Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-29
STATE PATIENTS
PREFER MOVIES
PICTURING WEST
o,Iv Aerdome in Connection
with Illinois Institution Is
Provided at WATERFOWL.
ARE FIVE HUNDRED SEATS
EveResI Program Furnished Once a
wsek-InncVations BY Super
irtenaent Campbell.
sY WARY AoUIN.

what probably is the Only aerdome
60 syuuection with a state institution
4. 80, Al the Watertown hospital for
-. insane. and is the result OF the in
,,i-aiion Of DR.. J. \. Campbell. the ST.
psriniendent-
he walls o. the buildings At Water
- the architecture OF which Is like
- Of Flemish EarrisCned chauteaus.
=. ARRANGED 20 include a courtyard
- .o-siderable dimensions. to one end
- which Is an opening abutted by
co-tare building. The courtyard IS
-,vad with grass and threaded with
s,,-e walks and contains a well OF
rvi1z water. \ sordid soul might have
,sarad this Enclosure forever and saw
therein no possibility except its utiii-
.-riau Use. but the idealist was quick
q, sea its advantages. The natural
auohitheatre was transformed into an
as-tone wherein an orchestra and a
novte nan entertain an audience aver
are o. 500 patients each Tuesday eve
zirg. beginning at 1-3o and showing
I've reels Of frstclass films.
L was with some curiosity as 20 the
nature OF the photo plays selected that
4 representative OF The Argus jour
neyed 70 watertown. The conclusion
lad been arrived al that few pictures
are fitted for such a clientele. and that
Il must be some trouble 10 keep 4 Sc
ries, entirely unObjectionable. going
This assumption was a mistake. The
five reels shown az Tuesdays movie
fest we're such as may be seen in any
good movie house selected for a mixed
crowd
Fond Of Western Dramas.
NY patients are especially fond Of
ire western dramas" said DR.. Camp
bell. also OF the moving pencil films
On which the drawings Of Skag and
such artists amuse. and OF the strictly
comical feature plays. They never
seen 70 tire OF an exciting race. We
III 70 get as many of these as posi-
BE, but no censor IS exercised Of the
pictures except 10 eliminate those
showing pe1iteutiar-es, prison work
and institutions"
Besides the 800 patients in attend
znce. perhaps $50 we're up from Water
town. the village at the foot OF the hill.
Il IS just q nice little jaunt on a sum
ze= evening. and the residents are
very welcome 20 attend DR.. CampbelIs
show. The hearty spontaneity OF the
Superintendent is infectious and his
-lsasure over fashioning the aerdome
out Of nothing" IS likely OF the SAKE
eaibre when as a boy he carved a new
ttp- Dr.. Campbell strikes one as be- f.
ing essentially constructive; one %
tas SOFT that with less soul build for
TINES; with ambition. build bridges, /
s-toEed with big heart. build happi- .
1sss Tor HIS fellow man.
II the WATERFOWL hospital and Dr.. /
Campbell the man and the place have .
net up During the 10 months since /
ne beginning Of his superintendency I
many changes for the good OF the pa
tents have been put into effect. Lit I
lie Improvement here and there. with I
Almost feminine intuition the doctor /
las nozed about the buildings and /
each change has been for the greater I
convenience o. his guests. For that
Is the way he looks a. his work HUI
nan service. brotherhood. are big fac
Tors IN his makeup. though he IS very
Oath % see anything unusual In doing
ones duty"
Tailor Operates Machine.
The many institutions with which
ne state o. Illinois is covered are a
{ I'm total that is staggering in cost Of
maintenance HedEed in with red-tape
and the carefuIuess with which boards
e1pe1d the taEpayers' money il IS very
Uncut for a brOad-guaged dOer OF