The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-28
THE STAGE


In her new act In vaudeville, Anna.
belle Whitford, the famous stage
beauty. who il topping the bill Ia
the Temple this week. Ii no longer
the plastic creature who gave An,ert.
can theatergoers their best ideal OF
the picture beauties. Still devoted to
pictorial art. Miss Whitford's vaude-
Vile act Is a combination OF artistry
and mechanical and scientific origin.
ality. II introduces the fair Anna
belle. first as The Flirting Girl a
melodious number In which she wears
classic robes. Next In q gown OF
black and white with sculptural
background, she sings The Newspa.
per Girl" which IL strongly sugges-
tive OF the virility Of pen and Ink
sketches. Her final number IL 1.-The
Aeroplane Girl" In which she-well
just drop into the Temple and wit.
ness q surprise.
William Faversham, In Charles
Frederic Nirdlinger's play, THE
World and His Wife," will be the at.
traction In the Garrick, Oct. 3, 4 and
s. Mr.. Faversham Is now responsible
for the selection of the plays pro
duced, the company selected, and the
staging OF the dramas In which he
appears. Mr.. Faversham and the
company which supports him achieved
a great success In this play In New
York, In Days theater. The more
important members of this organiza-
ton are Julie Opp. II. Cooper Clife,
n NJ nAd
A conceded favorite. De Wolf Hop
per will come to the Garrick theater.
Thursday night Of this week. after an
absence from Detroit for some time,
In his latest vehicle, "A Matinee
Idol" Mr.. Hopper will be accom-
panied by Louise Dresser and a
splendid array Of talent.
AS every public event is mirrored
before the public through the news
papers, SO 1t now seems to be depict
ed from the stage. The latest scandal
or crime TO hold public attention was
the famous DR.. Crippen case, which
is now being tried In the courts OF
London. The story Of the crime. and
later developments. has been graph
icaliy told in Tracked by Wireless
which comes to the Lafayette theater,
Sunday afternoon, for a weeks en-
gagement.
Thomas e. Shea, who for the past
few years has been giving Detroiters
glimpse Of the classics that made
Irving and Mansfield famous. comes
to the Lyceum theater next Sunday
afternoon for q weeks engagement.
This season Mr.. Shea has been pro-
vided with a new play. "A Self-Made
Man," which he will present on Sun
day matinee, Sunday evening, Wed
nesday matinee and Wednesday even
Ing. The play Is from the pen OF
Samuel Shipman. who Is said to have
told a great story Of finance. weaving
into II a sweet and simple domestic
touch. Mr.. Shea still retains The
Bells" and DIR. Jeykll and Mr.. Hyde
In his repertoire, the former being
presented on Monday and Wednesday
evenings and Saturday matinee, and
the latter on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday evenings.
"The Spendthrlft." the Porter Emer-
son Brown play which as produced by
Frederic Thompson, remained for hve
consecutive months In the Hudson
theater. New York. will be seen In
the Detroit opera house next Monday.
THE Spendthrift" tells the story OF
the wreck of a family's happiness
brought about by the divergence OF
thought and the different paths fol-
lowed In the pursuit Of happiness by
a husband and wife. The wife Is the
kind of woman to whom the luxuries
incidental to q brilliant social career
mean more than anything else. Ador-
ing her. the husband bends every ef'
fort toward satisfying his wife's ex-
trayagant tastes, but after years OF
labor, finds that his reward Is, In the
words of the play. "a house that is
no home, occupied by a woman who
is no wife" Realizing the futility 81
such q life, the husband IL planning
n change when it's achievement Is
forestalled by an ultra-foolish action
OF his wife. which serves the satre
end In much more dramatic wa!
Edmund Breese has the role OF the
husband, and That's Magrane that OF
the wife.