The Detroit times., 1912-05-16
THE STAGE

The Bowery burlesQuers. one OF the
favorite burlesque organizations 10
yisit the Gayety theater, will be the
attraction In that theater next week.
The company is headed by Lizzie Ere
leigh and by Comedians Fitzgerald and
Quinn and includes the following clev-
err entertainers: Charles Jansen, Min
nile Lee. Edna Green. Josie Kline, Hen
ny West, George Thornton, Murray
Belmont and the NORM sisters.
large chorus with an unusually varied
wardrobe play an effective part in the
ensemble.
Rose Pitonof. champion woman
swimmer OF the world. holder OF num-
erous long distance records and would
be swimmer or the English channel, Is
attracting much attention this week
through her appearance at the head
OF the Temple theater program. She
is giving a spectacular exhibition or
swimming and diving. demonstrating
particularly the famous 'Pitonof
stroke" with which she has been so
successful In her aquatic. contests. A
large wooden tank is used, with large
mirrors set obliquely SO that all may
see her performances in the tank. Miss
Pitonof is young girl OF IL summers.
She broke all records for time when
she swan from Charlestown- bridge TO
the Boston hghtship, a distance OF IL
miles In six hours against strong
cross-currents, and In her famous
swim from Thirty-third-st. pier In New
York TO Coney island she set a new
mark for the world. In July Miss
Pftonof will attempt to swim the Eng
lish channel. Other features of the
same bill are James j. Morton, 'the
bad boy monologist." and James Gala
han and Jenny st. George In their Irish
character musical study. The Old
Neighborhood"
Vaughan CHASER and company will
produce in, the Lyceum theater next
week. the late Richard Mansfeld's
pretty play, "Old Heidelberg" This
drama gives Mr. CHASER an opportunity
to appear In a role which everyone pro-
claims his best piece of work, while
Miss Courteney's Kathie, the innkeep-
er's daughter, Is one OF her most
charming eharacterizations. A double
quartet will sing the songs Of the
Heidelberg students, and everything
will be done to make the picture COM
j plete. The locale OF the play is such as
TO AFFORD the scenic artist an opportun-
ity for a beautiful scenic production.
James K Hackett and his artistic
company of players In The Grain Of
Dust will close their engagement. in
the Detroit opera house. with We'd
| nesday matinee and evening perform
ance. The play made from the late
David Graham Phillips novel is q
story OF absorbing interest and is so
excellently acted as to make the visit
Of Mr.. Hackett and his associates an
event In local theatricals long to be
remembered and Of q standard for
future comparison.
John Drew's savior faire and pro-
verbal repartee were solely taxed one
night recently.
He had just returned from his even
ing performance OF "a Single Man."
which he will present Thursday even
ing In the Detroit opera house and had
| dropped into the cafe OF his hotel
| At a table near by was an old gem
tleman drinking q whisky and soda
From his appearance IL was by no
means his first. He watched Mr.. Drew
for some moments in distracted sill
ence. Suddenly he rose unsteadily to
his feet and In q very loud voice der
handed:
rs that John Drew7''
An obliging neighbor near by an
swered that Ii was
Then the old man drew himself up
with great dignity and crossed the
room TO Mr.. Drew. Meantime, Mr..
Drew glanced up surprised, perplexed,
as IL trying to recall some long for
gotten acquaintance and half rose to
his feet as the old man extending HIS
hand said:
John Drew, I want to shake hands
with you-on account Of your ances-
try"
The public has little conception OF
the extent OF Miss Marlowe's personal
work in our productions" says L. q. !
Sothern. she lays out every play, !
so to speak. She has the experience, |
Judgment and taste, and nearly every
detail OF the finished product is hers
so far as direction goes. Even to the
selecting OF each costume. In doing
this she bears in mind the characters
that come In immediate contact on
the stage, and she sees TO II that the
colors they wear harmonize have
been amazed at her resourcefulness.
When we started to produce on our
own account we each had a large as
sortment OF classic costumes. We fur
nished our new productions almost en-
tirely from these stores Of wardrobe. |
There Is a lot OF foolish talk about |
real this and that In stage furnishing. !
Sometimes a very costly fabric has
less value for stage purposes than a
cheaper article. Sir Henry Irving told |
how he spent $40 per yard for some
cloth OF gold, made to order, only to |
be convinced by Miss Terry that he
could get better results out of an imi-
tation that cost only 1925 per yard
Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe will
bring their superb production of
Shakespearean plays TO the 0aTrick
theater, Monday evening. for a weeks
stay.
Seats will be placed on sale Thurs
day morning in the box Office OF the
Detroit opera house for the Sheehan
opera company's first week In Faust"
so nnuaraI haa haan tho dapnond Cor