Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-30
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THE MAsouERaDER.

THE MAsouERADER
To the iayman who comes in casual
contact with players one Of the remark
able facts of remarkable calling Is the
way In which players keep their youth.
1t seems as though n fairy must have
waved wand and wished them eternal
youth. They are all Peter Pans who
| never grow up
Presumably as the years 20 by Guy
Bates Post, who appears ut The Play
| house tomorrow afternoon and night,
is not 80 old But looking back on bis
| career, beginning with kyrie Bellew and
Mrs. James Brown Potter and coming
down through his constantly growing
popularity to Omar and his present play.
The Masquerade, one seems to scan
a goodly portion Of years Sitting 6ppo-
site him Mt luncheon one would take
him TO he man in his early thirties He
does not look An actor but rather like
n business man. with inclinatlons 10 the
literary. lie il very keeuly alive, he Is
very earnest, and he knows and PLAYS
his game so we'll that he iq ranked today
as one of the best actors our stage has
produced
"THE GREAT LORD ouEx."
A great combination John Drew and
Margaret lllington-to appear IN The
Great Lord Qucx" A performance that
will make wide departure from the pre-
vailing theatrical farce will be that Of John
Drew and Margaret Ellington in The
Gay Lord Quex," which comes To The
Playhouse Friday and Saturday with
| matinee Saturday These stars have been
brought into association 10y John ID. VII
Hams in the Tinero comedy masterpiece
rs the two persons IN the present-dav
| theatre best qualified 90 play the two chief
parts. The GAY Lord Quex" represents
the full Towering of the abilities that the
| noted English playwright earlier displayed
| in such comedies az sweet Lavender
| "The MaEisttrate, DANDY Dick" IN
| The Amazons' The Pinero Of the Ga,
| Lord Quex il q Pinero OF vastly grown
! powers OF plot and suspense, Of character
zation and of urbanity and elegance
| There is the most downright conhicf Of
| will against will In the Gay Lord Quex
| PONY CIRCUS AT THE GARRIcK.
Harry Howard's pony circus, which is
at the Garrick Theatre this week. while
| engaged primarily for the children, is
| quite as entertaining TO the older folks
| The ponies are sagacious and wonder
| fully trained, doing lots of things one
| would not think the lower animals were
capable of They are beauties
to look at, and make hit with every
body. After being closed yesterday, the
Garrick resumes today for the rest of the
week, each afternoon and evening
MoDERH MUskETEEB.
A few weeks ago an event Of great i'm
portance to New York City was the open
ing of the new Rivoh Theatre Every
newspaper of the metropolis carried col
uInns Of news pertaining to this theatre
and much space was devoted IN pralsIng
the opening production, Douglas Fair
banks in his latest work, a Modern Mus
keteer The management had the pick
of the market and thought so well of
Douglas Fairbanks in a Modern Mus
keteer" that it was selected as the most
appropriate picture to open what is
without doubt the most modern, up
to-date theatre in the world. The man
agement OF the Queen has secured MIR
Fairbanks latest work for this theatre,
which is the main attraction for today
and the remainder of the week. "A
Modern AIusketeer" is pronounced by
critics and the press of the country to
be the best work of Fairbanks
THE WIDOWS MIGHT.
If you are a patron of the Majestic
the mere announcement OF another
double feature attraction for today and
the remainder of the week at the Majestic
Is sure to bring you from any distance.
If you are not acquainted with the big
double bills presented at this theatre,
don't miss this current one. Heading
the dramatic feature is Julian Eltinge,
Americas popular feminine imperson-
ator, who is booked to appear at Keith 5,
Philadelphia. lie will be seen here in his
newest Paramount picture, The Mid
ow's Might"
This is comedy drama, written espe-
clally for Julian Eltinge by clever Marion
Fairfax, and allows the noted actor
actress to display his-her powers OF
mlmicry to the best advantage
THE WHIP
Absolutely the greatest motion pie
ture In the world is THE Whip" the
mastery production now showing at the
Victoria Theatre with not one star, but
SIX; with not only one sensational scene,
but scores OF them, produced on the
most lavish scale Imaginable train
wreck staged for the purpose Of securing
mendous production marks a new epoch
in the history of the silent drama The
motion picture has been elaborated
from the gigantic stage production
which ran at the Drury Lane Theatre
| IN London for three years and in New
York City for two Years The stage
play also had two-year run III AUS
tralla and was translated into other
languages than the English and vas
played with huge success in Europe.
THE DIVINE SACRIFICE
The women OF this CITY will all want
to~sec the many new gowns which Kitty
Gordon, the international famous beauty,
wears in The Divine Sacrifice, her new
World-Pieture Brady-Made, which she
viii be seen in on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at the Savoy Theatre.
Miss Gordon wears number Of the
| newest and snartest frocks in this pro-
duction and it is interesting 10 know that
a number of New York modistes make q
point of copying the designs which are
orr mated by Miss Gordon In other
words, this famous actress sets the
styles for great many people as they
wear duplicates of the gowns which she
first wears IN WorldPietures.