The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-17
IN LOCAL. PLA YHOUSES


The headline position on the Iempie
proernm will be occupied next week
by Claud and Fannie Usher ana spare
ribs." who will again present Tor the
deIectation OF patrons. the vaudeViile
classic. "Fagin's Decision" so Wen
and favorably known. This plsylet, d
gem OF its kind, deals ~ a and a
street waif whom he finally adopts
I'he action of the piece Is logical, true
10 the life depicted and tenseiy inter
eating The players are Wen known
~ most Detroiters Miss usner plays
the waif with sympathy anu eheS'ss ~
/. understanding. her beauty ana ner TO
altstic manner addins TO the uniNeiS"'
sSse oirering of the Avon Comedy
-Four will be rapid hre sklt called
..rhe New School Ieacher. S Tha
10 work wonders with a Crouch. The
auartet is composed OF Messrs. GOOD,
win. Coleman, Smith and Dale. and all
are adopts at securing laughs. ON
lin, steel ana AR n nwt su Viii render
charming bits OF various musical com.
efies They are said 20 De nilty
singers and dancers and between tlnles
they talk amusingly. A piano assists
IA the entertainment. D.
Al Whites six Jolly Jiggers,
ternsichorean and vocal artists, viii
Producing eccentric dancing OF high
order. Rice. Sully and Scott. clever
acrobatic clowns. viii amuse with eN-
cellent work on the bounding ran,i p inr
act is that of Paul LaCroix, the man
with the bouncing hats" who juggies
hats. and hats only, in a way Truly
come highly recommended Russian
peasant dances and acrobatics VIII pc
contributed by Samoron and Sonia,
naiiye land. they also introduced two
we'll trained and clever dogs An IN,
novation in motion photography VIII
he the daylight pictures which VIII
iroit at this theater. Beginning next
week. the new invention Will permit
the full lighting of the house during
the progress OF the photo-play'
For the week of Dec. rs, the head
line attraction OF the Temple theater
program will be the merry ski, In
Laid In quaint Holland The action
concerns a piece OF Edam cheese 0i
course Sam Chip and Mary Marble VIII
Children. who. left alone in the world:
Ard their fortune in the piece OF
cheese Their quaint costumes, their
intensely amusing antics and ne re-
fined humor of the sketch make IL one
well worth while, IL Is said.
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.
In the Detroit Opera house, Monday
~ - -
the fantastic musical comedy: The Ar
cadians," which comes herslded by the
enthusiastic plaudits OF London, New
York and Boston, and with the original
cast and scenic investiture as seen In
New York for ten months The Ar
cadians" has a fanciful story. within
seal enough TO have been devised liy
Gilbert Mark Ambient and A. NJ
Thompson wrote the book. and the
music Is by Lionel Monckton and How
ard Talbot. The plot deals with the
adventures OF London restaurant
keeper not exactly celebrated Tor We
racity. who takes a trip In an airsniD
and lands in Arcadia where Truth.
Beauty and Simplicity torm the reign
ing trilogy. Having told the Arcadiars
OF the untruthful propenslties or ms
home town. they wash MIN In the Wei
Of Truth and send him back with two
of their most famous teauttes TO re-
form London. RE arrives in time u
attend the Askwood races and there
meets his wife, who does not recoS-
nize him In his simple Arcadian habili
ments, and he Is invited by her TO his
own restaurant where, telling lie, ne
reverts at once into his original AMI
rrosaic self.
The company numbers nearly 100
people. including such artists as Julia
Henderson, Connie Ediss, Ethel Cad
man. Mary Mackid, Frank Moulan.
Percival knight, Alan Nude and othor
fhvorites The promise is made that
II will be staged with the artistic
lavishness that marks all Frohman
productions. Miss Sanderson and AIR.
Knight will be remembered for theif
work in Kitty Gray" Frank Moulau
has made the world laugh in THE Sui