The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-25
AT The THEATERS
Richards and Pringle' MinStrels
at the Grand Tonight.
News and Gossip of StagedOm
and the Movie World.

The famous Richards & Pringle
Minstrels will hold the boards at the
Grand opera house today, matinee and
night and no doubt a packed house
will witness the show tonight The
coIored fans have not had a chance to
see one of their shows for long time.
A parade was given at noon and IL
looked like old times. The show is
in it's 25th year.
At the Electric.
THE Master of the House." which
comes to the Electric theater on Mon
day and Tuesday, and which is the
vehicle for the famous dramatic actor,
Julius Steger, is the latest release of
the new Equitable Motion Pictures cor
poration, and, as a play, ran on Broad
way for many months. Lovers or the
silent drama can well imagine the
treat in store for them in this motion
picture play with the vast possibilities
of the camera and which was pro-
duced under the direction of Joseph
Golden.
The story of The Master of the
House in brief follows:
He is bored to death by years of
association with the wife he deems
old-fashioned and settled.
A governess, young and beautiful
comes to the house. The father, mas
ter of the house in every sense of the
ess' description of life in the city
where the one remains young even
at four-scOre years.
Many conversations occur between
the man and the governess, and, 10!
one day, in a calm, determined man
ner he tells his wife that he is tired
of her and that he is going away to
the city with the younger and prettier
woman.
Time passes and the master of the
l.
erness. Her family proves to be
lot of parasites who live on him. Bud
ding geniuses, whose only claim to
civilization is the bath they take every
Saturday, and for diversion strike a
tune on the piano and touch him for
sustenance.
The man, broken in health, his spirit
revolving against present conditions,
feels a longing away down in his
heart for his old-fashioned wife and
the three children and the old home
that is home.
In a frenzied burst of anger he
strikes her, casts aside the woman
and the unpleasant associations with
her and, older, wiser, sadder and peni-
tent he returns to the wife and fire
side where he now knows so many
happy years, before his wild and
frenzied flight have been spent.
At the Hip.
The Vitagraph-Lubin-Se lig and Es-
Sanay feature plays will be shown
hereafter at the Hip theater every
Thursday and Friday: The picture
days and plays for the coming week
will be as follows: Monday will be
known as laughing day; Neal of the
Navy and three comedy reels. Tues
day and Wednesday, the Pathe Gold
Rooster play, Simon, the JESTER
with Edwin Ardin. the play from the
famous novel by VIM. J. Locke.
Thursday and Friday will be the V
L. S. e. days and on these two days
the coming week, "A Texas Steer"
with Tyrone Power, a Selig Red Seal
feature, will be seen. Saturday still
remains Universal day. A good vaude-
vile program is promised for both
halves. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday Aliens Cheyenne Min
strels ard Ord Bohannan in character
singing The last half will see Mile.
ellis & Co, the perfect lady Hercu-
tiers of melody.
Chinatown Pictures.
Captain Lewis will tell you stories
of Chinatown while you are seeing
Chinatown in moving pictures at the
Grand all next week. These pictures
promise to be exceptionally fine. Per-
formances will be given from 2:30 till
in the afternoon and 1880 till IL at
night. The admission will be 10
cents.
A Texas Steer.
Filled with laughs from the first
scene to the last, the five reel Selig
Red Seal play, "a Texas Steer moves
into the Hip on Thursday and Friday.
This is adapted from the Hoyt com
edy of the speaking stage and features
Tyrone Power, who is regarded by
the foremost critics of the day as the