The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
CHARITY CONCERT AT THE GRAND.

CHARITY CONCERT AT THE GRAND.
The entertaiument given at the Grand last
night, for the benefit of the free kndergartens,
was generously attended, and handsome sum
will be realized for the benefit of this deserving
charity. The programme was quite long and 50
varied in character as to be unusually interest
ing. 1t served to introduce to the Indianapolis
public Mrs. Eva Kirkland, OF New Albany,
reader Of fine powers, whose selections afforded
her an opportunity to display well-trained
voice, good eloeution and excellent dramatic
methods. She met with very kindly reception
aud was profusely complimented with floral
gifts Miss Cora BainbrdGe, another
stranger in the city, appeared in piano
solos, which were rendered with much
expression and artistic excellence. Mr., James
feathers and Miss Eva Austin did the quarrel
scene from 'ScnOOl for Scandel' with much
cleverness, and the programme, besides, included
Mr.. j. w. Rileys enter tanning character sketch
es, vocal solos by Mrs s; L. Morrison. Mrs. u.
81. Spades and Fred. M. LoOmis; violin solo by
Mr.. Spades, duet by Mrs Spades and Mr.. o. W.
Williams, and quartet by Mesdames Spades
and Morrison, and Messrs. Williams and MOrri-
son.
THE OPENING OF THE PARK.
A blaze of electric light in front, a howlingly
enthusiastic audience that filled the audi
forum, and most excellent vaudeville
performance, were the chief characteristics of
the reopening of the Park Theater as a variety
house last night. The theater has been reprinted
inside and out new stairways have been put in,
"a cafe added, with new scenery and chairs, and
il is now probably the best looking and mOst
comfortable variety theater in the West. The
managers promise to have only hrst-class at
fractions. and, If the bill last night is any iHdca-
with the Virginia trio, Turner, Welsh and Har-
ris, who, besides being good singers, do very
Miss Ida May in new songs, and James
and Kittie Edwards-In a domestic musical
sketch OF strong contemporaneous lnterest-tO
the married men. After the Inflated trapeze act
of Mons lie Haire, of which account is given
elsewhere, Kelly and Ryan, "TEe Bards of Tara"
and decidedly the most versatile and amusing
rough Irish comedians, appeared in their special
ties, and Miss st. George Hussey gave some
Irish male lmpersoDatioDs in tine style,
showing much originality and oleyerness
an imitator. J. j. Mullen, Kelly and Mills in
their genteel songs and dances, deserved the
fattering reception they met with, and Miss
Pauline Bachelor q ava avis, i. e., good
seric-oOmic, rather caught on" by her attract
i've dressing and dashng ways. The olio con-
edss and Mss Fanns d Bespe s c0 oG
favorite and by odds the most
artistic song and dance artist ia tie profession,
which Kelly and Ryan created much laughter,
was the afterpieoe. 1t was the best variety bill
ever given in the city, and will be repeated dur
ing the remaining evenings of the week, with
matinees tomorrow and Saturday.
The stair of the new Park is as follows:
Gilmore & Dickson. prOprietors; E. f. Ellis,
manager; David Wheeler. treasurer; Gus. Teets,
director OF orchestra Charles Grady, stage
manager, and Walter Wilson, scenic artist.
NOTES.
Miss May Henry, who has been with Robson g.
Crane all season, arrived home yesterday for
the summer.
The Zoo had big house last night, and a good
bill was given, with Harrington and johnson as
the star performers.
The sale of seats for the performance of ''The
Octoroon" by the Clio club at the Grand on
Thursday and Friday nights, began yesterday,
and was good.
Mr.. Willie Winter, the dramatic dude, has seen
Rose Coghlan play OphelIa. and says of her i'm
personation: "Viewed a statue OF the eharae-
ter, and without reference to subsequent speech
or action, this Ophelia, at this supreme moment
1.-THE entrance of the fourth act, was noble, beau
tiful. pathetic, conceived with poetic imagina-
tion and assumed with splendid precision of art.
Had the performance of Ophelia throughout
been level with this single moment of il, Miss
Cognlan would have shown perfecs ideal in
almost hawless expression. But as a whole, this
work displayed the mentality and the luxuriant
wOmanhood of the actress rather than the soft,
elinging, delicious temperament OF the charac-
ter. and IL lacked that contamination OF all art
which consists in the appearance of artless spon-
taneity." There was remark made at Waterloo
which will DO involuntarily recalled in this con
nectiOa.