Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-15
ADJUSTMENTS.

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The Cherry sisters held the boards
last night 1t Hasper's theatre. The
audience WAS small. numerically
speaking, but not lacking in snthu-
tiasm. The Cherrys sing and dance
In the same coarse manner. They
sre accompanied this season BY the
Grinnell family-fs.hsr, mother
and daughter-whose sweet singing
relieves the monotony Of the Cherrys'
entertainment.
Oar old friends. Murray & Mack,
the popular Irish comedians. with
their big farce comedy company in
their latest a'surdity, 'Finnigau's
Courtthip." will be seen ct the Har-
per tomorrow night. They have al
~ays brought rs good sho =. c,nse-
quently arc always welcome. In
these days Of new stsrs. new pieces
and ne management, Il 10 ..kinder
good for sore eyes," rs the SAYING
goes, TO have the standard article
come orr way. "Finnigan's Court
ship" 10 fully up - its predecessors
in the series Of Fipbigan stcge
cries. and Mu ray 4 Mack are said
TO be winning golden opinions aud
sheckles with it. The situations and
business OF the piece are very funny;
ovcry thing 1, pure and wholes ome,
-rd the lsughs 1. draws forth even
from the hyrochondrisc are 20 ;nfec.
,ious that ore laughs and laughs
sgain. There Is plenty OF singing
and dancing. two Big concerted g NJ
bsrs in he speciaities. snd the com.
pany unbers, beside the representa-
tive comedians Murray g. Msct. Oscar
Hall, Charles Morgan, AL LaRoe. An
drew Bode. Frank Waters, John
Hull. Charles Hillisrd, ice j. Mack
ie Oracle Cummings. Dolly Delroy,
Oracle Tyson. Lola Morrisse, Stella
Dsane. Be.sie vsrse. Daisy Cook,
Lillian Gale and the Trumbun Sis.
tiers, Fannie aud Mac.
People who are suffering from that
tired feeling. or are anxious 70 secare
temporary relief from care and trou-
BILE, should visit tho Bursis tomorrow
evening, when the popular coined.
lars. Dopn,lly and Girard, return
With their spectacular operatta, THE
Get zer." After witnessing tie per-
Torrance it 10 not by any means diff
ticult to imsgina why this buriesque
on The Goisha" should have en-.
joyed such . long and prosperous
run. II Is without doubt one Of the
funniest plays seen in o long time,
and IL 10 BY long ODDS the 'best fun
making medium that Doruelly aud
Girard have ever had. Tho hum z
y dominant, and fun rsigns supreme
from start to finish, such o thing ss
dull moment is an absolute
stranger. One Of the funniest acts
ever seen on local stage 10 contrib
uted by Girard in the first oct, when
Two Iii. which Is the character he
enacts. IL commanded by Ii Hung
Chang (Douneliy) to act as jadge and
hear evidence against L.'s rival, Kan.
taker. The judge, who is hopelessly
inebriated. is placed on Q stool on
top OF o table. aad his efforts to
maintain his balance and his dignity
at the same time, 10 decidedly laugh
able. In fact the entire performance
is one continuous laugh. The stars
have surrounded themselves with an
excellent company OF entertainers,
including such favorites as Mark
Sullivan, Charles H. Prince, Mac
Lowery. Nina Bertolina, Nettie
Black, Nellie Gilcrist. Mabel Rivers
and others. all Of whom contribute
excellent specialties.
A marked feature OF Dr.. Nsnsen's
lecture is his modesty, in what re-
lates to his individual work In the
expedition. He has b.en criticised
as being too modest. He passes of
nonchalantly and with an snecdote
descriptions Of incidents Of the trip
that could easily resulted in his
death and the death Of all his com.
psuions. Too much is known Of Dr..
Naosen's bravery, hardihood and de-
termination 10 make and notice OF
those characteristics Of the man OF
new interest. He sailed for the
north aboard the Fran with In
svowed determination TO do what
10 succeeded in doing. adding facts.
hitherto unknown and Of greater
value TO the common store OF scien-
tific knowledge Of the northern seas.
That his appearance in Davenport at
the Turner grand opera house on the
l9.h Of Jan usry will be but o repi.i-
tion Of the great successes that have
already been his in this country and
Europe goes without saying. His
tour has been one veritable march
Of tri imphs. His appearance here
is awaited with the greatest enterest
on the part Of all classes OF persons.
The Curtis Comedians are booked
for . weeks engagement at Hsrper's
theatre. opening next Monday night.
The company is competent one.
Nnrasuwasso.. H.