The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-05
nTNTICT DIR. A. E. BUCHANAN
OAAAANA 1888 When Building.
ADJUSTMENTS.

Willie Collier, who has achieved mucn
fame in THE Man from Mexico" is original
and droll by nature. He thoroughly dislikes
the free pass fiend During the run of his
play at Hoyt's Theater. New York city, he
received letter from an acquaintance re-
siding in the suburbs, who wrote to him
that she had finally decided to see 1.-THE
Man from Mexico" but that she preferred
to witness the 150th performance, because
she heard that they are going to distribute
souvenirs that night, and would he please
send the seats way in front" because her
sight and hearing somewhat failed her of
late. Collier is said to have forgotten his
galiantry and send her a postal card, on
which he wrote: My Dear Madam in
close two seats, as desired" and she is
still looking for the seats.
There will be no change of bill at the
Empire this week, the Moulin Rouge"
booked for three days originally, deciding
to stay the remaining three days.
A better mounted melodrama than "A
Grip of Steel is rarely seen at the Park.
Il closes its engagement tonight and James
"A. Hernes THE Hearthstone'' will open to-
morrow. In the cast are Tony Farrell,
Clarence Arper, C. B. Craig, Bertha
Welby, Jennie Leland, Dorothy King Julie
Romaine and others.
During his eleven years. experience on
the stage Hardee kirkland, the leading
heavy man of the Grand Stock Company.
never played character which brought
him more praise than that of Benton Arrels-
ford, the Confederate secret service officer
IN Secret Service" Being Virginian. Mr..
kirkland brought to the part all his South
ern ways and made it so strong as to at
tract attention everywhere. He will play
Dick Van Buren, in THE Charity BALI
at the Grand next week.
Foxie CUTLER i'm 'sThe Highwayman.
Foxie CUTLER is the name of a new char
acter in stage history which has been Gre
ated by Harry B. Smith in THE Highway
man." According to the verdict of those
who have seen the latest De Koven and
Smith opera and judging by the amount of
hattering newspaper attention in New York
and Chicago paid to what Foxie Quiller
does and what Foxie CUTLER says. nothing
exactly like Foxie Quiller has been intro
dueed into an opera before. Descriptions of
the character. played by Jerome Sykes.
make him a cross between an old English
Deadle and an astute English constable By
some ne IS spoken of as a burlesuue on an
all-Wlse detective of the Sherlock Holmes
type. One writer speaks of him as BURIED
up with self praise, continually relating the
clever manner in which he will ferret out
a mystery. Like all policemen he believes
no one not even himself He has more dis
guises than Old Sleuth and in the opera he
Is constantly aIy followed by half dozen as
pompous dignity of a major at a corner
stone laying in small town. He dogs the
footsteps of the innocent with such serious
persistence that his every appearance is
said TO be the signal for. roar of laughter
from the audience. Foxie Quiller has nearly
all the comical songs TO sing in the opera
and when he is not singing he is on the trail
OF some innocent culprit whom he is deter
mined to run down as the famous bandit,
Captain Scarlet, of the opera.
One of the laughable lines of the play
which has been mentioned is Foxie Quiller's
description of set of false whiskers worn
by secondary comedy character. With an
air or deep sagaclty he says: If ever /
saw criminal whiskers, these are those"
When the bar-maid of the tavern offers
him some desired information regarding the
noted highwayman, Foxie CUTLER says with
an air OF great wisdom: Always suspect a
woman who wants TO tell you all she
Knows. AT another time he says, with the
gallant air of levee policeman: every
woman Is clew, and follow every clew Z"
His faVorite catch-line is this allusion TO
MS own wonderful detective powers: How
does the master mind solve this problem?
That's my secret" He has a trick of sup
plementing all of his achievements with a
third personal remark. as: Hal Iva! saws
Foxie CUTLER. showing his clustering white
teeth; or Bah. BAH says Foxie CUTLER
with scathing, scornful scowl"
People are now said TO be going about the
streets in Chicago quoting Foxie Ouiller's
FUNNY sayings. as they did last winter in
New YORK during the long stay of the opera
In that city.