Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1914 — Columbia Theatre Opens With “Ginger Girls" July 18th. [ARTICLE]

Columbia Theatre Opens With “Ginger Girls" July 18th.

Much activity has been displayed in .building the production in which Ed Lee Wrothe and the “Gipger Grris” .will present themselves at the Oolurrfbia Theatre in Chicago for three weeks, cortmencing July 18th. This will mark the farewell tour of Ed Lee Wrothe in burlesque as next season he.will head a big review in London. , “Janitor Higgins,” the portrayal of which added sb much to the popularity of Wrothe, comes as a most welcome guest in the new attire. The character is the same in which he appeared during two record summer runs in Chicago. He appears in the first act as janitor of a fashionable apartment house pn Riverside Drive in New York City. Through "the'persuading of one of the tenants after ai big reception he is induced to act as husband to a jery prominent woman whose husband is at sea. She is about to ,receive a very large inheritance, but there is one stipulation in the will, her husband must be present at the signing of the papers, and the janitor is finally induced to act in the capacity of thehsuband, with a promise of a reimbursement for his services.

‘Everything moves along in tip top fashion, the lawyer comes and the papers are signed. During the conversation the janitdr realizes that he has ibeen the keynote to the situation, and after the departure, Of the lawyer, i demands an equal division of th a money, threatening to expose the whole scheme, They finally accede to his demands and with his share of the spoils he prepares to visit Alaska, a. country which* he has always been' very anx-' ious to See, and invites the whole party to accompany him. His invitation is accepted and everybody hurries to get ready for the trip to the frozen north.

The lo&le of the second act is laid in Wawson City, furnishing the back ground for the grotesque hilarity with which Wrothe is met. The entire party meats again after Hiiggins paid for their transportation to the frozen north. His experl enceS in the strange land cause constant orftbursts of laughter. The fun moires on fast until the very finale of ? the show, which finds Higgins back in his original position of a janitor.

Wrothe has very lucky in the selection of his support, especially in Miss Jane Leßeau he finds an artist of exceptional merit. Her introduction of ’My Seminole. Maid’ stamps her as a character actress not easily duplicated. Owen. Martin, Frank Williamson, Augusta Lang, Al and Fritzl Leyton, Leonard and Alvin and several others-are likewise in the foreground of the mirth dispensers. x The chorus, consisting of sprightly young women with good voices, is an attractive feature of the offering. Joe Hurtig, under whose .direction the ‘Ginger Girls” are out for new h'onons, has equipped the production with a wealth of beautiful wardrobe and elaborate scenery. •