The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-12

Dressler. Laura Burt Sadie Msrtinot and
Madge leasing took part in the Elks BEN
eft in New York last Tuesday.
Mrs. Fiske has already Ga whole year
ahead arranged to play Becky Sharp in
Chicago four weeks next season.
Tagliapietra, ex-husband of Mime. Teresa
Carreno, is to marry Miss Margaret Town
send, daughter of the late John d. Town
send. an eminent New York lawyer.
1t is said that Charles Frohman will spend
1900 on the production of Romeo and
Juliet in which Maud Adams and Will
liam Faversham viii appear as the lovers.
Edwin f. Goodwin. brother of Nat,
made his debut at Keiths in a series of
limitations of his talented relative. and was
greeted with liberal marks of commendation.
Efhe Ellsler who lack ed about four inches
of icing great actress, and is now fat and
contented as Mrs. Frank Weston, has left
her Colorado home to spend Christmas
with her mother in New York.
"Cyrano de Bergerac," Edmond Rostands
famous romantic play. was put on by the
stock company Of the Pittsburg Grand
Opera House and created quite a furore
there. The second stock company to render
the play is that of the Imperial Theater. at
st. Louis. 1t is to be produced a Louisville
and other places shortly, and was put on at
a fye-cent theater in Chicago two weeks
before Richard Mansfield reached that city.
1t is announced in London that when the
next Casino piece is done al the Shaftes-
bury Theater. along Easter week. Edna
May will play the principal role. The title
is TO be IAN American Beauty" and al
though the work will be in the main ident-
cal with that produced in this country by
Lillian Russell under the same title. quite
a number of strengthening additions Will be
made. Miss May. il is said. likes England SO
very much that she is 10th to tear herself
away.
When "The Belle of New York comes
back to town, as it will Immediately after
the holidays, it will be presented by a some
what different organization from that en-
ployed when the piece was here year ago.
The fact that Dan Daily and the agile Cam
eron are still in the movement will please
the many, although there is certain to be
regret because of the absence of Edna May,
Phyllis Rankin and others who went to Lon
don and who are yet there to the delight OF
Londoners. Dan Daily went over with the
company and got most of England laughing
at him. Then he quarreled with some one
and home he came.
The holiday appearance Of the Bostonians
at English's will interest theater goers of all
Classes. lDlS CACelSnI WHICH
is without rival in the light opera field,
presents this season an excellent list of
singers, noted among whom are the most
prominent artists in the lyric field. Always
progressive, the Bostonians have this year
scenic embellishments. Noted among the
artists are Henry Clay Barnabee William
II. Mcdonald, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Helen
Bertram, George rockingham, Harry
Brown, w. H. Fitzgerald Josephine Bart
lett. Charles r. Hawley, Lloyd Rand, viii
liam Broderick, Carolyn Daniels, S. l.. Stud
ley and Others Victor Herberts THE
SeTenade' will be sung.
Richard Mansfield as Cyrano has repeated
his New York triumph in Chicago Pages
of laudatory descriptive matter have fol-
lowed his opening performance, which found
what writers sometimes call the flower of
the citys society in attendance. Mr.. Mans
field has had many mild successes in this
his own country, but no one of them has
ever REACHED his or his friends estimate Of
what it ought to be- Cyrano has accom-
plished all that the actor his manage
ment has ever hoped for. Like the Ger
man Emperor on his Palestine tour, Mr..
Mansfield is accompanied by managers,
heralds ten railway coaches and an army
of assistants. Since the best days of Abbey
and of Grau there has been nothing like it,
So much energy. money and pains have
never before, either in this country or in
al
venture.
Frank Daniels, whose engagement at En-
glsh's later in the season will be his first
visit to this city in five years, got even one
day last summer with fresh young man
against whom he had a grudge of many
years standing. The fresh young man was
talking loud on the subject of patriotism.
Daniels is something of a patriot himself,
and so expressed his views.
Yes said the fresh young man, 81 hear
you actors talk and sing a lot about pa
triotism. but | notice that none of you en-
list"
We'll" answered Daniels. 81 don't want
to blow too hard, but just to settle this
thing I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll go down
to the recruiting office with you and enlist
If you will"
The fresh young man got red in the face
but his friends were present, looking hard
at him. There was nothing for him to do
but to accept Danielss offer or back straight
down. He hadn't the nerve to back down.
so he put en- the best face he could and
followed Daniels. They reached the recruit
ing office, and to the surprise of some of
the party. Daniels ran up the stairs
we want to enlist, this fellow and L."
said Daniels to the recruiting officer. The
sergeant took Daniels's friend first passed
him and went with him to the examining
doctor, who passed him O.. K. and then the
man signed the articles and became a war
riOr more or less bold.
When Daniels's turn came he was rejected
because he lacked three inches of the re-
quired height. To say. that Uncle Sans
new man was Mortified and wrathy would
be expressing it mildly.
I've tried that before" said Daniels to
the new soldier, and if i were three inches
taller I'd been in Cuba long ago. Sec?
Then he went to a florists shop and sent
the new recruit a bunch of forget -me-nots.
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