The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-22

clever sketches by Archie Gum. The Rus
sell printing house in New York is achiev
ing deserved fame throughout the country
by its splendid souvenir publications
Otis SINNERS stage work is always illus
trative of power. elegance and perfection OF
artistic capability. He looks the part. acts
the part, speaks the part. and when one
goes out from his presence the conviction
is irresistible that AN opportunity such as
comes but rarely I'm lifetime has been en-
Joyed- Never. IL is declared. has he so
nearly reached the height of dramatic power
and genius as in his remarkable portrayal
OF Norbert in Brownings great drama,
I'm Balcony" which will be given one
performance at English's May "a
1t is now generally conceded that Stuart
Robson. who viii appear at English's Sat
urday afternoon and night Of the present
week in a sumptuous revival of She
Stops to Conquer" is the representative
American comedian. His laurels were not
won in a single season. For nearly hair
century Mr.. Robson has appeared before
the theatergoing public OF the country.
Wherever he has appeared In his master
piece she Stops 10 Conquer, the cur
rent season ne has been greeted with the
best OF all evidences of approval-large
audiences
Claxton Wilstach, advance agent for
Marguerite Sylvia in 1.-The Princess Chic
and a native OF this State, gave an inter-
esting interview recently to reporter for
New Orleans paper. Speaking of the re-
quirements for success as an advance man
Mr.. Wilstach said they are: First that the
man be an indianian, and second. that he
entertainingly of the development of theat-
rical advertising, saying that the fiaring.
gaudy bills Of the olden days have given
fa hn a
present. He said also that the public de-
mands better things on the stage now than
formerly. They demand in their operas bet
ter costuming, better scenery better
music, a better libretto and a more con-
sistent story.
The work of dismantling the Zoo and taxi
ing the animals and equipment to Buffalo
to be used in Bostock's exhibit iii the Pan
American exposition will begin this morn
ing. The animals would have been moved
sooner but for the cold weather which has
prevailed the past few days. Many OF the
animals are of natures that cannot with
stand even mild changes of temperatures.
notably Esau. the chimpanZee. Esau Will
travel to Buffalo i'm a passenger coach and
will be as carefully wrapped up as IL he
were child of the human species. As
stated in the Journal several weeks ago the
Zoo will remain closed until Thanksgiving
day.
One cannot help marveling at the facili-
ties of the Vaudeville Managers Associa-
ton, which enable the bringing together
of variety of acts such as compose this
weeks bill at the Grand Opera House.
Manager Myers has for his public this
week, beginning this afternoon, the follow
ing clever specialties: The three Dumonds.
musicians of an unusual kind, brought
from Europe; Ida Van Siclen, a beautiful
woman and a talented actress, supported
by her company in the little play "A Sporty
Education" dainty, vivacious Winona Win
ter and her father, Banks Winter the ia
nous baritone; Bert Marshalls street
urchin quartet; Weston and Yost, ''patter"
comedians; Derenda and Breen, fancy club
swingers; Davenport brothers, acrobats
and comedians; Gertrude Swiggett and Ed
ward Clark in funny representations and
the marvellous American biograph.