Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1900 — Page 14

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1CL3.

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THE WEEK'S AMUSEMENTS

JOU JCFFEltSOS, .NAT CJOODWIX AXD collieh at kxgia stirs. The Stork Company's Offering for the Week-rnrk nnd Linplre Attraction. rrhap3 no more Interesting commentary could be made on the genius of Joseph Jefferson than is embodied in the fact that during a score of years hl3 repertory has never varied from the same plays In which he mads his greatest hlt3. In these days, when an actor 13 esteemed fortunate If he can make hlä vehicle la?t through a season, it Is plcasln? to r.ote that the art of one star la so fine and true that th public cV.-s no: need to be diverted by rovel offerings, but la content to study the portrayals which rocny of them have seen a dozen times. The dear, of the American tage is still doing "Rip Vai "Winkle," and will present that delightful old play at English's Opera House Tuesd.-iy night of the present weoi. The story of the play is too well known to require repetition. Rip Van Winkle la almost a household word in America. Tlx characters In the play are cast as follow!: Rip Van Winkle. Joseph Jeffercn; Derilck Von Beckman, John Jack (who played John Durbeyfield with Mrs. Fiske bo admirably;) Cockles (his nephew i, W. W. Jefferson; Nick Vedder, George W. Dunham; Jacob Stlne, Charles Duval; Clausen, D. Jones; Little Helndrlch. Virgie Glvndon; Little Meenie, Ipha Ycnalr; Gretchen, Ffolliot Paget; Dwarf, Dudley McCann; Helndrlch Hudson. Robert Lrown; Heir.drich Vedder (Nick's son), Joseph Jeffersoa, Jr.; Seth, Harry Odlire; Meenie, Blanche Render; Katchen. Rose Alton. Ti e phy Is 1 i five acts. The scene cf the nrst i at tho village of Falling Wat'.r; of the second in Hip home-; third, In the Catskill mountains; fourth, in the village of Falling Water, after a lapse of twenty years; and the laüt act In Von Bcekman's home. William Collier Coming. William Collier, ths young farceur who has been affording much pleasure to patror.3 of English's Opera House for several seasons rast in such sparkling farces as The Man from Mexico," "My Friend from India." and "Mr. Smooth." will appear at that house Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday afternoon of this week In an entirely new line of work. Mr. Collier made up his mtr.d at the beginning of the current season that he would conquer success in legitimate comedy, and In furtherance of his ambition secured from Augustus Thomas a brand new play of that type, called "On the Quiet." With thla as a medium, Mr. Collier If said to have won high praise from audiences and critics In Boston, Baltimore, Louisville and other large cities. The play deals with the troubles of Bob Bidgway (Collier) who foolishly lend3 his services to the Duke of Carbondale in an effort to learn whether the latter's wife really loves her husband. The plan for toting a woman's fidelity Involved the lntllng to a very fashionable breakfast of two high-kicking music hall sirens. No pooner were the festivities commenced, than Rldgwey, a Yale student, was greatly disconcerted, not to 5ay dismayed, by the entrance on. the scene of his father, mother-in-law, the family pastor and the outraged wife. Another highly amusing situation occurs in the third act on the yacht Coryphee. That "On the Quiet" Is bright and cl-vcr Is amply assured by Mr. Thomas's authorship of such conspicuous successes aa "Alabama," "Oliver Goldsmith." "The Meddler." "Afterthoughts" and "Arizona." The claim Is not made that "On the Quiet" is high comedy, but all that Is asserted is that the piece 13 lifted somewhat above the level of the farcical. Mr. Collier will be assisted by acompany of excellent players, including Brigham Royce, John G. Saville, Thomas Doyle, Cranley Douglass. Walter Craven, Louise Allen Collier. Laura Palmer, Helena Collier, Katharine Mucins. Ninette Thullen and May Fletcher. Walter Craven will be recalled by patrons of the Grand Stock Company as having been stags director of that organization a few weeks at the beginning of last season. Stock Company lu 'Tencefal Valley. "Peaseful Valley," the comedy drama so long associated with the name and fame of Sol Smith Russell, Is to be revived by tha Grand Stock Company this week, beglnEing to-morrow night, and should prove an offering of more than ordinary attractiveness. As a rule, a play written especially for a great star ainount3 to little ai far as the supporting cast is concerned, tut Mr. Kidder departed from this rule and developed several strong characters outside of Hosea Howe, the central figure In the play. For that reason "Peaceful Valley" is an excellent medium for a stock company to employ in exploiting the talent ot its members. The scenes are laid in the White mountain region of New England, and the characters are typical of the "down Easter so often depicted in fiction and on the stage. Hosea Howe, the principal character. Is a college undergraduate of limited means, who, in order to secure ufflclent money to pay his way through college, hire? out as a waiter in a summer hotel. His earnest simplicity, filial devotion, droll manner, peculiar sayings, together xlth hi pathetic struggles, furnish the foundation of the play, which is trought cut In such a way that It touches the keynote of human sympathy. This role has been played before by John B. Maher, of the Pike Theater Stock Company, of Cincinnati, who will be transferred to Indianapolis for this week to portray the character In the Grand production. Lotta Linthlcurn will be assigned the part of Virale Rand, a New York society girl whose Influence has much to do with the ultimate success of young Howe. Mr. Flood will be cast as Jack Farquhar. The other characters will be allotted in the following order; Frederick Wallace, Jotham Ford; Hardee Kirkland, Ward Andrews; Thomas Reynolds, Charley Rand; John Meister, Wilson; Agnes Maynard, Phyllis Howe; Rosalie De Vaux, Martha Howe. Miss De Vaux. it will be remembered, was announced at the beginning of the season as one of the new members of the local . company. After waiting so long tho public doubtless feels a keen Interest in her forthcoming appearance. The customary Wednesday and Saturday matinees will be riven. . . ' Hope Booth in "War on Women. Anything that Is close kin to realism on tha stage seems weclome to theatergoers, hence the appearance of Hope Booth in her new melodramatic sensation, "War on Women,'; at tha Park Theater Thursday afternoon and the remainder of the current week. Is expected to be greeted enthusiastically. The play illustrates various phases of far Western life !n a manner seldom attempted on the stage. It is asserted to be enly a "rough diamond," but the claim Is made that its settings glitter with scenic splendor and that thrilling scenes dominate the piece frcm beginning to end. Among the scenes are a blockhouse and stockade, a railroad and telegraph station and a real Indian camp. The effect of naturalness Is aided by soldiers. Indian chiefs, cowboys, Worses and ponies. A very exciting duel takes place in tho course of the play between Captain Stirling, an army officer stationed cn tle frontier, and Geranlma. a half-breed Indian. The latter loves Margaret, rdece of General Prescott. the commanding officer of the garrison, but she is pledged to Sterling. The rival levers first attack each other with pistols, but GeranIma'a weapen is stricken from his hand by Red Bird, a beautiful Indian suaw her-s-lt in lov with Captain Sterling and bowle knives are quickly substituted. Margaret enters at the critical moment, after the Indiau has fctabbed her lover, and inflicts a serious wound upon the half-breed. Mis Booth ui be supported by a cast Including VUIard Bowman, II. F. Clarrons, n. F. Sullivan, Lillie Allyn. May McKay, Florence Arnold, Arthur Gregory and twelve others. The Uowcrr After Dark. Play-goers and lovers of the fistic art will both find pleasure In the appearance of Terry McGovero. the noted lightweight

