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TIIK nOCK ISLAXD ARGUS. SATURDAY. JANUARY . 1914. 5IE WELCOME IN -LITTLE LOST SISTER" anuary Tze Tri-Cities' Greatest SellA J Clearing Bm 1 a 1 MMaaBKTya'g; ijiv ifimnirfiBfiT jm i - r W - ... "i - . v; . -.-v. . . . - f v. gitia Brooks' !.iti 'are play, "Little Lost Sister," comes to the for six performance npxi wfek. openinp Thurpdav. It will be latin?1 nni r.ieht?. THE ILLINOIS. preseats A. RHkins Co. Vid- -Kiward ipr. ad I") --LittU' Lost Sid- Thrist'an cifni' 1-TturP. Teg o'. My Hr-art" with j O'Neii. THE EMPIRE, asj Taudeville. rtrforniacces T THE ILLINOIS. Aier Mind," a story of poli fud crime and lore, was present 4 the Illinois N.-fore an apprecla-t"eiadl'n-9 last Ri?hf "The Mas W 'icd of the -ii-d-rorld. seekins tnond thief, to play the part. of a fam ily, ile add to the circle a youtiK girl whom lie by chance has learned Wain I wrlelit would like to meet aaio. Wainw right is introduced Into the fam. I ily circle, marries the pirl and takes the whole family home with him. At ihe right moment he pprings his plans upon the unsuspecting young bride i erooni and piv-s him the choice of i ' Furrenderintt his claim to the nomloa- i tion or harinK it published that his wife's family is a set of crooks and 1 his wife herself of shady reputation. ; "The Master Mind" has reckoned with out one element, howerer, for the girl lovgd the man she married and stood by him at the crucial moment. Then the plotter, discovering he can not in- jure the man without injuring the woman, discovers he has a heart and rTtir for hi.t brother's death, needs gives back the document cf resigna fcw't.eop'e to a."i.-t him In carrying J tion he has wrenched from the man t U design of ruiuic? the political i by his scheme of blackmail. Mr. Pwtrts of his enemy. lie forces a Kyi Tl vnfnf trvn - 1 rnnli--T l 1 Av-tpuuiwi -quality, iuainiiiotn slocks, new chandise and prices hammered down to their lowest ebb. tnousands ot dollars worth of desirable, seasonable merchandisi at wonderful savings. The entire sale is rich with splendid econl On all floors we are replacing: bargains that an with even better values. For Monday we will show some world beatei was merchandise so low priced as now. Never was selling so brisk. an opportunity so pronounced. This sale affords unlimited opportunities , to save. Ji tne tnings you want when they re most needed and in almost every mst; less than cost of materials. This merchandise is aJ! new and embraces the most cent developments in style and novelties throughout the store. In our r to-wear departments prices are almost-unbelievable. Everything favore fashion included in this gigantic showing of women's and children's appai and at the big savings affords an opportunity seldom -presented. Come M day and see the wonderful selling. font "l-an. togeiher wi'h a yourg dia- thoplifticg lady, and a former le portrays in a very striking man ner the role of a genius. crs:?d with envy, and seeking destruction. Ile TJH TL LSNOSS Sarsclay Mat:nd Jan. 4t2i ' Doors Open 8:30 Monday Morning in Order to Rearrange Stock The Store for All the People II l 2 una & Co-Opsrafive Store Co.1 fombs Rock Island Every Small Lot Will be Priced " at a Surprisingly LoW Figure A V v 11 k. mfi' I RACHAEL MARSHALL'S Gripping Story of the Startling Cwnmerce in Girli That is Now Under estimation Ail Over America Dcn'i Miss It.' RlhlExQasifiors rf Whifo Slavery, writ tea bVi Woman for Women and for Every- Q8 Vr . RpsnorU Iovp Womanhood. 1 hltronf eit, cleanest and most darinf diiclosnre Vruth ever croiected cn any staze. I rteoeimcsd 0H,ra. 1J kept his audience on the edge of the seat through the many tense moments. Nauon Welch aa Lucene Blunt la a very beautiful girl with the air of childlike innocence about her that captivates. She 1 as developed rart power in dlsplayjjg emotion, to he one so young. Ihe other members ot ! the company, C. V. Goodrich as John Blount and Camile Crume as Mrs. Illount, were very acceptable. Georgs No an Leary as the son of the Blounts was first class in his role of "young crook." The story Is one of crooks and revenge but out of it springs a pretty lore storj-. which, by way of contrast, makes the drama one of power. After the first San Francisco per formance of the play, "The Traffic," one of the ablest newspaper editors in that city wrote: "A man could not have written it. None except a wo man could visualize and project upon , the stage a story so terrible and so ! true." "I think that ia the best word i yut written about my play," says the ! author. Itachael Marshall.. "Men even the best of them cannot realize the thoughts and feelings of decent wo men with reference to the desperate i state of so many, many (housands of! uur sisters of the slums sand brothels. Kor years with me the social evil and s!l of its hateful ramifications seemed SCENE IN "THE TRAFFIC" AT ILLINOIS LL! t if.