The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-18
Mrs. Fiske the Big Attraction at
Grand Next Week.
Lyman Howe Coming Last of
the Month.
TANGO VAUDEVILLE OFFERINGS
Both Houses Offer the MOOted
Dance for Patrons.
''The Third Degree" Is Stock
Co. Show at Majestic.

AT the Grand.
Oct 22-"The White Slave"
Oct. 24-"McFadden's Flats"
Oct 25-Mrs. Fiske in The High
Road"
Oct. sO.-Fritz Kreisler. violinist,
Parkhurst series.
Oct. 31-Nov. Lyman Howe motion
pictures.
Nov. 4-BiIIy Clifford.
Nov 7-Radclife Concert series.
Nov. Shell O'Briens Minstrels
Nov. 1O-"The Rosary
Nov. l1-"Madame X.''
Nov. 15-"The Rose Maid
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville and Musical Comedy.
At the Majestic.
1.-The Third Degree
At the Orpheum.
Vaudeville.
At the Willis Wood, Kansas City.
Burlesque-
Mrs Fiske in THE High Road will
be the theatrical attra ction next week
at the Grand. Mrs. Fiske was last in
Topeka in Salvation Nell" and usual
ly brings forth an S. r. Q. audience.
Both vaudeville houses are showing the
tango dance next week-the much ex-
plotted dip which has gained fame
from coast to coast.
don play in which Mrs. Fiske comes to
the Grand next week, is said to give
striking evidence of that completeness
and fidelity to detail so characteristic
of the Fiske undertakings. Begin
ming with the famous ballroom scene
in Becky Sharp" the Fishes have set
the standards of the American stage
in pictorial atmosphere and accuracy,
and honor to whom honor belongs"
was recently paid by Mrs. Fiske her
self when she said
For years 1 have received praise |
for scenic inVestiture that is not my |
due Mr.. Fiske has done everything |
and to him should go all the credit"
The sheldon play which has aroused !
great discussion wherever it has been
seen is a story of a woman's moral
pilgrimage over a period of % years, !
dealing with a magnificent recovery |
from an early mistake. In her de- /
lineation of the remarkably complex
character of Mary Page, Mrs Fiske !
has been declared to have reached the
very zenith of her art
be reproduced by Lyman H. Howe at
the Grand theater. This appalling
fiSsure is now universally recognized
as the most wonderful geological and
spectacular phenomenon known TO
mankind. The spectacle presented is
so vast that it seems to elude all sense
of perspective or dimension. 1t is en-
tirely beyond the faculty of measure |
ment Mr.. Howe's reproduction shows
the means of descending into the Can
yon via muleback over a trail Zig-zag- |
ging at an unrelenting pitch.
Among the twenty other big fea- |
lures to be presented are thrilling
scenes of rescuing survivors during a |
terrific gale from an ocean greyhound |
dashed on the rocks; an aeroplane |
ride over Paris; wonders of deep sea
life; a motor ride through the French
Alps, and a study in palmistry.
The Thaw Tango dancers, in the act |
that has made such hit in vaude-
VILE will be the feature next week at |
the Orpheum. Evelyn Thaws New |
York sensation is to be reproduced
the Texas Tommy slide. and the other
famous steps. The Blanch Williams |
trio presents a novelty dancing act. |
Cora Hall, the baseball comedienne. |
will make her first appearance in To- |
peka. Wagner and Kunnalae have |
an act full of fun. The Clara Williams |
company present The Substitute UNI !
pire.' farce with JUNE McCree and |
Eddie Clark. Leon Wadella. a clever |
impersonator of the fair sex, closes
the bill
The North Brothers will present