The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-07
Local Stage Gossip.

Harry Skunk, the monologuist OF Al
Fields Ministries, is one of the new acquisi-
lions to this organization. Mr.. Skunk has
been for years the principal fun-maker at
the celebrated Carncross Minstrel Opera
House in Philadelphia. He is described as
being original In his methods of .fun-making
as well as refined. His songs are all his own
compositions.
The most spectacular feature of the per-
Torrance Of Weiland, the juggler. with the
Bon Ton Burlesquers at the Empire. is the
ease with which he starts a set of dinner
plates spinning on a board and keeps them
all going at the same time, There is some
thing of the French finish to Weiland's act
seldom seen on the local vaudeville stage.
Email Ankermiller is here ahead of
Faust" the Parks next week attraction,
and says that If the present run of weather
continues the famous Broken scene will
lose half its effect The terrors inspired by
the realistic view of the Internal regions
presented in Faust" would be dissipated to
a large extent by atmospheric conditions
such as prevailed yesterday and the day
before.
Murray and Mack and their company are
congratulating themselves that they are
going north from here, though by the end
of the week the Indianapolis temperature
may be all right. After their engagement
at the Park they will go to Grand Rapids.
opening there next Sunday night for half
members of the company Is Charles Barry.
who plays the tramp. His entrance in the
first act in '.Finnigans Ball. never fails to
get hearty laugh.
Claude Miller. formerly advertising agent
Of Englsi's Opera House, but who has been
promoted to the management of the new
Victoria at Dayton, is in the city a few days
as acting manager at English's. He will
remain for The Purple Lady this week
Wednesday, yyi1
return and take charg1 of English's for the
season. MIR. Claude NJ Tier will open the
day with Charles Frohman's Empire The
ater stock company in His Excellency the
Governor" The Empire Theater company
to English's for the rest Of the week.
A very funny story is told in connection
with Frank Hatch who will appear here
in Sydney Rosenfeld's 1.-THE Purple Lady
Friday and Saturday at English's. Several
years ago Mr.. Hatch was engaged to portray
character in a new production. The OPEN
ing night Mr.. Hatch came TO the theater
early. so as to be there in ample time and
give great care to his makeup, which was
one of the essential things in connection
with his new character. But he avoided
making up his face until there was very
little time left before he would be called for
his first entrance. The character called for
large nose, and Hatch suddenly found he
mad forgotten the nose putty" This neces-
Stated his falling back on one of the old
time methods before nose putty" was put
into use-that of mixing flour in water and
making dough nose" He sent boy to
the nearest grocery after some flour The
boy returned In few minutes with neat
package OF flour, from which Hatch made
his property nose. During the performance
ne had very important situation and in
his endeavor TO lead up TO the climax and
make Ii go for all IL was worth he worked
until the symbol of toll trickled down his
face, alighting on his dough nose" The
salty drops. together with the natural heat
of the nose ITSELF caused the fiour-nade
proboscis to swell to ludicrous proportions
As Mr.. Hatch was making ready to explode
his excruciatingiy funny lines the nose had
become SO light and spongy that 1t tumbed
off and foated into the wings. And just
here Is where the press agent showed his
lack OF cunning. Instead OF bringing this
story TO the dramatic editor he should have
hunted up the name of the seif-rising -four
maker and sold him the story for the back
pages OF the yellow" American magazines
Wallace Buys La Pearls Circus.
Special TO the indianapolis JosrnaI
PERU, Ind, Sept. 6.-Benjamin z. Wal
lace, proprietor of the Wallace shows has
purchased the La Pearl circus. and the out
tit is being brought to the winter quarters
here The property will be added to the
Wallace circus. The La Pearl show was
taken on mortgage by the Donaldson Lith
ograph Company. and represented a value
OF 81, 600 TO them, but Wallace got the en-
tire property for $4,000. His aim was 10 get
the monster hippopotamuS and some other
animals. but they were not 10 be sold
separately. he had to buy the entire outfit
Several showmen aud park managers Of
Tered 5000 each for the hippopotamus. The
animal has been sent 10 the Wallace circus.
which is now the East.