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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
At the Rurtis.


Seven gorgeous settings make
up the stupendous production of
Charles Dillingham; chin Chin"
which is scheduled to appear at the
Burtis. Davenport, Sunday. May IL.
The book is by Anne Caldwell
ard r. H. Burnside, the lyrics by
Anne Caldwell and James O'Dea,
the music by Ivan Caryl1, so well
remembered for his ingratiating
melodies in 1.-THE Pink Lady," and
THE Little Cafe"
This riot of fun, feast and music,
bevy of feminine beauty with pref
ty dresses, swift and grotesque
dancing. lots of prankish amuse-
ment including Tom Browns
clown band as the famous saxo-
phone sextette, promises a most
enjoyable entertainment.
In this musically rich show such
numbers as "Violet," 1.-THE Grey
Moon" 1.-THE Love Moon" Good
Bye Girls, I'm Through" and the
comedy song go Gar Sig Gong
Jue" always receive spontaneous
applause.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
At The Columbia.

Featuring at the Columbia thea
ter, Davenport, for three days start
ing Thursday is Childhood Days."
a farcial oddfty written by Harold
A. Clarke and produced and pre-
scented by Messrs. Cole, Russell and
Davis. trio of entertainers who
with what may be called the fun
niest act in vaudeville. The com
pany selected by this enterprising
and farsighted trio of producers
comprise six carefully chosen
clever people consisting Of five
men and a woman who furnish an
abundance Of wholesome comedy
and excellent singing.
Al Wohlman, clean cut young
chap with a pompadoured head
piece that assuredly contains bril-
liant thoughts, happy ideas and a
brain that throbs with a desire to
make everybody happy, presents a
series of song studies that are so
replete with good things of song
land that they invariably jostle
one another as to which is best
for every song rendered by this
exceptionally clever entertainer is
of that quality that demands recog-
milton not only for its composition
but as well for the manner OF
rendition AL Wohlman is SPLEEN
didly voiced singer of pretty songs.
Four Casters, quartet of phen-
omenal aerialists whose dash, vim
and vigor in their marvelously
sensational and daring aerial cast
ing act establish the fact that they
are all youthful and energetic as
well as thoroughly comeptent and
able to toss each other over space
approximately thirty feet catching
each other as easily and handily as
If they were tossing a baseball.
Ray & Emma Dean, most enter
prising young couple, endowed with
all the attributes of comedy, pre-
sent an original skit that they bill
under the odd title of Leave Me
Alone, Darn You" which gives
splendid opportunity for them to
demonstrate their. ability with a
little dancing, some singing and a
dialogue that fairly radiates laugh
ter
Wanda, known throughout the
length and breadth of this fair
land as "The Seal with the Human
Brain" is an aquatic phociod pos
sessed OF remarkable talents as a
juggler Of objects, tight rope per-
former and musician, assisted by a
comedy seal who plays the banjo
while Wanda" performs on the
horns. AS an animal act it can
easily be figured the acme OF all
efforts in this line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
At the BLACK Hawk.

Clara Kimball Young and her
own company will be seen tomor-
row at the Black Hawk theatre in
Cheating Cheaters,' adapted by
kathryn Stuart from Max MARGINS
celebrated stage play of the same
name.
The story opens with Nan Carey,
played by Miss Young, in beauti-
full home near New York. where a
group of crooks are living under
the name of Brockton. Their pur-
pose is to strike an acquaintance
with the wealthy Palmer family
and thus secure the celebrated
Palmer jewels Nan, beautiful and
brainy, is the leader OF the gang,
and through the mutual fascination
of Nan and Tom Palmer the init
macy of the two families is soon
established.
The Brockton gang decides that
haste is imperative because of the
rumored presence in the neighbor-
hood of a famous detective, Ferris.
A fake telegram calls the Brock
tons out OF town and the Palmers
take the bait and invite Ruth to
stay with them during her par
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
ONLY ONE DRUNK Is
BOOKED BY POLICE

