The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-18

the original star is out of the cast. and
Ryley will be seen in Indianapolis next
Saturday afternoon and evening in the
character of Professor Pettibone when
THE Tenderfoot' plays its third engage
ment here. Otherwise the cast Will be just
about the same as when the jolly produc-
tion was last on view in this city. The
Maid and the Mummy is said to be de-
for while the latter is strictly musical
comedy 1.-THE Maid and the Mummy" is
purely farcical, though containing twenty
musical features of a light order. The first
act is laid in curio dealers store on Fifth
avenue. New York; the second act is in
Dr. Dobbin's private office in New York,
and the third act is in the Egyptian
room of DR.. Dobbin's seminary. The time
is of to-day. Mrs. Annie Yeamans is un-
der contract to the Carle Amusement Com
pany for one of the principal roles in ''The
Maid and the Mummy"
John A. Preston says he is taking more
interest in MY Partner" which the Hol-
den Stock Company will produce at the
Park toward the last of its engagement.
than perhaps any other production on the
company's spring list This play was IA
fous twenty years ago." he said, "and /
doubt If anyone in Indianapolis can recall
it's story. Louis Aldrich made it famous
He was a fine actor, and deserved both
the fame and money he got out of it.
in an effort TO thoroughly understand the
leading part, as Aldrich understood it. Miss
Bernice Howard looks forward to the pro-
duction of Kathleen Mavourneen. which
also comes toward the last of the COM
panys season here. This old-time Irish
play sparkles with wit, it's love story is
particularly soft and pleasing, the role in
some ways being very different from all
the others she will undertake" The COM
pany closes in THE Denver Express" to-
night, and will put on Resurrection, -
Count Leo Tolstois story of. Russian life,
tomorrow
The new play that John Oliver Hobbs
(Mrs. Craigie) has written for Olga Neither
sole was. tried in Manchester, England,
last week and proved quite a pronounced
success. The fondness of Mrs. Cragie for
paradox is said to be just as evident in
her new work for the stage as 1t is in her
books. London newspaper interviewer,
knowing her weakness, recently turned the
tables her very neatly. according to a
story in the London Times. The newspa-
per man had called upon Mrs Craigie to
obtain an interview, and before he could
even begin his questions the authoress
turned to him abruptly. and, as though
to find out what qualifications he had for
his pretensions. asked:
Have you read my books p
mo, ma am was the humble reply but
L have reviewed them"
gained many admirers in indianapolis last
winter when he appeared here with Elita
Proctor Otis. playing the character of DIR.
Tesman in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler," sends
word to this column that he will conduct
a school of acting at Stenway Hall, Chi
cago, during the months of June and July.
Mr.. Robertson Is not only an excellent
actor, but is also a clever writer of verse.
book of his poems having recently been
issued In New York. During his Indianap-
| oils engagement with Miss Otis he contrib
uted charming little sonnet called He'd
! da to this department of the Journal, the
| poem afterward being reprinted in his
book.
| 1t looks very much If the theatrical
syndicate and the independent forces are
to clash again at the outset of next sea-
son, and two Indiana men are to be inter-
ested in the outcome. Joseph Arthur, the
Hoosier dramatist, who wrote BLUE Jeans, "
Lost River" and several other success
full melodramas, has some time ago COM
pleted a new playa biblical drama called
| Sierene, which is far more ambitious
| effort than any of his earlier productions
| 1t is understood that he turned the manu-
script over to Klaw & Erlanger the prime
movers in the theatrical trust for their
| considerations that they kept il long time
with the promise that. they would produce
/ IT, ana then, after preventing its production
/ during the season of 1903-O4. suddenly an
| nounced that they would produce instead a
| play from General Lew Wallaee's 1.-The
Prince of India" As the scenes of Mr.
matist is now up in arms, and David Be.
! lasoo, the persistent anita agonist of the syn
dlcate, is acting as his second in the fight
Mr.. Belasco promises to produce "Serene'
| proposes to sue klaw & Erlanger fol
| heavy damages.