Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-06
! PLAYS At the Theatre.

Bartlett's Vaudeville Entertainers
continues to draw big audiences at
Harper's theatre. The performances
are giving good satisfaction, the spe-
cislties being particularly fine. A
change Of bill tonight.
The Calhoun Opera company,
which appears Al the Burtis Friday
night, is now in its fifth season OF its
most successful career. The COM
pany this season is stronger and bet
ter than ever before. Kirkland CAL
houn has spared no expense in en-
gsging artists with high regulations,
and has selected with great care o
large chorus, which will both please
the ear and the eye. Special fes-
lures will be made of 1.-THE Grand
Duchess" the masterpiece of Often
bach. and "Amorita," the greatest
work of the great composer, CHI
bulka. Emily White, who became
famous as prima donna of the c. D.
Hess Opera company, will be seen;
also Adele Harrington, the we'll
known prima donna soubrette.
j. Aldrich Libby. whose fame is a.
great in England as in the United
States, is the tenor robusto. Edward
Webb, an old and favorite member
Of this company. will again be the
tenor comique. Jack Allison, Mount
Joy Walker, James Durant, Stella
Madison, Louise Lewis and Maud
Allison will make an assemble that
has probably never been surpassed.
"Imitation is the sincerest fiat
terry" and to that end, under the
guise of "original comedy" many
infections are thrust upon q confid.
ing community. Yet while the
rhinestone has its place in the cate
CORY Of things that sparkle, and q
great number Of people delight in
them, nevertheless. the rhinestone
"pales its Intellectual fire" when
brought into contact with the dia.
mond. A great many of the So
called original dialect comedies pre-
sented are rhinestones of our stage
literature, but the unmistakable
gem Of dialect comedy is "Ole o.
son." and you need no lapidary to
make the difference clear. "Oie o.
son" is the original Swedish-Ameri-
can dialect comedy which has held
the sceptre of regal power for years
and this year returns positively bet
ter than ever before. 1t has all the
old favorites and nearly all the orig
inal cast, original songs and special
ties, and in addition that wonderful
ly successful feature, the great bi.
cycle race which has been the theme
Of enthusiastic praise everywhere.
This attraction will appear at Har-
per's theatre next Sunday night.
Etienne Girardot. the English
comedian, who appears in s'Miss
Francis of Yale'' at the Burtis
Saturday evening, was recently
asked how Americans managed his
somewhat difficult name. The in
terviewed rose quickly to the change
Of subject. They manage it q
heap better than the English people
do. Here the negro porters and the
bellboys call me correctly by name
but in England-well. I'm called
everything. My grandfather, who
couldn't speak English, resented this.
Once, I mind, the postman came
with q letter for Mr.. Garotter.' NV
father promptly kicked him down
the steps. crying: I'm no garrotter;
je suis un gendarme Mr.. 0irar-
dot is the son of the London Girardot,
and has a brother and sister on the
stage. He is an expert fencer, crick-
ct and football player; speaks sever
al languages, and is 30 musical that
at the time he was asAed to take the
role in "Miss Francis of Yale" he
was preparing to 20 on in music hall
work rs sort Of foil to his friend
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to appear in
coster types and Girardot as the
gilded youth-something which has
not yet been attempted.