The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-26
ALUMNI REVUE
SPEED SHOW OF
SONG And FUN


Rock Island high school alumni
Represented by IS Of the city q
prsttlegt and most talented amateur
actors-pre8ented "F>ads and Fam
eies,"-a musical revue, in the he
uoig theatre last night in man
-ner which encouraged promiscuous
use OF f1attering praise and fulniled
advance promises.
II is a production unique for dis
play of amateurs ability, permit
ting the presentation of individual
talents without calling upon them
for sustaining interest. A quick
ly moving series of 10 scenes, pat
termed after the current revues,
kept the play progressing at top
speed. Ii was cleverly managed,
capably produced, new in book and
lyrics, pretty and attractive In
dance numbers and diversified sur
ficiently TO give everyone opportun-
ity for entertainment. Barlow h
Underhill directed rehearsals and
credit for the smart manner In
which the revue went is due him.
Only casual mention may be made
of those who participated in the
revue. Perfection of the chorus
es, satisfactory manner in which
they sustained the principals and
the general impression of finish
ed performance indicated presence
there of individuals quite capable
of assuming, with success, difficult
roles which were so splendidly ham
died by others.
Most fanciful of the "Fancies'
was the Tale of the Tea Leaves"
a song number in the fourth cpl
sode in which Miss Bessie Riess led
a chorus of dozen girls. 1t was a
distinctive bit of stage setting, a
melody that will be hummed and
whistled many weeks, and effective
" handled by Miss Riess. Follow
ed by john Kaiser's "xylophonoI-
ogy," a musical novelty in which
Mrs. Charlotte Warren shared hon
ors with her vocal numbers and
eliminating in another song mum =
Der, "In My Garden in Holland
the scene became high mark in the
evenings entertainment.
A motion picture studio furnished
background for the opening scene
and there was amusing dialogue
and age-business built about the
comedy of motion picture life. Mrs.
Frances O'Brien, who sang Second
Hand Reese" the first song number,
won many encores and despite the
difficult spot in the show, scored
a hit that remained feature of the
program.
Made 1t SuccesS.
The remainder of the evening in
troduced a score of amateurs who
in recent productions have often
successfully carried the whole show
and their presence, all in one re-
vue. made it smashing hit.
Prominent among them were
Miss Peggy" Schnitzer, whose
dance numbers are always new and
grow ever more pleasing; the
Misses Anne and Monica Sicily, a
real sister" dancing team; Miss
Florence Levinstein, young dancer
of promise; Irving Wright and
Floyd Wilson, biackface cross fire
vaudevillians; Mrs. Frank Huntoon,
who appeared in two delightfully."-
humorous character parts; Miss
Robley Clark, a studio "vamD"; LIE
Roy Klove and Kenneth Sexton, So
loists; and the Misses Celeste Oh
sen, Florence Kruger and Fran
ces Lyon, who led solo numbers.
Bulletin: Two suitcases contain
ing costumes and props" were lost
last night somewhere between the
theatre and Twenty-fifth street.
Finder please return to the Ipi-
nois theatre, or there will be no
show tonight, a distraught custod-
ian of the costumes announced.