The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-03
THE STAGE
oARRick.

/ When Lulu GfaSer appeared on INC
Garrick stage. last evening, she had
a wounded fawn In her arms.
She put IL down and from that mo-
ment on she had the audience ex-
actly where the fawn had been.
/ Fguratively speaking, OF course. for
II was big audience. Ii completely
filed the Garrick.
i While Miss CHASER held her audi
ence, she sang to il. laughed at II,
laughed with II and actually made II
/ grow sentimental.
4 Think of that, considering IL was
comic opera, and think of what that
means by way OF a bouquet for Miss
Glaser's wide range of ability.
II A comic opera audience getting SEN
timentall
i What do you know about that?
AS Miss Glazer would say: Ha! HA!
Ha-ha-HA!
Or as John Slavin might remark:
Some people is that way"
In THE Girl and the Kaiser" there
Is actually q wellconnected and abb
sorbing plot-a love-story that good
lovers make you follow and hope the
right fellow gets her.
fhe lovers are the girl and tire
Kaiser.
The right fellow doesn't get her, but
II isn't because Julius McVicker's
Kaiser lacks anything by way Of
looks or the art or letting the girl
know H.
Mr.. Mcvicker as q lover Is great
Among the others who love the girl.
who Is Miss CHASER, are the audience
and q Hungarian by the name OF
Franz Foldessy.
i Franz Is the winner.
4 Franz Is arrested as a deserter. but
! the girl goes To- the Kaiser to plead
/ for q pardon for her lover and gets
i II because the Kaiser loves the girl.
You can see for yourself just how
| the Kaiser feels about It.
| Speaking OF deserters-Mics Chaser
picked the audience up at about $3.50
by the Kaiser's watch and put 1t down
! at about 1915 by the town clock, but
Franz was the only one to desert.
There Is a distinct charm to the
opera and there Is diminutive John
siavin whom we might style its dis
tinct watch charm.
4
but masquerading as Won Schneider.
a poet, Slavin Is very funny.
I'm my country" says the false and
abbreviated Won Schneider to Count
Sternfeld, a six-footer, that means
fight"
well. then asks the count, look
ing down. why don't you fight?"
because, SIR" answers Won Schmol-
Ter, this isn't my country"
Miss CHASER is most capably sup
ported.
land by the way. Dolly Warden"
is getting To be big girlJ
! Edith Decker. as Minka, distin-
guished herself In particular, render
ing I'm fine voice the musical hit OF the
evening in Graded In Thy Arms"
The Girl and the Kaiser" as II
comes here Is an Americanized impor-
tation which Is In favor Of the book.
The audience wasn't whistling any
thing as Il went out:
The current CHASER period at the
Garrick terminates Saturday night.
There will be a matinee.
Anna Eva Fay, whose mind read
ing exhibitions are familiar to all De-
troiters, will return TO the city next
week after an absence of several
years and will appear all week In the
Miles theater, where she will head
the new bill of vaudeville. Miss Fay
has been breaking all previous attend
ance records In the western theat8fs
wher eshe has playd the past few
weeks, and from the early indications,
her Detroit engagement will be no ex-
ception TO the rule, for she seems TO
have retained the large following she
acquired through previous visits to
this city. Other features of the same
I bill will be: Myles Mccarthy and
company, in a new piayiet of the
turf, "A Race Touts Dream" Billy
f. Wells, the Hebrew comedian, in
songs and stories. and Romano Broth
ers, Australian athletes, one OF whom
under another name, once boxed six
rounds with Jack Johnson to a draw.
Albert Chevalier, who comes to the
Garrick theater, Thursday night, Feb.
o, for three days, In Daddy Dufard,"
has an excellent supporting cast. His
| Heading woman Ia Violet Heming. Les
lie Kenyon IL another important mem
Der OF the cast Daddy Dufard"
shows Chevalier "a a character actor
with a delicate artistry which has
everywhere delighted his audiences,
according to reports, and which re
veals unexpected genius for character
lwork. He sings several coster songs.