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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1902
Page
14
The speaker describes wariness about playing a baron due to past associations with vagabonds and villains. Mr. Palmer urges him to proceed, while Mr. Mansfield requests the lead if he declines. Nervous tension grows as the actor contemplates the challenging production and his own performance.
The speaker recounts refusing a part after his wife urged him to quit. He tells how Mansfield replaced him, rehearsed briefly, and debuted January 10, 188. The performance proved decisive, making Baron Chevrial a lasting image and earning Palmer’s approval while validating the production’s choices.
The Philadelphia Record quotes bartenders noting most men dislike the taste of whisky alone. Patrons mix whisky with cream de menthe Benedictine absinthe Jamaica ginger and other additives to mask flavor. Some drinkers seek cold remedies with rock syrup and bitters while others sip straight but few enjoy the taste.
The Bonnie Brier Bush will be staged at English's Tuesday and Wednesday with matinee by J H Stoddart and company. Ezra Kendall returns for Vinegar Buyer at English's as New Year attraction with afternoon and evening shows. supporting players listed. Park Burlesque and Empire shows noted.
A mixed bill features Alf Holt as an emperor of mimicry in a grotesque military farce and a playlet An Uptown Flat with Mr and Mrs Harry Thorne. Esther Fee violinist debuts as Lipscope previews include A Trip to the Moon. On the Suenee River opens at Park Theater for a three day run with matinee tomorrow. a story of a wealthy blind girl and relatives plotting to profit from her misfortune amid romance and intrigue.
Three city linked figures Earl Atkinson Lew Warner and Al Bailey are noted as Indianapolis residents. Stella Mayhew stars as Aunt Lindy in the plantation comedy McFaddin's Flats at the Park starting New Year’s day with matinee. Arthur Whitelaw runs the flats and James K. Wesley portrays Michael Muldoon with Mae Donohue as Mrs Murphy.
The Empire hosts the High Rollers Extravaganza Company with two burlesques The High Rollers on a Trip to Paris and The Heart of New York plus living pictures and six acts headed by Abbie Carlton Eva Mitchell and the Franklin sisters Rae Miss Lulu Glaser returns to sing Dollie Warden George Backus shines in When Johnnie Comes Marching Home Ada Rehan plans a comeback and Mme Hading may tour next season with James K Hackett leading theatrical ventures across the country
Contralto Katharine Bloodgood returns to the Grand as the headliner after a recent retirement and marriage. She joins the Heras Moscow acrobats and gymnasts, O’Brien and Buckley, and Collins and Hart in a varied program drawing from Louisville and coast appearances.
The leading cities of the country will have another operatic treat in the forthcoming tour of Mme. Schuman Heinck, the famous operatic star. She is now singing in grand opera in New York.
A New York newspaper column cites Harvard President Eliot railing against Methodist emotion while noting Unitarians boast 43 churches, 61,090 members, and property valued at 16,900.00. The piece contrasts the two groups since their founding about 12 years ago, suggesting Eliot should address Methodist shortcomings.
Colonel Pope of Pope Manufacturing says the bicycle trust killed by ceasing advertising. He argues the trust reduced demand making ads unnecessary as competition faded. The statement hints at industry collusion ending promotion and stable interest in the market.
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