Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
"SEE-SAW" MUSICAL
COMEDY PLEASES
Plays TO Capacity House at Open
ing of Three-Day Engagement
at The Playhouse.

"Scc-Saw" tn new musical comedy
of Henry ". Savage, opened three days
engagement at The Playhouse yesterday
afternoon. when it pleased weii-tilled
housc The book of this attraction, built
on Earl Dcrr Biggers novel, Love In
s,irancc." was also made by the author OF
the novel. Snappy, funny and with a
strong element of suspense throughout,
the production held the attention of all
until the curtain fell
"See-Saw' deals with the marrying
English nobility In search of the American
heircsSs: it treats of the returned American
soldier who again sees the girl he met IN
France before going to the front and
whose name he had never learned; and
IT closes with the American boy winning
the girl he thought he would not win.
lorl Harrowby, the English nobility
representative, played by Charles Brown,
ts In financial straits and TO WIN either
way, whether he wins or loses the heIrcss
he takes out insurance IN case the mar
riaye does not take place. Cynthia Mey-
nick the sought helrssS, charmed with
her sweet and winsome manner. Dorothea
Mackaye handled this part especially
well and received number of encorcs.
Richard MinOt the viv,scious American,
the representative of the insurance com
panv IS detailed To see that the marriage
talltss place He later learns the girl s the
one q had met m France and whose
name he had newer known. The girl Is
attracted 20 Minos, portrayed by Frank
Carter, hut he cssnnot see his bors lose the
800, 600 insurance and Is placed m
number of humorous situations.
Many difficulties besct the two lovers,
but after a series Of complications, every
thing cle,rs finally and they are 70 be the
participants in the nlsTrIagr, with the
exception that Mlnot and not narrowly
Is to IL, the groom.
Billy Meyrick, hettu known rs Guy
Robinson, pleased Spencer MeyrIck, the
father nf the heircss, was delightful with
hIs expressions of disgust for English
nobility, particularly so when he SAID he
wanted live American for son-ir-lsw.
so that when the women folks went 10 tho
opera. thev could sneak Of TO . prize fight.
h,uy Trimmer, publicity expert extra
ordinary. filed hls part wCil, rs did Cleo
Ray the vaInpIsh actress. who had
thrilled tho ord prior 10 his meeting
ynrnIa Ncyrick Mabel Bunyea played
the part Of Cleo Ray. Adele Hassan rs
Helen made hit with her singing.
Beatrice Collcnette and Dorothy Gil
bert, exponcnts of the tcrpsichorcan art,
Of the hight fantastic. the former especially
pleasing in the number in which Byron
! llsllsiead whistles IN hird-like fashion.
l'he Twentieth Century -Four with their
Southern Melody receIvcd a number Of
encorss, IS did jimmy Parker, the dark
hued hcll-boy. who IN addition TO being
an expert IN tho game Of Mississippi
Marbles, sometimes known IN Negro
parlance as "craIs clevrrly tripped
the light fantastic Harkins, the typical
English butler. amused N his portrayal.
The chorus of The productson IS pleasing
70 look a4 They are not only good
Singers bsit also dance ID fine style The
boys Of the wedding party sang we'll
4 d.nce Of Mmot and CSnthls MayTlck
hrouSht forth q number of encores There
VIII be performance tonight md to-
morrow night The stroS played To
capacity house ts-t night.