Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-16

veloped logically until the final cur
tain. Mr.. Luders has written the best
music OF his career for this new work,
and the fact that it is the first offering
of these popular authors since the
great success of their prince of Pill
sem gives it an unusual degree of in
terest. The splendid company of more
than 100 people will be at the Illinois
Saturday, Oct. 10, matinee and night, |
accompanied by complete orchestra |
of trained musicians.
Family's New Bill.-The new bill It
the Family theater which will be put
on tomorrow night viii include an
overture by the orchestra, the cele-
brated Apollo quartet, sketch "One
Hundred to One Shot," by Washburn
and Kelley; McCune and Grant in
comedy bar act, Appleby, the famous
banjoist; Montana" sung by Mrs.
Mae Richards Casey, descriptive vocal
list, and the latest moving pictures.
"The Girl Question" Passes 100
Mark."-The La Sale theater, Chica-
go, the home of record-Dreaking must
cal comedy successes, apparently is
grooming another candidate for honors
in the race for long-continued runs.
Manager Mort. II. Singer is making
preparations for the celebration of the
Tooth performance of the THE Gill
Question, latest work of Messrs. AL
ans, Hough and Howard, which is Civ.
itVNfr Nc .,x-,,x .t.N,,f
slang on the modern stage, opportui-
lty to promulgate new brand, a
weird language with a relish born OF
his long association with slang roles,
which antedates the activity of George
AIDE in the slang field "The Girl CUES
ttion' will have its century presenta-
ton Oct. 10, and appropriate souven-
irs will be distributed on the occasio l.
With its Tooth performance, THE Girl
Question gains the right to be con-
sidered among twenty-four plays whi:a
have made runs of 100 or more pres
LIMITATIONS at Chicago theaterS; because
it is one of the most original comedies
ever produced in Chicago. It's friends
predict for it the honor of out-running
its predecessor at the La Sale, "The
Time, the Place and the Girl" which
enjoyed the remarkable distinction OF
continuing for 4G3 performances. es-
tablshing itself at the head of the list
of long engagements in Chicago. De.
cember % the road company of "The
Girl Question" under the management
of the Askin-Singer company, will be
gin tour of the western cities begin
ming at Joliet On previous occasions
when La Sale shows were successes
the attractions playing the road wer;
presented to the neighboring cities af
ter the run had ceased at the La Sale
Now, the demands from other cite!
for La Sale successes have become 81
numerous that as soon as the show ha!
passed the 100 mark the management
sends a road company to satisfy them
"The Man from Home."-Those wht
remember the first year of the famou
old play, Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbag
S Patch" will recall with pleasure tn
y tall, lank. dissipated old war veteran
h Mr.. Stubbins, who was responsible TO
l. SO great a part of the humor of tina
y play. Others who remember James A
S Herne's Shore Acres will recall tn
l. red haired shipwright in overalls, Fre>
4 man Whitmarsh, who so ably contr
e buted to the fun of the old Long |:
d land village play. Both these charae
IL ters were played by William Hodge. t.
II day one of the most prominent of tn
younger generation of character CONS
dams, and who is now delighting thou:
ands of playgoers nightly at the Stud~
baker theater in the new comedy 9Th
Man from Home" which was write
especially for him by Booth Tarkinn
ton and Harry Leon Wilson. Durin
the past week this charming coined
has been filling the Studebaker to tn
doors with audiences more than er
thusiastic in their commentator. u:
solicited Mr.. Hodge is daily in receiu
of letters of praise from people VIII
have witnessed his performance of tn
Indiana lawyer who upsets the plan
of England's aristocracy in their fo
tune-hunting plans, and they promis
to return a second time. So great a
authority as Amy Leslie of the New.
says: 1.-THE Man from Home neithe
waves the star spangled banner nc
screeches spread-eagle screams of tn
red, white and blue but it is America
to the core and it is solid, meat.
wholesome core. With both iterar
force and vitality in it's heart, splel
did moral. courteously pointed and
story which is rich in humor, deligh
full in romance and satire and heate
vigorously with melodrama of choice:
theatricalism. The Man from HON
has an intense appeal for every sort {
amusement seeker from the frivoli,
to the thinker, from the scoffer to tn
patriot" Special attention will be gi
en- to out-oftow orders and from i
dications the play has settled down f,
an indefinite stay.
Out Of Sight.