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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
Notes and Comment.

Tuneful 'Dollie Warden" so popular all
over America. is a failure in London, and
Julian Edwards, the composer-himself an
Americanized Englshman-is Disguised with
the disposition of English theater-goers to
treat with GOODNESS all American produc-
tions. 1.-THE Belle of New York was about
the only American theatrical attraction tic
meet with success in London. Everything
that could be done was done the first night
of Sherlock Holmes" to make that piece
a failure. The audience-so well bred, don't
you know-"booed' it with might and
main, but William Gillette was not to be
"booed,' and, although the play was by no
means the financial success in England that
Charles Frohman would have us believe,
still it met with some popularity. "Ari-
zona," the best of recent American dramas,
was failure, and many of our best actors.
including Nat Goodwin, have never re-
ceived the recognition due them from the
theater-going public in London. And yet
America continues To hail with joy every
production sent ever from England, no mat
ter how stupid it may be- The weakest of
the English musical comedies are bolstered
up with real American wit and a lot Of
pretty American girls and thus made pre-
-sentable, while some of the tea-drinking,
deadly dull society plays are well supported
by intelligent people who should turn their
backs upon them. "Dollie Warden" the
best of our light operas. and Arizona"
the best of our native dramas. failures in
London, and not through lack of merit, but
just because the bloomin' Britishers didn't
want TO see them succeed.
The fact that jealousy exists among actors
is well known and indisputable. Only too
often grievances are magnified and become
of enormous proportions. But one actor, at
least, who has no jealousy in his nature.
is that good old man, j. III. Stoddart, who
was in the city during the last week in his
pretty play, THE Bonnie Brier Bush The
stage manager OF his company told an in
teresting little story about him the other
day. While in an Ohio town recently it
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opening with the first performance to-mor-
row afternoon. Miss Adyla, the ballad
singer. will be heard in new songs. the
Levett Sisters viii appear in a SKETCH
"Whistling George viii offer novel mu-
steal speciality and a complete new set of
moving pictures will be exhibited by the
biograph. Hereafter at the later evening
shows cards bearing numbers Will be given
TO the patrons of the theater as they enter
the house, and on Friday evening of each
week, the one holding the lucky number"
will be presented with a prize worth So
Thursday nights will continue to be de-
voted TO amateur performers who are de-
sirous of shining behind the footlights.
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The Empire-Bur

The Empire will have another big bur-
lesque show this week in Weber's Dainty
Duchess Company. an organization that
played TO big business last season in In
dianapolis. Manager Weber claims that he
has one OF the best entertainments of its
class on the road this season, and his press
agent declares that the show is hum
mer." TWO musical travesties will be
given-"A Day and Night and Mistakes
VIII Happen" during which chorus of
prettily-costumed girls will hold forth in
many new popular songs. Idylla Vyner.
we'll known to Empire patrons, heads the
feminine portion of the combination and
viii be the leader of the singers in the two
bu-lesques. The vaudeville olio sandwchej
between the opening and closing burlesques
will include acts by Williams and Adams
the singing and dancing comedians; Frye
Allen and Evans. farceurs; Hayes and
Suits, vocahsts; Jordan and Harvey, He
brew impersonators; Musical Thor and Miss
Vyner- The company carries its own stage
settings and the burlesques are said TO be
handsomely put on
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THE WEEKS PLAY BILLS
MISS ROBSON, MIR. KENDALL, RE-
LIGIoUs PLAY AND ABE COMEDY.
Vaudeville at the Grand-Two Attrac-
lions at the Park-BurIesque mt
the Empire-The Unique.

Good theatrical attractions are not want
ing in Indianapolis these days. and En-
glish's offers another full week of enter
tainment to local playgoers. Four attrac-
lions have been secured-a new book-dra wn
play. acted by a favorite young star. pop
ular religious melodrama, a favorite come
dian in a made-to-Order comedy and
George AIDES latest piece of theatrical
writing.
The first offering of the week is Eleanor
Robson, who comes tomorrow night for a
single performance of Israel ZangwilIs
dramatization of his own little story.
Merely Mary Ann Miss Robson is well
remembered in Indianapolis for her charm
fngly girlish Juliet in the all-star Romeo
and Juliet cast late last spring. and also
for her earlier success as Bonita in "Ari-
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The Grand-Hyde's Comedians.