Verify, times are changing, in
deedI
If you want any proof, merely
take one glimpse at the police
bIotter at the local city station
and you will be convinced. One
drunk.
And not SO YER YER pifflicate1
at that. Yes, times have changed
and are still changing. With the
passage of the recent liquor ord
nance and it's subsequent enforce
ment Desk Sergeant Art Kinsley
is pIacidly contemplating long in
tervals in which the stimulated
individual will be conspicuous by
his absence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
7 III EAT r F.


where Ruth has planned to get the
jewels as an inside job, she learns
that the gems are fakes and that
her hosts are also crooks, them
selves having planned to rob the
supposedly wealthy Brocktons-
Finally the two gangs recognize the
true calling of the other and they
decide to form a joint syndicate.
They hold a meeting for the pur-
pose of arranging details, when
the police make raid and all
are arrested.
At the Spencer Square.
It was a delighted audience that
followed the fortunes of The Lone
Wolf" in Thomas H. Ince's tremen-
dous Paramount-Artcraft special
photoplay, 1.-THE False Faces, !"
which will have it's premier showing
at the Spencer Square theatre on
Thursday. Henry B. Walthall. as
Michael Lanyard, THE Lone Wolf. "
who has reformed and becomes an
allied intelligence officer with a Sc
cret mission to revenge himself
upon a Hun who has brought his
wife and child to death, was excel
lent and his portrayal was most ar
tistic.
The story of -The False Faces" is
Accordingly interesting "The Lone
Wolf" who long since has reformed,
is an allied intelligence OFFICER on
the trail of Karl Eckstrom, a motor
ious German spy, who is responsible
for the death of Lanyard's wife and
child. He meets Eckstrom on a
steamship, as well as Cecilia Brooks
who is in possession of secret
document which Eckstrom and els
confederates are determined to
obtain. She intrusts a cylinder con-
but he is later deprived of it just as
the steamship is torpedoed and
Lanyard thrown overheard.
He is picked up by the U-boat
and carried to Martha's Vineyard.
where a German submarine base
exists, and manages to escape TO
New York, where he learns that
most of the passengers OF the
steamship, including Cecilia, had
been saved. In a restaurant he en-
counters Eckstrom and his confed-
crates, and he systematically begins
his plan to be revenged upon Eek
strom Cecilia becomes the object
of Eckstrom's intrigue and it later
develops that he has assumed Ian
yards name and was negotiating the
sale of Cecelia's secret document to
the British authorities.
Lanyard illustrates this and, de-
string to obtain the document Tor
Cecilia, whom he loves, he opens
the safe in the headquarters Of the
British secret service, but is unable
to find the cylinder. He traces Eek
strom to the headquarters or the
Hun spies where, after series of
thrilling incidents, Eckstrom is
shot and killed by his own confed-
crates, whom he had summoned to
slay Lanyard. The cylinder is recov-
cred by Lanyard and he finally wins
Cecilia for his own.
Mr.. Walthall was admirably sup
ported, his leading woman being
Mary Anderson, an actress of rare
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
REGIMENT REUNION
TO BE HELD MAY "a

The 58th anniversary of the
mastering of the Thirteenth Illi-
nois regiment of infantry into the
service of the United States, for
three years, or during the war, on
May "A. 1861. and the annual re-
union, will be held at Dixon, May
%.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07

ability and charm. Lon Clancy as
Eckstrom, was sufficiently Hunnish
to be cordially disliked. The picture,
based upon Louis Joseph Vane's
famous novel, was directed by Irwin
v. WiIlat with splendid effect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
AT the Majestic.

Bryant Washburn needs no in
PRODUCTION to exhibitors of Aircraft
and Paramount pictures. He is a
popular favovrite and every picture
in which he has been starred has
proved a tour de force which no
exhibitor can afford to ignore Mr.
Washburns latest picture, Some
thing To Do" is at the Majestic
theatre Thursday and Friday and is
from every standpoint, box Office
attraction of exceptional value.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
AT the American.

The mystery of the plot Of 1.-THE
Red Glove" starts to thicken no
tably in the fourth episode Gen.
tleman Geoff, shot to death by the
Vultures in defensefof the Blue Chip
saloon, makes a confession in which
he admits that he is not the father
Of Billie-the role played by Marie
Walcamp. The fourth episode will
be shown at the American today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-07
At the Illinois.

