The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-15
AT THE THEATERS
At the Novelty.


! the first half of this week is the COM
| edy sketch, THE Family" 1t tells an
incident of every day life. 1t is high
, ly entertaining. plenty of laughs in it
and it is more or less enjoyable be-
cause it is 50 true to life, being an in
cident that could happen at any time,
at any place and in most any family.
! There are four clever people in the
act and they put it over in excellent
/ style with plenty of pep" and ginger.
There are four other splendid acts on
| this bill and 1.-The Shielding Shadow"
| the wonder feature serial photo play
| which is provoking loads of favorable
| comment.
At the Majestic.
There will be special matinee at
this theater this afternoon at AIS for
i the school girls and their mothers.
The great birth control picture, 1.-The
Unborn" will be shown and Mrs.
Mary H. Summerville, 1.-The Woman
. Billy Sunday" will give special lee
ture for the girls. Tonight Mrs. Sum-
I merville will lecture to the men only.
! The regular matinee today starting at
! $3.50 for mixed audiences. 1.-The I'm
born will have it's last showing at
/ the Majestic Thursday starting with
/ special matinee in the morning at 10
/ for ladies only, the regular matinee
/ in the afternoon from $50 until 4:30
/ and at night from 1880 until 1890
At the Grand
/ 1.-The Only Girl greatest of Amer
| lean musical comedies, will play an
engagement at the Grand Opera
/ House on Tuesday night, November
4 81 The piece is altogether charming
and one is absolutely guaranteed
most pleasant evening in witnessing
| it. Victor Herbert composed the nu-
| sic, Henry Blossom the score and Joe
! Weber promises US a fully adequate
| performance, including an augmented
n SRI orb 1Si0
| The girls this year are known as
THE Paquin Girls" which means that
their gowns, dresses and frocks will
be of the greatest interest to the wo-
t men.
''Welsh Is the Language''-Williams.
II Evan Williams, the great Welsh
tenor, surely ought to know few
or twelve years ago, he taught it so
successfully that he gave 100 lessons
a week, and he claims that the only
perfect language for vocalists is
Welsh. Every singer ought to know
it," he says. IF one can sing Welsh,
/ one can sing anything else. for it re-
quires the correct use of the vocal
muscles. French is nasal, German is
gutteraI, Italian is frequently unpleas-
ant when spoken, English is filled with
kissing sound. Not so with Welsh
This explains why so many Welshmen
who have never studied singing. sing
with a vocal purity of rare sweetness
and preserve their voices for many
years. When Evan Williams arrives
here on Monday, the goth. we may
expect to hear little Welsh. altho it
is said that the famous tenor gives all
his concerts in English.
As an artist in concert and oratorio
Evan Williams deserves greatly the
title. Greatest Concert Tenor
An opportunity is to be given to the
public to choose the program to be
given by Evan Williams here in To-
peka Many have used the records
made by this artist and the selection
should be made from the list of his
records, which can be secured at any
music store.
I Reservations from onagas Rossville
/ Usage City, Mayetta and Meriden have
already been received and more than
/ 200 tickets have been sold to date.
At the Orpheum.
I Patrons of the Orpheum stood up,
! lined out to the sidewalk, came in par
ties of fifty and packed the house for
two performances last night to see
i Bessie Love in SISTER of Six a good
Keystone, better than usual and to
hear the native Hawaiians sing OF their
native land, in their native tongue. and
| to their own plaintive music. The
Hawaiians pleased the Orpheum goers
! immensely. The boys from the little
island in the Pacific will be at the
! Orpheum today and tonight again.
! AT the Iris.
Blanche Sweet is the star at the Iris
| today and tonight in a Fox production,
/ unprotected" With the drama comes
Bray Cartoons, also on the Paramount
program. Sweet as the leading char
acter and the black and white car
/ toons from the Bray studio form an
unusually interesting program.
First Snow FURRY in N V
New York. Nov. 15.-New York had
its first snow today. A light fall dur
I ing the forenoon vanished, however,