The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

within the Law, to appear IN 10
peka, opens next week at the ShuDerI
theater in Kansas City.
Watt .arhe kiss waltz t
there a SOUL. Waltz and now 2,
Joe Hart, appearing in Leo Full 8
opera aptly named 1.-The Eternal
Waltz"
| "Everywoman," coming to town this
season, is having it's first run on the
! other side of the Atlantic. Henry w.
| Savage, who is presenting it in Lon
don, sailed this week on the Maure-
tania will witness one performance,
and return Immediately to New York.
molly Make Believe" one of the
most charming stories written in re
cent years. has been dramatized by its
author Eleanor HallOweu Abbott, and
will open at Providence, R. l., the
eariv part of September. The part OF
Bobby, the messenger boy, Will De
taken by Forrest Macomber, VINO at
tracted much attention in the child
performance of alias Jimmy Valen-
tine"
Much space is being given in the
New York papers to Hale Hami .!!IS,l
to star in the big Panama drama, The
Meier Do WE'LL The Review tells
how he pitched hay in the broiling
sun of Kansas in order to reduce his
weight He lost five pounds each day,
has a matinee figure. and swears that
tossing hay in ''sunkist' Kansas is the
finest weight reducer in the world;
Rex Beach realized the possibilities OF
the big ditch and placed the plot
of his story there Charles Klein real
lied it's pramatic possibilities, and is
making a mammoth production OF the
part The scenery alone requires
Sixty-three baggage cars to tranSport
if Hamilton is a Kansas boy, and all
Topeka is interested in his new role.
ALA Nazimova, known in Topeka
through her Ibsen productions, opens IN
Toronto in the "MarionetteS. Her en-
xxyhn
will go to New York in the dramatlza-
ton of Robert Kitchens book, Belia
Donna" Nazimova is charming IN
comedy; the one happy scene-the Ioinp
with the youngsters-ln The Do!ls
House was delightful Why she in
evitablv chooses morbid plays is a
mystery to the public, although her
managers may understand it.
Mary Manning played the most SEN
sa tional role in New York last season
Domini in the Garden of Allah Thls
wear Viola Allen is to have an elaborate /
nipersonation-she appears as the En- |
press in the Daughter of Heaven, and
sweeps about in the court traia costing 1
of dollars.
Lester Lonergan, who has been, so
in Kansas City with Eva Lang, !
has gone into partnership with Sewell
Ford and will spend the season in Lon
don.
Everyone is interested to hear a word |
bout the New York Hippodrome and
It's tremendous performances. This year
Under Two Flags" new spectacular
performance is to be given. Around
the World, - that proved so popular last
season may possibly be repeated.
Francis Nelson, NJ. p, one of the au-
thors of "A Butterfly on the Wheel"
is visiting in this country. He tells a
novel story of how this strange little
divorce drama happened to be written.
He and another member of Parliament,
electioneer g, were caught in a severe
SNOW storm, whiled away the time and
finally decided to amuse themselves by
writing play. The result was a drama
that caused a sensation on the other
side of the sea.
Sarah Bernhard, mother o. a grand
mother, but still charming, made her
farewell tour last winter. Nevertheless,
Martin Beck, her manager, is most
anxious to present her in repertoire
once more. and in all probability she
will accept.