Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-12
kirk, N. V, and left the church choir
for the stage.

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The story of ''The Rogers Brothers
in Harvard" the new vaudeville
farce in which Klaw & Erlanger will
present the Rogers Brothers during
their fifth annual tour, which begins
at the Star theatre in Buffalo Mon
day evening, the 25th inst, opening
for New York run at the Knicker-
booker Sept. 1, is the most humorous
John j. McNally has yet written for
these comic entertainers. One might
think from the title that the new
piece is intended to be IA skit on col
lege life and that Harvard is the ONLY
institution of learning that will have
place in the story. AS matter of
fact, it will not in any way satirize
students or college life, and all the
prominent colleges, including those
for women, will be represented in the
story, music, costumes and special
ties. The foundation of the idea on
which Mr.. McNally has erected his
structure of comicalities is the pass
ing off of two German walters. play
ed by the Rogers Brothers, for Har-
ward professors, by two young men
supposed to be at college but who
have never attended. deceiving their
uncles, who are their guardians. The
return of the uncleS from Europe
makes II necessary for them to cloak
their pretenSionS, and. as part of
their scheme, they introduce the Ger
man walters as their instructors.
Those familiar with the stage meth
DDS of the Rogers Brothers and Mr..
McNally's adroitness in originating
humorous complications can imagine
the funny situations and amusing
mistakes of the Germans. There is a
sub-plot of more than usual impor-
tance in stage creations of this kind.
which involves the guardians and two
fashionable dreSsmakerS who have
become involved in New York in com
plicationS with the customs laws.
Those who have seen the new piece
in rehearsal are unanimous in the
opinion that The Rogers Brothers in
Harvard" will excel in its book, in
the attractiveness of its music. in
the dazzling brilliancy of its costum-
ing and in the effective pictorial man
ner in which its great chorus of
young women will be handled. any of
the previous remarkable successes
associated with the names of the
Rogers Brothers and Klaw & Err
LANCER. The scenery will be especi-
ally pretentious and the speciality
features wifi be even more numerous
and novel than in the past.
There have been two changes re
Gently in the cast of the prince of
Pilsen," which Henry W. Savage is
now presenting with great success at
the fremont theatre, Boston. Jean
cite Bageard has replaced Miss Mont
rose in the part of the French maid
and Nellie Hawthorne has succeeded
Henrietta Lee in the part of the
dashing American widow. When the
prince of Pilsen'' closes its run at
the fremont theatre il will have the
remarkable record of 10 weeks at one
theatre to its credit and that in the
hot weather.. Henrietta Lee will play
the part originally created by Lillian
Russell in "Fiddle-de-Dec" on the
road the coming season.
Raymond Hitchcock. who is play
ing the title role in king Dodo." is
great lover of animals. He has fine
country place in Residence Park,
New Rochelle, and it is stated that
he has perfect menagerie on the
premises. The past summer the col
lection consisted of ring-tail and
Marmosette monkey, two parrots, a
great Dane, water spaniel, two
Boston terriers. an Angora and
ManN cat. His neighbors, happily for
them. did not keep chickens.
The question has often been asked,
why does not Henry w. Savage send
the Castle Square Opera company
into more cities during the course
of season? Music lovers every
where ask that question and the
home Office of the organization is be-
sieged with letters on the subject.
The question is easily answered for
the reason is simply that it is not
possible to move that organization
about as ordinary companies are
moved and have anything left in the
treasury at the end of the season.
The organization is a very large one,
something over one hundred and
twenty-five people, and there are
from seven to 10 car loads of scenery
and baggage carried with the COM
pany. So it is that the organization
plays "a season of 40 weeks, but in
that time visits but nine or 10 of the
larger cities. The Castle Square OPP
era company--is known by all music
lovers to be the best organization
that has ever given the GRAND and
standard operas in the English lam
guage. 1t has been in existence for
seven years and is the only organiza
ton of the kind that has ever given
perfect satisfaction, for While the
standard of work and the personnel
of the company is very high, the
price of admission is very moderate.
This season Puccini's LA Tosca" has