Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-16
PLAYHCt ST OFFERS
GAY MUSICAL SHOW
Sentimental Songs Make Popular
Appeal and Divert the
Large Audience.

Eff FOntaine ............ boiiS N,'',.'
Mary Fairfax .......- Anna u''h
Debutantes- klingcl, Corrinc john
ston. Lee Cuhane, Nvonnc d'Artols,
Kitty Fckart, Dot Moore. Edith Fer
guson. Belle Irving, Dorothy Nllm"t,
Margaret Mcclure. Helene Macy
Edith Oakley, Violet Dyson.
The title of last nights offering at
The Playhouse is an expression OF clc-
mental emotion, and thus more apt
than are MANY, for the offering itself
is of the elementary sort. II is under
stood to be practically just starting
out on its career. and IT may happen
that contact with the world will shape
ito a more compact and consistent
whole the material which 1t now COM
prises To the observer who has passed
beyond the elementary grade 1t has
strong resemblance to the closing en-
tertainmcnt of a school of dramatic
EXPRESSION. in which the clcvcrcr of
the pupils have absorbed a superficial
skill in voice stage dancing, the art Of
ensemble and spccialItcs, while the
tyros are still III the hgurante class.
O,ntc the most distinguished work
must be credited to the dancing team,
Frank jackson and Eleanor Larsen.
who arc agile. smooth and graceful and
likely tn win further distinction.
Dolly Castles has an engaging and petite
personality, OF the type that always
is popular in the world of the stage and
the stage that all the world Is, she sings
and dances and displays more dramatic
ability than the balance OF the cast
suggesting another soubrettc IN whom
Wilmington has been lntcrcstcd, ana
who. by the way. Is soon 70 appear N
new role; namely, Fay Banter Nina
Yulin is the best vocalist among the
women, and has tone and method that
give promise Irma Bertrand dances
her hit gracefully but is uncertain IN
her vocaization, while Mary kllcoynr,
rs The heavy mother-in-law, is true to
the stage type
William d,, Yes is a leading juvenile
az parts hav ng a more than usually
pleasing voice we'll under control, NY
his action is stiff, lacking repnsc Frcd
eric Bowers has the manner ot the pol
ishcd and pcrplcNcd liar of farce comedy.
and pervadcs the action 0t The piece
lie IS titularlv responsible for the muse
of the productions but shares some 81
the iusplration with shades Of compoSc7S
OF the not So remote past. ~ Tor ~
stance the writer Of ANNA licld ont
you come and play WIZ me, to Whch
w ont YOU come and hiilN II" .tht@
more than n slight resemblance M'S'
Of the airs arc Of the elemental sort
again, and carry an undouhtcd appeal
10 the same quality IN the listeners,
which is another way Of saying that they
possess the element q popularity
Il m So Happy. I'm Looking tor :
Gurlce /" Sunshine and Twilight
Dreams are some Of them which ar'
booked Tor q transient vogue.
There IS no connected plot, the actor
being of the hurlesquc genus Their
comes Charlie let ms dance for him
But there is color and pretty constan
if not consistent action, and that !
what takes and there you arc III
audience was content and that IS Wha
was aimed at The production owe
much to the practlsed hand Of lc"
Morton. who has godfathercd man,
There will be matinee and cvenln'
performances TODAY