The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

John Drew will be seen in Rosemary
at Englishs tomorrow. matinee and night
nd the theater will probably be filled on
both occasions. Rosemary is "A comedy
and its hero is unusual type. Charles
Wyndharn won signal success in the char
acter during the several months Rose
mary ran last season at his Criterion
Theater, London. The sceIies are laid in
England In the first act a post chaise
containing a pair of runaway lovers breaks
down near the country residence of Sir Jas
per Thorndyke. wealthy bachelor. Sir
Jasper befriends the unfortunates and
when the parents of the girl come along in
pursuit. he takes them in, too, and in
duces them to consent to the marriage.
Meanwhile he himself has fallen in love
with the girl, who is young and charm
Ing, but she only cares for him enough to
arouse the jealousy IF her husband-to-be.
The coronation day q. Quee Victoria ar
rives In the third act, an6 &c whole par
London. Sir Jasler and the 70 !Ig woman
have private interview, during which
he manfully conoeals his own affection and
counsels her in g. fatherly manner to for
give her Jealous lover, and so slnootns the
way for his rivals happiness. In the
onrth 0n bs act me S scene Is again .hf same Old
Sir Jasper, more than eighty years DID,
Is dining alone While he eats he reads a
the girl he loved before the Indian mutiny.
ished.
Maud Adams is still Mr.. Drew's leading
tion TO the comedians support. which also
includes Harry HarwoOd, Arthur Byron
Bsrrymore. Miss Annie Adams and Mrs
Deloss King.
Darkest America" turned away many
people last night, the Grand being packed
1t is built along popular lines and presents
an entertaining lot OF sketches of negro
life in the South. There is any amount of
singing and dancing, as all know who saw
the show here on its former engagement
All the steps known to these enthusiastic
negro double shutters" are introduced
The stage is filled with people most of the
time. and the four acts introduce all sorts
or plantation and levee pastimes. The
scene in the gambling room in the fourth
act Is one or the finest features of this
show, which is well stocked with charac-
teristic negro humCr. The performance at
tracted much attention last fall at the
Inrki anaxt ana a description Is unnecessary.
afternoon and tonight at the Grand as
Well as the two performances tomorrow.
Next week the Holden Comedy Company
comes with four plays-"'The Denver F,xs,
press. THE Westerner' "The Inside
Track and Dangers of a Great City"
The costume which Caroline Miskel Hoyt
dons when she goes to the polls to vote.
In "A Contented Woman" which will be
the attraction at Englishs Opera House
next Tuesday and Wednesday. is what the
ladies' call "a dream" and modistes denomi-
nate CONNECTION OF pink silk and old
lace In the language OF the street Arabs.
the woman opponents of the fair wearer' 5
party don't do thing to her. at the
polls, and when she returns home her beau
uful gown Is a wreck One night recently
Whiie this scene was being enacted in
Brooklyn. \. Y, a charming young debu-
tante gazed at the ruined frock in dismay.
and then in Mortified tones said to her es-
cort, so loudly that her speech was heard
Dy several rows of the audience "Oh. isn't
that "A shame to ruin "A beautffI,I
dress! The young miss was unused TO the
tricks or the stage, and was unaware OF
the TACT that the charming Caroline had
made "a quick change for the occasion
The advance sale for "A Contented Wom.
an VIII open Tomorrow morning at the
Pembroke - W