The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-27
THE STAGE

dramatization OF +. Marion craw-
ford's stirring novel The White Sis
ter" Is 10 be offered in the Lyceum
theater next week with the popular
actress, Cathrine Countiss. In the
title role. The story Is romance oil
Italy. A beautiful young girl, beliey-
Ing that her soldier-loyer has been
killed In Africa. dons the robes OF a
Dominican nun. Later the lover ap-
pears. The night between duty and
love. the battle between the material
and spiritual is waged throughout the
play, forming many gripping situa.
tons and climaxes The play was
first used by Viola Allen.
The trial scene in Madame Y"
which comes TO the Garrick the week
of Jan. /, commencing with New
Years matinee, has been unanimous
ly voted by critics the most thrilling
and moving ever written in any
drama. A mother, on trial for killing
a rascal who meant TO harm the son
she had deserted 20 years before, sud
denly discovers that the young law
yer whom the court has appointed 10
defend her. Is none other than her
own boy. The mother has fallen TO
the gutter and dare not betray her
identity-truly a situation TO bring
tears to the most callous spectators
eyes. Henry w. Savage will present
Madame X" with brilliant com
pany. including Adeline Dunlap, By
ron Douglass, Harry Mainhall, Naomi
Childers, Robert Patton Gibbs Caro-
line Leonard. Harry c. Bradley, and
Edwin Forsberg.
The top-line feature of the current
weeks attractions in the Temple the.
alter, is the youthful and clever car
toonist, Bud" Fisher, whom every
one knows as the creator of the In.
imitably amusing Mutt and Jeff." Mr..
Fisher recently yielded TO widespread
public curiosity regarding his person
Atty, and made his appearance in
high-class vaudeville. That the re.
suit has been entirely satisfactory to
everyone is evident from the interest
manifested In his venture. not only in
Detroit but elsewhere. Other highly
attractive features of the same pro-,
gram are Toots Paka and her Hawaii
ans In their Offering of native music
and dancing, Ella Bradna and Fred
Derrick In their spectacular and beau
tiful equestrian act, George w. Barry
and Maude Wolford In their comic
song revue, Snapshots" and Willie
Weston, character singer.
The Dutch Champion" with Will
II. Ward, the funny German comedian
i'm the chief comedy role, will be the
bill presented by THE Sam Devere
Show" in the Avenue theater, New
Years week. Mr.. Ward has often put
the patrons OF the Avenue into spasms
OF delight and he will have one OF
his old-time characters In the new
musical travesty OF which he is the
author The tunes OF the show were
written expressly for II by A. Harer.
Mr.. Ward is assisted in the fun-mak-
ing by Null Clark. John Early, Pearl
Laight and Gertrude Lynch. All OF
these are clever performers who con-
tribute specialties TO the olio. The
chorus will be special feature count
ed upon TO win attention. The big
act of the show is Partisan beauty
mystery called La Nymphera.
lures have ever been shown than
those with which f. NJ Newman, the
noted traveller and lecturer, will illus
trate his Traveltalk Through the
African Wilderness" in the Detroit
opera house, New Years eve at S:15
o'clock These motion pictures are
all original, having been taken by Mr..
Newman during journey through the
least frequented parts of darkest Afri-
ca, which covered a period OF more
than six months. Especially notable
viii be those of ex-President Roose-
welt and his famous expedition which
Mr.. Newman had the good fortune to
meet in British East Africa and near
Lake Victoria Nyanza. In addition
there will be pictures of big game,
sucn as hippotomi. crocodile, lions,
ETC.; the chase and capture OF a
monster whale of the western coast
OF South Africa, and a splendid series
OF the magnificent cataract, Victoria
Falls. Views OF strange native tribes.
such as the Wanderobo, Nasal, XII
kuyu, etc, showing their habits and
customs
There Is no sex problem, no gloomy /!
exposition OF psychological thesis, |
no abstruse working out OF an au-
thor's moral purpose, no appeal to
reason" dramatically. no attempt at a
serious preachment, in Mrs. Bump
stead-Leigh," which Mrs. F1ske is TO