The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
BIG NIGHT MONDAY
Prize Winning Theater to Give
Show at Auditorium.
North Side Will Be Out in
Force Tonight.

Monday night has been definitely
set as the time for holding the NOV
ing picture show in the Auditorium
by the show management that wins
the Commercial club loving cup. Ten
thousand special tickets for this show
have been printed and will be on sale
late today. There will be three per-
formances.
MarshalPs band will parade Kansas
avenue before the show and will play
with w. F. Roehr on the pipe organ.
Tickets may be had at Stansfeld's
drug store, Campbel's drug store,
Eagles Cigar stand and at the Com
There are Is attractive prizes Of
fered to those who sell the largest
number of tickets-something that
will interest boys and girls and grown
ups, too. All persons entering the
on display in w. F. Roehr's window,
will be required to pay for their tick
cts in advance These tickets should
be procured at the Commercial club.
Tonight the North side will be repre-
scented at the Auditorium in force. Sew
eral Of the business men of that section
of the city bought 700 tickets which
were distributed among the school
children of the Grant, Quincy and Nc
Kinley schools. Among those who pur-
chased the tickets were A. Sheetz, F. P.
Elmore, J. B. Billiard, Fred Voiland and
F. B. Simms.
The doors of the Auditorium will be
opened at Gas o'clock, and on
it will probably be necessary, as
it was Monday night, to close the doors
at Sis. The second show will begin at
9:I5 o'clock and the general public is adj
vised by the management to wait for that
performance-that is If they want to
avoid rush.
Aside from the North side crowd. there
will be IS boys present from the State In
dustriaI school as the guests of Frank z.
MacLennan; Is persons from the Orphans
home, invited by w. W. Webb; and a
number of the old people from Ingleside,
who will be the guests of S. J. Hodgins.
The seating capacity OF the Auditorium
for the shows is under 5000 Monday
night 300 or 400 persons were turned away.
The pictures were excellent. The crowd
fairly went wild over the reproduction of
the great rush into the Cherokee Strip in
1898. There were hundreds of riders in
the race, and it was a motley collection
of animals and vehicles that were used.
There was a heroine and a villain in the
race to make things more exciting.
An exceedingly interesting picture was
that which gave insight into the NOV
ing picture making business, showing the
great Edison plant 1.-The Root of All
Evil" was the title of Biograph reel,
and the final film depicted the funny side
organ chimes into play, and won mucn
s asslA'S me pau
The show tonight will be put on by the
Crystal theater. The feature will be the
story of Cinderella depicted on the screen.
The leading man in this picture is Charles
Clary a former Topekan. Ninety-ons
scenes are depicted in the film. Mrs.
Joseph Peake will be at the piano. She
is pianist for the Crystal.
David and Saul will be colored
Biblical reel. One of the things that will
be of especial interest to the children will
be a Selig animal picture. A presidential
straw vote taken by applause as means
of expression will be a special part of the
program.