The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-16

There is a new joy under the sun in
store for the patrons of the Grand the
alter on October %, when the success
full musical comedy treat, THE Million
Dollar Doll in Paris" plays here.
tits billed as the biggest novelty and
dance show of the year and the arls-
tocrat of modern musical comedy, as
Mr. Orr has outdone any of his pre-
vious efforts in making this big. new
third edition of the Doll series sur
pass any of its predecessors, and this
is saying a lot. when a person stops to
think that THE Million Dollar DolP'
has played to. more people IN the
United States and Canada than any
other musical comedy on the road to-
day. So there must be a reason, and
that reason is, Mr.. Orr has always kept
the Doll Show" up to a high standard
of excellence so that people know be-
| forehand that they are going to get
more than full value for their money
| in the way of amusement, haunting
melodies, wonderful scenic effects,
novelty dancing and pretty girls.
The plot of 1.-The Million Dollar Doll
! in Paris is a tuneful tale of youth.
beauty and laughter. Jack Dale. a
young society man, is in love with
/ Dolly" but Colonel harrington. her
guardian, thinks that Jack is too much
| for society and not enough Tor DuSl-
ness, so before he will consent to the
marriage he insists that Jack does
something in a business way. An
agreement is reached in which the
hcolonel is to give Jack ten thousand
dollars and if he doubles 1T within a
year the colonel will consent to his
marriage with ''Dolly." How Jack tries
to double his money on horse races,
| stock markets and diamond mines is
all told in the three big acts starting
in New York and ending in Paris.
A larger company than usual is car
ried by Mr.. Orr this season and is
-, ~ Soma well known musical
comedy favorites assisted by a score
of pretty girls in gorgeous gowns.
Twenty-four big song hits are inter
spersed turnout the action of the play
At the Isis.
The story of a man with half body
and half a soul, the satanic cripple
4 who hated humanity with all the
frenzy of disordered brain. mat Il
J THE Penalty" which starts an al
! week run Monday afternoon. 1t pic
lures the underworld and the upper
crusts of San Francisco with intensely
realistic atmosphere. 1t is the story
of Blizzard" the car of F'risco.s sub
merged thousands. "Blizzard a.
played by Lon CLANCY is the first leg
Every one will remember Chaney a.
the man who played the part or tn
frog in the Miracle Man"
l. The story as it was written by Cow
: eneur Morris is the dramatlc eplsou
: hof a boy, who, robbed of his legs o!
a surgeons mistake, in his manhoo'
: plans to MAIN the man who malme'
> him and at the same time sack an
: wreck the city which employed tn
careless surgeon. 1t would not do I
tell too much of the story in advance
This is a guarantee; see The rem
altv.'' and YOU will talk about 1t t
lyour friends days afterwards.
At the Novelty.
Il The two good bills at the NoVelt
last week kind of woke up the neigh
bors to the fact that all the goo
vaudeville acts had not passed ava
and that there were still in existenc
| sufficient talent to form a regula
| vaudeville show.
In looking over the lineup for tn