The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-07
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"seven Keys to BaIdpate"
The Ottur.wa Courier compliments
the Seven Keys to Baldpate" com
pany which is to appear at the Grand
tomorrow night. The management OF
the Grand guarantees this attraction
to be one of the best comedy-dramas
on the road And the endorsement
from the Courier is along the lines OF
the local management. Seven Keys
to Baldpate" appeared at Ottumwa
Monday night and the Courier mas
the following to say of the company:
Conan & Harris have had some very
clever pieces appear before Ottumwa
audiences in the past, but in the pro-
duction Monday evening OF Seven
Keys to Baldpate. they outdid previ-
Gus efforts and scored lasting hit.
AS a gloom chaser and dispeller OF
| the blues, one sitting at the Baldpate
| Inn will prove effective, for things
happen So quickly and are so varied,
that when it is over one wonders how
\ it can be done
Few comedies are so complete with
pleasing features despite the fact that
the entire piece Is staged with but
one setting Of scenery
Readers Of the book by Earl Derr
Biggers which appeared in the Courier
more than year ago, could find az
ded satisfaction after seeing the work
of the playwright as 1t was interpreted
bv a superb cast OF characters.
AS has been the rule with the
Conan plays that have shown here,
the cast was one Of the features, for
the success of the performance Mon
day night was largely due to the play
ers. The play in itself was good. but
! in the hands of barn stormers would
have been a frost" Be 1t understood,
however. that the only frost apparent
Monday night was that painted on the
windows Of the inn and the feeling OF
chill that one instinctively felt when
! ever one of the seven keys opened
the door to Baldpate Inn.
| One of the best houses OF the sea
son greeted this play and the express
sions heard as well as visible on the
faces Of the audience, showed that
the piece pleased.
"erinsino Up Father"
! Next Saturday will be Jubilee day
and night at the Grand opera house
when Gus Hills gorgeous production
of George McManus famous cartoon
play bringing Up Father visits your
city. Everybody who reads a news
paper has seen the funny Father"
pictures and to see them is to laugh.
They would make the Egyptian sphinx
laugh. No mere play in the past de-
cade has left such q trail of merrt-
ment as has this clever musical COM
/ edy conceit. by the New York Amer
/ cans clever cartoonist, George Nc
Manus Capacity audiences have
greeted their appearance in every
I town and city fortunate enough to
'thaye secured, date. New York, Chi
Icago and Boston laughed over the
absurd antics for months. Everywhere
/ it has been pronounced the best mus
4 ical comedy of the season; not alone
in words, but box Office records have
been established unapproached by
any other attraction. All Of this is
lindisputable evidence of real merit in
the play which should appear to you
as It has to millions OF other people,
whom It has pleased. bringing Up
Father, comes to the Grand Saturday,
Dec. 9 matinee and night.-Adver-
tisement.
"Today'' at the Grand.
4 Next Wednesday the management
Of the Grand offers the New York
dramatic success, To-day" 1t has
created the greatest furore Of the de-
cade wherever 1t has been seen.
The play was originally written by
a Hebrew author named Schooner in
Yiddish. A translation into German
was made and given In an obscure
New York theatre. One evening
Harry Won TiHer, the well known
New York song writer, CHANGED 20
drop into the theatre with some Ger
man friends and was struck with
the possibilities of the drama Hunt