The Detroit times., 1911-12-05

Evidently. TO very large portion
IN The thRter-going community th'
nord ~Folles,y in connection with
ne title OF ! musical show has mys
fcrioua abatement, for, long before
fho curtain pscended Monday evening
Ia the DctIioit opera house, on Iieg
fields "FoIIiks OF 1911" and Il Went nv
promptly Cd time too, the playhouse
WAS damned TO its utmost capacity
NTH a crowd that was Enthusiastically
on the tlp-tde OF expectancy. For nNe
roasons pa9 FIorenz Ziegfeld-otner'
Wise Mr.. Anna Held-has been giving
,be public folly for each season. and
a. each has been more daring and
sensational than it's predecessor, the
n 81 M.-Tited Business Man-and
+ MS wife and lis sister and his broth
cr. 10 say nothing OF daughters and
sons. have become accustomed to an
tIcipafe something startlingly naughty
In the yearly "Follies." This 'ex-
pectation" attitude was clearly pres
emit Monday evening. but for once
realization failed TO realize.
Miss Folly ot 1917 is really very
decorous YOUNG person and she is sur,
prisingly modest, In manner ana
dress, considering the family rom
5 Whence she cbmcs There is nothing
about the 1917 brand OF folly, as Zleg-
field offers II, TO cause anyone TO feel
that the "dranmer' is on the road 10
the "demnitidn bow-wows. II is real
~ very gobd and varied vaudeville
entertainment, a little frayed in spots,
perhaps. BECAUSE OF the fact that
every 'syodekeel' performer who has
been TO toEn for months past has
fllched MORT or less of it's good stun,
and so when the original source
comes aIonE, the quips and jokes and
songs soupA familiar, This kind OF
stage thiekery is universal, is I'M
punishable and the producer and the
performer can only "cuss" and bear
ii II fs the inevitable fate of all
worthy OF imitation stage goods.
When the present "Follies" was
produced early last summer In the
Jardin de Paris. atop the New York
fheater roof, on Broadway, usually 1t
must have been, sumptuous and
beautiful entertainment. The majority
OF the costumes now have arrived
at that point where their service has
earned retirement The scenic equip
ment 10 not i'm il with the 'Follies OF
1910. There is nothing in the present
show Hike the orgie of reyelry and
danc.ug which took place before that
tlarinfly voluptuous Roman back
drop OF year ago. which Is sure to
prove disappointment to the sensa-
ton seeker.
This season the Roman scene is re-
rlafed by a cabaret cafe on the Bar
bafy coast i'm San Francisco. Here
all sorts OF vaudeville stunts enter
tain, and II cannot be said that there
il not plenty OF the best. Leon Erool
Ind Stella Chatelaine do the much
tonted .'Barbary Coast dance Fanny
Briee sings a coon song in her
ininiiable way; the pretty Dolly
Twins dance beautifully Vera Max
well sings gingery song about Tex
as Tommy" and male team. Brown
and Blyer, do musical turn. The
movement OF the show is of the swift
est pace, and turn follows turn so
quickly as to cause the spectator to
lose all track Of the events marked
on the program.
After an opening scene TO get things
started, which takes place on the
II NOIh W. NniNH oil OStdn 10 llch
showing the trunks and general bag
gage OF all the theatrical celebrities,
the scene shifts to buriesque, OF
\ more properly speaking perhaps, a
paraphrase of Every woman" called
Everywife" This Is both serious and
amusing.
But the best fun in the whole show
Is the scene where Bert Williams, the
well-known colored comedian, under.
takes to lead Leon Enrol in the giise
OF British tourist. 10 his train
through the mazes of construction OF
the new New oYrk central depot With
these two comedians, The Follies OF
1911, could stand alone.
Bessie Mccoy offers some of hel
weird ancing and in scene In
Everywife' displays hitherto unex
pected acting talent. The show will
remain in Detroit all week with mat
mess on Wednesday and Saturday
Next week. The Round Up" is under
lined. ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.