The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
HOcsier Actress Makes a Hit will
Goodwin i'm Australia.

HOesier Actress Makes Hit with
Goodwin in Australia.
1t should be a matter of pride and
enlargement to the many Indianapolis peo-
pie who have taken to the dramatic pro-
fession that an indianapolis girl has scored
q decided hit in Australia with Nat c.
Goodwin's company. This is Miss Ethel
Browning, who is playing the soubrette
roles with Goodwin formerly taken by Min
ME Dupree. Miss Browning has been on
the stage only a few years, but the Aus
tralian critics with their alleged high
standard of art, united in saying kinder
things about Miss Browning than they
could find for Blanche Walsh, Goodwin's
leading woman. After scoring Goodwin
covertly and 1.-THE Gilded Fool shameless
w. the Melbourne writers one and all in
serted an eloquent but in their criticisms
and proceeded to hurl at Miss Browning
enough hattery to turn that young
soubrettes shapely little head. A basketful
of Melbourne exchanges have been received
containing notices of Goodwins perform
ance and they never fail to give several
lines to the Charming ''vivacious' and
altogether winsome work of Miss Brown
ing She is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Bull, of this city.
Nat Goodwin has not increased his fame
by going TO Australia. Melbourne papers
with accounts of his opening week in that
city have just arrived, and if the adulatory
American public should read the mingled
satire and condemnation of Mr.. Goodwin
art contained in the many columns OF
notices on his Melbourne appearance in
1.-The Gilded FOOL the destination of fill
clustering expeditions would be instantly
diverted from Cuba to the antipodes. Mr.
Goodwin's greatest offense seems to have
been his determination not to act as the
siGh at
Australia. The absence of stereotyped
British mannerisms. tricks and moutnlngs
at once stamped him in the eyes OF the
Melbourne critics as a raw Yankee actor.
Henry Guy Cartoons play is odfously com
pared with the stilted dialogue of the Eng
iRish nroblem plays. The absence of slander-
smirched society women as herolnes Is not
overlooked nor forgiven. 1t Is plain that
Englshmen are writing dramatic crluclSln
in Melbourne.
Old Indianapolis friends of John Macau-
lev better known as Jack Macauley. of
Macauley's Louisville Theater. will be
pleased to hear that he has regained con-
troll of his old play house in that city, after
several years disconnection. Recently Ma
cauleys has been under the Management
OF jefferson. Klaw & Erlanger, and the old
familiar faces around the doors of this
Louisville landmark were temporarily ap-
sent. Macauley's famous picture gallery
of still more famous players that once
adorned the Macauley Theater lobby. are
again OH the wall, anu the pidCt ld0 pCSI
refurnished and redecorated Saturday
night, at Louisville, Mr.. Macauley ceie-
brated his return to the control OF his thea
ter with a stage party that vas de-
cdedly popular went in Louisville theatri-
cal circles, where Jack Macauley has al
ways been a popular manager.
Jefferson De Angels. well known as a
leading comic-opera performer for years
and remembered here for his laughable
work as Della Foxs leading comedian in
New York last week as a star in THE
Calf" written by Harry 3. Smith and
composed by Ludwig Highlander. Allan
Dale says of the performance that De An
gels has eclipsed both DeWof Hopper ard
Francis Wilson as an acrobatic come-opera
star and that his timblinG gymnastics on
the Broadway Theater stage should encour
age every successful bicycle rider that he
(the bicycle RIDER has the elements of a
comic-op@ra comedian
f. w. Townsend. the author of 'Chiinmie
Fadden" has arranged to have his popular
work published in London next month
After the English. have become thoroughly
imbued with its clever stories. bright Amer
lean wit, the engaging characteristics OF
the popular Bowery boy and the signifi-
canoe OF "Wot tell" Charles II. Hopper
will take his entire company to London in
the spring and give the English theater go
ers a still better idea of the interesting
quality of the character wnicn he has made
famous.
Jules Lemaitre has resigned his place as
dramatic critic the Journal des Debats
He will be succeeded by Emile Faguet NJ
Lemaitre's columns In the Dcbats have
often been collected and published In book
form under the title lie Theatre Contem-
porare. Nj. Iemaitre was called to the
Debats about ten years ago TO occupy the
place left vacant by J. j. Weiss and once
made famous by Jules Janin.
The opening play of the fifth season at
the Empire Theater, New York, was
Rosemary highly praised on every hand
for It's delightful humor. John Drew.
without his mustache, and In a character
essentially different from those with which