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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
3
A rural health booster extols Paine's Celery Compound as the cure for ailments common among farmers and country families. It cites John Zuspan of Saddleport Ohio, who after four bottles recovered from rheumatics and returned to work, claiming renewed strength and mobility at sixty six.
The Grand Opera House to formally open Monday with George Ade’s The Sultan of Sulu featuring a 60 voice chorus and Frank Monulas in Ki-Ram the Sultan’s tale. buzz builds for Topeka audiences as additional acts including Sandy Bottom and a Boston school ta’ame add to the bill.
David Belasco's Theater Republic, under Manager Kane, showcases a lavish production with 78 paid principals and 7 percent rail fares. The libretto by Ade, witty and free of former sensationalism, riffs on real incidents of the flag hoisting over Ure island, with Sulu sultan Ki Ram at the center. The score by Wathall leans into humorous satire, while Savagé directs a twelve‑man orchestra. Frank Moulin and others prepare a lively cast including Ki Ram and Lieut. Hardy. Next, A Gambler's Daughter by Owen Davis debuts at New Crawford, starring Miriam Shelby and a strong ensemble. Alphonse and Gaston will be offered Saturday. Belasco says the house opens only when ready, with exceptional stage machinery and discreet lighting.
Fragments describe color shading and changes from light to night. Vague references to a prosaic discussion on arrangements and a dressing room context. No clear persons or organizations are discernible.
A New York Journal piece denounces musical farces and Tenderloin slang as debasing stage entertainment. It questions female audiences' reactions to coarse types who swindle and fleece others, contrasting refined theatergoers with brutal, unglamorous humor.
English star Mrs Patrick Campbell opens her second American tour at the Garden theater in a modern comedy Aunt Jeannie by E S Benson. The play follows a London smart set aunt who helps her niece by flirting with the niece’s fiancé, exposing the lover’s character and guiding the younger woman to sense. John Blair is her leading man with Ro Herz.
A dramatic curtain fall halts a scene as Keene berates a substitute actor who never came on stage. The column threads in news of Joseph Herbert joining Anni Held, Louis Mann’s father Daniel Mann’s death, and industry chatter on Hackett’s Bishop move and Tommaso adaptations.
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