SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1924 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DUE HERE MONDAYOna B, Talbot Will Present Mendelssohn Choir and Diaz

as Soloist at Murat ‘Messiah' to Be SungTwice During Christmas Time Here.

The orchestral season under the direction of Ona B. Talbotwill open Monday night at the Murat.

For the first concert. Mrs. Talbot has selected the Cincin-nati Symphony orchestra, with Fritz Reiner as director. Assist-ing will be the Mendelssohn choir, with Elmer Steffen, con-ductor. and liafaelo Diaz, tenor, soloist.

On Tuesday night, the “Messiah” will be sling by a chorusand special soloist under the auspices of the Indianapolis Ora-torio Society at Cadle Tabernacle.

On Sunday night at the. Taber-nacle Presbyterian church. the“Messiah” will be given by thechurch choir.

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REINER TO (OXDl't TORCHESTRA MONDAY NIGHT

The first orchestral concert ofMrs. Talbot's season will be givenMonday night by the CincinnatiSymphony Orchestra with FritzReiner conducting. The MendelssohnChoir will sing. Raf;yelo Diaz, tenor,will be the soloist.

The program follows:Part 1.

Prelude to the opera.“Keeni .skinder'" Humperdinck

Aria. “Vow Griselidea.” Opera“Grist iidts Massenet

Mr. Diaz.Part 2.

>Cho-al.*A Christmas Carol '.. Krar.ier. Celesteand organ.

“Beautiful Savior" . Chrisien<’n“Hallelujah.“— M‘-lati” Handel‘Come All Te Kaitlifui” KovelloMendelssohn Choir, string orchestra. Mr.

Diaz. Soloist.Part 3.

T*nfinished Symphony Schubert<a i Vna Furtiva l.arrima—-

“Elixir of I.o'-e Donizetti(b) Ouvrez tea yeux Blrues .. Haeemaim

Mr. Diaz.1812 Overture Tschaikowsky

.1. .1. .1.Ii i•MESSIAH* TO REGIVEN TUESDAY NIGHT

Handel's “Messiah” an oratoriothat has pleased thousands of Indi-anapolis people as a Christmas timefeature in years past, will be givenTuesday night of next week at CadleTabernacle with an unusually welltrained chorus.

Horace White-house, who has spentweeks drilling several hundred sing-ers, expects the most flattering re-

sults. Sponsored by the board ofpark commissioners the concert willbe staged for an admission pricewhich will make it possible for allclasse-s to enjoy.

Ticlfet purchasers will have an op-portunity to occupy any seat in thetabernacle as there are no reservedseats.

In the presentation of “The Mes-siah" the Indianapolis Oratorio So-ciety of which Homer L. Cook Ispresident, hope® that the entertain-ment will lie patronized sufficientlyto meet expenses as the project isnot a money-making affair.

The four soloists—Mrs. I.lllian A.fcFlickinger, soprano; Mrs. Jean Me-'Cormick, contralto: George W.Kadel, tenor and Kdward Da. Shell*-,bass —are among the best knownvocalists of the city.

Mrs. William E. Duthle will playthe pipe organ accompaniments andan orchestra of sixty picked playerswill be heard.

Tickets may be had at any of thet- Uowing places Fuller-Uyde Musict’o.. Carlin Music Cos., r*ji-ole TalkingMachine Shop. Pearson Piano Cos .

Huder Drug store and the John A.Hook drug store at Market andPennsylvania Sts.

CHOIR TO GIVEGREAT ORATORIO

The choir of the Tabernacle Pres-byterian Church. Thirty-Fourth andCentral Av„ vi ill sing Handel's“Messiah” Sunday night, Dec 21, at1:4o o'clock.

The choir is under the direction of

‘Square Peg’Hobart Henley, the Metro-

Goldwyn-Mayer director, hascompleted Ills production of“The Square Peg.” and hasarrived In New York for avacation. Norman Shearer, an-other Metro Goldwyn-Mayercelebrity, has returned toCulver City after a shoppingtrip to New York.

