Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-18

wiz She has achieved unusual distinc-
ton in her art, and naturally has met
some disappointments In discussing
the business integrity of a particular
manager recently Miss Weldon re-
marked that the company with which
she had recently been associated had
closed without warning. and the COM
pany left without salaries. Did no
one get paid ," inquired q friend. Not
one" Miss Weldon answered. He OBJ
served the strictest of neutralities."
Ethel Wright. in her delves into an
tiquity. has discovered the origin of
what was generally supposed to be a
bit Of 1914 edition colloquialism. II
several Of the plays produced this year
the line of there's nobody nome" oc-
ours. the word being suited to the &C
tion of tapping the forehead. and the
audiences have laughed immoderate-
" Now comes Miss Wright, who goes
back to the days of Alexander Pope.
say about 1900 when he observed in
stanza: You beat your pate and fancy
wit will come; knock as YOU please,
I there's nobody home. Now for some.
thing really new,
I Eugene Brieux, author of Damaged
/ Goods" etc. has written an enthusiast
| tic preface 10 a volume of four plays
/ of the Free Theatre, which Stewart &
Kidd Co. are publishing. The four
plays are The Fossils a play in
I four acts by Francois de Curel; The
/ Serenade." a Bourgeois study in three
acts by Jean Julien; FRANCHISES
Luck" a comedy in one act by Georges
de Porto Rich; The Dupe." a COM
edy in FIVE acts by Georges Anoey.
There is also a sonnet TO Antoine, by
Edmund Rostand. The plays have
been produced at the Free Theatre"
in Paris by Antonio. The Free The
atre" was the French drama of the
past quarter-century what the Refor-
nation was 10 Christianity.
Mrs. Gilbert White, the American
prima donna. whose observations upon
the opportunity now presented for
forcing American art and music to the
fore. offers some excellent suggestions
as to how the cities of the United
States may assist in this effort. There
is she declares. "a'n opportunity for
every one 10 assist. This can be done
by a personal serious study OF music (!
in some form, by encouraging others /
to such study of music, by joining the
are none to form one in each town, by 4
encouraging the young folk in every I
town and city to study music, by pat Z
rCnizing the principal music events ar
ranged for each town or city and by .
fostering musical discussion and in
teIlfgence' The idea is one which
may well be considered by the music
lovers of this country.
gr,ra.-+ U-fre oh, If
such sensational nature when pro-
duced in England that Langdon Nc
Cormick, the manager and producer,
had to go before the curtain and reas-
sure the audience, is 10 be seen at the
Palace Theatre in New York in a few
weeks.
They were idolizing new actress.
"She has the most wonderful power /
have ever seen" one observed. "She
can make you feel hot or cold, happy
or morose at will, She" rs that
au?" Suzanne Jackson inquired. she
has nothing on our janitor if it is"
Dorothy Bentley. also known as
Mrs. Sebastian, being the domestic
and artistic partner Of Carlos Sebas
tian, has invented new dance, which
she calls the "hobble limp" It was
invented after Mrs. Sebastian met with {
a severe injury TO her foot. which gave
her step an illustrative movement
Lillian Kingsbury, who appeared Il,
Monday night at Days theatre in the !
revival OF "Yosmite, read the Indian
legend in the picturesque dramatiza- I
ton of Lonefellow's "Evangeline" at Y
tn, Park theatre in New York last {
year. II was the one part that stands
out if the memory of those who saw :
the play serves them right. Ii
The most original scene devised for
\ New York play this season is the
second act of Yosemite" at Days
heatre. II represents the interior of
IA extinct volcano. situated in the q
Yosemite valley in lower California. t
Frank Keenan, plays the bandit, who [
makes this unusual place his head 9
quarters. n
At the conclusion OF her present en- :
,agement in Philadelphia, Marguerite :
Hertz. the attractive young Tctress. r
will debut in New York in a group of
hort plays which are to be produced h
It special matinees. One of them is
o be THE Maker of Dreams whim-
iical comedy in which she appeared .
With unusual success in Chicago.
The secret of success. according to
he late Augustin Daily. was the knowl- =
.dge of the capabilities of player and :
he direction of such talents along the
inc of least resistance. More plays :.
ire made by good casting than by any "
,ther means. First-night audiences in =
Iew York who witnessed the perform a
lnce of Mr.. Wa the telling Chinese
nelodrama, were unanimous in the ex- =
iression of opinion that Frank keenan, u
rould have made the part one of the
reatest characterizations of the age. Y
he possibilities for the creation of e
asting stage character were uneXcell- D
d, and with so clever a character a
ctor as Mr.. keenan, ii would have Ia