The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-11-12
For Next Week.


Tuesday, Nov Is, Miner & Rooney.
Friday. BARLEY Campbells Galley Slave.
The Miner & Rooney Combination is probably
the best general variety show on the road to day
Pat Rooney's Irish comedy business is.famous.
His imitators have been legion, but he is after
all 'the only" Pat Rooney. Then there is the
Stirk family, bicyclists; Cronin and Sullivan,
sketch artists; Cogil Bros, and many Others, vo.
calists, burlesque artists, &c. They have been
playing through Western New York, Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio and Indiana, to very large business
nightly, and the universal verdict is that it is an
excellent party, and give capital show, free
from dirt or yulgarity
The Galley Slave" on Friday is very good
play-probahly as good as anything we have
yet had this season. The N Y Herald says Of
its production, at the Windsor, Aug. 18th, the
opening Of the season, by this company
The play was 1.-THE Galley Slave" and the per-
Torrance was quite good one. Miss Maude
Changers rendering Of the part of Cicely Blaine
was ladylike and symmetrical, while Miss Gussie
De Forrest as the much suffering Francesca
personifed the softer rather than the stormy side
Of the Italian character. Mr. Frank Evans re-
appeared in the leading male character, with
which he has been identified since the first per.
Torrance OF the piece. The audience was large
and appreciatve, honoring the artists with many
recalls and expressing itself enthusiastically
about the great recognition scene with which the
fourth act closes.
We clip from our own files OF the Herald
The company includes some OF our best actors,
headed by Miss Maude Granger. as Cicely Blaine.
All the special scenery Of Venice, Rome, Mar
settles and Paris 10 called for by the contract Of
the party with the opera house here, and it is
OF ba al uvn ha pfe no
piece merits good.audence.
On Thursday night John Geduldig, Of Apollo
Theatre fame. will show up with 1.-THE Garden
City Comedy Co.." at Turn Hall. Ahem
Etelka Gerster arrived in New York on Satur-
day last. She is under the management Of Max
Strakosh. ,,.
"Our Club" an application Of Mr.. All Bur
nett's Candle business, Was reformed for the first
time in New York on Oct 3lst, and evoked much
laughter and applause.
Sardou's new comedy, "Odette," is In pro-
logue and three acts. It will be produced at the
Vaudeville Theatre in Paris in December. The
''mora" points to the risks Of q husbands name
being dssraced when he has concluded formal
separation from his spouse There are twenty
three characters.
The Cincinnati Musical College announces an.
other operate festival to be given next February
by the Mapleson troupe, assisted By an orchestra
Of 100 pieces and chorus of 200 voices. There |
will be seven performances, and the principal
operas to be given will be "Fidelio," civilian
TELL" "LAfricsine," and "The Magic Flute"
The death is announced at Prague of Musical |
Professor Franz Hilmar at the age Of 70 years. |
Prof Hilmar has the credit OF being the inventor |
OF the polka. 1t is said he composed the FIRST
polka that ever appeared In print both the mu-
sic and the step being taken from popular b.
hemian country dance. In Czech the word pol |
ka" means "hah;" the analogy Of the meaning |
is obvious. The first polka ever written was the |,
"Esmeralda Polka"
Miss Maud Granger is the daughter OF a farm
er living near Middletown. Conn, and prior to
coming to New York was employed IN a sewing
machine salesroom in Hartford. She is said to |
have been employed in a printing Office before
that After residence of a yesr or more isFhst
city she made her appearance in amateur thea
tricals and afterward on the stage OF the Union
Square Theatre. Since then she has been In the
regular companies at Days and at Wslack's,
with Mckee Rankin In 1.-THE Daniies," and in
other organizations. Her debut on the regular
stage was made seven years ago.
Dale, Wichita, Kansas, to Miss Louisa Berry, OF