The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-28


Madge May, the daughter of Frederick
Ward. has been engaged for "A Bachelors
Romance"
The enforced retirement of Joe Jefferson
leaves Otis Skinner and Wilton Lackaye
foot loose. They were to have played in his
company. Now they are preparing for star
ring tours of their own.
Rehearsals for Mrs. Leslie Carriers ''Zaza'
will begin this week. David Belasco who
has adapted the drama from the French.
played at the Garrick Theater, Jan. Q.
Anna Belmont and Kathryn Osterman.
who had great deal to do with the success
of What Happened to Jones'" have retired
from that organization and will create two
new parts In J: J. Rosenthals latest farce,
Browns in Town."
The comical Russell brothers, we'll known
through their variety sketch, THE Irish
Servant Girls are out for themselves in a
three-act piece called maids to Order" In
their company are lot of good variety
actors and chorus of pretty maids.
Mrs. Fiske has added to her repertoire a
short play entitled Little Italy" 1t is an
episode Of the transplanted life in the metro
politan quarter of that name. 1t deals of
the revived love of an Italian girl for lat
ter-day troubadour, whose song on the street
reaches her humble abode. The play ends
in tragedy.
Edna Wallace Hopper had a. quarrel with
Walter Jones and resigned from Yankee
Doodle Dandy" the big New York Casino
production, last week. She took the train
to New York from Philadelphia, where the
company was playing, patched up the
trouble with the proprietors and was back
In the company again by Saturday night.
''Way Down East" after run of $50
nights at New York, three months in Bos-
mr. alxc in, Hold &c
now on its way westward. Baltimore has
already approved of it, and the beautiful
rural play promises to be of as great value,
in a commercial sense as those famous
money makers, Shore Acres and 1.-THE Old
Homestead
Richard Mansfield has caught some of
Bernard Shaws wickedness. Some one COM
plimented him as an actor, and he imme-
diately corrected the remark by saying he
was an artist. What is the difference?'
asked his admirer. 'Well,' says Mansfield,
IAN artist is a person who keeps model.
An actor is very apt to be a person whose
There may be another reason for Marie
Dressler's desertion of Hotel Topsy Tur-
wy" but rumor has it that the tempestu-
Gus Coincidence was dissatisfied, not to say
annoyed because Eddie Foy gets all of the
applause. Anyway Miss DRESSER has re-
signed and will soon set sail for London to
appear there i'm piece exported from the
OdSlnO. 10 SuCceSQ MISS OTeSSlef IN Hotel
Topsy Turvy" Messrs. Evans and Mann
have set their hearts on securing Lillian
Russell.
The gable tells that Mrs. Brown-Potter.
who is playing in London the part of Miladi
in 1.-THE Three Musketeers," is SO seriously
i'll that her life is despaired of. This was
the first part in her whole stage career in
which the critics agreed she had abandoned
those painful mannerisms which made her
success seem impossible. Mrs. Potter aban-
nod nV110 hon md oh fNr.fI
and Travelled all over the world with Kyrle
Beilew. Now, when success has come at
last, she is said to be beyond hope of recov-
cry.
Mr.. Charles Coghlan, one of the best of
actors. who will play in THE Royal Box
next Friday night, was first in the school
now kept mostly by Mr.. VIM. Gillette. He is
the original, natural actor. He used to play
the Elder Beauclerc in Diplomacy
easily that at times many failed to note
that he was playing at ALL He seemed TO
be the very man of the story. Mr.. Gillette
Is employing the same method to-day. Few
at the present instant there is no other who
has succeeded at it.
When Joseph jefferson arranged for his
recent engagement in New York, which had
TO be cut short on account of his illness, he
would not play on sharing terms but pre-
ferred to rent the theater. Incidental to the
contract was a provision for the customary
Illuminated advertisement upon the front of
the theater, and much to the wonderment
of the passers-by this Illumination was con-
tinued after Mr.. Jefferson had ceased to
play. The explanation of this waste of
electricity is found in the fact that the the
alter was rented. Mr.. Jefferson could not
play, but that was no reason why he should
lose an advertisement which was costing
him s., 800 a week.
One of the hits of THE Charlatan." De
Wolf Hopper's latest opera is a ballad en-
titled Social Laws" 1t is sung by Nella
Bergen. Alfred Klein, Alice Judson and Mr..
Hopper. and Is said TO be a noteworthy OK
ample of Sousa's best work. Here is one
of the verses:
In far away Japan they have custom
which l hope will never leave their
land:
The japanese do not indulge i'm OSCILLATION
either on the lip hand.
lovers use while swinging on the gar
den gate.
Is simply to rub noses once or maybe twice
and then sit down and mediate.
It was by the merest accident that Julia
Marlowe hit upon THE Countess Valeska -
the new play which she will present on her
return to Indianapolis during the holidays
Two summers ago friend handed Miss