The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28

A new waltz song has been introduced
by Miss Alice Nielsen in the second act of
1.-The Fortune Teller" at Wallack's Thea
ter.
Hall Game has invited the New York
clergymen to witness a special performance
of 1.-The Christian" at the Knickerbocker
Theater on Nov. 3, at IL o'clock in the
morning.
Miss Mae Lowry made her first appear
ance as Cecile in Hotel Topsy Turvy,' at
the Herald-square Theater, this week, and
sang two new songs-a kissing duet with
Aubrey Boucicault and descriptive ballad
entitled THE Boulevard de Paris
The large houses 1.-THE Wife" has been
drawing at the Grand since the good
weather set in are well deserved Last night
the theater had about as many people as It
could hold. The Grand stock company is
giving a delightful performance of this
strong play. Three opportunities remain to
see it, including the matinee Tomorrow.
Seats will be placed on sale to-day at
Englishs for the season of grand opera at
that theater next week. The international
Grand Opera Company, with it's fine list of
principals, it's orchestra and pretentious
productions, will afford Indianapolis music
lovers a rare opportunity to hear frst-class
opera The engagement opens "Wednesday
night with Faust in Italian, and the two
remaining performances, Romeo and Jul
liet" at thursdays matinee, and Car
men," Thursday night, will be in English.
The Liebler company that is backing
Viola Allen in her starring season in Hall
Gaines christian" has adopted the frank
advertising method of publishing each week
the receipts of each performance The first
two weeks in New York of Miss Aliens en-
gagement shows q total of $25, $50 taken in
at the Knickerbocker Theater box office.
In the face of such figures all the knock
New York dramatic writer's with nam
mers'' will not cause Miss Aliens packers
any severe pangs. Viola Allen in THE
Christian" seems to be even greater sue
cess than Mrs. Fisk in "Tess."
Rev. Madison c. Peters, pastor of the
Bloomngdale Reformed Church, Boulevard
and Sixty-eighth street, New York, wit
messed Mr.. Hall Gaines play. THE Chris
tian," at the Knickerbocker Theater. Tues
day evening, Oct. IL. On Wednesday he
wrote the management of the Knicker-
booker Theater letter most strongly COM
mending the new piece, in which he said:
1.-THE church needs more John Storms. May
your play go on until it drives the sleek
Pharisees out of the church. We have,
alas. too many so-called Christians whose
governing motive in the choice of a church
Is never the question, In which church can
/ be the most useful?' The love of ease is
characteristic of many of the clergy. We
lived i'm comfort but il we did not the pres
ent generation would not tolerate us. The
great masses in New York, as in London,
have been alienated from the church. We
are making progress among the higher
classes, but we have gained entrance in
these circles by forsaking' the teachings of
Him who, when upon earth, gave proof of
His Messiaship-the fact that the poor had
the gospel preached to them The church
is winning the higher circles because those
circles have mclded Christianity into their
own image. l feel intensely on this theme,
Sunday night on the John Storms of the
church,