The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-30

was owner Of this show and he made |
saying goes Melville b. Raymond OF |
Burhngame was big producer not long |
ago. He probably received his in
centive from the historic region about
Burlingame and the old town "opry
house At any rate, he rapidly devel-
oped into a money maker in the pro-
ducing game. Following a successful
career with Buster Brown" he sank
his entire fortune In THE Man From
China" and went broke" During his
known. and Buster Brown" viii go
down in the archives of the show BUSH
ness as a wonderful hit.
w. f. Mann.
Another well known Kansas theatre
cal manager was w. F. Mann. Mann
hailed from Baxter Springs. down in
the southeast portion of the state.
Mann was the owner Of several road
shows and was prominent in that line.
e. r. Maxwell, present manager OF
the Novelty theater In Topeka, was
she ths anaser ,t OF the ne, .sxs a
years. The man who succeeded Maxi
we'll in this position, by the way. was
In Topeka this week. He Is Harry
Mack, the advance manager for Sep
tember Morn
Dewey and smith.
1WO Aduu4ttau DOyS dI0 AOW "a AA0
comedians. They are Earle s. Dewey
and Frank n. Smith. It was only last
week that Dewey and Smith played
the comedy leads in safety First" at
the Novelty and they made a sensa-
tional hit in Topeka
Carl Fletcher.
Carl Fletcher, as a boy. used to sing
illustrated songs at the Novelty in
Topeka His excellent voice won a
lot of attention and last season he was
with the AL G. Field minstrels.
Lyle Anderson.
Lyle Anderson of Topeka and son
of Otto Anderson, was secretary to
James K. Hackett, the famous Eng
lish actor, for q long time. Hackett
may be remembered as the man who
appeared in the movie feature, THE
Prisoner Of Zenda." Mrs. Anderson,
formerly Miss Emma Gregg. played in
the Hackett company until last year.
are now residing in Topeka where Mr..
Anderson is associated with his father
in the auto business.
Lotto Bowes.
Many of the oldtimers, or rather.
those whose memory can date back
twenty or thirty years ago. will prob
ably recall the sensational case Of Lot
tie Bowes. Miss BoWes came of q
prominent Topeka family and she was
called THE Black Crook" came to
town and Miss Bowes went away with
the company. The sensation that fol-
lowed in social circles was terrific.
Lottie Bowes took the stage name OF
Charlotte Crane and under this title she
became famous. She played the lead
in Alabama" when that show was
popular some fourteen years ago. About
that time she played with that show in
Topeka and the old Crawford was
packed for her reception. Later she be-
came associated with the noted
Russian actress, Olga Nethersole, in
"Sapho." She gained some notoriety
in ''snubbing'' scandal in Washington
not long afterwards. the details of
which have been forgotten. Then she
married an army officer and retired
from the stage.
Fay Tincfer.
| Fay T.acher does mighty clever
work in movie comedies and is spok-
en- Of as q coming rival to the Con-
cordia star, Mabel Normand. She also
first saw the light Of day in Topeka
and later went to Chicago. She
studied vocal culture in the Windy
city at the Ziegfeld Musical college.
Then Mis- Tincher went to New York
and was introduced to Joe Weber by
| Flo Ziegheld and the latter gave her
a part as his daughter in Dream
City, The following season she had
an important I-rt with Weber's
''Twiddle Twaddle." Then for two
years she toured Europe with her sis
| ter.