Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-10

Montana, MT carey the author,
looked over and interviewed quite a
number Of applicants. After a thor
ocgh elaboration and study, Mr.. Carey
finally decided on a Miss Dolly Var
den, who has not only proven to have
all the above qualities, but partic
ular ana decided talent. Miss Warden
is always the recipient of many cur
tain calls and as TO the many atten-
tions, that men are fond of giving, she
axcals the most renowned. Miss Dolly
Warden is the famous $4,000 Morgan
mare, used in Montana" and truly
she is the leading lady" AT the
Illinois theater tomorrow night.
At the Family.-The various acts
making up the bill at the Family the
!irst half of this week have been so
well chosen that it is a hard matte
to pick one from the number and call
1t feature. Hoyt and Mcdonald are
pr Senting a comedy sketch entitled
The Interview" that is a hit. Miss
Mcdonald characterizes as Mrs. Les
lie Barter, a Broadway star, and Mr.
Hoyt tales the character of a Mr.
Wilson, reporter for one of the east
ern newspapers, who has been detailed
to interview the actress. Another act
worthy Of praise is that being pre-
scented by the Frey twins, introducing
various styles of wrestling as means
of defense. The boys are both sturdy.
| After showing their admirers the vari-
| Gus holds in the art of wrestling. they
have three minute match for a fall
which closes their act. The act is q
decided hit with the ladies as well az
| the men. The Clenenso brothers, who
| played the house last season, are Oh
The boards this week and are fayorites.
George Lavender story teller, is last
on the bill.
| As Seen Through Chicago Eyes
The Chicago Journal says of l.. Frank
Baum's "Radio-play,' which is at the
Illinois theater tonight: Chicago
found out last night all about the
Radio-play. l.. Frank Baum. who ad
mits he is the man who discovered
the Land of Or, aud who made known
all its people TO the youngsters OF the
world. revealed the novelty at Orches-
ira hall last night TO an audience that
almost filed the big place. Many
| children were there and they were
charmed. a Radioplay is a moving
picture reproduction Of pantomime
founded upon the Baum fairy stories
| These pictures are thrown upon a
Screen set in great red plush frame
| besides which stands the discoyerer
OF Or, CARRIED in lily white Prince
Albert. doing better than Solomon
who in all his glory. was not arrayed
SO Immediately. The discoverer of
Or repeated the fairy stories he has
written and the moving pictures illus
| tlated the tales. The entertainments
is in two parts. the first being called
| The Land of o. and the second
| John Dough and the Cherub. In the
first part the fairy tales are taken
from the two books of fairy tales,
| The Land of Or and 'Oz.na of Or
| and the stories for the second part
are taken from the book John Dough
and the Cherub.' In the first part the
audience again meets many of the
characters they found in the eXtrava-
ganza. The Wizard Of o. In pre-.
pairing the pictures a company was
engaged. costumes and scenery pro-
vided. and the fairy tales were per-
formed in pantomime before the lens
of the moving picture machine. First
We see Mr.. Baum, arrayed in his white
Prince Albert, introducing his char
acters. Then a little chap swings
open huge book of fairy tales, and
the pictures in the book come to life
and step out upon the stage. When
all are out their troubles begin, and
| Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Scare
crow, the Tin Woodman, Tx Tok, the
| None King, the Cowardly lion. the
Hungry Tiger, the Witch, and the
Princess are shown on their adven-
| turous journey to the Emerald City
There are IA scenes in this Radio
play, and IA different fairy tales are
told by Mr.. Baum. The entertainment
is. in fact. fairy travelogue, Mr.
Baum using his fictitious characters
and fictitious realms instead of more
matter-of-fact people and matter-of-fact
countries, as do Mr.. Holmes and Mr.
Eimendorf. For people who, like
Peter Pan, believe in fairies it is an
interesting entertainment. 1t capt.
waited the children last night Grown.
ups might regard some of the still pic
lures as rather a jar to the Illusion
created by the animated views. The
still pictures are reproductions of the
colored drawings of Mr.. Baum's books
and these pictures of some OF the fairy
folk Go not much resemble the moving
pictures Of them. The second part oil
the entertainment is similar to TIC
first, but it introduces an altogether
new flock of fairies. This entertain
ment ought to prove one of the finest
things ever devised for children"
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