Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-21


naturally ask is it the composer D,
Henry W. Savage who is responsible
for it all? In Sonia's Joy at the pros
pect and certainty of every man max.
ing love to her there is nothing more
than the glee of a girl lately released
| from school. Beyond the witchery OF
her bright eyes and merry, laughing
face, Miss Mabel Wilbur. the dashins
Merry Widow" employs no allure
ments to attract them, she has no
| illusions as to their motives for so d.
| ing, no small conceits, no petty vani-
ties. Even when she uses all her wo-
mans wiles to bring to her feet the
| man she has always loved and whom
she believes has equally loved her.
| there is a daintiness and refinement
! in her allurements that would have
been Impossible under the French
treatment. Danilo is equally refined.
He is wasting his days and nights in
idle follies, squandering his patrimony
endangering his health, doing every
thing a man of birth and responsibility
should not do, and nothing that he
| should; but in all this there Is abso
lutely no viciousness or degeneracy
1t is nothing but an episode, bOyish
freak that will leave no evil traces
and that inevitably he will soon "puil
up" and be a credit to himself and his
country. At the Illinois theater Sun
day evening.
Has Many Features.-Much has been
said of the lavishness of the "Blac.,
Crook, Jr," production, which comes
here next Monday night and it il
hardly necessary to have the promi
lnent features depicted again in all the
details. The cast is said to be. no.
only an exceptionally strong one il
quantity but in quality as well, the
half dozen comedians being surround
ed by 90 chorus girls, who are graceful
and bound to interest. A dozen must
cal numbers are introduced as well a:
are those of Zenda, in his wonderful
feat of allowing an automobile to ruI
over him at full speed across thu
stage. Mile. Helene in the Salon,
dance" and Siddons and Murphy, tina
pair of famous funny fellows in mix
ture of nonsense.
"Paid in FulI."-The Wagenhals an.
Kemper company fill special weni
day return engagement at the Illinoi
theater tomorrow night, of Eugen
Walters great play OF contemOraneou
life in American, Paid in Full" Thi
play sounds a new note in the matte
of dramatic literature Conventional
methods have been lost sight of an
the usual rule of writing has been lai
away by Mr.. Walter and he has pre-
ceeded on the lines of frankness an
originality. The engagement her
will be a notable one, as the sam
brilliant cast and production While
gave this drama last month will be il
tact and the play no doubt will b
greeted by large audience.
Is Simply Funny.-"Hans and Nix
is distinct and separate from anythin
else in the musical comedy worl
There is no deep thinking plot, n
special reason for the things said al
done in Hans and Nix" but ii
funny. and that is what the public
mands and somehow it pleases. Pc
haps because there is so much of IL
serious in life that we welcome tn
advertisement and like it. Dixon ar
IS Bernard have never done anything
N halves. Their company is always
1t good one and invariably dressed supe
1t bly,. This year extravagant CLAIM
II have been advanced as to the produ
It ton from every point. Elaborate al
10 massive sets are carried for each Sc
which is quite out of the ordinary f
this class of amusement. The &C
i tunes are more varied and attractiv
,e than ever before. The company
ii nearly twice it's usual size and
ID cludes the names of those promine
in comedy performances, while Il
IT music is of a bright and catchy ord
N and readily appeals to the public ea
The many specialties are up-to-dat
and from the present outlook of /,
1 fairs it would be well for those CO
templating seeing "Hans and Nix
secure their seats early in advanc
- At the Illinois theater Saturday, ma