The Behman road show enjoyed a good
week at the Grand and now comes the
companion show of the Behman organiza-
tion-Hyde's Comedians. This combination
has been playing annual engagements in
Indianapolis for may years and has always
been noted for the high standard that it has
maintained. 1t was with Hydes Comedians
that the late Helena Mora toured the coun-
try for so many seasons and many other
famous vaudeville artists have been con-
nected with this prominent road show. A
strong and well-balanced bill is promised by
the management for this week Starting
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Tl.e Unique-yandeviiIe.

A new vaudeville bin VIII be presented by
Manager Thorbus at the Unique, this week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

An old, familiar novel. "In the Shadow of
the Gallows." has provided the plot for a
melodrama by that title which comes to
the Park tomorrow afternoon for stay
of three days. The play has added in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

Salinger. Lottie Alter June Matthias and
Lucille La verne-the last named actress
being well Known to local theatergoers, as
she was for two seasons one of the lead
ing members of the old Grand Stock Com
pany of this city.
George AIDES latest effort at theatrical
writing will be the final attraction of the
week at English's. coming for performances
Friday and Saturday nights and a Saturday
matinee. The County Chairman" unlike
Mr.. AIDES previous productions, is a comedy
pure and simple. without musical accom-
paniment. 1t comes TO indianapolis with
the original organization of 100 people after
a successful run of eleven weeks at the
Studebaker Theater III Chicago, and it
will go almost directly from this city to
New York to have it's first presentation in
the metropolis. The comedy has its location
in the great Middle West and the charac-
tiers are men and women that will be recog
nized as types at a glance. 1t is said that
Mr.. AIDE has combined all his varied talent
in this play, which sparkles with the AIDE
wit ard the AIDE anecdotal ability The dia-
logue, according to the Chicago critics, is
bright, crisp and keeps the audience laugh
ing most of the time. while there is Sc
rious vein in the story's climax which is
worked out with the characteristic vigor of
the author. pretty love story is mingled
with the humorous and serious affairs of
the village of Antioch, the scene of the
play. Maclyn Arbuckle in the role of the
county chairman, is credited with giving a
| splendid portrayal of character, and Willis
| p. Sweatman, long famous as a negro min
strel. has a role which fits him perfectly.
Annie Buckley. the leading woman of the
| company, is an actress of whom good work
| may always be expected. other well-known
| players in the cast are Earl Browne,
Charles Fisher, George Ricketts,, Dallas
| Tyler. Rose Beau6et, Grace Fisher Ed
| Chapman. Harry Holman and Fred Book
| Children form a very pleasing feature, for
| the youngsters are always around in any
| affair of general interest in the country, and
| they are introduced in very artistic manner
| In this play. The drum corps and march
| ing clubs which familiar adjuncts to
any political rally in the country are repre-
scented by a very enthusiastic band OH the
stage. The speech-making is there, and in
fact everything pertaining TO country cam
| paign. AIDE has picked UP a bit of real life
| and placed il on the stage. Scenically the
production is one of the best of the season.
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of this class of administrator. still
better type was the late Sir Conrad Reeves
the mulatto newshOy Of Barbados, who
became Chief Justice of that colony and
was knighted by the Queen.
He sold newspapers in the streets 40
energetically that he attracted the attention
OF the newspaper propretors, who gave
MN a chance as reporter He worked
hard and became editor, studied law at
nights, saved money. went to England,
and was admitted to the bar at the Middle
Temple, Then he returned To Barbados
and set up in practice az o barrister.
AT first he had a hard struggle. But
he persevered. and conducted his cases 80
brilliantly that he was soon the leading
local barriser
He went into politics and strenuously
attacked the shortcomings of the Govern
ment. Nevertheless the Government recog-
nized his ability by making him Attorney
GENERAL That was an unheard of honor
for .colored man at that time and it pro-
voked great deal of criticism.
The Government retortcd by making him
Chief Justice as soon as there was vacancy,
thereby breaking a Favorite rule in British
administrator which DEGREES that no native
OF British crown colony should he a Judge
in that colony.
One Of tho wel-known legislators of Cape
Colony, the Hon. Frederic Schermbaucker,
is German. He was born near Frankfort
on-the- Main, and served in tho Bavarian
Army before he emigrated TO South Africa.
He has never been natrralized bur that fact
does not seem to Interfere with his political
career under the iSh flag
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A BARON TOvTS FOR TRADE.
English NOblenan's Name Used to Boom
an Excursion TO the Orient.

