The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18

| night and tomorrow night in their big
musical farce Running for Office" in
! which they have been scoring a success
! since early last summer. The entertain
ment is understood 10 be very bright and
brilliant one. with fun of the rapid-fire or
| der, musical numbers that extremely
| tuneful, pretty girls who are gOrgeOusly
| costumed and stage pictures that are un-
| usually attractive. George NJ Cohan. who
| wrote the farce and all or the songs intro
| duced IN II, Is one of the youngest cOmedi-
| ans on the American stage. He attracted
| considerable attention in vaudeville for sew
| eral years by reason of his peculiar dancing
| ability and later on gained a reputation
| a clever song-writer, many of his compo-
sitions meeting with immense popularity.
He and his sister Josephine supply much
| of the ginger" for the three-act musical
| farce which the Cohan family is now pre-
| senting. Josephine is also an excellent
| dancer, but her terpsichorean work is along
| entirely different lines
Jerry and Helen Cohan, the parents of
rne clever young people, have long been
| did farceurs, and their comedy work serves
| TO give additional interest to Running for
Office" Besides the COhans the big cast
| tonight will include some very well-known
| singers and comedians notably James NJ.
| Manning, William Keough, John Keefe, Joe
| Della Nivens, Jessie Joyce, Florence Little
| and Mollie Newell. This attraction will
prove somewhat different from anything
| else seen at EDglish's far this season,
| and should especially appeal TO ali lovers
of the light and frothy style of entertain
ment. The curtain will rise to-night-and
| every night hereafter throughout the sea-
son-at sos o'clock instead of at Sis.
Those who have never seen a perform
ance by the Great Lafayette" may wonder
why this vaudeville star calls himself by
such high-sounding title, but the majority
| of vaudeville-goers do not begrudge him the
use of the great if he chooses to use
| it as a prefix TO his name. He is really
| performer of wonderful ability and his show
| at the Grand this week is reasonably sure
| to be an interesting one. AT least it will
| be interesting IL il is up to the standard
| set by Lafayette last year during his visit
| to this city His show is unlike the usual
| vaudeville entertainment in that ii is made
| up for the most part or magic and illu-
| sions, although there are several regular
| vaudeville acts on the programme Lafay-
| cite furnishes the greater part of the en-
| tertainment himself. He will appear again
| characters and will have a number of new
feats in magic with which TO surprise his
| be the Oriental mystic play" entitled
| "Khrisna the Divine" which, il is claimed
| is more startling performance than THE
| Lions Bride" of the last two seasons.
| A new ballet called THE Dance of the
| Four Seasons" will be one of the innova-
| tions The vaudeville specialtes will be
| provided by Lynn Welcher, the well-knOwn
| monologuist and parody singer; Martha
| Montre and her company. in a comedy
sketch; Carr and Burns, who will be seen
in farcieal act; the Ellis-Newlin Trio in
| a novel entertainment; Emma Thompson, a
singer, and the Manila Quartet.
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''Shore Acres" which comes to the Park
this afternoon for a stay of three days,
| as well as Sag Harbor," and other plays
by James A. Herne are. since her husbands
| She is said to be thoroughly acquainted
with all details of the business In which
| her husband made fortune She took an
| active interest in the Herne productions
| during his life Mrs. Herne created the
| part of Helen Berry in Shore Acres" and
| at times during the twelve years the play
has been before the public, her daughters,
| Julie and Chrystal. have appeared in this
| part. 1t is now played by Challis Winter.
| Before "Shore Acres" begins it's tour each
| season, the preparations are under the su-
| pervision of Mrs. Herne and she also di-
| reefs the rehearsals of the company. The
| engagement at the Park is the first one here
| at popular prices The company is headed
| by James T. Galloway, who has been in
| the cast for eleven years.
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| Rice & Barton's Gaiety Show will be the
Empires attraction for the week, opening
| with the regular matinee this afternoon
This company is among the best-known
| burlesque organizations on the road, and is
| a favor1te with Empire patrons Charles
| Barton, the big comedian with the ever
lasting grin. still appears as the leading
| funmaker of the combination and enacts
| the chief farcical roles in the burlesques
| presented. The burlesques this season are
be g Hh h TheTe IS
| chorus of pretty girls who are said to be
| good singers. In the vaudeville olo, sand
| Wiched in between the two musical traves-
| ties the following performers will appear :
| Mark and F<ittie Hart, in an Irish comedy
| sketch; Lillian Washburn and Ada Lane
| i'm a singing and dancing speciality; the
| International Four, in a musical act
| Charles II. Mackie, a mimic and imper-
senator. and Robert Granella and May
Shirk, in a damatic sketch.
The seats for the two local performances
of "A Japanese Nightingale" will be placed
on sale this morning at English's box Of
flee. The great spectacular production of
this latest Oriental playa dramatization
| by William Young OF OnotO Wotanna'S
charming novels said 10 be one of the
finest spectacles ever seen on the Ameri-
can stage. Special music has been COM
posed by n. Clifford Page and n large
chorus and ballet are employed to render
the songs and characteristic japanese
dances which are introduced in the course
of the play. The production was made in
New York by klaw x Erlanger, and, al
though this big managerial firm has just
sold its rights in the piece TO Daniel FrOh-
man. there has been no change in the pro-
ductiOn itself the entire entertainment be-
ing brought here intact. The principal
members OF the company are Margaret IL
lingtOn, Orrin Johnson, Vincent SerranO,
y "
Robert McWade. ir., Miriam Hutchinson,
Eugene Jepsen and Frank Gilmore. The
Japanese Nightingale" will be at Englishs
Thursday and Friday nights.
John Drew liked the character of Sir Jas
per in Rosemary better than any other
part in which he had ever appeared and
still looks back upon his work in the pretty
comedy as the most enjoyable experience of
his career. Howard Kyle is playing Drew
old part in this seasons revival of Rose
mary" which is 10 be seen at English's
next Saturday, for matinee and evening per-
| formances
May Robson, who, as Queen Elizabeth in
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hail." scored
a success in New York second only TO that
| of the star, Bertha Galland. retired from
| the company after the final New York
performance Saturday night. Miss Robson
does not care to travel and will likely be
seen in some other metropolitan produc-
ton before the season closes. The charac-
ter OF Queen Elizabeth will hereafter be
played by Miss Ada Levick. this actress
making her first appearance in the role to-
night In Cincinnati. Dorothy Vernon Of
/ HaddOn I4alIp comes IN IrncrIishta newt