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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1900
Page
3
A sprawling, disjointed narrative recalls a chaotic night with a missing infant, police involvement, and a tense escape. The account weaves through a variety of witnesses, bystanders, and confusing chatter, ending with a dramatic court-ready reveal about the infant’s fate and a dramatic accusation society wide.
The production of The Midsummer Nights Dream is set to be a major money maker this season with a star lineup led by Kathryn Kidder and Chas. B. Hanford in key roles. Wagenhals and Kemper aim for a lavish revival, spending over 20,000 on The Winter's Tale and planning a 45 member company for next season as they build toward a permanent New York theater.
Renowned actor Maclyn Arbuckle is slated to appear as the lead in Augustus Thomas’s new play A Gentleman from Texas. He recalled his early career in Bowie's legal practice and a harsh Broadway debut setback before finding stage success in Why Smith Left Home.
A visiting manager aboard a Philadelphia train recalls a conversation with Hoyt about Nat Goodwin in Nathan Hale. The drummer probes plans to go to New York, and Murphy explains his trip as driven by time, funds, and the chance to buy tickets, ending the exchange.
The Myrkle Harder Company, an eastern repertoire organization, visits Crawford for Popular Price Week featuring shows such as The Hoosier Hero, The Heart of Georgia, Lady Rustim's Secret, The Sur ten's Daughter, For His Sister's Sake, The Engineer, The Heiress of Atleizh, and Miss Fresh Spont Frisco. Other notes mention touring actors Blanche Walsh Roland Reed and future productions including Rip Van Winkle and Menta Cristo with James O'Neill, plus items on theater rights and artistic plans in New York
Blanche Walsh argues that stage depictions of life are valid, noting controversy over portraying "that sort of woman" in works by Olga Nethersole and Sabine Sardou heroines. She believes a play should reflect a phase of life, moral or not, and defends such themes.
Tim Murphy traveling from Boston to New York settles in a buffet car with papers when a commercial traveler and a drummer enter. The drummer eyes him and tries to engage, Murphy pauses, contemplates, then reacts in characteristic fashion.
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