Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-13
NEW MUS|C.COMEDY
HIT OF THESEASON
A. Little Miss Ratfles, Dainty
vivisnne Segal Captures
Hearth OF Hearers.

distinctly ~ tho Winter Ccrlon orI
hoihousO variety of production. Little
Nlsa taffios." seen al The Playhouse
laHt ueht proved highly entertain
lnu 90 large audience.
Tho plut does not greatly matter so
inun nH u hringa To- Wow in rapid
succession of changing poses bril-
liant cast. which inciudos Lawrence
Ifneamlih and Nivlsnno ScEal as the
hUadinprs. who carry. In their train
the vrtrta iipnry y. piNcy IN all his
Nnrlriy of makc-up. ray Marbc
sflniillnnt dancer. FUN Of vcrve and
motion. and "a large hovy 1t attractive
chorus lndloF.
Tho unay assumption that DiScy as
Caesar and Miss Scgal ~ Mauricette
sfp members ~ the swell moh.' maxi
inn hotels their hunting ground for
snUh lrinca as can easily hc picked up
Ur pirkcd ont ct tho pockets of con-
nuinH conVersntionalists is sufficient
a. account for several changes of cos
tumoa aud characters. which are inter
gatlng if not intriguing.
Miss sorRl has "a fresh aud sweet
volrc particularly luscious in.somc of
fhp medium register tones. which uhc
uirniN pruincipnt a. dancer which
mahva hor very attractive person
Rliiy from The play Eocrs' point Of
yipw
Lawrence c,roasmlth has one of his
usual PARTS. of a rather ohtuse En-
nliahmun from county rather than city
surroundings. and is abundantly
amusing AZ n is evident that the
eumplv situation has hoen carpenter
pd 90 nt him. Y ia evident that much
oi thc fun of tho plot ccntcrs around
hs personality. and hv carries II or
iu hN usual finished fashion tie iy
shlt seconded ln thiu hy Iiarnet Park
I. whu az iNuroughH. hls valet, IS
druli ln "a degree Tho passage in which
tho, nitornatel, composed love at
Wea ~ onr uf tho most amusing that
hAa h,pn prrn on the recent STAGE.
vhpin rcvicW wirht be written
nhnut the personality aud performance
81 rav Mnrho. who recalls IN some
vnNa dorothy Dickson. favoritc with
Wilmington audiences whenever she
sppeara hcrc although quite individ-
NHi
Another feature almost equal to
sntryiug a show 10y itself is the dane
inn ~ the Oloriaa. an interpolated
st hy u man of unusual height and a
woman of dainty ana faity-like tg
tU.r. who together interpret tho poetry
o. motion iu wholly dorgling fash
inn Tho Argentine tango. with real
iHtIr nnaupipUu ~ the whip. and ID
tfourhlns dnu,c aroused VorN great
tnfhuniasm Rmonr the audience.
'fhp music is duC 90 'ho clpanls hand
~ $3.50 late iypu towU which IS a
.uN,aniee of Ws uncfplnoss snd har-
uron, Though Homr - 80 ha. a
uemlnlaUent tane 20 those whose mem
o. gnea hnOh as ear NJ the French
,perellas ~ thirty years ago or even
ahs GLOW Worm" OF half that dis
f~nco hack "Ncarly True Co You.
suns q, NY Marbo. az Lola. "A Good
sslfl ~ tho Country" "in Dream %
YOU and Memory" by NivicnnC
peEai 80 Afsuricrtte. are tho out
~sanslns ~,nss. while tho orchestral
spenmpnnirent 90 "Rhyininr the
foeiiaiive number ny RurrouRhs and
Naiiy. otherwise barnett Parker and
lawrence Crcwsmilh ts a charming
fahrr
rhr srene hoinE lad az Monte Carlo
sysa an tho profo that could hc
hoped for by scenic artists, and Is
sullV taken advantage ~ by TIA
fhuherts rroducing stat while tho
costumes n tho principals ana tht
thouis are an that could be desired ir
tho way ~ Conccaing. revealing oI
snhancing tho charms of tho wvarers
rho show is headed for the mecca
~ Manhattan Nrhrrn f viii o0ubflcsi
siahc ripple of sensation even on
that placid surface Their viii he 3
bnatlnco tomorrow and performance
sunlrht and tomorrow night which
slueef lts stand herr.