The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
"Hunty pulls the strlnas.r

The Grand theatre will house next
Wednesday, the notable success, Bun
ty Pulls the Strings" which has been
hailed as the greatest novelty of the
decade. 1t comes to Keokuk with the
ment at the Comedy Theatre, New
York, and the Haymarket Theatre,
London, while local theatregoers are
conversant with the extended season
| the play enjoyed at the Princess Thea
/ tire. Chicago.
/ Bunty Bigga- is one of the most
delightful creations, and her doings
| charm everyone. even those who are
not pleased with them at the time she
does them Graham Moffat's creation
lof this fascinating Scottish heroine of
! 1860 will make him immortal if he
does nothing else as long as he lives.
/ So human does Bunty impress you
that ere she has been on the stage ten
minutes, you are willing slave. as
secure in her train as any victim
could hope to be. That applies to you,
whether you are member of the mas
culine Or the feminine sex.
i You are pleased with the way she
controls her sweetheart, Weelum, just
as you are with the methods she uses
to manage her brother Rab. When
she gets her father to sign a receipt
for money, you approve of her action
and you do not object to her standing
at the plate when the entire congrega-
ton are at loss to know what to do
next, and she is forced to become their
executive head
After seeing her, one can leave the
theatre praying to meet Bunty, who
shall be to him what Bunty Biggar be-
came to those who knew her in Lintie-
haugh.
The spirit of wholesale daintiness
the play gives forth is its greatest
magnet, becaue it makes everyone
who sees the play booster" who is
mot contented until his or her friends
have seen the play
Is Stealing Justified?
Can person steal and still not be
guilty of wrong doing? This is the
question raised by the play Kind
ling in which the brilliant young
actress Sarah Padden, is starring as
Maggie Schultz. Maggie is the wo-
man who steals, and yet, who, in the
eyes of everyone who sees the play.
is not condemned Clergymen in all
parts of the country have been great
" interested in the story and an I'M
usual number have witnessed the
play. One of these Rev. Jacob E.
Meeker, pastor of the Compton Hill
Congregational church in st. Louis is
outspoken in it's praise. "Rndling'
is the most powerful American play
yet written said he In recent in
terview. 1T does not preach, 1t por-
trays. After the play | asked OF some
their opinion Of the terrible twist
Maggie apparently had given to our
] hard and fast law Of punishment for
guilt Everybody stood up for her.
never felt before the sting of the re
Duke that shot from the hypocritical
scribes and Pharisees, who melted out
80 much punishment for SO much viola
ton Of law, and In the next breath
turned to the cringing woman with
the words Neither do I condemn
thee; go and sin no more Hamlet
said: The plays the thing wherein
I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Charles Kenyon with his perfect play
and perfectly balanced group Of play
ers, catches the conscience Of us all
and who shall say that we are not the
guilty.
Miss Padden in 'fKindling' will ap
pear at the Grand opera house this
evening.
1.-THE Dixie Chorus
William Rainey Bennett, Darling
l ton, Wis, writing October 18th to MI
| Harrison, says: 4.The Dixies wer,
here last night, and was by far thu
biggest and best entertainment w
have ever put on, and further is thu
biggest show on the Lyceum platform
today All the other bureaus WI
initiate you next year as far as 1t I
possible for them to do. The oil
| Jubilee stunt is done forever. TIL
conception is immense, and the me-
1 you have selected are able to carr
out the idea to perfection They ar
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