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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-18
THE WEEKS PLAY BILLS
asrRs. wIGGs.- WALKER WHITEsIDE
AND DOCKsTADER AT ENGLIsH's.
Vaudeville mt the Grand-Nelodrama
ut the Park-BurIesque at the Emu
pire-The Unique.

The very latest book play, Mrs. Wigs
OF the Cabbage Patch" will be presented at
EngIish's tomorrow night. This will be
the only performance Of the new production
in Indianapolis this season. The play is a
decentralization of the delightful book of that
title with which Miss Alice Caldwell Regain
(now Mrs. Gale Young Rice) won instant
fame It's sequel ''Lovey Mary" has also
been worked into the play, which, incident
ally. while utilizing the characters of the
two books and preserving their quaint iden-
tity, departs widely from Mrs. Rice's
stories. This was quite necessary for stage
purposes. The dramatizatiOn was made by
Mrs. Anne Crawford FIexner, who is said
TO have done her work in admirable style.
AS the production is under the able man
agement OF Liebler & Co., local theater-
goers may look forward to a complete pre-
sentation in regard To every detail.
The new play had its initial production in
Louisville-the home of the original Cab
bage Patch"-just two weeks ago. and ac-
cording to all accounts, scored great sue
cess. Whatever may be said about book
dramas. there is no gainsaying the fact that
there will be a widespread desire on the
part of all readers of Mrs. Rice's bright lit
tie books 20 witness Mrs. Wigs in a flesh
and-bIoOd portrayal, to hear her odd apho-
risms Of homely wisdom and her mirth-pro-
voking Malapropisms of speech uttered in
Characteristic fashion from her own lips,
and 10 see her move in realistic manner
among the kindred types of lowly life that
have. along with herself, made the half
mythical, half-true Cabbage Patch a regu-
lar pleasure garden Of humOr and refuge of
cheerfulness from the blues of everyday
life.
act play will naturally lie in the character
OF Mrs. Wigs herself, who is provided with
a large and varied assortment of new philo-
sophical sayings, while being made the CEN
trail figure Of many freshly invented comedy
scenes, as well as scenes of mOtherly af-
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is there that he raises the animals and gives
them their lessons He owns over fifty
seals and will bring dozen of them with
him to this city.
Adolph link the diminutive comedian
who was once the leading funmaker of the
Royal Liiputian Opera Company, will be
the attraction next i'm Importance on the
programme. Little Mr.. link occupies a
unique position in the theatrical world He
is the only midget who has succeeded in
making good" in vaudeville through
his real ability as "A comedian rather than
through his personal appearance. He has
an act called Moving Pictures" that has
created something of furore in Eastern
vaudeville theaters and is likely to dupli-
cate that success here this week. The Jack
Theo Trio. from Europe, will be seen in
what is claimed to the the greatest equi-
libristic act in the world and the Three
Zolas will give an acrobatic performance
that is also classed among the very best
will provide new version of their amusing
sketch entitled "A Touchdown" This
sketch scored hit when seen at the Grand
last season. Charles Kenna, the monolo-
gust and singer of comic songs. will con-
tribute a laugh-making speciality and Ed
ward Lawson and Frances Nanon will fur
nish a dancing and bag-punching act. The
bioscope will have a new set of interesting
moving views
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lection. old-fashioned tenderness and serious
Christian fortitude. The chief comedy in
terest of the dramatic version will be GEN.
tered around the episode of Mr. Stubbins
and his matrimonial designs upon poor little
Mis- HAY. and all readers of "Lovey Mary
viii appreciate the fact that this is a su-
premely inviting theme for the purposes of
ludicrous merriment. Liebler & Co. have
provided for the Interpretation of Mrs
Wigs and the Cabbage Patch what would
seem to be a very excellent company. Mrs.
Madge Carr Cook a Coincidence of the firA
rank, will be seen in the role of Mrs Wigs:
Miss Mabel Taliaferro. who is considered
one of the most artistic young actresses on
the American stage. and whose work in
THE Children of the Ghetto" is pleasantly
remembered in Indianapolis. will be Lovey
Mary; Mr.. Stubbins will be portrayed by
William T. Hodge. who was the amusing
Freeman Whitmarsh in sag Harbor." and
Miss Helen Lowell, an expert enacter of
character parts, will appear as Mis- Hazy.
