The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-27

quently that specialties may be given, most
been winning encores with her descriptive
song of'"Uncle Toms Cabin" Nettie Tar
baud, who takes the part of girl on the
Bowery order, Charles w. Young and G. A.
Taylor also participate in the speciality
turns. The company closes it's engagement
tonight and the bill for the rest OF the
week Will be melOdrama OF the Wild
West, "A Montana Outlaw"
Manager Ad F. Miller. of English's. had
expected to close that playhouse imme-
diately after the Viola Allen engagement
in Shakespeare's Twelfth might" the
evening of May u. but he received word
yesterday from the management of the
Valentine Circuit. to which English's be-
fractions had been booked for Indianapo-
lis-the musical comedy, THE Country
Girl" for the evening of May 49, and the
favorite operate farce, THE Tenderfoot,"
for the night of May II. This will make
the third engagement of the season for
THE Tenderfoot,' but as this bright
musical show has scored a hit of no mean
proportions here during its former visits.
there is every reason to expect another big
audience when ii comes again. From
present indications, the last engagement of
the season at Engiish's will be this music
al show.
1t looks very much as If the Blue Ribbon
Burlesque Company would have a record
breaking engagement at the Empire this
week The show is not only a new and
novel one, but it has the advantage of
being managed in the most skillful man.
ner. Every performer is given a chance to
display his or her talents, and there are
a number of unusually clever burlesque
and vaudeville people in the organization.
The minstrel first part" in which eight
cen pretty girls. BLACK up with burnt
cork in full view of the audience, is the
best opening act ever put on the stage at
the Empire, and serves to start the show
of with spirit and dash that causes the
audience to sit up and take notice" The
vaudeville olio is exceptionally meritorious
. and the closing burleSque has many fea-
lures to commend il. Acting Manager
Singer says that the company has played
10 big business throughout the West. Yes
terday,s audiences were the biggest Tues
day crowds that the Empire has held for
many weeks.
1t cost F1orenz Zeigfeld just $50 to fire.
proof the scenery of Red Feather before
il was admitted to the Illinois Theater,
Chicago. a few days before the opening of
that opera in the Western metropolis ii
was necessary TO send ten experts from
New Orleans with a big consignment OF
special fluid that had been approved by
the authorities. Some OF the properties
were saturated with the stuff as they were
being taken from the cars. 1t was scarcely
an hour before the curtain rose, when the
authorities condescended to test the seen
cry. Had any portion of ii been missed
by the fireproOferS and shown the least
sign OF being combustible the performance
would have been forbidden for that even
ing Two or three weeks will sdffice to
wear off the surface of the solution and
the scenery will then need a new coating
Sarah Bernhard appeared in a new role
last Saturday night in Paris She played
the character of Marie Antoinette in Var
ennes" and though she furnished a highly
artistic performance, as usual, the success
of the piece does not seem to have been
very pronounced. The story of the play
is that of the attempted escape of Louis
XVI from France and his arrest al
Varennes and is complicated by a more OF
less historical love intrigue between Marie
Antoinette and Baron Fersen. 1t is di-
yided into six tableauX and Is scenically eff
fective without being very dramatic. The
Paris critics think that il will not enjoy a
long run.