The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-11

at the Pembroke Arcade.
Grand-katie ROOney's "New Workers.
Katie Rooney's operate electromagnetic
Company will be the attraction for the next
three days at the Grand commencing with
to-morrow's matinee. The programme is
long one and comprises a little comic opera
a good deal of first-class vaudeville and
bit of burlesque. Katie Rooney was seen
here last season in THE Derby Mascot
She has always brought good shows here
and is a general favorite. This season she
calls her company THE Greater New York
ers" and presents programme which
should interest the audience because of it's
great variety. The opening skit she calls
THE Millionaire's Reception" 1t takes the
full strength of the company and introduces
them in much that is musical and much
that is terpsichorean. Incidental to this
Gay Soubrette'' The Toast plain Little
Everyday Girl" THE Modern Maids, y
Little Kittie Riley" and THE Glazier
jr., will also. appear in their singing and
dancing specialties, and the Checkers will
introduce clever specially. In the olio
appear the Carew sisters. Clarence WILDER.
Katie Rooney Whitelaw and Stuart, the
Helston trio. and the Norwood brothers.
The Norwoods are triple horizontal bar
artists who do some wonderful work in that
line. The closing burletta, called "A Dandy
Mascot is stocked with new music and
ingS soprano voice will attract attention
during the engagement. The company num-
bers twenty-three people in all. The per-
Torrance is really vaudeville all through
for the two operate skits are made up of
specalties and the oiio has half "a dozen or
moro acts.
''Darkest America Returns Thursday.
The attraction at the Grand the last three
days of this week will be Darkest Amer
ica," a comedy-drama in four acts. by
Frank Dumont. The various phases of ne
gro life are depicted, there being Just
enough of story to hold the different
scenes together. There is no intermission
in the piece, specialties being introduced
between the acts to make a continuous per-
Torrance. The first act represents negro
life on d cotton plantation in Mississippi.
and Il departure has been made in present.
ing it. Instead of the cruel slave driver a
kind-hearted Southern colonel is intro
duced, and the severing of the ties between
the master and his slaves by Lincoln s
proclamation is shown The second act
represents negro life on the levees of the
MISSISSIPPI. where buck and wing dane
a representation of the famous Steamboat
race between the Natchez and the Robert
Il. Lee The third act shows the interior
OF gambling den where craps" and other
games popular with the negro are intro
duced- The act closes with a novel fire
scene The fourth and last act represents
the refinement of negro life. and shows the
interior of a Washington mansion occupied
by n colored congressman. Darkest Amer
lea was at the Park last fall and did a
big business during its stay.
Empire-"Twentieth Century Sports
The Twentieth Century Sports Burlesoue
and Speciality Company is announced N
open at the Empire tomorrow matinee for
a three days run. This organization is
composed of some clever burlesque and va
riety people. well known to the Empire pa
irons. There are two amusing burlesaues.
presenting popular novelties and introduce
ing pretty lot OF girls. They appear in