Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-25

one or our family now IN England Is
chimney sweep, and with no draught or
the royal flues at that We feel it keenly
Mr.. Bowersock, and you cannot wonder
that we are, as family little soured
especially regarding royalty Times, Of
course, may change, and with his dem
ocratic freedom and practical notions the
Prince of Wales, upon acceding to the
throne, might give our family access al
the same time to the chimneys of the
royal house, thus making the Nyes once
more identified with his majesty's SCOT
but we are not depending on it. We are
not selling out at sacrifice in order tc
be on hand when the administration
changes.
The editor of tho South Hutchinson
Chieftain asks: "Could you write Inc
a column or so of stage gossip on foyer
nuggets for publication in my paper ex-
clusively? | will see that you are prop
erly remunerated for same, and if not
would be glad to have you come to my
house while at South Hutchinson. A
good room is always at your disposal
here at any time when my wife's sister
goes away, which she sometimes does"
Yes, of course will be glad to write
you some items which may be of interest
regarding stage doings, but if they
should happen to creep into this paper
before they reach you | hope you will
not feel hurt. The following notes are
given me up to date, and are gingerly
yielded to the eagle gaze OF the public:
Charles j Davis, the eminent actor,
who has interpreted with such wonder
Jul accuracy for years the character of
Alvin Joslin, will present a neatly framed
Autograph of himself to the Players club
early in the autumn. Also three sheet
poster. Same subject.
Mr.. James Owen O'Conor viii sail in
July for Europe to seek much needed
rest, He will return in September, it is
hoped, mentally refreshed and ready to
rattle around in Mr.. Booths place next
season. He still suffers severely at times
from the conclusion, irritation and tenn
porary deafness resulting from the
presence of some foreign substance sup
posed to be the fragment Of an anamic
egg shell which he got in the ear while
playing Hamlet at Hoboken, n. j., three
years ago.
Colonel John L. Sullivan will also go
abroad this summer, as he SAYS, to get
Sardou to ''sock a little pop and high
purposes into his lines in the great
melodrama Honest Hearts and Willing
Hands" Colonel Sullivan will return
in the fall, in time, it is thought, to
moisten his hands and elevate the stage
next season. He will also do all he can
to persuade Mary Anderson to return to
the stage. He is looking also for a new
play that has an uusealed doom in it.
He says the old drama with the sealed
doom is getting passy and blaze. He will
get hold Of a doom that is not subject tc
letter rates, if he can.
The leading lady in The Clemenceau
Case" has been offered 50 600 to use he1
influence during the season of '91-'9I
in forwarding the interests of a well
known firm of dealers in light ribbed
underwear. A bright little skit, in
tended as a mild take off on The Gle.
menceau Case" will be on the boards
next season, entitled The Downes
Case" 1t can hardly succeed, as in
The Clemenceau Case" there is really
so little to take off.
Much pleasant comment has been heard
recently over the new and beautiful ltho-
graph on the letterhead of Mr. Percy
Mushrush, the bright young dramatist
Of East Perth Amboy 1t occupies the
upper two-thirds of the sheet, in the
center of which is seen a pile of vol
umes bearing on their backs the names
of Mr., Mushrush's several plays, includ-
ing alone in Tompkinsville, 1.-The Man
Teacher and the Claybank Blonde; or,
Where Have They Went To?"
Among these plays are interspersed
those of Shakespeare, and in the fore
ground of the picture, armed with quill
pens, may be seen Mr.. Mushrush and
Mr.. s. engaged in a duel, with the left
hand carefully inserted in the air. I'm
derneath is the sentence referring to the
picture, "A friendly tilt for immortal
ity." Mr., Mushrush regards his letter
head as the most successful of all his
works
An enterprising manager OF Toledo viii
introduce bit of stage realism in new
Uncle Tom company which he is organ
ling for next season. 1t consists in kill
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