The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09
0TNTTCT DR.. A. E. BUCHANAN
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AMUSEME NTS.

That merry company of actors who will
be seen in Jack and the Beanstalk' at
English's tonight, with their tons of
scenery and scores of chorus girls and ballet
dancers. arrived in Indianapolis yesterday
afternoon on a special train from Chicago.
and for time the Union depot presented
an animated scene. 1t is an unusual thing
for a city to receive a visit from such not
able personages as Old King Cole, Princess
Mary, Marquis De Carabas Sinbad, Mother
Hubbard, Little Miss Muffet, the Old Wom-
an who Lived in a Shoe, and Giant Killer
Jack the hero of so many brave encounters,
and that they should travel in a special
train is no surprise. Besides all these IA
nous people there were the "eight pretty
maids" who are supposed to be as pretty a
group as ever communed with the fairies
The ten good fairies were separated from
their queen, who was busy talking politics
in another car. The FREELY dancers were
everywhere. and could not be distinguished
from the other chorus members of the COM
pany. The Marquis De Carabas, leader of
the forty thieves, was discussing matters of
dress and good hotels with Princess Mary.
whose mortal he is. All the scenery and
paraphernalia for Jacks appearance were
included in three baggage cars, which
brought up the rear of the train.
Immediately on the arrival of the COM
pany the numerous theatrical transfer
wagons, including one or two which the
company carries. were set in line, and a
force Of fifteen theatrical manipulators car
ried by the company began the work of I'M
loading. From the first car came the giants
palace, a profusion of stage clouds and
many other, pieces of scenery. Drops"
wings, and borders" with two big cleo
Ir1Cal plants carried nv fba Fo,.t H.,
electrical effects, came from the next car
WhlIe from the next came the golden hen
the magic harp, the beanstalk, Jacks COW
and Mother Hubbard's dog who was taken
IN charge by an elderly man. whose sole
business 1t is to see that he wants for moth
ing, and to remind him that he is expected
to want bone at each performance. Man
ager Price says the dog was never known to
miss his cues" is never sick and gives
less trouble than good many biped actors
The cow was the burden of the whole fairy
menagerie. 1t was removed from the car
by the aid or seven brawny stage hands
ana put on truck. It will be sold tonight
10 A Vllla1nouS marquis for a hatful of
besns. Manager Price says that this COW
mas been sold cheaper and more often than
any COW that ever lived. A remarkable piece
OF work is the beanstalk. This is the Won
derful piece of vegetation which by the aid
of the fairies grows up above the clouds
IL IS made of an ingenious composition of
rubber, and resembles the real article. 1t
LOOK the combined efforts of eight men to
The. company this year will present few
new races IN addition to Miss Beaupre the
NVaclous French girl who plays Jack
Nellie Lynch as Little Miss Muffet. Marie
Celeste as Princess Mary, Harry Kelley as
Slnbad. Ross Snow as the Fairy Queen are
all excellent entertainers and NAV he de-
pended on TO amuse both young and old in
TINS musical version of the old nursery tales
The sword duel I'm the fourth act Of ',Tv,e
Bankers Daughter is the first encounter of
the sort in any of the Grand stock COM
pany's productions. 1t will be between Mr.
kirkland as De Cardiac and Mr. Patton as
Harold Rutledge. These gentlemen are hard
at work every day brushing up on their
fencing, and are expected to put up a pretty
contest IL is a more than ordinarily i'm
pressiVe duel the quarrel leading mn 70 II
being written in Bronson Towards strong
est vein. 1t takes place in a snowstorn
arrival of Lillian Westbrook on the scene
adds TO its intensity. The play all the Wav
tnIough gives the members of the stock
company broader opportunities than any i'm
which they have yet appeared Addi-
tIonal interest will attach to the production
this week from the fact that Frederick
Paulding is to make his first appearances
win the stock company in the character of
J9nn strebelow The opening performance
VIII be tonight and the usual matinees are
10 be given Wednesday and Saturday.
The Parks Offering this afternoon and IN
til Thursday is a farce-comedy under the
Ah"ildeShttttb VI DtoitutAi q eilnGSSN, called
"A Cheerful Idiot" This play is supposed
% depict the adventures of a country bow
on his first visit to New York. and is said
to be very funny. The company is made up
altogether of people who have won repu-
tation for cleverness in vaudeville Among
them are the Blondells, Emery and NOrdne
Armstrong and Porter Nestal and Dav Sa-
ole Kirby and others. Tomorrow night an
additional feature of interest Will be the
special wire 10 the theater which will bring
al the details of the McCoy-Sharkey fight
the week will be devoted TO melodrama
with what is one of the best companies i'm
that line Of plays seen here this season
The production is William Calder's sensa-
tional John Martins Secret" and i'm the
principal roles will be seen Sheridan Block
T. Augustus Anderson, Emma Field Mae
Williams and others.
One OF the most attractive pictures in
THE Golden Horseshoe the spectacular
play with which the Liliputians will come to
English's next Friday night. is the swamp
scene Of reeds and rushes Of mammoth di
mensons. Here the little performers hon
about as frogs and sing a croaking quartet
that is one of the musical hits of the even
ing. Here also they do some capital acting
IN the joys and dsappointments of search
Tor the coveted horseshoe. its ultimate dis
coYery IN the deep sea is occasion for
Transformation scene and "A rushing ira OF an
army Of handsome young women in bril-