The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-30
AT The THEATERs.
Hanford-Capt. Scott Pictures.

Hanford-Capt. Scott Pictures
The sale of reserved seats for the
the pictorial drama of The Undying
Story of the Expedition of Captain
Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole
opens at the Grand theater today
Torrance each day of Mr.. Hanford 5
engagement which announced for
the week of May 3.
Maude Adams Coming.
When Mauie Adams revived Peter
Pan" three years ago she did so mere
ly with the intention of presenting it
at occasional times and places But
she soon discovered that in the interim
lot of people had sprung up TO whom
it was new. And these people made
the play so. successful that she was
forced to confine all of her time to
the play for two years The actress
is now having the same experience
with her revival of Quality Street,
in which she is to be seen at the Grand
May 10. There has been such a de-
pushed all of the other plays in the
repertoire of the actress in the back
ground and 1t is to be her only Of
fering during her western tour. The
play is laid in rural England early in
the nineteenth century when England
and Germany were allied against their
common enemy, France. Now things
are different.
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As Philip Morrow, The New Gov
ernor'' of a southern state. and who
INDUCES the characteristic opinions
regarding racial differences and who
discovers that he himself has the
blood of the black in his veins, Will
liam Farnum attains the most re-
markabIe characterization even his
fine art has ever accomplished
The management of the Iris insists
that The New Governor" which be-
gins at the Iris today is in every way
wonderful performance gagged by
any standard and that Mr. Farnum
works throughout the entire play
without strained effect or overacting.
At the Novelty.
The Novelty's last vaudeville bill of
the season., prior to changing the pol
icy of the house to stock royalty
productions will be a popular one
with the theater's patrons Maxim's
models reproducing famous paintings
with living models are booked as
headliners- However, first honors
shared them are equally divided with
George Anger and mis- company of
actors reproducing fairy tales of the
long ago Anger is Z feet IL inches
tall and is one of the few giants on
the American stage. At the age of Il
he was in the British army and later
he was policeman in London. Off
the stage Anger spends most of his
time scanning the war dispatches
5 Personally he has little interest in
the outcome of the struggle other than
ne has a brother. a father and other
relatives in Tipperary with the Eng
lish army. Anger appears in Jack
the Giant Killer and carries a COM
pany of Lilliputians, the smallest of
whom is not quite four feet tall
Grant Gardner. black face, offers
line of comedy that comes up to the
Novelty standard. Reed and Wood,
musical duo, opened the bill at Thurs
days performances Reed possesses
a bass voice that brings him consider
able applause and favor as well a
meal ticket.
The Switzerland sisters in under
water performances, did not appear
Thursday owing to an accident in in
staIling the big glass tank in which
they perform. Manager Maxwell
promises that they will appear this
evening H E. c.
Orpleum Review.
An athletic duo. trio of two sing
.ers and dancers and a black face CO.
median whose irnpersOnatiOn of the
old fashioned -cullud" parson would
be good for a laugh on most any To-
compose the bill at the Orpheum the
last half of this week
The athletic duo offers stunts new
to the Orpheum stage Included in
their act is Il reproduction of living
statues The trio throws a line of
pleasing comedy ragtime across the
fcotlights-
Hearts and Flowers the photo
play, contains the trials and tribula-
tons of a country boy in his effort to
make good in the city The film is
feature among those that have been
shown in Topeka H E. c.