The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-17
AT THE THEATERS



the glories of Glacier National park
appeared a short time ago in an Of
fetal report issued by the interior de-
partment at Washington, d. c. 1t is
so unusual to find such eloqGence in
an official document that Lyman H.
Howe, the exhibitor, concluded it
could have been inspired only by an
extraordinary gem of scenic grandeur.
Prompted by this belief he dispatched
his camera men to Glacier National
park and they returned with what is
also a perfect gem-and this one
photogra phic-of the wonders of our
newest national playground in north
western Montana along the line of the
Great Northern railway. 1t will be
presented by Lyman H. Howe at the
Grand Friday and Saturday.
3 Another pleasing phase of this same
series is intimate studies of the Black
feet Indians, who make their perma-
nent abode in Glacier National park.
There will be a great diversity of
other subjects, among which are views
of one of the strangest of all big
bridges-that crossing the Firth of
Forth, Scotland, which required the
labor of nearly 5000 men continu-
ously for seven years to construct.
At the Hip.
What is there better in this life tina n
mother love? person may wander
far from the straight and narrow path
but no matter what he does or where
he goes his mother still loves him
that idea is exemplified to remark
able degree in Madame k which the
oliver Players present for the first
time at this theater tonight. This is
the first time that play like this has
ever been presented at these low
prices. 1t will run the last half of the
week with a matinee tomorrow after
noon. AS an added feature for tonight
only Grocery Night will be used
this is novelty here and from all in
dications it will draw as well as Pay
Night did last Monday night.
The court room scene in the last act
where the son defends his mother on
the charge of murder-not knowing
that she is his mothers probably one
of the strongest dramatic scenes that
has ever been put into play.
/ At the Iris.
| A tense dramatic film story is
| Madam X" Dorothy Donnelly has
undertaken in this picture to register
upon the screen the passing of many
stages of life of disappointment. And
/ those who see the production at the
Iris this afternoon and tonight will
/ doubtless realize the handicap under
which she appears in shifting and ad-
! justing herself to the different en-
vironments imposed upon her. Begin
ming with her career amid the society
of notables. the wife of a French law
/ yer and passing. because of compro-
missing situations, to the lower levels
! of morality. Miss Donnelly meets every
| difficulty and registers her varying
emotions in a most admirable manner.
At the Novelty
! Richard c. Travers in THE Man
| Trail" n siN-part Essanay production
| will begin a three days run at the
Novelty theater this afternoon and to-
1 night The photoplay is taken from
/ Henry Oyden's sensational novel
which only recently was published
/ -Four widely varied acts have been
! booked for the vaudeville end of the
show for the last three days of the
week The feature of the bill is the
animal act in which a number of
animals trained by Karl Emmy play a
prominent part. A rural comedy turn
is offered by Roach and McCurdy in
/ Way Down East Dane Claudius
and Lillian Scarlet in a musical act
and Joe Kennedy, a wonder on skates,
complete the bill.
/ At the Orphcum.
Marie Doro in THE Wood Nymph"
which appears at the Orpheum today
makes her initial appearance in the
! city in pictures. The play is said to
mingle beautifully the atmosphere of
the aesthetic Greek with the life of to-
/ day. Another feature of the Orphcum
/ bill for the last half of the week is the
/ Triangle Keystone comedy the Per
! lis of the Park" The farce feat