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' THE AUG US. WIST) NKS DAY, APIilL 21, 1900, .8 IllTBY THE SULTAN find room in the opper gallery and that ' they enjoyed the performance was sliown ' by the noise they made, a umber of the teachers were in chargo of the children. Howie la Derorntrd. The theater presented a very bauM ful appearance, as it was well decor ated with the colors of the. Elks which ' ' '. , ' . x are purple and white, and' the Ameri- W. G. DONALD IN STAR ROLE ?naf JSjrS2c-' Amateur Production of Moline Choral Union at Illinois Is Much' Appreciated . Given Under Auspices of Local Elks, ' Who Will .Give Proiits to Charity. . "The Sultan of Sulu" given at the Illinois theater last evening by a cast made up of members and friends of the Moline Choral union, proved a real treat in the theatrical line and about the ' best amateur performance ever 6een here. It being the third perform nce of the play, those who had parts and the chorus were Well drilled in their work and everything moved along smoothly. William G. Donald, manager of the Moline theater and leading man in the play, was the big hit of the evening. Professional por trayers of the charaoter of the sultan have nothing on Mr. Donald, either as an actor or as a comedian, and his comic songs and funny acting won rounds of applause for him time after time. All the other members of the troupe carried their parts exceedingly well. ; The theater was well filled when the curtain went up and a goodly sum' was realized from the sale of tickets to ap ply on the charitable fund of the local lodge of Elks, under whose auspices the play was presented. The uppe gallery was literally packed wit school children who owed tho pleasure of the evening to a number of mer chants and local citizens who sub scribed enough money to buy out the gallery and reserve it for them. Only the pupils from the sixth, seventh an. eighth grades were cligiMe to take advantage of free seats, but there were bo many presented themselves at the door that some of them had to w turned away. About 425 managed to TURN OVER TIME the main entrance to the theater, aucl a large clock was hung from the loft on the stage and the hands were al ways pointing to the mystic hour of 11. The entertainment committee and the added members who had charge of the presentation of the play were James Dunn, Robert Rexdale, O. ij. Hampton. Gilbert Graves, W. Wright, Ben Mitchell, Warren H. Reck and 1 M. Casteel. i I . 1 I '. ' pIaJLE Tr . ,., rtaA Y: . J -. .... A-ai" "IJ .. .J- v . ' YELLOW ifHSrr- : OlJltfS FRONT V-J5. in - jszm i ism. esp bp III MMMlmmx&mk JL in i ssm mm mi KixA&m tm III III li L&fill m m i&x htitom w$gmYM SVtott&&4& III HliiWIi : ; mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmk ' Mux. IMMlM 'm W P wjaNWiB m? llfilli ' )r JifeiiiitaliiA mlm ' msm mmm ah win l 1 " "" 1 '" 1 -1 " 1 MMBMMBBMHMMlliMMMMWiWWWWBMWIM"" AMUSEMENTS When Nature Hints About the Food. When there's no relish to any food and all that one cits doesn't seem ;o do any good th n is the time to make a turn over in t.:.e diet, for that's Nature's way of dropping a hint that the food isn't the kind required. "For a number of years I followed railroad work, much of It being office work of a trying nature. Meal times were our L asiest part of the day. Eating too much and too quickly of food such as is commonly served in hotels and restaurants, to gether with the sedentary habits were j not long in giving me dyspepsia ana stomach trouble which reduced my weight from 2or to ICO pounds. "There was little relish in any food and none of it teemed to do mo any good. It seemed the more I ate the thinner I got and was always hungry before another meal, no matter how much 1 had eaten. "Then I commenced a fair trial i:f Grape-Nuts and was surprised how a small saucer of rt ' would carry me along, strong and with satisfied appe tite, until the next. meal,' with no sen sations " of hunger, weakness or dis tress as before. "I have been following this diet now for several months and my,, inprove- ment has. been so great all the others in my family have taken'up the use ot Grape-Nuts, with complete satisfaction and power improvement in health and brain power. "American people undoubtedly eat hurriedly, have lots of worry, thus hindering digestion and therefore need a, food that is predigested and concen tratpd for nourishment." "There s a Reason." 