The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.
At the Majestic.


At the Majestic.
Motion Pictuers and Entertainers.
at the Grand for next Tuesday, Feb
ruary 25-one of the biggest theatrical
days Topeka has had this season.
Kitty Cheatham, American diSeuse,
hurst concert series, gives a matinee at
o'clock, and Valeska Suratt, in THE
Kiss Waltz" appears in the evening,
Kitty Cheatham, like Adeline Genee,
has an absolutely unique place on the
modern stage-has an individual
charm that is approached by no one
Alan Dale, celebrated critic for the
New York American, who was charm
ed with Miss Cheatham, declares that
the "Children's Kitty is hbelous
term. 1T is the fashion nowadays,
he declares, ito put subtle and artistic
work onto the shoulders of children.
Even Maeterlinck's Blue Bird was an
nounced for children Could anything
be more grotesque? Many adults
couldn't quite grasp the subtleties of
The Blue Bird And so it was with
Miss Kitty Cheatham's delicious little
matinee yesterday. Why should even
the little story of the bisque doll that
had a pain in its sawdust' appeal to
children? 1t appealed to grown-ups.
There are things of course, that chill
dren like, but it would be ten thousand
pitieS if they were artistic things, for
in that case, why bother grown-up?"
vaIeska Suratt comes to the Grand
after a long run in New York and Chi
cage in the new Viennese operetta,
THE Kiss Waltz" presented by Messrs.
Schubert
The scenes of THE Kiss Waltz
which is a succession of jingling tunes
and dances. are laid in the Riviera
Guido Spini. a handsome young COM
poser. who has just written a waltz
called 1.-The Kiss Waltz" is captivat-
ing all women in sight. Nella. the Bar
oness Won Barnau, appears to be his
choice. but the musician is kept from
her owing to a number of miShaps. The
Baroness is stopping at the Villa Will
denburg with her cousin. the Countess
Guido learns of this. and that his love
for Nella may not become a matter of
gossip. he pays court to the Countess.
of course this estimable lady takes the
matter seriously; so seriously, in fact.
that she is considering leaving her hus-
band for the attractive bandmaster.
Count Wildenburg interrupts most in
teresting tete-a-tete between Guido and
his wife and then matters have to be
explained.
The score. by Ziehrer is most tuneful.
The piece de resistance musically. of
course. is the waltz which is sung,
danced and kissed by Guido and Nella.
Other now-famouS numbers are:
Farewell. Little Girl jealousy"
Help. Implore." Love is like Little
Rubber Band" Fan me with a Move
ment Slow and Elevation
The adaptation has been done by Ed
gar Smith. The new lyrics are by Mat
thew Woodward. and J. c. Huffrnan and
William ]. Wilson are responsible for
the staging.
Lyman H. Howe, who closes his en-
gdgement at the Grand tonight ami
hilates time and space so effecs
that if the imaginative Jules Verne
were alive. he would gasp in aston
iShment at the fact that his trip
Around the World in Eighty Days"
which he conceived as flight of
fancy, may now be accomplished in as
many minutes with Lyman H. Howe.
Moreover. the trip is made without a
minutes Inconvenience and without
any of the hazards of travel. Too
much cannot be said in praise of it,
1t needs no press agent because its
sheer excellence heralds it from one
end of the country to the other
Dynamiting a mountain; the amaz-
ing daring of structural ironworkers
on the dizzy heights of sky-scrapers
overlooking Broadway, New York; a
race for life by three ic-stricken
refugees, pursued by Infatuated lions
are few of the features of a thrilling
nature which are included in the new
program. A ride through the Niagara
Gorge: another through the Simplon
tunnel connecting Italy and Switzer-
land; a pictorial excursion through
quaint Holland: a visit to the Milan
Cathedral to La Granja-the summer
residence of the king of Spain-and to
a, model American Military Academy
at Culver. Indiana. showing the stu
dents life, activities. sports etc. dur
ing his entire career from raw re-
cruit to graduation day.
Minstrelsy Past and Present. is the
title of the opening spectacle of the
Al G.. Field Greater Ministries. Around
this theme Mr.. Field has built an in
teresting plot. and instead of the semi
circle of comedians and singers. the
program is given on the lawn and We
randa of a hotel at Ormond Beach,
Florida. With the selection of this
tropical scene on the eve of the great
automobile races. every opportunity
afforded for comedy, song and electri-
cal effects has been grasped. The
flow of story and feast of song is en-
HANGED by the playing fountains, tun-
bling waterfalls and the rolling Allan
tic itself as well as the tropical YER
dure and the ingenious illumination
of the hotel, veranda, summer houses
and pagolas.
"An Halloween or .'Lish Murn's
Dream is the most pretentious dane
ing display that nlinstrelsy has ever
seen. The spectacle tells the story of
an old negro who has looked upon the
wine while ii was red, and a series of
scenic displays and electrical effects
takes the spectator with the aged
Ethiopian to dreamland. Goblin dell
and hades are two of the scenes that