Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-17
"SOUL OF MUSIC"
PLAY WILL WIN
Mrs. Wallace Believed to Have
Made Dramatic Strike in
Her New Venture.
IINITIAL PRODUCTION HERE
4. Creditable Performance Is Given at
the Illinois by Tri-City Talent
Last Evening.

Mrs. Florence MagilI Wallace of Mo
J line, in her new play, The Soul of
Music" has woven dramatic frame
+ that, with a revamping, elimination
J and the application of finishing
touches, might be developed into a
stage story of real worth Her theme,
while not entirely new, is surrounded
by original constructive ideas-and
) ideas are what go in the commercial
theatrical world today.
Mrs. Wallace, in building her story,
has barred the soul of the artist must
clan, showing that not money or Op-
iportunity, or artistic environment
bring triumph, but love, and sympathy,
and heartacheS. OF course, as in all
amateur productions, there were in
jected into the performance a number
of features to give the requisite social
tone. These features are entirely for
eign to the main story and, if any
thing, interrupt and mar the reveal
ment of the thread that furnishes the
interest of the auditor. However, they
may easily be dispensed with. In the
hands of high class professionals-and
this is not said in depreciation of those
who appeared last evening, for it must
be remembered they are not profess
sionals-'The Soul of Music" could be
made a powerful production. There
are abundant openings for climaxes-
not of the soul-tearing variety, but of
the sweetly human kind; the kind, that
have an uplifting instead of depress-
ing influence The cast of characters
in The Soul of Music" as given here,
was chosen from tri-city talent. and
it is rarely that such an array Of
stars" has been brought together IN
an amateur play here.
Those In the Play.
The cast was as follows:
Prof. Carl Won Shultz, Berlin. .....
... Christian Oelschlagel
John d. Hammond, New York.
......... Norman Lafayette
Senior Aldino Costello, Sorrento.
- Carleton 5. King
Alexander Stewart, New York.
George Owen
Fritz WeckeI, Berlin. Phil Sonntas
Jimmy, Newsboy, New York.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Lyle Utts
James Atkins London. ..... Alex Hart
jean Howe, monograph expert....
RaIpn SennerL
Marian Stewart, New York. .......
..........M Mrs. ]. J. Dorgan
Julie Finnedore, Paris. ......
........M Miss Rae Rosenstein
Betty Won Weber, Lucerne.
.....M Mrs. Albert Ellison
Mrs. Alexander Stewart. New York
49,. Mrs. Florence Magin Wallace
Frau Weckel. Berlin. Miss Cora Ford
Mile Lafarge, Paris NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Mrs. Evlan Sargent
Berlin students Cmembers of the
Choral union)
Ada Entrikin Petersen, Wesley A.
Paul; Messrs. Robert Lynch, Allan
Ford. Raymond McCarl, Phil Sonntag.
Those taking part on the stage as
society guests:
Misses Marian and Eleanor Hobbs,
Madeline Murphy, Elsa Simon, Mae
Streckfus, Mildred Stephens, Lieuten-
ants Alfred Acher, Earl Wright, John
NJ. Wright, Messrs. Ben Mitchell, Roy
Collins, Hubbard DOoley.
French maids who sold the flowers:
Misses Blanch TrimbIe, Eleanor Trim
BILE, Miriam Mackin, Alice Carse, Eliza
beth Wylie, Merle Hurst, Julia Craw-
ford.
Candy girls: Misses Irene Don,
Evangeline Casteel, Lulu McCurdy
Nina Van Buren,, Dorothy Simpson,
Blanch Mosenfe1der. Ruth Hemenway,
Blanch Smith, Mable Bruner.
Ushers: Members OF the Silver
Cross.
Synopsis and Music.
Act PROF Won SchuItz's studio,
Berlin A February morning. Music
for Music's Sake"
Act 2-The music room in the Stew