The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

Fanny Rices matinee to-day at the Grand
is going to bring her the banner audience
of her present engagement. both in point
of numbers and in looks. The women are
very partial to this jolly little coincidence
and invariably turn out heavily for her
matinees. To-night's performance will con.
clude Miss Rices engagement which has
been quite successful considering the fact
that i Is the third season Of AT the
French Ball" Last nights audience was
much larger than that Of the opening night
and almost filled the Grand.
Alice Warren, who is singing Mamie
Riley in the Byron plays at the Park
gives that popular song the most finished
rendition 1t has had here for some time
The Byrons close their engagement to-day
with two performances of The Plunger."
Down in Dixie" with the pickaninnies.
comes next week.
The last act of The Sign of the Cross. .
Wilson Barrett's beautiful religious drama,
which will be the attraction at English's
Opera House all OF next week, represents
one of the dungeons of the Roman amphi-
theater. The Christian prisoners are await
ing their fate. They are to be torn by wild
beasts in the arena, and at the sound of
trumpets without the huge doors at the
back slide open, showing crowded amphi-
theaters and Nero and his court in the royal
box. The confused murmur OF many voices
mingies with the roaring of lions and tigers.
Singing one of their beautiful hymns of
praise, the martyrs go out into the arena
and leave only Mercia, beautiful Christian
maiden and Stephanus, young boy, on the
stage The scene between these two when
the girl tries by words of religious hope and
by all her womanly instincts to prepare
him for his dreadful ordeal and the terror
of the boy when the sight of slaughter
bursts upon him. are said 10 be thrillingly
realistic The final scene is between Mercia
and Marcus StepEanus. her pagan lover,
who has tried in vain to save her, and who,
convinced at last OF the truth of the Chris
tian faith, goes hand in hand with her to
death in the arena. As Marcus Charles
Rookie plays the Christian maiden and Ger
1rude Boswell. the only American girl in
this English company, takes the part of
Stephanus.
The Liliputans. who follow THE Sign Of
the Cross" at English's. are giving their
new play in the English instead of the Ger
man language this year.
Bob Hilliard, who has temporarily left
the legitimate for the vaudeville, came into
Keiths. in New York. one evening recently
humming a song that was new to his assoc
ciates.
What is IL. Bob?" some one asked.
why, that's Hattie'' was the reply
'I've just been TO Hoyt's and saw "A
Stranger in New York" It's full of good
things and is the best Hoyt farce comedy
up TO date / cart get that Hattie song
out of my head Every man who has ever
been in New York much will inyoluntarily
smile with pleasure when he hears that
song. His wife may stop the smile by ask
ing what cheers him up so. but she knows
very we'll why IL is when she asks the
question" This new Hoyt play will be
at the Grand a week from next Monday
Harry Morris's Twentieth Century
Maids close at the Empire tonight. Van
ity Fair which has been one of the best
attractions on the road. win be at the
Empire the first half of next week fol-
lowed the last half by the Casino operate
BurlesQuers.