The Indianapolis journal., 1899-08-14
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Among the features to be seen with Rich
ards &c Pringle' e's-Rusco & Hollands MIN
etrels at the Park to-day and until Thurs
day Is Christian, the cycle skate expert;
Florence Hines. the black Vesta Tilly;
Craig. the human enigma; McCarver,
cracker-jacks," and Billy Kersands. In a
rev act. The street parade Is all new l,i and
well worth seeing. The engagement VII VIII
company was at the Great Northern Thea
ter Chicago, last week and simply trades
houses with the "Humpty Dumpty' COM
pany.
The Prince of Wales has fallen in love
with sousa's "El Captain" march and has
announced that he will hasten to attend De
Wolf Hopper's performance at the Lyric
Theater when he QI. r. H. returns to
London. A cablegram from London to the
New York Telegraph says: "El Captain
seems to have caught on to the public IA
vor in the same manner as did The BeIe
of New York" The audiences are most en-
rer receives several curtain calls. 1t is alb
solutely certain. all reports TO the contrary,
that Wang" will not be produced at .fss sns
CAPTAIN" at least not in the immediate fu-
ture. The latter opera Is going so strongly
that no change is at present consideIed nee,
essary. The house is crowded nightly ana
money Is being turned away from the box
once. The popularity of the "El Captain
music can best be attested by the TACT ha. ina.
of scores have been sold in London than
were sold in New York. The Prince of Wales
is the latest convert to & the ..,p EI Sapita,nh TAN
the Duke OF York. last Sunday night by
Baron and Baroness Eckhardstein at
called the Japs gave an entertainment in the
garden. Their songs. as is usually the Gus
tom, were chosen by the Prince Of Wales.
Hopper's song Behold FL Captain" The
royal guest had heard this song over the
electrophone several times, ana was SO so tax tax
gramme at the Eckhardstein entertainment.
Manager George W. Lederer, of the Cas-
Ino. who is now in London. has arranged
for the appearance of THE Rounders"
there 1t is the intention of Mr.. Lederer to
Miss Laura Burt is spoken of as one Of the
new members of the big production who Will
probably go abroad. 1t was stated at the
ers' was taken away from the theater was
TO make room for the Alice Nielsen Opera
Company. which Is TO appear there with
''The Dancing Girl this fall.
Every right minded American actress who
went to London last spring set sail with
q fixed and swerveless determination to win
title. Some of the girls concealed their
designs on the British peerage under as
0umeQ dfSQdln lot crowns ana cOrOnetS, ana
some Of them, like Merit Osborne and good
old Annie Yeamans. openly avowed their
fell matrimonial purpose. OF all the galaxy
Of beauty and talent. none sailed forth with
higher hopes or more vigorously voiced
vauntings than Miss Dorothy Usner the
shrinking. timid young slavey who was seen
in Indianapolis with the Broadhurst forces
in why Smith Left Home" And Dorothy
has actually captured a title. There's no
coronet attached TO II. nor Is IL encumbered
with the usual impedimenta OF castles and
forests and landed estates, for Miss Usner's
title Is a purely honorary one. betowed with
q cheerful una animity upon the brisk young
eoubrette by the entire guild of correspond
ents and critics whose life she made a bur-
den by the persistence of her pursuit OF no.
tices and introductions in London. From
one end to the other of dear old Lunnon
they allude to the modest little actress as
ID. Usner. G.. N, and q. N. stands for Gen.
eral Nuisance.
Mckee Rankin and Nance O'Neil have re-
turned to New York. full of stories of sue
cesses and the wealth they made during
their tour of the far West, Honolulu and the
English provinces. Mr. Rankin will begin
engaging people for Nance O'Neil's starring
teur In Masks and Faces" "Magda !"
Leah the Forsaken" East Lynne'' and
Giacometti's old tragedy. Queen Eliza
BETH. which was made popular in this
country by 'Ristori. Mrs. Bowers and Ja-
Hauschek.