The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-24

Miss Lavinia Shannon is playing her Sec
ond engagement in Indianapolis in Fred G.
Ross stirring melodrama, Beyond Par
don," which began a run Of three days at
the Park yesterday afternoon. Two big
audiences greeted Miss Shannon and sup
porting company. The Park audience, with
its characteristic enthusiasm, took Miss
Shannon to its heart just as the audiences
at the Grand used to do in the days of the
stock company. Beyond Pardon came to
Indianapolis last fall and was played at
English's. Since then it has been changed
in many respects. There are some very
good scenic effects and an abundance of
sensational climaxes. The Park Theater
audiences have a way of applauding the
hero and heroine in the drama and OF hiss
ing the villain-sometimes violently. Miss
Shannon and Mr.. Ross and Mr.. Stevens.
had plenty of the Parks unstinted ap-
plause. Miss Shannon has some pretty
gowns that she wears gracefully.
There are plenty of tears In Beyond
Pardon" and, of course, this condition APP
peals to the feminine part of the audience.
1t is not very happy story, but 1T ends
all right for all save the villain; 1t is the
story of two young girls who leave their
home and go to England and become &C
tresses. One of them, the daughter of the
Rev Mr.. Gould, chaplain of the battleship
and she becomes a famous actress. This
is the part Miss Shannon has. Singularly
enough both girls are betrayed by the same
man, who, of course, Is the villain OF the
play After she has become famous Velma
comes home and pleads with her father to
forgive her. He cannot when he learns
that there is child. She has not the cour-
age to tell him that DR.. Prescott, who has
become surgeon OF the battleship,
Is her betrayer. nor does she tell
of course knew nothing of her affairs with
Prescott Some time after her arrival
home her husband comes on the scene and
unfortunately overhears conversation be-
tween her and Prescott, whom she, of
course, despises. Lloyd and Prescott be-
come involved In a row and pistol is
the pistol and before his wife can prevent,
fires. The bullet misses Prescott and shat
ters costly vase. The vase trick is the
result of simple device worked out by
Ross, who is now taking the part of Wal
ter Lloyd in the absence of another actor,
who was called to New York by the death
thoroughly and is doing it under protest.
His performance seemed to satisfy the au-
dience, for his triumph over the william
brought violent applause.
Prescott met tragic fate at the close.
He charged with selling the plan of
the Maine to the German government and
in trying to escape was shot b. j. Lander,
who does the part Of Velma's father, is
young. but seems to do the ''old man. part
sufficiently well to suit the audience.
Miss Estelle Adams, i'm the part of Edith
Gould. sister of the unfortunate Velma, is
an attractive young woman, full of tears
and laughter sufficiently genuine to suit.
Miss Austina Mason is the housemaid, and
makes fun for the audience. Miss Louise
Lewis sang a number of songs with voice
of much volume and clearness. Thomas
Carleton sings Soldiers in the second act.
At the close Velma and her father and her
husband are reunited and Miss Shannon
smiles through her tears and the audience
smiles with her.