Show I I II Ir r II I NEW MYSTERY PLAY PLA Y I 1 I I AT WILKES TONIGHT I II 1 1 1 y J 4 x k S SI SM t I M Mr r c r 7 4 y s r t j 0 J o. o a t a. a v Scene from Cheating Cheaters the greatest crook play of the day which will be presented all this week by the Wilkes players with Nana Bryant Tho present season at the Wilkes theatre has bee been been- an unbroken series of ot brilliant success EVer Every pia play that has been presented has met with Ith the heart hearty approval of oC the theatres theatre's pa pa- Plays of unusual merit that have ha cost fancy royalties have been Included Include e ed In the offerings and all have cun fully Justified their choice This week sees this succession of triumphs reach Its culminating point In Inthe Inthe inthe the presentation of or Cheating Cheaters Cheat Cheat- ers which opens tonight It Is the mystery crook play supreme a pIa play with a plot that absolutely baffles and anda a wealth of or Incident of the most thrilling thrilling thrill thrill- ing kind hind The playgoer who wishes to see the greatest yet et given by the Wilkes Players Play Play- Players ph- ph ers this season should see sea Cheating I IThe Cheaters The action of at the play starts with tho attempts pf r a gang ot of high-class high crooks to steal worth of Jewels from tram froma trama a family named Palmer After ACter followIng following following follow follow- ing the owners of the gems to Europe and Incidentally Incidental being being- on the same samo vessel with them the gang g finally succeeds in establishing Intimate intimate intimate inti Inti- mate social relations with them by taking taking tak tak- ing Ins a country house a adjoining theirs The plan Is greatly furthered through the romance which springs up between Ruth Brockton ton the tho leader of the crooks and Tom Palmer Ruth uses his affection to obtain an nn Invitation invitation tion to his home and while there learns from him tho the combination of the safe sate a I In which the jewe Jewels are kept That night she steals the gems and returns to the tho headquarters of the gang ganS To her amazement she discovers that Tom has preceded her and held up upa a member of at the gang with a revolver He Ho is overpowered however but new neww developments follow tallow Immediately afterward afterward aft aft- erward that still further complicate the mystery Cheating Cheaters while a play of the underworld is absolutely absolute clean and I wholesome It wins on Its merits as asan asan asan an exciting well-constructed well pla pIa play Nana ana Bryant leading woman of tho the Wilkes Players has hns the rolo role of or Ruth the leader of or the tho gang She can be fully relied upon to inject Into the part all the dash and brilliance which it requires Cheating Cheaters plays every night with matinees Thursday and Saturday I r |