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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
starts Thunlb Print Fad.

Miss Texas Guinan, the prima donna
-of 1.-The kissing Girl enjoying a
record success throughout the country,
has invented new fad which prom
Uses to become quite the rage. not
only among theatrical people, but
among the society people as well. Miss
FGuinan's latest scheme is to put her
thumb prints on her photographs in
stead of autographing them. SO num-
ferrous have been the requests for the
prima donna's picture that she has
adopted this method in signing them,
following the plan of the resourceful
Puddin' Head Wilson, immortalized by
Mark Twain.
= Miss Guinan has with her a little
pad of purple ink and when any one
asks her for a signed picture she ap-
1plies her thumb to the pad and makes
the impression of the corner of the
picture.
There is more individuality in the
thumb print than in the mere writing
of ones name" she says.
+ Many society women have noticed
this latest innovation of the prima
donna and are following suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
Reservations for Russian Dancers.
NOTES OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Maude Adams engagement in
"Chanticler" in New York will begin
tomorrow night and extend through
eight weeks.
John Wesley and Annie Murdoch
have been engaged by Henry W. Saw
age for the new farce by Rupert
Hughes entitled Excuse Me"
Clara Morris is reported to be i'm
proving and received hundreds of
cheering New Year messages from
friends.
Margaret Ellington appeared in
Louisville last week in new play
adapted from the French, called 1.-The
Encounter
Ruth Comfort Mitchell has written
a dramatic sketch called 1.-THE Way
to the Heart" for Julius Steger. The
theme is that of the problem of labor
and brotherly love as its solution.
FRITZ Scheff is soon to begin rehears-
ais in the new Victor Herbert opera
in which she is to appear. This work
is called "Rosita,' and its book is
by Joseph Herbert and Miss Thomp-
son.
When Marie Tempest appears as
Becky Sharp, in VANITY Fair Gra-
ham Browne will be the Captain Raw
don Crawley, Olive Wyndham will be
Amelia Sedley and Rose Coghlan Mrs.
Robert Blossoms new play for next
season will be a dramatization of "Mr.
Bill" a novel by Arthur E. Lyons.
The dramatlZation is by Mr.. EdeSon.
1t will be produced early in Septem-
Der.
The curtain of the new Blackstone
theater in Chicago is to be of tapestry,
woven at Aubusson, near Paris. 1t
represents a garden scene in the time
of Louis XIII, and is said to have cost
$4,000.
Liebler & Co.'S plans for the near
future include a Zangwill play for
Viola Allen, a new play for Wilton
Lackaye, George Arliss in Louis N
Parker's "Disraeli'' and the production
of Harriet Ford's play written in col
! laboration with Judge Ben Lindsay,
and founded upon the latter's story.
''The Beast and the Jungle
! cover Night a farcica1 comedy,
| written by Phillip Bartholomae, was
presented by William A Brady for
the first time last Monday night at
the Hackett theater, New York. The
plot is light, and the characters find
| themselves sometimes in peculiar pre-
dicaments, which take considerable
| time to disentangle.
Bought and Paid For a new
play by George Broadhurst, is an
nounced for immediate production by
William Brady, with Henry E.. Dixey
in the stellar role. Another offering
will be HolbPook Blinn in 1.-The Boss"
virile American play by Edward
| Sheldon. James K. Hackett has just
produced under Brady's management
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

a new romantic play by George Brack-
EFT Seitz, entitled THE Kings Game"
Nine. Bernhard announced last
week in New York that she intends to
produce next season in her own thea
ter in Paris the new play entitled
Judith" by Emanuel Baruch of New
York. She planned to produce the
play during her New York engage
ment, but was unable to do so on ac-
count of the extra performances she
was obliged to give. Mr.. Baruch is
not unknown as a playwright, having
written another play entitled "Herod,"
under the nom de plume, "E. B. de
Marmay."
When Israel Zangwill wrote 1.-THE
Melting Pot" which Walker Whiteside
will present at the Grand soon. {. he
prepared not only a brief in the case
of Judaism versus prejudice and
Talso a pulsing human sentiment, the
warm red blood of which races
through the body Of his drama to
every extremity, making it real, liv
ing, enduring thing
Henry w. Savage's production of
Madame k Alexandra Bisson's "su-
preme drama of thrills - which scored
Ia sensation last season in Chicago and
New York, playing to crowded houses
for ten months, will be one of the most
important theatrical visitors to this
city in the near future.
Mark Smith of 1.-THE Travelling
! Salesman" company, which Henry B.
Harris will send to the Grand, is a
baseball enthusiast and enjoys the
distinction of knowing more big league
players than any actor on the Ameri-
can stage.
| In polly of the Circus" which
comes here soon, Frederic Thompson
has surpassed himself in his efforts to
give novel investiture to the stage
story of child circus rider who meets
with an accident. meets and falls in
love with a minister, marries him and
lives happy ever after.
| Wonderful opportunity for scenic
and costume equipment is furnished
by the new vehicle of Bailey and
Austin, the eccentric comedians, who
appear at the Grand, on January "a
I25. In 1.-TWO Men and Girl" the
scenes are laid in quaint old Saardam.
Holland, and in Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

