The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-21
OFNTTCW DR.. A. e. BUCHANAN
DENINl 1913 When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.

The programme of the concert to be given
at English's tonight by the University of
Cincinnati glee and mandolin clubs promises
treat for the college boys and girls.
Harry Morris was standing in the lobby
of the Empire yesterday afternoon watching
the house all up when some asked him,
How did you come to call them The Little
Lambs? .
II call them little lambs" answered
Harry, because they are not kids.
THE Little Lambs . date will close to-
night with Weber's Partisan Widows to
follow tomorrow afternoon.
No play could be more in keeping with the
happy ante-christrlas days than Hoyt
farce and "A Stranger in New York" which
comes to English's Thursday night for the
rest of the week, is said to have been poll
ished up until it contains as many laughs
as any Hoyt production now being played
The company. with Harry Conor at the
head and including Harry GilfoiI, the
whistler. Anna Boyd, the ballad singer, and
nearly q. score of comedians, forms one CT
Hoyt's best companies. "A Stranger in New
York was written especially for Harry
Conor, who played it during the long New
York engagement and at the Duke of York S
Theater in London last summer.
blue Jeans is doing a nice business at
the Grand and the advance sale assures ex-
cellent houses all week. There will be a
matinee to-day and another Saturday. Jim
the Penmala' is already demonstrating tie
wisdom of It's choice as a Christmas attrac-
ton, the sale for next Monday matinee and
night having already begun.
Miss Shannon, in the Blue Jeans re-
hearsal Monday, emptied part of bucket
of water on Mr. kirkland, who did not know
that realism was going to be carried so far
in preliminary practice The members of
the company stopped work long enough to
laugh, but Kirkland was too wet to enjoy it
Between lodging water. buckshot and
grasping the meaning of various expressions
used by Joseph Arthur in his best play Mr.
kirkland is kept tolerably busy. The word
dornick'' worried him more than anything
else. He had never heard it until lie read
his part last week and had to inquire its
meaning. it seemed to amuse him more
than any other thing in blue Jeans end
head with dornck' it is about all that he
and the rest of the people on the stage can
do TO keep from laughing.
THE White Slave closes its engagement
at the Park with performances this after
noon and evening. "A High Born Lady,
comes Thursday.
The Emperor of Germany was so i'm
pressed with the performance of Der
LANCE Preusse,' the original of Julia Mar
lowe new play, The Countess Valeska,' -
that he called for its special production ON
three occasions in Berlin the season before
last. Miss Marlowe. during her engagement
at the English Opera House. beginning
Monday, will give ''Valeska'' the advantage
of beautiful scenery and costumes and a
capable cast. The story is located in Po-
land In 1907. on the eve of the battle of
trledland. Napoleon has something TO do
with its incidents, being ~quartered at the
castle on the night when the action of the
play occurs. It seems from the promise of
Judieious mingling of the pomp and ex-
love as IL the play We're constructed to
please the public taste. Miss Marlowe will
son, headed by Hobart Bosworth and John
Blair. 'Valeska" will be presented Monday
afternoon ait a special Christmas day mat
inee and again at night. ''As You Like IT,
will be given Tuesday night and lingo
mar" Wednesday night"