The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-04

shown, but the last of all was Albert,
king of the Belgians. Albert drew
nice round of cheers.
Lyn Harding, the English actor,
who has arrived in this country from
England, says that managers in that
country are doing good business with
plays of a light and amusing order
The public does not patronize war
plays.
Miss Lois Wilson of Birmingham.
Ala, winner in the Universal Beauty
contest. will appear from now on with
Phillips SmaIley and Lois Weber IN
Universal feature productions. Ana
speaking of Miss Wilson, she had quite
an unusual incident occur to her here
in June when she lost her diamond
enga cement ring.
The pretty Alabaman was in To-
peka with Universal Beauty spec1a.
and along with the other dreams OF
heavenly bliss was treated to an au-
tomobile ride. She made a great hit
and several local youths became in
stantly enamored with her charming
personality. But at the station, min
ute or so before her train left, she dis
covered the loss of her engagement
ring. And then for five minutes every
young chap in Topeka who was there
willingly assisted in the search, but
without any luck. So weeping bitterly
Lois Wilson boarded her train and was
soon speeding westward.
But her tears evidently did not mar
ner good looks, because she was Sc
lected as the ''queeniest of the
queens and is now drawing down
enough money to buy several new en-
gagement rings every month, prov1d-
ing the fortunate youth in Birming-
ham has not already furnished her
with another one.
The photoplay, "The Birth of a Ma
ton" without doubt the greatest film
produced, has burlesque and traves-
ty entitled THE Mirth of a Nation.
now nearing completion at Universal
City.
Peggy O'Neil, who made such a sue
cess in Peg O. My Heart and who
played at the Grand in that delight
full comedy, will star in a new play
this season under the direction of
Oliver Morosco.
1t is reported that Alma Gluck will
retire from the stage the coming sea-
son to devote her musical efforts sole
ly to singing lullabies to her baby girl.
says the Dramatic Mirror Madam
Chuck and her husband, Efrem Zim-
balist, the violinist, have been spend
ing the summer at Lake George.
Diamond Jim Brady" has broken
into the HmeEght again, after a pc
Rod in which he was resting in utter
oblivion. He wore jewelry phenom-
enon at a New York theater which
was described as follows: 1.-TWO mini
ature motorcycles, the tires of which
were entirely of diamonds, none
smaller than a karat, the headlights
emerals as big as eggs and the saddles
rubies like rocks" You can't keep
Diamond JIM down.
Gaby Deslys is going to invade this
country again in a mid-winter re-
view, BLOW Your Horn"
Jack Wilson, now treasurer of the
Gayety theater, st. Louis, manager of !
the Hip theater. Topeka, last season. |
and former stock company actor, was |
once a vaudeville person. At least, |
Jack, who was then little younger |
than he is now, thought he was in |
real vaudeville.
Wilson and Allen Sells had an act |
playing around kerosene circuit COM |
posed of Leavenworth, Atchison, st. |
dancing act, the Dolly sisters. The |
Dolly girls took a liking to young |
Wilson's acting and invited him to |
join them in a trio dancing act. Jack
refused and kept on with his thunder
Gus vaudeville career with Sells, last
ing few weeks longer.
Today Dolly sisters each collect a
weekly stipend on Broadway of sever
al hundred ducats.
Charlie Chap1in's fame is more than
nationwide w. P. Mclean, high |
school football coach, has a recent
copy of the Hednesford Courier of |
Hednesfcrd, Staffordshire, England,
in which Chaplin is featured in It'll
lies Punctured Romance" Charles |
name is in big type and Marie Dress
Ter and Mabel Normand have to be
satisfied with 10 point
Governor Capper this week passed
the much talked-of picture when We
Were Twenty-one." 1t was the first |
film killed by one of the motion pic
ture censors, Rev. Festus Foster, and
the action aroused n storm of criti-
cism. The question was never def
nitely settled until the governor saw
the picture and over-uled Fosters de-
cision.
Fourteen years ago, E. F Maxwell,
now manager of the Novelty theater,
was in charge of an amusement park
at Lima, o. An act was billed there