The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09

liant costumes A popular feature will be
the musical festival in the second act, when
the dancers play on gilded violins and rib
bon-twined trumpets. Ebert and his COM
ranions personate well-known composers
and conductors. from Sousa to Seidl and
from Strauss 10 Wagner. Another ballet,
called the Pink French Bal" is costumed
in brilliant silks and satins and eXquisitely
danced. Submarine Life is the name Of
another presentation of corals pearls, SPAN
giles and sea urchns in the third act. In
travelling scene link wears a Stanley-in-
Africa costume of white and Ebert an limo
cent-A broad outfit Another masquerade is
in Salvation Army outfit. 1t ends with Sc
riOus up-to-date war pictures on revolving
stage, with the Iiliputians as national he
roeS
Benjamin Teal, general stage manager of
Klaw &c Erlanger's attractions. arrived in
the city yesterday with the Jack and the
BeanstaIk' company and registered at the
English Hotel. Mr.. Teal is one Of the few
famous stage directors in this country, and
this IS his first visit TO indianapolis in years
Mr. Teal is here to arrange certain details
with Manager Edwin H. Price. of the
"Beanstalk company, relative TO the Euro
pean trip of Jack and the Beanstalk, "
which will begin some time in the spring
air. Teal will remain In the city until to-
morrow morning, when he departs for New
York.
Fred Riders New Night Owls will be
the Empires attraction for the coming three
days, beginning this afternoon. Senator
specialty-illed burlesque are among the fea-
lures.
Way Down East follows Mansfield's re-
n,arkable run of "Cyrano" az the Grand
Opera House. Chicago. 1t has proved one
OF the most popular and profitable rustic
dramas ever written.
Anna Held and 1.-THE French Maid" played
to the biggest New Year holiday receipts in
Philadelphia. the competition including
Maud Adams, Mrs. Fiske and De Wolf Hop
per. The Held is travelling in royal state in
private car more sumptuous than Cleo
patra'S barge.
The Turtle" will have run nearly two
hundred performances at the Manhattan,
New York. when it goes on tour and is sue
ceeded. Jan. 30, by Mile. Hebe, a French
farcical adaptation by Leo Ditrichstein.
Eugene Garfield, of the "Female Drum
mer" Company. was arraigned in the Har-
lem Police Court Friday on his wife S
charge of abandonment, and was ordered
to pay her $50 a week
Digby Bell has closed his season with
THE Hoosier Doctor" and returns to New
York to begin rehearsals on Mrs. Frances
HOdgson Burnett's new comedy drama.
Joe Hurst Gentleman" This play will be
produced in Washington Feb. q.
play for next season completed. 1t is en-
titled The Queens Drawing Room
George H. Primrose, of the Primrose
Dockstader Minstrels. is quite ill with the
grip in Kingston, N. Y.
Miss James, a daughter of Louis James.
will succeed to the role played in Gather
ine'' by Miss May Buckley. when the latter
joins the 'On and OFF, Company.
Jefferson de Angels was unable to appear
in "The jolly Musketeer'' at the Harlem
Opera House Wednesday night, owing to a
heavy cold. MIR. Burnside, the stage man
ager, game to the rescue and successfully
took Mr.. de Angelis's role.
Hoyt and Mckee have decided to produce
Mr.. Hoyts new play "A Dog in the Man
GER much sooner than they had at first
intended The initial presentation will take
place in Washington Jan. 80. Joseph Coyne
has been engaged to originate the principal
comedy role. He is the husband of the
charming Anna Boyd. who was here a few
weeks ago with "A Stranger in New York -
William De We're and Louise Cunning are
also selected for prominent parts.
1t is given out that no dramatic attraction
has had such a phenomenal engagement in
Chicago as Mr.. Mansfield's "Cyrano." The
final performances were as crowded as
those of the first week. and. judging from
the sale of the book at the book stores even
now, 1t would seem that Mr.. Mansfield
could stay in Chicago two months longer
before all the people who have read Ros-
tands great work have a chance to see it,.
Unless John Drew hastens to comply with
the law he will be liable to arrest and inn
prisonment in the Ludlow-street Jail. AS az
ministrator of the estate of his mother.
Louisa Drew. we'll known on the stage as
Mrs. John Drew. he should have filed an in
ventory before Dec TO- The claim against
Mrs Drew's estate results from an unsuc-
cessful starring tour she made in 1893 with
her son Sidney Drew and his wife, Gladys
Rankin Drew. She produced THE Road to
Ruin, a title that seemed to apply to her
companys experiences ION the road She
also appeared as Mrs. Malaprop in THE
Rivals part in which she had become ia
nous. II Mrs. John Drew left sufficient
property 10 cover the debt the lawyer hopes
TO collect the entire amount due
Cissy LOTUS has taken stand in New
York which is highly commended by this
young woman's friends She made a. CON
tract to perform at Roster & Balls The
alter, and her own portion of the entertain
ment consists of the mimicry of noted
actresses. On the bill was also a duel scene
between two women, stripped to the waist.
The scene is said to have been disgusting
Miss Lotus informed the management that
the scene must be cut out if she was ex-
pected to go on. 1t was not cut out, and
Miss LOTUS. who in private life is Mrs.
Justin Mccarthy, broke her contract and
went to the Casino, where she is now ap-
pearing in "A Dangerous Maid"
Francis Wilson, who is quite bookworm
and has one of the finest libraries in the
country, has his own ideas about reading.
He believes with Franklin that a man
should read much but not many hooks -
Mr.. Wilson has compounded how many
books a man can read if he begins at the
age of five and continues till he is seventy
five years old. If he reads a book day he
can only devour 100000 books in a lifetime,
and that is but trifing percentage of the
millions of hooks that written. Mr. Will
sons favorite books are Victor Hugo's LES
Afiserables" and Boswelrs Life of John