The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25

Nine. Selma KroHold has been ordered
by her physician to remain out of grand
opera next season, so she will for a
year.
yerdis 'Nabucco," which is scarcely
known by name to the present genera
ton. was sung recently in Rome for the
drst time in years.
Ludwig Highlander. who wrote the score
for THE FOUNDERS will direct the
orchestra when the piece is put on at the
New York Casino. tonight.
Camille DsArvilie is singing a new song
entitled Walt" the composition of Hor-
WITT & Bowers. at the Masonic Temple
Roof Garden. Chicago. this week =
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Harry b. Watson. the tramp bicycle rider
with Gus Hills 'McFadden's Row of
Flats" is to be married in Brooklyn to-
day to Miss May Powers, a member of
the same company.
Lionel Adams, who played Arthur
Freitchie in Barbara Freitchie' last sea-
son, Is to have the role Of John Storm in
ssThe Christian next season. Such actors
as Henry Jewett. E j. Morgan and Rob-
ert Drouet have had the part heretofore.
"very Little Faust and Much Marguer-
ite." an operate burletta, said to contain
a host of delicious musical numbers. will be
produced this week at the Columbia Thea
ter. Boston Helen Lord, Kate Condor,
1ichard Carroll, Minnie Ashley, Olive u
fSch and Helen Dunbar will be the princi-
pals of the big cast
sr@E c1~@1 "
Charles Coghian is said to have sue
ceeded admirably in his work OF drama
sizing Thackeray's Vanity Fair All the
leading characters are well developed.
Miss Gertrude Coghlan. the young daugh-
rer OF the deceased actor-play wright. is
TO create the role OF Becky Sharp in her
fathers version of the novel.
XXX
"a Classical Cowboy will be given its
FIRST performance on any stage at the Ire
mont Theater. Boston, tonight. The cast
includes J.. II. Gilmour. Julia Arthur's
former leading man, Florence Rockwell,
who was Stuart Robson's leading woman
last season. Annie Clarke. William Hazel
tine. Gus Weinberg and Mary Sanders (the
latter specially engage6.
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Henry Miller's stock company, which be-
gins a long season in the Columbia The
alter. San Francisco. tonight, includes Mar
garet Anglin. Margaret Dale, Mrs. Whiffen,
Grace Elliston. Frank Worthing. William
&OuIlcIdy duu Ol0cIS. MISS A0Rlln was
Richard Mansfield's leading woman at the
time he presented ''Cyrano de Bergerac''
in this city two seasons ago.
XXX
Manage T. d. Frawley. of the San Fran
cisca Grand Opera House. has organized a
stock company. to begin a three months
season July .. which is headed by Ada
Rehan and Wilton Lackaye. The repertory
IL to include Children of the Ghetto
1.-The Great Ruby .sTrilby' and Ben
Hur." The Chicago Chronicle stands spon-
sor for the foregoing information.
Chicago papers are once more engaged
In proving that the Windy City is a bet
ter place TO reside in summer than New
York. Here are some of the reasons given
by a Chicago newspaper: Not a single
legitimate theater is open this week in
Gotham. Here we have Hearts Are
Trumps.' the most talked-of melodramatic
sensation of the last year in New York.
running along to larger business than 1t
did In New York. Again. The Dairy Farm
IS in its seventh week at the Great North
ern. Then the Dearborn has just made
an original production in The Burgomas-
ter and the Studebaker is presenting oper-
attic revivals with Cissie Lotus as the star
this week"