Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-28
THINGS THEATRICAL

II seems to be a delusion among
American playwrights that farce
cannot be a success unless it is de-
rived from a German or French
source. Perhaps nine out of ten plays
of that nature have been bodily lifted
or adapted from the foreign stage. 1t
remained for Philip Bartholomew to
prove the fallacy of that theory. In
his first effort, over Night" he took
a typical American theme, handled 1t
n a typically American way and met
with instant success. Following the
same plan he wrote Little Miss
Brown" which opens the dramatic sea-
so J. at the Princess Theater, Chicago,
Au-. "a All the scenes in this play
are laid in a hotel, giving opportunity
for q series of character drawing I'M
usual in light comedy. The day clerk,
who is also the louise detective, the
night clerk, the porter, the elevator and
bell hey and the slangy telephone oper-
ator are all said 20 be particularly well
conceived. The story concerns little
Miss Brown, who forget the day OF
the week and reached the city a
stranger and a day sooner than she
was expected. Somebody stole her
pocketbook at the station, and since
1t was night and she had no money
and no baggage, the hotels would not
let her in. On a tip from the tele-
phone operator she lets herself be mis-
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hunband has had apartments reserved
at the hotel. Two hours and half OF
solid laughter are necessary TO un-
ravel the tangle and make everyone
happy. A pretty romance underlies
all the story.
THE Whip" the big Drury Lane
/ melodrama coming to the Auditorium
in Chicago for limited engagement,
starting Saturday, Aug. 80, is an ex-
| citing play of love and adventure that
grips the auditor from start to finish.
The stage at the auditorium is at this
early date being got in readiness to
meet the requirements of this thriller
which has been imported intact from
| ldI AilS otdbAh6 VI NAAAS P'O
| duction is of an unusual and exactine
character is apparent from the fact
that thirteen complete stage settings
! are required for as many scenes,
dozen huge treadmills and five electric
driven panorama are employed for tht
race scene. while real tracks, loco
motives and rolling stock are essential
1 1nfIfeinn The lar
ter will undoubtedly be the most re
markable stage picture ever presented
il. Chicago, and is described as the
climax of sensational realism. two
trains are shown running at full speeC
in sight of the audience. The
rear car is detached from the frs
train and comes to a standstill at th'
entrance to a tunnel directly in thu
path OF the following express. TIT
latter crashes into the car I'd is shat
tered into a mighty wreck, lit up b!
lurid flames and shrouded in mis-
of steam from the bursted boiler of tn
overturned locomotive. THE Whip" 4
produced by Messrs. Brady, Comstocl
and Gest The play makes a stroni
public appeal because Of the heart In
terest underlying its story, the stirrinI
action that characteriSes its develop
ment and the sensational climaxe
that punctuate it. These include
mounted hunt, an automobile acc
dent, railroad with real locomotive
and cars and a horse race with
dozAn former turf favorites ridden b.
jockeys of international reputation.
is ell human, genuinely exciting an
interesting. Mail orders are now beinI
received and filed. Owing TO tn
great demand for seatseit is advise
that early reservations be made