XXX
Walker Whiteside. the young Indiana ro-
mantle actor. will appear at English's in
his latest play. I'VE Are King" on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings and at
" cdHc>odN AHdtlhtt- Inc new drama is the
work OF Lieut.. Gordon Kean. L. S. A. and
is said TO be clever piece with brilliant
dialogue and strong dramatic situations
Mr.. Whiteside himself has this 10 say OF
the play: II selected Lieutenant Kean's
play upon its first reading because il ap-
peaied 10 ne strongly as a fine play. Its
plot Is of absorbing interest worked out
with unusual cleverness. The dialogue is
good. the dramatic situations of great
strength and the comedy scenes delight
full The play caught the popular fancy
upon its first production. The characters
which ITS author has drawn are all strong
fact there is not boresome nor unnec-
essary role in the piece. Out OF the eighty
plays which / have read in the past year
and a half only two besides We Are King
impressed me as being worthy of pro-
duction- One is King K0hentte," by a.
young Western author as yet unknown
and the other is 'Herod the Great by
Emanuel Bsruch Both of these plays
hope TO bring out In the future. IL they
do not slip through my hands in the mean
time. IL is no easy matter for an actor to
correctly judge OF an untried plays
chance OF success. II he himself is to APP
pear In the play he must first take into
consideration his own fitness for the role
intended for him. Then he muft throw
SELF aside and look upon the Ola, in its
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In The MUSICAL WORLD
OPENING OF GERMAN HOUSE CON-
CERT SEASON TUESDAY NIGHT.
Bispham TO Sing Here Instead Of Van
Rooy-Coming of Creatore--Music
Notes OF Interest.

The concert season OF the German House
orchestra and chorus will open Tuesday
evening of this week with an entertainment
that PROMISES 20 be extremely interesting.
There are to be five concerts this season.
and I'm addition the opera OF Chimes OF
Normandy will be presented on New Years
eve. Mr.. Ernestinoff continues in control
of the orchestra and chorus and this means
that the 4 ,strumentalists and singers will
be well trained. There are fftyhve mu-
sicians in the orchestra, the male chorus
number forty-two voices and the women's
chorus sixty.
AT each Of the seasons concerts there will
be special instrumental and vocal solos. and
new works will be performed by the orches-
ira and chorus with each new entertainment
The soloists for the opening concert Will be
A. II. Schellschmidt, the well-known In
dianapolis 'cellist. Mrs. c. t. Carton, a
prominent local soprano. who has recently
returned from course OF study in Paris.
and Arnold Spencer, the baritone, who has
also studied abroad The programme in full
will be the following:
Festival overture ........................ Ram
Orchestra.
Storm
Mixed chorus and orchestra.
Aria from "Herodiade'' -....-..--- Massenet
Mrs. G.. T. Carbon and orchestra
"Oh, Cara Memorial ................ Servais
A. III. Schellschmdit and orchestra.
(a.) Longing for Home 49,. hrau ,s
ND.) hOSeloe ............... DIuccCHWShSA
Male chorus.
(a) Angelus ......................... List
(b3 Serenade. ''Roccoco'' .......... Helmund
String orchestra
Fair Mays Come Again" ...... Olbersleben
Ladies' chorus and orchestra.
Hungarian Scenes ............-..... Massenet
Ia Entry in dance.
3D. Interlude.
(c) Farewell of the bride.
(d) Festival march. nuptial blessing and de-
parture from the church.
Orchestra.
1.-THE Burial of Spring" .......-...... Becker
Arnold Spencer, mixed chorus and or
chestra.
Henry Wofsohn, the New York impress
sario has received the following cable
gram:
MUNICH, Oct. is, 1903-Am forced on
account of unfortunate condition OF health
IVAN ROOY.''
David Bispham, of the Metropolitan
Opera House. was Immediately engaged to
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of that name, is scoring pronounced nit
in New York. w. S. Hart, his leading sup
porting actor. has also made success In
the part of Patrick Henry. He makes the
patriot tall, thin, earnest man in whom
is awakened the spirit of patriotism by
events of the times rather than by any
deep-seated regard for mere oratory. His
portraiture of this great American is said
to be sincere, carefully thought out and ef-
fective to a remarkable degree.
