Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-02
THE THEATRE.
Walker Whiteside as Richelieu Last Even
ing-ComiEg Attractions.

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| armament in Il OK Island last night II
was star of ibe first magnitude that
thus spraBg lnto br llisncy. g Walker
| Whiteside. tragedian. and ine audience
which witnessed his Eff ~ was large in
mum bers. and irtelligen' and appIecia i've
| in character. Yet the truth ould be
| sighted were we TO ignore tha fact that
a large number of the people who arteu d.
ed the theatre last evening were attracted
the Rock leland youog men. ness1s w.
+. Henderson IN g. J Yore who are
| identified With Mr.. Whirtsr,I,'s success
| as an actor; drawn h,her. IN some mess
ure, if you please, by carosity. and not
wholls unprepsred to be disappointed.
There are plenty of actors on he Amt.
ricsn stage. plenty o. good actors. but,
nevertheless, they are s. few, aside from
the old school worthy of wear
ing the Dsme, that when
| noble aspiration prompts nsw effort far
fame people are too apt To look with APP.
prehension upon the one 90 E'riViug.
The the TIE g,ingppbhc is inclined to be
hypercriticsl and unspmpstne,lc l.
was this spirit tGat ma have prepared
some Of those who attended lhe pres, H.
tation OF Richeleu"ty Mr. Wh,eside lssr
night for disappointne nt And they
were disappointed-very agreably 50 in
deed. for they ss~ from he hrSt momen'
he placed foot upon TIE stage. in MIR
J Whitesids polisbet, fnishrd a:ror, Il
man possessed OF unconscious ease
winning grace, end wcuderfu magnet
ism. He at once appears u careful stu.
r dent OF the drama in is highest Art
: Possessed of voice beautiful in Jaut
and modulstiou, hts keen conception al
, Bulwer Lytton's hlsior,cai character j
: ever manifest
( La the third net the Young arts, per-
hsps appears to his, advantage, and 81
the greatest admirniiuu Hs reading q,
the lines through his tryIns pnrs If II,
, llsy is Iouc0inel. beau ifui, di pawn.
r as il were the innecmo-t communion witt
: the soul. the outward areIvousness. $40
with all. prizes ~ ge&tienrsN Through
out the presentation the audience evincet
its appreciation. complineuting the sta
! by hearty recall at the end of each act
Mr. WAteside is ,rIup4,e III lie. oGl
pauy with which Mr., Henderson Ia
surrounded him john 81. Srergeor
made spirited and sp'dleruke D,
Mauprat The Couna B.rados y
Frederick Horv wss exo-ilen'lv acted
Miss L9tJie Cllrcn VS. i c,sv,r Juti.
. There are many times when E 'muut
Mortimer's Joseph 81 uld be IN zee IN
keep ping with his ldeli were le Ia guard
his tones more cautiously, and the KIN.
Louis of Thomas Anthony rniaht b. giver
| considerably more energy without dim
ming the lustre o. The her bsrts.
10 Mr.. WhiIeside. Mr. Henderson has
: found an actor of splendid promise II,
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and is already, it may be s.ii master Of
his srt, and he has entered tue aeld ioI
laurels at the most opporiune time possi
J BILE. He appears at Davenport mex
Thursday night. Let us hope Rock
Island may see him again ere The clo'e OF
the season.
| Coming Attractions
: Frank Mayo Is to appear at Harpef's
theatre next Monday night in "Davy
Crockett" The names OF Frank MaYc
and Davy Crockett are synoDymou
Natural adaptation to the character
coupled with years OF experience srd
careful study, have given Mr Ma com
plete mystery of II, L. is as distinctive
q conception of his own AS is the char
scter of Rip Vsn Winsls the creation OF
Joseph Jefferson. Mr.. Msyo's success in
this role is undoubtedly due to his
nsturalnees The details are worke out
To a nicely AID vet in so ustural a man.