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organiza-
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men l Oliera me .rtsnuai. iuubjvai .wua
edy seeniniyeai
last season with- another
tion, completes the roster of big spe
cial acts ' carried by thip wmpany.
v The'1 prettiest, newest andv cleanest
"wardrobe seen -here in many months,
all new songs and- dances,- and three
new bills that will , absolutely create
a,; TtoxH: ar,QTproiuiseu pauuusritpr.cno
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CLARA KIMBALL. YOUNG
1 f Mos prbmuicntvlnotionpictuj
ies ;she; played .during; the long stays
f of ; most -Of her engagements of last
fceasojiiJ ' As? bad been : ihease? with
& - coming maim ium ",6 nHihPomnPomTf Was written
5 ' w itrione runf monthsTa t 1 abound .Ihay . youth and chame-r-:-f th&:day-look baclr upon some
4 ing its:)ong :W5f,wje .monms,
tne irincess. anu tasmu l"Crt"ca "jnalpri -I
New York and, with the.New a
AMtz Th rnst jhr!udeswno na7se?P Mltzi V?. ne?iec Utart on the .roadrto . atatutw--:. 5
' the names of many New York MS'tffiSwSXS
iiea uiiu u-um0w V without a. wrinkle as she, did -. jvjonv
animatea oeyy or 5 n"" gbmery and, .S&ne in "Chin Chin.
. .chorus nad have.t: been named
ffwintft-'to send an
ris
' tiohV tb rtnis rule, and l"My Official
Wife.l' whichuias been re-issued by
tbe Vltagrapli X'tnipny is a de luxe
s, j a , is ; uis ui win, i? t- cditiofl and wliicxi ; is the attraction at
ena;. an organizauon or uausuai ? Grand Tat on ILoir;..,
'clothes with a certain cjiic lzvimauai - par
style not duplicated In any other mu-.ading starBes Miss
steal comedy of the season. They add : Nanghton, ; role in
.considerably to the life and success ;f her;career.
of this musical treat which is sure to
crowd the. Academy
'Very Good Eddiewas written
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bo seenin .the?,vleadingt roles, the-l , i,;;itrt r wWo5v
.,compaiv:mci wno becomes a bitter Nl-
. . f the, kind; the lUnry W. Savage nama .,... .CU-w ta oro ihh ir.
"Very UOOQ JLUUie Wiia WUHCU ujr . QTnii olwr. nenrne n hallnt nnrt th A I u ""'-: "
PhUip Batrtholomae and ; Guy -Bolton. .Pom Pom orchpstra. The j0SeDh
Lyrics by Schuyler Green and music
by Jerome Kern. No musical come-
dy in recent year3 has had as many
sony hits as "Very Good Eddie."
Same of the bigge3t sellers are "Old
Boy Neutral," "When You Wear a
Thirteen Collar," Isn't It Great to be
Married," "Some Sort of Somebody,"
"Nodding Roses," "I Wish I Had a
Million," "Wedding Bells rAre Calling
Me," "Babes in the Woods." and "If 1
Find the Girl." The story of "Very
Good Eddie" is briefly as follows: ;
Two young married couples -start
out on their-honeymoon on a Hudson
boat Some difficulty arises about the
luggage and one of the husbands 'and
one of thcP'wives go ashore to
straighten matters Dut. The boat then
pulls away from the dock separating
the , newly weds. The couple rqmain-
Urban. scenery .will, 'of '; course, be
brought, in J ts; entirety for the en
gagement, . altogether making this
early theatrical offering one of the
most important, offered, for. the com
'ing seaon: yj; - ; ?::v- r-- .;
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Y P NEJCT Wpk iAT HOYAL. .
j Next week .. the RoyaT, goes you even
one better thanlthc past week in prc-
senpng a .puncn, at oia w uming
cold' blood before her very eyes is
an .example of film artistry. As the
.story goes on ,we find her using her
womanly charm and magnetism, lur
ing on the Russian noblemen and fin
ally throwing them aside when they
have'served her- purpose. The rolo is
wonderfully; suited" to her, capabilities
as are . those of Earl e Williams, Harr7
Moroy, Rose.- Tapley,; Mary Andersen,
Eulalie - Jensen, and " the other s tars
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CLARA KIMBALL YOUNa
and an alt Star Cast in
"MY OFFICIAL WIFE!' .