"The Unknown Love- showing at
the Illinois theatre is picture that
shows actual battles in France,
aeroplanes destroyed in battle IN
mid-air, trench fighting and the
tanks in action.
The picture was made during the
war and has just been released by
the censor to the Pathe and they
have interviewer a most beautiful
love story in the many scenes of
battle.
There are 20 planes shown at one
time in battle and one can actually
see two planes destroyed in MD
air.
The love story of the picture has
for its setting the most beautiful
scenery that one could wish for and
the photography surpasses any
thing ever seen before.
Besides the feature Pearl White
in THE Lightning Raider" Harold
Lloyd comedy, the Ford education
al weekly, AID the Pathe News Will
be shown, making one of the best
shows ever put on at the Illinois
theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

or brown rurls carefully parted or enlivcncd
with red, green or yellow ribbons; legion
Of little shoes which grind into the pebbles
and little knees which are never still, wrig-
Cling and frisking about
"But of the children enter the
school yard solemnly and sedately as
though they were distinguished pcrsonages
What stories they have to tell! Those who
spent their long vacation in the colonies
will never tire Of telling of the woods and
fields; one young budding artist has even
brought back little landscape which he
has drawn all by himself with colored cray
ons But those proud patricians who stayed
the whole time in Paris sniff With scorn at
this marvellous sketch. The trees look
great deal like feathers, it must be admit
ted and for d novice in one could hardly
expect the houses to be very straight
If that's the way your country looks,
Bennie, say these critics with Partisan airs,
we'd rather have the Bots de Boulognc any
day,
"But here is a little gir. who has Just re-
turned from invaded district, released
al ias1 by the Boches and coming all the
way home through Switzerland She has
seen 40 many hcssible things that she hard
u dares tell Of them, however fearful she
may be.
"one tall boy, too, announces that at
home ne has heard hs people say that there
IL no need Of studying geography just now,
eInce everything e going TO be changed He
pokes no end Of fun at the little chap whose
parents have made him write ATLAS on the
cover Of the notebook that thew hive fnndc
ouf OF their sugar and meat cards
"Hut in the m dat Of all this uproar one
little girl, who tcndcrly trcasurcr in her
grammar lock Of hair from the tousled
mead Of little peasant boy living up In
the hills where she spent the Inst dozen
months, may be heard TO remark wistfully:
DO you s'pore we'll ever have another
vacation like this p"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

town which did not have in it's church
some sample OF an old masters work
at is typical OF the Italian people that
in spite of the horror and panic attending
the invasion OF the barba Gus Hun they
turned their attention at once to organized
efforts for the saving Of these treasures
AS soon as it became evident that the
Italian line was wavering, Arduino Cola
senti. at the request of the Director Gen
eral of Finance, was placed in charge OF
this work b. the Minister Of Public IN
struction. The threatened region was d.
vided into three zones-that Of Carnia
that of Friuli and chat Of Val Camonica
The supreme commander of the army
placed at Colasentis disposal trucks, nee
ossary timber and men to carry on the
work. On October % he was ordered to
proceed. There time for delibera-
ton. His instructions were to keep In
contact with the enemy and remove art
objects only when it became evident that
q town was to fall. He was, therefore,
obliged to keep watch on 400 miles of front
and rush his trucks at a moments notice
to yielding point.
"The plan in most places worked to per
lection. In the of the Udine Museum
failure to rescue everything was due to
the reluctance Of the inhabitants to have
the collection broken up before thew were
sure chat it was necessary. When they
saw their mistake it was too date to save
all the collection.
at the front, it proceeding at the same
time in the cities between the Pave and
the Adige, q region whose fate was uncer-
tain From Padua there were removed
large works like the painting by Veronese
in the Church of Santa Gustina, an altar
by Donatello and a statue Of Gattamelata,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
How Italy Saved Her Art Treasures
From the Invader

