The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
HOT WEATHER WELCOMED
1T BRINGS JOY TO ROOF GARDEN
AND SEASIDE RESORT OWNERS.
Charles Frohman to Have Bars In His
New York Theaters-TheatricaI
Gossip OF Interest.
s,an correspondence OF the JOurnaI.

Stan Correspondence OF the Journal.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE hot weather
has come at last and the managers of New
York's summer amusements are happy.
The roof gardens and seaside resorts are
doing a tremendous business. Down at
Manhattan Beach THE Sultan of Sulu' has
been pleasing large audiences nightly in
the pretty casino beside the rolling waves.
The company presenting the merry George
AIDE operatic comedy Is almost the same as
that seen in indianapolis early last season
and afterward at Wallack's Theater for q
long and extremely prosperous run. Frank
Moulin. the comedian who plays the title
role, came to New York comparatively un-
known. but he has won his way to the
hearts OF the theater-going public Of the
metropolis, and there Is to-day no greater
favorite among light comedians on the New
York stage. At Manhattan Beach, where
the audiences In the Casino are made up
for the most part Of gay people who are In
for q good time at any cost, Moulin's jokes
about the cocktail and interpolated song
verses dealing with Broadway and its
whims and fancies are appreciated to the
greatest extent, and the little comedian Is
thoroughly In his element.
1.-THE Sultan's" stay at this popular sea-
side place will come to an end Saturday
night, upon which occasion five hundred
members OF the Atlantic Yacht Club will
attend the performance in a body. Great
preparations are being made for this event.
which will be one of the most notable of
the season. Beginning Monday evening.
Lew Dockstader. with q newly organized
rDf1~<woI rorrnanu utf hold full cuyav In
the Casino. and the rattle of the bones and
humping Of the tambourine will be heard
for some time to come beside the sad sea
waves
Unless one takes into consideration the
floating roof %garden"-a vaudeville show
given nightly on a boat that takes a trip
from the West Twenty-second-street pier
Of the Hudson river TO Rockaway beach
and ~back-there has been absolutely moth
ing new In a theatrical way in and about
New York this week. The boat vaudeville
doesn't amount to much in itself, for the
performers are not of the highest class,
but the ride on the moonlit waters these
beautiful summer nights Is most delightful.
And then one isn't obliged to look on at
the show unless one wants to. But while
there have been no changes of bills at the
various amusement houses and resorts,
there have been numerous changes in the
makeup of several casts of characters in
the current productions. Teresa Maxwell,
last seen in Indianapolis as the leading
woman with Warde and James in 1.-THE
Tempest" and well known in social and
literary circles of the Indiana capital, Is
now playing the principal feminine role In
The Earl OF Pawtucket' at the Manha
tan, replacing Marion Giroux, who has
gone to Europe In search OF better health.
Miss Maxwell is making quite a success in
the part, despite the fact that 1t is the
lightest OF comedy while she aspires to be-
come a tragedienne. Little Marguerite
Clarke. one of the daintiest soubrettes on
the American stage, whose charming work
rs Polly In "Mr. Pickwick'' will be well re-
membered by I-ndianapolitans. Is now APP
pearing at the Crystal Garden In 'The
Darling Of the Gallery Gods" taking a
part especially written for her. Trixie
Friganza has left the cast Of the burlesoue
Of the famous Belasco play to enact the role
OF the pretty widow in THE Prince Of
Pilsen"-the character portrayed by Helen
Bertram. the beautiful Indianapolis prima
donna. until she sailed for England last
week on her summer vacation. Miss
Friganza didn't know her part very well,
much TO the amusement of the good-natured
audience and her own evaporation. when
she appeared as the widow the other night
for the first time. She forgot the verses OF
her songs and failed to remember the best
points in her lines until IT became apparent
that she was getting herself into a very
nervous state of mind. In the Song of the
Cities she fell down completely when
she came to the verse describing ST. Louis.
She was obliged TO leave the Mound City TO
its fate. which put her out to such an ex-
tent that she stamped her foot and said,
"Oh. blame itr'-and she didn't care who
heard her say 1t either.
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The roof gardens have come into their
own. as has Bandmaster Duss's magnificent
spectacle. Venice in New York." at the
Madison-square Garden. Miss Electa Gift
ford. a soprano with an exceptionally sweet
voice. has been the soloist at Venice dur
ing the last week. On the roof of the gar
den, "Otoyo," the Japanese opera reviewed
in this column last Sunday. is meeting with
much approval, after having undergone sew
eral changes that have tended to greatly
improve the piece. AlOtuSE dttTdCtlOn III
this pretty roof entertainment is an or
chestra of women called the Boston Ladies'
Orchestra, a musical organization that is
well worth hearing. Oscar Hammerstein's
Paradise Garden uptown is a cool place
even on a hot night, and large crowds as
semble there every evening TO witness the
burletta, Punch, Judy & Co.," the excel
lent vaudeville bill and the stirring per-
Torrance OF the Hoosier ouaves from In
dianapolis. The Royal Venetian Band and
several high-class vaudeville acts are the
attraction at the ST. Nicholas roo. and
at Terrace Garden the capable stock opera
company Is singing Faust in really ad-
mirable style.
II comes somewhat as a surprise to find
Charles Frohman. OF all theatrical man.
ayers on earth, expressing a determination
to make a fight for the privilege of being
permitted to run bars In the Empire, Gar
rick and Criterion theaters-but such is the
case. He Is reported to nave said that If
Weber & Fields possess such a privilege.
there Is no tangible reason why he shouldn't
have it, Nor is there, except in an old law.
alive. yet obsolete. which declares that no
place where liquors are sold shall be con-
nected with a theater. Doubtless. Mr..
E.rohman has haan rnaxa1 - A. 1--