The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-14
AT THE PLAY.
The OrDheum.


Everybody went to the Orpheum
last night. The new theater is one of
the prettieSt vaudeville houses in the
state. 1t attracted a large crowd al
its opening performance. The Cor
don Brothers stood in the foyer and
smiled. George F. Clark, manager,
expressed himself pleased.
The theater is prettily decorated in
harmonious colors. The columns
were wound with yards of smilax.
Baskets and vases of American Beau
ties were donated by The Rosery.
cane. Never did Topeka girls sport
so many slender sticks as yesterday
evening. Where have you been ?'
Been to the Orpheum everybody
went
The decorations, asbestos curtain,
and scenery are unusually good The
drop used in the last act-a medieval
castle on a seacoast at sunSet-wds
exceedingly artistic. The colors are
soft and blend nicely.
The Orpheum is showing three per-
formances daily, six acts of the Sui
livan-Considine circuit. The program
changes every Monday. A special
feature this week is a local talent
number-Wagnor and kumale, who
sing a couple of songs.
The performance last night went off
quickly. The Bonsetti troupe of aero
bats and the Cardownie Sisters are
the star performers The Bonsettis
are not on the stage more than ten
minutes, but their act is full of thrills
Their stage setting is a e-saw-noth-
ing else. They have lots of muscle
and lots of nerve.
The Cardownie Sisters have series
of national dances in costumes. The
act is new and entertaining. a High
swords. pleased the house. There was
a sailor dance, full of swing. and a
Dutch folk dance: An Irish Tilt, in
quaint costume. closed the act
Earl Girdeller opened the program
with his canine comedians He en-
tiers in an automobile full of pups.
Girdeller has been in Topeka before.
His act is fairly amusing. Devere and
Lewis-a big woman and a little man
have a musical stunt. They sing
IT'S Apple Blossom Time in Nor
mandy" which is popular in Topeka
at present. George Lavender tells
funny stories, and pocketed lot OF
laughs.
and opened on Monday, the 18th But
the first performance was a success
At the Majestic.
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
dramatization of Alice Hogan Rice's
novel, is presented at the Majestic this
week by the North Brothers stock
company It's more interesting than
the llldl nave bSSH
ming a the theater for several weeks
The play is a combination of Mrs.
Wigs and it's sequel, 'Lovey Mary"
Mrs. Wigs. whose character is as
sumed by Miss Rose Winchester, is
one of the most lovable book-women in
modern fiction. Everybody liked Mrs.
Wigs. She's the good spirit of the
Cabbage Patch, is interested in every
ones affairs, and helps manage them.
christians are like flowers" she OBJ
serves, there are all knds-and one
kinds as good as another" So she
organizes Sunday school class,
teaches rebellious youngsters to chant
Onward, Christian Soldiers and
brings them up in the way they should
go. Miss Winchester's portrayal of
Mrs Wigs is good.
Miss Hazel McNutt, who has here
tofore appeared as a pretty child or
fluffy ingenue, has the role of Miss
checked dress and impossible hair.
recognized Miss McNutt-proof
of the small ingenue's versatility.
Mason Wellington has the part of
Billy, Mrs. Wigs oldest son; Miss
Russell is Lovey Mary. and Sport
band who returns in the end to his
loving family. The play is in three
acts, all of which are entertaining.
AT the Novelty.
A playlet with a cast of three is the
feature act this week at the Novelty.
George Richards and Company present
Easy Money" a farce with some of
the funniest lines that have been read
at the theater this season IF you're
not rich by patrimony, get rich
matrimony," Hutchinson Hop
per, a New York millionaire, advises
Oliver Starbird, his private secretary.
When the secretary takes him literally
and elopes with the Hlillionaire's
daughter, Hopper is filed with wrath.
The program opens with Boniger and
Lester, in an ordinary singing act, fol-
lowed by Miss Sigma billed as The
Girl from Norway" She's real Nor
wegian and MARBLES ragtime in Swed-
ish Mckee Richmond, the Irish
Caruso,'' isn't Irish and can't sing, but
unwinds a string of jokes. some old
and some new. that pleases the audi
ence. Richmond has some new paro-
dies on popular airs. The Duffin-Red-
cay troupe do aerial somersaults and
other acrobatic stunts The bill in
cIudes a Novelty photo play and music
by the Forsyth orchestra. The pro-
gram will be changed on Thursday.
Five new acts of vaudeville will be
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