The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-20
COMING ATTRACTIONS

Among the many. characteristics of life
in Holland. to be presented by Lyman il.
Howe a the Grand for three days stay
beginning tonight is that showing what
invetera1e smokers the Hollanders are
1t is the indulgence in this habit, COIL
biDod with the peculiar climate. that
macs them the calmest. most deliberate
and phlegmatic race on earth Tobacco
smoke is called their second breath and
cigar or pipe is in evidence with them SO
necessarily that it is like sixth tinger
of their hand. So confirmed is this habit,
that many Dutchmen go to sleep at night
with their pipes between their lips so
ening in the morning, and light them
before rising. The boatmen-a type OF
which is presented in Mr.. HoweS series
measure distance not by the number OF
miles from place to place but by so many
pipes of tobacco smoked en- routei For
these reasons it is perhaps natural to e2-
pect that the worlds champion smoker
was a Hollander. His name was Melli-
heer Van Klaes. He consumed. on an
prime age of IS. His last will and tesla
ment was extraordinary. After bequeath-
ing his worldly goods to his relatives, he
directed how he should be buried, as fo!-
lows: 'I wish that all my friends who
are smokers shall be especially invited 20
a package of tobacco and two pipes, anoi
they are requested to smoke uninterrul t
eddy during the funeral ceremonies My
body shall be enclosed in a coffin lined
with the wood of my old cigar boxes
Reside me in the casket shall be laid my
favorite meerschaum. box of matches
and package of tobacco When my
body is lowered into the grave. every per.
son present is requested to pass by ana
cas- l1pon it the ashes from his pipe.
These touching requests were faithfully
complied with. His friends attended IN
prodigious numbers; and at the funeral.
the smoke was So dense that horn had
find the door
Combining entertainment with instruc-
ton the Al. C. Field Greater Ministries
this season offers a replica of the great
Panama canal, the most important en-
cheering feat of the age. From photo
graphs made by the federal government
the entire scene has been fashioned ca
actIy as the big ditch has been built, ara
the minstrel manager also SHOWS now the
first boat will pass through the locks
ut few have time or money to Wis
the Isthmus to secure first hand informa
ton about the enterprise that VIII mark
a new epoch in TIE world of commerce.
and which is considered to be of far
greater Importance than was even the
first railroad. Employing thousands OF
ski ed mechanics, costing hundreds OF
millions of dollars. Uncle Sam has paid
special attention to the relaxation afford
ed by unalloyed amusement in the canal
zone More than half million people
who see tie AL G. field Greater Mir
strels will have a clear and sraphlc ldea
of what the canal is like and what on
the isthmus has to offer in the way OF
amusement
The AL. G. Field Greater MlnSITelS, Win
an entirely new program together with
tie famous Gold Band, will be at me
Grand Wednesday night for one per
Torrance.
In the forthcoming amusement. The
kiss Waltz local theatergoers will have
the opportunity of seeing the most beau
ifuI woman on the American stage and
hearing the sweetest melody of the
Viennese school of music ever rendered
in this country Naleska Suratt. tie
woman in the case. is credited with b.
ing the queen of American beauties by
the ma iority of beauty critics. and THE
Kiss Waltz the operetta she is to af'-
pear in is without doubt the most
melodious of the Viennese pieces so far
heard in America. The operetta had
record season at tire New York Casino,
and the manasement chose it as the most
appropriate bill oplay befitting the pecu
liar charms of Miss Suratt's histrionic
art and physical beauty. The lovely
Valeska will have the support of COM
pany OF we'll known singers and players.
and a chorus of Broadway favorites. The
latest fsds and fancieS of the fashion
field of Paris are to be shown, and the
scenic display is said to equal anything
ever previously seen at the famous
Casino. THE Kiss Waltz" is the work
of Ziehre.. composer of Mile. Mischief,
made famous by FRITZ Schef.