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Show KOLB & DILL IN A RETURN ENGAGEMENT The musical comedy event of tho season, Kolb & 1)111. tho Inimitable comedians, in "Tho High Cost of Loving," described as a tablo d'hoto In threo courses with a bovy of pretty pret-ty girls, n specially selected ragtlmo orchestra Including tho banjo nnd saxophone, nnd a carload of wonderful wonder-ful scenery, Is duo nt tho Lyric Theater, The-ater, again on Wednesday, October 31. This will mark tho return of Kolb & Dill to tho musical comedy stngo after moro than a year's absence during which tlmo thoy havo been fetaurcd In tho movies. There Is fun, music, pep nnd a dash of ginger In I "Tho High Cost of Loving," which was a tremendous success In Now York nnd In which Kolb & Dill havo ! tho best opportunities for their matchless characterizations of any or tho many successes In which they havo appeared. Tho plot or "Tho High Cost or Loving" centers around rour men In a small town, all or them members or a purity league, who havo been paying blackmail to a dancer who appeared In tho town twenty-flvo years beforo. Each or them believes ho is tho dancer's child Noel. Mrs. Kllnko, president ot tho purity lea-guo lea-guo suspects a scandal and la determined de-termined to unearth It. For this purpose she appoints as a committee, commit-tee, tho four conscience strlckon members of her league, to Investigate Investi-gate and bring tho guilty person to account. Lawrenco Tucker, n young lawyer, who Is In love with tho daughter or ono or tho rour and whoso suit is opposed by tho girl's parents, lenrns tho truth concerning tho scandal and uses his Information tn bring tho reluctant father to tlmo. To do this ho uses a quiet innocent man as a foil and not only succeeds, but starts a series of complications that kcop an audlenco laughing from tho first curtain to tho lost. For their- present tour, which Is ono of tho most auspicious they havo over launched, Kolb & Dill havo assembled as-sembled ono or tho finest companies ever got together In tho West. Tho roles of the members of tho Investigating commlttoo will bo played by C. Wm. Kolb, Max Dill, I Henry Simmer, Julia Diane, and F. ,l)arlan. Other principals who havo been engaged to support tho two j H stars aro Leo Ilonutng, Lorons Gil- H letto. I Tho production will bo a gorgeoui fl ono as tho entlro carload or sconlo JH equipment which Kolb & Dill aro j ,H carrying Is brand now. t. H i |