XXX
How William Winter does detest the
writings of Ibsen! Much as the distin-
gushed dramatic critic admires Mrs. Fiske
he cannot find it i'm his heart to forgive
her for portraying Hedda Gabler. He has
burst forth again with that biting pen Of
his This time he says: Mrs. Fiske be-
comes moro lucid when she declares that
'Hedda may not be lovable,' and adds that
neither are Iago, Richard III, Louis XI
and Lady Macbeth Quite so; but Iago,
Richard. Louis and Lady Macbeth are per-
fectly ineligible persons, and it is essen
tial to note. that they are presented in the
shape of poetic ideals and that they are
occupied with great matters and not with
the making of buttons They are not. for
noyed his schoolraate by saying: IN make
faces at your sister, nor yet are they on
the level of that other boy Che might have
been Miss Callers own brother), who stuck
pin through a grasshopper, exclaiming.
III let you know there's God in Is
rael.' >"
The winner of the chariot race in Ben
Hur'' is by no means an absolute certainty,
the great revival OF the Wallace drama
now running at the New York Theater,
New York, mishap due to the mechanical
force underneath the stage, caused a rather
ridiculous state of affairs last Tuesday
night 1t is consummat ton devoutly to
be wished by the management that Ben
Hurs horses should be in the vanguard at
the close of the thrilling scene, but on the
evening mentioned the audience. was sur
prised TO see Messiala's horses galloping
home easy winners as the curtain fell. Con-
sternation reisned on the stage, and a sig
nal was hastily given to raise the curtain
again and show the hero's horses well in
the lead. The curtain went up, but some
''Aymen,' becoming confused in the ex-
citement of the moment, lowered 'tableau
drop" shutting off MESSIAH and his horses
Ben-Hur without a single contestant 1t
| looked as if they had been obliged to kill
| off the contesting party in order to let Ben
win. There was no ''place money" on that
race.
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The Park-Two McIodramas.

1.-The Way of the Transgressor," a new
pictorial comedy drama, will be the attrac-
ton at the Park for three days, beginning
tomorrow, and it promises to be quite a
novelty, as it offers most unusual fea-
ture in the acting Landseer dogs. These
educated CANNES have real acting parts in
the play and they take their respective
roles with remarkable intelligence The
company producing 1.-THE Way of the
Transgressor' is large and, from all re-
ports, a good one. Miss Victoria Walters
heads the cast as a charming soubrette.
Miss Walters is a clever dancer and singer.
The other principals engaged are Miss Jo-
sephine Thrill, Robert Comp Frank Mel
son, III. A. Zahner, Thomas H. Ward and
Charles Edwards. The production offers
another novelty in the Introduction of a
number of vaudeville features, among
which are: Evans and Clements, comedians,
singers and dancers; Fyne and Dandy, Eu-
ropean comedy acrobats. and the Amer
icus Comedy Four" composed of Messrs.
Scott, Eardley, Coldren and Weber. The
scenic environment and mechanical effects
are of an elaborate description. One of the
interesting scenes represents dock on the
New York river front. In the distance is
shown the passing of many craft. The tall
buildings of the city are seen on the other
side. During the action of the play the
heroine is lured to this spot and at the eli
max is thrown into the river TO be rescued
by one of the Landseer dogs AS a whole,
this play is almost sure to please. Its en-
gagement ends Wednesday night.
XXX
1.-The Price of Honor" another new melo-
drama, comes to the Park for the latter
half of the week. The Park is getting all
of the new melodramas, and this one has
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There has been a succession of good-sized
audiences present all of the week at the
matinee performances and the hourly shows
given in the evening, beginning at s
o'clock. The matinees open at o'clock
each afternoon. This is the first theater
of the kind ever started in this city, and
Manager Ralph Thorbus believes that his
experiment is going to prove very success
full number of well-arranged vaude
vile acts and a series of interesting moving
pictures make up the programmes. There
will be an entire change of bill each week
Little Grace Morrison, the dainty singer
and dancer who scored hit during the
opening week, has been re-engaged for the
new programme and will be heard in a new
repertoire. Several new vaudeville acts will
be given, and the moving views will all
be changed. The admission to the Unique
is but 10 cents and the show is more than
worth the price.
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will begin Thursday morning at English's
box office.
Notes and Comment.

Notes and Comment.
Viola Aliens first appearance in her great
production of Twelfth Night will be
tomorrow evening in Springfield, Mass.
