The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-26

drama, treated with picturesque ef'
fects. The statesman and author. at
the height OF his career. is shown
guiding the destinles OF pair OF arts
tocratic lovers through the mazes OF
European intrigue. The period OF the
play Is In the early seventies.
Notwithstanding its classic title.
AT the Mercy OF Tiberius," the play
which comes TO the Lyceum next
week Is strictly modern In theme and
tells an interesting story. The play
was dramatized by Messrs. Ritter and
Carver from Augusta Evans Wilson's
novel OF the same name. John WebD
Dillon will be seen in the role OF the
district attorney, Lennox Dunbar. the
lawyer. who like ehe Tiberius OF old
Rome. puts aside everything that
stands in the path Of duty and prose
cutes the woman he loves when she
is charged with the murder OF her
grandfather. Eleanor Montell will be
seen in the leading feminine role.
The Temple theater Is this week
celebrating the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary OF it's inception, IL being just
quarter century since the old wonder
land on lower Woodward-ave., was
founded by the late +. w. Virgins
The Temple is a direct outgrowth or,
and successor TO the Wonderland, and
i'm its 20 years OF existence has at
tanned a popularity enjoyed by few
theaters i'm the country. IL has ever
been the aim OF the management TO
provide polite and wholesome enter
tainment for its patrons. Naclyn Ar
buckle. the jovial comedian who made
famous Slim Hoover" OF The
Round Up" is proving happy selec-
ton as the headliner OF the anniver-
sary program, which is probably the
most expensive ever presented TO
local variety lovers. His engagement
is another manifestation of the up-to-
date policy of the management, whose
most recent coup was to secure the
exclusive rights to present the day.
light pictures in Detroit.
f. NJ. Newman, who will deliver his
illustrated lecture on Denmark. sun
day evening. Jan. 20. in the Detroit
opera house. says of the regard of the
Danish people for their monarchs;
They made Frederick the seventh a
popular idol, and statues of him are
TO be found in most of the cities. Pos
sibly the reason for this is the Demo
cratic attitude of the monarchs The
presen, king. Frederick the Eighth
does not hesitate to mingle freely
with his subjects. People passing
him on the street are nodded to
pleasantly. and one would almost
think. TO see him. that he is only a
private citizen. The people are ac-
corded every freedom Their system
Of cooperation has made it a sort OF
big Socialistic community. One can
rot help but think what would hap
pen in Denmark il any but mon
arch so Democratic as Frederick Will
should ever ascend the throne. The
possibilities are that a new republic
would soon be born.
Seven Days" the New York sue
cess which ran for over 30 consecu-
tive nights in the Astor theater, will
be given next week in the Detroit
opera house. Ii Is described as a
spicy exposition OF native American
humor. Astounding in some Of the most
amusing complications that have ever
been seen in plays OF the kind IL
deals with the smartest OF the smart
set, and show them under the most
laughprovoking circumstances. The
costuming is said TO be lavish and the
whole production is marked by unique
and unconventional effects in stage
setting
That the American Indian race has
been treated right by America is the
contention OF Robert Edeson. who will
be seen in the Detroit opera house
the later half OF the week in a new
indian play, his own work, entitled
Where the Trail Divides AS in
"Strongheart," his greatest previous
success, Mr.. Edeson will play a civil
lied and educated Indian, and the
problem of marriage between Indians
and whites appears again in the new
play. The' Indian is shown at his
best. The scenes Of the piece are all
laid in South Dakota, in the Indian
country, and Manager Henry b. Har-
ris promises n splendid scenic mount
Ing. for the production. Prominent in
Mr.. Blossoms support are: Eva Denni-
son. Cordelia Mcdonald, A. n. Van
| Buren,. George w. Barnum, Joseph
Rawley, Charles Chappelle. Shep
/ Camp, John Prescott and L. Vi. Dress
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