The Detroit times., 1910-09-29


Miss Ethel barrymore will begin q
three-days' engagement In the Detroit
opera house. Thursday evening. pre-
senting for the fret time In this city
the Pinero play. "Mid-Channel.' In
which she made such q distinct
success last season The play 10 q
story of certain set Of English 90
ciety folk, and In It's treatment and
situations 10 said to follow the same
dramatist's other exposes OF the
shallow mockery OF so-called 80
ciety" The engagement includes
Saturday matinee.
ISIS Hopkins" which will be seen
here soon, has the distinction or be-
Ing one OF the few plays now before
the public which has been presented
10 hacked houses wherever II has
been produced for the past eleven
years. Miss Rose Melville, who orig
mated tAe-Fele- Of the country girl
around whom the play 10 written. will
be seen In the title role, and for the
last time. At the end OF this her
twelfth season, Miss Melville Will re-
tire from the stage.
The production in the Detroit opera
house next week OF Porter Emerson
Brownies latest play. The Spend
thrift" gives local theatergoers an
opportunity of witnessing this great
dramatic success with the powerful
cast that presented IL In the Hudson
theater In New York This excep-
tional company includes Edmund
Breese. whose great success In The
Lion and the Mouse" will long be re-
membered, and That's Magrane. the
beautiful and wonderfully clever
young California actress who rose
| TO fame In a single night In the part
she plays in this production. The
Spendthrift" has been called a ire
mendous drama, and yet there are
only eight in the cast. II Is SO tense
that IL holds one in a vise-like grip.
yet there Is whole lot Of comedy
In II.
A bill OF unusual excellence will be
offered In the Temple theater next
week. No less than four star head
line acts will participate, and 81 peo-
pie will appear on the program. Ethel
Green, musical comedy's latest star,
will head the bill. The eccentric Gen
marc. one of Italy's foremost band
masters, and his Venetian Gondolier
band of 30 artists. will feature the
program. A hurrah temperance
after three years triumphs will be
Our Boys in Blue" Americas great
est military act, with II soldier vet
Grams from the U. s. army, under
the direction of Capt. H. A. Grid. A
regulation U. 8. model Calling gun,
firing 600 shots per minute. Is used
during the act The distinguished
players, Chas. w. Bowser, Edith
Hinkle and company In 'Supersti.
ton" q one-act thrilling drama Of
modern politics, will come fourth on
the bill. Mr.. Bowser plays the role
of big Jim Kingston" . political
boss.
The Avenue theater will offer FL
mer Tenley as The Mush King next
week in Mr.. Tenley's bright musical
comedy. "Harum Scarum." In the
piece, written by Mr.. Tenley, there
is an abundance Of humorous situa-
tons revolving around one Michael
Mahoney, who has been elected Mush
Inspector, whatever that is. Events
carry the participants to Spain, where
some lively complications ensue. Mr.
Tenley will be supported by Eleanor
Revere and May Yuir, the girls who
look alike, McGarry & McGarry, the
three HanIons, and others. There
are Is original songs In this produc.
| ton.
| The Garrick theater attraction for
the second half OF next week will be
the welcome return Of Blanche Ring
who comes back to Detroit in the
musical play, In which she scored sc
heavily on the occasion OF her visit
here last season, The Yankee Girl.
The demand for seats for Miss Ring
engagement has already been SO brisk
that q warm welcome for the happy
singer of Rings on My Fingers" al
ready seems assured. Miss Rings
new songs include Mora Malone,
The Wise Fisherman" The Top ol
the Morning" louisiana Elizabeth,
and in response to insistent encores
the coincidence still sings Rings or
Ny Fingers
Manchester's Crackerjacks will b.
the Gayety theater attraction mex
week This company is one of the
oldest and best known organizations
on the burlesQue circuit and numbers
many clever people on its roster
Among those who are features in thu
fun-making are Johnny Jess, john,
Williams, Frank Harcourt, vii
Brooks, Frank Tanning, the Perscof
lis family, Rubi Leoni. Mollie VIII
liams and Lille Vedder. The bur
lesques. Trial Marriages" and DAT
fydillis," divide the entertainment.
Brand Whitlock, Toledo's mayor
novelist. publicist and lecturer. wa
in Detroit, Wednesday, for the pur
pose OF talking over with HolbrCol
Blinn. leading man In Mrs. Fiskei
Manhattan company. the possibilities
for making a play for that actor on
OF Mr.. Whitlock's book, The Turn o
the Balance" Mr.. Whitlock says h
has had the playwriting idea In hi
mind for some time. and Mr.. Blini
urges him to go ahead, with the as
surance that he will be glad to con
slider the production of the play.
1.-The Chocolate Soldier" which Il
the theatrical property Of Fred G
Whitney, of Detroit, brother OF B.
Whitney, and which has Just beef
produced in London, made such hi
| that the theater In which II Is play
ing, has been leased by Mr. Whitne!
for the ensuing three years. Thi