The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-06
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81 ONE DOLLAR 81
A BOOK SENSA TON.
Book Dept, second floor.

Everyone knows how Hopper used to
dread matinees. The exertion of one per-
formance day was all he thought he could
stand. Now he will sit up and apostrophize
the matinee idea.
Il brought him to that" meekly suggested
Mrs Hopper last night. "You see Mr.. Hop
per's friends crowd the theaters at night,
but I'm so little they hardly see me, and 1t
Is only at the matinees. when the women
and children are in the majority, that I
feel as II there were any sympathy in the
audience. At night in the school room
scene. which I think the greatest in DIR.
Syntax,' Mr.. Hopper gets the applause. but
at the matinee Mrs. Hopper and the other
girls are the ones who carry off the honors.
We get encore after encore when we stand
up and sass the teacher. and that Is moth
Ing more than right, for the seminary girls
In syntax are big part of the perform
and when found we were not booked for
matinee, said-well, never mind what
SAID, but, you, see, we are going to play a
matinee, and I'm sure the women will give
proper credit to that half of the company
wearing petticoats."
During this conversation the big husband
sat and smiled in admiration on his inde-
pendent little queen as IL such sentiments
and language could not have come from any
much truth in the point raised by Edna Wal
lace Hopper. Not only Mrs Hopper, but
Alice Hosmer and Florence Murray ali have
parts that make them decidedly interesting
characters to women piay-goers. Miss
fun she gets out of the suffering. awkward
part of Psyche Persimmons. Her lines are
Few, but with her doll baby, she is always
doing something to burlesque the boarding
school girl that shows marked talent for
soubrette business. The part is thoroughly
member having seen on the stage. She has
a crying song in the second act, TELLING. all
about the hardships of boarding school life,
that Is furiously encored.
The lyric honors of DIR. Syntax' are Miss
Waltzingers.. This is her first appearance
In Indianapolis. Miss WaltzingerS debut
was in Albany, N. r., with the Bostonians.
She made her initial appearance in the part
of Annabel in Robin Hood, and her sue
cess, was instantaneous She was then
given the part of Maid Marion, the leading
soprano role of the opera. and so great was
the confidence of the management in her
ability that she was called upon. to sing the
parts of Primrose and Priscilla in the
leading soprano role in the "Ogallallas'' at
its first production in Chicago two seasons
Another fine audience, both in numbers
and t-.ste. witnessed the opera last night,
and the sale Of seats for to-day's matinee
house he ever played to in this city. The
engagement closes with to-night's perform
ance.
w. o. Bates's "t]ncle Rodney
The first play from the pen of William
o. Bates formerly telegraph editor of the
Indianapolis journal, and a well-known
newspaper man, was produced by the EN-
pire Theater Dramatic School at New York
last week 1t is a one-act comedy called
ssUncle Rodney" an idyl of the Catskills,
and all New York papers spoke we'll Of 1t,
the World saying:
is a dainty little piece of sentiment and
humor. The characters are drawn with
sure touch and the dialogue is direct and
apt. 1t is the story of a homely old farmer
who is prepared to efface himself that his
only son may make an advantageous mar
riage. Happily. good sense averts the sacri-
flee and all ends we'll Herbert Flans-
borough played the touching old father
with much rude pathos and artistic tact,
and as Milly, country girl, Louise VIII
liams showed decided aptitude for char