The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-13
ADJUSTMENTS

A letter from Miss Althea Luce in London
20 a friend in this city, where this beauti-
full actress made many friends when last
here with Roland Reed, says that she had
just seen THE Geisha" at the Savoy Thea
ter, where it has been running nearly three
years, and that it seems as popular as ever
This Japanese opera will be at Englishs
for a matinee aud night only, and promises
to have two large audiences to-day Miss
Linda Da Costa in the principal role has
been considered by many as a better singer
and dancer than Marie Studholme, the En-
glish girl brought over by Augustin Daily
when THE Geisha" was first produced in
this country. The pretty Da Costo is COM
pared with beautiful Lefty Lind, the gaiety
girl dancer who took this country by storm
several years ago and who made her great
est hit in London in 1.-THE Geisha" Miss
Da Costa has scored a great success in
1.-The Geisha," and in the last act, after her
rendering of the Interesting Parrot" one
OF the many comic songs heard in the opera,
she is never let off without an encore Miss
Da Costa plays the part of Mollie Seamore.
the English Miss who DISCUSSES herself as a
gelSha girl. AS one of the nymphS of the
Tea House of Ten Thousand joys she is
sold at auction, being bid In by. Japanese
marquis. This marquis is unprecedented by
Mark Smith, the well-known singing
comedian, who was seen here as Isabella
in ''1492."
Stories innumerable have been told of the
late Hermann the great and his inimitabIe
cleverness in turning a joke whether on or
off the stage, and 1t appears that his
nephew and successor. Leon Hermann,
who. with Adelaide Hermann, will be at
the Grand the rest of this week, opening
tonight, possesses the same extraordinary
faculty for exciting r1errisaot,f thor cbo-,.
terized his dead uncle. good story is told
of how he mystitied a crowd of depot loung-
ers recently while waiting for train One
Of the crowd had laid on the floor of the
waiting room a pocketbOok fattened with
nothing but paper. Hermann happened 10
be the first person TO see it, and he fell
sQuareiy in the trap. Picking the pocket
book up he opened IL in full view of the
Jokers and beheld the worthless contents.
The roar OF laughter from the crowd told
him but too plainly that he had been fooled
Not the slightest shade of surprise came
across his face. For an instant he held the
book in his hand and then to the amaze
ment of the crowd that was guying him
good naturedly, he apparently took from il
some silver dollars. lie placed the money
in his pocket and threw the pocketbook
away jus: as his train was pulling in, and
accompanied by his duslIy attendant the
Federated "Roomski," carrying his grim
sack the magician boarded the train and
disappeared. The Herrmanns are said to
give nne programme OF magic. Their
company numbers sixteen people, and the
entertainment is varied by the beautiful
dances Of Adelaide Hermann. who will in
troduce four of them. All new ones. There
will be a Saturday matinee.
The advance sale for Francis Wilson's en-
Eagement in Half a King at the Grand
next, week Will open this morning at the
Pembroke Arcade, and there is likely
TO beAa l"ag line Of ticket purchasers