pugilist. In the role of an actor In the new melodrama of New York life, "The Bowery After Dzrk." at the Park Theater the first three days of this week, beginning to-morrow afternoon. Enthusiastic admirers of the redoubtable "Teddy." who have seen him In his new character assert that he Is fully as good an actor as he Is a fighter. Disinterested people say that, while the play is an excellent melodrama, McGovem has gained Euch prestige In the arna that It Is immaterial whether he can act or not everybody wants to see him anyway. The hero cf the play 13 engaged to be married to the heroine. Joins the Rough Riders and goes to Cuba to fight for his country. During his absence a false friend forges a letter to his fiancee and later on marries the young woman. This man is a gambler, smuggler and general villain and is associated with Chines who deal In opium, lie mi3treates his wife shamefully. The hero returns from Cuba, finds his promised wife united to another and pleading with her husband In a low Bowery dive to return home with her. The scoundrel insults the woman and the hero takes her part and rescues her. The brave young fellow is overpowered by a gang of thugs, taken to the opium den and thrown into a snake pit -to die. A sensational rescue follows, only to be succeeded by another equally as thrilling the rescue of the heroine by the "Terrible Teddy" McGovem. The villain is finally killed by the Chlnanan on account of treachery and the hero and heroine are happily married.

Tho Droadwo'y Jlurle-quer. The Broadway Burlesquers open at the Empire Theater beginning with a matinee. The opening burlesque is called "The Birds of the Gilded Cage." and is a spicy piece of music and humor. This is followed by an olio and the programme closes with another breezy burlesque called "Women and Wine." Among the people in the olio are Harry Le Clair. Carver and Pollard. Vera Harte, Hanley and Jarvls and Dorothy Earle. It is claimed that there is not a slow performer on the list. Vera Harte, who is said to be a very pretty woman, and a favorite on the vaudeville stage, is one of the prominent figures in tha burlesques. It Is claimed for the company that It Includes a number of very handsome women. The company will be here all week and will give two performances daily. The StaKC at Home. Andrew Robson in "A Royal Box" next Monday and Tuesday night has been added as a special election week attraction at English's. Louise Carver, whoe character work as a member of the team of Carver and Black, Is well known to Empire Theater patrons, will be here this week with the Broadway Burlesquers. xxx ,The Stage Outside. "Nel Go In," a travesty on "Nell Gwynne," will shortly be put on at the New York Theater. xxx Ida Pringle has been engaged for the leading feminine part In Eddie Foy's new farce, "A Night in Town." XXX "A Queen's Heart" Is the title of a play which is being written for Mrs. Langtry by Pierre and Claude Berton. XXX Gilbert Tarker is coming over frcm London to see Marie Burroughs in the dramatization , of his novel "The Battle of the Strong." XXX Creston Clarke Is arranging details. Including the getting together of a competent company, for his forthcoming tour in "The Only Way." xxx The Pike Stock Company, Cincinnati, under the same management as the local stock company, will present a big revival of "Romeo and Juliet" all thi3 week. xxx "No Name," a play, has been copyrighted by Lillian J. Burnham and Mario Emblin Carr. It is presumably a dramatization of Wllkle Colllns's celebrated novel of the same title. xxx Violet Rand, last season's ingenue at the Grand Opera Hcnse in this city, ha3,been engaged to play Ora In Joseph Arthur's new Indiana comedy drama "Lost River," Miss Rand will be with the company that goes out on the road. xxx Cecil Raleigh, author of the Drury Lane melodramas, the latest of which is "The Price of Peace," is collaborating with George R. Sims and Ivan Caryll on a new comic opera that Is expected to startle Londoners early next year. XXX Anna Held recently canceled a week's engagement at the Euclid-avenue Opera House, Cleveland, because of the . management's refusal to advance the price of orchestra seats to 12. The management of that house is deserving of warm commendation from a long-suffering public. I xxx One cf the scenes in Mildred Holland's