number of New Workers. have received
from England in the past week what ap.
pears 10 he a written letter. although ID
| cal means Enclosed with il is the visit
ing card OF an English Baron.
This nobleman writes cordially to tho
New Workers receiving his letter, sug-
costing that they join him in cruise 70
the East on one OF the large transit anti1
liners which a steamship company is to
fit out especially for the purpose This
trip has been organized, he writes. in COM
nection with -the Parliamentary visit 70
Canada arranged by MIR -, NJ p.
IN the House of Commons and by NE IN
the House Of Lords
The details of this Journey, which doea
not differ from the excursion parties FIRE.
quently organized nowadays, are recitei
IN the letter and the price Of the tickets IS
gwen, 10 this. circular is appended an
imitation of his Lordshp's autograph
after the phrase. Yours faithfully"
New Workers have heard of the way n
which some members Of the English aris-
tocracy Use their titles for advertising any
enterprise that pays them. but no eyampls
OF the system 30 striking aS the present
one has been seen here The uohrman
who sent his card so freely 10 this country
did not mention one thing that would e1-
plain the use Of a noble Barons nam" IN
connection wit h an excursion to the Orient:
That IL that he is a regular employee OK
the company organizing the trip
There ia no question of his rank To
does not, Of course, imply in his letter
that he is in the employ Of the steamship
company ns that might destroy tho eject
OF this exclusive communication. Get
ting letter from noble lord Is go IN
common for Americans the steamship
owners seem TO reason. that they muss
take pleasure out of under any circum-
stances
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\ Black Tragedy.
From the Detroit Free Press

