The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-27
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"Mrs Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch"
Who that has read Mrs. Wigs Of
the Cabbage Patch" can ever forget
the death of Tina passing compar-
able in pathos to the end of little
Nell. AS the brave boy and good
son fares forth on the lonely way he
murmurs Of 1.-The meaders and trees
laughin' all the time. Birds singin',
singin'." Except. for this tragic inter.
Iude nature laughs, for Mrs. Wigs
and the birds sing always and despite
neighborhood calculated to crush
into despair all but the most resollte
of optomists. But it doesn't crush
Mrs. Wigs. and the reasons why set
forth in her own apt, iniinitable
way, coupled with vivid pictures OF
her now famous life in the Cabbage
Patch, have made the play bearing
her name the most prolific source OF
laughter, wholesome fun and OCCASION
al tears, on the stage today Here is
the very warp and wool of American
life in mean streets, and the art OF
Mrs. Rice, the novelist, and of Mr..
Flanner, the draE-atist, have combin-
ed to make flowery with wit and
jollity and charity and rollicking fun
the dreary place that furnishes the
locals of the play. 1t will be long be-
fore there is another woman charac-
ter OF the stature Of Mrs. Wigs. She
has seized upon the imagination OF
the nation, and her wise sayings,
couched in homely phrases. are a pos
session we would be loath to lose. In
it's dramatic form, Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch ran for $50 perform
ances in New York, 800 performances
in London and a special company Is
now presenting the play in Australia.
Grace Leith Hodgkins, Eileen Cos
griff and Howard Teachout and TWEEN
ty others are Included in the cast.
Mrs. Wigs" will be presented here
under the management of the United
Play Company, at he Grand Opera
House Friday evening, Nov. 29.-Adv.
"The Littlest Rebel"
The Bloomington Qll.) Paragraph
of Saturday morning, November 20.
has the following comment about
THE Littlest Rebel" which is to APP
pear at the Grand opera house In
Keokuk at an early date:
Mr.. Marshall Farnum and Company
appeared last night at the Chatterton
in 1.-THE Littlest Rebel" Edward Peo-
pies story of the civil war, in which
the three Farnum brothers have re-
Gently prayed with remarkable sue
cess. The story of the play is a pa
thetic one concerning the trials OF
little Virgie Carey, whose father is 4
confederate scout. and who In the pri-
yations of war has seen her mother
die and their home burned, and lives
alone and hungry in little cabin a
few miles from Richmond.
In the company presenting the
play for the first time In Blooming
ton. Mr.. Marshall Farnum Is cast as
the confederate scout, the father of
The Littlest Rebel role which is
most capably acted by little Miss Vic.
la Savoy Prominent In the support
ing cast is Mr.. Judson Langill, who
appears as Lieutenant C1onel Morri-
son Of the feeral troops, Miss Helen
Scott seen as Virgie's mother, and
Mr.. Martin Reagon, an able character
actor, cast as Uncle Billy the negro
slave. Mr.. Langiil Ia particularly
strong in his presentation OF the
part opposite Mr., Farnum. and little
Miss Savoy is a child actress of un.
usual emotional abillty.