Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-10
At The Illinois.


knights ROSTERS feature the
vaudeville bill at the Illinois
theatre today. These birds are
we'll trained, and do what seem
like almost impossible stunts.
They appear in full dress suits
and act as intelligently as human
beings.
Bud Mcintyre. tenor. formerly
with Boyle Woolfolks' Vanity Fair
company. has a splendid turn and
he was well received His charac-
ter songs and representations arc
of the best seen here for long
time.
Ransom and Mack in "At the
Stage Door" present a realistic
comedy offering. Miss Ransom is
a very clever and pretty ingenue,
while Mr. Mack showed a bit of
character acting above par The
lines of the act are veSy bright
and full of classy comedy.
The Sundburg Duo are accord
ionists OF the very best Their ex-
ecution on that famed and difficult
instrument. the piano accordion, is
quite a treat.
Chamberlain and Earle present
a well framed turn: their comedy
is good. their talk witty and their
songs are new.
THE Finger of Justice" will be
p-sAown Monday, May u. al the ILL
nois. THE Finger of Justice" hat
been widely advertised &c appear
at a certain, theatre in san Jose.
The papers printed columns. Peo-
pie talked. The word went round
that here was a picture the like
of which had not been seen be-
fore.
A little old lady adjusted her
double-lensed spectacles and read
what the papers had to say. She
listened as her friends talked of
the picture.
All the talk about THE Finger
of Justice" reused her interest. So
she did what most any nice old
lady does when in Quandary
She saw her pastor.
Why, indeed you should 60" as
serted the minister. Rev. W. L.
Stidger, one OF CALIFORNIA; best
known divines. Go by all means
The Finger CT Justice is Rev.
Paul Smiths great fight against
vice in San Francisco immortaliz-
ed by the motion picture. : DR..
Smith is the man who wiped out
the Barbary Coast-who made our
states largest city clean. His pic
ture tells his story
And so the little old lacy of San
Jose saw The Finger o. Justice"
For the first time in all her life
she watched a cinema drama-not
only watched it, but enjoyed it.
At the Spencer.
Mabel Normand, Wallace Reid
and Anita Stewart are all booked
for the Spencer Square next week.
Mabel NOrmand in The Pest, with
an all star cast comes tomorrow
and Monday. Wallace Reid is
booked for Tuesday and Wednes-
day Hlatinees in THE Roaring
Road" picture play for everyone
who owns, rides. drives. likes or
wants an automobile. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Anita Stew
art will be seen in "A Midnight
Romance" with a star-cast, 'sump-
tous scenes and glorious gowns
The usual added attractions will be
shown in order to complete the
usual well rounded Spencer bills
end patrons are assured an enjoy
able week. The return of Mabel
Norman IN The Best" will delight
her admirers. Her press agent
says: "Irrepressible Mabel Nor
maEd has broken out again. Proof
of the outbreak is found in THE
Fest" and evidence of the spright-
~ condolences high spirits will
be enjoyed when the new Goldwyn
pictures comes to Rock Island.
And there is something more-a
usefulness and a pathetic appeal
never before found in her madcap
heroines. Funnier than Sis Hop
kins.' the new play strikes the high
lights of rollicking fund and at the
same time brings a catch in the
throat now and then when least
expected. AS the fun-loving farm
house drudge. Mabel Normand is
at her best perpetrator of a hun
dred practical jokes. always In a
dreadful. but perfectly logical
scrape, and the center OF a charm
ing romance. Easily she suFpasses