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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1902
Page
16
May Irwin and company present The Widow Jones a farce by John J. McNally on Friday at English’s Park. Clyde Fitch’s The Climbers will be staged Saturday by another company with Amelia Bingham’s The Step noted in promotion.
A roundup of stage plans and personnel for New York venues this season. Highlights include productions of A Modern Magdalen, The Climbers, and Holden Comedy Company shows Over the Sea and Camille with stars like John A. Preston and Bernice Howard. Also noted are vaudeville turns between acts, new Wetherfields performers, future engagements under Weber and Fields, and plans for Troupes led by Sam Bernard De Wolf Hopper and Fay Templeton. The Gondoliers at English's with Christopher Martinez leads, plus large chorus and orchestra, and Mary Mannering and Kyrle Bellew casting in other prominence works.
Ringling Bros plans the finest street pageant ever seen from an American circus with a 19 o'clock parade through downtown Indianapolis. The elaborate thirty section display features military units, international outfits, exotic animals, children’s tableaux, and racing chariots, leading to two tent performances with new arena features.
A New York Mail and Express feature graphic describes a millionaire child escorted by two maids and multiple guards on a morning walk. The piece recalls the Charley Ross kidnapping and contrasts the gilded captive with free pavement children, imagining the child’s longing for simple independence.
A fragmentary poem lines describe plucking a flower from a crannied well and contemplating its essence. The speaker asks what the flower is, hoping to understand what God and man are by grasping the whole of the flower.
The text shows Tired Thomas asking Kinder for a garden rake to remove a few meeks from a mince pie, with Kinder responding in a playful exchange about using the rake. This quirky line hints at a humorous, informal conversation rather than a formal event.
Correspondent notes that Clyde Fitch’s Girl and Judge tops American plays, with Way of the World seen through weak acting. Soldiers of Fortune and The Diplomat stand out among domestic works, but star power drives success. German adaptations echo The Last Appeal, while Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest shines at the Empire. A theater education thread praises Mr. Sargent and pupils. a schoolgirl dialogue hints at Du Barry’s historical tragedy and its perceived educational value.
A critic lauds star performers like Edeson and Collier while contrasting Danish and German stage traditions. He recalls Gretchen Lyons and Ellen Burg, notes Engels as a shadow of his former self, and discusses adaptations and Danish fairy tale drama, with references to Ganthony and Ole Lukote. The author links European influences to current American productions, citing Amelia Bingham and The Jensen story.
A May 1 1902 poem by Zerelda Nicholas McCoy reflects on yesterday and May’s beauty as the sun returns. The second item discusses Harold at a birthday luncheon, noted for his large appetite, who is told he must eat ten bowls of rice to avoid his mother’s disgrace.
In Broad Street Station yesterday a pretty girl recalls a German taught reflex when someone sneezes. While riding the New York elevated she instinctively said gesundheit, provoking snickers from nearby riders and a brief social moment about manners and habit.
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