The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-27


Marguerite Clark is the star in the pic
ture but it's Katherine Williams who tugs
ut your heartstrings. If you ever wonder
just what it was about her that in the early
days so endeared her to her fans you
wonder no more. What she is In "A Girl
Named Mary" she must always have been
in the pictures and must be in real life.
For she couldn't feign the tender woman
illness, the exquisite understanding, the
quiet graciousness that are hers this time ne
the pictures Miss Williams. completely
wins your heart. and you find it III you
many times to shake the daughter who can
cause her such pangs of anguish. Aggie
Herring, as the foster mother, appeals
L guess you won't find, fault with any
of the acting, for Miss Clark is nice and
little girlish again; Mr.. Macdonald makes
hkabie swain, and Charles Clary is there
as the devoted friend of Mrs. Jeffrey
(katherine Williams) and 1 wish he were
about more often. Taken all in ala de-
iightfuI picture.
Billie King.
"The Smarter Set has held the high
place in coored theatricals thru this section
for many years but last night Billie King
dragged his merry makers in for two day
run and cleaned up. The Homer-Tutt-
Whitney aggregation will never again be
the king pin of funsters in Topeka's esti-
Billie King has. beyond doubt, the best
colored show l have ever seen For all
round talent. good voices, excellent dancers
and good leoks7. be has accumulated
score of regular folks and he came into
Topeka unknown and will leave here to,
morrow crowned king" of all colored
comedians.
Kings show, while of the usual shout.
ing singing, dancing variety with a lot
of real Golored comedy interspersed thru
out is whirl-wind for speed. King and
Higgins are capable pair of comedians,
possessing all the natural talents OF their
race. The contrast in personalities anu
mannerisms is what puts them over for
goal with every line of gesture. The dane
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and of good voice. each girl stepping out
for an individual song and doing II nicely.
The cast Of the principals Is FAR IN advance
their roles In good shape. In the second
act the audience was1treated to an exotic
scene, which you were glad it was one of
the few in the show in which the women
did not commit the misdemeanor known as
the Bhimny-a naughty deed and naugh-
glossary of theater reporting. A hibrown
did the music dance instead. One other
point | noticed. l never saw so many gold
should kill that obstreperous= drummer. he
| is entirely too loud and browns out some
| OF the best singing in the show Ernest
Whitman should be highly coinpiimented
for his excellent voice and stage presence.
His singing OF Nanny o. Mine" was one
! of the big hits of the evening.
The dear old Grand" was nicely filled
! last evening and IL the colored population
of the city love good, wholesome show
| with huge amount of skill. comedy and
i fun can highly recommend 1t to them:
| There are five rows in the front reserved
/ for the white folks and l am quite sure
/ they will enjoy it. And 1 guess that viii
| be about all. N s. A.
The Novelty.
HaFing trailed the Trail OF the Octopus"
| thru some more of those cenemic thrills.
we-the little woman who uses the other
! comp and I-setfled. down IN our seats ut
| the Novelty while Toxic Murato did some
\ really clever twiddling of heavy and light
| objects with his little tootsies But when
Betty Barb came on with her near bass
, voice and several hundred dollars worth
of clothes a family argument was started
/ as to how much 1t would cost to duplicate
her outfit and 1 lost all the fun of the act.
| Harris and Lyman were on the bill for a
singing and dance act We1l-they
/ were good dancers. Nixon and Sans were
on for the same Kind OF stuff and got away
/ In tine same manner. The bill wound uIs
| with a saxaphone sextette and for the first
! time in my life heard real Jazz turned
out of hose-.,mournfHl pipes1s4as= Rufe
WaIIfngfors1 always called the one BIarkie
Daw carried about with him. XXI