-.The 'Big Attraction at the Gra nd -For1 Mcnday and Tuesday.
one he does.n'task" other people
"Who 'knows?" wna the : a
war-stained ? Canadian ,
seen: in tho production. ; ' 1 ben ' a
.Thoritpc.fi;;Nr-sir"'----.VnTirv-BnM vf .iry" moved Ills eair- over : and' ex
toiifav,orites4'sbme cleyer new mate-; My Official Wif o',: v "The finished i rounded his views on peace. - -
rial ;-jRndii&nei?f .theIggest and best acting of an all-star cast in" ai)roduc-l "I'm a Canadian," he, said
newrshows thai?has ;eyer been seen m tion sneniailv RtaPd rmakcs a hril- war broke 1 was workin
WUTrrlncrfnri .. . . fAvj? t'x, NV . !. 11.. i a i Via
'-r-.-"ov- - ; - I lmn .example oi me . uesi m m
When
I hiked over
Nov I'm in
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B0B3Y, v'ARVIS
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motion i bard factory at Detroit
Bobby ;JarvIs. tbe most '. Dobular. nictures.
blackfaccfeomedy attist seen in Wil-; with such . splendid i technique that it I paris on v leave ' for --the first time
mington during, the last season, is at results in a wonderful illusion. Her i Pbteen months.'
the head of his .own company ot clev- living presence seems' to be on the I "Tvy just read in a' London paper
-cr pertormers-img season anu win stager ana- the spectator forgets that mc wusu. oyuausi wauiu tu
" ' ' - ''" - ' he is only looked at a film. So ab- K to Stockholm totaik;;peace v ith tliq
sorbing is this, feeling, one expects, nocne socialists, wow l m toia tne
in the more dramatfc episodes, to J French Socialists want to do the same
hear her spea J thing. . : ; r :. " v."-' '
"There is real drama in this pic- "If you ask me what I think of this
ture; of a sort so, satisfying as to pro-! Socialist peace business, I'll tell you I
"ject itself above the qualifying ex
pression 'photo.' The splendid story,
artistic settings, excellent direction
and acting make the picture all that
may. be desired - ot . a film master
piece." ',.'., - . .
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think they're a pack of crazy people,
all except the Boche Socialists. These
French and British Socialists don't
know the Boche. But the Boche knows
them. The - Boche Socialist is - wise. -I
So's Kaiser Bill. ' Kaiser Bill and the
Boche Socialists want peace and they
QOPFAI ICT DITAIT . want it, bad.- , They? knaw the way to
'77. ' beStt to" eet. h iEoche peace is" to in-
TALK PEEVES TOMMY l veigle t hese French and. - BriUsh So
"' " : ' , cialists into talking a, lot of stuff about
(Br United Press.) j tho horrors of war. -
Paris, Aug: 20. (By Mai!). "Hey, "Now, here's .what I ,think and
pal, how longs this war going to J what
last?" ' ; ;
The question, coming suddenly out
cf a surrounding murmur of French
conversation in a little Paris restau
rant seldom frequented by the English
speaking kind, is the question most
everybody .asks; himself nowadays buti if these
TOost Tcf mj pals out xhere at
ront are thinkin'.' We don't like
the front
this" Socialist business. We know the
Boche is, still pretty strongT But till
we ask is avchance to wallop ol Herr
Hindenburg a sang and wallop
right
quit tbinkin'iabout goin' to Stockhojni
"Mebbe. it'll take '-till next ycar-io
Toil- J wallop the Bocho right. Wc, can wal:
lop em : some ' right now , but a lot-of
us haye had a,, look, at them soldiersfoff
yours and .wo ' aren't worryin' ,a b'.t;
Just eep en sendin' 'em over heso1-
and we'll waTk right- alongside of 'em
into" Berlin some of theso days.
seen in Detroit and mixed' around
with their kind in overalls I know
start. They 51 need piontyrdf traihin;
and a gob .'Sf discipline'. i Tn'en" Just
turn 'em loose over the top and watch
'em go. Some'll get' conked I know but
that won't stand-up with-what they'll
do to Mr. Boche.'
