The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-04
F~amily"-and no more German than the
beautiful Miss Bingham is Hottentot.

Family"-and no more German than the
beautiful Miss Bingham is Hottentot.
GERMAN ADAPTATIONS.
Not that the German stage is yet entire
ly exhausted as far as material for Ameri-
can adaptation and appropriation is con-
cerned. Mr.. Dietrichstein, himself. by birth,
a German. has recently brought out some
thing which he calls The Last Appeal"
an original drama. It may be original
with him. but if so. it is a case of two
great minds doing the same thing unwit-
tingly. For, barring the modern costumes
in Mr.. Dietrichstein's work, this seems lit
tie more than a translation of the vener-
able philippine Welser," by Oskar Won
Redwitz. However. a foreign proverb says
that even a blind chicken may now and
then find a grain. and the plot of the two
dramas Is of the kind that Mr.. Dietrich
| stein might have discovered unaided.
A deservedly prosperous season at the
Empire Theater is now in its last stage
with an excellent performance Of Oscar
Wilde's ARREST comedy. THE Importance
Of Being Earnest" Mr.. Charles Frohman
has several marked successes on record this
season, and so has a manager of = some
what different kind, who also gives his
performances in the Empire-Mr. Franklin
Sargent, president OF the American Acad-
envy Of Dramatic Arts. OF all his matinees
i'm the past winter. the one that will linger
the longest In memory was Bjornson's
Pastor Lang" which Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell gave under the name of Beyond HUI
man Power" The debutante who took Mrs.
Campbells part in Mr.. Sargents perform
ance. though capable and sympathetic,
could not bear comparison with the English
actress-as. indeed. was to be expected.
But for the rest. Mr.. Sargent and his stage
manager, Mr.. Charles Jehlinger, covered
themselves with the most beautiful of lau-
rels by the earnest, respectful simplicity,
the deep. poetic sentiment with which they
conducted and imbued the acting of all the
many parts, and the general staging. And
Of this spirit p~itifully little was noticeable
in Mrs. Campbell's surroundings.
Virtue should be its own reward, but it
never hurts to draw attention to the fact
that occasionally it also earns palpable re-
enumeration. So general has the approval
of the work of Mr.. Sargent and his pupils
been this year. in the press and privately,
tina at the present writing, hardly a month
after the graduation exercises Of the senior
class, fourteen Of the graduates have ac-
copied good engagements. While two have
declined such because they fancy they can
afford to wait for something still better.
Such facts speak volu1es, especially when
one considers that amvg the positions al
ready obtained are a leading one in 1.-The
World Against Her." filled by Laura Wall;
another such in James Neirs stock COM
pany, Marion Stone: one in Maude Ad-
ams's support, Martin Merle; in Richard
Mansield's. Evelyn Emerson. etc.
THE EDUCATIvE DRAMA.
Before closing. the following bit of con-
versation between two schoolgirls was over
heard the other day;
Daisy eighteen years old Have you
been to the theater recently, Pearl?
Pearl (ifteen)-No, but my mother was
last Saturday. She saw Du Barry.
Daisy-Oh, they tell me it is grand! Did
your mother like it?
Pearl-Of coursei Only she said it was too
sad. the way they treated that lovely
woman.
Daisy-I heard something about that.
Don't they kill her?
Pearl-Cut her head off Yes!
~Daisy-They say that is historical. But
why did they do it? Who was she, any
way?
Pearl-In tell you. She was a sweet, pref
ty girl, and so intelligent! The King made
her acquaintance and wanted her to live
In the castle, TO give him good advice, you
know. She did that, but when the King
| proposed to marry her she said no! For
she. was engaged to a poor young man, and
| she was determined to stick to him. Wasn't
that nice?
Daisy-Lovely! And what happened then?
PEARL don't know exactly-mamma
didn't tell me-but in the last act there
was the revolution. You know all the rab-
BILE in Paris, the Anarchists-they went
| around and killed all the best people. So, of
| course, they had to kill Du Barry too!
| Daisy-The beastsi
And then there are persons who persist
in denying the educational value of our
modern stage. JOAKIM REINHARD.