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The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE

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To the man OF woman interested II
the stage to the extent OF ATTENDING
the theater. week after week, and sea
son after season. In the revival OF .
drama like Secret Service" which
was made by It's author-actor. VII
liam Gillette, Wednesday evening, In
the Detroit opera house., the fact IL
brought home that, the drama or the
moment, however decadent In theme
10 vastly superior piece or work &c
that OF 20 years ago.
When Mr.. Gillette first wrote ant
produced Secret Service" the public
other gun" drama, Held by the En-
envy" II made popular success. Il
was considered. In those days TO be
pretty good play and Its thrills an(
melodrama were gobbled up with avid
ity by the better class OF theater
goers. Today II seems old-fashioneS
enough to be crude and the mannel
Of the characters of giving theii
thoughts speech 10 the audience II
order to put them next" while thu
other persons on the stage are con
yeniently deaf strikes the modern
patron OF the up-to-the-minute play,
as leaning close to the ridiculous.
The French, English and American
dramatist OF today would as sooI
think of using what Is known In stage
parlance as an aside" as OF having
all OF the female characters played
by men, as I'm the far away "good ole
goldens days" Of the Elizabethar
period.
Mr. Gillette is an actor of the re
pressive school and everything he
does Is of the quiet, orderly but in
cisive sort. This fact saves Sherlock
Holmes" and Secret Service from
becoming loud-roaring melodrama. In
the latter play, as In the former, his
nonchalance Is his greatest asset. In
both he uses an ordinary converse
tional tone and despite the THEATRES
OF the incidents he manages to main
tain his balance In presenting a pic
ture OF just an ordinary everyday
human being. Mr. Gillette Is natural
In all he does and, he Is today a bet
ter actor than playwright.
The story of Secret Service" II
lively enough to keep all OF the char
hCtcip inFOiNcu III bplIitcu dCliOii
Lewis Dumont or Capt. Thorne, as HI
is known, the northern secret service
spy In the confederate lines, enacted
by Mr.. Gillette, has his neck JUS
within the tightening of the moose
most of the time. or course, he finds
time to fall in love with a pretty
southern girl, and to do heroic deeds
for her sake while he Is serving his
country. Miss Louise Rutter, as the
sweetheart, Edith Varney, was ar
attractive and charming figure. The
other members of the company were
entirely capable In the parts assigned
them. The play was even more care
fully staged than in the old days Of
it's successful career. A large audi
ence enjoyed 1t despite its 'old
fashionedness."
Secret Service will be repeated
Thursday and Saturday evenings. Al
the Saturday matinee, Sherlock
Holmes" will be given. Friday even
ing a revival will be made OF "Ths
Private Secretary" one of the mos
amusing comedies the American pub
lie has ever laughed at and thorough
ly enjoyed.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

or three seasons ago, her manager
sent her from Detroit to Grand Rap
ids for half fare, on a wager, and the
conductor did not even ask ques-
tons.
Miss Macmillan boasts the smallest
foot Of any young woman In vaude-
Vile today. It Is 80 small, In fact,
that the bane OF her life Is to find
shoes and slippers to At, and almost
invariably she has to have them made
to order.
In Miss MacMillans case, natural
charms are enhanced by costly
wardrobe Of beautiful gowns. One OF
her most bewitching changes Is a de-
lightfully old-fashioned gown that
harks back half century or more.
Miss Macmillan is decidedly fetch
ing" In this costume, which goes well
with the song she sings while wear
ing 1t.
Miss Macmillan has been more
fortunate during her present engage
ment than when she last appeared
here with THE Time, the Place and
the Girl" On that occasion she was
taken Ill and had to ge to local hos
pital for an operation.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
ACTOR TELLS WHY OLD
MAN CHARACTERS APPEAL