Henley's new production wasadapted by Agnes ChristineJohnston from the Lewis Beachplay, and has Claire Windsor,William Haines, Emily Fitzroy,Lucille Rieksen, Robert Agnewand others in leading roles.

Fred Newell Morris. A rather fulland complete rendition will be givensome recitative passages and ariasseldom sung will be heard Thechoir has been augmented withsome of she best singers in the city.

The choir plans to make a studyof the various oratories, the “Mes-siah” being the first offering.Dvorak's Stabat Mater will be sungin Its entirety during the Lentenseason. The public is cordially in-vited to attend thees services.

The soloists are Mrs. Florence Par-kin Welch, soprano; Mrs. WilliamK. Sproule, contralto; Floyd Chafee,tenor Fred Newell Morris, bass;

I Paul R. Matthews, organist.

BOBBS-MERRILLANNOUNCES CAST

| ‘Enticement’ Will Be MadeInto a Movie.

Winners fn the contest conductedbv the Bobbs-Merrlll publishinghouse to choose members of the castof “Enticement” have just been an-nou need.

The Inoe studio is to make thefilm version of Olive Arden’s famousnovel. "Enticement.” which is pub-lished by Bobbs-Merrlll, and read-ers of the book were given the op-portunity of expressing their proferenoe ns to players.

This is the cast:1.-e-ini Ifc-wlar Miry Asterkirhani Vs!,Tan lan K“!thHenry W*ni Olive BrookMrs. Blake Vera I-rwaaS :ear. Murray T/Oinse DresnerMrs Ma-ien Lillian Lanrdnn

Announcement Is ma.de thabAhenroduction work will start at onceGeorge Archainbaud is to direct.“Enticement." and an exeeptlqjm!supporting cast Is to he chosen toaugment the six players chosen bypopular vote throughout the Un.tedStates.

Nash Appears In PlayletMary Nash made her vaudeville

jdebut, last week at the Palace, NewYork, in 'Fear,” a one-act drama byElaine Sterne.

CHRISTMAS WEEK OFFERINGS ON LOCAL STAGE

No. I—Bareback rider with Cran-dell's Brazilian Circus at the Pal-ace first half of the week.

No. 2—Eva North at the Lyricall next week.

No. 3-—Rae Samuels will head-line the hill at Keith's beginningSunday.

_No. 4—Viola Dana in “Along

ROUNDINGR 0 UNI)

THEA TERS\ WITH “

WALTER D. HICKMANAs far as road attractions are con-

cerned at English's and Murat forChristmas week both houses will hedark unless there are last minute jchanges. Nelson Trowbridge has re-ceived cancellation's for “The Proud jPrincess." with McKay Morris whichwas scheduled to he here next week.A. F. Miller at English’s has re-ceived word that “Lollipop,” will hesent elsewhere This is due to thesudden closings of many attrac-tions on tour and in New York .andChicago. This will he the first 1Christmas in years that the Murat Ilias been dark. The only thing that |will save tiie situation is an eleventh- jf.Vuir ."Ooking.

For once in my life nobody hastold me cither in person or by letter

that I caused them to squander their 1money by going to the Follies. Lostyear’s objection to the show wasthat it was weak in comedy ;tnd real ;names Everybody agre.-s that thereis enough hokum comedy in theFollies which has been on view at jEnglish's all week. ZiegfeM has ;found that comedy must pre-

dominate in the Follies when he i

Came Rijth,” at tile Palace as a

movie feature, the first half oftiie week.

No. o—Scene from the movie,"Wages of Virtue,” with GloriaSwanson and Ben Lyon at theOhio next week.

No. 6—Richard Barthclmess as

he appears in his latest movie,“Classmates," at the Circle Christ-mas week.