- " if 4- TraW-c" to the citizens of Illinois. Lieut. Gov. Barrtt empire Special Inday Prices: Mat. 25-50-75 $1. Night 25-50-75-S1 10. r ! VIRCIK BROOKS LITTLE A T.mlT rV r-ri J or to Ex. DOM r .. ttyK LAVERV r ! Im ILLINOIS 3 Days stabt'ng Jan. 3 SISTER THURSCAV MATINEE Produced under the Persocal Direction of VIRGINIA BROOKS World's Oreateat Vice Crusader. Dally matinees 29c A SOo Evenings 26c, 50c, 76c 91 SEAT SALE TUESDAY Vaudeville and Tabloids "The Heartftreakers" Last chance to see this $1.00 show for 10c, , 20c and 30c. COMING MONDAY A Great Vaudeville Bill Headed by THE GREAT LESTER and Four Other Big Acts This is termed as a classy vaudeville show. DON'T MISS IT Phone R. I. 708. Vr 3- -f 1 f ti ' - - '.-: ' i ft'? 4 .i ' ml 'C-' because they told me. my little friend's I Rome, marked out by the -3 oldef "Sister was 'bad.' " AT THE EMPIRE. The Great Lester, one of the great est oi comedy ventriloquists, will be a feature of next week's first half bill at the Empire. Lester is a ver satile performer who is constantly doing the unexpected. His dummy talks and sings while the ventriloquist Is eating and drinking, a wonderful piece of work in itself. Lester gets on intimate terms with his audience at once and there is hardly a let up in the fun. He was at the Grand, in Davenport, when that theatre was on the Orpbeum circuit last season. This is a special engagement for Lester. The Rose troupe. Moss and Frye and the Trairolas will be other features on the bill and Mortimer Snow, as sisted by Elsie Williams, will present "The Diamond Bracelet," a dramatic sketch. The scene is laid In a suburb of New York. The action is swift from the start and there Is a big sur prise. , . , row -of Romulus. 3 to contain flie 'big story' the dourest tragedy in the lives of American wo- Imen. The story revealed in The Traffic' is, I know, the kind that is not acoepuiDie to eunors oi wnai are called 'family newspapers, end I have no quarrel with this editorial policy, although I do not understand it. Much of the sensational matter that has beea published About the 'white-slav ery was so distorted or exaggerated that a large part of the reading public GRAND THEATRE 12th St. and 7th Ave. SUNDAY, JAMUARY 4 Matinee 2 p.m. Evening p.m. Four rreli mostly rotn JL' Piano. player anJ Minn Uoth. got and kept a mistaken Idea of what the bondage of prostitution is, how it is incurred and bow hopeless and end less it is for ninety out of a hundred of its victims. There is no 'auction ing' of girls so far as I know and little forcible confinement of girls in houses of prostitution. There may be a few instances of this kind, but they are so rare as to be negligible. The 'slavery of the fallen woman is a gradual tran sition commencing In ignorance, un sanitary surroundings. 111 health and the poverty which conies from Indus trial injustice. The prison these women cannot granite wall chains cftalnsj dmi lhs Madison, Wis.j Jan. 1, 1913. M. D. Reynolds says: This is to certify that I have been a great sufferer from rheumatism since 1894. Contracted the disease while working with a snow plow on the railroad. Fop- sev eral years I have been obliged to use crutches a great -part, of the time. Having used three boxes of the Meri tol Rheumatism Powders, I have thrown away the crutches and an now almost fully recovered. It cer tainly has done wonders for me and I heartily recommend it. M. D. Rey nolds. H. O. Roifs, Rock Island, 111., exclusive agent (Adv.) Rome Frofessor Giacomo Boni, di rector of excavation, discovered in the venter of the Palatine area the "Mun- dus" or central point of ancient We Have Open THE New Chop Suey Houss 222 Seventeenth St., E. After theatre parties and house parties v!H appreciate the Delicious Chinese and American Dishes We Serve We cater to those who want the best of every thing1 in the way of ser vice and cooking. Special Tables for Ladies We employ one of the most experienced Chinese ;hefs in the middle west. Open from 10:30 a. m. to 2 a. m Oriental Chop Suey House Phone 2933 THE THEATRE OF QUALITY Here but the first 1 "'Scene j it