Z 'sThe playing OF old man parts on
the stage IL q simple bit OF art" says
Charles Macdonald, who plays Noah
Renlow, the last of his family. with
Douglas Fairbanks. in The Cub" In
the Garrick next week.
81 have played many in my day
and when I find an old man part as
signed to me, bring 1t to me and to
my personality and whatever magnet
ism I have, rather than try to 1T It
II n much easier, and II the actors
personality pleases, he should use
that personality. 1t avoids strain
of constantly remembering that you
are playing part. II the actor feels
Ii and believes 1t, the audience will
believe.
when the author gives part In
his play, the actor must deliver It
A good part can easily be ruined by
a bad performance and bad part
often succeeds through a splendid
performance, but 1t Is best to have
both good.
'Naturalness, I should say, Is the
keynote Of successfully portrayine
any part. There are so many OF these
old men that are familiar to US. Some
that I have played are Tom Blossom
in May Blossom David Belasco's
first success. David Harum Is an
other, Josh Whitcomb, In The OLD
Homestead IL as familiar as Topsy;
In christopher, Jr.' Mr.. GLIB Is the
henpecked old man. meek and mild
who never says word, Is always
Just about to speak when his wife an
swers for him. until at the end ne
finds opportunity to shout Murray!
and that one word makes tremend
GUS hit.
Perhaps the part like best OF al
10 the old professor in The Profes
sor's Love Story He Is dear ole
absent-minded character. oblivious OF
the world. He falls In love and
doesn't know what's the matter, but
consults q doctor. One OF the dearest
old characters, I think. Is Doctor But
ner, tutor Of the prince in Old Heidel
berg :,
why do these mild-mannered ole
men appeal? Because In nearly every
family there is associated some such
character. II strikes home and II
strikes true. II may be father or
brother or an uncle. but the char
acter IL familiar and whenever sucf
a character is given, 1t makes Its Inn
preston"
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

Robert billiard, who plays the fool
victim of the vampire woman In "a
Fool There Was appearing in the
Detroit opera house the first half OF
next week, has been asked II there
are really such women In the world.
as are depicted in the BurneJones
painting. the Kpling poem and the
now famous drama.
There are many OF them" says
the actor. Strange women who bring
destruction to everything they touch;
women who are not beautiful--many
OF them homely-but who possess a
power of attraction that never fails
to enchant when and wherever d.
rected. This power IL something inn
possible to analyze, but II will cause
a man who has gone through life un-
moved by and uncaring for the most
beautiful women, to experience a sud
den thrill when introduced 70 GER
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

tain woman, a thrill which takes him
and shakes him as a terrier does a
rat, never again leaving him alone
until the life and sense have been
shaken from him, leaving him help
less on the sands Of a realization Of
folly that has come too late. This
play was written around just case.
II don't think that vampire women
are mercenary; they are Unsuitable
for love. They must possess man
completely while they have him. Then
suddenly, and probably without un.
Outstanding why, they tire. They
love this man no longer. but their
natures demand love, and so they go
TO another-and it's the same story
over again.
I'm other words concluded Mr..
Hilliard. the woman commonly
known as a vampire is merely a
feminine edition Of the man of the
world"
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

called crows feet are the ones OF
which one need not be ashamed.
For dark circles under the eyes,
ones intestinal digestion should b
improved. Less fatty, rich. sweet
and meat foods should be eaten, ana
diet OF plain bread. potatoes. fresh
fruits and vegetables In season and
stewed vegetables with perhaps one
egg daily should be strictly adhered
to. The eyes should be bathed sew
eral times daily In alternate hot and
cold water.
An important item to observe fs--
plenty of fresh air. night and day.
This item Is first aid to the woman
with sallow. pimpled skin. who usu-
ally has poor digestion due TO rich
foods.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
GARRIcK.

The first Shakespearean part which
Edward Fl. Sothern gave to the pub
lie, after he left the field of light
comedy behind him, In his early days
as star, was Hamlet in which he
was seen. Wednesday evening, in the
Garrick theater.
1t was just 10 years ago that Mr.
Sothern made his first notable pro,
duction of the tragedy of the Prince
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
FASHIONS

Military straps made Of blue braid
finished with brass buttons are smart
for jackets.
Shops are showing very beautiful
lowered novelty materials for sum-
mer gowns.
Many buttons. braid covered, COW.
cred with bits of embroidery, tapestry,
Persian fabrics, satin, and silk, are
used in connection with braids, Of
which buckles and slides are also
made.
For hair ornaments the low diadem
Of classical design. with branching
blades and wheat ears and grass rio
ing to a point in the center, lead and
there are attractive filigree gold Gre
clan filets generously studded with
gems.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
Lose. Floht For Baldwin Millions.

