The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-24
ADJUSTMENTS THIS WEEK.
Robert q. IngersoH Gives His Great
Lecture on the Bible Tuesday.

Lecture on the Bible Tuesday.
Colonel Ingersoll was the first of the
noted lecturers to bring to his aid the mod
ern and far-reaching machinery of the the
atrica1 system of management said Chas.
a. Davis, manager of the famous orator, re-
Gently Before that even the old-time
giants of the lecture world-Henry Ward
Beecher, Wendell Phillips and John B.
Gough-were managed in the most provin-
cial way. They were rented out to literary
societies and churches. Colonel Ingersoll is
the only lecturer who invariably does bust
ness in the regular theatrical way. In the
old days the distinguished lecturers were
almost always the object of much social
attention. But Colonel Ingersoll is entirely
unconventional. When he goes into a city
to lecture he doesn't become the guest of a
prominent citizen. He goes to a hotel, gem
orally on the European plan, where he can
eat whatever pleases him. At the home
of a prominent citizen the old-time star lee
turer was generally there on exhibition be-
fore a large number of guests. whom he
was expected to entertain. Unlike the plat
form orators of other days, Colonel Inger-
soil has no one to make Il fulsome address
OF oon 1n'r on tpa 20 n and audu ass not a az walks
the time-honored pitcher of ice water to
keep him company"
There is little hazard in predicting an
OVERLOOKING attendance on the occasion of
Colonel Ingersoll's appearance at the Grand
Opera House here next Tuesday evening,
when he is TO deliver what is said to be
his most brilliant and masterful effort on
'sThe Bible
"DevfI.s Auction in n New Dress.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
and Wednesday matinee English's Opera
House will offer Chas III. Yale's newest
Devils Auction which this season shows
many innovations in the ballots, costumes,
scenes and mechanical devices. Spectacles.
as a rule, offer the greatest of opportunities
for the introduction of novelties, which is
about all there is to pieces of this kind.
and as long as they are reburnished each
year and kept alive with the times a piece
of this calibre may run on forever. The
Devils Auction has now been before the
public twelve years. and that the interest
has been maintained year after year is sim
ply due to the elaborate changes which Man.
ager Yale always makes.
Among the most notable engagements of
artists this season is that of Miss Sadie
Stephens, a clever interpreter of Romantic
Boys" whose performance Of Gabriel in
Rice'S "~Eyangelinef won for her universal
praise. A strong feature has been procured
In the engagement of .sJa4 uarina, known
as the champion mistress o. the horse and
sword In the selection of a soubrette to
play Janet Manager Yale has been fortu-
nate in obtaining the services of Miss Nera
Vernon, the Californian prctean star. Gus
Bruno. jr., a clever comedian, whose per-
forTnance of Toby, the Donkey, last sea-
son.. is we'll known. Is still in the cast. and
Al W. Decker. a leading nortrayer of COM
edy ..old men," will play Pere Andoche.
Miss Maud King, ! beautiful woman. Is the
exponent of agile demons. continues in his
old part of Chaos, the Sprite. Other en-
are Eddie SNOW formerly prln-
legs circus, Miss Mildred Holden. an in
genue. completing one Of the strongest
s sanih ass aer fssse 81 'Ais srpsiehorean feai aaPss
have been arranged. SiE1lprlta G0ncetti11a
chittens y handsome woman ma gTeeeili