The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

A good type of stage villain is in Abe
Hampton who does the heavy in Down in
Dixie" at the Park. Mr.. Lacy plays the
part earnestly that he is roundy Kissed by the
The other night a woman In the AUDIENCE is said
to have become so excited during the cotton
placed in the machine, that She shouted for the
police and was with difficulty quieted.
The Neuves in 1.-The Boy Tramp come to
the Park next Monday and Tuesday. On
"Wednesday they will play Cell o.. Thursday
'"rhe Prodigal Father opens for three days.
Miacos City Club Bullesque Company opens
at the Empire for weeks engagement Monday
matinee. This organization is popular with the
patrons OF the Empire. The programme is made
up of two burlesqaes and a strong olio: the at
with the Rose Hill Company as the attraction.
MIR. Jules Levy. the great cornet player is now
part and parcel of the staff of celebrated must
clans employed at Conns band instrument fac
tory, at EIkhart Ind. to carefully examine and
test all instruments that are finished there. Mr.
department, but his assistance will also be en-
listed in tuning and testing all the valve instru-
ments.
Charles Jefferson, who mana ged 1.-The Rivals
all-star combination last spring, has seen fit to
deny in interview story that published
few days ago relative to a small tip that
Francis Wilson had paid to the colored porter
of the Pullman in which the actors had
lived for a month. while each of the other
members of the company had given the dusky at
subsequently learned that the story originated
from an actor in a barroom, whom he recognized
as a disgrunted individual who had been re-
fused pass, because business was too big to
permit such courtesies at the time. Commenting
on this attempt to be funny at the expense of
Mr.. Wilson, s. Goodfriend, in Plays and Players,
says: Whatever may be Mr.. Wilson's economic
habits. has heard any complaint
about his generosity from his family. from the
audiences he caters to or from the managers and
other people he does business with In this re-
spect his career is bameless He lives in
tplendid style, and the beauty and artistic quail
ity of his productions are not surpassed in e1e-
any other country. and they are Furthermore, a
distinctive credit to the American stage.
Jefferson De Angels, who started as a star
this year in the comic opera, ''Caliph' is now
strolling the Riato and telling his New York
friends how 1t happened. The Inflated ''Caliph'
closed at the Broadway Theater in New York on
as the clever comedian who supported Della Fox
in The Little Trooper and was largely respon-
sible for Delia's great success in her starring
venture. De Angels says he will organize
other company and try it again.
The young ladies" of the Trocadero stock
company in New York went on a smal-szed
strike on Monday. There was report circulated
by managerial attempt to further abbreviate
their costumes, but IL merely a case of jeal-
solos in the riusical piece. "Old and New
They were speedily replaced.
Alexander Salvini is reported dying. The young
actor is now at the point of death in Nagioli
Italy, and as his disease seems to have baffied
medical care, his father and friends have aban-
doned hope of his recovery. Should their gloomy
anticipatons be fulfilled the stage will lose one
of the best of it's romantic players This style
of acting has few followers not that 1t lacks the
favor of the public, but that it demands certain
characteristics and nature which are seldom
found i'll actor The player of romantic roles
must possess a line stage presence, commanding
stature. musical voice, good looks, magnetism
dignity and the ability to be equally convincing
In comedy, sentiment pathos, heroics and trag-
edy. Alexander Salyini had all these qualities in
a marked degree. His Italian accent was not so
much a detriment might imagine for
that tongue is uneommonly musical and il gave
a biafnetlng brogue to the actor in love scenes
that carried them triumphantly. In The Three
Guafcsfnen and Don Caesar de Bazan" young
SaINIn1 presented fine Il picture as anybodY
would WISH 10 look on, and his performance was
undertaken with so gallant an air that even a
fore he entered this field OF the drama SaIyini
had varied and unfortunate experiences He
played In his fathers company, and having no
mooI for tragedy, his attempts were made IN
significant by the splendid genius of Tomas $50
Salyini. A. NJ. Palmer put him into modern
society plays, in which he was ridiculc,is .na
canned the climax of his discern a,,,ra ~ Gnu
him create the role OF Lancelot in George par
Lathrops dramatization Of ''E,laine
Young Salvinis future was dubious enough until
accident discovered his true vocation in romance
Here his talents were Immediately declared and
he proved himself the worthy son OF his IA thar
III the loses this excellent PLAYER we r,1,st
ready won his spurs in that field. AT one time
Robert ManteH promised be our CHER roma ~
tic actor. but he lost his head, heart ambition
and figure six years ago. and now ne seems n
be drifting into tragedy.