LOS ANGELES. March 9-The jury
In the case OF Beatrice Anita Baldwin
Turnbull. IL years old, seeking a one
sixth share of the $11 100000 estate of
f. ]. Lucky Baldwin, yesterday, UNI
der instructions from the court, reach
ed verdict adverse to the Boston
claimant.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

Afternoon frocks to be In style
must have the skirt quite short. The
corsage OF such gown Is usually
made of the fabric Of the costume, or
of this material In combination with
another one. Sometimes three or four
different fabrics are used to make an
harmonious whole.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

Fine threads, fine dots, fine meshes
and general delicacy OF structure
and design are predominating fea,
lures of the new wells.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

stress OF grief-ridden circumstances.
Most actresses who essay the part
wear blonde tresses but Miss Mar
lowe elects to unbind her own soft,
dark brown hair.
highest excellence was observed.
Many of those enacting the principal
characters have been In Mr.. Sothern's
company for many years. Sydney
Mather. the Laertes. has played that
part since the FIRST production, and SO
has Rowland Blackstone that Of the
Gravedigger: William Harris that OF
the Ghost; Thomas Coleman, the First
Player; Alma Kruger. the Queen
Mother All of these are accom-
plished players and worthy of their
company. Eric Blind, as the King,
made that usually alphabetically acted
part stand out with compelling
interest, and throughout the play the
eye and ear were attentive to the
King. Frederick Lewis, fine actor
that he Is. was the noble Horatio, ad-
mirable at every turn. Every part
was well taken, even to that of the
mincing young gentleman who acts
as master OF ceremonies of the folls
in the famous sword bout between
Hamlet and Laertes In the last scene,
part that was exceptionally well
done by Franc Bendtsen.
The stage equipment of Hamlet"
Is massive, elaborate and rich. The
stage Ia peopled with well-drilled
body of supernumeraries. Mr.. Soth-
ern has a genius for ensemble, and It
is his fertile mind. keen eye aud in.
tellectual, artistic sense that have
produced the wonderful pictures he
presents In all of his stage produc-
tons.
The splendid Macbeth" will De re-
peated Thursday evening; The
Merchant of Venice" Friday even
ing; Macbeth again on Saturday af-
ternoon, and THE Tanning of the
Shrew" Saturday evening.
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
The music of "The Chocolate Sol
dier," which opens in the Garrick the
alter, Monday, March 20, for a weeks
engagement, is strictly operate. There
is one particular waltz song. entitled
MY Hero" that runs through the
opera and is the motif, which repeats
itself again and again throughout the
score.
John Drew In Smith," will be seen
in new stage character for him
when he appears In the Detroit opera
house, Thursday evening, March 16.
w. Somerset Vaughan. the author or
the piece, hits out straight from the
shoulder in his newest play, and his
arraignment Of heartless. senseless,
childless women of the fashionable
world, is to the point Leaving Its
purpose out Of the question. the piece
Is distinct novelty. Smith, the
pretty parlor maid, with whom Thorn
as Freeman, acted by Mr.. Drew, falls
in love, and who doesn't mind letting
a gentleman kiss her on the cheek II.
as she says. 1t gives him any pleas
ure, but haughtily disdains the same
gentleman's overtures when he pro-
poses marriage to her, because she
knows her place, Is a new stage type.
and the author has drawn her with a
great deal OF drollness and subtlety.
Mary Boland, the Detroit actress, Is
said to impersonate this character
with much charm.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

The most effective afternoon
dresses are those of black mousse
line over silk or satin In oriental de-
sign, most Of them having a deep hem
of velvet. There are no touches OF
white on these dresses. The guimpes
are of black lace or tucked chiffon.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
Mrs. Fairs Heir WEEDS In Hurry