revised version of "Aria, the Musician's Daughter" is an old-fashioned inclosed German garden, said to be exceptionally beautiful. Miss Holland's play has been rechristened "The Power Behind the Throne." XXX John Waldron is the latest ex-stock company actor to have his picture on th.e front page of the Dramatic Mirror. Mr. Waldron's Indianapolis career was exceedingly brief, but he is reported to be doing well as a member of the New Century stock company, Newark, N. J. xxx A Noble Lord," Captain R. Marshall's new comedy, which was produced in London Oct. is, appears to have been given a somewhat doubtful reception. Captain Marshall wrote "His Excellency, the Governor," and Annie Russell's new play, "A Royal Family" both great successes. XXX Roland Reed Is puzzling and astonishing the surgeons of New York. Once more the report comes that he 13 gaining npldly after another severe operation. It is said that the actor expects to disprove the prediction that he would never again appear on the stage. Mr. Reed has a host of friends in Indianapolis who are encouraging by their well wishes his heoric efforts to combat a terrible malady that has threatened to end his promising career, if not Indeed his life. xxx Maclyn Arbuckle is to be supported in "The Sprightly Romance of Marsac" by a company of well-known people, including W. J. Ferguson, Edward S. Abeles, Henry Bergman, Horace Lewis. John F. Denton, Margaret Fuller, Sandol Milliken. Kate Lester. Laura Clement, Annabelle Whitford, Leonle Norburry and Claude Brooke. Mr. Brooke was stage director of the local stock company and enacted several prominent roles with the company last season. Edward S. Abeles is the man who was to have appeared with "Mam'selle "Awkins" at English's recently, but did not. Miss Milliken is the famous stage beauty who played a small part in a highly effective manner in W. H.. Crane's "A Rich Man's Son" last season. xxx IN GALVESTON TO-DAY, (CONCLUDED FROM NINTH PAGE.) had a wife, four pretty children and a happy, prosperous home, and not a trace of any of them has been found. What is there about a pair of baby shoes that appeals to the heart ot. a parent more than any other article of Infant apparel? Many a mother keeps amo:ig her choicest treasures a pair of tiny shoes, over which she fcheds tears of sonow for the little feet that once pressed them. She does not weep over the cap or dress, but the shoes, more than anything else, bring to mind the wee bit of humanity that for a little time tod. died about the house, pattering upstaira and down, outdoors and in. Many a mother whoÄO babe was torn from her arms on that cruel night of storm has given way to her grief at sight of the little shoes in the Red Cross warehouse, and our tears have fallen with hers. Among the varied contributions that are constantly arriving came yesterday a large consignment of men's hats from tb National Hatters Union; also a quantity of mackintoshes and overshoes from ,NV-

Jersey India-rubber manufactory. The same day we received two carloads of disinfectants, including fifty-seven barrels cf carbolic acid, thirty-seven barrels of copperas and 5,0 pounds of other disinfectants all ot which we turned over to Galveston's mayor without loss of time. If ever disinfectants were needed it Is right now, when hundreds of putrefying corpses are poisoning the air. Though two thousand men are constantly at work, aided by two hundred teams, the heap3 of wreckage seem to be as high as ever, and It Is estimated that under it are at least a thousand rotting human bodies, to say nothing of the carcasses of dogs, cows, horses and other domestic animals. Last week's record of bodies found and cremated was forty-one on Friday. All are burned to ashes on the nearest pile, which is kept blazing night and day with whatever combustible material is at hand. At first the workmen carried the corpses on stretchers, then in sacks slung hammock fashion; then, as legs and arms and heads dropped off, they employed shovels for the ghastly work, and now they are using pitchforks. Although every physician in Galveston is vehemently denying that there Is any danger of pestilence in the tainted air, they are holding private meetings to discuss what is best to be done in what all recognize as a very grave situation. FANNIE B. WARD. MAUDE ADAM'S "EAGLET'

