The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-24
ROGERS BROTHERS, NEW SHOW.



The Klaw & Erlanger Comedy Company.
with the Rogers Brothers,. began its fourth
annual tour in John ]. McNally's new
vaudeville farce, The Rogers Brothers in
Washington" at the Star Theater, in Buff
falo. this week. After a two weeks en-
gagement there 1t begins a long run at
the Knickerbocker Theater, in New York.
opening Monday. Sept. 2. This season the
company numbers over seventy persons.
with a chorus of thirty-seven girls. The
principals are Eugene Jepson. Gus A. Vein
burg. William West. Pat Rooney. jr.. James
Cherry, John 3. Hendricks, William Tor
pey. Hattie Williams. Grace Freeman,
Emma Francis. Jeanette Bageard, Edith
st. Clair. May Taylor. Nora Bayes. Georgia
Irving and Elsie Davis. The story is told
in three scenes-hrst. the reception room
of the Democratic Club. on Fifth avenue,
New York: second. a section of the botan
ical gardens in Washington. with the Capt.
toll building as a background. and third.
the Court of Fountains at the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition in Buffalo. showing the
The story is a broadly humorous skit on
practical politics constructed In a skeleton
form to allow the introduction OF a large
number OF specialties. Alfred Hartman
loves Maude. the daughter of an old New
York politician. who objects TO the match.
Dying. ne leaves a Will permitting the mar
riage on condition that Hartman secures
his election TO Congress as a Republican
IN an Overwhelmingly strong Democratic
district in New York city. Hartman calls
ruler Gune, a strenuous politician. To his
ald and he conceives the scheme OF split
ting the Democratic vote in the district
by running two ignorant Germans, Carlos
Chauns and Louis Laufs. against the reg
ular nominee and Hartman. Chaufs and
U make their first appearance as poll
ticians at a ladies night" reception at the
democratic club This starts that low
comedy MARTY which those familiar with
the Rogers brothers can readily imagine
proves prolific of laughter. A subplot in
desperate filtration with an up-to-date
young woman named Maizi Mahoni. These
parts are played by Eugene Jepson and
Hattie Williams.
In the scene laid in Washington the Rog-
ers brolhers appear as contestants for the
seat in Congress claimed BY Hartman In
one OF their conversation" they tell now
they Will conduct themselves and what
they Will do Tor this country when they
are seated In Congress. The story T. 50
constructed that the movement to Ruralo
a. a natural sequence OF the events in the
second act. and here the fun continues
till the final discovery that Hartman is en-
titled to his election because the Germans
have never been naturalized.
Several OF the musical numbers are The
Girl OF Greater New York" Get Next TO
the Man with a Pull and NJ Ebony
Belle in the first act. Diplomacy and
Maid in the second and AT the Pam
American American Campaign Cries"
and My Bunco Queen" I'm the third. The
unusually conspicuous ensemble features
are the opening chorus In the second act.
"II76-ls0l. The Watermelon Party and
The March OF the Electric Light Cadets. :"
The costumes worn by forty young women
In this Incident are decorated with LOIS