The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-15

Mrs. Leslie Carter was welcomed back to
New York this week in "Zaza." the piece
that ran all last season to the capacity of
the Garrick. There is no intimation that
her health will interfere with her seasons
work.
Peter Dunno. author of "Dooley in Peace
and War" is due to arrive in New York to-
day from his first summer abroad. Nothing
has been heard ARD recently w Of the R,G report K shat
ling In a play for Mr.. Frohman.
: '.Faust's'' week at the Park can be called
a .st~anding-room" affair. as there has hard
ly been a performance since 1t opened Mon
day afternoon that seats did not run out.
The weeks business. ii is said. will exceed
any previous Faust week at the Park
Herbert's dog circus Is one of the vaude-
vile acts in Hanlcn's "Superba,'' coming to
the Park next week. In the number are in
cluded greyhounds. white and black poodles
for cake walk, a high diver and a dog which
is trained to fall at the report of a pistol
and simulate the dying struggles OF a NOR
John Drew produced the first dramatic
novelty of the year at Charles Frohman's
Empire Theater. in New York. this week.
1t Is Haddon Chambers's The Tyranny
of Tears and requires q cast of only six
and. It is predicted, will remain in New
York until the holidays.
When the box office at the Grand opened
yesterday morning for the sale of season
seats there was a line reaching into the
street from the box Office window and con-
tinued unbrokeD for over two hours with
people selecting their seats for the season
The regular advance sale for the stock COM
pany opening next week will begin this
morning.
Francis Wilson followed Mrs. Fiske in
Montreal this week. producing his new
opera. ..Cyrano de Bergerac." One dispatch
says: The piece is by all odds the newest
thing in the line of opera seen In Montreal
for many years. and. while the cynics are
slow to admit its success. there can be no
doubt that IL Is so from an artistic stand
point Miss Lulu Chaser. the prima donna.
was quite nervous
The hero fake. whereby the vaudeville
man was won't 10 cover himself with re-
fected glory by exploiting some dis
tinguished warrior, seems to have run its
in the Empire show this week and that is In
tie shape OF a comic dialogue, with one man
mentioning Dewey. the second man asking
"who-ey?" and replying "Oh-weyi" after
| the name OF the admiral is repeated.
Miss Hilda Rollins. the prima donna. is
| seriously III with nervous prostration at her
home. in Yonkers. Miss Hollins had been
rehearsing with the Jefferson De Angels
opera company. and was to have opened
with that organization In THE Jolly Mus
keteers" at Yonkers on Saturday night.
Just before the performance, however. she
was taken Ill. and an understudy played
her part. She may not be out for a long
time.
Several years ago Mr.. Kolker and Miss
Kate Fletcher. OF the Grand Stock Com
psny, played together in James O'Neils
| company I'm Hamlet as well as Monte
Cristo." Mr.. Kolker was educated for the
! legal profession. but his strong inclination
/ for the stage led him in that direction and
| he started with the German Stock Company
at Milwaukee. His early experience under
| Franz Kaner. of the Stock Theater. Frank
fort. Germany. was invaluable TO him. The
! rigid discipline which characterize the Ger