The Detroit times., 1911-08-29

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the domestic troubles that may be
I caused By the over-ardent baseball
ia. who has a wife not Interested ~
the game. IL all ends happily Oh
course.
Lee White and George Perry. bill
ed as "th9ss smiling singers OF smii
ing songs" made a big hit with the
7 Monday audiences. They sing rag
time with the true syncopated spiri'-
and put spontaneous fun into the per
I formAnce.
Another act that took well with tbs
crowd was AL. Carleton, the Skinny
guy" whose chief stunt Is giving an
initiation CT a broomstick, match
and, finally, the most difficult Feat u
all, an imitation of a tooth-pick. In
terspersed with these limitations he
doeT some singing and dancing.
The DeLaur Duo offer some oper'
attic selections and do some dificult
stunts with their voices.
Reed Brothers, with feats OF
strength ard agility, including q
touch OF comedy, and Selbini AM
GIovinl IN tumbling and juggling
furnish the acrobatic portion OF tbs
bill.
The Microscope. with motion pic
lures, completes the performance.
MILES.
"At the Threshold" tabloid drama
by Jackson ID. Haag, a Pittsburgh
newspaper man, which has been made
much OF by some OF the eastern crit
les, Is offered as one OF the principal
attractions OF good bill OF vaude
vile In the Miles theater. this week
The piece is unusual In conception, IL
magnihcently staged, and its por
trayal is faultless.
The action takes place In the stump
tuously furnished library of a mil
lionaire at midnight. A young and
pretty wife steals from the bedside
of her sleeping husband, a man many
years her senior, to join the dashine
society chap who Is her lover, and
they are about to elope when the
form Of burglar looms up at the
threshold. He halts the pair at the
point OF revolver, then proceeds TO
tell them the error of their way. OF
course. the burglar has he own life
story. His wife, years ago. had run
away with another man, taking their
child with her, and later had died
among strangers In India. There Ii
a rather startling denoument when
Il transpires that the woman IL the
burglars long-lost daughter.
The man Is allowed TO depart, IL dis
missed by the wife. in fact, while
father and daughter enjoy a fearful
reunion. Mr.. Law, as the burglar,
gives a forceful portrayal. He is ably
assisted by Miss Yvonne Marvin a.
the woman and Tom Davis, as the
man. The stage setting Is most elab-
crate and drew a hand" from the
audience. From a scenic standpoint,
II n one OF the most pretentious Of.
ferings OF the kind ever seen In local
vaudeville circles.
There are several other good things
on the Miles bill this week The man
responsible for the program copy has
cheerfully characterized the act OF
Nat NazZaro and company. as the
''acme OF athletic artistry" but his
exuberance Is justified In this In.
stance. IL is about the classiest Of
fering In the acrobatic line that has
passed this way in a season or two.
Two mites OF humanity, hardly knee
high to a grasshopper." vie with two
full-grown men and a woman In un.
usual balancing and tumbling feats.
One Of the men goes through tumbling
stunts at a clip that almost makes
ones head whirl All are faultlessly
attired In evening dress. The act wa1
a big hit with Mondays audiences.
Game and doom. an exceptionally
clever pair. have a line OF up-to-the
minute songs and nonsense that is
over the heads OF many vaudeville pa.
irons. The man. Caine, has, that
smooth quiet way of putting 'em over,
while Miss doom renders very EN-,
Client service as an accompanist al
the piano. James Toney, the elong.
ated dancer, and his fair Antoinette
Norman, are back with the song and
dance skit which found such favor
with Miles audiences last season. and
were accorded a hearty reception l.
Mondays crowds. Allen and Lee,
Hebrew comedians. have a most orig
inaI line or parodies. which make =
hit. Piwitt, as he Is billed, opens the
show with q distinct novelty. a collos-
al head which changes expression
in a very human-like manner. Mutt
and JEFF are shown IN an exciting ad-
venture. In which they escape bunch
OF creditors and incidentally collect
damages from a party of motorists.