The Indianapolis journal., 1904-04-26
The Vaudeville at the Grand.

One of the best vaudeville bills of the
season is the one which has been got to-
gether at the Grand for this week. There
are no two acts on the programme that re-
semble each other and as variety is 1.-The
thing in entertainments of this class, the
show fills its purpose most admirably.
The principal speciality is presented by the
two Hawthorne sisters-Nellie and Lola
who dress in brilliant costumes which set
off their physical charms 10 great adj
vantage, sing in pleasing voices and sur
round themselves with stage settings that
are far more picturesque than are usually
to be seen in vaudeville performances. Each
of the Hawthorne girls is of engaging
personality and each is graceful in her
movements. They have shown good taste
in staging their act, as their costumes
blend beautifully with the scenery and
their last two songs-a Venitian serenade
and Leslie Stuarts Willow Pattern Plate
are given in a way that win much ap-
plause from the audience. Their first song
is Ooor affair that is hardly worthy of
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Crane contribute
little farce that We'll deserves the second
place of honor on the programme. 1t is
one of Edmund Days sketches. and like
most of Days efforts, ii just misses being
gem. While it has an old idea for its
theme-that of twin brothers being mis-
taken for each other-it is Well
constructed and exeelently acted
In fact, the little farce owes much
a strong impression II il were not so
cleverly interpreted. There are several
humorous situations in the piece and sew
eral touches of human nature that are
given their full value by the young play
ers who enact the characters so creditably.
AT the same time there are two or three
episodes in il that would serve TO spoil
the sketch If 1T were not for the fact that
Mr.. Crane and his talented wife show so
much discretion iii handling their work.
Another married eouple-Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Barry-furnish a good comedy act.
Their little entertainment has been here
before. but ii is better this season than it
was last year nd ii provoked plenty Of
amusement at yesterdays opening per-
formance. Jimmy Barry has a good topical
song and his limitations of the late Dan
Daley and George NJ. Cohan are excellent.
while pretty little Mrs. Barry does much
toward helping the act to success. The
wonderful performing monkeys, trained
and exhibited by Professor Galletti, are
just as eomical as ever. These animal
clowns have appeared on the Grand's staCe
before, but are always welcome A beau
tiful Scotch collie Is introduced by Gal
letti IN the act this season and though this
intelligent canine has little 10 do. his very
presence on the stage is a delight 10 the
lovers of these magnificent animals.
The Trocadero Quartet presents a sing
ing act made up OF some good harmonizing
and some very poor attempts at comedy
1t would seem that male quartet is
always successful with a vaudeville audi
ence no matter how badly the speciality in
which il appears is put together. The
Trocaderos call their act THE Telephone
Agent" and go 10 the trouble OF having n
east of characters printed on the pro-
gramme- Aside front the singing OF the
four men there is nothing i'm the thing TO
praise. The Bamvards are gymnasts who
give a very interesting exhibition on an
apparatus extending almost into the flies.
There are four of the Bamvards, but one
OF the women was injured while perform
ing in Detroit last week and the perform