The Detroit times., 1911-01-28

Seven Days" will be given In the
Detroit opera house next week with
matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
among the farces which made New
Workers laugh last year. and has only
recently ended a run OF over 400 nights
In the Astor theater In that city: II
ran all through last winter and all
through the summer to capacity
houses. The story Of the play Is as
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famiiiariy k ms9n' as an a a%nsu has
been divorced by his wife. Bella be-
cause OF his fairness Jimmie depends
for his livelihood on an allowance
who Is unalterably opposed to divorce.
At the opening of the play, Jim. who
ts giving dinner party. gets word
aunt ssn 10 sss tell nsr Of tss
divorce. he appeals TO Kit McNair. one
Of his guests, with whom he fancies
himself In love, and induces her TO i'm
personate the dtyorced-wife Kit car
rtes on her part -clsyerly,- but just as
Aunt Selma Is about-to leave. IL IL
discovered that Jim's- Japanese butler
that the house is ouarantined. To add
, 10 the complications. Bella, the H.
vorced wife; Tom Harrison. who is an
old 3,a flame Of Kits XII, ., burgisr nna s,,.
situation arises a series or amusing
complications. The servants having
deserted. the society people have 20
lar who managers to conceal himself.
causes the others to believe the place
IL haunted and oonvinces ono Of the
women that she has psychic power.
The telephone wires break. anc the
quarantine threatens to become a star
walton party. The divorced wife,
thinking Jim Is really married to Kit,
covers he Is stili in love with his wife.
and Kits old feeling for Tom is re-
kindled: The plot thickens for seven
days. Then comes an unexpected de,
nouement which reunites Jim and
Bella and restores Kit TO Tom with no
harm done save that everybody except
the burglar has been needlessly vac
cinated, the board of health having
discovered that the Jap only had
chickenpox. There are three attrac-
tive scenes--a drawing room. kitch-
en-. and the roef which Is furnished
The company includes: Willard Louis.
James Manley,. w: s. Lyons, Fred Cous-
and the Misses Harriet Worthington,
Claire Grenville. Ida Waterman and
others. all or whom appeared in the
New York production during the long
run OF the play there
Il. NJ. Newman will give his fourth
illustrated travel talk In the Detroit
\ opera house, Sunday evening. Jan. 20.
the topic being Denmark" The coun-
try has a population OF about 1900. 600.
and the pursuits are largely sgricnl-
tural Their dairies and produce
farms are maryels OF their kind. and
most of the produce In shipped 10 Lon
don,. where II finds ready market.
In fact. England depends TO a great
I. extent upon Denmark for her market
supplies This ready market has en-
souraged agriculture and the Dane
has prospered as perhaps no other
strictly agricultural people ever have.
Corporation IL the watchword and CO.
operative societies throughout the
Kingdom have made IL possible for the
small farmer to market his produce
with the same facility and with AS
great a profit az his more prosperous
neiehbor In fact, conditions In this
!, little kingdom could hardly be better
Tor the poor man, whose lot IL a happy
one. and whose simple tastes are am
ply met.