The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-17
AT THE THEATERS


/ ADVERTISE
! the big theatrical managers, count 1T
as one of their best successes The
play proves its title and every rusty
| old business house in the country that
has something the matter with 1t
should send its representative to the
| Grand tomorrow night to find out the
reason, for there are thousands of rich
old conservatives like Cyrus Martin,
the head of the Soap Trust in the
play who need a few practical Illus
| trations of the fact that lit pays to
advertise
The play is the funniest combination
of circumstances ever. staged, but as
a practical lesson to those who do not
believe it teaches a great truth.
| Smart set.
| An advent in local theatrioals will
be the appearance of the Smart Set
| company who will present a brand
new musical comedy, George Wash
ington Bullion Abroad" at the Grand
Friday evening, January p. This mer-
itorious entertainment which has
never failed to please in the past is
! guaranteed to duplicate its former
success and uphold the standard 1t has
always held.
september Morn"
September Morn" a rollicking mu-
steal comedy by Arthur Gillespie and
Aubrey Stauffer, produced originally
in Chicago, at the LaSa1le opera house,
where it made a furore during run
| covering ZJo performances, COHlSS 10
! the Grand Saturday matinee and
night.
At the HIP
THE Village Blacksmith" will re-
ceive it's initial performance at the
hands of the Oliver Players at this
theater tonight This play will run
the first half of the week with matt
nee Wednesday afternoon. Traffic in
| Souls''-claimed to be the greatest
white slave play ever written will be
produced the last half 1t is
| said to be even better than THE
Lure" which this company produced
here during the first week of their en-
gagement.
At the Novelty.
Another of the Iikable minstrel acts
i will be a feature on the Novelty bill
/ for the first half of this week. 1t is
| the Princess Minstrel Misses and is
| composed entirely of girls There are
II seven in number and they say they are
| good. Louis London gives a number
i OF character song studies that is said
to appeal to all classes. Mr.. London
has been featured with THE Girl of
/ the Golden West, Carmen" and 9TH
ers. Lawrence and Hull-Falls are well
/ known bumps the bumps artists and
are on the bill as the closing number
Henella does an old fashioned magic
Il act and is said to have the tricks
down to science and presents them
in such manner as to fool them ALL
wear good clothes. The Paramount
Travelogue shows Rio De Janeiro.
At the Orpheum.
There are strong dramatic and emo
tional scenes in the new Triangle play,
The Edge of the Abyss which is be-
J ing shown the first three days of the
, week at the Orpheum theater. Mary
Boland, Frank Mills and Willard
Mack share the stellar honors. but
Robert McKim is not far behind the
in his artistry.
A corking good vaudeville act is on
the bill with this drama, And no
Triangle program would be complete
Z without Keystone comedy. This
time it is "A Submarine Pirate" with
Sgd Chaplin inthe title role. There
is a happy combination of hu1nor and
realism in "A Submarine Pirate
Chaplin supplies the humor in big
doses, but it was owing to the enter
, prise of the Triangle forces and the
headed by Secretary Daniels, that a
real, sure enough submarine and a
gunboat were used in the pictures.
At the Iris.
Marguerite Clark, the charming lit
tie star among the Famous Players
aggregation. is Peggy in Madeline
! Lucette Ryley's remarkable story
4 Mice and Men," which the Para
mount picture people have repro
duced in photo drama and which Is
shown at the Iris today and tomorrow
In this production, the diminutive
favorite of the stage appears fully az
q well as in former successes like Nesta
In Still Waters and as in the Qua
g role she took in THE Prince and the
Pauper."
Il Louise Homer
Madame Louise Homer the greai
contralto, is coming to Topeka Thurs
day evening as an attraction of the
a Radcliffe concert series. She will be
81 gin singing at p. m. The Boston
Globe recently made the following edi
81 torla1 comment about Madame Homer
The Globe has many times Spoken
or Madame Homer as an epoch max
81 ing artist, possessed of a voice of re
a markable evenness throu ghout, a Wild
compass of large power, of sorority o
luscious quality and of -unerring dra
fn1atic instict, This great artist CLOTHED
81 herself fnkgforY at the Worcester fes
tival. An American girl, one of tn,
q greatest .contraltos the world has We
= produced; American music lovers car
81 We with the rest of the musical worI,
y tor America has produced a grea
u