The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01

They reached the new stand at SHUTDOWN.
There was big bus at the depot, and Hart
they toiled up the hin toward the town Dan
exclaimed; All, but that's magnificent
sunset Sunset. your foot, replied the
driver; that is the opera house burning
up Louis Globe-Democrat.
During the past three months Dame
Rumor has been extremely busy with the
names of De Wolf Hopper as we'll as that
of his pretty wife. Edna WaIlace-Hopper.
and the former soubrette of the Hopper
Company. clever Della Fox. From all ac-
counts the average theater-goer might be
led to believe that Mrs. Hopper is not with
the Hopper organization this season, and
that she has been replaced by the winsome
Della. On the contrary, the clever little
woman is still largely in evidence, appear
ing at every performance of lei Captain"
Tor she stlll remains one of the potent fac
tors of her husbands company, while Miss
Fox is starring in THE Wedding Day with
Lillian Russell, and will be seen at Eng
lish's soon. In all probability "El Captain"
will be produced in London next spring by
De Wolf Hopper and the members of his
present company, including every member
of his chorus, as negotiations are now
pending for its presentation at one of the
leading theaters in that city, but there is
20 likelihood whatever of the charming
Della Fox being q member of the COM
edian's company during a run in London of
Ell Captain" as has been reported in New
from Mr.. Hoppers manager.
James A. Herne has been fortunate in
having many of the eminent literary work
ers of the day among the enthusiastic adj
mirers of his play "Shore Acres James
Whitcomb Riley has been to see the play
several times and has written a poem about
it. To him "Shore Acres is something
more than a play. He loves to go behind
the scenes and talk to the children or chat
with the players about the parts they are
imperSonating. Eugene Field was an equal
ly sincere admirer of the play. Hall Game
the novelist, saw Shore Acres at Toronto
two years ago, and was so well pleased with
IT that he asked for an introduction to the
playwright. He told Mr. Herne that he con-
sldered 1T the best pastoral play in the Eng
lish language, and that he believed that it
would run in London for year. William
Dean Howells wrote a long review of the
piece for Harper's magazine in which he
American piay.ODetroit Journal. Se'@'''e
The honeymoon of Playwright Martha
Morton and Herman Conheim, of New
York, had not passed before Olive NJ Sa-
londe had brought suit against the fair
comedy writer's husband for $4,000 for
breach of promise. Martha Morton is
author of the successful plays Brother
si1nn hn ao ana st "A Bachelors ROMANCE
OF Fortune" and His Wife's Father"
played by w. H. Crane.
w. A. Brady will hereafter be the general
director of the Schiller Theater, in Chicago.
The stock company that has been playing
there for some time will be disbanded, and
Mr.. Brady will make some productions of
his own. Elta Otis, the star of the Schiller
Company, has already gone to a Denver
stock company.
Miss Irene Rookie, of the "Sign of the
Cross Company, has a musical voice. with
pleasing English accent, which, together
with her grace and beauty, have helped
her very much in winning the hearts of
her audiences in America
Emile Gautier, the sensational horseman.
who performs the most marvellous feats on
a platform only fifteen feet in diameter
and elevated ten feet from the stage is the
Dig feature of vaudeville show in the East
A letter from Otis Skinner at Duluth. an
nounces that he has rewritten all of the first
act of his new. play, Prince Rudolph"
making it much stronger than when first
produced in Chicago recently.
Joaquin Miller 1.-The poet Of the Sierras,"
who has been in Alaska as a newspaper
correspondent, will make his debut as an
actor in The Heart of the Klondil1e''
Nov. in New York city.
Olga Nethersole, whose London season
will begin next month, has been requested
to appear in Denise before the Prince and
Princess of Wales at Sandringham Palace.
e. M. Holland, who has been out of the
cast of Never Again for some time, re-
joins the company, and will play his origi-
nal role of Ribot.
The many friends and admirers of f. s.
Willard will be glad to learn that his new
play The Physician" is decided success.