Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-17

Those present were:
Messrs and Mesdames-
Il r Burst, ". T. Thompson
-: carter, r. Harper,
Lieut. Sehon. Butterworth,
Anair Peasants, Tim Nur nv
A thompson, J. ID Dushane
j r Stibolt.
Mesdames-
A. Lynde, h Curtis
. Slim"re, l.. ii bsford
" ". kggiesron. VT call
Misses
Lncia NSckeuze Anne Bat lord
Bessie johnson. Rope Curtis,
Kya Bur. h. Annie oore
any sweeney. MAJ Blalding
habie Cady Nae Moutrose
rama WAru, Denkmaln,
Denkmann.
Aessrs
Alex Mackenzie CIV Durham
george AckleF, o. & Olsen,
X s. BlakemOre. Harry G. more
John Van Patten George Cable
Riser, Frank Nc uilough,
John Cady, Charles skinner,
jamie Rtchie, Gooolaw Bowman,
IhOm - Lee. l. ID. Burgh,
spencer Robinson, joe ph COmegys,
Rod Weyerhauser Ed Deuknann
george Price, J. p. COnegys,
Perry Richardson Sweeney
Hal Decker. J. F. Kinney.
Cnurehi l. CT Lynde
Nys and Burbank.
Edgar W. Ne otherwise Bill Nye)
and A. P. Burbank furnished q refined
entertainment, OF humor and psthos at
Harper's theatre last evening The dis
singuished lecturers appeared under the
auspices of the Y. 81. c. A. and large
and apprecistive audience was offered
most delightful literary treat. Mr. Bur-
bank introduced the progr anime. by way
of AN explanation that the authorized
programme was chasing the lecturers
view of this the programme in the hands
of the audience would not be strictly sd-
bered to. Mr.. Burbank recited brace
OF numbers. the first being q dramatic
poem by Rudyard Kipling "A Ballad OF
the East and the West" and 4 French
dialect recitation. The Wreck of the
Julie Plan" When Mr.. Nye appe AIRED
he was greeted by perfect ovation and
he entered at once in his peculiarly
original and droll way in to discussion
Of the Irregularities of the State of North
Carolina" This recitation, as was the
remainder of the readings given by Mr..
Nye during the evening. icing selections
from his own WORKS, while those of his
colleague were selected from the pro-
auctions of standard authors, Dickens
and Irving. and were blending OF psthos
and wit, interspersed occa sionslly with a
spicy. original selection. both speakers
being obliged to respond to frequent re-
calls.
Seen at the Hosei
An ARGUS reporter. who paid his res
poets to the distinguished geutlemen.
each so peculiarly and dis inctively gift
ed, found them enjoying the flavor Of
Havana cigars over the remains of lunch
of which they had just plrtsken in their
room at the Harper after he lecture.
We take this way of refreshiug our
selves after our evenings work." said Mr..
Burbank, greeting the visitor. I'VE
don't eat before going to he theatre and
hence have adopted this plan before re-
ting. We have been accustomed to |
very Irregular hours. the result of travel
ing about the country. Here, however,
We find ourselves more comfortably stu.
ated than is our good fortune always
and we are disposed to iarry here US long |
as we eau. We shall remain in Rock Isl |
and until tomorrow afternoon, Then we |
20 to Clinton, where we close until after /
the holidays"
You are going home FOR Christmasf
Yes" responded Mr.. Nye. We
leave for the east Saturday night, Mr..
Burbank gong to New York aud l to
my home in North Carolina. On the |
Oh of January we start out again for |
q two months tour, terminating on the
Paclfic coast"
Mr.. Ne said be Ell oyed lecturing
very much. and when asked il it did |
not limit his time for his literary work, |
he said it did some hat but he man.
.ged to keep at least four weeks ahead
of the publishers, that when so situated
that he could he wrote q sufficient