Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
BOOKINGS At ILLINOIS.
Dec. pa Runaway Boy"
Dec. 3o-"Hoity Toity."
Dec. 31-"Cousin Kate"
Jan. 1.-THE DEVILS Auction"
Jan. 2-"The Black Crook"
Jan. 4-Howe's Moving Pictures.

Devils Auction" New YEARS.
Charles II. Yale's oath edition of his
Everlasting DEVILS Auction" will be
the attraction at the Illinois theater on
New Years matinee and night Man
ager Yale promises that this. the Gath
edition will exceed by far any former
presentation of this great show-play.
for as usual with the Devils Auction
it has been completely gone over, all
old matter has been eliminated and
new ideas, features, scenery, costumes
and mechanical effects substituted, IN
til not one old feature remains.
Is An Old Timer-"The Black
| Crook" is to be the attraction at the
| Illinois theater on Tuesday evening
January 2. This announcement 40
years ago, would have sufficed to Gre
ate a stir in theater going circles,
greater than the coming of any of the
most popular stars of the day. for at
one time The Black Crook was the
most widely talked about, the most
thoroughly advertised play of it's day
In the present production, Messrs. Mil
Ter and Plohn have retained many of
the old features which made the
Crook" so popular but have added
many new ones as well. In their COM
pany are Emmett O'Connor. Martin
Stevens, Joseph Cusack, John Giiroy,
jeanette Coleman, Emma Siegel and
Annie Whiting.
| Makes Long Jump.-From drama,
the heaviest roles of drama, such as
Lord Strathmore" and "Satania," to
comedy roles seems long jump. but
the distance is bridged most success
fully by Virginia Drew Prescott in
Cousin Kate" in which play she Is
starring this season under the manage
ment of Joseph Shipman. Miss Tres
colts limitless versatility enables her
to portray the charming Cousin Kate"
with an effectiveness fully as great as
any reached in the heavier roles of
drama. And the play itself is one of
the most successful society comedies
ever put on in New York, opening the
Hudson theater there and running for
an entire season, playing always to a
house filed to the doors. 1t is at the
Illinois Sunday evening.
| Drives Away Care.-If you want to
forget the cares of the world for a
couple of hours, it's a 10 To / shot that
you will be in it on "HOity Toity"
when it comes to the Illinois theater
on Saturday evening, Dec. 80. "Hoity
Toity' may not suggest very much
but when is added the further infor-
nation that 1t is Weber & Fields enor-
moHsly successful musical comedy, di
| rect from their coy little New York
| thcater, you know then that it is good.
| You know then that the music is
bright, snappy and whistleable: that
the chorus is pretty, and that this same
chorus sings well; that it is often and
agreeably on the stage, and that 1t
| iances well.
Boy Actor the Star.-"A Runaway
Boy" is making comprehensive tour
under the management of Max II. Mey
ers The bright particular star of "A
Runaway Boy" is the boy actor, Jo-
seph Santley. Young Santley is he
yond question youngster Who Is very
talented and has been behind the foo
lights ever since he was old enough to
realize. "A Runaway Boy" is to be
the attraction at the Illinois theater to-
morrow evening.
Sarah 6ernhardt Wroth.-The action
OF the theatrical syndicate In closing
its theaters in the state of Texas and
in the city of New Orleans against
Nine. Bernhard may be the basis of
International correspondence between
The French government and the state
department Smarting under what she