marble easily discernible from the
gardens parapet, the woman has
sought solace from an unrest she fails
to understand. Silanus has planned to
bring the two together and soon the
Magdalene enters reporting the theft
from her villa of her Carthagenian
rubies and twelve fine pearls which
she believes have been stolen by the
rabble followers of an "unwashed
brigand''-the Nazarene. Silanus leaves
to welcome other guests, and Verus,
left alone with the woman, confesseS
his overpowering desire to possess her.
With the return of the others the dis
cussion of the Nazarene is resumed,
and SilanuS tells of wonderful miracles
how Simon the leper has been
cured and how the blind have been
made to see. In the midst of the con-
yersation cries of joy are heard with,
out and as the Nazarene emerges from
Simon's house and passes the garden
hedge, hoZannaS fill the air. and a
Wondrous voice, soft and strangely
powerful, speaks the Beatitudes. STAR
fled and impressed. the Magdalene
tears herself from the guests, and, ig
noring their warnings, darts from the
garden. Instantly she is set upon by
the rabble who reviIe her as wanton
and stone her. She is staggering back
when the voice of Jesus rebuking his
followers. is heard saying: "Ie that
is without sin among you, let him cast
o stone at her" The Voice is heard
out Ltl0 speaker Is not seen. instantly
the rabble becomes silent and the
woman rushes to the arms of her
lover.
The second act is laid in the Mag
dalene's villa, where the woman, now
shaken by a strange joy and terror, is
awaiting Verus- Here is told the story
of the raising of Lazarus from the
dead and the tale of other miracles.
1t is shown that the passion of the
Roman has grown and that the Mag
daIene's spiritual love is blended with,
but at the same time held distinct
from. her steadily Increasing fatuation
for the Roman officer. Two great i'm
pulses now develop instead of one
and the woman speaks strangely of a
new found happiness, yet throws her.
self into the Romans embrace. She
imploreS Verus to desert his post and
fiy with her; still she clings to the
Nazarene until the soldier become
convinced that her love for the Savior
IS the only love he knows-a love
born of lust. In the midst of the dis
cussion Lazarus, pale from four days
the MagGalene that Jesus has sent fol
The situation becomes dramatic
Verus, believing that his suspicion.
have been verified, plays his trumI
card He tells the woman that he, a.
the chief Roman officer of the city
holds the life of the Nszarene in hi
ing him he can save her whom h
wishes to destroy. He has thus IA
held back, but now that he is at
tackled in his own happiness he threat
ems vengeance.
The final and strongest act is lais
in the house of Joseph. of Arimathe;
In the room in which the last suppe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
At the Majestic.

Commencing Monday night the
North Brothers Stock company will
produce for one week what will I'M
Tdoubtedly prove to be the most en-
PERTAINING bill of the season. The late
Mark Twain must have had Sport
North in mind when he wrote "Pud-
d'nhead wilson Not that Sport is a
IPudd'nhead. Oh, no, 1 wouldn't say
that; but Sport is just about as rapid
as an ice wagon and so is the charac-
ter of Pudd 'nhead Wilson, so cleverly
conceived by the greatest of all satir-
lists, Mark Twain. Sport means all
right and generally gets there with
both feet and so does Pudd 'nhead,
hence the similarity. Sport has his
ewn deliberate way OF doing things
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

and so had Pudd'nhead. There are so
many points about dd'nhead's char
acter that are just naturally Sports
own that he won't have to act at all.
Just say the lines that Mark Twain
has put into the mouth of Pudd' nhead
and there you are. Miss Geneveive
Russell will have to be little devil
ish in her part of Roxy and 1 hope
that the very charming and also very
popular leading lady of the right up
to the minute Majestic stock company
won't take it too much to heart if 1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
Theme Not New But Poet Has
Drawn Lines Boldly.
DARING OF INCEPTION.
Reverential in Treatment and
AccumuIative in Force.
Beauty and Power Due to Sim
plicity of Drama.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

