The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-15

artists in America She is said to have
greatly ha I. deighted the Lincoln audience ta e.
say there will soon be any number OF
dancers to follow her example.
Sallie Cohen made hit in Proctor's con-
tinuous performance last week. They will
play dates all the summer in the vaudeville
houses and next season will be with May
Irwin in her starring venture.
AZ the meeting of New York managers
held in Mr.. PaImers offices last week it
fer to make an argument in Albany against
Senator Mullins silly bill opposing the
wearing of tights upon the stage.
Mr.. Edward Onward Lely. the great
tenor, who appears at the Press Club mat
inee tomorrow, is an old friend Of W. II.
membe of the the
having known each other since boyhood in
Scotland.
Since James J. corbett was last seen in
ell and arranged match with Fitzsim-
mons. The advance sale for the Corbett
engagement at the Grand the last half OF
the week opens this morning. There will
be matinee Saturday.
Mrs. Gilbert, of Days company. tainted
on the stage on Monday night April ]. Mr..
Dixey and Mr. Lewis carried her off to the
managers office, where, after time, she
was suffering from severe attack of grip.
later.
Harry E. .Feicht, of Dayton, originator of
gives under as much canvas as is carried
by the Barnum people, was in the city yes
opens the season in May. His immense
performance will be given at Terre Haute,
July A.
Elita Proctor OTIS in "Oliver Twist" has
been playing to packed houses at the En-
pire Theater, New York, the past week. The
New York Evening Sun says "this may be
due to one of three things-the immortality
of Dickens's story, the genuine merit of the
performance. or the blood, Odds, however,
seem to be in favor of the blood
Helen Bertram, the well-known prima
donna, has been engaged by Manager Rosen-
bach, of the English Opera Company. at the
Bssr e hng tFe s 8jaaoo rols IN
alleria Rusticana'' and 81 Pagilacci.''', She
1.-THE Bohemian Girl
At the benefit of c. w. Couldock the vet
eran actor, which is to take place in New
The cast will include Joseph jefferson, as
o'Trigger; v. a. Crane, as captain Alb.
Mrs. John Drew, as Mrs. Malaprop.
THE Triumph of the Philistines." by
Henry Arthur Jones' is the forthcoming
DON Curiousiy enough. it follows the cur
rert play by Oscar Wilde, who has stead
thetic theories as the ep PhiIistine ne ' The
title of Mr.. Jones's play is significant, un-
der the circumstances.
Leander Richardson, editor of the Ora
matte News, says that Daniel Frohman has
taken off Oscar Wildes IAN Ideal Hus-
band. not because of the immortality of
the author. but because of poor business
which is quite likely nearly the truth. 1t
will be hard to find q manager who will
throw away a pot Of money by refusing to
produce play thst is a success, even if
the authors character be black as Old
Nick's. fens
David Henderson, who has expended
thousands every year in his beautiful Chi
cago Opera House productions, has at last
succeeded in making a hit in New York
where he is playing to immense business
with Aladdin, 5r,' at the Broadway Thea
ter. After repeatedly turning the cold
shoulder to the Chicago Extravaganza
Company, New York has finally been won
over. 1t is getting so that a Western man
needs a fortune to put anything on a New
York stage and stand his losses until the
metropolis sees fit to recognize any merit
in the production
The Dramatic News says: zone of the
cleverest receptions ever perpetrated upon
an audience was that practiced by lydia
Dreams billed with Tony Pastors COM
pany the only female ventriloouist.'
Miss Dreams is a very clever performer
and besides her ventriloquial feats she also
draws some lightning sketches. 1t is the
wonder of the audience that a woman
should be able to change her voice to such
a harsh tone as she often employs, and the
suspicion that she is man never seems to
enter their minds. But such is the case,
nevertheless. She is the husband OF Miss
Mauer, the young lady who accompanies
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