The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-01
TEMPLE.

All the words In our vocabulary ana
all the actors in Christendom who rely
ON spoken lines To make their mean
ing clear could not tell the story OF
The Carnival OF Roses" more effec-
lively than Nile La Gal and Riccardo
st. Ella tell IL In the Temple theater
this week, and not q word Is spoken
from the rise OF the curtain to its
fall. Theirs Is one OF the best exam
pies OF the art OF pantomime ever
seen on the local stage. and I'm the
matter of scenic embellishments, T.
A. Morris q Co.. the producers, have
left nothing to be desired.
The Carnival OF Roses" Is the
story OF young wife. Ninette, played
by Mile. La Cal, who firing OF her sim
pie home life. deserts her devoted
artist-husband and her infant child
and elopes with a nobleman, Prince
Armead. The husband, Angelo, fol-
lows her TO the carnival, where
Ninette, as Queen OF the Roses, IL
the center of attraction. She dances
with her husband. thinking him a
stranger. and is fascinated. The
dance over, Angelo throws of his
mask and casts the faithless one from
him when she pleads for forgiveness.
Her lover would take her away, but
she spurns him. Five years pass and
Angelo has become celebrated. To
his palatial suburban home comes a
poor street singer, who, weak from
hunger falls Ia the snow outside his
door. She Is taken In and Is recog-
nized by Angelo as his wife. He
drives her out into the cold, but little
Bebe, the daughter, now five years
old, effects a reconciliation and the
curtain falls on a reunited couple
Mr.. st. Ella Is seen as Angelo and b
Declesses as Prince Armand. Thei G
are IL others in the cast. Hoey and
Lee, Hebrew comedians, made a pro
nounced hit with Mondays audiences
with some brand new jokes and paro
dies. The Four Readings, gymnasts
have some stunts that cannot fail "a
win approval. Cross and Josephine
present a unique comedy skit called
Dying TO Act" which Is good for a
series OF hearty laughs. Claud and
Fannie Usher are back with their
classy little sketch, "Fagan's De.
cision," which is always good. Saona
is du lHlpeTSOHdlOT VI UNUSUAL dDlllly
Two OF his representations are espc.
cially worthy of mention. Gen. Grant
and Mark Twain. Belle Davis and
her pickanninies are on hand with a
little act appropriately labeled South
ern Pastimes" Hastings and Wilson
acrobatic humorists, are happy
opening selection and the Microscope
closes the bill with sea pictures that
arc realistic in the extreme.
Flo Irwin, whose comic powers are
much like those of her sister May
Will bring distinction to the Tempe
theater's program next week. Miss
Irwin and her company are to produce
George AIDES farcical .playlet, Mrs
Peckham's Carouse." satire on the
total abstinence movement treated in
very good natured and irresistibly
funny fashion. Associated with Miss
irwin on the same bill will be the
Temple Quartet and Capt. George
Anger q Co. The quartet. named
after the Temple theater. was former
ly the feature OF "A Night With the
Poets" and on account OF the success
attained In Detroit, the title OF the
local house was adopted when tho
young men bfaHohed out fer-them
selves. Capt Anger IL a giant wnc
appears In Jack. the Giant Killer
The unique feature Of this act IL the
fact that Capt Auger's associates are
tifllIputians.