The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01
K0LR and DILL

Nothing will arouse the ire of
r,rovinciaI N'Yawker quicker than an
intimation that the west coast Is Ca
pable of producing theatrlcai i've .
sion equal to anything born on D % 4he
way. Yet in all the history OF Ihs
Grand, a Topeka audience mas Id is
to give a Broadway comedy ROAD sIloI
a more enthusiastic. whole hearted
approval than was given kolo anu ~
Dill Pacific coast comedians, IN
ss,rhe High Cost of Loving" FRIDAY
'@The High Cost of Loving" itself;
its theme and atmosphere, are createu
for laughing purposes only, ana an
sv5ars the purpose With the inJec-
tion of Kolb and Dill humor, Original
ity and ultraminute hoakum' tne
show. to phrase the old-tlme press
agent, is turned into. a riot flgurd
lively speaking the two comedians
are built along the general lines OF
Weber and Fields. yet they do not mn mn
tate those two premiers OF Iile ~
school Max Dill. the elongated IIle men,
Der of the duo, depicts the cot,rSS
that only can spring, ana Is eNPe s.is
to spring. from a Dutchmah oIdI.i'
mouth. hands or feet. He mas lhNent-
ed a way of being knocked OIL I.I4
feet by some sudden deVelopilie ~
that is a scream. The house was al
but packed Friday night and the ma ma
jority of the audience Laughed ui i
tears were running down their cae tyeH,s
The man quick to eaten the dtiAloS
uhere at the beginning of the comedy
and emit a full sized laugh 1el "eshN
when the final curtain came. ...,s
Kolb and Dill were ably supported
bv their principals. The cast was wen
balanced. No character SUI 80, ca
from the merit of another, thinS
that happens all too often with d IOHU
Gniia Blanc as ''Klinke's wife," run
close to Kolb and Dill themselves; as
Il IN ri
a 'laugh-getter,' as did Frahk D TL-.
as Uncle Tiedemeyer" and henry
Shurner. as Edward Hauser. Juia
Blanc proved herself the possessor o5
a voice that was beyond criticism ana
Nav Cloy held the audience IN her
grip with a dainty. daring lance
Young LAWYER in love with Cora,
Klinke's daughter, tickled the fancy
of the audience by injecting the pa rs
for comedy situations into the gen
eral theme. William Pike as NoeL
Burnham, a college professor, fur
nished laughs with his antics IN OH
minutes. Joan Liddy Honora Hamll-
ton and Bill Jacobs fill IN to give the
theme it's proper effect.
However THE High Cost of Low
ing can hardly be called a 70 Il
show The aggregation and attraction
have been playing solid runs on the
coast and are jumping to chicago
for an engagement of several weeks,
out on the dogs before entering the
windy city.
Turnout the show there is an air
of informality that. makes comedy
offering truly enjoyable. The comedy
lines are clean, sparkling and lack
the hackneyed tone of the usual The
plot in itself was spicy yet the spice
was embalmed and buried by the
avalanche of wholesome comedy.
The show carries one of the bright
est. best costumed and most eye pleas
ing bunch of girls that has tripped
over the Grand stage in many moon.
The girls, with thier excellent singing
and their freshness seem to wrap the
house in an atmosphere of the land of
the poppy and the palm. Lucille
Chalfdnt gave the audience a rare
pleasure with her singing. and that's
not saying the other girls couldnt
sing, and truly they could dance
1t is not until the third act that the
girls show what they really can do.
Eva Clark starts the informal music
Honey Jes the Same was never
thrown across the footlights here more
acceptably than by Mary Newton.
Hazel Spinetti offered a "Wop" song
called II Gotta De Rock" Then
there's class, pure class. to Zanette
whiting, Dorothy Spencer. Manila LIE
Moir and Hazel Randolph.
The Jazz orchestra is the first of
its kind to put insanity into ragtime
music in the Grand pits. To Topekans
il was an oddly, but was nevertheless
pleasing and appropriate.
Kolb and Dill play here again to-
right. Its safe bet the S. r. o.
sign will be out at the time of the
first curtain.-H. F.. c.