At the Grand.
January 1.-THE kissing Girl
January 21-22-"The Newlyweds
and Their Baby"
January 24-25-"Two Girls and a
Man"
February 3-The Russian Dancers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

was served. Word has come of the
Nazarene's peril at the. hands of his
Roman captors. The motlev crowd of
poverty stricken, blind, palsied, sick
and crippled who were loyal to him
when he was supreme now shrink in
ghast1y terror, seeking excuses for
their cowardice. The Magdalene, her
garments torn, beseeches them to fol-
low her to the rescue. But they quail
and she turns to Verus.. But Verus,
now insane with jealousy. is cruel,
cynical, remorseless. He demands
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army OF other mischievous youngsters.
The chief figures in the play that has
been made are "Mr. and Mrs. Newly
wed, Napoleon Newlywed," the
baby; Major Knott Much" and the Big
Bear. The story is so fantastic as to
be almost farcical. but the complica-
lions are said to be so numerous and
comical that an entertainment of the
I jolliest kind results
1t appears that one, Prof. Nichol, has
a kind of museum in which he exhibits
"a midget, Major Knott Much" This
attraction Wearying of routine duties,
runs away from the museum taking
with him the Big Black Bear, which
Is his constant companion. Prof. NichOl,
facing certain ruin. if he cannot find
another attraction to take the place of
Major Knott Much, learns that the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs Newlywed, looks pre-
Tc1sely ike his runaway midget. He
succeeds in kidnapping the baby, aided
| thereto by the unconscious Mrs. New
lywed, and for time, there is a furry
of excitement over the loss of the baby
and the efforts to recover him. Every
Zone suspects everyone else of having
| had a hand in the kidnapping, and mat
| tiers are righted only after the most
Hopeless Misunderstanding are brought
about.
The. company which has been engag-
ed to illustrate this lively story on the
| stage includes many familiar and pop
ular performers. Master Earl Knapp,
a comedian of the Lilliputian class
will appear as the Baby and Major
Knott Much, and his chief assistants
I will DE D. L. Don, Ensy Alton, William
| Clifton, Monte Arbo, Ralph c. Bevan
Jack Bell, John Saunders. and a beau
| ty chorus of more than so that can
| sing and dance.
| Reservations for Russian Dancers.
| Manager Roy Crawford of the Grand
opera house reports that reservations
are being made for the Russian
| dancers, Anna Pavlowa and Mikai
Mordkin, who come here in their IA
Fnous Ocular Opera" February 3
J Mail reservations are being taken care
| of previous to the line sale.
Box seats are going at s4; Lowell
floor, So balcony, $3.50. 50 and $3.50
Gallery seats are selling at 81 and a
f50 cents. Manager Crawford says thai
| the Russian dancers are proving one
of the drawing cards of the season, {
fact which is warranted by the at
traction. according to the press ant
public of almost the entire country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

say that it will be about as easy for
her to be sassy as it is for Sport to
take it easy. Please don't get excited,
dear patrons, at these unkind remarks
for I am the brother of one and the
7brother-in-1aw of the other of the
much abused and properly roasted
parties (Signed)
HARRY NORTH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
At the Novelty.

city on Monday matinee will have as
feature act Arnold's eight performing
1eopards, panthers and jaguars. This
act has been a big feature in all the
big Western vaudeville theaters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
..NewIy Weds'' Here Next Week.

1.-The Newlyweds and Their Baby"
9 musical comedy built around a group
of cartoons and characters familiar to
many newspaper readers will come to
The Grand next Friday and Saturday.
George McManuS invented the New
lyweds'' and his pictures are as fam
Gus as those of Buster Brown and an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

At the Majestic.
North Brothers Stock company in
"Puddenhead Wilson"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14

The Reason.-"so you didn't like the
clause in your late uncle's villa? No;
he didn't come UP to the scratch '-Balti-
more American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
THEATRICAL NEWS

