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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
3
Amusements column notes that At the Sound of the Gong will top the Grand bill next week a vaudeville sketch described as a dramatic prize ring episode a lively sparring display and a genuine thriller featuring a cast of more than two dozen with a special attraction for children not fully shown in excerpt
Eight Melanis and The Three Rubkes join Sandwinas and a London minister in a rich bill at Majestie. Forepaugh promises The Christian will be among the season’s most important events with grand scenery and a large company.
A family friendly program features Silbon's trained cats including a high diving kitten and a loop the loop cat. The novelty feline troupe appears in America for the first time alongside a high class musical act. The program also advertises Postum as a coffee substitute with letters praising its heart benefits. Additional acts include Miss Julia Kingsley with a dainty comedy playlet and Clifford and Burke minstrels, plus Winodrome pictures including the June Bug aeroplane and Motor Boat Races.
The Forepaugh Stock Company presents Hall Caine’s The Christian at the Majestic Theater promising a drama of wide renown. Viola Allen originated Glory Quayle on stage and Edward Morgan later portrayed John Storm in the acclaimed adaptation from Caine’s novel.
Park Theater will show Strongheart by William C. De Mille on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. The production has drawn praise for its dignified Red Man lead and refined humor while featuring vivid scenic effects and a Mars inhabitant that sparks thoughtful discussion.
The next week’s program features The Ingrate a mela-dramatic bio graph film with Talk-a-Graph lines. Vaudeville highlights include Williams and Culver in An Ante Trip a 1 minute singing dancing comedy. Loon Phillips trombone act Peltier and Miss Bartlett pictorial songs Jubilee singers contest Wednesday amateur Friday. Shuberts reportedly guide stars toward comparison with Old Glory Lee Kehlmar to star.
The city anticipates a major theater attraction as Strongheart returns for its fourth season. The touring production has continued to draw crowds, with star actors chosen to preserve the college atmosphere. Also at Park theater this week is A Message From Mars, a comedy drama acclaimed in London and New York, whose strong local reception confirms its status among touring musts.
An advertisement touts Rogers Easy-To-Quit as a harmless vegetable remedy to secretly reduce tobacco use. It promises a free trial package by mail to interested individuals in Cincinnati Ohio after sending name and address to Rogers Drug & Chemical Co. 200 Fifth and Race Sts.
A remedy pamphlet offers a free home cure for rheumatic pain sciatica lumbago backache kidney pain and neuralgia promising relief without climate change. It claims to remove uric acid from blood loosen joints purify blood and improve eye brightness and overall vitality and invites proof by mailing to Mrs M Sumars Box R Notre Dame Ind.
Empire Theater presents Dave Marion known as Snuffy the cabman who has sparked laughter on early vaudeville stages and now headlines the Empire next week delivering his distinctive comic routines to local audiences.
The eccentric comedian presents Dreamland Burlesques in a new two act show The Red Moon by Marion. The company numbers nearly 60 the largest burlesque cast yet with Aggie Behler Lawrence Thompson Viele Napi and Adelaide L Fell among principals and a 30 member chorus. A vaudeville interlude frames the acts and over 20 new songs are introduced.
Seven new plays for next season from Messrs Brar tin and Emery showcase a leading actor in A Girl at the Field at LaSalle theater. Mary Shaw, famed for The ac ee, is cited as a widely interviewed star. Adelaide Fitz-Allen joins Wartin and mery players under Frohne and eastern producers, performing varied character roles. Parsifal in English has drawn praise at the Omruss Salt Lake theater in Salt Fair, Cur, Utah. Messrs Martin and Emery announce The Master Man and The Reincarnation, two Henry Knott plays planned soon, completing Knott cycle slate.
The Mary Jane Girls and Buster Brown Boys headline the mammoth college life musical Prof. Napoleon at English’s on Dec 3 4 with 420 performers led by F G A Smith. Alumni transformed to youth perform in College Mascot song amid elaborate preparations and large turnout expected from the faculty and community.
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