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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
5
The program begins next week with GRAND-Vaudeville at PARK featuring Two Little Walls on Monday to Wednesday and Uncle Tom's Cabin on Thursday to Saturday. Empire presents The Utopians all week, 2 and 8. Fairbank offers Three soloists and string orchestra at 8:15, and AT THE PARK continues Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Grand opens Monday with high advance sales as audiences await Romance of New Jersey by the Russell Brothers. George Cohan wrote the sketch while Lizzie Daly and Vinie Daly headline a refined dance act. The program features twelve acts including acrobats Millettes Goggin and Davis and a unique song and dance duo Green and Werner plus ten new moving pictures.
Lincoln Carter presents the melodrama Two Little Waifs at the Park theater opening with a Labor Day matinee. The production features natural acting, a scenic Hudson River finale with sunset and moonrise, and a large cast led by Helene Carroll in dual roles alongside Lamb children and other favorites from last season.
AT THE PARK UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Al W Martin's $30 000 production of the old melodrama will appear Thursday Friday and Saturday with Frank Lee in the title role. The large cast includes over 50 colored performers and real scenery and mock wildlife. The show features cake walking and voodoo scenes and a noon Friday street parade from the Park theater.
The Empire theatre resumes season Monday with daily matinees and evening shows except Sunday. The Utopian Company headlines a bright bill featuring two burlesques The Magic Hat and Hotel Razzle Dazzle, new songs Ping Pong Girls City Troop and The Sinegambian Girls. The program also presents the Josselin trio Madden and Jess Joe Morris Mark and Kitty Hart OReillys Reception the Lavelles Annete Yale the Utopian four Charles Foreman and Tose Jeannette with other acts and dancers.
Two weeks of nightly and Saturday matinee attractions are set for Fairbank with Liberati's band taking over the following week. Soloists include baritone W Frederick Holcombe soprano Katherine Leslie and Maude Angell.
Viola Allen will join the company for The Eternal City rehearsals commencing September 3 in New York. De Wolf Hopper debuts in Mr. Pickwick on September 11 at Elizabeth New Jersey. The New York run opens January 19 at Herald Square Theater. Hopper has long with Weber Fields. Helen Bertram signs with Henry W Savage for Prince of Pilsen as the American widow in good form after returning from Europe. She last sang with Jerome Sykes in Foxy Quiller after illness. Conservative estimates place David Belasco's new theater outlay near 100000 dollars.
Advertisement touts Well's Hair Tone as superior for women with no oil or grease. Claims to make hair clean bright and wavy while stopping dandruff and hair loss. Also warns against poison and touts roach and bed bug extermination claims.
A fragmented illiterate note warns about using Rough on Rate for rats or mice. It cautions against applying the powder to bread or spreading with butter grease and suggests mixing with fish skins or leftovers before use.
The article reviews Peggy from Paris a two act musical by George Ade for Henry W. Savage with music by William Loraine, set partly in the U S and Paris. It also notes The Triumph of an Empress starring FanFan Mildred Holland and Ethel Barrymore headed to the Savoy, plus Dodson and Annie Irish Dodson returning from Europe to star in The American Invasion. Edward G Gilmore of the New York Academy of Music discusses streaming The Star Spangled Banner at shows and hopes it catches on.
A formal event closed without the strains of God Save the King, as attendees departed in orderly fashion. No further details were provided about the ceremony or participants.
The Knickerbockers opened in Cleveland with ballet costumes late by a week. Wardrobe delays forced quick fixes as costumes were pinned together backstage. Audiences saw graceful ballet but did not notice the danger and discomfort endured by the dancers.
The complete grand jubilee Indiana state fair schedule is listed with opening Day exhibits and free grounds for old soldiers and children on Tuesday, extensive horse and livestock examinations, races with large purses, flower displays, and daily Sousa concerts in the grandstand and woman’s building through Wednesday and Thursday, with additional program notes including a Sousa concert lineup and special performances.
Mrs. L M Powell of Indianapolis reports nervous weakness and insomnia improved by Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills from Hyder's drug store. She says the pills built up her system and spirits, helped sleep, and made her feel like a new person. Sold at 50 cents a box by Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo N Y with portrait and signature on every package.
Ex city engineer Jeup outlines a detailed dream city with Washington like central circles and radiating avenues. He proposes wide streets, brick business areas, looped cross town lines, a central subway for freight depots, large parks every mile, filtered water, centralized heating, and strict zoning for multiple family buildings.
Raymond chases a mysterious target, Herbert Harrington hotwires a car from a catalog, and Amy cooperates as the auto careens through streets. After a dramatic crash near a park wall, the pair survive and plan a second marriage, sealing the odd escapade with a marriage vow.
An ad offering risk free trial of Sun liners promises guaranteed returns. It urges calling 880 and visiting Office 121 123 B Obtest.
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