The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-09
Notes of the stage.

George II. Murray. manager of the
''Foxey Grandpa company, which will be
seen at English's Monday and Tuesday.
arrived in the city last night.
The sensational happenings of 1.-The Tide
of Life will be view at two perform
ances at the Park to-day. Tomorrow after
Frietchie, greatly different from the poet
Whittier's tale will be told there by a
company led by Miss Frances Gaunt.
XXX
The audiences that have seen Under
Two Flags at English's have approved
the idealizatiOn of the vivandiere, Cigar
cite. by the dramatist. Paul Potter, and
the actress, Mabel Howard. The fact is
that Cigarette. so indiscriminate in the
matter OF loving troopers before she meets
her affinity In BERTHE Cecil, is a very i'm
proper person, but women that would scorn
such a girl in real life applaud her as a
being of beautiful character when they
see in the romantic surroundings of the
stage. The Lady Venetia, certainly per-
feet young woman measured by present.
day conventions, gets no sympathy from
the audiences. One of Cigarettes most
thrilling experiences is in a rocky gorge,
where she is forced to be a spectator to the
BedouinS throwing their prisoners over
the brink of preciplce. Then she rides up
the mountain in a sandstone, an impossible
feat. ii would seem Meiodrama, especially
I'm the elaborate dress given 1t in Under
Two Flags. takes away the reason of
most all theater goers, whether they go to
playhouses where the prices are high or to
the theaters called popular priced"
When Booth Harrington began 10 work
out his Monsieur Beaucaire" it was more
OF a play to him than a novel. When he
was IN college he sent to Richard Mans
deIphia, short play, which was returned
to him by the actor with a letter praising
the appreciation of the author and ex-
planning that the play lacked technical
necessities. When Mr. Harrington wrote
Monsieur Beaucaire" it seems he thought
of Mr. Mansfield as the stage-impersona-
tor of the hero. That il was a drama to
HIM is shown in the following dedication"
o. the book, addressed TO his sister Mrs
Haute Harrington Jameson. which was re-
called by the author after il had been set
IN type by the publishers of the book:
''You will not. 1 trust consider me too
ingenious when 1 tell you that. while l
have ever observed your courtesy toward
a person in poor raiment To be Of an even
inner quality that your treatment of a
gentleman in a fine coat, yet no one con-
Versant with your character could fail 10
be aware of the mighty liking you have for
brillants shining from every buckle Nor
can IL be said of you that In spite of your
strong advocacy or all the arts CT gentle
ness. you shun the widest fighting-in a
bOOk-with that measure of horror which
you should. for consistency's sake. exhibit
and so 1 make bold 10 offer YOU this play
OF Monsieur BeduCalre, beSeeching Your
attendance for ar hour to watch If Won
will. the faces i'm what 1 would have. for
your pleasure, little theater, and begging
you. during just the time of performance.
To believe the actors real they move
acrOss the stage. dancing in the candle
lights OF long ago. while your kindly fancy
brings 20 you some faint watt of the
F'reuchman's roses. with the echo of the
crumbIed and forgotten fddles which
have wished should play again for you.
my dear sister