The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
"oHicer SOS.

'Of1Cer ooo.''
At the Grand opera house next Mon
day evening, October 81, Messrs.
Conan & Harris will offer their great |
laughing success, "Officer $685., melo /
dramatic farce from the pen of Aug i
ustin MacHugh name that has here
tofore not appeared on the roll cali
of American authors. Nevertheless, |
he has turned out an article that will
command the attention of the amuse
ment world for some time to come.
AS rule playwrights are obsessed
with the idea that horse play is essen
tial in farce construction, md lot
iof it filters into playbuildings under
the case of Officer $780, however. Mr..
MacHugh is said to have gone cut of
the beaten path, and by so doing to
have evolved a play that radiates
| flashes of wit, wove2 through story
/ that is at all times plausible. insist
emily laugh compelling and full Of
surprises.
| Briefly told, the play deals with a
New York bachelor who has just COM
3pleted four years tour of the world.
Like all rich young men he has a fad,
and this particular young mans fad is
his collection of old paintings. The
protracted absence of the millionaire
has not escaped the attention of an
internationally famous picture thief
who has planned to appropriate the
paintings. To do this he masquer-
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his residence, and becomes a great
favorite in society on the strength OF
i it. On the evening of the unexpected
return of the real owner, he has ar
4 ranged to elope with beautiful young
girl, and when the play opens is dis
covered cutting the canvasses from
their frames.
This is the situation when the cur
tain goes up on act of Officer 666.
, How the rich young man borrows the
uniform of Officer $685. how the real
policeman consents to act as butler;
how he deals with the burglar while
allowing him to use his name and
home: and how he eventually traps
the thief and wins the girl away from
the light-fingered gentleman is told in
three acts of laughter and many far.
cial situations, around which the auth
Or has woven story of life. love and
the law that bristles with melodram-
attic thrills. Seats now on sale.-Adv.
No Cause for Further Alarm. BILLY
Has Arrived.
The four detectives, Sunshine, Faith,
Hope and Love are with him. Who
is "Billy?" Billy is the Drummer
Evangelist of San Jose, California
who has come to Keokuk to conduct a
ten days series of meetings under
the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association. For number
Iof years he was a commercial travel
er and he learned men as he came In
touch with all sides of life. He has
Il had twenty years of evangelistic work
all over the United States and parts
of Canada.
Mr.. Williams presents his subjects
in a business like way, in the Ian
guage of his former occupation. He
says | dropped my sample case ane
took up new line; am now travelling
for the house not made with hands
with a bran new line of samples. The
sign now reads, God and Sons an
4 one of the firm workers together witt
Him. No charges for carriage, boxes
. or freight. place your order In faith
4 and the goods will be delivered a
once, no matter whether you have an,
N rating with dun or Bradstreet.' ~
a has now held meetings In every stat
of this union and is in great deman'
u as reviyalist.
vi A testimonial follows: Ebert z