The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-13

Each animal has an operative man or boy
inside. and the goose Is made to tell In pan
tomirne much that relate to the plot. she
Is sent by a good fairy to enrich poor
family with her auriferous output. though
the phenomena CT II Is not exhibited. Inc
object of most amused and spontaneous
attention, however. Is a mite OF girl so
naive with her four-year-old talent among
the forty-nine less precocious children VINO
march and pose I'm the ballet that she Is
the unconscious focus of all eyeS-or was
unconscious OF IL during the first perform
anee' but suppose she was told OF ner sue
Cess Immediately afterward. and that by
this time her dear little head is swelling:
The ballots crowd the stage, and one or
them gives a comic relief from the bounte-
Gus beauties. The three antic comedians
or the company, Cawthorne, Mozart and
Bulger. travesty last seasons aerial Nights,
dangle and swing from wires, and getting
into collisions which end In midair ngnt
The author Of Mans ele Napoleon" in
French. Jean Richepin. probably wrote 1t
to be a straightaway comedy with pas
sages OF quite sober sentiment and semi
accurate history. But Florence ziegfeld
brought 1t for his wife, Anna Held, TO
use in English with singing and dancing.
and IN this changed condition II is one
or this weeks new plays here. IL still con-
nonsensical Anna should be, and tries To
be, sensible and even deeply emotional. the
Broadway people who witness the expert
ment are surprised by ii and net delighted.
The character nicknamed Nam selle Ma
poleOn IL Mile. Mars, the famous actress
OF the Comedle Frahcaise in the time OF
the Bonaparte monarchy. She Is introduced
In the artists foyer OF that theater on
the night OF her first great success The
Emperor summons her To a liaison and she
Is compelled by his panderers TO keep the
appointment; but he gets from her such an
appeal to his honor that he admiringly
spares her. and also saves her lover from
a fzlxyv al ia
IN futile efforts TO become Clara Morris.
The first half of the evening goes thus
70 waste. Only during five minutes In that
time Is she the dainty doll OF hoyden
who used TO be advertised with accounts
Of milk baths and posters saying Go TO
Held!' In those exceptional five minutes
she changes her stage costume from that
or a boy to girl behind a screen, over
which she losses the discarded trousers,
while chattering and singing with her WIS.,
ftors.
When ''Mamselle Napoleon" was brought
into Broadway, farcical scene was inter-
polated just before Mile. Marss encounter
with Bonaparte. Frank Moulan, who has
been substituted for Dan McEvoy as one of
the police spies, takes advantage of a re-
semblance to the Man of Destiny by, at
tempting coup detat worthy OF that boss
of all Adventures. Moulan and Mathilde
Cottrelly are funny with dialogue which
Clay NJ. Greene has written, and in which
with a royal command to marry the dis
guised policeman. The audience laughs
heartily at that, and again when, the last
half OF the show having become suddenly
and brilliantly gay. Miss Held thrusts her
head through the black curtain. on the
shoulders of mechanical doll, and mimics
with her own rougish face and the little
figures legs and arms while she sings,
'Oh. Won't You Come and Play Wiz Me-,
the refrain OF the dtty with which her dew
iltry first tickled the public.
The second half of the Anna Held play
Is as brilliant as the first is not An opera
ball Is set In a theater that is marvel
of painting and construction The stage
and the boxes are crowded by fancifully-
dressed jewellers and the auditorium be-
yond is made to look wonderfully spacious
Here, and earlier, too, thousands or dol
lars have followed thousands into scenery
and costumes, but here they fnclose a
whirling multitude of singers and dancers,
from pierrotS of the Napoleonic period to
fair contortionists of the present day, max
Ing as lively and lovely a spectacle as We
have had this winter Miss Held holds a
large place in this merry riot which moves
to Gustave Luder's music: and she makes
almost forget and fully forgive the
vaulting ambition which, though oerleap-
ing itself. lands her again on the soubrette
side of the dramatic line
FRANKLIN FYLES.