The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-22
THEATER SEASON AGAIN.
Crawfords Announce Booking and
Policy of Their Houses.

With the beginning tomorrow of re-
hearsals of the North Brothers Stock
| company, and the opening of the Grand
and Majestic box office at 9 o'clock
Thursday morning this week sees the
last of the closed season in theatricals
| in Topeka until next year.
Anent the opening of the Grand next
Monday showing The flirting Princess
Roy Crawford of L. M. & Roy Craw-
ford, has announced the policy of the
houses here. Hereafter, according to
the announcement. there will be more
attractions play at 81 prices at the
Grand, though the management wants
it understood that these are good at
fractions. Other shows will be based
on a 1.50 and 81 scale.
About two-thirds of the bookings for
the Grand have been made. These III
clude 1.-THE Flirting Princess" followed
| by THE Red Mill'' which in turn will
be followed by North Brothers Road
show that comes here state fair week
Mr.. Crawford also expects to have here
in September 1.-THE Fourth Estate" the
famous newspaper play. This is not
certain. though if not arranged for Sep
TENDER it will be given later in the
season. says Mr.. Crawford.
1t will be the policy to give from four
to five shows each week at the Grand
after September. These will include
Joe Howard, the former Lawrence,
Kan. boy, in The Goddess of Liberty
and his wife. Mabel harrison, in Lulu's
Husband; Miss Nobody From star
land; Max Figman in Mary James Pa;
The Dollar Mark; The Isle of Spice;
Field and Lewis; The Girl and the
Drummer; Mrs. Leslie Carter in new
play by Rupert Hughes; Lyman
Howe's moving pictures; The Man or
the Hour: The Time, the Place, and the
Girl; Lillian Russell in Wildfire; Rlcn-
ard and Pringle's MINISTRIES; sidney
Drew: Buster Brown; The Port of Mis-
Widow The Lot
tery Man. Dick Bernard, Under South
ern Skies, Tim Murphy, Seven Days
Florist Shop. Cole and johnston,
Gentleman From MISSISSIPPI Rose
Melville. Martins Uncle Toms Capln'
Babv Mine. Beverly of Graustark, Mar
garet Ellington in Until Eternity, the
Climax. James K. Hackett in repertoire
The HONEYMOON Train, Rosahnd at Reu
Gate. The kissing Girl, The Llln-
putians. Louis Mann in the Cneater;
Down Broadway, Grace Van StuolIord,
Marie CahilI, De Wolf Hopper, Billy
Clifford. The City, Fields Ministries, Inc ne
Chocolate Soldier, Al Wilson, James L.
Powers in Havana, Frank Danlels IN
The Belle of Brittany, Marie Dleo9iei
in Titles Nightmare
The North Brothers at the Ma3estlc
will play one bill each week. giving
matinees Wednesdays, saturdays anu
HOLIDAYS. At the Novelty high class
vaudeville Will De DOOhSu III SN'1OS
ton with the Orpheum circuit.
With the opening of the season Al
bert and Edward Ferguson. who nave
returned for rehearsals. after spend
ing their vacation at their home IN
Grand Rapids, Ill. the juvenile char
acter r,1avers. will begin their eleventh
season in the North company.
Until the Novelty theater reopens in
vaudeville September 5, moving pic
lures will continue to be given. Satur-
day night when the machine was brok-
en-. a singing and talking act was put
on NV Toe Ewing a Hebrew comedian,
who. with Ed Wilson and Carl Fetch
err, the boy tenor. will go into vaude.
vile in the coming season. Hand
after hand was given by the audi