The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
THIS WEEKS DRAMA
NUMBER OF BIG ATTRACTIONS AT
rHE DIFFERENT HOUSES.
"A Gaiety GIRL HaIlen and Hart,
L. Sullivan Come Monday.

"Of course, every boy has a sweetheart.
While some of them have two or three"
These opening lines of that variety stage
favorite song MY PEARLS a Bow'ry Girl
If indeed true, will have a new interest
to every boy this week on account of the
number of shows to which the said sweet
hearts will expect to be taken before next
Saturday night. 1t is many moons since SO
many attractive burlesques, farces, melo-
dramas and variety performances have
struck Indianapolis all in a bunch as the
local play bills announce for the coming
six days. The week starts off with a
"Gaiety Girl" at the Grand, Hallen and
Hart in Later On at English's, 1.-THE
Bandit King at the Park and John l..
Sullivan at the Empire. Each one of these
are great drawing cards and are likely to
do an immense business. Following "a
Gaiety Girl on Wednesday comes Primrose
& Vests MINISTRIES to the Grand. Judging
by the many extraordinary and novel feat
ures of this aggregation, the largest and
most entertaining perhaps of any ever put
on the stage, the troubadours will play to
two packed houses, giving way ON Friday
night to THE Passing Show" the most
pretentious burlesque success yet seen on
the American stage.
"A Gaiety Girl is Augustin Days COM
pany from his London theater, brought to
New York at the beginning of the present
season. 1t is a musical comedy with the
spectacular features of comic opera, includ-
ing a company of sixty people. With the
exception of Cissy Fitzgerald, who has been
engaged for The Twentieth Century Girl
in New York, the company is the same
imported from London. One of the attract
i've features of the entertainment is the
dancing which is INDUCED in by the Fraser
sisters and Maud Percy. The nature of this
English product of the close Of the century
is very like American comic opera and its
scenery and costuming are on the order of
extravaganza. There is some dramatic in
terest to the events treated of, but nothing
too serious for after dinner meditation. In
fact, seriousness does not enter into "A
Gaiety Girls life. On the musical side
the piece is said to be strong, not less than
a dozen vocal numbers being sung during
the performances One of the best is 'Oh,
My Daughter a duet between DIR. Briefly
and his daughter Rose. whom he has in
structed in the fine art of man catching,
but who, before the close of the opera, is
engaged to marry a penniless lover. The
father wants to see how his child is versed
in the tactics he has sought to impress on
first line, the laughter second, and so on
as follows:
"oh. my daughter, there's a creature known
Oh, papa, that is exactly what I guessed.
And a. girl is bound to catch him IT she can.
Dearest father. I shall do my very best.
It's a task to which my darling isn't used
But she'll prove a ready pupil as you'll
see
Will you show me how you'll act when in
PRODUCED?
1t depends on who the gentleman may be.
If he hasn't got a sou, what will Rosy-Posy
She will treat the person so-just like
~that-don't you know.
But suppose the case should be that ne rolls
in L. S. d.?
Then a smiling face I'll show, more like
that-don't you know.
And if anybody asks us what we're at,
don't you know,
We shall wink at one another, just like
that, don't you know.
Just like that, don't you know"
"oh. my daushter you are young, but
Oh, papa, I've learned a thing or two
from you.
You must try and bring a sutton to your
That's exactly what your pet intends to
| When you get him safely down upon mis-
Here's the interesting portion of the plan
Tell me what will be the next proceeding
oh, papa, I really don't see how 1 can.
If the wealth gin;dga; asked to share OF a
My approval I will show, just like that,
don't you know,
| But suppose the heart you've won, OF a
needy younger son?
/ shall quickly bid him go, more like that,
don't you know"
There is another verse dealing with the
possibility of failure in these careful plans,
and in that event the daughter say that to
support her father she will go to the music
| halls and dance like that, don't you know
phere are many other bright, descriptive
songs that will be heard the first time in
Indianapolis.
.sThe Passing Show"
.'The Passing Show comes next Friday
and Saturday from the New York Casino
with all scenery, costumes and other &C.
cessories complete as used in the metropolis
and indianapolis theater goers will have al
opportunity in the presentation of the ex
travaganza of witnessing the only enter
tainment that had sufficient drawing power
to run all last summer in New York city
The Passing Show is a fitting title, ant
is Indicative of the nature of the perform
ance, which is a review of all the populal
dramatic and lyric successes of the pas
year. The overwhelming success of the per
Torrance is greatly due to the brilliance o
the libretto and the beautiful and melodiou'
music. The book is the work of Sydne.
Rosenfeld, author of 'The Senator and nu
merous other successful comedies and libret
tos, and the music is by Herr Ludwig Eng
lander, a composer Of international reputa
ton. The numerous specialties intersperset
have also been a great factor in it's success
The company numbers sixty people, and in
cludes a full operate chorus and a complet
ballet. A review of the grand operas il
twenty minutes is one of the noveltie
which attracted the most enthusiastic com
ment in New York. The salient feature
of .sThe Passing Show are pretty women
rich and artistic costumes, beautiful seen
cry, clever specialties and bright comedy
1t is a novelty in theatricals and has ere
ated a sensation wherever it has been pre-
sented. Those who are familiar with the
atrical matters know of the success of 9TH
Passing Show in all the large cities. Tn
special scenery used is carried by the com
pany, and the production is made as elabo
rate as in the big Eastern cities.
Primrose and West.
Such wideawake and literally dispose
amusement purveyors as Primrose an
West do not allow advanced ideas of mir
strelsy to remain dormant for even a brie
spell. Not content with having gained tn
foremost distinction among the successfl
managers of gigantic minstrel enterprise.
so far as relates to the bright side Of tina
form of entertainment, they are determine
to experiment with the dark side as wei