Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-21
TO PRESENT PLAY
Tri>City Press Club May Secure
Bertha Kalich for Annual
Entertainment
AT GRAND IN FEBRUARY
Noted Yddsh Actress-ReeuIar Meet
ing is Held at Rooms of the
Moline Club.

AT the regular meeting of the Tri-
| City Press club last evening at the
rooms of the Moline club, the enter
'ainment committee of the club was in
sIructed TO make arrangements for the
appearance of Bertha Kalich at the
Grand opera house in Davenport Feb.
| Z, under the auspices of the club. as the
annual entertai lment. The entertain
ment committee. through its chairman,
Ralph w. Cram, made its report at the
business session which followed an eX-
cellent dinner served in the dining
room of the Moline club. The commit
tee recommended that it be given pow
er to make the necessary arrangements.
and the entertainment is one of such
unusual merit that the members at
once accepted the report, and voted to
authorize the committee to make the
arrangements.
Miss Kalich, whose appearances in the
east have attracted much attention
will have an open date Oh her western
trip, Feb. 7, and learning of this the
press clubs committee at once took
steps to secure the actress and her
company for the annual entertainment.
Miss haliCn has been playing in Eng
lish for about three years, having Civ
en- performances in the Yiddish pre-
vious to that time Her success in
tragedy productions has been marked.
and if arrangements can be made for
her appearance 1T the Grand. the thea
ter goers of the three cities are assured
a rare treat, and the Tri-City Press club
is assured IA entertainment up to e
high standard Of former entertain
ments. and we'll worthy of the patron
age OF the organization.
Incidents of Travel.
One of the entertaining numbers of
the evenings program was a descrip-
ton of some Of the interesting Incl
dents in his European travels by George
Holt. the Moline newspaper man who.
with Lester CreHtZ, Travelled through
Europe on bicycles. Mr.. Holt was call
ed home by the illness of his mother,
Mr. Creutz continuing on the journey
around the world. Mr.. Holt told the
members of the club of some of the
places visited. On his return. Mr.. Holt
seeking for information first hand on
the immigration question, secured pas
sage on the steamer st. Paul, which on
that trip brought over coo immigrants
representing all the nationalities of
Europe. His account of the manner in
which these aliens live, their character
istics. and of his own experience on
board the St. Paul We're quite enter
tanning.
Rate Bill Gold Brick.
G. A. Bannister, traffic manager of
the Moline Pillow company, who was
one of the guests of the evening, was
called on to discuss the newspaper
from the view point of the manufactur
er. He concluded an interesting talk
by showing that frequently it occurs
that the newspapers and the public
take an unfair view of the large cor
porations but this, he said, had not
been shown to be true of the three
cities. He termed the recent rate bill
1.-THE finest gold brick ever handed out
by congress-
Captain John T. Thompson of Rock
Island arsenal briefly addressed the
club, giving some facts about the new
s. bullet, which will probably soon be
adopted by the United States for its
army rifles
Considerable time was devoted by
the club to a discussion of the new
rate bill and its effect on the news
papers. The general opinion of the
members was that the difficulty would
soon work itself out, and that in any
event the newspapers will not be injur
ed, at least in the larger cities, by the
ruling of the interstate commerce com
mission on the part of the law which
refers to trading by railways.
Thanks to Moline Club.
Before adjournment the club tender
ed a vote of thanks to the Moline club
for the excellent accommodations and
courtesies extended the club. and eX-
pressed its appreciation to the speak
ers of the evening.