The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-31

granted TO him in consideration of his hav-
ing been wounded in the war IN Cuba. Mr..
Mitchell made a tour OF the variety the
alters OF the country when he recovered
from his wound. and lectured at the En-
pire Theater here on the battle of Santiago.
lie had a series of stereOpticOn pictures.
lie recited his description also at an Elks
entertainment at English's. He is a friend
OF President Roosevelt. having served IN
the Rough Riders. and he made speeches
for Mr.. Roosevelt during the latters cam
paign for the office of Governor OF Ne"
York.
Louis Nethersole. manager of Miss Sadie
Martinot. has announced that her tour in
Clyde Fitch's The Marriage Game will
close in two weeks. He expects TO get time
in a New York theater soon. lie declares
that he Will bring suit against J. A. crap
tree. manager OF the Park Theater, OF
Boston. He saws he found the rear wall
Of the stage Of that house partly gone
and the breeze that entered gave Miss Mar
mot a chill. When he demanded that this
be repaired Crabtree closed the theater
and turned away hundreds of people Meth
ersOle alleges. He Is a brother OF olga
Nethersole. the well-knOwn English emo
.ionaI actress. and was married to Miss
Martinez last year.
Frank l.. Perley, whose comedians are
singing THE Chaperons," a new musical
comedy. became i'll in Toronto and was
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that 2 surgical operation would be neces-
sary TO his recovery. His company is trav-
cling in the middle West. and Frank G.
Payne. who is in advance. writes that IL is
meeting success everywhere. Templar SAKE,
an English baritone. has joined the COM
pany. He was three years with the Carl
Rosa Opera Company. He is probably the
only man that ever "understudied' "A prima
donna. When Agne Huntington, the Chi
cagO cOntraltO. made "A hit in London four
teen years ago in Paul Jones' Mr.. SAKE
"a har rYndarGfudU in The 9ftln rOTa anI
later was at the head of a provincial COM
pany that used the opera.
XXX
Edwin Stuart. the female impersonator
at the Grand Opera House this week.
changes gowns frequently. He has twenty
in his wardrobe. A month ago he was in
Paris and in a short time ne will go to
London. He has spent most Of the past sew
eral years IN Europe. While at Yale he be-
gan to dress and sing as a woman in col
lege entertainments. and when he left that
institution he turned to the stage as a
profession. For several seasons he played
Isabella in 1892" BY constant practice he
has trained his voice to ~smoOthness i'm its
falsetto soprano, and his walk and manner
are as near feminine as, II seems, a man <
could he. TIL cleverness of the trick can
not be denied. whether or not one likes its
nature. After several songs in his high
voice at the piano player in Hello, Mike,
old boy; go way back and sit down"
XXX
The turning point in the career Of Lew
Dockstader, who is to be here with the
Primrose and Dockstader Ministries on to-
morrow and Saturday at English's was in
1889, when he went into his first venture as
n theater manager. Dockstader had gath
cred about him many admirers. OF these.
one of the staunchest was Frank Siddell.
who had no lack of money. lie met Dock
stader one day and asked him why he
didn't omen a fhpatPr of his own Nancy
was the suggestive answer Of the minstrel.
He needed about thirty thousand. Tn go
ing to Europe; the money il in the bank, 3"
said Siddell. And he sailed away. Soon
the money was out OF the bank and the
Dockstader Theater, on Broadway, was the
outcome. Within the next two years Dock
stader had cleared about $4,000. His fame,
too. had grown. He was the most widely
discussed minstrel in the country. He went
on the road with a company and crossed the
continent twice. leaving George Francis
Train, the lecturer. at the theater drawing
crowded houses TO hear his 'rOastings."
Dockstader gave up the theater after a
few years. having suffered a loss of
about $500 IL is said. and went on
the road again when this discrepancy
was straightened out. His last venture.
partner, and the forming OF the Primrose
and Dockstader Minstrel Company, has
been one of success.
Kind words from the Pittsburg Leader:
III programme d the fdIk lnedIeT at
Indianapolis contains the following stand
ing copy of the city ordinances, conspicu-
ously printed where he who runs may
read as it were:
'First-The ordinance prohibiting the
striking or lighting of matches in any part
of a theater.
"Second-The ordinance making il unlaw-
full for any person to throw or hurl with
the hand, sling. blowpipe or any other in
or In any other manner, any
stone, club, stick, paper wad. shot. corn, or
any other missile of whatever kind, char
acter or description in a theater.
'Third-The ordinance prohibiting the
splitting on the floor OF a theater.
"Fourth-The ordinance prohibiting the
wearing of hats, caps or bonnets in the
theater.
"Fifth-The ordinance prohibiting the dis
turbing of an audience or public gathering.
"Sixth-The ordinance prohibiting whist
ling or cat calling i'm a theater.
.SeVenth-The ordinance prohibiting the
permitting OF a nuisance in a theater.
ut is difficult to contemplate what must
have been the state of affairs existing at
this theater in the HoOsier capital prior TO
the above ordinances going into effect. No
doubt the players lives were far from hap
Ply while endeavoring to entertain the Blue
Jeans pOpulace. 1t is assumed they per-
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