No. T—Harold Lloyd as he ap-pears in his new movie. “HotWater,” at Mister Smith's nextweek.

No. S—Jack Hoxie in "The West

ern Wallop,” movie, at the Isisthe first half of the week.

No. Bebe Daniels ts si ■ ap

pears in anew Paramount feature,"Argentine Love,” at the Apolloall next week.

With Hopper from, the fun is .what the peoplewant.

Nan H.ilperin ends her ten weekscontract with the Follies tonight.She returns to vaudeville.

Rolfitre Eggleston of Keith's willhe Santa Claus and lest to all the

; artists appearing on the i'hristn isweek I ill at Keith's on next Thurs-

} day night at the Indianapolis Ath-j letio ('lilli.

Julia ArthurI>. C. Whitney will present George

Bernard Shaw's “Saint Joan,” with

| Julia Arthur In the title role, atEnglish's Thursday evening, .lan. S,for three nights only, with a matinee!on Saturday.

The play consists of six scenesand an epilogue. Joan Is seen atYalcoulers, making her applicationto Robert de Beaudrlcourt to send

■ her to the Dauphin; at Chlnon, pickling out the Dauphin from among hisridiculous court, and beginning at

; once the difficult business of mak-ing a man of him; at Orleans, meet: trig Illinois and convincing him of

i her divine mission by the miracu-lous changlttg of the winds, whichimpeded his operations on the river;in Rhelms Cathedral after the ocg-o-natlon of the Dauphin, and at Rouen,

| standing Iter trial.

AMUSEMENTS

CAPITOL REOPENSWITH BURLESQUE

Stock Shows Is Policy ofNew Management,

Jack LaMont and his "Capitol Fol-lies” will formally open the Capitol

theater tonight under the directionof the Fox & Krause Producing Com-pany of Chicago, Milwaukee.* Min-neapolis and Indianapolis.

The opening attraction will beoffered in the form of a two-act com-bination burlesque extravaganza andvaudeville presentation.

LaMont, comedian, appears In therole of Izzy Cohen, a business man.Chubby Drisdale, soubrette, is in thecompany.

Besides LaMont and Drisdale,other principals in the company areBilly Dunn, an eccentric comic; DonTrent, straight man; Bud Purcelland Frank O’Rourke, singing anddancing juveniles; Minnie Fitzgerald,a prima donna; Blanche Burnette,a soubrette and Mildred Strange, aningenue.

The formal opening of the Capitoltonight under the Fox & Krause ban-ner, marks the beginning of a seasonof combination stock and road showattractions.

The Fox & Krause Cos. controlsshow houses in numerous cities?throughout the middle west andtheir policy provides a. company o£principals in a city three weeks ata time-, with anew show each week.

Courtlei gh Enters VaudevilleWiliam Court.lelgh will toud the

Keith theaters in "The Good Pro-vider.” a sketch which has 3®rve4Elliott Dexter well on the OiTiheumcircuit.

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AMUSEMENTS

Ii Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Enterprises

MURAT Next Monday Evening, 8:15HEAR THIS INSPIRING FEAST OF MUSIC

(Christmas }Jragramntr

ETHEL. WALKER

\Vhn TV Wolf Hopper comesto the Murat for the week of I29. ho will have th services ofEthel Walker as prim i donna."The Mikado” will 1m sung forthe first, half of the week and“Pinafore” the ia.st half. •

takes to the road. Am informedthat much of the comedy of ‘'Keep

Kool.” which didn't last long in New. York, is now found in this Kollies.Regardless of where the fun came

AMUSEMENTS

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ITAiaiEvnxK'g rrnrsntST pl.ayi.kt 111JOSEPH B. STANLEY & CO. g!

