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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
ST the Majestic,

The big item in Rock Island pho
t0play dCm next week easily will be
Pauline E'redeTick's coming to the
Majestic theatre Sunday and Mon
day in the famous drama made
from the opera la Tosca." This
play has become one of the stand
ards of stage literature through the
remarkable opportunities It offers
Tor acting of the highest type. and
the Paramount producers, quick to
seize upon the opportunity. have
placed the greatest actress in their
entire list in the leading role Miss
Frederick herein will have the OPP
pOrtunity Of not only acting but of
performing a stunt. something she
rarely does. In the Paramount pic
tUre version Miss Frederick leaps
from q Darapet so feet in the air
and escapes from the henchmen of
the yillainOus minister of police,
Baron ScaTpia. The scene follows
the killing of her lover Mario by
the firing squad after Tosca has
stabbed Searpia In esca ping from
the pursuing soldiers, Tosca is sup
posed 10 be shot and falls into the
water MISS Frederick easily could
have had a double perform this
highly dangerous feat, but she pre-
feTred to do il herself and keep the
picture up TO the very high stand
ara that chara cterizes it all the way
through. However, it is not this
type Of entertainment exclusively
upon which Miss Frederick depends
as i is through her dramatic inter
probation Of great roles that she
has made her reputation In her
support in La TOsca" will be Frank
Losee as the baron and a big and
very Capable company.
Tuesday and Wednesday Edith
Storey will appear in The Claim"
at the Majestic theatre This is
even a stronger picture than THE
Legion of Death" in which Miss
Storey appeared during this week.
The Claim" is American n set
ing and action throughout.
virginia Pearson will appear at
me Majestic tonight in "a Daugh-
ter Of France"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
81 Snencer Snnare.

SUNDAY. Monday and Tuesday
For Freedom OF the World" will
he shown at the Spencer Square
with an all-star cast and Barbara
Casleton in the leading role Here
is a story Of the million men OF
the national army Here is the his
tory in vivid picture OF what your
son. your brother, your sweetheart,
your pal is to pass through. You
who fly the service flag before your
home. YOU who have watched your
closest friends depart-here is the
living picture OF the life that Amer
ioa's youth is leading in training
camps. in transports. behind the
frout-aud sOOn-in the very
trenches themselves.
Something new in the way of
emotion, a human sentiment which
has never been fully realized and
which has never comprised the
theme OF a screen play. has Just
been introduced to the inartiCulate
drama in Within the Cup" which
features Bessie BarriscaIe and
which will be shown at the Spen-
Ger Square theatre for two days,
commencing Wednesday. Miss Bar
riscale's acting is superb The nat
ursIness which is one of her great
est assets aids the suspense and
dramatic value Of the picture.
Enid Benefits newest picture.
Naughty, Naughty" is being shown
Friday and Saturday Marjorie
Bennett, the stars charming young
er sister, makes her debut in this
picture. Il is a charming, humor-
Gus story and shows how easy it is
for a small town girl. after she has
visited New York to Tejuvenate her
old-fashioned, narrow-minded mid
western town up TO her own mod
ernized point of view. It will de-
light you.
Tonight Billie Burke will be seen
for the last time in Ewes Daugh-
ter" Also a good Sunshine COM
edy. Hungry Lions in a Hospital"
Trained lions that act as we'll as
humans. If you want the best
laugh YOU ever had, don't miss see
ing il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
What Bunny Left.

. Some three years have passed
since John Bunny, easily the most
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
I III EATRE
In The Movies,

Spencer SQuare--Tonight Billie
Burke in Ewes Daughter" and
Sunshine comedy, Hungry Lions
tn a Hospital" Sunday. Monday
and Tuesday, Freedom of the
World" and l4th Episode of Ven
geance and the Womon."
Majestic Tonight. Virginia Pear
son in "A Daughter of France;
Sunday and Monday, Pauline Fred
erick in "LaTosca." and keystone
comedy.
Black Hawk-Tonight. Pauline
Frederick in Her Better Self" also
comedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

popular screen comedian of his day.
passed away Now, it seems, comes
the final accounting of his estate
through Clara Seaman Bunny of
Valley Stream, L. l. He left $10,-
30096, with a net estate of S.
521.48. This, from a man who was
reputed to have made a fortune in
the business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
Al the Fifth Arannn

The Scarlet Oath which is the
coming attraction at the Fifth Ave
nue. theatre on Monday, is guaran-
teed to give you more thrills during
me unfolding OF its master plot,
tnan any dime novel" you have
ever read-but-the finished man
ner in which this play has been
handled under the personal direc-
ton of William A. Brady eliminates
all the crudeness found in such
publications and gives only perfec-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
At the Columbia.

Boyle Voolfolk. the big Chicago
musical comedy magnate, who has
been responsible for a number of
fun and girl shows at the Column
bia theatre this season, is sponsor
for the "Sunnyside of Broadway"
which opens four days engage
ment starting Sunday matinee, with
Max Bloom at the head of the con-
tingent. This is the biggest and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
Daw to Star.

Marjorie Daw is now a full
f1edged star in her own right. The
little leading lady has been signed
by the Big Productions Film COM
pany to appear in a series of fea 70
ture releases. THE Sunset Prin-
cess" based on Wallace Coburn's
Yellowstone Pete's Only Daugh-
ter" is her first picture
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06
NEMSNOIBS9 -11NvNpQIELAND|
Zy 0VDAIST DEAN &@1

had been engaged by Universal as
director. \ widow, Estelle Drake
Turner. survives him. He was 80
years old.
The American Film company u
Santa Barbara. Cal, is seeking
stories and scenarios suitable for
its various stars. This is the an
nouncement made by VIII N.
Ritchey, who has charge of the
scenario department of the firm.
Elsie Ferguson and Maurice Tour
neur, her director, accompanied by
the players in the cast of "A Dolls
House" left for Maine recently.
where exterior scenes in the famous
Ibsen story will be taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Douglas Fairbanks is expected in
New York soon to start his WORK
in connection with the Catholic wa"
fund. He will be attended by a
delegation of Friars during his
stay. Fairbanks is interesting
himself in the third Liberty loan
drive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-06

Otis Turner, who gained fame IS
the first producer of The Two
Orphans" died recently in Los An
geles. Foe the past II years he
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29

dirk. And even If be made lot d
noise, It's kind of hard 10 hear any
thing from in there, anyway, when the
doors shut. Besides, he's got to keep
! quiet that's the rule, Verman.
You're pris'ner, and it's thel- rlile
You can't holler or nothin'. You nm
nerstand that, Vermanf'
saw wi" said Verman.
'Then go on In there. Hurryi"
The obedient Verman marched into
the closet and sat down among the
shoes and slippers where he presented
an interesting effect Of contrast. He
was still subject to hilarity--though
endeavoring to suppress 1T by means
Of patent-leather slipper when
Penrod closed the door.
@Therel" said Penrod, leading the
way from the room. II guess now
!. you seel'
Sam said nothing, and they, came
out to the open air, and reached their
retreat In the Williams yard again,
without his having acknowledged PEN
rods service to their mutual cause.
81 thought of that just as easy !"
Penrod remarked. probably prompted
to this odious bit of complacency by
Sans withholding the praise which
might naturally have been expected.
And he was moved to add, II guess
it'd of been a pretty long while If
we'd had to wait for you to think of
sumpthing as good as that, Sam.'
'Why would it?" Sam asked. "Why
would 1t of been such a long While?"
"Oh." responded Penrod, airily,
"just for the main and simple rea-
son r.
Sam could bear 1t no longer.
"Oh, hush upl" he shouted.
Penrod was stung.
"Do you mean met" he demanded.
"Yes, / der replied the goaded
Sam.
'sDid you tell me to hush up2"
'fYes, did!'
''I guess you don't know who you're
talkin' to-" Penrod said omlnOusly. i
guess | just better show you who
you're talkin' to like that. guess you
need little sumpthing, for the main
and simple"
Sam uttered an uncomfortable howl
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29
Doctrines of NIetzsche.

The two doctrines most often asso'
ciated with Nietzsche's name, though
they are not essential to his ethics,
are those of the superman and the
eternal recurrence. The first is the
end and justification Of human strug'
gle, and In the earlier books is repre-
sented as a mythical product of the
individual will, while later 1t iS de,
scribed as a higher species with the
relationship to man that man has 70
the ape. The eternal recurrence 10
the theory, by no means new that
present events but form a part OF an
infinite cycle and thus will be end
lessly repeated in every detail. Ills
theories have been much discussed
and have exercised an unlocked for
influence, especially among men ln'
terested primarily in art or in sociai
reform; and many consider them tne
logical outcome and application of Dar'
winism.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29
A "Tranp" Vessel.

A tramp" is a vessel operating over
no regular route ard having no reg
ular schedule of saiiings. A chartered
vessel operating a regular route Dut
with irregular sailings Is not
tramp" Aside from its function as
a trade scout it is the "potenriai
rather than the real or actual COMPOSE
tion of the tramp" that keeps frelgn'
and passenger rates low. It IS 10
though any motor car might use tue
right-of-way of any railroad at ans
time and offer cheap service snOu'u
the regular service of the ralirVau
prove to be unsatisfactory or ui't@
expensive. Always the tramp Is
present in the sub-consciousness VI
regular route" steamship man. as
sort of noxious weed of compeuEIoa
that is certain to sprout the mohen,
he fails to Keep his service up su&
his prices down.-Navy and Merch""'
Marine.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29

and sprang upon PenTcd, catching him
round the waist. simultaneously with
this impact the wooden swords spun
through the air, and were presently
trodden underfoot as the two boys
wrestled to and fro.
Penrod was not altogether surprised
by the onset of his friend. He had
been aware of Sans increasing irrita-
tion Though neither boy could have
clearly stated its cause), and that very
irritation produced a corresponding
emotion in the bosom of the ir1tator.
Mentally, Penrod was quite ready for
the confiict-nay, he welcomed it
though, for the first few moments,
Sam had the physical advantage.
However, it is proper that neat
distinction be drawn here. This was
conflict, but neither technically nor
in the intention of the contestants was
it fight. Penrod and Sam were both
in a state of high evaporation, and
there was great bitterness; but no
blows fell and no tears. They
strained, they wrenched, they twisted,
and they painted, and muttered: "Oh,
no, you don'tr' "Oh, j guess / dol"
''Oh, you will, will your" ''Youn see
what you get in about minute!" II
guess you'll learn some sense this
timel"
Streaks and blotches began to ap-
pear upon the two faces, where color
had been heightened by the ardent ap-
plication of cloth sleeve or shoulder,
while ankles and insteps were scraped
and toes were trampled. Turf and
shrubberies suffered, also, as the strug-
gle went on, until finally the wrestlers
pitched headlong into young lilac
bush, and came to earth together,
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29

fhe leader ascertained, By n recon
....ss ssssssanee ais far as the corner that
the hostile forces were stu looking for
them In another direction. He re-
turned in stealthy but important
manner to his disgruntled follower
and the hilarious captive.
"Well," said Sam impatiently, Il
guess I'm not goin' to stand around
here all day, guess You got any
thing you want to do, why'n't you go
aon and do it?"
Penrod's brow was already comfort
ed to present the appearance Of de-
tached and lofty concentratioR-a his
trionic failure, since it did not deceive
the audience. He raised q hushing
hand.
4shp he murmnred. II got to
think"
Bugs r. said the impolite Mr.. VIII
liams again.
Verlnan bent double, squealing and
sputtering; indeed, he was ultimately
forced to sit upon the ground. so ex-
nauSIINX was LlC MAILh W Which, Hc
now gave way. Penrod's composure
was somewhat affected, and he showed
annoyance.
"Oh, guess you won't laugh quite
so much about minute from now, ole
Mister Vermani" he said severely.
"You get up from there and do like
/ tell you."
swell, why'n't you tell him why he
won't laugh so much, then?" Sam de-
manded, as verman rose. "Why'n't
you do something and quit talkin' so
much about itg"
Penrod haughtily led the way into
the yard.
"You follow me-" he said, "and
guess you'll learn little sensel"
Then, abandoning his hauteur for
an air of mystery equally Irritating to
Sam, he stole up the steps of the
porch, and after a moments manipu-
latfon of the knob of the big front
door, contrived to operate the fasten-
ings, and pushed the door open.
"Come on" he whispered, beckon-
ing. And the three boys mounted the
stairs to the floor above in silence
save for q belated giggle on the part
of verman, which was restrained upon
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29
Old EDITOR MAS DAY DREAM
Longs to View Happy Scenes az ya...
400, but His 5est IL Rudeiy
Interrupted.

The editor OF the old home rana.
had nothing to do for a little whi,a
and the novel sensation made him :
trifie maudlin. II want to get ont ana
stretch the kinks from nv back y ha
said to the FIRE sale nandbilI On tbo
wall. II want TO wander down tba
lane that leads back to the long ago
i want to sniff the sweet odors Of tbe
ripening apples and lis. to the hum If
the cider mill. want to see the old
blackberry tree by the spout snrino
and find if the initials that / carvad
on its trunk forty years ago are stflII
there. 1 want to be the boy again who
used to sit on top of the gate most
and watch down the lane for Dad FOL
return from the field. want to sec
the darkness creep up out of the east
up and up and across, until it chases
the lavender light from the Western
sky, and the stars shine forth and the
moon rises like ruby ball over the
WiIler creek timber. Iwant to hear.
while the scents of oven-browned cof.
fee and frying ham come on the night
breeze, mother calling:
"Erer Mrs. Pifiegilder! Take
chair, please. Yes, we shall be glad
to print this original poem on the
death by choking of your second
cousin, Hon. Pursley Pouch, over at
Squantum. Oh. no trouble at all, Mrs.
PifiegiIder, we assure you. Call
again i"-Kansas City Star.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29
~You Get in There, verman."

terrible gesture from Penrod. Ver-
man buried his mouth as deeply as
possible In a ragged sleeve, and con-
fined his demonstrations to a heaying
of the stomach and diaphragm.
Penrod led the way into the dainty
room of his nineteen-year-old sister,
Margaret, and closed the door.
"There," he said, IN a low and
husky voice, II expect you'll see what
I'm goin' to do now!"
"WeI, what?" asked the skeptical
Sam. "If we stay here very long your
mother'll come and send us down
stairs. What's the good Of"
'Wait, can't your" Penrod walled
in a whisper. my goodness" !" And
going to an inner door, he threw IL
open, disclosing a clothes-closet hung
with pretty garments of many kinds
while upon its floor were two rows OF
shoes and slippers of great variety
and charm.
A significant thing is to be re
marked concerning the door of this
somewhat intimate treasury; there
was no knob or latch upon the inner
side, so that, when the door was
closed, it could be opened only from
the outside.
'sThere u said Penrod. "You get In
there, verman, and I'll bet they won'i
get to touch you back out o. be.n' ouy
pris'ner very soon, nowl oh, guess
notl'
''Pshawr' said Sam. els that ali
you were goin' to do2 Why. your
motherll come and make him get out
the first"
''No, she won't. She and Margaret
have gone to my aunt's in the coun.
try, and aren't goin' to be back till
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29
chinese Tablet On Rroadwax.

A bronze tablet with queer letters
inscribed on it is displayed In con-
spicuous place on the iron fence of
st. Paul's chapel, at Broadway and
Fulton street. 1t is about six feet
from the ground and about ten feet
north of Fulton street.
THOUSANDS Of persons daily pass the
corner. Those who have seen the
tablet stopped and stared at it. The.
only letters discernible to them We're
20 Vesey street, which were on the
bottom of the tablet. The explanation
of its presence is that st. Paul's chapel
maintains Sunday school for Chinese
at 20 Vesey street.
The selection of that particular place
for the tablet was due to the fact that
many Cinnamon on their way to Jer-
sey City On Sunday pass the Broad.
way side of the church and turn at
Fulton street to the Hudson tubes.
Italy Home of PergoIa.
The idea of the pergola was bor-
rowed from Italy, and many of the
best planned pergolas follow an Ital-
ian model. They may be solidly built,
with brick or stone pillars, either
square or round, or sometimes with
these alternating; in this case the
flooring is generally Of brick or ram
dom jointed stone work. These solid
pillars form a good foundation for
rambler roses of all kinds, or festoons
of clematis, honeysuckle and wistaria.
Very generally, however, the pefgola
is of lighter construction, and, in this
case, larch poles are often used. Care
should be taken to choose strong poles
and to see that the prevailing slope
of the cross bars is up rather than
down, as otherwise they sag in the
center in an unsightly way. These
pergolas are not such enduring posses
sion as the more solid ones, but the
cost is much smaller, and they soon
become beautiful, since most rambler
roses are so free-growing as to hide
the framework in short time. Much
depends upon the type of house and
garden, the simpler pergolas being bet'
ter suited to the cottage, while tagged
walks, with piers of brick or stone,
seem more in keeping with the larger
and more stately dwellings. /
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29
) crushed and sprawJing

branches
.0och 7 and "Wuflr were the two
exelamafions which marked this cpl
sode, and then, With no further COM
ment, the struggle was energeticaliy
continued upon q horizontal plane.
Now Penrod was on top, now Sam |;
they rolled, they sQuirmed, they suf-
fered. And this contest endured. It
went on and on, and 1t was impossible
to imagine its coming to a definite
termination. 1t went on so long that,
to both the participants, 1t seemed to
be permanent thing, condition
which had always existed and which
must always exist perpetually.
And thus they were discovered by a
foray of the hostile party, headed by
Roddy Bits. and Herman (Older broth
er to Vermanl and followed by the
bonded prisoners, Maurice Levy and
George Bassett. These and others
caught sight of the writhing figures,
and charged down upon them with
loud cries of triumph.
'Pris'nerI Pris'nerI Bonded pris'-
nerI'' sIrieked Roddy Bits, and
touched Penrod and Sam, each In turn,
with his saber Then. seeing that
they paid no attention and that they
were at his mercy, he recalled the
fact that several times, during earlier
stages of the game, both of them had
been unnecessarily vigorous in touch
ing" his own rather plump person.
Therefore, the opportunity being ex-
cellent, he raised his weapon again,
and, repeating the words 'bOnded
pris'ner" as ample explanation of his
deed, brought into play the full
strength of his good right arm. he
used the fiat Of the saber.
Whackl Whack! Roddy was per-
fectly impartial 1t was cold-blood-
ed performance and even more effec-
tive than he anticipated. For one
thing, it ended the civil war instantly.
Sam and Penrod leaped to their feet,
shrieHng and bloodthirsty, while
Maurice Levy capered with Joy, Her
man was so overcome that he rolled
upon the ground, and George Bassett
remarked virtuously:
"It serves them right for fighting"
But Roddy Bits foresaw that some
thing not within the rules of the game
was about to happen.
"Herei You keep away from mel
he quavered, retreating. II was just
takin' you pris'ners. I guess had a
right to touch you, didn't II"
Alasl Neither Sam nor Penrod was
able to see the matter In that light.
They had retrieved their own weap-
Ons, and they advanced upon Roddy,
with a purposefulness that seemed
horrible to him.
"Herei You keep away from me ~
he said, in great alarm. "I'm goin'
to give up this ole game and go home.
He did go home-but only subse-
quently. What took place before his
departure had the singular solidity
and completeness of systematic vio-
| lence; also, it bore the moral beauty
of all actions which lead to peace and
| friendship, for, when it was over, and
the final vocalizations of Roderick
Magsworth Bits, Jr., were growing
faint with increasing distance, Sam
and Penrod had forgotten their DIFF
The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-03-29

ferences and felt well disposed toward
each other once more. All their ami.
mostly was exhausted, and they were
in glow of good feeling, though prob
ebly they were not conscious of any
direct gratitude to Roddy, whose
thoughtful opportunisrn was really the
cause Of this happy result.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-07

but he had been among the first Amer jeans in the trenches and his home was in New York He told me that during the three months he was in the Harz mines he had lost g pounds. He was man who was solidly built and it could be easily seen that he had been vigorous and healthy, but when l saw him he was incredibly thin. and so weak that he could hardly cross a room without stopping repeat edly. leaning on pieces of furniture or supporting himself on boxes piled there.
 "Englishmen also are badly treated in the mines. l found out that three of seven who were sent back to Ham eln died PackaEa service does not exist in the mines and the prisoners receive practically nothing. Their only nourishment Is from thin soup made of barley or cabbage. some times salted codfish eggs and those of other fish, which is impossible to eat There
Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-07

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. May (By the Associated Press. American prisoners of war are being shamefully treated in Ger man prison camps. if all have had the experience of an American interviewed by a French soldier. also prisoner in Germany. just before he escaped. The Frenchman's story. as told to Ameri- can officers. follows:
 "A short time before l left Han over. vas able to have a few min utes interview with an American sol dier who was taken prisoner several months ago on the French front. Pe- ing unwounded. he was assigned di- rectly 10 a prison camp. Weawened by excessive work he was forced to do in the salt mines. and being un- able to stay longer, he was sent to Hameln
 Lost 3S Pounds
 "I do not remember the name of the man or the number of his regiment.