Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-21
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her court and she determined TO nave
the laugh on her vain sutton. Sne
bribed Antony's divers, and behold at
tn next fishing party the proud no.
man feeling "bit" drew up salted
fish. While the court laughed at him,
CLEOPATRA consoled her shamefaced
soldier by these words: do thou
leave angling to the Egyptians and do
thy fishing for realms and countries.
At the Burtis.
That -sagacious producer OF half
hundred famous stage successes,
Henry W. Savage, will offer Have
Heart" at the Burtis, Davenport, next
Friday. Have Heart" is new type
of musical comedy that gained great
vogue last winter in New York. First
of all there is a logical, amusing Ii
bretto by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wode-
| house, made the more enjoyable by
artistic enactment, and sprinkled with
| 10 melodious gems by the prolific COM
I poser, Jerome Kern. There seems to
l'be the very soul of the fox-trot in his
music and he is the recognized adept
in providing One-steps. Among the
numbers already widely popular are
You Said Something" Have a
Heart" Daisy Honeymoon Inn. y
THE Road That Lies Before" my
Wife-My Man." "Samarkland' and
Look In His Eyes" AS to the story,
that would be spoiled by bare syn
opsis But it involves the comic COM
plications of young couple who
elope for a second honeymoon on the
eve of their divorce. One big, glitter
ing beauty-laden scene is the lingerie
section of big department store. And
then the action shifts to fashionable
ocean-side hotel at Blueport, r. l,
There are nearly four score singers,
dancers and comedians of high quail
ity. OF course, Mr.. Savage has pro-
vided liberal chorus and critics have
acclaimed this contingent to be de-
cidedly worth seeing. There is COM
plete orchestra carried by the COM
pany and indications point to another
Henry W. Savage success.
At Spencer Square.
Owing to a change in the ruling o.
the fuel commission, there will be Z
performance as usual tonight at the
Spencer Square theatre, the postponed
event taking place tomorrow night in
stead The attraction on this occasion
. both tonight and Wednesday, will b.
Mary Garden in her operate screer
, triumph, "Thais," made from tn,
novel by Anatole France. For lont
time stage managers have been at
; tempting to win Miss Garden over II
the idea of appearing in purely dra
| matte version of "Thais," that is, ;
) play without the music. In this the.
| felt very confident as to her ability il
dramatic way to put it over" Blu
) She would not consent. Where tn
dramatic managers failed the motion
/ picture heads succeeded, and as a re
suit we have "Thais," shorn of IL
music it is true, but containing ever
dramatic move worthy of the name
t and in this case there are many. Gold
wyn's production is sumptuops, in
, Guiding every trifiing detail whic
can possibly add to the sum total @
| perfect performance. The staging
magnificent and the supporting com
pany is one such as Miss Garden
well entitled to, according to he
standing. The Spencer Squar
theatre is to be congratulated upo
its enterprise in bringing to Rock Is
land such an expensive and worth
work of art Thousands who hav
3 never seen Miss Garden on the stag
: and who because of the fact that the
l will probably never journey to met
$ ropolitan centers to hear her stint
I would never otherwise be given
y chance to look upon her. She screen
remarkably we'll, that is to say, he
e features in the films are brought on
/ with clearness, another favorabl
5 thing for Goldwyn.