The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-02

| IdSt NIS0t.
| 1.-THE Show GirIs is a play in four
acts dealing with the circus. A circus
! rider Is injured and carried to the
| home of a nearby minister who cares
| for her until she is we'll and then falls
in love with her The feeling is mutual
| but on account of adverse sentiment
among the members of the minister's
congregation the girl finally tears her.
| self away from the surroundings and
goes back to the circus and her old
lover. But she finds the old life re-
| pulsive and at the appearance of the
minister she falls into his arms and
| goes back to his home with him-thiS
| time as a wife.
| Miss Hazel Larkfn as Polly, the show
girl and circus rider, took the most
prominent part among the girls. Miss
Larkin is a stunning girl off the stage
| and has created sensation after senSa-
! ton at Washburnfand in Topeka for
the last four years. On the stage last
night she was still more popular. Her
part was exceedingly difficult especial
| ly in the climax when she ran from the
| stage in, a fit of passion over her forced
love for the circus This was undoubt-
| eddy the most intricate feature of the
| play and Miss Larkin carried it out
/ professionally. All the way through
| the performance she acted naturally
and gracefully without a hitch of any
kind and at all times attracting the
| admiration of the audience with her
| natural beauty and cleverness. This Is
the last time Miss Larkin will appear
before a Topeka audience and it is the
best and cleanest cut piece of acting
| she has ever given.
! Mr.. Ray Ufford, as the minister,
! starred among the men in the play.
| He was in every act, every scene and
| his lines were arduous and involved
but his impression last night was one
| of the big features of the play. To be
a minister, lover, a sensation among
his friends and frenzied wronged
| man all at the time requires little
more than average amateur experience
| and Ufford carried them all, without
the least sign of a burden to the audi
ence. Ufford took the leading part in
| THE College widow presented not
| long ago at the Grand and at this time
| he starred and made good in a very
difficult part but last night his duties
were heavier and his rendition was
even better. Ufford graduates from
| WaShburn this year-also from the
! dramatic club. He has always been
valuable addition to both He entered
the dramatic club his first wear in the
college and he has finished really
| brilliant career, his acting of the high
est type for an amateur and his man.
! ner on the stage furnished in every
| detail
Miss Eleanor Sims as Mandy Jones,
the old colored lady, comes in for one
! of the blue ribbons. She took the part
with an uncommon ability for col
lege actress and she received large
amount of the complimentary ap-
| plause Miss Sims made good in To-
peka with the Washburn Opera COM
| pany for two years and the Dramatic
club acquired her this year-she has
| made a valuable member of the club.
i The Washburn Dramatic club could
not be possible without Skeet' Adams.
night drew applause from the audi
ence. Adams has been in high school
plays long before he came to Wash
burn and with the four years in Wash
burn as a finishing touch to his high
school days he has proved an idol
with the Topeka audiences. Adams
had a part last night that demanded
very little talking but lots of acting
and with his natural ability as fly
about on the amateur stage he drew
crowd. Adams is another graduate
this year and he will leave a big gap
for the dramatic club to fill.
/ To play the part of a circus fluff
and still enter into the deeper and
more pathetic side of human interests
with the ability to bring tears into the
| eyes of the listeners is a task that re-
quires extraordinary talent with a col
| lege man who receives nothing but
| honor for his services. Mr.. Hal
Hotchkiss as Jim of the circus and in
love with Polly made a loud noise like
| professional in "The Show Girl'' last
night. He carried out his part in ex-
cellent style
Il The above mentioned were probably
the biggest hits of the evening. They
! are all older members of the club and
they take to the plays as matter
| of course. Mr. Lee Mooney as the
colored Hasty Jones, of the minister
| household brought out a. good many
| amusing features. Mooney is one o.
| the strongholds of the club having
I been with them for the last two
years. Lee Johnson made his first
appearance with Washburn com