The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-05

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collection az which stiIl causes ones
Iips 70 curl IN dingust. Now he Of.
fera. n ssTho tGpon1 thFift." . woman
who, though not "a low In the ue1gal
pcale. Il alnoGt - disgusting. Thofe
may be rcd lesson In The spend
Z thrift" for some Of our women eoIk.
n that oase Il will have justified it,
creation IN some measure. but othDr-
wisaslt will have 70 depend for what
success may come its way on tho IN
common histrionic abilities Of sch
excellent artists a Edmund Breese
y and Ma That's Nasrane, for In Ices
capable nands Il would be rather
inSipid Entertainment.
"The opendthrift" was given tn
Arst local production In the Detroit
Opera house, Monday night, befofK .
representative audience. Though its
= execution was faultless, except, pOs-
oibly. in few minor details. ita.fe-
caption was far from cordial. AS<QwI
there w6ro who took out their h4pd.
kerchiefu whom the curtain rose On
the fourth acf and disclosed q poorly
furnished room In STRIKING contrae0 to
the sfzded settings Of the proceed3og
poriodd, With = much-chastenod nd
very wretched woman In the ce&tDr
Of the picture. With the inevit9Ve
h reconciliation oIoee at hand, she f.>es
the awful predtciment Of living ol'(n
income that haa been reduced ff61m
10000 to $4,000 with q rich I'D
3 aunt standing ~, ready to lend WIT
support n Iecessary. It's . tiny
pathetic situation. M
Mr.. Brown might have called his
play How TO Go Broke on $20,000~a
Year" At any rate, the title mn.
Richard Ward n q prosperous New
York broker. He loves his wife,
Frances, and like q dutiful husbeUd.
'bestows on her liberal share OF ~
earnings This, however. 10 Dt
enough to satisfy her extravagant %
tions. She thinks only Of her On
oolfsh pleasure and has no senseibf
responsibility whatever. When GDr
husband's income fails to providefor
her wants. she borrows from her
aunt until the latter calls halt;
then she runs into debt, and, al q
last resort, pawns her jewels.
When the play opens, Ward 10 on
the verge of bankruptcy az the
natural result of his wife's foolish
oxtravagancies. He tries to reason
with her and she jumps to the con-
cluston that his love IL growing cold.
Thea happy thought strikes her.
II know what's the matter, dear"
Oho says. You need q rest. Wen
cloeA up the town house and so to
Europe"
y week passes. Ward has made oil
Dfopnrations to declare himself .
BANKRUPT on the morrow. The wife
enters. garbed like princess. Her
chsoks are asIow and her e4es big
with delight q she delves into her
puroo and produces . fat roll OF bills.
l10;O0o. She turns Il over to her hus-
band. an except i couple q thousand
eho. hao saved but FIR pin money. with
The explanation that che .has borrow
"a kfyom her amt "a tide him ayer
his Sh11Icnifie6s ~ Slie, ~ ~ Nus
baxe YER sopa nnds eut T6G8 thpre
= = s esaf b & Il. m ii. Z.
uriouS boulder. She has retired and
the lights are turned low. Ward en-
tiers, bent on learning the truth. He
forces her to confess that she has
obtained the money from Sunern
Thorne, a young millionaire club man.
The husband doubts her earnest
protestations that she gave nothing
in return. He forces her to send for
Thorne and the latter comes to the
bed chamber, expecting to find her
alone. Confronted by the husband,
Thorne corroborates the wife's state
ment. He had given her the money
because she attracted him, he ex-
plains, but there has been no wrong
--at least not yet Wards first Inn
pulse n to shoot Thorne, but instead
he discharges the weapon into the
floor with the remark:
What's the user"
In the final picture, a. already in
dictated, Mrs. Ward IL seen In new
surroundings. She has left her hus-
band and has gone to an obscure part
Of the city, where she IL making her
own living by acting a. q governess.
Five months Of bread and water"
have taken the extravagant notions
out OF her head. and when the hus-
band finally gets on the trail and
seeks her out she II quite ready to
return to him on q reduced income.
Mr.. Breese, a. the husband, gives
evidences OF the finished talents that
have charterized his work in other
and more advantageous roles. Miss
Magranes conception of the spoiled
wife and the pampered society queen
10 entirely adequate, even though the