Mrs. FdTs f1cF Weos w HuTTy.
KANSAS CITY, March 9-Frank p.
Smith, half brother OF the late Mrs.
Charles l. Fair, who was formerly
cook In a restaurant and Is now a
millionaire, and Mrs. Ordelia r. Clark.
widow OF Henry ID. Clark, capitalist
and owner of the Orpheum theater.
were married one week ago. Our
only reason for keeping the marriage
secret" Mrs. Smith said today. was
that Mr. Smith thought best not to
create any talk among the heirs to
his uncle's estate back east Mr.. Smith
has just come into $4,000 900 more
from that uncle, you know, and he
thought II was just as well not to
have the news of the wedding made
public just yet"
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09
ACNE OF DAINTINESs
IS VIOLET MACMILLAN

The acme OF daintiness seems to
have found embodiment in little Miss
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

Violet Macmillan,
the Grand Rapids
girl on the Miles
bill this week.
When Miss Mac
MILAN was playing
the girl" In The
Time. the Place,
and the Girl" two
The Detroit times., 1911-03-09

The newest cloakings are double
faced.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE. J

sent contemptuous insult. You try to run
over him, tread on him, fling fouts at him,
and the first thing you know he's ready to
rise up, do about, and kill varmints.
Better look out, Reuben You can't Judge
the people by the talk of few town lawyers,
my son. You can't get public sentiment by
listening to the Voice of the Peters building,
old boss.
The Spring has been extraordinarily dry;.
and the farmers are up aoith their acorh. The
demand for public speeches was never SO
great, at this time of year. My table is COW
cred with urgent invitations; and I presume
it is the same way with other speakers.
Glascock had rousing meeting; McDuf-
fe and Lincoln had them; Brooks had one;
Lauens had one; and others are advertised.
Emanuel held great and inspiring meeting
Wednesday; and Jefferson and Walton fol-
low, Immediately.
The woods are ablaze, Reuben. Some of
you lawyers are going to regret, to the last
day of your lives that, in this instance, you
obeyed the Masters Voice.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25

tons are being offered to it; and Reub obeys
The Voice tells Reub to destroy the county
unit plan which is so popular with the rural
counties; and Reub does this, ALSO
In fact, Reub wags his tail so obediently
when he hears his Masters voice, that he even
refuses to allow The People the accustomed
right to say who shall represent them in the
most powerful law-making body the world
ever saw.
Reub says that the People take no interest
in the matter. This is equivalent to saying
that The People are incapable Of self-govern-
ment. And that is equivalent to saying of
the white folks of Georgia the same thing the
Republican imperialists say of the colored
people of the Philippine Islands.
Who, then, is to choose our rulers, and
govern the country? Evidently, a choice as
sortment Of the town lawyers, named by The
Voice, in the Peters building, is to do that
same.
Begorra We will see about that
Old Mister Peepul is neither deceased nor
slumbering That old person is quick to re-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25
fOrjcQ(LjeS 3?

(3) Again, Professor Elson's book alleges
that the South rejected every peaceful over
ture Of the North The Professor evidently
seeks to make the impression that the South
was eager for war; and the North, eager for
peace. Such q SANDER should not be Taught
IN Southern Colleges.
The Crittenden Compromise of 1860
offered the Abolitionists more than they had
lost by the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise. Toombs, Davis, Breckinrdge WigfalI,
Stephens, ETC., were willing to accept this
partial surrender to the N0rth But the Re
publicans rejected it. Lincoln himself would
not make any concessions; and not only had
he said that the Union could not continue to
live "half slave and half free" but Seward
had educated the North to believe that the
"c0nf5ct" between the sections was ''inevit-
a5ze."
For years and years, the Garrisons and
Beechers and Tilton's and Phillipses had been
bowling for war, and denouncing the Con-
stitution. Why did they describe the Con-
stitution as a covenant with death and a
league with hell?" Because it bound the
North, in honor and in law, to let Slavery
alone.
Elsons book utterly fails to do the South
justice, on this vital subject; and it teaches
that the South wiczedly provoked the North
ern conscience" by insisting upon the enact
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25

