Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-29
The FAIRY oPRRETTA.
Golden n AFR ana the Three Bears''
Artistically Rendered At Harper's
Theatre last Evening.

Golden n afr and the Three Bears"
Artistically Rendered at Marper's
Theatre last Evening.
The ente rtainment given at Harper's
theatre last evening under the direction
of Miss He len a.. Trip. was one OF the
best ever Given in this city by local tall
ent. The hight was extremely warm.
still with his and other drawbacks, q
large and sppreciative audience greeted
the perform ers. One hundred and twen-
ty-five persons were on the stage at the
opening. 70 say that all who took part.
acted their several assignments well. is
the least Il at can be said. Miss Trip
deserves great credit for training SO large
a body OF young people. who. under her
tuition. Were so trained and drilled SO as
to carry ont the play to almost perfec-
ton.
The operin tableau was woodland
scene. in which the full class took part,
Misses Agnes Bixby and Ella Wilcox
having solo parts The sweet voices of
Misses Hi ma Ohlin and Amy Kuox re-
ceived applause. The Bard's warning
song in this act by Mr.. g. M. Carlstedt
was finely rendered. Scene first closed
with the grand coronation of princess
Fair" and tableau with red and green
light effects.
The Beal. appeared in the second act.
Messrs. viii Collins was big bruin.
Arthur Cue Nanny Muff. and Eddie
Frysinger Tiny cub Their antics were
the most comical part of the evenings
entertainment. The bears held the stage
for fifteen minutes, singing songs during
their stay, of which the audience evinced
approval by applause. This act closed
with comic tableau
Part three was nike the previous one :
good in all respects. The fairies polka
scarf dance led by Mrs. Geo. E. Lam.
bert. was well received. Miss Ella Will
cox. and the leader OF. the fairies. sung a
lullaby. The act closed with tableau,
with red and blue light, illumination.
Scene four was enjoyable. Golden
Hair" in tins act entered the bears home,
where she was captured. and afterwards
rescued by the bard. All words in this
play were in song, Miss Knox singing,
and that Of the bears and bard, was so
good the audience called for repetition
of their part
The GROWING act of the evening was
the last. which was lengthy, but never
| theless tn, audience did not tire. In
this Forest Queen" Miss Hilma Ohlin.
rendered beautiful song, which was
given in a sweet voice M. Carlstedt fol-
lowed by solo.
| One OF the main features of the eve.
ming was the silent drill, in which eigh,
members of the pillow city rifles, and
eight young ladies of Moline took part
The young men were dressed in the uni
form of the state militia, while the La
dies wore Grecian robes. ALI their
movements were as near perfect as
one cou d expect to see from
trained so diers. The company was re-
called and went through the entire drill
The marching, wheeling and other move>
ments were particularly fine. The wood
| nymphs' evening drill before the queen
was another pleasant feature. Everyone
from the smallest to the largest took part
in this we'll rendered part. There wal
not more than one mistake made
and that not generally noticeable. II
also shows the labor and tact of Miss
Trip, who has had but about two weeks
to educate the performers in their part
The browning tableau was the last and
was spectacle all people of the city
should see and enjoy. The small chill
dren were grouped on the upper tier will
the next in size below, both groups be
ing behind gauze curtain which wa
ornamental with gold and silver stars
The parties who took the leading par
were placed in front of this scene, hold
ing in hand spear and helmet, the tab
leau being illuminated with red and greer
lights; this of itself was worth the pric,
of admission. Schillinger's orchestra, as
sisted by Mrs. ]. Frank Robinson, who
presided ut the piano. furnished the mu
sic.
The operetta. which is in FIVE acts, viii
be repeated Monday evening with addi
tional attractions and will no doubt b,
carried out with still better effect. Tit
participants in the affair are was a com.
bine of Rock Island and Moline tai.
ent and shows to the credit of the music,
al ability of the two cities.
The TO flowing named parties in add
ton to Lose named above were assigned
leading parts:
Misses Annie Bixby. Maggie Potts
Lizzie Csrse. Oracle Frysinger; Jenni
thinner, Myra Bear, Oracle Stafford, Lucy
Frysinger. Myrtle Buck, Mabel Campbell
Eva Mcguire. Bell Folsom, Claire Gil
more. Morris Simon. Simon Mosenfelder
Charlie Reimers. Marvin Case. RALPH
Haverstick and Fred Copp.
Mrs. Geo. f. Lambert, Misses Bogu
and SCHNEIDER and Mr.. Kerr were th,
Angel oh Dir which sang soft sweet music
behind tile curtain at proper times durinl
the evening.
il New Lunch Room and Restaurant.
The Crown lunch room and restauran
is the name of a new institution at Nc
170S, Second avenue. The room ha