William Winter's Comments on Rendition of Rostand's Ploy. New York Tribune. The characteristic attributes of the Duke of Reichstadt, as shown in this play, being physical attenuation, mental lassitude, childish impatience, irritability of the nervous system, petulance of temper, a diseased fancy, morblu gloom and a general vacuity of being and frivolity of purpose, Miss Maude Adams essentially a delicate, fragile actress, void of power and puny in style Is able, to give a fairly effective Imitation of the author's Ideal. A male character should not, in general, be assumed by a female. Few women have succeded in simulating masculine personality. Once in a while a woman glve3 a clever and taking Imitation of a boy, in scenes of vivacity; Mrs. John Wood. Miss Adelaide Nellson and Misa Ada Rehan have done this; but, in general, the woman pretending to be a man produces an Impression of something unhealthfui and unnatural. In this case the youth is effeminate and wayward, and Miss Adams' So presents him. She does not, however, invest him with any glamour of personal charm. She was moderately effective In the mirror scene, but in that of the haunted battlefield which requires something like Imaginative, excitement, an emotion of terror and a display or spasmodic force she was inadequate. The situation carries itself, it ought to be added, though, that, despite her physical weakness, somewhat nasal utterance, indistinct articulation in rapid speech, and the high, i...n tones that cannot convey feeling, the vehemence of this little creature was extraordinary. She was at her best, though, in the scene of supplication and childlike blandishment with the old Austrian Emperor. The vein of Miss Adams is domestic and romantic not tragic. Sue carried the becond act of the play (which in point of comedy and construction is far the best) with sustained vigor and gratifying skill. The part is somewnat insipid, but it does admit of occasional abandonment. Possessed of a gentle personality and capable of a piquant behavior, this actress was a sprightly and bonnie lass in "The Little Minister," and, doubtless, that performance furnished the measure of her talent. As Juliet she was weakness personified. In Reichstädt she gives an intelligent performance, mostly on a commonplace level. It would be idle to discuss the acting of Miss Maude Adams as a manifestation of dramatic genius, or as an artistic display of anything finer or more important than the pretty water colors of an Italian fresco. She stands at about the altitude of Catherine Moreland, in Miss Austen's fine novel of "Northanger Abbey;" and that is high praise. In the uniform of an Austrian colonel she presented a trim and Jaunty figure; she was frequently and cordially applauded. When "L'Aiglon" was first acted in Paris, with Sarah Bernhardt as Reichstadt, its references to the former military achievements of France all achievements of the cut-throat order being considered "glories" caused a prodigious emotion to surge In the Gallic bosom, and the result of that noble excitement seems to have been a general osculation. Mr. Sardou kissed Mr. Rostand; Mr. Coquelln kissed Miss Bernhardt; and there was a miscellaneous exchange of kisses among princes, potentates, politicians and martial chieftains, such as might have satisfied old Falstaff's adjuration to "let It rain kissing comfits and snow erlngoes!" No such result was discernible last night. Suggestions of the sanguinary career of that vulgar tyrant. Napoleon Bonaparte, were received with admirable composure, and . the melancholy fact that the son did not succeed in imitating the siro was accepted with complete resignation. Thoroughly to enjoy this drama of "The Eaglet" the spectator must be one of those Ingenuous and confiding readers of history who, unlnstructed by copious modern revelations of the truth, still cling to the belief that Napoleon Bonaparte was a hero, that his character was splendid, his life glorious, his exile lamentable, his death pathetic, and his fate a cruelty, forever to be deplored. Credulous souls, of that persuasion, still abound, and "The Eaglet" ought to be a cemfort to them even when it is presented by an actress of the order of the waxdoll. More exigent auditors will not care for it feeling that sentimental regret for the Napoleonic dynasty is something for which no friends of human liberty and Christian civilization has any ground or could find any reason. The public gain in this production is practical knowledge of a new French drama of considerable pictorial merit and technical ingenuity and of much publicity and vogue; an impulse to the reviewal of salient passages in French' history and to the closer observance of French politics; reminders of a fatuous but not altogether uninteresting historic personage; and. finally, such enjoyment as may be -derived from gazing upon luminous scenic tableaus (the setting Is excellent), and seeing several fine achievements in the art of acting. Mr. J. H. Gllmour. impersonating one of those sturdy soldiers of the empire that were cO prevalent and so delightful In the 'old stage days of Henry Placido and John Nlcklnson, touched every heart by his natural, simple, powerful expression of blunt honesty, gruff humor, and dauntless fidelity. The tribute to the old guard was spoken with passionate eloquence, and the death of Flambeau self-lnfilcted by the veteran to avoid capture was essentially the climax of the representation. The production was received with great favor. CHINA'S SACRED CITY. (CONCLUDED FROM NINTH PAGE.) flirting with his ladles. It is a scene of bewildering beauty despite the dust that now lies thick over all. There are small canals crossed by costly bridges, little islands standing in the middle of artificial lakes, little pagodas on these Islands that make Ideal places for flirting. On the right of the Palace cf Earth's Repose Is the Temple ot Intense Thought, a dreary looking place devoted to the worship of Confucius and the lesser sages. Next we are marching past the Hall of the Literary Abyss. Another gate, another courtyard and here we r.re at the back of North gate. As vre pass from under its arch we are out in the plain, ordinary world again. The different contingents of allied troops halt long enough to send up seme rousing cheers. The generals smile and bow and shake hands. Thereis only a moment's halt and now the troops are marching off in different directions. The show is over. We have been in the Forbidden City and through the Emperor's palace. Was it all a dream? What do we remember? Not a quarter of what we saw, nor did we see a hundredth part of what there was to see. There is a 'great longing to go back and spend at least a week, in that wonderful place. And the loot? Not a soldier had time or chance to get a handful of it millions of dollars worth though there must be Inside. Perhaps the few civilians who lingered behind found some of the loot. At least that's what I heard I don't know. Correspondents were kept with the troops. B. It. ÖELWYK. V ICcryrlVl

