The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-07
AT The THEATERS
Novelty Review.


juggler,' has snapped up what the
other 500 tossers overlooked and bur
Iesqued juggling until juggling be
comes a joy to watch instead OF a
monotonous repetition. He fails mis-
erably in every stunt and comes within
an ace of knocking his brains QUITO
the joy of the audience. The act is
clever and very entertaining. Every
act at the Novelty this weekend is well
put across and they are varied
enough to keep the audience in pleas
urable expectation.
| The scenic effects of the Bonnie sex
tet equal those of a musical comedy
and are better than their music, which
includes solos from a tuba to a bag
pipe. The third big time act is GO
ing on the Stage" by Irving Newhoff
and Dode Phelps, whose good acting
and pep" enhances a clever playlet.
Adele Oswald and Jerry Jarnigan, in
q musical act, are favorably received
Jarnigan writes Miss Oswald's songs
and is a good pianist. The Irmenas
open the program with wire exhibit
ton. The Pathe news pictures con-
clude a good show. T. F. B.
Little Lost Sister"
"A powerful expose of the white
slave traffic, based on actual condi-
lions found by Virginia Brooks in
her Investigations, which resulted in
vigorous action towards stamping
out the evil in Chicago and its sub
urbs, is made in Little Lost Sister 3"
Little Lost Sister, comes to the
Grand tomorrow.
MY Home Town Girl"
Despite the supposed unapproach-
able success with which they met in
their former play, THE Girl of My
Dreams" Hyams and Mcintyre are
well on their way toward surprising
it with their new musical comedy Of
fering My Home Town Girl" which
was written for them by Frank M.
5 Stammers. and Louis A. Hirsch. In
5 this new piece, which is already called
one of the seasons successes, the
popular stars will come to the Grand
, Monday, January II.
1t is a play with a wealth of melody
and harmony, set to a story in which
romance, humor and pathos play equal
parts; clothed in a pleasing garniture
of scenic and costume adornment and
! presented by a notable New York
! cast and a well trained chorus of men
and pretty girls. Perry ]. Kelly, well
I known as a producer of the best in
musical comedy, is presenting the
play.
!, At the Hip.
/ The Oliver Players deserve a great
4 deal of credit for their performance of
e 1.-The Rosary at the Hip theater last
night The production was complete
y from every standpoint. The Rosary
: IS a beautiful play beautifully acted
and costumed. Mr.. Knorr as Father
Z Kelly, the good hearted and genial
Catholic priest was exceptionally good.
Miss Madeira as the twin sisters was
4 pleasing and the comedy parts were
a we'll handled by Misses Leone and
q Powell and Messrs. Williams and Rip
81 ley. This play will continue the bal
a ance of the week with a popular price
Il matinee tomorrow afternoon. THE
u Call of the Pines" will be on view
q Monday night.
q At the Crystal.
Stories of railroad life are always
4 absorbing to the public, there is sc
g much that is dramatic in the every
81 day existence of the railroader. This
n holds true with the officials of the
N road as well as with the grizzled en-
n gineer who drives the limited express
" Fights to obtain possession of a fran
81 chise have a poignant interest thai
n everybody feels when Rogues Fal
81 Out" showing at this house today and
g tomorrow, is thrilling story of q
N fight for a new franchise. The picture
a features Helen Holmes, heroine of e
hundred sensational railroad pictures
"a and in this film she is said to have
q outdone all her previous efforts.
Theda Bara at the Iris.
Il Destruction" the modern version
y of the struggle to obtain riches and
81 their attending luxuries, the story o.
81 the extreme degree to which woman
q selfishly and wickedly determined t.
y obtain wealth and the attention o.
IA men, will go, the fearful contest be-
M tween capital and labor, these are the
NJ paramount features in the stront
81 photo-drama at the Iris today and to
"a morrow.
n Surely the selection of the woman
+" IN the case was a wise one in choosing
"a Theda Bara-
81 Orpheum Review.
81 Lillis n Gish, Rozsika Dolly and viii
fred Lucas form the triumvirate which
put over Triangle feature, The Lii.
H and the Rose now showing at tn
n Orpheum theater. Miss Gish is espe
n cial1y good. 1t was a Griffith dram;
of the highest order
Charles Murray starred in a Key
stone comedy, THE Great Vacuum
Robbery. This was a splendid take
off on the melodrama of a few wear
ago.