The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-28

The Grand's new vaudeville programme,
which will be given its first hearing this
afternoon, promises to be one OF he best
offered at that theater in several weeks.
| The principal attraction will be the team
Of fun-makers. Eddie Garvey and Mollie
Thompson, known throughout the country
as delightful entertainers. They will pre-
sent a laughable sketch called "Wanted-A
| Partner" which has scored a hit in the
Eastern vaudeville houses. Eddle Carney
has the reputation of being one of the fun
niest comedians on the vaudeville stage,
and he has clever assistaht In MISS
/ Thompson. Their new vehicle Is said TO
give both Of them excellent opportunities
for the display of their mirth-provoking
ability Menifee Johnson VIII be the sec
ond "headneT" on the bill. He will be
| assisted by Miss Belle Stoddart in play
| let entitled THE Golden Rose" which is
credited with being very interesting lit
tie comedy An act of novelty will be that
furnished by Il. Nelson Downs, who has
few equals as a straightforward performer.
Nearly all of his tricks are played with
coins, his manipulation or silver dollars and
half-dOllars being little short of marvellous.
He has just returned to this country after
a highly successful tour of England.
Is the name of uproarious speciality that
will be given by Burto, Lowando and VIII
son, and other acts in the entertainment
Will be contributed by the famous Marco
Twins, grotesque acrObats: Young and De
Vote, in a singing and dancing speciality;
Orville and Frank, in n gymnastic exhibit
ton, and Lew Hawkins, the monologuist.
A new series of attractive biOscope pictures
will round out the programme.
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Dan DAILY, the favorite comedian. who
died of consumption in New York the night
before last, belonged to the celebrated DAILY
family of comedians and dancers. AT one
time all of the Days appeared together
it was about fifteen years ago-in a musical
farce called Vacation" playing an en-
gagement in this city at the Grand Opera
| House, and a more agile lot of funmakers
never was seen on one stage. The DAILY
family soon drifted apart, though most of
them continued to appear as performers
! either in vaudeville or comedy. Lizzie
| Daily, the dancer, is Dan Days sister, and
! Winnie DAILY, the sOubrette is his neice. 1t
was not generally known that Dan DAILY
was at one time acrobat, but the writer
remembers dance which he used 10 do
| in the days of the farce, THE City Direc-
tory" in which he introduced a series of
surprising acrObatic stunts. OF late
| years he portrayed swell" characters near
| ly altogether. and his mock dignity and
| tremendous gravity of manner never failed
! to cause laughter. In all of the New York
| Casino reviews, such as THE Whirl of the
| Town" The Belle of New York" and THE
| Rounders" he appeared as a very serious
| sort of individual, but always managed TO
| startle his audience by one of his uneX-
| was in the very prime of his career at the
| time of his death, as he was just about to
| star in a musical production that was being
| prepared for him. He copied no one, his
| style of funmaking being original in the
extreme
| The first attraction of the week at Eng
Iish's will be Nat c. Goodwin in one of his
most successful comedies, "A Gilded Fool"
which was expressly written for him by
Henry Guy Carlton. Mr.. Goodwin will
| come Wednesday night for a single per-
| Torrance and seats for the engagement
will be placed on sale at English's box
| Office this morning. The favorite comedians
| art, now fully ripe. and his accomplish
| ments, thoroughly rounded, find in this
| play of American life congenial fields for
/ their exploitation, but 1t Is useless to go
| into superlatves, as every playgoer knows
| Nat GOodwin'S position in the histriOnic
| world and knows. too, that he never had
| better play than "A Gilded Fool. The
| company which is TO support Goodwin here
| is a very well-balanced one, according TO
| all accounts, and judging from the ex-
| cellent regulations of some of the players
the cast should be more than equal to all
| requirements. Chrystal Herne, daughter Of
| the late James A Herne, the actor-dramat-
| list, is the leading woman of the organiza-
| ton. She has not been seen in this city
| since she played the role of the heroine in
| "Shore Acres" with her father as the kind
| ly Uncle Nat Berry. Others in the Good
| win company are Mary Blythe, Suzzette
| Jackson Helen Davidge, Estelle Mortimer,
| Neil O'Brien, Fred Tilden. Hugo Toland.
| Frank Mcintyre, William II. Post and Will
| liam Burress.
! 1t was decided last Saturday that Henry
| w. Savages Prince of Pilsen company
would sail from New York for London
the last day of April. Another decision
equally important to the effect that
| l., ~. h.
any performer who did not claim America
| as his home. Those interested in the en-
| terprise are willing to win or lose with a
strictly American product. For the same
| reason there will be no alterations in the
| libretto or score of the piece. as is usually
| done when a production is transferred in
ternatiOnally. Even the references to Gin
| cinnati'' made by the German comedian
| will be retained. This is as ii should be.
When a London musical comedy is given
in this country the comedians do not elm
mate all illusions to English places and
things, for American audiences have enough
sense to appreciate local color. The outcome
of this new experiment will be interest
ing. Strange as Ii may seem, il Is fact
that only about one out of every dozen
persons who will witness The Prince of
Pisen' in London possesses any knowl-
edge of the geography of this country
=
| The Rogers Brothers will be at Engishs
| Friday and Saturday nights and at the
Saturday matinee, presenting the sixth
musical farce of the McNally series-.The
Rogers Brothers in London The music
| for the new piece was written by Max
| Hoffman and Melville Ellis and is credited
| with being brighter than any of the melodies
| ever heard before in a show of this class
| The company consists this season of sixty
| six people and the chorus girls are said
! TO be the prettiest got together by
| Klaw q Eranger, which is saying a good
| deal. Unique speciality features form one
| of the attractive parts of the produc-
ton. Every principal will be seen i'm
| speciality OF some kind. The cast includes
! Joe Coyne. Lee Harrison. Melville Ellis.
| George Austin Moore, William j. Gale
| James Cherry. Harry Brown. Lillian Cole
/ man. Carrie Reynolds, Neva Aymar Sue
/ Stewart. May b. Wood. Frances Tyson
| William Torpey and Arthur Gibson. The
sale of seats for the three performances
will begin tomorrow morning.
| Alice Fisher, the well-known Indiana
Coincidence, who was last seen in this city
| I'm the comedy. Mrs. Jack has been Sc
lected by Manager Fred c. Whitney to
play the principal feminine part in his big
musical production with the curious title
of "Piff. Paff, Pouf," which is TO have its
initial performance at the New FORK Ca
sino next Saturday night. May Robson
| the character actress. was originally en-
| gagged for the role, which is that of a
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