My Lady Dainty at English's Grand Park and Empire
Kelcey and Shannon bring the new Madelon Toucette Ryley comedy My Lady Dainty to English's Opera House with a four act plot of English suitors in America and a sparkling New York flat, praised for its quick wit and praised performances by Miss Shannon and the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Opera House
Madeline Toucette Ryley
Lady Dainty
London
New York
Boston
Toledo
Columbus
Indianapolis
Nat C. Goodwin
Miss Ellicott
Miss Shannon
England
William van Oglesthorpe
Mr. Kelcey
America
Jemima Jeffrey
Bob Rocker
Oglethorpe
Caroline Kavanagh
Bower
Rocker
Miss Kavanagh
Onn Bellers
Guy Bates Post
Fillam Sg
Isabel Waldron
Winona Shannon
George Pearce
William Evans
Richard Dillion
Ethel Sanborn
George Robinson
Louise Bryant
Argyle Campbell
Willie Weston
Lucille Bernard
Monte Donico
Arthur Bryant
Night Bohemia at Ellis Benefit in Indianapolis
For twenty years Ellis’ benefit in Indianapolis has shifted from minstrel shows to a musical comedy titled A Night Bohemia. Thomas P. Getz directs a cast led by Edmund Kean played by Henry Sreeren and features Nona McCormick, J. Bert Donahue, and Charles Balz among others, with a second act full of specialty numbers and performances by the Black Birds chorus and a wide array of local players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Bohemia
Kiks
Thomas P. Getz
Edmund Kean
Henry Sreereen
Dusty Rhodes
Charles P. Galt
Officer Grosheimer
Joe Gasper
Dolly
Gasper
Nona McCormick
MissCormick
Last Yeaor
Barclay Walker
James Whitcom Riley
Bliss Nona McCormick
Albert Donahue
Black Birds
Great Salvation Army
Ethel Annette
Ruby Hunt Dean
Jessie P. Townsend Blaisdell
Elizabetha Bals
Irene Harris
Beissenherz
Bowsher
Morrison
Rembusch
Little Willie Boys
Helen Wilmer
Mae Blaisdell
Irene Wilson
Gay Paree
Soda D. Bowe
Emma Lizius
Rose Ferguson
Susan Walker
Charles Balz
Ena Beissenherz
Jessie Townsend
Elisabeth Rinehart
Rosa Ferguson
Donahue
Emmet Rose
T. P. Getz
Kelly
Joseph Gasper
A! Donahue
Charles Balx
Mibbert Paddock
Hack. Jamet Obe
Grace ‘ Thoma
R. Smead
Brownie
R. ‘Tresaell
Parkas
Charles Daugherty
Warren San Psell
Ralph Jones
Grand Theatre Vaudeville Program Set This Week
This week at the Grand features eight leading vaudeville acts. Juggling, musical items, a one act farce, ventriloquism, serio and dance, musical travesty, acrobats and a burlesque circus. Manager Anderson has assembled the bill and notes each act will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Sani
Parisian Widows at Empire Theater Opens Last Half Week
The Empire Theater will host L. Lawrence Weber's Parisian Widows Burlesque Company from Thursday after noon, delivering new specialty acts and a sparkling burlesque show titled The Banquet of Fogartys. Other acts and engagements fill the week including Human Hearts at Park and Bernhardt single appearance at English's March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theater
L. Lawrence Weber
Miss Mista
Chicago
Olo
Elliott
Aleene
Snyder
Buckley
Charles Falke
Gallagher and
Barrett
Williams
Johnston Brothers
Fogartys
Hal Reid
Robert Fitzsimmons
Park Theater
Honest Blacksmith
Theater Trajectory Features Stars in New Ventures
The theater scene shifts as Frank E. Camp resigns to join James O Neil s Monte Cristo while Francis Wilson tours with The Monks of Malabar after successful Chicago run. Florence Huntley returns from injury to Sola ce in The Great White Diamond with a new scenic setup. News notes cover Mrs Fiske heading east to Park Theater Indianapolis for Beckys debut, Miss H Winifred De Witt's ascent to vaudeville leadership, Ra Harrison Fiske s clash with the theatrical trust, Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in The Merchant of Venice with a star-studded cast, and Weber Field publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Theater