NethsrsOle in Maeterlinck's Play
Mary MagdaIene."
Theme Not New But Poet Has
Drawn Lines Boldly.
DARING OF INCEPTION.
Reverential in Treatment and
AccumuIative in Force.
Beauty and Power Due to Sim
plicity of Drama.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
At the Grand.
January 1.-THE kissing Girl"
January 21-22-"The Newlyweds
and Their Baby
January 24-25-"Two Girls and a
Man"
February s-The Russian Dancers.
At the Majestic.
North Brothers Stock company in
''Puddenhead WILSON,
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.
MARY Magdalene," now being pre-
scented by Liebler & Company at the
New theater, New York, is founded
upon the Biblical story of Mary of
Magdala. Miss Olga Nethersole, the
English actress. who is under contract
with the Lieblers, is playing the title
role,-a part she thinks is particular
ly adapted to her capabilities.
- While the theme is not new to the
drama NJ Maeterlinck's handling of
it is. as the poet has drawn his lines
boldly, even to representing Lucius
Verus, the Roman general and temptor
of Mary, as believing Jesus to be his
successful rival for her love. More
over, the woman discovers that her
surrender to the lust of the officer is
the price she must pay if she will save
from crucifixion the Nazarene who has
opened up a new and holy life to her.
The dramas great beauty and power
lie in the simplicity with which the
tale is unfolded. 1t is daring in incep-
tion, reverential in treatm ent and ac-
cumulative in force.
The opening scene is laid in the lux
urious garden of Annoeus Silanus, a
royal scholar and philosopher of Beth
any in Judea. From Rome comes
Verus, the friend and pupil of Silanus,
sick with the love of the Magdalene
who has spurned him, and, not know
ing that in cypress guarded villa of
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Week.
Yuill & Boyd in a comedy sketch,
WANTED, a Minister is said to be
bright, snappy little scomedietta, enough
to give a good looking young man and
a little girl an opportunity to display
considerable dramatic ability and to
feature the eccentric dancing of Miss
Arthur LIE Roy, comedian, in new
songs and jokes. Then the Elliotts in
singing and harp playing.
= Master Carl Fletcher, the boy tenor,
will sing the illustrated song. and new
moving pictures will close the bill.
Defends Term Character Actress
Miss Ruth Robinson, who plays
second business in the North Broth
-ers' Stock company, takes up the cud-
gel in defense of the much abused term
character actress, and incidentally
rSpeakS on how a character actress OF
ability gives color to her characteri-
cations:
= "a character actress in the general
acceptance of the term, implies ac-
tresses who play old women and char
l-4cter types, but the fact is any ac-
tress who plays a part that reflects an
image not her own is character ac-
t-tress Any part that admits of it be-
ing played without demanding OF the
player a distinctive makeup. is
r part, " nllt OHC 1i1diHS Liz
true appearance of the actor, and for
eign to his or her type. is a character
tpart
'The basis of color to characterize
| ton is when one embodies in the de-
iiineation of the part, that something
which, though it may not offend the
| eye as regards facial beauty, does not
foffend the senses by making the part
repugnant, but so cleverly assimilates
! the makeup with the portrayal, that
IA al. af<al nv a
dience as a living picture, and wins
approval.
81 would rather play bit, which,
in the vernacular, means small part,
| that is highly colored with character
THAN to have the fat part of the play,
because audiences appreciate charac-
ter drawing, since it is so marked in its
fcontrast to the general appearance OF
people, on the principle that what we
are accustomed to see We pay little
1attention to, but that which is out OF
the ordinary. we give it more than or
binary attention.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
.HARTWELL WON'T
RECOMMEND

Chief Justice Hartwell transmitted
to the Governor as requested by him,
the estimates of Circuit Judges of ap-
preparations recommended by them
for their respective courts, but without
making any comment or suggestions
concerning the recommendations,
deeming this to be a matter for the
legislature to inquire into, and that he
had no authority or responsibility con-
corning the expense. incurred in the
conduct of the circuit courts, and al
so that he has not personal knowledge
of the reasonable requirements ii
these courts.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
100000 FOR
THE COURTHOUSE

