Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-09

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tire. New York. "a Royal Family" is
a romantic comedy written by Capt.
X. Marshall, author of "'rhe Second
in Command" The play comes here
from two years life at the Lvceum
theatre, New York, where the length
of its run broke all records for ro-
mantle comedies in this country. 1t
is picturesque story of love and adj
venture; the scenes are laid in the
surroundings of an idyllic kingdom
The play is of such picturesque inter
est that Anthony Hope had arranged
to reproduce it in story form. The
role of the Princess Angela which
Miss Haswen portrays is that of
willful, Fascinating daughter of nobil-
ity who sets the entire kingdom at
odds through her refusal to marry
the prince selected for her husband
by the royal cabinet. In the happy
ending of the story the princess finds
that she has fallen in love with the
very man she had declined to marry.
The outweaving of this story affords
many picturesque, human and humor-
Gus situations.
Primrose'S revival of "Ten Nights
in Bar Room" will be produced at
the Illinois Wednesday,. 1t is Il play
that has everywhere proven SEN
sation unparalleled in the history of
the drama. The sobs and tears of
sympathy from auditors of all sexes
and ages who come to witness this
FRI mi infn =
wonderful dramatic power. Over 1OO,-
900 persons, heads of families, mem
beers of churches, all interested in the
propagation of the great principles
of temperance, have borne testimony
to the lifelilke delineators of folly,
misery, madness and crime caused by
the brutal, disgusting and demoraIiz-
ing vice of drunkenness.
The Vinegar Buyer" which comes
to the Illinois Thursday, tells with
rollicking rural humor, as fresh and
blithesome as the breeze through Il
orchard, the life and adj
ventures of Joe Miller. Jack-of-all-
trades and master of none. except the
delightful art of fun-making. With
cheerful nonchalance he roams
the middle west peddling mu-
steal attachments for sewing ma
chimes, which enable the farmers
wives and daughters to enjoy rag
time melodies while stitching hickory
shirts and constructing rag carpets.
In Indiana, where Joe was $50 happy
and so poor" he CHANGED upon
crossroads village, whose honest |
nIl oh T.,
persuaded him to settle among them. |
Miller. being ii ready speaker and pos |
sessed of Il gift of CAB" and the art |
of story telling, rapidly made himself |
n leading citizen and was ultimately |
elected the mayor of the town. AIeck |
Stripe. "a Iow-down cuSs," who keeps |
the village tavern. is opposed to Mil !
Ter, in whose honesty he sees a men |
ace to the scheme of his son Henry !
the village lawyer, to marry Mildred |
whose blind mother is Il |
wealthy widow. Mildred loves Walter |
Talbot. and the shady village attor-
1ey and counsellOr-at-law. acting in |
the interest of the Stripes, uses all |
his cunning to prevent this union of |
two loving hearts. Realizing that rid
cule is the most potent weapon
against villainy, Miller makes the law
yer and his clients ridiculous and the
laughing stock of the village. The
story is saturated with fun, and the
serious element is merely a frame
work for the picturesque and divert
ing delineations of laugh-provolling,
provincial types. Local color so per-
meates THE Vinegar Buyer and the
hero is so comically convincing that
the role will undoubtedly give its
name to permanent type of Ameri-
can humor. The scenes show the
main and only street of the village, a
country sanitarium and a luxurious
home in indianapolis. Though 1.-THE
Vinegar Buyer" is full of vinegar
as they say out where Joe Miller lives,
it's of that stimulating quality which
keeps one bland and mellow as a Rox-
bury russell"
Hoyt's "a Bunch of Keys" the per-
ennial success-artisticall and finan-