The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-22

Frohman great deal of money, as she
was the most popular and profitable of his
stars Miss Adams filled a unique position
in the affection Of her audiences. 1t is
thought that this delightful young actress
will have regained her health and strength
by next September and that she will be en-
abled to take up her work where she left
off,
During the first act of Mr.. Pickwick"
one night in New York last week while
Louise Cunning was singing her Speak
Low song the tinklng of an alarm clock
was heard. AT the familiar sound of the
morning call to toll the spectators turned
to see whence il came, while Miss Gum
ming in confusion ceased singing. AT last
the ushers, who had been searching
throughout the house, located the offending
timepiece in bag belonging to a woman
and while the clock still continued its in
fernal racket ii was borne out of the thea
ter by its shame-faced owner.
Animal actors from Carl Hagenbeck's
geological gardens in Hamburg, Germany,
will hold the boards at the Park the week
after next. They will come almost direct
from ten weeks engagement at the New
York Theater, New York, and will doubt
less prove as strong drawing card here
as they did in the metropolis. The entire
exhibition will take place in huge steel
are eight different groups of animals in
Guiding elephants. lions, tigers, bears,
leopards, pumas, panthers, seals, sea lions
pigs goats, dogs and the famous lion-tiger
hybrid. The show will be one of the dis
tinct novelties of the amusement season in
Indianapolis.
E. III. Sothern, excellent actor and intel
lectuaI man that he is. seems to be just
as Jealous of the center of the stage as
many players of smaller calber. 1t is said
that although his new piece, by Percy
Mackaye "A Canterbury Pilgrimage" is
charming play and a strong one, ii con-
tains a feminine role more dominant than
the part of Chaucer which Sothern was TO
portray, and this fact has led the actor
to put the new drama aside after rehears-
ing il for several days. He has not shelyed
il altogether, but has concluded not to
appear in ii this season. He will probably
be seen in his romantic success IF | Were
in the spring. Mr.. Sothern will not pro-
duce "A Proud Prince" until the beginning
of next season.
Joseph Coyne, the leading comedian in
support of Francis Wilson in 1.-The Torea-
DOR" the musical comedy which is soon to
be seen in this city at English's. received
the following note from Postmaster f. E
Coyne. of Chicago. during the run of 1.-The
Toreador' in the Windy City: 81 have
been looking up the history of the Coynes
and / find that the first one was an actor
Maybe we are related" To which the COM
edian wrote this reply: "All the Coynes
ever heard of have been actors or saloon
keepers" Then the comedian and the post
master met and dined together and the
postmaster told the comedian that he
owned a lot of bakeries which he managed
as a side lire. Indeed" cried Joseph
Now 1 know. what the Coyne crest must
BEAT, Drink and Be Merry'-bakers, sa-
loon keepers and actors"
Elsie De Wolfe believes that there never
was such another man as Sardou. the
great French dramatist. Her studies under
him when she was in France inspired her
with an admiration that is little less than