The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-18

the prospects of a Western leagueless
summer draws near that Wichita will
beg for a summer engagement
At orpfeum. K. c., Week Nov. 10.
Miss Phyllis Nelson Terry, Eng
lands most brilliant young actress, and
a niece of the famous Ellen Terry, will
make her Kansas City vaudeville
debut at the local Orpheum for the
week commencing Sunday matinee, No
vember 10. Miss Terry came to Amer
lea to. appear in a Shakespearean rep
| ertoire, in which she was highly sue
cessful- Later she appeared as
''Trilby" in the all-star revival of that
play. Besides her histrionic skill. Miss
/ Terry possesses an unusual voice, in
fact being the only one who has ever
| portrayed Du Maurier's "Trilby'' to
sing Sweet Alice Ben Bolt herself
instead of having a substitute do it.
Allan Dinehart, who appeared at
! the Orpheum two seasons ago in an
| unusually clever little sketch The
| Meanest Man in the World will re-
| turn on this bill with a new vehicle
/ entitled, 1.-The Highest Bidder" which
is said to be equally as good. and is
also by the same author, Everett s.
! Buskay.
/ Another Orpheum favorite is Diero
known as The original master of the
piano accordion His program is di-
Versified and one of the most difficult
that an artist of this nature has ever
Undertaken to play and shows the re-
markable musical range of this in
| Strument
| Others on the bill are:
| Robert Dore, the eminent barytone
and George Halperin, the well known
piano virtuoso, in selections from
| their repertoire.
| Helen Davis, who achieved much
success in the character of Youth
| in Henry w Savage's production of
| Of
d@intiness. called Past and Present. -
written by A. Seymour Brow.
B. Michael Martin and Edith Fab
brinl in a Dainty Dancing Divertiss-
ment. "A Flight of Fancy"
| Three Balzer Sisters in a THRILLING
aerial musical novelty, and the Orphe-
UNI Travel Weekly depicting scenes in
Pahang, Malaysia and Timbuktu in
the French Soudan..
1.-THE Only Girl"
l. Victor Herberts music is the most allur-
ing of the American musical comedy stage
and Is best exemplIf1ed in Joe Weber S
great musical play, The Only Girl which
! tnat famous manager Will offer here at the
! Grand on Tuesday evening, November Il.
The cast is the same as that which ap-
Ington. There will be an augmented Or
chestra to properly render the great com
posers music. Among the players will be
Jarrett, Tom Burton, Helen Barnett Ford,
John Chandler, Ellen Crane, Ernest Wood
ter.
Maud Allan's Secret.
Maud Allan, the great symphonic dancer
has won fame by her wonderful grace and
originality of gesture and motion. She
mas never been taught dancing. She does
not use pre-arranged steps, but her body
moves in unison with the spirit of the
music that is being played She has
STUFFED the designs of dancing girls on
Creek vases and Assyrian tablets, and the
! canvases in the famous galleries of Europe
/ i'll order to assimiate the spirit of the real
movement of expression dancing. The true
explanation of Maud AIlans method is that
the music is not really an accompaniment
to her dance; her dance is really an accom-
paniment to the music.
The stage dance" says the critic of the
London Telegraph, has never been SC
much discussed it has been since Maud
Allan created fashion for this partic-
uIar phase of dramatic art
Maud Allan and the Maud Allan Sym
phony orchestra of 40 under the direction
of Ernest Bloch, the eminent Swiss con
ductor- composer. will appear at the Grand
Saturday, November 20.