The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

Jonn Drew belongs TO the Oldest theatre
cal family in America and great as has
been his ancestors. Mr.. Drew appears to
hold his own. for this is his fifth season
as a star. Each year he has added TO
his laureIs by scoring hits in plays of wide
ly varied characters. First it was THE
Masked Ball. then 1.-The Bauble Shop"
The Butterflies" christopher, jr.,'' THE
Squire of Danes and now IL is Rose
mary This latter is four-act comedy
which bids fair to bring Mr.. Drew more
fame and dollars than the others combined.
Mr.. Drew and Rosemary will appear at
English's next Saturday matinee and night,
when Indianapolis will enjoy play unlike
any that has been seen here. The advance
sale begins at the Pembroke Wednesday
morning. The original New York cast will
be seen In support of Mr.. Drew. 1t in
cludes Maud Adams. Ethel Barrymore.
Mrs. King. Mrs. Adams. Daniel Harkins.
Harry HARDWOOD, Arthur Byron, Graham
Henderson and Frank II. Lamb.
..,rhe Greater New Workers" an operate
extravaganza headed by Katie Rooney, will
be the attraction at the Grand to-day,
Tuesday and Wednesday. with daily mat
inees. This is a clever company or high
class vaudeville stars
The Twentieth Century Sports open at the
Empire this afternoon for three days. The
company is composed of several high-class
variety people.
RusseII-Fox-D'AngeI Opera.
New York critics have spread themselves
to find pleasant things to say of the pro-
duction of 1.-The Wedding Day" at the
Casino Thursday night. This is the opera
in which Lillian Russell. Della Fox and
JEFF D'Angelis appear joint stars. One
critic, less extravaganza than the rest, says:
1.-The leading role is sung and acted by
Lulian RUSSELL and she has seldom acted
as well. Some of the music is pitched a
trifie high for her voice, but the libretto
contains no trick of comedy that she does
not win. The golden diva did well by her
public and her reputation last night and
we were glad to welcome her out of the
tnanity or An American Beauty into a
comic and lyric role with scope for her
finer abilities. Miss Fox had some difficulty
with the music, but I'm the humor she was
at home. For that matter, only two per-
formers did full justice to the score and in
Mr. Greene. the tenor, and Miss Saunders,
the c0ntralt0 the listeners We're repaid for
greater success in comedy than in iyrics -
But comic opera must first of all be comic
and in this particular Miss. Fox who did
sing so we'll as usual, and Mr.. D'Angelis.
who never could. would or should sing at
all. remained so plentiful in merriment that
they Kept the house i'm constant laughter"
Some idea OF the mammoth proportions
OF the enterprise may be had from the
fact that the company, al told, numbers
seventy-five members. In The Wedding
Day the insurrection of the T'rondIsts i'm
France. in the seventeenth century. is
used as picturesque background. The
story comically centers about an incident
in this rebellion, in which the insurrec-
tionists attempted to bring about a treaty
with Spain. Lucille D'Herblay Miss Rus
selD, member of the French Queens
household; is dispatched to the Frondist
stronghold. at the head OF the insurgent
forces. TO secure this treaty from Cen
erd Bouillon CMr. Pruette) before the
Frondists may secure the signature of the
Spanish sovereign. 1t is with the variousIy
humorous. comic and other light adventures
growing out of this situation that the opera
deals Lucille, in her efforts to secure the
treaty is aided by Rose Marie Miss Fox)
the bride of "A Partisan caterer and by
Poiycop baker tMr. D'Angelis).
III at S.anishaus l. STANCE wrote the book
scenery has been painted by Mr. Ernest Al
bert and Mr.. Walter Burridge. and the cos
die. have been made by Mr.. Henry '1 pszi b,S
The opera Is being staged under the dire
ton OF Mr. Richard Barker.
Merode Coming to America.
Mile Cleo De Merode the celebrated
Partisan beauty. one OF the most popular
women on the Paris stage is announced
TO appear at Roster & Balls next auturn,
for forty-five performances. Mile C,eo he
Merode. who was crowned Queen of Beaut,
in the last Paris Exposition, affects a ne
culiar style OF couture The originality of
this coiffure consists in long fiat bandeaux
concealing her ears. A nude statue emit,
tied The Dancer. for which Mile De Me-
rode admitted she had been the model for
the head and shoulders, and which was
one OF the features of the last Salon
showed her with her hair dressed i'm the
usual style, and some envious persons
started the report that she wore il that
way because she had no ears That
calumny was very quickly disproved, how
graphs OF the dancer, showing her ears
and very pretty ears they were, too She
had been one OF the premiere danseuses
at the Paris opera for several years. and IL