The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-29
THE STAGE

me bTdDu OF a ihlei, tie nrst
melodrama written by Ramsey Nor
rts since he produced his famous
The Ninety and Nine" will be seen
In the Lafayette theater next week.
The play tells a powerful dramatic
story. and among the thrilling scenes
is the race between an automobile and
a prairie fire. The story frolics
around the effort OF an honest man
20 live down the stigma OF crime. and
also TO help a brother man, who has
tired OF the life OF a criminal. re-
form.
The much talked OF musical play.
"A Stubborn Cinderella" under the
direction OF Mort ii. Singer. will he
the Offering In the Lyceum theater
next week. This stirring musical Of.
fering. stirring because the music Is
OF the ripping, catchy sort. and with
al there Is a big bevy OF girls, IL from
the pens OF those popular writer's.
Messrs. Hough, Adams and Howerd.
who have been unusually prolific as to
successes the past three years. Homer
b. Mason heads the cast. ably second
ed by Constance Farmer. and big
company.
Lew Fields big musical production,
The Rose OF Algeria" will be offered
In the Garrick theater next week.
This excellent musicale bears the
stamp of Victor Herbert and Glen Mac
viding music and lyrics. and the en-
q Lxr AT.1
Wayburn. one OF the leading stage
managers OF the country. Drawing
upon tropical country for the en-
byro OF the story Mr.. Marlborough
has a particularly prolific field. which
also offers Mr.. Herbert an unusual
chance for the providing OF a catchy
score and the costumers an equal
chance.
"A woman's only safeguard says
a philosophical Frenchman in Love
Watches" the comedy in which Miss
Billie Burke comes to the Detroit OPP
era House next week. lis love-not the
love she inspires. but the love she
feels. II watches over her, It watches
in her" There Is where the play gets
its title and that is the thesis the
playwrights have set themselves to
prove. In the play. pretty little
French girl-impersonated by Miss
Burke, OF course-is desperately In
love with her husband She thinks
she has caught him flirting with
another woman and. all her jealousy
aroused. she determines to revenge
herself-to pay her husband back In
his own coin. And she does try. but
she can't because she loves her hus-
band too deeply to really be false 20
him. Miss Burke is said TO be charm
ing in the role. Her engagement
opens on Monday evening and con-
tinues all week with one matinee, on
Saturday. The sale OF seats will be-
gin tomorrow morning
THE Merry Whirl" which will be
seen In the Gayety theater next week,
commencing with a matinee. does
not depend solely upon the comeliness
Of the graceful young singers and
dancers TO score even passing
triumph, for the comedians make use
of the opportunities in the scenes
and enliven the situations with re-
marks thoroughly in keeping with the
well-known ability OF Morton and
Moore, the two chief funmakers.
One OF the new burlesque organiZa-
tions OF this season. THE Jardin De
Paris Girls" will be the attraction in
the Avenue theater next week. This
is a Miner Marion enterprise. Dave
Marion, the comedian-author-com
producer. now in the Avenue with his
"Dreamland Burlesquers.' being half
owner OF the show and also the author
and composer of the entertainment
given by the new company. THE
Jardin De Paris Girls" promise a
lively and novel entertainment and as
Mr.. Marion Is sponsor for 1t to an
unusual degree 1t Is likely to be a
good show. for he is making great
hit in the Avenue this week. The
two burlesques offered are called
"Jardin De Paris" and Circus DAN"
Two spectacular and startling features
are included on the program: The
Cleopatra Snake Dance" given by
Princess Hajah and three live Pythons
and the Apache, n dramatic and In
tense dance popular recently in Paris.
There will be numerous specialties In
addition IN thesa