The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14
PRESS CLUB ARTISTS
THOSE WHO WILL TAKE PART IN
PROFESSIONAL MATINEE TUESDAY.
II VIII BE the Greatest miscellaneous
Programme Ever Given in In
dfanapoIfs.

sonal matinee to be given next Tuesday
afternoon at the Grand Opera House by
the Press Club will offer the finest mis-
cellaneous programme ever presented to an
Indianapolis audience. The club set the
standard high when it first undertook to
give these entertainments several years
ago, and some OF the famous ltterateurs
OF the country have participated. The pro-
fessional matinee is an innovation in In
dianapolis, although a feature that has
been very successful In the East The club
at first contemplated Increasing prices as it
began TO make up its programme, on ac-
count of the unusual strength of the at
fractions and the prominence of the artists.
but 1t was finally deemed best to fix mat
inee prices in order to further popularize
the club and it's work None of the artists
would have consented to appear at the
prices the club had announced under any
other circumstances.
The last artist secured by the club for
the matinee is Mr.. Edward Onward Lely
the tenor who made so favorable an inn
preston when he first appeared in this city
several years ago with Adelina Patti the
peerless. At that engagement La Diva gave
scene from Martha" and Mr.. Lelys
work in that is we'll remembered Among
his solo numbers which won him an enthu-
Distant Shore an exquisitely beautiful
air. Nj. Lely has kindly consented to give
this song at the matinee. Mrs Lely,
charming woman, will play Mr.. LeIy's ac-
Compartments The Y. NC. A. course
obtained Mr.. and Mrs. sLeIy for Tuesday
night. and considered him the best attrac-
ton the course has had. ~
Jessie Bartlett Davis is too we'll known
to call attention to her ranking as a star.
She was the first to respond to the clubs
invitation to help make the matinee a sue
cess. Althoush 1t has been five years since
the Bostonians and their prima donna con-
tralto have been here, the interest in the
engagement has been so great that an I'M
preecdented advance sale has resulted. At
the esuDa Tuesday matinee the great con-
traito viii give operate selections, with
1iT. Cowiss the basso of the company: No
American bassO has perhaps reached the
nrn:rs..rsei1ce of Mr.. Cowles. His voice has
the rare quality which thrills For twelve
and Jessie Bartlett Davis has been with
the company for many years. also. When
ru1 t,so, iorces III New aoTk we're
with Melba. Nordica, Eames and other
great lights, they could not determine upon
a contralto to take the place of Calve, the
contralto, whose Carmen has been taken
as the ideal in several continents. Calve
remarks and refused to return to this coun-
try There was only one who could expect
TO compare with Calve in the role. and
that was Jessie Bartlett Davis. The New
York papers insisted that she be secured,
but Mrs. Davis preferred her present work,
in which she has been so successful. rather
than take up a brief season of grand opera.
Miss Henrietta Kitchell is the piano SOLO
ist , selected for the Indian
although she has been resident but few
years, having. come here from. Cincinnati.
ing was so generally recognized. Her first
public appearance in this city was at the
May Music Festival. an unusual honor to
talent of Miss Kitchell, however, entitled
her to this recognition. She was pupil
When James Hearne first won the hearts
OF New York people with "Shore Acres"
the Il leading roles Her triumph was almost
as great as that of the play itself, which
Is !, 50, 50 fun Of quaint humor and pathos. The
ard which Felix Morris reaches Mrs.
Brush has a charming personality, which, /
uiar. Since She came to this city as the the
wife of Mr.. John H. Brush she has only
the Flower Mission. The people who COM
posed the big audience were at once
thusiastic oyer her rsc;tations. and many
Mrs. Brush is also on the Press Club pro-
gramme.
There is much interest in the Indianapolis
debut of Miss jeanette Orlopp, violnist. 4
who will come here from Cincinnati to
lady who has not yet reached her sixteenth
year, but has taken conservatory gold
medal in competition. She has been under
the instruction of Campinari, and her prog
resS has been remarkable. She will play
the Faust fantasia, by Wieniawski, one
OF the most famous arrangements of the
great composer of violin music. Miss Or
lopp will bring her own accompanist from
Cincinnati
The programme is not to consist of mu-
steal numbers alone, but will be varied
Mr.. Harry Porter will give comedy num-
Der, one Of those which have made his
reputation on the stage. This will be the
hrst opportunity for several years of In
1fanapolitans hearing Mr.. Porter He is a
native of this city, and grew up here. His
list of acquaintance is too lengthy to
measure Several years ago he left the city
@ z, take q leading part with Frank Danielss
During the last two years he has been the
star with the Railroad Ticket
Mr.. Frank Oaks Rose has consented to
give a number. He isSa delineator of Dick
ms, and was personally acquainted with |
he great novelist. The son of Dickens |
vas Mr. Roses personal friend The young |
sr Dickens. after the death Of his father /
prepared number of views, made famous
~ his fathers descriptions intending to
make an American lecture tour. but at
ne last minute he was prevailed upon to
mango the character of his lecture and the |
Jews were left at home. These have come
nto the possession of Mr.. Rose, and are
lsed in the selections which he presents
tuesday afternoon Mr.. Rose will read |
rom "Piekwick and "Oiver Twist" and
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