The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-27
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Novelty Review.

Novelty Review.
Captain Maximilian. . huge eIe-
plant. assisted by = pretty little pony.
put ON the best act At the Novesty
the FIRST half of the week. At the |
performance last night. the elephant
carried the pony in HIS mouth. |
swayed back and forth with raE-time
music and showed intelligence in hia
monstrous dome that would have al
most done credit to the average man.
The horse was a real beauty and
gave several fine exhibitions of high
stepping and waltxing. The pony did
ia feat that has never before been
shown, here. jumping rope Like . school
girl. The dog did his share and did
It well.
Second to the animal show was tho
De0rey Four. quartet Of young fell
lows whose calliope drew hearty ap-
plause- They are harmonious singers,
but their best number was the closing
and the noise they made was exactly
like the conclusion OF . circus parade.
Autumn Hall and Company pre-
scented violin and piano act which
was above par. Autumn scored q hit
in the playing of .Humoresque" and
other pieces on the violin and because
of her wonderful eyes, which radiat-
ed over the stage and among the au-
dience. Her accompanies played the
piano well in selected solo.
The LIE Bruins, roller skaters, opened
the show. LIE Brun put over several
difficult feats. Rose Garden, billed as
the pianist with the movable hair, was
fair. Comedy pictures were shown
and music was given by the Novelty
orchestra. IS. J.
Review Of the Hip.
Robert Warwick. In 1.-THE Man of
the Hour" presents one OF the best
motion pictures ever shown In Topeka
at the Hip for Monday and Tuesday
by George Broadhurst and to those
| who have seen both, the picture is
even better thai the play.
The Man OF the Hour is a story
of graft and politics. in which the
hero, Henry Garrison, mayor of New
York. takes q prominent part in the
destruction of the rule of crooks. The
setting of the play was excellent, sew
eral fine views Of New York City be-
ing obtained. The acting OF Warwick
who made such a hit in 1.-The Mark
was the feature and he was supported
well.
This show was one that will be re-
membered pleasantly by those who
saw it. The William A. Brady pro-
auctions which the Hip is presenting
have one and all been high class fea-
lures. such as The Man of the Hour
| last hight anu me O1GnIleman FROM
Mississippi" last week. The show will
be repeated for the last time tonight
and is well worth the price Of admis-
sion. Manager Wilson is arranging
some good bills for this popular house.
IS. J.
so Keys to Baldpate'' Tonight.
az Keys to Baldpate," a farce in
two acts by Geo. NJ Conan, based on
a novel by Earl Derr Biggers. present
cd f,U hn nriO ~1.S
cago company. will be disclosed at the
Grand opera house tonight.
Geo. M. COhan's steadily advancing
stagecraft Is very markedly illustrated
in this play of laughter and mystery
which kept New York and Chicago
theatergoers laughing for long time
1t is. as Mr.. Conan hasstermed it, a
mystery farce AT the, end the cpl
logue reveals the fact that the audi
ence has been seeing the story that is
running on the novelist's mind. The
author daringly tricks his audience
and then finishes with a whimsical
turn which gives mystery another turn
It is all clever writing, with a bit OF
satire not only on the writers Of "best
sellers" but on audiences as well.
Orpheum Review.
The proceedings at the Orpheun
! this week, in the play, THE Girl Mex
Door," hinge on two ideas: namely
the stumbling block that a great
mans name may be to the generation
that follows him, and that fine sense
of honor that the French call
"noblesse oblige.'' These two ideas
are developed in the life of one of the
heroes (for the piece also is rich in
two herOes), one. Jack Rawlins
whose part is taken by Ralph Moody
: He takes the part of the spoiled son
of q rich man, deceased, whose great
l hoA n oil 11A n
of life without effort or chance for ef-
fort on his own part. AS the story
goes this dead man, around whose
memory the surviving members of his
family and circle of friends have built
a little shrine for worship, is discov-
cred at last to have been a thief and
the cause Of fifteen years imprison-
ment of an innocent man. The hero
meets the situation the discovery de-
velops by giving up his fortune to
the wronged man.
Hero number two is Tom Dexter,
represented by Dick Elliott, who also
is the goat for the sacrifice on the al
tar of the convict's family. He gives
up his fiancee to the other hero. and
it must be said he does it like a gen.
tleman and the gamest kind Of a
sport.
relative in the Rawlins household. re-
vealed more ability in the part than
in any role that has previously been
assigned her. She handled the part
cleverly and was rewarded by the ap-
plause that she FULLY merited.
Dick Elliott has established himself
as prime favoritl with the patrons
of the stock show. He has consider
able technical command of his trade,
and there is a transparency and nat
uralness in his methods that is pleas
ing to q high degree.
Mr.. Moody had q role that suited
him well and kept him almost con-
stantly on the stage. His work is, az
usual, unencumbered with the fungus
of acting, the Obvious bits Of ''busi-
ness that are the insignia of many