| that kind and this is a little remark
| able
| There is one feature on the bill
which is worth going miles to see. 1t
is the jumping of a greyhound that is
| one of a company of finely trained
dogs who are put through their PAGES
| by Professor Drake. This dog has a
record of jumping over twelve feet in
| height and also over thirty-one feet
in distance. And the final jump she
executes with apparent ease must be
oven ten feet in height 1t is really
an astonishing leap and caught the
| crowds of yesterday in great shape.
| With his dogs Drake has a couple Of
| trained sheep that are a novelty.
A decidedly unique and attractive
sketch called "Caraboo'' is presented
by The Whiting Trio. 1t is an Indian
end. In it, Miss Whiting who has not
a single line to say. does some really
fine acting. Lyons and Cullen put on
another good number. Mr.. Lyons is
a clever imitator of birds and beasts
and Miss Cullen is about the best
seen in Topeka. Howard and De
Leon, a team of equilibriSts, have
some stunts that are actually new in
this line of work. Miss De Leon is
good contortionist while Mr.. Howard
is something of a marvel when it
comes to balancing himself on one
hand. Bam Goldman, Hebrew
comedian, provides the other act on
the bill He sings some funny paro-
dies but makes his biggest hit with
some eccentric dancing. For the
illustrated songs. both of which are
Sweet Song Reminds Me Of YOU and
Miss Parf1tt, who is getting 50 popu-
lar now with the Novelty audiences,
that she gets a good hand before she
sings a note, presents In Dear Dixie
Land" Two laughable series Of NOV
ing pictures are also shown. And
they do their bit to rounG out a show
that Is bound to make a hit.
Majestic.
A vaudeville act which is something
of a novelty in these parts is presented
at the Majestic, as one of the features
of the excellent show which Manager
Crawford has secured for this week,
when Madame Orbasany puts her
troupe of trained cockatoos through
their PAGES. This is said to be the great
est act of its kind in the world and the
chances are that no one will dispute
this claim. These birds are so we'll
trained that they know just what to
do and go about their work without any
bullying from their preceptress. They
do. all kinds of stunts. roll balls, dance,
make believe murder one of their num-
Der and cart him away in an ambu-
lance. The small birds are drawn in
carriages by the larger ones and one
of them can pick out the proper letters
to spell several words. They conclude
their act with pantomime called THE
Shipwreck." The captain rings the bell.
The passenger walk aboard up the gang
plank carrying their baggage. The
sails are unfurled A storm approach
es. The boat springs a leak. The sig
nal guns are fired. The cargo is thrown
overheard to tighten the load and then
the ship sinks as the passengers are
rowed to shore in life boats.
Among the other feature acts on the
bill is the one put on by the Interna-
1onal Comique acrobats, four in num-
Der, three men and a woman. They
were with Barnum's circus last season
and their act is a high class one. Then
there is Charles and Marie Heclow in a
entertaining comedy sketch; the Chap
man Sisters. in singing and dancing
act in which they are assisted by a pick
ininny and Callan and Smith, a couple
OF young men who are good dancers.
These five acts provide a show that av-
erages up well with the best of them
that have been at the Majestic and they
are augmented with a good Illustrated
song by Karl Hummell and two sets of
moving pictures which are up to un-
usually high mark that has been set at
the Olympic in the moveing picture line
during the present season.
Olympic.
Probably the most interesting set of
moving pictures that has been seen in
the local vaudeville houses in many a
day are on the bill of the Olympic the
ater for this week They are a repro
duction of all of the important scenes
in the great drama of Ben Hur and con-
clude with the thrilling chariot race.
Mr. Bryant, the Olympic's manager.
certainly made ten strike when he
secured these pictures and they are be-
ing shown at this popular ten cent
vaudeville house for the first time in
this immediate section of the country.
But these pictures are by no means
the whole show for this week. There are
number of really good acts on the bill
including The Tambo Duo, manfpula-
tors Of tambourines and buck and wing
dancers on roller skates Flexible Fred
erick, who is something of a marvel in
contortion work; Norton and Ray, in
an entertaining sketch called THE Bell
Boy and the Maid" and Joe Coffman, a
rube comedian. Frank Marshall, the
Olympic's tenor, has a new song that Is
handsomely illustrated.
Human Hearts, Well Done.
Human Hearts, one of the old
| time melodramas OF merit that has
wrung tears and laughter from count
less persons during the score of years
it has been on the stage, was pre-
| sented in most acceptable manne
| by a generally capable company of
players at the Grand on Saturday af-