The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-30


ing for society and less for appear
ance, yet there are certain things upon
which his closest friends dare not
chaff him.
Franklin P. Adams, the always in
Good Humor" Adams, as he is known
through the fact that such is the head
ing OF the daily column of wit, obser-z
walton and humor he contributes TO
the New York Evening Mail, is quite
the reverse in temperament from his
collaboration in 10" Adams is a whirl-
wind, quick, excitable, and although
quite as charming in his ways as o.
Henry, more imbued with the spirit of
hustle of the American business man,
instead of the poetic dream of ma.
nana," which is the ideal of o. Henry,
Lyrics flow from Adams pen as
readily, and even more so, than do
prose from less gifted intellects. and
besides his daily column of humor
and wit he writes and publishes on
Saturdays in the New York Evening
Mail clever imitation of little coun-
try weekly which he calls the Gotham
Gazette, to which the principal con-
tributor is Miss Euphemia Simpson. a
character he created and which he has
dramatized in 10"
A. Baldwin Sloane, the composer of
the eighteen numbers in the score.
has. written many popular successes
since he first sprang into national
fame as the composer of "Jack and
the Bean Stalk but never has he
written such music as for TO- The
| inspiration of the wonderful lyrics, the
atmosphere of intellectually, which
this play has had, seem to have in
spired him to much higher grade of
music without in the least impairing
its charm, catchiness and jingle. To
| this the opening bars of the first num-
Der, Good Morning, Mr.. Sailor" which
| are herewith produced, will abundant
| ly testify.
Sloane is little chap who reminds
| of wire springs animated by a sixty
horsepower battery of electricity.
Alert and eager, conversant through
his eighteen years of contact with the
theater in every trick of the trade, he
combines as does no other composer
a marvellous knowledge of what the
people will want to hear before the
tickle public itself has decided what
will be the fashion, for fashions
change in music and plays as quickly
| and surely as they do in suits and
hats. "The Gingerbread Man. "The
Mocking Bird Sergeant Kitty"
| and "L'ol Nose" are other scores he
has composed.
The cast is thoroughly up to the
standard of the men who will present
it. Foremost is John e. Young, who,
as Happy Johnny Hicks in "The
Time, the Place and the Girl" has
been acclaimed comedian par excel.
lence from Chicago to San Francisco
and return. Miss Juliette LANCE, a
Chicago girl. has three solos and
1 G rryif
voice which for range and beauty, as
well as sweetness and sympathy, has
never before been heard outside of
Grand Opera. Elizabeth GoOdall plays
the role of Spanish Countess, and
those who remember seeing her as
Molly Kelly, the nurse in 1.-THE Time,
the Place and the Girl know she is.
| an actress of rare ability as well as
voluptutous beauty. David Kirkland,
who played the role of Indian in
''Strongheart" with Robert Edeson for
two years. plays a similar part in
'Lo," while Miss Annette Hall. of
whose past work Mr.. Askin refuses to
divulge anything, looks like a second
Edna May and is expected to be a
veritable sensation with her youth,
beauty and voice. Dorothy Bremen,
the leading soubrette, is a miniature
May Irwin, bubbling over with fun
and jollity, while Mabelle Moyles. last
seasons ''Fifi," in "The Merry Wild
ow," has an important role. Also
there is Robert Wilson, last years
Laurie, in "The Time, the Place and
the Girl" George A. Lemming and
James A. Reynolds, the latter of
whom as General Taxicab, has intro
| duced an entirely new characterize
| ton to the stage.
Among the eighteen musical mum.
bers are you Can Always Be NV
Sweetheart" Little Old Main Street"
Snapshots" stYucatan," "Tammany
on Parade" "The Yankee Maid is the
One Best Bet" ''Love is All that Mat
ters," and international Love-"