The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-28

will be issued for the first time on sapt.
IS Mr.. Wheeler has, long. been famed as
a critic of undoubted authority. and is
especially noted for his admirable and
trenchant English.
Maggie Mitchell CMrs. AbbotD has been
spending the summer at her Long Branch
cottage. Cricket Lodge. Her daughter.
Fanchon. is described as her second self in
appearance and her son is going to cast his
first vote this year. Mrs. Abbott is enjoy
ing life and has no idea of returning to the
stage.
Yvette GuiIbert includes in her repertoire
this season Nancy" a negro ballad, and
My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl" This is quit
a compliment TO Andrew Mack, who COM
posed both songs. 1T Will be worth not1nt,
however, whether credit is given to the
young comedian on the programmes.
Pretty nearly everything that has score
musical success in the East will be rem
dered by the Jolly Old Chums'' Company.
which will give six performances at the
Empire, beginning Thursday afternoon.
The company is said to be a good one
Mr.. j. NJ. Barrie. the novelist and play
wright. sailed from Liverpool Wednes-
day for this country. He is bringing over
and new play. Two Kinds of Women,
for Mr.. Charles Frohman.
Sol Smith Russell has made so much of
success in "A Bachelors Romance, Martha
Mortons new comedy that he will not APP
pear IN any other play this season lie
opened his tour Sept. II in Wilkesbarre, Pa
Della Fox, who began her season on Sept.
10 at Brooklyn, N. Y, has a superstitious
fear of opals. She never wears one, and
viii not allow any one occupying the stage
with her to wear the unlucky stones
j. E. Dodson calls attention to the fact
when Shakespeare wrote his plays there
were not in all the world as many Eng
lish speaking people as there are no" III
New York and New Jersey.
Nella Bergen has signed with De Wolf
Hopper for two years. She Joined the COM
pany as prima donna last season, and her
success has led to the present contract.
Georgia Cayvan makes her debut as
star Oct. at Palmer's Theater. in New
York. opening in play entitled, Mary
Pennington, Spinster
Ex-President and Mrs. Harrison wit
messed John Drew's performance in Rose
mary at the Empire Theater. New York,
one night last week
Mr.. Henry E. Dixeys His Absent Boy"
company has not proved a success, and
closed it's season in Boston on Saturday
night.
James O'Neiu has received a very adj
vantageous offer to produce Monte Cristo'
at the Adelphi Theater in London next sea-
son.
Darkest America is the title of a COM
edy drama that will be the attraction ct
the Park for three days, beginning this
afternoon. The scenes are laid in the South
and deal with negro life in all its phases,
especially their home life. All the charac-
tiers are taken by negroes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Lucas are the leading lights of the
production. Darkest America deals with
an idea entirely to the stage; there are
no scenes of oppression; the brutal over
seer and slave driver is conspicuous by his
absence. 1t is entirely different in construc-
ton from the negro dramas as heretofore
presented. Fun reigns supreme. 1t is
spectacular comedy and the large company
of negroes enter into the spirit of the va
rious scenes so naturally that the audience
is interested and entertained from the start.
There will be the usual daily matineeS
Next Thursday the Germans will open a
half half weeks engagement at the Park in
THE Gilhooleys Abroad a farce-comedy
in three acts.