Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-13
ADJUSTMENTS
COIN LADY 31"--pLAYUous

GOLD LADY 31"-pLAYHousE.
Few plays ever presented IN Whining
ton have made such universal appeal as
| ''Old Lady 81" which ran for more than
Sin months in New York, and which VIII
conclude its engagement NJ The Play
| house this afternoon and tonight, with
! Emma Dunn in the stellar role, and the
same company which supported her IN
| New York 1t served to introduce as
! star Emma Dunn, an actress well known
/ by reason of her performances IN Richard
| Manslields Peer Gvntt' and DAVID
| Bcasco's "The Governors Lady, and
The Warrcns of Virginia. odd Lady
| 81" is a charming mixture OF sunshine and
shadow which was dramatizcd by Rachel
Crothers from Louise Forsund 5 novel OF
the same name Its Distinguishing charac-
| teristics are its realism, the novelty oi
the plot, and the humor scattered through
the prologue and three acts.
GENERAL POST.
William Courtenay and Thomas a.
Wise, co-stars, will come TO ne ray
! house Friday and Saturday with matinee
ON SATURDAY. General Post" is the title
uf the very chnrnIng wartime comedy In
which they appear ! +. Harold Terry,
/ the author. has written a sunny, humorous
war plav nf the past tl9lll the present
IoI5l and tho future 10 far removed
from the grim. lurid horrors "l the world
| conflict II Is m entertaining comedy,
rrnrcscntlnp The social rcadW~tmcnt IN
! England brought about hN the war u
| deals with the classes ~ England Thomas
| \ Wise impcrsourtlnC conservative "'d
! harouct whose Wiltul, and almost lmprrt'-
! ucnt daughter e Cathlrcn NrSiltt tail@ ~
! love, with the local tailor William nirtc-
| nav an exceptional tailor, OF course, who
eventually becomes l'rgadlcrt 'cncral
! Smith, \. &.
toNTNC ATTRAt UoNE.
LYMAN II llowcs Travel Festival will
| hc nj The Playhouse on March - and %
| "rhc Laughter Of Fools, this years
| David Hcl;iSco-t harlcs trOhmau pro-
dtIctinu. which Is tn be shown AZ The Play
! holl4, for the half week beginning Thurs
dav evening. April will have an un-
usually strong cast, including " + Samp-
son MaN Leeds. rcrcv NIarmont Plrc
Bush. Edward BroadIcv Robert FORSYTH,
Peggy O'Null Bcr,l Mercer. GLADYS
Wynnc and katherine Stewart
rRANk WARD tr THE C,rRfck
Frank Wards decidedly original net.
vhch Is ono of the features Of the b,ll ut
the Garrlck Theatre tins week Il an
interesting novelty. and It "i~ duIbttul
whether here Is auuthcr like It on the
stage In addition to his othcr talents
10 has dumlnutiyc figures oi dogs and
dolls. which are made to daucc On q
miniature stage the feet, ia rcailty. hcinC
his fingers THE effect IS very clover and
The performance dcc,dvdlv interesting
Mr. Ward + also q mounlogutsi and hI~
witty savings ~ prose auI vcr- arr worth
whllc The act Is ono of the most move.
o( its KIND ever seen here and X ron Il
tributes IFS share to the mcrlt On the
Garncl hli
'rHr pfpr ~ unNoR Nk.t-rt,
Now hgh, iJlumiuc- thr William
loN hrmamcut ihc star Is nu los q
person than Miss Peggy INLAND Shr
IS Wrll-AnoWu to patrons ~ the Quccn
and Majestic having been seen ia various
programs and has hlg following IN thus
cltN To-day aud tomorrow. >he makes
her first appearance under the iuN BANNER
in Tho Debit uf Honor al the MaJc~ur
This dainty CLEVER actress who SCREENS
81 Nrll and Is such dcIghi a. look upon
has rs her vehicle pav that Is tomcal
in that Il has to 10 Wlth the pcrnicIou~ spy
system that IS still tearing at the rnot~ ot
American preparation for the hlg war
Honor. Miss Hviands role. i adopted
IN Sf'FLtlof WHO tN Al Ni'fk tf ifP ~t'ifti-
ing oi transport to Europe Ihrrr
lcak The wife III lowe with ~py. !. giving
hlm information Ia save hrr adopted
father pam Honor takes thc hlamc lo, hcr
foster mother ndi~crction This Is how
she pays her debt to him
"~HtHlEY-kt,t ,IcToKI,
shirley Nave from tho pia1 Of
the same name in which Clara Kim
ball Aoung l~ appearing aj ihc Victoria
Theatre shows thc INTERPOLATION nt ~netal
life with thc hlgh tiuancc ut tada, The
daughter of an old faml who's, ioundyr
Pirate" Nave. established tho great
MON Central railroad ~tr learns tha' t,r
father j. ~ Immediate danger ot h,ug ~
moved from the presidency n It'll, Joad
Iic is hcartbrokcu ovcr the impending
calamity which VII include the io~- 81 tlc
family interest ln the road Shirley rl>r~
suprcmcly ia the emergency WINS tho adj
mIrIpC cooperation 81 I ! Maggcu her
father chici opponent through her bold
fighting for her own and through hl~
love for h~ Young daughter paI~,
whom she Sponsors 40 society and also
gains The love of II J A>~oclatC John
Rowson. tho woman-hatIng virllc Ioch-
Invar from out Of the West.
''ruE sLACkrR ~hNuy
Patrons Of the ~tvas theatre VIII bc
given an opp1r nj 90 see magnificent
Emly Stevens lu the special Metro pro
ductIuu dc iuNc entitled The ~jari,cT.
which marks Miss Stevens first appctt-
l.,..