The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
AL FIELDS MINSTRELS
WITH MANY NEW FEATURES COMES
TO THE GRAND TUESDAY.
"a Paper City" and a Hired Grip at
the Park-The white Elephant"
at the Empire.


White Minstrels." which comes to the
Grand for two performances on Tuesday. is
Jones's ballad The Little Boy in Green,
The story of the song is that Of favorite
Jockey. who all but wins with the favorite,
when suddenly the racer stumbles and falls,
crushing out the boys life. AS the story
is told in song it is illustrated in most
striking and realistic manner by difninu-
tive Jockey dressed in green and mounted
on one of the miik-white Arabian thorough
breds carried by the company. In addition
to this there is plenty of singing in the hrst
part, including solos by VIII Waning, ii. V.
Prosser, Harry Sheldon and e. c. Clifford,
with the big chorus of ten and the choir Of
Madrigal boys Mr.. Field has also devoted
a great deal of attention to the instrument
al and musical features. His military brass
band, under the leadership of Chester Minis,
is very complete and the concert rendered
by Mr. Minis and mis- band during the noon
dav parade is filled with selections OF the
standard and popular order The orchestra,
composed of picked soloists, is directed by
Eddie Fox In the oio Doc Quigley,
Judd Manola Ollie Young, Lafelet Miller,
Dan Qunlan and his dozen dancers and
the Cornalla troupe Of women and men ac-
robats seven in number. These Cornallas
claim to be the most wonderful acrobats
ever known to the stage Besides these acts
the oio includes half a dozen more good
acts. The engagement is limited to the
matinee and night performance of Tuesday.
ParIk-"A Paper City TO-MOrrOw.
A comedy entitled "A Paper City will
be the attraction at the Park the first half
Of this week. The play, while yet only two
weeks on the road, has met with hearty
reception. 1t received it's initial presenta-
ton at the Harrison Casino in Terre Haute
Aug. 16, and since that date has been
in Louisville, ard last night closed a profit
able engagement in Detroit. The comedy
is said not to be as frail as its title, but
to possess a real wholesome plot that tells
an interesting story. 1t strongly satirizes
the real-estate boom as operated in the
West where sage and cactus are the only
things that thrive, with the exception of the
hustling real-estate agent The situations
are said TO be complicated ana mover ana
furnish an abundance of amusement. the
first act takes place in a village on the
Hudson, where the boom is inflated. The
second finds the character or the play many
miles away in Texas, and furnishes many
amusing situations. and as a climax the
land shark is actually fired from a can
non. All in is quiet then iii Peaceville until
the Strengthening out of the tangle, which
helps to bring the third and last act TO
successful ending. This act is in the cabin
of a Mississippi-river steamer, and for its
climax has another ingenious and laugha-
clever and the action brisk and untiring.
"a Paper City" will make strong bid for
the Parks patrons. In the cast Eloise VIII
lard figures prominently. She Will be sup
ported by Murphy and Moore, De We're and
Allen. Frank Purcell and others. Musical
numbers will be introduced during the ac
ton, also some pleasing specialties. The
village bells are said to be pretty, wear
pretty gowns and dance and sing WELL
"a Hired Girl"
While "A Hired Girl" which will be
seen at the Park the last half Of this week
is a musical comedy. constructed solely
for fun-makng purposes, 1t has quite a pre-
tentious plot around which the author,
Charles Z. Blaney. has woven a number of
amusing situations. Only outline Of the
story can be given here. Herr Yer Blotz, a
graduate of the Musical Conservatory at
Berlin, comes to America, secures the po-
sition Of professor of music at Vassar. and
marries an American and secures "A Hired
Girl" John Sanderson has concocted the
false report that the professors first wife
is dead and thus the professor unknowingly
became bigamist when he married the
second. SandersOn arrives at Nassar under
the name of Lord Green Goods. He unfolds
his plans tells the professor his first wife
is not dead, and, through fear or arrest and
disgrace, compels him to become q party
to the scheme. Sanderson does not allow
himself to become too sanguine of success,
and when he hears that the hired girl is
her husband, who was killed in a stone
quarry, he makes violent love to her and
Is ABOUT TO marry neT Wh men t9H desf
from Germany, showing that his second
marriage was legal; Lord Green Goods is
promptly exposed. "A Hired Girl is brim-
ful Of new music. written by Harry James.
The company has TWENTY-FIVE people in
Guiding seventeen women. James Il. Kelly.
who plays the hired girl, was with Peter
Daley last season and during the past
summer has made hit with the Three
on he NiraIIff DOlqn
and Lenharr are also members of the COM
pany, as operate duetists Goldin, the ma
gician, in the guise of a waiter, is given
plenty of opportunities to display his skill
IN the art of mystery. Other members are
Ed Groh, Harry Mas Fayden and the
Misses Bonheur Hallam. Wade and Field.
Enpire-'sWhite Elephant"
The next attraction at the Empire will
be the white Elephant Extravaganza
Company which opens tomorrow. With
its large chorus of women, its clever CO.
medians, scenery and bright cost mes. it is
expected to be a strong card. An operate
burletta entitled THE Title Chaser opens
the performance 1t is a satire on the fash
ion of marrying American daughters 10 IL
tied foreigners. The situations are amusing
and the comedy parts ably sustained In
the olio which follows will be seen Mel
vile and Conway in "A Regular Circus;
the Brutal Brothers, Cunningham and
Grant presenting their knock-abOut act;
Lamont and Love, condolences; Miss Ger
tie Harrington, banjo songs and dances;
Tom Nolan, comic verse singer Miss Ma
bel Hazelton, soubrette and novelty dancer,
and the European novelty artist, the great
Lafayette, brought to this country for this
show. Seeing the Elephant" a bright
burlesque, closes the performance The
scene represents the White Elephant Con-
cert Hail. that once noted resort of Goth
am in its palmieSt days. THE White Ele-
phant remains all week, with daily matt
neeS.
Fair Week Attractions.
For fair week, opening Monday night,
Sept. 49, the Grand has Hanlons New
Superba," with its wealth of spectacular
effects. bewildering trick scenery. clowns,
demons, good and bad spirits, ballets, spe-
cialties and many novelties. The Hanlons
make it new each season. and this edition is
greater than ever. There will be three
'Superba" matinees during next weeks en-
gagement at the Grand.
The -Fitzsimmons fight pictures at
Tomlinson Hall will draw thousands of peo-
pie there next week. Dickson & Talbot
labored for weeks with Dan Stuart before
ne would consent TO bring the veriscope
here. He wanted to sell the rights for In
diana Now that he has given in, Indianap-
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