Having delivered fair, much of the;
lecture the Canadian "Tommy" order
ed some Camembert cheese -in his j
very best trench and - was snent ior
a wmie. Me conunuea: i
'We've been figh tin' the Boche for'
a whole long time There was for, a
while he had it on us. But. take-it-
down to zero today. We're almost on
his neck1 and it's only time 'till we'll
crawl his whole frame. : He'll still
crank a machine gun like, blazes and
he'll shoot like hell from the. other side
but get among him with the tcolct s'tecl
and he's ready to come-over and be j
peaceful like a lamb 'till the end of the .
war' Just give us enough of them i
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I 5outn;s Premier Blackface Comedian, at the Head of His Own Company,
; " ' .at the Royal This Week.
K -Ing aboard the boat a-" ,'4ed to
spend the night at a little. Inn under
CI ) embarrassing circumstances. Of
' ,' course, they "are obliged to register
! . ; as bride and groom and many of the
r ' most laughable complications arise,
fv, -But though the most unusual situa
P tions occur, the story remains whole
j T soniely comic throughout, never once
; bordering on vulgarity. The matinee
prices will be from 50 cents to $1.
The night prices will range from 50
V cents to $1.50. Tickets will go on sale
j Friday morning at Elvington's.
Dnng to Wilmington 4, ta neatest,
cleverest and Wst all-round musical'
comedy show- that hastbeen seen here !
in many years. With . Bobby Jarvis '
in -the leading; coinedyr roles, comesn
Eail Root, with Lillian -Rooty both of
whdm were " seeii 'here" last
with one of the big Zarrow shows
and created a sensation with the so
ciety dancing specialities. Then'
comes Al Freeland the celebrated,
Irish tenor,- followed by Jarvis, Root J
and Kane, "Three Dancing Demons,"
in the greatest dance specialty ever!
seen on the Royal stage. Also Miss
MUTT & JEFPS DIVORCE COMINGEdna Rose, a charming little ingenue
Newest Bud Fisher cartoon musi
cal comedy coming to the Academy
of Music.
Described as an incessant roar,
with the famous cartoon principal?
gayer than, ever in a' new environ -ment.
One of the joy spots of local show
; don' is. spanned by the week that sees
the re-appearance here of Mutt and
Jeff,; Bud Fisher's impossible duo of
eccentric funsters, xm Tuesday, Sep
tember 25. .
Last season all. record for nig at
; tendance at the local theatre of their
performances were broken by this at
traction. Local, interest this season
anticipates a reptition of the condi
tion; "Mutt and. Jeff's Divorce" is the.tU
tie bf the 'new ''medium -for the funny
Fisher pair's whimsies, and it's said
that in the new play their every move
is a laugh and. their every line a roar.
Divorce is the steam in the new boiler
of fun, they elicit, and Mrs. Mutt and
; Mrs. Jeff are the self starters of the
i divorce: tangle. - A demure doll face
miss, vwhd.is r jm heiress, provokes
; Mrs. ; Mutt '- and Mrs. Jeff to suspi
cionand oice the fires of - jealousy
: ? are lighted; it s a oonnre tor the
V long and short eccentrics. The ex-
Vl quislte ;otuming and scenic elabora-'-'.C
tion i' usual ' ith the "organization
: ; marks", the new medium. : Haunting
I "4 mclodlerf and -. picturesque - dances
. mark the score. ;' -::
, ' - '"'--AMltZI IN "POM POM." v
- : ' The combination of saucy little MU-
. -7 z Hajos and Henry ,W. Savage's big
k r -nrndurtion of "Pom Pom" - that"; has
-X"-. i hpeni much talked, voyer, is to- be
; , brought here by .the' special arrange
- ment of having -Mr. Sayage. begin ..4is
fall season for Mitzija 'few days ear
lier than he bad' planned. ' .--t ,
. -J ii will be presented at tbe Academy
of Music: on kSjeptember;f 29th matinee
- and night:; . ; .. . .
i - "pom Pom' 'gave , possibilities for
humor, really dramatic ; acting and
'W singing to Mltzi that were not: found
i ' -V- even Hn . her . earlier triumphs, rSari"
4. ?2 iandThe SpringMaid"11:' has eg.
iHablished her as Hbe -foremost come
- ; ?H:dlenna of Cjomlc. opera of this , time
to tbe miiid.3 of critic ia all tne cit-
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who adds her personality to the witl
and gaiety of the show. , Arline Mc-
ifeorger a-,siiiging--.ad--.dancing:ret -
mat was also . vseen in Wilmington
sit tights and 4 and eat Canadian Dean soup. - f
S " ":; v'l, " ;r':;:': AlbelE;rith"P
s; ;clara ' kimKll - young: I;
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