During the week she will present the play
in several New England cities by way of
whipping it into shape" and the formal
opening of her season will occur in Wash
ington a week from to-morrw night. In
her supporting company are such we'll
known players as Scott Craven, Clarence
Handysidos, Frank Currier, James Young,
Norah O'Brien, Zeffie Tilbury and John
Blair Twelfth Night will come to Eng
lish's the second week in January.
A little Indianapolis vaudeville performer
seems destined to become an important at
traction in the leading vaudeville theaters
this season. The performer is Cannon
tella, who in private life is Mrs. Louis w.
Buckley, wife of the press representative of
the Grand. AS a graceful contortionist
she has attracted much attention during
the summer in several of the big New York
vaudeville theaters and roof gardens, and
word was received here yesterday that she
had been booked for the Grand as a special
attraction in next weeks bill She will
present an original act called 1.-The Witch
of the Moon with a very attractive stage
setting and unusual electrical effects, in
vented by Mr. Buckley. The act is the
only one of its kind in vaudeville at present
and is sure to DC much sought after BY
managers.
Sir Henry Irving is due to arrive in New
York the day after tomorrow on the steam
ship Minneapolis. Sardous Dante is
the production Sir Henry brings over this
year and his American season Will open a
week frcm tomorrow night in New York
at the Broadway Theater. He is bringing
with him his London supporting company
the complete scenic outfit and all of the
stage effects of the original English pro-
duction. Some disappointment was ex-
pressed by Londoners over the dramatic
shortcomings of Dante but as a specta-
Gle it was admired by large audiences,
whom the great actor had taught by prev
ious productions to expect wonderful ef-
fects. The journey through hell which
Dante takes with his guide Virgil particu-
Iarly impressed the London critics and
public.
Those interested in the career of the
young Indiana actor. Orrin Johnson, will
be pleased to learn that his first starring
venture is proving great success and
that his play Hearts Courageous, dra-
matized from Halle Erminie Rives's book
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take the place of Anton Van Rooy for all
the concert engagements of Mr.. Dam
rosch, including the one TO be given in
Indianapolis next month Mr.. Bispham is
well known in this city. He has sung here
in grand opera and his splendid work as
Wotan in the Magic Fire Scene during
the last May festival under Van Der
Stuecken is well remembered. The last
time he appeared in Indianapolis was in
December, 1901 in Tomlinson Hall taking
the part of Telramund in "Lohengrin." The
great cathedral scene in the second act
between Bispham and Nine. Schumann-
Heink created Juror. IL was, in fact the
most dramatic and intense situation of the
entire opera. 1t is not necessary TO speak
about Bspham's voice, for ii is too well
known here and elsewhere. But il is wen
TO mention the fact that this work is not
new TO Bispham- For years Mr.. Damrosch
has chosen Mr.. Bispham TO illustrate his
recitals, and the ensemble work of both
artists is conspicuous in the musical world
of the East. New York is considered as
one of the few musical centers of the world
and Mr.. Damrosch is considered by the
great majority as the center of the musical
life OF the metropolis. Mr. Bisphv-n has
been and still is one OF the few sincere
students of the Wagner music dramas this
side Of the ocean. The latest portrait ~
Mr.. Bisp1am is reproduced in to-dav,s
Journal
The dates for the indianapolis concerts Of
Creatore. the famous italian bandmaster
whose forthcoming appearance here was
announced in these columns some weeks
ago, have been fixed for Nov. % ana o.
The concerts will be given a. Tomltnso,
Hall and there will be three in all. A mat
inee concert being given Tuesday after
noon, Nov. A.-Creatore is the most ensr-
getic of all bandmasters and his ann.sr-
ance here is sure 10 rouse much interes+
as II has wherever he has been seen T-b.ra
is never modification Of his alertness IN
directing his band. 1t seems TO be imnoss,-
pie for him TO conduct a concert Uftbout
becoming lost in the sentiment OF the music
and giving way TO the cyclonic stage r,,,,s-
ments which have made him so much
talked about.
Heinrich Copreid has just announced n.
full cast and final details of the arr.,.o-
ments for the great production of wap-
ner's "Parsifar at the Metropolitsa Or.
