The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14


"A Normandy Wedding" by Messrs. J.
Cheever Goodwin and Charles A Byrne,
with music by William Fuerst, VIII be pro-
duced by the Whitney Opera Company at
the Park Theater, Boston, on Jan. "A, where
the company will remain six weeks.
Charles Pope. long a shakspearean actor
and reciter, has retired from the stage into
commercial business. He held scholarly
place in the profession many years, and
managed theaters in several Western cities.
Pope's in st. Louis was built for him.
The statement was made last week in a
paper devoted TO the affairs of the stage
and its people that the opening of the next
theatrical season will find Robert Taber in
stalled as leading man OF Mr.. Augustin
Days company. A few days later it was
denied by Mr.. DAILY.
1t is probably not realized what a very ex-
pensive company is Richard Manstield's or
ganization. He not merely carries compe-
tent players for one play, or even for two,
but such is the compass of his famous rep
ertoire that he has to keep on his roster
players for certain roles who are idle while
other plays are on. Thus all the while 1.-THE
Devils Disciple is being played three
actors who will play leading roles in
Arms and the Man are idle. and King
Richard ILL.," Beau Brummel," and other
plays bring forward six others not seen in
The Devils Disciple
1t was rumored when Wilton Lackaye
emerged through the glory he has won as
Svengali into the realms of theatrical star
dom that he had $1,000 to use for the pur-
pose of proving his hold on the public. He
has just closed in the middle of his second
season so ii is fair to assume that he is
satisfied with the proof. Mr.. Lackaye has
not given up, however, and when he again
steps forth il will be to play Charley O'Mal-
ley in a dramatiZation of Lovers novel of
that title. Lackaye ought to be able to
give an enjoyable impersonation of the roll
licking young Irish gentleman.
Why is it that Harry Askin, who is a ca
pabe man in the business of theatrical man.
agement, is always of late connected with
companies which are unable to make a liv-
ing? His latest breakdown was with the
Manola-Mason company playing Friend
Fritz" and to compIcate affairs Mrs Ma
son accused Askin and his wife Of abduct-
ing her daughter Adelaide This is the
young woman whose engagement to neph-
nounced. Her name is Adelaide Moulds and
she is now with her father, Henry S.
Moulds, in Pittsburg. Her engagement with
Reeds nephew is said to have been broken
off.
The first piece in which Miss Julia Arthur
appeared in support of Sir Henry Irving
was THE Corscan Brothers," and Miss
Arthur tells an amusing incident which oc-
CURED at the very commencement of her
experience at the Lyceum Theater After
Irving had engaged her he sent for her and
asked If she had any conscientious or re-
lgiOuS ScrupleS against rehearSing on Sun
day Miss Arthur replied when / was
with stock company in California l fire.
quently played two performances on Sun
day which my religious scruples allowed.
But believe had the number of perform
ances been three, my scruples would have
increased propOrtionately. Irving laughed
and ordered the rehearsal.
Richard Mansfield recently delivered an
address before the students of the Chicago
University, in which he made this plea for
America: Il have not seen, in our own
profession, l have not seen of this great
art in Paris, or Vienna. or Berlin, anything
that transcribed the art which you have in
this country. Your actors are as deserving
of YOUR patronage as the actors that come
from abroad. Not any more so, but GER
tainly not any less, and they have no right
to come to you, because they are from
twice as much as your American actor.
They have no right to ask it,, because if
have the audacity 70 say, I come 5000 miles
across the ocean from America, and l want
guineas a seat | am afraid. ladies and
collar and elected from their tight little
island
This is a rather pretty story which comes
from London anent alleged reconciliation
between E. j. Henley and his wife, Helen
Bertram Some time since the couple is
said to have had serious misunderstand-
ing, and matters were made worse by the
kind efforts of taIe-bearing friends, who re-
ported to Mrs. Henley all of the gossip
which had been circulated about her hus-
pand during his stay in this country. The
indignant wife wrote her husband a letter,
telling him that she could never see him
Henley
truth of the tales, but received no answer
He cabied to friends to use their influence,
doned his prospective engagements and
sailed for England Just what happened
there no one knows, but at any rate. the
couple have been reunited, and Mr.. Henley's
gloom is said to have disappeared COM
pletely
A New York paper says Lou Fields may
be seen each day debating to his type
writer at Weber & Fieldss New York
music hall new clauses of the contract
which he reads every night to Sam Bernard
This contract which proved the hit of the
burlesque the first night, was an i'm
promptu, and has been changed and added
to each night Fields's latest clause to this
DurleSque classic is as follows: 1T is here
by misunderstood and disagreed upon
should the majority of the mechanical
coils workings whereby the percentage are
less or over the figures then and where only
can the party of the second part behind
himself into us and give us required salts
faction circumstances where it is to both
parties as 1t Yves. And hereafter said party
of the second part is to be governor to be-
low said party as ii is above stated" II
this is not clear, no contract ever was.
During Modjeska's earlier career Juliet
was one Of her favorite characters Some
one has said. however, that when an ac-
tress reaches that ma turity of her powers
which would enable her to thoroughly por-
Shakspeares great love heroine she no
longer possesses the youthful appearance
demanded by the role. Be that as it may,
some twelve or fifteen years ago Modjeska
concluded to discontinue playing it, and for
several seasons it was not included in her
repertoire Being requested on one occa-
sion to take up this character again, she
laughingly declared that she would never
play Juliet again until she became a grand
mother. That event occurred some time
after this conversation, when Ralph Mod
jeska's first boy. now sturdy lad of ten
years, was born, and the ensuing season
Nine. Modjeska put her promise of few
years before into effect and resumed the
presentation of Romeo and Juliet 1t is
said that was one of the most successful
seasons she ever had in this country, and
the trifffng incident in connection with her
promise becoming generally known, every
time Romeo and Juliet" was put on the
houses were crowded to the door.
A similarity of names invariably causes
any amount of confusion to the parties
bearing them. While w. H. Crane, the
comedian, was in Chicago, several weeks
ago, he visited one of the clubs and was