MUSICAL SEASON OPENS

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS READY FOR TUG "WINTER'S AVOItlv. The Symphony Orchestra, the Am phlon Club, the Philharmonic and Others to Give Concerts. Frank Daniels has two new comic operas ready for production next season after his return from a summer engagement in London. Offenbach's opera bouffe, "The Brigands," was produced at the Studebaker Opera House, Chicago, last week with great success. Enrico Toselll. a young Italian pianist, will be among he new foreign artists to be heard In thl3 country this season. He has been warmly received in France and England. Mme. Talexls, Mme. Nina Pack, M. Jerome and M. Bauxman, a quartet of the leading artists of the New Orleans French Opera Company, will make a concert tour of the leading American cities after the opera season in New Orleans, Mexico and Havana has closed. Belle Bartlett. a new member of the Bostonlans, recently sang the part of Yvonne in "The Serenade" so well that the management declares Its expectation that she will become a prima donna of the first rank. This is decidedly interesting if it proves true, since Miss Bartlett is a niece of Jessie Bartlett Davis, the famous prima donna contralto, whose desertion of the ranks of the Bostonlans several seasons ago came near disrupting that organization. The Students' Music and Dramatic Club has been organized again this season with the following teachers directing Its workings: Max Leckner, piano; Mr. Emll Zumpfe, violin; Mr. Edward Nell voice; Mr. Charles F. Hansen, organ; Mrs. Harriet A. Prunk, elocution and dramatic art. The first recital will be given at Plymouth Church, Nov. 16. Admission to recitals this season will be by ticket; the tickets being obtainable from any of the teachers or from members of the club. Miss M. L. PInkham has created something of a sensation in musical circles by her announcement of intention to take a place in the ranks of managers this season. The artists thus far secured by the new Impresario are Elsa Ruegger, the famous 'cellist; Ernest Hutcheson, the Australian pianist (first time in America); Sieveking; Mr. and Mrs. Sobrino, the pianist and dramatic soprano; the Marquis De Souza, baritone, who has been creating a furore abroad, and Ellison Van Hoose, the celebrated tenor. Miss Iinkham's headquarters are in New York city. Edward Straus3 and his . celebrated Vienna Orchestra are said to have received a great ovation at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, recently, when they made their first American appearance of the present tour before an audience that. was representative of Gotham's most exclusive social' circles. After the musicians had finished the rendition of Herr Strauss's new waltz, "Welcome to America," it is said that Manager Rudolph Aronson presented the distinguished director with a magnificent laurel wreath intertwined with the Austrian colors, bearing the inscription, "Strauss greetings. New York, Oct. 20, 1900." The following music will bo rendered at the First Baptist Church to-day by a quartet and chorus choir under the direction of Arthur P. Preston, organist: Morning service, organ prelude, "Nocturne," Chopin; anthem, "O Sing Unto the Lord." Mammatt; quartet, "Like as the Hart," C. P. Morrison; soprano solo, by Miss Agnes Herd; organ prelude, "Grand Chorus," Guilmant. Evening ' service, organ solo, "Festal Overtures" Bryson; processional "Onward. Upward," Flagler; anthem, "God is Our Refuge and Strength." Somner; quartet, "O That My Load of Sin Were Gone." J. S. Camp; offertory. "Organ Solo," Lemare; organ postlude, ;March," Butler. The Philharmonic String Quartet will give a concert Wednesday evening at the Propylaeum, the programme of which, as announced, Insures a literal feast of orchestral melody. The members of the quartet, Hugh McGlbehy, Rudolph Köster, Bertha Schellschmidt and- Adolph Schellsch'nldt, are musicians ;of well nigh national reputation. The programme Is as follows; Quartet, "Opus No. 1" '..Mendelssohn (a) Cavatina from Gounod's "Faust." Song. (b) Bedouin Love Song Chadwick Mr. Earl Percy Parks. Quartet, "Opus 17, No. 2" Rubensteln The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is making extensive preparations for its first concert of the new season, which will be given on the night of Nov. 20. The foreign artist engaged as a special attraction is. Miss Louise Voigt, who will make her Indianapolis debut at this concert. A wellknown local musician . who heard Miss Voigt sing with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin, Germany, some time ago, spoke in the most enthusiastic terms of her rare ability. The Symphony Orchestra by itself is quite capable of affording an evening of great enjoyment, as any one who has ever heard it will readily attest. So that, altogether, the combination which will be offered at the forthcoming concert is one that will doubtless cause more than ordinary Interest. The efforts of the members and promoters of this high-class body of local musicians to place Indianapolis In the front rank of cities that are termed musical centers are deserving of the heartiest encouragement. The Indianapolis Musikverein will give Its first concert of the opening musical season in the auditorium of the German House Tuesday evening, Oct. 30. beginning promptly at 8:15 o'clock. A programme of exceptional attractiveness has been prepared, including orchestral numbers and male choruses from the world's most eminent composers. Such wizards of melody as Tschalkowsky, Schumann, Flgue, SalntSaens, Goldmark and Meyer-Albersleben are represented. Four selections for orchestra, two for mixed chorus and orchestra and a male chorus in a two-part number give an idea of the varied character of the entertainment. One of the brilliant features will be a waltz from Tschalkowsky's "Engn Onegin" interpreted by the full orchestra. Another will be ballet music from "Henry VIII," by Salnt-Saens, divided as follows: (a) introduction and entrance of the clans, (b) "Scotch Idvlle," (c) "Dance of the Gypsies." The male chorus will be heard to exceptional advantage in Figue's "Ach Weisst du Noch" and Spicker's "Das Alte Mutterchen." A song service will be given at the First Presbyterian Church to-night. The following programme has been arranged by Director Edward Nell: Organ prelude, "Gloria In Excelsis".... Farmer Mrs. C. F. Hansen. Chorus, "Appear Thou Light Divine" Morrison Solos, Miss Galvln.: Messrs. Van Wie and Roberts. Baritone solo, "Our King". Rotoli Edward Nell. Ladies' chorus. "Evening Hymn"..Concone fcoio. .Mrs. w.u. J toward. Quartet, "The Lord is my Light".. Lansing Miss Galvin, Mrs. Nell, Messrs. Van Wie and Nell. Soprano solo, "Watchman, What of the Night?" Gounod Miss Georgia Galvin. Chorus, "A Dream of Paradise" Gray-Macy Solo. Mr. H. M. Talbot. Organ offertory, improvisations in F.. Whitney Mifs Nettle Shover. Tostlude, Schubert's "Maixh Militalre" Mrs. C. F.; Hansen. . There are to be many fine concerts In November, but certainly none that will be more enjoyable than that given by the Amphlon Club in tho auditorium of the Gennau House the evening of Nov. 23. The two musical celebrities .engaged . for the event tr Una. llzrzzzt tsd Utrr Eicrr

