The Indianapolis journal., 1902-01-19
NEWS OF THE THEATERS
T.. VI. HOLLAND IN "EBEN HOLDEN
AT ENGLISH's on WEDNESDAY.
The New Weeks Entertainments at
the Grand, the Park and the EN-
Pire-GeneraI Stage News.

The only entertainment at English's OPP
era House this week will be "Eben Hol-
den.' 10 be presented there on Wednesday
afternoon and evening by E. VI. Holland
and his company Edward z. Rose made
the dramatization Of Irving Bachelors
novel The sketch Of the play furnished in
advance by the management Of the COM
pany says that IL has three acts, the scenes
OF which are the barn and the kitchen of
the Brewer homestead and the place on
Tinkle brook called the Deep Hole" in
which resides the veteran trout dubbed
'Old Settler" The story is arranged 10
tell Of the love of William Brewer. Uncle
Eben's foster son, and Hope Brewer
daughter Of the owner Of Lone Pine Farm
in PARKWAY county" New York State.
Visitors 10 the farm from New York city.
including one Livingston. who is smitten
by Hopes charms. Undue. the elder Brewer
with the ambition 10 make a brilliant match
for his daughter. In furtherance Of this
scheme ne exacts a promise from Will
Brewer that he will not speak Of his love
10 the girl until a year has passed. Liv-
ingston learns of this contract, but, being
a wicked person, he seeks to make himself
doubly sure by disgracing Will He sue
ceeds in having VIII charged with theft,
and succeeds so we'll that even Hopes faith
in VIII is shaken. The town constable is
about 10 arrest VIII, when Uncle Eben en-
cages the officer of the law in an effort al
catching the trout, "Old Settler" and Will
escapes He goes TO the war and is re-
ported among the missing after a battle.
But he turns UP in time TO thwart the viii
lain. Livingston. and win Hope.
Readers of the novel ''Eben Holden will
recognize by this sketch what parts of ii
have been transferred 10 the stage. The
play would seem TO be conventional enough
10 puzzle no one even if he had not read
the book. Mr.. Holland will impersOnate
Uncle Eben. He will be assisted by J. II.
Bradbury. William Harris, Earle Ryder,
John +. Cook. Jay Wilson. Leo Hardman,
Sydney Prior. Richard Nesmith. Louis
Payne. Lucille Flaven. Kate Denin-Wilson.
Kenyon Bishop, Laura Almosnino and May
Lambert. The sale of seats for the two
performances will begin tomorrow morn
ing
The bill Of vaudeville at the Grand Opera
House this week will be led by Katherine
Bloodgood and the Kauffmans. who enter
tain in widely different ways. Mrs. Blood
good is usually referred to in romanticaly-
inclined newspapers as "a society recruit to
the stage" She is said TO have been
member OF BrOOklyns smart set. Aside
from whatever merit this circumstance
may be deemed to have endowed her with.
deliberately. The Kauffmans profess no
claim society" but they are interest
ing trick bicyclists. They are six in num-
Der and they perform evolutions n stage
where there would seem 20 be room for only
two or three TO maneuver safely a-wheel.
The other members OF the company will
be Jules and Ella Garrison in "A Bit of
Nonsense" A. L. Guile, an operate tenor;
Frank Gardner. dancer. and Lottie Vincent.
singer in a farce. "A Shattered IdOl;''
Johnson. Davenport and LOrellO, acrObats
and comedians. the Welsh brothers. Irish
comedians and dancers, and the btograph.
The Park Theater will have a vaudeville
farce and a melodrama this week The
former is THE Katzenjammer Kids" and
Wednesday During its three acts Special
ties" Will be introduced by Edward and
Lottie BlOndeH the Cosmopolitan trio, the
Ramsey sisters, Alonzo Lang, Professor
Heck and others.
The melOdra ma, the latter half of the
week. Will be "A Homespun Heart 1t is
one Of Hal Reid's stories OF country life.
placid and violent by turns. a miser and
his accOmpliCe. an adventures see TO it
that the hero and the heroine have no easy
time in their love affair.
The Utopians" Will give their show at
the Empire Theater all week The usual
two burlesques are called There Is Some
thing Doing and The Coming Champion"
The company is composed of Kline and
Clifton. the Three ShamrOcks Gordon. vi
dOcQ and Perry. Former and Carter, Wash
burn ad TOpaC, the Empire City Quartet
and a chorus