The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-19
Notes Of the Stage.

Notes of the Stage.
It is said that Mrs Langtry proposes endow-
ing home for INDECENT respectable women.
A daughter of the famous Jennie Lind will
come to this country for concert tour next
season.
The new Gilbert and Sullivan opera will not
be produced until the new year, late in January,
perhaps
Manager Dickson has booked the New York
Casino success 'Erminie,s for the Grand Jan. 3.
4 and 8.
BARLEY Campbell is now in the Morris Plains
Asylum, where he will probably die within the
next two or three months.
Madame Ristori is about to begin yet another
farewell tour OF the world, starting shortly In
Paris with Marie Antoinette"
Christmas dolls are now patterned after
actresses. Mary Anderson and Mrs. Laretry
taking the lead in infantie esteem.
The three best paid dancers in Europe are
Mile. Rosatti, at $l2. 900 season. Mile. Mauri,
at 900, and Mile Subra at Sc, 900.
Frank L. Bixby. of this city, who is managing
the Criterion Theater in Brooklyn, is going to
convert it into permanent minstrel house.
Mr.. Al. S. Lipman passed through the city on
Thursday with the Rose Coghlan company. He
is the leading juvenile man, and is doing well.
1t is now discovered that the swindler who
lately duped the Mexicans with Patti concert
tickets is Harry Mcneil, noted confidence man.
Auellna TAILl mas mania Tor parrOtS ana at
her castle in Wales has very large collection +
them. She hires maid whose exclusive dut1
is to care for the birds
One of the greatest successes of the present
season is Frederick Bryton's Forgiven" The
play has been somewhat altered, and is said to
have been much improved
II is said that the wintry blasts were too heavy
for Storm Beaten" and the company has gone
into shelter Japish is also resting" in New
York, but is about to resume her starring tour
1t is related that when Minnie Hauk recently
| sang at Tin Cup, A. T., twelve Apache chiefs re-
tired behind the theater after the concert and
drew lots to see who should marry her. Minnie
escaped. So did the Apache chiefs.
John A. McCaull has secured the American
rights to the colnc opera, LA Bearnaise," writ
| ten by Alfred Murray, with music by Andre
! Messenger. It was produced at Birmingham,
England, few months ago. with success.
| Mrs. frankie Kemble is about to star in new
| play called ''Sybil," written for her by Clay
| Greene, with Ed Clayburgh as manager. There
doesn't seem to be any bowling public demand
for Mrs. Kemble to star. although she is bright
| and clever soubrette.
| 1t is reported that Billy Emerson and Charlie
| Reed. the Ministries, have organized minstrel
nently in New York. The plan is to build new
| theater, for which John w. Mackay and Ed
| Stokes furnish the capital.
| Indianapolis is to be favored in the early
| spring in the production of "Nordeck" by Frank
| Mayo. "Nordeck" is founded on Werner's
novel, "Vinita." and is the ideal of romantic
melodrama. Mayo has had wonderfully sue
cesstul season this year.
| The costumes worn by Kate Forsyth in
Faithful Hearts" were made by Worth. In
the first act she wears a white summer neglige
of MORE and null, with lace garnture. This is
succeeded by an elegant black gown embroid-
cred with Jet, brown or tobacco" color MORE,
the latest Partisan shade, and an embroidered
fawn color robe that is extremely handsome
The new Eden Musee." under the Park The
ater will be open on Christmas day An elab
crate stained glass front mas been put in, and the
rooms have been very strkingly decorated and
| arranged as grotto. The tableaux of wax fig
| ures, including the Chicago Anarchists, and
other famous people, are nearly finished. and the
opening attractions will be novel and interest
ing.
Herne's Minute Men of '76p is about the
greatest dramatic success of the season. thus
far Although the scenes are LAID during the
time OF the revolutionary war, it is not mill
tary play only in its elaborate spectacular and
scenic features-but a comedy drama. Mr..
James A. Herne, the author, plays the leading
part in it, with Mrs. Katherine Corcoran as lead
ing lady
you have no conception of how very bad
theatrical business is in New Orleans" said w.
Fl. West, of the Thatcher, Primrose e Vests
Mlnstrels, to a Journal reporter. "All the prin-
cipal theaters are run under one management,
that of Mr.. Bidwell) and receipts are scarcely
large enough to pay gas bills. Louise Balfe, with
a good company. played there all week to
1902 gross receipts. The local management got
$500 guarantee, and the star took So for the en-
tire weeks work of herself and company. 1t is
an actual fact that one night they rang up the
curtain with but one lonesome solitary man
down stairs. Our show played there one night
to an audience of twenty-one people down stairs,
and the gross receipts of the week were less than
So, 900. The theaters deserted, and there
doesn't seem to be dollar in the town.
Ed Marble. now with Thatcher, Primrose &
Vests Ministries, in the stock company of
the old Metropolitan Theater in this city, under
W. II. Riley's management during the war, and
INDUCES in many interesting "reminiscences of
the days of '634 In the company at the same
time was Mckee Rankin, who had been engaged
to play juvenile parts. He was so noticeably
bad, however, that he was relegated to compare
tive obscurity as walking gentleman. He re-
ceved the princely salary of SIP per week while
Marble, as second comedian luxuriated on So,
six of which he paid for board. During that
same season. Edwin Adams, who was then max
ing his first tour star. played at the thearer
for time, and made great hit. He had writ
ten to Manager McVicker, of Chicago for time.
but the latter replied very CURLY that he did not
wish to engage any such unheard. of attractions
so Adams had TO fill in his time as best he could
and came to Indianapolis.
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