The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-10
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.

Miss Della Clarke has written a play
in which the despairing hero hnaiIy
wins the girl by shaving off his 1aclal
tapestry, thereby removing her op-
jections. o.,,,
Whiskers have no charms to soothe
even the savage breast, If one IS 10 .,I pc
lfeve Miss Clarke. In her play, Inc
White Suuaw," which is soon to nave
a Broadway production in which she
will herself play the leading role OF
Neamata, the little Indian girl VINO
refuses to marry the man who has
loved her through four thrilling acts
lust because he wears a beard.
Mystery may have it's charms.
said this young woman, but that does
not apply to the face of the man you
fall in love with or marry.
The Chin a Character Key.
THE most important feature of a
mans face is his chin, and if it is lost
in a primeval forest of beard, how is
a girl to tell whether she is intrusting
her future to a weak creature, who
will go down at the first little tap of
adversely or one who will make
mans fight with the world?
Faint heart never won fair lady
or whiskers, either. There are many
grouchy old bachelors today who
might have been happy husbands if
they had had the good sense to shave
at the psychological moment"
But you believe seriously that the
mere fact of his shaving them off
could make a girl fall in love with
him?"
Her Hindu Comparison.
Il certainly do. / know of several
cases IN which women who had mar
red men with boards were shocked
and disillusioned when their husbands
took a freak to appear clean shaver.
And that wasn't at all because they
A.
~ saw the men they had married for
the first time, as they really were.
THE girl who marries a man with
whiskers makes as. reckless a. gamble
as the man in eastern countries who
never sees his bride unveiled until af-
ter the CEREMONY"
Independents Are Expanding.
John .Cort has signed contracts
whereby he gains control of the Broad
way theater and the Tabor Grand
opera house. Denver, for a period OF
ten years. from Peter McCourt who
for many years has been in possession
of those theaters. The arrangement
also gives Mr.. Cort control of the
bookings of the theaters which form
the Silver circuit including the Grand
opera house, Pueblo; the Opera house
Colorado Springs; the Victor theater
Victor; the Elk theater, LeadVille; the
Curran opera house, Boulder and
about ten other theaters in Colorado;
the Capital theater Cheyenne. Wyo.;
the Opera house, Laramie, Wyo.; the
Union opera house, Rock Springs
Wyo.; the Rawlins opera house, Raw
Inns, Wyo.
These theaters will be added to
those comprising the circuit known as
the Northwestern Theatrical associa-
ton, of which Mr.. Cort is general man.
ager, bringing the total number OF
houses under his control to approx
mately ESQ, all of which will be con-
Quoted according to the rules of the
National Theater Owners association
of which Mr.. Cort is president and L
M and Roy Crawford of the Crawford
circuit with headquarters in Topeka
are members.
With the exception of the Masor
opera house, Los Angeles; the Sal
Lake theater. Salt Lake City, anC
Columbia theater San Francisco. Johr
Cort now control all theaters playing
travelling companies in North Dakota
from jamestown west, Montana, Wash
ington. British Columbia, Oregon
California, New Mexico. Nevada
Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado
In addition he has theatrical holding.
in Iowa and Illinois affecting twenty
two theaters.
North's TO Give Repertoire.
The road show owned by Spor
North of the Majestic will be present