5 Look in packages for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville; Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. The Illinois. COMING ATTRACTIONS (Blxtenntb Street and Second Avenue.) April 20 Sultnn of Sola. April 21 "We Arc KlnK," mntlnee and nlRht. April 35 WopilrnSt Comedy Compaa7, natiuee and night. The Elite. KlKhteenth Street, North of toeond Avenue.) Elite Stork company, appearing each evening at 8il5, with nnttneea Taea- ar Friday and "aadajra. The Family. (Second Avenue, East of Nineteenth Street.) Vaudeville at S, 8, and ilB p. m. nae oiatlneo Sundays and holiday. "We Are King" in Omaha. Edmund Carroll, starring in "We Are King." will be the attraction at the Illinois Saturday, April 24, matinee and even ing. The Omaha Bee of Feb. 10 says: "A king play, or any other sort of a play, in which two young hearts are brought together under the glamor of romance, is a good play. If the hero be taken from apparent obscurity and landed in a high place, and if the hero 'ne falls in love with him and he with her, each oblivious of the other s ante-1 cedents, and awake only to the one great central fact, then it is even a better play. And if a certain element of comedy be mingled with tins, so that the perfume of the romance is stirred on waves of reasonable merri ment, all that can be asked of the mod ern comedy is afforded. Such is "We Are King." Let us not inquire too closely into its construction. It may resemble any one of the great many other plays just as one apple resem-j bles another In appearance or flavor. but with the same differentiating do ree of divergence. It is a pleasure to' hink of Gustavus Venner finally land ing the job of king of Kahnburg; but. if Gus didn't make a better king than he did a newspaper reporter, he wasn't much of a ruler. Still it is as a lover that he really shines, and in this role e fills the eye of the interested audi ence so ruliy tnat any oi nis oiner attributes or accomplishments are lost night of. A counterfeit king making love to and winning the heart of princess in disguise is a spectacle af- i forded only in story books and ro mantic comedies, but is enjoyable just he same. Edmund Carroll has suc ceeded to the role Mr. Whiteside made familiar here. He has brought to it the result of careful study, and pre sents it in a careful way. Mr. Carroll has a ' quiet way of going about his work that suits the character well and gets out of it all there is in it. AMUSEMENTS. btaiCTIOM CHAnieiUN.KlKBTAConPANV Saturday, April 24. Matinee and Ninht. A. W. Cross Presents Edmund Carroll ; and Splendid Cattt. in Walker ', Whiteside" Greatest Com ... eily Success, ; "WE ARE KING" A Cleaa, Bright, Wholenom Comedy vHh Plenty of Drnmatlf Action. BEAUTIFULLY STAGED AND COS i TITHED. Price Matinee, adults 50c, children 2f.c: nlcht. SI. "Sc. GOc and 25c. Phone West 224 ' FAMILY THEATER SOCIAL AFFAIRS I Society news, written or telephoned to the society editor of The Argus, will be srladly received and published. But in either case the identity of the sender must be made known, to insure relia bility. Written notices must bear sis nature and address. J Is Mendelssohn Program.- An excel lent program has been arranged by the Musical Study club for its regular meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Elks hall, in which promi nent local talent appears in a study of Mendelssohn. The program is as fol lows: Sketch of Life of Mendelssohn ........ Miss Bessie NoftskcT. Voice (a) Greeting (b) The Maybell and the Flower Mrs. Lund and Mrs. Reynolds. Piano (a) Spinning Song (b) Song Without Words, No. 37..... Miss Dorothy Pleasants. Violin (a) Andante (b) Finale from Violin Concerto Miss Ethel Wade. Voice "Hear. Ye, Israel, from Elijah V. Mrs. Appelquist. I Last day to see this special show, after Ient . Order seats by phone; new 6153, old 62. i SCOTCHMEN, , CALEDONIANS AND CLANS, i Brine your -wife and children to see this celebrated Scotch comedian. 