The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-01
AT THE THEATERS.

peg O. My Heart at the Grand
Tonight.
The most important offering of the
current theatrical season will be the
engagement of ]. Hartley Manners
much talked of play, Peg O. My
Heart which oliver Morosco will
present at the Grand tonight.
Mr.. Morosco is a producer who be-
lieves in maintaining the standard of
his production and this excellent idea
will be exemplified by the company to
be seen here this season. The en-
phatic hit scored by this organization
during its tour in this comedy last
season is assurance to local playgoers
that they will again have the oppor-
tunity of seeing one of the greatest
of all romantic comedies. played by a
carefully selected cast chosen by Mr..
Morosco from the best material Of the
five companies that toured last sea-
son.
Doris Moore, who plays the title
hole, is a young woman of great
rare histrionic ability, which are just
the charming qualities that Peg re-
Q.'ires. Miss More recently played
Peg at the Lyric theater, New
York.
Fred L. Bruce Tiden is also a MEM
Der. his genuine manliness and inter-
probation of the role of Jerry has
earned him many admirers. Miss
Evelyn Warden will be the Ethel, Jos.
Attention, who was very convincing in
the part of "Alaric,'' the English
'Fop," Alma Chester again plays Mrs.
Chichester and Pelham Lynton, A. r.
Hendon. Violet Moore and =. Irving
White finish out perfectly balanced
cast. u - -
Vernon y13e Crest. $50
! Vernon the Great and his wonder
full hypnotic. company opens a five
day engagement at the Grand to-
morrow night. Ladies' will be ad-
mitted free tomorrow night under the
usual conditions.
sleep in the window of Rowley's drug
store.
At the Orpheum.
Today's program at the Orpheum en-
braces two clever vaudeville acts and
an extra fine photo-play entitled THE
Marked Woman" This five-reel Shu-
bert drama has for it's star one Of film
dom's most popular actors. Miss Bar
| bara Tenant. AS Olga Petcon, the
Nihilist girl, Miss Tenant displays her
remarkable dramatic skill to pleasing
advantage. Glimpses of Russian Mill
lem are introduced. also the Boxer
rebellion in China during the year 1900
Oriental cunning; intrigue and cruelty
are matched against European daring;
and through it all run the theme of the
love of young Russian girl and a gal
liant American naval officer. The
vaudeville part of the program is ex-
cellent. Leon and the Adeline sisters
give a novel turn of juggling and
musical numbers that is cleverly pre-
sented. The Welsh-American Trio sing
classy songs in a classy manner. With
out a doubt this Is the best bill seen
at the Orpheum this season.
At the Novelty.
| Five acts of vaudeville. augmented by
the tenth chapter, Of ZudOra in THE
$50, O00, 900 Mystery" will be the enter
tainment offered by the management
| of the Novelty for the first half of this
week Fred and Minita Brad present a
most ludicrous exhibition of tumbling
and other feats OF contortion. Pearl
and Irene Sans call their offering THE
Fashion Plate Girls" which title is at
tractive and appropriate. They sing a
number of songs. change their cos
TUNES and have special set OF seem
cry. Leonard Anderson and company
offer a satire on Bernard Shaw's fam
Gus piece, Caesar and Cleopatra" that
is said to one of the most exhilarat-
ing bits of vaudeville. The Capital
City Trio offer treat to the lovers of
good singing and wholesome comedy.
perfectly Formed Woman and the
Dandy Little Tenor" complete the show
for Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
with a meritorious Offering.
At the Iris
"The Goose Girl" with Marguerite
Clark in the title role, will be the pro-
I gram at the Iris today and tomorrow.
Marguerite Clark, who was first fam
Gus in comic opera and when then won
laurels on the dramatic stage, is fast
becoming one of the most Justly re-
nowned favorites of the film Moth
ing that she has done show her to the
public with such Understandable charm
and winsomeness as the title role in
Goose Girl the Princess who was kid
mapped in infancy at the orders Of an
ambitious chancellor and who was
brought up by peasants without sus-
pecting anything of her royal birth.
Miss Clark began her stage career in
the same companies as De Wolf Hop
per. and the contrast between the very
big man and the very little girl was
most striking. She made an immediate
hit and Is now beyond doubt one Of
the few most important dramatic artists
here or in Europe. The male lead II
| taken by Monroe Salisbury. who IL also
a great favorite with patrons Of this
theater. Miss CLARK was last seen al
the Iris in the .Crucfble-' Edward
Abeles in After Five" Wednesday and
Thursday.
CnbiFia 1t Hip.
The widely heralded photo specta-