The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-17

Mrs. Banndn, the pOnOcIOue tahutooy
and her TRADES upon her boarders
created bursts OF merriment
Helen Hinton invests the role OF
Jane Belknap with sufficient giriish
charm; Ethel Clayton Is excellent In
the rather thankiess role OF Amy
Leroy. the show girl. and Joseph
Kaufman gives good account OF him
self as Joe Welnstein, garrulous
ticket Spectator.
other parts are acceptably filled by
Alfred Moore, George III. Wender,
Marion Stephenson, Ida Glenn. Car
olyn Ebert, Walter Allen. Kate Dom
nelly. Jack j. Horwitz and J. IL.
Roeder
"The Country Boy" Is billed for the
entire week.
TEMPLE.
II YOU want to laugh. go TO the
Temple theater this week, Walter Z.
Kelly is there and one cannot listen
to him and keep a sober face. lie -
still impersonating Judge Brown, ana
the characters who face him during
a morning session In his virginia
cot" The prisoners. for the most
part. are darkies. and Mr.. Kelly has
their dialect down TO perfection. lie
also mimics an Irishman and an ltar
ian with success. IL Is especially
worth while to hear him tell OF an al
tereation In which an Italian, an lrlsh-
man and a Negro are implicated. one
OF the colored women defendants, IN
exnlaininR TO the "co't" how she got
into a fuss with a man OF her own
race while she was passing through
a cemetery. says that he threw ner
an hard against a tombstone that she
has the imprint, Sacred TO the men-
ory." in her side. Another woman
wants a divorce fro mher husband
.,cause she jes done lost her tasue
for dat man: dat's all.
Mr.. Kelly is also telling some gooo
Irish stories which he picked up on
his recent vaudeville trip around the
world -
There are also many other good
nnmhars IN the bill, which was
opened before big audience Monuay
afternoon. Melodrama OF the sehs
tional and bloodcurdling variety
seen in The Hold-up, presenter "
TAYLOR Granville. In the course VI
the action, two railway trains, one
freight and the other an express, pass
over the stage. A genuine steam en-
zine is used and II puts. pants anu
exhausts like any of its feiloW mo
gnIss ON the steel highways me
SCENE represents the Interior anu I'M
mediate vicinity OF STATION az
A pacha. Arizona, out on the pralris'
an the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
n he generator is visited in the deao
~ night nv a desperado. who plans
~ atom the limited and rob the pas
He commands the operator
IN signal the limited TO stop ana also
GETS what cash the operator mas. Dy
ouick and unexpected move lne
generator unarms the desperate anu
then follows q change IN the situa'
tion The two men find they are oiu
friends obligated to each other, ana
thav shake hands as the limited goes
rushing by. ,,,aa
by the Toona Indian CO., the
hers OF which, real Indians, e
grand opera selections. Tney sing IN
italian. French and the native tcnsuo'
more than ordinary apn .
Their costumes are In keeping WIN
the distinguishing gart OF their race
and the stage IL set with wigwams
and other distinctive features OF the
Indian.
Mae Melville and Robert Higgins
would make a wooden Indian laugh
IN their mixture of song and dance,
aIpst 4 Little Fun" Higgins, very
thin appears in a skin-tight suit and
his sayings and antics. Ike those Oh
his partner, are daughable.
"On and on by Ed. Flanagan ano
Neel Edwards, il a skit In which the
audience is given a peep into the ways
Of actors on retiring to their dressing
rooms. II Is cleyeriy conceived
idea and takes well. .
In her singing act, Rita Could gets
close to the hearts OF her audience.
she sings popular airs and has the
happy faculty of getting in right
WITH the gods" The boys In the gal
lery took up the refrain OF her num-
bers and whistled them wniie sne
was on the stage. She wears SUM
Other good acts are Hugh Lloyd. In
aar,al feats on a bounding rope, as
sis,ad nv an attractive woman, VINO
whIstles well. and wentworth. Vesta
and Teddy, unique gymnasts. ieuoy'
a dog. plays an important part IN the
acrobatic work. The Mooreoscope
elbows a series of new pictures In
closing the excellent bill.