Transvaal
London
Sierras
Golden Gate
Robert Thorne
Jan van Hock
Judge Brace
Lola
South Africa
Scotland Yard
Edith
Thorne
Walter Fessler
Frank Hennig
Hennig
Thomas W. Keene
Nat Goodwin
Shylock
Maxine Elliott
Portia
Aubrey Boucicault
Bassanio
Vincent Serrano
Tony
Arizona
Gratiano
J. E. Dodson
Launcelot
W. J. le Moyne
Gabbo
Harry Woodruff
Lorenzo
Maclyn Arbuckle
Antonio
Frank Weston
the Duke
William Court
Silk buying tips from New York talk by Mrs Woolman
Mrs S Woolman of Teachers College spoke to the New York household economic association on silk buying. She urged pure, well processed silk for beauty and warmth, warned against 50 cent yard products, and listed adulterants like rough floss silk and Sea island cotton. Tests include microscope, burning with odor, taste, and price cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Household Economic Association
S. 5. Woolman
Teachers’ College
In the Silence Poem Fragments by Josephine Preston Peabody
A fragmented verse reflecting wandering seeking and divine absence. The speaker recalls a Northern man who sought comfort, a silent Lord, and a borderland scene with an unnamed guest. The passage contrasts cold loneliness with occasional warmth from human and divine presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deepatr
Josephine Preston Peabody
Pile and Fistula Cure Offered by Dr Rea & Co
A sample treatment of our Red Cross File and Fistula Cure and a book explaining cure of piles is sent free to any address. Addressed to Dr Rea & Co in Minneapolis, this notice promotes free literature on cures for piles and fistula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
REA & CO
Minneapolis
Symphony Soloist Mrs Black at English's Opera House
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents a season finale at English's Opera House featuring Mrs Morris Black as soloist. The program includes Wagner selections and a Wagner suite, plus Mendelssohn and Mozart pieces.
Miss Lemon to Sing at English's Opera House
The Indianapolis season will close with Theodore Thomas and his orchestra at English's Opera House on Monday night March 1. Miss Marguerite Lemon, native of Indianapolis and renowned prima donna, headlines the finale with a program arranged by Thomas including Wagner, Beethoven, Grieg, Chopin, and works by Gluck and Tchaikowsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Thomas
Indianapolis
Opera House
John H. Stein
Marguerite Lemon
Miss Lemon
Chicago
Thomas
Josef von Silvinski
M. Slivinski
Leipsic
Europe
Herr Winderstein
English
Opera
Critics Are With Us Always and Ready to Redeem
Critics are with us always in New York Press style. The piece notes the ace Russ Dam and Ram en Coe, two cars, laboring with ten tons of money now completed and ready to redeem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ace Russ
Ramen Coe
Famine Threat Persists Amid Egyptian Occupation Echoes
A 600000 acre fertile region faces crop failure and famine as pro Boer sentiment wanes. The continental outcry over British occupation of Egypt may revive, drawing American echoes of the clamor and renewed protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Suburban Society Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
A long list of visitors and host households fills the Suburban Society Notes. Residents such as Mrs. Harris Negley and Miss Maude Hopkins host and visit in Dayton Saybrook Terre Haute Muncie Greencastle and Indianapolis area while clubs and church groups meet for socials and lectures.
Ruth operetta staged by Seventh Christian Church
The biblical operetta Ruth is being arranged by Miss Fidella Lester and will soon be produced at the Christian Church. The Ladies Aid Society of Seventh Christian Church held a monthly meeting at Mrs Faulkner's home with several hostesses assisting. Numerous guests and visitors are noted throughout the community, including residents from Danville, Nashville, Bedford, and other nearby towns, with many social visits and club meetings scheduled across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theater
Paradise Alley
Denman Thompson
George W. Ayer
Phila Mayere Sunshine
Iles Peters
McNally
Helen Gurney
O'Grady
John Walsh
Powers
W. J. Sully
John Moore
Dr. Curtis
John J. Flynn
Old Homestead
Verdi Ladies
George P. Annand
Holy City
Della Fox
the Grant
George W. Monroe
Mrs. B. O'Shaughnessy
Edgar Atchison Ely
Dude
Charlies Sweet
Redding & Co
Will M. Cressy
Texas
Robert Goodlet
New York
Jennie Lemon
Seymour
Erastus Hurst
West Michigan Street
Mamie Chambers
C. F. Collester
Robert Kent
Kentucky
W. Low Rice
Sheridan
William Royster
Zionsville
Ella Dillon
Fairmount
William Coffman
Springfield
Ill
Henry Bates
Alfred Turpin
E. T. Gough
Farmland
Samuel Bartel
Fleur-de-lis
Katherine Bergman
Harriett Bailey
Elwood
Ladies’ Aid Society
King Avenue M. E
Hale Harmon
Max Harris
Edward Culbertson
Anderson
Martindale
Alice Peek
Anna Cook
Rathbone Sisters
King Avenue
M. E
Lyte McCray Jones
Sarah Adamson
Fortville
C. White
Lebanon
J. N. Gunder
Lillian and
Edith Jackson
Muncie
O. E. Mul- Unex
Marget Hamilton
J. L. Hogue
Frank Terwilliger
Choral Association
M. E. Church
Hugh Essex
E. E. Mitchell
Webb
Delaware Flats
Musical Art Club
Margaret Hamilton
West Thirtieth Street
Marion Park
M. EB
Goodnow
C. C. Travis
Methodist Church
Ichard E. Kirby
E. Washburn
Telegraph
Home Presbyterian Church
J. C. Carmen
Eleanor
Morris Street Christians Club Meeting Noted Leaders Named
Burkit vice president and Mrs W national committer Mrs Fox Miss Claudia Reed and others listed as attendees. The La tir ciety of Morris Street Christians gathers Wednesday afternoon at Penne Palmer Union W C T U. Mercian aunt’r lord unions met last Wednesday after 2 to 3 o'clock at Mr Burkit's home. Other names include Misses Claudia Mungriv Clara Reed Fred WW Harry Swank and Charles Lowils Cary of Mrs Elmer Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Negley
Dayton, O
Frank Bowers
Saybrook
Ill
J. C. Dehn
Muncie
L. E. Hursch
Ashley
Mina Hursch
Samuel Steele
Dan Aoe
Rushsylvan
Brown
Oer Louis
Belle Hoffman
Mary Mescall
Terre Haute
George Ferrer
Maxville
E. A. Harris
Samuel Bloom
Schenectady
N. Y
Schrader
Chicago
Hawkins
Maude Hopkins
Acton
Mabel Gilchrist
New Bremen
Burkit
Fox
Mryson
Wiles
Loas
Penne
Palmer Union
Claudia
Mungriv
Clara Reed
Moesers
Fred
Harry Swank
Charles Lowils
Cary
Elmer Baker
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Kelcey-Shannon Company
Grand Park and Empire
Winter Garden
Berlin
Fer
Pero
H. Fox
Ewart Barnes
Mabel Sisson
Barnes
Je Munroe
Palace Theater
Clayton
Jenkins
Jasper
A. O. Duncan
Duncan
Buoman
Adelle
Hoopers
Nevel
Empire
Peter F. Deign
Hodge, Podge
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Harry E. Feicht
Order of Hibernaians
Messrs. Dickson & Talbott
Mrs. Fiske
Becky Shawn
Andrew Mack
Theodore Burt Sayre
Tom Mooré
J. K. Emmett
Lottie Gilson
Fritz
Paul Steindorff
Alice Neilson Opera Company
May Yoho
Francis Hope
A. H. Chamberlyn
Vienna Life
John Strauss
Broadway
Frank E. Camp
James O' Neil
Monte Cristo
Francis Wilson
Malabar
Cincinnati
Florence Huntley
Solace
Walker Whiteside
Shipman Brothers
South
H. Winifred de Witt
Solaret
P. B. Chase
Grand
Washington
The
Lyceum
Baltimore
Hiawatha Park
Mount Vernon
Burke & Chase
Adelaide Hermann
Miss de Witt
Ra Harrison
Greg Fiske
the Mirror
Theatrical Trust
Trust
Fiske
R. H. Russell
Weber & Fields
Lillian Russell
Fay Templeton
Bessie Clayton
Dave Warfield
Joseph M. Weber
Lew M. Fields
de Woit Hopper
Weber-Field
Archie Gunn
Lilla Vane
Glory Quayle
Tunis
Fort Wayne
Laporte
J. Henry Kolker
Grand Stocker
John Storm
Miss Jane
New England
Juan
Peter
Mrs. Black
Thomas Orchestra
Margaret Lemon
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Morris Black
Sarah Layton Walker
Symphony Association
Pittsburg
Black
Richard Wagner
Musette
Tambourin
Rameau
Rameau (Motte
Clarence Forsyth
City
Chewseceses Aedegeneresyes
W. Parker
Meyerbeer
Mozart
Tschaikowsky
Glazennow
Robert Franzugusta
Holmes
Allegretto
der Freyschuetz
Weber
Divinities du Stix
Alceste
J. C. Twitchell
Ethelbert Nevin
New Haven
Conn
Narcissus
Miss Nesbitt
Prof. Nesbitt
Second Presbyterian Church
Edinburgh
Scotland
Sousa
Liege
Belgium
Tomlinson Hall
Dickson & Talbott
United States Marine Band
Congress
Wm. H. Santelmann
Santelmann
Conservatory of
Leipzig
Indianapolis Musikverein
Rionzi
Tannhaeuser
Elsa
John Bémunds
Rm Tannhauser
Seevoonys
Edward Nell
Edmunds
F. M. Bachmann
Charles Parker
Hans Sach
Thearsingers
Ome
Suburban Society Notes
Brightwood
Haughville
Louville
Louisville
Fourth Ave
Columbus 2
West Washington St
Patton Bros
South Meridian Street
West
Walton
Cumberland
Loterlaw
Hall
Ind
I. H. Shake
John Lingie
Oakland
Herbert Fletcher
Monrovia
Pleasure Club
Fogleman
Ross Beame
Spencer
H. ©. Moderill
Myrtle Powell
Franklin
Ara Powell
Edna King
Roachdale
Edith King
Sadie Grimes
Cartersburg
Danville
C. I. Club
Loretta Sullivan
Willard Mason
Canada
H. E. Shepherd
Darvel Turner
Nashville
T. T. McClure
Loren Case
North Salem
R. Shinn
Dora Leonard
Ella Dormer
Isaac Wright
St. Paul
Minn
F. Leiper
Martin
Lewisville
D. D. Miller
Jesse Thompson
Lawrence Thompson
Orrel
Casey, DL
Charles Hart
Willard Hartley
C. Morrison
Sarah Runyon
T. J. Jennings
Trinity M. E. Church
Grubbs
Robert Dye
Richmond
Ernest Conners
Clyde Oldridge
Lynchburg
Lela Potter
Dugger
Robert Bennett
Bartow Mandolin Club
Harry Churchill
Earle
Princeton
Kirk
George Barlow
Quincy, Ill
Hil
Miles M S
Ellis
Nicolson
Hamilton
Ont
Eaton
Oder River Avenue
Peckover
Morris Street
Iver
Hawk
Pealer
Eurest
Doctor Tomson
Tomson Medical Institute
Ainalre
Bon Ami
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