The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-18


the direction OF william Seymour. will be
made either at the Empire or at the Knick-
erbocker, in New York
Helen Redmond. Frank Daniels's prima
donna, who won many compliments last sea-
son by her beauty, appeared for the first
time in the role of Cleopatra in THE Wizard
of the Nile in Boston recently and scored
a hit. the conservative Boston Transcript
pronouncing her 'onea of the most beautiful
light opera" Two years ago she was in the
chorus receiving SIS a week. Her salary to-
day is $l25.
When Burr Mcintosh started on his tour
as a star in "A War Correspondent" the
only thing necessary to assure success for
the venture was that the play should have
the adequate measure of merit for the pre-
liminary comment had been widespread
enough to arouse more than the usual guam
tity of curiosity, while Mr.. Mcintosh had
served as an actual correspondent at SAINT
iago. The tour has, however, been aban-
doned, and Mr.. Mcintosh is appearing in
the variety houses.
While Marie Dressler prefers opals above
all other gems, she is also very fond of ru-
bies, with their warm, rich color. Laura
Burt says diamonds. She does not want
them set in groups and shuns rings mar
quise or in clusters. Big solitaires are what
she prefers to wear. Josephine Hall has
something of odd taste. Uncut emeraldS
are her treasures. she thinks their cOIOIl0S
superb, and says that set with diamonds
they are unsurpassed. If she cannot get
uncut emeralds she likes pearls in strings:
Lillian RusSelPS faVorite is a white diamond
with bluish light. May Irwins prefer
ence is for sapphires, with a reddish light,
set with rubies or pearls.
Lieber & Co, the managers Of Miss Viola
Allen in "The Christian" have made
contract with Israel Zangwill, the noted He
f.ax to n
play Children of the Ghetto" founded on
his widely-read novel Of the same title. This
is the result of negotiations extending over
one year, which were only completed on
Mr.. Zangwills arrival in this country for mis-
present lecturing tour. Mr.. Zangwill is to
have the play completed next April. 1t will
be presented at q Broadway theater in Octo-
Der, 1899. The piece will be q distinct novel
ty, dealing entirely with Hebrew types of
character. The story will be entirely on
comedy lines and will, it is predicted, prove
as strong an attraction as THE Christian"
The managers of the Berlin kindergarten
announce that Cleo de Merode, who cap
tured the affections Of the king of Belgium
a few years ago and subsequently proved a
great sensation in America, is the best pay
ing attraction they ever engaged. She was
asked to add another two weeks to her
protracted season. Never before in the his
tory of the kindergarten has any actress
or songster enjoyed such long run and
with such inceSSant success. Nightly she
performs before large and fashionable audi
ences The ear-covered Cleo has also be-
come social lion, having been invited to
the homes of number of aristocratic Ger
man families as a guest. Critics unani-
mously admire her photographic art, and
speak highly of some pleasing novelties
which she has added to her terpsichorean
repertoire.
1t is related that De Wolf Hopper first met
Edna Wallace under these odd circum-
stances: 1t was a rehearsal of ''Fatinitza"
in Philadelphia, in which the chorus did so
we'll that the manager, the late Col. John A.
McCaull, strobe to the center of the stage
and said: Girls, you have done splendidly.
What would you do if I were to raise each
girls salary dollar?" There was a painful
momentary silence; then mite of chorus
girl in the last row stepped into view.
please SIR she said. addressing the
mighty McCaull, Il think we would ali drop
dead. OF course, there was a laugh, and
Hopper, who loves a funny situation, in
quired with that mastodonic grin of his:
What's your name, girl? You're funny
enough to cultivate" Edna Wallace" was
ming of courtship, marriage, bitterness,
quarrel, hatred, divorce.
Here is Richard Mansfield story some
what at variance with the usual cynical
Maud Hosford is authority for it. She was
engaged several years ago to play Jose
phne in the play called Napoleon" which
Mansfield worked over for such a long time,
only to give it very few presentations. Re-
hearsals of this play were as numerous as
its revisions and one day they had begun
at and O'Clock still found the players
hard at it, with most of them in a state of
nervous collapse, 1t is needless to state
The scene which had never progressed to
his entire satisfaction had for its climax
Napoleon throwing over the royal chair and
exclaiming: There is your throne. I am
the empire" The members of the company
stood around in their various attitudes
awaiting the criticism which had invariably
followed this scene, but Mansfield seemed
to have some sense of the intensity Of the
situation and gave his climax speech thus:
There is your kitchen chair. I am the
cook. Rehearsal was then dismissed, but
everybody felt better