Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-10
AFlSClNATlNG OPERETTA
Another Delightful Feature Of the
May Festival.
A Biz Crowd Last Night at the itink
- soldiers Day---TOnisht's Pro-
sraInme.

There was another immense crowd {
the May festival last evening
The juve nile operetta The Rebellio
of the Daisies and Sunhowers," was pre-
senteo in a charming manner. For tn
representation seventy-five boys an
girls were selected and put through
course of study and training by Mrs. J
F. Robinson and Mrs. George W. Cash
assisted by Mrs. viii Collins. The drill
and marches were conducted by Charlie
A. Stoddard, whose knowledge Of militar,
tactics was never more forcibly illus
lrated. The chief characters in the operat
tn were:
The Botanist, J F Robinson; Chief o
Police, Rue Pierce; Farmer, John Cue
Sun Flower King and Queen, Marvin
Case. Nettie Coyne; Daisy King anC
Queen, Master Chris Cash. Mable Camp
bell; Pages, Blanche Mosenfelder. Nor
ris Simon. Gertie Housed, Simon Mosen.
fielder; -ESthetics, Ella Wilcox, Lucy
Coyne. Emma Battles, Oscar Wilde,
Arthur Cue.
The sword drill was one of the pref
test features. Master Rollie Sturgeon
was the Daisy general. The soldiers
being:
Fannie Smith. Milke Montgomery,
Nellie Allen. Bessie Clcaveland, May
Baker, Milie Spencer, Rosie Stewart,
Myrtle Buck, Jennie Sturgeon, George
Knox, George Reaugh, Grace Custer,
Grace Stafford, Grace Lewis, May Carl,
Fannie Ransom. Winnie Ostrom, May
Griffith, Addie SCHNEIDER.
Daisy in the Wind pantomine was an
other fcatur in which those participating
were:
Fred Pollard. Walter Weckel, Harry
Battles, May O'ConBor, Grace Wilcox,
Polite Dunning, Frank Patterson, Alice
ThomI son. LuelIa Stoddard, Matte
Jones, Daisy Jennings, Cora Sutcliffe,
Lucia Robbins, Edith Housed, Pearl
Matherty, Rob Nofsker, Flora Stoddard.
Those participating in the Sunfiower
Court were:
Theo Jennings. candle Shaw, Bessie
Battles, Grace Cue, Mary Bauder, Ella
Sprague, Maud Campbell, Eva Beal,
Alma Dauber, Salome Norris, Ella Balm.
sen, Maggie McKibben, Willie Carl, Ell
ziua kinner. Earl DrayIon. Eta Viii
liams, Katie Studer, Bessie Head, Lizzie
Ransom, Eta Hauk. Edith Case, Addie
Thomson. May SCHNEIDER, Gertie Will
cox, Minnie Jones'
synopsis of the operatta will be in
teresting: The daisies were the rightful
owners of the field, and the sunflowers
came in and crowded them out and cap
nred their king, queens and pages. The
first scene opens with the Indignation
meeting of the daisies, where they re-
solve II fight for their rights. They are
overhe ara by the chief OF police. The
daisy oOnspirators next appear, proving
about o find the sunflower king, queen
and court, indicating by their song and
jesturos that they are determined to kill
the king if they find him.
In the second scene, the sun
flower, king, queen and entire court are
all eXulting over their possessions and
the glorious news they had that they had
been chosen as the aesthetics best de-
light. The Daisy king and queen are
brought in as captives. They suplicate
the king and queen for deliverance and
mercy, but only receive sneers. The
chief then informs the king that they are
plotting against his life, and he then re-
solves TO destroy them and hits upon the
plan tC have the boianist have the far
mers upro0t them, and in his endeavor
to make the botanist, who is deaf, under
stand, the Daisy king and queen escape
and return to their people to find them
drilling for the attack, and then the most
pleasing feature-the stOrm-passes over
and leaves them unframed and ready TO
carry out their plot, when the chief of
police capture them, and then appears
the Suntlower king, queen and court. and
finding out that the farmer will cut them
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goodness, pardons them, and are about to
leave when the aesthetics enter and cut
them down leaving The field 10 the daisies
who re-crown their king and queen.
This noon the ladies served "a splendid
dinner which was literally patronized.
This afternoon Buford post, G. A. X.
and tie Church drum corps have gone
down 10 attend the Soldiers Day" exer-
cises, Rev. Cue making an address.
This evening the comic opera. The
Cadets Picnic, is to he presented.
Mrs. Milton Jones and children will
give an entertainment.
Tomorrow evening the operetta will be
repeated
The festival has already Melted 81, 100
-mak, it So, 900.
SPECIAL BARGAINS.