The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-11
HMUSE MENTS.
stock Company Members Arrive.

stock Company Members Arrive.
Most of the members Of the Grand Opera
House Stock Company arrived from New
York at noon yesterday and half filled a
page of the Denison House register with
the following signatures: Allen Patton.
Miss Lavinia Shannon. Miss Monte Donieo,
Thomas NJ Reynolds. Wright Kramer, Miss
Violet Rand, John Stepping, Godfrey Stein
and Walter Cravens Miss Shannon and
Mr.. Patton are the only two members or the
their work Is well remembered. Miss Donico.
however, has been seen here several times
and has made many friends socially as well
as over the footlights. She was with Roland
Reed one ceason and also played here in
Miss Frances OF Yale" Besides being an
nS fSere see no DOUBT that she viii
win with the audiences from her first APP
pearance and miss the uncomfortable period
OF getting acquainted. Miss Donico is Ital-
fan. and she Is the daughter Of a banker at
Memphis Mr.. Cravens takes Walter Clarke
Bellows's place as stage manager
Charles B. Dillingham;. who. aside from
looking after the theatrical interests of Ju-
liza Marlowe. is Charles Frohman's manager
for the Criterion Theater. where 1.-The Girl
from Maxim's'' has started in for an all
winter engagement, threatens TO begin in
junction proceedings against Weber &
Field to prevent them from naming their
forthcoming burlesque THE Girl from Mar
tins" Dillingham; claims the name is so
similar in sound that many visitors in New
York from Indiana and other Western
States are likely 10 mistake the Weber-F1eld
so that they will leave New York without
knowing that they had not seen the real
thing Lillian Russell Is to have the prin,
1t will be her duty to travesty the Maxim
girl, Praline. In which role Josephine Hall
has made hit Last week Miss Russell
a n
she admired her work in the piece. and &C
companied IL with request that Miss Hall
send the Praline costume worn in the first
act, Miss Russell might gain some point
ers for her dressmaker. who is instructed to
duplicate the Maxim girls dress as nearly
as possible. But Miss Hall did not regard
the request as a compliment. and wrote
curt note in reply. Says Miss Russell: I'm
agine my surprise when I got as an answer
a scrawl on the back of the same note,
saying: L admire you, too-for your nerve
! consider Miss Halls refusal decidedly I'M
professional"
Captain Dreyfus is to be the hero of an
opera called THE New Martyr" written by
Giovanni Vaccari and composed by Afro
Buia- The work was to have been sung in
Padua, but at the last moment the authori-
ties interfered and prohibited 1t on political
grounds.
Kate Michelena, who was in "E1 Captain
last year, became engaged to marry
wealthy railroad man living in Detroit Be-
fore the wedding was solemnized. as was
planned for few days ago, the prospective
bridegroom died and Miss Michelena has
now returned TO New York TO resume a pro-
lession she had intended to abandon.
The total receipts from the sale of admis-
sion tickets at the Savoy Theater, London.
during the last twenty-five years exceed
slo,Ooo.ooo Most of this money has been ex-
pended by the London public for the privi-
lege or hearing the operas of Gilbert & Sui
liar amount that has been expended during
the same time for a similar purpose
throughout the remainder of England and
the cities OF the United States 1t is esti
mated that the earnings of the musica;
compositions of these two eminent gentle
men would exceed $i0O00OO0
The most popular and profitable opers
tney ever produced was THE Mikadof III
ran IN London for l.l47 successive nights
the longest any opera ever occupied a stage
and It has been played i'm the IInited
states several thousand times. "Pinafore.
their first successful opera, was second in
Savoy Theater for $50 nights and was
equally successful IN the United States.
where II has been given by. professionals
ana amateurs many thousand times.
In the United States Patience" was third
IN popularity: In England It was fifth. There
fsI,rs Shonaoaers was . third but 1t was
Guard" which was fourth in popularity in
England The failure of these two operas
localisms which could not be Americanized
and did not appeal TO the humor of our peo-
PIE. The scene OF the latter opera was laid
No. In the list in England. and then came
iolanthe. which was a travesty on the
British judicial system, and was also too
local 10 be appreciated by our people.
In the United States THE Pirates OF Pen
zance' was next after Patience" in popu-
furnished easy parts for a lot of pretty girls
stances.
Although Gilbert & Sullivan were beyond
all comparison the most successful musical
composers that ever lived. according TO the
established laws Of fate more of their OPP
eras were failures than successes Several
which the critics said We're the best had no
go in them. like "Ruddygore." THE
bank" His Excellency." The Beauty
stone and THE Chieftain." Although sew
eral OF these promised TO be more popular
only ran a few weeks. For some reason
or other people did not like them and could
not be induced 10 attend the performances
THE Grand Duke" the last work of this
greatest failure.
Miss Lulu Sheppard. the ballet girl OF
the New York Theater. who recently at
tanned some notoriety by reason of the ru-
Gould, son OF the late Jay Gould. is ex-
pected to return from England this week
Everybody knows Mrs. Annie Yeamans.
She has probably made as many people
happy by her Infectious humor as any ac-
tress of her time. so there was great re-
5oicing ON this side OF the water when the
report OF her engagement TO an English
policeman came here from London, where
MIS- feamans was playing. The other day
she returned TO New York and the first
question put 10 her concerned the truth OF
the story. Mrs Yeamans's reply deserves
TO be recorded I'm history 1t was idlomatic:
Il was ironicnI. Il WAS ferse and ennhafic