The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-24
THEATER NOTES.
BY N.s.A.


BY N.s.A.
David Belasco and Laurette Taylor
have arrived in London. Mr.. Belasco
before going to Rome to confer with
Puccini who is writing the music for
The granddaughter"
William Brady has been unable to
get theater in London for Grace
George and has returned to America
One should be able to crack a good
Eheeze on this clipping FROM a Chi
cago paper:
Earle Smith, a vaudeville per
former was held up and robbed of a
diamond ring valued al $1,100 a dia-
mond pin valued at $500 and so cents
in cash"
Ben Turpin. the prize he-comedian
of the Mack Sennett Come dies, is go
ing to the Fiji Islands in the summef
TO make a special picture for Sennett,
entitled "Tattboing Is only Skin
Deep" Turpin will take all the SEN
nett Bathing Girls with him as they
want to get a few pointers on new
bathing suits. Ben said that he un-
derstood that in the Fiji Islands they
used shark teeth for money, and de-
cided that we should use hens teeth
over here in these United States, as
that would he about the only thing
which would be as scarce as the pres
ent brand Of currency.
- The Shuberts will rewrite all of their
former stage successes for the past
ten years into one act vaudeville
sketches and sell them'to well known
actors and actresses.
The Hippodrome in New York is the
biggest money maker the theater
world has ever seen. The gross last
week ran over $4,000. The net on
the week was bigger than the gross
for the same week year ago.
Maud Adams is still in the Adiron-
dacks and reports from her mountain
home are not at all encouraging. She
has failed TO gain in health as ex-
pected.
Vaudeyille acts playing thru the
south say that hotel rates are much
higher than they are in America
"A lot OF actors bungalows will not
be so popular this summer as they
have no cellars.
At the Novelty.
The bill at the Novelty the first half
OF the week will start off with the
sixth episode of the best serial of the
season Ruth Roland" in the "Adven-
lures of Ruth" Following the pic
ture the management has arranged an
especially good program of high class
vaudeville consisting Of five big
features. namely, THE AERIAL
EDDYS." a man and a woman, both
of whom could take up aviation as a
side line and make good, as all their
work is done in the air and of the
character that makes perfect aviators.
They exhibit many features, all of
which are OF the thrilling nature and
call for nerve and perfect confidence
ON part of the artist attempting them.
GREEN & LAFEL" come next. They
bill themselves as .'L1 RIG AND MEL
ODY SPECIALISTS" JACK BA&-
LEY AND LILLIAN PORTER" are
third on the bill in THE CALL OF A
SONG" and have an offering which is
far out of the ordinary in, vaudeville
due TO the fact that il is distinctly
hold down the fourth spot Tom isl
widely known as THE IRISH
CHAIRMAN" he is a broth" of a
hoy, standing over six feet in height
and built like an OK. Is it any wonder
that he dominates the meeting of the
hod carriers union when as chairman
he takes the gavel and calls the meet
ing to order. The program viii close
with THE CENTURY SERENAD-
ERS." and it would be a hard task
for one TO find in or out of Vaude-
willie a quintet of entertainers as capa-
BILE, talented and amusing as the five
young chaps who comprise the per-
Nsonnel of the CENTURY SERE-
NADERS." This looks like splendid
bill on paper, at any rate it is one OF
the most expensive of the season.
"Katcha-KoO."
Katcha-Koo contains the kind of
melodies that once heard are never
forgotten. 1t is simply impossible to
keep from whistling the catchy
strains. 1t is difficult to say which
OF the melodies will prove the most
popular. Some viii like when
Went TO School With You" sung by
Manu- Morris and Marguerite Gohlke as
Dick and Dolly. along with the Aud
Lang Syne group. Then there is
"susquehanna Sue" sung by Margaret
Morrison and the polo dancers. This
always calls for repeated encores.
"Laddie Boy" by Tom Powell and the
sailors is sure TO please-to say moth
ing of It's the Clothes That Make the
Man" sung by Katcha-Koo (Mr. Ira
L. Henry. and Girls VIII Be Girls
a screamingly funny topical song also
sung by Kateha-Koo and the four
wives of the Maharajah, Marion Sui
Ivan. May Ayers, Mabel Hults and
Mrs. W. J. Russell, Jr. I'm Waiting
Yet" as interpreted by the Maharajah
(Mr Manu- Norris and the entire
chorus-will tickle the risibilities of
the audience--and another topical
song, III Things Were Only Different
always arouses tremendous en-
thusiasIn. This last song is sung by a
quartet Of the prineipals-Dick (Mr
Mana Morrisl, Harry (Mr. VIII J.
Russell. Jr.), Solejah (Mae Houston)
and UFpanah tKathryn Albaughl.