The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-08
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KeIlar has new mysteries this season.
the public delights in the mysterious. and
his performance is therefore popular. As
q study in magic 1t has few. IL any, equals.
The Grand was we'll filled last night when
the famous magician opened his week
there. and his reception was most cor
dial. None the less so was that of his
beautiful wife. Mrs. KelIar is. as in for
mer seasons, a very prominent factor in
the performance. Her psychological feats
embraced In part four of the programme.
and known as "Karmos." are even more
eyes covered. solve mathematical problems
that are difficult at best is a mystery.
ures. and is equally successful naming all
sorts of objects held up by Keliar In the
The Queen of Roses" In which. she is
made to appear on a pedestal where a mo-
ment before there was nothing. Is one OF
the new illusions, and. like them all, is q
seance Is a mysterious affair that COM
pletely throws in the shade the cabinet
s wU5k .T rnsca ny naa so of H q ran s 'TRs s gea5s
sanda," "Flyto" and the other magical
season Kellar has retained in his pro-
gramme. His "sleight-of-hand" exhibition.
which opens the performance, has been
made additionally entertaining by new
acts. Kellar remains all this week at the
Grand, with popular matinees tomorrow
and Saturday.
"a Bovvcry Girl mt Enslish's.
The public has heard a great deal OF
this peculiar sort OF girl of late through
the medium OF popular topical songs, but
the large house at English's last night
that greeted the initial performance here
OF this melodrama certainly had a new
experience. People who nave lived in the
West cannot appreciate like the average
Gothamite the phases of life and peculiar
vernacular to be found nowhere else on
earth save ION the Bowery." "A Bowery
Girl Is q good. old-fashioned melodrama
with down-trodden right. in four acts.
which rises and finally conquers. This
same concentrated virtue also bubbles over
now and then, forming climaxes, upon
which the curtain invariably drops. Like
all OF the better sensational melodramas,
the piece IL most eiaborately staged. the
scenic effects being of the very highest
is. a good one. Clara Tnropp. as Nora
for her admirable conception of a really
dif1cuit part. Miss Thropp will be well
md fayorably remembered as the one who
In Evans & Hoey's "a Parlor Match"
Her song-and-dance specialties are far
The scenic features have seldom been
equaled here in melodrama- Tbs second
act shows the Grand-street elevated rail-
palisades on the Hudson and the fourth
the housetope OF New York. with a view
Shows sse the sre Sssayul S Ss,sge Of The hsa R Prod sso9
king Of stage managers. Its enhancement
at popular prices will continue tonight and
glish's.
Roland Reed I'm ssThe Politicians
The success OF THE Politician through
ant fko ~o.x<~- ,~,&s.~. .--L-.
land Reed will play 1t at English's Thurs
day night only. His impersonation of Gem
eral Josiah Timber. politician, is a most
artistic piece OF work. both in detail and
execution, in brightness and vivacity, in
ever-changing moods. in dry and unique
humor. In fertility of resource. and in the
ability to grasp the conception of an up
to-date politician, all things to all men.
Almost believing In himself, watchful,
weighing men. trading on their vanity,
touching their weak. point and yet always
merry. hopeful. daring and witty. Mr..
Reed has never been seen to better adj
vantsSe and every tradition Of English
Mr.. Reeds personality dominates the whole
piece, yet he 10 SO conscientious and skill
ttul that every other character is given
his or her share OF prominence, the result
being = presentation thoroughly complete
ana deifcately and smoothly fashioned. The
when the convention has adjourned AT the
end OF the third act the house is as joy
fully uproartous as some favorite son in a
real political campaign.
Psrk-sadie Hasson in sKentucky
GIRL
Sadie Hasson and her exciting comedy
drama "A Kentucky Girl" are big ia
vorites at the Park and 1t is only natural
that tho theater should be crowded at the
performances yesterday. AS Charity Jar
vey. a lass in the moonshiners'
stronghold. Miss Hasson gives one of her
happiest representations. She is a pictur-
esque figure and does some really clever
acting in lmost every scene in which
she figures. The play is handsomely
mounted with special scenery and the little
star Is surrounded by a good company.
or course she IL omnlpresent. as heroines
IN mountain dramas always are; she saves
ner husband from death at the hands Of
the moonshiners: resuces him from being
torn into mincemeat in a sawmill when he
had been felled senseless by the william and
then bound 10 a log that was being cut into
lumber by a huge saw, and prevents the
destruction OF q flying train on which he
was a passenger. Naturally. she has her
reward In winning the love of the man
who had deserted her on her wedding day.
The play Is Of the sort that keeps the audi
fnss m CIR WIFI Wifi continue sssa1 70 at nni the PARK
all week with daily matinees.
Empfre-ssTwo Old Cronie..-
WiIls's TWO Old Cronies.' which occu-
pies the Empire stage for the first three
days OF this week. is rather better than
when IN this city last season. The plot. or
what there Is OF 1t. has been retained prac-
tically unchanged. but g different line of
specialties has been introduced. The prsn-
cspal novelty Is the "Trilby Govot.'' which
winds up with a dance by one OF the Hell
ston sisters. IN which the young lady APP