The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-16

cue as to the strategic value Of the
canal from Disraeli's own attitude to-
ward 1t. The cars spies infect Bea-
consfield's own household. posing even
as his employees and as the friends of
Lacy BeacOnsfleld. In the device
whereby he gets the canal for Great
British. Disraeli is incidentally success
full in turning to ambitious manhood a
bent on nonsensical theories regarding
the best way TO serve his fellow man.
Mr.. Arliss' supporting company in
cludes Ernita Lascelles, Florence Arliss,
Margaret Dale, Leila Repton. Lila
Campbell, Charles Harbury, Arthur Ell
"Septcmber MOrn.'
Leo Greenwood. who is this season
appearing in september Morn under
the direction of Rowland and Clifford.
says that when he was seventeen years
old and living in St. Louis, he used
to take part in a great many amateur
theatricals. One night he was cast for
q role in a piece that was being pro-
duced for the benefit of local charity.
"I thought 1 did perfectly well that
| night" said Mr.. Greenwood. recalling
the event. land when it was all over
and a lot of the boys and girls had
gathered in the ball room 1 asked what
they thought of it. Was that you?
| asked one girl Astonished, Why-er,
yes 1 replied. That's what some of
the girls said and q lot Of the boys,
but stuck up for you and denied it. I"
| s'Everywoman."
"Everywoman." the dramatic specta-
Gle which Henry w. Savage will offer
here Jan. %. with company number
ing in it's various departments over one
hundred and fifty people. contains as
much drama as the usual dramatic Of
fering, about as much musical comedy
as the usual musical comedy produc
ton, and about as much opera as the
usual operate production. To properly
interpret the musical score which was
| written by George Whitef1eld Chadwick,
dean of the New England Conservatory
of Music, of Boston, a special symphony
orchestra is carried by the company.
ssHigh Jinks.''
The plot of High links" the musical
jollity which Arthur Hammerstein will
present at the Grand concerns itself
with a magic perfume guaranteed to
create general hilarity. This plot IL
thickened by the introduction Of an
irate Frenchman, wandering grass
widow, and a certain doctor whose ami
able disposition prevents him from re-
sfsting the embraces of a fair female
patient under the influence of the per-
fume. When the doctor, to appease the
Erenchman whose wife he has kissed,
agrees to introduce his own wife, that
she in her turn may be kissed by the
Frenchman, substitute is deemed nee
essary. A friend who always does the
wrong thing at the right time further
complexities the muddle of fun by in
Producing a professional dancer to act
as the substitute The hilarity mounts
higher and higher as the complications
become more and more tangled
Throughout it all there are freely
sprinkled catchy melodies, and q pretty
chorus of lively and joyous girls adds
to the liveliness with song and dance
and laughter.
Lyman Howe 1t Grand.
Imagine, IT you can, what hap
pens when our super-dreadnaught,
the Wyoming, turns loose a "salvo"
Of all its IL inch guns and hurtles
10000 pounds Of steel through the
air two or three times a minute. II
you cannot imagine 1t, you may see 1t
at Lyman H. Howe's Travel Festival
at the Grand shortly II constitutes