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150 odd pieces of Lace Curtains, that sold .from $1.25 to $1.75, in tnls flc. sale, a pair x Fine Nottingham Lace Curtains, 160 pairs. In lots of 2 to 4 pairs, that usually sell from $2.25 to Qfl $2.73, in this sale, a pair iplKß Higher grade of Lace Curtains, in Arabians, Brussels, Irish Point and other similar makes, only two or three pairs of each style, regular $12 to $14 kinds, in this sale, ay Qg stein. Accounts of the success achieved by Mme. Marconda in the few tours she has made of the larger cities indicate that the Amphion Club has made no mistake In her engagement. Herr Baernstein has sung with nearly all the large choral societies of the United Statesand has appeared at many musical festivals. His work in oratorio has won the unqualified sanction of some of the. severest critics in the country. Ills operatic repertory Includes Hans Sachs in "Die Meistersinger," Landgrave in "Tannhauser," King v Henry in "Lohengrin," Mephlstopheles in "Faust," Daland in "The Flying Dutchman," Friar in ;Romeo and Juliet," the high priest in "Aida." Caspar In "Der Freischutz," Lothario in "MIgnon," Wralter in "William Tell," and Alvise in "Giaconda." THE CITY'S SOCIAL LIFE. CONCLUDED FROM ELEVENTH PAGE. baskets of pink and yellow riowers. A large reception was given after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood were assisted by Mrs. Trayford, Miss Witty, the Misses Lauter, Miss Van Loon and Miss Nowland. Punch was served in the music room by Miss Greenwood and Miss Fern. Tho out-of-town guests were the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Nast, of Cincinnati, O.; Miss Van Loon und Mr. Robert Van Loon, of Connersville, Ind. Clul Notes. Indianapolis Literary Club. Monday night. "A Universal Language." Francis II. Gavisk. Monday Conversation Club. With Mrs. Stanberv, 2X)3 North Delaware street. Subject, "0ld New York Libraries." Magazine Club. Saturday. "Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott and His Friends," Mrs. Abner Lewis; conversation, leader, Mrs. Fifield. Sketching Club. Saturday. "Across Colonial Thresholds," Mrs. H. H. Fay; talk, Miss Rose Holmes; illustrations, Miss Sarah Keehn. Irvlngton Fortnightly Club. Friday. With Mrs. J. E. McGaughey. "Mendelssohn," Mrs. Louis Waiden; "Songs Without Words," Hurd Jacobs. The Indianapolis Woman's Club. "Harps Ever Tuned," Julia M. Moores; "A Rugged Outcast," Martha Mcl. Martindale; conversation. "Remnants of the Puritan;" "Conscience," Sarah F. Atkins. Matinee Musicale. Wednesday. Second division. German composers of to-day Heinrich, Hoffman. Nlcode, Bungert, Bargell, Humperdlnck, Berger, Edouard Schnett, Richard Strauss, Von Fietitz. Aftermrth Club. Thursday. Magazines, responses current magazine poetry. "Modern Magazines Their Virtues and Defects," Mrs. E. L. Freeman: "Successful Writers of Short Stories." Mrs. Rhodes; "The Use and Abuse of the Cartoon," Mrs. Gainey; music, Mrs. Berryhlll. Friday Afternoon Club. Mrs. Louise B. Twiname. hostess. "From Which Can We Derive the Greater Benetit, Books or People?" Mrs. Mary J. Hadley; readings from American women authors by Mrs. Cornelia B. Kercheval. Mrs. Sarah B. Gilbert "Contemporary Women Authors," Mrs. Lina M. Barrio; responses from American literary women. Maennerchor Lndlea Society. The following committees for the year were appointed by the Ladles' Society of the Mannerchor at its meeting Friday afternoon: House Commltte Mrs. Julius Keller, chairman: Mrs. Franz Happensberger. Mrs. A. Mesmer, Mrs. John Rauel, Mrs. George Borst. Miss Louise Frenzel. Committee on Revision Mrs. Adolph Seldensticker, sr.. chairman; Mr?. Oscar Heier, Mrs. William Kriemeyer, Mrs. George Alig, Mrs. Christian Off. The committee on entertainment was made to consist of the following members: Section 1 Mrs. Paul Krauss, chairman; Mrs. Eugene Dohnetsch. Mrs. Albert Kopp, Mrs. Man Schopp, Mrs. Victor Jose, Mrs. William Jungclauss. Miss Minnie Straub. Section 2 Mrs. Charles Adam, chairman; Mrs. Theodore Reyer, Mrs. E. Stelnhllber, Miss E. Ballman. Mrs. Gus Keevers, Mrs. Robert Case, Miss G. Ginz. Section 3 Mrs. O. N. Frenzel, chairman; Mrs. Julius Burkhardt, Mrs. Fran2 Muramenhoff. Mrs. Philip Hauss. Mrs. Chrisdan Off. Miss E. Bell. Miss E. Mlnter. Section 4 Miss Alice Mueller, chairman; Mrs. H. Runze. Mrs, M. Ilonnlncer, 2IUs Laura Hauss. Mrs. Theodore Zzll, Zjts. Reinhold Miller, Miss Edith Newrch?r. C:n fr-Urs. Cscrci E

