The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-08
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC REVIEW.
The Local Theatrical Attractions This Week
Notes of the Stage.
The Local Attractions.

Miss Lolita, an actress whose popularity has
been almost unmeasured, here as well as else
where, will begin three nights engagement at
the Grand tomorrow night, presenting her new
play, "Mamzelle Nitouche," Monday and Tues
day evenings, and "Musette" Wednesday even
ing, there being no matinee. The supporting
company includes Frederick Percy Harry Rich,
c. II. Bradshaw, w. st. Clair, ]. II. Stuart
Miss Adelaide Eaton, Miss M. A. Brown, Miss
Nellie Pennoyer, Miss Sadie Edger and others
The latter part of the week. the attraction will
be BARLEY Campbells ''White Slave" presented
by competent company and with appropriate
scenic accessories.
English's Opera-house will be closed the first
part of the week. but on Thursday night
Mr. Dan Sully will begin arrangement in
his popular play, '"The Corner Grocery" which
has been one of the distinctive comedy successes
of the season Nh. Sully is clever and original
character actor, and is supported by good com
pany, including Master Mallory, precocous
youth who makes much fun out of the part of
the :'bad boy" valentine matinee" will be
given on Saturday afternoon.
THE TwAINcABLE COMBINATION.
A very fine audience greeted Mr. George w.
Gable and Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens, at the Ply
moutH OHurCu ldSI ulSnu, DuC nOL SO large DIS
the one they faced when here less than month
ago. This is to be accounted for, probably, be-
cause Of the matinee in the afternoon,
when the programme was the same as
that given at night, and also because
it is easy to have the taste palled with the pc
culiar entertainment they give Mr. Cables
principal selections were from the Grandissimes,
introducing the character of Ravel Inner
arity, with his wonderful picture of
Louisiana Refusing to Enter the Union"
and the announcement of his mar
riage he changes boats on the beautiful
waters of Lake Catharine The preamble to
splendid bit of landscape painting, soft and SEN
suous with the beauty of that Southern sky, air
and water in and about the chain of lakes
forming the back waterway between
New New Orleans Orleans. and IT, the gulf he
love songs, and closed his part of the pro-
gramme with "Marys Night Ride" from DR..
Sewer, bit of artistic work, eager and intense
both in the writing and the reading 1t is much
the best thing Mr.. Cable gave. Mark Twain
w as the funny ever n Hs m
which he broke down that redoubtable
parsonage with his atrocious burlesques upon
fact. put tine audience in a mood to be tickled to
death with the story OF Huck Finn and Tom
Sawyer in their arrangement of 'Jim's" escape
from the cabin in accordance with the dramatic
unities of history and romance; with the mistake
of the Blue Jay, who attempted to fill up the dis
mantled cabin with acorns dropped through
knothole in the roof; and with the story of his
duel in Nevada, in which he was converted from
blood thirsty hunter of men into mild and
cooling dove, who having controversy with
person now, would take him out quietly
and talk with him, and reason with him-and
kill him. In answer to furious encore, Twain
gave the adventure of the miners cat, which
was blown up in blast, and ever afterward ex
hibited an uncomfortable aversion to quartz
mining. AS an entirety the evening
was mos enjoyable, and if it seemed
less full of zest than the, previous
one it was because the novelty had somewhat
worn away and not that the performance was
below standard. The general verdict was ex-
pressed by fair auditor in the gallery, who,
while Mr. Twain was telling Of his duel, gave
long -protracted half-musical shrek, dying away
in hysteria and rupture Of whalebone.
THE MONARCH MUSEUM.
The Monarch Museum closed another success
full week, last night having played to success
sion of crowded houses. The attractions for the
coming week consist. in part. of. the wonderful
Man Fish and Water Queen, who eat, drink,
sleep, write and sew under water; return of the
favorite, Master frankie Jones, in new spe-
cialty; also the little queen Of song. the infant
Patti, Ella Lewis Sig. Giovanni and his talking
canaries; the marvellous glass piano; Devere and
Cakes. musical team; Clever Carroll, the Yankee
ventrloquist; the three Belmonts and the great
musical Dale. The passion Clock, has been
Girl, Rice Midgets and White Moors.
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