From the Detroit Free Press
The woman with four children who had
come through from Denver was nearing De-
troit The porter had finished brushing them -.
each one of whom had demanded attention
every fifteen minutes. when the mother
turned and said:
~ OIL have been very attentive to us during
this trip and wish 10 reward You"
Yes 'um.'
What is your namc?" she asked as she
took out pencil and notebook
william White. mum
She wrote for n minute on one OF the leaves
OF her book, and then tore 1t out. and handed
1t 10 him with the remark:
"A colorcd man who IL ambitious to get
along viii always find friends"
passenger caught him in the vestibue
two minutes later and asked to see the paper
IL read:
MIR PULLMAN Your man William White. has
been very attentive TO me- and my ChIGrrn and |
would recommend thai You raise his salary and let
him know that you fully appreciate his Efforts.
MPs. s. B.,
II WAS read aloud to the porter and then
the passenger looked at him lie turned n
sort of gray and glspcd for biadth. Anl II was
n long minute before h. could calculate
"Refo' de lawd but ! dun thought dat was
hlteen-dollar check on some bank in Col
orado. HUI Shoe! Wall. of all do dele
FERROUS Consciousness I eber did dun meet
up widd In all my life dis GaptivatesJ do pin
nacle"
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as a British subject, and whether he has
been nsturalized himself
Certainly he has a bewildcring collection
Of titles and seems to owe allegiance to
several States He succeeded his father
as Baron Of the Austrian Empire, and his
uncle az an English Baronet. He became
a member of the German Parliament in
1857, at the very time he was sitting in the
British House of Commons as the repre-
sentative Of Aylesbury.
He held that seat for twenty years, and
was then made peer ard promoted to the
House of Lords, Of which he is now one Of
the most influential members He is also
a member Of the Kings Priyy Council
Lord Goschen, the former Chancellor
of the Excheqner and First Lord of the
Admiralty, is another famous member
of the House of Lords whose nationality
has been the subject of dispute. His pa
rentage is German, but there seems TO be
little doubt that he is really a British sub
feet Nevertheless he has had to fight
hard against the prejudice which has op-
posed him throughout his political career
on account Of his birth, When he was
made First Lord of the Admiralty, some
English newspapers started the cry. Our
navy is now controlled by n German"
Foreigners VINO have no right whatever
to the title of British subject rise to emf
hence more easily in Englands colonies
than they do in England. An excellent
type of this sort Of foreign ruler is Sir
Dietrich Brands, F. r. s., X. c. l. T.
He was born at Bonn, in Germany, the
son of professor of philosophy; and was
educated at Copenhagen. G6ttingen and
Bonn universities. He was made Inspector
General of Forests in India in 1854 and held
the post for nineteen years. He is now
living in retirement at Bonn,
Sir Dietrich Brands is one Of the worlds
really great men who are unknown except
to those with whom they come in contact
At least, he is unknown under his own
proper name; but he is known and admired
by nIlJns Of people as Muller" in Kip
ling's story, In the Rukh." Kipling knew
him well in India, and has painted his por-
trait to the life.
Another German scientist who has risen
to distinction in the British service il Sir
Ferdinand Won Mueller, X. G. NJ G. He
has been the head Of the Botanical Depart
ment in the colony of Victoria since 1882
He was horn and educated in GERMANY,
and is Baron of the KINGDOM q Wtlrtem-
beg, as well as British Knight
There are distinguished non British adj
illustrators in nearly all of England's
colonies but they are mostly natives Of the
colonies in which they serve, and therefore
can hardly be reckoned among England's
foreign rulers.
Sir virgile MAJ. X. C, NJ. G., prominent
member Of the Legislative Council Of Maui
ritius, and Sir Salvatore Naudi, a Maltese
Judge and legislator Of note, are good types
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HELPS BOYs TO START RIGHT.
inc Morning Gathering in Front or the
House or T.. y. Wendell

