The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-18
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ne Goloen Gill;"
When "The Golden Girl" was orig
inally produced in Mort H. Singers
theatre in Chicago, where it ran for
over three hundred and fifty consecu-
tive performances, Burns Mantle, the
conservative and efficient dramatic
critic gave the following opinion:
This new play The Golden Girl
seems to be the best in all it's parts
Of anything yet produced, at Mort H.
singers Chicago theatre. The play
Jumps from gay quips to passive jest
with the agility of mountain goat.
The score contains big song hits"
When such a man as Burns Mantle
speaks In such commentator of The
Golden Girl it proves that Mort H
Singers brilliant and dazzling musi-
cal comedy is more than worth while.
The original production will be seen
at the Grand opera house tomorrow,
matinee and night, with Leona Wat
son as the star. supported by a spec
Tally selected cast of players. Seats
now on sale.
"The Rosary
BY tacit inference, this play is en-
blematic of purity, as the name i'm
plies. 1t is not only church play,
but It was written in the interest of
all churches and their work in the
betterment of mankind. Father Kelly,
Catholic priest, is the figure in the
foreground. The cross, which in an
tediluvian days was symbolic Of the
four great rivers of the Garden of
Eden, and which under the new dis
pensation is symbolic. Of the great
sacrifice on Calvary. and which is en-
dued with much significance in the
Roman Catholic church. 1t is the
chosen symbol of christianity and of
victory.
The inspiration of the cross saved
Europe and the world from Moham-
mechanism and from Aslatic DONNA
ton. At the battle of Tours in A. d.
7S2. Charles Martel, i. e., THE Ham
merlin a desperate battle with, the
saracens broke the power of the en-
envy and. as his name implies, ham
mered the Asiatic hordes and rescued
France and all Europe from the curse
Of the Crescent. Will the cross save
or revolutionize the present tendency
of evil which is so manifest in our
present state of society? Will it be
able to formulate code of ethics
which will check the evil divorce and
render sacredness to the marital re-
lation which at the present moment
Is almost obsolete? 1t is lament
able fact, proven by statistics, that
there are more divorces granted an
nually in the city of Chicago than in
the kingdom of England. iflere is a
.acs Of faith which portends disaster
TO home, family. children, and ulti-
mately to the republic. Lack of faith
of wife or husband, lack OF faith in
the church, the mother church or its
children. whether it be Episcopal
Metodist. Presbyterian. Lutheran OF
other bodies of christians, bodies nc
good to posterity, nothing but eyi
can result from this great canker spot
The instinct Of religion is almost
as strong as the instinct of hunger
and thirst. Without faith in the un
seen, there can be no abiding reliance
that which goes to support martyrs OF
pioneers in the privations, dangers
and hardships of life. Atheism is
quietly on the increase: it is known
that christianity, numerically speak
ing, is on the wane. The SPIRITUALITY
of the people is apathetic, neglected
doubt and suspicion are rampant. Iht
American home is in peril. The ma
terial and spiritual welfare of the PEG
pie is in danger.
Go to the Grand this evening