The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-23

moneys worth. He was unreasonable in ex-
pecting more. He shouldn't have expected to
keep both purse and paunch full wouldn't be
telling this truth about the tourist if he hadn't
falsi6ed the record which he has undertaken to
make of his observations in New York. 1t may
be, however, that am indulging in revenge.
The Sergeant told to me some of the most
ancient and approved of Joe Millerisms, and
compelled me, in politeness, to smoker at them.
SIGHTS ON THE STAGE AND ELSEWHERE.
Those of us are few, after all, who will accept
anything that is foreign without reference to its
merits The effort was made to introduce the
French clacque system of hired applause on
the production of Robert Buchanan's new play
the other night The audience was astonished
to find that the very parts of the drama which
pleased least were most uproarously applauded
We are accustomed in several of our theaters to
be kindly guided and sustained by the vigorous
hand-claps of the ushers, but on this occasion
the insincere noise came from eventually we'll
defined spots in the body of the house. The fact
became clear that these isolated enthusiasts
| were performing q duty quite irrespective of
the general sentiment. Resentment was prompt
| and efhcacious. Kisses overcame every subse-
quent demonstration by the rogues and the in
novation was killed then and there
| There is one thing from abroad which New
Workers. really do not know whether to admire
or not. l mean Henry Irving. My own opin-
ion is that he is I'm absurdy bad actor, but that
| everybody else in his company is excellent, SO
that the performance in its entirety is satisfac-
tory. He appeared last evening as Malvolo, in
| Twelfth Night" and the audience couldn't
| make up its mind whether he was funny by in
| tention or because he could not help it. The
role has heretofore been played in serious veln
| despite Its humorous passages, but Irvlngs FL
| diculous mannerisms are IN it so immensely
| aggerated that we laughed at him. He wore a
tailless coat, thus revealing the action of his
legs full length. and they were SO exactly like
| the hind ones of u camel as he straddled and
paced to and fro, that the awkward beast of bur
den constantly in my mind. But there was
another pair of legs abnormally interesting |
/ hesitate to discuss them freely as they belonged
| to Ellen Terry; but the animation of the whis-
pered conversation throughout the theater on
the fall of the curtain on her first scene as
the girl Viola in boys clothes, proved that
| the subject was not under taboo in polite so
| ciety, and so l will venture to say that the
| limbs then for the first time exposed in New
| York. were Disseminating exhibit. Terry is
! very lovely, but she is also tall, angular and
| thin. There was every reason to believe that
the plain white stockings were honest-atro-
ciously so. Her knees were knobby and awry, her
calves were thin, her ankles were thick and the
| large feet toed in whenever they for moment
| forgot themselves. There was indecision as
| to Irvings principal actress. She was regarded
as the most accomplished of condolences on the
| worst of legs. In skirts she is notable for a
| sinuous, unduatory carriage. | now hold to
the theory that her infective grace is due to the
fact that she stands on what, to all intents and
| purposes are spiral springs.
Apropos of deplorable sights, I saw one which
| disgraced the city in which it permitted
| Some of the racing stables owned by million
aires, for sport, others by breeders, for legiti-
mate business, and still others by professional
! gamblers, for swindling. In all of them numer-
! Gus boys are employed as jockeys, and these
| youngsters are, as rule, growing up
| in absolute ignorance of anything
| good. They live with the horses, and what
ever of intelligence they possess above their
companion brutes is directed towards vice 1t WAS
in roadside inn, near the Jerome Park course,
| that came upon party of five little jockeys,
| Their ages were from ten to fifteen years. They
were out on spree. All were drunk. Their
| language would burn the paper on which it
might be written They were playing pool for
| the drinks, which were invariably whisky.
| frecocious depravity surely never made sad
der showing. Nobody in the circle Of adult
! spectators took the infantile jewellers by their
ears and led them out. o, the scene was much
too funny to be disturbed. The basphemy was
| so piquant when uttered by smooth lips, the
coarse jests so much more diverting than those
OF men, and the drunkenness so jolly because the
| inebriates were callow. A box was set for lad
| TO stand on in attempting shot, He missed
| the ball, lost his balance, and fell under the
table. That raised roar of laughter so conf
cal was it to soc a ten-year old sot NAPoLIs.