House on Christmas eve. The curta,n xv,,,
rise at o'clock There win he an s,,.--
mission OF an hour and thrae-,,,.-t~-.
after the first act and the curtain will ssl,
attn o'clock ."N
The full cast viii be as follows. t-,,us
Nine Ternins; Amfortas, Anton Van D..
iiturei, Adolf Muhlman; Gurnemanz 20
err siass; klingsor. Otto Goritz. ana PEI
siiai' Alois Burgstaller The chorus :.
hover maidens will include Mari. ", -
dresser, Fanchon Thompson. camil,s g.
gard Selma Kronold. Helen ,<s-,. 80
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entirety. Certain scenes which might not
appeal to him may be just right for his
audiences. Characters which may seem
weak in the reading of the manuscript
may be capable of showing great strength
in the hands of an excellent actor of
creative ability" Mr.. Whiteside's compa-
ny is credited with being a very capable
one and the new play will be handsomely
staged.
The last attraction of the week at Eng
lish's will be Lew Dockstader and his cele-
brated minstrel company-an organization
that invariably receives a warm welcome in
Indianapolis The present merry band of
burnt-cork entertainers is said to be the
largest and best that Doclstader has ever
got together. The mnstrels come this time
for performances Friday and Saturday
evenings and Saturday afternoon. Besides
the regular fun making. novel and impress
sive scenes of the South will be given with
all the atmosphere of that most interesting
section of country. its people, its music,
it's songs and dances and humor pictured in
their quaint surroundings. Scenes in which
the far-stretching lands show the over
hanging magnolias gracefully swaying to
the odor-laden breeze; another of the Mis-
sissippi. the Father of Waters" with a
steamboat and its noisy stern-wheel; a
levee and its busy crowd loading and I'M
loading merchandise; cotton field in full
bloom with the snow-white headed stalks
dropping with weight of morning dew the
house of the planter with it's massive
columns; the plantation quarters. where the
darkeys while away their leisure hours in
song, dance and story: the ever-tempting
watermelon patch so dear to the heart of
the darkey, whether old or young: this
mIraculously changing to q field of sun
flowers. whose waving heads keep time to
the music of the winds. Every scene starts
with early dawn. gradually changing to
sunrise, noon, sunset twilight moonlight
and finally ending in darkness. Such is the
style of performance that Mr.. Dockstader
and his manager. JAS. III. Decker. have con-
templated for years. but not until now have
had. the opportunity to perfect. 1t is an
all-white company in black-face from rise
of curtain to its final fall, in which the
darkey atmosphere will prevail throughout
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The Grand-VaudeyilIe.

The management of the Grand announces
another big vaudeville bill for this week.
Business at the local home of vaudeville
was more than satisfactory last week on
account of the excellence of the programme
and Manager Shafer Ziegler and Press Rep
resentative Louis Buckley think that they
have an equally meritorious Offering i'm
their new programme, which opens to-mor-
row afternoon. Webbs Seals, billed as the
star feature of the show, have been seen in
Indianapolis several times before. but the
performance given by these wonderful
water animals never fails TO attract more
than the usual amount of attention Capt.
Webb, their trainer, has been teaching his
pupils new tricks and the queer performers
are said to be giving an even more aston
ishing exhibition than ever before. Capt.
Webb has the only seal farm in the world
1t is located at Tonawanda, n. Y, and it
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The Moonlight Maids Burlesque Company
is the attraction scheduled to appear at the
Empire all OF this week, beginning with
the matinee tomorrow afternoon. Man
ager Kraus, who is directing the show,
announces a new musical extravaganza as
the principal feature of the performance.
1t is called "a Rialto Rounder,'' and he
says that it is made UP OF very amusing
situations, bright songs and dances and
pretty stage pictures. The chorus is a
large one and is understood to be not only
pleasing to the eye but a good singing ag-
gregation as well. The show is headed by
Miss Toma Hanlon, who is well known to
Empire patrons by reason of her unusually
fine soprano voice and her attractive per-
sonality. She is the most refined of all bur-
lesque leading women and wins her sue
cess on her merits as a legitimate per-
former
She belongs 10 the famous Hanlon fami-
ly of "Superba'' fame Other principals
with the organization are Fields and
Wooley, Rice and Provost, Marie Rogers.
NJ. T.. Hanley, Frederick Brothers and
Mile. De LONE. The Moonlight Maids gave
an excellent show when last seen at the
Empire and there is reason to expect an
other good entertainment.