The Detroit times., 1910-11-23

amusing way. give you all the latest
song hits and keep things humming
during their Is minutes OF allotted
time
fnll-fedged "bunco" game forms
the basis of the seriotragjc-comic
skit. What Happened In Room 44'
presented by the Valerie Bergere
Players, otherwise Ruth Raynor. Ed.
ward Hemmer and Nicholas Basil, the
roomer. the landlord and the bell-hop.
The skit Is played in deep serious
ness. and with the audience keyed up
to the point OF expecting the fatal
pistol shot which is to end the fair
maiden's worldly troubles, when the
curtain goes down TO a clever de-
nouement that causes shout OF
laughter.
Dogs. pigeons and cats do all sorts
Of clever tricks in Goleman.s circus.
The cats are especially handsome An
goras and the act Is full OF novelty.
Carbrey Brothers put the audience In
good. humor with an excellent opening
dancing number; May Gilmore tells a
number OF her Irish stores In her
well-known brogue as green AZ the
hobble-skirted dress she wears: the
Tasmanian-Van Dieman troupe of
women acrobats offers feats of gym
nastic prowess. and the Mooreoscope
shows you how an aeroplane Is made.
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
MILES.
Mirth and melody vie with each
other for popular favor In the Miles
theater this week. with the odds
slightly in favor of the latter, for
there Is wealth of high-class musi-
cal talent on the bill which opened
Monday afternoon. The audience.
usually cold and unresponsive on
Monday. gave vent to its approval in
vociferous manner. The program is
remarkable from the fact that prao
tically all the songs introduced, and
they are many, are entirely new here.
Sam J. Curtis and company, pre-
senting what is claimed to be the orig
lnal school act, are the headliners.
The setting employed is strikingly
reminiscent of the old time district
school, and Sam Curtis. as Ham Sliv-
ers. the cut-up Of the class, starts the
fun going right away by the time
the teachers chair. He has a willing
pal In Miss Elsie Gilbert, who Is ex-
ceedingly cute in her checkered cal
leo pantalettes and her lisp. The act
is condensed musical farce called
"A Session in School" The songs in.
troduced are Come to Me in the Land
of Dreams" You Can't Chew My
Chewing Gum" and Little Puff OF
Smoke. Good Night All are catchy
and are pleasingly rendered by the
company. the members OF which dis
play uncommonly good voices. Their
work pleased Mondays audiences inn
mensely.
Another unusual Offering In the
musical line is the act of Arcadia, an
operatc soprano and violiniste of
great talent. She has voice OF re-
markable purity. and her violin solos
are no less entertaining than her
songs. She is making her first local
appearance as vaudeville enter
tainer.
Neil McKinley's vocal efforts are
onfined TO syncopated melodies, and
his offerings in this line are uniform
ly agreeable In fact. as an exponent
OF this sort of vocal exercise, McKin-
ley Is one of the best ever heard here.
Charles Potts and company make an
important contribution to the depart
ment of mirth with their original
playlet. "A Doubles Troubles" The
serenity OF a happy home is greatly
upset when young wife mistakes for
her husband a cousin OF the latter
who drops in unexpectedly. The two
men are made up to look exactly alike
ahd the fun becomes more and more
hilarious as ii proceeds. Wilson and
DOYLE. black-face comedians and
dancers. have a turn that is well
worth while, and l.. A. Street and
company open the show with some
clever Juggling stunts.