The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-22

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The world is better today than it
was one hundred years ago. The pes
simist would like to have us think
differently, but the fact remains the
same nevertheless. Mankind is in
volving from the stone age to the
highest, and many and varied are the
factors due to this evolution. Evolu-
ton Is Slow, and we, in our daily
mad rush, do not realize the wonder
full strides we are making. Many
things that by their familiarity we
do not consider are the stepping
stones to the higher and noblest man
is capable of. Lives without number
strew the way of this onward rush,
sacrifices to the evolution of man,
Men preaching, warriors, poets, phil
osphers make up this mass. Writers
and all up to now the dramatist who
has contributed his best that men may
evolve from brute force to the highest
he is capable of being. Plays teach
Ing lesson have become the vogue
for Tire simple reason the theatre oc-
cupies vastly different position than
it. ever did in the history of civiliza-
ton before, and now it is looked upon
as teacher along with being simply
a place to laugh at some grotesque
buffonery For instance the big sue
cesses Of the stage in the past three
years are paid in Full, "The Lion
and the Mouse, "The Servant in the
House." "The Easiest Way" Just a
Wife" all plays with purpose Added
to this list may be Cast Aside" the
big success of the present season 1t
is play by L. B. Parker, who OBJ
tanned his theme in the ballad of the
same title written some years ago by
Chas. X. Harris. The play deals with
the eternal question of the sex prob
lem. Mr.. Parker has handled his
theme in remarkable way. blend
ing his serious situations with COM
edy.
Cast Aside" will be the offering at
the Grand Opera House this evening.
Prices 15c, Csc, 35c and soc.
1t seems certain that all the ad.
iectives justified by the English au-
thority have been utalized in aplica
ton to Whitney's stupendous musical
comedy success, "a Broken Idol"
This musical comedy. recently closed
successful runs in Boston. New York
and Chicago where it enjoyed stays
of over 200 performances in each city.
1t appears not to be merely pleas
ant past-time, once seen and then dis
missed from the mind, but it evil
IDENTIFY possessed of such permanent
qualities, that it is qualified for a.
place among the classics. 1t is fire.
quently true that a great popular sue
cess meets with a practically unani-
nous word of approval from profes.
sional critics, but the press and pub
lie, in the matter of this comedy, seem
in one accord.
"a Broken Idol" comes to the Grand
tomorrow evening for one night only
with the original Whitney production
and most of the original Chicago cast
Dainty Perle Barti and Don A. Mac
milan have the leading roles. There
are still plenty of good seats left.
Since the time to which the memory
of man runneth not, the odd number
thirteen has ever been looked upon
as q regular "hoodo," but Jack L. Cor
don declares that it is the luckiest
for him in the entire book of
AS citizen, he was
born on the thirteenth of June, 1878,
he started to school when lad on
the thirteenth of September, 1SS4,and
at the age of thirteen he ran away
from home with circus, which by
the way, was transported on thirteen
cars After few years of circus life
he eventually drifted into the theat-
rical business with just thirteen dol
lars in his pocket on the thirteenth
of August, 1897, which occurred thir-
teen years ago, and now he claims
that he owns TIE best show he has
ever had, consisting of exactly thir-
ten people, and known as Gordon's