The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-27

and asks him for the girls hand. There
has been a scandal brewing because OF
a supposed love affair between DIR. Mel
vile and Mrs. Houston, and the lat
ter's husband, colonel Houston, is on
the warpath. He appears armed with
a revolver, and lively scene ensues.
Mrs. Melville, swathed in bandages,
calls DR.. de Luxe to Mrs. Houston
home thinking he is her husband, and
that if she makes believe she is the
other woman, his infidelity will be re-
vealed. There is a jumble of exciting
comic incidents before the deception
under which Doctor de Luxe travels is
revealed. after he has prescribed dog
powders for everybody, and is made the
hero of the minute.
''The Clansman," dramatization of
the novel by Thomas Dixon, author of
the 'Leopard's Spots.'' will be pre-
sented by the North Bros Stock COM
pany next week at the Majestic. The
book and the play are exceedingly dra-
matic-deal with reconstruction days
in the south, and the organization of
the Ku Klux Klan. Miss Russell, as
the northern heroine, plays opposite
Mr.. wellington, as Ben Cameron. lead
ed of the 'Klan' in South Carolina
Sport" North and Miss Rose Win
chester, in the roles of two darkies,
furnish the comedy. The play, which
was originally presented several years
ago, has been exceedingly popular dur
ing a long run.
-. It has remained for Lenora Novasio. the
little italian song-bird, who plays one of
the important roles in t'The Tik-Tok Man
to combine practical use for the closed
auto with its advantage as vehicle of
PRACTICAL young woman of advanced ideas.
In fact her advanced ideas have led her
a
ing room of the practical and convenient
sort. She had it all carefully figured out
before her car was delivered. First of all
she would have a mirror placed in the
cushioned back of the side beside the
with a bit of fitting put in the exact posi-
ton to use as makeup mirror for one
fitted in the car a small, neat leather
box, such as might ordinarily carry a few
toilet articles. For her electric curling
crates the inside lights of the car. By at
taching a small plug to an extra socket
she may hang light on the rear of the
front seat above the mirror. pull down
the back and side curtains and she has
complete dressing room of a most Iuxuri-
Gus sort travelling smoothly along the
With her travelling dressing room Miss
Novasio, with her mother driving, can
leave her hotel at 7:30 in the evening,
when all the other members of the com.
the theater, preparing for the perform
ance, travel at a rate of speed well WITHIN
tneate- before o'clock ready to make her
appearance in the role of Betsy Bobbin,
the part she plays in THE Tfk-Tok Man.
Mrs. F1ske and the Manhattan company
in Edward Sheldon's successful play,
1.-The High Road will be an early offer
ing at the Grand. The dramatic develop
ment of the play. which was one of the
successes of the season last year in New
York. concerns the history of a woman
whose childhood was cramped by cruelty
and ignorance. Critical appreciation of
Mrs Fiske's art has never been more en-
thusiastic and complete than that voiced
in the encomiums upon her portrayal of
Mary Page.
A two-part program in vaudeville at the
Novelty next week. The bill changes
Thursday. The first booking includes
Fred Ladell in a novelty act; Doyle and
Elaine, singing, dancing and piano; James
Kennedy & Company in a comedy sketch;
Murry K. Hill, rnonologuist of some
note; and the LaValle troup of acrobats.
Five new and equally popular acts will
replace this program on Thursday.
The Prudential Trust company loans
money on city property-Adv.
C Bennett Cptician S06 Kan Ave.-Adv