Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-29

My Heart" have made THE District
Leader well rounded entertainment.
calculated to please the present up-to-
late audiences.
Bracelet That Is Usefui.-Grace VII
son, the dainty soubrette of THE
Show Girl which comes to the Ill;-
nois Saturday, Nov 2, matinee and
night, has designed a bracelet which
is not only ornamental and novel, but
useful. 1t is a little silver band in i'm.
tation of crocodile, with minute
compartment in the head for carrying
4 tiny powder puff. Two rubies are
set in the eye sockets. A spring in
one of the creatures legs, when touch
ed, throws the jaws wide open, expos
ing the puff ready for use. Fashion
having decreed that bracelets must
come in style again, Miss Wilson set
about planning something new AMI
original and evolved the crocodile.
with the fully puff in his fiat head.
1T is so convenient, to have the puff
right on ones wrist said Miss VII
son. q have had them hanging on
else, but this is so much more neat
and handy. | had no idea what an
amount of labor and expense would
come of originating this, but there 5
some satisfaction in having things
that no one else has There is also
1nnt hpr Lind nf ,fn e.,
rying coins in the bracelet, but it is so
small that three 10 cent pieces fill i,
up. 1t holds just enough for a days
car fare"
Uncle Josh Coming.-The patrons of
the Illinois will be entertained Sun
day Nov. by the comedy production
Uncle Josh Spruceby.' This popular
play comes we'll recommended and
will no doubt be received with enthusi-
asm here. The piece is staged with
every attention to stage realism. A.,
the scenes are well mounted AMI
acted. The sawmill scene is said II
be masterpiece, of stage mechanism.
Many Spccialties are introduced and
the solo orchestra carried by the com
pany will all go to make this a very
delightful production.
Good Offering at Eiite.-The bill for
the first half of the week is an eX
ceptionally good one. Fern and Mack
open the show with humorous dia
logue, up to date comic songs and &c
centric dancing, and make good
James Brockman has a neat act. con
sisting of character songs. Mr. Brock
! man combines the Vesta Victoria
style with the George Cohan manner
lof singing and makes. hit. His las:
number, Money Want Make Every
body Happy is very pretty. Gavin
Platt and Peaches in a clever sketc
entitled, "A Stolen Kid are the HI,
of the bill. They carry their OWL
scenery and stage settings which rep
resents gypsy camp and makes Z
very pretty sage setting. The illus
trated song, Il Guess I'll Take the
| Train Back Home is we'll sung by
Al Wallace. There are two moving
| pictures, the first a comic picture
Farmer Giles Geese" and the othe
is a picture of story with which nj
are familiar, The COurtship of Mile,
lStandish.%
Lives Up to Promise.-The effort
Iof Manager Harrison of the Famil,
lthCater are helping him to a place }
popularity with the vaudeville lovin,
lpublic. 1t was announced that the BIZ
this week would be full of good com
edy as well as cleverness and it i.
''Hec-haw Maud and her sister unde
the watchful eye of Professor Fink
and his assistant, are causing man
Iaches and pains, but only because o
the unlimited amount of laughte
which goes with the act. Every othe
act on the bill is strong and only on
of them is without a great amount @
comedy, this being the character voca
list act in. which dainty Camille PEI
sOni wins her way to the enthusiast
hearts of the audience with her japan
| csc and western girl character yOce