The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-21

Ring will be the first great feature
the Hip will offer next week at that
popular theater. This picture will be
Wednesday and Thursday the All Star
Feature corporation will present the
true New England classic shore
Acres" with Charles A. Stevenson as
NAT" This beautiful James A.
Herne's masterpiece is in five acts and
was produced for the screen by that
noted producer Augustus Thomas. Fri
day and Saturday Paul Gilmore's great
success. Captain Alvarez. with an ALL
Story. William Taylor. etc. This pro-
gram should prove to be one Of the
strongest yet offered at the Hip as all
three features are the cream of the
Alec, World and Vitagraph studios.
The Witchery Of Zimbalist's Art.
Although Russian of the Russians,
Efrem Zimbalist was received in Ger
t.usiasm ever showered upon a foreign
artist. The learned musical reviewer for
the Hamburger Neue Zeitung, after hear
ing Zimbalist, wrote:
Yesterday, the artist had a program to
perform which was veritable pot-pourri.
Bach's G minor Prelude and Fugue stood
between Greig's E minor sonata and nine
| smaller pieces. All the greater marvel
that the witchery of Zimbalists art was
able to lend the program style and CO.
herency. That an artist is able to MEM
orize and play any of the newer and
greater concert pieces within three days,
as well as the Greig sonata, is not aston
ishing. but the way in which he grasped the
character and color of the Northern mas
, ter (Greig). the manner in which he un-
folded to us the whole poetry of the Sec
Ond movement compels Just admiration.
Zimbalist achieved his greatest success
with Bach: while never losing breadth of
expression. the young artist impressed by
his performance. by the nobility and free
dom of his tone. and by the remarkable
grasp of his fugal participating"
| At the Orpheum.
"A Widow by Proxy" one OF the clev-
| erst and best written comedies ever pro-
duced in Topeka. will be the Offering Of
next mex week with the usual mstinees and
an aided performance Thanksgiving day.
! This play is extremely dressy, Is UNI
fine holiday attraction. Miss Robinson
; will play Gloria Grey. young lady who
is somewhat down her luck and who
Pennington a portion Of the estate left
her by her husband who Is supposed to
/ have died In Alaska. goes to the aristo-
widow, there she meets Stephen Penning-
| ton Jacks cousin. who Is in the United
States navy and who is home for short
! proceed to fall in love with each other.
Stephen receives word that he must re-
| turn Immediately to his ship and ar
ranges a nasty WeOO1nS against GiOrid
protests. Everything is about in readiness
when the husband. who is supposed to be
| dead, arrives upon the scene and greatly
| adds TO the complications which have al
ready arisen. Matter are finally straight
ended out, however. and all ends happily.
! Mr.. Moody has a capital part in Capt.
way, Stephens legal adviser. Mrs. John
! son and Mabel Ralph will be Stephen
maiden aunts who greatly object to the
widow coming to their home. Miss
Leisure will have an excellent opportunity
as Madame Gilligan the fashionable
modiste who is chasing Gloria for her
| account Mr.. Morrie plays Jack Penning-
ton. the husband who turns up after be-
ing counted as dead. Miss Anderson has
q good part in Dolores Pennington, the
real widow and Mr.. Connolly Will be seen
as Robbins, the Pennington's old family
butler. Such a Little Queen will be
given its last performance tonight.