With JACK KUAN. OlflK STRATFORD and tTX>raCXCTG AUJSI ISA HOTintf tTJVtSIC WITH TTIOBK DAKCING ¥ j 3 *

HAWTHORNE & COOKE STEWART & OLIVE I'In "MAKf ME SFRIOn*” FORMERLY WITH EDDIE LEOKABD

STARKE PATTERSON & LASNA CLOUTIER I,With WILLIAM KKIXHAKT In "TIIKKE STAGES OF LOVE" g

SI RALPH LOUSE & NAN STERLING I CLAUDIA ALBA & CO. I~ ••FROLICSOME FOLLIES" I EI'ROHE'S FAMOUS FEMININE ATHLETE 2:T n |, r ————- ..mar- . —'' —■ Mil

3! A WELCOME VDIiITION TO TTIIS YYOWDEKFTX BILL £ *

I MR. LEO BEERS 1VAUDEVILLE'# DISTINCTIVE BMTERTAIKER jX

CHRISTMAS WEEK ATTSELseotkoh1.

%% THE MERRY MUSICAL FARCE COMEDY t,

HERE COMES EVAWITH THE POPULAR COMEDIENNE, EVA NORTH. SUPPORTED BYA METROPOLITAN CAST OF SINGERS, DANCERSWFARCEURS

PISANOWLANDOWf FEINc^TENNYSONECCENTRIC FUNSTERS ' "VIA RADIO*

GANZELL WHITESSOTDTHIIISKI EMITIISMDKMSS

SYNCOPATING JAZZ HOUNDS FROM N'ORLEANS

MACK WCORFXTDAVIS andPELLECRA2Y BUT GOOD J EQUILIBRIST IC MARATHONMME. EVEREST'S

JUNGLELAND’S STELLAR. PERFORMERS

l MACK SENNETT COMEDY, STARRING HARRYi LANGDON, “FEET OF MUD” KINOGRAMS—“A MISS IN JHk. THE DARK,” LATEST EPISODE OF “THE GO-GETTERS” M¥V J

COSfPiUMENTS OP THE. SERSON. ||j|

FROM THE BIG REVUES

m RSAE DIXW AND THE GBIMSO HARSIOHADERS j|

“A RARE TREAT”AN ARTIST Or NOTE INDIANAPOLIS’ OWN FOLK

rj/Nrj | • r* a 1 > (** MARDO .PEGGY808 LA SALi-E KAEHN HOFFMAN *y}?

SONGS —STORIES —STEPS .., T s a gift-

\m CRYSTAL BENNETT DALY, MAcTaND DALY- Wm

"THE ATHLETIC GIRL" “JUST FOR FUN”

Sgmy —PHOTOPLAY—-yjSL VIOLA DMA AMD WALTER HIERS jam“ALDUS CASE RUTH” t.AW’

THE BIG LAUGH H,T OF THE YEAR viEVES. so LET ' S GO! MATSlooosEAre 'oooSEAIS

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IRAFAELO DIAZ, SoloistFammw Tenor Metropolitan Opera Cos.

CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAFKI r/ REI.NEK, (Conductor.

ASSISTING CHORCS, 150 VOICES

MENDELSSOHN CHOIRELMER STEFFEN, Choral Conductor.

Christmas Programme, Arias. Chorus—Shubert Unfin-■ ished Svmphonv 1812—Tschaikowskv Festival Music.THE GREATEST PROGRAMME SINCE OED MAY FESTIVAIi

PRICES SI.OO, $1.50. 82.00, $2.50, $5.00, PLUS TAX.I KEUKHOr.It THr, SOLD-OIT HOI SM-OKIIEK TICK KTS NOW KOK' CHOICE SEATS.

Farewell PAVLOWA and Salle! Rasse, Jan. 5KREISLER, Feb. 1-McCORMACK, Feb. 22

Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope for Return of Ticket.All SEATS NOW SEI.I.ING—Ona B. Talbut Oilier. 918 Hnm-Han>ur Bid*. [DANCING IN THE LYRIC BALL ROOM AFTERNOONomEVENING]

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