The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-23

DerRoIr OPERA HOUSE.

DETRolT OPERA HOUSE.
rte subject Of the fourth OF the
1orIes Of travel lectures. by 4. Al.
Newman. IN the Detroit opera house,
vs. Turkey under the new regime,
md the lecturer. with his pictures,
ave an sxcsllent first-hand idea Of
what has happened in Turkey since
the Young Turks forced Sultan Alb
dull Hamid TO abdicate.
~ The views and moving pictures IL
lnslI ated all phases OF Turkish life,
The pictures Of ConstantinoDle were
most Interesting A moving picture
81 the Constantinople fire department
(. ~ work" suggested some striking
contrasts with western ideas OF nre-
1ghting. When the men found they
were being photographed they stop
ped 10 watch the moving picture ma
chine. paying no further attention TO
the fire.
The concluding lecture OF the Sc
ries OF travel talks viii be given next
Sunday evening. Jan. 20. The subject
+, will be Denmark.
LycEuM.
Miss Cecil Spooner, she OF the
+ auburn locks, the agile limbs and
the yivacious manner, has been a
!. ''favorite Coincidence" long enough
to know just what goes" with tho
I. average patron OF the popular-priced
I, lighthouses. She has turned this
knowledge to account In a new rurai
y comedy, THE Fortunes Of Betty" IL
has been elaborated and whipped In
to shape by Charles K. Blaney. author
Of many successful melodramas, ana
n was given It's first local presenta-
ton In the Lyceum, Sunday after
noon, under the auspices OF the Blan-
( ey. 6pooner Amusement Co., Inc The
audience took kindly to II.
Inasmuch as she Is also the star
Of the cast, Miss Spooner naturally
has taken good care Of herself,
which II az II should be, and the hand
Of Mr.. Blaney 10 plainly seen In ht.
tie touches that have been added
here and there with view to arous-
\ ing interest In the gallery, for. after
all the gallery's verdict 10 the one
that counts In popular-priced houses.
A In all the Blaney pieces, the VII
/. lain n cut down In the end and VIZ
the and Cupid trip away hand In
hand to celebrate their glorious uc-
tory.
The scenes are laid In and around
q rural community known a. Logans
Corners Before the curtain rises,
Betty Bell Meredith, the postmasters
daughter, peBonated by Miss spoon
+ er, has run away from home. because
oho couldn't get along with her step
mother, and has Joined q theatrical
company which later goes broke. the
first act discloses railroad Junction
two miles from Logan's Corners,
With the remnants OF the stranded
troupe. represented by Miss Betty
ana her devoted friend. Sammy, fnd.
inG temporary shelter In q box car.
y Betty 10 anxious to get away De
\ fare any Of the natives get o glimpse
,.of her In her abbreviated stage at
1t1ro. hut she learns that her fathers
/, otock Of general merchandise 10 about
!. - Be cold out to satisfy o mortgage
and. incidentally, that the old man,
Who 4 : one-armed civil war veteran,
II under suspicion because the mail
has been tempered with. 30 Betty de-
.cides to stick around awhile and
sfraighten things out. She has to
stand for many an insult at the hands
~ Mark Burton, the moneybags OF
the town, who has II in for the old
soldier, until she gets an opportunity,
Id the third act, to tell him just
where he gets on" But revenge -
! al the sweeter for being tardy and
the audience concludes that 1t was
worth Ill II cost Betty to set back at
old Burton.
Betty, incidentally, wins husband
ri the peruon Of Phil Logan, O gov
crnmenf detective, and very worthy
young man. as portrayed by Rowden
Hall. Philip Leigh, AZ Claud Bur
ton. the maynard SON Of the elder
burton, who II finally disclosed an
the real postofice thief, renders cap
able service. James Furey gives u
APPENDED account Of himself In tho
role OF the veteran postmaster.
The piece abounds In bucolic
humor OF the broadcast kind, which
made hit with Sundays audiences.
The characters introduced In this
\ connection are typical In some re-
spects, but there II q tendency to
overdo the comedy business.