The Detroit times., 1910-11-11
GARRIck.

The musical comedy world these
, days seem to be given over TO
'revues." otherwise, songs, dances,
limitations and what-not, cribbed from
every other show I'm stagedom, and the
latest OF these to reach Detroit Is at
present on view in the Garrick theatsr.
Not latest" in the sense of newness-
far be II from such!
Judging from the holes and the rips
and tears, in the exceedingly hmsy
dresses of the ladies of the chorus,
the show must have had an extraord-
inarily long lease OF life. There is not
much in the way of real clothing, but
what there is is sadly in need OF the
washtub and the mending basket.
| Bare legs are frequent-perhaps, tired
! tights died a sad death-while Grecian
kirtles are scant of breath and leave
nothing TO conceal. In the recent past
Detroit has had bathing girls sportive-
ly gamboling in real water. In the
Garrick for the rest OF the week II
would be charity to donate suits from
the Belle Isle bath house.
up and Down Broadway" Is a
hodge-podge of vaudeville, travesty,
singing and dancing and perhaps II
the regular theatergoer had not seen
! II all in one form or another during
the current season--and in almost
every instance, better served-per-
haps. II would seem more entertaining.
Even Emma Carus, one of the bright
| lights OF the show, good-naturedly re-
scented the rather half-hearted APP
plause when, in coming out TO sing a
second verse OF one of her songs, she
acknowledged the hand-clapping by
saying Thank you BOTH" The the
alter was filed In every available inch
OF space and would-be ticket purchas-
ers were turned away from the box
office.
Miss Carus, whose voice, in reso-
| nance. is quite in keeping with her
ample proportions, sang number OF
her typical songs in the typical Carus
way. and was one of the really anus
ing things about the performance.
Miss Carus has a genuine sense OF
humor and a gift for travesty and
burlesque Her gowns were fresh,
well-made and worn with what the
feminine world knows TO be style
Eddie Foy, whose imitators have
made him one of the best-known
| figures on the stage, works as hard
as ever he was known to do in the
same time-honored Foy way. He is
on the stage infrequently in the two
acts-but, mark ye! twenty scenes
of up and Down Broadway"
The real comedy comes from Bar
ney Bernard In a Hebrew character
that is not only funny but is good act
| ing. Lee Harrison is Bernard's
comedy foil, and between them they
offer the most amusing moments In
the show.
It is too bad John Goldsworthy
hasn't more of chance. He is very
tall, very clean-cut, good-looking
young Englishman, a graceful dancer
and evidently quite capable of doing
clever work, but his opportunities are
confined to one song with a back
ground Of girls.
The plot" of the piece has great
possibilities The inhabitants OF
Parnassus. in their course of study
| I'm the High Brow club, learn of the
decadence OF the drama on Broadway
and decide to send Menus, the JAM
tor-Eddie Foy-to the great white
way TO investigate. They become i'm
patient of his absence and decide to
follow. Grecian tunics are laid aside
for the hobble skirt and the Parnas-
slams start on the trail, followed by
all "rubes" when seeing New York.
| On the way. OF course, all of the
shows and cafes, up and down Broad
way, are visited, 10 say nothing OF
Summing in Chinatown, but, finally,