The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
Grand-"A Texas Steer,


The most successful play which Hoyt has
yet written is "A Texas Steer" which
opens at the Grand tonight for the rest Of
the week. Mr.. Hoyt has given his word
that this will be the last season OF the
Steer" and those who have never sat
through the clever satire on Washington
political life will have a last chance to
take a laugh on the Texas Congressman,
Maverick Brander. The play will be pro
duced with the best cast, 1t is said, that
ever appeared in it. George Woodward
well-known ability is enough to insure as
good a presentation of the leading part a
Tim Murphy ever was able to give, while
Bettina Girard, who scored such a phenom-
enal success in the long metropolitan run
be seen II the role of Bossy Brander. The
other popular roles in "A Texas Steer
w will be Sn 1 tbe9 practically tactic BY the same people
no rival as a favorite in this city. 1t
comes TO us early this season, and Mr..
the cast selected for its presentation is the
best the play has ever had. This means
that Maverick Brander, Bcssy Brander,
mmi from Texas will be as funny as
ever.
En~glish's-Mrs. Potter and Mr.. BeIRew.
Tonight, at English's, will be the only
appearance here. in five years. of one of the
most talented couple on the stage
to-day, Mrs. Cora Urquahart Pot
ter and Kyrle Bellew. They
have one of those charmingly new
and strikingly interesting plays from Alex
ander Dumas. fills, which has proved i'm
mensely popular. The story tells of a
young married couple who have reached
the Indifferent stage, when the husband
again seeks the attractions afforded by the
clubs, the ball room and the gay Partisan
restaurant. The wife becomes Jealous and
: requests the husband to remain home dur
ing the evening. This he refuses to do,
and, finally, one evening, when he is about
to attend a masked ball, after requesting
him not to go, in a fit of desperation she
declares that If he attends the ball she
right to be where her husband is. He takes
the, threat as a joke and treats 1T accord
ingly,. leaving her, as he supposes. in the
act OF retiring for the night. Scarcely has
he crossed the Threshold. however, when
she follows, enters a cab. attends the ball.
sees her husband escort some ladies to sup
per. forms an acquaintance with an un-
known man. goes to supper with him and
occupies a compartment next to that in
which. her husband and his friends are
seated. Here she overhears a conversation
II and eventually goes home in the wee. sma'
hours OF the morning.
The following morning her husband
learns of her adventure and Immediately
bcomes furiously indignant. Calling his
friends and relatives around him he de-
nounces his wife in strong language, and
telephones his lawyers to take immediate
otCBo " BAO<hIt a dlNOACC. Al tllCIp OSl-
ton of mutual friends finally reconciles
the husband, and the wife proves that her
action was simply to teach him a lesson on
the rights of the weaker sex.
Mrs. Potter Will, of course, play the wife
and Mr.. Bellew the injured husband. Both
parts are wonderfully strong.
Park-'The Side show To-Day.
The Park has not only a new attraction
this afternoon and the rest of the week,
but one OF the liveliest and best of this
seasons crop of comedies. James b.
hackie is the star and his play. The Side
Show" will FIJI the Park patrons with won
der and delight, and incidentally fill the
theater with people, for it is a great sue
cess. Mackie makes his entrance by falling
twenty feet through a ceiling, and the
comedy abounds in fun of all sorts. 1t is
staged splendidly with the company's own
scenery. The woman with the iron Jaw,
the bearded lady, the th~ree-legged man, the
Chinese giant, Rhoda the half lady. the
snake charmer. the burlesque circus are all
features of the play, as well as the famous
elephant Nit" from the great Charity cir
Gus at Dayton, o., which Manager Harry
Feicht. of the Grand Opera House, thai
city. made such a success of last summer
This attraction will make a stir here.