The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-18


Gillette Bros Specially Company, which is com
posed of a number of well-known people. Per-
formances will be given hourly every afternoon
and evening during the week, as usual
Notes of the Stage.
Miles and Bartons "Orpheus and Eurydice"
company will shortly appear at the Grand Opera
house.
The new comedy written by Joseph Arthur, of
this city, is being played with success by Frank
Girard's company in the East 1t is called "a
Cold Day."
Notice is hereby given that the next local
manager who brings an English melodrama to
indianapolis will get himself disliked. We
know when we have had enough
Mr.. Ben Maginley, the excellent commedian
with the May Blossom" company, will produce
at Minors Theater, New York, very successful
Irish play called Sweet Innsfail."
1t was said in Cincinnati during the past
week that w. j. Seaman sang "Peek-a-boo, 1
See YOU" but, judging by the reported receipts,
the audience saw him first and he was fooled
E. T. Goodrich, who was a great favorite at
the Met in this city years ago, died last week
at Buffalo. The first part of any Importance
that AL 5. Lipman ever played was in "Grizzly
Adams, with Goodrich as the star.
Mr. Robert Buchanan has just finished new
We Live Now" The piece is in the line of
comedy, and negotiations are in progress for its
production in New York during the present sea-
son.
Chicago News: Marcus Mayer, manager of
Henry Irving, went to Detroit. accompanied by
his famous overcoat of Siberian muskrat, pre-
sented by the Amer of Amoor, and also by his
foot wall of Nevada cheek, which assays ton of
impudence to the cubic inch.
Major Rodnia Mutt, the midget, was recently
married at the Crawford House, Boston, Mass,
to Miss Clara Corfield, young woman of
eighteen years, and eighteen inches taller than
the groom. Major Mutt is forty four years DID,
and has never been married until now.
E. NJ. Dasheris writing new eleven act drama,
called " Crimes of Indianapolis He has en-
gagged Walter Dean for leading business mana
ger and Frank Lehman, Jay Voss, Jim Cooke,
NlXey Weadon and Homer June as members of
the company. 1t will be an "Eveless Eden
combination.
Well, this is refreshing In an interview with
the editor of the Wabash Plaindealer Master
Walker Whiteside the Young Roscus," whose
company went to pieces here recently, said that
and found much to criticise in the performance,
particularly the actors mannerisIns, bad reading
and faulty pronunciation.
Oh where, oh where is my own true love-
My fair-hared Maude, where is sheg
She's mashed on ham-fat song ambulance man,
And gay seriocomic will be.
She will wear short dress and pale pink tights,
And bright red Jer-si-e
She II wink at the boys, and sing chestnut songs
And drink schooners of beer, ira la-lee
From the "Chump and Chippy.'' by George A. Dick
In answer to numerous inquiries, Manager
Dickson states that the regular scale of prices at
his house are now as follows Sofa chairs, re-
served, ST.; parquette reserved, seventy-five
cents parquette circle reserved, fifty cents fam
lily circle, reserved, fifty cents. Admission,
family circle, twenty-five cents; gallery, fifteen
cents This will be the regular scale for all. ex-
cept special and extraordinary attractions. of
which due notice will be given.
The local theatrical managers are prone to
complain If every attraction they play IS not I'M
stintedly praised by the city papers There has
been too much of this kind of work in Indian
apolis already, and, in consequence people are
slow in believing what they read about theatrical
performances. Without attempting any learned
or elaborate criticisms, for which there is no
bowling demand the Journal will, in the future.
try to give its readers-even better than it has
in the past correct idea of the plays that are
presented and the merits of the various per-
formances good attraction will be praised
and bad one condemned, and the effort will be
to give an honest and discriminating Judgment
Nym Crnkle: was very much surprised the
other day to learn that one dramatic agent in
this city had reduced this thing to a system. and
had succeeded for several seasons in keeping a
company on the road and even in making money,
by charging women good round sum to place
them in a company. He keeps an advertisement
standing in some of the papers, Offering to
furnish talented" amateurs with good positions
He then strikes them for $500 or ST. 900 apiece.
gets capital enough to start his show gives them
subordinate places, and drtps them out at the
end of the season. Only last week | saw a
woman who had So. 600 in one hand and a FIVE act
play in the other, and she did not hesitate to saw
that they went together. Whoever took one
would get the other. Had she got upon Union
Square with this proposition she would have had
tail of impecunious managers as long as o ST
Patrick's procession.
New York Times The members of the "May
Blossom" company subscribed the sum of $500
on New Years day, and telegraphed it to the al1-
thor of the play, Mr.. David Belasco. Mr.. Be
lasco has nearly completed his new drama He
has only the end of the last act to write and that
will probably be completed by the time these
lines are read in the first edition of the Times
He is considering a very advantageous offer
made him on Thursday by Miss Rose Coghlan to
write play which she use next season.
Miss Coghlan wishes to give Mr.. Belasco So, 500
before he begins, So 500 upon the completion of
the manuscript, and $3.50 a week for the use of
the play. These liberal terms will be very
likely to meet with Mr.. BelascoIs approval, al
though he has not yet agreed to them. Miss
Coghlan has filled the greater part of her star
ring season already. She will begin early IN
August in San Francisco, and that will keep her
employed until well toward October, when her
Eastern engagements begin.
Mr. navina (ss..a oMars.s,osa.rnao