The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-19

The kiowas were romping madly over
the plains in the year 1850 as setting
that sentence make good sense ?-Weu,
know what L mean any way)- And Mr..
Hart is cast as desert guide who pilots
wagon train of empire builders from the
Missouri river along the Santa Fe Trail.
The particular brand of suffering wished
on Mr.. Hart this time comes thru the muir
brother at the hands of a pair of card
sharks with whom the boy had been play
Wagon Tracks varies somewhat from the
usual in that you don't leave the hero
elasping the beautiful girl to his brawny
BOSOM. with quivering chin and tear
dimmed eyes raised to heaven. The scenerio
writer gives you every reason to believe
that in the course of time Miss Washburn
viii become Mrs Hamilton, but you don't
know for sure-and that's refreshing for
change. The picture is bit hampered
by sub-tttles. So many Of them say. Into
the sunset into the purple night" ''in
the dawn of the morning" and so on
This becomes mOnotonous. Otherwise the
story is comparatively interesting, the
photography splendid and the acting is all
good. Am SO glad to see Robert McKim, he
Is the incest hard-boiled one person 1
n oS, q IN Topeka ce from re the
Bill Reid did dandy work here. but the
picture is somewhat bury in spots.
Novelty.
Gosh, ding, all them show acters are
back in town. The first show of the season
went over for hit last night at Roy
CrawfOrds mystic house of mirth. laughter
and hilarity. Roy paraded five acts from
with the weekly choosing Of Waiter Dow
ney and four of them were regular. The
opening was the first tnstallment of Ruth
Roland In one OF those feed-'em- to- the
tiger give me the -paper-or-we'll- kill the
child throw 'em-over he-cliff- fl ght- EN- on
week pictures and it looks like it's going to
have you guessing for a long time TO come.
The first act Rodriquese Trio. billed as
tumbiers: ] pass. On number two were
fyvO ri n
youths with a novel little opening. getting
away from the stereotype opening of a two
me- the singer can CERTAINLY put over
song His aeroplane song was darb
and you can tell the world he PUT it
Rose and Lane-but l don't think that is
the act, any way, the third act. with a
special drop and song regular do-daddle
away in nice shape. This is a clean cut
little offering. And them came FITCH
been rit up so often in his life that feel
l am in a bad way to attempt 1T But
Fitch is the same wonderful .oId school,
performer. With his famous old saw. and
the funny little fiddle and a, o. what n
bunch Of gags, wait till you get the one
about the travelling man jumping out of
But you go over and see Cooper you'll
enjoy this man. The last act Fred Lorraine
assisted by severa; plants and a
pu tpi on 90a iG noTeity 0 electricai
act that found hearty welcome
with the audience. This act. like great
many Of Its kind. have a yell in every
thing they attempt with the plants. Lor-
raine has very smart intelligent deliv-
cry in his talk to the audience. For start
of the season this is good bill and I do
hope the powers that be, viz. Messers Glenn
Burt and Sleedy will keep their acts away
from here and let the regular one come on
down And. o, I nearly forgot to tell you,
the boundary lines In Europe are not in
such bad shape as the railroad line in
America, and 1 guess that Will be about
all. N. S. A.