The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-12

W. W. Webb, who is the originator
of the picture show plan, will pur-
chase tickets for the Orphans. Arthur
Capper will see that each of the To-
peka newsboys obtain admittance at
the Auditorium doors. Frank P. Mac
Lehman has invited the $50 boys of
the Boys Industrial institute to look
at the pictures and hear the big pipe
organ. They will be brought to town
in groups@65 each evening. Pro-
vision will also be made to take the
ladies OF 1ngleside in autos to the
show.
Frank NJ. Welton, proprietor of the
Central Cycle & Supply company, will
give bicycle to the boy who sells the
greatest number of tickets, and Arthur
Capper has agreed to give a gold
bracelet to the girl who is successful
in selling the most tickets at 10 cents
each.
There will be an exciting contest
among the picture men for the honor
of putting on the best show. In order
to make things interesting for them
the directors of the Commercial club
have decided to present a silver loving
cup to the local management which
puts on the most creditable entertain
ment.
Cozy Gives First Show.
The first show will be given by the
Cozy management Tuesday evening.
March Is. The Oxford will be the en-
tertainers Wednesday evening, the Best
Thursday, the Princess of the North
side, Friday, the Iris the following
Monday, the Crystal Tuesday. and the
Aurora Wednesday. March q.
There will be no show on Saturday
of next week, for the show men would
prefer attending to business at their
own houses on that night.
This series of seven entertainments
will not take the place of the spring
festival which is being planned to be
held in May It will simply be anoth-
er means for raising money towards
the $1,000 fund which it will be neceg-
sary to have by the first of July IN
order to retain the big pipe organ IN
Topeka.
Business Men to Sell Tickets
Members of the Commercial club will
volunteer to sell the tickets for the en-
tertainments for 10 cents each. There
should be a hundred men in the club
who could get out and sell one hundred
tickets each,'' said w. w. Webb land
in fact every member of the club should
take enough interest in the pipe organ
to guarantee the sale of at least ten
tickets" Tickets good for any night
will be on sale at the confectionery
stores, drug stores, and smoke houses.
The prizes that will be awarded were
put on display this afternoon in the
window of Crosby Brothers store where
they will remain the rest of the week
Today the managers of the local
theaters telegraphed to the houses
which furnish films, asking to have the
best pictures procurable sent on for the
special shows next week
Program Changes Every Night.
On no two nights will there be a sim
1larity in programs. There will be a
complete change including the musical
numbers W. F. Roehr expects to prac-
tice each day this week on the organ m
order that he may arrange for a differ
ent program of popular music for each
evening.
By Wednesday tickets will be on sale
at the smoke houses, the confectionary
stores and the drug stores. This is
being done in order to avoid a crush AT
the Auditorium show nights for if is
fully expected that the big hall viii be
packed each night. as the performances
will be something that everybody can
enjoy.