Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-27
CHILDREN GUESTS At
CHRISTMAS PLAY
To be Given by Drama League
at The Playhouse Today
and Tomorrow.


while the Christmas Candle
Burns" a charming little Christmas
play by Miss Pauline Vrooman. will
be presented under the auspices % the
Drama League In The Playhouse this
afternoon and tomorrow afternoon AT
. o'clock. Those desiring 10 see tho
play who have not received invita-
lions may get tickets az the box Of
fee.
Through tho kindness OF several
public spirited citizens. n number OF
children Of tho city will he guests AT
the play. This afternoon children will
10 present from Pine. South Side.
Klrkwood, Coyne. Delamore. Madison.
Oberly and Front street Playground.
Italian NeirhborhOOd House. Concord
Heights and Ferris Industrial School
Tomorrow tho young guests will be
from Cool Spring. Washington
Heights. Eighth street Park. Tatnall.
Stapler. Clayton. Rockford. WoOdlawn
and Spruce Fairgrounds. IIagley. PeO-
pies settlement. Girls Industrial
school and Children's Home.
The following persons made the
treat possible Tor the children:
Francis \. Price. Pierre s. du Pont.
James Lowe. J. 49,. ID. Edge. y.
n. Barnard. George y. Miller. -.
NJ. Hillegas. James Bradford. a.
O.. Webber, e. -. Garretson. r. W.
Wilson. Ircnee ia Pont. Richard
Reese. Marshall ". Yea'man. Henry
T.. Scott. y =. S~atterthwsit. J. q.
Craig. William Nogelin. James W.
Robertson. w.. !. Amory. Mrs. Alexis
du Pont. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pen
~lngton. Samuel Caskey. John r.
Walker. Or. w. O. LaMotte. Arthur
q. Wilkinson. Alfred y. du POnt. I
Turner. Frank L. Connable. Clarence
=. Pyle &. ". Yoat. Mr.. Rodgers. Mr..
Reese. Miss Louise Van Trump. Emma
=. Almond. Charles g. Palmer. r. g.
Tanman. Howard T. Seaman. Alfred
". Coo. Mrs Josephine Capelle. Daniel
Lamb. w. &. Spruance. !. W. Bastisn
\. ID. Warner. Jr. Achelo Ricard. Rev
Robert Bell. Henry =. Krebs. Mrs
Alfred T. du Pont. Harlan O. Scott
I, Mrs. Thompson Brown. John i Powell
I Mrs. william Bradford. J.. r.. Var
= Lear. Charles Copeland Joseph Ban.
croft. W. Winder Laird. Benjamin *
Smedley. h. \. Horner. =. =. Ma.
u honey Miss Dorothy Hawkins. Or. Vic.
tor ID. Washburn Mrs. Anna +. Bach
Myron G. Henderer. Joseph s. Hamil.
ton. John \. Brokaw. Miss Ethel Wi.
son Mary NJ. Hawkins.
q The play deals largely with Christ
q mas customs in other lands. England
Y ireland. Scotland. Holland. Spain
n Servla, Italy n Poland. Ncighbor
hoods taking part In these scenes ar
Clayton. Staplsr. Pine, italian Neigh
q borhood House. Among the othe
Z. principal characters In tho play ar
= Mrs. Victoria Hortz. Mevrau Wilton
70 Mis-. Grace Lark. Pieter. Miss VIII
a helmlna Syfrit. Jan Won dc Puttc
$ John Dale. Santa Claus: snow elves
Catherine McGonegal. Vera McCougf
N Audrey Smith. Dorothea NiacGowar
Antoinette Monteferoni. Jane Carey
icicle sprites. Elizabeth Brown. Cath
crime Darrell. Genevieve Fay. toys )
shop. Catherine Carlin. Sylvia Gold
T.. stein. Esther David. Josephine sid
a dell. Betty McCough. June Edward
Mary Brown. Dorothy David: Natlvit
la tableau Mrs. Thomas Gemmill, Mr.
Downes. Mrs. Swanson, Miss Eliza
beth StriCkler: cathedral scene. Mr.
n ID. Il. Mulhausen. Cecilia Mcmahon
,e Florence Adams. Mrs. Charles g. BY,
70 Wilson Collier. r.. X. Townsend. Mis-
70 Florence Adams. Durant Stroud
lr Christmas in other lands. Mary Brow
Marjorie Riley. Virginia Carlil
Dorothy Milligan. Dorothy Beave
Margaret de Ross. Charles GOer
!. Elizabeth Dean. Alyse Frysinger, MAJ
garet Abbott, Bertha Hershmsn. MJ
tilds Spigler. Frances Dougherty. Al
bic Brit. Mary Brit. Helen Reardor
Edith Wardell. Anne McDermott. Mr.
Raymond Jones. Miss Lillian Rya
Lester Kester. Frances Lamond
Annie Rendini. Katherine Mecan
Grace Firelli. Jennie Parisi. Maj
pacene.
The committees In charge are
follows: Costumes. ~. Lawren'
Jones; properties. M. George
Austermuhl. Mr.. Striker. Miss Irei
Royzicki. assisted by a corps Of DO.
from the High School; music NJ!
Bernice Wagner; dancers. Miss
\. McClanerty wigs. Mrs. ID.
Muhlhausen; makeup. Miss A..
Conner. The play is under the dire
ton OF the Wilmington Drama Leagl
assisted by Community Service.