Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-15

its reputation is bound to suffer at the
hands of the crew of butchers and
makeshifts that tried to handle it last
night
Opinion of Pastor.-Rev G. L. Nor
rill, pastor of the Peoples church,
Minneapolis, gave the following inter-
view to the Minneapolis News after
witnessing the performance of In the
Bishops Carriage" which is to be the
ATTRACTION at the Grand, in Davenport,
| this evening: Were l to take the
view of the dramatic critic | might say
the play differed in some respects
from the novel-but was more pleas
ing on that very account. Further,
that the scenery was sufficient, and
the play we'll mounted; that the cast
was made up of able players, and final
ly that Miss Stephanie Longfellow,
the leading lady, is pretty, pleasing
and powerful in depicting the way
ward character of Nance Olden. AS
it was. / was only a minister and
found an illustration of the saying
Sermons in stones, and good in. every
thing. The play is wholesome and
helpful | watched the audience as 1T
laughed, sighed or cried as the thieving,
lying street girl rises to a high ideal
and a better life. BY this feeling of
hope and trust which shows that what
has been a shadow may be a star.
even Tom Dorgan, utterly disreputa-
Bile, is willing to give her help, and
hnI
though such surrender sends him
back to prison and shuts the barred
door behind him. Those who are for
tunate enough to see in the Bishops
Carriage will agree with me | think,
in saying that they have been TO
church at the Bijou. the preacher was
Miss Longfellow, and the text of the
sermon was Go and sin no more.
Two Sunday Performances. - The
Beggar Prince Musical Comedy Opera
company will appear at the Illinois
Sunday. matinee and night There |
are few satirical musical plays so |
as the Prince" For the cur
rent season. it is announced the piece |
has been metamorphosed into an op- |
cratic musical comedy. The new
score by Ivan Rudisell bubbles and |
overbrims with melody. After melody. |
full of equisite rhythms-rich with |
orchestral color and vibrant with quail |
ity. All lovers of musical plays will |
be grateful for it's music, and those |
who prefer a comedy menu will find |
plenty of laugh,provoking incidents
throughout the lengthy program. Miss
Eta Merris heads the list of female |
while H. c. Mosely leads |
the male contingent. The chorus IS
said to be exceptionally pretty and
wear pretty costumes gracefully
Same Funny Little FelIow.-George
Sidney has been coming to Rock Island |
several years at the head of his own
company, and the hold that he has
gained on the patrons of the theater
IS deserved. His position as a come |
dian established, he has not gone on
the theory that all the public cared |
was to see and hear him, a mistaken |
flight of ego that has resulted disas-
trOuSly for many of his cortempora-
ries. Sidney tries to Guido himself |
each succeeding season in the strength
of the personnel of his supporting /
players. He has never disappointed,
and those who saw him at the Illinois |
last evening in THE JOY Rider en-
joyed the best thing that he presented |
the public in the years that he has |
been starring. Sidney's conception of |
the Hebrew is a classic. He never |
allows himself to become offense 20 |
the race one of whose members he is
characteriZing. He is just funny |
little fellow; that is all there is to it, |
There is only one criticism to make of |
Sidney, and that is his saving of his |
voice, mis- songs and dialogue being |
hardly audible over the footlights. He
has a large company, including q
chorus of handsome and well dressed |
The comedy is beautifully |
staged.