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We find that our stock Is altogether too heavy for this time of the year, consequently we will take the following method of reducing same. Any goods purchased in this sale that you don't want delivered at once we will lay away until wanted.

The follow ins prices include laying and lining be no reserve in stock, everything ABOVE PKICES INCLUDE MAKING, LAYING AND LINING FREE. Flntst Wilton Plush Carpets, regular price $1.60 to $1.75. stock re- c C7--duclng price, a yard 2 An elegant line of fine Axminister Carpets, in twenty different patterns, with borders to match, regular price QS $1.25, stock reducing price, a yard 5 Patterns BIgelow Axminister, the finest carpet made of Its kind, regular price $1.75 to $2, stock re- JLT4ducing price, a yard P11 2 aih vi; ikici:s inxxcde making. LAYING AND LINING I KKE. Linoleums :,000 Yards of the regular 55c grade in the stock reducing sale at, AO 1 a yard JC THE MAKING, LAYING TOOo Special purchase Hungarian Cloth, Fancy Ducking, Denims. Cretonnes and Art Ticking. Over 8,000 yard In every conceivable style and color now so popalar for boxes, seats, curtain, etc., sold everywhere for JiÄc and 3öc, -fl O In this sale, specla , a yard IOC Cross-stripe Draperies, CO odd strips, suitable for window, door and mantel drapes; all washable colors, to eil at Just half usual price Lot 1, each $1.49; -Lot 2, each $193 Oak Screen Frames, three-fold and five feet high, were $1, this sale, TE each ;.-c

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..Values in Underskirts.. Some remarkable inducements for quick sales. Read the prices:

i4? 1.5 okii i, you $2.00 Skirt, $1.48 j : ?? x i- r c

A large and inviting" stock of Silks, Dress Linings and Findings at attractive prices at the new and popular silk and lining store 137 East Washington Street (Arcade.)

man; Mrs. Charles Balke, Mrs. Sybllla Nilius, Miss E. McArsenne, Mrs. Theodore Weiss. Mrs. Slgnor Armstrong, Miss lna Rclssner. Section 6 Miss Lena Fertig, chairman; Mrs. Max Drach, Mrs. Charles Off, Miss Tillic Schmid, Mrs. R. Rentsch. Mrs. George Mannfeld. Miss Lizzie Kettenbach. Irrington. Mrs. Emma Jones, of Anderson, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Moore. Miss Virginia King, of Chicago, Is the guest of Mrs.. Elizabeth Powell over Sunday. The ladies of the Methodist Church gave a chlcken-ple and oyster supper on Friday evening. Miss Lillian Davis will arrive Tuesday from Anderson to be the guest of Mif. Mabel Norris. The Irvlngton Shakspeare Coterie will meet- next Saturday afternon with Mrs. Daniel Leslie. The Irvlngton Woman's Club will meet with Mrs. O. O. Carvin on Washington street to-morrow afternoon. Miss Laura Forsyth, of Nineveh, is spending several days with Miss Maude Jeffries on University avenue. Mr. R. E. Moore and son Richard left yesterday to spend Sunday with Mrs. Moore in Greensburg and Peru. Miss Ethel Amos, who has ben the guest of Miss Ethel Patterson, has returned to her home in Rushville. Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs. Davidson, of Evansvllle. spent last week with Mrs. August Jult on Washington street. Mrs. Edward Hecker, assisted by Miss Gertrude Humann, will give a Halloween party at her home on Butler avenue. Mr. dnd Mrs. C.Inton Bowman celebrated their paper wedding anniversary Thursday afternoon at their home on University avenue. Miss Lulu Pierson, of Fountain Town, is spending Sunday with her sister. Miss Bessie Pierson, at the home of Mrs. A. J. Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Will Barth, who have J oougnt me nome of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Carvin, on Washington street, will occupy it this week. The Irvington Fortnightly Club will meet this week with Mrs. J. E. McGaughey, on Dillon avenue. A musical programme has been arranged. The ladles of the Irvington M. E. Church will give a Halloween party Wednesdav evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Thompson. Mrs. Frank Tibbott entertained with a thimble party-yesterday afternoon in honor of her guest. Mrs. Osmond Tibbott, of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Orvllle Carvin and daughter Margaret will leave this week for Ann Arbor, Mich., where she will visit her mother, Mrs. Demia Thrasher. A Halloween party will be given Wednesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. John Coffln. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bowman, Mr. Ben Stevenson and Miss Custer at the home of Mr. Carl Osborn. The yoUng ladies of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity will give a trolley ride Thursday evening to Greenfield, where refreshments will be served at the home of Miss Helen Downing. The young men of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity will give a dance to-morrow evening at their fraternity house on Butler street. The members of the fraternity are: Messrs. McGaughey. Cunningham, Hunt, Ly brand. Longley, Anthony, Moore, Pry er and Hobbs. The youns men of the Delta Tau Delta frcttrnity cv a dinner zzt ntrht at the Er-lizh Cafe. Gecrra W. Haerptr ccted r3 t :r. Ten: trcro r;:;-l; to

