Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1911 — COMING TO ELLIS OPERA HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

COMING TO ELLIS OPERA HOUSE.

Mr. Ellis, the manager of the Opera House, was heard to remark the other day that it was mighty hard for towns of our size to get good shows. He looked sad when he said it, /00. Now to-day he is smiling and says that the problem is solved. We told him we were from Missouri, so he proceeded to show us. He has booked in a company that has been twenty-two weeks in stock in a beautiful little north side theater in Chicago. The house is in litigation so the company is going to take the road until the case is settled. They will

playa circuit of six towns, playing here on Friday night, Jan. 27, and on the same night every week with a new play. They have played twenty-two different plays in their Chicago house and will play them around this circuit in any order the audiences desire. We have seen the list of plays and it contains some sterling dramas and comedies, both new and old. Among them are: Lena Rivers, St. Elmo, Dora Thorne, The Devil, Rip Van Winkle, The Middleman, A Wife In Name Only, Blue Grass, \a Girl From Turkey, For Love and Liberty, In the Lions Jaw, and many others. Each play will be played once around the circuit, one night in each of the towns, and each play will be costumed and staged exactly as it was in their Chicago production. Special scenery will be built, painted and carried for every play. There will be no advance in the prices, so the managers say, they will have to pack the house plumb full to make any money at all. However, they seem to feel that the houses will be in that condition after the first time around. If the plan turns out one half as well as it is represented, a treat is in store for us. So here is luck to the Jordan Dramatic Go., from the Mabel theater, Chicago. iWe understand their first play was one of the biggest favorites in Chicago, “Under Arizona Skies.” One night only, Friday, Jan. 27, at Ellis Opera House.