Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-29
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
Behnke Loses a Customer.


Behnke Loses a Customer.
Harry Behnke, treasurer of the En-
pire theatre, had an unusual box OIL
fee caller the other day. Here is the
as Behnke vows it took
place:
What time does your opry house
open?"
I'VE have a performance each even
ing"
Singing and dancing and cutting,
up, EN-
We'll, not exactly. We have plays"
Last time / saw a show that |
liked was The Dark Crook 1t was
a humdinger. Got anything like THAR
"Nope-we have a stock show"
I'VE have one of those every year
down home, and l reckon you haven't
got any finer animals here than we
have there, so l guess I'll go and look
up Charley Chaplin"
WHEN the reward is increased TO an
amount to make it worth while you've
probably observed that the Chicago
detectives lose no time in running
down the sought criminal.
AN advertisement concerning Ger
aldine Farrar in Temptation" says:
"Note-This play is one that will be
forgotten the minute you leave the
theatre"
ONE of the home papers Of Wednes-
day printed an item saying that Irving
S. Norwood, secretary of the Greater
Davenport committee, was in Wash
ington ION business" We can't imag-
inc that Mr.. Norwood's presence in the
capital had anything to do with the
decision of Mr.. Wilson to deliver an
address in Davenport next Tuesday.
PERCY Hammond is the dramatic
reviewer Of the Chicago Tribune.
There are times when Perez gets posi-
lively devilish with his pen. In writ
ing of the bill at the Palace he says
of Mabelle Lewis and Paul Mccarthy,
who have cavorted professionally in
these parts: "Mr. Mccarthy, a hand
some dog, chats entertainingly with
Miss Lewis, who is one of those nut
comediennes with a voice like knife.
They seem to deserve more applause
than they get
WELL, the cold wave got here. But
don't blame Brother Sherier. He held
it back as long as he was able.
ONE way to fortify yourself against
slipping, literally and otherwise. is
by going to church tomorrow. All
our places of worship are heated by
steam.
GEORGE Graves, British enter
tainer, says it takes a well weighted
better balanced joke to get laugh
out of wartime audiences. AS might
be expected, when the people are sup
piled so much laughing material in
the official war reports.
THE kaiser is 81 1t is presumed
Heinz cabled his congratulations.
MISS Lolita Love is resident OF
Youngstown, Ohio.
Then the Darned Things Slip, Too.
California physician contributes this
testimonial: II recommend your lem
on Juice to my patients and find il
much easier, cleaner and cheaper tt
use the prepared Juice than to squeeze
the lemon"
MRS. Lois Dunning is president o.
the Three Arts club of Chicago. She
| is a portrait painter of some note. Sht
addressed her club on art the Other
day. Centering her attention on {
painting by Claude Monet, one of the
most famous Of the French artists, SHE
is quoted as having said: Now lool
at that thing; 10-year-old could have
painted it. l don't know whether the
artist meant the lavender foreground
| for a hog, stream, or a level bit O
ground. It's awful. It's one of the
| worst things in the gallery" Mrs
Dunning is likely one of those womer
of assumed high attachments WHIT
grows impatient with the lack of ap
probation of art prevalent in the rank.
of the common herd.
! THERE doesn't appear to be enough
creosote in those wood blocks between
the street car tracks on Second ave
nue. to fill an elephants tooth.
Among Friends.