The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-01
AT THE PLAY.

! Oscar Figman, as :'Dr Deluxe" has
a premium on the biggest share of hu-
NOR that has been passed about the
Grand for sometime. Moreover, he has
a good company, pretty chorus, and
amusing plot. DIR Deluxe" is the
best play written by Otto Hauerbach
and Karl Hoschna, author of Madame
! Sherry" since the Three Twins" To-
peka expressed it's appreciation of Gull
len and Cainbridge's production by pur-
chasing a lot of tickets and demand
| ing lot of encoreS.
! Mr.. Figman was last in Topeka two
years ago in Madame Sherry" DIR.
DeLuxes's Isn't it peculiar" was quite
| as funny as Uncle Theophilus' L m
| s'prisedi' Figman has sense of fun
| like him whom the critics affectionate-
Iy call .'Hitchie'' and who came to the
Grand last spring in The Red Wild
ow.''
The plot of DR.. Deluxe circles about
the adventures of 'er-do-Wen VINO
is engaged by a fashionable dog doc
tor, and mistaken for a bona fide M.
d. The play opens in DR.. DePaws
cat and dog emporium, Broadway N.
V There's a shampoo parlor for the
angoras, sweaters for the dogs, ana
medallions on the wall, of bulls, poo
dies. pugs, and other perigreed pups.
The second scene, DR.. Melville's wait
ing room and office, is one of the most
laugha BILE acts that has ever been
staged. If DR.. Deluxe is mild satire
on modern medics, it was we'll received
bv numerous physicians in the audi
ence Various patients trailed through
the doctors office. The perplexed hero,
thrust into his position through d mis-
take. treats all ailments alike. The
repartee was rapid. DIR. DeLuxe's
monologues are as good as Beatrice
Herfords,
do 1aH
Cheer up-Pll pull you through. Are
YOU tired after hard days work?
Are you hungry after going without
food? HIM. That's peculiar Appen-
dicitis, When in doubt-operate. Fash
neutrality-suspicious. It's the best
thing out. Step this way
Although For Every Boy Who's
Lonely isn't as popular as Every Lit
tie Movement it is decidedly taking.
Figman's What We Want and What
We Get was another hit. SO was
jealousy and the Tango Tea with
its burlesuue of the much-abuSed one
step. Skeleton in the Closet sung
bv Anne Tasker, as Margie. was en-
c0red half a dozen times. The Harum-
Scarum'' by the little girl chorus, was
decidedly clever.
Miss Tasker, who played opposite Mr..
Figman, has sung "Yvonne' in Mad
anne Sherry at the Grand. Though she
can't spin top, she has a charming
soprano voice and can dance delight
fully-didn't begin until the last act,
which was unreasonable. GeneVieVe
Victoria, as Kitty, leader of the harum-
scarum youngsters, looked like a
bisuue doll. but was livelier than
jumping-jack.
The play didn't depend on spectacu-
lar effects for interest-it was short
it was full of snap. The audience liked
it and liked Mr. F'igman.
Following is the cast, which was ex-
cellent:
John Truesdale, otherwise known as
DR.. De Luxe-Oscar L. F'igman.
Doctor Melville. a family physician
William Naughton.
Mrs Dorothy Melville, his wife-Rita
Naughton.
Kitty Melville, their daughter-Ge-
nevieve Victoria.
Margle Melville, their other daughter
Anna Tasker.
Col Harold Houston, southerner-
Matt Fanley.
Mrs. Chas. Houston, his wife-Elea-
nor Burton.
Kehm.
Donald Houston, his son-Fred Garlic |
ton.
Doctor DePaw. proprietor of De
Paws Dog and Cat Emporium-Ken- |
meth Bradshaw.
Miss Barber, his nurse-MabeI |
Vyvyan.
Sadie, Houston's maid-Jessie Stoner |
Dennis Doctor. Melville's office boy!
Billy Kent.
Teddy a waif-Everett Lehman.
Playmates of Kitty. Lady Patients
and Guests at the Lennox hotel.