Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-09
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE MAJESTIC

| Raw in 'fIis Mothers Boy" showing
/, for the last time today nj the Majestic
| Here's n photoplay you'll talk about for
some time It's the most interesting
| photoplay of the screen.
"A rnE QUEEN
| William $. Hart IN "Rlue Blazcs
| RawsIcn" is the attraction at the Queen.
| II will be shown for the last time today.
| The story is of the Canadian Northwest
with Hart lrmbcrjack. In the place Of
! the familiar western outfit is n figure clad
/ in blanket coat and fur but it's Hart just
the same and he is ideally cast which
means it's 100 per cent production.
"orp LADY 81" AT THE PLAYHOUSE.
Concerning cold I.ady 81. which comes
10 The PLAYHOUSE the first three days Of
next week. the Baltimore American of
| March r. said:
odd Lady 81 bv Rachel trothera.
| ascd ON "a novel by louise torssland,
and with Miss Emma Dunn ss the star
wes gwen last night nj tords before
| n large audience. and fully justified all the
| Mandatory accounts which have preceded
! its coming here There Is nothing startling
| about the plav and the plot IS of the
| SIMPLEST lust the story ot an old couple
| still lovers. who are forced bv poverty TO
give M tho little home in which they have
! spent their happy married life with just
| the bare hundred necessary In buy the
| wife IA place IN an old ladies home. whie
tho husband has no cloicr but the poor
| farm However. the devotion of the two
and the tragedy nf their first and t1nal parf-
| ing So work upon tho feelings of the 30
| inmates and through them on tho board
| of dircc,nra that the husband ia admitted.
Il 4 II
But his coming produces Hutter
| IN tho hitherto exclusively feminine
precincts. The old Indies gather around
| him ike becs around honey, and he nat
nrnlly fecls this alteration ot hts mascul-
| inlty 10 the extent that the gentle llttlo
| wife. gets Jealous. and all the rest are set
| bv the ears. till the object of this c0fnpeii-
| tive devotion runs away from the over
! charged feminine atmosphere. htit re-
| turns ~ find tickle fortune has also come
| back IL them with Independence and thff
| little home again Nj this fs told with
| uuci simplicity. lut rich Wholesome
| humor in the telling particularly ~ the de-
! lincation of character ~ tho inmates 90 The
| home. and IN the touches nf human
I nature which make tho comedy ~ tho
! piece. and also its stggesiion nf pathos
| II il uunint and natural t. the one AMI
! appealing ~ The other ono ~ those hts
I of real human life winch lfrrress NOR
| than the widest ernotiunallstr of tho raoet
| stirring sensation hccauqc Il Eoee straight
| to the heart
Mise Emma Dunn IS ST. natural ~
| the part uf the devoted l1ttle Wte That
| ehc docs not seem to H. acting Il ont
! tho ppntleness uf the character. tho
| al,ot depth nf love suggested. tic hravr
/ 4 nj fFgaI mud
! povcrtv. arc an thoroughly gwen that
/ Il i tho woman herself who gets INTO the
| hearts of the audience tall ono coases 70
| think If tho artist who can produce such
! an effect Particularly wcil done was I he
/ silent anguish suggested N tic hftic
/ hrcal down ~ the final parting from
/ home .'s a whole. u waS thoroughly
| human and lovahle portrayal
"rnr WIN rrck hT ruf u s9itat -
The Wild Ducl by Henrik ll,@en.
/ which closcs at The rlavhouse tins even
inr with Nine. Alla Nazlmoyn. under the
! direction of Atthur Hopkins. has a double
| xurnrisc for playvocrss who have as<oeiated
| Nazimova wholly with the characterize
/ tions of willy vampires and liscn wholly
| with gloomy portryals Of Norwegian
| tragedy. The first surprise = IN he role
| enacted hv Nazmova, who N he Wild
| Duck impCrsunatcs the dreamy and
| loyAhlc Young girl. iicdvIg. aud apparent
! " cnlovs the rolf cnthuslastcallv he
| second surprise Is thc discovery that
/ Il,scn could write rs delicious farclcal
| comedy rs ever genus coaid
CATERPILLAR TRACTORS.
The development Of he greatest con-
| irihutiou of the Allies IN the world war
- Il b.Nvttf I
II Ifnvc'S newest Travel Festival which
comes 10 The Playhouse on March - and
- oddly the caterpillar 10 which lnveu-
tlon Is due the British armorcd tank and
other similar contrlvanees, Is the creation
of an american Benjamin Holt. The
catcrpillars aTe PLAYING a vital part on the
hattIcfrunts sweeping over trenches.
through forests and across barbcd-wirc
cntanglemcnts like u .luggernaut Thus
far the, Ccntral Powers have found nothing
10 cope With these onrushlng mechanlcas
giants.
GENERAL POST
William Courtcnay, slim and debon-
nair and Thomas \ Mise, Fat and unetu-
o,ls. will come to The PLAYHOUSE March
II and 10 in their latest comedy success
General Post, under the management
Of Charles Dillingham; These two dis
tinguIshed players have appeared more
than once aS cost tar comedians and are
said to have triumphed again III this new
comedy Of love and laughter which comes
direct from a successful season ut the
Gsicty Theatre New York.
HENRIETTA CRossMAN At GARRIcK.
Henrietta CrosSman, one OF the most
distinguished stars in the varieties, has
been booked for the Garrlek Theatre next
week in the spectacular var episode 'foi
Our Boys She will be supported by a
clever company. Then there Is The
Girl in the Moon. Il spectacular novelty,
and number OF other good acts, including
the following: Fay, the two Coleys and
Fay in "Birdland, charming offering:
Dorothy Granville, IN Types Of Women.
which involves number Of interesting
and typical impersonatlons; Joyce, West
and Moran in songs and dances; Frank
Ward. a clever monologust. Lloyd and
McArile, comedians, the Dekos troupe
in human Juggling, and the Pathe war
pictures. which are always interesting,
particularly in these momcntous tunes
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Repu blican Epicures To lat Tonight
The Young Mems Republican Club
will be the scene of another luncheon IN
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