The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-01
DrTr,o,r OPERA HOUSE.

DfsIftOti Vffttt fiOtSis
on Miss Billie Burke, In Love Watches.
C ONES TO the Detroit opera house Mon
nc ny evening and VIII be the attraction
~ that house all next week, giving
W My one matinee. on Saturday.
be Miss Burke Is making her first tour
st-s star this season, though she was
early that when she went through the
ountry season before last as John
)rew's leading woman In MY Wife"
Ever since Charles Frohman, yeaf
ssgo put her name up on the electric
alter. In New York. and presented her
u Love Watches. she has been reck-
Yiss Maude Adams and all the Other
Frohman stars Of the first magnltude,
\ ms Mr.. Drew omitted petroi, from his
& Itinerary. the season Miss Burke WAS
4 with him. she has never been seen on
kFths local stage. her visit next week
~ viii be her debut here
Miss Burke owes her rapid Use in
ier chosen profession TO the fascinat-
2 ng powers OF an unusually charming
. personality. She has histrioniC abil-
fIee,ty. too. plenty OF IT, but II Is that mys.
eferious thing called charm. which some
'ci ctresses have aud some haven't. aud
70 rhch Miss Burke possesses I'm double
- Measure. that In two short seasons has
tIvon for her a popularity others have
+. Y worked lifetime to acquire. Ana
"a 4 to the display OF this remarkable
"A iuality.
|G Written by two French nlaywrights,
'xr NM de F1ersa and de Gnillavet. and
c. ADAPTED into English bv Miss GLADYS
~ snger. Love Matches" tells pretty
w toSy or mr. impvisives hayward little
--r~<'f~nch girl. who loves young man.
ellis him so and marries him Then
hcarning that he has been hirt IN ms
orecent bachelor DAYS, her jealousy iS
arouscd and she threatens that. II ~"
M ever illrts again she Will go traight
way ard do likewise. How she tries 10
make good her threat. when she thinks
her husband has deceived her. and how.
she falls in her attempt and rdshes
, hack to her husbands arms. more IN
love with him than ever. must be left
for Miss BIrie and her associates 10
stel in their own delightful way
Burke exactly. II is said. and there are
good PARTS. too. FOR Julian Is'Estrange.
Finest lawfo ods S nSn, paG ~ w ham
were IN the original cast In New YORK
4 last winter.
The Detroit opera house will have as
IN an attraction the week OF Jan. "a tho
ff famous character actor George Ariiss.
~ In "SeptimuE." play founded on VIII
"a am J. .ocke's popular and now famous
snovel OF the same same. by Philip Lit
tell Mr.. Arliss Is quite universally
VI acknowledged ~ the foremost actor In
"a character roles on the stage today AS
ventor OF I.ocke's delightful story, he Is
e yaccredHed with one OF the finest
81 achievements or his career. Mr. Arliss
u romes here under the direction OF Har-
Il personal attention 10 the production.
h which means an adequate staging and
scrupulous care for details and good
4 taste In appointments He has also
Y provided cast of distinction. Miss
Emily stevens niece OF Mrs Fiske.
plays the role of Emmy Oldrieve.
GAnRICK.
'"rhe Rose of Algeria" the newest
lew Fields success. is the musical com
.dy Offering booked for the Garrick
theater next week. The sale OF seats
IS large for so far I'm advance, and the
present Indications argue well for the
Of IN
The music is by Victor Herbert, who
has set an unparalleled standard for
himself and other composers by writ