this latter requiring four and half days
to remove. The entire collection in the
Museum of Padua was taken away.
'As Venice was nsidered to be in grave
danger, all the collections in her museums
still remaining were removed. There
arose the question as to what should be
done with the huge statue Of Colleoni. II
was at last decided to move this also. and
it proved tremendous task. In building
the scatfolding necessary to the raising of
the monument the calculations had been
made on the basis of the weight OF the
Gattamelata Monument in Padua and thai
Of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. After raising
the rider from the saddle, however, there
in the saddle a hole which re-
vealed the unusual thickness of bronze,
between 4 and IA inches, and conse-
quent great weight 1t was found, too,
that the lower part of the legs OF
solid metal
'The cranes with which they had ex-
pected to raise the monument were capa-
Bile of holding only four tons, more than a
ton less than they discovered the weight
Of the horse to be. larger crane had 20
be procured and the scaFolding they had
prepared doubled in strength. Finally
after much delay the horse was raised
without incident. tied movable plat
form and lowered gradually on an inclined
plane almost to the end of the square,
from which point it was raised again, also
along an inclined plane, to the deck of a
barge. All this done by hand For
the last effort the number of men engaged
was not sufficient. The man in charge OF
the operation then turned to the crowd
which was watching proceedings and
shouted: "All to the ropes 1t was an
unforgettable sight. Even the children
grabbed the ropes and pulled with all their
force"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
CThe day has risen
" it'll their ringing feet

" TN tncIr ringing feet
near the stccds stamp through the street)
rive minutes mad hardly passed before
ne" company cam along. From this mo-
mcnt ON it was impossible for me 20 close
my eyes. Il WAS a steady succession Of
cur. commands end the roll OF 70, hoofa
ON me pavement. The men marched With
marvellous ensemble; their knees rose and
iei rs though obcyne the signals Of nm
orchestra leader. decided to 20 to the
mnno"uvres, dressed in haste. and set forth
Ut seemed to me that had passed into
" vast lntrcnchcd camp. The ancient city
which yesterday had worn a cordial and
even dcbonar asncct, VIII rs houses and
piN,rrcaQuc siHnboaIOa, hno vanished unlo~
lormldab'" military dress; the stream of
pointed hc'Wots, rcGuA capa e1A et.y frou.
s"rs bad swept AL that away. As one con-
t"mp'"tcd thia spectacle one felt an in-
hnitely painful sensation of oppression and
afflIctlon. could have wished to tear NV.
self sway to be off from the town on the
instant However, an invncble curiosity
acid me there. Spying an empty cab I
hailed the driver and asked him to take me
to some Of the interesting points of the
city
Al right, come along, said he
ain 'hcsc fcW words he threN a joyful and
familiar intonation which struck me as SIN
gular.
- looked at him. He was sixty years old
or thcrcnbouts, and his face betokcncd II
KINDLY disposition. During my drive he did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Shall We Give the Kaiser Byron's
lode on Napoleon'?

respect of the rights of others, and if they
will only remember that disorder is the
vilest tyranny and order the truest freedom,
they may yet show that history will not
will not have 10 endure another shedder
OF innocent blood, such as the man who
orce the German Emperor but is now
covering and helpless fugitive
So It's done-but yesterday King
And armed with Kings to strive
And thou art a nameless thing:
SO abject-yet alive.
Is this the man of thousand thrones
Who strewed our earth with hostile bones.
And can he thus survive?
Since he miscaled the Morning Star
Nor man nor tiend hath falln SO far
"Tll-minded man, Why scourge thy kind
Who bowed so low the knee?
By gazing on thyself. grown Blind
Thou taught'st the rest to see.
With might unquestoned- to save
Thine only gift hath been the grave
To those that worshipped thee;
Nor till thy fell could mortas guess
Ambitions less than littlenessl
"'Thanks for that lesson--it viii teach
To after warriors more
Than high philosophy can preach,
And vainly preached before.
That spell upon the minds of men
Breaks never to unite again
That led them to adore
Those Pagod things. Of sabre-sway
With fronts of brass and feet of clay
"'The triumph, and the vanity,
The rapture of the strife
The earthquake voice of Victory,
To thee the breath of life;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