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1 l 1 I I 1 I BUTTERICK PATTERNS KMPORIUAf lUHVUJiü & Commences ;To-Morrow Morning the making, CD CO A x is included. 2.000 Yards of the (Zc kind in 4 7 . the etock reducing tale at yzC Just received, seven new pattern cf tho?e fine imported Linoleums, four yards wide, ?old regular at $1. in the stock reducing sale, at a yard A OC 1.000 Yards of Inlaid Linoleum., that usually sell at choice of fi the entire stock ut. a yard ..4llV An enormous stock of Oilcloths ar.i Straw Mattings at stock-reducing ie prices. Special in Rags while they last Our entire stock (no reserve) of x!2 RoVal Wilton Rue, n gular price of which is S37.S0, in the block- c?i reducing sale at, each v-t.u SO Made-up Carpet Hugs, nearly all sizes, also an enormous lot of small rue and mats of all descriptions, at the stock-reducing pric-s. AND LINING WITH THE .11(1 St S kitoL! it 1; 1 ' M : h fl 2 . I 111 . I ' Fancy Oak drille, special lot, well worth 50c a foot, while it lasts, OrZthis sale, a foot -DC 21-Inch Upholstering samples, for pillow covering and chair seats, every Qsample worth $1, this f-ale, each.-C Elastic Felt Pillows, guaranteed not to mat or lump without a question better than down: Size 18x18 32c Size 22x22 5c Size 20xM 42c Size 24x24 72c Kop Portieres, two special bargains fcr double doors: $3 styles 5L75; $6.50 styles oo. $3.00 OKirt, $Ld 1 T - . - 1 1 ! . by Joseph R. Morgan. "The Delta Spring of Perpetual Youth:" Jessamine Armstrong, "The Rrign of Law;" Glen Frier wood, "The Impressions of New Girls;' Charles Dyer, "A Parisian Delta Tau: Clara Mclntyrc, "Way Down East," ar.J John Carr. "The Delta Sorority." Amort those present w ere Clara Mclntyre. Rut a abeth Poulson. Mary Smith, Joseph Morgan. John Carr. Charles Dyer. Paul Williams, E. T. Forsyth. Paul Jeffries. Earl Edson, George Kern, Glen Frierwood. Gil Clark. Chester Miller, Moddie JtfTrle. Grace Hctfleld, Osie Higgins. Minnie Wink, May Carpenter, Bessie Ely. Velma Rodefer. Kthel Roberts. Ella Thompson. CJ-.-rpe Knepper, John Dyer, Orval Mthrir.?. Walter Smith. Frank Long. Gcorce Brewster, Roy Adney, John Brown. Emmett Hut;gins, Lewis Morgan and Free Frlck. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Richardson chaperoned. Observant Anlmnls. Philadelphia Record. "It is surprising to what extent animals will take in details of things that go cn in sight of their cages." remarked an observant zoo keeper yesterday. "Nothing Is so minute as to escape their eye. As soon as a visitor comes in whose appearance is at all unusual, the lions notice it In a minute. An article of dres cr -some bright color will start them Into activity. The advent of a very tall man produces Instant effect, while a deformed Ierson excites a positive fascination, or, Ierhaps. an antipathy. There is a cerUhi cripple who comes in here frequently, and the animals are extremely uneasy until he goes out. After the leaves drop off the trees in the fall of the year the lions can see the East Park drive from their cag. and ti;?y frequently stand up against the tars and watch the teams as they pai-s along, one after another. Speaking of a person's dress, you ought to see how crazy some animals will get at sight of a fur bo or collar, cr anything of similar appearance. It reminds them. I suppose, of some beast that for thousands of years has been the prey of their kind." A Southern Opinion. Memphis Commercial Appeal. Judge Cantrill. of Kentucky, could hav given the judges In the Dreyfus case cards and spades, and then have beaten them. Mot of the Dent for the Leant. The photographs made at our studio. Wo are turning out the finest work you ever paw. Call us up for prices on our carbons and platinums. We make more negatives than any other gallery, and make a ppclalty of children's pictures. One hundred different styles to select from. Furseli Photo Studio, 1717 College avenue. Both Used for all kitchen cleaning and polishing; keeps floors, paint, pots, knives, forks, tin and agate ware clean, bright and wholesome

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