The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-01

| sketch Is imbued with homely whole
some humor. Mr.. Cressy Is q prolific
writer as well as an actor and has
nearly $50 playlets to his credit. He
Is also contributor to magazines.
newspapers and other periodicals, his
travel articles, poems and fiction be-
ing readily published. As an actor
he Is said to be the best "Rube" char
acter on the American stage. Miss
Dayne, Mrs. Cressy, In private life. II
an able support to Mr. Greasy and q
charming coincidence OF much talent.
Another feature OF the same program
Is Miss Carson, formerly feature OF
the Sam Bernard and OF the +. Zeig-
field musical productions. who has q
voice OF great range and quality.
William Gillette's engagement In
the Detroit opera house, is an inter
esting event OF the hour among local
theater goers. Mr.. Gillette has made
Sherlock Holmes" with which he
opens the engagement and repeats on
Tuesday evening and at the Saturday
matinee, familiar to theatrical audi
ences all over this country. In secret
Service" OF which he is the author
and which he plays ON Wednesday.
| Thursday and Saturday evenings, he
has written q drama In the tfuest
sense Of that much-abused word. Gil
max follows climax so quickly that
the hero, played by Mr.. Gillette, is
scarcely out Of one dilemma before he
is in far more dangerous situation.
Mr.. Gillette Friday evening will ap-
pear In The Private Secretary"
farcical comedy OF the broadcast and
most hilarious type. II has been al
most two decades since he has been
seen In this play.
Miss Margaret Anglin, playing In
Green Stockings" in the Garrick the
alter this week, viii depart from COM
edy and once more enter the realm OF
the heavier drama, Friday evening,
when she win give French play. by
Kistemaecker and Eugene Delard.
| The play tells of the misguided love
. sculptor, who leaves his home and
wife, destroys his last work, and goes
out into the world with the woman he
believes he loves. Later, impelled by
desire to Sc his old Workshop he re-
turns. Here he meets Barbara, his
wife, whose dignity and calm beauty
contrast favorably with the fever OF
his life, and he wishes to remain. But
Barbara, magnificent In her realixa-
ton OF where her former husbands
duty now lies, sends MIN back to the
woman with whom he ned. AS Bar
bara, Miss Anglin has role Of unusual
strength.
Hal Reds story OF the west and it's
people, AT Cripple Creek will be the
Offering In the Lafayette theater next
week, commencing Sunday afternoon.
The story tells Of q young girl from
the east who falls into the clutches
OF Martin Mason, keeper OF saloon
and dance hall. Her rescue by Joe
Mayfield, q miner, and his Indian
friend, 10 one Of the strong dramatic
incidents Of the play.
Al III. Wilson, the German dialect
comedian, comes to the Lycenm the
alter next week with his usual mes
sage OF melody and romance In his
new comedy, "A German Prince"
During the action OF the play Mr.. VIII
son will sing several new songs or his
own composition that are among the
best In his repertoire. One In parti-
cular, my Queen OF Dreams" Is said
to be gem.
MY Hero" the insidious and cap
tivating waltz song, sung by Alice
Yorke and Lillian Poll In The Choco-
late Soldier" which comes to the Gar
rick theater, Monday, March 20 for
weeks stay, is the motif OF the opera
and its haunting refrain Is heard run
ming like a melodious under-current
through all the other music.
Not I'm many a day has a musical
act created SO favorable an impress
sion among local vaudeville patrons
as has that Of the Royal Hawaiian
troupe of singers. dancers and instru-
mentalists In the Miles theater this
week. The guitar playing Of two OF
the Hawaiian young men after the
fashion peculiar To the islands seems
to hold audiences spellbound. There
Is fascinating quality In the music
that IL irresistible. II is suggestive
or Elysian fields or trip through
fairy realms. All OF the Ha/aiians in
the troupe received their training In
the Royal Hawaiian band, one OF the
few remaining relics OF the monarchy
that existed before the islands were
taken over by the United States gov
eminent. II Is the nearest approach
Hawaii has to a school of music, and
II serves the purpose well, for It has
developed some remarkable native
| talent.
| George Armstrong, the Detroit boy,
who Is the Happy chappy" with the
Hastings show. appearing In the Gay
ETY. this week, together with the other
members OF the company, was enter
tanned by the Detroit wheeimen after
the performance, Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Armstrong was iii when the com
pany reached Detroit. and makes his
first local appearance with the show
"Wednesday afternoon. Thursday
evening the wheelmen gave a box
party In the Gayety.
EDWARD sTAPLEToN DEAD.
SAGINAW, Mich, Mar. edward
Il Sfaplcfon. az one Of the ofYlciale NJ