The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-17
NOVELTY IS READY.
Will Reopen Monday With Promising
Vaudeville Bill.

The carpenters have taken away
their hammers and saws, the decora-
tors have removed their paint buckets
and brushes, the cleaners have finished
their sweeping and scrubbing and pol
ishing and the Novelty theater now
stands ready for the opening pro
gramme of high class vaudeville which
will be presented next Monday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. For several days
past the theater-going public of To-
peka has awaited the announcement of
the opening bill with considerable in
tereSt; there has been an interested
curiosity on the part of the people to
learn from the announcement of the Dill
the character of programme to be pro-
vided by the new management in the
vaudeville house that in the past has
been a favorite place of entertainment
with Topeka people.
A glance over the list of attractions
offered for the initial week is sufficient
to convince the reader that the man
agement intends from the very begin
ming to fulfill it's promises that only
be presented on the Novelty'S stage,
and that the theater's popularity will
not be diminished. Occupying the prin-
cfpal positions of interest on the bill
for next week are MyleS Mccarthy and
company and the Araki troupe of Jap
anese acrobats. These two headline
features, however. will have plenty of
assistance in entertaining the audi
ences in the four other first-class at
fractions that will appear on the bill in
addition to a moving picture show.
AS comedian Myles Mccarthy has
won considerable distinction through
out the country and he will appear at
the Novelty next week in THE Race
Tout's Dream" which is said to be
one of the brightest sketches in vaude-
Vile. He will be assisted in the pre-
sentation of this skit by Miss Aida
Woolcott. Five natives of the land of
Nippon comprise Araki's troupe of ac-
robatS and tumblers, one of them a
youngster who performs marvellous
feats. The entire act is replete with
thrilling and sensational acrobatics.An-
other feature that promises much en-
tertainment will be George w. Hussey,
the novelty ventrioquist, with his group
of talking wax figures. Miss Marguerite
Keats. talented violinist will appear
in classic and popular selections and
Harry Walters, the Hebrew jester, will
contribute to the merriment of the pro-
gramme. The latest illustrated ballads
will be sung by Mr.. P. B. Hamlin, the
popular baritone and the viascope will
show a series of late moving pictures.
The Novelty orchestra. under the di-
rection of Harry Steinberg, has been
increased to five musicians for the
season. Seats in the entire lower floor
will be 10 cents each and in the bal
cony 10 cents each for the evening
performances, and at the matinee the
price will be 10 cents for any seat in
the house Children under II years Of
age will be admitted to the Saturday
matinee for five cents each and ladies'
souvenir matinees will be given every
Friday, when every lady present will
receive a souvenir. Children in arms
and under years of age will be ad
mitted free. Time of performances will
be matinees, 2:30; evenings, 7:45 and
9:15.
At the Grand,
Those who stood in line night after
night waiting for tickets to Ben Hur
last year will have another chance to
see the play this year. Klaw & Erlan-
gers Ben Hur will be presented at the
Grand October 20. 80 and 81. Three ev-
ening performances will be given and
the one matinee, on the afternoon of
the 31st. The prices run from so to 81
and the tickets will be on sale Monday,
October 26. No seats will be laid aside
and no telephone orders taken.
Paid in Full is the attraction at the
Grand on Monday. The prices range
from 90 cents to $3.50. The attraction
is a high class melodrams and it has
received good notices.
"The Witching Hour" by Augustus
Thomas will be given tonight.
A New Observation Tower