The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11

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AT THE PLAY.
The Novelty.
The audience applauded as soon as
Dick Gardner and Anna Revere,
comedians. appeared Monday after
noon at the Novelty The pair were
in Topeka two years ago, and seem TO
part Of the act is the scarlet costume
which Miss Revere wears. The act
closed the bill at the Novelty.
Sampson and Douglas. in what
they call a nonsensical oddly. have
q quick change costume feature. The
girl in the case changes clothes in
a very small time in a very small
hamper.
Bessie Leonard, kid in Komedy,"
makes a remarkably cute kiddie and
tells the audience tunefully how she
played hockey from SCHOOL,
learned more from Billy in a single
day, than teacher could have taught
me in week..
The act that goes of with the most
snap is Hal Newport and Stirk Cliff
in "a BARRIERS Chair" It's rattle
bang comedy, but fairly amusing
from Cliffs dainty entrance to his
frenzied exit-a mad dive through
the barber-shop window.
The bill opens with the Four Dun
bars in a casting act-the usual
thrills The Forsyth orchestra. which
81 always good, and the movies"
complete the program. New set OF
acts on Thursday.
The Grand.
1.-THE Rosary having played in
Topeka several times before. returned
Torrance Monday night. 1t attracted
the usual crowd Of gallery gods and
small orchestra attendance. Father
Kelly, the leading character. is al
ways lovable old priest. Lesura
Watkins, who comes from Bellows
Falls, VT, and can't see a joke, Is
always funny. The roles were carried
by Clarence Sterling and Nicola New
ton Charles Star drew some laughs
as the irrepressible "Skeeters."
The cast was not as good aes the one
which appeared at the Grand last
year. The play is In four acts. and,
contrary to a general idea, has moth
Barclay.
The Orpheum.
The Salambos, booked as electric
dynomatic wonders at the Orpheum,
ought to be indefinitely detained in To-
peka by the Edison Light and Natural
Gas companies. They would be use
full when the current had been crippled
by a mischievous boy, or on dark
snowy mornings when the pressure is
low. The Salambos generate electricity
and blow fire from their lips. They
demonstrate the charms Of an electric
kiss, and concoct an arc light that
makes the audience shade its eyes,
Their act was full of thrills. and as
good as lecture in physics.
The La Pla trio. vOcalists. know how
to sing. They give familiar selections
from opera, opening with the Mis- |
erere." Verdi is always popular wheth- |
er he is ground out by a hurdy- gurdy
in the Italian quarter in New York, or
warbled by a LeonOra and ManricO OF
International fame. Two girls sang the
famous duet at the Orpheum. and sang
it remarkably well. The trio closed
with THE jolly Student" which they
were obliged to repeat.
His Nerve" a playlet by the Chas.
Leonard Fletcher company. was some |
what out of the ordinary for a vaude- |
Vile skit. For instance, there was no
woman in the cast. The man with the
nerve Is a gentleman burglar, president,
SO he says of the Gentlemen's Reliev-
ing Society. The other actors are a
housebreaker, the man who is robbed
and an Irish policeman. The playlet
is short. quick. and has an astonishing
ending.
Kennedy and Mac, "knockabout come
dians." are a pair of clowns who tum-
Bile seasily about the stage and amuse
the youngsters. Nothing novel about
their performance. The weakest act is
Dallas Romans, coincidence, who tells
nj at0N tn
and sings when the Midnight Choo-
chOo Leaves for Alabam' with a south
ern accent
Inc program opens with "Au RevOir.
Sweet Marie" by the Calkins' orches-
ira, and closes with current events de-
picted by Pathe Weekly pictures.
According to George F. Clark, man.
ager OF the theater. this is the first bill
that has been satisfactory. It takes a
long time to get theater running. he
observes. Incidentally, the Orpheum
Is decidedly careful about details. The
attendants are exceedingly courteous
the programs are nicely printed. The
scenic effects are good
The acts will be changed on Thurs
day.
The Majestic.
farce comedy, Too Much Mar
rfed. is the bill at the Majestic this
week. The play presents the tangle
OF the second marriage of a woman
whose husband, supposedly dead, re-
turns home after a ten months alb
sence at sea. The woman's son, a
young journalist. who has returned
home to England after a residence in
the States in in love with the daugh-
ter o. general Of the British army.
and fails to win the consent of the
old aristocrat, because his stepfather
is an undertaken. with an inordinate
fondness for strong drink, and an ex-
tremely unprepossessing person. The
tangle tightens when the lost "sea
lion" returns. is told that his wife is