The Detroit times., 1911-10-10
LIE STAGE


oARRIcK.
.htn = WhIte-haired grandmother
..|.'s out OF her daughters house by
ne porch route, late az night, TO ac-
||ID1ny her two grandsons TO a Bo-
.|Uian resort IN the city, Il Is q fore
cone conclusion that there Is going 20
- y scandal Such an escapade forms
NE chief Incident In the comedy, The
.[1o Lights which May Robson and
||f company presented In the Garrick
heater Monday night opening a
#tok'a engagement, and the resulting
scandal provided much merrlment for
ne audience even II some OF the situa-
tons and characters we're a bit over
drawn
We are not permitted to witness
ofApdmum's departure. When the
curtain goes up on the second act
grandma and the boys are just return
ipE from their revel and of all the sor-
Iy.Iooklng specimens OF femininity
ever presented grandma Is about
the sorfiest With her silver tress-
- disheveled. her clothes In tat
Iors and her wry face giving
tVeFy evidence OF disordered
stomach. she arrives Just about "all
IN Then II transpires that the drink
ing resort has been raided and that
grandma and her charges have es-
capped by bribing the police, but not
Until the newspapers have obtained
full Information OF the raid and the
names OF those arrested.
Reduced to cold type, the comedy OF
The situation may not be apparent to
some readers. but the manner In which
Miss Robson handles the part brings
4 almost within the pale Of probable
~ and the piece seemed to please
Monday nights audience immensely.
And, when all the circumstances are
understood. "grandmum,s' unusual
conduct may eeem to have some sort
Of Justification. Mrs. HasIem, the
widowed mother OF the boys, has
brought the latter up strictly in ac-
cordance with her severe Puritanieal
notions. They have been deprived OF
The pleasures most boys enjoy, and
are marched on to bed promptly at
1880 o'clock every night The boys,
oetefmined 70 have their fling, have
formed the habit OF stealing out every,
night after the rest OF the household
y asleep, and going down to the city
70 make q night OF II.
Their fayOrite rendezvous is a gay
resort known as The Three Lights"
The boys have made pal" OF their
grandmother. who, In turn, IL wrapped
pp In them, often taking their part
against their mother. When she dis
covers that they are secretly visiting
the gay white way. she insists on be-
ms allowed to accompany them on one
81 their excursions to see II The
Three Lights Ii q proper place for
them 10 visit They consent. reluct-
ently. with the result already indt
The complications that ensue as a
result OF the raid are many. There
Ik great commotion when the news
papers containing an account OF the
event reach the Haslem home and the
Pnfitanical Mrs. Haslem finds her
own name among those OF the pa
irons gathered in by the police,
rCrandmum" having given her name.
IN the end. though, Mrs. Haslem's
eyes are opened to a diffarent view OF
life when .Efandmum" craftily ex-
poses hypocritical old fortune hunt
~ with whom her daughter 10 smit.
ten: Incidentally, the boys are cleared
~ q suspicion OF having stolen one
of rkrandmum'sn investment bonds,
1randma pays on 5000 stock
rambling debt the boys have contract
"a. and the boys are In fair way TO
lead to the altar pair OF very nice
&irIa when the curtain falls.
May Robson's "grandmum" IL de-
Iikhffnl character study. and she de-
serves all the credit. for she wrote
the piece herself. Her great natural
ness II her greatest asset. Jack Storey
and Paul Decker. a. the boys. were
most acceptable. and Edith Conrad.
~ the Puritanical Mrs. Haslem. was
true to the type. The piece is In three
11tB and IL splendidly staged. The
action all takes place In the Haslem
home At Highlands-on-the-Hudson
.