The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-25

carries a possible prize of $1,000, such as
THE Favor of the Queen won, and a
certain prize of $3.50. with special pro-
duction at Chase's Theater, Baltimore. Miss
Haswell will be seen in Indianapolis in her
prize play during this season.
Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
which made a pleasant impression upon In
dianapolis thea ter-goers, was given a single
performance in Chillicothe. o., the other
night, for purely sentimental reasons. The
little Ohio town is the home of George c.
Tyler, of the firm of Liebler & Co, the man.
ayers and producers of the play, and Mr.
Tyler insisted that his townsfolk be given
a chance TO see Mrs. Wigs. Nothing
that have is too good for Chillicothe" he
declared, mo matter what it COSTS and
although the capacity of the theater there
is so small that the presentation of the play
could not help but result in a loss, Chillico-
the saw Mrs. Wiggs"-and liked her.
Next week will be one of the busiest of the
entire season so far as English's is con-
cerned. Tim Murphy. the long. lean, eccen-
trio comedian, will come Tuesday evening
in his new comedy, THE Man from Mis-
souri," Joseph jefferson, the distinguished
veteran. will play his annual engagement
Wednesday evening in one of the plays of
his well-known repertoire, yet to be selected;
Blanche Walsh, who, in the role of Tolls
tots Maslova, has come to be looked upon
as one of the greatest emotional actresses
of the day. will appear Thursday night in
the much-discussed Resurrection" and
Katherine Osterman, popular coincidence,
will fill in the last two nights of the week,
with Saturday matinee, in her new COM
edy, Miss Petticoats.'
Fred Stone, who plays the part Of the
Scarecrow in 1.-The Wizard of o." has to
stand motionless for eighteen minutes at a
stretch, first upon pole in cornfield while
a scene is taking place in the foreground.
The eyes of the audience are constantly
upon him and he must not move a muscle
of his face or body or the illusion would be
destroyed. His outstretched arms are sup
ported by a cross-piece nailed to the pole.
During a performance of THE Wizard OF
o. the other night both arms went sound
asleep, and when Dorothy. the little Kan
sas maiden-a part played by Anna Laugh
lin-came to take him from the pole he
really needed her support until he could
restore the circulation. Its no fun play
ing the Scarecrow in that first act" says
Stone. On one occasion / simply had to
sneeze-couldn't hold it in. The tears came
into my eyes and trickled down my cheeks
You see, Dorothy is supposed to bring me
to life with a magic ring. Well / managed
to restrain that sneeze until she rubbed the
ring and then the sneeze burst forth like
a charge from a Calling gun Ny sudden
awakening made a great hit that night.
but, by George. l wouldn't go through such
an experience again for any amount of
glory
Mrs. Fiske is, in some moods. charm
ingly frank and engaging conversational
ist." says a writer in the Theater Maya
zine, "only. she answers all questions in
her own way. which is usually original.
No high sounding platitudes from her.
Her replies are full of the unexpected, and
consequently battling to the conventional