Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-08
AMUSEMENTS

TAXI IT FROM Me- At TIFF PLAYHOUSE.
Few Of the productions shown anywhere
In the city have met with the enthusiasm
and applause that Take 1t From Me,
the musical comedy now playing At The
| Playho,nr, has received in the FIRST two
| days In which it has already been seen.
| n is above the average musical comedy,
| both IN musical numbers and particularly
| In the comedy part Alice Hills IS the
| particular mirth-bringer Of the cas1, and
| she is seen in the role of o gpinster stenoQ-
| rapher in department store, run by the
| hero Of this story. She is nothing short Of
| n laugh from the moment Of her advent
on the stage until her final departure The
| hit Of the evening from the musical stand
point was The Call Of the Cory Little
| Home, which WAS introduced and sung
| with exceptional sweetness and charm by
| Devah Morel and Jack MCGOWAN.
TWIN REDS
Twin Beds a lsughable, ioviaI farce,
| viii be at The Playhouse the first three
days Of the week, beginning Monday night.
| As laugh producer Twin Beds" Is said
| to be the greatest success the stage has
| seen for some tirne II is the radiant and
| glorious fun and hiliarIty that obtrIde Al
| every point throughout the play that
nofIs III III lttt Way
MISS sPRINGunE"
Miss Srringtrne, q musical comedy
OF enhancing rapture. will be st The Play
house the last three days Of next week. be-
ginning Thursday, January l6.
ODD NOVELTY AT THE GARRIcK.
'"The Awakening OF Toys. which is
| being gwen at the Garrlck Theatre this
week. Is a clever novelty The act opens
| with the scene laid in n toyshop. with
everything apparently lnanimate. Grad
| uallv the toys come to life and do lot
of interesting things, being dances,
pantomimists and real vaudeville actors
| and other actions. The act IS very clever
| and 1t is elaborately staged.
DOROTHY DALTON AT THE MAJESTIC
Dorothy Dalton viii be seen for the
| last time today at the Majestic in her
| latest photoplay success, "Qmcksand,
| with which she has been adding scores of
admirers TO her already large legion Of ad-
mireTs The story is fascinating IN itself
| and Miss Dalton has the role OF young
wife who loves her husband and home and
| is satisfied until her husband is accused
| falsely of forgery which he never con-
| mitted Beginning tomorrow. for the re-
mainder Of the week, William Farnum viii
be seen in The Rainbow Trail, Zane
Grey's sequel to the Riders of the
Purple Sage.
| .'ALIMoNY At The QUEEN.
The management of the Queen has
booked for showing today and tomorrow,
a picture Of ringing truth, entitled All
mony 1t is production that reveals
| the evils and the wreakage to home and
country the divorce win prove. It also
reveals the corruptness of the divorce
| lawyers who misuse the ignorance OF their
wealthy clients and obtain dishonesty
large sums of money paid 10 them if the
alimony of a certain sum is granted to the
divorcee 1t is 3 picture which will have a
| meaning for everyone and worth the time
| spent on It.
| AT THE VICTORIA.
/ Mime Pctrova's hold on the hearts
| OF Wilmington theatregoerS IS secure
Standing room only was the rule again
last night, and the management finds il
| necessary to request that the early or
late runs Of the picture be used if good
seats are desired
The same picture will be shown all this
week. and two more of Nine Petrova'>
| productions are TO come To the Victoria
! From her sick bed the star, on hearing
of the success Of The Life Mask il
Wilmington, wired her friends her ap