The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-04
In the Theaters of indianapolis

theaters of the old country and are looked
upon as gymnaSts and equilibriStS of the
first rank. Another strong feature of the
Thomas j. Ryan and Mary Richfield in their
comedy sketch, Mag Hegerty's Father"
There are no better comedy players in
vaudeville than Mr.. Ryan and his wife,
and II their new act is as good as the one
they presented last season it is sure of a
warm welcome. Leah Russell, the Hebrew
lmperSonat0r-and the only woman, by the
way, doing an act of this kind-will have
a speciality to offer that Is said TO be very
entertaining, and other contributors TO the
bill will be A. p. RoStow, an acrobat from
Russia; the RappO sisters, two dancers
from the same faraway country; George w.
Day, the black-face comedian; Robertus and
Wtlfredo, in a novel juggling act. and
Phyllis Allen, the phenomenal contralto
singer.
1.-The Factory Girl which begins the
week at the Park this afternoon, departs
from the common melodramatic rule by
having a comedian as it's chief character.
He is an insurance agent, and is imperson-
ated by Lon Haskell and, while at his fun
making he has much to do with the dark
deeds in which the play ~abounds, and it is
largely through his efforts that the wrong
doors are brought to bay. While the plot
is woven about the abuse heaped upon a
working girl, whose hand is sought by two
sons or the man who employs her, there is
a strong vein of comedy. A good deal of 1t
precedes a scene in a courtroom where the
young woman is brought to trial. and in
the last act there is a country dance. The
chief scenes of the play are in and about
a factory, where the machinery is in op-
Grafton, and where the workers draw their
weekly wage Beth Kaufman, Minnie Tay-
lor and a number of others appear in the
cast. Several singing and dancing special
ties will be offered during the action of
the play.
When "Florodora'' was first produced at
the New York Casino all of those who
claim TO be experts in the matter of judging
new plays felt sure that it could not last
very long. When it had run for almost a
year there was naturally a change of senti-
ment, but even then the prediction was
made that lit was a New York show and
would not go on the road" This has been
clearly disproven by the fact that this is the
third year the musical comedy has been
touring the country, and it still finds it's
popularity as great as ever. From the sue
cess that 'Florodora' has already achieved
it looks within reason that it will run for
five or six more years. providing Fisher &
Ryley, the managers, maintain the standard
with which 1t has always been presented.
The company to be seen here next Saturday
for matinee and evening performances is
the No. l company" as IL is called. The
sale of seats for the engagement will open
tomorrow morning.
ali wiz III N SuCCCSSlul
actor-manager touring the burlesque the
aters of this country, brings his musical
farce, "A Night on Broadway" to the EN-
pire for a weeks engagement, opening with
the regular matinee this afternoon. AL
though not a ~travesty of the sort usually
seen at the Empire, and not an entertain
ment with the customary vaudeville olio,
"A Night on Broadway" is bristling with
bright music, laughable comedy and nu-
merous clever specialties. 1t created the
most favorable impression among the bet
ter class of burlesque patrons of any show
that held the boards at the Empire last
season, and there is every reason TO believe
that the present organization is up to the
old standard. Harry Norris is still playing
his old part of the German candy man2fac-
turer, and has as his able assistants George
Yeoman, Margaret Baxter, I. j. Dempsey,
Irene Young AID other well-known singers
and comedians.
After failing to score a success upon her
first vaudeville appearance in London,
Blanche Ring, the beautiful American
Coincidence, made a great hit last week at
the Tivoli Music Hall on the Strand. Miss
Ring made her English debut at the Pal
ace Theater, and for some reason or other
did not catch on" Then she took that
song with the haunting refrain-'Bedelia''-
over to the Tivoli, and soon had the Lon
donerS applauding her wildly. She is also
singing such old-timerS-Old in this cOun-
try at least-as Sammy and "The Good
Old Summer Time" and in addition is CIV
ing English audiences limitations of their
faVorite actresses. 1t is not often that a
performer turns failure into success in
London, and for this reason Miss Ring is
attracting more than the usual amount of
attention at the present time in the city Of
fogs and tickle audiences.
1t will be of interest to local vaudeville
patrons to learn that James j. Morton,
who is one of the most popular mOnologue
comedians visiting the Grand from time to
time, is TO be married Wednesday evening
of this week in Chicago. His bride will be
Josephine Ainsley, q Chicago girl, and the
wedding will take place at the Sherman
House in that city. Invitations, which have
been artistical,y got up. have been re-
ceived by some OF the theatrical and news
paper men OF this city. The subject of
''courtship" has been MOrton's principal
stock in trade for the last two seasons. He
will hereafter give talks on married life.
At the Unique Theater this week the
vaudeville programme Will be headed by the
two Wrens, who will appear in a new mu-
steal and dancing speciality. and other per-
formers on the bill will be Dan Hart. the
veteran minstrel. and the Days in a little
farce called "Kittie and the Cop" There
will be a new series of biograph views.