The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-02
AT THE
THEATERS

March S, 6-Mary's Ankle.
March 8, 9-Lyman H. Howe Travel
Festival.
A well balanced bill has been
booked for the Novelty theater for the
first half of the week commencing
Monday matinee. The bill opens with
the eleventh episode of the Seven
PearIs'' and three other acts on the
program are The Thomas Trio COM
edy trampoIene Novelty, Clifton and
Dale "Just Odds and Ends" Wolf
The last half will be the eighth, cpl
sode Of the Bulls Eye, the Toss
ing Austins, Barnes and Robinson.
two tiny tuneful tots. Sorrento Quin-
tette. "A Neapolitan Fantasy" Frank
Bush. The American Story Teller,
The Brads, Sunshine SUIT Ups.
Mary's Ankle.
"Mary's Ankle" the successful farce
comedy by May Tu1ly, which A. H.
performances commencing Tuesday,
March 5, matinee Wednesday, with the
original New York cast and produce
ton, comes to Topeka with the crfti-
cal approval of no less authority than
Alan Dale. Mr.. Dale writing about it
in the New York American, declared
that he found in it amusement, fresh
situations and droll dialogue. "Mary's
Ankle was one of the first of the
current seasons metropolitan sue
cesses that enjoyed a run Of three
months at the Bijou and Thirty ninth
street Theaters, New York. Miss Tul-
ly'S comedy is gay and unusually
amusing farcical romance, involving
three very poor. young men and one
very charming, young lady. The
young lady herself is interested in
only one of the young men but all
three were concerned in the daring
them together. The play is striking
ly original in plot, abounds in anus
ing situations, and contains as crisp
dialogue as has been heard on the
stage in many seasons. A feature of
the splendid production which Mr..
Woods has given the piece is the ef-
fective third act set, on board
steamship sailing down New York
Bay. The brilliant New York COM
pany that will interpret the piece in
cludes Amy Leah Dennis, Bert Leigh,
May Wallace, James Hester, Edward
Butler. Louise Sanford, Donald Mac
Leod, Gertrude Mann, Frank A. Nee
han and others.
One Cent an Hour.
The skilled American worker. well
paid and accorded all the privileges of
the land of liberty, stands in remark
able contrast to the Chinese coolie, de-
picted in Lyman H. Howe's Travel
Festival. which comes to the Grand
Friday and Saturday on March 8, 8.
Matinee Saturday.
The average coolies stipend is one
cent an hour for the hardest kind of
labor. Man power, instead. of steam,
is still used in China to move most of
the river boats and to operate the
primitive mud dredges and other anti
quated machinery. Many interesting
glimpses of the industrial methods of
the Chinese are given in Mr.. Howe's
fascinating tour thru the Celestial en-
pire.
Another striking link in the new
Travel Festival program is an excur-
sion into the wilds of Alaska, while
considerable excitement is furnished
in the capture of wild mountain
lion by intrepid hunters in Montana.
"a Day and Night at Coney Island" is
a lively and decidedly amusing visit to
Americas playground. Mr.. Howe, too,
has secured some spectacular views of
Uncle Sans gigantic war caterpillars
while engaged in the performance of
seemingly impossible feats. Ami
mated caricatures and film novelties
from the Howe studios will be freely
interspersed turnout the entertain
mept
At the Orpheum.
A telegram received from the book
ing office of the Southern Quintette
announces that cancellation of a pre-
vious engagement has been accom-
plished in order that the quintette
may remain over in Topeka another
week.
At the close of next weeks en-
gagement, the five popular entertain.
ers will fill special dates for a short
ia