Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1920 — COMING TO THE ELLIS. “ABE MARTIN” [ARTICLE]

COMING TO THE ELLIS. “ABE MARTIN”

Now that Abe Martin, Kin Hub* bard’s famous and genial newspaper cartoon character is the stage in a musical comedy called “Abe Martin ” produced by Boyle Woolfolk, and whito.comes to the Ellis Opera House next Prtday night, Sept. 17,, it » ly appropo that theatregoer income acquainted with Abe ■ phy as set forth by Mr. Hubbard, “Abe Martin was born to Boundhead, Hardin county, Ohio, some time between the first and second Seminole wars. He got his early education in a 'general store and played a yellow clarinet m a band on Johnson’s Island, Lake_Ene, during the Rebellion of which we have all heard so much. After his outing was broken up he went to Brown county, Indiana, to with his wife’s folks. Mr. Martin votes the Democratic ticket for nothing, and is a student of the film and drdma. He eats sardines between the acta and boasts of having seen “The Hidden Hand” twen-ty-one times, and- Julia Marlowe in “Pinafore” once. He says that politics is just one five-cent cigar after another, and that the Union was preserved so hall players could practice in toe South. Mr. Wollfoik’s production of ‘Abe Martin” is the only distinctly rural musical comedy ever staged. It is considerably more pretentious than the average cartoon musical show in point of book, music, scenery, costuming and principals. The book, which is the joint work of Jota P. Mulgrew and C. G. Mercer contains a logical story replete with ‘Abe Martin” humor, and Felix Rice, who is well known in Renseslaer, has provided a melodious score that contains a number of tuneful song hits. Mr. Rice wffl be here Friday With the company, which comes directly from English’s Opera House, Indianapolis, where “Abe” played *wo weeks to capacity business