The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-21

The new play has been favorably received
all week in St. Louis. Ii is described as
an amusing piece. staged in most note
worthy manner. Thomas w. Ross. in the
title role. June Van Buskirk as Pert Bar
lowe and A. w. Graham as Push Miller,
a race track tout, have scored substantial
hits. Checkers comes to Engiish's next
Monday night for a half-weeks engage
ment. The seats are now on sale and there
has been good demand.
Harry Ellsworth Feicht, who will de-
liver his interesting illustrated lecture on
"Oberammergau" at the Grand Opera
House tomorrow afternoon and evening.
has been highly Endorsed not only by all
the performers in the original Passion
Play. but by every American city where
he has delivered his lecture. Mr.. Feicht
Is an eloquent and magnetic talker and mas
the power to hold the attention or all
classes. He has lived for weeks among
the people of Oberammergau, has eaten
at their tables. conversed with them in the
fields, talked with them in their hours or
leisure and found admission TO their inner
confidence. During his lectures. which VIII
be Illustrated with go colored views, the
theater orchestra will render some OF the
original Passion Play music. brought to
America by Mr. Feicht. There has Deen
big demand for seats for both the after
noon and evening lecture.
Miss Elsa Ruegger. the greatest woman
'celist of the world, will give recital at
the German House next Thursday night.
and the sale of seats for this notable must
cal eveTst will begin Monday morning. at
the Starr piano store. Miss Ruegger has
had a very successful season in America.
She began her tour with the Boston Smy-
phony Orchestra and has played with all OF
the leading orcheStras in the country since
her opening concert. The young cellists
home is i'm Belgium and she will set sail
for her native land soon after filling her
engagement here. She played in Cincinnati
last night and will be heard in that city
again this afternoon. Her Indianapolis ap-
pearance will be under the management OF
Mrs. Richard L. Talbot, jr. The accom-
PIANIST for Miss Ruegger will be Mrs. s. l..
kiser.
Clark's Royal Burlesquers will close their
engagement at the Empire with matinee
and evening performance to-day. Aside
from a few Objectionable features the show
is up to the standard of burlesque attrac-
tions. There are several really good acts
in the olio and the musical numbers In the
two musical travesties are rendered IN a
pleasing manner. 1t is the dialogue of the
two travesties that is offensive. there be-
ing scarcely a humorous line in either of
them. When burlesque comedians depend
upon vugarity altogether to gain laugh
from the audience ii is time TO go back
to the old pantomime of the "Humpty
Dumpty" days.
The Grand has had a very successful
week and there will be two more large
audiences in attendance to-day. the house
being almost entirely sold out for the
matinee this afternoon. The bill contains
many very pleasing features. A novel
act in next weeks programme at the Grand
will be furnished by c. III. Unthan,
European armless wonder who can do al
most anything with his toes, even manag-
ing TO play the violin and cornet. Readers
of the magazines may remember having
seen an interesting article about Unthan
which appeared in The Strand not long
ago. He attracted much attention during
his recent engagement in the London
vaudeville houses.
Lavinia Shannon, a favorite actress in
indianapolis, where she was for so long
the leading lady of the Grand's old stock
company, will come TO the Part next Mon
day for a three days stay in her melodrama
by Theodore Kremer, Beyond Pardon, in
which she was seen at English's last fall.
She is surrounded by a good company and
the play is likely to prove one of the best
dramatic attractions of the season at the
Park