1 Burt Weston and his company of Scotch dancers. .'lve tMher Btt Venture Aria Five 1 Coming Last Half U Week: . The Wangdoodle Com "edy Four. Pian (a) Caprice No. 2, Op. 5 (b) On Song's Bright Pinions Mendelssohn-Heller Mrs. Hanna. Trio, "Lift Thine Byes," from Eli jah Mrs. Lund, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Appelqulst. Reading, The Legend of Jubal ..... :... George Eliot Miss Iva Pearce. Chorus ta) Slumber iSong Mendelssohn (b) Welcome. .Pretty Primrose...... . . . . Pinsuti-Beubow "XTi-w- r n tannr1rfr1 miles nn- X W V ill h -a. a. ----"TT other such showing of Men's and JLJoys wearing apparel. art, S chaff tier & Mark,' Yorkshire, College arid Society Brand Clothes This week we direct special attention to our Special $15 Suits the newest models and ma terials; all wool fabrics in the newest patterns. tits that Magnify Your $15 Making it look like $18 or $20, this week Mrs. Lund, director; Miss ifcCand less at the piano. AH associate members who have not jet received tickets may get them to morrow afternoon at the door on pay ment of fee. Guests outside of the tri-clties will be admitted on payment of the usual admission fee. Shoup-Etzel. At the parsonage of the Memorial Christian church. Rev. W. B. Clemmer this morning united in marriage Miss Lillian Etzel of this city and Clayton Shoup of Justus, Ohio. The bride was attired in a trave'in ; suit of gray cloth." The bridal couple left this morning for a short visit with the groo.ti'a relatives In Ohio, qfter which they will return to this city and make theii-J;t-me; hcf The bride is the d.-.us'iter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew i:t.ol, W2 -TwelhJi avenue, and has many fiien.ls in Hie' city. The. groom is employed at the S.audard Oil Cloth v.orks. Married 25 Years. About T,0 rela tives and friends, fcvotII from Haven port and Mt. Joy. made up a party that last evening celebrated the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. ,I(hn Gerdes.-.Sr., 71 S Eleventh etreet. T.e home was prettily decorated with flowers ard-?Uer ornaments. A feat- ine of the evening was a mock wed ding cereniouy, in which Mr. Schervtr of Davenport took the part of officia ting" clergyman and the host" and host ess were bride and groom. A fine course supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Gerdes received many choice sil ver wedding gifts. Dance by Camp 309. A social dance will be given by Camp 309, M. W. A., at Knights of Columbus hall Friday evening. It is for members and Royal Neighbor friends. W. C..T. U. Meeting. The W. C. T. U. of this city held its regular monthly i meeting yesterday afternoon -at tho ! home -of Mrs. R. G. Summers, 1410 Sixth avenue, at -which there was- a good attendance. The subject for the afternoon was "Temperance I.itera- nue, a large number being in attend- ture." which was ably treaied by Mrs. ance. This sociable was. given as a V. O. 1-ittcn, the leader of the meet- benefit for the delegates to the C. A. ing, 'and followed by a general di;- R. state encampment at Peoria tliii cussion of the subject by mein'iers coming summer. present. A short business, session fol-1 low0(1 j Merry Widow Club Dance. The (Merry Widow club will give a dan:c To, Hold Banquct.-The Tri -City al Elks. hal1 tomorrow evening. Railway Men's association has made, Plentv cf Trouble plans for a banquet to be held tomor- l3 cauPe(i by stagnation cf the liver low evening at the grill room at Young anil bowels. To get rid of it and fc'McCombs. headache and biliousness and the ' ' " 'poison that brings jaundice, take ' ' G. A. R. Sociable. The ladies of the Dr. King's New Life Pills., the reli G. A. R. realized a neat sum at their, able purifiers that do the work with fociahle held last evening nt the home out grinding or griping. 25c r all cf Mrs. William DufSn, 191C Fifth ave- druggists. ' - "