Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-19

IN the experience OF the daFkey char-
acter Abe. In the third act Abe starts
out to celebrate Christmas eve. and
incidentally gets ON board more gin
than he can carry. While in This CON
dition he is approached from behind
by "A ghost in the person of tramp.
Abe shutters. stammers. and eventual
ly become unable to speak through
fright; his knees and bands fremble.
and he displays all the signs Of his
great fear. Old Nose watched all this
with wide open eyes and astOnish-
ment. When finally the scene neared
its climax. old Nose could stand il no
longer, and beloved ont in deep
bass voice: What you all skeered of
niggah, dat aint no ghost. dat's dat
d--n tramp" Suffice il TO say that
he niger in front got bigger laugh
than the one on the stage. The Mil
lionaire Tramp will lie seen here to-
morrow night.
Those of local theatregoers who
have seen and admired Paul Gilmore in
the dashing roles Of the dramatic dra-
ma which he followed until last sea-
son. when he appeared in The TYR
amy of Tears" marvel at his graceful
transition to the modern comedy roles
of which Sir Charles Wyndham and
John Drew have so far been the lead
ing English and American opponents.
In The Mummy and the HuTnming
Bird" in which Mr.. Gilmore will APP
pear here soon. he il credited with hav-
ing scored an even greater success
than he did last year in THE Tyranny
Of Tears"
The employment of the four chill
dren by Maxine Elliott in Her Own
Way" ran contrary To the laws of Chi
cage and the manager of the company
was arrested and fined $40.
Sir Henry Irving will close his Amer
lean tour i'm New York March 25. and
the following day he will sail for Lon
don $4,000 richer than when he reach
edsfhis- country last October.
Reginald De Koven * said 10 be at
work on a new opera for Grace Van
Studdiford. Two books" have al
ready been submitted To the star for
selection.
Fay Templeton, who has been in
Florida taking rest, has returned to
New York and will he seen in vaude-
Vile this summer. using sketch writ |
ten for her by John J. McNalIy.
There is a rumor in circulation in |
New York that Raymond Hitchcock. |
the well known comic opera comedi- |
an. and Flora Zabelle. who has been |
with the former in King Dodo" and |
the Yankee Consul" are soon to he
married.
Eva Tanguay left the Frank Daniels |
Opera company in Baltimore. Bonnie |
McGinn taking her place. Miss Tan
quay went into vaudeville in New
York. singing the songs in which she
was successful in The Chaperones,"
including "Sambo."
Louisiana is the title of a big
spectacle To be produced during the
exposition season at st. Louis. The
book was written by Hiram W. Hay
es and Gustave Kerker. and \. Bald
win Sloane contributed the music. II
is expected that the production will
tHPioN AhC SVi'iNSS VI NY '"O
people.
II is possible that Anna Held will be
seen i'm London next season in ''Papa's
Wife,
Charles Frohman has decided to send
out three companies next season with
THE Girl from Rays"
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