The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-06

expertly. but in baby tones. and had cute
n cunnin ways, but infantile: her man
neTisms had been charming twenty years
ago, no doubt but by this time they should
have passed down by Inheritance 10 a
daughter A pair OF naadcap dancers were
Shapely. rapid athletic little creatures. quite
1T for more remunerative service but for
their faces, which were fascinating 10 me,
though not 10 many, as a change from the
monotony of chorus and ballet prettiness.
one OF the women. and one only possessed
talent that wasn't Handicapped. l will de-
cribe her further down the column
The comedians Of such tourists variety
parties. speaking generally and in their
own idiom. are ION the bum" There are
no worse in the whole blooming business
They are ever the same combination of an
lrishman. a German and a Jew. all carica-
lures. varied sometimes by a Yankee, but
never by more than one actor with any
thing like artistic ability In this case the
exception was named Alex Carr. and he
gave close imitation OF David Warfeld's
type of the mild, Apologize, ignorantly
SnreWd. unconsciously humorous Jew from
fOland or Russia, such as are crowded by
the tens OF thousands in their part of this
city. Carr made his entrance exactly as
Warneld used TO at Weber & Fieldss in
the costume or a Seashore bather looking
FOR the water, a towel around his shivering
shoulders, and his bare feet artihcialy en-
!aTged to an abnormal size. Thereupon
one Night and Cone as the play
enulled. became a patchwork of materials
taken from the Broadway music hall This
Jew TOOK part, with his two companions
as warmed and Sam Bernard used TO with
weber and Fields-in a lesson OF etiquette
IN evening dress with misfit suits that
ripped and crush hats that collapsed in
tatters; In game Of poker with an auda-
cious adventures who calmly heeced them;
IN travesty OF the Irritation sextet, with
much Glowing paired with graceful wom-
ens In the opening OF an Egyptian sarcoph-
agus TO find Cleopatra with modern traits
and In the purchase and sale of mechan-
tcal doll. Besides these bold transfers Of
fun, the songs and dances were copied
wholly In manner and largely in matter
from the same source All was vulgarized,
yet not utterly vftiated, and it was new to
that audience.
Do bore you with so much description
OF a low-grade extravaganza? Now that 1
have taken up the subject, isn't it well to
give you complete understanding of what
is good and what is bad or Indifferent in
that kind of a show we get it in New
York? And promise TO tell you about the
only Jolly grass widow who stood out
perfor to the others in ability. Ruth Ever
EFT wasn't jolly. She was sulky She saun-
tered smilelessIy through her part, declining
10 open her mouth in the chOruses or to
move more than listlesSly in the dances. and
wondered why she was there at ali-tiII
the mechanical doll was taken from its
box. Ruth was it. That was the speciality
quite correct I'm all the comic motions that
we have known In human dolls since we first
saw the heroine OF la Poupee'' make them.
And she added limitations of birds and
beasts, from saucy parrots TO fighting dogs,
and all were as clever as ever you heard
from a man. Surely that novelty.
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Permit another paragraph about
woman who did mans work well. Con-
gresham Sullivan inserts one costly thing
mi of
70 his theater This extra is placed be-
tween the two sections of the evening
like the meat in a sandwich-and just be-
fore the intermission, so that the specta-
tors shall go to the barroom in a good
numor. This time the Interpolation was
one OF the undressing Charrnions and the
most remarkable since the first was no.
toriously novel, 1t was here that the
congressman's censor seemed to have
nodded, or gone fast asleep, as this
predecessors in climbing TO trapeze in
street attire and there discardng after
another or her garments till she hung on
the swinging bar I'm the usual costume of
a gymnast Well, hardly usual for her
gymnast shirt cut away from neck
10 belt at the back and from shoulder to
shoulder. But after the trapeze feats were
done the censor was vindicated-almost;
and the woman was pardOnable-nearly. A
( calcium light was thrown on her bare back
and arms. in the SandOw way, for such an
exhibition Of muscular development as
scarce one athlete IN thousand could make
ana which, by a young. very handsome and
not In the least mannish woman was mar
Vicious. FRANKLIN FYLES.