Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-28

ton-Harry Leon Wilson play, has be-
come known. 1t is not only that there
is bitter and humorous attack upon
the folly of international marriages,
nor that the idea has been to present
a carefully blended symposium of hui
NOR that would create a hurricane of
| laughter Not the least. The play
was written in a spirit of revenge. 1t
is a deep laid plot that would make
Lucretia Borgia or the late Mr.. Mach
iavelli turn green with envy, for it is
the apotheosis Of vengeance, long de
| layed, but none the less effective.
Here is the secret: There is a char
acter in THE Man From Home'-the
principal character, that of Daniel
Voorhees, Pike-and this character is
none other than George AIDE, seized in
ali the innocence of his simple life,
and forced bodily, mannerisms, and
all, upon the stage for the personal
qualification of Booth Harrington 1t
is AIDE that has been made the chief
character of the play 1t is AIDE, whom
we have come to know, through the
Harrington interview on landing, as
the plain, untraveled citizen one might
meet on an accommodation train be-
tween Kokomo and Logansport''
Plct Woven Around Show Girl
''The Arrival of Kitty" a farce comedy
full and overlooking with humorous
situations, side-splitting laughter and
containing a delicately handled plot
woven around a show girl, who dis
plays her numerous charms to win.
and who, in a truly delightful manner,
causes no end of merriment, will be
the attraction at the Illinois theater
Friday evening.
The opening of the play displays a
scene Of extremely amusing character
The action is fast and starts at the
very opening of the act AS the plot
natures it becomes more intricate,
laugh-provoking incidents closely fol
low one another, bringing forth at all
times peals of merriment that border
closely on the hilarious. In addition
to the brilliant dialogue and dramatic
situations, "The Arrival of Kitty
OOdolS VI Lld1ly luuSlCdl Nus
lated into the comedy, adding rhyme
and jingle, and affording a resting
place between laughs.
The character of Kitty is a delight
full one. Her fascinating manner and
enticing ways are splendidly handled
by Florence Forrest. Hal Johnson and
large company of well known far
ceurs are seen in the other interest
ing characters in the play.
Mrs. Leslie Carter's New Ideals
There has always been a mystery
about the personality of Mrs. Leslie
Carter, which has been made for her
with her consent, but without her SUI
pervision. The theatricalism of her
work on the stage, for which others
for so many years have taken the
credit, has been represented as being
part of her personality. This seems
to be mistake which only her sue
cess as an actress has made possible
Mrs. Carter has emerged from this
haze of theatrical mysticism by assum-
ing her own management. She has
now awakened to entirely new ideals |
in acting, and much stronger iden-
tity in the artistic understanding
which has made her the Bernhard of |
America
Out of the maelstrom of criticism |
and personal warfare with her past |
career, Mrs. Carter herself admits. |
has come an entirely new self-posses-
sion. She refers to the early years of !
her dramatic career as transition, in
which out of the waste of her indus
try has come a new woman; more in
tellectual, more direct and entirely I'M
hampered by theatrical precedent.
Speaking of her play, "Vasta Herne,"
by Edward Peple, in which she will
appear at the Grand opera house, Dav-
export, next Friday night, Mrs Car
ter recently remarked:
"The American public today wants
something more in its plays than the
mere sensational eventfulness of plays
ike Du Barry The theme of a sue