The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27
eRAND-"THE WHITE sLAvE.n

IL
The Christmas week menu az the theaters
comprises light but fairly popular produc-
lions of the day. At the Grand Opera
house THE White Slave" BARLEY Camp
BELLS famous melodrama, opened with q
matinee yesterday to o good house. Al
though the play Is An old one. the artistic
settings. pretty scenery and negro melo-
dies make IL still attractive as years 90 by.
If the slave-dealer Is inst q trif1e too fero-
cious' his parts well balanced oy the heroics
The negro characters are faithfully por-
trayed, while the feature work is beyond
the ordinary. The play. all taken, rune
close to sympathetic hearts, Is exciting,
n entertains. The audiences at all the
theaters yesterday were principally out.of-
town people.
ENGLIsH's-"THE POLICE PATROL
The Police Patrol" at Englisb's, played
to q fair house yesterday. Captain Hardy
Is still the melancholy police captain he
was last year. and is just as much in love
III ever any police captain on earth
was both at oncel, but Artful Joe
part by trying to be funny. Ytsterd ay
afternoon the d%rop-curtaln caught before
the scene where the horses figure, and be-
fore 1T could be gotten down the frightened
animals seemed inclined to make o dash
through the audience. This play contains
enough love, bate. conspiracy and heroism
to satisfy the hungriest appetite.
PARK THEATER-"THE COLONEL"
The Park Theater had holiday audiences
that filled it to the walls at both perform
ancee yesterday, apd The Colonel was
much laughed at. 1t is q comedy In which
there are q distinct purpose and plot. we'll
conceived and ingeniously worked out
The title of the play comes from that given
q mother-in-law OF one of the characters,
q woman who keeps herself very busy with
other peoples affairs and makes it very
lively for all about her. The scenes are
land in England. and the story involves
amusing incidents. "rhe Colonel is not
full of horse-play. but Is u very entertain
ing comedy. The leading parts In 1t are
assumed by Oscar Sisson, a careful and
painstaking character actor, and Miss
Josephine Florence shepard. O daughter of
the late w. j. Florence. and an actress of
an attractive personal appearance and ex-
pressive methods. The others in the COM
pany play their respective parts accept
ably. 1.-The Colonel will be repeated at
both performances to-day and tomorrow.
EMPIRE-"ALvIN JosLIN."
"Alvin JoslinD delighted q big house at
the Empire yesterday with his homely &c.
centriclties. Clarinda, his wife, Is done In
q back county contralt0 that arouses en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Davis is the living DIT principle
of the play. and, although he IL not q Dem
man Thompson. he makes people laugh
heartily. The cast is O large one, but
succeeds in accomplishing nothing remark
able outside of Mr.. Dayis's role.
NOTES.
Miss Nellie McHenry comes to the Grand
tho last three nights of this week in IL
Night at the Circus" q musical comedy, In
which there is u great deal of fun. and IN
which Miss McHenry appears TO unusual
advantage.
Joseph Arthur's comedy drama, "The
Still Alarm" with Little Tuesday, the
cleverest of all the child artists. is one of
the attractions underlined for English's
Tuesday night and the rest of the week.
The piece has an unusually strong cast this
season.
The Oberlin Glee Club will render one of
it's choicest programmes at Plymouth
Church. nextSaturday evening. New Years
eve. The club Is conn osed of nineteen
singers selected from two hundred men,
bers OF the Conservatory of Music at Ober-
I'm, O. Each one Is selected on account O.
his peculiar fitness for the place he occupies.
Wherever they have appeared the papers
speak Of their singing with the highest
praise. Secure scats at Baidwin'sL