The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-03

seen and heard at the Grand several times
before and is n favorite here. He comes
again with n Enthusiastically absurd
monologue and although he brings nothing
that is particularly new his Zine OF talk
is so extremely ridiculous that IL keeps the
greater part OF the audience in constant
laughter during his fifteen minutes on the
stage. OF Miss Vance nothing but words
of the highest praise can be written, she
is one of the few vaudeville singers OF
negro songs who can refrain from exagger-
alton of negro character and still make her
interpretations and limitations exceedingly
humorous. Each song is Il little comedy an
in itself when Clarice Vance sings IL. she
is an artist In her line.
Much interest was evinced yesterday IN
the new speciality of La Carmontella, as
the little cOntortionist is in private life the
wife OF Louis w. Buckley, of the Grands
business staff. The act is called The
Witch OF the Moon" and IL Is a decided
novelty. The stage is given a BLACK art
setting and. in the makeup of a wicked old
witch, the little performer comes gliding
down to terra firma seated on a broom
stick "after brushing the cobwebs from the
sky" When she arrives on the earth, she
IS transformed into Il very pretty, very
dainty and very graceful little athlete and
which ranks with the very best of its class
now before the public. Carmontella. as she
has always been known professionally, Is
but nineteen years old, but her face and
figure are such as to cause her to appear
even younger. She had many well-wisherS
In yesterdays audiences, but the applause
which greeted her stage work was not the
| plaudits of over-enthusiastic friends so
much as it was the spontaneous demonstra-
lions of approval from disinterested spec
tatOrs. That THE Witch of the Moon
will prove n popular act In vaudeville this
ea-son-especially after its mechanical de-
tails have been brought to q higher stage
OF perfection-there can be no doubt.
The Fleury Trio OF French dancers give
a terpsichorean act that is far more inter-
esting than the similar speciality or the
much advertised Armenis-Tito troupe,
which was at the Grand last week. The
newcomers are graceful and s~prightly and
they go through their work with q dash
that rouses the audience to enthusiasm.
Mcintyre and Primrose are the names or
two young men who form a new black-face
team. Mcintyre is the son of the famous
minstrel of that name, and he has studied
his fathers delicious negro dialect with
good results. The young comedians are
funny in their dialogue, but they have a
poor finish to their act, using an old parody
that has been sung for several seasons In
the burlesque houses and which Is alto
gether out of place in a high-class vaude-
Vile theater. With q suitable conclusion to
their turn, the new team should be In de-
mand among managers. Carl w. Sander
son is billed as Danish pianist. So far as
his comedy is concerned, he is something
like Eddie Toys melancholy Dane but
his trick work at the keyboard is the best
ever given at the Grand-much better than
that of VIII H.. Fox or Burt Howard. James
and Sadie Leonard open the performance
, with q sketch by VIII NJ. Cressy. Mr..
Cressy writes two kinds of sketches-good
ones and bad ones. This one of the bad
ones. However, the two farceurs manage
TO get some fun out of the poor material
furnished them, and Miss Leonard's songs
in German and French please the audience.
The bioscope has several interesting NOV
ing views, including some excellent pic
lures taken in Norway.