The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

Eight artistic acts, each full Of individual
ity, make up the show that is presented at
the Park the first three days of the week.
Any one interested in the vaudeville pro-
fession who reads over the names of the
people i'm the show will know that it must
be good and any one who Is not thus wise
will profit il he goes to the theater and
sees for himself. There is Pete Baker,
'everybody's favorite,' who has been be-
fore the public as a German comedian for
unnumbered years. His voice is still sweet
and his smile is still unctuous. Besides his
German immigrant turn he. fecites James
Whitcomb Rley'S I've nothin' at all to
say" and yesterday the audience burst into
an uproar Of applause. He was welcomed
with warm applause when he appeared, and
his friends were loath to let him GO. Mazuz
and MaZett, a man and a woman, have
a great acrobatic turn. Mazuz is a sawed
off tramp, who looks like he might be full
of feas. Mazet is a brakeman. Their work
Is startling at times. Horace Goldin Is a
magician of skill, who does much that is
mystifying with his hands alone, and has
a disappearing trick called .Dreyfus's es-
cape from DEVILS island" Mark Murphy
and his wife have a clever Irish turn which
is funny all through. Murphy is known to
two generations. How many years ago was
it that the country laughed at Murray and
Murphy in Our Irish Visitors?" Mile. Patti
Armanti makes pictures with yari-colored
sand and by rubbing smoke Off a white
slab, and the pictures are good. Baby Lund,
pretty and vivacious, works through a sing
ing and dancing and change act with
sparkling intelligence. The three Giisandos,
unique musicians. have been seen here be-
fore and their act is as striking as ever.
The Fransioli Sisters have q singing and
dancing turn that is full, of motion They
are said to give an imitation of the Cherry
sisters, but this city has never been af-
fiicted with those smart farmer girls and
therefore cannot judge an imitation.
WOmau md Song"
Wine, Woman and Song opened at the
Empire yesterday afternoon. will burlesque
and vaudeville, to a full house. A perfectly
clean show, with not a suggestive line or
action, was given, I'M it drew a standing
room house at night. Burke Brothers. with
Wise Mike the donkey, made the hit of
the performance and kept the house in roars
of laughter from the beginning of their act,
with the tough man terrorizing the two
Irishmen, to the finish, in which the four
footed. actor makes his appearance. The
act is trivial enough in itself. but the quaint
humor and individuality of the Burke
Brothers carries it through to immense sue
cess. The Three Racketts, 1.-The musical
hostlerS," introduced a lot of new business
in their already excellent musical act. the
most notable being a hand-balance by one
or the brothers on the steeple of an illu-
minated church in the background, he in
the meanwhile playing a set or cnlmeS with
the free hand. John Hanson and Mabel
Drew gave a comedy sketch of a high order,
In which the humor was clean and in plen-
~. Hanson is an actor of no mean ability
and Miss Drew is a clever singer and dancer
and pretty withal. Jenny Eddy's singing
was received rather coldly at first, but
when she came on again in blackface. with
the two little Russians, Itsky and Filosky,
whose combined. weight might be seventy
five pounds, the house, TO use a good old ex-
preston, rose at her. and demanded more.
Josie Kline and Phil Gotthold opened the
performance with a bright singing sketch
and Bennett and Rich closed the olio with
Illustrated song that brought them a warm
recall.
The burlesque is particularly effective in
groupings and choruses. Charles Burke's
Rachel Goldstein," with its swinging high
notes, being rendered I'm a style too good
for ten-twenty-thirty, by a long shot. An
other most effective bit was the song of
Susie Anna from louisiana" with it's ar
tstic groupings and moonlight calcium eff
fects. There was plenty of fun in the bur-
lesque and a goodly number of incidents,
none of which were lugged in by the ears,
but had some excuse for occurring. In all
probability the costumes are the best in
travelling burlesque. A handsome special
scene. showing the interior of a department
store and really what IL is in
tended to represent. Is used. Wine, Wom-
an and Song" will remain all week, with the
usual daily matinees.