The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-07
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL REVIEW.
The Various Attractions at the City TheaterS
this Week-Notes Of the Stage
The Local Attractions.

The Local Attractions.
Englishs Opera-house will not bo open to-
morrow night, but Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings the Charles Feehter version of Dumas
great story Monte Christie will be presented,
with the popular actor Mr.. James O'Neill as
Edmund Dantes, the Count of Monte CristO,
Supported by Mr. Ralph Delmore, J. W. Shan
non, Eugene Blair, Annie Boudinot and others.
After the Monte Cristo" engagement, the we'll
known actor Barney McAuey will play three
nights engagement at this house, opening on
Thursday evening in "a Message from Jarvis
Section which will be remembered as having
been played at this theater last season, and every
season since it has been open. The play is of
the modern sort and one of tho best of its kind
The piece has won for Mr. McAuley a reputation
which entities him to place in the front rank
of what are called character actors" ''The
Jerseyman," new and original American com
edy will be presented by Mr. McAuley during
his engagement here.
Rice's Surprise Party will be at the Grand
| Opera house the first half Of this week. The
| company is headed by the we'll known comedian
John A. Mackay, and will be seen for the first
time here in Jessop & Cliffs latest musical come
| dy, "A Bottle of Ink" in which they have re-
Gently met with much favor in the East. Be
sides Mr., Mackay the company embraces Miss
Ida Mule, Miss Hattie Delaro, Miss Hattie
Starr Miss Edith Jennes, Miss Florence Con
cliffe Miss Bonnie Runnels, George A. Schiller,
Charles l.. Harris, J. DAngelio Charles r.
| Lang, N. S Durham and others.
The Madison square Theater Private Secre-
| tary" company, headed by II. NJ. Pitt and Leon
ard Grover, jr., will be the attraction at the
| Grand Opera house the last three nights of next
week. The company comes we'll recommended
! THE MONARCH MUSEUM.
| The greatest curiosity before the public, Krao
''the missing link" hairy child that is said to
belong to the tree-dwelers Of the Laos country
| will be the principal attraction at the Monarch
Museum this week, and, in addition, three mem
bers of the Greedy relief expedition Burke,
| Clarke and Smith-will be seen, together with
the usual curiosities and an excellent stage
show Krao is engaged at weekly salary of
| 800, and tonight she will be visited by nearly
| all the leading physicians of the city, who have
| been invited to come and see her. Throughout
| the country she has packed the museums
| wherever she has appeared and has been the
| greatest attraction they could procure. All this
| week the museum will be op en- from 1920 in the
morning until 10 o'clock at night and the price
of admission will not be increased. This place
of amusement is doing very good business,
such as it deserves.
oHILDREN's CARNIVAL.
The children's carnival at the Colege-avenue
Rink yesterday afternoon was quite success
Between fifty and seventy-fve children were in
costume. There were two prizes given, one for
the girl and one for the boy best
representing his or her charaeter-for
the girl a pair of skates and the boy a skate
satehel The skates were awarded to Miss
Allie Bridges, representing a house-maid, and
the satchel to Master Ed Tompson, representing
| a hod-carfier. In costumes were Sinner Budd
| as Scotch boy, Frank Griffiths as Santa Claus
| Wilbur Dark as George Washington, Ida Roney
as jockey girl, Harry Dickinson as a little
| girl, Frank Fanivee as the Flying Dutchman,
| Ross Hill a negro, Charlie Meyer Scotch
| boy, Mabelle Timberlake as Summer, and
| great many others,
MUSICAL AND LITERARY.
The entertainment at the Centralavenue
| Church, on Monday night promises to be one of
the best ever given by local talent in the city.
The programme embraces instrumental solos by
Prof Newland on the piano, and by Theodore
Pfaffiin, on the flute; solos by Mrs Grace Lev
| erlng Mrs Harry Schurinann and Miss Jennie
Marine recitatons by Prof. MaeEvoy, Miss
| Lucy Robinson and Miss Jennie Yelling, and
| duet trio; and quartet, Messrs. Carlin, Myers
and Strange and Miss Stage being also among
| the performers, the latter acting as aceompa-
MIST After the programme refreshments will
| be served free The proceeds are for the ben
! eft of the church
| GILMoRE's zoo THEATER
/ The collection of animals at the Zoo is proving
to be great attraction, and since the manage
ment has returned to straightout speciality per-
formances the business is much better. The
people underlined for this week are the -Four
Comets Hawley, Manning, Cummings and
Williams; Geiger and Dehauer Lottie Elliott
the best of all skipping-rope dancers; the Lamar
tine brothers, gymnasts Hughes and Vidocq
comedians; the Sharplies, musical artists; Eva
Lester and Mile La Fonte. The afterpiece will
be "ODonovans Birthday" by the -Four Com
cts"