Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-16
NAUGHTY SYBIL.
The Latest Exponent OF Real
ism on the Stage.
BOSTON IS TERRIBLY SHOCKED,

But There Is standing Room Only" In
Case Is "On"-Ihree Modest Alder
men See the Show Officially and De-
termine 1t To BE Too Much for the
"Hub"-The Whole Play Condemned.
BosToN, Oct Is When naughty Sybil
tombstone appeared on the stage of the
Park theatre Tuesday night in pink
tights and pink jersey in representa-
of a nude model IN The Clemenceau
Case" three of Boston's aldermen were in
the front row, and they were so dread
fully shocked that they called meeting
yesterday at which the theatre license
was revoked Their action created big
sensation about town. for there were
thousands who held tickets which en-
titled them TO view the extraordinary
spectacle When the curtaln rose Mon
day night there WAS such jam in the
lobby that the manager telephoned to the
nearest police station and said he wanted
two OF three officers to help him Ike ep or
der among the mob.
The Papers Come Down on the Show.
Among several hundred others who vain
| ly applied for standing room that night
were six worthy and bald headed alder
men of ibis town. Tuesday morning all
the papers, with one exception, pro-
nounced the exhibition that NJ So John
stone makes altogether too immoral and
| indecently suggestive for the public, and
called upon the aldermen, who have con
troll of theatrical events here, to protect
! the hlia from Inv ba
| play and closing the theatre The alder
men concluded that they could not pro-
nounce the show an immoral one with
out first seen it. and so Tuesday night
| three of them sat in the first row from the
time the curtain rose until it fell the last
| time.
| Closed the Performance.
"Iza" appeared in all her beauty during
the regular seventeen seconds as the nude
model, but the aldermen did not hide
their faces from sight. When the show
| was out they very carefully avoided say
ing what they thought, and every body
supposed the show would go on and fill
its engagement. But yesterday the alder
men, having slept on the matter, and,
presumably, having consulted their
wives revoked the license of the Park
theai re, and last night the house was as
I udth anu sllII rs an army DarriCkS Inc
| special meeting was called by Alderman
Mclaughlin at 12:l2 p. m yesterday. at
the request of A Aldermen Reed. Gushing,
| and Caruth, the two former being mem
bers of the licensing committee
| The Managers Liberal OTer.
When William Fieron was called in be
fore the board he presented to the alder.
| men the manuscript of The Clrmenceau
Case" with the explanation that any line.
any passage, phrase, or scene that the al
dermen decided to be objectionable would
toe eliminated at the suggestion of the
board He dwelt on the great expense
| that any material alteration would occa.
| sion. but agreed nevertheless to drape the
model, liza, in the studio scene, ii such
action would satisfy the requirements of
public opinion as interpreted by the al
dermanic conference. But it was no go.
The license was revoked
The Play Bad Lot" Generally
Alderman Reed said after the meeting
to a reporter that the aldermen didn't OBJ
! ject so much TO Sybil's form In tights as
| TO the passionate love xcene in the third
act That was too much of a climax and
the whole play was condemned as i'm
moral. NJ. FIeron promised to eliminate
everything objectionable if the aldermen
1 would consent TO It's continued preseuta-
( ton, but the aldermen were obdurate a nj
! The Ciemenceau Case viii n longer
/ entertain the Boston theatre -goers