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STOP THIEF" At
WILMINGTON THEATRE.
Pleases Audience at The Play
house, duPont's New Theatre. !

*fStop Thief" sustained its repu-
tation for being Screaming farce
at The Playhouse, last night, and
| proved the Lest selection for au
| opening night that could have been
| thought of. First, last and all the
time, the audience was delighted
like a child at its first circus, and
a favorable impression was created
that surely will last throughout the
season. Every minute of the farce
is a funny situation, and laughter
got to the side-splitting point while
applause fairly carried the actors
off their feet. The Playhouse was
cool, despite the heat outside, and
a large audience showed that after
the summer season of dizziness, the
public IS glad to once again be able
to enjoy lis favorite diversion, thea
tre-going. The afternoon attend
ance was good for a matinee, but
was nothing to compare with the
evening, showing that the reputa-
ton of the piece extended between
5 o'clock and 8. to mammoth pro-
portions.
'tStop Thief is a happy conceit,
a joke on the participants with the
audience and the thieves ION to
the game" It Is the funniest we'd
ding day that ever was, and bears
out the definition on the program,
'for laughinr purposes only" Ev-
erybody in the cast acted with the
zest that comes from the joy Of
work after a happy vacation, aud
their success here ought to ba a
forerunner Of long and brilliant |
season. Bert ii III as the ih'sf
is the biggest part CT the piece; he |
keeps everybody on he jump. and
has almost everybody in the fami- |
ly suspected Of being a thief. be-
cause, when dets :on looms nigh, |
he puts the sun5prst> or the gold |
certificate on someone else. Even |
the clergyman IS lot exempt, and
a big wallet OF money is for+hcom- |
ing from the Docket of his fruck |
coat The thief's sweetheart and
played by Hazel PIr-
CESS, who comes as lady's maid to
the family, was SO very attractive |
and she was so pretty in her peti- |
tons that this should be the last |
time for bagging game OF this Kind, |
that the audience are altogether in |
sympathy with her, and very much |
pleased when the family forgives
her and her accompliee, in the last
act, and lets them line UP to be
with the two daughters and
their bridegrooms
Edward Lawrence made a SPLEEN
did old mans part out of MrICarr
and brought forth many a laugh
from the audience with his persis-
tent 90, will be so forgetful,' as
did Russell Sage, the English bride
groom, with his fear of being
and his hiring of the
burglar to be his detective and |
keep him from stealing. Edna Olive
as Mrs. Carr carried off the rich |
society matron, and Marie
mole and Kerstein For
to their laufe1s in thefl
the Carr girls. George GOfu0~
DIR. Willoughby, and Harold Hubert, I
as Mr. Jamison, will easily be rec
ognized and welcomed If they ap-
pear here again, and so will the |
police and detective.
ALI three acts took place in
Cars library, beautifully appoint
ed room, and as each act began |
exactly where the former one lef. |
off, the continuity was perfect. The |
gowns of the ladies were the lat
est cry, and summing UP of ap-
pointments admits of no complaint |
from the most Observation-Disclosures
ton Every Evening.
The "S' y Thief" Company will |
appear auditorium tonight.-Adv.