Governor Frear is at present bust
ly engaged in preparing the estimates
of the various departments. When
he has completed this take, he said
this morning, lie could then begin
to frame his message to the legisla-
ture.
The surplus that will be available,
he stated would not be of much use.
Perhaps it would amount to about
100000, but this has to be made
to last until next June. There will
be several heavy appropriations ask
ed for, about the heaviest of which
will be that for renovation of the
judiciary building.
The walls of the present building,
Governor Frear stated, had been hon
estly built and they would last for
many years yet The roof, however,
and other portions wanted completely
renewing This matter has already
had attention. A conference was held
few days ago at which it was de-
cided on the laying out of the ground
| floor offices. This was the only part
OF the plans that could be dealt with,
for it had first to be ascertained
exactly how many departments would
be housed downstairs before the
work of arranging the upstairs Of
fees could be undertaken. When it
was known how many departments
were to be located on the ground
floors plans could be drawn accord
ingly, so that the weight would be
distributed properly, The work OF
lplanning the upstairs offices will be
proceeded with in few days.
The Governor said that the work
of providing an almost new judiciary
building was an important one, and
one that had his full support. 1t was
an absolutely necessary work.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
KEEP OUT
JAPANESE
Especial Gable to the Starr

OLYMPIA, Washington, January &c.
The Senate today adopted a me-
mortal to Congress asking for the re-
striction of Japanese immigration.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
CAUGHT PLAYING CRAPS.

Five Hawaiians and two Portuguese
we're captured fast night playing
craps in Kahili valley, all being
liberated on $40 bail. Only three
appeared to answer the charge this
morning, escaping with fines of five
and six dollars but the absentees had
their bail money forfeited, Kalei, a
woman, was liberated by Chief De-
tectlve McDufie and she explained
to the court that though she was pre-
sent when the police raid was made
she was only looking for her husband
and could not run away. Judge w.
B. Lymer, on the application of De-
putty City and County Attorney
Brown, suspended sentence in her
case. .j-.saslaA
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
A SECOND TRIAL
OF FORGERY CASE

The trial of a Japanese named Suke.
yukl on a charge of having forged a
money order al Hilo, was begun yes
terday afternoon before Judge Robert
son in the Federal court This de-
defendant was before the same court
on previous occasion on this charge,
but mistrial resulted. The case is
now proceeding. The jury empanelled
is as follows: p. e. r. Strauch, r. G..
Moore, Frank L. Hoogs, Frank God
frey, Joseph A Gilman, e. V. Todd,
John ]. Locker, John p. Roomanis, A.
II. Hanna, Gaspar Silva, Thomas A.
Honan. Jr, and William Williamson.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
NEW AnvER1lssmENTa.
THE WEATHER

Local Office, L. S. Weather Bureau,
Honolulu. r. IL, January 20 1911.
Temperature, : = n; & Il. M; 10
%. m.; and morning minimum:
7o n; 70; 76; 6S
Barometer reading. Absolute hum
idity lgrains per cubic foot; relative
humidity and dew point at s a m.
29.9; $3.50; IS; g.
Wind veiocus ana direction at 6 a.
m: a. m; 10 a. m; and noon:
lie; lie; 3NE; 7NE.
Rainfall ounng "a hours ending s Il.
M, trace.
Total VINO movement during q
hours ended at noon, $50 miles
wM. b. STOCKMAN.
Section Director.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENT.

Among various amendments of the
tax laws proposed is one to make the
poll tax delinquent the same time as
the first halfyearly moiety of the prop.
erty tax. Under the law now the poll
tax becomes delinquent March 81, the
first half of property and income tax
es May Is and the second half Novem
Der 15 Many taxpayers would prefer
to pay their poll along with their prop
erty taxes
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
HILO IS
GROWING
Especial Gable to the starr
WASHINGTON, January 26.-The
population Of the town Of Hilo, accord
ing to the new census, is 6,745.

These figures probably show an in
crease Of nearly two thousand during
the last few years. The last Federal
census figures included all the district
Of Hilo, so that there are no tables for
comparison with the new town census.
Hlo board Of trade circulars four
years ago estimated the population at
about 5000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26
NEW TARIFF AGREEMENTS
URGED BY PRESIDED

WASHINGTON, January 2e.-The
terms Of the new reciprocity agree
ments were made public by President
Taft today. In his messages sending
them to the Senate he urges their
confirmation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26

The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia
will be off port early tomorrow morn
ing, aoording to a wireless message
received by Hackfeld and Co., which
gave the time of her expected arrival
in port as ten a. m. The Siberia is
not due to leave for the Coast until
Saturday morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-26

AUGUSTA, Maine, January &c.
The Senate today unanimously adopt
ed memorial to Congress asking that
San Francisco be the site of the Pa
mama canal exposition.