The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-16
THE STAGE
DETROIT.

In the old world" was the subject for
night travel lectures, by e. M. New
man, In the Detroit opera mouse. The
Balkan country, which Is seldom WIS.,
tied by the American traveller. Is or
great interest, not only on account
OF its political importance and the
periodical rumors Of war that come
from that region, but also because the
people and scenes are strange to the
people of the west. The giant peas
ants and the beautiful sights OF the
Balkan country were reproduced In
the pictures. Some Of the latter were
colored photographs, and for the more
important subjects, motion pictures
were employed.
Among the most interesting pic
lures was q Aim showing the aged
Emperor Franz Josef, of AUSTRIA re-
viewing his Bosnian troops, and an
other was of the Bulgarian royal fam
oily. One of the most beautiful scenes
was the falls of Jajce, q miniature
reproduction of Niagara.
The pictures of the peasants and
the streets IN the cities and towns
along the route of the journey, show
ed the mingling of the Occident with
the Orient. Everywhere there were
curious garbs, Quaint customs and
beautiful peasant girls.
The subject for Jan. %, will be,
Turkey under the new regime"
LYcEu.M
A new musical entertainment by the
popular Hough-Adams1Iowar COM
bination was made known to Lyceum
patrons, Sunday afternoon. 1t was
labeled Miss Nobody from Starland,'
which is, probably, just as good as
any other name might be, for they had
to call II something.
With "The Time, the Place and
The Girl" and other tuneful concoc-
lions by this popular trio OF authors
in mind, capacity audiences turned out
Sunday, to give Miss Nobody Mt
ting welcome. From musical and an
artistic standpoint, the new piece falls
short OF the standard set by those
previous successes, but It's decid-
edly different" sort OF show ana
there's q lot OF good fun for those
who like to have It handed out, In
plainly-labeled packages.
The humor throughout Is OF the
broadcast quality. The Jokes REQUIRE
no diagrams to make their point clear.
Many old ones are worked In, but
they are a part of the plot" such as
II Is, and as such get by without be-
ing tagged.
w. A. Singer, the producer, has
provided some interesting stage Ell
fects and some of them arc novel.
The first act takes place, supposedly,
on the deck of an ocean liner, APP
preaching New York harbor, and II
does not require a very great stretch
of the Imagination to imagine that
one il actually at sea.
The second act, which Is In two
scenes. gives the audience an idea OF
how a show looks from behind the
scenes. II Is as though the stage
had been turned squarely around and
the audience was looking on from
some vantage point back OF the cur
tain. instead OF In front OF II. The
first scene shows rehearsal TOT a
premiere and Il Is all very broad
burlesque. In the next scene one sees
the performance itself, as II Is sup
posed to look from the wings, ana
il shown how the rain effect is work
ed. how battles are fought on the
stage and so on. The burlesque Is
continued throughout the action. and
sundays audiences seemed TO enjoy
the experience hugely. There Is still
another act.
There are a few catchy musical
numbers In the piece and one or two
good dancing specialties. Some good
voices are displayed In the ensembles.
but the organization is none too
strong in soloists. Miss Olive Vail,
who had a faculty OF using her eyes
20 good advantage, is the prima don
ma of the cast. which includes num-
her OF other player folk, whose names
are fairly familiar to Lyceum patrons.
LAFAYETTE.