The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-17
Rim Van winkle.--Monday.

The advertisement Of Robert McW ade,
to appear in Darts Hall, next Monday and
Tuesday evenings, will be found in this pa
ner The troupe performed in Davenport
last evening, and the Gazette of this morn
ing says:
"Mr. McWade's Rip Van Wrinkle is a
very satisfactory, extremely pleasing rem
dition of difficult role. He gives Rip the
iollity and recklessness attaching to him
before expulsion from home, and the ef-
fective tenderness and earnestness on leay-
ing home in the storm, and In subsequent
scenes. He has veritable dog with him
on the stage The rendition abounds with
laughable and happy hits. The play is diff
ferent from Jefferson's in some respects !;
Rips wife appears no more after driving
him forth, and the tender scenes after ms
return home are with his daughter. The
audience was delighted, and evidenced the
fact by enthusiastic applause.
The Dayton, Ohio, Journal says:
| 10 Jefferson is so Unidentified in the pub,
lie mind with lrving's immortal legend OF
the Catskill Mountains, that whenever ar
actor of less fame essays the part OF ths
iolly, thrittless vagabond of Falling Waters
t comparison is at once Instituted. LII Is
complimentary fact to Mr.. New AIDE tina
he did not suffer with his audience las
> night by the comparison. =.
s But it should be stated that Mr.. Nc
s Wades version is not copy OF j emerson
h 1t is materially different, and his persona 1
ton is also marked by originality. liner
" is a sameness in the incidents, which,
le course, produces more or less similaflt
s. throughout, but this is all. His acting
i quiet and natural, portraying village lie ;,
an effective manner-so effective that tf
= rendering Of the text becomes visible +.
atty. There are two dissimilar phases
at the character of Rip-the humorous an
or the pathetic, and Mr.. McWade does III
ia Justice to both of them.
or The Peoria Democrat, speaking OF Il
ba troupe in that city says:
IA All the sly humor, grotesque incertltu'
and amiable weakness OF lrvings sket
In are preserved and delineated with tr
10 appreciation, evincing powerful origin
lie. conception and earnest subsequent stud
mt The pathos is touchingly true and untol
ed The inebriety is droll with an undt
current of pitiableness that carries its o.
inc lesson.
I'VE Then when he comes toawaken from
I. long sleep. The worn and faded tg'
lis lies neglected among the bushes-utte
ing insensate and dead. By and by an Inv
nee untary movement of the fingers indicat
APPS life. Other signs of animation follow,
in til the entire body obeys the impulse,
nee consciousness is beautifully foretold,
en- eyes open with a superbly natural won
er- and slowly accustom themselves to
Md light. Then the manner in which the
nes, man arises to a sitting postu.e, then to
INTO feet and totters away, battles descrlpt1
uch His childish Joy which found frequent
be preston in the last act. was true to matt
and The home scene, including the chlldr
ex- part, was exceedingly well rendered.
estl- several points, especially OF the last ac'
on excels any actor who has attempted
his rendition of the character. AT the
ilca- he finds home, friends and peace, sw
as off drunkness, and thus ends the ha
an tableau.