Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
THE THEATRE
The Ariel Thomas Combination Last
Evening-Coming Entertainmenrs

The Ariel Thomas Combination Last
Evening-Comfng Enter iainmenrs
Last evening at Harper's theatre was
given the Ariel Thomas entertainment,
one of the best in the course provided by
the Rock Island Lecture association. The
audience was large and well pleased, and
would have been happy had the pres
gramme been longer. Ne special words
OF commentator need be given any of
the cultured young ladies', Misses Nellie
E Fox and Ada l.. Briggs, sopranos;
Mis ses Fannie E. Holt and Mable F.
Number, altos, the quartette singing in q
m amer that displayednaturals sweet voices
and much painstaking care in harmonic
ing them, but Mr.. Thomas ilnpersona-
tions and recitations being charge from
the rest of the programme, were highly
appreciated, as evidenced by the hearty
applause he received.
Tonight at Knowles hall, Moline. Max
O'Rell will deliver his lecture on Amer
lea as Seen Through French Spectacles,
and no doubt quite number of Rock
Island people will 60 up to hear it.
Much has been said and written in New
| York and other eastern cities about the
new American comedy from the pen of
| Herbert Hail WiDslow, entitled "a Bar
rel of Money" to be produced here tos
morrow night by T. ID. Stairs company.
It is claimed for this Barrel that it
contains wholesome, homely and hu.
name story, Astounding in hearty touches
of nature that move the gentler and bet
ter impulses, and it is also prolific with
more character and comedy hits" with
a dramatic significance that offers oppor-
tuuities for the exercise of the actors
/ legitimate, than the whole contemporary
| brood of machine made melodramss and
modern farce comedies While songs
and specislties are a part of this play,
! and uDrosrious fun is in full sway at
times, the blend ing of sentiment is so
|
ridiculous to the rational and vice versa
! unconsciousiy and without a seeming in.
consistency. In short, the entertainment
is said TO be al entertaining as well as
elaborate one, in the highest sense Of the
/ term.
The much talked of Prince and
Pauper'-the drama constructed from
Mark Twain's story Of that name-~ill be
at the Burtls at Davenport tomorrow
night. 1t will introduce to our theatre
goers in It's leading roles, Elsie Leslie,
who achieved great fame in New York,
first in one act piece called "Editha's
Burglar" next as the original Little Lord
Fauntleroy, ard lastly as the Prince and
Tom CAVITY in the. play first mentioned,
1t is said that the dram atization pre-
serves the idea of the story as Mark
Twain wrote it to q remarkable degree at
the same time utilizing its dramatic
points.
| Harry P. Mswsop' beautiful and pic
| turesque military comedy "A Fair Rebel"
which had six weeks run at the Four
teenth street theatre in New York early
! in the season and made a hit equal to
Shenandoah" comes to this city for the
| first time next Monday evening. 1t is a
play with many bright comedy lines while
the scenic effects are decidedly novel. The
most startling is one showing the histor'
icsl escape through the tunnel of Union
officers from Libby prison which took
place during the winter of 1864. An
other scene will show the shooting of
Union officer from the top of telegraph
pole while in the act of tapping wire to
send message to headquarters in the
field. A soldiers quartette is introduced
in the Libby prison scene, and some
charming negro ditties with banjo &C
compartment are feature. Miss Fanny
Gillette. an emotional actress of reputa-
ton, appears as Clanete Montieth-''A
Fair Rebel"
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