The Detroit times., 1911-11-21
THE STAGE
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

DETROIT OPERA HOOoG'
When a man shows a loving re
.0ccf and loyalty to his mother and
Showers affection and tenderness
mon HIS wife, even In her most cap
IIcious moments. the onlooker, even
N ne IL accustomed 10 sighting his
mother and beating his wife, applauds
Ike mad. and So Il was simply a mat
ter OF course, that the Detroit opera
Louise should have resounded with
Vigorous hand-claDping, Monday even
4 ing, when1 Louis Mann presented "a
new play called "Eleyating Hus-
band" Inasmuch as Mrs. Mann
Clara Lipman--wrote the play, IL Is
presumed that she knows something
about managing husbands. AT any
rate most wives-and bubbles, too
who see this new comedy will believe
that she did Ii is filled with very
human family" touches. and is one
OF those truly domestic AFFAIRS that
prove interesting and amusing be-
cause familiar and honey
Mr.. Mann has been seen on the De
troit stage in many different char
acters during his long career, and II
would seem as though in the role OF
Charles Sample. in "Eleyating a Hus-
hand, he recapitulates the whole
Ramut, with the exception or some or
his old-time and wellknown tangle-
tongue German comedy roles. Char
lie Is big-hearted, generous sue:
cessful proprietor of chain OF nickel
stores, whose mother is his one best
bet as a sweetheart until he meets
Lefty, a pretty young music teacher,
living in the same boarding house.
Lefty is a refined and well-educated
Young woman and Charlie murders
his mother tongue until there is left
Of Il little else than street jargon or
the commonest kind. Lefty sees the
GOODNESS behind Charles lack oil
polish and knowledge. however, and
agrees TO marry him on the under
standing that she is 10 have the task
Of .elevating" him Charlie proves a
willing, IL somewhat backward pupil,
while Lefty surrounds herself with
MI the beautiful things money can
buy and inevitable moths TO the
fame. OF unprecedented folk, who dis
cuss Schopenhauer and Beethoven
and eat Charles ''first-class table
board" or course. the parting OF
Charlie and Lefty ensues. but. as all
OF their friends in front of the foot
lights desire, the curtain falls at the
end of the fourth act, in a reconcilia-
fion-Charlie with considerably more
culture and Lefty with considerably
less than when they started on the
matrimonial Journey,
Mrs. Mann certainly has provided
her liege lord with play that keeps
him constantly in the certer OF the
stage. Charlie is the busiest person
An the little drama Mr.. Mann has al
ways been a good actor and always
will be. He Is so good in fact, that
a has been great pity, many sea-
son, that his plays have failed 10 pro-
vide a medium for his distinct ability
Miss Emily Ann Wellman is the
Lefty OF the story and she carried
on the part with great credit. The
supporting company is excellent, the
play requiring men and women cap
able OF character work to marked
degree.
The action of the story takes place
An typical New York boarding house
and In the Samples luxurious home.
Every effort has been made by The
nroducer 10 maintain the correct at
mosphere" with resultant success.
Mr.. Mann and his associates will
remain Ia the Detroit, Tuesday and
"Wednesday evenings and Wednesday
afternoon, and on Thursday evening
will give way to Chauncey Olcott in a
new Irish romantic play entitled
-Macushla"
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE