Village Postmaster Sets Grand Park Week Vaudeville
English's Opera House opens the week with high class vaudeville and the New York run of The Village Postmaster a 27 night show starring Jerome Eddy Alice E Ives and Archie Boyd in a period drama featuring training day and old New Hampshire donation scenes plus a vivid Honest Blacksmith act and a two hundred child Wonderland operetta to benefit Knights of Pythias and Zouaves with fringe shows at the Grand Park and the Zoo through midweek
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English’s
Opera House
Jerome Eddy
Alice E. Ives
New York
Rosenquest
Miss Ives
Old Godey’s
Harper’s
Arand
New Hampshire
Prim Furnige
Red
Samantha
York
Archie Boyd
Fitzsimmons
Dunkhorst
P. D. Ackerman
Bergen Beach
Jim Jack
Jennie de Vere
Mrs. Fitzsimmons
Park Theater
Lewis Carroll
D. Hope Leonard
John P. Brags
New York City
Rank Knights of Pythias
Englsh
J. Wesley Rosenquest
Fourteenth Street Theater
Knights of Pythias
W. E. English Zouaves
Grand Vaudeville Week Showcases Della Fox and Stars
The Grand opens tomorrow with Della Fox making her city debut on the specialty stage. Francesca Redding, John Alden, Arthur Larkin and Ralph Morse share top billing in Will M. Cressy’s Friend from Texas. George W. Monroe, Ed acres nee, Charles Sweet and Hal Stephens with Belle Lorrain and James Heck headline. The Wonderful biograph returns with Oceanic launch views. The Three Musketeers at Park stars Harry Glazier with a lavish tableaux production and noted scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Fox
Miss Fox
Francesca Redding
John Alden
Arthur Larkin
Ralph Morse
Texas
Will M. Cressy
the Grand
Cressy
George W. Monroe
Bridget
B. O'Shaughessey
Mr. Monroe
Indianapolis
Edacenie
Ace
Charles Sweet
Will
Hal Stephens
Belle Lorraine
James Heck
Ers Sonacrant
Myers
Belfast
Ireland
Dumas
Three Musketeers
Harry Glazier
D’artuenan
Mr. Glasier
Thomas Keene
Lawrence Barrett
William Redmund
Stuart Robson
Kathryn Kidder
D'Artagnan
Glazier
Fouth
Deas
Garcon
Miller Inn
Musketeers
Fort St. Lou
D'Arman
Calais
Lewis
Honest Blacksmith praised as season's pleasing comedy drama
Smith notes that The Honest Blacksmith has received many pleasant remarks this season. Robert Fitzsimmons stars as the title character in a play about home and sporting life, which has surprisingly won its heartiest commendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bob") Fitzsimmons
Pitz
Walcome
Robert Fitzsimmons
Gill
Weeklong Zoo Shows and Empire Burlesque Arrivals
The Zoo opens evening and Saturday matinees with Captain Bonavita and forest animals including the lion hunt and Esau the chimpanzee. Big Liz the elephant and other acts entertain while school teachers applaud the educational value. Empire Theatre presents Harry Bryant's Burlesquers with A Bargain Day and a star-studded cast for the current week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostock
Coptain Bonavita
Boyker
Doc
Baby Stella
Bobby Mack
Earthy Dumpty
Dynamite Lorenzo
Esau
Big Liz
Rush's Victoria Burlesquers at Empire Theater
Commencing Thursday matinee the Empire patrons will be entertained by Ed F Rush's Victoria Burlesquers. Two burlesques The Queen of Bohemia and Victorias Reception with a half dozen good specialties are announced. The Girl In Red is a recent acquisition to the company and is declared to be an excellent nature.
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Empire Theater
Harry Bryant
Empire
J. H. Perry
Perry
Burns
Leo and Chapman
Bryant
Saville
Nolan
White
Hyland
Kennedy
Quatrelli
Harry C. Bryant
Ed F. Rush
Victoria
Entertainment lineups at English's Opera House and Park next week
Hal Reid's Human Hearts leads Park attraction early next week with a strong company slated for the latter half. Foxy Quiller with Sykes and Zink comes to English's March 23. Grace Van Studdiford heads Grand vaudeville next week, while Wilson and Cressy plays and a Drew comedy are scheduled. Bernard Bernhardt and Conquelin visit March 19, Leipster Philharmonic on Wednesday, and Dalley McDonald Bailey and others perform Piere & Co. through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Reid
Foxy Quiller
de Koven
Smith
Jerome Sykes
Adolph Zink
Helen Bertram
English
Opera
Francis Wilson
Malabar
Grace van Studdiford
Frank Davis
Inez Macauley
Will M. Cressy
Sidney Drew
Sarah Bernhardt
Constant Conquelin
Rostand
Leipste Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Winderstein
Josef Voh Slivinsky
Peter F. Dalley
Christie McDonald
Frankie Bailey
Pierne & Co
Mr, Ey
Stage Notes From The Theatre World This Week
Lulu Glaser ends her tour in Sweet Anne Page. Marie Dressler joins New York Theater stock burlesque company for April. George W. Lederer plans a New York Hippodrome replica. Andrew Mack revives An Irish Gentleman on March 18 for the rest of the season. Stephen Phillips to write for Beerbohm Tree a play based on Ulysses. Eleanor Barry to play Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer revival. Nettie Black, ex Barclay Walker company, now in The Minister Extraordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axe Marie Dressler
New York Theater
George W. Lederer
New York City
London Hippodrome
Andrew Macks
Stephen Phillips
Beerbohm Tree
Ulysses
Eleanor Barry
D. W. Arthur
Kate Hardcastle
Stuart Robson
Notable Broadway Moves and Upcoming Stage Premieres
A flurry of assignments and premieres fills the season. Miss Dressler hosts Miss Priant, Exstun Williams and Jane Corcoran shine in At the Old Cross Roads, and Rembrandt is penned by Ford and de Mille for Mansfield. Burkhart crafts The Craft of Krishna, Sadie Martinot tours Sapho, and March 18 brings a Fitch play. Jack exits to vaudeville, with revivals and new bookings at Empire Theater. Bernhardt and Coquelin return April 8, Mistress Nell eyed, Belasco fleet sails to Honolulu, Murray and Mack plan Irish farces in San Francisco, Collins visits New York, Hackett launches Don Caesar’s Return, Liebler signs Bellew, with Eleanor Robson in the lead.
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James K. Hackett
Wallack’s
New York
Victor Mapes
Don Caesar de Bazan
Don Caesar
Mansfield
King Henry V
Hazed at West Point by Upperclass Cadets
Frederick Kensel resigned from the United States Military Academy amid hazing allegations. The Boston native, born October 4, 1877, entered West Point June 12 last year and faced repeated eye injuries and illness after harsh rituals. His family cites hazing related incidents including eye trouble, choking, and forced feasts, leading to an operational deterioration and his return home to West Somerville. Kensel had served as Company E, First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery in the Spanish-American War era.
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New York
Boston
West Point
Frederick Kensel
United States Military Academy
Kensel
West Somerville
Academy
Renee Poa
Profits Go to Gin Mills Riots Spark Army Canteen Debate
Chicago officers at Department of the Lakes headquarters link last night's Highwood disturbances near Fort Sheridan to the abolition of the army canteen. General Otis says he opposed the canteen at first but endorsed it after finding its profits funded soldiers' delicacies. now profits go to private gin mill owners as soldiers spend more.
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Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Highwood
Fort Sheridan
Otis
In Memory of Maurice Thompson Tribute Poem
A poetic obituary from the Independent honors Maurice Thompson, describing a hush on the vast plain and his affinity with the forest and wildwood. It portrays him as a singer of sylvan strains joined with Pan, lingering in Avalonian valleys and dreamlike recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Thompson
Great Pan
Ladon
Liosd Mittin
Independent
Notice to Contractors and Builders
Notice to contractors and builders that Yellow Pine timbers and joist are always in stock at Indiana Timber and Lumber Company. Office and yards located at East Twenty-second Street and Monon Railroad.
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Indiana Timber and Lumber Company
Twenty-Second Street
Monon Railroad
MISS LEMON TO SING AT ENGLISHS OPERA HOUSE
Miss Marguerite Lemon sings with Thomas Orchestra at English's Opera House in Indianapolis tomorrow night. The program features Wagner Die Meistersinger prelude, Beethoven Symphony No.7, Grieg symphonic dances, Chopin March Punebre, Gluck Divinities du Sux Alceste, and Tschaikovsky themes. Marguerite Lemon joins as alto soloist with Sousa style concert treatments drawing large local interest.
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Thomas Orchestra
English
Opera House
Marguerite Lemon
Chicago
Thomas
Indianapolis
John H. Stein
Wagner
University of Vienna
Weber
der Freischuetz
Elward Grieg
Grieg
Mr. Thomas
Chopin
Gluck
Alceste
Tschaikovsky
Stem
Miss Lemon
Marine Band to give concert in Tomlinson Hall March 27
Washington national band to tour outside the capital with 72 players and two leaders. Senators Fairbanks and others press for Western state concerts. Sousa and his Paris outfit await engagement as Indianapolis hosts mandolin festival preparations and other musical events across the week.
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Bnet Ot Bureto
Ind
John Philip Sousa
Sousa
Europe
Indianapolis
Blanche Duffield
Bertha Bucklin
Great Marine Band
Washington, D. C
United States
Tomlinson Hall
Marine Band
Greater Marine Band
Garde Republicaine Band
The Nobler Part Poem Fragment
A reflective poem fragment speaks of faith in a guiding force and the nobler part of endurance. The speaker contemplates fortune and fate while urging a selfish heart toward patient ascent and belief that God is over all.
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Grand Park and Empire
Alice In Wonderland
Della Vox
Grand
Fitzsimmons In “the Honest Black
Rush
Victoria Burlesquers
Lulu Glaser
Sweet Anne Page
Nettie Black
Barclay Walker
Comic Opera Company
Minister Extraordinary
Marie Dressler
Miss Priant
Ae York
Miss Dressler
Exstun Williams
Jane Corcoran
Old Cross Roads
Arthur C. Alston
Ee “Rembrandt
Harriet Ford
Beatrice de Mille
Richard Mansfield
Loman Burkhart
Krishna
Sadie Martinot
John Jack
John Darbeyfield
Mrs. Fiske
Philadelphia
Aigy
William Faversham
ERA
Mme. Bernhardt
M. Coquelin
Metropolitan Opera House
Henrietta Crossman
The
Theatrical Trust
Nell
Wallack
Frederick Belasco
David F. Belasco
Honolulu
Florence Roberts
Lewis Morrison
Juliet Crosby
Lewia Morrison
Faust
Murray
Mack
Ollie Trumbull
San Francisco Alhambra
Arthur Collins
London Drurylane Theater
Jacob Litt
London
Ban Liebler & Co
Kyrle Bellew
Cora Urquhart Potter
Mr. Bellew
England
Australia
America
Stanley J. Weyman
France
Eleanor Robson
Duile de la Vire
Military Academy
Chestra
Sucess—Marine Band
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W. T. Lawrence
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Willys P. Kent
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Frauseln
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Pittsburg
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Chicago Orchestra
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Baldwin Music Rooms
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Milan
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Buckingham Palace
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Siegel
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Guilmant
Mason
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Roeckel
Nicaea
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Mra Wo Pritchard
Gertrude Wilmington
M. L. Wilcox
Nellie McVey
Paris
Helen M. Winslow
Thomas E. Hadley
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Pheater
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Mmaag
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Delaware Street
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Washington St
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Ingalls Block
Comic Opera Star
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