ment and enforcement of the Fugitive Slave
law-when that law was q fundamental con-
djtion, upon the faith of which the Southern
States ab0nd0ned the second Union and
joined the third!
a. Again, Professor Elson goes wildly
astray on the matter of Southern immoralitv
He uses language not fit to print. There are
passages in his book which cannot be read
to a mixed audience. They are obscene, and
they are false. They represent the typical
Southern home of ante-bellum DAYS as being
a brothel, in which the white wife was merely
"The Light of the Harem," Think of the
stately old colonial home being pictured as q
house Of prostitution! It makes my blood
boil. 1t ought to make every true-hearted
Southerner's blood boil.
Shall our children be made to believe that
their grand-mothers had to submit to being
classed and treated as the head-concubine Of
the house! DO our college professors desire
to inculcate such belief? Shall the teachers
Of orr schools cO-0per0to acith N0uhern his
t0ri0nS IN 6lacbening the memories Of oar
f0ref0theJS?
Professor Elson broadly intimates that the
easy virtue of negro women is not racial, but
the result of Slavery in the South
God in Heaven! What, then. is the cause
of the promiscuou5 immortality of the negroes
in Africa in Haiti in Liberia in Cuba in
Jamaica -ooery1chere? Why is it that the
ex-slaves are so much more sober, industrious
and moral, than the younger set that have
been born since the Civil War? Rarely is the
ex-slave vagrant, drunkard, or criminal:
but our jails, chaingangs and penitentiaries
are we'll supplied with negroes born since
Emancipation.
Who is it that uses cocaine? Who is it
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25

E1 being adopted, as an authority, In
Southern schools, it would be different But
when the Education of our children is being
polluted, at the fountain-head, by the teach
ers of Southern children, we would be traitors
to the memories of our ancestors if we failed
to enter protest
What are the greatest falsehoods of Elson's
"Hlstory of the United States?"
(1) 1t mlsrepresents the evolution of our
Constitution; and it ignores the basic fact
that the third Union of the States qcas the
result Of compromise.
The present Union was not the first, nor
the second; 1t 20as the third Each one of
the two preceding Unions had written Con-
stltutlon in which the Union was pronounced
perpetual and indissoIuble" But these ''per-
petuaE' leagues rested upon the consent of the
governed; and when the States changed their
minds, they changed the government.
Professor Elson's book gives no hint of
this, whatever
~ Again, the South refused to enter the
new Union, until after the other sections had
pledged their solemn faith to qet SLAVERY
alone. That was the eppress condition on
which the Slave States agreed to 90 into the
new Union. At the time George Washington
was elected President, North Carolina, New
York, and Rhode Island had not consented to
enter this third compact. Had these three
States chosen to remain outside they could
have done so.
The compromise on the slavery question
was written into the Constitution itself; and
the Fug5tiUe Sz0Ue lar q0as framed By
" 0rthern man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25

often rises to Virtuous roars at School
celebrations. Said Voice even modulates itself
to plous homilies, as preachers listen in rapt
attention. Said Voice may soon be heard to
plead, one way or the other, in a Criminal
Prosecution.
Said. Voice is that of the Master of Reuben
Arnold-which, being heard by Reub, is
forthwith obeye
The voice is e from the Peters build
ing comma y b to shackle the majority,
in DEM invention, and Reub does
it. %"''
The Voice orders Reub to shut off debate
and amendments in a Democratic Convention,
and Reub does it.
The Voice commands Reub to deny the
Convention the right to know what resolu-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25

Mr.. Watson will speak at Monroe,
Walton county, May II, at IL o'clock;
and at Louisville, Jefferson county,
on June 3, at 2 o'clock.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25
The People Versus the oaf(anfa Ring

R. REUBEN ARNOLD, the Atlanta
lawyer, heard his Masters voice.
Said Voice issued from the Peters
building. Said Voice has many diff
ferent tones. Said Voice often sinks
to Criminal Whispers. Said Voice
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-05-25
ShaN Southern Children Be Taught His

HAT is the question raised by the Elson
book. 1t is not a question of 'pre-
JUDGE" or ''narrowness," or bigotry:
it is a question of TRUTH.
If Professor Elson's book were not
Newark post., 1911-06-21

dent of that company, will enter into the
business himself in the near future.
Mr.. Potts has purchased the vacant lot
adjoining the garage now in process Of
erection by A. F. Fader. A two story
brick building will be erected with glass
front and filled with up-to-date ap
pliances. This building with warehouse
in the rear, will mak a fine business