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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
10
Grand features vaudeville all week with 2 and 8 pm shows. PARK presents Mrs. Fiske Monday to Wednesday with matinee Wednesday at 2 pm and evening shows 8 pm. Thursday to Saturday brings At Cripple Creek with 2 and 8 pm. EMPIRE runs burlesque all week at 2 and 8 pm.
The bill promises a demonstrative welcome with Kilpatrick the famed rider presenting a dishpan shaped track act. Hal Merritt the monologist returns, Canfield and Carleton offer an imitation circus act with live horse, Whitney brothers perform a musical number, and Mile. Olive headlines a jug sling. The Grand foresees strong patron interest for next week.
The announcement of Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske's engagement at the Park theater has spurred strategic scheduling and quiet rival tactics. Management aimed to preempt counter attractions while English's house, controlled by the trust, faced competition and muted response from local playgoers.
The engagement of Minnie Maddern Fiske at the Park draws strong notices as the season’s premier event. She opens with a double bill of A Bit of Old Chelsea and The Unwelcome Mrs Hatch, featuring a dramatic clash over a mother’s quest to reach her daughter. Wednesday’s Miranda follows, a romance from Mason with peril, exile, and a daring rescue in Tangier.
The Grand promises a strong lineup for next week withs a season peak feel. Helena Mora, a renowned baritone, headlines after years of annual Indianapolis runs, drawing crowds when the house fills and audiences show strong attendance.
Hal Reids sensational play At Cripple Creek returns to Park for the last three days of the week. It opened in August and drew crowds. The first act portrays the Temple of David and the gang’s den. Dynamite Ann aids Joe Mayfield and Waketah to rescue Belle Gordon, Maggie Mason, and the child Tatoo.
The Empire presents The Brigadiers a vaudeville burlesque show Monday with two novelties The vanishing brigadier and The fate of the gondoliers under George W Lewis. Pike theater company from Cincinnati plays Secret Service at Park March 20 with Gillette stars and Angela Dolores. Miss Henrietta Crosman attends as Rosalind. her mascot Master Maurice Campbell appears with nurse in box.
Mrs James A Herne seeks to stop production of her late husband Georges Sag Harbor by cheaper stock companies across the country. She argues it would be a sacrilege to downgrade the play and insists on first class surroundings and company. George Co Tyler, owning half the play, says it never earned money. stock productions guarantee him 500 dollars weekly, with Mrs Herne receiving 230 dollars. Despite this, sentiment pushes Herne to protect the play’s dignity over profit.
An interviewer asks the veteran actor Richard Mansfield for anecdotes. He responds with a wry remark that he hopes he has not yet reached his anecdotage, implying a long, storied career but a wish to refrain from oversharing.
Viola Allen presented In the palace of the king at the Vendome theater in Nashville to a crowded house with seats charged at $2 each, yielding substantial receipts. Two days after, in Atlanta, she received a silver dollar on a pink plush cushion with a note claiming the coin was found on Nashville streets after her performance and returned as a gesture of honesty.
The brother of Secretary of State George A Clark of Topeka recounts a 1890 rheumatism cure with Dr Williams Pink Pills. He details swelling pain relief after four boxes and claims lasting cure, urging others to try the medicine. Pills purify blood and aid rheumatic and nervous disorders. Sold by dealers or postpaid from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
Full information on rates tickets and limits available from agents Big Four Route and from Warren J Lynch general pass and ticket agent and W P Deppe assistant general passport and ticket agent Cincinnati Ohio background text ends.
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