The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-30

AT the lr1S-PhOtO features.
At the Orpheum-Photo features
At the Auditorium-Mic tilee Club
concert New Years matinee and night.
"Hobson's Choice" the English comedy
which ran for six months at the Comedy
theater, New York, last season, will be
Grand today matinee and night The
play is by Harold Brighouse and is now
being played with wonderful success in
The play tells a story of English pro 70
The expression, "Hobson's Choice, orig
mated In the Seventeenth century in con-
nection with a Cambridge England stabie PIE
pefFeps , fake # tb horse
door, whether good or bad. Mr.. Brighouse,
the author, has applied this saying to a
the central character, that of Lancashire
storekeeper. is also named Hobson. only
he has three daughters to dispose OF IN, IN,
shall marry the man of his choice: Ihe
eldest, Maggie, however, takes her destiny
into her own hands, proposes to the young
and weds him in spite of her parent s op-
position.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Sea.
Coming TO the Grand next week the Uni
versal Film company's biggest feature PIC
ture, 100 900 Leagues Under the Sea" Will
present to the lovers of motion pictures a
love story that is woven around the episode
that have made Jules Vernes 20 oOe e
imaginative fiction. With the floor of
the ocean the stage for this photoplay
the terrors of the deep is told Many scien-
tific discoveries have been made during the
taking of this picture, and the offlclals OF
the Smithsonian Institute acknowledge
that the photographs taken are wonderful
in their aid of the science of the deep.
World of Pleasure.
AItho the productions of the New York
Winter Garden have never been seen IN
the. South before, a World OF Pleasr tS .
country, is one of the best examples OF
these massive entertainments. This huge
extravaganza of nine colossal scenes and
a company of nearly 100. comes to the
Grand with the endorsement of the dlscrim-
mating theatergoers of New YORK city
ton, Pittsburg, San Francisco. and all 9th
er larger centers of population. 1t is
rare theatrical treat vying in importance
with the grand opera.
OF course the real feature of next week s
program at the Iris is Marguerite Clark,
Wednesday and Thursday in snow
White" This picture is the first six reel
picture that the dainty Marguerite has ever
played in and she is quoted as saying that
it is 1.-The most delightful production L
have ever taken part in" The play was
produced by arrangement of Winthrop
Ames who lent his advice in the screen
ing Of the title theater success Prom
inent in support of Miss Clark are Creigh-
ers "the dwarfs.
The opener on Monday and Tuesday con;
sestS sectio1, 1 TTa This % neW star as the chiIa
Polly is given role Of remarkable ap-
peal. And ending the week comes the En-
press of Fashion" Valeska Suratt in Ihf
Victim"
At the Orpheum.
Three more days of Douglas Fairbanks
and his comic stunts will be afforded the
patrons of the Orpheum when, following q
return engagement of Manhattan Mad
ness" closing tonight, the athletic player
will be seen the first half of the week III
a new Triangle comedy-drama, 1.-The Matr1-
maniac.
maid determined to be married regardless
of endless obstacles and troubles they en-
counter. The return engagement of Man
haitian Madness was arranged after spe-
cial request of many of the Orpheum pa
irons had been made; Tonight will be the
play being shown in addition to the regu-
lar drama, "A Gamble in Souls in which
William Desmond and Dorothy Dalton are
given the principal roles.
The Orpheum management will soon an,
nounce the definite dates when Romeo and
Juliet will be shown at the Orpheum
This play has Francis X. Bushman and
Beverly Payne as the leading characters
At the Orpheum. IA. c.. Week Dec. 81.
A big New Year festival is announced al
the Orpheum, commencing Sunday matinee
December 81. On New Years eve two per
formances will be given, the first com
mencing at 100 u. m: the second at :3l
D. IN The bill will be headed by Laura
Nelson Hall and her company in The Cat
and The Kitten by Frances Nordstrom
and Paul Morton and Naomi Glass in their
musical satire entitled ''1916-1950 Miss
Hall has had a splendid career in the leglt-
mate at the head of the largest traveI1ne .IlI
companies. notably Every Woman The
Poor Little Rich Girl" The Three of Us
and others. Her present offering is said to
be one that exploits her talent to an un-
usual degree
What will be a pleasing reunion is the
presence on the bill of Paul Morton and
Naomi Glass, and Clara Morton assisted by
Frank Sheen.
williams and Wolfus in their comedy
classic entitled "Hark. Harkt Hark. have
an offering that fairly sparkles with clean
hu.unr to a superlative degree
Other acts on the bill are:
Britt Wood known as the Juvenile Jester
ia, af..la hp a