Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-24
AMUSEM TENTS.

The engagement of Fulgora's En-
Experimentation stars at the Burtis
thus evening will be welcomed with
genuine pleasure by the numerous
lovers of high class vaudeville. Man
ager Robert Fulgora is one of the
best known men III vaudeville. and
he is par excellence the leader in
America of the best type of travelling
vaudeville organizations. 1t goes
without saying that his new company
will admira bly, sustain the superior
standing which he has already at
tanned as an organizer in this style of
entertainment.
Harrison J. Wolfe, who will be seen
at Harper's theatre tomorraw night
in Il superb scenic production of
Shakespeare sublime play, Ham
let, rs one of the few actors who seem
to draw praise from press and public
everywhere. As leading man for the
late Margaret Mather in her great re-
vival of Shakesperian plays, Mr..
Wolfe fairly divided honOrs with that
consummate mistress of her art, and
the critics were unstinted in their
praise of him. During this, his fourth
season, as a star. Mr.. Wolfe has sur
rounded himse with a strong COM
pany of well-known players. and is
making elaborate scenic and costume
productions worthy of the best days
of the drama.
The great production of "A Lady
of Quality" by Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett and Stephen Townsend.
which has caused both Europs and
America to do an extra amount of
reading and talking, will be presented
at the Burtis tomorrow evening. Miss
Eugenie Blair, the well known emo
tional actress, will also make her APP
pearauce as the star in Wallack's the
alter success, "A Lady of Quality"
Attractive in person and gifted with a
a voice that might well be envied by
manv women on and off the stage.
she has won place in the esteem of
discriminating theatre goers as re-
suit of long and earnest effort She
has PLAYED, TO the delight of thous-
ands, very many roles that have re-
quired extraordinary resources in the
way of versatility, sympathy and
power.
George H. Broadhurst'o "mirthful
plenitude, why Smith Left
Home" will he seen again at the Bur-
tbs Saturday evening. 1t is a case of
too many relatives and friends on the
side of Mrs. Smith. Smith" is an
example of long suffering type. His
woes have been shared many times by
Tom, Dick and Harry. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith. it seems, were but recently
married. but their honeymoon was
wOefully Interrupted by an army of
visitors. There was Smiths wife's
viNenish Aunt Mary. also her brother.
who had contracted clandestine mar
riage and had brought his wife along.
fascinating housemaid, an Irish
cook, are some of the characters that
enter into the play. and the disturb
ances they cause are by no means i'm
probable, though just far fetched
enough to be farcical. In the compa-
ny are many comedians of more than
passing note. including: Frank
Tannehill, Jr., Eugene Redding, G..
Jay Williams, Frederick Roberts.
Gil bert Gardner. Carina Jordan, Mel
lie Maskell, Jennie Engle. Lottie Will
liams Salter, Rose Hubbard, Belle
Chamberlin and Lizzie May Ulmer.
The first merits claimed for "On the
Wabash, " Joseph Arthur's new com
edv drama, which is to he presented
at Harper's theatre Sunday night,
are local color and human interest. 1t
is truthful transcript in personages
and incidents OF a section of the
United States that has never before
been portrayed on the stage. Any
one who has sojourned, even for a
brief period, in southern Indiana
Will, it is claimed, be surprised at the
vividness with which Mr.. Arthur has
reproduced its life.