The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
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THEATRES

Coming to the Grand Opera House.
Nov 30, Dec. 1. 2-Puss Puss
Zee. - Dramatic Club.
Dec. Livery Good Eddie
Dec. 20.-The Bird of Paradise
Coming to the Majestic Theater.
Nov 20, 30.-The Girl without a Chance
Dec s 9-In Old Kentucky
Dee %, 26.-Peck's Pad Boy.
Il Other Theaters.
Al the Qrpheam-Photo features.
AT the Iris-Photo features
| AT the Cozy-Motion pictures.
| Bedln1 himself. who deserve special men
non are, Pam Lawrence, who won many
friends trends last season as soubrette with Puss
russ. Mimi (Buddie) Harrison. clever
lngehue. and Margaret Ryan, a clever little
| Gomediene who shares equal honors with
ram IN the feminine parts. Harry JACK
son, that funny little Hebrew comedian,
VINO IS making fame in leaps and bounds
Charlie Mac, English eccentric comedian
| VINO played with Charlie Chaplin, when
the latter was in vaudeville and who
created created The drunk part in, Fun in an
some Juvenile, who is sure to create sue
cess Tor himself as a dancer; Al Ricardo,
| Fentrlloquist besides two clever blackface
Edw Stafford. with their I'm the Jail
Rouse Now, and others equally as well
knoWn Tor their talents entertainers.
Novelties in the costuming are many
and scenery and electrical effects in pro-
fusion have been provided to make 'Puss-
Puss" one of the best on the burlesque cir
cult.
| The Kitten" chorus are young, shapely
ana handsome, selected for their ability
| TO sing and dance. The musical numbers
they execute are riots which often stop
| core has been given
Bedini's surprise for his patrons this
year viii be the, 'Ignatz Pluto Troupe
burIesquing a troupe of Arabian acrobats
FUSS Puss comes to the Grand three days
commencing Thanksgiving day.
The Midnight Maidens.
During the engagement of The Midnight
Maldens at the Grand, every man, woman
or child you meet on the street will ask,
have you seen Stella? If you haven't
you've missed half of the joys of living.
World of Pleasure.
The cast of "A World of Pleasure the
mastodon1c musical revue from the Winter
Garden. New York City. which comes to
the Grand shortly is one of the best that
has ever been gotten together to work
under single organization tour
In Old Kentucky.
| The Wangdoodle Brass Band of pickanin-
melodrama In Old Kentucky which will
be seen at the Majestic.
blue Paradise" on Way
As one of the most important of its
bookings for the entire season, the Grand
will often the Messrs. Shubert's production
OF the most delightful and popular of Wen
nese operettas, The Blue Paradise, which
has recently finished a remarkable run
| of one whole calendar year at the Casino
| theater. New York. setting a new record
way. The Blue Paradise" is the work
| of Leo Stein. author of THE Merry Wild
ow,' and Edmund Eysler. Almost 100
persons are included in the brilliant com
pany the Shuberts are to present here to-
gether with a special orchestra and the
original Broadway scenic production. 'Auf
J Wiedersehen," one of the vocal gems of
the score OF The Blue Paradise" has had
| since The Merry Widow" waltz.
At the Orpheum.
Douglas Fairbanks comes to the Orpheum
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in
| forms more difficult stunts than ever be-
fore. The United States torpedo destroyer
Patterson is used in the performance.
| 1.-THE Suspect" to Orpheum
One of the superfeatures THE Suspect
| booked by the former Orpheum manage
ment to appear this fall will be shown
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next
week The star in this special photoplay is
Anita Stewart Bobby Connolly, the five
year-old star wins favor in the big film.
| AT the Iris.
Marguerite Clark, Valeska Suratt and
Fannie Ward are the attractions at the Iris
opens the bill on Monday and Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday comes the dar-
ling of the fans, Marguerite Clark. The
mere mention of the latter's name is enough
to set the movie fans flocking. but Miss
George Washington" her present play,
| Marguerite never made a more winsome
appeal apps than in the Girl WIG had difficulty
of contrast closes the week in an unusual
| ~ strong play.
At the Majestic.
| The Girl Without a Chance" has in its
action those real thrills taken from real
| life, bringing to our own mind things that
! have happened during our life time, that
will cause us to stop and think and see.
where we were in the wrong more ways
| than Comedy situations that are
| dispersed thruout the action of the play
are situations that relieve the intensity Of
| the story. Each and every character that
is introduced in the action of the play is
taken from real life, and they are in the
hands of competent artists who make yon
fee that you are witnessing real happen
ings of life. Mr.. Sherman in producing
this strong play, dealing with the struggles
those ''vultures'' ever present in the big
| city, has spared no expense whatsoever in
giving it worthy setting The scenic
us all to wonder, and is one that every
mother should see to understand how hard
it is for the girl, who is thrown on her
own resources, to get along.
So don't fail to see the dramatic sensa-
! ton The Girl Without Chance" that
% and 80. and you will leave the Majestic
| theater with nothing but words of praise.
Majestic Opens.
| The Majestic opened it's new policy
of popular road shows at popular
| prices last night before a good sized
remnant of the old Majestic crowd
| that used to assemble several years
| ago to witness Sport" North in stock.
| w. B. Patton, the peculiar comedian
possesses his own methods of extract
ing laughs, and it is an effective one
His part seemed designed for his
| shoulders and he carried it we'll
Phyllis Mackey has sufficiency of good
looks, can act and has a good voice.
The sheriff and Lazy Bits" mother
were pleasant Characterization of the
| eastern rural type. And the tramp,
appeared to capture the crowds sense