The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-25
AMUSEMENTS.

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GRAND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MANOfA-MASON
COMPANY.
In these days of the prevalence of sensa-
tionalism and horse-play on the stage it is q
pleasure to commend the work, on legiti-
mate lines, of such an organization as the
Manola-Mason company. which began an
engagement at the Grand yesterday. 1t is
not O large company, bns IL is composed of
ladies and gentlemen who are both uex.
perienced and capable. and they gave t@e
short plays that were full Of originality and
entertainments. The Army surgeon" Is a
clever little skit, in which Mr.. Stanislaus
STANCE. the author; Robert McWade, an old
time favorite; Annie NJ. Clarke. a most in
teliigent actress. and John Brantck appear.
IL was followed by IF l w ere You.n a COM
name from a song Miss Manola sings in it. IL
ia brightly written. its action is brisk and
spirited. and the music selections In it,
which were written especially for MIR. and
Mrs. Mason. by Julian Edwards, are tune
full and pretty. Miss Manola, who has pre-
viously been known here only in opera.
shows unex pected strength and intelli-
gence in her dramatic work. In this comedy
MIR. Mason sustains his ~well-known re puta-
tion as an admirable and thoroughly
Brutus Booth agnes Booths eonl. Miss
Clark, Hattie Scheil and Polly Winner all
do commendable work. Indeed no more
evenly -balanced company has been seen
here this season. There were two very
large audiences yesterday, and thoroughly
we'll pleased ones at that. The Same inter
esting bill will be repeated tonight and
tomorrow afternoon and evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Mason will appear In Roberts0n's
Caste" one of the best plays ever writ
ten, in which they have made q hit else
where.
NOTES.
Every lady attending the m~atinees at the
Empire during the engagement of 1.-The
Pay Train" willtreceive a cabinet photo of
Miss Bindley with the price of admission.
The one regret of the managers of the
Park TheateT yesterday was that 1t was
not nearly large enough to accommodate
the crowds who wanted to see me and
Jack" Lester IL Williams's Company have
duplicated their hit of last season there.
Next week the Park will ave another I'M
usually strong attraction In Uncle
Hiram" a sensational comedy. in which
there Is q railroad scene that is said to beat
anything of the kind before put on the
stage
The Dodge City Cowboy Band" ia the
name of q unique organization that will
give a concert at English's next Tuesday
evening. The band Is composed of talented
musicians who have been playing together
for several years and are now making q
tour of the East, travelling ih special cars.
They play both classical and popular
music as we'll as descriptive pieces fol-
which special scenic settings are used.
Miss Dora Wiley. the Sweet Singer OF
Maine" is with the band.
At both performances yesterday the Era.
pIre was packed to the doors with fun-lOv-
ing people who were looking for something
TO laugh at. and, judging from the applause.
Hyde's Comedians were able to acoommo-
date all. The audience accorded Miss
Helene Mora d gratifying reception on hel
appearance in severalnew character songs.
BY special request che sang her two great
successes, THAT is Love" and Comrades"
Mr.. Frank Bush kept the house in a roar
for half an hour with his Hebrew impcr.
soDatiODs and mimicry.
"Dartmoor.n n new and original comedy
drama, by the famous English, dramatist,
Arthur Law. comes TO the Grand the frs,
part of next week. When produced IN
London by the eminent English actor, Mr..
L. s. Willard. IL had o long run. Its pro.
duction in this country has been very sue
c~essful. and the play is much praised by
the press. To the lovers of comedy drama,
pure and undefled. "Dartmoor" is likely
10 meet with approval, being entirely
free from farce or horse-play. The com.
paDy is headed by the well-known actor,
Mr.. j. Ii. Gilmour. and with him are Owen
Westford. Herbert Archer. Littledale Pow.
ers. Bettina Gerard, Hazel Seldom, Emmie
Fossette. and the well-remcmbered child
actress. little Marguerite Fields.