The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-27
lingsworth, c. J. Kirch, E. hoss Bak-
or, l. A. Hamill, Ira Wills and NJ. e.
Justice
ADJUSTMENTS.
Potash and perImutter.

Potash and PerImutter.
me up to date garment in
three pieces designed from material
In the Saturday Evening Post stories
of Potash and Perlmutter was pro-
inounced to tit like de paper on de +,
valr' by the audience at the Grand
last night. The stories by Montague
Glass furnished the material for the
rlay and the cast which was present
ed by A. H. Woods was OF the best to
portray those most human of heroes,
Abe Potash and Mawruss Perlmutter.
l.fhe audience laughed at their quarrels
and chickering's, which after all con-
tanned much of philosophy. And they
loved them for their sacrifices and
their humanity.
Briefly, the story of Potash ana
IPerlmutter,' deals with the trials and
1tribulations Of these two partners OF
the cloak trade through their gener-
Gus championship of Boris Andrieff,
young Russian whom the representa-
tives of the czar are trying to drag
back to the country Of his birth and
Ito lifetime in Siberia. They pledge
their all to goehis bail, land when.
through their ignorance of the law, he
starts for Canada to gain a respite
I
lresentatives and the partners are in
danger of FORGETTING their business and
their homes, the story takes serious
turn, indeed. But Boris learns through
the newspapers of the danger to his
benefactors and returns In time to
save them from ruin, and to learn OF
his complete vindication of the charges
isgainst him. There is plenty OF ro-
nance to add to the charm of the play,
for Boris marries Abe's young daugh.
| ter, while Perlmutter wins lady de-
| signer." with a business head like.
Carnegie and shape Ike Lillian
Russell young lady, by the way,
who figures extensively in, the COCO
fortunes OF the re-established firm.
| Jules Jordan was unapproachable
DIS Abe Potash. and Lew WEIGH was
splendid Perlmutter, the younger mem.
Der of the firm. Lottie Kendall as
Ruth Goldman, the lady designer, was
Especially good. in her part, and Gus
Cohan as Henry Feldman, the crook
lawyer, was true to life. Marie Howo
made very sympathetic Mrs. Potash }.
and Pearl Ford was charming Irnna'
Potash. Jules Unger made very
Russian who Is befriended by the firm.
"Nobody Home"
With the same cast, chorus and
i production complete as appeared in
1 New York, Chicago and st. Louis this
season, the Grand offers this big mus
tcal comedy for Keokuk tomorrow
night The ST. Louis Globe Democrat
last week said:
! A quieter show Or one richer in
quiet humor than Nobody Home, now
at the Shubert, has seldom been on
view in st. Louis playhouse
In the first place, the orchestra does
not work itself tired in the opening
overture at a moment when most
musical shows are being introduced
with all manner OF noisemaking de-
vices. Instead OF the conventional
blatancy and racket here fwe have some
subducd, quivery sounds on ffddles,
flutes and the like. with hardly any.
thing like resort to drums, cymbals
and traps. This holds, true later and
the accompaniments.;t the songs as
we'll as all tfIeA9daneea music are a
gentle, mostlys soothing Kind. leaving
the audience FIJI doubt as TO the intent
of Composer Jerome Kern or his
clever interpreter. and orchestra lead.
er, Ben NJ. JeT2me.
! neatly lueAc 10 uO HSSu IOI u1uCA AZ
istrumental outHvings when the &C
.complished farceur and whistler,
Charles Judels.s sings "Why Take q
sandwich to a Banquet?'' or the light
baritone, George Lydecker, intones
E"In Already" And it would be i'm
proper to make a deal Of noise Of any
kind while that soft-spoken frnitator
OF silly Engfstmen. Lawrence Gros-
smith, recites-" Bed, Wonderful Bed
ITS a restful ut. an antidote to nerve
tension, all antitoxin, where the mi
crobes OF fatigue are wreaking havoc
on the tired business man.
Dancing is Inoffensive.
The dancing, likewise, is mostly of
the gentlest ballroom. variety, with
nothing audible save the glide of per-
feet footwear and everything kept at
perfect tempo by the song of few
Iwell-played fiddles and whisperings
lon well-attuned flutes.
come sort % noise, and this is mostly
left to Maude Odell, who as fierce
brunette and termagant (termagants
are mostly brunettes, but not vice
lversa), plays the jealous wife of Rol-
ando D'Amorini. whose numerous
amours keep him in difficulties.
/ Lawrence Grossmith, master Of quiet
Ihumor and excellent comedian. makes
the most of the rich situations in
which, as Freddy Popple' of Ippleton,
england. he finds himself placed. His
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