Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-30
In the Movies.

L dLLC WCChIy
Majestic-Tom Mix in "Cupid's
Round Up" also a comedy.
Fifth Avenue-SheldOn Lewis and
Marie Shotwell in Souls he
deemed"
..,.E THURSDAY.
Spencer Square-Ethel Clayton in
Easy Money" Mack Sennett comedy,
"Taming Target Center; Pathe
weekly
Majestic-William S. Hart IN
Wolves of the Trail: also a comedy
Fifth Ayenue-"The Best Man;
Getting the Coin
At the Columbia.
The New Orleans Creole Ragtime
Band. to be at the Columbia three days
starting Thursday, is proud OF the TACT
that it was the original organization
of its kind. 1t claims to have intro
duced it's peculiar style Of entertain
ment into vaudeville and today stands
preeminent in it's line. Everybody
loves to hear program rendered by
real darkies and the men who COM
prise the bands personnel are artists
on their chosen instruments. They
put all the speed they possess into
their work and their repertoire OF
popular rags and southern melodies
is varied and pleasing. A clever COM
edian introduces much "culled humor
and the inevitable chicken. always as
sociated in ones mind with the Negro
race, plays a prominent part in the
proceedings. In fact the efforts OF an
old and decrepit Ethiopian to catch
the lively fowl, furnish much whole
some fun. The final is full Of snap
and dash and is fitting ending to an
act that will be long remembered by
an audience. 1.-THE Wall Between,
Drifting" and THE Final Degree
have helped Henry keane on his jour-
ney to stardOm. Mr. Keane of course
was equipped with all the necessities
of the trip in advance. With these
qualities, the trip onward and upward
was merely matter of vehicles. Mr.
Keane has been particularly fortunate
in these. His present sketch is The
Unexpected" by Aaron Hoffman. MT
Hoffman is one of the most prolific OF
vaudeville writer's and at the same
time one of the best. THE Unexpect-
ed'' until it's end is a carefully writ
ten drama. At it's conclusion the au-
thor gives it sudden twist which
turns the entire action to what has
become known as "a surprise play
Henry and Moore. an exceedingly
clever dancing comedian and pre-
cccious young miss who sings and
dances well, are the team selected b.
Pat Rooney to present his successful
skit. AT the News Stand" consisting
of a splendid line of chatter. jokes
songs and dances as well as bit witt
the property man that is a scream
Brierre and King, "The Little Cir
From Boston and the Boy From New
Orleans" Herberta Beeson.\ dainty
dancing on the wire completes the bill
At The Burtis.
Henry W. Savage's alluring musica
) comedy. Have A Heart" comes to thu
Burtis in Davenport next Saturda,
afternoon and evening with promis,
of fine cast and beautiful equipment
Everybody who keeps posted abou
musical plays-and everybody doe
that nowadays -knows that the New
York hit of Have A Heart" at til,
, Liberty theatre last winter is stag,
, history. One enthusiastic reviewer o
the Guy Bolton-P G.. WOdehouse-
, Jerome Kern composite was moved t,
implore: "Oh, Colonel Savage 'Hav,
/ A Hear Stop putting SO many of ou
, musical comedy producers to shame
with the taste, the daintiness, the al
} around efficiency of your offerings
t You stage your plays magnificent,
, and artistically. You insist that you
f singers be able to sing and your dane
, ers to dance And you fill your stag
t with fresh and lovely young PERSONAL
ties" All this sounds promising. An,
) SO does the hint of "Divorcons" plo
which builds around the amusing mis-
! haps of young couple. separate,
Y through unfounded jealousy, who elop
D on a fresh honeymoon upon the YER
! eve of their divorce. The piquant lin
: gerie section of department store i
e pictured in the first act, with sales
!. girls. shoppers, and a very funny ele
! vator boy. And then the character
are whiried away to seaside hotel a
Blueport, r. l., where all ends a
musical comedy should. Among tn
, fetching musical numbers are "Yo
Said Something" I'm So Busy,
Have A Heart" Look In His Eyes,
= I'm All Alone" I'm Here Littl
: Girls. I'm Here" Bright Lights,
Y THE Road That Lies Before" "Sa
e MARYLAND" Honeymoon Inn," Ca
! The Cabaret" MY Wife-My Man,
( Napoleon" and Daisy" In the bi
4 cast of players are such capable pee
e pie as Cecilia Wright, Grace Hoe,
: Betty Webster, Maud Ream Stove
S Rosie Green, Joseph Keno, Henry An
r trim, Harrison Garrett, Edward Ciar
nelli. Lawrence Wood. Edward 4
Smith, Chauncey Causland and Ken
and Green. A typical Savage choru
! of really pretty girls who have voice
r OF singing quality and a special OF
= chestra carried by the company roun
S out what promises to be another Say
r age success.
a At Spencer Square.
e Brides. .Newlyweds! Listen. "
e want to ask you all question: