Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
h7z&@h}!eatre
At The Illinois.

The bill at the Illinois theatre COM
mencing tomorrow will have as lts
feature act the Minstrel Five. They
present a minstrel first part OF sing
| ing, dancing, yodeling and plenty OF
good comedy Each one OF the nve
men is an unusually clever artist IN
his line and the act promises to give
| 90 minutes of solid enjoyment. Merritt
and Merritt, Comedy la carte,
will offer a clever little skit OF sing
ing and talking which is intended 1or
Laughing purposes only. Mr. Merritt
| is a comedian of breezy and origina
style. while Miss Merritt adds charm
to the act with her pleasing personal
ity in her work. Leonard and Iayior
have a unique dancing revue winch
they call La Petite Partisan. Sew
eral dances of the popular and whlrl-
wind variety are introduced, each In
CLASSY costume. A bit of comedy IN
some dancing proves to be big hit.
Cav and Gilrose in comedy talkology
entitled THE Future Woman air
: some nifty nonsense in their talK.
Most of the talk deals with the suffrage
question and is really full OF pointed
arguments with a comedy flavor. Jack
Bean. in an acrobatic melange, VIII
fintroduce some difficult stunts done
| in manner quite easy and convincing.
A line of chatter that he delivers all
| the while he is working is good 1or
4 many laughs.
S At The Majestic.
i In speaking of her newest Para
; |
e which is to appear att the Ma!estlG ,he'
e atre tonight, Pauline FREDERICK re-
v Gently said: ut is perhaps lllue
z lincongruous for one who is portray
d ing the very spirit of jealosy to DIS
n sertate upon it's evil effects, yet zee
n that there may be some one VINO VII
If misunderstood my attitude on the SUP
e iect and l wish to make 1t perlecti!
e clear that I regard jealousy as tn
n most devastating. obnoxious form Q
e evil to which the human being is SUD
If iect. Throughout the entire plctur
$ Director Robert Vignola and as wei
h as the clever players who appeare'
al with me, have endeavored to orlV
h home this lesson. The breaking up o
10 the charming love affair OF the wv
IL average, happy young people, 'aio
n and Charm, and the subsequent mis-
~ ery-aN caused by Jealous: ana ne
I'd servants, Treachery, Mischief an
xt Rumor. tells tale of its own. The pre-
ae duction is artistic in the extreme an
I'd is the first allegorical production !
es which | have ever appeared. Tn
r scenes in 1.-The House of the Heav
~ Hours" nhe home of jealousy an
1,rr4t,o No, Nd of
d, especially charming and ! feel SUI
IL that Madame JEALOUSY" will pleas
IA nv many friends all over the country
ed At Spencer Square.
he A two-days' feature will be sho"
Nv at the Spencer Square starting u
night. THE Honor System 1t IS
dy melodrama, gripping picturizatlt
nd of human emotions, great al
80 mighty study of American life. I'll
II Honor System is not dramatic
III sermon. but it tells the greatest n
tbs man story of life as it has really BET
es, lived. But through it all there cree
out the truth and it cannot be DEM
ge that the greatest human endeavor
ar the Divine attribute to rebuilding
nd human soul. 1.-The Honor System
las deals with a career of young Amel
BILE can educated, honorable and refine
IN, who goes to seek his fortune in t
ere great southwest. There he encounte
tty friends and enemies, the wolves
list graft and cruelty as we'll as the not
Of at heart. The big action is maintain
me through a series Of extraordinary a
BIB, ventures which, however, are not
lay ventures at all but transcripts OF II
Ike, of life as it is actually lived beyo
md the pale and far from long establish
communities. Theilove interest is
lightful and the comedy touches
numerous. There is nothing in dral
of that can be prepared with this sort
at film play. In its bigness and unive
to- atty of quality it reminds one
of such great biographical novels
,re- David Copperfield" and Les Mis-
the ables."
star The only regret in attempting to
the scribe this wonderful photoplay is Il
will no description could possibly do
sat Justice. The cast is ably supported
ion Milton Stills, Gladys Brockwell, Artl
> is Mackley, Miriam Cooper, James
,uc- Harcus and many others. Don't Il
the opportunity of seeing it tonight