The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-08
Maude FeaIy-Gepnett.

When reading of Shakespeares her
Dimes of fourteen paltry years, who
possessed all the fervor and passion,
and poise, and maternity of modern
forty, the time and environment are
taken into account, but there is of
necessity much of interest in a four
teen year old girl of today who can
play Juliet with success before an
American audience. This is what
Miss Maude Fealy has done and al
| though her playing of Shakespeare S
heroine was presented a few years ago
| she has done much of value in her
work since. She has been leading
woman with Irving, and is now ap-
pearing in modern drawing room
comedy and is all in all one of the
most interesting young women of the
stage She comes to the Gennett
March %.
Vaudeville at the Phillips.
Miss Lizzie Weller, who is at the
New Phillips this week, has a stunt
that is particularly interesting to pi-
ano players. She puts on boxing
gloves and pounds out Chopin's mel
ody in +, and throws the gloves to
one side and plays Yankee Doodle
with the left hand and Down on the
Old Suwanee" with the right. She
turns her back to the keyboard, and
with her hands behind her plays rag
time to which she dances. Then she
takes her seat on the stool and plays
catchy air, using her left hand and
right foot. She plays one piece first
as a march, then as two-step, then
as waltz, and finally converts it
into funeral dirge.
"coon Acknowledgement.
1t is scarcely needed to say more
of "a Romance of Coon Hollow" than
to state that it is this season enter
ing upon it's eleventh successful sea
son, having been originally produced
at the Fourteenth street theatre, New
York, in September, 1894. 1t will be
given this season with complete
equipment of beautiful new scenery,
by Platter, of the New York Academy
of Music, and unusually capable COM
pany selected for the various char
acters, a splendid vocal quartet and
hot troupe of plantation dancers.
Novel electric and calcium effects
will also be introduced. Everything
will be big except the admission. "A
Romance of Coon Hollow is announc-
ed for the Gennett, matinee and night
Saturday.
May IrWin-Gennett.
May Irwin, the popular coincidence,
is to present her new play called,
Mrs. Wilson-Andrews," written for
her by George V. Hobart, author of
the Dingelspiel stories and the John
Henry Books at the Gennett tonight.
1t is said that the new comedy differs
materially from any of the other plays
in her repertoire, although the farce
idea is still carried out, yet Mrs.
must be considered
as musical comedy. There is a
singing chorus provided for in the new
play and there are a number of fascin-
ating and handsomely gowned young
women in the cast. The role of Mrs
Wilson-Andrews" the one in which is
assigned to the star, is said to be
particularly adapted to Miss Irwin 8
capabilities and one in which she IS
very happily placed. The part in
question is that of society woman
with a fondness for bridge whist and
this penchant gets no end of trouble.
One of the scenes shows game in
progress of the fad participated in by
the star and her society friends, and
in which she losses all her money.
maiden aunt from New England.
who is very proper and strict in her
thinking. happens in at a crucial mo-
ment and the efforts TO cover up the
iniquity lead to many complications
new idea in developing a dramatic
situation through the means OF a pho
nograph is a novelty which will be
seen for the first time in this play.
Miss Irwin, will of course, have a
number of new songs including. Save
a Little Money for \ Rainy Day"
"Matrimony." @Honora Doolin.' Mo
ses Andrew Jackson, Good bye"
''Bonny Sue "Moonshine,' and
Lady which will be rendered in
her characteristic manner. The cast
is said 10 be exceptionally strong and
includes among its number Adolph
Jackson. John L. Hazard. Lillian
Dix Victor CaSmore, Mary X.