WV 7E ARE saying that there will
w never be another sue. war; ar,
but they were saying the
same thing one hundred and
four years ago, as The Spectator" of
London, demonstrates by reference to
Byron's lode on Napoleon,' which IAN
ticipates so exactly what the world feels
to-day as it views the Kaisers downfall
that we need make no apology for quot
ing so large a part of the poem Says
The Spectator
Byron believed, as did many OF his
contemporaries at that hour, that the men
eff blood and iron had received so stern a
lesson that no one would ever again at
tempt to play the role Of soldier tryant
Yet in hundred years the world forgot all
it had learned. Have we any security that
another hundred years will not see another
Kaiser William ovcrvhelm Europe with a
flood Of crime and misery? Our hope, the
only possible hope, is that the spread of
true democracy may I've foundation for
peace, liberty and righteousness such as it
has never been given before. 1t is only a
question of Will power. The German En-
peror and his advisers taught Germany and
her satellites that the will to power, the
will to win, would make them masters Of
the world if only it were invoked with
enough thoroughncss and enough persist
ence. If the peoples of the Old World and the
New only have the will to freedom, to the
preservation Of their own rights and to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

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ART treasures as part OF 'he plan TO
despoll them OF their memories and ira
ditions. How Italy saved her art treas
ures is related in a bulletin issued by
fine ltalian Rurequ Of Public Informal
t;or.
"The German government boasted re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Byron's

The sword, the sceptre, and that SWAY
Which man seemed made bat to obey
Wherewith renown was rife
All quelled.-Dark Spirit What must h
The madness of thy memory
1.-The Desolator desolate,
The Victor overthrown,
The Arbiter of others fate
A Suppiant for his own
Is it some yet imperial hope
That with such change can calmly cope
Or dread of death alone?
To die prince-or live slave
Thy choice is most ignobly brave,
"'He who of old would rcnd the OAK.
Dreamed not OF the rebound:
Chained by the trunk he vainly broke
Alone-how looked he round
Thou. in the sternness OF thy strenst5
An equal deed hast done at length.
And darker fate hast found;
He fell. the forest providers prey:
But thou must eat thy heart away.
"'But thou from thy reluctant hand
The thuhderbolt is wrung
Too late thou leav'st the high command
To which thy weakness chung
All Evil Spirit as thou art
1t is enough to grieve the heart
To see thine own unstrung;
To think that Gods fair world hath been
The footstool Of thing so mean,
"'The Earth hath split her blooa for him.
Who thus can hoard his own
And monarchs bowed the trembling limb.
And thanked him for a throne
Fair Freedom. We may hold thee dear.
When thus thy mightiest foes their fear
In humblest guise have shown
Oh. ne'er may tyrant leave behind
A brighter name to lure mankind!'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

not behave toward me as the ordinary Jehu.
but as guide a counsellor and friend.
stopping on occasion, lavishing his valuable
information on ne. telling over anecdotes
and riskng himself in the field Of statistics
"Ah. monsicur Our poor country has
been robbed OF all its spenlor. As the mil
itary population increases thc civil poriila-
ton grove fewer and fewer In ten years
we have lost 10000 Of our people. Life is
no, pleasant here YOU sce!
He drove mo to the cemetery, where rose
the monumcnt dedicated TO the French sol
diecs who had died during the siege While
| was reading the inscription volcy Ct
musketry crashed cu' IL the Yicinitv. The
troops of the garrison were at target prac-
tice. Between the murdcrous whine of the
bullets and the stiffness o. de li,:le yued
ct peace before ne there was Il contrast
that quite overwhelmed my feelings NV
cahman mus, have observed the emotion
which doubtless depicted on my fee.-
urea. for he had the wisdom to trouble me
no more with his remarks When we re-
turned to our point Of departure gave him
his fare. Then he murmurcd:
"'Would you be willing to do me a great
favor?'
" by. most certainly, my good fellow
- would like to shake hands with YOU
And then. as if to excuse his bodncas.
he add
In 1870 | fought right by your side
lou may believe me or not you please.
but suddenly felt tear tremble on my
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

Grey, grey! The sea and sky are
grey
Dark with the unshed tears Of
those who We mourned;
But through the drear Of this De-
cember day
a lonely merle to song, to song
has turned.
Impatient bird, for you no tears!
Though to the sun you re
strange, as we
Across the icy waste Of these last
Which have not yet relearned
hilarity.
Bird, birdl Be voice of us, for
ALL
Ali the poor souls who have
forgotten song.
You Spirit, shake that trilling lift
and fall