The front area of house In one Of the
Thirties near Fifth avenue IL filed everv
morning with motley collection of bows.
ihey are usually very detected looking, all
OF them seem very poor and they are OF a
type that rarely finds its way to the modish
quarter Of the city.
lhey begin to gather in front Of the
house as early as 8 o'clock and by 10
o'clock some Of them are still there. At
this season, when most of the houses in that
part OF the city are closed, they supply
unusual animation to the street.
These youths come to seek the aid of X. j.
Wendell, who has for several years devoted
much time and money to helping BOYS who
have got Into trouble through misfortune
rather than from any fault. He became
Interested in philanthropic work some YEARS
ago and soon realized that boys as poor as
those he is seeking to aid have very little
chance in life once they are started on the
wrong track
His interests in this direction have so
Increased that he now employs a secretary
TO help him. He is frequently called to
the police courts to befriend boys and Sc
cure bail for many youths who might lose
their liberty but for him.
The crowd that gathers In front of his door
every morning is usually made up of lads
who have come to him with some petition.
His hours for receiving these visitors are
from to 10 o'clock, and in the course Of the
two hours fifty applicants are frequently
heard and their cases marked for investi-
CATION.
Mr. Wendell first saw the wretchedness
in the lives of these youthful unfortunates
when he went down on the East Side to give
theatrical performances Mt some Of the
clubs there. He also saw that little or moth
ing was done to help the boys, while there
We're many organizations to help girls, 40
he set out to be of assistance to boys in
trouble.
Many deserving boys have been aided by
him and halpad to make n living for them
selves; No boy is helped until his case has
been investigated ana it has been found
that few apply who have any cause to be-
ashamed of their plight.
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N cOuobciioES We nv WIFE.
and to them the ride in the Park in hanson
is the acme Of bliss on the summer night.
There ia only the summer night sound, tho
roll Of rubber tires on the soft roads, the
subdued whir of autos, the laughter of fleeing
carriage loads. There are long spaces y
silence, and down-drooping branches, under
which the cabby leads mis- horse There
are long strings Of yellow lights like neck
laces hung in the trees, and the ground
here and there blossoms with ruby red
lanterns. And like huge brilliant set in
the midst of smaller stones, the plain build
ing which in the daytime does not attract
a second glance now sparkles with scintil-
lating invitation.
At the tables sit late Corners who hays
driven there after the close of the shows.
There are furtive-looking couples who
choose dark corners and have about them
the unanswered Interrogation Isn't wife
out of town." There are even country
sightseers who are doing New York in the
annual vacation and believe that they are
at last seeing life.
Or, if time and appetite are subservient
to the sense of beauty, the drive continues
to the famous restaurant bounded on one
side by the darkly swelling curve Of the
Jersey hills and on the other by the sculpt-
ured magnifcence Of Grants Tomb Here
in pagodas, in the shadows of the gardens
and on the porches, time is forgotten and
the summer night is seen-at its best.
But there is another side to every story.
There are spaces and splendors in tbs
summer night of New York, but there are
misery and suffering as we'll
If curiosity leads you there to the tene-
ment regions, you will have to pick your
way carefully, for there is no inch Of thu
street or sidewalk left for the curious
looker-on. The houses seem to have
turned themselves inside out
On the fire escapes mattresses bullying
with thrown and rjl -
age and sex are filed with tired humanity
In the streets below groups Of children
are tanning each other To sleep regardless
Of life and limb from passing mobs. Up
and down, up and down, move the vendors
with their carts.
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4 suinmer night in New York is great
spectacle. 1t is the great dress rehearsal
where the public is excluded and only
actors are admitted
There are streets and streets where re-
spectabiity stalks from end to end The
steps are filled with house parties. Young
girls are sitting on bright colored cushions.
their white dresses in shining contrast.
They are talking rapidly and convincingly
to youths who stand admiringly leaning
toward them, while the chaperons in the
background watch furtivey this unusual
freedom of intercourse.
I'VE cannot get out of town until the
middle of the month";" says mamma to her
crony. "and, while it does seem rather I'm
conventional, what can you do in summer?'
So what one of the youths calls the stony
stair Irritation goes on, and sometimes
when the darkness lends its aid and the
attention of the back row is detected in
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IN THE PARK IN HANSON IN THE DARK
Its no Use" she SAYS in wall. Il can't
eat. She pushes away her plate and the
man, half ashamed to be hungry under the
circumstances, eats turtively.
Isn't there anything you could eat-or
drink" he asks desperately.
1t is famine in the midst of plenty There
is money in his pocket. There are walters
lowering about and he would be glad to DO
something for her.
Cant you think of something?" he asks
again.
She has closed her eyes to shut out the
horrors of the heat and the moving crowds,
the glare of the carpet and wallpaper, the
attentions of overpowerng walters. Her
voice comes from far away.
Il think, perhaps, could drink creme
de menthe If il were very cool"
He beckons the waiter.
1.-TWO creme de menthe frappe"
They sit for n moment with the cool green
things before them and finally the girl
lifts IN" glass and looks into its depths.
Doesn't it make you think Of home?" she
saws, dreamv.
He mods understandingly
Cant YOU see the green grass about
the old well, and tho holvhocks at the gate,
and the pasture with the COWS knee deep in
clover and the beds Of mignonette and lark
spur and candy tuft? Can't you see the
dear old houses with their moss-covered
roofs and the rustic bridge over the little
pond where the water is 30 clear and deep?"
She sips the creme de nenthe until there
is only a crystal of ice left in the bottom
of the glass
al feel better. now" she SAYS Would
il be too awful to ask for some dinnerp"
And the waiter takes new order and
looks at them with increased respect
Given u shaving curl and wet side
walk and the child with imagination can be-
leve herself dancing in n ballroom, her
self the belle. 1t is TO the children Of a
larger growth who need shaving curls and
wet asphalt, or. If not those accessories,
others equally lacking in reality, that the
managers of big summer garden cater
in their attractiors
You enter the place and leave Manhattan
and its steel skeletons behind. You cross
the bridge, the Bridge of Smiles, and you
are on one Of the NJ islands Of which Venice |