The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-30
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"The Mar of the Hour"

"The Mar of the Hour"
The long looked forward to return
OF George Broadhurst's big popular
success. The Man of the Hour" takes
place at the Grand tonight. The eff.
feet OF this play upon the scalp is alb
solutely nil, but it difuses a coy
warmth. 1t suggests the better side
of the stage, and when you go home
tonight after having witnessed the per
Torrance you win realize that you
have been patronizing refinement
marked sterling" all over it. You
will have escaped from the uproar and
horse-play of the footlights, from the
sex problem and the past-resurrection
You will have wandered into region
of naturalness. "The Man of the
Hour" is certainly revelation in play
writing and has set pace so hot that
its competitors have been left for in
the rear. Managers William A. Brady
pany will be seen. The advance sale
has been immense.
Henrietta Crosman.
No attraction announced for Keokuk
this season can possibly bring more
delight than will the engagement OF
Henrietta Crosman in Sham" at the
Grand. This delightful actress and her
new play will appear here Friday
evening, October LIST.
Sham" is pronounced one of the
most brilliant comedies of a decade.
1t is new in theme and treatment and
points the shaft O. satire on modern
society with its foibles, pretence and
deceit. Not since her Mistress Nell"
and Sweet Kitty Bellaire" has Miss
Crosman appeared in play which
permits her to exercise her art to such
an unlimited degree and in which her
freshness, buoyance and endless vari-
ETY. of expression lend themselves SO
gracefully to the realization Of the
Principal characters. New York and
Chicago were unanimous in their APP
prevail of the play, and Wallack's
Theatre was nightly crowded for four
months during Miss Crosman's run in
this popular comedy. while the same
was the case in Chicago, at Powers
Theatre. The star will come here sup
ported by the same company, and ap-
pearing in the play which possesses
the same interest for every city that
it does for New York and Chicago.
Katherine Van Ripper, portrayed by
NF;,. C,oe,,,o~ &c uoyyp q,
girl with pedigree, tradition and lux
urious tastes, left by an improvident
father with only 5000 month. With
the laudable resolve that the world
owes her living BETTING her posi-
ton, Katherine proceeds to exact trib-
ute from every one she somes in con-
tact with, employing her fascinating
wit to obtain dinners, clothes, furni-
ture and whatever else she desires.
But the girl is brought to realize the
humiliation of the part she is playing
when two men become suitors for her
hand. One is an uncouth young mil
lionaire, who is favored by her ambi-
tious family, and the other is young
man Of little. wealth but great energy
who, not knowing Katherine to be
sham, is outspoken in his disdain fol
all social humbugs and pretenders.
This man Katherine determines to
marry, vowing however that she will
not do so before she has settled all
her obligations and debts. How
Katherine accomplishes this and finds
true happiness is solved by the inter
esting third act of the play.
Sham is an epoch marking COM
edy and should attract a large and
fashionable audience to the opera
1 house.