The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-14
In the Theaters of Indianapolis

matter to get together a programme OF
varieties that will be entertaining from be-
ginning to end. There is almost certain to
be at least two specialties every
programme that will fail TO strike home
This week there is but one act at the
Grand that cannot be called a really meri-
torious one and even this speciality has
clever feature in il. The Eight Nassar
Girls are the best Instrumental musicians
that have ever appeared on an Indianapolis
stage wearing the garb of femininity. They
play the brass and wood wind instruments
in fashion that marks them as experts,
and added to these accomplishments they
are fairly good Vocalists and are graceful
in their beautiful May-poe dance with its
spectacular electrical effects They furnish
the best headline act seen at the Grand
since Charles Aldrich, the all-round enter
tainer. was the talk of the town. There
are other excellent things on the bill too
the Erretto acrobats. Al Lawrence, the
mimic, and Green and Werner, the comic
singers, all having something unusually at
tractive to offer.
"Over Niagara Falls" melodrama that
is said to fairly throb with excitement,
is the Parks bill beginning this afternoon.
While it abounds in deeds of herosm and
misdeeds of an abusive husband, it's chief
action is when a young wife is imprisoned
in a barrel tossed into Niagara Fails at
Goat island and goes rolling over Horse
shoe Falls. The play is said TO depend
as much upon it's scenic wealth for inter-
est as IL does upon the story which ii has
to tell. IT initiates the splash and roar
sion bridge in fact the whole neighborhOod
of Niagara. Two Indian characters, Il Sen
eca chief and his daughter have good
deal to do with the development of the plot.
This is the first play by Joseph La Brandt
which has come to the Park this season.
Louise Reming, Vera Hamilton, Mamie
Keene, Mac Barnes. George Neaville and
others are in the cast.
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Little Pat Rooney. the well-known dane
ing comedian, who has been seen here
several times during the last three seasons
in the Klaw & Erlanger musical shows
was married the night before last in Bos-
ton to Marion Bent, very pretty little
soubrette Both are members of the
Mother Goose company. About fifty the
atrical people attended the wedding, which
took place in the parlors of the Hotel Lenox
and the bride and groom were followed to
the railway station (they took short we'd
ding trip by one of the merriest, nOiSest
parties that dignified old Boston had ever
Shouting people of the footlights who
carried with them any amount of white
satin ribbons, old shoes and baskets of rice
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The only new play TO be given in New
York this week will be Loves Pilgrim
age" written by Horace b. Fry. author OF
Mrs. Fishes successful one-act drama, Lit
tie Italy" 1t will be presented this after
noon at Wallack's Theater with Miss Car
| lotta Nillsen in the leading role-a tria
performance TO test it's worth. Miss Mill
| sen is an English actress who attracted
very favorable critical attention when she
| appeared with Mrs. Fiske in lbsen
| ''Hedda Gabler" at the opening of the pres
| ent season. She impressed all as being ar
| actress of rare temperamental qualities
much personal charm and with a method
| quite her own. She was formerly with Sil
| Henry Irving and George Alexander.
| The sale of seats for next Monday nights
| performance of 1.-THE Runaways" at Eng
| lish's will open this morning at the box
| office of that theater. This is the musica
| comedy that had such a successful run al
| the New York Casino last summer, being
| one of the most popular summer shows il
| the metropolis. Many of the original mem
| bers are still with the company, including
| the little comedian, Arthur Dunn, the beau
| tiful soprano, Helen Lord, and Mabe
| Carrier, the D'Arville Sister, Charles Dox
| Joseph Carey and w r. Meehan. The
| piece is staged in gorgeous style.
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| Despite all of the recent gossip about thu
threatened breaking up of the long partner
| ship of Weber & Fields, it is now stated
| positively in New York that the famous
| burlesque manager-comedians will be to
| gether as usual next season and that they
| are making plans for several important pro
| auctions. Lillian Russell has just signed
| contract with them for another season
| and il is understood that there will be sew
| eral interesting additions to the compan!
at the music hall.